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CINCINNATI - It's not overstating the case to say that the Cincinnati Bengals look like a Super Bowl team at home and something, well, less than that on the road. So with Cincinnati's 42-14 victory over the Minnesota Vikings in the books, the New England Patriots-Baltimore Ravens game that followed it offered intriguing possibilities.
CINCINNATI - It's not overstating the case to say that the Cincinnati Bengals look like a Super Bowl team at home and something, well, less than that on the road.
So with Cincinnati's 42-14 victory over the Minnesota Vikings in the books, the New England Patriots-Baltimore Ravens game that followed it offered intriguing possibilities: A Baltimore loss would hand the AFC North Division championship to the Bengals a week before the Ravens visit Cincinnati, while a Patriots loss would open the door for the Bengals to nab the AFC's No. 2 seed, a first-round bye and a home playoff game.
Facing that scenario, Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton had to smile when asked whether he would be watching the game later.
"I'm kind of watching it right now," Dalton said, nodding toward the back of the room, where a silent television offered him a furtive peek at the game. His smile turned into a laugh. "So yeah, I will."
The Patriots won 41-7, which perhaps wasn't the best thing for the new division champions. They could have won the division title anyway by defeating the Ravens next week, but if the Pats don't lose at home to Buffalo, the Bengals will face the playoffs on the road after the first round. The Bengals are 7-0 at Paul Brown Stadium this season, and that record is even more impressive when you call up the scores. In their past four home games, the Bengals have won 49-9, 41-20, 42-28 and 42-14.
Those waiting for the inevitable "but" won't be disappointed: But as strong as they are at home, they have lost two of their past three road games, including a 30-20 decision last week in Pittsburgh.
How to explain this discrepancy?
"You always want to protect home," cornerback Adam Jones said. "Anywhere you go. You don't let nobody come into your house and take your PlayStation, do you?"
Uh, could we get some help over here?
"We have fewer turnovers at home," coach Marvin Lewis said, explaining the home/road discrepancy in as few words as possible.
But when he was asked later about what it takes to win consistently in the NFL, he inadvertently expounded on it.
"Taking care of the football is what consistently wins," he said. "Your best defense is when you're on offense."
The Bengals turned the ball over only once yesterday, and tight end Jermaine Gresham's lost fumble launched a four-play, first-quarter drive that resulted in one of Minnesota's two touchdowns.
Lewis' "best defense" theory also has proved true. Dalton has thrown only five of his 16 interceptions at home - and none yesterday. He completed 27 of 38 passes against Minnesota for 366 yards and four touchdowns; in the past four games at Paul Brown Stadium, Dalton has thrown 15 touchdown passes.
An alternate theory …
"A home game is more about the defense in the sense that a home game really gives the opportunity for the crowd to be loud and create an atmosphere for the (opposing) offense where it's tough to execute," veteran guard Andrew Whitworth said. "When they're able to do that, it gives us lots of opportunities to go get points."
The defense accounted for one of the Bengals' scores, when linebacker Vincent Rey intercepted Matt Cassel and returned it 25 yards for a touchdown.
In the end, the whys might not matter: The Bengals' chances of getting that No. 2 seed depend on them defeating Baltimore and the Patriots losing to the Bills at home, which seems more like a dream than a reality.
The home/road split coughs up an unsettling thought. If the Bengals were always as unbeatable as they looked against the Vikings, they wouldn't be 10-5.
Bob Hunter is a sports columnist for The Dispatch.


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iPhone 3.0: The Features Falling Through The Cracks
So Apple had a big day yesterday announcing new computers, the new iPhone 3G S, and of course the long awaited software upgrade to 3.0 with Copy & Paste, MMS, and the new Video Recorder (3G S only). As great as these features are though, I think they've completely over shadowed some other great additions, many of which, on a daily basis are going to be far more useful than being able to receive that picture message of my parents dog in a pig costume, scary...I know. I've gone through all of the information I could find directly from Apple's website (these aren't rumors) and pooled together some of the new features that have slipped through the cracks.
MobileMe got some major revision with the "Locate My Phone" feature and the "Remote whipe" but there is also a free application coming out called iDisk. Yup, you will now be able to remotely view you iDisk content straight from your phone, sorry MobileDisk and Air Sharing Pro. An added bonus is that through this app you can send a direct link to any file on your iDisk via e-mail so that anyone you like can view it, this is especially useful for content that is just too large to be sent through an e-mail itself.
Contact Syncing
More good news for MobileMe and Exchange users are the new advances in over the air contact and calendar syncing. Right now turning on syncing from a cloud to a phone will erase all information currently on the phone and replace it with the new info. With 3.0 though users will get the choice between erasing, merging all data, or creating separate profiles.
Apple also states that on top of MoibleMe and Exchange the phone will be able to sync contacts and calendars from Yahoo!, Google, iCal, and Microsoft Outlook. At this point it's unclear if these are going to be new over the air features or more likely ones that need to be synced through iTunes. We do know though that you'll be able to add subscription based calendars directly from the phone over the air, this is great for some one like me who needs an alert every time the Cubs are going to play a game or Special Holidays are coming up.

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More than 600 pro-Palestinian protesters marched from Town Hall to the US Consulate in the city today, condemning the Israeli Government for "genocidal and apartheid practices" days after a ceasefire was brokered between Israel and Hamas-led militant factions.
Demonstrators hoisted large flags of Palestine and held placards saying "Stop Israeli Aggression, inflamed by eight days of conflict that left 166 Palestinians and six Israelis dead.
City traffic was brought to a standstill, with police lining the route to the US Consulate in the MLC Centre at Martin Place and mounted police trailing what was largely a peaceful demonstration.
Greens Senator Lee Rhiannon addressed the crowd saying they were working for lasting peace and justice for Palestinians. She also lambasted the Australian Government for failing to stand against Israel.
"Australia has a key role to play in terms of bringing peace to this region now that we have a seat on the Security Council," she told Fairfax Media. "Australia should not longer be a vote en bloc with Israel and the United States. We need to be an independent voice."
State Labor MP Lynda Voltz criticised her parliamentary colleagues for being in "silent" on the plight of Palestinians.
"I made a speech in Parliament [about the human rights abuses in Palestine] and not one of my colleagues condemned Israel for that action," she told the crowd. "[My friend] should be able to defend herself from rockets coming down on her head."
Zeinab Kadadi, 48, a Lebanese-Australian married to a Palestinian and has extended family living on the Gaza strip. The mother of five from Balmain said she wanted the Australia Government to formally withdraw any support for the Israeli Government.
"People are dying everyday. How can we let this happen? I am so worried for my family because the civilians are the ones paying the price," she said.


