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Bulletin Board
NOTICE: For your convenience, you can e-mail your bulletin board notices to email@example.com as well as mail to 1944 Warwick Ave., Warwick, RI 02889, or fax to 732-3110.
Meadowbrook Bingo
Meadowbrook Terrace, 2220 Warwick Ave., has bingo every Friday night at 6:30 p.m., featuring great prizes and a wonderful group of people All are welcome
Warwick Historical Society
The Warwick Historical Society meets weekly at the John Waterman Arnold House on Roger Williams Circle Wednesdays from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and every second Saturday of the month at 11 a.m.-2 p.m. All are welcome and urged to become member and volunteer. Visit www.warwickhistoricalsocietyonline.org, join them on Facebook, or call 737-4617 for more information.
Gaspee Days Fundraiser
The Gaspee Days Committee is holding a fundraiser May 2 at the William Shields Post #43, West Shore Road, at 6 p.m. A chicken dinner with real mashed potatoes will be served. There will be music and a raffle. Price is $25 per person. Call 781-01774 for tickets. Deadline is April 30.
East Greenwich Leisure Learning
Do you enjoy learning something new in a fun and friendly environment? East Greenwich Leisure Learning, membership organization now in its 36th year, welcomes interested adults, regardless of residency, to join them by registering for their upcoming six-week series of 12 lectures and programs The dates for the spring series are May 1, 8 and 15, with morning and afternoon presentation each day. Topics of lectures vary from the practical to the historical, especially Rhode Island history, and anything in between Programs are held at St. Luke's Parish House on the corner of Peirce and Church Sts. The registration fee for the series is $15, and members sign up for the entire series. Pre-registration is required. Those interested may contact the registrar at 828-0978.
New Art Classes for Ages 17 and Up
Jumpstart spring by adding colorful creativity to your life with art classes on Tuesday and Thursday from 6-8 p.m. at Warwick Museum of Art, 3259 Post Road. Three-week classes are bursts of creativity that fit busy schedules. Four new classes debut this spring: Beginning Ceramics through May 1 $250 (includes all materials); Exploring Pastels May 6-22 $125 (a materials list will be emailed); Creative Drawing May 27-July 12 $125 (a materials list will be emailed); Creating Art from the Masters June 17-July 3 $125 (a materials list will be emailed). Art classes are terrific Mom and Dad's Day gifts (gift certificates available in any amount) and phone registration is easy with MasterCard or Visa. More information is on Facebook (click "Events" for Registration Form), www.warwickmuseum.org or call the office at 737-0010.
Yard Sale
Meadowbrook Terrace, 2220 Warwick Ave., is holding an indoors/outdoors yard sale May 3, featuring household goods, jewelry, clothing, books and great values. Coffee and donuts in the morning, hot dogs, hamburgers, sausage and peppers for lunch.
Dogpatch Fundraising Event
Dogpatch Grooming Salon will be hosting a fundraising event May 3 (rain or shine) from 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Dogpatch is located in historic Apponaug at 99 Brownlee Blvd. Featuring more than 15 vendors tables, raffles, refreshments and much, much more. There will also be a clothing sale, which benefits the American Diabetes Association. One hundred percent of all the proceeds raised goes to charity. Come out and support them by stopping at vendor tables or trying your luck in the raffle, or simply stop by with an item needed by one of the local animal shelters. Call 736-0907 for a complete list of items needed by the shelters and the Rhode Island Spay and Neuter Clinic.
St. Kevin's Church Hall, 333 Sandy Lane, is holding bingo May 3, starting with a $75 special; last special is $100. Doors open at 5 p.m., bingo starts ay 6. There will be no bingo in June and July.
Toy Train Show
The Southern New England Chapter Toy Train Show will be held May 4 at Aldrich Junior High School, 789 Post Road, Warwick. The show hours are 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Admission is $5 for adults, children under 18 are free. For information contact Greg Malm at 941-2086.
Daughters of Isabella
The Saint Benedict Circle #423, Daughters of Isabella will hold their monthly business meeting May 5 at 6:30 p.m. in the parish library. All members are welcome. Refreshments will be served.
Spring Craft Fair
Just in time for Mother's Day, Friends of the Warwick Animal Shelter is hosting the 3rd Annual Crafting for Critters Spring Craft Fair and Bake Sale May 10 at the Buttonwoods Community Center, 3027 West Shore Road, Warwick, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. A wide variety of vendors will be gathered under one roof selling their wares including stained glass, Silpada jewelry, handmade candles, chocolates, crafts for animal lovers, baby gifts, original paintings, handmade jewelry, Wildtree herbs, Pampered Chef housewares, baked goods, all natural dog treats, clothing, books and more. Admission is free. Food and refreshments will be available. No pets allowed in facility. For more information call 467-2692.
Book & Bake Sale
Pilgrim Lutheran Church, 1817 Warwick Ave., is having a book and bake sale May 10 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. and May 11 from 11 a.m.- 12 noon. Thousand of gently used hardcovers, paperbacks, fiction, non-fiction, children's books, videos, CDs and puzzles. Fresh homemade baked goods available for your Mother's Day celebrations.
Pasta Dinner
The Pet Refuge, with the help of the North Kingstown firefighters, is hosting a pasta dinner May 10 from 5-8 p.m. at the Masonic Lodge, 1515 Ten Rod Road, North Kingstown. Come and enjoy a traditional pasta and meatballs meal and try the Italian rustic sausage with its own homemade sauce donated by "Becoming Italian Today." There will be a silent auction and a raffle. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children under 12 (under 3 is free). Tickets may be purchased in advance at The Pet Refuge, 500 Stony Lane, North Kingstown; from the firefighters at 8150 Post Road, North Kingstown and 6445 Post Road; and from the North Kingstown Animal Hospital, 3736 Quaker Lane, North Kingstown. For more information call 294-1115.
Gorton Luncheon
The Gorton High School monthly luncheon will be held May 14 at Timmy's Waterfront Restaurant, One Bay Avenue, Oakland Beach, at 11:30 a.m. Cost is $15. All Gorton High School classmates from 1941-1955 are welcome. Call Barb Kane at 821-0161 or email firstname.lastname@example.com or call Fran Allin at 463-8679 if you plan to attend.
Norwood General Meeting
A general meeting will be held May 15 at 7 p.m. at the Norwood Boys & Girls Club, 43 Frederick St. The agenda will include a community police report followed by a presentation by Master Gardener Barbara Morgan, who will present an interesting presentation on all facets of planting to harvesting and answer any questions related to your gardening questions. There will also be a flower and plant swap at the end of the meeting. For more details, email email@example.com. All are welcome.
Community Tag Sale
The Conimicut Village Association will host its annual Spring Village-Wide Yard Sale May 17 from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. All Conimicut residents/businesses are welcome to participate at no cost by calling 524-8404 or by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com with the address where you will set up. CVA will advertise statewide. Maps showing all participating homes will be available for download at www.conimicut.org and on Craigslist after May 14 and at many participating homes the day of the event. There is no cost to participate.
Narragansett Spring Scramble For SIDS
The Narragansett Spring Scramble For SIDS will take place May 23 with an 8 a.m. start at North Kingstown Public Golf Course. Soft spikes only; $125 per player included continental breakfast at 7:30 a.m., group & individual prizes, awards ceremony, raffles, longest drive, closest to the pin, putting contest, cart, streak fry with a special
presentation to honor Eagle. Mixed groups welcome. Raffle with a chance to win a golf vacation in Catskills worth $500.
Win two free tickets that include two nights lodging, meals and golf. To assure your correct shirt size, please contact in advance. All donations accepted. For information call Joe McCue at 737-0995 or email email@example.com.
Plant & Yard Sale
The Coventry Historical Society will hold a plant and yard sale May 24 from 8 a.m.-12 noon at the corner of Read School House Road and Route 117 in Coventry. Call Virginia Soucy at 397-3661 for more information or to donate items for the yard sale. Donations are gladly accepted.
Divorce Group
The divorce group is a friendly, caring group of people who will walk alongside you through one of life's most difficult experiences. The sessions are led by people who understand what you are going through and want to help. There will be a 30- to 40-minute video featuring top experts on divorce and recovery subjects, followed by a discussion and sharing time Sessions will meet from 6-7:30 p.m. at the Christ Church Office Condo through May 27 For more information call the church office (884-8632) or email email@example.com.
Natick Family & Friend Gathering
A "Natick Family and Friends Gathering" will be held May 31 at the West Valley Inn, 4 Blossom Street, West Warwick. An evening of music, dancing and fun follows the 6 p.m. start of an enjoyable evening that includes a full course dinner prepared by the Inn. Music will be provided by The Reggie Centracchio Quintet. Come join old and new friends for a very pleasurable evening. Tickets are $35. For more information call Kitty at 821-8950, Shirley at 821-0297 or Sam at 827-5300.
Grief Support Group
Those who are suffering from the loss of a loved one are welcome to come to one or all of the grief support sessions that will be held at the Christ Church Office Condo (61 Cedar Ave., Unit 6, East Greenwich) every Sunday from 2-4 p.m. through June 1. The meetings will begin with a video featuring interviews with leading authors, counselors, speakers and pastors covering a variety of topics to help you deal with your grief, followed by discussion and sharing. For more information call the church office at 884-8632 or email info@christchurchec org .
Clothing Collection Drive
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Ocean State is holding a collection drive for gently used clothing and small household items. Donations help to raise funds to support mentoring programs for boys and girls throughout the state. They offer convenient free home pick-up of donations and provide a tax receipt. Call or visit www BBBSOS org to schedule free home pick-up, find the nearest drop-off location or learn more about mentoring programs.
Hospice Volunteer Informational Meeting
