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Meat and potatoes: the 1950s suburban ideal food groups (with butter running a close third). Did ya know that potatoes are members of the "deadly" nightshade family whose genealogy includes peppers, and eggplant?
Wikipedia traces the family tree:
The family includes Datura (Jimson weed), Mandragora (mandrake), belladonna (deadly nightshade), Capsicum (paprika, chili pepper), Solanum (potato, tomato, aubergine or eggplant), Nicotiana (tobacco), and Petunia (petunia). With the exception of tobacco (Nicotianoideae) and petunia (Petunioideae) most of the economically-important genera are contained in the sub-family Solanoideae.
Quite the eclectic family! From poison to french fries; from flowers to eggplant rollatini; from medicine to salsa! And a source of/contributing factor to pain (and I'm not just talking about hot pepper mouth burn!). Although not definitive, antidotal evidence points to a co-relation between consuming nightshade vegetables and chronic pain – especially arthritis. A branch of the food family you might NOT want to invite to the next family reunion!
Then there is the chronic pain of IBS: here the links are more well accepted and established. While the cause of IBS remains murky, the effects of eating certain foods can be strobe-light bright. Here the villains are who you'd suspect: fat; fried foods; highly-processed foods; red meat, dairy products, caffeine; and coffee. Through a careful diet, some of the painful aspects of IBS such as cramps and bloating can be controlled. While it is good to increase your fiber intake, pay close attention to what kind of fiber you eat: soluble fiber is more beneficial than insoluble fiber. After some research, I've been adding acacia powder to my food to increase the amount of soluble fiber in my diet. Too early to tell if this will have the kind of effect I'm looking for.
(acacia tree in Israel: wikipedia)
The trigger foods for migraines are well documented, although they can vary from person to person, situation to situation. Some common migraine trigger foods include chocolate, processed meats such as hot dogs, red wine, alcohol in general, and aged cheeses. What links this smorgasbord of trigger foods are chemical compounds such as tyramine, artificial sweeteners, and msg. An elimination diet, and headache diary can help you decide which dishes on the buffet to avoid, and which you can have seconds of.
These thumbnail sketches do have a theme: food and pain (not talking about heartburn/indigestion). Food is known both for it's heroic measures (medicinal purposes, and healing properties) and it's villainous nature (trigger foods for inflammation and chronic pain) Food intolerances and allergies are the evil twins on the dark side of food.
Another theme, more submerged (dunked as a donut perhaps?) is the idea of eliminating certain foods in order to judge whether they are the culprits or no. Elimination diets can be as strict as water, lamb and pears; can include fasting and flushing (not necessarily recommended) and/or removing particular foods/food groups from your diet. Foods that cross the pain borders include gluten (wheat, rye, and other grains though not necessarily corn); eggs; dairy products; processed foods; alcohol; fructose/sucrose and red meat. (This is not a complete list, but highlights foods identified as triggers in more than one pain area).
By now, you might be feeling overwhelmed, awash in a sea of toxic vegetables; killer proteins lurking just beneath the surface; noxious dairy products creating water spouts while visions of sugar plums don't dance in your head! I tried unsuccessfully to follow the lamb and pears diet. I say unsuccessfully for 2 reasons: 1) there was not an appreciable improvement in my health after several days of staying pretty close to that regime and 2) I don't generally eat meat at every supper, and my system wasn't handling the richness and fattiness all that well. (I was buying my lamb at a local discount grocery store so it wasn't trimmed and presented the way a proper butcher would.)
For the last few days, I've been pretty faithful to a diet that eliminates gluten (with the occasional touch of oatmeal), soya and other legumes (due to allergies), very limited dairy, and alcohol (which I really shouldn't have due to meds) and a reduced sugar intake (haven't been able to cut my ties even though I suspect I have a food intolerance/malabsorption issue with fructose). I got distracted from my purpose by a lunch-time all-made-from-scratch pizza brought over by the landperson, after a really rough day, I turned to one of my comfort foods: a blanket of raw, creamed honey over a toasted multigrain bagel (lightly buttered) and topped off with slices of extra, extra, extra sharp cheddar (hard to find in New Jersey!) for supper. There has been the occasional foray into the health(y) foods section for a snack bar without gluten, etc. (I had an incredibly good chocolate brownie – of course, the trouble is chocolate can be a trigger for my cranium crusher headaches and chocolate and sugar (and soya lecithin) seem to walk hand in hand.) I haven't keep a food diary which might help allay some of my suspicions about the length of time from ingestion to non/digestion.
So, by now, you are no doubt wondering what the point is of this particular ramble. What have I actually achieved? Well, the silly dance we call "diet adjustment" has to be adhered to more strenuously. I have to record what I eat, when I eat and what symptoms appear and when. From what I've been reading (do a search on the internet for elimination diet or similar search string, and see all the hits you get!), symptoms of food intolerance, for example, may not appear for several DAYS after the food is consumed! At least with many of my food allergies, I know right away that I've eaten something I shouldn't!
And then there is the issue of caffeine: I've been headache prone lately (weather, food triggers, tension and stress), and although coffee should be eliminated, I haven't quite got up the nerve to go with caffeine withdrawal! When I was on the barlett and baa diet, I restricted my coffee intake to 1 (sometimes 2) small cups of strong, dark coffee – gasp – without cream! But then I figured the coffee was more of a culprit than cream!
As I have blogged earlier, there are only a few foods which appear on the allowed list if you were going to integrate elimination diets for chronic pain, IBS, acid reflux, fibromyalgia and food intolerances, especially taking my food allergies into consideration. While lamb is okay on some versions, the University of Wisconsin's Integrative Medicine handout for patients requires you to drop lamb from the menu. Also confusing is the length of time to eliminate foods/food groups (from 3 to 14 days); how to re-introduce foods; judging the impact; and how to interpret your findings.
So wish me luck! I don't know which list to include: foods I AM EATING or foods I'm ELIMINATING!
I pledge (that makes it sound more formal and accountable) to eliminate for 2 weeks (beginning Monday, September 20):
- gluten (this means wheat, barley, rye, etc)
- food allergy triggers (most spices, legumes – including all soya products such as lecithin, vegetable protein, and tofu)
- migraine triggers (chocolate, alcohol, msg,
- IBS issue foods (all the above plus: almost all dairy products {still might need cream in my coffee (lol) and I can't substitute soy milk for regular milk in recipes/directions, and I'm not sure I want to invest in the various other non-milk milks based on price and potential taste}) :) eggs and red meat
- processed or highly refined foods (all the fun stuff :))
- almost all fats (including the good fats such as olive oil as I know that fats contributes to my digestion issues)
- nightshade family (potatoes (unless contained within basic ingredients of a gluten-free product) green peppers, egg plant.
- trigger foods for acid reflux (in my case, acidic foods such as tomatoes and yogurt)
I also pledge to create a food diary and write down EVERYTHING (foods eaten, symptoms, etc.)
Words of Warning: am I setting myself up for a fall:
I made gluten-free tea biscuits (contained dairy, almond meal, potato starch) this morning and ate one plain – no thick, creamed honey, butter or jam/jelly. I have a package of gluten-free rolls in the fridge (tsk , tsk, did I mention yeast can be a cause of symptoms for IBS issues?) In case the going gets REALLY ROUGH, I bought a box of gluten-free brownie mix (I know, you are shaking your head and muttering: chocolate, dairy AND sugar!) and I have my eye on frozen cinnamon sugared donuts (triple whammy for me) at one of the grocery stores where I shop.
For those of you who are definitely negatively impacted by gluten, I plan on "reviewing" some of the gluten-free products I've been experimenting with.
Update: September 24, 2010
Eating gluten free would be easier if I was rich enough to afford all the non-gluten goodies you can get. Did I mention the donuts? :)
Froze the rolls, and bought some gluten-free bread that has lots of seeds (okay, so one of the recommendations for IBS is to avoid non-soluble fiber like nuts and seeds.) A bit sweet for a sandwich bread, it works great toasted (with butter, of course!) and sshhh . . . . jelly! (in case the watermark is too faint – that is NOT a loaf of gluten-free bread!)
Haven't made the brownies yet. Not because I 've been observing strict guidelines, but because I don't actually own a square or rectangular baking pan of the correct proportions.
Four days in all I can really report is that food gets me 2 or 3 times making sure judgments not yet possible.
UpUpdate: 25 September 20101
Luckily, thought it didn't see like it yesterday afternoon, the cinnamon sugar gluten-free donuts were gone from the grocery store's freezer, as was the brown rice flour bread I had been planning on buying. I've had trouble with getting enough energy to make it through the late afternoon the last couple of weeks, so I trudged back to the train station rather than visit one of the other two grocery stores in town both of which had a fairly good selection of gluten-free products. I did pick up some aluminum 8 x 8 pans for the brownies!
Tummy remains distended so still haven't eliminated at least one of the culprits. I'm still having small amounts of dairy products, sugar, and fat. I know from experience that any kind of fat (from the "bad" fried chicken variety through butter and on the "good" olive oil) will cause IBS issues: my digestive system is an equal opportunity fat disliker! Which makes foods like Hagen Daas five ingredient ice cream a real paradox of an IBS/elimination diet a puzzle: is my digestive system reacting to the lactose, the sucrose, or the fat content of the cream/milk?
Didn't succumb to the fresh baked Italian cookies our neighbor(u)r dropped off. I have managed to remain gluten free (except for some rolled oats which some people with gluten issues can tolerate.) But the continued bloating, distention and cramps means that I'll need to assess gluten-free for a longer period of time while contemplating what to remove next: all added fat, all sugar including fructose/fruit sugar, all dairy. I've had more fat and sugar than dairy (and a lactose intolerance test I had done many years ago didn't generate a positive response – I actually had no response: I didn't produce any measurable stomach gas during the testing phase which makes me think that lactose isn't the issue). And, it may very well not be gluten, either. I tested negative for celiac disease, but that doesn't preclude having a food intolerance to wheat, or other grains.
Many folks on elimination diets lose weight – I'm gaining weight as a result of the higher calorie nature of the gluten-free products I've been eating. My "regular" bread had at least 60 calories less a slice that my present seeded rice and sorghum flour bread. As the bread has a sweeter and different flavor(u)r, I'm eating it toasted with butter and jelly for breakfast making that a higher calorie meal than I would normally have. Where I would normally have something like a sandwich for supper, I am making rice pasta with pesto. I've been sampling different energy-type non-gluten bars – most of which had some chocolate! Being completely wiped out, and with two toes now hurting when I walk, I haven't been getting as much exercise as I normally would. For example, while I was gone for almost as long a time as usual, my shopping excursions have covered less ground.
Still not keeping a great food diary. Oh well, better work on that next.