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Saturday, May 26, 2012
ELMONT, N.Y. – Contested will head a field of six sophomore fillies trying for Grade 1 glory Monday afternoon at Belmont Park in the 82nd running of the Grade 1, $300,000 Acorn.
The Acorn will be run as race 9 on the 11-race holiday card, which also features the Grade 1, $400,000 Ogden Phipps Handicap for fillies and mares, the Grade 2 $200,000 Sands Point for 3-year-old turf fillies, and the highlight of the afternoon, the Grade 1, $750,000 Metropolitan Handicap. Together, they comprise a $500,000 Guaranteed All Graded Stakes Pick 4, beginning with the Sands Point in race 7.
A 3-year-old daughter of Ghostzapper, Contested has won her last three races by a combined margin of 17 lengths, stepping up gradually in distance from a Santa Anita maiden victory at six furlongs in October to an allowance win going 6 ½ furlongs in April and to her first stakes score in the seven-furlong Eight Belles at Churchill Downs on May 4. The Acorn is contested at a mile around one turn.
"She handled seven-eighths, so she should be able to handle a mile," said Jim Barnes, assistant to the filly's Hall of Fame trainer, Bob Baffert. "She's doing well. She's came in on Thursday [May 17], galloped three or four days and then we breezed her five days out from the race. She had a nice work over the racetrack [five furlongs in 1:00.05 on Wednesday] and we're ready to run. We've dealt with a lot of rain, but with her schedule we were able to miss most of it. On her work day the track was a little demanding, wet, but we got our work in."
Owned by Natalie Baffert, Contested will have a new jockey for the Acorn, picking up the services of Javier Castellano, who rode the Baffert-trained Gabby's Golden Gal to victory in the 2009 edition of the Acorn. Contested drew the rail for Monday's race and was installed as the 7-5 morning-line favorite.
Contested has been on or near the lead in all four of her career starts and on Monday she figures to have company from another front-runner, James C. Spence's Aubby K. The Street Sense filly aired by 15 ½ lengths breaking her maiden on September 10 at Belmont, then was fourth, beaten less than three lengths in the one-mile, Grade 2 Pocahontas at Churchill to close out her 2-year-old season. She returned to take a 6 ½-furlong optional claimer at Gulfstream Park by 9 ¾ lengths, earning a Beyer Speed Figure of 100.
Hall of Famer Edgar Prado will ride for trainer Ralph Nicks from post position 6 at 3-1 on the morning line.
Tom Albertrani will saddle another lightly raced, but promising, filly in Zo Impressive. Owned by Live Oak Plantation, Zo Impressive was an easy winner of her first two starts this winter at Gulfstream, taking a January 22 maiden race by 6 ¼ lengths en route to a 4 ½ length optional claiming victory a month later. In her graded stakes debut, the Grade 2 Gulfstream Park Oaks, she was second to Grade 1 winner Grace Hall.
"She was bumped at the start in her last race, and that's what caused all the traffic," said trainer Tom Albertrani. "Yara came over on her and kind of caused some crowding into the first turn, pinched her back. But after that, she found her way around there and finished up well. It's a straight mile and she's won at a straight mile."
Rajiv Maragh has the return call aboard the Hard Spun filly from post position 4 at 5-1 on the morning line.
Both On Fire Baby and Sacristy exit the Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks, where they finished fifth and seventh, respectively. On Fire Baby won the Grade 3 Honeybee at Oaklawn Park earlier this spring and was a two-time graded stakes winner as a juvenile, taking both the Pocahontas and Grade 2 Golden Rod at Churchill last fall. Sacristy won Gulfstream's Grade 3 Old Hat on New Year's Day and hit the board in both the Grade 2 Forward Gal and Keeneland's Grade 2 Beaumont.
On Fire Baby (5-2 ML) has the services of regular rider Joe Johnson from post position 3, while Sacristy (15-1 ML) will be ridden by Rosie Napravnik from post 5.
Hard Mystery, easy winner of Belmont's Inside Information overnight stakes on April 28, completes the field.
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Baltimore Orioles third baseman Manny Machado was stretchered off the field on Monday after suffering a horrific knee injury likely to end his 2013 season.
With one out in the seventh inning of his team's game against the Tampa Bay Rays Machado grounded a ball to second base and beat it out for an infield hit.
Upon reaching first base however, his knee buckled inward as he stood on the edge of the base and the 21-year-old fell to the ground in visible pain.
Lying on Tropicana Field Machado was attended to by Orioles staff and manager Buck Showalter.
He eventually left the field on a stretcher and had an X-ray taken at the stadium before boarding the team plane for Baltimore, where he will have a MRI on his left knee on Tuesday morning.
Only after the MRI has taken place will an official statement be made outlining the complete extent of the injury.
"It's potentially an injury that, you would think it would [end his season], just from the early reports," Showalter said.
"But let's get everything in. But it certainly doesn't look very promising right now.
"They took an X-ray and somehow they couldn't develop the pictures. Had a little glitch there.
"I'm sure we won't get a full diagnosis until we get the MRI back in Baltimore tomorrow morning. I think Dr. [John] Wilckens is already setting it up at one of the best hospitals in the country, so we'll let them weigh in."
In the bottom of the same inning Orioles shortstop Alexi Casilla suffered a head-first blow from a teammate's knee on a diving attempt but fortunately stayed in the game.
The game ended in a 5-4 victory for the Rays leaving Baltimore's bid for the Wild Card looking less and less likely.
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Norway to provide USD 4.54 million for a new rule of law and human rights programmeSep 12, 2013
Norway to provide USD 4.054 million for a new rule of law and human rights programme; the programme seeks to increase access to justice for thousands of vulnerable and poor people in Nepal and increase the rate of implementation of court judgments to 50 percent.
Kathmandu, 12 September 2013 — The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have reached an agreement to implement a programme supporting the Supreme Court of Nepal and the Ministry of Law and Justice, Constituent Assembly and Parliamentary Affairs in minimising impunity and protection and promotion of access to justice for thousands of poor and vulnerable people in Nepal.
An agreement to implement the Strengthening Rule of Law and Human Rights Programme (ROLHR) was signed today by Royal Norwegian Ambassador Mr. Alf Arne Ramslien and UNDP Country Director Ms. Shoko Noda, amid a ceremony at the Supreme Court of Nepal in the presence of Honorable Justice Kalyan Shrestha and senior Court officials.
"The effective implementation of this programme will be critical in enhancing justice delivery system through case management and strengthening justice sector coordination among rule of law institutions in Nepal," said Justice Shrestha. "In addition, I expect this programme to make substantive difference in enhancing the court-client relation through improved service delivery."
Under the terms of the agreement Norway will provide USD 4.054 million (Norwegian Kroner 24 million) to support the USD 26 million programme which will run for the next five years.
Norwegian Ambassador Mr. Alf Arne Ramslien said that the programme will significantly contribute to improve Rule of Law and Human Rights situation in Nepal—hailing the national ownership and partnership among government agencies and development partners.
"The start of this ambitious Rule of Law sector programme is a great example of country ownership as well as harmonization both among the development partners and government agencies," said Mr. Ramslien.
UNDP Country Director Ms. Shoko Noda expressed her happiness to be part of the Supreme Court-led programme and thanked the Norwegian Ambassador for his support. "This is a nationally led and implemented programme under the leadership of the Supreme Court of Nepal and we are happy to be part of it," said Ms. Noda.
Besides pursuing considerable policy reforms, the programme aims to increase the rate of implementation of court judgments to 50 percent from nearly 15 percent at present. The programme will provide socio-legal aid services 20,000 women and vulnerable individuals, train 2000 court officials, prosecutors and lawyers and establish secretariat for justice sector coordination committee in at least 15 districts. The programme was developed following wider consultations at local, national and international level.
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The mysterious death of Patrick Mullins, whose body was found submerged in the Manatee River, is officially considered neither a homicide nor a suicide. For good reasons.
Nearly eight months after Mullins' body was recovered, following an extensive search over land and water, Manatee County Sheriff Brad Steube says his office has no evidence that Mullins was murdered. No murder weapon, no witnesses, nothing.
Yet there are no definitive clues that Mullins committed suicide; in fact, there are reasons and pieces of evidence to question whether he would have, or literally could have, killed himself.
Compounding the uncertainty: Dr. Russell Vega, the medical examiner responsible for determining how Mullins died, says "the manner of death is undetermined."
The Sheriff's Office and Vega have their opinions, however. They think suicide is the most likely manner of death, according to recent reports in the Herald-Tribune by Lee Williams. Mullins' wife and family members firmly believe he was murdered.
As a result of that disagreement -- and disputes over comments made, or not made, by the lead detective -- tension has developed between the Sheriff's Office and the family. That is unfortunate and unproductive.
Open but inactive
Steube emphasizes that the investigation is open but inactive, the latter due to a lack of new evidence to consider.
Jill Mullins, Patrick's wife, contends that the Sheriff's Office did not pursue the potential for murder aggressively enough; she wants a different detective assigned to the case and a review conducted by another agency or task force.
It's understandable that Steube is reluctant to grant Jill Mullins' request. The Sheriff's Office has limited resources and nine unsolved homicide cases that occurred during the past two years. In the absence of expert opinion that the Mullins case was mishandled, it is difficult to criticize Steube's reluctance to turn the case over to another agency.
However, there is enough uncertainty about the circumstances surrounding Mullins' death to warrant a good-faith demonstration by the Sheriff's Office that it will re-examine not only the facts of the case but its approach to the investigation.
After Mullins' body was found -- following an extensive search for him and his boat -- sheriff's officials told the media and the public that the avid boater was wrapped in the rope attached to a 25-pound anchor. That information appeared to suggest that a suicide or accidental death had occurred.
But the media and public were not told that Mullins had clearly suffered a traumatic head wound. The man who discovered the body said the entire back of Mullins' skull was missing. The investigation later confirmed that Mullins had been shot; the one certain thing in this case is that the medical examiner concluded that "the cause of death is a shotgun blast to the head."
Through the media, sheriff's officials repeatedly asked the public for any information about Mullins' disappearance. But the failure to inform the public and media about the apparent gunshot wound was a missed opportunity to explicitly appeal to the public for specific information -- say, the time and location of any audible gunfire.
More questions than answers
The lack of disclosure lends credence to the argument that, early on, investigators focused on suicide as the means of Mullins' death. But it doesn't mean the Sheriff's Office ignored the possibility of murder.
"We don't have the evidence to tell us whether it was homicide or suicide," Steube told us this week.
The Sheriff's Office has offered to meet again with Jill Mullins. Perhaps it would help to have a neutral party -- say, someone trained in mediation -- attend a meeting, if it occurs.
In the meantime, the Mullins family is offering a reward for evidence about the death. We hope that anyone who has information will come forward. In a case with more questions than answers, it's beyond question that what's needed most is evidence to explain this tragic mystery.
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The mysterious death of Patrick Mullins, whose body was found submerged in the Manatee River, is officially considered neither a homicide nor a suicide. For good reasons.