The VNA of Care New England conducts weekly hospice volunteer informational meetings at the VNA of Care New England, 51 Health Lane, Warwick. Have you ever wondered how you can make the difference in the life of a family whose loved one is in hospice care? Do you want to join with a dedicated hospice volunteer program that provides training and ongoing support in this most rewarding work? Come and find out more about the VNA of Care New England hospice Call Carolyn McDonough, Hospice Volunteer Coordinator, at 921-7614 to register.
Community Service Scholarship Available
The Greater Warwick Lions Club announces its annual Academic and Community Achievement Award. This $1,000 scholarship is available to Warwick high school seniors who have demonstrated an active involvement in community service. To receive a scholarship application, contact the guidance department of your school or request one in writing from Ron Bergeron, Scholarship Chairman, Great Warwick Lions Club, 106 Wilson Place, Warwick RI 02889. The deadline for submission is April 30.
New Gallery Hours at WMOA
The main gallery at Warwick Museum of Art, 3259 Post Road, Warwick, is now open Tuesdays through Fridays 10 a.m.-5 p.m. so exhibits are available to school groups, home-school students and anyone who can stop by on their lunch hour. The main gallery is also open on Saturdays from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. for those who work during the week. More information on exhibits, classes and camps and rentals is available online at www.warwickmusuem.org, on Facebook or call the office during gallery hours at 737-0010.
Friday Comedy Shows
New for 2014, the Bring Your Own Improv comedy troupe will perform two shows on Fridays at Warwick Museum of Art, 3259 Post Road: 7-8:30 p.m. Family-Friendly Comedy Show (G-rated laughs) and 9-10:30 p.m. Late Night Comedy Show (PG-13 rated laughs). Kick off your weekend with laughter when BYOI takes audience suggestions, comedy skits morph instantly and the actors react to the silliness onstage Every show is brand new, so you'll want to become a regular Tickets are priced to be budget-friendly, and they're available at the door or online at www.bringyourownimprov.com. Call 737-0010 for more information
Hi-Lo-Jack League
There is a hi-lo-jack league at the Buttonwoods Community Center every Thursday at 12:30 p.m. open to anyone who likes to play If interested call George Gange at 739-6682.
West Bay Chorale
The West Bay Chorale welcomes new and former members, male and female, all ages If you like to sing, attend rehearsals at Edgewood Congregational Church, 1788 Broad Street, Cranston, from 7-9:30 p.m. on Monday evenings. No audition necessary. For information call 392-3458 or go to www.westbaychorale.org.
Do you have an hour a week to spare? That's all it takes to make a difference in the life of a child Today's children need positive, caring adult role models to help them develop confidence, self-esteem, and a desire to stay in school. For more information on the Warwick Mentor Program, contact Pamela Sherman at 732-7700 x117 or visit the Rhode Island Mentoring Partnership website at www.mentorRI.org.
Aphasia Conversation Group
On the second Tuesday of each month from 6-7:30 p.m., Sargent Rehabilitation Center, 800 Quaker Lane, Warwick, holds an aphasia conversation group. This group provides a supportive meeting place for people with aphasia to socialize and share their communication challenges and strategies. There is no charge for participation. Attendance is limited to individuals with aphasia only. For more information contact Lucia Watson, MS, SLP at 886-6600 or visit www.sargentcenter.org.
Photographic Society of RI
The Photographic Society of Rhode Island welcomes camera enthusiasts of all abilities. Meetings are held on the second, third and fourth Tuesday of each month, September through May at Lakewood Baptist Church, 255 Atlantic Ave. For more information visit www.psri.us.
Womens Golf League
Women Golfers Wanted Harbor Lights Ladies League is looking for women golfers for a Thursday night 4:30 league. Golfers should call Dee and 391-9957 for more information and/or with their GIN.
Fife & Drum Corps
Join the Pawtuxet Rangers Fife & Drum Corps of Warwick and continue the great tradition of Colonial/Revolutionary history through music. The Fife & Drum Corps meets every Wednesday night at Wyman Elementary School from 6:30-8 p.m. The corps is open to anyone over the age of 12. Drum and fife instruction is available to beginners.
The Village Singers
The Village Singers, an adult vocal ensemble, is seeking new members for all voice parts: soprano, alto, tenor and baritone Rehearsals will be on Tuesday evenings at 7 p.m. at the Scandinavian Home, Broad St., Cranston. Their mission is to share musical experiences and appreciation across generational and socio-economic lines in a variety of settings, including community centers, health care facilities, etc. Contact Dennis Robbins at 465-6342 or email email@example.com.
There will be bingo every Friday at 6:45 p.m. at Meadowbrook Terrace on Warwick Ave in the Community Hall.
Free Sunday Lunch
St Paul Lutheran Church, 389 Greenwich Ave., is offering a free lunch for anyone in need of meal or companionship All are welcome every Sunday from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. For more information call 737-6758.
Rhode Island Pet Bird Club
The R.I. Pet Bird Club welcomes anyone who owns birds or has an interest in exotic birds. Meet other people who have birds, listen to guest lecturers and more. The meetings are held on the first Monday of each month. For more information call Michele at 739-7290 or visit www.orgsites.com/ri/ripbc.
Fife and Drum Corps
The Kentish Guards Fife and Drum Corps rehearses on Wednesday evenings from 7-9 p.m. at the Kentish Guards Armory on Pierce St. in East Greenwich. Free lessons on playing the fife are provided to men and young men interested in joining the corps.
Take Off Pounds Sensibly, Rhode Island Chapter No. 38, East Greenwich meets every Thursday at the Women & Infants Center, 1050 Main Street, East Greenwich Weigh-in begins at 9 a.m. and runs until 9:50. The meeting will follow at 10. Admission costs $1.50 per week. For more information about TOPS, call TOPS Greeter Carole Paster from Exeter at 295-8381, e-mail at cpaster1@verizon net, call (800) 932-8677 or visit www.tops.org.
Grief Support
If you have experienced the loss of someone you love and are ready to begin or continue the healing process, then you are welcome to come to a grief support group. The group meets at the Christ Church Office condo, 61 Cedar Ave #6, East Greenwich, Sundays from 2-4 p.m. For more information visit the Christ Church website (www.christchurchec.org), call the Church office (884-8632) or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Evening Counseling Available
If you are experiencing depression, anxiety or overwhelming stress coupled with an addiction to or dependence on drugs or alcohol, then The Kent Center's new evening program may be right for you. The Kent Center is offering an intensive outpatient program for people battling co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders Program hours are 4:40-8 p.m., making it accessible for people who work. The program is confidential and personalized to meet individual needs. For more information call 732-5656.
Help for Victims of Crime
Are you a victim of physical or sexual assault, domestic violence, untreated childhood abuse, or another crime or traumatic event? Are you experiencing depression, anxiety, difficulty concentrating, increased substance use or other emotional difficulties? If so, you may be eligible to receive counseling services free of charge at The Kent Center (www.thekentcenter.org). Victims of crimes and other traumatic events often experience debilitating psychiatric symptoms that may have long-term affects if left untreated. Seek treatment today at 732-5656.
Volunteers Needed to Sew
Looking for something to do to help foster kids? Organizers of The Sewing Project to Help Foster Kids are looking for volunteers who want to help sew pillowcase or duffel bags for foster children. Currently their belongings are sometimes put in black trash bags. Foster parent Adriane Grimaldi in Scottsdale, Ariz. started the Sewing Project in February 2008 for children taken from their homes by Child Protective Services (CPS) to make kid-friendly bags for carrying their belongings instead of trash bags To date, people have made 6,700 pillowcase bags for foster kids Pillowcase bags are delivered to CPS to use instead of trash bags. The Sewing Project has opened a new Rhode Island Chapter working with the Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) and is in need of volunteers to sew. For more information contact Hollie Galloway at email@example.com.
Cornerstone Church
Cornerstone Church, 1990 Elmwood Ave., Warwick, is member of the RI Community Food Bank Hours of operation are the first and third Saturday from 9-11 a.m. and the second and fourth Monday from 6-8 p.m. For more information call 781-6121.
Domestic Abuse Support Groups
The Elizabeth Buffum Chace Center is a non-profit agency providing services to victims of domestic abuse and sexual assault. The agency offers morning and evening support groups for adults dealing with current or past domestic abuse Groups provide a safe place to talk with others who have shared similar experiences. The groups are confidential and free of charge For more information call Jessica at 738-1700.
Free Health Care
Our Lady of Fatima Hospital has an outreach coordinator to assist women in getting free health care If you are between the ages of 40-64 and are underserved or uninsured, call Maria at 456-3105 for a confidential assessment. You may be eligible for free care including mammogram and gynecological care.
Old Warwick Grange #41
The Grange is a fraternal community service, non-profit organization with a special interest in rural life and the traditions of faith, patriotism, leadership and family values Grange where the whole family can go and grow Help them to help others The meetings are held on the third Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m. No meetings in July or August. The Grange hall is located at 1175 West Shore Rd.
Developmental Screening
The Child Outreach Department of the Warwick Public Schools, in cooperation with the Volunteers of Warwick schools (VOWS), conducts regular preschool screening clinics. All Warwick preschool children between the ages of 3 and 5 are offered the Early Screening Inventory-Revised (ESI-R). This is a free service provided by the Warwick Public Schools. Participation in a Developmental Screening is a long established program of the Warwick School Department that provides families with information about their child's development and offers information about community resources. For more information, or to arrange a clinic appointment for your preschool aged child, call the VOWS office at 734-3230.