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TUCSON, Ariz. -- It seemed like a terrific opportunity for young Matt Boyd, an intriguing prospect converted from a first baseman in high school to a highly regarded left-handed relief pitcher at Oregon State University.
Boyd, from Mercer Island, Wash., spent his junior season at OSU in 2012 as head coach Pat Casey's top set-up man out of the pen, making a team-high 31 appearances while impressing MLB scouts with his skills after an equally impressive 2011 summer pitching for the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team and later for the Orleans Firebirds in the Cape Cod League.
Sure enough, as the 2012 MLB First-Year Player Draft got under way last June, it seemed only a matter of time before Boyd's name would be called. It didn't happen as soon as many expected, but the Cincinnati Reds finally snagged him in the 13th round and tried to convince the hard-throwing lefty that it was the perfect time to turn pro. Boyd had other ideas.
"It came down to me having one more year to win (an NCAA) national championship," Boyd told Perfect Game while the Beavers were here last weekend for a Pac-12 Conference season-opening three-game series against the defending national champion Arizona Wildcats. "I felt like professional baseball could wait for a year and hopefully that opportunity will be there after this season. These are the guys that I've played here with and it seems like we were so close last year .
"I want to play professional baseball; it was my childhood dream and I grew up wanting to pitch in the King Dome in my backyard (in Seattle) and in Dodger Stadium, but I feel like the opportunity will be there after this year," he said. "Winning a national title with my guys and my team was only going to be here one more year."
Casey has led the Beavers to two Pac-10/12 championships and two NCAA Division I College World Series championships (2006, 2007) in his 18 years at OSU. Eighty-one of his players have been drafted and most of them that were selected after their junior seasons didn't return for a senior campaign. Boyd was an exception.
"Matt has always been a level-headed guy and I think he always had a plan and he could have taken it either way," Casey said last weekend. "He wasn't going to panic, he wasn't going to say 'Hey, 13th round or bust' and was going to say if it works out it works out, and if it doesn't I'm happy here. It didn't work out the way he wanted it to work out for some reason, and obviously we're elated with him coming back.
"Had he went, we would have been happy for him and we would have supported him.We just wanted to make sure it was done on his terms and if he went and that's what he wanted, then go get 'em."
So far in his senior season, the 6-foot-3, 217-pound 2010 graduate of Eastside Catholic High School in Mercer Island has had no reason at all to regret his return for his senior season in sleepy Corvalis, Ore. After holding Arizona to one run on two hits with six strikeouts and one walk in seven innings on Friday night, Boyd stood 4-0 with a 1.59 ERA this season, having allowed 27 hits and only six walks with 31 strikeouts in 34 innings of work.
Most importantly, the No. 5-ranked Beavers swept the three-game series from the U of A and stand 19-1 overall and 3-0 in the Pac-12 heading into this weekend's three-game Pac-12 set against Arizona State in Corvalis.
"I'm very grateful for the start we've had," Boyd said. "Personally, I feel like things have been going pretty well ... and it feels like things are going well as a team. I feel like we still have a long way to go as a team but the results are there and all we can do is keep building on it. I'm just very grateful for the position we're in."
Boyd was just about the same size as he is now as a senior in high school when he was also a primary first baseman. A scouting report from the 2006 Perfect Game National Underclass Showcase in Fort Myers, Fla. -- when Boyd was a sophomore -- addressed his hitting prowess more than any skills he showed on the mound. His fastball registered just 78 mph at the event.
That changed as Boyd matured. He played at the 2007 PG WWBA World Championship in Jupiter, Fla., with PG USA Purple and returned to the scout-laden tournament in 2008 as a member of the Kansas City Royals Scout Team. His fastball had reached 84 mph by 2006 and topped out at 90 mph in 2007.
"The first year I went down there with a few of my high schools teammates and we played on a Perfect Game (Purple) team," Boyd recalled. "The second year I got to play with the Royals Scout Team and all of those guys, it seemed like, were first or second or third-round picks. ... It was cool to kind of pick those guys' brains, and it was a great experience playing against guys that are going to play at the next level. It was one of those things that I was very grateful to have the opportunity to experience."
Boyd's teammates on that Royals Scout Team included minor league base-stealing sensation Billy Hamilton and Louisiana State standout infielder JaCoby Jones.
Boyd wasn't drafted out of high school and honored his commitment to OSU. He was a two-way player as a freshman, appearing in 29 games as a position player and 20 as a pitcher, including two starts. He was named a Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American and All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention after going 7-1 with a 1.90 ERA in 42 2/3 innings on the mound and hitting .264 with six doubles, three home runs and 19 RBI at the plate. He was also a two-way player in the summer of 2010 for the Corvallis Knights in the West Coast Collegiate League.
By the time his sophomore season at OSU rolled around, Boyd was pitcher-only. He appeared in 30 games that spring (2011) -- all in relief -- and went 0-0 with a 1.57 ERA and four saves; the Beavers made their third straight appearance in the NCAA Regionals.
They made their fourth straight appearance last season and finished 40-20 after going 2-2 at the Baton Rouge (La.) Regional with wins over Belmont and Louisiana-Monroe and two losses to host LSU. Boyd pitched 2 1/3 innings of one-hit, three-strikeout relief and collected a save in a 2-1 win over Belmont in the Regionals' first game.
And after all that, after two years of being a two-way guy and three years of pitching primarily out of the bullpen, Casey this year anointed Boyd as his Friday night starter. The promotion wasn't based solely on what Boyd showed from the mound.
"His character is off the charts; he's just a great person," Casey said. "He represents us off the field as well as on the field, and he's a great person and great student. He represents what you want a student-athlete to be."
To Boyd's way of thinking, being the Friday night starter is just one more challenge to confront and conquer.
"It's an adjustment, but at the same time you've got to get guys out; you just have to get them out a few different times in the same game," he said.
He said when he returned to the Cape Cod League this past summer, his focus was working on his stamina and endurance and getting some starts under his belt, so he could be an effective and reliable starter for Casey this spring. He also worked on developing a fourth pitch, the slider, in an effort to make himself all the more unhittable.
"The best experience is game time and that's the way I was raised; no excuses and just going out there and getting after it," Boyd said. "It was two summers where I got the opportunity to grow and compete and at the same time compete and develop and get yourself in position that you're going to better yourself for the next season. I feel like each summer I made jumps and really tried to better myself on the mound."
Casey admitted that Boyd spending the past summer in the Cape proved beneficial.
"During the summer time, the one thing he wanted to do when he went back to the Cape was start, and he proved to everyone that he could start and maintain his endurance," Casey said. "Coach (Nate) Yeskie prepared him to be a starter from the time he got back from the Cape and it's worked out well for him."
But Casey also hedges his bets when it comes to pitchers spending their summers, well, pitching. There has to be a balance.
"For pitchers, I think it's going to get a little less inviting because when you get a guy who throws 90 innings and he goes back to the Cape, he wants to pitch," Casey said. "I think that's something that's going to get a little less attractive as the time goes on."
The Beavers' terrific start to the 2013 season has the rest of the Pac-12 and the rest of the country, for that matter, buzzing. This does look to be Casey's strongest team since those national championship units in 2006 and '07.
"I think we have good experience in places where we should," he said. "I think we have a good blend with young guys and experienced guys and I think last year we had a little bit of taste of what we can be, and we didn't fulfill what we wanted, so hopefully there's a little bit of hunger there."
Oregon State has qualified for 13 NCAA Regionals, four NCAA Super Regionals and three College World Series (2005-07) in its history, and won those national championships in '06 and '07. With their incredible start to the 2013 season, Boyd sees no reason why a deep run can't be accomplished this year.
"At Oregon State, going to the regionals is expected," Boyd said. "Winning the whole thing -- when you look out and you see those titles on the centerfield fence, that's what the goal is. Coming up short of that is not the goal. We've come up short the last three years and I feel with the squad we have selfless guys from top to bottom, guys that are willing to put in the extra effort, guys that are willing to jump to on the grenade, so to speak. We've got grinders, and I feel really good about what we've got this year.
"I've grown as a man and player under coach Casey, coach Yeskie, coach (Pat) Bailey, and all the coaches' tutelage," he continued. "I just feel so blessed for the opportunity to wear the black and orange and to be able come back for my fourth year. I just feel truly blessed, and it was the best decision of my life to come to Oregon State."
There will not be a fifth year, of course. PG identifies Boyd as the 113th overall prospect in June's MLB amateur draft, and if that projection holds it would put him somewhere in the third round. That's definitely an improvement from the 13th round of a year ago and should result in Boyd playing professionally at some level later this year.
"The way I see it, whatever happens, happens, and it's God's will," he said. "Hopefully I'll get that opportunity -- all I need is an opportunity -- and I'm going to make the most of it. I'm sure I'm going to pitch in the big-leagues someday and I'm determined to do it, but this season I'm really at peace with it and I want to win a national title with my guys."