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Bumgarner to start for injured Lincecum
Way too much going on in those six words. It starts out exciting, yet quickly turns horrifying. I must process this. Need info.
That's an affirmative, good buddy.
Yikes. The No. 1 dude is down.
But I'm optimistic. He's young. He's tough. He'll get back to form. I'm pretty confident they are just being extra careful with Tim. Is that so bad?
Replacing him with his left-handed doppelganger is too much to believe, though. Does this effect Bumagarner's playoff eligibility? Is that part of the calculation? I can't remember the damn rules.
Regardless, Go MadBum!


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Before I start a few changes, I'd like to make clear that I intend to remove concrete refrences to Hsin's death- he's still alive at the very end of Chinatown Wars, and one can only speculate whether or not he survived his injuries. After all, we also saw Wade Heston on the ground and bloodied in one mission, yet he lives. Stephen3593 21:46, 29 July 2009 (UTC)


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Doors open at 5:30 p.m., the buffet dinner will begin serving at 6:15, and the program will start at 7 p.m..
Awards will be given at the banquet for the 2013 Outstanding Educator, Top Hand, Unsung Hero, Humanitarian, and Outstanding Citizen, along with recognition of special guests and dignitaries.
Your nomination for Outstanding Citizen and Humanitarian is requested. Send nominations to Gilmer Area Chamber of Commerce, PO Box 854, Gilmer, Texas 75644.
(For your convenience, a nomination form is in this issue of The Mirror on Page 3.)
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CHICAGO, Nov. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- At a special ceremony at the National Hemophilia Foundation (NHF) Annual Meeting in Chicago, Bayer HealthCare and members of the hemophilia community commemorated the successful conclusion of Bayer's first Virtual Walk for Hemophilia (www.walkforhemophilia.com), an innovative interactive contest that raises awareness and funds for those living with a bleeding disorder. Bayer also kicked off year two of the Virtual Walk as a means of continued support for hemophilia communities across the U.S. and globally.
At the time the inaugural virtual walk ended on November 6, an impressive 15,637 people – those with and without hemophilia – had signed up. To put this number in perspective, the total number of people with hemophilia in the U.S. is currently estimated to be 15,000-20,000(1).
Bayer provided $30,000 in sponsorship funds to the national office of the NHF plus an additional $30,000 in sponsorship funds to the three chapters with the greatest number of walkers, for a total of $60,000. The chapters receiving sponsorship funds are:
First place: Arizona Hemophilia Foundation, with 5,004 walkers, received $15,000.
Second place: Hemophilia Foundation of Illinois/Bleeding Disorders Alliance Illinois, with 3,716 walkers, received $10,000.
Third place: Hemophilia of Indiana, with 2,510 walkers, received $5,000.
"We want to thank Bayer for the opportunity to engage our membership in a fun and unique program. We checked the Web site every day to see our standing, and it really pushed our members to reach out to others directly and through social media outlets like Facebook and Twitter," said Bob Robinson, Executive Director, Hemophilia Foundation of Illinois/Bleeding Disorders Alliance Illinois. "Most importantly, the sponsorship funds we're receiving will go to educational and support programs for people with bleeding disorders, including summer camp for children with hemophilia, which can have a lasting impression on their lives."
According to Paul Bedard, Vice President/General Manager, Hematology, Bayer HealthCare, "People started logging on to their computers the moment we launched the Virtual Walk for Hemophilia in April, and the high interest level continued through its conclusion. We're gratified by the great response and are especially pleased about the difference an effort like this can make in the community. To that end, we've committed to continuing the program in 2012."
Bayer's 2012 Virtual Walk for Hemophilia will have an important new element. In addition to sponsorship funds going to the NHF and its chapters, up to $7,000 in sponsorship funds will go to Save One Life, a non-profit, international organization that offers people and organizations the opportunity to sponsor a child or adult with a bleeding disorder in a developing country.
About Hemophilia A
Hemophilia A, also known as factor VIII deficiency or classic hemophilia, is largely an inherited bleeding disorder in which one of the proteins needed to form blood clots in the body is missing or reduced. Hemophilia A, the most common type of hemophilia, is caused by deficient or defective blood coagulation proteins, known as factor VIII. Hemophilia A is characterized by prolonged or spontaneous bleeding, especially into the muscles, joints, or internal organs. Approximately one in 5,000 males born in the United States has hemophilia.
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Bayer HealthCare is the U.S.-based pharmaceuticals business of Bayer HealthCare LLC, a subsidiary of Bayer AG. Bayer HealthCare is one of the world's leading, innovative companies in the healthcare and medical products industry, and combines the activities of the Animal Health, Consumer Care, Diabetes Care, and Pharmaceuticals divisions. As a specialty pharmaceutical company, Bayer HealthCare provides products for Diagnostic Imaging, General Medicine, Hematology, Neurology, Oncology and Women's Healthcare. The company's aim is to discover and manufacture products that will improve human health worldwide by diagnosing, preventing and treating diseases.
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By BEN MCCARTY
News staff writer
November 29, 2006
What the Cascade Locks girls' basketball team lacks in numbers and speed, it makes up in height, and what the boys' basketball team lacks in height, it makes up for with numbers and speed. With two different styles of play on the court this season, it could be an interesting year for the Pirates and their fans.
After a solid run over the past several seasons, girls' coach Donna Nolin has suddenly found her team short on numbers and experience. Her squad has only nine players this year, and only one senior and two juniors.
"We only return two starters, so we are kind of building," Nolin said.
Without a deep bench to turn to, Nolin will be looking to the players that she has, including the taller ones, to get up and down the court quickly and not lose momentum.
Heather Mohr, the team's lone senior, does not expect the team's relative youth to hurt it very much, considering how quickly the new players have picked up the offense.
"All the girls seem to be picking it up pretty quickly this year," she said. "I'm pretty impressed with the girls' attitudes."
Mohr believes that the team can take advantage of its height to be an imposing force on defense that could control the pace of the game.
"I think we should be a great defensive team," Mohr said. "We've got some tall girls and could have the greatest zone defense in the whole league."
Mikayla Ryan and Kristen Rutherford, the team's two juniors, and two of the players who will be counted on to make an impact on defense, also foresee a season of aggressive defense by the Pirate girls.
"We all set a team goal to play good defense," Ryan said.
Rutherford put the mantle on herself and the other experienced players to guide the young team into the season.
"We're a young team but we're working hard to make up for that," she said. "I just hope that the players will be aggressive and will step up."
Rutherford agreed with the general sentiment that the younger players were adapting quickly, and looks forward to seeing how the team works together in an actual game.
"I'm looking forward to seeing what we can go out and accomplish together," she said.
Nolin expects a few bumps in the road as the new players get used to playing in games with the team. While she wants to see the team build on its skills and fundamentals, she wants to see them play hard and play well.
"You never walk on the court without the objective of winning," she said.
On the boys' side junior Daniel Nolin said that the boys' team has almost exactly the opposite problem of the girls' team.
"We lost our big guys but we are going to be faster," he said.
The team is also working hard on its pressing game to try and force turnovers and stop opponents from being able to get the ball inside to score.
Coach Phil Nolin does have one sizable player to count on, the 6'7" Chris Taylor, who is currently recovering from a football injury, but should be able to play.
Despite losing several big players last season, Coach Nolin expects that his team's strong guard play and aggressive defense will help them make an impact in their league.
"We're quicker than last year but we will need to play better defense," he said.
The team also carries 18 players on the team, a remarkably high percentage of the approximately 60 students at the high school level of Cascade Locks School.
However, the coach says that his team faces some strong challenges in the league.
"It will be a tough league as usual," he said. "We'll be finding some things out quickly."
Despite his team's lack of depth at the post position, Nolin thinks the team will get its chances and could make a run at district playoffs.
"We'll get opportunities," he said. "We just have to go out and earn them."
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©Healy Racing Photos Barry Geraghty is convinced a step up to two and a half miles will suit Captain Conan as he prepares to tackle the longer distance for the first time in Saturday's Betfred Mobile Lotto Challengers Novices' Chase at Sandown.
The high-class novice hurdler has been hugely impressive in his two starts over fences to date, making a winning debut over the larger obstacles at Cheltenham in November before landing the Grade One Henry VIII Novices' Chase at Sandown in December.
In any other season Nicky Henderson would surely be preparing his six-year-old for a tilt at the Arkle Trophy at next month's Cheltenham Festival, but with formidable stable companion Simonsig a red-hot favourite for the two-mile novice championship, the trainer is keen to find out if Captain Conan's stamina will last out over further.
If he does prove two and a half miles is within his compass this weekend, Cheltenham's Jewson Novices' Chase is likely to be his next port of call.
"I'm looking forward to riding him again and I honestly don't see the trip being a problem," said Geraghty.
"I know he's shown some very good form at two miles, but I actually think two and a half miles will turn out to be his best trip.
"I'd have no concerns about the ground. It was soft enough when he won the last day, so we'll see what happens."
Despite facing only three rivals in a race better known as the Scilly Isles Novices' Chase, Captain Conan will have to be on his game if he is to keep his unbeaten record over fences intact.
The Venetia Williams-trained Houblon Des Obeaux has already shown up well in Graded company this term, while Changing Times steps up in class for Nigel Twiston-Davies following back-to-back wins at Market Rasen and Taunton.
Colin Tizzard's Third Intention is another smart performer, but has been well held by Captain Conan twice already this season.
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Arsenal are being linked with a shock move for QPR defender Stephane Mbia.
The Daily Star claims Gunners chief Arsene Wenger heads a list of managers interested in the 27-year-old, who will cost in the region of £4million.
Aston Villa and Swansea City are also interested in the Cameroon international, according to the report, with the Hoops ready to listen to offers following their relegation from the Premier League last season.
Harry Redknapp is looking to trim the wage bill at Loftus Road, and Mbia is one of the club's top earners following a move from Marseille last summer.
Arsenal, meanwhile, are preparing for another season in the Champions League after securing a top four finish under pressure last term.
The Gunners aren't flush with senior options in defence however, with Per Mertesacker, Thomas Vermaelen and Laurent Koscielny available to Wenger at the Emirates Stadium.
Mbia would add to that list, but isn't a signing to excite the Arsenal fans as they await news on Gonzalo Higuain's proposed transfer.
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A former defense attorney for Elisa Baker says that a deal was struck to keep her client from facing a first-degree murder charge in the death of her 10-year-old stepdaughter despite assertions from the district attorney that no bargain was made in exchange for Baker's assistance in locating the remains of Zahra Baker.
Lisa Dubs spoke out Thursday regarding an agreement she contends she brokered with the District Attorney's Office on Elisa's behalf.
"I negotiated an agreement with the DA for Elisa Baker to cooperate with law enforcement, particularly in finding remains of Zahra," Dubs said during a phone interview with the News-Topic Thursday. "She continued to cooperate through the terms of the agreement."
Dubs did not elaborate on the complete terms of the deal, though she indicated it required her to be present and continue to advise Elisa as she dealt with law enforcement and the prosecution. The deal was struck during a 24-hour period after one of Dubs' investigators recovered a piece of evidence in the case, though she did not divulge what that evidence was.
When contacted by phone Thursday afternoon, 25th Prosecutorial District Attorney Jay Gaither declined to comment about the agreement or statements concerning it made by Dubs, though he has maintained throughout the investigation that there was no agreement between his office and the defense for Elisa.
Dubs was assigned to the case as provisional counsel by the North Carolina Capital Defender's Office Oct. 18, 2010, nine days after Zahra was reported missing by her father Adam and eight days after Elisa's arrest for obstruction of justice stemming from a fake ransom note she admitted to writing concerning the girl's disappearance. Dubs indicated that her assignment came as a result of Gaither's consideration of the case as a possible capital offense.
Elisa gave law enforcement information that led to the recovery of Zahra's remains along Christie Road just outside Hudson and close to a creek near the intersection of Dudley Shoals Road and Burns Road. Remains found included the left humerus and portions of the torso and pelvic areas of the little girl as well as her prosthetic left leg.
Word of a deal between the defense and DA's Office began to circulate Dec. 3, 2010, when television stations reported that an agreement was in place to keep Elisa from facing either the death penalty or life in prison if ever tried for the death of Zahra. Gaither acknowledged Dec. 4, 2010, that he was aware of such reports, but he declined to comment specifically on them.
"I'm not going to comment on assertions made by unnamed sources while we are in the process of a criminal investigation," he said at the time. "If the investigation of the case continues to lead us where we need to go, all things will fall into place."
In an e-mailed statement three days later, Gaither addressed multiple media reports regarding a plea agreement, indicating that the death penalty and life in prison remained viable sentences if Elisa was brought to trial for and convicted of Zahra's death.
Gaither cited Rule 3.6 of the N.C. Bar in the e-mail, which asserts that "a prosecutor must refrain from making pretrial statements that have a substantial likelihood of materially prejudicing an adjudicative proceeding. However, when false or misleading statements are made that publicly cause prejudice to the process, the prosecutor has the responsibility of responding publicly to minimize the adverse impact."
The e-mail read, "Recent news reports incorrectly stated that the prosecutor has removed first-degree and capital first-degree murder as possible charges against Elisa Baker in connection with the death of Zahra Baker. Elisa Baker maintains her innocence in connection with the death of Zahra Baker, and she has cooperated with law enforcement. If the investigation determines that Elisa Baker is not involved in the death of Zahra Baker, she will not be charged. If, on the other hand, there is sufficient evidence to prove that Elisa Baker was involved in the death of Zahra Baker, the state is under no obligation to limit charges."
Capital Defender Robert Hurley removed Dubs as provisional counsel for Elisa Dec. 1, 2010, but she opted to continue assisting her client for free.
"I felt it necessary to stay on, even though it was pro bono work, until we reached a resolution on the agreement," she said Thursday. "I stayed on until I felt comfortable the terms of the agreement were met."
Elisa was indicted on a charge of second-degree murder by the Catawba County Grand Jury Monday, and Gaither announced the indictment during a press conference at Hickory Police Department that afternoon.
Since Monday's announcement, Gaither has been criticized by the public for the second-degree charge, with most people thinking that it is not stiff enough for the alleged crime Elisa is accused of committing.
"There's more transparency about this case than any I can remember," Gaither said. "There's not a single legal expert I know that disagrees with the charge of second-degree murder. It's been pretty offensive to me to have to deal with this kind of scrutiny."
He also indicated that the charges could change if the investigation turned up something new.
"There's nothing that precludes the state from pursuing first-degree murder charges through a superceding indictment if the investigation were to turn up additional evidence that supports the charge of first-degree murder," he told the News-Topic.
Dubs said she could not understand why Gaither would not talk about the agreement.
"I commend him for making the agreement to get her cooperation; I don't understand why he won't talk about it," Dubs said. "They were at a dead end. Because of (Elisa's) cooperation, they were able to put to rest what happened to Zahra. I think it was a good agreement. They were able to bring Zahra home like the community asked him to do. He did not give up much, but he got a lot in return."
Elisa is the only person charged with any crime related to Zahra's disappearance and death. Gaither even said during the press conference that "the state has no credible evidence to suggest anyone other than Elisa Baker is involved with the murder of Zahra Clare Baker."
Dubs, like many members of the public, is not so sure.
"I do not know why they have not charged Adam Baker with something," she said.
Adam has said all along he had nothing to do with his daughter's disappearance or death, and reiterated that during an interview with Charlotte television station WBTV earlier this week.
"I had no involvement with Zahra's death or dismemberment," Adam said.
Dubs said she is satisfied with the work she put into the case, allowing Elisa to avoid facing the death penalty, and she acknowledged that any further involvement on her part would come into play only if the agreement between the DA's Office and Elisa becomes an issue.
Scott Reilly has been appointed as Elisa's attorney for the second-degree murder charge. She remains jailed in the Catawba County Detention Center under a total bond of $307,700. Her next scheduled court appearance is during the April 4 administrative session of Catawba County Superior Court.


