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Symantec unwraps Security 2.0 strategy
Symantec is shifting its strategy towards protecting information and interactions on the net, rather than just devices or computer networks.
The announcement of its strategy for next-generation security came with the launch of a major product revamp from the security software giant, which is facing increased competition from Microsoft, especially in the consumer security market.
Dubbed "Security 2.0", in an obvious nod towards industry hype over Web 2.0, the strategy is designed to boost confidence among both consumers and enterprises in the safety of doing business online. The approach will consist of sets of products, services and partnerships, some of which Symantec announced in a company launch in New York City on Tuesday.
For consumers, Symantec is developing products to protect identity and reputation, which it sees as essential to building confidence and trust online. Norton Confidential (a new product) provides web browsing protection, protection against online malware and anti-phishing protection via website authentication.
Symantec is hoping to partner with banks and online retailers to sell the new technology. That's in contrast to Symantec's distribution model for its internet security suites and anti-virus software which has focused on working with hardware manufacturers, software disties, download sites, as well as (to a lesser extent in its case) ISPs.
On the enterprise front, Symantec will focus more effort into helping firms meet increasingly stringent corporate governance standards, which partly involve meeting security compliance targets. It highlights data leakage or internal fraud involving corporate data as a risk in this area as a spur to developing data leakage protection technology, included as a component within its new database security and mail security products.
Symantec also said it plans to integrate multiple security products such as anti-virus, firewall, network access control, and anti-spyware into a single security management product reduce complexity and ease security management headaches.
The firm further aims to boost revenue from security consulting off its own back and through partnerships with firms such as Accenture. Symantec is also teaming up with VeriSign to jointly market identity protection technologies.
The products flesh out a data protection strategy that Symantec chief exec John Thompson has alluded to for some time, going back at least as far as a speech we heard him make at the RSA Conference last year. All this may well play well in Wall Street, persuading investors that Symantec is capable of growing its business despite new competition from Microsoft and product revamps from other playing in the consumer security marketplace, but what we'd really like to see is product development that makes Norton Anti-Virus and its more comprehensive security suites less of a resource hog, something our readers (for one) regularly complain about. ®


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Farming With the Wild
Click to view photos from Farming With the Wild. Photographs by Daniel Imhoff.
Imagine a future in which our farms and ranches integrate with wildlands—instead of destroying them.
Farming With the Wild: Enhancing Biodiversity on Farms and Ranches, author Daniel Imhoff's 2003 photographic journey through both farmland and wildlands of the United States, provides a glimpse of what that future could look like. Imhoff visits farmers, ranchers, government agencies, and others to learn how people are already creating a sustainable fusion of agriculture and the wild. As North Dakota farmer Fred Kirschenmann writes in the introduction, "Despite decades of research and education devoted to controlling Nature, we have a lot of catching up to do. We first need to comprehend how the prairie ecology functions so that we can better understand how to farm by accessing Nature's free ecoysystem services while improving the land's capacity to renew itself."
- The Greenhorns documentary follows young farmers who are digging their way to an agricultural revolution.
Haiti's way forward is tied to food sovereignty and a renewed focus on local agriculture.
In spite of the daily discouraging environmental, political, and economic news, coaxing living things to grow somehow seems to make folks optimistic.


