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Nashville, Tenn. – After a one-week hiatus, the Tennessee State track and field teams will resume competition this Friday when the squads travel to Charleston, Ill. for the OVC Outdoor Championship.
Two weeks ago at Vanderbilt, the TSU 4x100 teams had strong showings as the Tigerbelle team of Clairwin Dameus, Ashontae Jackson, Diera Taylor and Quanisha Sales won the event with a time of 45.34 seconds.
The Flying Tiger team of Travon Alexander, Tyler Anderson, Jerome Henderson and Michael Johnson placed second. The foursome ran a time of 41.68, just 0.54 seconds behind Middle Tennessee State.
Jackson also represented her school well in the women's 400-meter, placing in fourth after finishing the race in 54.76 seconds. The sophomore also won the long jump with a leap that spanned 5.75 meters.
Her performance in the Vandy Invite helped her get named the OVC Female Athlete of the Year this past week.
Another TSU jumper that looked in top form was Flying Tiger Royce Dates. The reigning OVC Male Field Athlete of the Week was again the top collegiate long jumper at the Vanderbilt Invite, hopping 7.38 meters.
Dates also competed in the triple jump and had another strong showing. The junior set a personal-best in the event with a skip of 14.48 meters- the second farthest in the OVC this season.
Like Jackson, the Vandy Invite played a big part in Dates being named the Co-Field Athlete of the year by the conference office.
This weekend's championship should provide another showcase for Jackson and Dates.
At last year's OVC Championship at Southeast Missouri, Jackson claimed the women's long jump title, leaping 6.09-meters.
Dates, meanwhile, cleared a distance of 7.45m for second place in last season's final meet.
Another Tigerbelle looking to defend her designation in Illinois is Brittani Logan who claimed the women's shot put title last year, throwing a distance of 14.51-meters to secure the champion's medal.
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Hello, I am pleased to say that I wish to learn all I can about BSD OSes and this seems like a good place to get help. I know that most boards frown upon asking questions that are probably posted on an OSes home page or in an easy to find guide, but I don't even understand those. Let me start by telling you what I do know. I can do basic programming in C++, Python, and I know a little BASH coding as well as the essential basic Linux commands e.g rm, mv, cp, useradd/del,groupadd pwd, cd ls etc. I fully understand the hardware aspects of my computer as well as fixing, upgrading or replacing everything from a blown capacitor to the easy things like HDD, RAM, MOBO, and optical drives. My problem stems from being a long time windows user and so the most I have ever had to do is edit the registry. I am not very familier with networking concepts such as DNS, or configuring routers manually. I do know the basic stuff like what IPs, MAC addresses, and subnet masks are and I know how to find that info with IFconfig but I cannot configure anything yet.
Now, with that rather poor introduction out of the way, I need help getting started with this OS. I don't want to use a GUI until I get the hang of most of the intermediate stuff. Is there a good, easy to understand guide around or a tutorial series that can take me step by step from beginner to intermediate user? I also need help configuring my laptop because it cannot find a DHCP link.
The excellent OpenBSD FAQ is a very good and complete guide. In the beginning of this century, when I started with OpenBSD, and my internet access was with a 64K ISDN modem, I downloaded that FAQ and printed most sections on our HP laserjet printer. That was cheaper and faster than reading and studying from the monitor screen.
With the experience you already have with Linux, I don't see many problems ahead in getting OpenBSD up and running There could be a few minor issues, because sometimes OpenBSD does things different than Linux.
RE: laptop
Laptops are not always the easiest pieces of equipment to configure OpenBSD on. Especially when you need to configure X Window, or a wireless connection. If you are a student and rely on your laptop for your study, it could be easier to somehow get hold of a desktop system.
RE: DHCP link
First read http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq6.html and you will encounter the DHCP client paragraph. For wired connectivity, that should do the job.
For wireless see 6.13 - What are my wireless networking options?
You don't need to be a genius to debug a pf.conf firewall ruleset, you just need the guts to run tcpdump
For FreeBSD, you can start with the handbook's installation guide. They tend to overcomplicate things, in an effort, I guess, to cover all bases, but it's fairly straightforward.
As for a step by step through it, well, other sections are also not bad for getting started.
http://www5.us.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/ is the main page, and after the installing part, it takes you through some basics. It's not always up to date and sometimes leaves out things that are helpful to know, but it's a start.
Heh, and I completely missed the fact that this was the OpenBSD forum. To the OP (original poster), apologies. Everyone else can just snicker about me getting old. I'll blame it on the very early hour, just checking forums before going to work.
As already mentioned by J65nko, the OpenBSD project's official FAQ is the single best document describing the most recent release. You will save yourself significant aggravation & time by studying this work.
If you would like more explanatory material, Michael Lucas' second edition of Absolute OpenBSD can also be a wise investment.
Perhaps I was not direct enough. let me completely humble myself and say that I am an idiot, I have a little difficulty comprehending things and I am probably running with a lower octane level fuel than you guys. In short I am not too smart. I looked over the OpenBSD FAQ as soon as I started downloading and have been referencing it all day. My mind is just not grasping the seemingly simple instructions. The man pages are great though. I did google an OpenBSD 101 site but the link was from 06 and even if that site was up I suspect the info is long past obsolescence.
Hello, and welcome!
First, let me say that at one time, everyone was a beginner with this stuff. Everyone. There is no shame in it, and it's perfectly reasonable to not understand something the first or even the thirtieth time you read it. Everyone learns at a different pace, and, everyone learns in different ways.
Second, I wish to reinforce a recommendation from ocicat. Acquire a copy of Absolute OpenBSD. The 1st edition was my go-to bible for many years, and is well worn and still precious to me. The 2nd edition sits proudly on the shelf next to the 1st. Michael's writing style is accessible, understandable, clear, and engaging, and he writes for an audience without prior knowledge of the material. New administrators will get as much value from his guidance as those who have decades of experience.
Third, increase your knowledge one aspect at a time. Take it slowly. Immediate competency in all aspects of the OS is just not possible. Eventually, if you decide to stick with it, you will come to enjoy the simplicity and ease of administration of the OS. But for new users it can be perceived as complex, and when you don't have a BSD background, it can feel overwhelming.
Fourth, be careful of unofficial howto documents and other guidance you can find online. It is often out-of-date, only applicable to a specific use case, written by a newbie, or a combination of all three. Keep that in mind if you refer to them at all, and don't ever blindly type in a command you find online -- understand what each option/operand does. Please note that I include this site in that list of unofficial sources. Use guidance you find here the same way. The vast majority of us are just users.
Fifth, it appears you have successfully installed the OS, and for many, that first installation can be intimidating. So, allow me to offer my congratulations to you!
Sixth, we can help with your networking issue, but we need more information on the connection failure. None of us are looking over your shoulder and we can't see your commands you type nor the responses you receive. See http://daemonforums.org/showthread.php?t=596 for guidance on idealized problem reporting.
One the key tools is a text editor. The original post did not mention this skill and it is requisite in order to manipulate configuration scripts. FreeBSD includes 2 text editors in the base install. OpenBSD provides mg, vi and ed(1).
You will need to be able to utilize an editor to set PKG_PATH in order to install software and select alternative window managers/desktops.
