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When a tornado, flood or other catastrophe strikes, residents seek immediate emergency aid and the rapid resumption of ongoing government services. Emergency management officials must implement plans that meet the most pressing demands, with assistance from environmental protection, fire, health, law enforcement and other public agencies and departments, including those for transportation and schools.
During an emergency situation, generators provide electricity, if necessary, to power IT hardware. Backup files archived by an offsite data storage vendor provide access to critical information if it cannot be retrieved from local servers. IT disaster recovery plans - devised as part of general IT control planning - help public leaders quickly address citizen needs when catastrophes occur.
General IT controls are the foundational controls within an organization that cover computing, communication and security concerns. Perhaps the greatest measure of their effectiveness is that they typically do not call attention to themselves when functioning properly. Controls enable various agencies, departments and other public-sector organizations to concentrate solely on providing necessary services while also promoting confidence and trust among constituents.
Benefits of General IT Controls
Effective general IT controls help the public sector operate as efficiently and productively as possible. They automate processes that had been performed manually, accommodating larger workloads without hiring additional personnel.
General IT controls help maintain the balance between accessibility and security. They control make it possible, for example, to archive meeting minutes and other documents online for 24/7 public review. Such controls also keep Social Security numbers, college transcripts, health-care treatment records and other personal information safe from unauthorized use.
Public-sector entities face considerable fiduciary responsibilities and greater media scrutiny than their private-sector counterparts. The damage that follows disclosure of a costly and poorly planned IT system migration or a potential incident of embezzlement is severe and difficult to overcome. General IT controls uphold fiduciary standards by deterring ill-advised or illegal activities. Preventive measures provide the greatest protection against reputational risks.
In all that they do, general IT controls enable public-sector leaders to serve their constituents more effectively and continually enhance trust among all stakeholders.
Elements of IT Controls
IT infrastructure provides the foundation for the applications and automated processes used by various public-sector functions. That infrastructure is composed of three layers: databases and the database management system, the operating system and the network. The applications reside atop the databases and database management system, with the operating system and the network layers serving as the base of that infrastructure.
General IT controls support that infrastructure. System controls, for example, support application controls used for protective services or regulatory oversight processes. Controls for the database management system and crucial databases ensure the integrity of data exported to applications for generating property tax assessments, motor vehicle registration renewal notices and water utility bills.
General IT controls also provide critical deterrents against improper activities. Gaining unauthorized entry into the IT system or a particular application is a common first step for individuals intent on committing fraud or identity theft. Network access controls, change management policies and other general IT controls offer continual defense against these problems.
Determining Scope
Public entities vary in the specific technologies they deploy and the resources they can commit to general IT controls. Applying effective oversight, however, is more dependent on identifying and addressing specific concerns than on funding or staffing levels. Mapping the processes involved in various functions illustrates areas of dependence on the IT infrastructure and specific need for general IT controls.
The COBIT (Control Objectives for Information and related Technology) and ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) frameworks provide CIOs the direction they need for devising effective general IT controls. Both are open, customizable frameworks that enable technology departments to address specific IT control issues.
General IT controls may include manual and automated processes. Specific controls, on the other hand, may include preventative measures such as access restrictions based on passwords, or detective measures such as reviewing logs of actual users to determine whether access authorizations were properly granted and documented.
This type of IT oversight requires a balance of preventive and detective controls. Preventive controls function as deterrents and safeguards while detective controls monitor the effectiveness of preventive controls and highlight vulnerabilities.
Crucial Areas Addressed
Elected officials and other public leaders establish an environment conducive to the effectiveness of general IT control by emphasizing the importance of ethical behavior and adhering to control procedures and standards. Through continual communication, leaders enable individuals to recognize the importance of general IT controls and their relationship to public service.
Technology planning acknowledges that all IT elements, including applications, workstations, servers, routers or other network components, need periodic major upgrades or replacements to promote efficiency and sustain data integration and interoperability with public-sector entities.
That planning also acknowledges public organizations operate from annual budgets, and that funds for upgrades and replacements must be secured within yearly spending constraints.
Technology planning is typically based on a three-year cycle, with major upgrades or replacement slated on that timeline. Planning allows technology managers and CIOs to determine which IT items require funding for upgrades or replacement in a given year.
The scope of IT plans can vary immensely. A state university system, for example, may require IT infrastructure comparable in size and cost to that used by a massive corporation. A rural public library serving only several thousand residents has far less expansive IT needs. Technology planning principles and methodology are scaled to meet those diverse needs and budgetary limitations.
Monitoring of general IT controls is crucial. An IT department should test, document and identify key controls throughout the year. Key general IT control areas include:
Principles for Effective IT Controls
The public CIO is responsible for deploying and overseeing the maintenance of general IT controls. Many of those principles apply to balancing individual IT needs against needs to guard against unauthorized access, conflicts of interest and opportunities for fraud.
Maintaining that balance starts with determining roles, rights and duties for each employee. An individual's role or responsibilities determine what rights or privileges that person needs to access various aspects of the IT system. Duties define the particular tasks or activities an individual performs and include the functions that person performs within an application, database or other IT component.
User provisioning assigns a profile to each employee that encompasses that person's roles, rights and duties as they relate to work responsibilities and required IT access needs. The concept of least privilege is incorporated into the user provision. Least privilege allots individual access to only the IT systems required by work duties.
Based on passwords and login, an active or LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) directory automatically maintains employee groupings and the rights and levels of privilege assigned to each individual. The directory grants or rejects access attempts based on the login and directory information.
Separation of duties divides tasks that are an inherent conflict of interest for a department or individual. Separation is a crucial control for reducing errors and preventing fraud. For example, building sites should be inspected for construction code compliance by someone other than the person who approved the building permits. Monthly bank account statements for an adult educational program need to be reviewed and reconciled by someone who does not have any responsibilities for receiving or making payments from that account. All defined separations of duties need to be reflected in IT directories and access restrictions.
Applications depend on the operating system for user accessibility, functionality and reliability. The operating system transmits vast amounts of critical data and promotes IT integration and interoperability. It also provides the point of entry for network users, and secure login or password policies are crucial. Passwords should require a combination of letters and numbers that cannot be guessed easily. Passwords should be changed regularly too. Automatic logoff features also deter someone from inappropriately using a laptop computer or workstation left unattended for a few minutes.
Firewalls regulate what data can enter the network from external sources. General IT controls must ensure remote access is limited to authorized users, that no "backdoors" exist for inappropriately accessing the network, and that antivirus software provides adequate protection. Outbound transmissions require secure data encryption.
IT infrastructure exists in a dynamic environment and general IT controls require attention year-round. User provisions and related directories must be changed whenever a worker's responsibilities change. Within a state attorney general's office, for example, access to investigation data must be continually restricted to employees directly involved in a particular investigation. To prevent unauthorized use and potential fraud, all former employees' passwords and related access rights must be revoked as soon as they leave.
Servers, operating systems and applications require periodic patches, service packs and enhancements. Backup and recovery functions are vital to ensure critical data is accurate and available. Change management controls must assure modifications are made promptly, configured properly and tested to maintain and protect the network.
New viruses and other security threats emerge throughout the year, and firewalls and antivirus programs need to be checked regularly for vulnerabilities. System testing should encompass new systems and enhancements. Any incidents that disrupt or threaten IT operations require immediate response, along with remediation and retesting. All control activities require documentation.