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MYH's Learn to Skate Program Overview
Welcome! Milton Youth Hockey (MYH) is looking forward to starting its 54th Beginner's Skating Program season this year and is anticipating another great season.
The focus of this Learn to Skate Program is to teach Milton children, ages four and over (born between 11/25/2008 and 11/25/2014), the fundamental skills required to become good skaters with the potential of developing an interest in the sport of ice hockey or figure skating. The goal of each participant is: "to learn and to be the best skater I can be." This is accomplished through easy to follow instruction, fun drills, and placing the children into groups by age and ability.
The program begins on Sunday November 25, 2018 and runs through February 17, 2019 All sessions will be held Sunday's at the Max Ulin MDC Rink in Milton. Boys will skate from 11:00 to 11:50 a.m. and girls will skate from 12:00 to 12:50 p.m.
The cost for participating in the program will be $125.00 per child. Requirements include residency - Participants must live in the Town of Milton and be 4 (four) years old by the start of the Program - 11/25/18.
All boys and girls are required to wear hockey helmets. Bicycle helmets are not allowed. Please place a piece of tape with your child's first name on the front of his or her helmet. Protection for the teeth is highly recommended. Boys and girls are also encouraged to use a protective mask (cage or visor). A good pair of proper fitting skates is important as well.
Helping Out
Interested parents and adults who are willing to help with instruction on a weekly basis are welcome. Please know that skates and helmets are required. In order to assist, volunteers need to complete a CORI form. Additionally, registration is required with USA Hockey (see USA link listed below in Registration). USA Hockey will e-mail you a registration confirmation. Both the CORI form and USA Confirmation Document are to be given to Bob Sweeney at the first session..
Also at the first session if any parents do go out on the ice to help, they are required to wear hockey helmets. We recognize that it can be a challenge sometimes to get your skater onto the ice (and stay there!) - and that may mean you go out onto the ice surface. This is all fine, but please note that parents are NOT allowed on the ice without a helmet whether for 2 minutes or an entire season – this is for safety
Prior to registering your child with the MYH LTS program, parents will need to register their child (on-line) with USA Hockey. You can go to the following link which brings you directly to the USA site http://www.usahockeyregistration.com/ then follow the prompts from there, including, if applicable, paying the required $48.00 fee. You will be able to print out the confirmation information directly from the USA Hockey site as well as being sent a confirmation email. Parents should then complete the process by registering their child with MYH.
The MYH on-line registration opened on September 11, 2018 and will close at the end of the day on Dec. 8, 2018. Please visit the on-line registration section of this website for additional instructions on registering for the Learn to Skate Program. Note that you will need to enter the USA Hockey confirmation number as part of our Learn to Skate registration.
If you have questions about the program in general, please contact Bob Sweeney via e-mail at
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Storage for a converged blade solution.
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Converge your data center
Compute, network and store in a single PowerEdge™ M1000e blade chassis and help reduce your data center real estate, cable configurations and power/cooling requirements.
- Help reduce hardware and licensing costs with a converged blade solution featuring EqualLogic PS-M4110 Blade Arrays, PowerEdge M-Series servers and Dell Networking switches in one PowerEdge M1000e blade chassis.
- Consolidate server, storage and networking to help make the most of shared power and cooling resources for an efficient data center.
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Gain highly flexible storage for your blade environment with a double-wide, half-height blade array that can be installed in any slot in the PowerEdge M1000e chassis.
- 14x 2.5" hot-swappable drives in a drawer-in-drawer blade design, with options for 7.2K NL SAS, 10K or 15K SAS, or a hybrid model combining 10K SAS and solid state drives (SSDs).
- 6Gbps SAS backplane.
- Dual, hot-pluggable 10GbE controllers for link, switch-failure and controller redundancy.
- Up to 2GB of memory per controller for improved performance.
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- Cache-to-flash memory de-staging designed for improved data-access reliability.
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Save time scaling storage capacity and performance simultaneously and non-disruptively with EqualLogic's outstanding peer-scaling architecture.
- Grow system I/O and processor bandwidth automatically as you add capacity.
- Install up to four PS-M4110 arrays per blade chassis.
- Use two PS-M4110 arrays to make a PS series storage group, and scale up to 16 arrays per group outside the chassis using additional PS6xxx Series arrays.
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Depend on centralized monitoring and reporting as well as powerful data protection with the enhanced all-inclusive software features of the EqualLogic PS-M4110 Blade Array.
- EqualLogic Array Software includes Group Manager and Manual Transfer Utility with effective SAN functions that automatically virtualize and optimize storage resources, help protect data and facilitate SAN management.
- Host Integration Tools, tightly integrated with Microsoft®, VMware® and Linux® operating platforms, help reduce the time spent on array management while increasing the reliability and performance of the storage environment.
- SAN HQ helps improve performance and effective allocation of group resources through centralized monitoring and analysis of multiple virtualized EqualLogic SAN groups in data centers distributed across different geographical sites.
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Model Lineup:
The EqualLogic PS-M4110 Blade Array is available in four different configurations
Help improve storage capacity, performance and connectivity for your small or midsize business with the cost-effective EqualLogic PS-M4110E 10GbE iSCSI Blade Array.
- Up to 14 x 2.5", 7.2K RPM NL-SAS or NL-SAS SED HDDs 1TB per drive
- Up to 14TB per array, up to 28TB per group inside the blade chassis
- Single- or dual-controller options
Deploy an excellent balance of cost-effective performance and capacity for a variety of applications with the Dell EqualLogic PS-M4110X 10GbE iSCSI Blade Array.
- Up to 14 x 2.5", 10K RPM SAS or SAS SED (1.2TB drives only) HDDs
- 600GB or 900GB or 1.2TB per drive
- Up to 16.8TB per array, up to 33.6TB per group inside the blade chassis
- Single- or dual-controller options
Master critical applications with the high-performance Dell EqualLogic PS-M4110XV 10GbE iSCSI Blade Array.
- Up to 14 x 2.5", 15K RPM SAS or SAS SED (300GB drives only) HDDs
- 300GB or 600GB per drive
- Up to 8.4TB per array, up to 16.8TB per group inside the blade chassis
- Single- or dual-controller options
Experience advanced tiering capabilities with SSD low-latency performance and HDD capacity in one storage solution with the Dell EqualLogic PS-M4110XS 10GbE iSCSI Blade Array.
- Up to 9 x 2.5", 10K RPM SAS HDDs and 5 x 2.5" SSDs
- 600GB and 1.2TB HDD and 400GB and 800GB SSD
- Up to 14.8TB per array, up to 29.6TB per group inside the blade chassis
- Dual-controller option only
Comparison Specs:
|Product Configurations
|Storage controllers
|Dual controllers with 2GB non-volatile memory per controller
|Network interfaces
|Redundant 10Gb connections available through Fabric A or B
|Hard disk drives
|Fourteen 2.5" hot-pluggable hard disk drives
|Nine 10K SAS +
|Five (5) SSD
|Drive capacities
|1TB 7.2K NL-SAS or NL-SAS SED
|600GB, 900GB, or 1.2TB 10K SAS or SAS SED (SED 1.2TB)
|300GB, 600GB 15K SAS or 300GB SAS SED
|600GB or 1.2TB 10K SAS + 400GB or 800GB SSD
|System capacities
|14TB using fourteen (14) 1TB 7.2K NL-SAS drives or SEDs
| 8.4TB using fourteen (14) 600GB 10K SAS drives
12.6TB using fourteen (14) 900GB 10K SAS drives or SEDs
16.8TB using fourteen (14) 1.2TB 10K SAS drives
|4.2TB using fourteen (14) 300GB 15K SAS drives or SEDs
8.4TB using fourteen (14) 600GB 15K SAS drives
|14.8TB using the allotted configuration
Nine (9) 10K SAS drives and five (5) SSDs
|Technical Highlights
|Up to 256 per array/up to 512 per blade array-only group
|128 per volume/up to 2048 per blade array-only group
|Volume connections per PS Series group
|Up to 512 per pool/up to 1024 per blade array-only group
|Host protocol
|Any standards-compliant Internet SCSI (iSCSI) initiators.
|OS supported
Microsoft® Windows Server® including Hyper-V®,VMware® ESX Server™,Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® (RHEL),SUSE® Enterprise Linux® (SLES),Oracle® Linux,Oracle® Solaris™,IBM® AIX®,HP-UX,Mac OS® X,Citrix®,XenServer®,Novell®,NetWare®
For a complete list of supported OS versions including software initiators, NICs/CNAs, and HBAs, see the EqualLogic Compatibility Matrix on http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/storage/w/wiki/2661.equallogic-compatibility-matrix-07262013.aspx.
|RAID supported
|RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10, and RAID 501
|RAID 6 accelerated
|TCP network support
|IPv4 SAN and management traffic supported, and IPv6 SAN and in-band management supported
|Expansion option
|Can be combined with other EqualLogic PS Series arrays in the same SAN group online. A maximum of two PS-M4110 blade arrays can be in a group, up to four blade arrays per blade chassis. Additionally, the PS-M4110 can scale outside blade chassis to traditional EqualLogic arrays for up to sixteen in a SAN group.
|Max Power input:
|Input Current:
|Typical Power:
|27.54 lb (12.49 kg)
|28.38 lb (12.87 kg)
|27.82 lb (12.62 kg)
|27.82 lb (12.62 kg)
|Half-height, double-wide storage blade
|189 mm (7.44 inches)
|189 mm (7.44 inches)
|189 mm (7.44 inches)
|189 mm (7.44 inches)
|102 mm (4.015 inches)
|102 mm (4.015 inches)
|102 mm (4.015 inches)
|102 mm (4.015 inches)
|515 mm (20.275 inches)
|515 mm (20.275 inches)
|515 mm (20.275 inches)
|515 mm (20.275 inches)
|Dependencies or Other Components
|Blade enclosure
|PowerEdge M1000e
|Blade I/O modules
|Dell Networking MXL 10/40GbE blade switch, PowerConnect M8024-k, M8428-k and 10Gb Ethernet Pass-Through-k modules with external switches
|Power supplies and fans
|Supplied by Dell PowerEdge M1000e blade enclosure
|Rack support
|See Dell PowerEdge M1000e blade enclosure
Redundant hot-swappable controllers and hot-swappable disks, redundant network path via internal fabric wiring in M1000e chassis, redundant fans and power supplies provided by M1000e chassis
Enclosure Monitoring System
Automatic spare configuration and utilization
Automatic bad block replacement
Auto-Stat Disk Monitoring System (ADMS) to monitor health of data on disk drives
Dell Chassis Management Console (CMC) integration
EqualLogic Group Manager
EqualLogic SAN Headquarters multigroup performance and event monitoring tool
Serial console
Ability to configure a separate management network
SNMP, telnet, SSH, HTTP, web (SSL), host scripting
Multiadministrator support
CHAP authentication
Access control for iSCSI
Access control for management interfaces including RADIUS support
Notification Methods
SNMP traps, email, syslog
Dell offers a wide range of professional services to simplify the assessment, design, implementation, management and maintenance of your IT environment, and to help you transition from platform to platform.
Dell ProSupport Enterprise Suite for PS Series
Dell ProSupport offers a suite of support services that enable you to choose support models based on how you use technology and where you want to allocate resources. We recommend Dell ProSupport Plus with SupportAssist for mission-critical systems or Dell ProSupport for premium hardware and software support for your Dell EqualLogic PS Series solution. Contact your Dell representative today for more information9.
Dell Enterprise Consulting Services
Our proven methodology and tools are derived from years of global field experience that help you design the right storage plan to mitigate risk and decrease costs while optimizing and simplifying your data management.
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ProDeploy Enterprise Suite10 offers a full range of deployment services and professional certifications to help you get more out of your technology starting on day one. Choose ProDeploy Plus for the most complete deployment offer available in the market, ProDeploy for expert configuration and installations, or Basic Deployment for worry-free hardware installations.
Dell Education Services
Decrease downtime, improve utilization and ensure business continuity with storage training from Dell Education Services. Choose from courses designed to introduce Dell Storage and prepare you for more advanced topics to courses that dive into the advanced features included in the storage solution and how to apply best practices. Learn more.
Software and Services for a complete SAN solutionDell delivers comprehensive end-to-end solutions with software and services options to help you store and manage your data more efficiently and cost-effectively. Included with your PS Series array purchase are the EqualLogic™ array software and host software — virtually all the tools your organization needs for a complete solution.
EqualLogic Array Software
- EqualLogic Group Manager helps to streamline storage and data management.
- EqualLogic Manual Transfer Utility minimizes downtime when transferring large amounts of data.
- EqualLogic PS Series Firmware is the foundation of the EqualLogic software family.
- Dell Storage Update Manager simplifies the upgrade process with guided update management.
Integrated across the entire family of EqualLogic PS arrays, the EqualLogic Firmware is a SAN operating system based on a unique peer storage architecture that:
- Virtualizes SAN resources
- Enables peer scalability of up to 16 arrays
- Provides intelligent data management functionality
- Automatically adjusts system resources
- Optimizes performance
EqualLogic Host Integration Tools
This family of host-based software provides tight integration between the PS Series array and the host. Dell provides host integration tools for Microsoft®, VMware® and Linux® environments to offer comprehensive data protection and reliable performance.
EqualLogic SAN Headquarters
Dell EqualLogic SAN Headquarters (SAN HQ) is a centralized monitoring and reporting tool that gathers and provides in-depth information on performance and capacity and provides alerts across multiple groups of PS Series arrays. SAN HQ with Support Assist further streamlines management and improves productivity with automatic case creation and case tracking.
Dell EqualLogic PS6210 Datasheet (.PDF)
Dell EqualLogic PS Series Overview Brochure Datasheet (.PDF)
Dell EqualLogic PS and FS Series Family Brochure Datasheet (.PDF)
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- Pricing and product availability subject to change without notice.


