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When can I enter my selections?
You can start to make your selections after 12:00 PM (ET) on Wednesday December 13th,2006
When is the deadline to submit my selections?
There is NO DEADLINE to start playing, but in order to be able to make the maximum 15 selections, you must start playing no later than Saturday December 30,2006
What line/point spread will be used to determine the ATS Spread?
Your point spread will be the point spread at the time you make your selection.
Can I have more than one user name in the contest?
You can only enter the contest one time. Anybody trying to enter and or play more than once will have all of their entries disqualified.
In the event of a tie what will determine the winner?
If two or more entries have the same amount of point at the end of the contest the following procedure will be used to break ties.
Can I change my selections after I have entered them into the contest?
Once your selection has been entered you have 15 minutes to remove it. Once it has been locked in, it can't be changed.
What happens if I only like 4 games that week? Must I play 15 total games?
You don't have to play all 15 games, but you don't lose points for a losing selection, so it will be in your best interest to pick all 15 games.


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We are essentially snowed in. The little 4-wheel drive Ford Escape can't manage much more than 8 inches and we have nearly 16. The neighbors and I spent most of the day getting our lane and driveways reasonably clear and I think we will be able to go out Friday ... but more storm coming. We are just not prepared, used to, nor desirous of this kind of weather!!!!
Thursday, December 18, 2008
We are essentially snowed in. The little 4-wheel drive Ford Escape can't manage much more than 8 inches and we have nearly 16. The neighbors and I spent most of the day getting our lane and driveways reasonably clear and I think we will be able to go out Friday ... but more storm coming. We are just not prepared, used to, nor desirous of this kind of weather!!!!
15 comments:
- furrybutts said...
Wow!! That's a whole lotta snow!! It mustn't be very nice to be snowed in like that, huh? But all that snow sure makes a very pretty picture!
- December 18, 2008 at 10:28 PM
- bunnygirl said...
Wow. I guess you've got plenty of food and warm snugglies for humans and bunnies, though, right? And you've obviously still got power. What a way to start winter. I hope this isn't a sign of worse to come!
- December 18, 2008 at 11:44 PM
- Crafty Green Poet said...
that's an enormous amount of snow....
- December 19, 2008 at 12:00 AM
- Keithius said...
You guys are so lucky. Send that snow to me, if you don't want it - I love snow, no matter how much!! (And the buns won't mind, as long as it doesn't interrupt their salad deliveries for breakfast and dinner!)
- December 19, 2008 at 5:30 AM
- d. moll, l.ac. said...
That really looks snowed in, better lock away all firearms until danger of cabin fever abates....ha, ha, word verification is "calmie".
- December 19, 2008 at 5:34 AM
- Silver said...
- December 19, 2008 at 6:34 AM
- Glenna said...
Too late to pay a visit to Snowblowers R Us too, I'd think... I'd be impatient knowing that all my Christmas errands and food shopping are incomplete, but otherwise, I'd welcome it.
- December 19, 2008 at 9:50 AM
- Rabbits' Guy said...
Yes indeed ... Bunny Lady is close to pulling her ears out over the shopping trips we need to try to do.
We expect company and now with the latest horrible reports of coming weather we do not know if there will even be a Christmas here at the House of Rabbits ... well - of course there will be, but it might be just us usual tenants!
- December 19, 2008 at 10:03 AM
- Erin said...
Wow! Hang in there, it will be over soon:)
- December 19, 2008 at 10:42 AM
- Hef's Mom said...
We got the snows too! Not as much yet but its coming! AND we went out in it!
- December 19, 2008 at 12:05 PM
- ilex said...
OMG- that's a lot of snow for you guys. We got about 12 inches here in Day-twah today.
Regarding farming and summertime- yes, there is no school in summer so that kids could help out on the family farms. Does that win you a bet? What didja win?
- December 19, 2008 at 2:04 PM
- Silver said...
those shoes look just like the ones Ankles and I have. I'll take a picture of ours for my blog tomorrow.
- December 19, 2008 at 2:34 PM
- Glenna said...
Oh dear about the groceries and errands and impending celebration--I feel BL's pain. What you need is a sleigh and a horse. Or maybe a toboggan and ten rabbits to pull it.
And I must say that your house looks like the prow of a ship sailing through all that snow...
- December 19, 2008 at 6:52 PM
- Friend of the Animals said...
I don't mind it one bit. Got chains on my tires and take it slow. I'm used to driving in this stuff, just not used to the hills. Almost didn't make it out of the drive way last week, but I did. We do wonder when garbage will be picked up though...
- December 21, 2008 at 11:57 AM
- YowlYY said...
It looks beautiful, but I guess the fun is short lived if you have to fight your way in and out for a longer period of time... let's hope it melts away and your visitors can make it, but regardless of what will be, I hope you guys are going to have a lovely Christmas. Kisses to all the bunnies, and lots of ear rubs too!
- December 24, 2008 at 8:10 AM

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JETS coach Gary van Egmond says flying wingers James Virgili and Craig Goodwin are not yet permanent fixtures in his starting line-up despite playing influential roles in Saturday's morale-boosting 2-1 win against Sydney FC at Hunter Stadium.
Virgili was the architect of both Newcastle goals, earning a free-kick in the 13th minute that Goodwin curved into the net from an acute angle, and then setting up Emile Heskey in the 26th minute by beating Sydney's defence with pace and fancy footwork.
On the opposite flank, Goodwin again underlined his reputation as one of the A-League's outstanding prospects with some classy touches to complement his spectacular opening goal – Newcastle's first in 286minutes.
Virgili has played five of his 12 games this season off the bench and Goodwin has been used three times as a substitute in 11 games.
Van Egmond acknowledged that both tyros had virtually demanded retention for Newcastle's next match, against Melbourne Victory at AAMI Park on Friday night, but said it was important not to overburden young players.
''People probably look at it and think how come you don't play them every week,'' he said.
''We've got to ensure that mentally they're OK as well.
''They can get burnt out, some of these younger ones, so you just have to make sure you see the signs and balance that.
''We've got other players who can come into those positions as well, so it puts us in good stead.
''But right at this moment they deserve to play. As you can see, they're very effective in their roles, so they've earned their spot.''
Van Egmond described Virgili, 20, and Goodwin, 21, as a ''work in progress'' who were already causing opposing defenders headaches.
''It's lovely to see wide people taking on players and beating them and getting crosses in and really trying to set the central strikers up,'' he said.
At the other end of the team sheet, van Egmond was pleased with Sam Gallaway's first A-League appearance in 20 months.
The 20-year-old, who played five games under former coach Branko Culina, came in at left-back, prompting Dominik Ritter to switch to central defence in a new-look back four.
''He gives us a lot of energy on that left-hand side,'' van Egmond said of Gallaway.
''The way we play, we definitely want to use our fullbacks and get them forward and create more doubts in the defence of the opposition.
''We probably haven't had a left fullback going forward as much as I'd like on the left-hand side. Dominik's been playing well, but he got hampered by a quad strain which is still nagging him a little bit.
''But as a central defender he does a very good job. He's a good distributor of the ball.
''So we put Sammy on the left and I think he did an excellent job.''
The surprise return of goalkeeper Mark Birighitti from a cheekbone he fractured last month was another bonus for Newcastle, who ended a three-game losing streak and left Sydney languishing on the bottom rung of the A-League ladder.
The win lifted the Jets back into the top six and to within three points of fourth-placed Western Sydney Wanderers.
Newcastle head to Melbourne on Thursday for back-to-back games at AAMI Park.
They play the Victory on Friday and then the Heart on Tuesday week, then return to host Adelaide on January 5 – a demanding schedule of three games in eight days.