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I have begun to notice what appears to be some instability in Xfce. Not only has the panel done odd things lately, but the desktop is now completely empty of all icons and files saved. Although there weren't many there, they disappeared for no reason I can locate. The last thing I remember doing before this happened was download a file with my browser, and now everything is gone. Just like that.
I can still use my email client, my browser, music player, etc.. Nothing else seems to be affected. Reboots didn't change anything. Everything is still missing and everything else is nominal.
I started using Xfce because it was simpler and was assumed to not get in the way of day-to-day tasks with unnecessary complexity. If this level of complexity is causing problems, then I shudder to think of the problems with DE's like Gnome and KDE.
Does anyone know what can be happening here? I would appreciate any ideas. Could I have changed something without realizing that it might cause this? It might be that I have a blind spot, but maybe you can show me.
(Arch with Xfce 4.6.1)
This is definitely odd and I've never had such problems with 4.6.1 or any other version for that matter.
Are you sure you haven't changed anything under "Settings" > "Desktop" > "Icons" > "Icon type"?
Also, what's the Panel doing exactly?
Note than some Panel *plugins* may sometimes be a little unstable, but the Panel itself works quite well AFAIK.
Do you still have a Wallpaper/Right Click Menu? It kinda sounds like xfdesktop died for whatever reason, or wasn't saved in the Session. If no wallpaper/right click, try ALT+F2-> xfdesktop. Save your Session on logout to insure it starts on next login
Thanks to all for the responses. You all get an Attaboy or girl, as the case may be.
First, Superman, I realized that I forgot to post that other problem, so I did that here:
I am pretty sure these problems are based on a similar or even same issue. However, the desktop icons have not returned after repeated reboots.
Second, Soulperson, right-click gives me the Xfce main menu. But I still have my custom selected wallpaper. The absolutely only change appeared to be the missing icons, unless one counts the context menu as only being the main menu.
Okay, I found the problem.
Menu > Settings > Settings Manager (Settings) > Desktop > Icons > Icon Type > was set to None. Oops. :oops:
I must have looked at it a hundred times, and just didn't see it. There must have been a delay from the time it got changed to the time it took effect. (It is so misleading when things don't happen right away.)
Sorry everyone. But thanks for your efforts anyway.
I don't expect people to explore and try things themselves, or to search the documentation, or to use Google, or even to search old posts in this forum, but I usually expect them to at least read other people's replies to their questions when they ask one. Otherwise I don't understand the use of forums/boards.
And no, the effect is applied immediately.
Actually, ManOfSteel, your statement is pretty obvious. Sadly, you didn't offer the solution; I had to find it on my own.
Also, everyone's permissions and settings are different. Therefore changes happen in different time frames for different people, and is to be expected.
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Even though the December Holidays have been packed away, I discovered a beautiful gem that I want to share with readers.
Linda Sue Park, Newbery Award winning author of A Single Shard, has written a wonderful new picture book—The Third Gift. The book is beautifully illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline.
The story begins with a young boy learning his Father's craft—he collects tears. His Father's craft is to recognize the trees that release valuable resin. Together they gather the round drops, pearls of sap that seep out of a tree when the bark is cut. Sometimes the boy and his Father have to walk a long way to find good trees but his Father is able to see "inside" each tree, some are good—some are not—if not good they have to continue on. Father knows exactly how to cut the tree. If Father has chosen well a tear will emerge and form a big tear. The outside of the tear will dry in the hot sun. These tears are large and contain a treasure of resin. The tears are then sold to the spice merchant in the marketplace. The tears are used for many things.
On this particular trip, one of the trees forms a tear the size of a hen's egg. A few weeks later, father and son take their tears to the marketplace. The spice merchant has been waiting for them – the merchant has customers who want to buy a special gift. The boy's tear is selected. The three men have a gift of gold, a gift of frankincense and now they will add a gift of myrrh. The boy wants to know who the gifts are for. One of the three merchants says the gifts are for a baby and the boy is proud that he harvested part of the gift. The three men mount their camels and ride into the desert while the boy wonders about the baby. The last full page drawing shows the three merchants riding up to a small stable where the new born baby waits.
The story and paintings are absolutely beautiful. I have read this story several times and each reading merits studying the detailed artwork. What a gem—read this soon but also tuck it away for next December.
Also included are Bible references and historical information about the magi and myrrh.
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The five-year plan is entitled "Our Time, Our Future: The UNC Compact with North Carolina," written by UNC's Advisory Committee on Strategic Directions. That committee generated some controversy in the fall, as some observers complained that there weren't enough members with direct UNC ties—and that those who were on the committee were not sufficiently committed to the value of higher education.
But Ross says he's happy with the finished product regardless.
"At the end of the day," he said at Friday's meeting, "I think everyone is committed to endorsing a plan that ensures an affordable, high-quality education for our students and that effectively and efficiently responds to the evolving state needs."
The 66-page draft released this week comprises the first three chapters of a five-chapter plan, corresponding to five overarching goals: graduating a higher percentage of North Carolinians; improving academic quality; serving the people of the state; maximizing efficiency; and maintaining affordability, accessibility, and financial stability.
Read a recap of the first day of the Board's two-day meeting.
In order to accomplish those ends, the plan proposes a variety of specific objectives. Among those are a targeted focus on particular research areas, an added commitment to online education or "distance learning"—and an ambitious goal of raising the number of North Carolinians with bachelor's and professional degrees.
Right now about 30 percent of North Carolinians have degrees; the plan is to raise that to 32 percent by 2018. It doesn't sound like a big increase, but Ross says that would make North Carolina one of the most educated states in the U.S.
"It's a challenge," he says. "It's not going to be easy….But I think if we want to be the most competitive state to attract new business and to be able to meet the workforce demands that are going to be there, we need to be able to meet this goal."
Also on the table is a potentially controversial proposal to eliminate the cap on the number of out-of-state students UNC can accept in a given year. Right now, no more than 18 percent of students in a class can be non-residents—but out-of-state students pay more in tuition, so there's a financial incentive to bring more in. Then again, North Carolina prides itself on its constitutional commitment to educational accessibility for all residents—so there are many who object to a proposal that seems to close the door.
Ross says he's not sure what will happen, but it's a conversation worth having.
"We're still at the preliminary stage, and we've gotten some good feedback," he says. "Whether any discussion of removing the cap continues to be a part of the plan–I don't know. We're still receiving feedback on that, and there are people who feel strongly both ways."
The Board of Governors only began considering the draft this week, but the timetable is a speedy one: the Board is planning to approve a final draft at its next meeting on February 8.


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NEW YORK (AP) — After a long night of talks, the NHL and the union are to return to negotiations — but not just yet.
The sides were supposed to meet at the league office Thursday at 10 a.m. EST. That, however, did not happen.
The Players Association said it was updating its members on negotiations and no time had been set for bargaining to resume.
Both sides understand the urgency to save a shortened season. They have moved closer to one another while swapping proposals, but key issues remain — pensions and salary cap, among them.
The lockout is in its 110th day. Commissioner Gary Bettman has said that the league told the union a deal needs to be in place by next week so a 48-game season can begin Jan. 19.
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The US on Sunday said it would give Egypt US$190 million in budget aid after Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi promised to take the painful economic reforms needed to secure an IMF loan.
US Secretary of State John Kerry announced the funding after meeting Morsi and acknowledged Egypt's "extreme needs" as the Islamist government struggles with a slide in currency reserves to worryingly low levels and a soaring budget deficit.
Cairo says it wants to reopen talks with the IMF about a US$4.8 billion loan, which was agreed on in principle in November last year, but suspended at Cairo's request due to violent street protests the following month.
"In light of Egypt's extreme needs and President Morsi's assurance that he plans to complete the IMF process, today [Sunday] I advised him the United States will now provide the first US$190 million of our pledged US$450 million in budget support funds," Kerry said in a statement.
Two years after the fall of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, the nation is deeply split between the ruling Islamists and the leftist and liberal opposition parties, most of which have said they will boycott parliamentary elections due to start next month.
Kerry said the funds were "a good-faith effort to spur reform and help the Egyptian people at this difficult time" and that it was "paramount, essential, urgent" that the economy get back on its feet.
However, the sum is dwarfed by the budget deficit, which is growing rapidly as a slide in the Egyptian pound pushes up the cost of subsidizing energy and food, much of which has to be imported using US dollars.
In a reform program Egypt is sending to the IMF, Cairo targeted a deficit of 189.7 billion Egyptian pounds (US$28 billion), or 10.9 percent of economic output, for this fiscal year. Even this assumes economic reforms are made and the deficit would hit 12.3 percent of GDP without such action, it forecast.
The US$190 million is part of a US$1 billion pledge made by US President Barack Obama in 2011 after Egypt's popular uprising.
Egypt's turmoil has frightened away foreign investors and tourists — a major source of the foreign currency it needs to pay for wheat and fuel imports.
On Sunday, a Cairo appeals court ordered a politically fraught retrial of Mubarak, his sons and top aides to begin on April 23, nine days before elections are due.
Mubarak was jailed for life for ordering the killing of demonstrators in 2011, but was granted a retrial in January.
Egyptian Minister of Finance Morsi el-Sayed el-Hegazy was optimistic that an IMF agreement could be sealed before the four-stage lower house poll gets under way.
Economists are divided between those who see such a timetable as overoptimistic and those who believe Egypt cannot hold out much longer without help.
Foreign currency reserves tumbled to US$13.6 billion in January from US$36 billion before the fall of Mubarak, and the Egyptian pound has dropped 8.2 percent since the central bank began auctioning US dollars at the end of December last year.
Reserve figures due out this week are expected to show a continuing slide below US$15 billion — the amount needed to fund three months' imports, economists said.
However, the price of any deal is likely to be high. Egypt is sending projections to the IMF of huge increases in gasoline and diesel prices as it comes under pressure to curb energy subsidies, a Cabinet official said on Sunday.
The government plans to continue subsidized fuel prices for the most needy, under a rationing system to be implemented in July.
However, Egyptians excluded from this scheme would face a jump in prices that could provoke public fury if implemented.


