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On Monday, Jon Wilner of the San Jose Mercury News tweeted, "Realignment source: UConn to ACC could happen as soon as Tuesday."
On Wednesday, Mark Blaudschun, formerly of the Boston Globe, wrote on his blog, "The Big Ten could make a run at UConn."
On Monday, Jon Wilner of the San Jose Mercury News tweeted, "Realignment source: UConn to ACC could happen as soon as Tuesday."
On Wednesday, Mark Blaudschun, formerly of the Boston Globe, wrote on his blog, "The Big Ten could make a run at UConn."
The operative word, of course, is "could." As in could happen. As in you could throw cranberry up against the wall this Thanksgiving and see what sticks.
After working the back channels Wednesday, I could produce no evidence the Big Ten and Jim Delany will make a run at UConn — although Rutgers is proof all things are possible. Seeing it already is Wednesday night I do have it on the highest authority that UConn did not join the ACC on Tuesday.
This is what I know, folks. Every tweet, every Internet filing about college expansion sets off convulsions around Connecticut. And this is what I'm being told: The UConn hierarchy is quietly confident in its ACC candidacy. The emphasis this time is on quiet.
When Maryland bolted the ACC and Rutgers the Big East for the Big Ten earlier in the week, the heavyweights at Louisville pumped up the volume on the merits of Cardinals U. You can hardly blame them. Louisville is a great college sports town. Athletic director Tom Jurich has done an excellent job. The basketball and football teams are enjoying high times. New arena downtown. Expanded football stadium.
Some in Connecticut took the talk as cocksureness. UConn is doomed. Others took it as a form of begging. Louisville is doomed.
The truth is it doesn't matter. UConn did plenty of talking last year, heck, even Gov. Dannel P. Malloy got into the act and it didn't hasten an invitation from ACC commissioner John Swofford. So while a number of UConn fans are alarmed that not enough noise is coming out of Storrs and others wonder why President Susan Herbst and athletic director Warde Manuel are in the Virgin Islands for the women's Paradise Jam at such a sensitive time, I am being assured they are quite the island ducks.
Not the Lucky Ducks. That crown belongs to Rutgers. As Steve Politi of the Newark Star-Ledger wrote, the Scarlet Knights are the national champions of realignment. I mean, really. What's the payback? Does Bruce Springsteen have to announce he's from Michigan or, like his album, Nebraska?
Anyway, what I'm being told is that while Herbst and Manuel are saying little these days, they are paddling like crazy out of view, contacting their ACC peers up and down the East Coast.
That's good to know, because Herbst, a Dookie, and Manual, a Michigan man, also have to know much of their reputations and career aspirations ride on where UConn ultimately ends up on the national landscape. It isn't entirely fair — they cannot invite themselves to the party — yet time and circumstance have found UConn at a crossroads and they are driving the bus. Can Herbst and her self-anointed "rock star" drive it to Tobacco Road?
"Nothing different at this time," Manuel said from islands Wednesday.
Make no mistake, different is coming and it's coming like a freight train. The ACC presidents will meet the weekend of Dec. 1 at the ACC football championship, although there's no telling if a decision will break tomorrow, next weekend or six months from now. A source even told the Louisville Courier-Journal he had heard no talk within the ACC that there definitely would be expansion or that Louisville and UConn are the front-runners. Cranberry, please. We go on devouring every morsel, truth or speculation, like starving dogs.
As the Big Ten made clear in adding Maryland and Rutgers, two debt-ridden athletic departments, it's not about football anymore. It's not even about who is watching football. It's about the cable bill. As Dan Wetzel wrote for Yahoo! the genius of the Big Ten Network is the untold millions found in what amounts to a Big Ten tax. Just as the costs for ESPN are embedded in your monthly statement, so it is in areas that carry BTN. And since the Big Ten is in with Fox, which is buying a stake in YES, it's no secret what the Big Ten is doing. It's infinitely more about bringing goods to new Eastern markets, ones flush with Michigan and Ohio State alums, than it is about bringing Maryland football to Minnesota.
By the time they sign their new TV deal in 2017, Big Ten schools, currently getting about $25 million, should be sharing in excess of $30 million each. Some projections are for much higher. Big East football schools are getting $6 million. ACC schools $17 million. So if the ACC is looking at size of TV markets as a requisite, it goes beyond pointing out Hartford-New Haven is the No. 30 market and Louisville 48. Fairfield County, with more than a quarter of Connecticut's population, is counted in the New York market.