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Playwright Mia Chung wondered about North Korea when she was growing up in sunny San Diego, the daughter of parents who met after immigrating to the United States from South Korea. She accepted the image of North Korea that she says she got from them and from the media, "that it's a corrupt regime that is going to fall apart any second."
But, despite famine and repression, it never did.
Chung, 40, began to think more and more about North Korea in the summer of 2009, when the nation made headlines because two Asian-American journalists were jailed there for several months. She began to read and watch documentaries about the country, baffled by the degree to which North Koreans expressed belief in the regime and their future.
The journalists were released in August, and that same month authorities in Northern California freed Jaycee Dugard, who had been held hostage since 1991, when she was kidnapped at age 11.
"I was obsessed with that story as well. The idea that she could be in captivity for 18 years was, I think, stunning to the whole world . . . and she probably could have escaped earlier," says Chung, who lives in Providence. "This introduced me to Stockholm syndrome, and that's when it became for me a fitting paradigm for looking at North Korea."
The idea of captives identifying with their captors helped Chung, whose plays include "Exquisite Corpse" and "Page Not Found," understand the characters in her new play "You for Me for You," which is running through Feb. 16 at Company One.
In the play, sisters Junhee and Minjee (Jordan Clark and Giselle Ty) face shortages of food and medicine, among other hardships. They plan to flee North Korea, but one finds it difficult to break away from the rule of their "Dear Leader" and brave the crossing to a new life. In the sisters' debates over their future, Chung explores why that could be.
"My sense is that, in the media, North Koreans are portrayed as certainly brainwashed, but also sort of unthinking and programmed by the state, all of which I might agree with on some level, but there's a dehumanizing effect when the weirdness of them is put forward with little context," Chung says. "It was important for me for it to come from a North Korean perspective, but also to make those North Korean characters as accessible as possible and as empathetic as possible."
"One of the questions is, how do these people believe this?" says the play's director, M. Bevin O'Gara. "And what you come up with is, how could they not? It's all they've known. They have no connection to the outside world."
The play is hardly isolated, though, as the location bounces quickly back and forth between the hardships of North Korea and the baffling abundance of the United States.
"It definitely is focused on North Korea, or at least the North Korean perspective," Chung says. "But what I really was interested in was the contrast between the closed society and an open society . . . and what that transition would be like, coming from a closed society to the US."
Looking at this country through a recent arrival's eyes, she says, "maybe we can even see how strange we are here as well."
That means American women are represented in the play by a single fast-talker named Tiffany (Anna Waldron), who shows up in a variety of societal roles — a civil servant, a fast-food worker, a teacher of English as a second language — and whose words sound like gibberish to newcomers.
The play, O'Gara says, is "so much about our relationship to language and particularly immigrants' relationship to language."
Michael Tow plays the Smuggler, who leads the sisters to the border crossing. Johnnie McQuarley is the Man from the South, who changes one of the sisters' lives in America.
In the play's premiere last fall at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in Washington, D.C., the rapid-fire changes of time and place, jumping from Korea to New York and back, were accomplished with the help of a mechanical turntable as part of the stage, Chung says.
"It was beautiful, but even as it was happening, I kept thinking that I didn't write this intending that it could only be done with a huge budget and a lot of special effects," Chung says. "I imagined that it could always be done with theatricality and great performances."
Not to worry, because Company One doesn't have that huge budget. O'Gara says the production will do more with less, employing a set that is neutral and flexible enough to change instantaneously with lights and sound and a few props. The designers started, she says, by figuring out how to depict the border crossing itself, a passage that's as much metaphysical as geographical.
"The journey of this play is awakening Minjee and Junhee from this world, and the only way that can happen is through something magical," O'Gara says. "That is why this is the perfect story to be told in theater."Joel Brown can be reached at


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(From left to right): Tenzin Yangzom, TYC Information Secretary, Simon Sharpe, Second Secretary, Political Affairs, British High Commission and Tsewang Rigzin, TYC President. (Photo/TYC).
DHARAMSHALA, December 11:Representatives of some of the world's most powerful countries have assured Tibetans that they will continue to engage the Chinese government to try and visit Tibet.
Diplomats at various embassies in New Delhi told a delegation of the Tibetan Youth Congress, the largest pro-independence group in exile, that their Ambassadors in Beijing will continue with their efforts in gaining access to Tibetan areas.
Only two ambassadors, the Indian and the US, have been allowed to visit parts of Tibet following the escalation in the self-immolation protests in Tibet. Beijing unceremoniously turned down a request from Australia to visit Tibetan areas.
Coinciding with December 10 International Human Rights Day, TYC president Tsewang Rigzin and Information Secretary Tenzin Yangzom met with officials from the Delegation of the European Union, United States Embassy and British High Commission to "update on the escalating self-immolations inside Tibet and to lobby for immediate international intervention." The TYC delegation also met with embassy officials of Germany, Canada and others late last week.
The Tibetan delegation submitted letters addressed to the heads of the respective countries and to the Presidents of the European Commission, European Council, and European Parliament, the joint winners of this year's Nobel Peace Prize. DVDs containing pictures and videos of the self-immolation protests were also submitted.
In the letter, TYC appealed world leaders to stand with the Tibetan people and put pressure on the Chinese government to "immediately allow an international fact finding delegation in Tibet and dismantle the undeclared martial law situation inside Tibet."
Speaking to Phayul, Rigzin said the delegation "strongly appealed" for concrete support and expressed disappointment at the seeming indifference of the world towards the unprecedented increase in the Tibet self-immolation protests.
The delegation stressed that such attitude sends a "wrong message not just to the Tibetan people but to the world about non-violent struggle."
Since 2009, the ongoing wave of self-immolation protests in Tibet has witnessed 95 Tibetans set themselves on fire demanding freedom and the return of the Dalai Lama from exile. With the recent escalation in protests, as many as 33 Tibetans have self-immolated in the last 40 days alone. Despite strict orders by the Chinese authorities, thousands of Tibetans, including school students have carried out mass demonstrations against China's rule on a regular basis.
Rigzin told Phayul that the TYC delegation was assured by the officials that their respective Ambassadors in Beijing will engage with the Chinese government to visit Tibet and that the letters will be sent to their respective leaders and also to their embassies in Beijing.
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Not Just Ned: Irish in Australia series, 16 March 2011
Author Tom Keneally officially launches the National Museum's new exhibition about the Irish contribution to Australia. Includes a performance by the Alan Kelly Quartet and speeches by the Federal Arts Minister and new Irish children's minister.
Not Just Ned: Irish in Australia series
- Not Just Ned: what sort of history of the Irish in Australia?Pat Cooke, Shane Carmody, Vale Noone, Keira O'Toole and Orla Tunney
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- The National Museum of Ireland: an ideological historyPat Cooke, School of Art History and Cultural History, National University of Ireland
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Bulgaria and Hungary will each play their next World Cup qualifying matches on March 22 behind closed doors after racist incidents, among other infractions, marred previous encounters, FIFA said Tuesday.
World football's governing body said that during the Hungary-Israel game in August, "a group of supporters had chanted anti-Semitic chants, and displayed other offensive symbols", which the Hungarian federation acknowledged and regretted.
"After taking into account the full circumstances of the case, and in particular due to the gravity of the incidents," FIFA's disciplinary committee ruled that Hungary's match against Romania on March 22 would now "be played without spectators".
The committee also decided to impose a fine of 40,000 Swiss francs (33,000 euros) on the Hungarian federation.
Bulgaria's March 22 qualifier against Malta will also be behind closed doors after Denmark's Patrick Mtiliga was subjected to racist abuse by a group of Bulgarian fans in a match between the two countries in October.
"The offensive, denigratory and discriminatory actions of a small group of Bulgarian supporters was shameful and a clear breach of the FIFA disciplinary code," FIFA said, adding that two fireworks thrown onto the pitch were "also not tolerated".
The Bulgarian federation were fined 35,000 Swiss francs (29,000 euros).
FIFA added that both federations had been "warned to their future conduct".
"Should such incidents of a racist nature occur again, the FIFA disciplinary committee would be left with no other option than to impose harsher sanctions, which could go as far as forfeiting a match, a points deduction, or disqualification from a competition."
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State Auditor Stacey Pickering has returned 22 pieces of property and equipment improperly obtained by the City of Bassfield to Mississippi's Surplus Property Division.
Pickering says that items purchased through Surplus Property must be used for local and state government purposes.
Pickering says his office determined the items were purchased by Bassfield but were converted to personal use. The items included boats, travel trailers and heavy equipment valued at $309,228. He says the city paid $52,840 of the items.
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During the week that gave us Valentines Day, GHC shared the love amongst itself. Three days of events celebrated students, faculty and staff. Feb. 12 marked I Love GHC day. Students received their passports to love, visiting various departments for treats (provided by the GHC Foundation and individual departments) and stamps on their passports. Faculty and staff were provided with treats, too, thanks to the generosity of the Floyd campus Employee Ambassadors. Next was the Love Your Neighbor Volunteer Fair on Feb. 13. Students were able to speak with community partners and student organizations, and learn about local volunteer service and philanthropy. They wrote letters to veterans to thank them for their service, made and exchanged Valentines and donated hair to Locks of Love. That afternoon, everyone enjoyed an Im in the mood for popcorn break.
Finally on the big day (Valentines Day, Feb.14) everyone attended to more serious love in the form of a presentation by Susan Claxton. Women of Worth, a non-profit organization, informed students about the free medical resources available to them. The Sexual Assault Center of Rome was also on hand to provide information about its services, sexual bullying and healthy dating relationships.
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You have seen the commercials – we are a nation of heart burn, indigestion, and burning chest pain, all symptoms of acid reflux.
These symptoms sometimes send us running to the emergency room or doctor fearing a heart attack. You breathe a sigh of relief when the diagnosis comes back as 'just' indigestion.
Dr. Nirav R. Shah of Digestive Disease Associates explains, "Some 2 percent to 7 percent of the population suffers from Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). The risk factors include obesity, white male, smoking and others. This disorder occurs when stomach acid and enzymes cause injury to the esophageal lining and over time alter the esophageal cells causing inflammation and genetic changes. When the tissue is no longer esophageal tissue, it becomes intestinal tissue called Barrett's Esophagus."
Two local physicians trained in the latest technology and the specialized treatment for Barrett's are located at Berks Center for Digestive Health, 1011 Reed Ave., Suite 600, Wyomissing. Shah, M.D., M.P.H. and his colleague Anirudh Masand-Rai, M.D. suggest that if you have GERD symptoms more than three times a week, you should consult your physician. Listen to your body.
Dr. Shah continued, "Of the people who present with GERD, 5 percent to 10 percent will have Barrett's disease. It is found by undergoing a non-surgical procedure called an endoscopy preformed under mild sedation. Change in tissue color calls for a biopsy, the finding of intestinal cells in the esophagus confirms the diagnosis."
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Tenn. police: W.Va. man streaked at NASCAR event, had wild raccoon in his car
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Tennessee police said they got a shock on Saturday when they discovered a wild raccoon in the car of a Parkersburg man arrested for streaking at a NASCAR event.
Joshua Greene, 27, was naked when officers arrested him in a local subdivision in Bristol, Tenn., said Bristol Police Capt. Matt Austin.
Multiple witnesses called police after Greene went streaking through Pit Row Market, where concerts were being held for the weekend's races, Austin said.
During the investigation, officers were surprised when they saw that Greene was keeping a live raccoon confined in the backseat of his car, Austin said.
"He had it in a large plastic tote with some holes in it so it could breathe," he said. "I wouldn't let officers open the tote until the Wildlife Agency got there to tell us what to do with it."
The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency was called out to safely remove the wild animal.
Greene and his girlfriend found the raccoon in nearby Warriors' Path State Park and chased it into their car, Austin said.
"They had in their minds, for their reasons, that they were rescuing it," he said.
Police charged Greene with public intoxication and indecent exposure. The Wildlife Agency charged him with being in possession of a wild animal.
Greene was taken to the Sullivan County Jail $1,500 bail. He was released Sunday, a Circuit Court clerk said.
Guess that wasnt water (or even gin) he was drinking out of that mason jar?Klaatu barada nikto
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Threshers rout Stone Crabs
CLEARWATER — The Charlotte Stone Crabs jumped to an early lead against the Threshers on Saturday at Bright House Field, but it was Clearwater that had the last laugh in a 10-4 victory.
The Stone Crabs struck first with three runs in the second inning. Ryan Brett's single with the bases loaded and no outs scored Jeff Malm and Willie Argo. Kes Carter, who had walked to load the bases, scored on a throwing error as the Crabs took a 3-0 lead.