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LUCKY BASTARD is the found-footage story of a pornographic website that sponsors a contest for its subscribers—a contest in which the prize is having sex with a porn star. The entire film is shot from the point of view of the website's cameras recording the on-screen and behind-the-scenes action.
At the center of the story are: porn star Ashley Saint (Betsy Rue); Mike (Don McManus), who owns the LUCKY BASTARD website; and Dave G. (Jay Paulson), the unsuspecting subscriber who wins the contest. The LUCKY BASTARD employees treat their work matter-of-factly. As Mike says, "We're like any other business; we could be selling insurance in Peoria." Mike once clearly had more serious artistic ambitions; now he shoots the LUCKY BASTARD website's content. Ashley, his most popular performer, initially refuses to participate. She dismisses the contest as "sick," knowing that the winner will eventually be humiliated by the experience. Ashley views herself as an entertainer supporting her two children; the contest is nothing she would call "adult entertainment."

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At the Northwest Communication Association's annual conference in Coeur D'Alene, Idaho, Alex Kubitz's senior thesis tied for top undergraduate paper.
The paper is titled, "Pebble Mine and Evolving Notions of the Ecological Indian: An Epideictic Function of Political Television Advertising."
In it, Kubitz '13 wrote how advertisements created for and against the development of a large mine in Alaska have the potential to make the public confront preconceived notions on Native Americans, in relation to environmental discourse.
"For me to tie for the top paper award meant that my hard work I put in on my academics at Willamette, especially for my rhetoric major, has been recognized, and that my education has been top notch," says Kubitz, who double majored in politics and rhetoric and media studies.
Kubitz, a native of Anchorage, Alaska, was one of about 150 undergraduates, graduates and faculty from the Northwest who attended the conference in late April. While there, he gave a 10-minute presentation of his work, responded to questions and attended other student presentations.
He also learned first hand how academic conferences work.
"Part of the idea is to give a good presentation so that people are interested in reading your paper — increasing your chance of getting it published," he says. "As an undergraduate, this is not something we are often able to be a part of or observe."
After graduating, Kubitz plans to return to Anchorage, where he is considering working with the Alaska Legislature. He hopes to attend law school in the fall of 2014.
Since 2001, 17 Willamette students have been honored for their papers at the Northwest Communication Association's annual conference.


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Program: Austin City Limits
Date: Saturday, Jan. 17
Time: 7 p.m.
Also Airs: Wednesday, Jan. 21, at 10 p.m.; Friday, Jan. 23
Preview the show: AustinCityLimits.org
Few bands striding the modern rock landscape can match the mix of mainstream popularity and critical credibility as the Grammy-laden Foo Fighters . Bandleader Dave Grohl had been quietly amassing a catalog of songs while still drumming for alt.rock kingpins Nirvana. When Nirvana dissolved following Kurt Cobain's suicide, Grohl began recording his tunes in earnest. After his demo tape sparked an industry bidding war, Grohl signed to Capitol and released the self-titled debut Foo Fighters. Grohl formed a band to tour the record and, barring a few personnel changes, has been making albums and hitting the road ever since. Acclaimed bestsellers like In Your Honor, There is Nothing Left to Lose and The Colour and the Shape sprinkled the radio with hits "Big Me," "Monkey Wrench," "This is a Call," "Best of You," "My Hero," "Learn to Fly" and more. Now the band brings its smooth blend of loud/soft dynamics and hard-rocking melodies to Austin City Limits' studio 6A in support of its Grammy-winning latest album Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, featuring the hits "Long Road to Ruin," "Let It Die" and "The Pretender."
– Michael Toland
About the Reviewer: Michael Toland is manager of national productions for KLRU and contributes music reviews to several online and print publications.


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Mens Basketball Hosts Triad Rival High Point Friday In Season Opener
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GREENSBORO, N.C. – The UNCG men's basketball team opens the 2013-14 regular season Friday night as the Spartans host Triad rival High Point at the Greensboro Coliseum at 7 p.m. The two programs are separated by only 15 miles and will be opening the season against each other for the second straight season.
UNCG is offering free tickets to current military members, veterans and their families to the game in honor of Veterans Day. A military ID must be shown at the UNCG box office Friday, to claim the complimentary tickets to the game between the two local schools. Additionally, any TSA employees or airport security personnel are available for free tickets. The UNCG box office at the Coliseum is open one hour prior to tip-off.
Friday's game marks the 47th season opener in program history and is the fifth straight year the Spartans have called the Greensboro Coliseum home. The Spartans are 15-31 all-time in season openers, but will be opening the season with a home game for the first time since the 2004-05 season (Montreat) and the first time they have opened the season at home against a NCAA Division I team since the 2002-03 season (Wagner). UNCG is 31-15 all-time in home openers in program history, including wins in the past two home openers over UNC Pembroke and Winston-Salem State.
The Spartans are led by sophomore forward Kayel Locke (Baltimore, Md./McDonogh) who is the top returning scorer from last year's team, averaging 9.9 points while grabbing 4.4 rebounds per game. Locke scored a team-high 30 points in the Spartans' 104-76 victory over Lees-McRae in the exhibition game as he was 12-of-17 from the field and 6-of-7 from the free throw line.
Junior forward Kyle Cain (Chicago, Ill./Arizona State) will be making his first appearance in a regular season game for the Spartans after sitting out last season due to NCAA transfer rules. Cain scored 14 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in the exhibition victory, as he was 7-of-12 from the field. He played in 60 games for Arizona State, making 40 starts, while averaging 6.4 points and 5.5 rebounds.
Senior guard Drew Parker (Houston, Texas/La Porte) returns for his fourth season as the Spartans' most senior member of the team, having appeared in 94 games as a Spartan. Junior Nicholas Paulos (Salt Lake City, Utah/New Hampton School) looks to make a mark in the starting lineup this season after playing in all 31 games last year and finishing second on the team with 63 three-pointers made.
High Point enters Friday's game as the preseason Big South Conference favorites as the Panthers are coming off a 17-14 record last year and returns all five starters. Sophomore forward John Brown is the Big South Preseason Player of the Year after bursting onto the scene last year averaging 16.4 points and 6.1 rebounds per game.
Forward Allan Chaney also returns as a key cog for the Panthers after averaging 14.5 points and a team-high 8.1 rebounds per game last year. Chaney connected on 51.3 percent (160-of-312) from the field last year and combined with Brown for a formidable duo on the inside for High Point.
Friday's game marks just the ninth meeting between UNCG and High Point, despite the two schools only being separated by 15 miles. The Spartans trail the all-time series by a 7-1 margin against High Point with their lone victory coming Dec. 17, 1982 when they recorded a 57-46 victory at the Guilford College Tournament.
Last season, the Spartans dropped an 81-73 contest to the Panthers on the road in the opener. Former Spartan Trevis Simpson scored a team-high 18 points, including 14 in the final 4:04 of the game. Locke made his collegiate debut and scored 17 points off the bench, with 15 coming in the second half. Brown scored 28 points and grabbed eight rebounds in his debut as he hit 12-of-22 from the field and 4-of-6 from the free throw line while teaming with Chaney to score 43 points.


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Submission + - Feds take aim at comics websites (skunkpost.com)
crimeandpunishment writes: The owner of six websites that allow users to view comic books for free could find himself in big trouble, faster than a speeding bullet. The US Attorney's office in Tampa has filed a lawsuit claiming the sites...which offered Batman, Superman, Watchmen and other comics....violate copyright laws, and seeking to shut down the sites and take custody of the domain names. The FBI began investigating the owner of the sites last year.