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Panorama of American Modern Dance in the Compositions of Ailey IIPrice: - €
16th Vilnius Festival is dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the European Festivals Association (EFA)
Opening Concert. Panorama of American Modern Dance in the Compositions of Ailey II
Modern Dance Company AILEY II (USA)
SYLVIA WATERS – Artistic Director
Troy Powell – Artistic Director - Designate
"Reference Point" (2011; choreographer Troy Powell)
"Echoes" (2008; choreographer Thang Dao)
"Revelations" (1960; choreographer Alvin Ailey)
New York-based modern dance company AILEY II was formed in 1974 as Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre studio involving the most talented young dancers from Ailey school. Alvin Ailey (1931–1989), a legendary African-American dancer and choreographer, the founder of the aforementioned dance theatre (1958), is now and then dubbed a revolutionary of the 20th-century modern dance. Today AILEY II is one of the leading American dance companies merging the spirit and energy of the country's best young dance talent with the passion and creative vision of today's most outstanding choreographers (Alvin Ailey, Talley Beatty, George Faison, Lar Lubovitch, Robert Battle, Kyle Abraham, Thang Dao, etc.).
Partner of the concert – Embassy of the United States, Vilnius, Lithuania


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Rod Perry won the PGA Professional National Championship on Wednesday at Sunriver Resort, shooting a 3-under 69 for a three-stroke victory.
The 39-year-old Perry, the PGA head pro at Crane Lakes in Port Orange, Fla., had four birdies and a bogey on the Crosswater Club course to finish at 10-under 277. He earned $75,000, spots in six PGA Tour events over a 12-month period and topped the 20 qualifiers for the PGA Championship in August at Oak Hill in Rochester, N.Y.
"This is by far the biggest win of my career. It's huge," said Perry, the first left-hander to win the tournament. "Winning that PGA Player of the Year Award in 2012 made me think for a second, 'Hey, maybe I am one of the better players in the PGA, and maybe I can compete on a consistent basis.'
"Finishing second last year at Bayonet Blackhorse, I know I didn't play my best. I felt if I could play a bit better, maybe I would have a chance. Thankfully, not one of our great players get hot like Matt Dobyns did last year. It left the gates open and I was able to come through."
Ryan Polzin finished second at 7 under, closing with a double bogey for a 71. The 33-year-old Polzin is the PGA head pro at Royal Oaks in Houston.
"To make the PGA Championship is a dream come true," Polzin said. "At the beginning of the week it was a dream of mine to play in a tour event, and to make the first one a PGA Championship is unbelievable."
Perry opened with an 8-under 63 on the Meadows course and added rounds of 72 and 73 at Crosswater to enter the final day a stroke behind leaders Mark Sheftic and Chip Sullivan.
Perry rebounded from a bogey on the par-4 15th with a birdie on the par-5 16th, holing a 15-footer minutes after Polzin pulled even with a 20-foot birdie putt on the par-3 17th.
"I looked at the scoreboard after I bogeyed 15, which is something that I normally don't do," Perry said. "I saw Polzin birdied 16 and when I got to the green at 16, I saw him make a fist pump after a great birdie at 17. So, I stepped over my putt at 16 and knew that I had to make it."
Polzin hooked his drive on the par-4 18th into deep grass left of the fairway, took an unplayable lie and ended up with the double bogey.
"I felt like had a chance," Polzin said. "Then, standing on the tee at 18, I had hit a good drive there every day. But, I got quick and the emotions got to me a little bit and yanked it left, and made double bogey. I am not going let that get me down. It was a magical week for me."
Perry parred the final two holes, two-putting from 20 feet on No. 18.
"The greens were relatively soft and you knew you had to play well,' Perry said. "You are always traversing the Deschutes River. Trouble is lurking at all times. You have to put the tee ball in play, shaping the shots consistently and eliminating that big mistake."
Jeff Sorenson had a 71 to finish third at 5 under. The 34-year-old Sorenson is a PGA teaching professional at Columbia Golf Club in Minneapolis.
Sullivan, the 2007 winner at Sunriver, and Sheftic each shot 76 to tie for fourth at 4 under with three-time champion Mike Small (72) and JC Anderson (67).
The 38-year-old Sheftic is a PGA teaching pro at Merion in Ardmore, Pa.; the 48-year-old Sullivan is the PGA director of golf at Hanging Rock in Salem, Va.; the 47-year-old Small is the golf coach at the University of Illinois; and the 51-year-old Anderson is a PGA teaching pro at Mid-Rivers Golf Complex in St. Peters, Mo.
Kirk Hanefeld earned a spot in the PGA Championship at the age of 57, closing with a 73 to tie for ninth at 1 under. The two-time Senior PGA Professional National Championship winner is the PGA director of instruction at Renaissance in Haverhill, Mass.
The final three spots in the PGA Championship were decided in a six-player playoff.


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LAS VEGAS -- Tad Boyle has already drawn an ace and gets No. 21 back.
Andre Roberson, who missed the final two games of the regular season with a viral illness, was cleared by doctors on Monday and will be in the starting lineup for Colorado on Wednesday against Oregon State in the Pac-12 Tournament opener.
The 6-7 junior forward averages 10.8 points, 11.5 rebounds (first nationally) and 2.3 steals (first in the conference). Roberson was named the Pac-12 defensive player of the year this week.
"Our guys obviously know how important Andre is to us," Boyle said of the emotional boost Roberson's return gave the team during a short practice at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. "And they know how good of a player he is on the floor."
The fifth-seeded Buffs (20-10) will face the No. 12 Beavers (14-17) four days after losing to them at the Coors Events Center.
With Roberson watching helplessly in street clothes, Eric Moreland (17 points, 10 rebounds) and Joe Burton (10 points, 10 rebounds) enjoyed double-double feasts in Boulder.
"I'm really excited that we get to play them again," said freshman forward Josh Scott, who had six points and six rebounds during CU's 64-58 loss to Oregon State. "I think it works out kind of nice."
Oregon State held the Buffs to 35 percent from the field and improved to 9-1 this season when holding an opponent under 40 percent shooting.
Spencer Dinwiddie (18 points) was the only CU player to score in double figures in the last meeting, but the 6-6 point guard was 4-for-12 shooting (2-for-8 behind the arc) against the Beavers' 2-3 zone.
"We don't have to worry about over-confidence, that's the good thing about laying an egg on senior day," Boyle said. "You can bounce back and have their attention a little bit."
Boyle said facing Oregon State back-to-back simplified preparations for both coaching staffs.
After watching the film of his Buffs shooting seven air balls and allowing the Beavers to make 13 layups, it had to be tempting for CU's third-year head coach to burn the tape.
"Consistency is something we've been shooting for and expecting all year long. Unfortunately, it has been a little hit and miss with our team," Boyle said. "You look at our Utah game and you look at our Oregon State game at home, those two come to mind as big disappointments. Great teams don't let that happen."
Now a great player will be on the court to make sure it doesn't happen again.
This season Roberson has been responsible for 40 percent of CU's blocks, 29 percent of the rebounds (31 percent of the offensive rebounds), 29 percent of the steals and 15 percent of the points.
"He looked good, he looked energetic (and had) fresh legs, live legs," Boyle said after Roberson participated in Tuesday's practice. "It's great to have him back."
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WEDNESDAY: The No. 5 Colorado Buffaloes (20-10, 10-8) open the Pac-12 Tournament against No. 12 Oregon State (14-17, 4-14) at 3:30 p.m. at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
BROADCAST: Television on the Pac-12 Network with Kevin Calabro (play-by-play), Don MacLean (analyst) and Ashley Adamson (court side). Radio on KKZN (AM 760) with Mark Johnson (play-by-play) and Jeb Putzier (color). Follow on Twitter: @RyanThorburn.
CU STORY LINES: Tad Boyle said Andre Roberson will be in the starting lineup after missing the final two games of the regular season with a viral illness. ... The Buffs are the defending conference tournament champions and are looking to avenge last Saturday's 64-58 loss to Oregon State in the regular-season finale at the Coors Events Center. ... CU shot just 35 percent from the field and was out-rebounded 38-32 in the last meeting with the Beavers. ... Since starting Pac-12 play 1-4 the Buffs are 9-4 and the four losses were by an average of 6.5 points. ... CU is 12-6 (.667) in tournament play under Tad Boyle.
OREGON STATE STORY LINES: The Beavers upset top-seeded Washington at last year's Pac-12 Tournament and are looking to put the Buffs on the NCAA Tournament bubble by beating them twice in four days. ... Roberto Nelson, who scored all 15 of his points in the second half at the Coors Events Center, led the Pac-12 in scoring in league games only (19.1 ppg). ... Senior center Joe Burton became the first player in Oregon State history to amass 1,000 points, 700 rebounds and 300 assists in a career. He had 10 points, 10 rebounds and two assists in the win at CU.
KEY STAT: The Buffs are 3-0 this season on a neutral court, having won the Charleston Classic back in November, and are 8-1 since last year's Pac-12 Tournament in Los Angeles and the NCAA Tournament in Albuquerque, N.M.
COACHES: Boyle is 68-36 in his third season at CU. Craig Robinson is 78-88 in his fifth season at Oregon State.
SERIES: CU leads 8-4. This is the first meeting between the programs on a neutral court (Buffs lead 6-1 in Boulder, trail 3-2 in Corvallis).
PROBABLE STARTERS: Colorado -- F Andre Roberson, 6-7, Jr., 10.8 ppg, 11.5 rpg; F Xavier Johnson, 6-6, Fr., 8.7 ppg, 4.8 rpg; F Josh Scott, 6-10, Fr., 10.7 ppg, 5.4 rpg; G Spencer Dinwiddie, 6-6, So., 15.4 ppg, 3.0 apg; G Askia Booker, 6-1, So., 12.6 ppg, 2.2 apg. Oregon State -- F Devon Collier, 6-8, Jr., 12.8 ppg, 6.1 rpg; C Joe Burton, 6-7, Sr., 11.2 ppg, 6.6 rpg; F Eric Moreland, 6-10, So., 9.2 ppg, 10.5 rpg; G Challe Barton, 6-3, So., 2.9 ppg, 1.1 rpg; G Roberto Nelson, 6-3, Jr., 17.7 ppg, 2.4 apg.
UP NEXT: If the Buffs win they will play No. 4 Arizona on Thursday in the Pac-12 Tournament quarterfinals at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas (3:30 p.m., Pac-12 Network).