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Skip to comments.Rand Paul To Hammer Hillary Clinton On Benghazi: 'It Was A Career-Ending Mistake'
Posted on 01/15/2013 5:28:08 PM PST by JohnPDuncan
TEL AVIV As he prepares to make his debut on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. Rand Paul says he plans on grilling Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over the attacks that killed four Americans at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, when she testifies at his first committee next week.
"I think she has to accept responsibility for Benghazi," Paul told Business Insider during his recent trip to Israel. "That's the problem with government government is anonymous and so no one is accountable. The reason you want somebody to be accountable is that you don't want someone to make that decision again."
"She needs to be held accountable for it, and I think she needs to answer questions for it," he said.
Paul added that he plans on demanding Clinton explain what she knew about the deteriorating security situation in Libya and provide details about who denied requests for additional security personnel at the consulate in Benghazi.
"In government, there is usually an incentive to overspend when it comes to security," he said. "You're in charge of security in Benghazi and someone asks you for a 16-person detail and the security people on the ground in Libya are asking you for it it's impossible to say no. So how did someone possibly say no to that security? That's an incredible ineptness."
"It was an enormous mistake," he added. "It was a career-ending mistake, I think."
(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...
If he gets too rough on her Mitchy will call him down.
To put this into some prospective...it would have been like hiring Billy Martin to manage the Yankees, run the front office, do all the money stuff, and work the stadium agreements. He was one-dimensional...at best. She just thought running the state department meant running off to far-off places and chatting with dimwit foreign elite folks. She's a one-dimensional manager...at best.
Hopefully the Clinton appearance before Congress will start to fill in the timeline.
Where was clinton when she learned of the attack? What did she do?
Where did she watch the video feed from the compound? Who else was present?
Where was obamma?
What rescue plans were discussed?
Who gave what orders concerning the military plans to rescue our men?
In the end, Clinton's hearing will probably fail to deliver the public retribution that conservatives like Paul have hoped for. Top Senate Republicans have indicated they will go easy on Clinton, who is still recovering from a recent illness and is set to leave the Obama administration later this month anyway.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/hillary-clinton-benghazi-senate-rand-paul-2013-1#ixzz2I68iksnB
Oh you hit the nail right on the head! These hearings are most likely not going to make us happy one bit!
It will be a complete joke and it will be W's fault.
They actually expect her to show up? I'll believe it when I see it.
All your questions are good and demand answers but we will never receive an answer from Hillery. It will be just a bunch of run around excuses until the questioner's time is up and that will be that! What a bunch of crap these type of hearings are!
Like the rest of my fellow FReepers, I despair at the declared and undeclared wars against independent thought and critical thinking.
'Educators' and our court-eunuch media have shrunk the American intellectual playing field to the size of a tabletop. So be it for now.
Our ADD-addled society has proven to be frighteningly responsive to The Big Lie and to catchphrases. Leftists do love their slogans since it gives them something small and memorable and repeatable (and boy do they repeat them).
For now, we must fight fire with fire and Rand Paul's choice of words is both apt and implies finality. We should therefore use his phrase as often as possible with the expectation that its repetition will spread and eventually filter into the cultural strata - the places where American Idol is believed to be an oracle for identifying vocal talent and where Hot Topic is viewed as a deliverer of style and taste.
Say it with me:
Benghazi is a career-ender for Hillary.
Benghazi is a career-ender for Hillary.
Benghazi is a career-ender for Hillary.
It will drive the left nuts because it uses their tactics against them. It will drive the media nuts because they planned to spend the next four years burnishing her image. And best of all, it will drive the Clintons nuts - Chelsea included - because it portends the death of their would-be political dynasty.
Benghazi is a career-ender for Hillary.
It can't be said often enough.
Hillary, with an eye on her own presidency may just rat out Obama. If Bill has anything to say about it she will. They both want back to 1600 Pa. Ave.
Surely you jest.
IF she appears before Congress it will be in her football helmet and she won't remember anything that happened before 1/8/13.
What are you thinkin'? She has has a concussion and an anyurism.
What do you excpect of this woman? /s
Will Paul, or ANYONE, ask the question,
"Who gave the order to 'Stand Down'?"
I hope we hear questions such as "What was 0bama doing immediately following notification of the attack", "Were the 37 survivors evacuated from Benghazi, prisoners?", "Where are those evacuees now and who are they?", "Why did you not appear on the Sunday news programs?", etc..
I get so tired of hearing how experienced and admired she is. In her entire lifetime, someone tell me what she has really excelled at....NOTHING!!!! When she was first lady, she failed at healthcare, as SOS she presided over the handing over of Egypt(an ally) and Libya to the Muslim Brotherhood, culminating in the murder of four people in Libya. She is a total incompetent.
Okay, I admit that I did not go to the link to read the entire article, but just based on what I am seeing here, I am disgusted with his remarks. There is no hint of any sort of dismay at the loss of life that occurred at Benghazi.
Career-ending? It sounds like he is talking about someone just mishandling a large amount of money.
Hopefully the Clinton appearance before Congress will start to fill in the timeline.
Not planning on holding your breath, I trust. I think we should play a drinking game based on how many times she says "ya know" and "I don't recall".
I know of four folks that it was even more devastating... it was life ending.
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Thursday, October 26, 2006
Two Minute Drill
* The Men of the Scarlet and Gray have obtained a transcript of the 911 call Adrian Arrington's girlfriend made to police.
* This is sick: a man pulled a gun on the coach of his son's youth team of 6 and 7 year olds because he didn't think his son was getting enough playing time.
* Scott at Dallas Sports Powerhouse rebuts the popular opinion that the SEC is the toughest conference.
* ESPN's Pat Forde says Michigan's D is just like old times. (HT: Howard 21)
15 comments:
Big XII Math:
#7, #19, #20, #21, #22 = #5, #6, #11, #13, #16
- October 26, 2006 2:03 AM
if you're going to fake a 911 transcript -- at least make it funny you douches.
- October 26, 2006 8:38 AM
I'd love that BCS scenario...just reverse Michigan and OSU. I love every opportunity for the BCS system to look stupid.
Add to that scenario a bunch of controversy over which 1-loss team to go with and it's BCS haters nirvana.
- October 26, 2006 8:59 AM
- Scott Boswell said...
anon 11:03
I think you missed the point of the comparison. It's hard to move up to the SEC's rankings when 3 out of the 5 currently ranked teams weren't even in the Top 25 when the season began.
I elaborated a little more in the comments section. Let me know if I am being unfair.
- October 26, 2006 10:28 AM
- The King said...
There is literally no series of events that could ever lead to Auburn getting in to that title game without winning the SEC title game. As the easiest example of why that's not theoretically possible, if OSU beats UM and UM finished 11-1 (as his projected Rose Bowl seems to indicate), then UM will still be ranked ahead of a 2 loss Auburn team in the BCS.
Beyond that, I also assume he has Cal and Rutgers with only one loss, which would put Cal ahead of a 2 loss Auburn team, and alos might put Rutgers ahead of them.
BC, Arkansas, Missouri, and Notre Dame all might have 2 losses by this guy's predictions, so they WOULD be behind Auburn. And Boise...well...I mean come on. They might finish 12-0 (I doubt it), and get into the Fiesta Bowl, but even if they do, they're not jumping into the NC Game.
- October 26, 2006 12:08 PM
King, I don't understand something about your response. Where does Auburn get that second loss?
- October 26, 2006 12:24 PM
King, let me clarify my question...
Auburn could theoretically make it to Glendale without even playing in the SEC championship game. As of now, if Arkansas wins out, they go to Atlanta to represent the SEC West.
If Auburn wins out, it's possible that they go to Glendale without even going through Atlanta.
- October 26, 2006 12:36 PM
- Scott Boswell said...
Never say never King.
In 2001, Florida, VT and Tenn (I believe these were the teams) all lost on the same day. Texas played CU for the Big 12 CCG and lost 39-37. Had Texas won, they would have gone to the MNC game. Instead, Nebraska went despite not even winning their conference or playing in the Big 12 CCG. (Over an Oregon team that did win their conference I might add) No one was going to beat Miami that year...so it is pretty moot.
Strange things do happen.
- October 26, 2006 1:08 PM
Scott, I understand what you're trying to say with your argument re: Big 12 vs. SEC conference strength, so I assume you were the top proponent of Auburn deserving to play for the national championship not so long ago when they ran the table, but wasn't allowed to? The only thing that hurt them that year that was different than this year (had weak OOC schedule then too) was a pre-season top 10 ranking.
- October 26, 2006 1:49 PM
(Auburn continued) or the lack of a pre-season top 10 ranking that year.
- October 26, 2006 1:50 PM
- Scott Boswell said...
anon 10:49
Short answer is yes...but you must remember that I am a Texas fan. So, I am probably not the best candidate to ask whether or not ou should be playing for NC. (Although pleased with the results.
However, I'd prefer to discuss/debate anything over on my comments section as to not hijack MZone's too much.
- October 26, 2006 2:25 PM
Where was my father when I was benched, damn it #$@*!
- October 26, 2006 2:53 PM
ESPN comments about Notre Dame slipping in the polls.
- Enrique
- October 26, 2006 4:15 PM
- plooder said...
People behaving badly over football, and it's not in Ohio...Whooo
- October 26, 2006 9:45 PM
- Broken Music Box said...
To the King...
Here's the records I'm talking about. I'm not saying this WILL happen, but it is incredibly possibly and would really fuck with the money hungry morons that run the BCS.
National Championship Game---
#1 Ohio State (12-0) vs #2 Auburn (11-1)
Sugar Bowl---
Arkansas (12-1) vs Rutgers (11-1 or 12-0)
Orange Bowl---
Boston College (12-1) vs Notre Dame (11-1)
Fiesta Bowl---
Missouri (12-1) vs Boise St (12-0)
Rose Bowl---
Michigan (11-1) vs Cal (11-1)
Again, I'm not saying that it WILL happen, or that I even think it might happen. But if it does, that's going to force the BCS to change a lot more than having 3 undefeateds, or having a team ranked 9 or 10 not get into a BCS Bowl.
- October 27, 2006 12:28 PM


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AS THE rest of year 9 from St Joseph's Regional College enjoy their first day off after exams, 14-year-old Sabrina Lowe will head to Victoria next week for an intensive volleyball camp as part of the National Junior Women's Development Program.
Having recently returned to Australia after living in the USA, where she played on travelling power league teams in Colorado and Michigan, Lowe will be one of about 17 girls her age participating in the program.
The girls invited to attend the camp at Churchill are considered for selection to further national program camps and international competitions in 2013 and beyond.
Lowe was thrilled to head to the camp.
"Yeah I can't wait," she said.
Fifteen coaches, including Volleyball Australia's national women's team coaches, as well as state Institute of Sport coaches, will be there to guide the girls through seven gruelling days of training and tactics, which will also cover the importance of post match/training recovery, sports psychology, volleyball tactics, and pathways within the sport.
Port Macquarie Indoor Sports Stadium runs the local volleyball league, in which Lowe plays for two teams from St Joseph's - the year 9 girls team (trained by Gordon West), and the seniors team (trained by Claire Goldie), which is made up of year 11 boys and a couple of this year's graduating year 12 girls.
The stadium has been donating extra court time for Lowe in the leadup to the camp, and several members of St Joseph's senior volleyball team have given up their spare time to help her train.
But it isn't her only strong sport.
Lowe is a talented tennis player, and is already a coach at her young age.
"She has a few choices [of sports to play]," her mother Nerissa said.
"As long as she's running around playing sport, she's happy."
n Lowe is on the lookout for sponsorship to help cover the heavy travelling costs.
If you can help out, phone Matt McLennan at the Port News on 6588 6620.


