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CHICAGO – The campaigns to win Illinois' most competitive congressional races are coming down to the wire, featuring negative ads, shifting positions and millions of dollars pouring in from national organizations.
It all underlines the stakes involved as Democrats try to undo Republican gains in 2010 and help their party with a shot at winning back a majority in the U.S. House.
The Democrats are banking on a new, more favorable district map they drew last year, and both sides are counting on turnout from the contest between President Barack Obama and GOP challenger Mitt Romney.
Below is a race-by-race look at the seven most-watched campaigns:
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CANDIDATES: Freshman U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh, an outspoken tea party favorite, is running against Democratic challenger Tammy Duckworth, an Iraq War veteran and double amputee who ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 2006.
TERRITORY: Several ethnically diverse suburbs west and northwest of Chicago including Schaumburg and Carpentersville.
SIGNIFICANCE: The matchup is one of the most watched nationwide. Duckworth is a former Obama administration official with endorsements from top Democrats in a district redrawn by Democrats to be more friendly to their party. Walsh — who built a reputation on cable TV as a fierce critic of Obama and proponent of small government — has received millions for ads from outside groups. Two years after GOP officials tried to ignore him prior to his slim, surprise victory, he has party backing for his re-election bid.
ISSUES/STRATEGY: The campaign has become one of Illinois' most volatile. Duckworth has tried to portray Walsh as too extreme for the district and played up Walsh's penchant for controversial statements, while emphasizing her immigrant and biracial background. Walsh has criticized Duckworth for talking too much about her military service and tried to link her to imprisoned Gov. Rod Blagojevich, under whom she served in the state's veteran affairs department. Abortion also has become an issue after Walsh stated in a debate that there is never a medical necessity to use the procedure to save a woman's life. He later pulled back slightly on his comments. Walsh has criticized Duckworth for running ads labeling him a "deadbeat" dad due to a tardy child support case that was settled last spring.
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CANDIDATES: Freshman Congressman Bob Dold faces Democrat Brad Schneider, a consultant who won a four-way primary in March.
TERRITORY: Extends north of Chicago to the Wisconsin line, hugging Lake Michigan and including both wealthy and working class communities.
SIGNIFICANCE: Democrats have long coveted the Chicago area district, where most voters have supported Democratic presidential candidates but Republican congressmen. The new boundaries make the territory more Democratic-leaning. The district was won five times by Mark Kirk, a moderate Republican who is now a U.S. senator, and both candidates portray themselves as moderates and link themselves to him. Each has raised big money, though Dold has the edge, taking in nearly $1 million in the last quarter alone. He also expected help from New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's new super PAC.
ISSUES/STRATEGY: Dold, who calls himself a "pro-choice Republican," has played up his bipartisanship, stressing his support for federal funding for Planned Parenthood. Schneider has tried to portray Dold, especially in television ads, as a tea party candidate with extreme views. Schneider supports gay marriage and abortion rights, while Dold supports civil unions. Both candidates have mounted aggressive outreach campaigns, making hundreds of thousands of voter calls. Dold, the former head of a pest control company, also has questioned Schneider's recent business experience; he founded a one-person consultant firm and has since set aside his work to run for Congress.
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CANDIDATES: Seven-term incumbent Rep. Judy Biggert, a Republican, faces Democrat Bill Foster, a former one-term congressman and physicist.
TERRITORY: A district southwest of Chicago including several suburbs with large Hispanic populations, and including Aurora, Illinois' second-largest city.
SIGNFICANCE: The race has shaped up as the most tame of the competitive campaigns. Both candidates are mild-mannered and don't always appear at ease promoting themselves, despite their experience with close elections. Biggert has been especially targeted by Democrats and has called it the toughest campaign of her career. The new district contains less than half of her old territory and much of Foster's former district, forcing Biggert to introduce herself to new voters.
ISSUES/STRATEGY: Biggert has spent time portraying herself as a centrist while Foster says he's not afraid to break with his party, citing how he voted against Democratic budgets when in Washington. Foster has labeled Biggert a "career politician" and a millionaire when he is looking for his own return to Congress and has earned millions himself as an entrepreneur. The two have raised about the same amount of money, but Foster had a slight edge in the last quarter. Gay marriage became an issue at a recent debate. Foster, who at one time indicated he was against gay marriage, says he supports single-sex marriages. Biggert says she supports civil unions, but is still deciding on gay marriage.