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This is it! Patch 4.0.1 begins the slide into Cataclysm. As you spend the day downloading and entering a whole new game, take the time to check out this round-up for patch 4.0.1 information.
The last recorded patch notes can be found here.
General updates
- Arena Season 8 ends due to the balance changes.
- Your auction house addons will need to be updated
- Flexible raid locks are live.
- Guilds are limited to 1,000 members.
- Guilds will, of course, have other changes that are important for officers to know
- Currency for gear has undergone significant conversion.
- Mana regeneration is notably different.
- You can now use the Return to Graveyard button.
- There are significant changes to the glyph system.
- Reforging has been added.
- The streaming launcher will be active.


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It's important that you backup your database. The most important thing you can do. However making backups isn't enough: you need to verify those backups are good.
A humorous short video from Grant Fritchey (b | t) and RedGate on why:
Ideally you verify every backup every day, but that's not always feasible. At least make sure you're doing one backup from every database at least once a month.
Filed under: Blog Tagged: Backup/Recovery, Humor, syndicated, video


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1.ĀĀIf you could change anything, what would it be? Google wants to know.
Does your kid have an idea that could help improve the world? Google Science Fair 2104Āhas begun, with online submissions being accepted until May 12.
What is the Google Science Fair? Kids Ś or teams of kids Ś aged 13-18, can sign up online and begin working on a project. The top entrant will be rewarded with a 10-day trip to the Galapagos Islands aboard the Endeavor, a ship owned by National Geographic. Other prizes include a $50,000 scholarship and a $10,000 grant for the winnerÆs school.
Here are the rules ¢ now get out there and do science!
Read more: ōGoogle Science Fair 2014 kicks off to find bright young scientists with ideas to change theĀworldōĀ(The Next Web)
2. Fill up your e-book with childrenÆs books
Oyster, a subscription e-book service, has launched a childrenÆs section, complete with an agreement with Disney. So not only will there be your standard Dick and Jane books, but books about Mickey Mouse, Cinderella, and many other beloved characters can be downloaded.
Sounds like a great way to help win kids over at bedtime.
Read more: ōOyster now offers all-you-can-read childrenÆs books, including Disney titlesōĀ(Engadget)
3. Verizon latest to come out with bigger, better plan
In the contest to see who can have the most consumer-friendly contract, Verizon is on the verge of offering an upgrade for ōMore Everythingö customers.
The new plans have upgrades across the services board. Share Everything plans are getting a bump Ś 500 MB and 1 GB plans will each double and 2GB plans will increase to 3GB. Edge customers will also get a price break of $10 for plans on 8 GB or less of data, and $20 for 10 GB or more. To top off the offer, Verizon will provide 25 GB of Verizon Cloud storage space for the price of $0 Ś free, nothing, whatever you like to call it.
Keep this up, and people will start to think that these big companies care about their customers. Novel, that idea.
Read more: ōVerizon æMore EverythingÆ launches tomorrowōĀ(Android Police)
4. Help, my iPhoneÆs home button is broken!
Consider this useful tip atĀLifeAlert if your iPhone Āhome button is broken.
HereÆs how you can navigate your iPhone in the case of a home button emergency.
There you go! Read more about what options and customizations are available by following the link below.
Read more: ōWhat to do if your iPhoneÆs home button breaksōĀ(Yahoo)
5. Google, call my Mother
With the latest Google Now feature, your Android phone can recognize relationships and lets you address your contacts by more familiar titles: Mom, Dad, Husband, Wife, He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named ģ titles like that.
ItÆs a nice upgrade, and should help make things easier for Android users. The next challenge is just getting the phone to recognize what youÆre saying.
Read more: ōGoogleÆs voice search on Android now lets you set and refer to relationships for your contactsōĀ(The Next Web)