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Eric Sogard scored the game-winning run in the 10th inning to lift the Oakland Athletics to a 9-8 win over Baltimore that avoided a four-game sweep by the Orioles at The Coliseum.
Sogard singled, then moved to third on Adam Rosales' sacrifice bunt. Rosales bunted the ball right back to reliever Pedro Strop (0-1) for what appeared to be a tailor-made double play, but Strop threw the ball into center field.
With runners now on second and third, Coco Crisp pushed a bunt down the third- base line. Orioles third baseman Manny Machado fielded the ball cleanly, but his throw sailed into left field to allow Sogard to score.
The A's trailed 8-6 with one out in the ninth, but Yoenis Cespedes clobbered a two-run homer into the second deck in left field to tie the game. Cespedes was activated from the 15-day disabled list earlier on Sunday.
Cespedes finished the game 2-for-5 with two runs scored. Seth Smith hit a two- run homer and drove in three and Josh Donaldson added a two-run double for the A's, who had dropped eight of their last nine games.
"We just needed to win," A's manager Bob Melvin said. "We needed to fight, and we needed to claw back and do something good and win a game more than anything."
Jerry Blevins (1-0) earned the win after tossing a perfect 10th inning. Starter Bartolo Colon was tagged for five run on nine hits over six innings.
Chris Davis finished 2-for-4 with homer and three RBI, Manny Machado went 4- for-5 and drove in two runs and Davis finished 2-for-4 with three RBI. Adam Jones added two hits and a pair of RBI for the Orioles, who had won 103 straight games when leading after the seventh inning entering the game. Nate McLouth went 4-for-5 with four runs scored in the setback.
"I think we have to be happy with the way we swung the bats (in the series)," Davis said. "Obviously the last game, they battled back and Cespedes hit a ridiculous home run."
Baltimore got things started with a four-run fourth inning. With the bases loaded, Jones singled to right field to score McLouth. Davis followed with a two-run double, and Matt Wieters added a sacrifice fly to give the O's a 4-0 edge.
Jones' RBI double in the fifth pushed the Baltimore spread to 5-0, but the A's plated four runs in the sixth pull within a run.
Coco Crisp scored Rosales with a base hit to center before scoring on a Smith ground out. After Cespedes singled and Brandon Moss walked to load the bases, Donaldson roped a two-run double to left field.
Machado's RBI base hit made it 6-4, but Smith tied the game with a two-run blast in the home half.
Davis' ninth homer of the season put the O's on top in the eighth, before Cespedes tied the game with one out in the bottom of the ninth.
Game Notes
Oakland is 14-12 in April with two games remaining. The A's have finished the month of April with a winning record just once over the previous nine years (16-11 in 2008) ... Davis has 28 homers this season ... Baltimore's last loss when leading after seven inning was Aug. 8, 2011 ... Orioles starter Miguel Gonzalez gave up four runs on seven hits over 5 1/3 innings.


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At the 90th annual spring convention of the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, held last month at Columbia University, Wagner College journalism professor Claire Regan '80 was given the Charles R. O'Malley Award for Excellence in Teaching. Here is the citation that was read to introduce her:
"I share in the classroom what I experience every day in the newsroom. The reality, the rewards, the challenges, the difficult decisions. Journalism skills are life skills."
Claire M. Regan has devoted her working life to learning, practicing and teaching those life skills. First as college student editor, then professional journalist, editor and designer, she also served as a college faculty member and active adviser. In short, she has lived most aspects of journalism and journalism education. The daughter of New York City high school teachers, she majored in education at Wagner College in her native Staten Island, intending to take up teaching as her profession. But joining the student newspaper changed her thinking and her goals.
Regan currently serves as associate managing editor at the Staten Island Advance, where she has worked since 1980, serving in a variety of progressively more senior reporting and editing positions. Today she oversees content and design of the newspaper and establishes design policy. She is a member of the core team leading the current transition of the Advance to a "digital first" platform.
Since 1984, she has served as an adjunct faculty member at Wagner College, teaching undergraduate courses in news writing, public relations, page design, editing, ethics, new media and war reporting. Regan also serves as adviser to the student newspaper at Wagner. The college awarded her its Adjunct Exceptional Performance Award in 2009.
Her professional achievements show a wide variety of interests and skills, including active participation at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies in Florida as one of their Ethics Fellows as well as seminars in Advanced Design and Art Direction and Effective Visual Leadership. She was also a visiting faculty member for one of their six-week fellowship programs for new journalists. The International Women's Media Foundation also invited her to participate in a leadership institute, only to invite her back as a program speaker the following year.
Regan has served in an impressive variety of leadership positions, such as a member and past president of the Board of Directors of the New York State Associated Press Association and as a member of the Executive Council, the Deadline Club, New York City Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. Her many professional awards, chiefly for design and spot news presentation, have come from major news competitions including the Society of News Design and the Society of Professional Journalists. She has also served as a judging facilitator for the SND's annual news design competition at Syracuse University since 2009.
She has steadily contributed her time and talent to presentations by the CSPA, serving as a presenter at this convention since 2004 and at the Garden State Scholastic Press Association in New Jersey since 2007.
For her distinguished professional service above and beyond her actual daily duties and for her quiet but persistent efforts to advance the causes of many supporting journalism organizations, both professional and educational, the Columbia Scholastic Press Association is proud to honor Claire M. Regan with its Charles R. O'Malley Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Here are Claire Regan's acceptance remarks:
The best journalism classroom mirrors the newsroom, where the harshness, the vibrancy and sometimes the sadness of life pour in, unfiltered, 24 hours a day.
It could be the rescue of a distraught man from the cables of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.
Or the welcome-home celebration for a Staten Island soldier wounded in Afghanistan.
Or the struggles of a family whose home was washed away by Hurricane Sandy.
I share in the classroom what I experience every day in the newsroom. The painful realities, the difficult decisions, the good news and the bad.
I teach my students that journalism is more than strong leads and clean copy.
It's about best practices.
Raising awareness.
Seeking truth.
Acting independently.
Being accountable.
Minimizing harm.
It's about making mistakes, admitting them and learning from them.
Journalism skills … are life skills.
As an undergraduate student at Wagner College, I majored in education, expecting to follow the career paths of my parents, who were high school teachers in the New York City school system.
I was a quiet sophomore when I joined the student newspaper, the Wagnerian. Working on the staff broadened my horizons, pushed me out of my comfort zone, made me curious and aware, articulate and confident.
The experience taught me life skills.
After graduation, I was working as a substitute teacher in the city school system when I heard about a part-time job at my hometown newspaper, the Staten Island Advance. I applied and got the job — of wedding writer.
I fit right in to the fabric of the newsroom. I loved the pace, the personalities, the pressure.
And I loved writing weddings. Thousands of weddings. It was the perfect job to launch the career of this accidental journalist because it demanded such precision and accuracy.
All those names: bridesmaids, ushers, ring bearers, priests, rabbis.
I was obsessed with getting them right.
That obsession paid off. Soon I was assigned engagement stories. Golden jubilee announcements. Birth announcements. Obituaries.
The life cycle of Staten Island.
The families often thanked me for my careful reporting and the details I included. I learned quickly that good journalism can have a positive impact.
Thirty-three years later, I'm associate managing editor of the Advance and part of a core team leading the transition to a digitally focused newsroom.
But I still make time to write an occasional wedding story or obituary.
At Wagner College, I teach most of the courses in the journalism minor program and advise the Wagnerian — the same newspaper that taught me how to be a journalist.
My goal as a teacher is to share my passion for the profession and everything I've learned since that first job as wedding writer.
It's not easy fitting it all into a semester, but I try.
Two of my Wagner College students are here today and I'd like you to meet them.
Alexandria Greco and Alyssa Brown are finishing their second year as co-editors of the Wagnerian and getting ready to graduate this May.
Alex is fearless and focused, an ethical journalist who tackles the topics administrators don't want to discuss. This semester, she's interning at "CBS This Morning."
Alyssa is a skilled page designer with outstanding social media skills. Her internships have included Oprah Magazine and several blogs.
I'm proud of you both. You inspire me.
Thank you, Columbia Scholastic Press Association, for the good work you do to grow young journalists and inspire their advisers.
I accept this award with gratitude.


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RPR Cooking with Grease on the Hot Stove
What a day. I'm still feeling the effects of this flu and woke up this morning about 6am with my back aching from sleeping the previous twenty hours. The "feeling like sh-it" hits in waves and today it's about 50/50.
Anyways I checked my email this morning and there was an email from Tom Reese of HotStove.com. He was sending out a question to Rockies Bloggers regarding Jason Marquis.
The question was:
Did the Rockies make a mistake in allowing Jason Marquis to leave via free agency? The club doesn't seem to have an heir apparent ready to take his spot in the rotation.
Great question. I was foggy headed when I replied with my answer but to my surprise it was printed at along with another Rockies Blogger that I've never heard of.
Click here to see the article: RPR on HotStove.com.
Kind of neat to be quoted talking about your favorite sport. Believe me I'm not bragging just sharing 🙂
I'll know I've made it when Alana Rizzo from FSN is kind enough to interview me 🙂
(Photo by Captain_Chase)
On a different note, Krista and I have been known to show Hunter and Mylee music videos from the 80's. We do this so they understand exactly why we looked like we did back then and because every now and then you just need a good laugh.
A few weeks ago we showed them Twisted Sisters video of "We're not gonna take it" and they fell in love with it. After watching it at least a hundred times the kids decided they wanted to try and copy the video.
If you've never seen the original video here it is:
Now here is Hunter and Mylee's version.
I think they did a great job.
Along with the email from Tom Reese this morning was an email from my friend and long time Rockies fan Robert Harmon. It was a short email stating that he and Bennie were ok and he included a few pictures of what was left of his VW bus affectionately known as"Jim Morrison".
What now Robert, a rental car for the trip to Tucson for Spring Training?..Glad you and Bennie are ok. That was scary.
FYI- I can legally marry people in the State of Colorado. I've got two under my belt and they're both still married.
How cool would it be to marry someone at Coors Field this season?
Who wants to be the first to get married by the Rockpile Ranter during a baseball game?
Thanks for your click…D The Rockpile Ranter