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CANDIDATES: Freshman Rep. Bobby Schilling, a Republican whose family runs a pizzeria, faces Democrat Cheri Bustos, a former city council member, journalist and health care executive
TERRITORY: A swath of west central Illinois touching both the Iowa and Wisconsin borders and including parts of Rockford and Peoria.
SIGNIFICANCE: Until 2010, the district had gone Democratic for nearly three decades. But Schilling won office with heavy tea party support and an aggressive campaign against former Congressman Phil Hare. Democrats are confident the new district map will allow them to reverse Schilling's advantage, which they labeled an anomaly. Among the Democratic backing for Bustos was an early endorsement from U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, who called her a close family friend who he watched grow up.
ISSUES/STRATEGY: Schilling's shift in tone is a reflection of the challenge for him. The congressman once headlined partisan tea party rallies, but is now calling for unity and nonpartisan collaboration. He's said Bustos was "hand-picked" by Democratic leaders to run, while Bustos has highlighted Schilling's tea party ties. Manufacturing jobs have been a big issue in the district and both have focused on protesting workers whose jobs are moving to China. Bustos blamed the decision on loopholes created by Congress; Schilling said bringing companies back to the U.S. requires simplifying the tax code and not overregulating. The campaign has been negative, with Schilling referring to Bustos as "one of the meanest congressional candidates in Illinois history" and Bustos calling Schilling "misguided."
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CANDIDATES: Republican Rodney Davis of Taylorville, a former member of Rep. John Shimkus' staff, faces Bloomington physician David Gill, a Democrat. Also running is independent John Hartman, an executive with an Edwardsville medical firm.
TERRITORY: From Urbana southwest to Decatur and Springfield and on to the eastern outskirts of St. Louis' Illinois suburbs including Edwardsville.
SIGNIFICANCE: U.S. Rep. Tim Johnson, a Republican, made the race competitive when he retired soon after winning his March primary. Davis was chosen by party leaders from a list of GOP candidates to replace him. Democrats believe the new district is more winnable than Johnson's old district, which he won six times. Gill had lost three previous congressional races, all to Johnson, but in the old district.
ISSUES/STRATEGY: The candidates have made clear their differences on health care, the federal budget and other issues, but the tone of the race has been notably ugly. Both Davis and Gill are backed by large doses of negative advertising paid for by national organizations. Many of the ad claims — that Davis, for example, was at the center of the scandal that sent former Gov. George Ryan to prison, or that Gill hopes to kill Medicare — have been inaccurate. Johnson himself has complained about the mudslinging and said he'd have a difficult time endorsing either Davis or Gill. Some polls have shown support for Hartman running in the high single digits despite his low-budget, low-key campaign.
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CANDIDATES: Republican lumber company executive Jason Plummer faces Democrat Bill Enyart, a Belleville attorney who most recently served as chief of the Illinois National Guard. Also in the race is the Green Party's Paula Bradshaw, a Carbondale emergency room nurse.
TERRITORY: The Illinois suburbs of St. Louis to the state's southernmost tip, an area traditionally facing chronic economic stress
SIGNIFICANCE: Democratic Rep. Jerry Costello is retiring after more than two decades in office. Only two men, both Democrats, have represented the 12th District since World War II, but Republicans hope to wrest away the seat based on the area's conservative leanings, angst over environmental regulations relating to coal and signs of frustration with Washington and Illinois' Democratic leadership. Democrats consider it a critical seat to hold.
ISSUES/STRATEGY: The Democratic political apparatus has run ads accusing Plummer of wanting to end Medicare — the health insurance program for the elderly — while casting him as an "unexplained millionaire" whose only full-time job has been with his father's company. Plummer disputes that. Meanwhile, Republicans repeatedly link Enyart to disgraced former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who picked the former Air Force officer to run the Illinois National Guard in 2007. They refer to Enyart, a former National Guard major general, as "Blagojevich's general." Bradshaw calls for a "Green New Deal," putting the federal government in control of creating jobs involving national infrastructure upgrades, notably addressing renewable energy and light-rail transportation.
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CANDIDATES: Incumbent U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. is being challenged by professor Brian Woodworth, a Bourbonnais Republican; postal worker Marcus Lewis of Matteson, an independent; and Rev. Anthony Williams, a write-in candidate who hosts his own gospel radio show.
TERRITORY: Chicago's South Side, south suburbs and new areas reaching beyond Kankakee, hugging the Indiana line.