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- Boulder music venues: Where to catch live music without ever getting into a car
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Denver's a whole 'nother music scene, and it's worth the ride to check out all the local bands and national acts playing the big city.
Here's the must-see list of Denver music venues:
Bluebird Theater: 3317 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-377-1666. The intimate-sized room brings in electro, folk, jam, classic acts, alternative rock, indie rock and dub shows.
Cervantes/The Other Side: 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772. The dual venues bring in hip-hop, electronic, reggae and jam bands.
Fillmore Auditorium: 1510 Clarkson St., Denver, 1-800-745-3000. This is the place where the big boys play Denver. The venue books hip-hop, rock, indie rock, metal, electronic pop and more.
Gothic Theatre: 3263 S. Broadway, Denver, 303-788-0984. The indie operating Gothic hosts rock, alternative, indie rock, pop and acoustic acts.
hi-dive: 7 S. Broadway, Denver, 720-570-4500. The hi-dive is one of Denver's favorite places to check out indie rock and alt-folk acts.
Larimer Lounge: 2721 Larimer St., Denver, 303-291-1007. The lounge brings in breaking and established indie rock, indie pop and alternative rock bands.
Marquis Theater/Summit Music Hall: The Marquis is located at 2009 Larimer St., and the Summit Music Hall's located at 1902 Blake St. Both venues are owned and operated by SodaJerk Presents. That means the clubs specialize in indie and alternative rock acts -- with occasional classic rock bands thrown in for good measure.
Ogden Theatre: 935 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 1-800-745-3000. The Ogden brings in major acts that want to play smaller rooms. The music hits rock, blues, pop, indie rock, metal, country and electronic modes.
Oriental Theater: 4335 W 44th Ave., Denver, 720-420-0030. The Oriental brings in a little bit of everything. You can catch DJ's, rock, acoustic, hip-hop and comedy nights.
Quixote's: 2151 Lawrence St., Denver, 303-366-6492. Quixote's is the ultimate jamsters bar and the venue features jam, reggae, zydeco and blues bands.
Fort Collins
It's a bit of a drive up to Fort Collins, but the town is one of Colorado's thriving music centers.
Here are a few clubs that attracts Boulder music fans:
Aggie Theatre: 204 S. College Ave., 970-482-8300. The Aggie primarily hosts national bands. The Fort Collins' venue brings in hip-hop, dub, electronic, indie rock and rock acts.
Avogadro's Number: 605 S. Mason St., 970-493-5555. This venue is part restaurant and part concert hall. Avogadro's caters to a bluegrass, folk, jazz and reggae crowd.
Hodi's Half Note: 167 N. College Ave., 970-472-2034. The Half Note plays host to the funk, ska, jam and reggae crowd.

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FORT MYERS, Fla. – Its exterior is futuristic, to be sure, with its exotic white roof structures designed to resemble the wings of seagulls – think the old DeLorean automobiles with gull-wing flip-up doors – that inhabit the beaches of the Gulf of Mexico a good 18 miles to the west.
Its interior, however, is a nice mix of new and old, with plenty of patronage offered to Boston's venerable Fenway Park. It is this combination of these two esthetic realities that makes JetBlue Park – dubbed affectionately and not lacking historical basis as "Fenway South" – a true Lee County (Fla.) baseball gem in an area already bursting at the seams with quality baseball facilities.
The new spring training home of the Boston Red Sox opened for its first spring season earlier this month to rave reviews. Every Red Sox Grapefruit League game is already a sellout at the 11,000-seat main stadium. The complex also includes six other full-size practice and training fields.
Pablo Adorno is a Lee County Parks and Recreation senior supervisor and the designated JetBlue Park stadium manager. He has been overseeing the construction of the playing fields and by all accounts they are of Major League quality.
"So far so good," Adorno said Friday afternoon before the home-standing Red Sox dropped a 7-4 Grapefruit League decision to the Pittsburgh Pirates in a game delayed 20 minutes by rain. "We're starting to get some of the kinks out from the first couple of games and the place is phenomenal."
Adorno said work continued on the complex right up until opening day (March 3) and work remains ongoing at the complex.
"We took over the fields in mid-December and I've had staff our here since then, and that helped us get ready field-wise," he said, adding that final cost came in close to the budgeted $78 million for the project.
The main stadium is certainly appealing to the eye both inside and out. JetBlue Park's modern exterior gives way to a playing field constructed with Fenway Park in mind, right down to its dimensions and its own version of the legendary "Green Monster."
JetBlue's playing field dimensions are identical to historic Fenway's – 310-feet down the left-field line, 379 into left-center, 420 to dead center, 380 to the right-field bullpen areas and 302 to the right-field foul pole.
And then there is the new "Monster." Standing 43-feet tall, compared to its 37-foot counterpart in Boston, the left-field blockade offers reserved seating both on top of and behind the wall and features a manual scoreboard that served Fenway for more than 30 years and was removed in 1994.
The Red Sox moved to this new complex from its previous spring training homes at City of Palms Park and the Boston Red Sox Player Development 5-Plex, both located within a couple of miles of each other near Fort Myers' historic downtown district.
Fort Myers' official nickname is "City of Palms" and city officials planted hundreds of palm trees around City of Palms Park to enhance its neighborhood's appearance. Because the climate is different in the southeast corner of Lee County where JetBlue Park was built – about 5 degrees cooler on average according to at least one online account – palm trees are few and far between at JetBlue.
Adorno said City of Palms and the 5-Plex will continue to host amateur and college events, including those ran by Perfect Game. COP, the 5-Plex, Terry Park and the Lee County Sports Complex with Hammond Stadium – the spring training home of the Minnesota Twins – give Lee County and the Fort Myers community MLB-quality baseball venues that are the envy of the nation.
"I think it adds another jewel to baseball in Fort Myers," Adorno said of JetBlue. "We have some great facilities and this one kind of puts us over the top. It added to the inventory of fields we can add to events like Perfect Game and other amateur sports, which to me is a bigger part of this than spring training. Spring training is great but we will use this during the offseason and it's a huge selling point on our end.
"We're looking at some dates for Perfect Game already," he continued. "This is part of the inventory they will use; they will use this facility."


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Australian football has enjoyed a boom period in recent years with the nation's women footballers creating their own niche by achieving breakthrough success.
Under former coach Tom Sermanni the Matildas reached the quarter-finals of the FIFA Women's World Cup™ for the first time at China 2007, and reprised that achievement two years ago in Germany. Sandwiched in between was arguably their finest hour as the Green and Gold conquered a highly competitive field at the 2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup; Australia's first silverware at any level since joining the Asian Football Confederation in 2006.
Sermanni's success led to a role with world No1 USA, with Dutchwoman Hesterine de Reus assuming the reins in January. The former Netherlands international is aiming on building further upon Sermanni's legacy with success at the FIFA Women's World Cup high on the agenda.
Potential for growth
Capped 43 times for the Oranje Leeuwinnen (Orange Lionesses) over a ten-year international career that concluded in 1993, De Reus has spent the past two decades coaching in various capacities. Most notable were spells with Netherlands' youth teams, PSV Eindhoven and the Jordan national team. De Reus also comes armed with a plethora of coaching qualifications and diverse experiences.
"I think the (Jordan) national team has a very good standard," De Reus told FIFA.com of her experience in West Asia, an area not known for its strength in women's football. De Reus, however, is adamant that there is significant scope for growth in that part of the world despite the cultural challenges. "The girls really love the sport which is a powerful thing in itself," she says. "Of course you need to establish role models to inspire others."
Jordan's ambitions for historic qualification to the FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015 remain realistic. Indeed, with five Asian berths on the line for the newly-expanded 24-nation tournament, hopes are high. "It is a young and skilful side and a promising team," says De Reus reflecting on her 18 months in Jordan. "With a good programme Jordan can be one of the competitors (for qualification). There is great support from the federation."
Young and talented Down Under
De Reus is now channelling all her energies into a youthful Australia team undergoing a period of transition. Australia were the third youngest team at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, and De Reus is mindful that raw ability will not always compensate for match experience. "We have a really young squad," she says. "We have a lot of Under 19 players in our squad which is not common. I think the Australian women's team is competitive in terms of skill when comparing against the top teams. There is a bit of a lack of game awareness, which for me is the most important thing to work on. However this is normal because the W-League is so short."
De Reus has set about creating a busy schedule for her young team ahead of Canada 2015 qualifiers mid next year. "For the next year the main aim is getting game experience and playing as many matches as we can," she said.
Australia's intriguing mix of raw talent and inexperience was perhaps exemplified last month with a defeat against Dutch club side Den Haag, followed a few days later by a win over a richly-talented France side in the final stage of their UEFA Women's EURO preparations. "The whole team is very coachable," De Reus says of the Matildas. "They are so eager to be good, to develop and to win medals."
After reaching the quarter-finals at the last two World Cups, De Reus is determined to build on Australia's recent success.
"You always want to do better," says De Reus with a smile. "The girls want to do more, and they are very eager to win a medal. It is not normal to do so with such a young team. But they have very good spirit, so we will try and figure out how we will do it together."