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The National Humanities Center offers 40 residential fellowships for advanced study in the humanities during the academic year, September 2013 through May 2014. Applicants must have doctorate or equivalent scholarly credentials. Young scholars as well as senior scholars are encouraged to apply, but they must have a record of publication, and new Ph.D.s should be aware that the Center does not normally support the revision of a doctoral dissertation. In addition to scholars from all fields of the humanities, the Center accepts individuals from the natural and social sciences, the arts, the professions, and public life who are engaged in humanistic projects. The Center is also international and gladly accepts applications from scholars outside the United States.
Most of the Center's fellowships are unrestricted. Several, however, are designated for particular areas of research.
Applications and letters of recommendation must be postmarked by October 15, 2012.
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Thank you for considering our office for you and your family's health care needs. We have a combined 32 years of experience in the treatment of various injuries. Our office is dedicated to helping you perform your best, improve your health, or recover from an accident or injury. We employ state of the art injury assessments, combined with treatment methods, and rehabilitation techniques to ensure a quick recovery. The unique and proven approach at Siegenthaler Chiropractic addresses muscle, ligament and nerve injuries along with joint biomechanics. The goal of this approach is to speed up the recovery of an injury, restore proper function and improve performance. Each treatment session is individualized to meet your specific needs. The treatment frequency and duration vary depending on the severity and complexity of the injury. We look forward to helping your and your family's health needs.
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DEFIANCE, Ohio – Defiance College became the first team to score against No. 21 Franklin in over a month and used four first-half turnovers from the Grizzlies to put an early scare into the visitors. The Jackets trailed by only a touchdown deep into the third, before FC pulled away for the 35-14 victory.
Defiance struck first against the HCAC-leading Franklin squad, scoring four plays after Gregg Pickett recovered a fumble on the FC 22-yard marker. A pass interference call moved the ball to the nine-yard line, before a pair of four-yard rushes from Trevon Burrell and Garrett Teague put the ball on the one. Burrell then punched it in for a 7-0 Defiance lead with 6:04 left in the opening period.
The Grizzlies answered on their next possession, marching 57 yards in 92 seconds to draw even. Franklin then pushed in front with two more scores to build a 21-7 cushion with 3:28 left in the first half.
Another fumble by Franklin opened the door for DC's second score of the afternoon, as Vinnie Perez scooped up the loose ball on the Franklin 28 to give the Purple and Gold outstanding fielding position once again.
This time, the Jackets struck through the air, as Teague hit Andre Doran for 24 yards and then connected with Brian Mircovich for an eight-yard touchdown pass with 1:09 left in the half.
The score would remain 21-14 through much of the third quarter, until another turnover changed the tide of the contest. This time Franklin benefitted from the miscue, as Zack Corpe intercepted a Teague offering at the Franklin 35 and ran it back to the Defiance 25-yard line.
The up-tempo FC offense handled the rest, as Jonny West found Luke Hamm for a 22-yard touchdown reception just moments later to extend the Franklin lead to 28-14 with 14 seconds left in the third frame.
Franklin (6-2, 6-0 HCAC) would tack on another score in the fourth and kept the Jackets from any further damage to complete the 35-21 contest.
Defiance struggled to move the ball on the ground all afternoon against the HCAC's leading rush and overall defense, managing a season-low 38 yards on the ground on 47 carries.
The Jackets did do damage through the air however, as Doran hauled in personal-bests with seven catches for 113 yards and Mircovich caught six passes for 52 yards on one touchdown.
The 14 points by DC were the most allowed by Franklin since Earlham scored 20 against the Grizzlies in a 70-20 FC victory back on September 22. Since that game, Franklin had outscored its opposition by a 163-0 margin entering Saturday's action at Coressel Stadium.
The Defiance defense also played well in the losing effort, racking up five takeaways and holding Franklin's highly touted offense to its lowest scoring output in HCAC play this season.
Mason Foulk led the way with a career-high 10 tackles and one forced fumble, while Blaine McGowan added nine stops. Pickett, Perez, Jorry Matherson and Andrew Leverenz all recovered fumbles for Defiance, while Matt Forry pulled down an interception to go with seven hits.
Defiance (2-7, 2-5 HCAC) will take a week off, before concluding its 2012 campaign at Bluffton (5-3, 4-2 HCAC) on Saturday, November 10 at 1:30 pm.