SIGNIFICANCE: Jackson, an eight-term incumbent, is expected to win re-election against his little known challengers, though he hasn't actively campaigned since quietly taking medical leave in June and remains under a House Ethics Committee investigation. Last spring, the son of Rev. Jesse Jackson won handily in the most difficult election of his career, a primary challenge by former U.S. Rep. Debbie Halvorson. But months later he took a secretive medical leave and was treated at Minnesota's Mayo Clinic for bipolar disorder. He's since checked back in with no sign of when he'll return to work.
ISSUES/STRATEGY: Jackson counts on a safe district that's still largely urban, black and Democratic. His only communication with voters has been a recent robocall where he asked for patience. Woodworth, who teaches criminal justice at Olivet Nazarene University, claims the district has no voice and Lewis calls Jackson "a ghost." Still, Jackson and his family engender loyalty and respect in the district, and mayors who support Jackson praise his dedication to local projects and ability to bring in federal money.
Associated Press writers David Mercer in Champaign and Jim Suhr in St. Louis contributed to this report.


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Gourmet Packages Team Substance With Style
Packaging that looks great and performs well is the name of the foodie game.
Packaging plays a pivotal role for gourmet and artisanal foods, expressing the products' cachet and capturing their specific brand personalities and values. Materials, decorative treatments and package design work together to elevate consumer perceptions of luxe brands, not only when the products are on the shelf but throughout their life cycle.
For Brix Chocolate Inc., Youngstown, Ohio, educating consumers about its products created an additional packaging challenge. Brix produces super-premium chocolate intended for pairing with wine. The Brix product line is primarily chocolate molded into brick-like bars but also includes quarter-ounce "bites" of chocolate.
The packaging for Brix products "has to instruct the consumer, because this is a new product," explains Nicholas Proia, founder of Brix. "We needed to take them by the hand and tell them how to use it: what wines are suggested and why, how you serve it and how you store it, how to fracture it with a sharp knife."
On boxes for individual 8-oz. Brix bars, the brand's core product, tasting notes and wine pairings are rendered in a script typeface to resemble handwritten notes from an oenophile's notebook. The information, plus brand identification and chocolate variety, are printed on a paperboard sleeve that slips around the box. The sleeves are color-coded by variety: Extra Dark Chocolate, Medium Dark Chocolate, Smooth Dark Chocolate and Milk Chocolate.
The box for the individual bars is made from brown box board laminated to woodgrain-decorated paper that's foil stamped with Brix's circular "Chocolate for Wine" logo. The same logo is debossed into the top of each bar. Brand identity and packaging design firm Michael Osborne Design Inc., San Francisco, designed the Brix packaging.
Pairing chocolate with wine requires some instructions, so Brix Chocolate created a box that looks like a book. A wax-like seal on the side adds to the elegance.
By using the same box for all the 8-oz. bars and swapping out sleeves to identify the type of chocolate, Brix avoids the need to stockpile separate boxes for the different bars. The sleeve provides a packaging solution that's "easily adaptable to variances in sales" of the various bars, Proia explains.
Brix and Michael Osborne Design took the packaging to an even more sophisticated level with the Brix Collection Variety Gift Set, a 16-oz. sampler containing four 4-oz. bars. The Gift Set package is a box in the shape of a book. The chipboard box is wrapped with paper that is lithographically printed and foil stamped.
A decorative plastic seal, designed to look like sealing wax, is glued to a brown grosgrain ribbon, which is in turn glued across the book's faux text block. A magnetic closure concealed in the box top adds a unique, upscale touch. When the consumer is ready to put the box away, it shuts with a satisfying snap, thanks to the magnet.
Brief pairing notes and product descriptions, plus quotes from well-known wine makers, are printed on the bottom of the box (the back of the book, that is), and a fuller description of the four chocolate varieties, including tasting notes and pairings, is printed on the box's inside cover. A pamphlet inside the package provides information about "how to maximize your tasting experience" and provides instructions on how to break the brick into bite-size pieces.
Evoking an Italian moon
Like chocolatiers, wine makers take packaging very seriously. The story behind the recent Luna Nuda Pinot Grigio label redesign illustrates what the right packaging can do for wine sales. Luna Nuda is made at a fourth-generation estate winery in Alto Adige, Italy, a region known for Pinot Grigio. Currently, Luna Nuda is distributed only in the U.S.