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That's a nice email storm infographic they have. One time back in the 90s at Indiana University when people were mostly still using pine, a secretary at the College of Arts and Sciences sent out an email to several thousand students and put all their addresses in the two line. The headers themselves were a megabyte alone and it took a minute to open the message. Several people started replying to all and asking to be removed. It culminated with UCS terminating the mail in the queues and inboxes and suspending several user accounts. One guy replied saying something like "I just wanted everyone to know that Jim Smith takes it in the rear".
People would occasionally do that in my University classes of several hundred. I couldn't resist a reply-all with a simple "what", or better yet, "hey josh, what did you get for problem 7", then the ensuing storm of people reply-all messages saying not to do that, etc.
I love reply-all, I have gmail setup to use it by default. In my opinion it's a lot easier to avoid accidentally sending messages to everyone if your default behavior is to reply to everyone.
I like the solution in K-9 Mail (android app) better.
The on screen menu has 'reply', you actually have to tap another button to get to 'reply-all'. It can be tedious, but it has prevented the reply-all issues in my case.
damnit. That was supposed to go to Whatsisname, not all of Slashdot!
You need to understand that mistakes can and do happen, and it's a very simple UI fix to prevent. As reply-all is something that should only rarely be used, it shouldn't be as easy to click as the single reply button, something that is probably used 99% of the time instead of reply-all, that's simply poor user interface design to do so. There is no need to have one rarely needed button with possibly serious consequences directly adjacent to the more benign button that most people intend to click anyway.
As reply-all is something that should only rarely be used
There's a difference between "should only rarely be used" and "I rarely use." Just because it's not part of your way of doing business doesn't make it wrong. I find reply all essential for keeping a team of people together, particularly when there needs to be coordination of tasks.
The real problem is people don't use BCC [wikipedia.org] more for mass distributions. If you don't have the addresses, you can't spam them back with a reply all.
As reply-all is something that should only rarely be used...
"I don't use it" doesn't mean "other people don't use it". I'd actually say that half the emails I send are reply all.
As reply-all is something that should only rarely be used...
"I don't use it" doesn't mean "other people don't use it". I'd actually say that half the emails I send are reply all.
Agreed, I make regular use of reply-all - great for keeping everyone on the team in the loop, especially when they are traveling and don't have regular access to the Sharepoint (yuck) team site.
Anytime I send something and I want to be careful that only one recipient gets it, I always use forward, that way I'm less likely to make the reply-all mistake.
Has worked for me so far and I don't have to hide the reply-all button.
I very often need to have 2-3 people in the loop in addition to myself, I use "Reply to all" all the time. The problem is when you are on a huge mailing list like "Everyone in the company" and people use reply to all.
I just realized the simple solution, which doesn't require rewriting any email applications. Simply require a confirmation, like when you sign up for anything. If you take a "Reply to all" on the list, it won't actually get sent to the list. Instead you get a mail back that "This mailing list g
As reply-all is something that should only rarely be used,
Actually, I probably use it more than reply. It's very common in my workplace for four or five people to be involved in a email discussion, and people use reply-all to keep everybody aware of what's being said.
There is not one solution. Some people pay attention to everything and want a ton of tiny targets so that every task can be accomplished in one click. Other people want the 3 most common tasks instantly available, and the rest hidden behind a contextual menu so that deviation from routine forces a moment of thought before acting, decreasing the likelihood of making a mistake. Neither of those perspectives is wrong.
In my business it is often for the various layers to request quotes for parts. From the customer to the manufacturer there can be 3-6 different people involved. Most of them don't know what bcc, or reply to all are let alone how to use them.
Or even customers requesting a quote from various suppliers. Most often one name is in the TO: field while the rest are BCC:(if they know how to use it, or CC: if they don't)
while techies know the difference, I can't tell you how many times I have given a simple email
The solution is making people pay attention where they click, not "hiding buttons because users can't read", that same though is making popular software crappier every day.
K-9 is an Android (i.e. cellphone) app.
There's only but so much room for buttons on the small screen, so some typical buttons need to be moved to a menu. Reply To All is as good a choice as any, but I think this might actually be configurable.
This is slashdot. The UI is never wrong. It's always the user's fault.
My take on this is that if you don't Reply All but forget to send the message to someone, it's easy enough to forward the message to that person.
If you do Reply All and send the message to someone to whom it shouldn't have been sent, it's much less easy to "unsend" the message to that person.
Personally, my favorite is to hit reply-all, pointing out the stupidity of putting everybody on the "to:" line, and instructing original sender to use BCC so that inanities like somebody hitting "reply-all" could torture everybody with something stupid, followed by a rant explaining how everybody receiving this message will SOON BE INUNDATED BY SPAM if ANY of the 4,000 recipients has been infected with a virus, which is most assuredly the case, so everybody knows who to thank for their new, unlimited supply
Occasionally someone at my place of business somehow manages to send an email out to everyone in the department, or division, or even the whole company. Even on modern hardware the network will struggle if you send an email out to several hundreds or even thousands of recipients. But that wouldn't be so bad, what really finishes off the network are the several dozen people who feel the need to Reply All just to say "please remove me from this email last". Of course, after a dozen or so of those go out, you end up with two or three people sending a Reply All just to say "please stop sending your removal requests Reply All" The last one went out to 500 employees and I ended up with 40+ copies of the email in my inbox because of people being absolutely stupid.
Occasionally someone at my place of business somehow manages to send an email out to everyone in the department, or division, or even the whole company. Even on modern hardware the network will struggle if you send an email out to several hundreds or even thousands of recipients.
I'm going to take a guess here that your place of business has its spam filter configured to run on each mail delivery, and on internal -> internal emails.
My favorite reply-to-all story (which is 100% true; I was there, I participated, and I got in trouble for it at the end).
My high school had just got "email" (in the "you can email your teacher and other students" sense - they didn't trust us with outside links, or didn't trust the outside with us, one or the other). First Class, if you know the software. A few interesting facts:
Combine these facts, and you can mess with an entire school at once:
1. Pull up the list of everyone online, select all, send an email saying "Hi!"
2. Listen to the near-synchronous "ping" sound from three labs as they all receive the email.
3. Wait about ten seconds - at least two people will hit reply-all and say "who is this?" or similar.
4. Listen to a double-dose of "pings".
Wash, rinse, repeat - our best day we managed to have a continual storm of pings as emails whizzed back and forth. It only stopped when they sent teachers to the labs to instruct everyone to hit delete and leave it. (Which lead to getting in trouble part - although I think we got in more trouble for bogging the server down than for disrupting three classes *shrug*.)
The only better story I have is using Waterloo MacJanet's inability to delete a message without opening it first, combined with the ability to use alias to send an email to the same guy twenty times (as in, I hit send once, he gets twenty copies), to completely bury a friend's email account.
Reminds me of when I was in high school. Net send--it was enabled. We were taking a final in the computer lab, and I finished early and discovered this. So, I did the only responsible thing and spoofed my name, did a 'net send *' with instructions on how to use it, and watched the mayhem ensue. Turns out the broadcasts were actually being sent campus-wide.
I didn't get in trouble, but they obviously shut down net send later that day. Two years later, teachers were still telling the story.
We had a global-accessible share on the school server. All the school PCs had the VBScript interpreter enabled. I wrote a program that would constantly read a file (based on username) off the server, and display its contents. Another script could append to someone else's file. A chat program, basically. Based around *constant* network disk access.
The network was down for a week, the server had to be replaced. I got in trouble. On the plus side, the punishment basically involved working with the new IT guy t
Microsoft has one too that basically crippled their email for a few days - Bedlam DL3 they call it.
http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2004/04/08/109626.aspx [msexchangeteam.com]
It didn't help that Exchange had a bug in it that made things even worse.
Just think of it as an opportunity for Darwinism.
It has its uses. I've been using it more in the last week than probably the rest of my life combined. I've been doing group work over email with a small handful of people and reply all is a god send for that. The big problem is that there isn't typically a sanity check for when the list of addresses grows longer or a message asking if you really want to send it to everybody. Plus the buttons are often times right next to each other meaning that you can easily click the wrong one if you're not careful.
That's like arguing we should be attracting dinosaur-killer meteor strikes to weed out the weak and unfit. A reply-all storm that size obliterates communication for the affected infrastructure for days. That's followed up by a fair bit of forensics, trying to backtrack the crapstorm to its initiating email, THEN followed by executing the guilty. Or not. If it's an executive secretary, it's probably just a mild talking-to.
OTOH, I've forgotten how many lulz there are to be had trolling in such a mailstorm, if you can get away with it.
Oh, BTW, epic fail DHS, but good work flushing out the Iranian spy*. Not that he was that good of a spy; if surreptitiously monitoring a DHS email list is equivalent to the Monty Python "How Not to be Seen [wikipedia.org] sketch, asking the group "'Is this being a joke?" while signing your email with your real-world credentials ("Amir Ferdosi Sazeman-e Sana'et-e Defa' Qom Iran") is the same as the guy at the beginning of the aforementioned sketch who stands up from behind cover when asked to (and gets shot).
*Yeah, I know, he's probably not really a spy. But seriously, Homeland Security, why are you letting foreign nationals from adversary nations subscribe to your email lists? WTF?
At least that way the email addresses do not get spammed to everyone. Or maybe that should be an additional dialog:
Do you want everyone to see all email addressees, do you want to hide email addresses with bcc, or do you want to cancel.
There are plenty of cases where that is bad - collaboration via email, it support with multiple groups, etc. I prefer options that require an extra bit of effort for the reply all, that usually works well enough.
So don't do that.
Corollary: Fire the ones who do it more than once.
Devil's advocate: Software should make it hard to do stupid or dangerous things without really intending to.
That said, I find it to be an annoying tool more than anything else, because it makes it far far too easy to have lots of people hear discussions that really only need to involve 2 of people on the email. People don't seem to notice that the cost of CC'ing 10 people is as much as 2 minutes per person per email.
No, and that's probably my biggest complaint about Windows. The engineers are telling me what I should be able to do, rather than making me raise my privileges to do whatever dangerous things I want to do. Admittedly that has changed and I believe that they finally got it more or less right with 7, but even up to about Vista they still hadn't gotten it right. And up to XP it was nigh impossible to get work done without being an admin account or doing some serious haxxoring of the system.
Something like UAC i
Like if I'm sending "free books" or whatever to friends, I just click reply-all on an older email, trim out the 2-3 non relevant persons, and send off the email to all ~50 friends.
I've been fortunate never to have a "reply all" mistake at work or other embarrassing place. If anything I tend to hit "reply" by mistake, when I meant to include "all" the participants.
"If anything I tend to hit "reply" by mistake, when I meant to include "all" the participants."
This is me. Every time I've ever hit 'Reply All' it was immediately preceeded by clicking 'Reply' and shouting 'D'oh!'
Please stop doing this. Hitting reply-all on old emails destroys threading on pretty much all clients that support it. Your email client might have an address book and groups as an alternative.
>>>Hitting reply-all on old emails destroys threading on pretty much all clients that support it.
(1) Don't care because it saves me typing ~50 emails.
(2) Not if you change the subject. Then it starts a new thread.
>>>Hitting reply-all on old emails destroys threading on pretty much all clients that support it.
(1) Don't care because it saves me typing ~50 emails.
(2) Not if you change the subject. Then it starts a new thread.
No it doesn't. If you hit reply button, it adds In-Reply-To: and/or References: headers, so your new message will still show up as belonging to an old thread. Changing the subject doesn't change this in any email clients I know of.
Um, no. Threads are determined by other headers, not the subject, in any client worth their salt. Just because Outlook threads by subject, doesn't make it proper.
Proper? Sounds like IMproper behavior to me, seeing as there's no reason to count an email as part of the same thread once the subject has changed (substantially, not just the addition of a few RE:RE:RE:).
Either that or there should be an option to "break thread".
>>>Hitting reply-all on old emails destroys threading on pretty much all clients that support it.
(1) Don't care because it saves me typing ~50 emails.
(2) Not if you change the subject. Then it starts a new thread.
First, you may not care, but you're writing for the benefit of the addressee, not yourself.
Second, changing the Subject doesn't do squat, modulo what some email clients do with that change. Threading is based on the References header.
Third, your opinions are being posted to web forum. Is
You don't have a clue.
Let it be, guys.
This is nothing more than social Darwinism. If you're dumb enough not only to send a nasty email, but to hit reply-all, you deserve what you get.
Our CEO at a company I used to work for sent out an all-employee mail detailing a salary freeze for all employees and voluntary redundancies. Moments later the CFO sent out an email to his accounts team detailing that their pay-rise would not be affected and that they should not consider redundancy... needless to say, the hapless git hit reply-all...
"Reply to all" is great for career-imperilling fun, but you can replicate the effect perfectly well with good old dead tree and snail-mail. Indeed, the closest thing I've had to a genuinely career-ending moment so far happened during my first year in work and was entirely down to a dead tree circulation mistake. Even now I still look back on it and cringe, even though I've since changed employers.