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Behind the rhetoric: Does Wisconsin or Illinois have the higher tax rate on businesses?
Wisconsin vs. Illinois conjures images of Bears-Packers, Badgers-Illini and competition for summer cottages. But Gov. Scott Walker has introduced a new wrinkle, budget-bashing, as his administration tries siphoning business from the state to the south. We take a look at one aspect of the border war: corporate income taxes.


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French Onion Soup (Recipe)
A simple recipe for a cheesy classic
This post is supposed to make its Interwebs debut on the day the Mayan calendar predicts will be the end of the world, so I'm inclined to dash something off and spend my remaining time drinking Prosecco and eating bonbons with my loved ones, just in case. But one keeps calm and carries on, as the popular slogan has it.
Onward then. As we nosh our way through the holidays, one way we at our house compensate for overdoing it at the festive trough is by skipping a "real" dinner a couple of times a week and going the soup-and-salad route. Onion soup, all deep, dark and cheesy, is one of our fall-backs, and so satisfying I suspect the calorie count's a lot higher than I think. But don't tell me.
Here's our recipe. It takes a while to cook, but after the initial stirring, you can let it simmer on its own. It's best if you use a rich homemade beef broth or the better brands that come in a carton rather than the overly salty, canned types. This makes 6 servings.
French Onion Soup
- About 5 cups of thinly sliced yellow onions
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 3 Tbsp butter
- 1 Tbsp oil
- 1 tsp salt
- ¼ tsp sugar
- 3 Tbsp flour
- ½ cup dry white wine
- 2 qts of beef broth
- Baguette, cut in ¾ inch-thick slices, lightly toasted
- ½ lb Gruyere, grated
- Put the onions, butter and oil in a large, heavy-bottomed pot, cover and cook slowly for about 15 minutes.
- Uncover the pot, stir in the salt and sugar (which helps the onions to brown) and continue to cook very slowly for about 30 to 40 minutes more, stirring often, until the onions are caramelized to a deep golden brown. Don't skimp on this step.
- Meanwhile, heat the beef broth in a separate pan.
- Sprinkle the flour over the onions and stir for a couple of minutes. Add the wine and continue stirring for a few minutes more. Then pour in the warm beef broth and simmer for another 30 to 40 minutes. Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Ladle the soup into individual ovenproof bowls, float a baguette slice or two on each and top with a generous layer of grated cheese. Put the bowls under the broiler or into a hot oven for about 10 minutes until the cheese is brown and bubbly.
- Serve along with more baguette and maybe a green salad. Finish up with chocolates and you'll be ready to face the next doomsday prediction.
Speaking of chocolates, I missed a chocolatier in my Christmas gift roundup last time: Lucky Chocolates in Saugerties has a wonderful assortment of hand-made, organic, fair-trade choccies, including vegan ones and some shaped like animals or musical instruments. You can get custom shapes, too. Check out the heavenly dark orange truffles. One thing the Mayans got right: they considered chocolate a divine gift.
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SHELBY � Forestview was so far ahead in the Big South 3A Conference golf standings, it didn�t matter that its top golfer was absent for the final match of the regular season.
And it turned out the Jaguars were deep enough in talent even if the standings had been tight.
With Auburn signee Will Long in Charlotte trying to qualify for this weekend�s Wells Fargo Championship PGA tournament, Forestview played well enough to win Monday�s match without him and wrap up its 13th conference title in the school�s 15-year history.
Forestview, the defending 3A state champion, shot a four-player team score of 289 (72.25 average per player) Monday at River Bend YMCA Golf Club in Shelby to win the match by 14 strokes and finish the season 140 strokes ahead of runner-up South Point.
�This group�s been real close together,� Forestview coach Ken Beaty said. �I think that�s helped develop some really good scores because they know they can depend on each other. If somebody has a bad day, somebody picks them up.�
Long finished first in the individual standings despite missing the final match, as the best six scores from the seven conference rounds count toward the season total. But with Long not on the course, teammate Will Blalock had a chance to catch him in the season standings if he could shoot a 68.
Blalock, a junior committed to N.C. State, started well with a 33 on the front nine but mixed in four bogeys with two birdies on the back side to finish at 71. The round put Blalock three strokes behind Long in the final individual season standings, giving the junior his second runner-up finish. Blalock won the individual title last year.
Forestview junior Harrison Frye was the day�s medalist with a 3-under 69. Jaguars senior Alex Taylor shot a 72 and freshman Drew Jurs came in with a 77 to complete Forestview�s team total.
�We won again, so that�s always a good sign,� Blalock said. �It�s not the end of the year yet. We still have regionals and state championship to hopefully win.�
Forestview�s lead entering the final match was so great that, given what runner-up South Point shot on Monday, the Jaguars� top four golfers could have turned in rounds of 107 and they still would have won the conference title.
As for Long, he shot a 72 in Monday�s Wells Fargo Championship qualifier but did not qualify for this weekend.
The Jaguars now turn their focus to Monday�s 3A West regional at Cedar Rock in Lenoir. South Point and Crest will join Forestview there as the Big South�s representatives.
Nick Stafford�s 72 led South Point on Monday, low enough to finish fourth in the season standings. The Red Raiders placed three other golfers on the all-conference team: Nick Robinson, Max Neisler and Phillip Telsrow.
The four individual regional qualifiers from the Big South were North Gaston�s Robert Hildebrand and Preston Dockery and Kings Mountain�s Miles Robinson and Matt Shepard. Hildebrand and Robinson earned all-conference honors.
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Big South 3A Conference golf
Final match Monday at River Bend YMCA Golf Club, Shelby
Monday�s team scores
Forestview 289
South Point 303
Crest 342
KingsMountain 342
North Gaston 342
Ashbrook 358
Hunter Huss (no score)
Monday�s individual leaders
Harrison Frye, For 69
Will Blalock, For 71
Alex Taylor, For 72
Nick Stafford, SP 72
Max Neisler, SP 76
Nick Robinson, SP 76
Drew Jurs, For 77
Cy Lowery, Cr 79
Robert Hildebrand, NG 79
Zach Brewer, SP 79
Matt Shepard, KM 81
Miles Robinson, KM 82
Zach Conner, For 82
Michael Wallace, For 83
Zach Norris, NG 83
Cody Jones, HH 85
Phillip Telsrow, SP 85
Isaac Powell, Cr 86
Matt Hunsinger, Ash 87
PrestonDockery, NG 87
Wesley Davis, SP 87
Alex Campbell, Ash 88
Austin Conley, Cr 88
Trey Duncan, Ash 88
Hunter Cook, KM 89
Jesse Putnam, Cr 89
Final team standings
Forestview 1,981
South Point 2,121
Crest 2,320
KingsMountain 2,363
North Gaston 2,396
Ashbrook 2,434
Hunter Huss (no score)
Final individual standings
Top six rounds count toward season score
Name, school Total Avg.
#*Will Long, For 412 68.7
*Will Blalock, For 415 69.2
*Alex Taylor, For 427 71.2
*Nick Stafford, SP 432 72.0
*Drew Jurs, For 442 73.7
*Nick Robinson, SP 447 74.5
*Max Neisler, SP 450 75.0
*Phillip Telsrow, SP 468 78.0
*Robert Hildebrand, NG 474 79.0
*Isaac Powell, Cr 485 80.8
*Miles Robinson, KM 486 81.0
*Jesse Putnam, Cr 490 81.7
*Cy Lowery, Cr 492 82.0
Matt Shepard, KM 494 82.3
PrestonDockery, NG 497 82.8
Wesley Davis, SP 497 82.8
Matt Hunsinger, Ash 498 83.0
Zach Norris, NG 503 83.8
Austin Conley, Cr 505 84.2
Alex Campbell, Ash 513 85.5
Trey Duncan, Ash 518 86.3
Steven Smith, KM 521 86.8
Cody Jones, HH 532 88.7
Will Gallman, Ash 533 88.8
Devin Heath, KM 536 89.3
Kyle Tomberlin, NG 586 97.7
Robbie Payne, HH 644 107.3
#Player of the year
Coach of the year� Ken Beaty, Forestview
Regional qualifiers
Teams� Forestview, South Point, Crest
Individuals� Robert Hildebrand (NG), Miles Robinson (KM), Matt Shepard (KM), Preston Dockery (NG)