The brand owner "wanted a package that would break from the clutter of other Italian wines [and] reinforce the name Luna Nuda," which means naked moon in Italian, says David Schuemann, owner and creative director of CF Napa Brand Design, Napa, Calif. CF Napa designed Luna Nuda's new label.
"The real challenge was to retain sophistication appropriate for the price point and quality of the wines while also communicating the unquestionable romance of the Italian night sky. The client had wonderful reviews on the wine quality but had run into resistance in sales due to the packaging not feeling very premium and too expected or generic," Schuemann adds.
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(LATROBE, Pa.) - The eighth-ranked Thomas More College football team rallied from a 10-7 halftime deficit to defeat Saint Vincent College, 20-17, today (Saturday, October 15, 2011) in a Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) game at Chuck Noll Field in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.
With the win, the Saints improve to 6-0 overall and 5-0 in the PAC. The win also clinched the Saints their 16th winning season in the program's 22-year history. With the loss, the Bearcats fall to 3-3 overall and 2-2 in the PAC.
Thomas More led 7-3 after one quarter, Saint Vincent led 10-7 at halftime and Thomas More led 14-10 after three quarters.
The Saints took a 7-0 lead with 7:22 to play in the first quarter when sophomore running back Domonique Hayden (Lexington, Ky./Lexington Christian Academy) scored on a four-yard run and senior place kicker Aaron Walter (Cincinnati, Ohio/LaSalle) added the point-after-attempt.
Saint Vincent cut the lead to 7-3 when Morgan Porter made a 30-yard field goal with 12-seconds to play in the opening quarter.
The Bearcats took a 10-7 when Aaron Smetanka scored on a one-yard run and Porter added the PAT with 3:10 to play in the second quarter.
Thomas More retook the lead at the 14-10 when sophomore running back Adam Rauch (Yorkville, Ind./East Central) scored on a 68-yard run and Walter added the PAT with 5:33 to play in the third quarter.
The Saints increased the lead to 20-10 with 13:57 to play in the game when Rauch caught a five-yard touchdown pass from junior quarterback Rob Kues (Fort Thomas, Ky./Newport Central Catholic) and Walter's PAT was blocked.
Saint Vincent cut the lead to 20-17 when Mike Kale scored on a three-yard run and Porter added the PAT with 7:39 to play in the game.
Saint Vincent was driving for the go-ahead touchdown or the game-tying field goal when time ran out and the Saints earned the 20-17 win.
Offensively, the Saints were led by Rauch, who had five carries for 79 yards and one touchdown and had two catches for seven yards and one touchdown. Kues was 10-of-19 passing for 58 yards and one touchdown and had 13 carries for 29 yards, while senior running back Kendall Owens (Cincinnati, Ohio/LaSalle) had eight carries for 61 yards and one catch for nine yards and Hayden finished with 13 carries for 45 yards and one touchdown and had three catches for 21 yards.
The Saints defense was led by sophomore defensive back Alex Taylor (Cincinnati, Ohio/Elder), who had 12 tackles (eight solo, four assisted) and two interceptions. Junior linebacker Nick Gramke (Cincinnati, Ohio/Elder) had nine tackles (seven solo, two assisted) and sophomore defensive lineman Jake Smith (Newport, Ky./Newport Central Catholic) had nine tackles (four solo, five assisted), including one sack for a loss of five yards and one and a half tackles for a loss of seven yards.
Thomas More returns home next Saturday (October 22) to host Bethany College at The Bank of Kentucky Field in Crestview Hills, Kentucky. The game is scheduled to kickoff at 1:30 p.m.


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Powerful women leaders at Dubai forum
Manama, April 9, 2012
Some of the most powerful women leaders from the Mena region, the US and Europe will be at the inaugural Mena Businesswomen's Network Forum being organised by Dubai Business Women Council (DBWC) from April 12 to 13.
The first-ever annual gathering of the members of the Mena BWN will see participants take part in a series of workshops, interactive sessions, panel discussions, and plenary sessions.
The event is being held under the patronage of Sheikha Lubna Al-Qasimi, UAE Minister of Foreign Trade.
Commenting on the event, DBWC president Raja Al Gurg said, 'The forum will cover a wide range of topics that are relevant to our continuing efforts to empower women across the region.'
'We have invited some of the most successful businesswomen from the Mena and other parts of the world to share their experiences and ideas and talk about the opportunities that are making the region a genuinely exciting place for women entrepreneurs and business in general,' she remarked.