I needed to send two documents to different recipients in the (large) organisation I worked in, both of whom were based in different buildings in different parts of London. One was a routine, dull minute of a meeting. The other was a sensitive personnel-related document (relating to a staff disciplinary matter - I was in HR at the time). I decided to deal with the former first. I printed it out, put it in an envelope and put it in the out-tray for our internal delivery service (which had multiple collections daily and moved dead tree around our sites within about 30-60 minutes, depending on traffic). I then went back to find a secure mail pouch for the the personnel letter - only to find that the piece of paper I still had on my desk was the meeting minute. I look around and see the delivery guy vanishing into the lift with all of the internal mail.
Cue a 30 minute dash (and I do mean dash - literally running) across central London to beat the delivery van to our other site and intercept the envelope before the addressee could open it. I made it - by the skin of my teeth. Had I failed to, my career could have... well... turned out very differently - and not in a good sense. In a way, it was a good learning experience - I've been incredibly careful about what I put into envelopes ever since.
But it just goes to show that you don't need fancy new-fangled modern technology in order to ruin your career with a mis-addressed mail.
Just imagine the LULZ that could be had by replacing the reply button in Outlook with a reply all button but keeping the original icon. Or by switching the two.
But it just goes to show that you don't need fancy new-fangled modern technology in order to ruin your career with a mis-addressed mail.
Yep. I saw a guys naval career nearly end over a similar mistake - when we were doing some testing on sea trials a contractor needed to see a certain (unclassified) document, instead he was given the Secret version which he accidentally put in his brief case and took home... Fortunately the document was recovered, so the guy who made the mistake of handing over the wrong d
'After almost two decades of constant, grinding email use, we should all be too tech-savvy to keep making the same mortifying mistake, too careful to keep putting our relationships and careers on the line because of sloppiness.'
If Lamar Odom can still make bonehead mistakes and pass it to the opposition a few times a year after playing basketball for 20+ years, some schlub in an office can still mistakenly hit Reply All.
After reading a couple of standard SlashDot "shoulda do this" comments, I pulled up my mail program, Thunderbird, and customized my toolbar so that "reply all" is to the right of the Thunderbird "search" bar. Far away from "reply". 15 seconds to do, 10 seconds to check that it was "sticky."
Stop bellyaching. Start fixing.
Oh, way, this is SlashDot...
Some clients also allow you to delay the actual sending of the email for a few moments so you can pull it back if you notice an obvious mistake just after clicking send.
I keep my business-related conversations to my dept. account. I keep my university conversations to my university account. I keep my personal conversations in my gmail account or through instant messengers.
Keep the spheres separate and life will be easier.
true,and completely impractical.
I wonder how long it would take your mail to download if there were 100 faces in the message. WHAT A BAD IDEA. thanks, AOL.
Open Outlook, load up the Visual Basic Editor and put this into a new module:
Public Sub ToggleReplyToAll()
ActiveInspector.CurrentItem.Actions("Reply to All") = Not ActiveInspector.CurrentItem.Actions("Reply to All")
End Sub
Then open an email and add a button pointing to that macro. After that, if you want to disable "Reply to All" then press the button. To re-enable, press it again.
Note! Only works on emails sent within same organisation. Only works on emails read on Microsoft Outlook. "Reply to All" is
I have much more trouble (and have been burnt by) the reply-to munging on some e-mail lists. What it does is rewrite the Reply-to to the mailing list address instead of the original sender, so that people with semi-broken clients without reply-to-list feature can just hit reply-to instead of having to type in the address of the mailing list on a reply.
become mature enough to stop pounding out angry rants?
Or you could try not being an asshole at work and keeping all of your correspondence in line with how you should present yourself. It is not the software vendor's fault if you are a moron or never evolved socially past middle school.
The reply-all command is the main, default way of replying.
Reply-single is for the rare special case when a question is broadcast to a list of people, such that the answers are private or mutually uninteresting.
Reply-all is critically important for most e-mails involving multiple people, because without it, you fragment the discussion. You the end up with the "what, you didn't get the e-mail???" type situations.
More than 90% of all replies that I send on a daily basis require Reply-All, and I use it habitua
Don't make "Reply to all" easy to do or don't make it easy to mistake for "Reply", or both.
I would suggest that overloading the Reply button would be the best approach. It would behave much like the Firefox "back" button: Click to reply, click and hold for a menu that includes "reply to all." Yes it's a little slower if reply to all is common for you, but that's what toolbar customization is for. You certainly will make no more mistakes.
Alternatively, put "Reply to all" *FAR AWAY* from "Reply." Like on the
One of the best implementations I've seen was the one that Mulberry did. It has a single Reply button which actually understands the fields in the message such as Reply-To, brings up a dialog where you select which ones you want to send to, cc and bcc, where the default values where taken from what the headers said in the message.
At my current job tho, people hate being left out of the loop, so reply-alls are the norm, rather than the exception. "Think before typing" hasn't been repealed, people just act like it has.
I mean, I guess it happens that people accidentally reply-all... but I've never done it and I've never been on the receiving end of it. I've been using email since the mid-80's from a personal standpoint and I've had a number of corporate email accounts, both large and small. I can't recall a single instance of this happening. The reply-all storms that I have experienced were clearly intentional, with the people doing the reply-all knowing full well that is what they were doing.
So I wonder if there reall
Reply All isn't a problem. As others have mentioned it bcc, how do we teach the ignorant MFs about bcc, perhaps bcc should be the default instead of to and cc?
My life got a lot easier when I adopted the rule to never write anything in e-mail that I wouldn't want forwarded. Not only does it prevent the "reply all" problem, it also prevents the problem where the person I ranted to cc:'s the subject of the rant, either accidentally or as a way to stab me in the back.
Also, one thing I discovered is that while, as a geek, I chuckle when someone sends me an e-mail ranting about some idiot who deserves it, other (non-geek) people often feel uncomfortable when they see i
I actually had to check in my mail client to see if the Reply and Reply All buttons are next to each other. They are, and I didn't even know it.
Who (at least of the Slashdot posing crowd) doesn't do the equivalent of Command+R for reply or Command+Shift+R for Reply All and leaves the toolbar buttons alone?
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Actually, I think for women it is called "wedding cake".
Would you vaccinate your child ?
I'd like some anti-freeze to drink afterwards, please.
An interesting idea, but if you were able to produce a vaccine that would nullify the effects of the majority of drugs that are abused, you're likely to wipe out the effectiveness of many commonly prescribed painkillers in the process. Take Vicodin for example. It's known to be abused and mildly addictive. Now although the vast majority of people aren't hooked on it, would it be worth it to render this drug ineffective to the masses just because of the few junkies that are downing this medication on a reg
Think ill of me if you will, but you know governments think like this and Murphy's Law loves irony... Oh how we are penny wise, and pound foolish.
Well, fair enough, but I'm not sure it will do them any good."At some point, most users will give in to temptation and relapse, but those for whom the vaccine is effective won't get high and will lose interest."
I'm deadly serious.
Used as an involuntary jab to fight the idiotic 'war on drugs' it is a clear violation of civil and cognitive liberty (I'm using that phrase more and more these days, not something I'm happy about). Used as part of a rehab programme, it kills the drug use without addressing the underlying weakness of character that created the addict. They are likely to fuck themselves up in some other way.
There isn't always, and shouldn't always be, a quick fix.
The anti-smoking vaccine, NicVax [corporate-ir.net], is in phase 2B clinical testing, and appears to work. Sort of: "High antibody responders (top 30%) continued to show statistically significant abstinence at nine months: 9-Month continuous abstinence rate: NicVAX=20% (12/61, p=0.0076) vs. Placebo=6% (6/100)" That's not impressive, yet it's better than most anti-smoking programs.
Nicotine addiction is the toughest one to break. Programs for getting people off cocaine are about 40% successful. Programs for getting people off smoking are about 10-20% successful. Also, addicts tend to "age out" of cocaine and heroin addiction; after age 40, most of them eventually give it up. Not nicotine; people smoke their way to the grave.
One problem with a vaccine approach is that encourage overdoses, to overcome the antibodies. For nicotine, this is less of a problem, because smoking has a limited intake rate. But for cocaine, it's a real issue.
It's encouraging, though, that no side effects of this vaccine have been detected so far vs. the placebo.
The real promise for this vaccine is as a preventative measure. The average age for a new smoker is 13. [state.il.us] Only 10% start after age 18. So if this works, a school inoculation program might be the way to prevent smoking.
Right, because in modern, western countries (say 1970s US) we'd never castrate 'mental defectives', pointlessly cut out healthy appendixes and tonsils, or circumcise children based on cultural myths and bogus medicine. Oh, wait - that was legal in the US in 1970, and the second two were quite common.
We let plenty of idiots choose not to vaccinate their children a
Do they really think that a "vaccine" against nicotine is going to help people? If they're already addicted to nicotine for years and years, aren't they going to continue smoking and either make themselves really sick (as their immune systems attempt to fight off the nicotine) or just keep smoking away?
Both would prefer no other pleasures exist to compete with their interests, as suggested by George Orwell [wikipedia.org].
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Heat waive Miller
Heat waive veteran Mike Miller
Updated: July 16, 2013, 3:36 PM ET
By Brian Windhorst | ESPN.com
The Miami Heat waived veteran guard Mike Miller via the amnesty provision ahead of Tuesday's deadline.
Miller's agents already have begun reaching out to other teams who may have interest in Miller, according to sources.
The move will save the Heat nearly $17 million in luxury taxes this season and reduce their expected tax bill, projected to be $33 million, by half. The Heat still owe Miller $12.8 million over the next two seasons as part of a contract he signed in 2010.
"I understand the business side of basketball," Miller told The Associated Press. "It's a combination of being very, very thankful for the opportunity that I've had, but it hurts that we had a chance to do something very, very special and I'd love to have been a part of it."
The decision reveals a bit of a split in the Heat front office. Team president Pat Riley said several times since the end of the Finals that he didn't want to use the amnesty on Miller and he wanted to bring the back-to-back champions back intact for another run next season.
"After many discussions internally and a sincere effort to explore the trade market, we made a very difficult decision to use our Amnesty provision on Mike Miller," Riley said. "Mike had an incredible impact on the Miami Heat; helping us to three finals appearances and winning back-to-back World Championships. This was a very difficult decision for me personally, the Arison family, Erik and the entire Miami Heat organization. Mike was one of the best we have ever had here, and will be sorely missed. We wish Mike, his wife Jennifer and their family nothing but the best."
Riley went so far as to say "we're not using the amnesty" in a conference call with reporters last week.
"I want to try to keep this team intact as long as we can because we have a championship basketball team here," Riley said. "I would hate to break any part of it up, that is productive and leads to winning."
Riley said the choice on Miller, though, ultimately would be an ownership decision. It appears principal owner Micky Arison and his son, team CEO and part owner Nick Arison, decided to overrule Riley with the huge tax bill the facing the Heat. For the 2012-13 season, the Heat paid $13.3 million in luxury tax, the most Arison ever has paid and more than twice what he paid when the Heat won the title in 2012.
It is possible the Heat released Miller to set up another deal. They still have their $3.2 million mid-level exception and are one of the teams interested in free agent center Greg Oden.
Miller, who has been a playoff hero for the Heat during their past two championship runs, has battled numerous injuries. He had four surgeries after signing with the Heat to his thumbs, shoulder and to repair a sports hernia. Miller also has had back problems. He averaged 46 games played over the past three regular seasons.
But 2012-13 was his healthiest year. He played in 59 games but averaged career lows in points (4.8) and minutes (15.3). He played in all seven games in the Finals, starting the last four games, averaging 5.3 points and shooting a remarkable 61 percent on 3-pointers.
No Mike Miller and Heat may have NO trophies...he was huge in both Final appearances.
Too bad they didn't amnesty him earlier.
I will buy that for a dollar
Maybe Riles is clearing space for Oden and Mo Williams.
for some reason, i think spurs are better equiped to handle big lineups, than small ball heat style...
We may be better equipped to handle a bigger lineup, but this gives them (if he's healthy) an elite level big man in the middle to clog the lane. This would not be good for us.
Whatever the case its a Heatwave that Miller could have done without this summer
That's a move for saving some money from luxury tax. Miami is going to pay 16M less luxury tax by that move. That's a big money.
And I don't believe that they're going to use 3.2M tax payer's MLE, that will cost them much more than 3.2M when we think the luxury tax.
Mike Miller clears waivers; Spurs, Thunder, Grizzlies and Rockets reportedly interested
Dan Feldman, Jul 18, 2013, 5:43 PM EDT
Brian Windhorst ✔ @WindhorstESPN
Mike Miller cleared amnesty waivers & is a free agent. Spurs, Thunder, Grizzlies & Rockets among teams with interest in signing him.
4:07 PM - 18 Jul 2013
I fail to understand why teams aren't more aggressive with bidding on amnestied players. Miller, who has battled injury, has played just 59, 39 (of 66), 41 and 54 games the last four seasons, so you can't count on him. But to get him for two years on a minimum contract? I think the reward outweighs the risk.
Anyway, the teams with cap room – the only teams permitted to bid on him – disagreed, and now Miller is an unrestricted free agent (though he can't sign with Miami).
Brian Windhorst of ESPN:
Miller's shooting makes him a good fit with any of those contending teams, none of whom had cap room and, therefore, the ability to bid on Miller. I'd be particularly intrigued by Miller returning to Memphis, where he played from 2003-08. With Zach Randolph and Marc Gasol, shooting is a premium there, and though Tayshaun Prince is a better defender than Miller, Miller would prove an element Prince lacks.
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Arrow Electronics has announced a North American distribution agreement through which its partners can resell SafeNet's full line of security products, including the ProtectV encryption technology for virtualized and cloud environments compatible with VMware and AWS. The agreement also covers the sale of SafeNet's StorageSecure, encryption appliance, which is designed to enhance overall security and compliance for network attached storage environments. The device connects to 1- or 10-Gb Ethernet networks.