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"The idea is simple," instructs shinrin-yoku.org, "if a person simply visits a natural area and walks in a relaxed way there are calming, rejuvenating and restorative benefits to be achieved."
Forest bathing occurs daily throughout the United States — many just don't call it that.
Considered a Japanese preventive health care concept, "shinrin-yoku," or "forest bathing," involves simply taking a slow, purposeful, meditative walk in nature. Breathing deeply and tapping into senses are important aspects.
"The idea is simple," instructs shinrin-yoku.org, "if a person simply visits a natural area and walks in a relaxed way there are calming, rejuvenating and restorative benefits to be achieved."
Getting out of doors (a park will do) to walk or hike is appealing to many with indoor jobs. National Public Radio in April called attention to an Environmental Protection Agency study determining Americans spend approximately 90 percent of their time indoors. Plus, more than half of the world's population lives among asphalt and concrete versus trees and fields.
Forest bathing is lauded as part of an overall healthy living plan for a number of reasons. Supporters say it:
— Reduces stress
— Improves mood
— Lowers blood pressure
— Boosts immune system
— Increases energy level
— Enhances sleep
Besides offering physical gains, forest bathing is actually a form of mental therapy, points out shinrin-yoku.org, resulting for some in a deeper and clearer intuition.
There is something to be said for the common adage, "I need to take a walk and clear my head." A new book by medical doctor and author Qing Li, titled "Forest Bathing: How Trees Can Help You Find Health and Happiness," outlines a proper how-to. Some suggestions for maximizing a walk's physical and mental benefits: smell flowers, touch bark, watch swaying branches.
Through the Association of Nature & Forest Therapy, one can even become a guide. The program's mandate expressed by organization founder M. Amos Clifford is: "The Forest is the Therapist. The Guide Opens the Doors."
Though a naturalist in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, John Muir wrote prophetically, "Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home. Wilderness is a necessity."
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Canoe down the magical Whanganui River and venture through landscapes of native bush, hills and valleys.
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The Whanganui Journey, one of the Great Walks, is located in Whanganui National Park. Experience the scenic beauty, history and cultural significance of the Whanganui River.
Enjoy the mixture of farmland, native bush, and waterfalls. Get out of the canoe and take a short hike to the Bridge to Nowhere along the way.
This canoe or kayak trip takes three to five days, starting at Taumaranui (145km) or Whakahoro (87km) and ending in Pipiriki.
The best time to go is from October to April, the Whanganui Journey Great Walks season. Bookings are required for accommodation at Department of Conservation (DOC) huts and campsites during this time.
Transport and canoe hire is available from nearby towns: Taumaranui, Ohakune, and Whanganui.
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"The hopes are high for IPBES to become an authoritative global mechanism recognized by scientists and policy makers alike to pull together dispersed information, syntheses and analyses on biodiversity and ecosystems. By building on existing processes and initiatives, and only creating new ones as a last resort in case of glaring gaps, the intention is that decisions and research investment will be more efficient," writes Julia Marton-Lefèvre, IUCN Director General.
"There is no question that there is an impressive amount of knowledge already out there – generated by a wide variety of actors, including governments, academia, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and indigenous communities."
"As a Union comprising government and civil society Members, IUCN is well placed to bring together key actors at all levels. IUCN is a leading provider of biodiversity knowledge, tools and standards used to influence policy, undertake conservation planning and guide action on the ground," says Ms Marton-Lefèvre in a recent article.
"Of course, the biggest challenge for IPBES remains bridging the gap between science and policy makers. As we have seen in the climate change arena, unless we actually follow the recommendations of scientific bodies, we have little hope of tackling the accelerating worldwide loss of biodiversity and degradation of ecosystem services. Only then can we truly achieve a step change in the way we generate, distribute and use biodiversity knowledge," she concludes.
Read the full article A Step Change for Biodiversity Knowledge written by Ms Marton-Lefèvre on the IISD Biodiversity Policy & Practice knowledgebase.