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From Plato's Apology, 34b6,
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Can I call the first clause in the sentence above a potential optative with a neuter accusative plural relative pronoun ([face=SPIonic]a(/[/face])?
My traslation: "Very well, men; that ([face=SPIonic]tau=ta[/face]) is about all, and more perhaps of the same kind ([face=SPIonic]toiau=ta[/face]), which ([face=SPIonic]a(/[/face]) I could/ have to offer in (my) defence."
Thank you.


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A 66-year-old Loop man faces a misdemeanor weapons charge after authorities said he stabbed a female panhandler who followed him near Holy Name Cathedral, police said.
Steven C. Cummings was charged with misdemeanor unlawful use of the weapon in connection to the stabbing that occurred during a quarrel near Chicago Avenue and State Street at 5:35 p.m. Sunday.
Witnesses told police that they saw the 34-year-old woman "closely following" Cummings and begging for money numerous times. He kept telling her to leave him alone and "get out of my face." Her refusal prompted Cummings to pull a knife and stab her, police said.
The woman was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospial with a stab wound to her face and left side of her body, police said.
Near North District officers found Cummings a short time later and arrested him.
Investigators sought felony charges against Cummings, a downtown newsstand worker, but prosecutors declined, a police source said.
A representative from the Cook County state's attorney's office was unavailable for comment.


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Teen Drugs Parents' Milkshakes for More Internet Access?
(ROCKLIN, Calif.) -- A California teenager unhappy with her parents' Internet access rules is accused of drugging milkshakes for her parents in order to put them to sleep, according to police.
The parents, who have not been identified, do not allow their daughter to access any wireless Internet at home after 10 p.m. every night.
"The daughter didn't think that was a good idea," Rocklin Police Lt. Lon Milka told ABC News. Rocklin is a city about 25 miles northeast of Sacramento.
On Dec. 28, the teen and her friend got milkshakes for the parents and "secretly" put the friend's prescription sleeping medicine into the drinks, police said.
"They only had about a quarter of the shake because it tasted really funny and had a gritty feel to it," Milka said. But it was enough to affect them and they fell asleep within the hour. The teens were free to use the Internet.
The parents woke up around 1 a.m., feeling "hangover-like" symptoms of grogginess and headaches so they went back to sleep. They had not consumed any alcohol or drugs, Milka said.
The next morning, they suspected they had been drugged and headed to the police station where they bought $5 drug tests.
"Usually, parents buy to see if their kids are using illegal drugs, but these parents used it on themselves," Milka said. The parents said the drug tests were positive and reported the teens to the police.
Both teens were arrested on charges of willfully mingling a pharmaceutical into food and conspiracy and were booked into Placer County Juvenile Hall on Dec. 31.
The 15-year-old and 16-year-old are not being identified since they are minors.
Copyright 2013 ABC News Radio


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That jibes with Wednesday's announcement by the Mortgage Bankers Association that home mortgage applications rose 4.8% last week, although refinancing applications make up 75% of those new applications. But the more activity in the market, the more regrets consumers seem to have. For instance, the pressure that comes with a highly active market seems to rush home consumers, leading to mistakes. "As prices rise in 2013, buyers are impatient while would-be sellers are holding back," says Jed Kolko, chief economist at Trulia. "Faced with limited inventory, many buyers will feel pressure to act fast -- but snap decisions often end in regrets. Homeowners' biggest regrets are wishing they bought a bigger home and wishing they remodeled more. Many buyers would have fewer regrets if they waited until they were in strong enough financial shape to afford a house that really meets their needs." By and large, the biggest regrets involve homeowners wishing they could do more. "Although the recession, tight credit and foreclosures have lowered homeownership in America, people would still buy -- and buy big -- if they could," he says. "Many current renters wish they had bought, but very few current homeowners wish they had rented. Furthermore, homeowners are three times more likely to wish they had purchased a larger home than a smaller home. Even after the housing crisis, Americans' main housing regrets are that they didn't invest more in their homes." Another major regret is buying a home based on price instead of one that inspires passion. That's why home consumers should really lay some groundwork, especially on how much they can really afford in a new home. "In today's competitive, low-inventory housing market, consumers may find themselves giving in to homes they don't really love," says Michael Corbett, a spokesman at Trulia. "Fully prepping for the future will help you lock in a home type and size that you truly want and will feel good investing for." Overall, 52% of Americans have at least one regret tied to the purchase of their home, starting with 42% of renters who wished they'd bought. (And the rate of those rates are on the upswing, rising 12% over the past 10 years.)
To avoid regrets, don't rush to buy a home, figure out well in advance what you want and, above all else, be realistic. Otherwise, on the subject of those regrets, you'll likely have a few.


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The UN Environment Programme (UNEP), together with dozens of train, metro, bus, and carpooling companies across Europe are launching the Let's Travel Together campaign aimed at changing the behaviour of travelers and commuters and inviting citizens to virtually share their ride with friends and jump on the sustainable spaceship driving to Rio.
Let's travel together is about promoting sustainable transport and triggering new habits for a greener Europe. On the eve of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development "Rio+20", UNEP and the European transport sector are calling on citizens to support the transition to a new economic model. It's not just about private and public entities, it's everyone business.
The campaign is designed with social media in mind: Let's Travel Together's center piece is a web application where your facebook avatar will appear on a green, futuristic vehicle together with everyone who has pledged to take sustainable transport.
Act now to GreenUp the planet!
It's easy and fun! All you need is your FACEBOOK avatar to board the futuristic spaceship. You'll be part of the Green Train!
Take an animal of your choice!
If you convince your friends to join the adventure, you will enter the campaign competition and may win free tickets! When you travel with others you take an active part in a greener economy.
Note to the editors:
- GreenUp is a UNEP initiative that provides resources to citizens to help them connect their everyday choices to support the transition to a Green Economy. Learn more at www.greenup-unep.org or www.facebook.com/greenup.unep.
- The Green Economy will be discussed by Heads of States and Governments and their representatives at the Rio +20 summit in Brazil this week. More information: www.uncsd2012.org
- The 'Green Economy' as envisaged by UNEP would serve a threefold purpose: improve human well-being; enhance social equity; and at the same time protect ecological assets and reduce environmental risks. More information: www.unep.org/greenup or www.unep.org/greeneconomy
The Brussels based United Nations Regional Information Centre for Western Europe - UNRIC provides information on UN activities to the countries of the region. It also provides liaison with institutions of the European Union in the field of information. Its outreach activities extend to all segments of society and joint campaigns, projects and events are organized with partners including the EU, governments, the media, NGOs, schools and local authorities.
United Nations Regional Information Centre for Western Europe (UNRIC Brussels)
Residence Palace, Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 155, Block C2,7th and 8th floor, Brussels 1040, Belgium
Tel.: +32 2 788 8484 / Fax: 32 2 788 8485


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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The small camera attached to the helmet of Rudy Rodriguez belongs to a video outlet looking to capture his viewpoint from atop Kentucky Derby contender Vyjack.
The four cameras positioned in Vyjack's stall at Churchill Downs are there to keep an extra watch on the gelding trained by Rodriguez. He was forced to accept the surveillance as a condition ordered by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission in exchange for getting a trainer's license to run Vyjack in Saturday's big race.
"Being in the Derby is an amazing accomplishment for me," said Rodriguez, who turns 41 on Wednesday, when 24-hour security for all 20 Derby horses was set to begin.
The extra scrutiny for Vyjack was the result of a string of disciplinary issues involving Rodriguez during his career as a New York-based trainer, jockey and exercise rider. Kentucky racing officials ordered him to appear at the hearing two weeks ago.
"I don't think it was right, but you got to respect what the rulings are," he said.
Last month, a filly trained by Rodriguez tested positive at New York's Aqueduct for a high level of Banamine, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug that is legal for horses but must be below an allowable limit on race day. It was the third time in the last year that one of his horses tested positive for excessive levels of the drug.
Rodriguez recently served a 20-day suspension for two earlier overages of Banamine. The third overage — considerably higher than the others — is being investigated and could result in further penalties.
"We're lucky that Kentucky gave me the opportunity to be here," he said.
Rodriguez went out on his own as a trainer three years ago after working for father-son trainers Richard Dutrow Sr. and Rick Jr., and the late Hall of Famer Bobby Frankel.
Kentucky officials were interested in Rodriguez's tenure as an employee of the younger Dutrow, who is currently serving a 10-year suspension from New York racing officials for multiple rules violations. Some of Dutrow's clients moved their horses to Rodriguez.
"I don't let nobody ruin this moment for me. I got nothing to hide," Rodriguez said. "We're trying to play everything by the rules."
He's got the support of Vyjack's owner David Wilkenfeld, who named the gelding using a combination of his parents' names Vivian and Jack.
Also in Rodriguez's corner is Eclipse Award-winning trainer Dale Romans. They first met in 2008 when Rodriguez exercised horses for the trainer in Dubai. Romans served as a character witness for Rodriguez at the Kentucky hearing.
"He's a very good man," he said. "I thank him a lot for supporting me."
Rodriguez is about as hands-on as many trainers get, whether it's riding Vyjack during his morning workouts, staying aboard for his cooling out trips around the barn or helping bathe the gelding afterward. He holds the reins in his right hand while reaching around with his left to massage Vyjack's rump as they circle the stalls in the barn.
"I love to be around horses," he said, refusing to let the extra scrutiny cloud his upbeat disposition.
"I'm in the place where every trainer in the world wants to be. How can you not be happy?"
Rodriguez calls Vyjack the best horse of his 80-head stable. Although he's never saddled a Derby horse before, he was in the background at major races working for the Dutrows and Frankel.
"Rudy is kind of a laidback guy," said Garrett Gomez, who will ride Vyjack. "There are some loose vibes going on."
Vyjack is 4 of 5 in his brief career, with his only loss coming to undefeated Verrazano in the Wood Memorial. Vyjack finished third that day, and will take on his rival again Saturday in the Derby.
"I'm glad we got the one loss out of the way," Wilkenfeld said. "We're here to win the big one."