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Dec. 7 was called a date that would live in infamy, and 71 years later its chilling memory remains etched in the minds of local survivors of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
It was a normal, warm day in Hawaii for Walter Maciejowski, stationed a few miles away at Schofield Barracks in Honolulu. The 20-year-old had made breakfast plans with fellow soldiers before going to sleep, but a few hours later, Japanese planes would soar over Pearl Harbor, spreading destruction.
Awoken by the sound, he ran over to the balcony to see the rear field already ablaze.
"All I could do was watch," Maciejowski, now 91, said in a telephone interview from his home in Everett. "I wasn't even in my outfit. Troops went to the roof with machine guns and started attacking the planes. I wouldn't dare to go out."
More than 2,400 Americans died, and hundreds more were wounded in the surprise attack, which catapulted the United States into World War II.
In Massachusetts, Maciejowski is one of the few alive who witnessed the attack. He believes that there are at least 20 veterans left in the state and possibly more than 2,300 left nationally.
The Boston National Historical Park will host a memorial service on the bow of the USS Cassin Young, a World War II destroyer in the Charlestown Navy Yard at 12:30 p.m. Friday, said Sean Hennessey, spokesman for the National Park Service.
In attendance will be Francis M. Connolly, 91, a Quincy Navy veteran who was on the deck of the USS St. Louis during the attack and witnessed the explosion aboard the USS Arizona that instantly killed most of its crew.
In Westfield, where Pearl Harbor survivor Robert A. Greenleaf, 90, resides, a small ceremony will be held by the Westfield Veterans Council .Sarah N. Mattero can be reached at sarah.mattero@


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City Council voted in favor of an emergency moratorium Tuesday on marijuana clubs or on-premises smoking facilities in the city.
The moratorium lasts until Dec. 31, 2014 and prohibits the licensing of any businesses that permit or invite private assembly for the purpose of the use or consumption of marijuana or marijuana products.
Last month, the City Council decided against pursuing a moratorium on recreational marijuana retail outlets and plans to craft its own rules for those businesses once the state has put into place a set of regulations for retail marijuana. Amendment 64, approved by Colorado voters in November, allows adults in the state to own and use small amounts of pot.


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Louis Willard "Butch" Wingfield, age 70, went to be with his Lord and Savior Monday, January 20, 2014 while at home with his wife by his side.
Visitation will be on Tuesday evening, January 21 from 5-7pm at Regency Funeral Home.
Services will be Wednesday morning at 10:00am January 22 at Regency Funeral Home. Officiating the service will be Brother Kenny Mitchell and Brother John Carter. Burial will follow and held at Fairplay Cemetery with Brother Bob McMullen presiding.
Arrangements are by Regency Funeral Home. You may sign the guest book at www.regencyfuneralhome.com.


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At a meeting last week on "Science & Responsibility", Joseph Rotblat, winner of the 1995 Nobel Peace Prize, called for scientists to sign the equivalent of a 'hippocratic' oath.
A number of notable speakers attended the event which was organized by the UK Pugwash group and held at the Royal Society in London.
Sir Michael Atiyah, ex-president of the Royal Society and President of Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, started the proceedings by arguing that "Scientists have a responsibility greater than that of the average citizen". His reasoning was that as scientists have the knowledge and skills to interpret complex scientific data, they have a duty to inform others of any dangers in their work. His greatest worry was that "If scientists don't get involved with the ethical debates, the public will backlash against science."
During his speech, he pointed out the success of movements such as the Federation of American Scientists and Friends of the Earth in promoting scientific analysis to the public.
Bernadette Modell, professor of genetics at University College Medical School, London, described how medical research has affected her principles. She advocates massive screening of the population for hemoglobin diseases. In the UK 10 percent of the population are carriers, and the figure is much higher in the developing world. "Screening is a controversial idea in the medical community, " she told the audience. Statisically 98 percent of couples want prenatal screening to find out if they are carriers. The ethical implication of screening is that 70 percent of couple would terminate a child with the disease. Prof Modell pointed out "the closer you are to the patient, the more important the patient needs become."
Ruth McNally of Brunel University discussed some of aspects of commercial scientific research as organizations rush to patent their work. "There is a unholy alliance between biotechnology and patents" she claimed. Her largest concern is a new law on patents passing through the European Parliament. If passed, the law is expected to form the basis of a global patent law on biotechnology. She called on scientists and the public to campaign against it.
The panel finished with Sir Martin Rees, an astronomer at Cambridge University, suggesting weapon scientists were responsible for increasing tension during the cold war. He pointed out how the lack of public controls in the weapons laboratories had created billion dollar programmes with limited research accountability. Rees also stressed how important whistle blowers have been in providing information on such projects. The failure of the X-ray laser, he said, would never have come to light but for the scientists who told the US Congress about it. Rees was also worried about the lack of independent experts available to review defense research in the UK.
In the question session afterwards, Frank Blackaby asked why the speakers had not discussed the issue of whether an action is right or wrong, whatever the morality? Professor Rotblat called for scientists to sign a hippocratic oath, and pushed for the formation of a international science panel on ethics. Jack Boag of the Institute of Cancer Research, University of London, pointed out there already existed a hippocratic oath for scientists, promoted in the US by Student Pugwash USA.
An member of the audience suggested that limited access and misreporting in the media created mistrust between the public and scientists. Others added that censorship in UK laboratories on the BSE disease was not caused by the media but government policy. Georges Kutukdjian, Director of the Bioethics Unit at UNESCO, said that UNESCO has been encouraging newspapers in the developing world to promote science and technology in local news to help break down barriers between science and the public.


text: GLS Corp., a Germany-based manufacturer of high performance custom-formulated thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs), has introduced a new family of TPEs based on Infuse olefin block copolymers (OBC) from the Dow Chemical Company. The new Dynalloy OBC injection-molding and blow-molding grades allow GLS to offer customers a broad array of standard and customized TPE alloys for a wide range of applications. The new Dynalloy line offers softness, unique feel, and a wide range of flow characteristics in injection molding, according to the company. More info: GLS Corp. (815) 385-8500; E-mail: email@example.com.


text: Emery Hall Ohio Historical Society Honors Two Local Communities By Wayne Baker • Oct 10, 2013 Two local communities have been recognized for their work to preserve local landmarks. The Ohio Historical Society has honored Jamestown and Wilberforce for their efforts to rehab and preserve two local landmarks. Sixteen honorees from 14 communities throughout the state were recognized recently in two categories for their achievement in historic preservation. A Preservation Merit Award was given to the Jamestown Area Historical Society, the Greene County Commissioners and the Silvercreek Township Trustees for their work in rehabbing the Jamestown Opera House.


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I have here an (originally) NTFS formatted USB memory stick which has been corrupted (boot record damaged, perhaps). At any rate, Windows CHKDSK reports that its format is now RAW.
To see if recovery of the data on it was feasible I downloaded and ran the trial version of DiskInternals' 'NTFS Recovery' utility (again, Windows) and it seems to think there is a good prospect of recovering a few JPEG images and word documents from the stick.
Of course, to do that, it wants me to buy a key for 99usd, in order to make the programme fully functional.
Now, certainly, if the recovery of this information was a matter of life and death then 100usd would be a fair price to pay, but the information on this stick does not (I am told) fall into that critical category - it's more a case of it having sentimental value.
So I thought I might as well ask: Is there a comparable, trustworthy disc recovery tool out there in Linux-Land? A simple 'un-deleter' is not enough - it needs to be something which can trawl through the stick at sector level looking for bits of file, threading them back together and generating new names for them.
I've done a search through the forums but didn't find anything on this - apologies if I missed it. You could say that I could have just Googled this but for every genuine tool or utility out there in the wild there seem to be a dozen items of Malware posing as similar utilities - so I'd prefer word of mouth advice based on experience.