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EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – In the coming weeks, contractors working for Xcel Energy will begin installing warning sirens along the lower Red Cedar River in Dunn County. The sirens would be used to quickly and safely alert nearby public if there was a catastrophic failure at one of the company's hydroelectric dams that caused water to rise rapidly downstream. Xcel Energy operates 19 hydroelectric plants in Wisconsin with a total generating capacity of about 260 megawatts.
"Our detailed emergency planning process ensures that we evaluate many different scenarios," said Matt Miller, coordinator, Emergency Action Planning. "Following a routine evaluation of our emergency procedures, we identified several opportunities to improve notification response times for downstream residents. While a major dam failure is unlikely, today's technology allows us to install sirens that include a distinct tone and voice message that can quickly and safely warn residents downstream of our hydroelectric facilities."
The solar-powered warning sirens will be affixed to 55-foot poles and installed in two locations downstream of Xcel Energy's Menomonie Hydroelectric Project on the lower Red Cedar River. The sirens can be activated from the hydroelectric plants or remotely from the company's 24-hour Control Center. The sirens will be spaced to maximize the audible area and will be tested on the first Monday of each month beginning early next year.
Testing sequence:
1.Whoop tone for 30 seconds.
2."Attention! This is a test of the dam failure warning system. This is only a test. If this was an actual emergency you would receive instructions. This is only a test."
3.Post Test Message: "This has been a test of the dam failure warning system. This was only a test."
In the event of a dam failure, the sequence would be:
1.Whoop tone for 10 seconds.
2."Attention! An upstream dam has failed. Remain calm and seek higher ground immediately. Expect rapidly rising waters. Please evacuate to a safe area immediately!" (repeat three times with five second delay between messages).
3.Whoop tone for 60 seconds.
4.Repeat for 30 minutes or until warning is cancelled.
In October, Xcel Energy installed warning sirens along the Namekagon River in Washburn County. The three sirens are located downstream of the Trego Hydroelectric Project. Also in December 2011, nine sirens were installed at locations between Cornell and Eau Claire to provide a warning system for those downstream of the lower Chippewa River hydro facilities.
Xcel Energy will be distributing information to local and county officials as well as local residents regarding the new warning sirens. Customers who have questions regarding the new sirens are asked to contact Xcel Energy's Customer Contact Center at 1-800-895-4999.


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Data Access Objects (DAOs):
- can be used in a large percentage of applications - anywhere data storage is required.
- hide all details of data storage from the rest of the application.
- act as an intermediary between your application and the database. They move data back and forth between Java objects and database records.
- allow ripple effects from possible changes to the persistence mechanism to be confined to a specific area.
For simple DAOs, various implementation styles are possible:
Style 1 - instance methods
MessageDAO dao = new MessageDAO();
List<Message> messages = dao.fetchRecentMessages();
This is the recommended style. Create an ordinary object in the usual way, and use its services.
Style 2 - variation on Style 1
List<Message> messages = new MessageDAO().fetchRecentMessages();
The DAO is created and used on the same line. This style seems a bit less legible than Style 1.
Style 3 - static methods
List<Message> messages = MessageDAO.fetchRecentMessages();
Probably the least desirable. One must exercise care that such classes are thread-safe. This issue usually doesn't exist in Styles 1 and 2, if the DAO has no static members, is short-lived, and there is no possibility of sharing data between threads.
Full DAO Design Pattern
It's common to describe Data Access Objects as an extended design pattern. That design pattern centers on allowing wholesale changes to a datastore mechanism - for example, changing from a relational database to using the file system, or some other means of data storage. It is only required when multiple storage mechanisms must coexist during production, or when the details of how data is to be stored is decided during deployment.
It must be stressed that most applications do not need the full DAO design pattern
as usually described. Most business applications are deployed with
a very particular database in mind. In such cases, allowing a deployer
to configure various types of datastore seems entirely superfluous.
If your application won't benefit from it, then the full DAO pattern is clearly of dubious benefit.
Rather, implementing each DAO as a single, ordinary class seems more appropriate and effective.
Keep SQL out of code
Minimize ripple effects
Abstract Factory
Model Objects
Try pseudo-persistence for mock ups


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Gallery: Check Out Lily Allen's New Clothing Line
British pop star-in-retirement Lily Allen has unveiled her new vintage-inspired clothing line, Lucy In Disguise, and it's predictably cute and colorful. It especially appeals to a lazy dresser such as myself, because each of the eighteen pieces is either a dress or a jumpsuit. "We wanted to create vintage styles with more contemporary, clean lines," Allen told Vogue.com. "I've always been into vintage – before I became a pop star it was all I ever wore." Some of the pieces look a little too costume-y for me (think the more cosplay-veering stuff you find on TrashyDiva.com), but others are totally fun and wearable. Also, I thought two of them were bathing suits. Has Lily Allen found her calling in fashion, or should she go back to doing what most people think she does best? Peruse the collection and decide for yourself.
(Images via Vogue UK)


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Grant to UH aims at improving health care for Pacific IslandersUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
John A. Burns School of Medicine
The University of Hawaii's John A. Burns School of Medicine is receiving a federal grant of $400,000 to continue an interdisciplinary project aimed at improving the training of health care workers in the Pacific Islands, utilizing distance-education technologies where feasible.
A major UH Manoa partner participating in the four-year, $1.6 million project is PEACESAT, which enables the UH Medical School to coordinate long-distance health training via satellite and other distance-education technologies.
The U.S. Health Resources Service Administration award was made available in direct response to advocacy and the Institute of Medicine Report detailing great disparities in availability of continuing education for the full spectrum of the health workforce in the U.S. Associated Pacific Island entities.
Detailed needs assessments were performed in the first year of the project which showed a general lack of infrastructure to support continuing education opportunities for nursing and allied health and even for physicians, especially those in the Freely Associated States.
"We've worked collaboratively with other national and international partners who currently provide educational opportunities for the health workforce in the region and have leveraged resources to help the jurisdictions move toward developing sustainable continuing education programs, including developing local and regional expertise. There remain great disparities in the amount of money spent toward educating the health workforce in the FAS or territories, compared to the United States," says Principal Investigator Neal Palafox, MD, MPH and Project Director Lee Buenconsejo-Lum, MD of the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health.
Pacific Islanders suffer disproportionately high rates of diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular disease and oral health problems and have life expectancies as much as 12 years lower than U.S. life expectancies.
The federally funded project covers the Territories of American Samoa and Guam, Commonwealth of Northern Marianas, and the Federated States Micronesia, Republic of Palau, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands.