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Forum Post: Resources for backing up the statement that voting is wrong
Posted 4 years ago on June 21, 2013, 12:03 p.m. EST by Kavatz
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This content is user submitted and not an official statement
"There are a lot more reasons not to vote, but this post is getting kind of long. As for proposing an alternative to voting, that is another vast subject, but I will say this: principled nonvoting is a viable alternative. It is not apathetic or lazy or indecisive. Even if I have failed to convince you not to vote, I hope you realize that there is nothing inherently good about voting, despite all the propaganda that says so. Voting is relegated to a decision between predetermined candidates—nonvoting expands the discussion to the current system's fundamental flaws."
The guy who left a comment has a good point.
"Boycotting elections alone will not oust the oligarchy, but it is the only proven non-violent way to delegitimize a government."
"We've been voting. When did the good guys win?"
"Some say that Einstein defined insanity as repeating the same experiment over and over and expecting different results."
Actually ran out of time, but you get the point. The best thing for democracy is to stop voting. Playing their game ensures their victory, and it is a game of elitist global domination and control.


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I've just signed up to Tiscali Broadband, and I was thinking of taking PC World up on their offer of a half-price wireless broadband packet.
The question I have are;
1/ If you connect to the modem via Ethernet then there should be no compatiblely problems with Linux?
2/ Does anyone know how good/bad the Netgear DGB111GT is?
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CARY – Fox Valley Systems has agreed to conduct a complete analysis of events leading up to the March 6 explosion that hurt three people before the facility can re-open, the Illinois Attorney General's Office said in a news release.
The company also must present a plan for approval to prevent future incidents.
"We must determine what circumstances led to this dangerous event, mitigate any environmental damage and ensure the facility is safe for workers to return," Attorney General Lisa Madigan said in a news release.
Madigan's office filed a three-count complaint against Fox Valley Systems and FVMS Inc. in McHenry County Circuit Court alleging substantial danger to the environment, air pollution, and water pollution hazards resulting from the March 6 explosion and fire at the facility at 640 Industrial Drive.
Three people were hurt in the explosion.
The Attorney General's Office is seeking a maximum fine of $50,000 per violation and $10,000 for each day the company is in violation. Fox Valley Systems manufactures spray paints for use in marking and striping surfaces.
– Northwest Herald


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P. Allen Smith visits with a neighboring wheat farmer and talks about what it takes to grow hundreds of acres of grain. Allen also visits the rice capital of the world in Stuttgart, Arkansas during one of its busiest times of the year. Allen also shows us how to put grains to use in the kitchen with a couple of his favorite recipes.
Visit the Website: http://www.pallensmith.com
Episode #112 / Length: 26 minutes
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Wednesday, Senate Democrats followed up with pointed criticism of Roberts, and at a hearing on the decision, a leading Democrat said the American public had "rightfully recoiled" from the ruling [in Citizens United]....Ha. I think very few people understand the case. The ones that think they do are probably wrong (in that they don't realize it's not about corporations contributing to candidates). So, yeah, "crystal clear." I think there are Democrats — including Obama at the SOTU — who are trying to get people to think something that is crystal clearly false.
A Democratic strategist who works with the White House said the fight is a good one for Obama, helping lay the groundwork for the next Supreme Court opening. "Most Americans have no idea what the Supreme Court does or how it impacts their lives," the strategist said. "This decision makes it crystal clear."


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With Gotham City Impostors, Section 8: Prejudice, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, and more, XBLA has started offering multiplayer shooters at a steady rate in the last couple of years. Next up in the genre is Special Forces: Team X. It's available now for 1200 Microsoft points, and we're taking a look at it on this new episode of Test Chamber.
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Pictured: Alisha Mashruwala
Photo courtesy: Gil Talbot Photography
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The Harvard women's
squash team recently handed out its team awards at the annual
season-ending banquet April 9. The team passed out three awards and
announced the captain for the 2010-11 season.
Freshman Laura Gemmell was the recipient of the Most Valuable Player Award. Gemmell capped off a perfect season by winning the CSA Individual National Championship, capturing the "A" Division crown, as well as the Ramsay Cup, as she became the 11th Harvard player to claim the trophy. The rookie posted a record of 16-0 on the season, going 11-0 in dual matches and 5-0 at the CSA Individual Championships. The native of Toronto, Ont., claimed numerous postseason awards. Gemmell was named the Ivy League Player of the Year as well as the Rookie of the Year. She was tabbed to the CSA All-America first team and the All-Ivy League team.
Senior co-captain Johanna Snyder was presented the Most Improved Player Award and the Coaches' Award. Snyder posted an overall record of 14-1 on the year, after claiming two victories at the CSA Individual Championships. She was 6-0 against Ivy League opponents during the regular season and went 5-0 at the No. 7 slot and 3-0 at the No. 6 position. The Darien, Conn., native was named to the CSA All-America second team for the first time in her career.
Junior Alisha Mashruwala was introduced as the team captain for the 2010-11 season. Mashruwala boasted a 10-5 overall record and won two matches at the CSA Individual Championships. The Mumbai, India native also won two matches at the CSA Team Championships to help Harvard to a 12-0 record and capture the team national title for the 12th time in program history. Mashruwala earned a spot on the CSA All-America second team, marking the third straight year that she has garnered All-America honors.