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Been away a bit, finishing book, sharpening my writing skills and camera skills, and planning for this summer's big trip ot Colorado on a dualsport, visiting ghost towns via 4wd trails, and seeing the start of the Ironbutt Rally.
The motorcycle museum is outside Columbus, next door to the AMA HQ.
Visited there on Good Friday, took photos and wrote up a trip report. Went by car, but not feeling particularly guilty given the freezing rain on the trip home.
Anyway, go to:
Then Content, Motorcycle, Columbus Trip. There's also a gallery of nearly 40 photos of the museum. It was a good visit.
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In I. Martin Isaacs Algebra: A Graduate Course, Isaacs uses the field of algebraic numbers $$\mathbb{A}=\{\alpha \in \mathbb{C} \; | \; \alpha \; \text{algebraic over} \; \mathbb{Q}\}$$ as an example of an infinite degree algebraic field extension. I have done a cursory google search and thought about it for a little while, but I cannot come up with a less contrived example.
My question is
What are some other examples of infinite degree algebraic field extensions?


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Decision : 29 COM 8B.41
Nominations of Cultural Properties to the World Heritage List (Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica )
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Documents WHC-05/29.COM/8B, WHC-05/29.COM/8B.Add 2 and WHC-05/29.COM/INF.8B.1,
2. Inscribes Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica (Italy) on the World Heritage List on the basis of cultural criteria (ii), (iii), (iv) and (vi):
Criterion (ii): The sites and monuments which form the Syracuse/Pantalica ensemble constitute a unique accumulation, through the ages and in the same space, of remarkable testimonies to Mediterranean cultures.
Criterion (iii): The Syracuse/Pantalica ensemble offers, through its remarkable cultural diversity, an exceptional testimony to the development of civilisation over some three millennia.
Criterion (iv): The group of monuments and archeological sites situated in Syracuse (between the nucleus of Ortygia and the vestiges located throughout the urban area) is the finest example of outstanding architectural creation spanning several cultural aspects (Greek, Roman and Baroque).
Criterion (vi): Ancient Syracuse was directly linked to events, ideas and literary works of outstanding universal significance.
3. Invites the authorities responsible for the management of the property to ensure the application of the necessary measures to avoid problems relating to the insertion of the conservation process into a living and evolving urban setting;
4. Encourages the State Party of Italy to implement the plan it adopted in relation to the houses that are currently unoccupied in Ortygia, in order to find them a function in urban activity;
5. Requests the State Party to draw up a detailed report on the conservation of the property, and changes in its condition, every three years.
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Firefighters are to stage two fresh strikes in their long-running dispute with the government over pensions.
Members of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) in England and Wales will walk out for 24 hours on 12 June and again for seven hours on 21 June.
The 24-hour stoppage, which coincides with the start of the World Cup, is the longest to be held in the union's three-year campaign, which has already seen 12 separate strikes. The union is protesting at changes to firefighters' pensions and a later retirement age.
The FBU general secretary, Matt Wrack, accused the fire minister, Brandon Lewis, of burying his head in the sand, adding: "He must accept that firefighters simply will not give up fighting for their futures, and our fire and rescue service.
"Concerns over these unworkable proposals remain as valid and grave as ever, and the government has ignored all the evidence, including its own reports. Our most recent discussions with government suggest they simply do not have a clue about the work firefighters actually do or the standards firefighters are required to meet.
"It is a difficult decision for us to take strike action, but the only way for us to resolve this unnecessary and costly dispute is for the government to start listening to reason."
FBU officials met the minister earlier this week but no progress was made. The union claimed the government was refusing to publish alternative proposals on pensions which the FBU believes would help resolve the row.
Ministers in the Welsh and Scottish governments were being "kept in the dark", meaning that any consultation was "meaningless", said the FBU.
"Before 2010, firefighters already contributed one of the highest proportions of their salary towards their pensions (11%), and in April this increased for the third year running.
"Firefighters typically now pay over £4,000 a year from a £29,000 salary, and the government has announced they will impose further increases in 2015," said the union.
The FBU said increasing numbers of its members were considering leaving the pension scheme as a result of its decreasing affordability, posing difficult questions over its sustainability.
Under the government's proposals, firefighters who are forced to retire before the age of 60 as a result of ageing will have half of their pension taken away, according to the FBU.
A spokesman for the department for communities and local government said: "By disrupting constructive discussions and an open consultation with further strike action the FBU has once again shown the country it is not serious about finding a resolution.
"The government has made clear that a way forward can be reached, but not under the shadow of industrial action, which only serves to damage firefighters' standing with the public.
"The deal on the table gives firefighters one of the most generous pension schemes in all the public sector, and the proposals protect the earned rights of a higher proportion of members than any other public sector scheme.
"Nearly three quarters will see no change in their pension age in 2015. Under the new scheme, a firefighter who earns £29,000 will still be able to retire after a full career aged 60, get a £19,000 a year pension, rising to £26,000 with the state pension. An equivalent private pension pot would be worth over half a million pounds and require firefighters to contribute twice as much.


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Say what you like about Peter Molyneux, the one thing you can't claim is that the man behind Lionhead Studios works on run-of-the-mill titles. With Fable 2 pretty much wrapped up and Pub Games already released (and patched), Sir Peter has revealed that his studio is already working on a new project that is apparently far different from anything it's done in the past. Speaking to GamesIndustry.biz at the GC Asia conference last week, let a couple of details slip about his next game. By "details", we actually mean "vague promises that don't reveal much of anything."
"We've actually been working on another project now for a while, and obviously it's ridiculously ambitious, but it's ridiculously ambitious in a very simple way," he said in the interview. "It's a simple and pure idea, and very, very different to anything I've done before... It's certainly different to what you might think Lionhead would do."
Rumors over the past few months have hinted at an MMO from Lionhead. There is little about an MMO that's simple and pure in terms of concepts, but such a title would definitely be an ambitious project for the developer. Of course, my concept of something unexpected from Lionhead would involve a version of a Japanese dating sim, but that's just me.


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In issuing his Oct. 3 ruling, Manhattan Federal Court Judge Kevin Castel noted that the City Council has modified the law several times over the years to extend its protections, but none of those changes cover unpaid interns. They're not on the payroll, so they're not considered employees under the law.
Castel's decision stems from a January lawsuit filed by 22-year-old Lihuan Wang, who claimed that just two weeks into her internship at Phoenix Satellite Television US's New York location, her supervisor lured her to a hotel room under the pretense of a job-performance review and tried to grope and kiss her "by force."
In the lawsuit, Wang said she pushed the supervisor away and ran out of the hotel room. She approached him about potential job opportunities several months later, and says he asked her to stay with him in a hotel room in Atlantic City. She refused.
The supervisor was fired last year after Phoenix Satellite Television, a Chinese-language broadcast company, investigated Wang's allegations.
The law was last amended in 2005. Public Advocate and Democratic mayoral nominee Bill de Blasio, who oversaw that modification, told the News, "No one should ever be denied protection against sexual harassment in the workplace. Period."