'The workshops, interactive sessions and panel discussions are designed to motivate and inspire the delegates, while also providing a dedicated platform that caters to the specific networking needs of businesswomen in the region,' she added.
The forum will host an exclusive round table meeting and Q&A session to be attended by the most powerful women in the region, including Arabian Business and Fortune Most Powerful Women/Vital Voices Global Ambassadors. DBWC will also facilitate at least 25 workshops.
'One of the forum's key objectives is to enable women by providing specific, hands-on skills necessary to grow their enterprises,' said Mena Businesswomen's Network president Afnan Al Zayani.
'In developed markets, women-owned firms are growing at more than double the rate of all other companies. But women throughout the Middle East still face numerous challenges in starting and growing their own businesses,' Al Zayani stated.
'One of our key sessions is on access to capital, and we're bringing some outstanding speakers onboard from the World Bank, PwC, Riyada Enterprise Development, Tenmou and Standard Chartered to talk about real solutions,' she added.
With the theme 'Unleashing the Economic Potential of Women in the Mena Region,' the forum will focus on mentoring, leveraging technology, and social media and innovative ways to overcome the challenges of accessing capital and entering new markets.
Participants will also tackle issues of brand development, increasing media coverage and be able to pitch their business ideas.
The forum will conclude with a roundtable discussion between some of the region's most prominent businesswomen, including several of Arabian Business' lists of the 100 Most Powerful Women in the Arab World.-TradeArabia News Service


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Crawfish Mashed Potatoes
Source: Executive Chef David Woodward and the Idaho Potato Commission
Crawfish are freshwater crustaceans resembling tiny lobsters. Although they are native to the bayous and swamps of Louisiana, crawfish are also being cultivated in ponds. For a side dish with New Orleans flair, add the cooked shellfish to mashed potatoes along with Creole seasonings.
10 lb. Idaho russet potatoes, peeled and cut into 2-in. chunks
4 tbsp. Creole crab boil spices
2 lb. crawfish tail meat and fat
20 oz. heavy whipping cream
1 lb. unsalted butter
1/2 tsp. ground white pepper
- In a large pot of cold water, combine potatoes and Creole spices; bring to a boil. Reduce heat slightly; cover and simmer until potatoes are fork tender. Drain and return to pot; keep warm.
- In med. saucepan, combine crawfish and cream. Over low heat, heat until warm.
- Add warm crawfish mixture to potatoes and mash with a potato masher until incorporated. Add butter in 2-in. pieces; mash until fairly smooth.
- To serve, season with salt and pepper to taste. (Careful with the salt; the crab boil usually already contains salt.)


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Congressman Chris Collins, NY-27, is co-sponsoring legislation in the House of Representatives that would help create a more accurate picture of America's unemployment problem. Currently, the Bureau of Labor Statistics' measure that calculates the monthly unemployment figure does not include the number of people who have given up looking for work. The Real Unemployment Calculation Act (H.R. 484) would require that this measure be included in the overall monthly unemployment figure.
The national unemployment figure for March was 7.6 percent. However, if the calculation included the number of people who are able to work, but have become too discouraged to continue to look for a job, the unemployment figure would have increased to 8.9 percent.
"As leaders in Washington continue to debate how best to help our country recover from the worst recession since the Great Depression, we need an accurate picture of America's unemployment problem," Collins said. "By not including the number of people who stopped looking for work in the monthly figure, we are pretending the situation is far rosier than those who are currently unemployed know it to be. Washington must face the jobs crisis in this country head on, and I am hopeful that being confronted with the complete unemployment picture each month will spur lawmakers and the president to work with the business community to get our economy moving to help employers expand their businesses and create jobs."
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A convicted rapist from the South Shore who had been on the lam for 34 years until his arrest in Maine last month will be sentenced on May 23 for raping three teenage girls back in the summer of 1978.
A convicted rapist from the South Shore who had been on the lam for 34 years until his arrest in Maine last month will be sentenced on May 23 for raping three teenage girls back in the summer of 1978. A judge in Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham on Friday also ordered a DNA sample from Gary Alan Irving, a Rockland native who has been held without bail at the Dedham jail since earlier this month.