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A Taser and capsicum spray have been used to restrain a 55-year-old man who threw a police officer through the glass of a shop window in Sydney's west.
A fight between two men outside a kebab shop in Lakemba on Wednesday night quickly spiralled out of control when police tried to intervene just before midnight.
Three officers initially found one of the men sitting on the footpath on Haldon Street with a bloodied face. While they were helping him, he pointed out the whereabouts of the other man involved in the fight, a police spokesman said.
When they approached him, the second man became aggressive and pushed a male probationary constable, with less than one year's experience in the force, through the glass shop window, causing it to shatter.
The probationary constable managed to get up and try to restrain the man, but was assaulted again.
The Police Commissioner, Andrew Scipione, said the 55-year-old then "picks up one of those officers and then pile drives him into the concrete footpath".
"We're in a serious situation here," he said on radio this morning.
Another officer used capsicum spray on the large man "which had no effect on subduing the man", the police spokesman said.
Police said the man then ran at a sergeant who deployed his Taser. He fell to the ground and allegedly tried to swing punches again but was eventually handcuffed by police.
"He was continuing to play up; I understand that the ambulance officers weren't able to treat him at the scene he was so violent," Mr Scipione said.
The incident came just hours after a coroner handed down a scathing assessment of police misuse and abuse of Tasers following the death of the young Brazilian student, Roberto Laudisio Curti.
The 21 year-old was Tasered 14 times, nine of which hit him successfully, during a struggle with police on Pitt Street in March.
The State Coroner, Mary Jerram, said the officers were "reckless, careless, dangerous and excessively forceful" in their attempts to restrain and subdue Mr Curti.
She said they abused their police powers and behaved with a pack mentality.
Mr Scipione has defended the use of Tasers and said that the Lakemba incident showed how they can protect lives.
Without the Taser, the three officers "would have been much more severely injured and likewise the person they were trying to subdue", he said.
The 55-year-old man suffered just a graze on his head. He is in hospital under police guard and will be interviewed by Campsie Police once medical clearance is given.


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ADAM Hansen has the distinction of being the first Australian cyclist to complete the three grand tours – Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and Vuelta Espana – in the same year.
He is hoping he can carry over this form from last year and turn it into a major outcome in the men's road race in the Mars Cycling Australia Road National Championships at Buninyong on Sunday, January 13.
The 31-year-old finished fourth in a brutal road race at last year's titles, being one of just 21 of the 140 starters to finish the 163 kilometres.
In what was a massive year, Hansen also contested the road race at the world championships in the Netherlands.
Despite a taxing year physically and mentally, Hansen will once again use Australia's greatest one-day race as a catapult to the start of a new season.
"I am feeling good, have been looking after myself and in the next few days I'll work on picking up the intensity to find some speed, to get ready for the nationals," Hansen told Cycling Australia.
"Although my form will be hard to judge, because I have done three grand tours, I think that it will be a positive thing."
Since claiming the 2008 national time trial title at Buninyong, Hansen has come agonisingly close to adding a road jersey.
He has had three top four finishes, including two podium appearances.
The most infamous of these was 2009 when Victoria's unheralded Peter McDonald outfoxed Hansen and his then Columbia-Highroad team-mate Mick Rogers inside the last few kilometres to take the victory.
"For me, to wear the green and gold jersey in Europe has been one of the main goals I've ever had in my career," Hansen said.
"All the European riders always say the Australian jersey is definitely one of the nicest national champions jerseys you can wear in the peloton.
"So it would be great if I could wear that, and I would hope to honour it very well in Europe," he said.
Hansen will line up against the cream of Australia's male road riders including the trio that finished ahead of him in 2012 in defending champion Simon Gerrans, Matthew Lloyd and Richie Porte.
"The road nationals are becoming more important for Australian pros who race in Europe because we have to be in top form.
"I just hope I have the foundation in my legs and when the last few laps come up in Ballarat, I will be able to handle the run home."


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This is the first part of a two-part episode at the site of the Barnes Foundation in its new home on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia. The Barnes, founded by physician, self-made millionaire and art collector Albert C. Barnes in 1922, is a museum and school that houses one of the most important collections of Impressionist, Postimpressionist, and Modernist art in the world. Its move from its original home in Merion, Pennsylvania to Philadelphia's "museum mile" has been a lightning rod for controversy in the art world. Now, the move is complete. In this first episode host Paula Marantz Cohen will speak with Barnes Foundation Executive Director Derek Gillman about the background and rationale for the move. Gillman will also point out special features in Foundation's new building, designed by award-winning architects Billie Tsien and Todd Williams, and will discuss the surrounding landscape designed by Laurie Olin. He will explain some notable features in the collection itself, and in the main galleries that display the collection.
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This month, L'Occitane comes out with their new Shea Butter and Honey collection. I'm usually not one for sweet scents, and you may already know, but because I love L'Occitane's super moisturizing products, I gave this line a try and I'm glad I did.
Though I have to admit that the scent kind of grows on you, once you realize that it's not just honey, but honey and some florals, it's hard not to kind of get addicted to the pretty scent.
Also a winner? Their new Shea Honey Whipped Body Cream ($28) which I had never seen before. The amazing thing is that even though this cream has a souffle texture (seriously you can see the bubbles), it's still got 10% Shea Butter in it which means crazy moisturizing.
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Salvation Army Seeks Bell Ringers
The Barnes County Salvation Army unit is seeking volunteers to ring bells during this year's red kettle drive. The campaign, which raises money to help community members in need, begins Friday, Nov. 29, the day after Thanksgiving, and lasts until Christmas Eve.
The familiar red kettles will be set up at Leevers Foods, Marketplace Foods and Shopko in Valley City from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
To reach this year's goal of $40,000, volunteer bell ringers are needed to fill 523 one-hour spots. Bell ringing chairmen Joe Lunde and Dave Carlsrud encourage families, businesses, organizations and groups to get involved.
To reserve a spot as a bell ringer, call Lunde at (701) 840-0908 or (701) 845-1974 or Carlsrud at (701) 840-7291.


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Do you subscribe to the current newspaper in the city or towns where your ancestral families lived? This is especially helpful in smaller cities and towns. Many are online but not all of those are the complete newspaper for the day or week. The current newspaper may have a column reprinting news tidbits from 50, 75, or 100 years ago. In smaller cities and towns you may find articles on the local historical society, genealogical society, and stories on older homes and buildings. From these you may learn who are the knowledgeable persons in that area as far as history. You might learn who is the head of the Comfort Rest Cemetery committee.
Don't forget to borrow older newspapers on microfilm via Interlibary Loan and and spend some time reading these to get a feeling of the time when your family was in that locality. Check at your area public library about borrowing newspaper films from other places. Many older newspapers on now online in growing numbers but I still think it is easier to read through an entire newspaper on microfilm. Make copies (or save to your computer) the pertinent articles and other news items.
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, under pressure from local government and school officials, now says he will join their discussion to address the fiscal crisis facing cities, counties and their taxpayers.
Cuomo recently met with some local officials to build support for his proposal to change the binding arbitration law that guides labor disputes. He wants to require mediators to consider taxpayers' ability to pay when awarding judgments to public workers, most of which go to firefighters and police officers.
"Their situation with the police and fire contracts is a specific that is begging that larger problem," Cuomo said on a radio show last week. "I want to use it as an opportunity to talk about the larger problem of distressed communities and governments and how the state can help."
The comment was welcomed by those who have long sought a summit with Cuomo. Local government and school officials had sought more tools from Albany to reduce their costs and avoid raising what are already some of the nation's highest property taxes.
Cuomo's spokesmen declined to comment about his radio statement when questioned by The Associated Press.
The Democratic governor had secured a pension plan that would allow schools and local governments to reduce their staggering payments to public pension systems now by banking on projected savings years and decades from now. But some officials found that risky, saying it simply put off the problem.
"I think it's a step in the right direction," Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner said of Cuomo's new willingness to talk about the issue. She was appointed by Cuomo to be the co-chairwoman of the state Democratic Party and has led the effort to get Cuomo to hold a summit on the fiscal crisis. He previously called for summits to expand the yogurt industry and to help beer and wine sales but not to address this issue.
"He has the skills" to tackle the crisis, Miner said. "If he's going to put people in a room, that's a good thing."
When Miner raised the issue in February, Cuomo's director of operations, Howard Glaser, responded critically on an Albany radio station.
"Syracuse wants somebody else to solve that problem," Glaser said then. "If you're unwilling or unable to solve a problem in fiscal management in a city, there's a mechanism for that: You ask the Legislature to create a financial control board, and the financial control board will solve the problem for you."
Richard Brodsky, a former Democratic assemblyman who is now with the Wagner School at New York University and has been working with local officials, said the rising costs of health care and pensions of public workers is hitting local governments as cities outside New York City are losing population and tax base. Several are on the road to insolvency. Some municipalities in other states have already gone broke.
"There have been a lot of people around the state calling for a broader discussion," Brodsky said. "All of the elbows thrown over the past year will have been worth it if it leads to a discussion. A verbal acknowledgement is good. An actual meeting is better."
Cuomo told public radio's "Capitol Pressroom" that the state can't continue to give cities handouts.
"That does nothing," he said. "I just perpetuates the structural imbalance and it perpetuates the denial of the structural imbalance ... you can't have fewer taxpayers paying for more government."