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Not only can fans see both the Pella High girls and boys track and field squads during their final home meet of the season Monday night, but they can also join in the fight against cancer in honor of Carol Schulte and Athletic Director Bill Van Horn.
Van Horn was diagnosed with bile duct cancer in January and has undergone extensive treatments since at the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics, while Schulte, wife of Pella High assistant track coach Matt Schulte, underwent effective treatments for Leukemia two years ago, only to be re diagnosed this past summer, 20 weeks into her pregnancy.
During treatments, Van Horn and Schulte both were provided a home away from home at Hope Lodge in Iowa City, a product of the American Cancer Society, which provides free lodging and emotional support to cancer patients allowing them to live in a home like setting rather than a hospital room and also provides convenient access to the treatment center. Pella boys track coach Brent Van Hauen says the purpose of Monday's fundraiser is to raise awareness and money to support Hope Lodge and says he hopes alot of people will come to the meet and join in the cause. He says they'll have a silent auction and have gathered numerous items of interest and all money raised will be donated to Hope Lodge.
After undergoing major surgery in early February, Van Horn recently completed six weeks of radiation and chemotherapy treatments. He is currently recovering at his home in Pella and re gaining strength after losing nearly 40 pounds. He plans to start a second aggressive round of treatment in mid May which will consist of two different types of chemo done once a week on rotating weeks for a period of six months.
Schulte underwent a bone marrow transplant at University Hospitals and Clinics in November, a couple weeks after giving birth and is doing well, and healthy baby Faith turned six months old yesterday.
Van Horn and Schulte are expected to attend Monday's fundraiser which will take place during the Pella Co-ed track and field meet. All money raised will be donated to Hope Lodge in the names of Van Horn and Schulte. For more information contact Pella track coach Brent Van Hauen.


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Submission + - Wii 2 delay is hurting Nintendo (mcvuk.com) 2
BanjoTed writes: Michael Pachter's ongoing spat with Nintendo regarding the Wii 2 is well documented. Pachter is sure it's coming, Nintendo says it's not. Now the analyst has gone one further by claming that the struggling sales of Wii documented in the platform holder's recent financials will only get worse unless it speeds up attempts to get its successor to market.


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An independent advisory panel on the Niger Delta (Nigeria) set up by the IUCN Business and Biodiversity programme had a workshop during the world conservation congress in Jeju. The host organisation for the workshop, which held on 11th September 2012 in the BEP pavilion, is the Nigerian Environmental Study Action Team (NEST), represented by Gloria Ujor, CEC member.
In January 2011 Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) approached IUCN, with a request for credible independent scientific advice on appropriate approaches to rehabilitation and remediation of oil spill sites in the Niger Delta and for assessment of the success of SPDC's rehabilitation/remediation outcomes. The consultation was done through the existing Shell / IUCN partnership arrangements administered between Shell International B.V. and IUCN's Business and Biodiversity Programme (BBP). IUCN agreed to the approach and set up an Independent Advisory Panel (IAP) as a pivot to carry out the assignment. Recognition was given to the organs of the IUCN, including the commissions for involvement in the panel's work. Thus specialists in the area of work of the panel were expected to indicate interest.
Environmental degradation in the Niger Delta area of Nigeria, (coordinates of approximately 40 15' and 50 33' N, / 40 30' and 80 15' E) has contributed to series of hostilities and conflicts. Oil prospecting in Nigeria started in 1956 in Oloibiri, Niger Delta region. As of today this activity has spread to varied locations in the area, with a number of multinational companies involved. The latest national development with respect to addressing conflicts in the area was the granting of amnesty to restive youths and organisations in the area by the central government of Nigeria. The oil companies claim that sites polluted due to petroleum exploration are rehabilitated, but visible damages to farmlands and fishing sites among the communities are testimonies of damage and neglect. This ordinary observation has been authenticated by the UNEP report on Ogoniland, which identified some serious challenges with contamination in this sub-region of the Niger Delta,
The IAP and its work: The Independent Advisory Panel (IAP) was constituted by the IUCN Business and Biodiversity Programme (BBP), making use of technical expertise from within the IUCN Commissions and relevant academic and research institutions, the IUCN membership (including relevant Nigerian based NGOs), and the Regional Office for Central and West Africa (PACO). As of today, two Nigeria based NGOs (members of the IUCN) are actively involved in the IAP work. The Chair of the IAP is from CERASE, while the administration of the work of the panel is being carried out by the NEST. It is known that the IAP commenced its work in 2012, and site surveys including collection of soil, vegetation, water etc. Samples for laboratory analysis have taken place.
The concept of the IAP work is to undertake a project in collaboration with SPDC as the funder, and IUCN Business and Biodiversity Programme (BBP) as the coordinator. The broad objectives of the project include:
- giving greater priority and emphasis to biodiversity conservation and equity outcomes;
- drawing on the expertise of IUCN to guide Shell on how to enhance its biodiversity conservation performance in Nigeria; and
- preventing biodiversity losses from Shell projects including in areas important for biodiversity outside protected areas.
Some specific objectives include: - Ensuring the remediation and rehabilitation of SPDC oil spill affected ecosystems are based on sound scientific advice over which there would be no dispute, Working with the Nigerian regulator(s) to ensure that such standards for SPDC build upon and complement current standards applicable under Nigerian legislation and are aligned with any future work to clarify and improve standards that may be undertaken by the proposed Ogoniland Environmental Restoration Authority, Providing an assessment of the success of SPDC's implementation, after a period of three years, in terms of the health and recovery rates of the relevant ecosystems, Developing a strategy to safeguard remaining areas of biodiversity importance from effects of potential future spills, Increasing capacity of local Nigerian organizations with respect to the science, methodologies and implementation practices applicable to oil spill site remediation and rehabilitation in the Niger Delta, and Seeking to influence Oil & Gas sector operators and contractors exploring and producing in the Niger Delta to adopt these standards, guidelines and best practices.
The first phase of the panel's work, which started in 2012, is three years.
Dr Uzoamaka Egbuche, CERASE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LTD. Current Chair of the IAP, firstname.lastname@example.com
Mr Deric Quaile, Project Implementation Manager, BBP unit IUCN, email@example.com
Professor Chinedum Nwajiuba, Executive Director, Nigeria Environmental Study Action Team (NEST), firstname.lastname@example.com, email@example.com