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It is challenging to reconcile the contrast of New Jersey's torrid job expansion in the 1990s with its insipid economic growth in the 2000s. However, the current state administration and leaders in the legislature are making some important inroads that provide reason for optimism.
The 1990s was a decade during which we believed that it was acceptable to create wealth, and that working hard and being successful was a virtue. Then came the 2000s. It became perfectly acceptable and expected of our political leaders to rail against the wealthy and to impose ever increasing regulatory burdens on businesses. It was the decade of the corporate business tax surcharge; it was an Orwellian world in which couples making $500,000 a year or a single person making $250,000 a year were deemed appropriate targets of a "millionaire's tax."
But then we had to live with the consequences of these populist policies. From January 2002 through January 2010, New Jersey's economy lost 188,500 private-sector jobs. That amounted to 5.6 percent of the private-sector workforce. Only five states – Mississippi, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and Michigan – fared worse than New Jersey during that period.
It was in this cauldron that Chris Christie became governor, that Senator Stephen Sweeney became Senate president and that Sheila Oliver became Assembly speaker. When these leaders took their oaths of office, they faced an $11 billion budget deficit. The state was hemorrhaging jobs, we had a regulatory and tax system that discouraged investment, and we were experiencing an out-migration of our wealthiest citizens.
The governor and the legislature had to contend with the challenge of reversing a poor business climate and staunching wealth out-migration. They had to create faith in the state as an investment destination. They had to generate sufficient economic growth to provide employment for our citizens and tax revenue to stabilize the state's precarious fiscal position. They have been accomplishing these goals through tax policy reform, an extremely responsive economic development team, job creation incentives, regulatory reform, public/private partnerships and personal engagement in marketing the state to business leaders globally.
Since bottoming out in February 2010, New Jersey's economy has added 127,800 private-sector jobs. Further, New Jersey has continued to make improvement in the eyes of executives of the state's major employers – both as a place to do business and expand operations, according to the results of the 2013 "C-Suite Survey" of Garden State's major employers.
The findings of the Rutgers-conducted poll show that 25 percent of respondents said New Jersey is a good-to-excellent place in which to do business, up from 23 percent last year, 15 percent in 2011 and 12 percent in the 2010 survey (which was conducted in the fourth quarter of 2009, before Governor Christie took office). Twenty-eight percent said New Jersey is a good-to-excellent place in which to expand their businesses, up from 24 percent last year, 17 percent in 2011 and 11 percent in the 2010 survey.
The creation of wealth, employment and economic opportunity is of vital importance to every citizen in this state. The Center on Wealth and Philanthropy at Boston College published a paper entitled, "Migration of Wealth in New Jersey and the Impact on Wealth and Philanthropy."
The authors reported that from 1999 through 2003, there was a net influx of $98 billion in household wealth into New Jersey. In the subsequent five years, from 2004 through 2008, New Jersey experienced a near total reversal of the flow. The result was a shift from a net inflow of $98 billion to a net outflow of $70 billion. This represented a total decline in wealth of $168 billion.
Why is wealth migration and wealth creation important to all citizens? According to Federal Reserve Data, about 9 percent of U.S. households have at least $1 million in net worth. That 9 percent makes the majority of charitable contributions, own the majority of equity in unincorporated and closely held businesses, and has a disproportionately large share of investable assets. In other words, these individuals are the source of wealth creation for all members of society.
As the Boston College study states, "[Ninety percent of the nation's] millionaires acquired their wealth in their own lifetimes through business, investment, or service as corporate executives rather than through inheritance. The majority became wealthy through growing their own business or investing in businesses of others. They tend to be entrepreneurial and agents of economic expansion."
Wealth in our country, therefore, is not largely about hereditary prosperity. Rather, it is about the realization of the American Dream. That's why the latest jobs numbers and the results of the C-Suite Survey are so important. These facts, figures and opinions help government, trade associations, academic institutions and all stakeholders in New Jersey measure the progress we are making in our collective efforts to improve our business climate. To quote Mahatma Gandi, "The future depends on what you do today."


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This volume of Bleach gets off to a fantastic start as Kon, feeling unappreciated, runs away from Ichigo's room. He is beset by one misadventure after another, until he runs home to Ichigo's arms, screaming like a girl. Poor Kon! He really gets no respect! If Rukia isn't trying to clean him with a bathroom broom, Yuzu is dressing him in fru-fru clothes and gluing flowers to his ear. Ichigo's gruff indifference would certainly be preferable to that!
The next story arc is a winner. It's absolutely hilarious, and packed with explosions and ghostly wailing. When TV sensation Don Kanonji arrives in town to excise a spirit at an abandoned hospital, Ichigo is forced to tag along with his family. Yuzu and his dad are nuts about the popular spiritualist; Ichigo, not so much. He thinks the celebrity is a big phoney, so imagine his surprise when it turns out that Kanonji actually can see spirits. Too bad he turns a chained spirit into a Hallow. Oops! Not one of his better moments! Good thing Ichigo is there to save the day, as well as the enormous crowd of cheering fans.
I love Don Kanonji. He is so flamboyant and a total attention hog, but he takes his position as role model for his young viewers very seriously. When the ghost changes into a Hallow, instead of running away, he's ready to sacrifice himself so Ichigo can send him off with his zanpakto. This is one of Ichigo's most amusing adventures so far, and I found myself laughing aloud several times during the story arc. Even my favorite supporting character, Kisuke makes a timely appearance, enabling Ichigo to race to Don Kanonji's aid.
The volume closes with the start of a story arc introducing Uryu Ishida, a bow toting Quincy who hates Soul Reapers. He's made it his mission to take out the Hallows before Rukia and Ichigo can even get to the scene, and then he taunts them for their incompetence. It's a promising beginning for Ichigo's next challenge, and I can hardly wait to read the next volume of Bleach.
Grade: A
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A new reality-show craze is sweeping the nation, garnering legions of screaming fans (the majority of them being teenaged girls). But this program comes with a supernatural twist – the host, a media-savvy spiritualist, travels to local hotspots and performs exorcisms, live on national TV!
Surly Soul Reaper Ichigo Kurosaki has his doubts about this primetime prima donna, and his assumptions are about to be put to the test – the show is heading straight for his neighborhood. what effect will this unprovoked media presence have on the fragile balance between Earth and the spirit world?


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Dennis M. Rakieski
Dennis M. Rakieski, 61, of 951 German Settlement Rd., Ridgway, died Monday, November 7, 2011 at Elk Regional Health Center as the result of a logging accident. He was born June 14, 1950, in Ridgway, the son of Alex and Ida Schmiedel Rakieski. On August 21, 1971, he married Marcelyn Withrow, who survives.Mr. Rakieski was a lifelong Ridgway resident. He was a member of the First Lutheran Church and the Ridgway Sportsmen's Club. He graduated from Ridgway Area High School, Class of 1968, and from Williamsport Area Community College in 1970. He was a self-employed logger.In addition to his wife, he is survived by two sons, Daniel Rakieski (Lori) of St. Marys, Scott Rakieski of Sacramento, California, 8 grandchildren, Mitchell, Alex, Danielle, Adam, Erik, Lauren, Dean, and Gabriel Rakieski, all of St. Marys; 4 brothers, Joe Rakieski (Becky) of Ridgway, Rob Rakieski (Penny) of Ridgway, Ken Rakieski (Karen) of Gifford, James Rakieski (Marion) of Frenchville; and by a sister, Brenda Carter of Pittsburgh.He was predeceased by his parents and by a son, Gary Rakieski.Funeral services for Dennis M. Rakieski will be held in the Bethlehem Lutheran Church. Ridgway, on Friday, Nov. 11, 2011 at 11 a.m. Officiating will be the Rev. Erik Hart, pastor. Interment will be in Oakmont Cemetery, Ridgway. Friends will be received at the Meehan-Shilk Funeral Home, Ridgway, on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011, from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Memorial donations may be made to a charity of the donor's choice.