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Beattie up for Bees challenge
New Barnet signing Craig Beattie is confident he can "bring a lot to the table" at Underhill.
Last Updated: 11/02/13 1:56pm
New Barnet signing Craig Beattie is confident he can "bring a lot to the table" at Underhill.
The former Celtic striker joined Edgar Davids' side after being released by SPL side St Johnstone last month and he believes he will be a hit with the Barnet supporters over the rest of this campaign.
The 29-year-old told the club's official website: "I do not think I have lost any ability and the hunger is definitely there so hopefully the supporters, players and management at Barnet will quickly see what I have to offer."
"Playing in Scotland again was a great experience because it is where I learnt my trade playing for Celtic.
"I went back last year and had a great time. It did not work out this season but that is behind me now and I am looking forward to a new challenge."
Beattie failed to break into the first team at St Johnstone after signing in August and made just four substitute appearances before his contract was cancelled by mutual termination, but he is keen to make up for it at Barnet.
"The past few months have been a difficult time for because as a footballer the only thing you want to be doing is playing games," he added.
"Now I am here all I want to do is get on the pitch and score goals.
"Everywhere I have been the team has been successful. I have had a lot of great moments and gathered a lot of experience along the way.
"I am well aware that we are in a relegation fight but hopefully I can bring some of that experience into the team, nobody wants to go down and I will do my best to prevent that."


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STERLING – In a 15-minute span Wednesday afternoon, the tail end of the front nine at Emerald Hill Golf Course became a bird sanctuary.
The Sterling golf team's Ryan Hurley and Kyle Sinn combined to card an eagle and two birdies over two holes, driving the Golden Warriors past rival Rock Falls, 160-164.
The wild thing? Hurley nearly bagged two rare birds on as many holes.
He mashed his drive down the heart of the fairway on the 508-yard, par-5 seventh hole, then striped his approach from about 200 yards out, leaving himself a 25-foot putt for eagle. But his try curled from left to right a little too late and slid past the hole.
But he planted his second-shot approach on the right fringe on the 460-yard, par-5 eighth hole, then rolled a downhill, right-to-left-tilting 20-footer into the cup. In 15 minutes, he went from 4-over to 1-over en route to a 2-over, medalist-worthy 38. Trevor Sisson shot 39, Sinn 40 and Austin Cook 43 to round out Sterling's scores.
Hurley admits he didn't think the fringe putt was makeable, considering the mud that was globbed onto his ball.
"I was just looking to put it close down there and tap in for birdie," Hurley said. "That was a nice extra."
So credit the grounds crew, right?
"Oh yeah, for keeping it wet out here, right?" Hurley said.
Seconds later, Sinn bended a downhill putt from a couple of feet above the hole. It kept crawling, twisting from right to left, and Sinn spoke to it with some body language to coax it home.
"I had to twist the body a little to get it to roll that way," Sinn said.
What a difference a hole makes. Sinn's walk of shame on No. 7 delayed Hurley's putt by almost 10 minutes. He tugged an iron left from well right of the fairway, and the dry earth allowed it to skitter out of bounds.
So Sinn walked about 150 yards back to hit his fifth.
"It is a long walk back, and you want to hurry up and get back and hit it, because there's guys on the green," Sinn said. "Everyone's waiting for you. It's awkward."
But he nearly cupped his chip on his sixth, and felt as good as one can after carding a 7. See: his performance on No. 8.
"Kyle came back and kind of defined that moment," Sterling coach C.J. Wade said.
Hurley and Sinn went from two combined strokes in the wake of their playing partners, Andrew Tichler and Trace Hippen, to being one up. Tichler, who was even through four after carding a birdie on No. 1, scrambled down the stretch but took a double on No. 9. He went for it on a 35-foot par putt, perhaps knowing the Rockets suddenly had multiple strokes to make up.
"I left way too many strokes out there," Tichler said. "A double on the last hole, the snap hook on No. 8, those shouldn't happen. But you can't take them back now."
Whereas Tichler struggled down the stretch to a 4-over 40, Hippen was 1-over on the last eight holes after double-bogeying No. 1 to card a 39. He chipped in for birdie on No. 2.
"That felt pretty good, and it got me back on track. Helped me relax," Hippen said.
"Trace played really well," Tichler said. "He knew to put the driver away – hit an iron or a hybrid – to keep the ball on the fairway."
But seeing the monster putts on No. 8 was unnerving.
"It was pretty pivotal, for them to hit some pretty deep putts for eagle and birdie," Hippen said. "Those two putts changed everything."
Chip-in: Sinn was sure to give a shout-out to golf course superintendent Jake Brooks after. The course's fairways continue to glimmer like emeralds, despite the oppressive heat.
"It's beautiful out here," Sinn said. "In my opinion, it's the best course we've played. There's no way they can keep it this green all year."
Cavalry arrives
After missing Saturday's Rock Falls Invite – which came down to a sixth-golfer tiebreaker that went Sterling's way – with a pulled hamstring, senior Trevor Sisson carded a 39 Wednesday, the second-best score of the dual.


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Original URL: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/01/15/verizon_terremark_enterprise_cloud/
Verizon puffs up Terremark cloud over London and Dallas
Offers per VM pricing, Federal-grade security to enterprises
Posted in Cloud, 15th January 2013 16:32 GMT
It has been two years since telecom behemoth Verizon shelled out $1.4bn to buy cloud computing partner Terremark. And since that time, this poster child for VMware's vCloud wares has been pretty quiet as corporate types work to absorb it into the telco and realize the $500m in "synergies" – that means cross-selling and cost-cutting – that the deal required for it to make economic sense. Two years on, Terremark is integrated into Verizon and is ready to make some noise about its Enterprise Cloud.
Not a lot of noise, mind you. But some.
First, the vCloud-fluffed Enterprise Cloud is opening up for business in London – the one in England that is the financial capital of Europe rather than the one in Ontario that is a perfectly fine city of 366,151 souls along the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor that hugs the St Lawrence Seaway, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario and is home to more than half of the Great White North.
Terremark has been operating a single Enterprise Cloud data center in Amsterdam in the Netherlands, and Troy Garrison, vice president of cloud experience at the Verizon unit says that European customers were clamoring for a second data center for disaster recovery that would still provide low latency links to the Amsterdam center.
The new London data center will not just sell Enterprise Cloud services based on the VMware software stack, but will also sell co-location services so companies can build hybrid clouds right in the Verizon facilities if low latency is of primary importance and they still want to retain control of some of their infrastructure. (Financial services companies, for instance, are usually pretty keen on controlling at least some of their own iron.)
Terremark got its start in Miami, Florida in 1980 and when Verizon snapped it up two years ago it was operating its main data centers there and in Culpepper, Virginia, from where it supports its Federal government customers. (At the time of the acquisition, the Feds accounted for about a fifth of Terremark's revenues.) The Terremark unit sells Enterprise Cloud capacity, colocation services, traditional hosting, and network services. When the Verizon deal went down, Terremark was running data centers in Amsterdam; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Bogota, Colombia; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; Brussels, Belgium; Madrid, Spain; and Istanbul, Turkey. In the United States, Terremark had two other data centers: one in Dallas, Texas, and the other in Santa Clara, California. Prior to today's announcement, the Enterprise Cloud service was only fluffed up in Miami, Culpepper, Santa Clara, Denver (a Verizon data center), Sao Paulo, and Amsterdam. But now it is not only available in the new London data center, but also in the existing Dallas data center that came to Verizon from Terremark.
Aside from the expanded global footprint, Verizon has made a few other changes with the Terremark cloud. First, the role-based access controls and certificate-based multi-path authentication security that Federal customers have from the Culpepper data center is now available at all Enterprise Cloud facilities and to all enterprise and government customers. This makes the Verizon public cloud suitable for use with local, state, and federal governments and from any facility where Enterprise Cloud runs.
Enterprise Cloud has traditionally been sold in chunks of capacity called resource pools, with a certain amount of aggregated GHz of compute and GB of main memory that end users could carve up. Billing is done on a monthly basis and pricing is negotiated with a sales rep under contract for a set term. This is in contrast with the T-shirt sizes – small to extra extra large – preconfigured virtual server instances that Amazon and its other competitors use to peddle virty machines, and also to the published and hourly capacity prices.
Starting today, customers who want to buy capacity on the Enterprise cloud based on instances of CPU and amounts of storage capacity can do so. The instances can scale from 1 to 8 virtual CPUs and from 512MB to 16GB of main memory on the compute side. Pricing is still done under contract and on a monthly basis, but now if your billing for all other cloud services is done on a per-instance basis, you can merge the bills and manage your budget.
Incidentally, the images on the Enterprise Cloud are persistent, so even when you turn an image off, you can keep the virtual server in storage and fire it up any time without having to rebuild it.
While Verizon Terremark doesn't provide pricing for its Enterprise Cloud service, it does do one thing that Amazon does not: charge the same price for CPU and storage capacity no matter what region of its cloud it is running on. ®


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5-23-04- A power line caught fire in Pottsboro late Saturday night and left more than 500 homes and businesses without power for nearly two hours. The line went down near a neighborhood and a major highway and kept emergency crews busy most of the night.
Sunday, a TXU Energy spokesperson reports that high winds blew a tree limb into the lines over Magnolia Street near Highway 120 in the Pottsboro city limits. That caused a spark and the lines caught fire and fell onto Magnolia Street.
Several people in the area reported hearing loud explosions and seeing sparks, but Pottsboro emergency crews reported no damage or injuries. Highway 120 was closed for about 45 minutes Saturday night, to keep cars away from the downed power line.
TXU says power was restored to all 500 customers by 1:00 a.m.