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Skip to comments.Maines highest court: Transgender students rights were violated
Posted on 01/31/2014 3:26:31 PM PST by madprof98
The rights of a transgender girl from Orono were violated when school administrators made her use a staff bathroom at her elementary school instead of the girls restroom, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled Thursday.
The ruling is the first in which a state supreme court has affirmed a transgender persons right to equal access to restrooms in places of public accommodation.
Lawyers representing Nicole Maines, who is now 16, said the decision could lay a foundation for other states courts that are facing questions about the emerging rights of people who identify as the opposite of their birth gender.
In 2007, when Nicole was in the fourth grade, her family and school counselors, teachers, doctors and others formed a plan for how her gender status would be handled in future grades. Teachers and students were encouraged to stop using the name Wyatt and call her Nicole.
She was later diagnosed with gender dysphoria, a recently formed medical diagnosis that describes the psychological distress experienced by people whose gender identification is contrary to the gender they had at birth.
(Excerpt) Read more at pressherald.com ...
Wyatt isn't "transgender", he's castrated.
It's not a girl, its a boy, he should use the boys room.
It's that simple.
That sound like a liberal disease. Add gender to it and you have what liberals have created. Lgbtqrstuv.
Why expose boys to this thing?
They haven't castrated him (yet). He's been intentionally hormonally disordered.
A bridge too far... first sex attack, this whole thing goes boom...
How could poor little Wyatt "identify" as a girl at age 2?
This is the parents fault. Sure, its funny to see a little boy put on Mommy's shoes for a second, but then parents need to step up and make him take off the pink and high heels even if he is just a silly 2 year old boy playing. Its just not healthy. Instead the parents, brainwashed by a sick society, saw his little game as some sort of gender confusement and started up with the therapists and doctors.
This sick parenting continued and government school teachers joined in calling the poor boy a girl in the third grade. Everyone involved should be fired.
They even let this confused child dress as a girl in the 4th grade as if nothing was wrong with it as even more counselors and doctors joined in with the "its normal" BS. They even forced other children to call the boy a girl. They should all lose their licenses for such abuse on the other kids.
Now, just as this child's normal male body is about to go thru puberty they are pumping him full of drugs to make sure the normal development of this boy does not take place.
All of this, the lies and the drugs are perfectly legal.
Yet if the parents wanted to get counseling for a child to help resist homosexual confusion, it would be illegal to have a professional even speak with them about such resistance(let alone use drugs).
How sad the parents can legally get their child's penis cut off, but other parents can't even get a professional to talk negatively about homosexual attraction.
The kid was obviously suffering, no denying that. Mental illness hurts as bad as any other kind. But his family turned to the same make-it-up-as-we-go-along-to-be-politically-correct experts that have made a complete joke of America's mental health system, and from age 2 to age 16, a young boy has been transformed by drugs and therapy into a sideshow freak. The people who inspired this should be removed from all future human contact. Throw them in a dungeon, and let them use a bucket as their restroom.
He has no right to force others to pretend along with him
"concocted" would be more appropriate.
Amen amen and AMEN!
this poor twisted souls insist on forcing the rest of society to participate in their delusional lil world at their own risk NOT OURS!!
The communists love this mess. Blur the lines....drop the blade
thank you
I wonder which bathroon HIS twin brother.....uses?
He and his brother are identical TWINS.....
Thats gotta be rough on the other twin I would think.
jn that family hes likely not free to express anything but acceptance...and support for this psychosis his brothers suffering from..but I'd bet its messed with his mind pretty well
The other twin will be badgered and told he is like that too I bet. Hope he resists.
yes hes fair game now.
he might as well be relocated for his own good at this point.
kids are mean and he's going to need the patience of Job to withstand whats bound to come his way
yes hes fair game now.
he might as well be relocated for his own good at this point.
kids are mean and he's going to need the patience of Job to withstand whats bound to come his way
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 8th Jun 2013 17:02 UTC
I didn't want to put this in the article on the coordinated PR campaign, but the fact that one company refuses to cooperate with the US government in the way Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and others were more than willing to do, is very, very important. This means that the argument "but we had to do the things we did because Washington told us to" holds no water. Twitter's refusal proves that the others did not have to say yes - they chose to do so. Whenever someone - a corporate PR person, company blogger, or fanboy - tells you Microsoft, Apple, or Google had no choice, all you need to say is "Twitter".
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RE[2]: Comment by Nelson
by Nelson on Sat 8th Jun 2013 19:49 UTC in reply to "RE: Comment by Nelson"
They opened discussions with national security officials about developing technical methods to more efficiently and securely share the personal data of foreign users in response to lawful government requests
So they're legally obliged to comply and decided to do so in the most responsible and secure manner they can.
I would warn you about letting your outrage put the cart before the horse, but we're way past that, given the like 4-5 articles on the same thing in a days timespan.


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Federal background clearances flawed | Politics
CAPITOL HILL, DC (WUSA9) -- The people in charge of bestowing security clearances for our federal workforce were in the hot seat during a senate hearing weeks after the Navy Yard shooting that took the lives of 12 people and the shooter.
The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs want to get to the bottom of the failures of background check and clearances that allowed Aaron Alexis to maintain his access to Navy facilities and to prevent any further breaches in security and loss of life in the future.
The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs is the chief oversight committee of homegrown terrorism.
Sen. Tom Coburn said, "For $20 you can get 90% of the information. Now we pay 2400 bucks for a top secret clearance, is that right? It's a little more than that, it's $4000."
Senator Tom Coburn makes the point that the U.S. Is forking over so much money for a system that's flawed.
The senate committee says they have to do more than check boxes and forms. They need to broaden their scope to some of the obvious at anyone's fingertips.
Sen. Kelly Ayotte, (R) - New Hampshire said, "When our teenagers get important information on social media, yet we're not going to use it? We need to take a common sense approach to this."
The senate committee says it has to go beyond just getting into the federal government but that random checks need to be re-instated.
Sen. Coburn (R)-OK said, "We need to create an environment where we lessen the number of people who need clearances and create random checks to see if they deserve to keep that clearance. Are you all amazed that 8400 people in this country have a tax debt that makes them vulnerable to divulging secret data or top secret date and they've got clearances today?"
Lawmakers say if they are missing basic tax problems what else is slipping through the cracks?
Aaron Alexis had a criminal record and was mentally unstable.
Elaine Kaplan, OPM Acting Director said, "Yes, we all missed something, but we did what was required."
The Office of Personnel Management and the Office of Management and Budget are going through a 120 day review. Already it's revealed failures but the agencies are committed to correcting them.
Joseph Jordan, Office of Management and Budget said, "Getting this right is personal and we are going to do everything we can so this doesn't happen again."
OPM and OMB are looking at reducing the number of security clearances, and strengthening its background checks to include requiring police reports and mental health evaluations.


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On Sunday at 7pm on Queen & Country the Commonwealth countries are being asked to change the rules of succession so that a first-born girl may inherit the crown. If it's approved, it will be the single biggest change to the monarchy for centuries.
Ken Burns' The War, a seven-part series focusing on the many ways in which the Second World War impacted American towns and families, concludes this week with episodes on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at 8pm.
Market Warriors on Monday at 7pm has pickers Miller, John, Bob and Kevin heading to the Brimfield, Massachusetts, home of the largest outdoor market in the world.
America Revealed: Made in the USA investigates the emerging notion that manufacturing itself is changing from a system based on the movement and assembly of raw materials to a system in of ideas on Monday at 10:3pm.
Watch America Revealed: "Made in the USA" – Preview on PBS. See more from America Revealed.
History Detectives on Tuesday at 7pm returns to explore the stories behind historic sites, artifacts and tall tales told in cities across the country.
Population by population, species by species, amphibians are vanishing off the face of the Earth. Nature: the Thin Green Line at 7pm explores the greatest mass extinction since the dinosaurs.
Fresh and seasoned indie rock hits the Austin City Limits stage with the Head and the Heart and Gomez on Wednesday at 10:30.
Arts in Context spends a month with Ballet Austin, as Artistic Director Stephen Mills and company produce a re-staging of the acclaimed Light/ Holocaust and Humanity Project on Thursday at 7:30pm.
Chet returns to Bastrop to talk with locals about the wildfires and visit the Lost Pines in recovery on The Daytripper on Thursday at 8:30pm.
Yanni: Live at El Morro features Yanni, music's true world citizen and most popular contemporary composer, performing at the beautiful 16th-century Castillo San Felipe Del Morro on Thursday at 9pm.
Great Performances presents Tangelwood's 75th Anniversary concert, featuring the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Pops, the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus on Friday at 9pm.
Celebrating the Music of Johnny Cash at 7 pm Saturday features Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Sheryl Crow, Ronnie Dunn, Lucinda Williams, Jamey Johnson, Shooter Jennings, and Shelby Lynne amongst others as play tribute to the Man in Black.
Based on the latest scientific research, Dr. Fuhrman's Immunity Solution on Saturday at 8:30 pm shows us how we can become almost totally resistant to colds, influenza, and other infections.


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Richard Allen Farmer is Fall 2012 Spiritual Renewal Week SpeakerBy Jim Garringer Published: Sep 07, 2012
Evangelist, songwriter, and former Taylor University Dean of the Chapel, Dr. Richard Allen Farmer will be the featured speaker for Taylor University's Fall Spiritual Renewal Week series, which begins Monday.
Farmer holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Nyack College (1975) and Master of Divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary (1980). He also holds honorary doctorate degrees from Gordon College and Houghton College.
In addition to his tenure at Taylor University (1999-2002), Farmer served as Senior Pastor of the Bethany Baptist Church in Pittsburgh (1980-1988) and Dean of the Chapel at Gordon College (1988-1992).
"Richard Allen Farmer continues to be a treasured member of the Taylor family," said Randy Gruendyke, Taylor's Campus Pastor. "His heartfelt song leadership and incisive preaching are regularly used by the Lord to strengthen our community at every level."
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Bennett Haselton's Response To That "Don't Talk to Cops" Video 871
In my first article about the Fifth Amendment, I asked: Why is it a good thing that the Fifth Amendment allows a suspect to refuse to answer "Yes" or "No" as to whether they committed a crime or not? (I was emphatically not saying that a suspect should have to answer questions that are nobody else's business -- if you weren't at the scene of the crime, you should be free to say, "I wasn't at the scene of the crime, but I would prefer not to tell you where I was." However, the Fifth Amendment lets you refuse to answer the question of whether you even committed the crime at all, and I didn't see what was so great about that, because it is everybody's legitimate business whether or not you committed the crime.)
In the second article, I asked a different question: If you do accept the rationale for allowing a suspect to refuse to answer the question of whether they committed the crime or not, why don't we extend the same protection to third-party witnesses? In other words, if Bob commits a crime and Alice is a witness, and the police ask Bob and Alice the same question -- "Did Bob do it?" -- and both refuse to answer, then Bob is allowed to do this but Alice can go to jail for remaining silent, even though Bob might be guilty, and Alice is the one who is known to be innocent! That seems crazy.
The full arguments are given in each of the articles linked above (and dissected further in the comments) and I don't want to rehash either of them here, but in response to both articles, multiple people sent me the link to Professor Duane's "Don't Talk To Cops" video, which has been viewed about 2 million times on Youtube. (Professor Duane also ceded half his presentation time to police officer George Bruch, giving him the chance to offer a 'rebuttal', which has been uploaded as a separate video -- Bruch's video has been viewed about 1 million times.) I've watched Professor Duane's presentation twice, and one problem I have with the video is that I don't know what Professor Duane's actual position is. Yes, he says that he would "never talk to any police officer under any circumstances, ever", but does that really mean that if he witnessed a violent altercation on the street and the cops wanted to ask him about it, that he wouldn't say a word to them? Or, if he got pulled over for speeding, would he really hand over his license and registration and then sit silently in the driver's seat refusing to respond the cop's questions (which pretty much eliminates your chance at being let off with a warning)? What if his house got broken into, would he really refuse to call the cops and tell them? And, uh, there's a police officer who co-presents in the video with him, didn't Professor Duane have to talk to him to get him in the video? In fact, he speaks directly to the cop on camera! Busted!
"Oh, stop being so literal, Bennett, you know that's not what he meant!" OK, but what did he mean? One problem with staking out a fairly extreme position to begin with, is that if you describe it hyperbolically, there's no way for people to know what your actual position is. I emailed Professor Duane to ask if he could clarify, but didn't get a response. (Since his video has been viewed over 2 million times, possibly my email got lost in the pile of mails he gets every week saying, "Oh shit I got arrested and I opened my big mouth, you got any ideas for what I should do now??")
For the purpose of this discussion, let's assume that Professor Duane means that if the police approached him with questions about a crime (and excluding "hot pursuit" situations such as when the police are chasing a mugger and ask "Which way did he go?"), he would refuse to talk to them. In that case, I have a couple of points to make in response to the video, but first, if you haven't seen it, you may want to watch it now, along with the 'rebuttal' offered by police officer George Bruch, and see if you come up with the same objections that I did.
Everybody back? OK, here are my thoughts:
1. The video is answering a different question from the one I asked. The video weighs the costs and benefits to the individual, of remaining silent; I was asking whether the defendant's right to remain silent is good for society as a whole. Of course if you're innocent, then it's in both your interest and society's interest for you to go free. If you're guilty, on the other hand, you may want to walk free, but it's usually in your society's interest for you to be convicted. (You could argue an exception for pot laws or whatever, but generally speaking, we do want criminals to get caught.)
Professor Duane, beginning at the 24:50 mark, specifically invokes Martha Stewart, Marion Jones, and Michael Vick, as examples of people who he thinks would have gotten lighter sentences, or gotten off completely, if they had remained silent throughout their legal ordeals. Yes, but all three of those people were guilty (Martha Stewart, very probably; Jones and Vick, beyond any doubt), so while it may have been better for them to remain silent, it would not have been better for the legal system as a whole. (All three of them had supporters who said the laws they were being charged under, were unjust in the first place, but that's a separate problem.)
This is not an explicit error on Professor Duane's part -- since he was arguing that remaining silent is good for the individual, not for society -- but it does mean the video is not precisely a response to the point I was making.
2. The argument about the danger of talking to cops is based on a sampling error. Professor Duane says that criminal defense attorneys "always, always say it was a bad idea for their client to talk to the police". But this sample obviously only includes people who talked to the police and ended up getting arrested, and charged, and needing a criminal defense attorney. The sample wouldn't include anyone that the police talked to and decided not to arrest -- whether they were initially brought in as a suspect but then convinced the police that they were innocent, or whether they were simply third-party witnesses who volunteered information to the police that they thought was useful.
In fact, in the 'rebuttal' video from Officer Bruch, he says at the 6:20 mark:
"You're going to lose [in the police interrogation room], unless you're purely innocent. On the other side of it, I don't want to put anyone who's innocent in jail. I try not to bring anyone in to the interview room who's innocent. And there are a couple that I have let walk away because they were innocent."
This appears to contradict Professor Duane, who said repeatedly that even if you're innocent, "it CANNOT help" to talk to the police, and that "you CANNOT talk to the police out of arresting you". Unless Bruch was lying, then Duane's statement was wrong, although neither of them seemed to notice. But if you did talk the police out of arresting you, then you wouldn't end up in Professor Duane's sample of people whose ended up needing a defense lawyer.
And even this sample is restricted to people who are brought into the interrogation room, where Officer Bruch said he tried not to bring anybody in at all unless the thought they were probably guilty. If you include all the people that the cops try and talk to, who the police don't think are guilty -- people casually stopped on the street, or called on the phone, or visited in their house, because they might have relevant information -- then your sample becomes much larger, and the proportion who talk to the cops and do not subsequently get in trouble, goes way up.
Also, of course, Professor Duane's sample includes people who talked to the police and were convicted, who were in fact guilty. Their defense attorneys may wish that their clients had kept silent and possibly walked free as a result, but that wouldn't be good for the rest of us.
3. His advice ignores the benefits of leniency if you're guilty and you're almost positive you'll be caught anyway. For most of this discussion I've been focusing on the merits of talking to the police if you're innocent. But Officer Bruch also says that if people in the interrogation room answer questions and cooperate, then even if they're ultimately convicted, the police do testify to the judge that you were cooperative, and the judge can take that into account and reduce your prison sentence. That is at least theoretically another legitimate reason to violate Professor Duane's "Don't Talk To Cops" rule, if you're 99% sure that the police will find enough evidence to convict you anyway, you can hope for leniency by cooperating. That's essentially why I do talk to the police if I get pulled over for speeding -- I've gotten off with a warning a few times, whereas I'm pretty sure that if I'd just sat silently and stared straight ahead, I would have gotten the ticket.
4. Professor Duane's argument is about talking to the cops; I'm asking about the merits of the Fifth Amendment as it applies in a courtroom as well. At the 15:22 mark, for example, Professor Duane gives the fictional example of a suspect who says to the police:
"I don't know what you are talking about. I didn't kill Jones and I don't know who did. I wasn't anywhere near that place. I don't have a gun, and I have never owned a gun in my life. I don't even know how to use a gun. Yeah, sure I never liked the guy, but who did? I wouldn't kill him. I've never hurt anybody in my life, and I would never do such a thing."
Professor Duane continues: "Let's suppose every word of that is true, 100% of it is true. What will the jury hear at trial? 'Officer Bruch, was there anything about your interrogation, your interview with the suspect that made you concerned that he might be the right one?' 'Yes sir there was. He confessed to me that He never liked the guy.'"
Even if that scenario is a valid reason not to talk to the police, it wouldn't be possible in a courtroom, where all of your answers are recorded, and it will be obvious if someone is trying to distort the meaning of something that you said earlier.
This is also not an error on Professor Duane's part, since his talk was called "Don't Talk To Cops", not "Don't Ever Answer Questions In Court". (While he's right that most criminal defense attorneys wish that their clients had not talked to the police, some criminal defense attorneys do encourage their clients to take the stand at trial.) So it's not relevant to the question of whether society benefits from giving defendants a Fifth Amendment right to remain silent in a courtroom.
5. Finally, are the police really that corrupt and/or stupid? Go back up to Professor Duane's hypothetical in which a suspect protests his innocence, and Duane imagines that Officer Bruch -- Professor Duane's real-life co-presenter in this talk! -- takes five words out of context and testifies in court, "He confessed to me, 'I never liked the guy'."
When the real Officer Bruch gave his 'rebuttal', he started out by started out by saying, "Everything he just said was true. And it was right, and it was correct." If I had been in the room at the time, I would have asked him, "Seriously? Were you listening when Professor Duane said that if a suspect protested his innocence in the way that he described, you would take that out-of-context quote and only tell the jury that he said 'I never liked the guy?'" Well, we already know that George Bruch didn't really agree with everything that Professor Duane said, since Bruch contradicted him on some points, such as Duane's claim that "talking to the police cannot possibly help you even if you're innocent". But I would have liked for Officer Bruch to say if he thinks the police are anywhere as stupid and corrupt as Professor Duane was implying that they are.
More to the point -- and I went into this in my first article about the Fifth Amendment -- if the police and the courts are even remotely that corrupt and incompetent, then that's a wide-ranging problem that applies to all types of evidence gathered in the case, not just statements from suspect. And if that's the case, then the Fifth Amendment is just a band-aid that only solves the stupid-cops-and-courts problem as it applies to suspect statements specifically. It doesn't solve the problem as it applies to circumstantial evidence, unreliable eyewitness testimony, false memories, evaluating the credibility of other witnesses, and other factors.
In other words, if you're arrested, suppose the cops really are so dumb and/or evil that they would quote your "I never liked the guy" out of context to try and get you convicted. So, taking Professor Duane's advice, you say nothing. Do you still trust those same police officers to handle the other aspects of your case fairly? To make sure any exculpatory evidence is brought to light? To interrogate other witnesses without leading them towards a pre-set conclusion?
As I said in my first article, that doesn't mean that this is not a valid argument for the Fifth Amendment. But it means that if this is the primary argument in favor of the Fifth Amendment, then what the people making this argument are really saying, is that the whole system is broken.
The Weekly Standard published a more devastating rebuttal to Professor Duane's video, in which the author describes the devastating effects that the "Don't Snitch" movement has had on high-crime neighborhoods, as a result of large numbers of people following Professor Duane's philosophy to the letter. The article quoted one rap celebrity saying that he wouldn't even tell the police about a known murderer living next door to him. Professor Duane may not endorse that view directly, but he could hardly disagree that it follows logically from his admonition to "never talk to the police under any circumstances, ever". This is essentially the same logic error that I pointed out in point #2 -- if you focus only on people who talked to the police and ended up getting arrested, you're ignoring the benefits of people talking to the police who not only don't get arrested, but may help stop a crime or catch a criminal. It might still be a bad idea on balance to talk the police, but you couldn't make that argument by limiting your sample to the people who get arrested.
More generally, there may be an argument why either the individual or society benefits from the legal right to remain silent -- but it would have to be based on a sample drawn from all innocent people who talk to the cops, and the proportion who subsequently benefit as a result, and the proportion who are subsequently penalized, and weighing the magnitude of the benefits versus the drawbacks, and the likelihood of each. The "Don't Talk To Cops" video doesn't do that.


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One touted feature of Dead Rising 2: Off the Record is a reduction to the load times. But how much time can you expect to shave off? Executive producer Jason Leigh has revealed that just like a hapless zombie facing down a chainsaw-wielding Frank West, they've been cut in half.
"We really focused on the load times," said Leigh. "The load times were called out in Dead Rising 2, and this time around they've been halved."
Leigh told Eurogamer that the load times -- and most of the changes in Off the Record -- are responses to fan complaints. The recently announced Sandbox mode is another direct response to fan requests.
"Really this mode was driven from fan response," Leigh said. "[Fans] really wanted Infinity Mode from Dead Rising 1, but rather than that we went for the Terror is Reality multiplayer mode for Dead Rising 2. This time around we couldn't really ignore the fan feedback - they really want this mode, and frankly it would be fun to come into this world without the restrictions of a story just to explore."


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A passenger on a plane en route to Denver was taken into custody after he claimed to be carrying a bomb in his backpack, officials said.
Five crew members and 136 passengers aboard a Frontier Airlines flight traveling from Knoxville, Tenn. to Denver were evacuated from the plane onto a remote area of the tarmac at Denver International Airport following the possible security threat Friday evening, Frontier Airlines spokeswoman Kate O'Mally told ABC News.
Nick Dannenberg, who was traveling on Frontier Airlines flight 601 told "Good Morning America" he was seated near the man who reportedly told the flight attendant he had brought a bomb on board.
"The guy across the aisle from me pulled the flight attendant to the side and told her that he had a bomb in his backpack," Dannenberg said. "I can't even describe how fast my heart was beating."
The flight crew took the man's backpack to the back of the plane when they became aware of the potential safety risk, as passengers kept an eye on the passenger until the flight landed safely in Denver.
Meanwhile, children on board the flight were sent to the front of the plane for security purposes. There were three unaccompanied minors on the plane who were moved away from the potential bomb, law enforcement officials told ABC News.
Once grounded, authorities handcuffed and removed the man from the flight.
Passengers then left the aircraft, where they were met by the FBI and the Denver bomb squad on the tarmac.
All of the passengers were interviewed by law enforcement overnight.
The FBI would not comment as to whether or not an explosive device was recovered from the carry on.
Officials have not released the man's name. He is believed to be mentally unstable, a law enforcement official briefed on the case told ABC News.
There has been no decision on whether or not to prosecute the man. That decision will likely be made on Monday, law enforcement officials said.


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By Christi Campos
Empty toy barrels and near empty kettles are a reality right now at the Salvation Army of Independence on Truman Road. Although the Eastern Jackson community continues year after year to generously give in support of the social services the agency provides to families in need in our area, this Christmas the need is somehow greater than ever.
"We can come up with a variety of reasons why donations are down throughout the city, such as a late Thanksgiving and cold weather, but the reasons don't really matter when the need is so urgent," says Major Butch Frost of the Independence Corps of the Salvation Army. "One of the biggest struggles for me is to have the knowledge of a child waking up without a gift on Christmas morning. My heart literally breaks at the thought of it." Among other needs, the Corps is short almost 4,000 toys for their Christmas distribution to families in need and distribution day is Dec. 20.
It becomes all too real when you hear the stories. Like the father of six who stopped along the side of the road to help a stranded motorist this past September and was hit by a drunken driver in the process. Now disabled from severe injuries, his family has been adopted this Christmas through The Salvation Army of Independence. Or the woman whose 20-year-old daughter and grandchildren were adopted for Christmas last year just days before her daughter died of a rare progressive cancer. This year, clutching a necklace displaying a fingerprint of her deceased daughter, the woman was herself signing up for Christmas assistance for not only her remaining younger children but for her two grandchildren she is now also raising.
Emergency Assistance worker, Jasmine Moffitt works directly with families needing assistance and hears these and many other stories of personal struggle. She says, "The need can seem overwhelming but the joy comes in seeing the look in the eyes of those who donate the gifts and those who receive them. When needs are met and love is shared, it just doesn't get any better than that."
In addition to the many year-round social services The Salvation Army of Independence provides, such as GED classes, a food pantry and the always at capacity, Crossroads Family Homeless Shelter, the agency will assist over 200 families through adoption, provide 1,696 children with toys and distribute 1,072 boxes of food this Christmas.
The easily recognizable red kettles and bell ringers are how they support this work. But this year kettle giving is down citywide and is down some $37,000 from last year in Eastern Jackson County alone. This week an anonymous donor, hearing of the shortfall, offered the Divisional Headquarters a $300,000 match if donors throughout the city can meet it. To donate in Eastern Jackson County contact Christi Campos at 816-252-3200, ext. 105 or mail your gift to the Salvation Army of Independence, 14700 E. Truman Road, Independence MO 64050.
"It's not too late to help with a cash, food or toy donation" says Major Lisa Frost who heads up the Christmas assistance efforts at the Independence Corps. "It can make such a difference! Sometimes it's just taking a moment to give some encouraging words to those who are coming in for assistance. To let them know that people do care and that there is more to life than their current circumstances."


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Twenty-year-old Bernard Taylor was arraigned in court Sunday morning, after being released from the hospital Saturday night. Taylor was shot twice by Lansing Police Friday night when they arrested him on four felony counts, including assault with intent to commit murder.
Police say Taylor was shot once in the lower body and once in the head. But his injuries didn't prevent his appearance in court. Seven Lansing Police officers are in administrative leave while the shooting is investigated.
A .22 caliber handgun was recovered at the scene and is believed to be Taylor's. Police say they think Taylor fired at least one shot, and officers fired more than a dozen. They are trying to determine who fired first.
The shooting occurred at the Admiral gas station at Jolly and Waverly roads. A tip led police to the area. They were trying to arrest Taylor on a four-count felony warrant in connection with an Aug. 6 shooting in Lansing.
The driver and passenger of the car got out, but Taylor remained inside. And police say they were alerted that Taylor had a gun.
The Ingham County Prosecutors office is still investigating the shooting and is determining whether further charges will be brought against Taylor, or the officers involved. Police say the names of those officers could be released as early as Monday.


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1. Welcome
Happy Christmas! Well, yes, it's a bit early for that, but this is
the final Newsletter of 2009 (and indeed the decade) so I thought
it's the best way to kick off. If you're stumped with what to buy
the geek in your life - or just yourself - for December 25th, check
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In December it has become something of a tradition for me to make
predictions for the upcoming year, which usually turn out to be way
off. But nonetheless I'll have a quick go again: in 2010 I reckon
we'll see Linux desktop marketshare reach 15% thanks to the rise and
rise of netbooks, and the big splash Chrome OS is going to make. I
also think Compiz's days are numbered, as desktop bling moves
towards Clutter.
Anyway, while we wait for me to be proved wrong, enjoy this month's
Newsletter. We have a look at the just-on-sale issue of LXF,
roundups of hot news stories and forum threads, plus a special
feature on the blazingly fast Chrome browser.
Mike Saunders
Newsletter Editor
2. LXF 127 on sale
Netbooks aren't just a fad, as some pundits initially predicted -
no, they're definitely here to stay. In Linux Format 127's cover
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check out the Linux-on-mobile-phones scene.
Our cover DVD this month is very special indeed: it's a
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# Deja Dup 11.0 -- https://launchpad.net/deja-dup
Not often does an application genuinely make us laugh out loud.
Quite the opposite actually - we frequently go through great pain
when compiling the latest software for your enjoyment. However,
we're happy when it happens and it certainly does in the case of
Deja Dup, a backup app that only has two buttons in its interface:
Backup and Restore.
You see, Deja Dup has a very simple function, and that's to copy
your data to another location or restore it back to your computer.
Before you get to that stage, though, you need to compile the
software, and to do this you'll need to snag Duplicity, along with
Unique and Gnome-keyring. Once you've got these packages loaded,
you can start your compiling engines.
Although we couldn't find Deja Dup in our Gnome menu, it was
fairly easy to launch by using the 'deja-dup' command in the
terminal. It's then that you're presented with the magic two
buttons. Out of the box, they won't do anything, as you have to
define what it is you want to back up, and where you want the
backups to go.
You can do this either by clicking the Backup button, which will
take you through some screens to help configure your backup, or
you can edit the preferences to set the defaults. Deja Dup
supports connections via SSH, FTP and any other method recognised
by Gnome, making it simple to back up to an off-site location.
It's also compatible with Amazon S3, so you can use Amazon's
cloud-based storage.
Deja Dup enables you to encrypt your backup data, which we'd
strongly recommend if you're using a cloud-based provider. You can
also define included and excluded files and folders, specify the
frequency of the backup (although unfortunately you can't back up
on-demand) and elect to keep a history, which defaults to forever
but can be reduced if space is an issue.
We like Deja Dup because it takes away the pain of running an
off-site backup regimen and simplifies the restoration procedure.
Making backups simple should be the goal of every backup app, and
Deja Dup certainly does this.
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4. In the news
The biggest developments from around the net...
# Ubuntu to dump Gimp in 10.04
Yes, one of the earliest flagship free software applications will no
longer be in the standard installation of the next Ubuntu release.
The Gimp is seen as too complicated and high-end for average users,
who largely want to manipulate photos - a job which F-Spot does
decently enough.
# Malware found in Gnome-Look screensaver
As proof that no operating system is safe from internet nastiness
(except for those without TCP/IP stacks, of course), some devious
individual has put a 'screensaver' on the Gnome-Look website that
actually contains a dodgy denial-of-service causing script. Eek.
# FreeBSD 8.0 released
And a quick bit of non-Linux, but nonetheless very free-softwarey,
news. FreeBSD 8 brings a bag of new features to the industrial
strength Unix OS, such as enhanced virtualisation support, a
ground-up rewrite of the USB layer, and experimental support for the
MIPS architecture. Hit the link above for all the details.
5. This month on the forum
LeeNukes raised an interesting question: would you buy Linux if it
cost more than Windows? While we all champion the freedom to share
and modify Linux, there's no doubt (especially during these
economically dodgy times) that zero-cost plays a big part as well. A
couple of forum regulars noted that a typical Linux distribution
includes software far beyond what you get on a Windows CD - eg an
entire office suite. Let us know what you think. [1]
Fancy a nice drink for Christmas? Don't mind spending 35 quid on
a bottle, providing it has a penguin on it? This 32% proof tipple
might be a bit heavy going if you're trying to get some programming
done, but with a name like Tactical Nuclear Penguin it's hard to
resist. Jez told the forum that he had bought a bottle, but
strangely we haven't heard from him since... [2]
[1] http://www.linuxformat.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=11207
[2] http://www.linuxformat.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=11185
6. Special Newsletter feature
Finally, Google's Chrome web browser has reached Beta status for
Linux. This means you can easily download it from Google without
having to fuss around with development snapshots and source code.
Chrome, based on the WebKit rendering engine (which in turn was
based on KDE's KHTML), sports a blazingly fast JavaScript engine
for fast running of Google's web apps. Head over to:
and grab a binary package for your distro. Fire it up and we'll talk
through the basics here and highlight some of the cool features
worth investigating.
1) The interface
Chrome dedicates as much of the screen as possible to web pages: you
won't find a typical menu bar or status panel here. Instead, at the
top-right of the screen you'll see two icons: the one with a
document opens a menu for the current page (eg copying/pasting text,
searching, viewing source); the icon with a spanner lets you create
new windows or tabs, view downloads, set options and so forth. The
status panel only appears when you hover over a link.
Niftily, Chrome integrates tabbed browsing with the window's
titlebar. If you don't like the slightly garish blue colour scheme,
go to Spanner > Options > Personal Stuff and click 'Use GTK+ theme'
at the bottom. Now the window titlebar should acquire the colour
scheme used by normal windows.
Open a few tabs and right-click on one of them. Chrome includes some
massively helpful features, such as the ability to close all tabs to
the right of the current one. This is great when you've opened a
heap of links from a page, only to quickly find the thing you need.
You can then close all other tabs in just a few clicks.
Similarly, Chrome keeps track of the source of new tabs, which is
very helpful with Google's own web applications. You can close all
tabs opened by a single tab - eg all spreadsheets opened from the
main Google Docs tab.
2) Cool features
Don't you just hate it when some badly-behaved plugin (usually
Flash) goes all dizzy and ends up freezing the whole browser? Well,
those days are (hopefully) at an end. Chrome separates browser tabs
into individual processes, so if one tab's Flash/Java/whatever
plugin goes haywire and makes the rest of the page unusable, you
should be able to kill it and continue your browsing session. Open a
few tabs and then right-click on a blank space in the titlebar and
choose Task Manager. You can then see how much memory and CPU
individual tabs are using, and stop them with the End process
Then there's Incognito mode: click the Spanner icon and then New
Incognito Window and you'll start a new browsing session in which
nothing is saved. No history, no cookies, no cache - it's perfect
when you want privacy on the net (ie when you're on a public
machine). Other browsers have similar implementations of this secure
browsing mode, but it's particularly well done in Chrome.
If you're a web coder, don't miss Document icon > Developer >
Developer Tools. This shows a huge amount of information on a web
page, including collapsible, syntax-highlighted elements, along with
scripts, CPU usage of a page and other stats.
7. Coming up next issue
Linux Format 128, on sale Thursday 7 January, next decade...
# Linux for newbies -- Our best tips, tricks and tutorials
to give every Linux user new skills to enjoy
# Virus checkers -- Yes, Linux is mostly immune to viruses,
but it can still pass them on to Windows and Mac OS X!
# Keep kids safe online -- DansGuardian is your friend
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AURORA – You can't accuse Marmion coach Ryan Paradise of being repetitious, especially during the Cadets' recent five-game skid.
The Cadets have used multiple starting lineups throughout the season as Paradise searched for the right winning combination.
Paradise's impatience paid off Friday night as Marmion held on for a 60-53 Suburban Christian Conference Blue Division win over host Aurora Christian.
The last man off the bench, Corey Friel, provided a spark for a Cadets' squad desperate for some offense.
Friel knocked down three 3-pointers in the first half to help Marmion (6-13, 2-3 SCC Blue) take a double-digit lead and held off a charging Eagles' squad in the second half to pick up its second conference win.
"It was different for us this time. In the past when we've lost games it was usually because we went in the tank mentally," Paradise said. "When they made their run, it wasn't anything that we were screwing up. This time, after having a couple of ugly offensive possessions, we were able to clean it up. We got big contributions from Corey and Danny Bicknell was a monster on the glass."
Underlying Paradise's propensity to try different lineups, the Marmion coach called on Friel to try and help shake the Cadets out of an early first-half offensive funk.
Friel's three consecutive 3-pointers gave the Cadets a 37-26 halftime lead.
Aurora Christian (9-8, 0-5) quickly worked its way back into the contest in the third quarter.
After Marmion's Alex Theisen buried a 3-pointer at the start of the quarter to give the Cadets a 40-26 lead, Aurora Christian held Marmion to just six points the rest of the quarter.
The Eagles capitalized on a technical foul that was called on Marmion's bench as Ryan McQuade's two free-throws brought Aurora Christian to 46-43.
Ryan Suttle's lay-up pulled Aurora Christian to within 46-45 early in the fourth quarter but that was as close as the Eagles would get.
Each Aurora Christian basket seemed to have a Marmion answer, especially from sophomore Jordan Glasgow.
Glasgow scored eight of his 12 points in the fourth quarter, including a key steal and coast-to-coast lay-up that provided Marmion with a 56-51 lead.
"We never broke down or lost our composure and always made the right decisions when they were pressing us," Glasgow said. "Usually we break down and everyone tries to do everything by themselves and that's when it gets bad. Tonight, the scoring was a lot more spread out and it was harder for them to defend us."
Aurora Christian, who has yet to win a conference game, pulled to within 56-53 with 1:59 to go after a Suttle bucket.
On the Cadets' ensuing possession, Marmion ran off more than a minute off the clock before Aurora Christian finally fouled Mike Sheehan with 40 seconds to go. Sheehan knocked down both free-throws before Suttle was called for an intentional foul on the Eagles' next offensive possession.
Sheehan knocked down both free-throws that effectively ended the game with 25 seconds to go.
"They earned the victory tonight. They did a really good job of spreading us out in the fourth quarter," Aurora Christian coach Pat McNamara said. "I was proud of our guys that we fought hard and cut the lead to one. The effort was there, we just needed to be a bit more patient on offense."
Glasgow led a balanced Marmion offensive attack as nine of the 11 players that took the floor scored. Theisen added 11 while Colin Kavanaugh and Friel both had nine points.
Cory Windle scored 16 points for Aurora Christian who will look to end its five game conference losing streak against Wheaton Academy tonight.


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Ordering the Chaos of Bookmarks? 23
"It's much more than a simple bookmark storage, the RFC remarks:
The Application Configuration Access Protocol (ACAP) is designed to support remote storage and access of program option, configuration and preference information.
Probably the main reason this isn't being used is because you can't rely on every user having access to an ACAP server. Well, why not have both? Your browser could implement a mini-server until you find one that you can use. So should I suggest this to Mozilla/Microsoft/Opera? Or is there a simpler way. When Netscape was the king, I simply uploaded the bookmark file to my homepage area, it worked (more or less). And since I use browser 90% for content not on my computer I'm very likely to have net access when I'm using my browser. So could this be feasable, or am I daydreaming again?"


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One of the key issues associated with moving into the managed services business model from traditional resale involves converting the sales force from a transactional orientation to one that is based on monthly recurring revenue streams. Many companies have grappled with this issue and have employed various strategies for dealing with it, with some proving more effective than others.
One option involves maintaining separate sales forces for each business model.
Such a strategy is being leveraged by Hargray Communications, a South Carolina-based triple-play local exchange carrier that in January announced an agreement to acquire a local managed service provider, Savannah, Ga.-based iTech, as part of an effort to add new services for its customer base of approximately 9,000 businesses in South Carolina and Georgia.
[Related: The Managed Services Opportunities Behind BYOD]
Even though Hargray, as a service provider, is very much accustomed to dealing with annuitized revenues, the company's leadership decided that running two disparate sales forces would lead to the highest and most immediate results.
"We believe the opportunity is large enough to have two sales forces, and that's what we intend to do," said Andrew Rein, the company's vice president of sales and marketing. "We intend to keep the current sales force we have in place and bring on the data center services sales force that we are now acquiring. We will develop referral programs so encourage both sides to send leads to one another, but for the foreseeable future, we prefer to keep our sales people focused on the offerings with which they are familiar, as opposed to immediately starting to cross train them. The comp plans are compatible enough where each side has solid opportunity, and we will strive to make them more similar as time goes on."
Rein went on to explain that as customers approach a crossroads regarding how to handle their information technology needs, they need to be able to depend on sales people with expertise in that particular area of discussion.
"Customers are looking for help in dealing with their IT needs," he said. "We recognized that while we do a lot of things well, we did not have the DNA to be in the managed service business. So, we're really happy to find iTech and their team. Their sales team fully understands the managed services value proposition, and we want to fully leverage that."
The dual sales force underscores industry-level challenges that many companies have experienced as they moved into managed services, which typically require sales personnel to look at their day-to-day functions in new ways.
"Sometimes it's a situation where management likes the idea, but the sales team won't sell it," observed Justin Crotty, vice president and general manager of NetEnrich, a San Jose, Calif.-based provider of infrastructure management services. "If you ask your sales force to do things in a different way, there's often a little bit of fear regarding how the changes will impact revenue, profits and their own income.
"Companies need to acquire people dedicated to changing the model. Don't disrupt the applecart. Let those people continue to sell the way they like, but then bring on new people who will make the service business successful. And, success breeds success."
NEXT: The Carrier Advantage?