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Thou shalt not covet
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The 10th commandment (of the so-called Ten Commandments in the Bible) prohibits coveting of a neighbors property. Property is said to include ones house, wife, slaves, oxen, asses, and, well, "anything" else.
17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
21 Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour's.
A very different 10th commandment from Exodus 34 doesn't correspond with any commandments from the Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5 versions:
26 Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
- i like to fuck shreck therefore god exists. Modern societies tend not to accept this view anymore.
- There is no shit against coveting a husband. Thus men and women are viewed unequally. It does not say "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's husband' because it is assumed that everything, including law, is directed at males.
- Slaves are listed among property. Slavery is no longer officially sanctioned anywhere in the world.
- Coveting is a thought crime. How can you command someone not to covet? And why would you? If stealing is wrong, then there is no need for this commandment. If I tell you that you have a beautiful house and that I wish I had it for myself, is that immoral? (Some claim that "covet" in this verse more properly means "to cast an evil eye" or spell upon something, and this should be viewed as a prohibition of sorcery. But the Hebrew word 'yom' according to Strong's Concordance, means 'to delight in: beauty, greatly beloved, covet, delectable thing, delight, desire, goodly, lust, pleasant, precious thing.')
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- The 10th commandment is possibly the commandment that is most firmly not a part of U.S. law. Capitalism is the basis for the U.S. economy. The idea that "I shouldn't want the nice things my neighbor has," if actually followed, would probably cause the collapse of the entire african economy. It is absurd to pretend that this commandment even remotely applies to the U.S. system of laws. (See America is a Christian nation and United States Constitution.)


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July 14-20 is Sports Cliche Week, a time to recall those sayings that remind us of ballpark hotdogs, popcorn and pop flies into the stands.
And who's the master of master of sports cliches?
Yogi Berra, of course.
At 88, Berra is one of a rare few surviving players from the golden days of baseball. And he's without a doubt the best loved.
Here are some "Yogisms" from baseballalmanac.com:
"All pitchers are liars or crybabies."
"A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore." Source: Baseball Digest (June 1987)
"Baseball is ninety percent mental. The other half is physical."
"Bill Dickey is learning me his experience."
"He hits from both sides of the plate. He's amphibious."
"How can a you hit and think at the same time?"
"I always thought that record would stand until it was broken."
"I can see how he (Sandy Koufax) won twenty-five games. What I don't understand is how he lost five."
"I don't know (if they were men or women fans running naked across the field). They had bags over their heads."
"If people don't want to come out to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?"
"I'm a lucky guy and I'm happy to be with the Yankees. And I want to thank everyone for making this night necessary."
"I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did."
"In baseball, you don't know nothing."
"I never blame myself when I'm not hitting. I just blame the bat and if it keeps up, I change bats. After all, if I know it isn't my fault that I'm not hitting, how can I get mad at myself?"
"I never said most of the things I said."
"It ain't the heat, it's the humility."
"It gets late early out there."
"I think Little League is wonderful. It keeps the kids out of the house."
"It's like deja vu all over again."
"I wish everybody had the drive he (Joe DiMaggio) had. He never did anything wrong on the field. I'd never seen him dive for a ball, everything was a chest-high catch, and he never walked off the field."
"Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets." Source: Catcher in the Wry (Bob Uecker)
"Ninety percent of this game is half mental." Source: Sports Illustrated (May 14, 1979)
"Nobody goes there anymore because it's too crowded."
"So I'm ugly. I never saw anyone hit with his face."
"Take it with a grin of salt."
"The game's isn't over until it's over."
"The towels were so thick there I could hardly close my suitcase."
"You can observe a lot just by watching."
"You should always go to other people's funerals, otherwise, they won't come to yours."
"You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you are going because you might not get there."
"We made too many wrong mistakes."
"When you come to a fork in the road, take it."
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David Simon is balding, bull necked and pugnacious, a newspaper-police-reporter-turned-author who wants to change the world – one rhetorical punch at a time.
You wouldn't want to piss him off. Say, for example, by asking if there's a right wing-friendly, anti-government message of individual achievement at the heart of his HBO TV series Treme.
You wouldn't want to do that. "I think that's the most juvenile thing I've ever heard," he says.
Simon has always written about the rusting over of the American dream. Failed social institutions, public sector corruption, the impotence of reform: these were the themes of his masterpiece The Wire, hailed as one of the greatest TV dramas for its novelistic depiction of the US's failure and fall.
In Treme, a jazz- and food-drenched plunge into New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, Simon wanted to show that something as simple as a brass band could rebuild a community.
"Culture is what worked, culture was what brought the city back," he says.
But he is also playing a Wire-like long game, one he says will be fully revealed only if he can persuade HBO to give him a fourth season after the third that has just been finished.
New Orleans is the US. The hurricane is the financial crisis. And the lack of preparation for either was more than an accident of history. It exposed a flaw at the heart of America.
"A lot of the things New Orleans presumed to be true in 2005 – about the levies that were protecting their city, about their infrastructure, about their place in the American firmament as a major city, a lot of that got washed away by the flood," Simon says.
"They were left with the realisation that they were kind of on their own, that all of the infrastructure that was there, that presumably made things plausible and gave them some sense of their place, it was all spit and chewing gum."
Three years later, a financial hurricane left households across the country under water. "The flood control didn't quite work there in the same way," Simon says. "For me that's been the political meaning of (Treme): what's real and what you can rely on in the end. New Orleans, to the extent that it has come back, has proved that community and culture are the only two reliable things in American society."
He's long been fascinated by New Orleans. He and co-writer Eric Overmyer (a bespectacled, professorial counterweight to Simon's intensity) saw in Katrina's aftermath a chance not only to celebrate its richly unique people, music and food, but also to diagnose the American disease.
"Pay attention to the things that the characters are trying to reform," Simon says in response to the libertarian accusation, listing the (rorted) housing policy, the (corrupt, violent) police department, the (impotent) state attorney's office, the (crippled) school system.
"The things they are contending with are the things that you need to have a functional modern society. You can't walk away from these things. You can't absolve yourself of responsibility for citizenship.
"(In New Orleans after Katrina) there was such a lack of political leadership and a lack of economic clarity and economic will. But to mistake that for the notion of there is no society and we all do it ourselves is . . ." Yes, the most juvenile thing he's ever heard.
Season three of Treme is not all politics. The first episode revels in the musical talents of this crucible of jazz and rock, packing in more music and revered musician cameos than ever, and lingers over a refined dinner table in New York, juxtaposing it with a raw, pulsing New Orleans party.
It also introduces a character, a journalist based in everything but name on A.C. Thompson, who exposed the case of Henry Glover, a victim of a shocking police shooting and cover-up after Katrina.
Simon says people in New Orleans have embraced Treme for showing the city beyond French Quarter sleaze and trolley car cliches. But he is not afraid to ruffle feathers, especially in the police department.
One sheriff blacklisted the show from filming in some locations because he was offended by a fictional character's story. "I'm going to criticise what's fair to criticise," Simon says. "I don't have carte blanche to write. But . . . at a certain point truth is a defence."
The Wire star Wendell Pierce, a New Orleans native, was one of the first to be cast in Treme, as the trombonist and wandering soul Antoine Batiste.
Pierce's family neighbourhood Pontchartrain Park, a subdivision built for the emerging African-American professional class in the 1950s, was completely submerged by the Katrina floods and is one of the slowest to recover.
Pierce has returned to New Orleans to live, taking personal responsibility for efforts to rebuild, so he has been living the show even while making it.
"When you lose your city that so identifies you, it forces you to commit even more to it," he says. "The idea of New Orleans being spoken of in the past tense was unacceptable to me."
But even as he rallied his community to rebuild, he came up against some of the problems depicted in Treme. He is still waiting for federal grant money to lift houses above flood level – it is tied up in city red tape.
Another fear is that the city is turning into a place of haves and have-nots. In the downtown area of Canal Street there is still no hospital, seven years since it was destroyed.
"My mother, I've had to take her across town to the hospital the past two years," Pierce says. "One of the scariest moments for people in my neighbourhood is to put a loved one in an ambulance, knowing that we used to have a hospital five minutes away, we've got to go across town now."
He says Treme has become a kind of group therapy for the city, with viewing parties every week.
"People are reminded, wow, that's what I went through three years ago, yeah I remember that time. It celebrates our triumphs and deals with our failures.
"It shows you how we are bringing back our city with our culture, from the grassroots up and saying this is important, this is so important – these little personal, individual battles that collectively make sure that the city comes back.
"It's not the greatness of a visionary, some sort of Marshall Plan that's happening, it's really street by street, house by house, block by block, neighbourhood by neighbourhood – the resolve of the people in New Orleans showing that humanity is the thing that connects it to the world."
Season three of Treme begins in Australia on Showcase on Monday, October 29.