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Advising Handbook
Degree Requirements (BA and BS)
A. Completion of the College's Enrollment Policy
A minimum of 32 four-credit courses or 128 credit hours, with an average grade of "C" or better is required for the degree. Students pursuing majors in the Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences may be required to complete more than 128 credits. Students pursuing a double degree (e.g., BA and BS degree or two BS degrees) must complete a minimum of 136 credit hours. No more than 20 courses from a single department, and no more than 20 credit hours from Naval Science may be counted toward the degree. For students not majoring in music or pursuing simultaneous BM degrees at Eastman, no more than 16 credit hours of applied music instruction (e.g., lessons) and eight credit hours of River Campus ensemble may be counted toward the degree.
B. Completion of the writing requirement
1. Primary Writing Requirement. All entering students must satisfy the primary writing requirement. The majority of students fulfill the requirement by completing WRT 105 or WRT 105E, with a grade of C or better, an approved course in composition that focuses on reasoning, research, and writing clear and cogent arguments. Students admitted to the college through the English for Academic Purposes Program (EAPP) fulfill the requirement by earning a grade of C or better in WRT 103, EAPP Critical Reading, Reasoning, and Writing, and WRT 104, EAPP Research, Reading and Writing. Students who believe that they are already proficient college writers may petition to substitute a University of Rochester writing-intensive course for WRT 105/105E. The substitute course may not also be used to fulfill the upper-level writing requirement. Transfer students who have completed a WRT 105/105E-equivalent course at another institution and received a grade of B or better may petition to use this course to satisfy the primary writing requirement. The administration of the primary writing requirement is the responsibility of the Writing, Speaking, and Argument Program. (See Primary Writing Requirement.)
2. Upper-Level Writing Requirement. Every major is expected to acquire significant experience in writing as part of the requirements for the major. Each major explicitly incorporates student writing into its curriculum and/or requirements. This writing experience typically occurs in at least two courses, but students should consult individual departments about the specific requirements for each major. (See Upper-Level Writing Requirement.)
C. Completion of the Rochester Curriculum
1. Satisfactory completion of a major with an average grade of C or better. Each major explicitly incorporates student writing into its curriculum and/or requirements. Students must file a major program approved by the appropriate faculty advisor in the department or program by the time noted in paragraph 2a below. The divisional classification of all majors is shown in the table in the section on majors. (See Majors.)
2. Satisfactory completion, with an average grade of "C" or better, of one divisional cluster composed of at least three courses in each of the two divisions outside the area of the major. Each set of courses for the divisional clusters will be in one of the three divisions: humanities; social sciences; natural science, mathematics, and engineering and applied sciences. Students may also construct their Rochester Curriculum from existing majors and minors, as long as the principle of distribution over the three divisions is maintained. (The divisional classification of all minors is shown in the table in the section on minors.) Students who complete an engineering major that is professionally accredited need to complete only one divisional cluster outside the area of the major. (See Clusters for further information.)
D. Declaration of the Rochester Curriculum
1. Students formally declare the Rochester Curriculum, i.e., their major and two divisional clusters, simultaneously with their official declaration of their major, not later than the beginning of their junior year (by the time 64 credit hours have been taken). Students may alter their program until the final semester of the senior year. The College transcript will reflect the student's three areas of focus. Once a degree is awarded, no further changes to the degree may be made.
2. Each set of courses for divisional clusters is approved by the department or interdisciplinary faculty committee and the College Curriculum Committee. A faculty group, or an undergraduate with two faculty sponsors, may propose an interdisciplinary divisional cluster for approval by the Committee on Individualized Interdepartmental Programs.
The responsibility for meeting requirements of degree programs is the student's.
Note also:
- Required courses for the degree may not be taken on a Satisfactory/Fail basis, i.e., major (including allied field), courses used for a minor or certificate, for primary or upper-level writing, or for divisional clusters.
- Students majoring in ABET-accredited engineering programs or optics should speak with their departmental advisors about additional distribution requirements.
- The course overlap policy is as follows: No two majors may overlap by more than three courses. No major and minor may overlap by more than two courses. No two minors may overlap by more than two courses. Allied field courses taken outside the department of the major that are part of the core program are subject to this overlap policy, as are foundational courses that are prerequisite requirements and from the department of the major. Non-departmental ancillary course requirements (such as chemistry for biology majors) are not subject to this restriction.


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Homeless and connected: mobile phones and homelessness
16 July 2013
A study to be undertaken by the University of Sydney will provide valuable insights into the uses of mobile digital technology by homeless families with children and young people, two of the fastest-growing homeless groups in Australia.
Results from the study will feed into new communication policy and programs by mobile telecommunication providers, support groups and government providers.
The homeless population in Australia is currently estimated to be 105,237, up from 89,728 in 2006.
These are not the group typically represented, who sleep rough or live in improvised dwellings. They are more often women with children, Indigenous families and young people who flee their homes and communities to keep themselves and their children safe. They 'couch surf' andmove between refuges and other kinds of emergency and sub-standard accommodation.
Sixty percent of people experiencing homelessness in Australia are under 35, and 26 percent are families with children (ABS 2006, 2011).
"These groups of consumers have unique patterns of ownership and use of mobile devices," said lead researcher on the project Dr Justine Humphry, who is a Lecturer in Digital Cultures in the University's Department of Media and Communications.
"My research will ask how and in what contexts mobile phones and mobile internet services are currently being used by these groups. This will help to build evidence to develop better and more appropriate policies and advocate on their behalf."
Addressing such significant questions will uncover the communication needs of people who are vulnerable to social exclusion and isolation, she said.
"For some social groups, mobile communication does not simply complement, add to or replace existing communication services. For some, it may be their only form of communication and social connection. And now many government departments are communicating their services via apps and other digital channels."
The federal government recently released a statement that government agencies will use mobile technology to deliver services under a new Australian Public Service Mobile Roadmap.
Dr Humphry's project will begin in August and will survey between 50 and 100 homeless families and young people in New South Wales and Victoria while addressing issues of use and ownership, and going beyond the usual focus of the so-called 'digital divide' and the access gap.
The study is titled, 'Homeless and Connected: mobile phones and mobile internet in the lives of families and young people experiencing homelessness'. It has recently won a grant from the Australian Communication Consumer Action Network (ACCAN).
The research project will work closely with the national peak agency - Homelessness Australia - and several state-based peak agencies and service providers in NSW and Victoria.
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Release Notes: This release includes various usability fixes and documentation updates. Password changing and key changing procedures have been refactored, and scripted use has been tested against a few new wrappers being developed. A .pot strings file is made available for translators.
Release Notes: This release stops looking for a key file laying beside the Tomb. This cleans the key loading code and encourages users to separate keys from data.
Release Notes: This release fixes a small vulnerability when trying to use keys piped from stdin: they were not correctly processed and left encrypted in RAM (tmpfs).
Release Notes: This release includes bugfixes to error handling, support for multiple and encrypted swap partitions, and qr code engraving. It also includes some minor code refactoring of key loading and loop mount check procedures. The tray app is update to GTK 3, and works simply with a tomb name as an argument. The documentation was updated accordingly.
Release Notes: This release fixes a critical bug affecting Tomb 1.3 which broke backward compatibility with older tombs and invalidates keys created using that version (for details, see KNOWN_BUGS). New features include indexing and search of file contents, engraving of keys into QRCode to backup on paper, and a setkey function to replace the key file locking a tomb with a new one. Symmetric encryption is key files is improved; ciphers can be selected using -o, and AES256 is default. This release restores backward compatibility with all tombs, and users are strongly encouraged to upgrade.
Release Notes: This is a major bugfix release including fixes for advanced functionalities as search/index, KDF key creation against dictionary attacks, and steganographic hiding of keys. It solves a compatibility problem when upgrading from GnuPG 1.4.11 to .12 which prevented keys from opening with the correct password. CLI usage options are made more consistent, and full paths for keys and tombs are supported, plus input of a key file from stdin. A new test suite is included and documentation is updated. All users of version 1.3 are strongly encouraged to upgrade to this release.
Release Notes: The main Tomb script was refactored for clarity. A new messaging system is now in use, implementing a batch mode for machine-readable output. The new index and search feature lets users run fast searches across open tombs. Tombs are now created in three steps: dig a tomb, forge a key, and use it to lock the tomb. Distributed extras include a new Python GUI and experimental KDF key encryption. Documentation was also improved. This release updates compatibility for Debian 7, still granting compatibility on older OS versions and all older tombs.
Release Notes: This release includes an important fix to correctly parse spaces in passwords. It also introduces a new 'passwd' command to change a key's password, checks on swap usage, and has updated documentation and better desktop integration.
Release Notes: This release fixes desktop integration issues with various file managers, activating MIME types triggers and icons for tombs. The CLI provides a new 'list' command that gives an overview on all tombs open, customization of mount options (opening a tomb read-only is now supported), and fancy colored messages.
Release Notes: This release fixes several bugs and usability issues. Tomb now works both in graphical and non-graphical environments, implements 'bind-hooks' that mount automatically internal directories under a user's home, adopts pinentry for secure authentication, and offers the ability to 'slam' a tomb, killing all processes that keep it busy. This release comes with detailed manual documentation. Packages are provided for Debian, Ubuntu, and Arch distributions.