Another helpful skill is to be able to access the documentation that is sitting in your new install. Entering
man man
man vi
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Thanks for the encouragement, it definitely helps me to stay motivated. I also want to thank everyone for the warm welcome I have received. I know that some communities are closed off and seem to despise newcomers, and for a little while I thought I might find that reaction here because I requested fairly easy to find info. As far as the book that was suggested, is the latest version still relevant as far as latest feature additions and changes go? In regards to my network issue, the problem is that I just don't know enough about networking and the lack of familiarity with the OS. Thanks everyone.
btw, I did not mention that I know how to use text editors because I thought that was implied with the programming and BASH knowledge. I was trying to find a text editor and I repeatedly typed in nano out of habit. Thanks for the names.
Yes, the 2nd edition is still relevant, it was a 2013 publication. (Much of the 1st edition is still relevant, too, but those parts were retained and improved for the 2nd edition.)
I will pick that up then, after I get some money of course.
newbie also
I too am relatively new here
1. Read "afterboot" or equivalent should be mentioned in post install or mail.
2. download packages and pkg_add nano if you are not a vi person (easy editor)
3. you can goto /usr/port/ and use make search key=softwarewanted command
to search for software once you down load the ports tree.
4. read the man page for visudo so you can edit the file and use
sudo instead of su. This will provide you logging so you know who what when
mucked up your system.
5. find your log files,,,,example /var/log or /var/www/logs/ also will help
in troubleshooting and daily system info.
6. get a handle on ifconfig and basic system networking.
7. u can use packet filtering ie. pf.conf to protect your machine and get traffic
info even if you are behind a firewall or router.
8. use man, info, and apropos to find stuff
9. I like reading mentioned above Absolute openbsd, ssh mastery, and the book of pf.
10. mentioned above faq's are best,,,,,sometimes i need help with unix commands and
visit a unix site for examples. But i do not put any value in how i did its, or bsd
tutorials online as they are usually outdated and hardware specific.
11. I do install x sometimes for testing the likes of XFCE4 but in general am happy
with the terminal (SSH) for my server maint, and file movements and editing.
12. OpenBSD default install has ssh client and server you can find their config files
in /etc/ssh/
13. hope this helps, if errors above chalk it up to also being a newbie.
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I would also say that while nano (or I'll throw out ee here, since I maintain that) and other "easy" editors can make for useful crutches for the very new, you really should learn vi and/or emacs. Why? vi and emacs are the two "standard" editor types on Unix, and you cannot rely on a foreign machine having the "easy" editor you're used to. However, you can expect a vi or emacs (usually both, but almost certainly vi) on foreign machines. Fortunately, OpenBSD has vi(1) (in the form of nvi) and mg(1) (a lightweight emacs clone) in base. Start learning one of those two as soon as you begin to have the slightest bit of comfort with the command line. Learn one as a daily editor and the other enough to be useful with it (navigating, writing/editing text, search/replace, save, quit). You can always graduate to vim (pkg_add vim) or emacs (pkg_add emacs) later.
You are going to spend a lot of time in a text editor so it is in your best interest to take this very seriously and very early on in your Unix career. FWIW, I am a vi user but I am more than comfortable using emacs. I even maintain a really tiny (28K binary size) emacs clone for an OS called RetroBSD. (https://github.com/ibara/emg for the interested)
No ports tree required. Please use packages, especially if you are running release (which you probably should be if you're new).
This should be echoed as often as possible because not enough people know it. If you've ever typed/used ssh on any OS then you rely on OpenBSD.
And let me also voice support for the suggestions given by others already in this thread, such as J65nko, ocicat, and jggimi. And apologies in advance if this gets broken off into another topic. Sorry to make you admins do extra work.
yes thanks,,,,meant to "SAY" packages "NOT" ports, hope roydd85 see's the value in the above correction. I appreciate it .
i think "ed" is a default line editor also on most unix/linux systems, mac os as well (if you're into line editing), personally i quit using ed years ago (wrting hundreds of batch files on mainframes) but can use it in a pinch if a foreign machine has no nano or ee or ability to get them.
Ibara's above comment conerning vi or emacs holds water if one wants to become an accomplished unix user. I would prefer either over "ed"......
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I don't think full-blown crisis is a scenario new people are going to find themselves in very often.
And if you're a new person and that sounds frightening, you can always statically compile vi(1) and mg(1) and put the resulting binaries in /bin. Now the chances of you needing to use ed(1) have dropped to everything above, but only on a foreign machine. Plus doing this will teach you the basics of cvs(1) and cc(1) (tools you will need to compile vi(1) and mg(1)) so it might be a good weekend project anyway.
Thanks for all of these tips. I am comfortable with running commands in the terminal but like Ibara mentioned, I have been relying on nano and only used vim a few times. Since I began trying to transition to OpenBSD I have only been using vi to practice editing files and such. It's nice to know that I need to stick with vi because I would have kept using nano forever in ignorance.
You can stick with vim if you want to. Vim is a superset of vi. The basics are the basics. Vim will let you customize your editing experience greatly once you're ready to do so.
I generally point people to vi(1) when they start because it is already there. And once they're familiar with vi(1) then they're already comfortable with vim and can start harnessing its extra power immediately.
Other useful books
SSH Mastery by Michael W Lucas Jan 2012
The Book of PF by Peter N.M. Hansteen 2nd edition
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Outgoing officers reflect on careers with New London Police Department
New London - When the deputy chief and two captains lost their jobs last week, they walked out of the city's police station with a combined 84 years of experience.
The mayor did not renew the one-year contract of Deputy Chief Marshall Segar, who had worked in the department for 21 years, the last two as deputy. And Capt. Michael Lacey, who worked in New London for 28 years and was in charge of the records division, and Capt. William Dittman, a 35-year veteran who most recently was assigned to the patrol division, retired in response to an offer from the city. (This sentence corrects an earlier version of this article.)
"In any organization, whether a municipality, the state or Apple computer, something is lost when anyone with all that background and institutional knowledge leaves," said former police chief Bruce Rinehart, who worked with all three officers during his 42-year career in the city.
"Granted, no one can stay forever," he said. "But they do have the experience to deal with things more expeditiously when they happen. You lose that."
The departure of the three senior officers comes at a time of turmoil for the 90-plus-member department.
Earlier this month, officer Joshua Bergeson was fired, and K-9 officer Roger Newton was put on paid administrative leave pending an investigation into his conduct while on duty. The mayor also requested the assistance of the Connecticut State Police Central Division in an ongoing investigation into possible corruption in the department.
The mayor also proposed a $25,000 settlement with Police Chief Margaret Ackley in response to her complaint that former City Councilor Michael Buscetto III harassed her and undermined her authority.
Despite the problems, Dittman and Segar said they are leaving a force that is well trained and capable.
"There are fabulous people and extraordinary officers who have left the department and remain there,'' Segar said. "The men and women in the department are second to none. They do more with less than anyone I've ever seen.''
A state accreditation granted last fall to the department for completing an overhaul of its 900-page general duty manual was a significant milestone, Segar said. The changes were the first amendments to the manual in two decades.
"Management should not be through folklore,'' he said.
Dittman, who headed investigative services for more than 15 years before being reassigned to the patrol division in 2010, was a candidate for police chief in 2009. The city hired Ackley, his colleague.
He said the officers in the department are strong and dedicated.
"If you can be a police officer here, you can be one anywhere,'' he said.
"I feel a little sad leaving,'' Dittman said, adding that he will not miss the middle-of-the-night telephone calls. "But I think we're leaving a very strong department.''