Irving, 52, had been a fugitive since June 27, 1979, when the then-18-year-old disappeared while awaiting sentencing for the rapes of three young women from Cohasset, Weymouth and Holbrook. Irving faced the possibility of life in prison, but the judge who would decide his sentence in 1979 allowed him to go home to his parents for a week. Irving's father was an auxiliary Rockland police officer, so then-Norfolk County Superior Court Judge Robert Prince didn't believe Irving was a flight risk, a belief he later regretted, he told The Patriot Ledger. Prince died in 2010.
Christopher Leddy, the lawyer representing Irving during his earlier court appearance this month, said that his client had been living a normal life in Maine – paying taxes, working and going by the name Gregg Irving.
Prosecutors here are eager to see Irving sentenced quickly. Norfolk County Assistant District Attorney Michele Armour said during the earlier hearing that Irving's victims "have been waiting 34 years for this defendant to be sentenced."
Irving had been one of Massachusetts' most-wanted fugitives for years, rivaled only by reputed mobster James "Whitey" Bulger. He was arrested March 27 in Gorham, Maine, by Massachusetts and Maine State Police, local police and the FBI.
At Irving's appearance in the Cumberland County Courthouse on April 1, Leddy said Irving's wife and adult children knew nothing of his true identity and were shocked by his arrest. His immediate family and two family friends appeared in the Maine courthouse Monday but left without speaking to reporters.
"That's a surreal event. I think that's the only word that applies to the family," said Leddy, who represented Irving at the hearing. "They're still in a state of shock."
Maine State Police Trooper Jeremy Forbes said Irving was calm during his arrest and initially insisted that police were looking for another man. Forbes said Irving eventually acknowledged his true identity and asked investigators how they found him.
Massachusetts State Police Detective Lt. Michael Farley, who was on hand at the hearing in Dedham earlier this month, said investigators are trying to determine how Irving eluded police for so long and whether anyone helped him.
Investigators in Maine are trying to determine whether Irving was responsible for any other attacks during his time there. Jack Rhodes, a retired Cohasset police officer who arrested Irving in 1978 and testified at his trial, said he always expected Irving would resurface after getting caught committing another violent crime.
"When I arrested him, he certainly didn't seem too concerned about the violence of the acts he committed and he absolutely had no remorse," Rhodes, now living in Oregon, said earlier this month. "He thought it was a big game."
Material from the Associated Press was included in this report.
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Hipsher to take over at UT-Pan American
Edinburg, TX – Texas-Pan American announced Thursday that Dan Hipsher will become the new head coach of the university's men's basketball program.
Hipsher has previously been a Division I head coach at both Stetson and Akron, having served nine seasons at the latter from 1995-2004. He most recently worked as the associate head coach at Alabama for the past four seasons.
The 58-year-old compiled a 112-137 record with the Zips and went 29-27 over two seasons at Stetson from 1993-95. Hipsher was named the Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year as well after guiding Akron to a 17-10 mark during the 1997-98 campaign.
"Coach Hipsher has been in nine NCAA Tournaments and five NIT's. As a head coach, he rebuilt programs at Stetson University and the University of Akron," said UTPA president Dr. Robert S. Nelsen. "As Pan Am moves into the WAC, he is the perfect leader who will take our program and our Broncs to a new, higher level. He is a coach's coach -- someone who knows basketball and coaching inside out. I can hardly wait for next season."
Hipsher takes over for Ryan Marks, whose contract was not renewed in March following a 39-89 tenure with the Broncos over four seasons.


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epicJRPG.com brings you a summary of JRPG news from around the web for March 29th, 2013, including details on big updates coming to the highly anticipated PS Vita title Soul Sacrifice, and rumours surrounding the possible release of the long-awaited Shenmue as a Playstation 4 exclusive.
Also in this update, game Director Hideaki Itsuno talks about Dragon's Dogma at GDC.
if they announced shenmue 3 for ps4 i would literally jump from rooftop to rooftop in my neighborhood.
Shenmue 1 & 2 were very ambitious games. 2 was fantastic. Seeing what they managed to do on the Dreamcast I would love to see what they could with a 3rd game on the PS4.
It would be better suited for Vita..if Sony's smart that is. The Vita needs a system seller, the PS4 already has several.


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KidSenses may very well be Rutherfordton, N.C., downtown's hottest ticket.
KidSenses may very well be Rutherfordton, N.C., downtown's hottest ticket.
Located on Main Street, the children's museum is primarily for ages 0 to 10, but even adults are encouraged to hop on the refurbished antique LaFrance fire truck or become surrounded by a huge bubble in the museum's Bubble-Ology exhibit.