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East Davidson High School Principal Billy Hunt called Alicia Hawkins his easiest choice to date for the "Principal's Award" given to one graduating senior.
This is the 12th in a series of 14 stories profiling a student from Davidson County's public, private and home schools.
Each year, East Davidson High School Principal Billy Hunt grants a "Principal's Award" to one graduating senior.
It's an award that, among other reasons, is given to a student who has overcome a large obstacle in their life to graduate from school.
Most years, it's a hard choice to make, Hunt said. However, this year's award recipient, Alicia Hawkins, was his easiest selection to date.
Hawkins, who will graduate Saturday, is a cancer survivor, a softball player, a lover of horses and, most importantly, a sister and a daughter.
Despite being diagnosed with both Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma during her sophomore year at East Davidson, she's not only remained in school but kept her grades up as well. And despite countless chemotherapy treatments at Brenner Children's Hospital, a series that has left her with some brain damage and migraines, Hawkins has made a conscious effort to keep playing sports, riding horses and "keep moving forward."
"I always just wanted to be like everyone else, a normal student," Hawkins said. "I didn't want to feel like it had hindered me in any way. I just went on; it didn't bother me."
Hawkins was first diagnosed after the school year started in 2010, and after starting chemotherapy treatments, she did not return after Christmas break.
She went into remission in April 2011, and she returned to school. However, almost exactly one year later, the cancer returned, and she was forced to end the school year early once again.
She started her senior year late because of her treatment schedule, but by February of this year, doctors told her the cancer had gone into remission once again.
Hawkins said she is hoping to finish up her last preventative treatments soon.
"It kind of just gets in the way of everything," she said.
Hawkins continued to play catcher for East Davidson's softball team throughout some of her treatments. She said the muscle loss she suffered as a result of the chemotherapy definitely affected her play.
"It made me a different player because I didn't have the same muscle makeup that I had before," Hawkins said. "I had to start all over almost."
In class, short lapses of memory loss also made it difficult to learn some days, she said.
"I'll just be sitting in class, and I don't know what I was meaning to say or what I had just heard," Hawkins said.
But through it all, Hawkins kept her same focus, to keep moving forward. Hunt said she even took some online courses, in which she did well.
"She never seemed to feel sorry for herself, and she is so well-respected, not only with our staff but the students at East Davidson for that," Hunt said. "I'm 46 years old, and I can't imagine being 17 in that situation."
Hawkins said she relied heavily on her mother, Tammy, father, Greg, and her 11-year-old sister throughout her treatments.
"My mom never left the hospital room the entire time I was in the hospital," Hawkins said. "My dad and my sister were there the whole time, too."
And throughout the whole process, Hawkins' horse, Reba, served as her best friend.
"She can sense when I'm sick and when I'm upset," Hawkins said. "Anytime I've felt sick, I've gone to her because she helped me feel better. She still does.
"I remember the second time my cancer came back, I went to the barn and just rode her, and it took my mind off of everything."
Hawkins plans to attend Guilford Technical Community College for two years and then transfer to a university. She said she wants to become a medical examiner.
"I think it's very interesting to find out how somebody died," Hawkins said.
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One-half of Heather's age two years from now plus one-third of her age three years ago is twenty years. How old is she now?
This problem refers to Heather's age two years in the future and three years in the past. So I'll pick a variable and label everything clearly:
age now: H
age two years from now: H + 2
age three years ago: H – 3
Now I need certain fractions of these ages:
one-half of age two years from now: ( 1/2 )(H + 2) = H/2 + 1
one-third of age three years ago: ( 1/3 )(H – 3) = H/3 – 1
The sum of these two numbers is twenty, so I'll add them and set this equal to 20:
H/2 + H/3 = 20 How is H/2 + H/3 = 20 reduced to 3H + 2H = 120?
Heather is 24 years old.
Now here is where I am totally lost, on page two of the "age" word problem lesson:
"Here lies Diophantus," the wonder behold . . .
Through art algebraic, the stone tells how old:
"God gave him his boyhood one-sixth of his life,
One twelfth more as youth while whiskers grew rife;
And then yet one-seventh ere marriage begun;
In five years there came a bouncing new son.
Alas, the dear child of master and sage
After attaining half the measure of his fathers life
chill fate took him.
After consoling his fate by this science of numbers
for four years, he ended his life."
Find Diophantus' age at death.
My first task is to "translate" the poetry from the headstone into practical terms:
"Boyhood" can stand for pre-adolscent childhood; he spent one-sixth of his life in this period.
"Youth while whiskers grew" can stand for pubescence (the teenage years, into young adulthood); he spent one-twelfth of his life in this period.
"Ere marriage began" can stand for "unmarried adulthood" or "bachelorhood"; he spent one-seventh of his life in this period.
He had five years between the wedding and the time his first child was born.
Tragically, this child died young, living only half as long as his father eventually would; looked at the other way, half of Diophantus' life was spent while his child was alive.
Diophantus died four years after burying his child.
I will let d stand for Diophantus' age at death. Then:
childhood: d/6
adolescence: d/12
bachelorhood: d/7
childless marriage: 5
age of child at death: d/2
life after child's death: 4
His whole life had been divided into intervals which, when added together, give the sum of his life. So I'll add the lengths of those periods, set their sum equal to his (as-yet unknown) total age, and solve:
d/6 + d/12 + d/7 + 5 + d/2 + 4 = d
( 25/28 )d + 9 = d How does d/6 + d/12 +d/7 + d/2 = (25/28)d?
9 = d – ( 25/28 )d How does d - (25/28)d become (3/28)d? I understand 3 is the difference between 25 and 28 but how was it reduced in this manner?
9 = ( 3/28 )d Finally, if I'm assuming correctly, how does 9/(3/28) = 84?
84 = d
Diophantus lived to be 84 years old.
You can check the answer if you like, by plugging "84" into the original problem. If he lived to be 84, then one-sixth of his life is 14 years, one-twelfth of his life is 7 years (so he'd be 21, and he certainly should have a beard by this age), one-seventh of his life is 12 years (so he didn't marry until he was 33 years old), his child was born when he was 38, the boy died at 42 (when Diophantus was 80), and then Diophantus died four years later.


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Dubai Autodrome to host series of sporting events
Dubai Autodrome is set to host a series of running and cycling events, besides motor racing in the coming few months. The Color Run presented by Activelife, will take place for the first time in Dubai, on December 14. ParticipantsMore…
Bahrain to host Gulf's biggest sporting event
The Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC) is set to organise 'Bahrain 11,' the inaugural edition of the GCC Games and the largest showcase of Gulf sporting talent, this October. Scheduled to be held from October 11 to 22, the Bahrain 11More…
Sportex Middle East a big hit
The 2008 edition of the Sportex Middle East Exhibition held in early November at the Dubai World Trade Centre was the most successful event in its six-year history. More than 3,250 trade visitors attended the event, which was endorsed byMore…


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Medical school and the Bishop Museum sponsor series of workshops
"Native Food, Native Stories" partnership announcedUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Tina M. Shelton, (808) 692-0897
Director of Communications, Office of Dean of Medicine
Mele Look, (808) 692-1051
Community Engagement Director, Native Hawaiian Health, JABSOM
Director of Communications, Office of Dean of Medicine
Mele Look, (808) 692-1051
Community Engagement Director, Native Hawaiian Health, JABSOM
Posted: Jan 25, 2012
The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa's Native Hawaiian Center of Excellence and the Bishop Museum will present a series, "Native Food, Native Stories," from February through May.
The presentations begin Thursday February 2, from 6:00-7:30 p.m. with "The Ceremonial and Social Usages of 'Awa in Hawai'i, Then and Now", at the Bishop Museum's Atherton Halau. Featured speakers are Keawe'aimoku Kaholokula, Chair of the Department of Native Hawaiian Health (DNHH) at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa's John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) and Kamana'opono Crabbe, UH alumnus and new CEO of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Tuition is $10, and free for members of the Bishop Museum.
In addition to 'awa, other foods selected for the presentations are: 'ulu (breadfruit), 'uala (sweet potato), and he'e (octopus).
"These were popular foods in traditional times and continue to be enjoyed in contemporary Hawai'i," said JABSOM's Mele Look, Director of Community Engagement in the DNHH. "The four foods are kinolau (physical representations) of the four major Hawaiian gods: Kane, Ku, Lono, and Kanaloa, " said Look. "Enjoying these nutritious foods is a component of a creating health for the body, mind and soul."
Look added that the three plant foods are also cultivated at the medical school's Mala Lapa'au (medical garden) in Kaka'ako, and the he'e can be found in the coastal waters off of the Kaka'ako campus.
After the kickoff on February 2, the series continues Saturday, March 17, from 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m., with "The 'Ulu Workshop." (Tickets for the 'ulu plate lunch may be purchased for $20 per person. Call 847-8296 for reservations.)
On Thursday, April 12, from 6:00-7:30 p.m., the sweet potato is featured in "He Mala: 'Uala and 'Aina Piko: A Force for Life, Health and Genealogical Connection."
The final presentation, "The Lure and Lore of He'e: Fishing Traditions of the Kewalo Family" is Thursday, May 10, from 6:00-7:30 p.m. All presentations are at the museum's Atherton Halau.
Additional information is available on-line at: http://www.bishopmuseum.org/membership/TOTP/totp.html.
JABSOM's Department of Native Hawaiian Health is the only clinical department in a U.S. accredited medical school which is dedicated to the health of an indigeneous people. Learn more about the Department's Native Hawaiian Center of Excellence at http://www.hawaii.edu/nhcoe/.
For more information, visit: http://jabsom.hawaii.edu


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Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement Division agents cited six men for allegedly taking and possessing over the limit of freshwater bass on four different days in September in East Carroll Parish.
On Sept. 10, agents found Stephen M. Lewis, 50, of Clinton Miss., with 14 bass in his live well in Albemarle Lake. On Sept. 11, an agent returned to Albemarle Lake and found Robert Purvis, 56, of Tallulah, in possession of 11 bass.
On Sept 16, agents found Leigh T. Fraysier, 47, and Brannon Cooper, 56, both of Vicksburg, Miss., fishing in Chotard Lake and in possession of 22 bass. Each subject claimed to have taken an equal amount of fish. Therefore, both subjects were charged with taking and possessing over the limit of freshwater bass.
On Sept. 20, agents found Tony Wuarnock, 51, of Jackson, Miss., to be in possession of 11 bass. During the same patrol, agents contacted a separate vessel occupied by Charles M. Bryant Jr., 39, also of Jackson, Miss., and found him to be in possession of 11 bass.
The daily limit for largemouth bass is 10 per person.
The six men face fines up to $350, or jail time up to 30 days, or both plus court costs. A court order for restitution for the value of the illegally taken fish will also be filed with the case.
Agents involved in the cases were Sgt. Wayne Parker, Sgt. Darren Bruce, Sgt. James Hagan and Senior Agent Justin Lee.
For more information, contact Adam Einck at firstname.lastname@example.com [3] or 225-765-2465.


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