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PotterCast 190: The Answer to Global Warming!
Apr 08, 2009
The latest episode of PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast, has now been released and includes all your latest Harry Potter news, discussion, and fun. Our 190th episode starts off with Sue's News, which goes into detail about Harry Potter artist Mary Grand Pre's charitable art donation, a recent interview from Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy), new Half-Blood Prince posters, more DH filming news, and a TLC Deathly Hallows casting exclusive. The PotterCasters then dive into a Quick Fire Canon Conundrums, with the topics of the reasons why Harry does not ask questions, the Epilogue and Harry's children, what Lucius Malfoy makes his living, and more on the plate for today. Next, the Dueling Club battles listeners against each other, or our own John and Frak, on some Harry Potter trivia. Finally, the drums bring the close of the show along with talk of Melissa's temporary replacement, a LeakyCon registration reminder, more LeakyCon keynote announcements in the future, Melissa's trip to Italy, and much more. To listen, just
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"The Answer to Global Warming!"
- Tom Felton discovers the seriousness of Wizard WRock.
- TLC Deathly Hallows Casting Exclusive: Ciaran Hinds is Aberforth Dumbledore.
- Canon Conundrums Quick Fire!
- Duel with John and Frak!
- We have replacements for Melissa!
- The new Melissa is required to use Melissa's old computer.
- Pretty Darn Squeeful LeakyCon Keynote Announcements coming soon!
- Go to youtube.com/pottercast for our daily vlogs.
- Register for LeakyCon 2009 now!
- LeakyCon 2009 has a Twitter too!
Producer: John Noe
Editor: Michael Beckett
Contributing Editors: Seth Brown & Andrew Garner
Also, special thanks to our ever-vigilant UStream Mods for monitoring the live PotterCast recordings.
LeakyCon 2009: A Harry Potter Conference in Boston
"Harry, A History" Website
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Remember you don't need an iPod to listen. Listen easily on iTunes, which you can download and install here, by clicking here to listen, or you can just use the streaming Flash player at PotterCast.com or just on the right side of this page. Discussion of the PotterCast is right here. Enjoy!


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January 2014
20 January 2014
What better place to spend Australia Day than at Australia Zoo! This Sunday January 26, we will host a jam-packed day of celebrations including a LIVE croc feeding by Robert with Terri and Bindi, and more Aussie activities and prizes than you can poke a stick at!
Joined by the Queensland Police Service 'Band of Blue', visitors can enjoy all their favourite Aussie hits prior to the slithering, swooping and jaw-dropping action of the world-famous Crocoseum show. There will be free Pavlova decorating (and eating!) plus damper and billy tea to sweeten the day.
Visitors are encouraged to learn all about our alligators, macaws, koalas and snakes in our interactive roving keeper talks. Or if our Sumatran tiger cubs are more your thing, book a special encounter for the day - We have these and plenty of other native and not so true-blue animals to choose from.
There will be competitions galore with our major prizes including an encounter with our cheetah or our rhinos, as well as a chance for one lucky kid to play Zoo Keeper for a Day! Or try your luck at our "big things" treasure hunt, colouring-in and thong-throwing competitions for more awesome prizes.
Tickets for Australia Day at Australia Zoo can be bought online, or purchased at the gate, and now you can experience all that Australia Zoo has to offer for 364 days with our new Annual Passes ($99 for Adults, $59 for kids)!
So grab your khaki and your sense of adventure, and come on down to Australia Zoo for the most Australian day of the year.
For more information on this and our other upcoming events, go to: http://www.australiazoo.com.au/visit-us/calendar/
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Can history inspire us? Thirty years ago, scientists reported a hole in the ozone layer "the size of North America." The culprit was CFCs: the gas in hairspray, refrigerant, and air conditioning. Doctors predicted skyrocketing cancer, but business didn't want to change and politicians were slow to act . . . Eerily reminiscent of today's complex debate on energy and climate change, Shattered Sky tells the story of how America led the world to solve the biggest environmental crisis ever seen. Today, dare we do the same on energy and climate?
Visit the Website: http://www.shatteredsky.org
Length: 56 minutes