Dittman, 58, began his police career in New London in 1976. After passing a written test, he was hired as a supernumerary and handed a gun and a night stick.
"I had never fired a gun before in my life. Never held one,'' he said during an interview at Muddy Waters on Bank Street, where the former youth football coach sank into an overstuffed couch, looking like a contented bear ready for hibernation.
The ammunition cartridge fell out of the gun that first day, he said. But he was told to put it back, place the gun in his holster and not to take it out again.
His first assignment was walking the downtown night beat with three other officers, keeping an eye on hundreds of partiers - including sailors, prostitutes and pimps - who patronized the 36 bars that lined Bank Street. City police worked with the members of the Navy Shore Patrol, who watched over hundreds of sailors stationed aboard the submarine tender Fulton at State Pier.
"It was rough,'' Dittman said. "There was a fight every 15 minutes."
Dittman considers himself a "lucky man" because he never had to shoot anyone. He did draw his weapon "plenty of times," he said, and went home with black eyes, a broken nose, stab wounds and a few chipped teeth.
But Dittman, who trained with Scotland Yard, hosted a Russian police captain, worked on a stateside fugitive task force and was twice named Police Officer of the Year, said he loved meeting and protecting people in the city where he grew up in a family of four boys.
When he was a young cop, he was sent out to track speeders on Montauk Avenue. He came back without issuing a ticket.
"I knew everyone I pulled over,'' he said.
He remembers a time when, if police encountered a drunken driver, they would drive the person home. When there was a domestic incident, the husband was told to take a walk and cool off.
"Shame on us,'' he said. "What we didn't know then.''
Over the years, policing has changed for the better, he said. Officers go through weeks of training, and most police activity is tracked on computers.
"The training has come so far,'' he said.
The most difficult cases he dealt with involved children. He is still haunted by the case of 2-year-old Alquan White, who was killed by his father, who then carried the remains of his son around in a suitcase for more than two years. An ensuing investigation revealed that nobody had ever closely scrutinized the boy's disappearance, and then the father confessed to throwing the toddler across the room.
"He just slipped through the cracks,'' Dittman said. "You can steel yourself against a lot of things, but the worst is dealing with crimes against children."
Peter McShane, former supervisory state's attorney in New London, said he talked to Dittman nearly every day and appreciated his honesty, whether it was his passion for prosecuting a bad guy or letting the state's attorney know a case was weak.
"If you call central casting and tell them you want a tough-ass captain who knows what he's doing, they'll send you Bill Dittman,'' McShane said. "I thought he was a great cop. I think it's a real loss that he's leaving."
Dittman, who worked for seven police chiefs during his career, said he was ready to retire, but he could not discuss the details of his severance because of a confidentiality agreement. He also would not discuss any ongoing investigations in the department.
"It was time,'' he said. "The chief has new ideas, and she wants a new administration."
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Segar, who rose through the ranks to deputy chief during his career, was 23 when he was hired in New London. He already had served in the Army's military police force, stationed in Germany. He was halfway through a 14-week police academy training when he was called to serve in Desert Storm.
When he returned six months later, the personnel director for the city called and asked if he were still interested in the job. He went back to the police academy and started work in 1990.
The first assignment for the young recruit who grew up in Vernon and graduated from Rockville High School was providing police protection at the home of Wade Hyslop, now a city councilor but at the time a state legislator. The state had just passed new income tax legislation and angry protesters had gathered on the sidewalk outside Hyslop's house.
On a trip to a college in New York City to recruit minority officers, Segar and other New London officers were in the school lobby when a stabbing occurred. He and the others from New London made the arrest and waited for the New York cops to show up.
Segar lived in New London for 15 years and taught at the department's Citizens Police Academy. There he met a lot of residents, including the mother of a murder victim. Segar, who was the training supervisor at the time, worked the case from the moment it happened until the arrest.
"I felt pride that I was able to solve the murder of her son," he said.
Rinehart, the former chief, said Segar was "a very active and energetic officer.'' He had innovative ideas, which included the formation of bicycle patrols.
Segar rose through the ranks and served for seven years as union president. In 2010, he was promoted to deputy chief, which took him out of union protection. He was working with a one-year renewable contract and said he knew the risks when he took the job.
"I felt compelled to take the job,'' he said. "I felt I was going to be able to help the men and women in the department."
But he discovered that being in management was different.
"Labor waits for mistakes to happen,'' he said. "In management, you can't wait."
He said he had no indication his job was on the line until he was told his contract would not be renewed.
"I wasn't shocked. Not much shocks me,'' he said. "But I was surprised."
Segar, now 44, earned a law degree while working full-time and has his own law practice. Because of his time in the department and the Army, he is eligible for partial retirement benefits. He said he will pursue his law career.
"I have no regrets,'' he said. "Some days were better than others. ... Policing is a tough business. It's all just part of the job."
Behind the scenes
Lacey, who declined to be interviewed for this story, is described by others as a smart, quiet officer who never liked to be in the limelight.
He brought the department into the digital age, was good with labor relations and was known for his ability to recall state statutes and case law numbers, as well as offer backyard birding facts off the top of his head.
"I always thought he'd make an excellent chief some day,'' Segar said. "But he likes the behind-the-scenes.''
Lacey was one of the department's first vice officers, working undercover. Rinehart said he always came in number one on tests and was promoted quickly.
Dittman and Lacey were childhood friends who grew up within three blocks of each other in New London. Dittman said Lacey is the smartest guy he knows.
Segar and Dittman said they have been overwhelmed by support from the community after their departures were announced.
"Everybody I've dealt with, from law enforcement to the business community has always been very, very kind to me,'' Dittman said. "That's the kind of community this is."
He said there was never a day when he disliked his job.
"Some days were really hard,'' he said. "But I never walked out of the building without my head held high.''
Segar said he's received phone calls, emails, texts and thanks from people on the street. "In the end, I'm proud of my service,'' he said. "There are many, many good people in this city.''
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Exercising, Eating Well Can Lower Your Risk for 4 of the Top 5 Killers
Death is a natural part of life, yet it hits many men all too soon because of health problems that could have been prevented through healthy diet and exercise.
In fact, The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute published a study that says half of all deaths from cardiometabolic diseases, including heart disease, stroke and Type 2 diabetes have been linked to substandard eating habits. Of those, death rates were higher among men compared to women.
With June being Men's Health Month, here are the leading causes of death for men and how proper eating and exercise can help you lower your risk of succumbing to one of them.
1. Heart disease
Accounting for an estimated 610,000 deaths each year, the No. 1 killer in the United States is heart disease according research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Of those deaths, approximately 321,000 were men.
Several health and dietary factors that can impact a man's risk of heart disease. One NHLBI study found that cardiometabolic conditions like heart disease were linked to excess consumption of sodium, processed meats, sugar-sweetened beverages and unprocessed red meats.
Additionally, those in the study did not consume enough of some foods like fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds, whole grains, polyunsaturated fats and seafood omega-3 fats that have positive effects on heart health.
2. Cancer
In 2016 an estimated 314,290 men died of cancer according to the American Cancer Society, making it the second-leading cause of death in men in the U.S.
While there are many factors that determine a person's risk for developing cancer, a healthy lifestyle has been proven to aid in prevention and help during and after cancer treatments. In fact, the Mayo Clinic noted that eating a healthy diet, maintaining a healthy weight and being physically active were key factors in preventing cancer.