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Oh, so there should be a central hub where the virus/worm can talk to other copies of itself. Any place it could talk to itself would quickly be located and shutdown. Besides, I don't think the writers of these kinds of programs are really concerned with your network utilization.
Most of the malicious type traffic I'm seeing lately (aside from SPAM) is ssh worms trying to log into my boxes. Most boxes are set to only allow ssh from a few IPs or subnets, but I have one that I block class A's anytime I see
Oh, so there should be a central hub where the virus/worm can talk to other copies of itself. Any place it could talk to itself would quickly be located and shutdown.
Not if it's on freenet...
Not true! For example, they follow RFC 3514 [faqs.org]
Code Red II [caida.org] implemented a randomized variant on this: "1/8th of the time, CodeRedII probes a completely random IP address. 1/2 of the time, CodeRedII probes a machine in the same
At least one worm that took this sort of approach had a bad random number generator, so it kept hitting the same territory too hard and missing other wide-open spaces, which protected a few parts of the net from infection.
The big reason is the sheer vastness and varied topology of the Internet. Try running a massively distributed application sometime and get a real life education in exactly how theoretical the guarantee of data transfer between two machines picked at random is. My
From the abstract of their paper:
Finally, we look at activity relative to the IP address space and observe that the sources of malicious traffic are spread across the allocated range.
So the answer is no, you can't filter effectively for bad sites.
but my reading suggests that sshd will accept certs fine, but if they're not presented it will fallback to password mode. Is my understanding correct? I'd rather have it not ask for passwords at all. Any pointers?
On a UNIX ssh server (Open/Fsecure) look into the "PasswordAuthentication" parameter in sshd_config. Setting this to "no" will prevent password authentication to proceed. Check with '-v' to ssh; it will tell you what authentication methods that can proceed. Haven't played with a Windows sshd ser
Very highly recommended. With the case of p2p, it's good to keep your head down. It's the tall ones that get their heads chopped off...
They also have software to convert the lists to various formats for use in different firewalls. iptables fans should check out "linblock". Beware though, a large list can take an hour to parse on your typical recycled firewall box, but the tool merges the ranges to keep the tables as short as possible.
Also, a lot of zombies on the net sit on dynamically addressed machines. The next time a zombie connects to the net, your RBL won't block him since he will be coming from a different address.
Would you really want to piss of 40% of your client base in one swoop?
No need to disconnect them initially. Just email with a warning and simple instructions on how to fix it, maybe linked to a web app to do the work. Most naive users are paranoid about viruses due to the media exposure and are happy to fix it if they are told how.
Keep your options open!
How do you know? Are you connected through some different internet than the rest of us. Some magical place where a goodly percentage of the traffic isn't malicious?
What if everything were all of a sudden faster, because there wasn't that stuff sucking up bandwidth?
Oops! Someone hasn't noticed the number of trains and ships running Windows. No danger of a virus killing anyone there, then.
I don't experience any significant negative effects from zombie machines, so I am not willing to pay for such a system.
Someone also hasn't noticed the amount of effort that goes into protecting his system from zombie machine. Perhaps he thinks firewalls were a gift from unknown stellar travellers and spam filters require no effort to creat
So, in contradiction to what you said in your post, you not only ARE willing to pay but you did in fact pay for protection.
Here is an additional error in your analogy. PUBLIC does not simply mean you share it with other people. Rather, it means "Maintained for or used by the people or community". Internet access is not a public utility (to wit. ISP's vs. municipal broadband), it's more like a toll road. There's nobody on the internet who doesn't directly pay t
The aren't running a network in their parents basement you know. Their networks are massive, with nodes LITERALY spanning thousands of miles. The volume of traffic they deal with is HUGE. They use cutting-edge routers just to keep up with the demand.
How on earth do you do traffic analysis on that level? You might be able to catch some of the more obvious spammers, but how do you differentiate (on the IP level) between: a) a residential user b) a commercial user who maildrops willing customers c) a zombie d) a community group or e) blah. Blocking someone based on traffic is not possible, unless you want to lose your valid customers.
What they should do is be more responsive to complaints. If a customer of theirs is a zombie spambot or acting as a stepping stone for some script kiddie, they should have their connection suspended until it is remedied. But they can only do this based on a complaint.
Besides, what's the profit in spending any resource on the problem in the first place? Until that is affected, they won't care about it.
I resemble that remark. (Mmmmm, three class C's...) Benefits or working for an organization who got on the net back when Arin was handing out blocks like candy.
This is
The number of the port molested isn't really a good ordinate.
Apparently this site will be linked to by Slashdot in two days, but it hasn't been yet...
Our business in life is not to succeed but to continue to fail in high spirits. -- Robert Louis Stevenson


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Monday, April 12, 2010
BabyKicks Diaper Hunt Continues- Week # 2
Join Stephan from BabyKicks on the first ever BabyKicks' Easter Diaper Hunt featuring Otto and Maya. Throughout the month of April Stephan, Otto and Maya will be crisscrossing Europe to meet local retailers, part of the BabyKicks design team as well as run a Marathon (in preparation for an upcoming 60 mile Charity Race in which BabyKicks will be participating). To celebrate the holiday and the start of spring BabyKicks invites you to participate in our Easter Diaper Hunt that will be ongoing through the end of April.
Stephan will be traveling with the BabyKicks Bumboo Pocket Diaper and the BabyKicks Organic Fitted Diaper - which we nicknamed Otto and Maya respectively – throughout the journey.
Every Monday from April 5 to May 3 the trio will post pictures on the Cloth Diaper Whisperer of themselves in front of landmarks in well known cities in which they are hiding. In addition to the pictures they will post clues to their new hiding place on the BabyKicks Facebook page during the week. If you can find out where Stephan, Otto and Maya are you have a chance to win 1 of 6 BabyKicks Easter Bags! To enter the hunt, correctly guess the city, post the location on the Cloth Diaper Whisperer Blog and a random winner will be drawn.
There will be 6 prizes in total, one prize per week for 5 weeks and one LARGE prize when Stephan, Otto and Maya return from their ventures the first week of May. Each prize will be delivered in a unique hemp Easter Bag and is guaranteed to include at least 1 Bumboo Pocket Diaper. If you enter and don't win, your name will automatically be entered into the next week's drawing. Winners will be announced on the BabyKicks Facebook page. And, just like the traditional Easter eggs it's a SURPRISE, so no peeking!
The promotion starts on Monday April 5, 2010. So get your basket ready because we're going on an Easter Diaper Hunt!
22 comments:
- Jen said...
Leipzig, Germany.
- April 15, 2010 at 10:31 AM
- April 15, 2010 at 11:32 AM
i hope im right! Leipzig
- April 15, 2010 at 11:32 AM
i think the answer for week #2 is Leipzig
- April 15, 2010 at 11:32 AM
- Pilar Palacios said...
Federal Administrative Court, Leipzig (Germany)
- April 15, 2010 at 12:36 PM
- creativoice said...
They are in Leipzig, Germany this week
- April 15, 2010 at 1:48 PM
moscow, russia
- April 15, 2010 at 4:02 PM
- Lisa said...
Leipzig Germany :)
- April 15, 2010 at 9:55 PM
- Kaylyn said...
My guess is Leipzig, Germany. These are super hard!
- April 15, 2010 at 10:08 PM
- carlaboo11 said...
he is in Leipzig, Germany at the Federal Administrative Court :-)
I used to live in Germany!
- April 16, 2010 at 1:10 AM
- Saisquoi said...
They're in Leipzig, Germany at the Bundesverwaltungsgericht, or the Federal Administrative Court, at the former Reichsgericht building!
- April 16, 2010 at 10:20 AM
- jenstiles said...
- April 16, 2010 at 1:05 PM
It is the federal adminstrative courts building located in Leipzig, Germany.
- April 16, 2010 at 7:58 PM
- luke and pamela said...
Leipzig, Germany!!!
- April 16, 2010 at 8:00 PM
- Lindsay said...
Leipzig Germany
- April 16, 2010 at 8:08 PM
Leipzig, Germany
- April 16, 2010 at 8:31 PM
- Heidi Maxwell said...
Reichsgerichtsgebäude in Leipzig (seat of the Federal Administrative Court of Germany)
- April 16, 2010 at 8:50 PM
- Julie said...
Stephen, Otto and Maya are located at the Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig Germany
- April 16, 2010 at 9:39 PM
- Kelly said...
Is it Leipzig, Germany?
- April 16, 2010 at 10:11 PM
- Caroline said...
Stockholm Sweden.
- April 16, 2010 at 10:55 PM
- Bon said...
Leipzig, Germany
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- April 17, 2010 at 2:36 AM
- Jennifer said...
Leipzig Germany
- April 17, 2010 at 3:39 AM


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— This image didn't make the cut for The Week in Pictures this week because the blur motion didn't sit well with the editors. But technique aside, I find it fun to look at because of the vivid color, the shapes of the waving lines and seeing where the lines stop and start because of the movement of the procession.
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Injecting molecules from a sea slug that received tail shocks into one that didn't made the recipient animal behave more cautiously.
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Evolving, The Moral Molecule, Aping Mankind, and Experiment Eleven
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In Chapter , "Genes, Freaks, DNA," author Sam Kean draws parallels between the lives of Gregor Mendel and Johannes Friedrich Miescher, who both made scientific discoveries that were truly ahead of their times.
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Learning the intricacies of your own genetic profile is a double-edged sword.
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New changes at The Scientist will ensure that we continue to showcase the best and brightest ideas in the life sciences.
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False credit for scientific discoveries threatens the success and pace of research.
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An advisory committee urges the federal funding agency to take steps to counter racial bias in the granting process.
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The UK government releases its recommendation that open access be "the main vehicle for the publication of research," though it warns of the costs that could entail.
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Financial "conflicts of interest" should not be so quickly condemned. Industry relationships are unequivocally beneficial.
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African justice systems must change to help curb HIV and tuberculosis transmission in prisons.
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A biochemist who mapped the ways in which molecular pathways interact passed away at age 96.