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Hello everybody.
Please forgive my poor Englich.
So i have a Thinkpad T40 with Ubuntu Hoary. It's wonderful.
Ubuntu is for me one of the best distribution and i want to keep it installed.
I had the problem that my wlan only without encryption work "even without wep"
I've tryed this how-to. and i become this.
jhioui@Thinkpad:~$ sudo dmesg | grep ipw
ipw2100: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Driver, 1.1.0
ipw2100: Copyright(c) 2003-2004 Intel Corporation
ipw2100: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Connection
jhioui@Thinkpad:~$ sudo wpa_supplicant -B -i eth0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -D ipw -w -dd
Initializing interface 'eth0' conf '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' driver 'ipw'
Configuration file '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' -> '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf'
Reading configuration file '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf'
Line: 3 - start of a new network block
ssid - hexdump_ascii(len=12):
53 6f 75 66 69 61 6e 65 57 4c 61 6e meinssid
proto: 0x1
scan_ssid=1 (0x1)
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Care Animal Hospital of Libertyville
1214 W. Park Ave.
Libertyville, IL 60048
(847) 549-8500
Mon - Wed: 7:30AM - 8:00PM
Thu - Fri: 7:30AM - 6:00PM
Sat: 9:00AM - 2:00PM
Sun: Closed
When we established our mission and goals for Care Animal Hospital, we went back to the basics; caring! What motivates us is quite simple and our mission, probably obvious. We believe it is one thing for someone to say something and quite another to actually follow through and do.
"Caring for pets and people too! That's our promise."
That is really all there is to it! It's a family approach and we want your family to be at home with our family. We hope that every time you visit Care Animal Hospital of Libertyville your experience will be one you will want to share with your family and friends. We believe that our TEAM can provide exceptional service not only to your pet, but to you as well.
Feel free to stop by anytime for a tour, or to talk with any of our staff about your pets.
- Anesthesia
- Behavior
- Boarding
- Canine and Feline Practice
- Critical Care
- Dentistry
- Dermatology
- Emergency Medicine
- Exotics
- House Calls
- Internal Medicine
- Nutrition
- Preventative Medicine
- Radiology
- Reptile
- Small Mammal
- Surgery
- Ultrasound
- English
- Any
- American Express
- Care Credit
- Cash
- Check
- Debit
- Discover
- Financing
- Mastercard
- Visa
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5 stars Alicia V Featured review
As always, happy people + exemplary care = happy pets + happy owners! Been with Care for 17+yrs and will stay with them as long as they will have us!
Thank you so much for your review! We are so happy you continue to come here and use as the hospital for your beloved pets! We look forward to many happy and healthy years with you!
The Staff at Care Animal Hospital Libertyville
5 stars Sherry A Customer since 2015
Love all the staff here! Always have a good experience.
Thank you for your review! We are so glad that you enjoy your time here and we look forward to seeing you next time!
5 stars Rich C Customer since 2012
Great care as usual.
Thank you so much! We are so glad that we can keep it consistent for you! We look forward to seeing you next time!
5 stars Jeff P Customer since 2013
Most friendly,professional staff around!!!
Thank you Jeff! We strive to be great for our clients and are so happy that it comes across that way! We look forward to seeing you again!
5 stars Adriana B Customer since 2018
The doctor was very helpful and took his time answering my questions. Staff was very friendly and the building itself is stunning.
Thank you so much for such an amazing review! We love the new building too and I am so glad you and Betty liked seeing Dr. Luaces! We look forward to seeing you again!
1 stars Brian M Customer since 2014
Dr.Luaces and staff are terrific! They truly love what they do and it shows in the care we receive for our French bulldog! Their new facility is amazing. I recommend them whenever I can.
Thank you for such a wonderful review! We really do love our jobs and we love seeing you all! We look forward to seeing you soon!
5 stars MaryLou K Customer since 2017
My old Calico Shorthair has developed multiple conditions. She is loosing her fur. The treatments has made her much more comfortable.
I also have a Main Coon thats ~ 10 months old. She has the opposite problem= Too MUCH hair! I took their advice & got the "Lion-Cut". As the weather is getting warm, She Loves it!
We are so glad that liked Woka Woka's new haircut! She looks very stylish now! See you again soon!
5 stars Elizabeth J Customer since 2017
Everyone treated us and our dog very well. We had to come in as an emergency because our dog, Buddy, was atttacked by another dog. The receptionist greeted us and got the doctor. The vet checked him out and told us the plan. Then they took care of Buddy. Buddy is doing well and we we are pleased with our service. Thank you all.
Thank you for such a great review! We are so glad to hear that Buddy is doing well and that you had a great experience with us! Please let us know if you need anything at all!
5 stars Robert L Customer since 2001
Our first time to the new facility even though we have been Care patients for many, many years. New Vet was nice, comfortable with meeting our dog first time and interested in his care. New facility is clean and easy to use. We will continue to make our annual visits for the best care in Lake County.
Thank you for such a fantastic review! We love the new space and are so glad you do too! See you soon!
5 stars Todd W Customer since 2016
The new building makes you feel comfortable and of course the excellent Veterinary Care!
Thank you so much for the review! We are so glad that you enjoy bringing your birds in to see us and look forward to seeing you soon!
5 stars Diane T Customer since 1990
The staff was great, the Doctor did a great job with my bird and I love the new location.
Thanks for the great review! We are so glad you love the new space! Merlin is a great bird and we look forward to seeing you all again soon!
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Dr. Kathleen is the BEST @ her craft, and it is a craft. Her many years of dental experience and outstanding commitment to making sure everything she does is done to the highest standards is a winning combo. I had a four hour procedure and was a bit nervous. Because she is so good at what she does and her caring personality made the time go by so quickly. She even called me that night to check in and see how I felt or if I had any questions, ahhh yay that pretty much says it all!! A+++Read More …
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- Provide a weekly Q & A session online, so that participants who feel they need a little more hand holding can dial-in (live meeting) and ask questions or see how it's done.
- Spend concentrated time up front covering the mechanics.
- One good suggestion made by [name] was to have a short session before or as part of the program in which participants can play with the tools. This would add to the length of the program, but possibly could allow those who have experience with the tools to opt out of the first part of the program.
- I recommend a 2 or 3-part 'camp' in the future. The program consisted of 3 components: 1) learning the technology, vocabulary, and uses; 2) learning what libraries and users want, need, doing, etc.; 3) working on the projects.
- I'd strongly suggest more front-end planning for the logistics of communication, instruction design, assignment design, expectations, and even basic logistical information like: how to get into chat sessions, when closing session will be held, where participants' blogs are, etc. It seemed to me that so many of these details were poorly planned this time around, and that our criticisms and confusion were shrugged off as a byproduct of our failure to be '2.0 enough' in our outlook. I think it's possible to run an instructional project (which is what I think this really was, regardless of how it was recast in transit) that makes use of 2.0 technologies without depriving the participants of learning structure and context.
- May want to have a questionnaire that everyone fills out first to find out peoples knowledge/comfort level with each of the tools. One of our members was really overwhelmed the first week. That will scare someone off. That is not what we want to do.
- Face to face would be great at the beginning, but probably not practical.
- Structure: Ask Louise Gruenberg about this.
- One component that should be separate for sure is teaching everyone about the principles and technology of Web 2.0. You could incorporate the discussions, reading materials, and getting up to speed on the principles while teaching the technology. I would pull that project out as a separate component. Teach first, than focus on the project. The framework of discussion and sharing will continue into the project component on its own by the very nature of gathering data. No need to force too many podcasts or materials to the participants once the project has started, unless it is critical to all the teams.
- I think it would be better if you took more time on each tool. It would have been better if we had a week on each tool and then a week to decide which tool would be the format of our final project. In this format, you expected people to learn so much so fast, that many people felt too overwhelmed at the beginning. People do not learn well when they feel pressured.
- I was surprised that we didn't really work with ALA's own Online Communities. That has many features that people working within ALA could use and this would have been a good opportunity to develop a core group.
- Overall, the design and support were excellent. [Evaluator's note: This sentence followed a paragraph of suggestions for improvements, which have been appropriately distributed according to topic.]
- I think a discussion board is still a viable means of getting everybody in one place even if asynchronously responding to various topics. If you can set this up ahead of time, you allow people to choose partners, projects, and maybe draft a collaborative schedule.
- Why do we start with the assumption that there should be a 'next iteration' of this? If there is a topic that needs this treatment, maybe, but this was pretty much a waste of time and money.
- Why is there going to be another course? I thought this was a one-time trial for ALA members and staff to sample what Otter Group had to offer then we would regroup and decide how/if/where/when these types of resources might be used by ALA. I think ALA funds would be better spent somewhere else (supporting the strategic plan, perhaps) than spending more funds on repeating this course.
- Focused lots on public libraries and maybe undergrads. I work in an academic environment were the students are actually one of our smallest user groups. We don't support undergrads either.


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2002 Dodge Dakota 4x4 v8
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2008 Pontiac Grand Prix
Silver with black interior
I drive a 40 year old 4x4 Chevy with giant tires. Approximately 8mpg...on premium!
a 2005 red tracker from mexico
An 02 Civic coupe. I had a Mercedes..... never again. I'll stick with cheap and reliable from now on.
A Honda Accord.
And so it goes. And so it goes. And so it goes."
2005 Toyota Yaris
When I buy a car I just ask about the price and fuel economy
05 RX-8 for the sunny summers and a 04 Jeep Grand Cherokee for the cold winters - better to be safe than sorry!
Whatever my current bf is driving
That we are capable only of being what we are, remains our unforgivable sin.
- Gene Wolfe
1996 GEO Tracker
That we are capable only of being what we are, remains our unforgivable sin.
- Gene Wolfe
2012 BMW 535i as of a month ago. Great car.
I used to have a nice older Ford Ranger 4x4. Sold it because I was given a nice car and needed the money to fuel my alcohol addiction. The nice car was a 2001 Honda Accord, V6, black, gray leather, sports rims and tires. I had to sell it to pay for my rehab and court fines and all the bullshit I caused myself last summer. Now I drive a piece of shit Pontiac Vibe that's all dented up from two deer smashes. Got it for a grand. I guess I shouldn't complain. It runs and I have transportation.
Don't let alcohol ruin your life fellas.
2001 Cadillac Eldorado.
Gets me where I need to go. Hitchhikers hate it cause grabbing on at 500kph is too tricky.
A black vauxhall astra 2010
My dream car:
If only had the money
Mazda 3 2010
In his autumn, before the winter, comes man's last mad surge of youth
Vintage SAAB 900 Turbo. It turned 20 years-old recently.
Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day.
Give a man religion, and he'll starve praying for a fish.
2011 Mercedes E Class 350 4 Matic.
an old hoopti
I drive a 2010 Acura TSX V6. I've had it for a year and am very impressed with it. Like it a lot!
2011 VW Golf TDI Sportwagen, love it.
An Opel Astra, I don't like it much but I didn't pay for it so... It's awesome, reliable and easy to drive, but I will exchange it soon for a volvo c30 (thank God). I'm still putting coins in my piggy bank so I can buy a vintage Jensen Interceptor R (buy and maintain, I suppose the second part is the one that scares me most).
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2011 BMW 535ix, till October when I get a new one!
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Nissan 350Z.
My Mazda 6 has been my pride & joy for the last three years. Planning to upgrade to the latest model later this year.
... Passionately Australian
Ahhhh there is just something about listening to men speaking about cars
If you're going to be sexy in a photo, you'd better be thinking about sex.
'85 Dodge Diplomat. Wire wheels, white walls, vinyl top, and velour interior. They don't make 'em like this anymore
2010 Toyota Camry XLE, with every feature. Surprisingly, I do not like the car. I really want to swap it for a Lexus RX SUV but maybe next year.
2003 vauxhaul combo van, ex royal mail 3 year lease van.
It gets me from a-b without alot of expence and keeps my dog from being on the seats and making a mess.More importantly it does well over 60 mpg,which at uk fuel prices is a major fact when looking to change.