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Talk to someone who has never dealt with the cops about police behaving badly, and he or she will inevitably say, "But they can't do that! Can they?" The question of what the cops can or can't do is natural enough for someone who never deals with cops, especially if their inexperience is due to class and/or race privilege. But a public defender would describe that question as naïve. In short, the cops can do almost anything they want, and often the most maddening tactics are actually completely legal.There are many reasons for this, but three historical developments stand out: the war on drugs provided the template for social control based on race; 9/11 gave federal and local officials the opportunity to ensnare Muslims (and activists) in the ever-increasing surveillance and incarceration state; and a lack of concern from the public at large means these tactics can be applied, often controversy-free, to anyone who resists them.What follows are 10 of the innumerable tactics the police can use against a population often incapable of constraining their behavior.1. Infiltration, informants and monitoring. The NYPD's Demographics Unit has engaged in a massive surveillance program directed at Muslims throughout the entire Northeast region, ignoring any jurisdictional limitations and acting as a secret police and intelligence gathering agency – a regional FBI of sorts. The AP's award-winning reports on the Demographics Unit helped bring some information about the program to light, including the revelation that its efforts have resulted in exactly zero terrorism leads.Although a lawsuit from 1971, the Handschu case, "resulted in federal guidelines that prohibit the NYPD from collecting information about political speech unless it is related to potential terrorism," legal experts worry that privacy rights have been so diminished that Muslims who are spied on may not be able to seek recourse. The AP quoted Donna Lieberman in November 2011, who said, "It's really not clear that people can do anything if they've been subjected to unlawful surveillance anymore."Muslims are not the only group that has been targeted. The AP reported that the NYPD has also infiltrated liberal groups and protest organizers. Other cases of entrapment of activists, such as the NATO 5 and the Cleveland 5, are also troubling.2. Warrantless home surveillance. Just in case you still think there must be some limit on how the authorities can surveil you, there's this -- a federal agency, not the police, but the larger point stands. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled that it is legal for a law enforcement agent to enter your house and videotape you without your consent. The case, United States v. Wahchumwah , revolved around a U.S. Fish and Wildlife undercover agent who recorded Wahchumwah without a warrant. The Ninth Circuit found the search to be "voluntary," which led the EFF to write on its Web site: "The sad truth is that as technology continues to advance, surveillance becomes 'voluntary' only by virtue of the fact we live in a modern society where technology is becoming cheaper, easier and more invasive."The Ninth Circuit isn't the only one who thinks warrantless video surveillance is perfectly OK. "CNET has learned that U.S. District Judge William Griesbach ruled that it was reasonable for Drug Enforcement Administration agents to enter rural property without permission -- and without a warrant -- to install multiple 'covert digital surveillance cameras' in hopes of uncovering evidence that 30 to 40 marijuana plants were being grown."During the Bush years, Congress had to grant retroactive immunity to giant telecoms that engaged in warrantless wiretapping. It seems, the judicial branch wants to save Congress the trouble.


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About K-State 2025
In February 2010, the university launched an ambitious planning initiative with the visionary goal to be recognized as a Top 50 Public Research University by 2025. Building on our collective history as a public land-grant institution, we embarked on a planning process that was inclusive and exciting. With broad involvement, K-Staters worked together to craft our future.
During the summer 2011, eight key university metrics were identified to benchmark and measure our progress to becoming a Top 50 Public Research University. Seven theme areas with goals, associated action plans, and expected outcomes were defined, as well as eight common elements spanning all theme areas.
This strategic plan and vision define us not only as a great place for students, but also as a modern land-grant university valuing and integrating research, education, and engagement on behalf of our communities, state, nation, and society. It expresses our desire to pursue a culture of excellence in all we do. As a living plan, K-State 2025 serves as a guide for our decision-making and priority setting.
As K-State 2025 planning expands, this page will serve as an archive of the planning process and related articles.
The Visionary Plan Process
(February 2010 - September 2011)
These reports and resources illustrate the phased-process used to define the 2025 Visionary Plan.
Update for the K-State 2025 Visionary Plan
(March - December 2017)
Having completed the first five years of the fifteen year plan, the K-State community is engaging in an initiative to update the K-State 2025 university plan during 2017.
Related articles
K-Stater article: Strategy for the Future K-State 2025 (pdf)


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By SCOTT TAYLOR / On Target
LAST WEEK, I just happened to be in Belgrade attending a conference on the future status of Kosovo when the funeral for former Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic was held. True to form, the western medias coverage of these events presented accused war criminal Milosevic as evil incarnate and the Serbian people, by extension, as something bordering on the subhuman. Almost entirely lost in the frenzy to heap responsibility for a decades worth of death and destruction into Slobos coffin was the announcement that the Albanians in Kosovo have just selected a new prime minister. To have examined this development in the slightest would have served to spread around some of the blame and to illustrate that the Serbs certainly did not have a monopoly on war crimes during those bloody civil wars. In fact, if one only casually glances at the resume of the incoming prime minister, Agim Ceku, it becomes apparent that his election flies in the face of international justice, foreshadows more violence in Kosovo and ignores the sacrifices and valour of our Canadian Forces. In summary, Ceku, an Albanian Kosovar by birth, began his military career as an officer in the former federal Yugoslavian army. When the initial Yugoslav breakup occurred in 1991, Ceku was quick to switch his loyalty to the Croatian cause. As a colonel in the Croatian army, Ceku commanded the notorious 1993 operation in what is known as the Medak Pocket. It was here that the men of the 2nd Battalion of Princess Patricias Canadian Light Infantry came face to face with the savagery of which Ceku was capable. Over 200 Serbian inhabitants of the Medak Pocket were slaughtered in a grotesque manner (the bodies of female rape victims were found after being burned alive). Our traumatized troops who buried the grisly remains were encouraged to collect evidence and were assured that the perpetrators would be brought to justice. Nevertheless in 1995, Ceku, by then trained by U.S. instructors as a general of artillery, was still at large. In fact, he was the officer responsible for shelling the Serbian refugee columns and for targeting the UN-declared "safe" city of Knin during the Croatian offensive known as Operation Storm. Some 500 innocent civilians perished in those merciless barrages, and senior Canadian officers who witnessed the slaughter demanded that Ceku be indicted. Once again, their pleas fell of deaf ears. Just a few months after the Storm atrocities, Canadas own Louise Arbour began making a name for herself as the chief prosecutor for the war crimes tribunal in The Hague. Despite the Canadian connection to these alleged crimes, Arbour and her lawyers chose instead to pursue more "politically prominent" individuals such as Milosevic, and other senior Serbs, while nothing was done to bring Ceku to justice. Fast-forward to January 1999, and the worlds attention begins to focus on a war-ravaged Kosovo. With the blessing of the U.S. State Department and NATO, Ceku takes his retirement (at age 37) from the Croatian army and is pronounced supreme commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army. Throughout the air campaign against Yugoslavia, Ceku was portrayed as a loyal ally and he was frequently present at NATO briefings with top generals such as Wesley Clark and Michael Jackson. Under the terms of the June 1999 Kosovo peace deal, Cekus Albanian guerrillas were to be disarmed and reconstituted into a UN-sponsored (non-military) disaster relief organization known as the Kosovo Protection Corps. But despite the fact that they now collected UN paycheques, Cekus men never gave up their guns nor their quest for a Greater Albania From the armed Albanian incursions into southern Serbia in 2000 and Macedonia in 2001 right up until the violent pogrom unleashed against Kosovo Serbs in March 2004, Cekus brand of violence, hatred and ethnic cleansing has remained unchanged. Now he is being hailed as a political leader, and the world is once again turning a blind eye to his crimes. Hopefully, Canada at least will respect the eyewitness testimony of our own peacekeepers and finally insist that Ceku face the same justice that was demanded of Slobodan Milosevic. Presenting the soldiers of the 2nd Battalion of Princess Patricias Canadian Light Infantry with a belated Governor Generals unit citation for the Medak Pocket battle will remain a hollow gesture until Ceku is held responsible for his atrocities.