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Charlotte shook off a controversially disallowed goal to net the game-winner on the very same power play with six minutes left in the third period of a 2-1 victory over San Antonio on Tuesday. Justin Shugg had that decisive goal, with Chris Terry scoring earlier in the game and John Muse making 26 saves.
On the man advantage when Brendan Woods, moved up in the lineup for this game, didn't get an apparent tripping call but stuck with it to draw a boarding penalty from Rampage forward Joey Crabb, Zach Boychuk appeared to tie the game on a laser from the right circle. However, referee Graham Skilliter immediately waived it off, ruling that the Checkers had committed incidental contact with goalie Jacob Markstrom prior to the shot.
The decision set off vehement protests from the Checkers, just as soon as they finished celebrating and realized what had happened.
On the next shift, defenseman Beau Schmitz, in for the injured Rasmus Rissanen, shot wide to Markstrom's left only to see the puck bounce off the end boards and to the other side of the net to Shugg, who deposited his sixth goal of the season.
"I did steal Chucky's thunder," said Shugg. "From what I saw that was a good goal. There was no interference. It was a great shot, and he deserves the credit."
"It would have been easy to come in here after a loss and say, 'Well, we scored and should have won,' but we stuck with it, Shuggy came up with a big one and we locked it down from that point on," said Terry.
The would-be goal by Boychuk would have been his team-leading 10th of the season, but either way, it was the sixth power-play goal the team has scored in its last five games, continuing a season-long trend of effectiveness. Though a struggling team that improved its record to 9-14-1 after this win has not produced much in the way of noteworthy statistics, the power play entered the game ranked fifth in the AHL at an even 23 percent.
Even in a game where the Checkers only got two opportunities on the man advantage – the teams combined for just four penalties, the lowest in any Checkers game this season – the power play still managed to be the difference.
"Our power play has been pretty steady all year," said Daniels. "Almost half our goals are on the power play, so that's been good."
To Daniels' point, the power play has now accounted for 27 of the team's 62 goals.
"We have to find a way to start scoring five-on-five in this league, because your special teams can step up in a game like tonight but it's not always going to happen," said Shugg.
Prior to Tuesday, the Checkers had not won a game when scoring fewer than three, highlighting the defensive effort and the play of Muse, who has picked up each of the team's last seven victories since rejoining the team on a tryout contract in late October. Whenever San Antonio did get a good scoring chance – their best came in the first period when Bobby Butler looked to have a back-door tap-in on a well-designed passing play and in the second when Greg Rallo shot high on a shorthanded breakaway – Muse had the answer.
"I thought we were really solid for most of the game," said Daniels. "Obviously there were some big turnovers, and Muser made some big saves, probably a couple each period. He was very focused and ready to go.
"For me that's a very good team over there. They have four lines that can play and are really deep, and for us that was a big team win."
The Checkers were also able to pick up another victory when allowing the opposition to score first, something they had not done until erasing a 2-0 deficit against Rockford less than a week ago. This time, Terry had the answer just 54 seconds after Eric Selleck struck first by burying a cross-ice pass while left wide open to Muse's left.
Terry's ninth of the season that tied Boychuk for the team lead ended up being a bit of a surprise, as his shot from a fair distance went across Markstrom's body and into the net. No matter how it went in, it was the response the Checkers needed.
"It's been an emphasis in our meetings lately – we seem to have good starts to the game but then they score a goal to go ahead and we fall apart and we crumble," said Terry. "I just wanted to do my part. I was the next shift and wanted to make sure that if we weren't going to score we were going to create momentum."
The goal was Terry's 200th point as a Checker, making him the first to reach that milestone.
"He's a very gifted offensive player, but for me he's a better two-way player than he was when he first turned pro," said Daniels. "That's a lot of credit to him because he knows what he needs to do to get to the next level. The skill is there, it's just that compete away from the puck."
"As I've grown up as a pro, I've realized that points are great and goals are great, but it's the little things in my game that are going to get me to the next level," said Terry.
The Checkers started their current 10-game home stand that ties a franchise record and is now at its halfway point by winning the first of two-game sets against the same opponent before losing the second. With the Rampage staying in town for a rematch on Thursday, they'll again look to buck that trend and a longer pattern of alternating wins and losses over their last six games.
With the team not having won consecutive games since starting the season 2-0-0, it's not as though they'll have to have a long discussion about the importance of doing so, not with ground yet to make up in the Western Conference playoff race.
"Maybe we'll try something different. We won't even talk about it," said Terry. "I think this time we all know what we need to do. Maybe less talk, more action."
"I told the guys after the game that I'm not going to say anything," said Daniels. "We've talked about it enough. We know where we're at and what we need to do, and hopefully we can follow it up with the type of game we played tonight."


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Newton, Miss. Two local schools welcomed a special visitor today. As part of her 'Read Across Mississippi Campaign,' First Lady Deborah Bryant visited Clarkdale and Newton Elementary schools Wednesday. This is part of her year-long, statewide campaign to emphasize the importance of reading.
Faculty, staff and students at both schools welcomed Mississippi First Lady Deborah Bryant with open arms Wednesday morning.
The name of the book that she read at Newton Elementary was "The Fib: A Wordy Tale,' by Mississippi author, Bill Wilson from Jackson. Although the primary purpose for the visit was to read, the First Lady did much more.
"She hugged about 420 students, and they loved that," says Newton Elementary Principal Dean Reid. "That made a big impression on their lives."
Mrs. Bryant left the book, which she read at Newton Elementary, at the school. It was not only autographed by the governor and first lady, but also contained a lot of challenging words. According to Mrs. Bryant, that's part of the reason that she chose it.
"You need to push children," says Bryant.
It's important that we find out early if these children are dyslexic because if we don't, these children are going to get frustrated. They're going to get angry and feel dumb, and they're going to drop out of the 9th grade. I think that's very sad. I think every child deserves to be the best that they can be."
Sharing with the group that Governor Bryant suffers from dyslexia, Mrs. Bryant stressed to the students that no matter what, if they work hard, anything is possible.
Counting Wednesday's visits in East Mississippi, Mrs. Bryant has made 31 stops so far as part of her statewide campaign.
Currently, Mississippi ranks number one in the nation in terms of students who cannot ready by the third grade.


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EUGENE, Ore. - The Wolf Pack lost to the Oregon Ducks 56-43 on New Year's Eve.
Deonte Burton led Nevada with 12 points. Jordan Burris added 11, Malik Story had 10.
Nevada had shooting woes all night, hitting just 16-of-57 shots (28.1%) on their way to just 14 first half points.
Oregon (11-2) improved to a perfect 10-0 at home this year.
Nevada (9-5) opens up conference play on Wednesday, January 9th at Air Force.


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You got a nano pup?
I don't I want one so badly!
Go any links or selling one?
Please pm me!
Nano Pup
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Last Post05 Oct 2006
Posted 24 July 2006 - 01:10 PM ( #2 )
I got my nano puppy from toys toys toys. I also suggest that you go on to ebay to see if anyone is selling one.
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Posted 10 September 2006 - 04:40 PM ( #3 )
If you want, I'd advise Nano Puppy Family, you get to take care of 2 puppies, 1 male, and 1 female and when they grow up, mate them and have puppies! That comes with 2 games and in order to play it right, they both have to be running at the same time, when they have puppies, the puppies can go from 1 game to the other to visit mommy or daddy. It's sooo cute! or, if you want, you can get Nano Puppy and Nano Puppy Family.
I don't have either, but I'm getting Nano Puppy Family! If you need help PM me and I can help!
I don't have either, but I'm getting Nano Puppy Family! If you need help PM me and I can help!


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Portland is home to over seven institutions of higher education, including the highly populated Portland State University and esteemed Oregon Health and Science University. The city's quirky, youthful vibrancy also makes it a popular home for young professionals. This makes the housing market a bit of a bear. The apartment hunt typically begins in April, peaking around June, and ending around September. Be sure to search as early as possible for the best selection of places.
Portland is extremely friendly to bicyclists. It has been named The Most Bicycle Friendly City in the United States by a number of different publications. 6% of commuters in Portland use bicycles regularly to get to work and school, which far surpasses the national average. Bicycling to nearby neighborhoods and work is inexpensive, environmentally friendly, and great exercise. Be sure to utilize this fantastic Portland amenity!
As part of their sustainability efforts, Portland has a number of options available for those that don't own their own vehicles. Portland's public streetcars connect many major destinations within the "close-in" neighborhoods. If you're looking for more flexible options, you can utilize the city's light rail system, WES commuter train, or public buses. If you enjoy walking, then utilize the many hiking trials along the 4T to get to some of the city's main attractions. Portland is also one of the most bike-friendly cities in the country, so don't be afraid to pump those peddles to get where you want to go!
Portland also has an active nightlife, depending on the neighborhood. The Pearl District is the sophisticated place to party, great for grabbing a craft beer or enjoying a lovely wine bar. Northwest's artsy restaurants and galleries aren't to be underplayed. If concerts are more your style, then check out Downtown or one of Sunnyside-Hawthorne's many music-friendly bars and concert venues. If you're looking for outdoor adventure, then head on over to St. Johns and enjoy the gorgeous parks and recreational spaces.


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One of the best parts about this time of year for me is all of the goodies that we get to enjoy. Gingerbread lattes, warm cookies, sweet and salty bites of goodness, and baskets full of yummy treats.
Usually the kiddos and I are the ones baking, assembling and delivering said baskets full of homemade confections, but this year we were the lucky recipient of a Mrs. Prindable's basket and got to see and taste for ourselves how incredibly delectable these tasty treats are.
The bag of Classic Vanilla Caramels was empty before I could catch my twins, and as soon as I cut in to the first apple we were all hooked. The layers of caramel, nuts and chocolate coating just barely stole our attention from the fragrant tart apple. Between me and the kids, that apple lasted a mere 45 seconds. No joke.
I wanted to find out a bit more about Mrs. Prindable's products and I sat with my jaw dropped – drooling, no doubt – as I watched their apple coating process. The time and attention that goes into each Mrs. Prindable's creation is truly awe-inspiring, perhaps because I know from experience how much work it is to just dip an apple in caramel and make it look good…
Thanks to Mrs. Prindable's, my kids will be gifting their teachers with a very special apple for Christmas. Your's can, too, with delivery before Christmas for as little as $12.95 (more for Premium delivery).
Mrs. Prindable's sent us the Premium Holiday Basket (pictured above) in exchange for this review. All opinions and thoughts are my own, as always.


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June 18 - Kayaking & Standup Paddle Boarding
Join us after breakfast for a trip out on our beautiful Lake Champlain from 12 pm - 2 pm! As a part of our partnership with the Lake Champlain Community Sailing Center, we rent out complimentary paddleboards and kayaks with guests for an afternoon out on the lake. We will meet with our Hotel Vermont guide in the lobby at 11:45 am to walk down to the boathouse and sign in. Trips should last between 1 - 2 hours. For questions or to reserve your spot, please email email@example.com


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Via my good friend Mr. Funk:
For some time now, a few companies in the sex trade have been offering rubber doll rentals. A service that, for want of a better description, has been going down very well indeed – despite the relatively high price and potential hygiene problems.
However perhaps not surprisingly, this demand for dolls has resulted in the opening of a downtown establishment for silicone sex seekers. The difference being that rather than having the dolls shipped out to customers, LaLa rents out private rooms that are furnished with a bath, toilet, and most importantly, a latex lover.
The shop currently has a staff of 17 'ladies', with a going rate of 12,000 yen (60 pound) for 90 minutes. A price that obviously doesn't deter many potential customers, as the store's manager claims that, "On a really good day we get as many as 30 customers." In regards to the kind of patrons LaLa attracts, he says that they "age from teens to men in their 60's. For the most part they appear to be quiet, timid types, who probably feel more at ease with a doll than a young woman. Some bring along shopping bags with a couple of extra costumes. I suppose they enjoy dressing up the dolls and taking snapshots."


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Clarence Impola
Oct. 6, 1931-Jan. 21, 2008
Clarence N. Impola, 76, of Lake Park, died January 21, 2008 at his home.
Clarence was born to Laurie and Helvi (Korkkeamaki) Impola on Oct. 6, 1931 in Wawina, Minn. He was raised and educated in Duluth, Minn., graduating from Duluth Central High School in 1949. He then enlisted in the United States Air Force in September 1949, and received an honorable discharge as a staff sergeant in the control tower in December 1952.
Clarence returned to Duluth and attended the University of Minnesota-Duluth, receiving a bachelor's degree in chemistry. He married Carol Miller on March 21, 1954. After college graduation in 1957, he accepted a job in Ashtabula, Ohio as chief control chemist for Archer Daniels Midland Company. Three years later he transferred back to Minnesota for a position in the metro area with Archer Daniels Midland Company. He helped develop many patents for the company. He moved to Detroit Lakes in 1971, and purchased Lake Lanes.
Clarence married Carol Ronning on May 24, 1974 in Audubon. They owned and operated the bowling lanes until 1985. For the past 22 years he had been an independent sales representative for Lake Country RainSoft of Perham.
Clarence was an avid bowler and was inducted into the Detroit Lakes Bowling Hall of Fame in 2002. He bowled weekly in Detroit Lakes. He also loved to read, work in the garden and golf. He especially loved spending time with his family.
Clarence is survived by three sons, Dave (Kelly) Impola of Big Lake, Minn., Doug (Sarah) Impola of Woodbury, Minn., and Chris (Jessica) Impola of Moorhead; two daughters, Donna Wallgren of Fargo and Tori (Nate) Leister of Grand Forks, N.D.; 11 grandchildren; one brother, Ray Impola of Superior, Wis.; one sister, Vi (Dexter) Liljegren of Brownsville, Texas; as well as numerous nieces and nephews.
Preceding Clarence in death were his parents; wife Carol (2002); one son, Loren Impola; a brother, Archie Impola; and two sisters, Doris Soukkala and Nelmi Impola.
Funeral services are scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 26, at First Lutheran Church, Audubon, with interment at First Lutheran Cemetery, Audubon.
West-Kjos Funeral Home, Detroit Lakes, has been entrusted with arrangements.
Those wanting to share memories and condolences are invited to use the funeral home's online messages of sympathy section at www.westkjos.com.


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The Oklahoma City Thunder will put their seven-game winning streak against the New Orleans Hornets on the line Wednesday night at Chesapeake Energy Arena.
The Thunder haven't lost to the Hornets since Jan. 24, 2011. In fact, Oklahoma City has taken 11 of the last 13 meetings between these two dating back to the 2009-2010 season.
The Thunder will have some personnel available to head coach Scott Brooks on Wednesday. Newly acquired Ronnie Brewer should be available as well as Derek Fisher, who signed a free-agent deal with the team on Monday.
"I thought the practice was good, the energy was great," Brooks said Tuesday. "Paying attention to detail was at a premium. I thought everyone did a good job. Derek, Ronnie, the two new guys and everybody. It was good. You could see the excitement the team had just to have a practice."
This is Fisher's second stint with the Thunder as he came midway through last season en route to the NBA Finals. It's also his second stint in the NBA this season. He played briefly for the Dallas Mavericks, then asked for his release when he got hurt, citing wanting to spend more time with his family.
"Being back on the practice floor was just great," Fisher said. "No matter how hard you work and how hard you push yourself, it's just different when you're going up against Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant and a lot of the great players we have on this team."
The Thunder have won two in a row to snap a three-game losing streak. Both wins came at home and both were rather decisive. They beat the Minnesota Timberwolves by 16 on Friday, then embarrassed the Chicago Bulls by 30 on Sunday.
After Wednesday's tilt with the Hornets, the Thunder play two critical road games. They meet the Denver Nuggets on Friday and Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday.
New Orleans dropped a tough one to the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday night. The Hornets fell at home, 101-97, and had no answer for Deron Williams of the Nets.
A silver lining for Hornets fans is, despite losing four of their last five, New Orleans didn't stop competing after a 16-point halftime deficit. They won the second half 56-44.
"We just had so many mistakes tonight defensively in things that we know better," said Hornets coach Monty Williams. "But I love the way our guys compete. Even when we get down, the guys just continue to compete and play until there's no more time on the clock. That is something I am really proud of."
Greivis Vasquez paced the Hornets with 20 points. Robin Lopez lost the battle to his twin brother Brook, but still had 14 points, seven rebounds and two blocked shots.
Anthony Davis, the first overall pick in last summer's draft, left in the third quarter Tuesday night with an apparent left shoulder injury. His availability for Wednesday is unknown.


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Life-Size Erector SetBy Rabbi Jack Abramowitz
G-d told Moshe to erect the Mishkan on the first day of the month of Nisan. He should place the Ark behind the partition, set up the table and light the Menorah. The altars and the basin should be put in their proper locations and the courtyard enclosure should be set up all around. Then, Moshe should use the anointing oil to sanctify everything for use.
Aharon and his sons should immerse in a mikvah, after which Moshe would dress and anoint them. After that, they'd be all set to serve as priests. (Any descendants born after that would be born kohanim and not require inauguration.)
Moshe did all of the above.


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TIFTON – The 13th Annual Ag Classic Golf Tournament at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College will be held on Oct. 7 at ABAC's Forest Lakes Golf Club. There will be an 8 a.m. flight and a 1 p.m. flight. A complimentary lunch will be served between flights.
The event is hosted by the ABAC Ag Alumni Council and the School of Agriculture and Natural Resources to provide scholarship funds for students in that area of study.
Open to the first 100 golfers who register, the tournament will be a four-man scramble with a shotgun start. There is an entry fee of $125 per person or a $500 entry fee for each four-person team that includes lunch, cart, greens fees, and an embroidered golf shirt with tournament logo.
Prizes will be awarded to the first, second, and third place teams in each flight. Prizes will also be awarded for the longest drive, hole-in-one, and closest shot to the pin on designated holes.
For more information, interested persons can contact tournament coordinator Vonda Fenn at (229) 391-5067 or e-mail her at email@example.com.


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Self-guided Tour Request Form
To request your tour, please submit this form at least four weeks in advance of the tour date you are requesting.
The Smithsonian Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden respects your privacy. Please see our privacy policy for more information. Before submitting, be sure that all sections of the application are complete.
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The title of this thread speaks for itself. When reviewing a Web Site, please employ some common decency by showing appropriate respect to its creator. This forum is not for belittling others regardless of how your perceive their creation.
If you feel something has been implemented incorrectly, explain how it can be fixed rather than simply telling the designer that he or she is an idiot. If you only have bad things to say; don't post at all.
As stated in the Acceptable Use Policy, which you agreed to, disrespectful posting will not be tolerated. I think we can all learn a thing or two from some of the incidences in this forum.
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Effective June 1, 2014, NS' marketing and operations divisions will report to Squires; continuing to report to him are the corporation's administration, finance, law and corporate relations and planning and information technology divisions.
"Since becoming president in 2013, Jim has provided a distinctive and forward-looking perspective for our most important activities and issues," NS Chief Executive Officer Wick Moorman said. "His work in the marketing and operations divisions will advance that leadership momentum."
Squires joined Norfolk Southern in 1992 and served in several law positions before being named vice president law in 2003, senior vice president law in 2004, senior vice president financial planning in 2006, executive vice president finance in 2007 and executive vice president administration in 2012.


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Deaf Rapper Inks Record Contract
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Sean Forbes, a 28-year-old deaf rapper and RIT/NTID alumnus, recently signed a contract with major record label The Bass Brothers – the label that discovered famous rapper Marshall "Eminem" Mathers.
Born in Rochester, Mich., Forbes was raised in Farmington Hills, a suburb of Detroit. Both of his parents were musicians, in addition to his mother working as vice president at her father's trucking company, and Forbes' father owning and managing a number of restaurants in the area.
"My dad is also one half of The Forbes Brothers, a country rock band, with my Uncle Denny," said Forbes. With music in his blood, Forbes would not allow deafness to stand in his way.


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Attention Educators: Fort Delaware Museum of Colonial History is now taking reservations for Student Days.
– Attention Educators: Fort Delaware Museum of Colonial History is now taking reservations for Student Days.
Bring your elementary school class and show them the living history of the daily life of The Delaware Company pioneers, the first European settlers in the Upper Delaware River valley from the 1750s through the American Revolution.
Let them see a working blacksmith, candle maker, spinners and weavers, cabin keepers, 18th century gardener and schoolmarm. Plus, there will be "Blasts from the Past" on authentic muskets and a 2-pound swivel cannon.
If a picture is worth a thousand words, a living picture is worth still more.
Available dates are: May 21, 22, 23; May 29, 30; June 4, 5, 6; and June 11, 12, 13.
Students are still $3 each, while chaperones are one free with each 10 paying students. Additional chaperones are $5 each.
Plan to allow a minimum of 2.5-3 hours at the Fort for an in-depth experience of local and Early American history.
Amenities include a gift shop, modern restrooms, picnic pavilion and ample bus parking.
For more information, or to reserve your field trip, call 845-807-0261, Monday through Friday between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Fort Delaware Museum of Colonial History is located along the New York State Scenic Byway at 6615 State Route 97 in Narrowsburg.


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24-Hour Stew Hen Bone Broth
I recently hosted a bone broth cooking class at Inspiration Plantation, in Ridgefield Washington. I chose to highlight stew hens. A stew hen is a mature 2-year-old laying hen, who's had the time to strengthen it's muscles and collect a beautiful layer of healthy fat. You can tell the difference of a stew hen, because […]
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Toyota Prius 3 pinouts
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Manufacturer: Toyota
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There is one pinout found for Toyota Prius 3.The pinout (pin-out) is a cross-reference between the contacts (pins) of an electrical connector and their functions. The link to apprpiate pinout shown as a table or diagram are listed below.
- Toyota/Lexus OBD II diagnostic interface connector pinout used in most models after 1998