The Mayo Clinic staff said specifically to eat plenty of fruits and vegetables, avoid obesity, limit processed meats and to include at least 30 minutes of physical activity in your daily routine to aid in cancer prevention.
3. Chronic lower respiratory diseases
While heart disease and cancer make up nearly half of all male deaths, chronic lower respiratory diseases characterized as chronic bronchitis, emphysema, and asthma, account for 5.2 percent.
Although two of the three major CLRD conditions (chronic bronchitis and emphysema) are irreversible, there are ways to keep your lungs healthy, including exercise.
Along with avoiding smoking, exposure to pollutants and infection, the American Lung Association mentions daily aerobic exercise as something that helps improve lung capacity and overall health.
4. Stroke
Approximately 795,000 people in the United States have a stroke every year, and it causes nearly 130,000 deaths yearly. When considered separately from heart disease, stroke is the fifth-leading cause of death in men, accounting for 4.2 percent of deaths according to the CDC.
However, much like heart disease, preventative measures can reduce your risk of stroke and behavioral factors can also limit your chance of recurrence and death. In fact, the CDC names healthy diet, healthy weight and physical activity as top preventative steps to take.
The CDC further noted that physical activity can help you stay at a healthy weight and lower your cholesterol and blood pressure levels. Additionally, choosing healthy meal options focusing on plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables can help you prevent stroke.
None of us will live forever, but embracing a healthy lifestyle for the long-haul is a powerful way to limit the likelihood that you'll face the deadly diseases listed above.
Sinclair Broadcasting is committed to the health and well-being of our viewers, which is why we're introducing Sinclair Cares. Every month we'll bring you information about the "Cause of the Month," including topical information, education, awareness and prevention.


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Experience Life in New York's North Country
The North Country is famous for its rustic elegance and fantastic outdoor activities. Nearby is the magnificent, historic St. Lawrence Seaway, 454 miles long, where you can find one of nature's true wonders: the Thousand Islands. Actually, there are 1,864 islands, which vary in size and shape ... some with just enough space for two trees and an osprey nest, others big enough for a castle - like Boldt Castle, built at the turn of the century by George C. Boldt, proprietor of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. Throughout the Thousand Islands boating, swimming, scuba diving and fishing are popular pursuits.
For those who like their water a bit faster, the Black River is just steps from Public Square in Downtown Watertown. Seven miles of whitewater featuring 14 sets of class III and IV rapids offer thrilling rafting adventures from spring through fall. The Black River also has several great play spots for kayakers and has often hosted national competitions.
To the west, the St. Lawrence Seaway links to Lake Ontario, the smallest of the Great Lakes, and a center for excellent boating, fishing and swimming. Just across the lake, Toronto and other Canadian ports are centers of culture and excellent stops for day trips or weekend getaways.
At the foothills of the neighboring Adirondacks is the Tug Hill Region, which gets as much as 300" of snow annually! From October to May this region becomes a winter wonderland and the perfect place for skiers, snowboarders, snowmobilers, snowshoers and snow lovers of all ages.
Once you visit, it's easy to understand why New York's North Country is a truly exceptional place to live and work. There are few places where individuals and families can experience such a comfortable and relaxed lifestyle at such a low cost of living. Our region offers safe and attractive neighborhoods, quiet rural areas, affordable housing, light traffic, first rate school systems, and a gorgeous landscape, all combined with easy accessibility to major metropolitan areas. In addition, nearby Fort Drum, home of the US Army's 10th Mountain Division, brings to the region a sense of diversity and patriotic pride.
Visit these regional tourism websites for more information:
Greater Watertown Chamber of Commerce
Visit the 1000 Islands
The Adirondack Region of Northern New York
If you are visiting the area, below is a list of hotels near the hospital:
Best Western
Comfort Inn
Fairfield Inn
Hampton Inn
Hilton Garden Inn
Holiday Inn Express
Ramada Inn
Fast Facts: Jefferson County
Miles of Shoreline in Jefferson County: 256
Jefferson County Population: 120,000
City of Watertown Population: 27,000
Fort Drum Population: 40,000
Samaritan's Primary & Secondary Service Area Population: 200,000
Median Household Income: $34,000
Average Annual Snowfall in Watertown: 101 inches
Average Annual Rainfall: 40 inches
Average Temperature: 21°F in the winter & 68°F in the summer


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Jerry Manuel still thinks this team can put a run together, and for the most will manage that way for the rest of the season. It is why Hisanori Takahashi is being looked at as a closer before Bobby Parnell. It is we're not seeing Nick Evans or Chris Carter, but more of Jeff Francoeur.
At 63-62, the Mets are sure to eclipse last season's 70-92, but the real goal is .500 or better. You see, Manuel has pride and it's important to him to go out this year with a winning record. Not for the next job interview, because he's already had two shots.
When a season is reduced to statistical goals, such as 30 homers for David Wright, 20 for Ike Davis and 15 wins for Mike Pelfrey it is about salvaging lost dreams and hopes.
And, that hot streak that has never come? If it does, maybe it will be a reminder of when the dreams were fresh.


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Brussels, 10 October 2012
Commission outlines next steps for EU enlargement
Today the European Commission recommends for a fourth time to open accession negotiations with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. It recommends granting EU candidate status to Albania subject to completion of key reform steps, and proposes negotiating a Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) with Kosovo*1 once it has made progress in fulfilling a number of short term priorities. The Commission also confirmed that Croatia is on track in its membership preparations. In a set of annual reports, the Commission also assesses the progress towards EU accession made elsewhere in the Western Balkans, Turkey, and Iceland over the past year.
Presenting the annual Enlargement Package, Commissioner Stefan Füle said: "Our recommendations place the rule of law firmly at the centre of the accession process. To create a more stable and prosperous Europe, momentum needs to be maintained both for merit-based enlargement process on the EU side and for reforms on the ground in the enlargement countries".
Today's recommendations on Albania, Kosovo and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia as well as the imminent accession of Croatia, the recent start of accession negotiations with Montenegro and candidate status for Serbia – on the basis of clear indications of what is needed to open accession negotiations - show that once reforms are made, the EU delivers on its commitments. These positive developments in the Western Balkans send a strong signal of the transformative power of EU enlargement. To advance further, the Commission proposes to increase focus on a number of areas. Firstly, strengthening democratic governance by starting to address rule of law issues well before accession negotiations begin. Secondly, strengthening freedom of expression and independence of the media. Thirdly, tackling economic issues early in the process to consolidate economic and financial stability and help recovery. Finally, the Commission underlines that bilateral issues should be addressed as soon as possible; they should not hold up the accession process.
Common interests between the EU and Iceland, including in the field of renewable energy and climate change, are growing, as is the strategic importance of the EU's Arctic policy. Accession negotiations are progressing well. .
The positive agenda, launched to reinvigorate relations with Turkey, is already delivering its first results. Turkey's active support to the positive agenda and its European perspective remains essential. However, concerns are growing regarding Turkey's lack of substantial progress towards fully meeting the political criteria and the situation regarding fundamental rights on the ground remains a serious concern. Full implementation of the obligations under the Customs Union and progress towards normalisation of relations with Cyprus are urgent and could provide new momentum to accession negotiations.