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A guildie of mine (Damorons, warlock) created a compilation video from our Tribute to Insanity (heroic with no wipes) achievement run. It has short clips from each of the bosses, and then the entirety of the Anub fight. Watch me nearly die to Burrower aggro, and then be casting nearly non-stop through P3 >.> The OT and one other player died RIGHT as Anub fell, but otherwise it was a clean run! Keep in mind, we are a 10-strict guild :)
You can D/L the HD version from filefront here (221MB).
If/when the YouTube version is posted (music-stripped and low-quality, likely), I will update to embed.
I do like how he put SexyCooldown over his cast bar.
An update from me and closing my guides
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Saturday August 24, 2019; 03:59 pm EDT
Who — regardless of age — doesn't love a good story?
Will Bartlett's light musical adaptation of Rumplestiltskin has run continuously off-Broadway since 1985 with good reason. With its cantankerous characters and timeless moral, Rumple Who? makes an entertaining way for parents and grandparents to share love of theater with their children.
The familiar story is distilled, updated and less Grimm than the original with musical summaries for each plot development. In this version, Rumpelstiltskin is a kinder and gentler prankster who weaves his way into the lives of the Miller's daughter and the royal family and uncovers some family dynamics that need attention, some values that need to be adjusted and some dreams that need to be fulfilled.
Live piano accompaniment is a very nice treat, with music preshow and in the background very well done by William Kelley.
In Bartlett's update, the Miller's Daughter (Brett Warner Hurt) is the braggart. In this production, she's the most valuable player. Warner Hurt is a Julie Andrews in singing and action, a Dick Van Dyke in physical comedy.
For love of her, the sappy, silly King Henry (Michael Allen Windsor) grows a backbone. I wished for a little more contrast between his early obedient stage and the end — when he stands up in the best-costumed feet ever — to do the right thing.
His mother, the nasty Queen (TiaJuana Roundtree), overplays her love of gold, at least in contrast to other characters played at a much lower key.
To foil her plan, Rumple Who (Nathan Coone) demands the gold spinner's first-born. In this interactive theater, he controls the pacing of the show, drawing in the children in the audience. If he has an off day, the performance simply does not spark to life.
Directed by Jim Chance, Rumple Who is a one-hour theatrical diversion worthy to be on your family's to-do list.
Playing Sundays thru August 19: 11am and 2pm at West Garrett Building, 275 West St., Annapolis. $15 w/age discounts: 410-268-1333; www.baytheatre.org.


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U.S. Firms Have Raised $16.8 Billion in 2013, on Pace for Best Year Since 2007
U.S. companies are on track to raise the most money through initial public offerings since before the financial crisis, driven by the same thirst for risk among investors that has pushed the stock market to new highs.
Already this year, 64 U.S.-listed public offerings have raised $16.8 billion, according to Dealogic. In the same period in 2012, the biggest year in dollars since the financial crisis, 73 companies raised a total of $13.1 billion. Last week alone brought 11 U.S.-listed IPOs, making it the busiest week for such...


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Here are some pictures from July through September of 2011 of the creation and installation of my most recent mural for Melt Bar and Grilled. This is Melt's third location, and the mural that owner Matt Fish challenged me to do was bigger than anything I'd ever concieved of doing. It's 14 feet tall and 56 feet wide with a 10 foot by 20 foot vintage WMMS billboard in the middle. Basically, 600 square feet of art. Like I said, I've never ever thought about doing something so huge. It was an insane challenge and with only 3 months to complete it, I knew I had my work cut out for me. Towards the end of the project, I felt like I was on some sort of Bataan Death March; I felt like Paul Sheldon from Misery. (although Matt Fish is much nicer than Annie Wilkes...) I was basically living at the warehouse where I was drawing, sleeping on a mat in the corner, working 24 hours and sleeping six and then working another 24 and losing my mind. My left eye started twitching uncontrollably at one point, but I kept drawing. Knee went out? Kept drawing.
When we were installing it, I had been up for 36 hours, high on polyurethane fumes and walleyed from who knows how many pots of coffee. I'll start more or less at the beginning, though, and talk about this picture:
This is the rig I constructed and screwed to the wall so I could attach six 4 foot by 8 foot panels at a time, so I could draw as much of the shit at once as I possibly could.
Here are some photos of the very beginnings:
This was the "main section". The idea was to have the usual array (and then some) of Clevelanders crawling over huge piles of old signs and ruined buildings. I did about a month of research at the photo archive at the downtown library (an amazing resource) and on the internet. I wanted the signs to be from long gone and defunct Cleveland businesses. You'll probably never know the thrill of finally finding a good picture of the Jean's Funnyhouse sign, but trust me: it's better than crack. And I've smoked some crack. Really. I collected maybe 1,000 images, all of which I printed out for possible use.
Here's a close up of that last pic:
So, I'd "finish" the bottom row of panels, remove them, move the top one down and put a blank row on top:
How fucking fascinating is that? I mean, WOW, right?
This (above) is a picture of the top of the main section, nearly finished. Like I said, I'd never even conceived something this large, and I had to really force myself to figure out about 1,000 little things every day. It really was the hardest work I've ever done. (...And I've worked construction, I've worked picking grapes for 12 hours a day and I've done demolition to the point where I swung a sledgehammer until I couldn't lift my arms, and worst of all, I'VE WORKED IN CUSTOMER SERVICE...) I've never been more exhausted from a job, but I went to sleep every night thinking about what I was gonna do tomorrow. But who cares?
Here are some pictures from the installation:
And that's the mural on the wall.
To really Grok it, you have to go there. I'd say just go there and look at it and then eat at Melt. If you see movies at the Valley View Cinema, I'd say go an hour early and spend the deficit at Melt looking at this mural. Just say "Jake said it was OK to just come here and look." This is my greatest creation, my masterpiece and my final statement on four or five different things.
Would you like to see a picture of the whole mural up on the wall? Tough shit. Go there. No picture could do it justice. I'll leave you with this: