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Not me.. I don't want to be groped and scaned by the tsa or worse by any of those tla alphabet groups for not doing anything.
Citizen moving along, not looking at anything at all. Don't hellfire missile me bro.
Guess I can fly my own since they won't show me the list to prove my name's not on it...
With all the economic problems going on, and no end in sight, and the approval rating of the entire government in the shitter, it's pretty obvious. This government knows that the populist uprisings are going to eventually come to our shores, this is why they're bringing the troops home, this is why there have been so many laws restricting the rights of American citizens as of late...
There's going to be an American Spring, maybe not this year, but soon. Things cannot continue as they are...
You must think the demands of the American people counts for something.
There was some kind of show on TV that talked about the overlap between gangs and the military.
Apparently its way more extensive than you might expect -- they had dozens of photos of Disciples graffiti in BAGHDAD after the invasion and fairly alarming statistics about gang activity in the military (gangs continuing WITHIN the military).
Apparently the military's need for soldiers during Iraq led them to be less than selective when dealing with people who had criminal records or arrest histories.
There was als
Yeah, because just now all of a sudden people are demanding to bring the troops home. Everything was all hunky-dory up until recently.
Come on. There were a lot of people in this country that were against the war in Iraq before we had troops on the ground there. They're listening to the American people no more now than they were then.
They are only bring the troops home because the new Iraqi government ( that we setup ) essentially kicked us out.
They asked us to leave and they basically said we are going to attempt to capture and jail US Soldiers if they violate any of our laws, which naturally most of them probably have to do in order to accomplish anything useful over there.
Nobody in the US government deserves any credit. All our officials were negotiating up until the last to keep the troops there, it was not until those negotiations failed they it turned into "We are keeping our campaign promise to bring the troops home". Its so hollow you'd think it was Sadam's former information minister writing the line.
They asked us to leave and they basically said we are going to attempt to capture and jail US Soldiers if they violate any of our laws, which naturally most of them probably have to do in order to accomplish anything useful over there.
This was in direct response to contractors and soldiers committing outright murder of unarmed civilians on the streets of their major cities. Did we forget the helicopter gunship mowing down people minding their own business, and then attacking the people who came to help? How about the Haliburton contractors who opened fire in a public square for no reason? How about the group of soldiers in Afghanistan who've been convicted of randomly picking civilians to kill, essentially for fun, and planting weapons on them after the fact?
Besides all that, the right to enforce you laws inside your own borders is essentially the definition of sovereignty. You make it sound as if the Iraqis were trying to arrest soldiers for speeding when you should know by now that there have been serious criminal acts performed by US soldiers who have as often as not, gotten away with it with a slap on the wrist. It was a reasonable request by any measure, but it was obviously one that Obama couldn't have gone along with, it would have been political suicide. But I have to imagine that they could have leaned on the Iraqi government a whole lot harder and a whole lot longer if they really wanted to keep troops on the ground. Troops or no troops, the Iraqi government receives a lot of support from the US, threatening to yank that away would almost certainly have made the Iraqis change their mind.
Nope: the Iraqi government has wanted coalition troops out for years.
The withdrawal occurred so that no more casualties [washingtonpost.com] occur during Obama's re-election year. And no more embarrassments [bbc.co.uk], either.
If the elections were in another 4 years then the troops would still be there for another 3.
Needs a tinfoil had moderation option.
Tinfoil, you say? It was a recent invention when my grandfather was sent to a gulag and my uncle was forcibly drafted into the Russian army to be what are now called "shock troops" or more accurately, "cannon fodder."
you are probably right. they are circling the wagons. no american spring! that would upset the balance of power, here!
things will get worse before they get better; but oh boy, are we in for some 'interesting' times ahead of us
anything that represents freedom to the people is fearful to the government (all of them, not just the US).
world war 3 is not going to be fought with conventional weapons and it won't be single countries against single countries. I hope this does not happen, but all roads point to some big problems ahead for us all.
There's going to be an American Spring, maybe not this year, but soon.
Problem is, what we get after is not likely to be any better.
The original founders of the country were pretty effing brilliant in ways that few are any more. They set up a system that worked for a pretty long time to guard against the kinds of abuses we're seeing now, with a recommendation that we throw it all out and start over every once in a while after it becomes too bloated and power-hungry, as it has. I haven't see much out of either OWS or the TP that comes anywhere *near* the sophistication of political thought that those guys had in the 1700's. These days, it'd be all about "gimme!" and not about trying to create a free state.
...the populist uprisings are going to eventually come to our shores, this is why they're bringing the troops home
This is much funnier if you read it with the voice of Dale Gribble.
...the populist uprisings are going to eventually come to our shores, this is why they're bringing the troops home
This is much funnier if you read it with the voice of Dale Gribble.
Just how did you get that name? Do I know you?
-- Rusty Shackleford
What the heck are you smoking (and the mods who modded you up, for that matter)? American Spring... American Spring my ass. We are very far from modern requirements for revolution:
1/ support from powerful entity abroad
2/ economical desperation (far far far from what we have now)
3/ a socially coherent massive enough organization of individuals ready to sacrifice dramatic part of their lives (including live itself).
The approval rating of the government could be 0.0%, yet the same 0.0% will go to street.
OWS failed miserably.
Gaaah, why must people say wrong things on Slashdot? I don't think the government is worried about the basement uprisings that are refering to.
The soldiers are being brought back from Iraq (the only real withdrawal I am aware of) because Bush signed an agreement to bring them back by the end of 2011. Also, Obama had negotiated to keep more soldiers in Iraq, but couldn't get unqualified immunity for them from the Iraqi government. You can read a well written article by Glenn Greenwald here [salon.com] if you wish to know more.
Movements are publicly viewable.
so, if a camera was placed on the street corner aimed at your front door, you'd have no problem with it?
your abstraction loses touch with reality.
what do you WANT for a world, in terms of how we live? you WANT to encourage this creeping intrusion on our privacy?
is that what you are arguing for?
so, if a camera was placed on the street corner aimed at your front door, you'd have no problem with it?
Nah! I can hit it with a paintball or pellet gun easy. Or, pay the neighbor's kid to smash it with a hammer. Or, just wait two days for someone to steal it.
I actually find this subject interesting.
Ignoring evil government spying and abuse, and just focusing on the standard issue crime we all know and hate...
We are now near a point where we could use technology to very effectively cut down crime. The issue is no longer technological but social.
As you said, imagine a camera on every street corner. Imagine a system that constantly monitored every road for bad driving and issued immediate tickets. Cut someone off.. drive too fast.. forget your turn signal.. instant ticket. Imagine how much that would improve safety on the roads. Bad drivers would either improve or driving would become so expensive that they'd give it up.
Go forward a bit, imagine a system that can automatically detect crime. Imagine literally not being able to rob someone.. or steal anything.. because a system would immediately identify the action, and track you wherever you went until the police picked you up making it virtually impossible to escape. Imagine how much crime that would cut down on.
All at the expense of having very little privacy, and of course opening the door for massive abuse.
Do you want to live in that world? Personally I don't think I would either. Do we want to or can we find a middle ground?
How's the crime rate in London? Has it fallen significantly since they implemented this?
The issue here is that WHO these are operated by appears to be a government secret. The Government should not have a secret about which government agencies are operating in the US.
Most effective drone technology is still in government hands. (Yes there are some private drones available for anyone with the money to spare, but these are expensive and unlikely to be deployed on anything that is secret, and would more likely be used for forest management, crop evaluation, mapping, etc.)
That leaves two principal areas of sponsorship. Law Enforcement (DEA, ICE, etc), or Military. Military training over military training areas seems perfectly permitted. Military assistance watching the boarders or off shore seems well within the military mandate.
But military operating inland, over cities to spy on citizens is on pretty shaky grounds, and when doing so is a government secret the ground are not only shake they are slippery. You get tangled up with the Possee Comitatus act [wikipedia.org] when you start using Air Force drones for non-defense purposes or to aid Law enforcement without a formal orders to do so, that must originate with the United States Constitution or Act of Congress.
So if the drones are flown by CIA, or Air Force there is a problem.
If the government comes out and says they are flown by DEA, fine.
But refusing to say seems pretty short sighted for an administration that promised open government [whitehouse.gov].
I don't see any reason why such licenses couldn't be sold to the general public. The plane has to meet FAA UAV standards which they'll have to make up as they go along... and some sort of background check and licensing procedure for the pilots will be important. But why shouldn't everyone get in on this thing? UAV crop dusters. UAV traffic helicopters. UAV medical helicopters. Any situation where we might use human pilots... consider if we need them. Maybe we can get skybuses. Big helicopters that take people across traffic congested cities to depots, train stations, or airports.
FAA UAV standards which they'll have to make up as they go along
or they could just use the ones they already have.
http://www.faa.gov/about/initiatives/uas/reg/ [faa.gov]
Who owns it is not the issue. Who operates it is.
The government keeping secret who is operating it is the issue.
UAV crop dusters wouldn't be secret. You'd find them in the yellow pages.
Those aren't the drones you're looking for
If we finally get rid of George Bush and elect a Progressive (someone like Obama, who has campaigned on maintaining transparency in government), I think we'll do away with this.
But as long as we keep Bush and Republicans in office, we'll always have these types of issues.
If we finally get rid of George Bush and elect a Progressive (someone like Obama, who has campaigned on maintaining transparency in government), I think we'll do away with this.
But as long as we keep Bush and Republicans in office, we'll always have these types of issues.
This must be the longest-delayed HTTP POST request I've ever seen in my life! Get a better ISP, matey.
Surveillance on US Citizens is wrong, but we the people have let our politicians rule over us and we gave them permission to do this. We constantly re-elect the same political individuals who have systematically stripped our rights away from the citizens of this country all in the name of "they know what's good for us". Well once those drones are taken down, that's when the FAA will try to step out of the picture and the owners who have to replace these (at taxpayer expense mind you) will come a hootin' and hollerin' claiming they need more Federal $ from the budget office to replace their drones.
Capture one. See who knocks down your door.
Just make sure you're livestreaming, because you probably won't get a chance to talk to anybody about it for a very long time...
So to be clear, the EFF filed a FIA request to the FAA about USAF UAVs.
Just a matter of time. Don't you dare mod this as funny; you know it's coming.
Did you hear that two rabbits escaped from the zoo and so far they have only recaptured 116 of them?


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The Root Farm's "Fun at the Farm"
Additional Information
On Saturday, May 18th from 11am - 5pm, you're invited to the Root Farm in Verona for their free "Fun at the Farm" fundraising event. This event will be held rain or shine! For more information, please call Alice Root at the Farm at 363-6124.
NO admission cost - just a great open house-style event where the whole family can get hands on and learn about the services that The Root Farm offers to those with disabilities.
What to expect:
• kids games
• bounce house
• derby hat making
• ongoing display of horse breeds
• ongoing free vaulting lessons on horses
• photos
• horse painting
• maypole
• lots of food
• a basket raffle
• plenty of animals to pet and learn about
For more information:
Visit our website at rootfarm.org for directions.
Root Farm is a Center for Equine-Assisted Therapies, helping children and adults with disabilities.
Programs offered include:
• Adaptive Vaulting
• Hippotherapy
• Day Habilitation Trips
• School Field Trips
• The Root Farm Vaulters competitive Vaulting Team
• Youth Power Program for youth with behavioral and emotional issues
For more information, please all Kim Senn or Alice Root at the Farm at (315) 363-6124.

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Joe Mantegna and Gary Sinise host the inaugural broadcast of the National Salute To Veterans at 7 pm Sunday, celebrating all the heroes who have served throughout America's history.
On Masterpiece Classic Presents: Upstairs Downstairs, Series 2 at 8 pm Sunday, Beryl and Harry face a race against time to get married on the eve of the war. Meanwhile, Mr. Pritchard makes a decision that throws the running of 165 into chaos, until an old friend lends a helping hand.
Independent Lens at 9 pm Monday presents Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney's take on the gap between rich and poor Americans in "Park Avenue: Money, Power & the American Dream."
American Masters at 7 pm Tuesday tells the complex story of the nation's signature folk singer/song-writer in "Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home".
Frontline at 8:30 pm Tuesday explores the shadow world of assisted suicide, where the lines between legality and criminality are blurred as never before, in "The Suicide Plan".
Nature at 7 pm Wednesday follows a wood duck family and discovers how they bond, migrate together, nurture and protect a brood of chicks and come full circle as they head to their wintering grounds in "An Original Duckumentary".
Nova at 8 pm Wednesday follows NASA's Curiosity rover in its quest to touch down inside Mars' Gale Crater, carrying 10 new instruments that will advance the quest for signs that Mars might have once been suitable for life in "Ultimate Mars Challenge".
Nova ScienceNow at 9 pm Wednesday follows New York Times tech reporter David Pogue as he investigates which technologies are likely to transform daily life for you — and your grandkids – in "What Will The Future Be Like?"
Arts in Context at 7:30 pm Thursday explores the making of Generous Art, an online gallery dedicated to raising money for nonprofits and artists, while going behind-the-scenes with the group's founder and some of the showcased artists.
Join executive producer and narrator Anthony Bourdain as he takes viewers inside the mind of noted Korean-American chef and restaurateur David Chang in The Mind of a Chef at 8 pm Thursday.
The Daytripper at 8:30 pm Thursday follows Chet as he travels to Van Horn, TX to visit Guadalupe Mountains National Park and climb Guadalupe Peak, the tallest peak in Texas. He also explores the history and Mexican food of this west Texas town.
Independent Lens at 9 pm Thursday presents "Reel Injun," a look at the evolution of cinema's depiction of Native people from the silent film era to today.
Craft in America at 9 pm Friday explores America as a crossroads: a land where craft evolves from global influences, a place of exciting intersections between modern technology and the handmade.
Replace lawn or cover the ground under trees with water-wise plants on Central Texas Gardener at noon Saturday. On tour, a gardener created sculptural art in a healing garden to soothe cancer traumas.
Contemporary folk rock takes the stage with Mumford & Sons and Flogging Molly on Austin City Limits at 7 pm Saturday.
Masterpiece Contemporary at 9 pm Saturday presents a funny, bittersweet drama adapted from Christopher Reid's captivating poem in "The Song of Lunch".


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Check out DPreview, the pics of the D2X and D200 shows a much smaller VF. Not cool to me.
Ah? Here is text copied and pasted from a post by Bjorn Rorslett at the Nikoncafe forum:
"Had the pleasure of attending the Press Conference this morning and thus can confirm that D200 is for real, that it not only looks nice but feels and handles even nicer. The viewfinder is slightly bigger than on D2X, a surprise and showing that Nikon does listen to customer complaints. I could easily focus a 50/1.2 with it, something not even the F5 did in a convincing manner. Also in the same vein is the return of AI indexing to allow you to do full matrix metering with non-CPU lenses. I positively know that Nikon itself doesn't want this AI feature at all, but has given in to demands of customers - at last."
Don't know if this is exactly true or if he is just being enthusiastic about it, but if the viewfinder in the D200 is not about the same as the D2x, I will be surprised.


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Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen in the Antarctic in 1911.
The Associated Press reports:
Polar adventurers, scientists and the prime minister of Norway gathered at the bottom of the world Wednesday to mark the 100th anniversary of explorer Roald Amundsen becoming the first to reach the South Pole.
Under a crystal blue sky and temperatures of minus 40 F (minus 40 C), the group remembered the Norwegian explorer's achievement on the spot where he placed his flag on Dec. 14, 1911.
"We are here to celebrate one of the greatest feats in human history," Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said as he unveiled an ice sculpture of Amundsen.
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From left: Roald Amundsen and his companions Oscar Wisting, Sverre Hassel and Helmer Hansen, saluting the Norwegian flag at the South Pole on December 16, 1911, two days after they reached their goal with the help of 52 dogs and four sledges.
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Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg joins three polar adventurers heading to the South Pole on Dec, 14, 2011 to mark the 100th anniversary of Roald Amundsen's feat. Several expeditions skied across Antarctica to attend the ceremony though many were delayed and had to be flown the last stretch.
Stoltenberg also honored British explorer Robert Falcon Scott, who lost the race against Amundsen and arrived at the South Pole more than month later, only to find Amundsen's tent, a Norwegian flag and a letter from Amundsen. Scott and four companions died on the way out.
Amundsen and his team spent almost two months skiing across the frozen Ross Sea, climbing steep hills to the Antarctic plateau at about 9,800 feet (3,000 meters) and crossing vast ice fields to reach the pole. Read the full story.
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Roald Amundsen and members of his Antarctic expedition team. Date unspecified.
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Roald Amundsen posing in Nome, Alaska in 1925.
Previously on PhotoBlog: Cambridge exhibit tells the story of Captain Scott's final Terra Nova polar expedition
Related: New York Times Amazing race to the bottom of the world


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UVM College of Medicine Continuing Medical Education Receives Accreditation with Commendation
- 05-14-2013
- By Carole L. Whitaker
The Continuing Medical Education (CME) program at the University of Vermont College of Medicine and Fletcher Allen Health Care has been reaccredited with "Accreditation with Commendation," the highest accreditation awarded by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME).
Accreditation with Commendation is only awarded to those institutions that have demonstrated compliance to all of ACCME's criteria. Fewer than 20 percent of institutions accredited by the ACCME achieve this level.
The CME Office, which launched in 1965, is led by Associate Dean Cheung Wong, M.D., associate professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences, and Director Terry Caron. Wong credits the support of senior leadership, technology services, the faculty of the College and the CME staff for making the Accreditation with Commendation possible.
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Why not just put the chinese robot on a Segway?
You must not have looked very hard:
builds tai chi-playing robot (same article, different site) [theage.com.au]
robot imitant la boxe chinoise (from google cache) [188.8.131.52]
Article in
Chinese with PICTURE [yzdsb.com.cn]
[harbindaily.com.cn] Another
Picture [harbindaily.com.cn]
construye un robot que practica el taichi (Spanish, I think) [xasa.com]
Chinese invent
martial arts ready robot It can also surf the Internet, maybe [theinquirer.net]
Robot Developed in China (with Picture) [china.org.cn]
Let's see the Tai Chi robots take on Slimer!
(Courtesy of the SNL Celebrity Jeopardy skits - No, I couldn't resist.)
Almost brings a tear to your eye... I can finally check this one off on my list.My Goals For Robots:
[ ] Jump rope
[ ] Play tag
[ ] Play Frisbee
[x] Do Tai Chi
Seriously. People without buddism kill other people or other living beings or bring other forms of suffering to other people or to other living beings. Such people live their lives without high-order goals (what's the goal to get many money if you loose them after your death). Even most of religious people (especially ones of religions based on dogmatic principals) are not usually tolerant to people of other reliogion confessions.
But once computers becomes actors in our eco-systems (computers now can decide on our behalf) then I would prefer to see such actors being peacuful, tolerant, non-violent, living their "lives" for good, loving and respecting other living beings.
We don't want to have computers with "ego" - living their "lives" for themselves (and killing us as their competitors or using us as slaves). But also, we don't want computers as stupid slaves, living their lives for "ego" of particular group of people (they would become solders-killers).
Of course, forcing computers to study buddhism should not free us (people) from the same job. We also must be peaceful, tolerant, respectful, loving and non-violent. Unfortunately many of us are not. And that't the real problem.
Not at all. Buddhism let you to run any number of "virtual machines", each with another religion. You should practice it each time when it brings a peace, instead of continous arguing with other religion curriers.The other situation when the other will ask you questions about buddhism - you are happy to answer them as it will improve the knowledge of other people. But don't force them. That's the main difference of buddhism from other religions. As for wars, they are the subject of goverments, which are places for people who want a power, which is the goal of the material world and thus has nothing to do with buddhism (or with many other religions). When you are called for a peace - it should be, first of all, the peace in you soul, your thought and your actions.
That wasn't argueing for buddhism, but more an explanation. Speaking about other religions for robots, I think that there are three serious objective problems:
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Frank Konzet, who lived year round in East Hampton from 1975 to 2005, when he started spending winters with his wife in Sebastian, Fla., died on Sunday of heart failure at age 87. His health had been declining for several years.
Mr. Konzet and his wife owned several retail businesses in East Hampton, among them Cate's Country Crafters. They had five children, who survive. According to his daughters Korine and Kathy, their father's "pride and joy was spending time with his five children and eight grandchildren." They found it significant that he died on Mother's Day, because he had missed their mother so much since her death almost nine years ago.
Francis Henry Konzet was born on Dec. 24, 1924, in Bayside, Queens, the only child of Francis Henry Konzet and the former Florence Kelly. He went to Sacred Heart School. He served with the Army in Italy in World War II until being honorably discharged as a sergeant.
In February 1951 he married the former Marilyn Rogers and they brought up their children in Great Neck, where he was a member of St. Aloysius Catholic Church until the family moved to East Hampton to live after they had spent many summers here. Once here full time, he joined Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church.
Mr. Konzet was a volunteer with the Springs ambulance company and with the Veterans of Foreign Wars. His daughters wrote that he loved his garden and grew prize tomatoes. He was also an accomplished woodworker and could build "anything and everything."
Four of his five children live in East Hampton. They are Kevin Konzet, Kathy Konzet, Korine Konzet, and Keri Dayton. Karen Alogna lives in Oyster Bay. He is also survived by five grandsons, three granddaughters, and one great-grandchild, who is en route.
A wake will be held tomorrow from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton. A funeral service will be held at Most Holy Trinity on Saturday at 9:30 a.m., followed by burial in Most Holy Trinity Cemetery.


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Food drive raises 273 pounds of goods for area food bank
Tyrone Amos of Sweetwater recently orchestrated a community food drive at Jones Park. A total of 273 pounds of canned and dry goods was collected and donated to the Food Bank of West Texas which provides food to most homeless shelters and disaster areas."Our aim and purpose of the community food drive was to try and connect with those around us, to set the tone for those who have become eager to provide a sense of unity amongst ourselves and to begin to reach far and beyond any limitations that have kept us down and divided for too long. We must stand up as a community to take on the ongoing idle time that many of our children are having to take on too many times by themselves," said Amos. "Special thanks goes out to the countless members of the community that donated and participated. A big thank you to Wal-Mart, who gave a generous donation as well," he added.


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EAST LANSING, Mich.; April 3, 2014 - Penn State softball hits the road this weekend for its first Big Ten away series of the year, traveling to East Lansing, Mich. to take on the Michigan State Spartans in a three-game bout. The Nittany Lions look to gain their first conference win of the season and second consecutive victory after defeating Saint Francis (Pa.) on Wednesday evening.
PSU and MSU open the three-game slate on Friday at 3 p.m. and follow with1 p.m. matchups on Saturday and Sunday. Audio of all three games will be broadcast live on Michigan State's SpartanSportsNetwork (www.spartansportsnetwork.com).
SERIES HISTORY vs. MICHIGAN STATE
The Nittany Lions hold a slight 27-24 advantage in the all-time series against the Spartans. Penn State is 22-24 when playing Michigan State in East Lansing with its last win on the Spartans' home field coming in an 8-6 decision on April 6, 2011.
PSU dropped both contests vs. MSU last season but has won three out of the five last meetings between the two teams.
Michigan State enters the weekend at 8-21 overall after most recently losing to No. 23 Notre Dame on Wednesday in an 11-4 decision. MSU is 1-5 in conference play with its lone victory coming against Purdue last weekend.
Freshmen Kassidy Kujawa and Sarah Gutknecht lead MSU's offensive strike. Kujawa is hitting at a team-best clip of .290 with 20 hits, 12 runs and 10 RBI while Gutnecht leads the team in hits and RBI with 22 and 21, respectively.
The Spartan pitching staff has combined for 96 strikeouts in 187.1 innings. Freshman Valerie Kaff heads into the weekend with a 4-9 record and has registered an ERA of 4.97 through 80.1 innings.
The Nittany Lions gained their first home win of the season on Wednesday night as they turned in a split effort vs. Saint Francis (Pa.). After failing to take game one, Penn State roared back in the late game to best the Red Flash, 9-1, in six innings.
Senior Alyssa Sovereign led the PSU offense with a 4-for-8 effort at the plate and scored one run. Freshman Shelby Miller also gave the Lions a spark, going a perfect 3-for-3 in the second game with a single, a two-RBI double and two runs.
Sophomore Lexi Knief is the top hitter for PSU through the first 29 outings. The outfielder is 31-for-86 at the plate for a team-best batting average of .360 and has scored a team-high 24 runs. She is tied for second in the league and 29th in the nation in triples with three and has posted three doubles on the year.
The Ramsey, N.J. product leads the Lions with an on-base percentage of .461 and is currently the 65th-toughest hitter to strike out in the nation.
Freshman pitcher Marlaina Laubach has done the bulk of the work in the circle for Penn State, earning wins in five of PSU's seven victories, including a signature win over No. 21 LSU. The Northampton, Pa. native has a team-best ERA of 4.04 through 69.1 innings. She has thrown 42 strikeouts on the season, including a season-high six vs. FAU (2/21).
Sophomore Karlie Habitz has proven to be the most powerful hitter in the PSU lineup this year. The Newhall, Calif. product leads the Lions with 23 RBIs and owns a team-best slugging percentage of .550. She has registered four doubles and a team-best four home runs. The catcher, who is hitting at a .350 clip, broke up two no-hitters last weekend vs. No. 6 Michigan and went 4-for-8 at the dish.
Habitz posted six RBI in the season opener vs. Oregon State (2/7), a mark that ties for the second most in program history.
Senior Kasie Hatfield is currently tied for fifth in the league in doubles, having already notched nine this season. The Tampa, Fla. native surpassed her previous season-best of eight doubles from 2012 in the second game of PSU's doubleheader with Purdue.
Shelby Miller has turned in an impressive rookie campaign thus far for Penn State. The freshman has the second best batting average on the team at .356 and has been churning out the hits, posting a 21-for-59 mark at the dish through 24 games.
Miller has four extra-base hits under her belt with two double and two triples, each of which has come in the last three weeks of play.
The Nittany Lions continue either six-game road swing next weekend with a three-game series at Indiana. Penn State faces the Hoosiers on Friday at 5 p.m., Saturday at 1 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m.


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Liverpool striker Luis Suarez has committed his future to the Merseyside club, insisting he has no desire to leave Anfield.
The 26-year-old scored his 22nd goal of the season in the Reds' 2-2 draw with Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium last night, and is firmly established among the Premier League giants' fans as a Kop idol.
TalkSPORT reports how the South American star has been recently linked with moves to Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, but judging by his latest comments, Suarez has absolutely no intention of going anywhere.
"I hope [to be at Liverpool] for a very long time because it's a massive club that kids dream about playing for," he told the club's official website, Liverpoolfc.com.
"I've been very proud to be at a club like Liverpool and to have made the decision to come here. In two years I've lived through some spectacular and very special moments that I will never, ever forget.
"There have been a few difficult times as well, but with the support of my family, the club and the fans, things have gone well for me."
After arriving from Ajax on transfer deadline day in January 2011, Suarez has scored 43 goals in 84 appearances for Liverpool, and is the Premier League's second top goalscorer this season with 17 goals.
And, after signing a new contract in the summer, the Uruguayan international is eager to maintain his goalscoring form and repay the faith shown in him by Anfield supporters.
"I do feel at home here," he continued. "When I'm out and about, all I get is support and encouragement from the local people and that's very important, and when I come here to the club I feel like people have known me all my life. That also helps a great deal to making me feel so at home.
"I hope to be able to help out the team for as long as I possibly can while trying do something to make the club and the fans very happy."
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I live in Northern Virginia in a rental townhome community. They use a lawn care company that comes in every couple of weeks to keep the property looking nice. They use leaf blowers. My parents live in South Texas. They have a large yard, but they do not use a leaf blower. And in fact, I have never seen anyone in their neighborhood use a leaf blower. They just rake it up.
Leaves on the ground can become leaves in the street, blocking storm drains and creating a horrible slipping hazard for cars and bikes. That is one reason why it's important for homeowners to rake/blow their leaves into piles and bag them up for the compost or recycler. It's not just aesthetics. It's safety.
Maybe our drains are different, they don't get blocked by leaves that I'm aware of, even in very rural areas with lots of trees.
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So how long should the city of Longmont penalize Thistle Community Housing for defaulting on $988,000 in city funding for the affordable housing organization's Blue Vista housing development?
At some point, the City Council may be looking at a proposal to deny loans or grants in such instances for eight years, a suggestion from Councilman Brian Bagley.
That suggestion followed the council's recent 6-1 rejection of Thistle's request for a $20,000 loan to replace the 39-year-old windows in its Terry Street apartments.
The one council member who voted in favor of the loan, Sarah Levison, pointed out that new windows would allow residents to save money on utility bills and that the council shouldn't penalize Terry Street apartment residents because of Thistle's Blue Vista default. Good argument, but it's also understandable that the six other council members would deny the loan.
"I don't think this issue is whether or not we hurt Thistle, or whether or not we hurt tenants," Bagley said at the Oct. 9 council meeting. "The issue is to set the tone and say, 'If you default on a loan, we will not give you money again.'"
Codifying an eight-year moratorium on loans and grants to organization's that default sounds a bit harsh, though.
We think it best if the council evaluates requests on a case-by-case basis and on their merits rather than tie its hands for eight years.


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devin gardner redshirt business
Devin Gardner's Redshirt Granted
Officially official according to the umich twitter feed and their grainy unembeddable video thing. Devin channels his inner Mr. Burns at this news, and so should you.
It is obviously huge to have Gardner around for a fifth year in 2014, when Brady Hoke's OL recruiting will be emerging into upper-class years, Derrick Green is a sophomore, and Drake Harris is wearing the #1*. Getting a fifth year out of any starting QB is big time, especially one with as much upside as Gardner. Since he's pretty raw right now, he should use it unless he absolutely blows up in 2013—a problem I will take if it goes down like that.
Also a bonus is this presumably pushes the Morris/Speight/true freshman battle out to 2015, when Morris is (probably) a redshirt sophomore and Speight a redshirt freshman. Not starting a freshman QB is a nice thing.
*[Projection based on awesome dream. Also, Drake Harris is made of of mushroom marshmallows, the offensive line mutates into candybears, and Michigan beats East Magellanic Cloud for the Universe Title. Suck it, Bama.]
Monday Presser Transcript 11-26-12: Brady Hoke
- Sorry I didn't post a postgame presser transcript. I was too busy avoiding the internet, and no one said much anyway.
- Devin Gardner's redshirt paperwork will be filed soon. Hoke expects him to get his fifth year.
- Hoke will talk to Taylor Lewan about the NFL draft this week.
- Bowl practice will not begin until the opponent is revealed.
"You guys didn't get fed. Well, that's poor."
Makes us ornery.
"Yeah. You know, we're all real disappointed in the outcome down in Columbus obviously, but one thing I can tell you is we're really proud of this senior class. Proud because of the leadership and the development of the program that they've helped and their commitment to the university, and proud of how they've continued to lay the foundation of what we want to be as a program. It was hard. It was disappointing for them to play their last game against Ohio and not be successful like we all want to, and that's an expectation. But we're proud of them and we'll have one more opportunity with them. We'll take that very seriously."
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Saginaw Valley exhibition things. Highlights:
The UMHoops recap notes that it was an immensely slow 54 possession game, making Michigan's PPP pretty freaking good: 1.4.
All due caveats apply to the below bullets.
- Trey Burke is good at basketball.
- Tim Hardaway Jr continued what looks like a concerted effort to become a more complete player with another half-dozen assists. He's being a lot more judicious with his shots—just five in 26 minutes. If that carries over to the regular season his ORtg will rise considerably and Michigan's offensive efficiency will rise with it. I did catch one of those contested long twos that give me twitches.
- Glenn Robinson was 3 of 5 from three with the two misses coming off the inside of the rim IIRC. If he can maintain a replacement three-point shooting percentage (33% or so) that clears up any concerns about where Michigan is going to get its rain of threes from. In this game over half of Michigan's shots were from deep and M hit at a 41% clip.
- Nick Stauskas is now 6 of 11 from three after the two exhibition games and he had an impressive take to the basket. Defense needs work etc.
- Mitch McGary is going to be one of those little things guys from day one: rebounds, hard hedges on screens, moving around on offense to open things up for other guys. He seems selfless out there. Doesn't care he's not starting, doesn't demand the ball, just goes out there and tries to win. Also sometimes he steals the ball and throws it down impressively. When he's healthy == Lebron, except bouncy.
- The Caris LeVert redshirt debate seems like it will end with a redshirt. With Albrecht and Stauskas coming off the bench plus compressed minutes at the three with Robinson sliding down there from time to time, LeVert would probably end up getting scant minutes anyway, and he hasn't demanded playing time with his exhibition minutes.
I'm excited about the passing—Stauskas, Robinson, and McGary have all made at least one nice assist in the two exhibitions to go with the Albrecht/Burke/Hardaway shot generation axis. They've got a versatile, large, skilled lineup. They will be good at basketball.
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Horford to return. He should get some minutes Friday against Slippery Rock:
"I think he's full-go," Beilein said after Michigan's 76-48 exhibition win over Saginaw Valley State. "Our expectation is that he'll be in the lineup at some point -- he'll probably be rusty -- but at some point Friday."
I was going to say something negative about scheduling what's effectively another exhibition that somehow counts but then I remembered that if you're going to play a team that can't beat you it's better if they're not D-I because it won't drag down your RPI.
Not on board. Not to skip over what promises to be a thrilling and rewarding season, but Michigan's going to have an interesting time when it comes to the early draft entry window. Trey Burke, presumed gone, is still not any taller and checks in 30th on Jeff Goodman's inaugural 2013 Big Board:
Burke isn't physically imposing, but he can shoot and also excels in a ball-screen offense.
Glenn Robinson III, Mitch McGary, Hardaway, and Dennis Norfleet do not appear, nor do any of them appear on the most recent edition of NBAdraft.net's 2013 mock. GRIII is currently a lottery pick in 2014, though, so he is obviously a threat to move that timetable up. Hardaway is currently projected to be a second-rounder after a full four years. Chad Ford, meanwhile, has Burke 54th(!), McGary 65th, Hardaway 73rd, and Robinson 91st. I'm guessing that changes radically around midseason.
Michigan actually needs an early departure to fit their three-man 2013 class in. More than that and they could add another guy, but I'm guessing they'd just roll with what they have.
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Looks shopped to me—Ryan's arms are larger than that.
This again, with feeling. Many, many twitter wags piped up that Gardner's performance against Minnesota would start up the Gardner redshirt debate/fretting/confusion again, and lo twitter wags collect your prize:
"I've always been told the process was after the eligibility," Hoke said. "But I don't know if that is completely correct."
Turns out what Hoke had been told is not entirely accurate.
Michigan could have applied for the waiver at any point after Gardner's freshman season and there is no statute of limitations on when the school can file for the waiver.
"Institutions do not have to wait until after a student-athlete's true senior year, but rather, may submit a request as early as the end of the season in which the injury or illness occurs," Big Ten associate director of compliance Kerry Kenny said in an email on Monday. "Although we establish deadlines as to when an institution can submit a waiver request for the purposes of the bi-weekly review schedule, we leave the decision about when during a student-athlete's career to submit a medical hardship waiver up to institutional discretion."
Hoke said Monday that the school has not yet applied for Gardner's waiver.
Apparently it's the conference, not the NCAA, that decides these things. I'd assume Michigan applies for it after this season so they can plan for having him or not in 2014.
OL changes? They have been hinted at:
"Yeah, I am," he said. "I think we had some protection breakdowns that we can't have last week -- that we haven't had, to some degree. I think us moving the line of scrimmage (is an issue).
"We got to do a better job at the point of attack."
Hoke said he has considered making personnel changes to the line, including inserting Joey Burzynski or Jack Miller, but has held off because the current group also has had nice moments.
I know that the coaches have been high on Miller and his nasty disposition for a while now. He's listed at 288; while that's somewhat light it's not like he's 270. He's also been a center for over a year now, which is more than either Barnum or Mealer can say. I'd guess they give him a drive or two the next couple weeks to see if that helps things.
Hatch back on the court. Conditionally, anyway:
Austin Hatch has been conditionally released by his medical team to begin practicing with the Canterbury High School basketball program. The first official practice is today, however, Austin is limited to the types of drills he can participate in at this time. Although everyone is encouraged by the progress he continues to make, Austin and his family ask that you do not approach him for interviews at this time.
He has reclassified to 2014 already. The most likely outcome is that Michigan takes him and puts him on a medical scholarship, but he's got a couple years yet to recover fully.
Angry Michigan Defenseman Hating God progressing towards sated. Michigan had a rough weekend in Marquette, barely squeaking out a tie in game one and losing 4-3 in game two with Jacob Trouba sitting out for what sounds like a devastating hit on Wildcat Reed Seckel. Michigan had to ice Jeff Rohrkemper on D.
Michigan should be getting towards healthy this weekend in a home and home against State. Trouba won't see his suspension extended and Brennan Serville may return after missing the NMU series with a concussion. Emphasis on "may":
Sophomore defenseman Brennan Serville, who suffered what Berenson called a "facial concussion" against Miami (Ohio), should be back for this weekend's series against Michigan State, according to Berenson.
Berenson said before the defense can live up to its high preseason expectations, there need to be enough healthy bodies.
"We've got to get everybody healthy, number one," Berenson said. "And then start jelling like we thought we would. Hopefully Serville's back."
No word yet on John Merrill's potential return.
Lewan quote of the week. It's a goodun:
"I've never focused on scores my whole life," Michigan offensive tackle Taylor Lewan said. "In high school we played in a state championship game, we were getting killed and I had no idea. It was the fourth quarter and I was like 'guys, we got this, we got this.'
"Then I look up and it's 38-0, and I'm like 'alright, I guess we don't got this.' I've never been one to watch scores."
Etc.: Everything you ever wanted to know about CHL/NCAA eligibility issues from the Bylaw Blog. A post-jail Greg Skrepenak profiled by LSA Magazine. UMHoops requests your support.


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For those unfamiliar with the Jeeves and Wooster stories (and subsequent British television adaptation), they feature Bertie Wooster, a junior member of the idle rich in the 1920s and '30s who has to be continually extricated from societal misadventures by his improbably wise valet Jeeves. In the 1938 novel The Code of the Woosters Bertie is anxious about a potentially awkward encounter at an upcoming dinner and his trusted manservant suggests a refined method for calming one's nerves:
'If I might suggest, sir – it is, of course, merely a palliative – but it has often been found in times of despondency that the assumption of formal evening dress has a stimulating effect on the morale.'
'You think I ought to put on a white tie? Spode told me black.'
'I consider that the emergency justifies the departure, sir.'
'Perhaps you're right.'
And, of course, he was. In these delicate matters of psychology he never errs. I got into the full soup and fish, and was immediately conscious of a marked improvement. The feet became warmer, a sparkle returned to the lack-lustre eyes, and the soul seemed to expand as if someone had got to work on it with a bicycle pump.
Note that Jeeves specifically recommends full dress. Apparently a dinner jacket is too ordinary to do the trick.
Thanks to reader A.S. Moncrieff for suggesting this post.
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Ah, for the days when proper dinner suits were considered "ordinary!"↓
This is one of my all time favorite quotes, but I couldn't remember which book it was from! I've been paraphrasing and searching for it! I am off to read The Code of the Woosters again, now!↓
Although I heartily recommend reading the entire novel–I think I've read it five times, always with much pleasure–Sir P.G.'s quote appears in chapter five. Happy reading!↓
Wodehouse is credited in the OED for the first citation of soup-and-fish to mean dinner clothes, in the novel "Piccadilly Jim" (http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/2005/pg2005.txt) from 1917.↓


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Department of Music to Present Student Recitals
February 25, 2009
The Department of Music at Mount Union College has scheduled a number of upcoming student recitals.
Student recitals will be held on Tuesdays beginning March 3 and ending April 21. There will not be a recital March 10 due to the College's Spring Break. Each recital will begin at 10:35 a.m. in Presser Recital Hall.
Presser Recital Hall is located within Cope Music Hall, which stands on the corner of Union Avenue and Simpson Street, across from the Campus Lakes.
All events are free and open to the public. For more information, contact the Mount Union College Department of Music at (330) 823-2180.


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A truly great drink is an occasion in itself—finally opening that bottle you've been saving is something to celebrate. (And we're jealous that Kenji had a great bottle of Burgundy to open.) But sometimes the occasion can make a great drink even better—rosé, shared straight from the bottle, is even more delicious on the perfect spring picnic, and Irish whiskey (in a cute sweater outfit) is much more fun on St. Patrick's Day. Here are some of our most memorable sips from the past month, from bourbony beer to salty 7-Up.
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Mo could play outfield in Houston, says Girardi
By Bryan Hoch /9/26/2013 6:50 P.M. ET
NEW YORK -- Mariano Rivera has often said that he wants to play an inning in center field before his career comes to an end. He may finally get that chance.
Manager Joe Girardi said on Thursday that he is "absolutely" considering having Rivera make an appearance in the outfield this weekend against the Astros in Houston, though he has not decided yet when or under what circumstances.
The opportunity would be extremely meaningful for the 43-year-old Rivera, who said that he will only take the field if he feels that his body will allow him to play the position well.
"This is not a game for me, guys," Rivera said. "I don't know how you guys take it, but this is not a game for me. This is something I respect. I requested it way back, a long time ago, and now my knee is back. So we'll see what happens."
Girardi plans to use Rivera on Thursday, in what will be his final Yankee Stadium appearance.
Girardi would not consider playing Rivera in center field against the Rays, because the contest has playoff implications for Tampa Bay. The Astros are out of the race, so all three games of the weekend series in Houston are in play.
"You know, I don't know how I would do it," Girardi said. "It's something I would have to talk to him about. In my mind, thinking that he's going to want to pitch, it's a situation where I might bring him in in the eighth to play the outfield and then have him close it out in the ninth if we have that opportunity."
General manager Brian Cashman said on Thursday that he has no issues with giving Rivera his appearance in the outfield.
"It's whatever Mo wants, as far as I'm concerned, in Houston," Cashman said. "If that's something of interest, I'm sure he and Joe will work it out."
Rivera has long held an affinity for shagging fly balls, which he has called his favorite part of the afternoon before games. He sustained a catastrophic knee injury doing so last May in Kansas City, but he vowed to continue because he loves it so much.
There are also stories about Rivera's defensive prowess as he came up through the Minors, and some Yankees coaches believed he was among the organization's best athletes in the outfield. But he has never had the chance to play the outfield in a spring or regular-season game because of the risk that the Yankees might lose his services as a pitcher.
"It would be something good, if my body permits it," Rivera said. "The one thing that I will tell you, if I can do it, I will do it."
Girardi said that the unorthodox center-field hill at Minute Maid Park would not make him hesitate to put Rivera out there.
"I'm going to try to warn him about it, and hopefully, we don't give any balls up on that hill," Girardi said.
Rivera's possible appearance in the outfield is reminiscent of the pair that Ron Guidry made for the Yankees in center field.
Manager Billy Martin allowed Guidry to play the ninth inning of a Sept. 29, 1979, game against the Blue Jays, and nearly four years later, on Aug. 18, 1983, Martin sent Guidry to center field in the resumption of the "Pine Tar Game" against the Royals, also playing Don Mattingly at second base in mock protest.
Rivera has made it clear that he views this with more responsibility than Martin did.
"If I cannot do it, I will not be making a fool of myself there," Rivera said. "I'm a professional. This is not a joke. This is serious, this is business."


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Sic Hacer Pace, Para Bellum.
Before you can do things for people, you must be the kind of man who can get things done. But to get things done, you must love the doing, not the people!
The first guy talked about switchblades and potato razors, the second quit his job when he had to rip a 1x4 off the back of the desks to defend against his 'students'.
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Malloy says mag shouldn't have picked up tab
Published 10:49 pm, Thursday, May 2, 2013
HARTFORD -- What's the price for dinner with actress Amy Poehler and "Mad Men" star Jessica Pare?
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, under fire for taking a freebie, is finding out.
Malloy said he wrote a four-figure check to Time Warner Inc., reimbursing the corporation for travel, a hotel room and a seat at People magazine's table during the glittery White House Correspondents' Dinner last week.
Dressed in the obligatory tuxedo, Malloy joined Pare, Poehler and Betsy Glick, People's executive editor, for the annual fundraiser, highlighted by President Barack Obama's 20-minute standup routine.
Malloy said he was performing gubernatorial duties, representing Connecticut among the entertainment A-listers and Washington media stars.
But partisan heat from state Senate Minority Leader John McKinney on Wednesday resulted in Malloy's plan on Thursday to reimburse Time Warner for $1,234.62.
Malloy, speaking to reporters outside the Capitol on Thursday night, said he discussed valid issues of public policy at the event.
"My staff makes a lot of decisions about where I go," Malloy said, adding that he talked about digital media and other issues with people in the business.
"In retrospect, I shouldn't have done it," he said of initially accepting People magazine's largesse.
On Wednesday, Malloy asked the Office of State Ethics for a formal opinion about the issue, but he dropped the request Thursday.
"I decided to cut the whole thing off and I wrote out a check. That's what I did," he said. "But listen, there are important issues out there. Really important issues, like a budget that needs to have a lot more money in education if we're going to turn around 30 low-performing schools."
Newtown First Selectman Pat Llodra and her husband, Bob, also attended the White House Correspondents' Dinner. The Llodras drove to Washington on their own dime, but were guests of Newtown resident Rob Cox, who works for Thomson Reuters and is a member of the local group, Sandy Hook Promise.
Llodra, a two-term Republican, said she accepted the invitation because it was an opportunity to reach out to people who can help Newtown heal after the Dec. 14 shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Llodra said she didn't see Malloy's appearance in Washington as an ethical breach because he was acting as the state's top elected official and making contacts to help the state.
Andrew Doba, the governor's spokesman, described Malloy's presence as not rubbing shoulders with entertainers, but rather engaging in "substantive discussions with numerous" officials in the Obama administration.
"The governor attended the event in his official capacity and used the opportunity to advance Connecticut's interests," Doba said. "To note just a few discussions among many, he talked with Small Business Administrator Karen Mills about Connecticut's Hurricane Sandy relief plan and small business investment programs under the JOBS Act; talked with House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer about the strategy for pursuing federal gun-control legislation; and talked with U.S. Rep. Steve Israel about proposals for the establishment of a regional infrastructure bank."
McKinney said Thursday afternoon that Malloy violated state ethics laws and he wants to hear what the Office of State Ethics has to say about the event.
"He has begun that process by reimbursing People magazine for the gift he accepted, but he and his staff continue to set a bad example for elected officials and state government by defending his actions," McKinney said. "His dismissive attitude toward state ethics laws sets a dangerous precedent. I look forward to hearing the opinion of the Office of State Ethics on this matter."
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Every year Bill, who doesn't want to tell us his last name, drives down to Augusta the weekend before the Masters Tournament. He and his business partners pitch a tent on Washington Road and set up shop.
here all day long, from morning till night and we have tickets available," Bill said.
One of dozens of tents along the Garden City's busiest roadway, Bill calls himself as a ticket broker. He says he's licensed and insured to buy and sell Masters badges; a booming business.
year seems to be a lot of interested people coming to Augusta," Bill said.
But a lot those people coming to Augusta might not know Georgia laws on scalping. In Georgia, scalping is legal. But scalpers do have to be 2,700 ft from the entrance of an event, and they must be registered with the state. Last year more than 40 people were arrested for buying or selling Masters badges near the gates. And this year, Richmond County deputies will be out in full force.
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Road and side streets and hotels for scalpers," Sgt. Michael McDaniel.
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The FKBP52 protein was discovered by Baulieu 20 years ago in its ability to block Tau protein accumulation, which is commonly seen in Alzheimer's disease (AD)patients. Microtubules are the railways in the brain upon which cellular cargo is transported. In patients with AD, tau tangles formed by misfolded tau proteins may compromise the stability of the microtubules within the nerve cells leaving them damaged. Currently, the mechanism of Tau toxicity is unclear and there are no drug treatments targeting Tau.
Professor Etienne Baulieu and colleagues at Inserm (National Institute for medical research in France) have recently published results that for the first time demonstrate that the FKBP52 protein may prevent hyperphosphorylation, or over accumulation of Tau protein, a characteristic of Alzheimer's disease.
Specifically, the results of this study demonstrate a direct correlation between high levels of hyperphosphorylated Tau protein and reduced levels of FKBP52, in brain cells from patients that had died following AD, compared to normal brain cells. This indicates that when FKBP52 is reduced in nerve cells of AD patients, disease causing Tau is free to accumulate and contribute to the degeneration of brain cells.References IOS Press BV (2012, March 20). New hope for treating Alzheimer's Disease: A Role for the FKBP52 protein. ScienceDaily. Retrieved April 5, 2012, from http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120320195338.htm Julien Giustiniani, Marlène Sineus, Elodie Sardin, Omar Dounane, Maï Panchal, Véronique Sazdovitch, Charles Duyckaerts, Béatrice Chambraud, Etienne-Emile Baulieu. Decrease of the Immunophilin FKBP52 Accumulation in Human Brains of Alzheimer's Disease and FTDP-17. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, Volume 29, issue 2 (March 2012) [link]


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NGC 922, located about 157 million light-years from Earth, was formed by the collision between two galaxies. One of these galaxies is shown in this composite image with X-rays from Chandra (red) and optical data from Hubble (appearing as pink, blue, and yellow). //
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3 hr Pressure Change Contour - -11 hr
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Contour plot of the change in pressure from the current hour to 3 hours previous for the contiguous US. This is a good indicator of the movement and intensification of pressure systems. If the pressure change is negative in the region of a low pressure system (see above chart), the low is deepening. If the negative pressure change is out in front of the low pressure system, it indicates movement. The location of the maximum pressure drops indicate the possible direction of the low pressure system.


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The 158th annual Bureau County Fair opens its gates this week with Midway rides and carnival games, corn dogs and lemonade shakes, livestock barns, fine arts entries, grandstand entertainment and much more. Among the special events for the week are Senior Citizens Day, which is today, Thursday; followed by Friday evening's grandstand show with country star Justin Moore; Saturday's tractor/truck pull; and Sunday's annual county-wide worship service and demolition derby.
The Bureau County Fair offers lively entertainment as well as the opportunity to sit in the shade, have something cool to drink, and visit with friends. Held at the Bureau County Fairgrounds on West Peru Street in Princeton, the Bureau County Fair is a great way to squeeze one more celebration into summer.


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US Q1 GDP, UK Triple-Dip Fear, BoJ Rate Decision: Economic Events For April 23-26
The first look at the U.S. first-quarter gross domestic product growth, which will be announced Friday, should reflect a solid start to the year. However, durable goods and home sales probably weakened in March.
Buoyed by accelerations in consumer spending and stock-building, real GDP probably expanded at an annualized clip of 3.0 percent, after virtually no change over the final three months of 2012.
But as March and April data continue to disappoint, attention has already shifted to the second quarter and the road ahead.
In Europe, April's euro zone PMI and German Ifo readings will provide the first signs of whether business activity and sentiment have been hit by the recent events in Cyprus, Italy and Portugal. Eurostat will publish official debt and deficit figures, which are relevant for the coming policy discussions.
After months of speculation, investors will finally get the official verdict this week on whether the UK is in a triple-dip recession or not. Vicky Redwood at Capital Economics think the chances of a further contraction in British GDP in the first quarter are pretty much 50/50.
Whether the economy shrinks by a fraction or grows by a fraction is of little importance in the big picture.
"Barring a major surprise in this week's GDP figures, the main point is that the recovery will still look depressingly dismal – especially now that the labor market is weakening," Redwood said in a note to clients.
The Bank of Japan's Policy Board meeting on Friday is expected to keep its monetary policy unchanged. The focus is BOJ's new forecast of consumer price index for fiscal year 2014. A median core CPI forecast below 1.5 percent could spark speculation about further easing measures.
In January, the median forecast of board members for the Japanese CPI (excluding fresh food) in FY 2014 was 0.9 percent, excluding the impact of the planned consumption tax hike, or 2.9 percent including the hike.
Elsewhere, South Korea's Q1 GDP figures to be released this week are unlikely to show any significant rebound in growth to surprise the consensus on the upside.
Both New Zealand and the Philippines hold interest rate meetings this week. The central banks in both countries are likely to keep policy settings on hold.
Below are entries on the economic calendar for April 23-26. All listed times are EDT.
8:58 a.m. – The Markit manufacturing PMI is expected to hold at 54.6 in April.
9 a.m. – Economists look for the FHFA Home Price Index to rise 0.6 percent in February, consistent with the improvement in other home price indices during the same period. This would translate into a year-over-year increase of 6.9 percent.
10 a.m. – New home sales probably rose by 1.5 percent from a month ago to 417,000 units in March.
10 a.m. – Richmond Fed's Manufacturing Survey for April.
Netherlands -- Parliament votes on Cyprus aid package.
Hungary -- Deposit rate.
New Zealand -- RBNZ official cash rate.
China -- Flash HSBC manufacturing PMI index.
E17 -- "Flash" manufacturing PMI, "flash" services PMI and "flash" composite PMI for April.
7 a.m. -- The Mortgage Bankers Association's, or MBA's, mortgage-applications indexes for the week ended April 19.
8:30 a.m. – Durable goods orders are expected to fall 2.5 percent month-on-month in March, owing to a drop in Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) orders. In February, a large jump in Boeing orders drove the 5.6 percent pop in durable goods orders. In March, Boeing received orders for only 39 planes, or 140 less than in February. Stripping out the volatile transportation sector, economists look for durable goods orders to expand a modest 0.5 percent, following the 0.7 percent decline in February. The core capital goods orders is expected to increase by 0.9 percent, after falling 3.2 percent in February.
E17 -- European Central Bank Executive Board member Yves Mersch speaks on "Prospects for the euro and Europe" in Germany.
E17 -- ECB Vice President Vitor Constancio presents ECB annual report 2012 in Brussels.
Germany – IFO business climate index, current assessment index and business expectations index for April.
South Korea – Preliminary Q1 GDP.
8:30 a.m. -- Economists see initial jobless claims at 350,000 in the week ended April 20, down from 352,000 in the prior week.
E17 -- ECB Executive Board Member Jorg Asmussen speaks at Bellwether Europe conference in London.
Philippines -- BSP policy rate.
Spain -- Unemployment rate for Q1.
UK – Q1 GDP preliminary release.
Japan – March nationwide CPI.
8:30 a.m. – Economists expect the advance release of Q1 GDP to show real growth of 3.0 percent at an annualized rate, partly as a payback to the soft 0.4 percent gain in Q4. Economists believe much of this swing owes to inventories. Absent this, they are looking for modestly stronger growth in private consumption and residential investment and a smaller decline in government spending. Net trade will likely provide a small boost to the GDP number.
9:55 a.m. – In the preliminary April release, the University of Michigan's index of consumer sentiment slipped to 72.3 from 78.6. Economists expect a slight upward tick to 73.0 in the final release, as gas prices have come down and the housing market continues to improve. But labor market conditions remain weak.
France -- President François Hollande visits China.
Spain -- Releases its "stability and convergence program" and "national reform program."
Japan -- BoJ target rate.
Colombia -- Overnight lending rate.
E17 -- ECB Executive Board Member Asmussen speaks on "Global growth through M&A?" in Frankfurt.
Mexico -- Overnight rate.
E17 -- M3 and loans to private sector for March.
Sources: Central banks, European Commission, Reuters, Market News, Capital Economics, Barclays, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Nomura, Societe Generale.


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Technically they're right. We are not a democracy, we are a republic. Their reasons for doing this may be wrong, but I agree with the overall outcome.
P.S. Registered Democrat speaking here.
No, they're not right. We are a representative democracy or a democratic republic. As in we have a representative government, but we vote for the representatives. A nation as large as the US does not function with direct democracy. There's just way too many issues for everybody to vote on everything the way that they do in some smaller countries.
We are a Constitutional Federal Democratic Socialist Republic, technically. We have a Constitution, we use a Federal system of governance, we use democracy for elections, socialism for helping old or needy people, and we are a country of the people. So, technically, we are a Constitutional Federal Democratic Socialist Republic.
Important thing to note. Constitutional governments are one where there is a high binding law, above even the governing bodies, that isn't subject to change in the same manner as other laws. The reason to note it with regards to various governments is when you say a government is "Constitutional," it generally means "Has a functioning constitution that actually places some restrictions on the government." Also republics aren't the only kind of governments that can be as such, there are Constitutional Monarchies and so on.
But you are correct, the US is a republic, and always has been. There's a very strong democratic tradition in the US, more than many nations and at the state and lower level you see a lot more of that (like people directly voting on propositions) but it is a republic in structure and function.
One really good example of it that is more concrete to many people is presidential elections. You do NOT elect the president, you elect a person to go vote for the president. When you cast your vote, what you are doing is determining what electors you'd like to go and vote for the president. Who the electors are, the specifics of their choosing and so on varies state to state a bit, but that is how it works and how a president can win the popular vote but lose the election (And Bush v Gore isn't the first time it has happened).
Now I'm not saying that this bill is a useful thing, frankly the legislature shouldn't be concerned on this. However I don't think it is a bad idea to teach kids about different kinds of government and get them a good understanding of clear labeling.
US is a republic, yes. US is also a democracy. These two words are not antonyms today.
US is not unique, either. E.g. Germany is also a federal constitutional democratic republic. In fact, all Western states which are not constitutional monarchies are republics (though not all are constitutional, and not all are federal).
The whole idea that the word "democracy" is somehow bad is purely an American phenomenon. Everywhere else in the world - including other English-speaking countries - it means solely that government reflects the will of the people, and nothing more; from there it is detailed further (e.g. "direct democracy", "representative democracy" etc) as needed. I've never seen a European say that their country is "a republic, not a democracy".
In US, though, it seems to be some weird kind of shibboleth - especially interesting that I mostly notice it being used by less moderate conservatives and libertarians. Non-political people are perfectly happy with using "democracy" in its everyday, sane meaning.
No, we are not a representative democracy. In a representative democracy majority rules all at all times. We do not have that by virtue of our constitution, making us a constitutional republic.
No, you're all wrong. We have a corporate run government with the illusion of an elected republic.I mean really? When was the last time the Government followed the people's wishes? Really.
Follow the money.It goes from our pockets to
Where and when the unmodified term "democracy" got morphed into being interpreted as "direct referendum on practically everything" is unknown to me
Unknown because the "morphing" never occurred. That is the original meaning of the word.
Plato, in Athens, Greece [Where] in about 340 b.c. was the one who came up with the idea. And had some original thoughts on the issue. One may argue that "Democracy" means something different now [becaue words do change] but you should realize that the distinction is very old.
Plato, in Athens, Greece [Where] in about 340 b.c. was the one who came up with the idea. And had some original thoughts on the issue. One may argue that "Democracy" means something different now [becaue words do change] but you should realize that the distinction is very old.
Well, Plato did write what we commonly call in English The Republic, but that is considered an inaccurate translation of the original title Politeia. The republic/democracy distinction being established by Plato is also silly, because his distinction is democracy (by people)/monarchy (by one)/oligarchy (by the elite)/timocracy (by property owners).
And even Plato doesn't lump constrict democracy into "direct referendum on practically everything". It's a looser term in his work as well. No part of ancient athens even fits that definition, except possibly their secondary political body, which only included men over 20 anyway (this amounted to about 1/8th the population). The primary bodies of government were the public officials who were chosen by lottery.
Or are they only going to teach kids that USA==republic, and forget the inconvenient republics?
The Economist had an article, 10+ years ago, about countries' names. They wrote, "People's Republics . . . usually aren't."
People's Republics . . . usually aren't.
Well, that settles it then. The United People's Republic of America, LLC it is!
From the article, it seems like the main thrust was a socialism witch hunt. Of course, what they don't tell you is that most oppressive socialist regimes in the past 100 years, and indeed most of the oppressive governments in general, were elected democratically. WW2 Germany, Russia, China has elections...
Boy it's reassuring that our elected officials are setting the rules on what our elected officials are to be called.
Technically they're right. We are not a democracy, we are a republic. Their reasons for doing this may be wrong, but I agree with the overall outcome.
I know that they brainwashed you in school to believe that, but I would rather believe the New Oxford American Dictionary (emphasis mine):
democracy |dimäkrs|
noun ( pl. -cies)
a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives (...)
Or Merriam-Webster [merriam-webster.com]:
democracy noun \di-mä-kr-s\
plural democracies
Definition of DEMOCRACY
a : government by the people; especially : rule of the majority
b : a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections (...)
Or other popular but authoritative sources of information on the definition of words [reference.com]:
[dih-mok-ruh-see] Show IPA
–noun, plural -cies.
government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system. (...)
(Sorry for cross-posting this, but this nonsense has to stop).
Technically they're right. We are not a democracy, we are a republic. Their reasons for doing this may be wrong, but I agree with the overall outcome.
I know that they brainwashed you in school to believe that, but I would rather believe the New Oxford American Dictionary
You should have looked up both "democracy" and "republic". You would have found that they both share the characteristics you emphasize:
- Supreme power resides in the people entitled to vote.
- Power exercised by elected representatives chosen directly or indirectly.
However the definitions for republic also includes:
- A head of state that is not a monarch. In contrast your sources specifically permit a monarchy in a democracy.
So "republic" is a better fit for the Unites States.
Furthermore your Merriam-Webster source includes:
Examples of REPUBLIC
when asked by a passerby what sort of government the constitutional convention had formulated for the new nation, Benjamin Franklin memorably replied, "A republic, if you can keep it"
and your dictionary.com source includes:
Today, the terms republic and democracy are virtually interchangeable, but historically the two differed. Democracy implied direct rule by the people, all of whom were equal, whereas republic implied a system of government in which the will of the people was mediated by representatives, who might be wiser and better educated than the average person. In the early American republic, for example, the requirement that voters own property and the establishment of institutions such as the Electoral College were intended to cushion the government from the direct expression of the popular will.
Which is why founding fathers described their creation as a republic back in the day. For a more modern perspective lets see how the US government describes itself today:
Country name:
conventional long form: United States of America
conventional short form: United States
abbreviation: US or USA
Government type:
Constitution-based federal republic; strong democratic tradition
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html [cia.gov]
Republic is to Democracy what Latin is to Greek. (Not exactly I admit, but it's pretty close.)
Usage of the words democracy and republic has certainly changed over the centuries. The US doesn't (at least officially) give more votes to rich people than to poor (a central feature of the roman republic) and it doesn't elect plebeian tribunes either. They are definitely not a republic in a strictly Roman sense. They are however a country whose founders were classically educated and drew on Roman traditions and terminology when drafting the constitution.
Today - anywhere in the world outside the US - the US would be described as a representative democracy. The same applies to any established dictionaries in use in the US.
What's the point of obscuring modern use and going back to terminology last used hundreds of years ago? I think it's a political motivation, suggesting that the Republican party is the natural ruling party of the country.
The article never says anything about "because democracy would have democrat in it." I'm guessing the story submitter made that up.
I was suprised to find that you are right about TFA.
Then. .
But on Monday, Senate floor sponsor Sen. Mark Madsen, R-Eagle Mountain, said in some states children are being indoctrinated in socialism via some curriculum.
"This is happening at least in some places in our country, so I believe this is all the more important in this state, so that we can protect our children from such curriculum," Madsen said.
Ah, yes. That's the stuff.
I was suprised to find that you are right about TFA.
Then. .
But on Monday, Senate floor sponsor Sen. Mark Madsen, R-Eagle Mountain, said in some states children are being indoctrinated in socialism via some curriculum.
"This is happening at least in some places in our country, so I believe this is all the more important in this state, so that we can protect our children from such curriculum," Madsen said.
Ah, yes. That's the stuff.
And in some states children are indoctrinated in some crazy shit involving magic underwear and Jesus hanging out with Native Americans.
(I have Karma to burn. Which is rather apropos given the topic)
The article quotes a supporter:
"But on Monday, Senate floor sponsor Sen. Mark Madsen, R-Eagle Mountain, said in some states children are being indoctrinated in socialism via some curriculum."
They're making an entire law without backing up their statements over there, I bet that will have more ramifications than an editorializing slashdot submitter.
You left out the bigoted addition from Cmdr Taco. Man what is next From the harder than getting money out of Jew department?
Really Cmdr Taco that is really just not cool.
I mean, the USA IS a republic... a (supposedly) democratically elected republic, but a republic nonetheless. Maybe we should leave the terms democratic and republic alone and rename the political parties. How about lazy jackasses and fat ugly elephants instead?
Whigs and Tories.
The reasons behind it may be corrupt, but the United States is actually a republic, not a democracy.
"Congratulations gentlemen, you have a republic, if you can keep it"
-Benjamin Franklin,
at the close of the Constitutional Convention of 1787
There is nothing inherently good about a democracy, nor anything inherently bad about even a dictatorship. The moral judgment comes from the actual actions of the members of government in either system.
Nonsense. Even a benevolent dictatorship violates the right of the people to self-determination. That's exactly like saying slavery isn't inherently bad as long as the overseer is merciful.
Nonsense. Even a benevolent dictatorship violates the right of the people to self-determination.
Nonsense. I live in a country with a democratically elected government, and we've had three different parties involved in leading the country over the last decade and beyond. Nothing changes. That's not self-determination through democracy, that's giving people the illusion of being able to detemrine their destiny through democracy. I'm sure in many dictatorships the people on the street have just as much ability to decide their own fate as I do - they can change careers, can get married, can have kids, can buy a new car or choose to use public transport, and so on.
Democracy vs. Dictatorship is not as black and white as you're making out.
You're correct out of context, but it's essential to understand that this *is* about partisanship.
Utah is simply taking a tactic from the Texas School Board; they were taken over by the religious right a few years back and have been dramatically reworking the curriculum to fit the right wing political and social agenda. The list of horrifies is long, but includes de-emphasizing Thomas Jefferson (because he strongly pushed for separation of church and state), as well as several non-white contributors to Amer
true democracy
Definition of DEMOCRACY [merriam-webster.com]
a : government by the people; especially : rule of the majority
b : a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections
We are a representative democracy which is true democracy.
From TFA:
HB220 would require schools to teach students that the U.S. is a compound constitutional republic and about other forms of government such as pure democracy, monarchy and oligarchy along with political philosophies and economic systems such as socialism, individualism and free-market capitalism.
Is it just me, or does that sound a just a little bit more defensible than the spin in the summary?
.. and just as important, and relevant to Slashdot readers, if not more so..
The governor signed a bill to limit access to government records [sltrib.com]...
Now, I really don't give a shit what happens in Utah, but we should demand that all their representatives are removed from all national committees in Congress. His name is unmentionable..
The good news must be that all issues of unemployment, finance and social service must be resolved in Utah for their legislature to spend time on this. It must be a utopia!
I searched for the 'like' button when I read that. I haven't had enough coffee yet.
I'd say that maybe clarifying the difference between a pure democracy and a republic for students isn't such a bad idea, although I do suspect that there's more to this behind the scenes than TFA states outright.
I always find this argument hilarious because people act as if "democracy" and "republic" are terms that have one extremely precise meaning each, and are mutually exclusive.
Etymologically, "republic" comes from the Latin phrase "res publica", which means "common thing" or "common substance". It was meant to contrast the Roman state, which was the possession of the entire Roman citizen body, with foreign kingdoms that were (in the view of the Romans) "owned" by a single despot. The English phrase "commonwealth" is a more or less literal translation. (The Romans continued to use this name for their state well after the oligarchic system we call the "Roman republic" was replaced by the one-man rule we call the "Roman empire," by the way.)
Etymologically, "democracy" comes from a Greek phrase that means "people power", or, perhaps more accurately, "citizen body power" ("demos" referring to the body of people with citizen rights, not the population as a whole). It was used as a term of abuse even back in the days of ancient Athens, when the state went back and forth between various systems of government, some of which involves large-scale participation of the citizen body in day-to-day decisions, others not so much.
The two words have been used to describe an incredible variety of political systems over the past 2000 years or so. The modern use of the word "republic" probably emerged in the late 18th/early 19th century, when it came to specifically denote states that weren't monarchies (as this was a live question in that era). The modern use of the word "democracy" is similarly broad, denoting a system of government where the citizens have a significant say in how the country is run. Since there are virtually no instances of states run by direct democracy, the term is understood as being wholly compatible with representative government, in which citizens elect officials to run the state on their behalf.
You can have states that are democracies but not republics (e.g., the UK and Sweden), that are republics and not democracies (e.g., Syria, Belarus), that are both (e.g., the U.S., France), or that are neither (e.g., Saudi Arabia, Brunei).
Most of the responses here show exactly why teaching that the United States is a Republic is a very good idea!
The US educational system is in drastic need of an overhaul! I find it entirely unsurprising that home schooled kids do better on standardized tests than the products of the public education system.
In the purist definition we are now a social democracy. Both republicans and democrats are socialists being that they support and vote to to continue social security and medicare and we have a redistributive tax policy and have had for as long as most people currently alive have been voting. So the hypocrisy of the socialism label is astounding.
Most Americans are socialist too. I don't see any mad rush to give back social security checks or turn down medicare for a free market solution.
Come on slashdot editors--
not a democracy, because a "Democracy" would have "Democrat" in it."
does not appear in the linked article.
Save your editorial commentary for, I don't know, the comment section?
*Proceeds to stack more mud*
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StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty patch 1.5.4 is now live. This patch includes systems improvements and bug fixes.
Read the full patch notes below to learn about these changes.
Bug Fixes
- General
- Several improvements have been made to address an issue where players would load into a game slightly later than other players. Additional details regarding this are in this forum thread
- Fixed an issue that occasionally caused stuttering in the middle of a game.
- Fixed a rare issue that prevented players launching the patched client without an Internet connection from accessing features in Offline Mode.
- Fixed an issue preventing some custom minimap icons from displaying properly in Arcade games.
- Editor
- The trigger module should no longer stall for long periods of time when adding or removing actions.
- Races
- Protoss
- Structures built within the power field of a Pylon of an ally who disconnects should no longer remain powered when that Pylon is destroyed.
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Days after it was revealed a hacker successfully compromised the Virginia Health database and stole records of more than 8 million patients; the state of Virginia announced it will not pay a requested $10 million ransom.
The database is used by pharmacies and doctors to track narcotics and painkiller prescriptions, in an attempt to reduce the amount of abuse, theft and illegal sales of popular prescription drugs.
Both the Virginia state police and FBI are looking into the matter, with Virginia Governor Timothy Kaine saying this is a "crime and it is being treated that way."
The state has refused to pay the ransom, and will instead rely on the FBI's investigation to locate and prosecute the people responsible for this data intrusion.
Since the breach last week, the Department of Health Professions shut down its computer network, and all data has been successfully backed up. The DHP has issued a statement saying it can "assure the public that all precautions are being taken for DHP operations to continue safely and securely."
Hackers' attempts to steal personal information or hold data for ransom has increased in popularity, with hackers routinely stealing Social Security Numbers and other personal information so it can be sold to identity thieves. There is a growing concern over foreign-based hacker groups that are bankrolled by countries such as China and Russia, who are targeting U.S.-based computer networks.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 18th Aug 2008 23:33 UTC, submitted by Charles Wilson
GoboLinux is a distribution which sports a different file system structure than 'ordinary' Linux distributions. In order to remain compatible with the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard, symbolic links are used to map the GoboLinux tree to standard UNIX directories. A post in the GoboLinux forums suggested that it might be better to turn the concept around: retain the FHS, and then use symbolic links to map the GoboLinux tree on top of it. This sparked some interesting discussion. Read on for more details.
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RE[2]: I like the idea
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This idea isn't generally bad, but its major problem would be the inconsistency of the naming conventions and hierarchy layouts among the different Linux distributions.
Gobo Linux isn't meant to be a mainstream distro for everyone, but advertises itself as a Linux distro for relatively advanced users (= a minority. So basically this could only be a problem to those few experienced Gobo Linux users who already decided that they like the Gobo ideas, and so likely not a huge problem for them.


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