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Little Richard Bestowed Honorary Degree at Mercer Univ. | News
Richard Penniman, known around the world as Little Richard, rolled into Mercer University to celebrate graduation and to be celebrated.
Born in Macon, the bedazzled singer was in town to be honored with a a Doctor in Humanities.
Dressed in regal blue, joined about 500 Mercer students waiting to claim their own diplomas.
A short video documenting his success introduced the singer.
Afterwards he was bestowed the honorary degree and was unavailable to comment.


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Martha The Hero Maker / Starstruck Martha
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Martha the Hero Maker - Martha has an idea for a thrilling adventure story, so Truman, T.D., and Helen decide to draw it for her. Much to Martha's dismay, they all add their own special touches, including peanut butter, a ground squirrel, and the Incredible Exo-Skeleton-of-Wow. But when life imitates art, things get a little too exciting! Vocabulary - (E) thrill(ing), hero, villain, astonish, humongous (I) boring, exciting, adventure, incredible, amazing, dull. Starstruck Martha - Martha is thrilled when she hears Courageous Collie Carlo is coming to town. But when Martha unexpectedly reveals how uncourageous Carlo really is, she has to help him save his reputation or Carlo's TV career could be history. Vocabulary - (E) ecstatic, embarrass, enthusiastic, eager, reputation (I) fear, excited, glad, upset, fan.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 18th Sep 2005 21:04 UTC
"From its humble origins in the 'hacker' culture of US computer science laboratories in the 1970s, open source software has grown to become arguably the most influential and talked about phenomenon to hit the computer industry since the invention of the microprocessor. Many of the proponents of OSS seem to have been captivated by the idea of a free lunch and may have failed to consider the longer-term effect of OSS on our fragile software ecosystem. Let us examine some of the issues surrounding OSS that aren't normally aired in public."
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by bornagainenguin on Mon 19th Sep 2005 04:54 UTC in reply to "bsd better"
I don't know that I'd agree that the BSD process is necessarily 'better' though I will say its done according to this guy's idea of 'professional' and 'sound with respect to "engineering" principles.' Hmmm...from what I read of this rant, anything that would read as 'good' according to this guy's principles should raise a warning flag, given how clueless he seems to be...


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BBC loves Islam...and hates Christianity....
This is from a former BBC broadcaster...
One of Radio 2's most popular religious presenters has launched a stinging attack on the BBC suggesting the broadcaster is biased against Christianity.
Don Maclean, 66, who hosted Good Morning Sunday for 16 years, said the broadcaster was 'keen' on programmes that attack the Christian church.
He said programming chiefs were keen to take a 'negative angle at every opportunity' in a way they do not with other faiths like Islam.
Mr Maclean said programmes about Anglicanism on the BBC always discuss gay clergy and for Catholicism they always mention paedophiles.
The presenter, who was replaced on the Radio 2 show in 2006 by Aled Jones, claimed the broadcaster was trying to 'secularise the country'.
He admitted that he was dismayed that the BBC recently appointed Aaqil Ahmed, a Muslim, as its new head of religious programming.
Mr Maclean, who was replaced by Aled Jones on the show, also accused the BBC of ageism saying that if you are over 60 and have not died 'they get upset'.
His comments come amid claims that the broadcaster is facing a confrontation with the Church of England over its recent appointment of Ahmed.
Concerns over the TV executive, who was poached from Channel 4, are set to be raised in a church document to be published today, according to reports.
It is suggested that the document will call his appointment to the BBC 'worrying' and accuses the corporation of treating religion like a 'freak show'.
Mr Maclean said: 'They're keen on Islam, they're keen on programmes that attack the Christian church.
'I know there are things that need to be brought forward, but you don't see any programmes on Anglicanism that don't talk about homosexual clergy and you don't see anything on Roman Catholicism that don't talk about paedophiles.
'They seem to take the negative angle every time. They don't do that if they're doing programmes on Islam. Programmes on Islam are always supportive.


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New Jersey
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OWASP New Jersey
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Software Security Training
When: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 - Thursday, March 14, 2013 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Eastern Time Zone
Where: Hotel Pennsylvania 401 7th Avenue Between 32nd and 33rd Streets New York, New York 10001
Application Cryptanalysis Made Easy (1 Day Training)
Use of cryptography permeates today's computing infrastructures. While few programmers attempt to implement sophisticated cryptosystems, many unwittingly develop simple protocols in every day applications without adequate knowledge of how cryptographic primitives should be combined. In this training we explore several techniques for analyzing and breaking the kinds of cryptographic protocols which are commonly found in modern applications.
Attendees will first be presented with a brief review of cryptographic primitives and their uses, followed by an introduction of several techniques to analyze cryptographic systems in a black-box manner. In each case, the discussion will describe how programmers can avoid making the common mistakes that allow these attacks to succeed.
Register Online to Secure Your Seat http://www.cvent.com/d/3cq429 Space is Limited! Course syllabus: https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0B-IjCXl19haHSFR6NXJTdk5uTE0/edit
Hack Your Own Code: Advanced Training for Developers (2 Day Training Course)
This class provides developers an exciting chance to hone their programming skills while also learning to exploit common web vulnerabilities. Unlike most training, this will not use static demos based on pre-canned source code. Students will program small parts of a larger application during the class's lab periods. After the component has been written, students will review the code for the vulnerability being focused on in the lab. Vulnerable code will be run on a class-accessible server while the instructor guides students through exploiting the vulnerabilities. After the vulnerability is exploited, students will be shown how their own code can be fixed (if it was vulnerable) and the best way to prevent the flaw in the first place.
This full process will be performed for all major code vulnerabilities in the OWASP Top Ten. Exploitation and patching labs (but not programming) will be held for other vulnerabilities, including logic flaws that are hard to represent on the Top Ten. Several labs will feature prizes for the students that first find or exploit the targeted vulnerability. Environments and examples will be setup for all major platforms requested by pre-registered students. Students should bring a laptop with them, preferably with VMWare Player already installed. A virtual machine based on the OWASP Live Boot CD will be provided for lab work. The virtual machine will include development tools, but students should feel free to bring their favorite programs too.
Register Online to Secure Your Seat http://www.cvent.com/d/3cq429 Space is Limited! Course syllabus: https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0B-IjCXl19haHSFR6NXJTdk5uTE0/edit
Securing Mobile Devices and Applications (2 Day Training Course)
Mobile applications enable new threats and attacks which introduce significant risks to the enterprise, and many custom applications contain significant vulnerabilities that are unknown to the team that developed them. Considering the number of mobile applications available in the Google Play and Apple AppStore is nearing 1.5 million and vulnerabilities are skyrocketing it is imperative to perform typical application security practices. But, how is mobile different?
This two-day, hands-on course enables students to understand how easily mobile devices and applications can be successfully attacked. They will learn how to identify, avoid and remediate common vulnerabilities by walking through a threat analysis and learning critical security areas such as those identified in the OWASP Top Ten Mobile Risks and Controls. Using state-of-the-art testing tools, students will learn how to secure mobile devices across the enterprise. Students will be able to choose from iOS or Android hands-on labs throughout the course, while they learn how easily the bad guy can compromise applications and the data they contain.
Register Online to Secure Your Seat http://www.cvent.com/d/3cq429 Space is Limited! Course syllabus: https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0B-IjCXl19haHSFR6NXJTdk5uTE0/edit
1 Day Course: $750 / 2 Day Course: $1,500
Who are the active chapter members that are helping to build a robust chapter in 2012?
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Moderator: Cartographers
Huegelkoenig wrote:well, i know that bazillion of hours were already played on this map, while i am just in the middle of my first game on this map
but i have to "complain" about a thing
i really don't like the fact, that A1 <-> L1 and A2 <-> L2 (where " -> " stands for "can bombard")
i think it would be much more fun, if those planes could bombard eachother crisscross: A1 -> L2, L2 -> A2, A2 -> L1, L1 -> A1
Huegelkoenig wrote:^^ wait! i didnt say anything about "planes should be bombard only"
even though i have to admit, when i first played this map, i thought planes would be bombard only, which led to a major mistake in my gameplan
i realize that, if you would turn those planes into "bombard only"-planes, the whole gameplay of this map would change.
thats not what i intended
what i "complained" about was:
at the moment we have:
A1 can bombard L1, L1 can bombard A1
A2 can bombard L2, L2 can bombard A2
why not mix it up:
A1 can bombard L2, L2 can bombard A2
A2 can bombard L1, L1 can bombard A1
(simply turn the green bomb at L2 into white, and the white bomb at L1 into green and adjust the xml)
(thats what i called "criss-cross-bombing")
effectively this would mean:
while in a game with trench off this would only lead to minor changes not really affecting the gameplay we have now (except for ongoing games, but its still beta).
but in a game with trench on, after using up your troops while bombarding another plane, you can't be sure if you will still hold "your" plane next turn.
get what i mean?
Coors1 wrote:This game will never end in trench mode, which I happened to make by mistake, troops can never make it across no-mans land they always will get naturalized.
So game can never end.
Armandolas wrote:on 1vs1 they do right?
Armandolas wrote:what i know is:
1vs1 is one player at each side
top of the map player starts 1st and wears red
the map is not necessarly unfair.what makes it unfair in 1vs1 is the same as most of 1vs1 games.Player who starts get advantage
Flapcake wrote:Players do not start on one side only, so its not a problem.
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marielle wrote:60 days... just 2 months left!!!!!
I can't wait too, but I can't believe this is it-the last one . Once the DVD comes out, there will be nothing left to look forward to. The best we can hope for is that MS gets finished, or perhaps Stephenie will take the characters into the future with a new book. I'm feeling bittersweet about the whole thing.