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Sometime next month, it is reported, the Royal Mail will officially be put up for sale, after nearly five centuries in state hands. The public offering is expected to raise more than $3 billion, making this the largest U.K. privatization since the railroads two decades ago.
Yet Britain is something of a latecomer to this game. A number of European countries have privatized their post offices in recent years, including Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden, in anticipation of this year's Europe-wide deadline for member states to open their postal services to competition. Nor is this trend restricted to Europe: New Zealand has had competitive postal service since the 1990s.
And in Canada? Ah yes, what news from Canada Post? A quick review of some recent dispatches:
? An elderly Winnipeg couple had their mail service abruptly cut off because their front steps were judged a safety hazard, being two inches taller than the 12-inch maximum;
? Home owners who post a "no flyer" notice on their mailbox have received letters from Canada Post warning them that by refusing to accept delivery of junk mail they are missing out on a chance to be "connected with your local community";
? The corporation has fallen back into its old habit of losing money, after more than a decade in the black. A study by the Conference Board of Canada projects annual losses of $1 billion by the end of the decade. Indeed, as the National Post's John Ivison has reported, Canada Post itself predicts it will run out of cash as early as next spring, helped along by a $5.9-billion unfunded liability in its pension plan;
? It has, however, settled a three-decade old suit with the Public Service Alliance of Canada over pay-equity claims, at an estimated total cost of $250 million;
? Meanwhile, the corporation cannot explain what it got in return for hiring Dave Dingwall, the former Liberal cabinet minister, as a consultant, at a cost of a million dollars over six years.
Well, you get the picture. While other countries have reformed and streamlined their postal monopolies, leading to better and faster service — in New Zealand, for example, on-time deliveries jumped from 88 per cent to 97 per cent after competition was legalized — ours continues to sink under its own weight.
A monopoly that loses money is a remarkable feat. But of course Canada Post's monopoly is of a peculiar kind, inasmuch as it comes with a twin monopoly, in the form of its unionized employees. Over the years, more and more of the corporation's revenues have gone to its workforce, less and less to service. Six-day delivery was reduced to five; letters that had previously been considered late were redefined as "on-time"; home delivery was discontinued altogether on many rural routes, in favour of so-called "superboxes."
And meanwhile, its statutory monopoly on first-class mail is turning to sand, disappearing in the face of email, electronic funds transfer and other technological developments, not to say its own spotty delivery record. The corporation's absurd attempts to set itself up as a central online bills-paying portal are but the latest sign of its desperation.
So any suggestion that Canada Post follow the Royal Mail into privatization will run into an obvious objection: Who would buy it? Like its sister Crown corporations, Via Rail and the CBC, it remains in existence for no reason other than because no one can quite think what to do with it. But the rapid deterioration of its finances means it is no longer possible to put off the day of reckoning.
The first priority should be freeing the post office's remaining customers: the notion that they should remain hostage to the monopoly, while rates are raised and service cut back — the Conference Board forecasts alternate-day delivery will be next — in order to save the corporation, has things back to front.
The question, then, is not who should own Canada Post, but who should deliver the mail. And the answer to that is, or should be: anyone fit, willing and able — including those newly competitive European postal services. Here the instant objection, that "only" Canada Post would deliver the mail on rural routes, is demonstrably untrue. Private couriers will deliver to the remotest addresses, provided the price is sufficient to cover their costs. What they won't do is deliver it for the same price as for a letter across town, as is the current practice. (For that matter, as we've seen, neither will Canada Post.)
The argument that the monopoly must be preserved in order to maintain the uniform postage rate presupposes that uniform postage is itself a desirable objective.
Yet this dissolves under scrutiny. The practice essentially obliges all urban mail users, rich or poor, to cross-subsidize all rural users, poor or rich, the former paying too much for stamps so the latter can pay too little.
As the C.D. Howe Institute has recently proposed, if the policy is to subsidize rural routes, better to do so directly: They could be put out to competitive tender, on a least-subsidy basis. But there's no reason even to do that. Lots of things cost less in the country — houses, for instance — without it being suggested these price differences should be suppressed. Why should postage be any different?
Social justice demands that we redistribute income from rich to poor — not from city to country. In any case, it is the job of the government, not the post office.
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Cultural Leadership: The Asian Way?VIEW EVENT DETAILS
Co-presented by HKU Advanced Cultural Leadership Programme and British Council
Full-day Public Forum with engaging cultural leaders and innovators from the UK and Asia.
Lunch and refreshments included, Registration closes on 23 July 2013 (Tuesday)
Registration 9:00AM
Dialogues 9:30AM
Close 5:30PM
Engaging cultural leaders and innovators from the UK and Asia to discuss the topic of Cultural Leadership: The Asian Way?, the Forum focuses on how the arts and culture sector has a unique role to play in a world facing rapid environmental, social, technological and economic changes and challenges. Through conversation and debate, panelists will explore how the value and role of culture is perceived in Asia, what immediate challenges these leaders and innovators face in Asia and how leadership can be nurtured.
Session One: The value of culture in Asia
Fredric Mao, Founder and Director, Performing Arts Asia
Kiwon Hong, Founder and Director, Performing Arts Asia, Hong Kong
Lesley Alway, Arts Director, Asialink Australia
Sir John Tusa, Chair of the Clore Leadership Programme and Chair, University of the Arts London (Moderator)
Session Two: Branding culture in Asia
Lee Chor Lin, Chief Executive Director,Singapore Arts Festival Ltd
Kingsley Jayasekera, Head, Marketing and Digital, West Kowloon Cultural District Authority, Hong Kong
Seonghee Kim, Artistic Director,Gwangju Asia Culture City, Korea
Jane Wentworth, Director, Jane Wentworth Associates, UK (Moderator)
Session Three: Approaches towards cultural leadership in Asia
Lars Nittve, Executive Director ,M+, West Kowloon Cultural District, Hong Kong
Dr. Richard Grant, Chief Executive, Creative New Zealand
Norihiko Yoshioka, Deputy Director, Japan Foundation Centre for Cultural Exchange, Vietnam
Dr. Wu Jing-Jyi, Endowed Chair in Creativity, Center for Creativity and Innovation Studies, National Chengchi University, Taiwan
John Holden, Visiting Professor, City University, London, and Associate, Demos (Moderator)
Session Four: Cultural entrepreneurship and innovation in Asia
Douglas Young, Founder and CEO,Goods of Design
Robin Serrano, Associate Dean, School of Design & Art, De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde, Philippines
Ridwan Kamil, Founder and Principal, Urbane Indonesia
Zeng Yanbin, Art director and Curator of ScreenOut Film Exhibition, China
John Newbigin, Cultural Entrepreneur (Moderator)
Session Five: Nurturing cultural talent in Asia
Mitsuhiro Yoshimoto, Director, Arts and Culture, NLI Research Institute, Japan
Tay Tong, Managing Director, Theatreworks and Arts Network Asia, Singapore
Amna Kusumo, Founder and Director, Kelola, Indonesia
Lynn Yau, Chief Executive Officer, The Absolutely Fabulous Theatre Connection (AFTEC), Hong Kong
Dr. Maria Balshaw, Director, Whitworth Art Gallery and the Manchester City Galleries (Moderator)
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ALGONQUIN – Construction on Route 31 at Virginia Road/Klasen Road is complete and all lanes of traffic will be open today, the McHenry County Division of Transportation said.
Motorists should expect a slight delay today as traffic signals are turned on, officials said.
A small amount of work remains and will be accomplished in daily lane closures that are expected to last until the middle of December, officials said.
The Route 31 improvements will tie into the eventual Western Algonquin Bypass Project.
Improvements along Route 31 this year include more than a mile of reconstructed concrete pavement, with four lanes of traffic and dual left-turn lanes at Virginia Road. Virginia Road also was realigned to increase safety.
The Klasen Road and Virginia Road intersections received modernized traffic signals, and a paved bike path was put in along the entire length of the east side of Route 31. More than 2.5 miles of new storm sewer also was installed.
Final landscaping for Route 31 will be completed in spring and involve daily lane closures.


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On the Met steps last night shooting a father daughter scene with Michael Douglas and Oliver Stone. Now that's a gown. And I love the colour. And she is beautiful. And I'm so sorry but am in studio all day for several shoots, and had a deadline on a draft for a major piece and now I've run out of time...
So Jacek is taking over. And I'll be back this afternoon.
Thank you, love you, owe you,
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