For detailed findings and recommendations on each country see Memos:
Albania: MEMO/12/763
Bosnia and Herzegovina: MEMO/12/764
Croatia: MEMO/12/765
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: MEMO/12/766
Iceland: MEMO/12/767
Kosovo: MEMO/12/768
Montenegro: MEMO/12/769
Serbia: MEMO/12/770
Turkey: MEMO/12/771
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* This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/99 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.
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Opinion: The Terror Fight in Mali
Tom Joscelyn, a senior fellow at Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, on France's military intervention in Mali to rebuff advances by Islamic insurgents. Photo: Associated Press
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... I ... welcome back to Opinion Journal one married to so with the editorial board ... French forces earned gauged in fighting al Qaeda Energy hottest allies ... in the African nation of Mali today ... I've got time Jocelyn senior fellow at the foundation for the Defense of democracies ... to explain what the French are taking unilateral action ... in the United States is once again leading from behind stump ... first let's start with the big picture here ... is this threat than al Qaeda in Mali of all places something new or has this been building for a while ... will happen was in in March two thousand twelve Sterne rebellion basically over for the government Molly ... al Qaeda and to capitalize on that they were the will to cause the overthrow the government that it is the mood in very quickly adding much to make you a surprise ... to you sir swept in and took over large part portions of northern Mali very quickly and so why why is it that the French are the ones that are interviewing for a coronial Islam who see ... is ... tension there is there a lot of it is this another case of the U S ... leading from behind as we didn't end with the and as we have in other parts the way I think my big concerns now think the U S government revenue being some proxies all safety of Amish ration this point ... doesn't really have a brass will cut its allies really wanted to ... they're obsessed with the idea that they just wanna attack us if only to prevent a mass scale as the Second U S or Western city ... we've we've done our job ... as our most of all past resources are focused ... plausible timepieces or focus I can fighting insurgencies into your territory elsewhere including Molly ... but so is Molly becoming the next Afghanistan is that why the French as a step in closing what Romney's EBIT immediate Syria guy with the upland pleaser the next Afghanistan now but Mathat swell Analysts tamales base to turn this into this new weakness new base the fund for ... ie of global jihad ... so ... what how was the U S approach the problem today in Africa we gone to the United Nations said ... please keep an eye on this end enforce Mimi and ... now the friendship they can only mean what what is our strategy beyond their leaky By measures used M is going to back the French invasion that provides military support for the night it directly involve me Bill bright drones or something along those lines ... but that since they were trying to take a backseat as we did a nice to look in Libya which in eastern Libya became a strong pro Qaeda has done elsewhere base grew just one day behind scenes are leaving for Mine character in all it's it's called the Ris is a ... very important question which is what is the U S strategy than a week displaying as you said in the past ... whack a mole with these terror groups that very and I it's basically if we can identify specific tears for specific ... set of individuals we think is fair in the West Coast in the euro zone intact mobilize the speed that hands off policy the most part was that mean for national security it first worsening drums and piano and then into Pakistan and ... now we're backing of the French and Molly ... it ... was or is it wasn't that are under the Bush administration to take that ... the more ideological approach to say we have to ... educate people about the evils of terrorism and the fight fire with fire why think that the Bush missed ration guy running on things wrongly on to get something big things right in saying that this is a global war in the day were fighting a cough begins global ideology ... and you can minimize it by saying it swung to an Eagle's share their rates in the throne after we ... all kinds I sat on the mall ... think about that heavily on the hill Army in Mali says gullies weapons from ... the Libyan government after Ghadafi fell ... to get weapons from wept strong armed men from all over the region flock to Mali to basically this work they're fighting a war were playing this the spin prequel strikes here and then someone got about thirty seconds left the new national security team if the president has nominated ... by its state Pentagon C I a ... are they likely to change her perch known fact that the day the ... guys to lead this EIA John Brennan is the director ... I'm so he'll be confirmed ... as basically been the author of a lot he's an optimist you know what to sue taking out a fighting terrorism so I think this is basically to you ... quite depressing analysis third-quarter onetime jostle a senior fellow foundation defense democracies thanks for being ... with us ...


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Yesterday I went to a little festival that is happening here where young rock bands are performing and also a few Romanian more known bands, speaking of which, tomorrow will be performing my favorite so maybe I can snap some photos. Of course I dressed according to the "occasion" so to say, I took out the adolescent in me and wore all black and studs and I felt great! The only thing that was missing was a pair of Gothic leather boots but, hey..it's summer!
I wish my cousin was still here with me, but she has returned to Portugal (how I wished I could jump into a suitcase and board on that plane!) You can see her in the last photo, I will miss her dearly.
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Wearing: Zara T-shirt, Takko shorts, Mei shoes, vintage bag.
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Today I'm wearing a polish that's not my own! My friend Pam over at Girly Bits has really outdone herself with her latest collection, Slapdash. Today I'm wearing Glo Worm, a magnificent BRIGHT green with the most beautiful glass fleck shimmer.
You have to imagine it even brighter than these pictures show. Glo Worm freaked out my camera, and it refused to capture the true brightness of this shade. It's absolutely amazing.
The formula is top notch, super easy to work with. What you see here is three easy coats. It definitely needed the three coats to obliterate visible nail line, but I expect that with these kinds of shades.
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ehp needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 113 designs submitted by 43 freelance designers.
Essex Heritage Properties Ltd is a prestige building company looking for a new logo and business stationery.
Essex Heritage Properties Limited is a building company which has been established for over 20 years. The focus of our work has moved away from heritage work, and now 90% of projects undertaken are new build. We build a wide variety of buildings including flats and social housing, but our speciality is large individual residences at the 'top end' of the market.
To reflect the shift in emphasis of the work we do, we have made the decision to rebrand the company. We want to continue using the company name and would want it included in the new logo, but would like our new branding to emphasise the initials EHP.
We like the idea of a predominantly red logo, but we're open to suggestion on additional colours. The logo should be scalable as it will be used on a variety of media including business stationery, website, van livery, and site signs and billboards.
We are being purposefully open about the style of the logo which we feel should reflect both the historical roots of the company as well as the contemporary new homes that we now build. The logo should reflect the fact that we are a long established and trustworthy family firm who builds top quality homes.
- Predominantly red (shades up to you)
- Open to using complimentary colours with red
- Use company name in logo but emphasis on initials (EHP)
- Contemporary, but mindful of heritage
- Scaleable for business cards & billboards
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 279 diseños de 66 diseñadores freelance.
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We are a independent home energy consultant company that is creating a new business to offer additional inspection services to my customers. Services offered include Mold Inspection, Indoor Air Quality Testing, Radon Testing and Roof Moisture Inspection. With other inspection services potentially being offered in the future such as lead inspection.
We are very passionate about helping people be safe and comfortable in their homes or offices. My business motto is "We Don't Guess, We Test". By being a truly independent third party we have no biased in the outcome of the inspections and therefore customers can be more confident with the results.
We are looking for a professional standout logo to create a brand. The majority of my customers are contractors or home owners and a professional brand & name recognition are extremely important.
Home owners that I work with have health concerns in their homes and they are looking for a true professional to help.
Contractors are staking their reputation on the professionals that they bring into their customers homes, therefore a professional looking image is very important.
We are looking for a high quality professional logo that is suitable for print & web in the Vector File Format (like .esp). The logo will be the basis for all future branding such as web site, letter head, business card and more.
The use of New England Inspections or N.E.I. as an acronym for a logo concept is preferred but we are open to other ideas of incorporating the name into the logo.
We are not sure how it would look but would be open to the idea of incorporating the tag line "We Don't Guess, We Test" into the logo but it is not required.
We like the color blue but any option is acceptable.
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Forget the fact that he works in the same village where President Barack Obama's father was born. When a Kenyan witch doctor says he knows who will win tonight's presidential election, everyone stops and listens.
Just days ago, 105-year-old John Dimo, who hails from the Western Kenyan village of Kogelo, has called it for Obama, hands down.
Or should we say shells down?
"Dimo used shells, bones and other items outside his tent in Kogelo, western Kenya, to call a winner in the race between Mr Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney," reports the Daily Telegraph. "Pointing to a white shell, he declared: 'Obama is very far ahead and is definitely going to win.'
We won't know for sure if his shells spell the truth, but it's no wonder Kenyans would want the victory to land in Obama's lap. The tiny village where Obama, Snr. was born and later buried has seen huge infrastructure improvements since his son's win in 2008, including more access to water and electricity.
Watch him make his prediction here:
If you're more into hard cold math than magic, check out the latest election predictions by Business Insider's own Grace Wyler here >


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Hear a live concert every Friday at 12noon ET from WXPN and NPR Music
Broadcast live from the stage at World Cafe Live
Today's Free At Noon is Soldout
Listen to the Concert Live on the Radio and Online at Listen Live.
XPN Favorite, Ingrid Michaelson plays The Trocadero on Friday night October 15, and she'll be here with her band for a Free At Noon concert, Friday, October 15!
Ingrid Michaelson may be compared to artists Fiona Apple and Regina Spektor, but she has marked her own territory in the music industry. The New York-based singer-songwriter fuses indie pop, folk and alternative in a seamlessly unique way, a quality that first attracted her audience via MySpace. Several years ago she became an internet sensation by self marketing her music through online media sources like myspace and facebook. Michaelson instantly became a model for other musicians, proving that artists could launch their success through perseverance and clever online marketing. After self-releasing her debut album Slow the Rain in 2005, her career switched from a smalltown stint to a full fledged pursuit. Her popularity really skyrocketed in 2006 with the release of her sophomore album "Girls and Boys," landing her tunes on popular television dramas Grey's Anatomy and One Tree Hill. After being picked up by Cabin 24 Records, Michaelson pushed her way up to no.6 on iTunes and no.37 on the Billboard Hot 100. Album after album, the down to earth starlett continues to climb the charts with her quirky indie pop hits.
After releasing her autobiographical album Everbody back in 2009, Ingrid is hard at work putting new material together. In addition to international touring, she has released a new single entitled "Parachute," which is now available for download.
Join us in welcoming the pop darling's return to World Cafe for another Free at Noon.
Join us in entering their world at this Friday's Free at Noon concert.
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Recent Release: Everybody
Release Date: August 25, 2009
Label: Cabin 42
Origin: Staten Island, NY
PARKING NOTICE and Directions
Due to the construction in the area, free parking is no longer available for XPN Free At Noon shows. Metered parking on 31st street is no longer available, and metered parking on Walnut Street is extremely limited as a result of the closure and reconstruction of the South Street Bridge, and the rerouting of traffic onto Walnut Street.
Public transportation to XPN Free At Noon is recommended. For more information on parking in the area visit World Cafe Live. Find more information on directions and public transportation here.
Serving People in Need - Help Drive Hunger from Our Communities
When you come to XPN's Free At Noon Concerts, bring a can of food to support Philabundance, Delaware Valley's hunger relief organization. We have drop-off boxes to collect canned goods for the needy. Current priority items include: canned pasta, chili, beef stew, tuna, mac & cheese, ready to eat cereal, pork & beans/ baked beans, green beans, corn, fruit cocktail, creamy peanut butter and/ or grape jelly (plastic containers only), and boxed sugar. Thanks!
WXPN and NPR Music Live Friday Free At Noon Concert Archives Include:
Dr. Dog, Carrie Rodriguez, Annuals, DeVotchKa, Adele, Angel Taylor, Winterpills, Sharon Little, Ollabelle, Andrew Lipke, The Low Anthem, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Sean Lennon, Chris Smith, California Guitar trio, Joan Osborne, Disco Biscuits, Damien Rice, Cold War Kids, Marc Broussard, The Slip, Arlo Guthrie, Alice Smith, The Dears, Barenaked Ladies, and more...
WXPN Free at Noon Photo Gallery at Flickr
Click to visit our gallery for photos of the Free At Noon Concerts! Previous concerts include Hall & Oates, O.A.R., Citizen Cope, Old Crow Medicine Show, Kaki King and many more!


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As office manager of the Fertility Institute of Virginia, Pattie Carson needed to ensure the practice was compliant with laws related to mobile usage, emails, and security. But keeping up with changing laws while running the busy reproductive endocrinology practice was impractical, if not impossible.
Since Medicare and Medicaid don't cover fertility, the institute opted to continue using paper charts, but it must abide by HIPAA and other privacy and security regulations, Carson tells InformationWeek. She determined that the most affordable and cost-effective solution was to use a third party to conduct risk assessments and provide ongoing compliant services.
"With all the rules and regulations -- they're always changing -- I needed someone to help me, someone who specialized in this," she says. "HIPAA Secure Now gave us a risk assessment and makes sure we're complaint with everything."
In smaller practices the office manager is typically responsible for risk assessment, according to Art Gross, CEO of HIPAA Secure Now, in an interview. Organizations with fewer than 75 employees often outsource IT, with nobody to head compliance. With the advent of Meaningful Use, they're now overloaded with data, he said, but they have little insight into the dangers of backup, disaster recovery, mobile devices, or USB drives.
[Could a massive health record database network help improve healthcare and reduce costs? Read ONC Releases Healthcare Interoperability Roadmap.]
"You talk about a security risk assessment and people look at you as if you're talking French," Gross says. "This isn't something people embrace very easily. You start using words like encryption and disaster recovery. These are concepts a lot of practices truly don't understand. It's not their fault."
The threat of larger fines has increased awareness among smaller practices, however. Since the Omnibus Rule went into effect in March 2013, HIPAA Secure Now saw website activity grow to about 7,000 hits a month from 400, according to Gross, with 10 to 15 people per day signing up for the company's training.
Looking out for patient data is difficult these days, Gross points out, as it's often scattered throughout a doctor's office. "Everyone thinks of patient information as in their EMR, but when we go through and do a risk assessment, we find there's patient information in email, and all that information is sitting in laptops or smartphones or tablets," he says. "They don't realize there's patient information all over, and the risk grows with every device you put that information on."
That was certainly true at the Fertility Institute. Since the practice's physicians increasingly depend on their iPhones and iPads, HIPAA Secure Now ensured that these and other mobile devices were fully encrypted. In addition, the service provider enhanced email security to improve the practice's communication with patients -- a move that enhanced patient satisfaction, according to Carson.
"Before this we were careful -- there was certain information we just didn't send out. [Now] I can send information because it's encrypted," she says. "Some patients, that's how they communicate now. It's a lot quicker for them. [For] some people, with their work schedules, phones are impossible."
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On Dec 1, 2011, the Library of Congress introduced a new blog, Copyright Matters: Digitization and Public Access. The purpose of the blog is to keep the public informed about the effort to digitize copyright records prior to 1978. I could recap what the site says, but why not read it for yourself. You can also find more information about the project on the Copyright Website.
The January 6 post gives examples of what the copyright records look like. The card here is just one sample, be sure to check out the blog for more. Be sure to read the January 26 post on transfers and assignments as well. You will go away with a little background on copyright records.
The digitized catalogs of copyright entries can be accessed from the Internet Archive. They are almost 70% through with scanning the catalogs. Currently you will find issues from the 1920s through 1978.
This is exciting. One of the problems genealogists face is trying to determine if genealogies published before 1978 are still covered by copyright. As the catalogs and cards become accessible online we will be able to find out without sending a researcher to the Copyright office card file, or guessing and hoping that we've made the right choice.


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Attorney General Lockyer Files Lawsuits Against Five Retailers for Internet Sales to Minors
Companies Also Evading Reporting Requirements, Depriving State of Excise Taxes
(SAN DIEGO) – Attorney General Bill Lockyer today filed lawsuits against five out-of-state tobacco retailers for selling cigarettes to minors via the Internet, failing to report tobacco sales to California tax authorities and depriving the state of excise taxes. "These retailers have harmed California and its citizens in two ways," said Lockyer. "They have helped hook our children on a deadly, addictive product. And they have deprived our state of revenue it can ill-afford to lose as it struggles to solve a fiscal crisis of unprecedented proportions." On behalf of the people of California, Lockyer filed separate complaints against five companies. They include: Dirt Cheap Cigarettes Inc., based in Missouri; smokin 4 less, based in Virginia; Cyco.net Inc., based in New Mexico; eSmokes, based in Florida; and LLP Enterprises/CigOutlet, based in Virginia.
The lawsuits ask the court to permanently prohibit the defendants from engaging in the alleged unlawful conduct. In addition, the complaints seek a combined total of at least $1 million in civil penalties.
The California Penal Code prohibits retailers from selling cigarettes to minors. The complaints allege the defendants have sold cigarettes to minors through their Internet web sites. Even after being notified by the state that their cigarettes were being sold and delivered to minors, the defendants failed to implement measures to prevent such sales, according to the complaints. A sting operation conducted by state investigators revealed the defendants did not verify age on delivery, did not require a signature on delivery, and often merely tossed cigarettes on porches.
"Specifically, defendants fail or refuse to put in place effective safeguards so as to prevent or seriously discourage further sales to minors," the complaints allege. By failing to stop sales to children, the complaints add, the defendants are "undermining the state's eforts to reduce smoking by minors."
Smoking by minors ranks as one of the most serious public health problems facing California and the nation. The lawsuits note more than 80 percent of regular smokers started smoking as children, and that 2,000 additional minors begin smoking every day. One-third of those children, studies show, will die of a tobacco-related disease.
The complaints also allege the defendants have violated California laws that govern payment of excise taxes on Internet cigarette sales, and federal statutes that require out-of-state sellers to report such sales to California tax agencies.
The federal Jenkins Act requires out-of-state vendors to report to the Board of Equalization (BOE) sales of cigarettes to California recipients other than licensed distributors. The defendants have failed to comply with that reporting requirement, the complaints allege.
Additionally, state law requires out-of-state retailers either to pay the excise tax on cigarette sales themselves, or if they do not, inform California customers they are responsible for paying the tax. The lawsuits allege the defendants have wrongfully denied the state revenue by doing neither. The defendants' failure to notify consumers of their obligation to pay taxes constitutes deceptive advertising, according to the complaints.
The complaints contend the violation of tax laws by the defendants and other retailers "has resulted in a huge loss of income to the state." The BOE estimates tax evasion by out-of-state cigarette retailers selling over the Internet, by mail order and other means has deprived California of $53.9 million.
In 1999, Lockyer established a full-time Tobacco Litigation and Enforcement Section to enforce California laws regarding the sale and marketing of tobacco products. The section also enforces the national Master Settlement Agreement (MSA), reached with tobacco companies in November 1998. Californians who suspect violations of state tobacco laws or the MSA can file complaints by calling (916) 565-6486 at any time, or by writing to the Tobacco Litigation and Enforcement Section at P.O. Box 944255, Sacramento, CA 94244-2550. Additional information is available on the Attorney General's web site at http://www.ag.ca.gov/tobacco/.


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damienkee needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 78 designs submitted by 26 freelance designers.
QRS is an aged care provider, with 3 different facilities around Brisbane. We provide retirement services for a wide range of people, and pride ourselves on our close knit family of care-givers.
The target audience is family members looking for retirement services for elderly relatives. Our motto 'our home is now yours' reflects the family atmosphere we foster in each of our facilities.
We have just re-branded the parent company of QRS, but are looking for 3 sub-branded logos to represent our 3 different facilities;
- Carindale Court
- Carindale Lodge
- Carindale Brook
We are envisaging that each facility will have a similar text and layout, with possibly a small icon or motif separating it out from the others. It could be relevant to the facility (brooks/stream for Carindale brook??) or just a nicely designed icon.
The sub-branding must look good alongside the parent company's logo on our letter head. (attached is the parent company's logo)
Hi-res jpg's as well as original design files required.
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Archive for November 2016
Music Therapy for Planet Earth
Chicagoan Alfonso Ponticelli, 50, is an accomplished master of a wide variety of music played on the acoustic guitar–Flamenco, Gypsy swing, Brazilian samba and bossa nova, Mexican love songs, folk music from Hungary, Serbia, Turkey, Italy, etc. This past weekend I played in his band, called "Swing Gitan," at the Suncoast Classic Jazz festival at Clearwater Beach, FL.
Alfonso claims Italian and Lebanese extraction. He became interested in various European musical forms while attending an annual Gypsy jazz music festival held during the last week of June at Samois-sur-Seine, France. At this large, unique outdoor gathering devoted to the music and hosted by Gypsies, he jammed with "Manouche" players and enthusiasts from widely diverse regions of the world, from Chicago to Australia.
The Suncoast, in its 25th year, is one of the last surviving large multi-day festivals originally focused on pre-WWII "hot" jazz. For the last 30 years, the biggest yearly events were in Sacramento, Los Angeles (now defunct), Monterey CA, Elkhart IN, Chandler, AZ (near Phoenix), New Orleans, and a dwindling number of other smaller events, many in California. "Dixieland" was used in the festival titles at first, but due to the relentless aging and attrition of the attendees, during the last 20 years or so many had to drop this descriptor in order to broaden their appeal to a younger, more diverse mix of "nostalgia" and current musical tastes: 30s Swing Dancing, Cajun/Zydeco, New Orleans brass band "Bounce," Big Band, Rockabilly, etc.
A kind of identity crisis ensued for these festivals. Some tried more modern forms of jazz or wound up featuring the (thankfully) now-declining "Smooth Jazz" format. Some promoters saw the contradiction and dropped "jazz" from the event title entirely, but one can still attend a "jazz festival" and have to search very diligently for any music even distantly related to any recognizable style of jazz. A very hopeful trend for fans of old jazz is the advent of the New York (City) Hot Jazz Festival, founded in 2013, which attracts a healthy cohort of 20-30-somethings and features, among many other styles, "Jazz Manouche," otherwise known as "Gypsy Jazz" inspired by the 1930s-40s French Gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt.
The Suncoast has managed to keep a large cohort of bands playing in a variety of traditional New Orleans or Chicago styles from the '20s and '30s as well as the '40s-'70s San Francisco revivalists Lu Watters and Turk Murphy. The audiences I played for were overwhelmingly white and over 70, not a surprising demographic for the Central Gulf Coast of Florida in November.
This year was the first appearance for Alfonso and his Chicago-based quintet consisting of acoustic guitar, bass, violin, drums and Cimbalom, a hammered dulcimer commonly found in the Eastern European region formerly known as the Austro-Hungarian Empire and used in the traditional music of Gypsies, Slavs, Jews, Hungarians, Turks, etc. I'm pretty sure this was the first-ever appearance of a Cimbalom at the Suncoast.
As with the Chicago-Miami jazz legend Ira Sullivan, Alfonso's performances evolve organically from one groove or song to another without any pre-determined program or tune list. He improvises not only the musical elements of the tunes but also the narrative of the medleys and the flow of the set itself. A D-minor vamp with an Eastern European rhythm feel would morph into a series of Gypsy folk songs, which would become "Puttin' on the Ritz" by Irving Berlin, which would be followed by "Minor Swing" by Django Reinhardt. After a masterful classic Flamenco guitar solo Alfonso launched the band into the familiar Brahms "Hungarian Dance No. 5." He opened another medley with the standard "Lover Come Back to Me" in an Appalachian finger-picking style reminiscent of Chet Atkins, followed by the bop classic "Oleo" by Sonny Rollins.
The authenticity of all of the players' stylistic diversity was very convincing. The Cimbalom player, Alex Udvari, a Chicagoan of Hungarian extraction who plays with the Chicago Symphony, is capable of blowing swinging choruses on American Songbook standards. The other band members, violinist Steve Gibons and drummer Bob Rummage, are similarly widely-diversified and masterful.
The band's performances are remarkable amalgams of music from the Americas and Europe. The audiences were intrigued, as was I. There were standing ovations for all of the 6 sets we performed. A personal epiphany: since this was my first significant exposure to Gypsy music, I noticed how similar it is to the Klezmer/Yiddish forms and tonality I had grown up with, not surprising given the geographic proximity of the two cultures in Eastern Europe.
The arts often lead the general culture. One trend of the world's music from the 20th century up to recent years has been toward ever greater inclusiveness in an ever shrinking globe. Jazz is often cited as an analog of America itself: polyglot, inclusive, amalgamated, an alloy of many ingredients forged into an instrument that teaches the the world a way toward a greater good.
Many of us who play for a living are well aware of the healing power of music for individuals. Formal music therapy is routinely used to treat stroke, dementia, etc. We know that a good groove can "tune up" an audience to a remarkable degree.
It occurred to me while performing with Alfonso that his healing gift goes one step beyond. He melds together all the music he's absorbed. Each performance is a musical journey that leaps effortlessly over borders and continents. One could think of Alfonso and his band as planet-healers in the Age of Xenophobia, on the march in Europe for decades and at the present moment posing a clear and present threat to our most deeply foundational American idea–E pluribus unum, the melting pot.


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Emmitt Smith: One For The Ages
Tonight's Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ceremony begins at 6:00 PM (CST), and Emmitt Smith will be the evening's final speaker.
He will be presented by Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, who I'm sure will deliver a heartfelt introduction.
Emmitt Smith will then officially re-join his former teammates Troy Aikman and Michael Irvin for eternity in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.
Triplets Reunited Forever!
"I'm going home. I'm going home with the rest of the Cowboys, and I feel like it's a place I belong," Smith said Friday. "I saw some greats, a lot of greats [Friday]. For me even to be considered to be in that class is a wonderful thing. You're talking about a kid that had so many odds against him."
Smith officially will join the Hall of Fame Saturday night at the induction ceremony. He will be the last of the seven players to deliver his speech, the Pro Football Hall of Fame confirmed Friday.
Congratulations to you Emmitt on this glorious occasion celebrating your spectacular career.
Until today, your legendary and remarkable achievements belonged to the Dallas Cowboys and millions of adoring Cowboys fans. We always knew just how special you were.
But after tonight, the world will honor you and your name will become etched in the stars.
Your brilliant career will speak to football fans everywhere about your greatness and your thirst for excellence and perfection.
Your records and achievements as a player, will symbolize what all future NFL running backs will strive for and reach for in their own careers. You are the unreachable star and the mark you left on football will never be erased. You are now one for the ages.


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Scuderia Ferrari Formula 1 ride on
This ride-on teaches kids to move in the name of love for Scuderia Ferrari, providing strong, secure and fun first steps for little fans.
Inspired by the shape of a single-seater Formula 1 car, kids can take their first steps in a fun and shiny red toy, ideal for developing young fans' motor skills. Suitable for children aged one and above, fitted with a steering wheel and dashboard with colored controls and an odometer, this toy has a compartment under the driver's seat and is decorated with Scudetto and number stickers, similar to the racing cars themselves. Mechanical sounds make the on-board experience even more realistic. This racing car is a fun way to encourage aspiring drivers.
- Removable handle
- Mechanical sounds
- Compartment
- Recommended age: 1-3 years
- Composition: 100% Plastic


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The 2014 NC Teacher Working Conditions Survey (NC TWC) captured the voices of 93,178 (89%) teachers and administrators in North Carolina public schools, according to a preliminary report presented to the State Board of Education today. The NC TWC Survey, which was administered this past spring, provides each North Carolina school with a 40 percent or greater response rate (2,519 or 98% of all public schools) with its own data that becomes a part of the school's ongoing improvement planning process.
"The NC Teacher Working Conditions Survey results offer clear connections among student achievement and teacher retention and can be used as a roadmap for school improvement," said State Superintendent June Atkinson. "Feedback from this year's survey will continue to guide efforts to strengthen teaching and learning conditions across our state."
The NC TWC Survey is administered through a partnership among the New Teacher Center (NTC), a national nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting the development of a high-quality teaching force, and the NCDPI. Following are highlights from results of the seventh biennial Survey:
- On average, teaching conditions have remained stable since 2012.
However, changes in conditions, particularly the area of time, can be found across multiple schools and districts.
- Declines in several resource-related areas suggest this as an area of North Carolina's teaching conditions that should be addressed.
Positive responses to
questions related to resources, such as instructional materials and professional development, have declined since 2012.
- North Carolina educators indicate challenges related to the availability and utility of student assessments.
- In comparison to 2012, more North Carolina educators report immediate plans to leave education.
The NC TWC Survey is designed to gather a variety of information from teachers, counselors, principals and other administrators who deal with teaching and learning conditions—including adequacy of facilities and resources; time; empowerment; school leadership; community support; student conduct; professional development; mentoring and induction services; and student learning—every day. The web-based survey is voluntary, anonymous and confidential. The 2014 Survey was the seventh statewide NC TWC Survey administered since 2002.
A number of survey-related resources and reports are being developed to support North Carolina educators and policymakers. These resources will included a series of tools for schools and districts to use in facilitating dialogue on teaching and learning conditions and tips for utilizing survey results in school improvement planning. These tools as well as more information about this year's survey as well as results from previous years are available at NC Teacher Working Conditions.
About the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction:
The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction provides leadership to 115 local public school districts and 160 charter schools serving over 1.5 million students in kindergarten through high school graduation. The agency is responsible for all aspects of the state's public school system and works under the direction of the North Carolina State Board of Education.
For more information:
NCDPI Communication and Information Division, 919.807.3450.