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In a panelled reception room at the Chinese embassy in Wellington, a young official extends her arm to the banquet table and urges you to eat.
Try it, she insists. This is the best Chinese restaurant in town.
The occasion is a gathering of middle-ranked Chinese leaders, intent on furthering diplomatic ties with New Zealand.
The hostess is the new face of Chinese diplomacy here. Like many of her colleagues, she is young, attractive, smart — and far less inclined to stand on ceremony than her predecessors.
When the sale of a chain of dairy farms to China's Shanghai Pengxin company sparked a backlash against Chinese direct investment in New Zealand, it was these young "ambassadors" who were knocking on the media's door, wanting to put their government's case.
Six of them crowded into the Fairfax office at Parliament in Wellington one day, briefing papers balanced on their knees as they squeezed themselves into every spare seat. They expressed confusion and frustration at the widespread fear of Chinese money and expertise.
This is the dilemma of China's rising star in the Pacific and New Zealand. Politically, the leaders of the Pacific and China have never been closer. And economically, China's interest in the region is a boon – not just for small nations, which have received hundreds of millions of dollars in no-strings-attached aid and soft loans – but for New Zealand. A free-trade agreement has seen China overtake the United States as New Zealand's second-largest export market, behind Australia.
But China has been forced to make its diplomacy more visible and vocal, to demystify its growing presence in the region and overcome fears of economic domination.
In a paper for Wellington's Centre for Strategic Studies, former diplomat Chris Elder and defence analyst Robert Ayson acknowledge that China's presence in the South Pacific is "now pervasive" and likely to continue to grow.
"While China has diplomatic relations with just eight of the island countries belonging to the Pacific Islands Forum, it already has more diplomats posted in the South Pacific than New Zealand and Australia combined," they write.
But this increased interest and diplomacy in the region has caused friction.
When China's second-ranked leader, Wu Bangguo, visited Fiji recently, he seemingly endorsed the military government of Commodore Frank Bainimarama and took a swipe at the bullying of strong countries over small or weak ones, in an apparent reference to New Zealand and Australian sanctions against the country after the 2006 coup. It coincided with China handing over a $200 million concessional loan for road construction.
New Zealand Foreign Minster Murray McCully is dismissive of the Wu incident and says he was "not particularly concerned" by the comments.
But Michael Powles, a former diplomat and ambassador to China, says the incident ruffled New Zealand and Australian feathers.
"But the Chinese play the [diplomacy] game like other people; they have no intention of trying to interfere in Fiji's affairs, so why not try to make some political capital out of it? It was annoying from our point of view, but there's no question of them trying to protect Bainimarama. It's just that they won't join forces with those who want to cause Bainimarama trouble."
What Wu's visit also highlighted, however, was the wider diplomatic tussle going on in the South Pacific, between the United States and China.
A conga-line of high-ranking officials from both the US and China have visited the region in recent years.
In September, Hillary Clinton became the first US secretary of state to attend the Pacific Islands Forum in the Cook Islands.
Her attendance was interpreted as a response to US fears of being outflanked by China in the region after a decade of American attention being focused elsewhere; in particular, in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Despite Ms Clinton's assurances at the forum that the Pacific was "big enough for all of us", America's recent re-balancing of military forces in the Asia Pacific has been widely read as a containment strategy against China.
Ayson says New Zealand and the wider South Pacific are being courted by both China and the US and "it's a matter of how we play that game skilfully".
"Everybody in the region is walking a tight-rope, because you've got this situation where pretty much everybody's number-one or number-two trading partner is now China, and pretty much everybody is increasing their security relations with the US."
In New Zealand's case, striking that balance has meant initiating military contacts with China, at the same time as it rapidly escalates defence ties with the US.
Chinese warships have visited New Zealand ports, while US warships still refuse to enter – a hangover from America's decades-old objection to New Zealand's nuclear-free legislation.
But Wellington academic and China expert Marc Lanteigne says for all that America's renewed focus on the Pacific is a response to China's rising influence, "China's overall presence in the Pacific is still very limited".
Lanteigne says that until 2008, China's interest in the region was still largely focused on the bitter turf war with Taiwan over diplomatic recognition.
That turf war played out with Pacific leaders being showered with aid promises and feted with pomp and ceremony in Beijing and Taipei in return for their votes on international bodies.
Powles says it was a source of tension with New Zealand and the Pacific's biggest aid donor, Australia.
"There was a lot of bribery actually, chequebook diplomacy," Powles says. "That's stopped, hopefully for good, not because Australia and New Zealand made a big fuss, which they did, but because relations between China and Taiwan got a whole lot better, with the change of government in Taiwan."
But while the heat has gone out of the issue, the Pacific's 14 votes at bodies such as the UN are still handy to have, Powles says.
"It's quite significant. It means that in the United Nations context, so long as the Pacific Island countries stick together, they are quite formidable. When I was at the UN we used to joke that the Pacific Island countries were stronger and more powerful than the European Union and ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations)."
But Powles says the reasons for China seeking greater reach in the Pacific are broader and more opaque than that.
"From China's point of view, the Pacific is very much part of the Asia Pacific region they are in, and have been in for thousands of years, and they expect to play a major role," says Powles. "It's important to them; they want to be treated like a great power. There is a lot of prestige in that, and being treated right is important to China."
Tracy Watkins is Fairfax New Zealand's political editor.


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Serves 8
1kg medium sized prawns, peeled and cleaned but with the tails intact
3 tsp fresh green chilli, finely chopped
1 tsp lemongrass, minced
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 tsp ginger, minced
1/2 cup white wine
1 Tbsp rice bran or vegetable oil
1 tsp brown sugar
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
150g rocket
3 egg yolks
2 tsp wasabi
1 garlic clove, minced
1 tsp salt
2/3 cup light olive oil
3/4 cup creme fraiche
Lime juice to taste and lime or lemon wedges to serve
1 Combine the prawns with all the ingredients. Mix well then cover and refrigerate for a minimum of 1 hour.
2 To make the mayo; bring a small saucepan of water to a boil. Add the rocket. After 30 seconds drain and put into iced water. When cold, drain again, pat dry and chop finely.
3 Put the egg yolks into a food processer with the wasabi, garlic and salt. With the motor running, gradually pour the oil in a thin stream until the mixture has thickened. Remove and stir in the rocket, creme fraiche and lime juice.
4 Remove the prawns from the marinade. Heat a grill until hot. Brush with oil and grill the prawns on both sides until lightly charred. Serve piled on a platter with lime or lemon wedges, a bowl of rocket mayo and plenty of napkins.