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CISPA last year passed the House, despite facing strong opposition from civil liberties groups and the Obama administration. But the bill ultimately died in the Senate, which was pursuing its own cybersecurity legislation.
Could CISPA 2.0 succeed? Here are six related facts:
1. Original Bill: All Carrot, No Stick.
The original CISPA, written by Mike Rogers (R-Mich.), the House Intelligence Committee Chairman, together with ranking member C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md.), and introduced in November 2011, was designed to facilitate two-way information sharing between intelligence agencies and private businesses. Notably, the bill would have legally protected from prosecution any business that shared information about its customers or employees -- including activity on Facebook and email -- with intelligence agencies. Likewise, intelligence agencies were allowed to collect data from businesses as needed "to protect the national security of the United States."
[ Can you -- and should you -- strike back at attackers? Read Offensive Cybersecurity: Theory And Reality. ]
Nebulous language and fears of unchecked surveillance helped ensure the bill's demise. The White House threatened to veto the bill, largely over related privacy concerns. In addition, the bill would have provided classified data to the private businesses that run the vast majority of the so-called critical infrastructure, but not required the businesses actually do anything with the information.
2. Privacy Questions Remain.
Privacy rights groups last year claimed victory when CISPA failed, and they've vowed to challenge any subsequent efforts to field cybersecurity legislation that doesn't include adequate privacy protections. "CISPA offers broad immunities to companies who choose to share data with government agencies (including the private communications of users) in the name of cybersecurity," said Mark M. Jaycox, a policy analyst and legal and legislative assistant at Electronic Frontier Foundation, in a blog post. "It also creates avenues for companies to share data with any federal agencies, including military intelligence agencies like the National Security Agency."
But Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), a member of the House Intelligence Committee, this week told The Hill that he's concerned about the shortcomings in the previous bill, both on the privacy and critical infrastructure security front, and plans to address these Thursday when the House Intelligence Committee holds its first cybersecurity hearing of the year. "I do think CISPA needs to be strengthened by protecting personally identifiable information and by including critical infrastructure -- it's a very necessary piece," he said.
3. Executive Order Includes Information-Sharing Provisions.
The reintroduction of CISPA came one day after President Obama signed a White House cybersecurity executive order, which he announced in his State of the Union address. "We know hackers steal people's identities and infiltrate private e-mail. We know foreign countries and companies swipe our corporate secrets. Now our enemies are also seeking the ability to sabotage our power grid, our financial institutions, and our air traffic control systems," said Obama. "We cannot look back years from now and wonder why we did nothing in the face of real threats to our security and our economy."
The executive order touches on national cybersecurity and information sharing as well as related privacy requirements. On the information-sharing front, notably, "it expands the Department of Homeland Security's Enhanced Cybersecurity Services program to provide near real-time sharing of information on cyber threats with critical infrastructure companies and state and local governments," said White House cybersecurity coordinator Michael Daniel in an overview of the executive order.
According to Daniel, the executive order also "directs federal agencies to provide timely notification to companies if we have information indicating that a company is the target or victim of a cyber intrusion," which, notably, the FBI already appears to be in the habit of doing. Finally, the executive order tells the Department of Homeland Security "to expedite the processing of clearances for appropriate state and local government and private sector personnel," he said, to encourage better sharing of classified information.


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There's heaps of fun to be had this weekend besides chasing each other around the field. Touch footy madness may be in town but check-out Vickii Byram's What's On Guide for a range of other entertaining options.
2012 NSW Touch Association State Cup: Regional Stadium, Boundary Road, and Tuffins Lane, 9am
Lunchtime Recital: Roseanna Dedman plays Christmas music in the Ross Family Studio, 12.30pm, Glasshouse, free
Black & White Christmas: Entertainment, Santa, refreshments, prizes, People Builders Auditorium under Port Macquarie Panthers, 7pm, $5
The Blue Ruins: Port Macquarie Hotel, Town Green, 9pm, free
Jordan Jive: Paws Lounge, Port Macquarie Panthers, 7.30pm, free
Dazed: Finnian's Irish Tavern, 8.30pm, free
Stonefree: Port City Bowling Club, 8pm, free
Beaten Bodies: The Pier, Clarence Street, 7.30pm, free
Friday Ham Raffles: Port Macquarie Golf Club, $1 for five tickets
The Velvet Covers: Tacking Point Tavern, 8pm, free
Hastings Co-op The Department Store: Wauchope High School Street Theatre, 10am until 1pm
Hastings Valley Fine Arts Gallery: Local artists' new exhibit, until March, Murray Street, open Thursday to Sunday, 10am until 4pm
Diversity Exhibit: Blue Poles Gallery & Cafe, 1086 Comboyne Road, Byabarra, until January 30
Glasshouse Gallery: Light Sensitive Material: Works from the Verghis Collection – photographic, light and digital media, until January 20.
Michael Riley: Selections from the Cloud Series, until Sunday.
2012 Ranamok Glass Prize until February 3. Gallery hours, Friday 10am until 5pm,
Saturday and Sunday 10am until 4pm, free Aperitif: Chilled acoustic sounds with DJ Ollie Brooke and guests, Zebu Bar + Grill, 5pm until 8pm, $8 cocktails, $4 domestic beer, $10 tasting plates
Party with DJ Sav: DownUnder Nite Club, free entry early
2012 NSW Touch Association State Cup: Regional Stadium, Boundary Road, and Tuffins Lane, 9am
Kids Spot @ Glasshouse: For kids aged four to nine years, 11am, free
Miniature Train Rides: Hastings Valley Miniature Railway Society, Corner of Beechwood and Yippin Creek Road, Wauchope, 10am until 2pm
Draft Town Beach Concept Plan: Open day, sausage sizzle, council staff on hand, Town Beach Reserve, 10am until 2pm, free
Giant Toy Raffle: $4000 in toys at Port Macquarie Panthers, 5pm
Santa Paws Photographs: Supporting RSPCA, East Port Veterinary Hospital, from 9am, photo package $20, email jpeg $5
Hastings Co-op The Department Store: Carols with Sing Australia, Santa and his elves, 11am until 1pm
La Vive Classique 2012 Variety Showcase: Glasshouse, 2pm, adults $26, child $18
Stonefree: Finnian's Irish Tavern, 8.30pm, free
Wauchope Psychic Fair: Senior Citizen's Hall, High Street, 10am until 4.30pm, free
Familiar Faces: Paws Lounge, Port Macquarie Panthers, 7.30pm, free
Andy & Besty's Funhouse: Port City Bowling Club, 7.30pm, free
Pseudo Disco: With DJ Ollie
Brook, Zebu Bar + Grill, 8pm, cocktails $10
Foreshore Markets: Westport Park, 8am until 1pm
Johns River Country Markets: Community Hall and Recreation Reserve, 9am until 1.30pm
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Jazz in the Vineyards and Bago Maze: Bago Vineyards, Milligans Road, Wauchope, music from 11am with Jordan Jive Party Band, $5, maze adult $10, child $7
Riff Raff: Tacking Point Tavern, 4pm until 7pm, free
La Vive Classique 2012 Ballet Showcase: Glasshouse, 10am, adult $26, child $18
Sunday Ham Raffles: Port Macquarie Panthers at noon, The Westport Club at 4pm, $1 for five tickets
Playing for Change: Scampis Seafood Bar & Grill, 1pm until 3pm, free
Port Macquarie Art Society Market Bazaar: Hamilton House, 198 Hastings River Drive, 8am until 1pm
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Towards an Accident Free Energy Regime in Ghana
This paper examines the legislative instruments governing the Ghanaian oil and gas industry with the view to identifying weaknesses that may compromise the health and safety standards and quality of life of the people. It reviews literature on the global and Ghana's energy regimes within the framework of its economic benefits and the challenges posed to the environment, people, flora and fauna as a basis for analysing the current legislative and regulatory environment and the proposed future legislations. The study observed that developed economies such as the United States of America have not totally escaped the challenges of oil and gas exploitation in spite of its well established oil and gas legislative and regulatory environment. Against this backdrop, the paper reveals that Ghana's current legislative and regulatory environment has little provision for issues of health and safety and the institutions are ill-resourced to prevent pollution. It thus made recommendations to enhance future legislations and demonstrates the importance of good legislative and regulatory environment in harnessing the benefits of oil and gas exploitation and reducing or eliminating its ills.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI — An unrelenting sun beats down on the streets of downtown Port-au-Prince, and sweat pours off the three dozen men and handful of women who sing, dance, and wave home-made signs as they block the entrance to the government Ministry of Social Affairs.
This is the latest in a series of weekly demonstrations by the grassroots organization MOLEGHAF, (Movement for Liberty and Equality by Haitians for Fraternity), calling for the government to create jobs and increase social support in this country with 80% unemployment and widespread poverty. Some of the signs read, MOLEGHAF Di Fók Nou Travay: MOLEGHAF Says We Must Have Work. Most of the protest songs are directed to Haiti's President, Michel Martelly: "Martelly has left us behind!" a young man shouts through a megaphone.
A police truck filled with five rifle-toting members of the Haitian National Police tries to pass directly through the group. The protesters stop and surround the truck, banging pots and pans within inches of the pointed rifles. It is a tense moment, all the more so because MOLEGHAF members know well the risk they are taking.
It was at a similar demonstration a few weeks ago when police arrested two of the group's leaders, longtime activists David Oxygène and Dukens Charles. Days later, four more MOLEGHAF members were arrested in their home. Oxygène was charged with breaking the window of a car belonging to the director of CONATEL (National Coordination of Telecommunications), while Dukens asked the police to arrest him to be in solidarity with his fellow activist. The activists say the charges are completely unfounded, but Oxygène and Charles remain incarcerated in the National Penitentiary. The other four MOLEGHAF members who were arrested have been released, but Oxygéne was recently transferred to a section of the prison called "Titanic 5-6," notorious for its hard-core inmate population and deplorable conditions, including extreme overcrowding and lack of beds and toilet facilities.
Attempts to reach the Government of Haiti for comment on the arrests were unsuccessful. Despite repeated requests, no police report or evidence of the allegedly vandalized car has been presented to the investigating judge.
Haiti has an inglorious history of its country's leaders imprisoning their political opponents, but people here hoped that era was gone for good. Martelly's predecessor, René Preval, was widely criticized for his administration's response to the January 12, 2010 earthquake, but Preval was also credited with ending politically-motivated violence and arrests. Martelly, who took office in 2011 with significant U.S. government support after an election marred by the disqualification of the country's majority party, had not cracked down on his opponents either.
But there have been signs that Martelly was intolerant of dissent and eager to consolidate power. Journalists have complained after Martelly threatened to use force against those who spoke ill of the country, including the press, and members of his staff roughed up some journalists and destroyed some of their equipment Martelly has also refused to hold elections to replace Haitian senators whose terms have expired.
Perhaps most concerning for Haitians looking to put their country's legacy of political repression behind them, Martelly has openly embraced the return to Haiti of former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier. Martelly recruited Duvalier's son and former Duvalier officials to join his administration, and Martelly argued that Duvalier should receive amnesty for decades of human rights violations, including arresting, torturing, and killing political opponents in a notorious three-prison "Triangle of Death."
The historical comparison is not lost on David Oxygène's attorney, Haitian human rights lawyer Mario Joseph of the Bureau des Avocats Internationaux, who also represents several Duvalier victims pushing for prosecution of the former president. "Oxygène is simply a political prisoner," says Joseph. "This is how Duvalier started, too."
Back at the demonstration, the MOLEGHAF members slowly allow the police truck to pass. For today, the rifles remain quiet, and no arrests are made. But the activists say they will not be silenced. Now, some of their signs include calls for freedom for Oxygène and Charles. The oldest demonstrator is Dieuseul St. Cyr. "What am I doing here, a 58-year-old man standing in the road?" he asks. "But I have not had work since 2008, and Martelly needs to be aware of the problems of the poor."
The demonstrators prepare to put away their signs and noise-makers for the day, but close with one last song in Creole. "Martelly, we are asking for work, we are asking for food, but you give us prison," they sing.


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LEWISBURG, Pa. — Michelle Wright will give the talk, "Black, But Not Like You: Race and Representation in the Age of Obama," on Tuesday, Sept. 28, at 7 p.m. in the Forum of the Elaine Langone Center at Bucknell University.
The talk, which is free and open to the public, is the 24th Annual Black Experiences Lecture, sponsored by the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity and Gender (CSREG).
"Professor Wright's talk will explore many timely questions," said Susan Reed, associate professor of women's and gender studies and anthropology, and CSREG director at Bucknell. "For example: What does it mean to define oneself as Black? What does it mean to define oneself as African-American? Are these two identities always the same?
"Looking at how Barack Obama's identity has been defined both by himself and others, Wright will argue that there are in fact a broad variety of black identities that any one individual can possess, and that it is often our relationship to specific events in history that can determine where — and even when — one is black."
Wright, who is associate professor of African-American studies at Northwestern University, teaches courses in African-American studies, gender and sexuality in the African Diaspora, race and literature in the 19th century, and African-American literary criticism and theory. She holds degrees in comparative literature from Oberlin College and the University of Michigan.
Born and raised in Western Europe, including a brief time in Rabat, Morocco, Wright focuses on the literature and philosophy of the African Diaspora, especially in the Anglophone, Francophone and Germanophone worlds.
Her publications include Becoming Black: Creating Identity in the African Diaspora (Duke University Press, 2004); Reading the Black German Experience, edited with Tina M. Campt, Duke University, in a special issue of Callaloo: Journal of African American and African Literature; and "Pale by Comparison: Black Liberal Humanism and the Postwar Era," invited submission for Black Europe and the African Diaspora, an anthology edited by Darlene Clark Hine, Stephen Small, and Trica Keaton, (University of Illinois Press, 2009). Her work in progress is The Physics of Blackness: Rethinking the African Diaspora in the Postwar Era.
While at Bucknell, Wright will participate in a faculty colloquium, "Black Studies at the Crossroad: World War II vs. the Middle Passage." In the colloquium, she plans to discuss "what I see as a key turning point in the performance of blackness both within the U.S. as well as the Black Diaspora as a whole: World War II and the postwar era. While Middle Passage discourses most often take the slave trade as the origin of black identities in the West, what I call the 'Postwar Epistemology' mediates black identity at a time of moral ambiguity — state-sanctioned destruction and killing — as well as a moment in which the vast majority of Africans and peoples of African descent were in some way connected."
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Kyle Naughton does not think Tottenham can use their gruelling Europa League campaign as an excuse for falling off the pace in the Barclays Premier League.
Spurs have failed to win six of their nine matches following a European outing this season, a statistic which has undermined their bid for a top-four finish.
Sunday's defeat at Norwich, which leaves them trailing fourth-placed Liverpool by six points, came on the back of a 1-0 loss against Dnipro in Ukraine.
Spurs will attempt to overturn that deficit in Thursday night's second leg at White Hart Lane with Naughton insisting they have the squad to cope with both competitions.
"We can't make excuses about playing in the Europa League. That's what we are in, we should have a big enough squad to deal with that and the Premier League," said the defender.
"The stats don't lie, it does seem that way, it's something that is happening and we're not sure why.
"The games are running out but we have got to keep fighting, we can't let that go. We have to aim for the top four.
"It's difficult at the minute, everyone is doing quite well above us. But we are looking above us rather than behind us. We are not looking to catch an individual team but to just get as many points as we can."
White Hart Lane will bid farewell to Jermain Defoe on Thursday with the striker, currently injured, about to complete his move to Toronto following 143 goals in two spells with Spurs.
Naughton added: "Defoe has been great for us while I have been here.
"He's been great to play with, just to give him the ball and let him do the business. He's been a great finisher, he still is, and a fans' favourite. He will be missed."
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The Big Up Festival Will Return in 2013
The Big Up Music and Arts Festival will return in the summer of 2013. As previously reported, the three-day electronic music festival took a one year hiatus in 2012 following two events at Sunnyview Farm in Ghent, NY in 2010 and 2011. The location for the 2013 Big Up Festival has not yet been determined, but it will likely take place somewhere in New York's Hudson Valley region. Past years have featured performances by EOTO, Tipper, Big Gigantic, Gramatik, Digital Tape Machine, RAQ, OTT, Marco Benevento and more. A video message from The Big Up can be viewed above.


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GENEVA – New Cougars right-hander Michael Wagner arrived at Fifth Third Bank Ballpark early Tuesday afternoon and quickly surveyed the equipment room.
A jersey with his longtime number hung there for the taking, so Wagner scooped it up.
Wagner chose 30 as a child, shortly after Ken Griffey Jr. did upon joining the Cincinnati Reds in 2000. Griffey's popularity then transcended geography, allowing the number to quickly sprout its own memories and mystique for the Las Vegas youth.
"When I picked that No. 30," Wagner said, "my first game was against Bryant."
Kris Bryant, the heralded third baseman the parent Cubs drafted second overall last June – 14 rounds ahead of Wagner – opposed Wagner in travel ball and high school before the two were college teammates at the University of San Diego.
Bryant wore No. 23 in those days, but the big league future many predict for him will have to be in different digits thanks to Ryne Sandberg.
Until that happens, Wagner prefers focusing on another number where Bryant is concerned, one that also stems to last June.
"I was kind of [ticked]," Wagner said. "I thought he should have gone first [overall], to tell the truth. Growing up playing with the kid and seeing how well he did last year is pretty unreal. And, you know, he's still doing it."
Promoted from extended spring training Monday after closer Zack Godley was elevated to Advanced-A Daytona, Wagner plans to keep charting Bryant, who entered Tuesday batting .297 in 31 games for Double-A Tennessee.
Cougars center fielder Jake Hannemann, a third-round pick in 2013, had a pulse on both Wagner and Bryant as a West Coast Conference opponent at Brigham Young.
"Going in, we knew he was going to be one of the top picks," Hannemann said. "He showed that when we played against them last year. He hit, I think, three walk-offs against us, so he definitely showed it."
A Tennessee product, Godley has provided early returns, too, excelling behind his fastball and cutter to save seven of the Cougars' first 22 wins, including Monday's series opener against Wisconsin. He struck out 25 batters in 15 innings, and was decompressing from his latest outing when manager Mark Johnson called him into his office.
"I mean, it [stinks] to have to leave these guys with us playing as well as we are," Godley said Monday. "But, I mean, all in all, it's a step to where I want to go, which is as high as I can get. The overall goal for anyone in this whole organization is to be in the big leagues, and going to Daytona is one step to there."
Wagner was golfing in Mesa, Ariz., Monday when Cubs minor league coach Jimmy Gonzalez called him with the news of his own promotion. Wagner struck out 27 in 24 2/3 innings between Rookie League Mesa and Short-A Boise last season, compiling a 3.77 ERA.
"You never really know," Wagner said. "I wasn't really on the edge of my seat with my phone. I just happened to get a phone call. It was like, 'All right, you're going to Kane [County].' So I was like, 'All right. That works for me.' "
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Sure lock, home
Tuesday's 8-2 victory against Wisconsin marked the Cougars' 11th consecutive home win. Kane County, leading the Midwest League at 23-9, is 16-2 at Fifth Third Bank Ballpark.
"I mean, wherever we go, we think we're better than everybody," said catcher Will Remillard, who was 3 for 3 with four RBIs, including a bases-clearing double in the seventh. "I mean, we play like we're better than everybody. I think that the only reason that we might be a little better here is we know the field."
Wisconsin (13-18) became the sixth straight visitor to take a lead in the top of the first. Again, it didn't matter.
"You never know who it's going to be," manager Mark Johnson said, "they just play really well together. Really pull for each other, and you know, that's what it takes to be on a winning team. They've got a really good feel and vibe."
Cut down to size
Third baseman Jordan Hankins helped the Cougars escape a would-be jam unscathed in the fifth. With one out and Wisconsin's Johnny Davis at third after reaching on a leadoff infield single and two-base error, Hankins scooped Omar Garcia's hard grounder and nabbed Davis at the plate.
"Just kind of a bang-bang play and just kind of grabbed it and went home," Hankins said.
Remillard caught Garcia stealing one batter later to end the inning.
Lookie, lookie
The video board in left-center field was functioning again after a three-game hiatus due to wiring issues.
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