The 9-year-old museum has 13 active exhibits packed into 10,000 square feet of an old, renovated building and more than 60,000 guests visit the museum annually. Most of the museum's visitors come from out-of-town and Executive Director Jessica Moss said there are exciting events, and an extra day of museum fun, planned.
"We are completely hands-on," Moss said. "We want all children to become completely immersed in the museum experience and to learn through playing."
Children can try-on an authentic jacket won by firefighters, shop in the Family Dollar grocery store with a shopping cart and check out on a register.
"We are constantly changing our programs so that although the exhibits don't change, there is something new every time you come, whether you visit once a year or once a week," Moss said.
The most popular attractions are the At Your Service exhibit, which features the antique fire truck, Bubble-Ology where children can create their own life-size, and very small bubbles, and examine Mr. Fox's teeth in Dr. DeSoto's office, which is based on the children's book, Dr. DeSoto by William Steig.
"Children and adults can take a picture of their own shadow in our shadow room," Moss said. "'We want visitors to touch everything. We have a stage where you can manipulate the lights, open stage curtains and work with the dimmers on stage."
Special events, such as adult-guided craft time, offered on Fridays and Saturdays and a 7,500 square-foot Discovery Garden that is included with admission on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The garden is completely nature-based and features organic gardening.
The museum is partnering with the town of Rutherfordton on the third Saturday from June to October, beginning on June 15, for Shop and Play Saturdays where downtown merchants will offer family activities downtown so visitors can play to spend a day in downtown.


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For centuries there has been an ongoing fight for equality all around the world. In the U.S. for instance it started with the Native Americans to Africans that became enslaved by the white man. Then came the final equality stance; the one for women's rights. From simple things as working to voting rights. That was centuries ago yet the problems are still present.
Around the world women today aren't receiving the equality that they deserve. Whether it may be doing the same job that a man has done yet is paid way less or being taken advantage of women have always gotten the short end of the stick. Nowadays it starts even before birth particularly in China as many parents would rather have boys than girls and have gone to great lengths to make it that way.
I personally have never felt such inequality which makes me wonder how many women in the U.S. have felt it. Is it truly that common still? I knew that it was common elsewhere in the world but this entry made me stop and think about if it was in my own backyard as well. Its weird to think that people discriminate due to skin color or gender. The U.S. was supposed to be about freedom in every possible way but it seems that this has never truly been the case. Im sure that many have gone out of their way for everyone to have an equal chance at life but is it enough?


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Thirty-four-year-old Glen Covert of Hustontown was cited by state police in Bedford for harassment in connection with an incident at the intersection of Route 30 and Interstate 70. During the afternoon hours on Friday, July 23, Covert allegedly struck a 29-year-old woman from Hustontown in the face. The victim sustained a cut to her nose from her glasses.
Car Rolls Over
A Halifax, Pa., woman was transported to Fulton County Medical Center on Sunday, July 25, for treatment of injuries resulting from a one-vehicle crash along Route 475 in Dublin Township.
State police, McConnellsburg, reported Penni L. Snyder was allegedly travelling too fast for wet roadway conditions, causing her eastbound 2001 Pontiac Grand Am to spin onto the berm. The car struck a two-foot embankment at 3:26 p.m. and rolled over. Snyder, 44, was wearing a seat belt. The severity of her injuries is unknown. She was cited for driving on roadways laned for traffic.
Pedestrian Struck
A McConnellsburg woman suffered a moderate injury to her right wrist after being struck by a vehicle while crossing Lincoln Way East on foot. Eighty-oneyear old Mary Jane Morton was immediately taken to Fulton County Medical Center following the accident at the intersection of Third Street on Wednesday, July 28.
State police reported Morton attempted to cross the street at 3:20 p.m. and walked behind a 1999 Chevrolet Silverado pulling a trailer. Simultaneously driver Hugh John Verhoff, 46, of Greencastle started to back up his truck so as not to block the intersection. Verhoff's trailer, investigating officers added, struck Morton's right leg, causing her to fall to the ground.
Teen Hit In Jaw
A 17-year-old Mc- Connellsburg male told state police he was allegedly struck in the jaw during an argument on Thursday, July 29, with Gary Lee Platter, 37, of McConnellsburg. The victim did not suffer any injuries. Charges of harassment will be filed against Platter through Magisterial District Judge Wendy Mellott.
Four Accused Of Burglary
Four McConnellsburg residents have been accused of burglary in connection with an incident at the Fulton County Fairgrounds. State police reported between 11 p.m. on July 2 and 5 p.m. on July 3, 18-year-old Jordan Lee Junkins; a 16- year-old male; and two 14- year-old boys crawled underneath the fence at the fairgrounds located at 888 Lincoln Way East. Junkins and the three juveniles allegedly went into a horse barn where they climbed into the loft to store items they took during another burglary.
DUI, Drug Charges To Be Filed
A Mount Union area woman will be facing charges of driving under the influence and possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia following a traffic stop along Route 16 near the Gettymart. Denelle Nicole Fortson was stopped by state police for driving her red Pontiac Grand Am on Saturday, July 31, at 1:40 p.m. under the influence of drugs. At the time of the stop, Fortson, 36, was also found in possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia. She was taken to Fulton County Medical Center for treatment due to her high level of intoxication. McConnellsburg Woman Arraigned
A McConnellsburg woman was arraigned before Magisterial District Judge Wendy Mellott on charges of burglary, simple assault, criminal mischief and harassment. Bail was set at $10,000 for 23-year-old Molly Jo Berkstresser.
Berkstresser allegedly entered a home located at 68 Hillside Estates, McConnellsburg, on Thursday, July 29, at 8:13 a.m. Once inside Berkstresser is accused of striking a 31-year-old Mc- Connellsburg man in the face and biting him on the leg. She then reportedly went outside the residence and kicked and scratched a vehicle belonging to a 56-yearold woman, also from Mc- Connellsburg.
Driver Faces Careless Driving Charges
A Willow Hill, Pa., man will be charged with careless driving following a single-vehicle accident on July 20 along Overly Raker Road.
According to state police, Edward J. Scott, 33, was travelling northbound when his 1998 Chrysler Cirrus LXI crossed the roadway twice and struck a guiderail. The vehicle crossed the Licking Creek Township roadway a third time and hit a ditch and telephone box. Scott and passenger Ashley D. Doyle, 26, of Hustontown fled the scene of the 1:30 a.m. crash.
Fight Leads To Harassment Charges
A dispute at 223 Lincoln Way West on Thursday, July 29, has led to harassment charges being filed against a man and woman from Mc- Connellsburg. State police reported an argument between the 40-year-old man and a 37-year-old woman turned physical at 8:40 p.m. when they allegedly grabbed one another around the neck. State police did not release the names of the accused. Charges were filed through Magisterial District Wendy Mellott.
Road Sign Struck
State police, McConnellsburg, investigated an accident that occurred on Friday, July 30, at the Amaranth exit of Interstate 70. Reports indicate a 2004 Dodge Stratus was attempting to exit the westbound lanes of the Interstate at 3:21 p.m. when its driver swerved to avoid being hit by a tractor-trailer in the process of changing lanes. The Dodge Stratus struck a road sign and suffered a flat tire and damage to its right side.
Vehicle Hits Fence
A southbound 2006 Hyundai Accent struck a fence when driver Hulda E. Drenning, 58, of McConnellsburg failed to stop at an intersec- tion along old Route 30, state police reported. Drenning suffered minor injuries during the July 13 accident and was not wearing a seat belt. She will be charged with careless driving.
Hustontown Man Escaped Injury
A 30-year-old Hustontown man escaped harm when his northbound 2006 Dodge 1500 struck a tree along the berm on Saturday, July 31.
According to state police, the 8:24 p.m. crash along Waterfall Road occurred when Philip S. Burns swerved to miss hitting a white-tailed deer. Burns was wearing a seat belt and will be charged with driving on roadways laned for traffic.
Hit-And-Run Accident Investigated
State police, McConnellsburg, looked into a hit-andrun accident that occurred along Great Cove Road in Bethel Township on Tuesday, July 27. The unknown vehicle struck a mailbox and fled the accident scene at 1 p.m.
Pills Stolen
Various medication ranging from Adderall and Vicodin to ibuprofen were stolen from a West Walnut Street, McConnellsburg, home between 12:45 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 28. The burglars entered the residence through a second floor window after removing an air-conditioning unit. The air conditioner was replaced when the burglars left.
In addition to damaging the air conditioner, two windows sustained damage during the break-in. Damage has been estimated at $550. Anyone having further information related to this case should contact Trooper Wadsworth at 717-485-3131.
Burglary Reported
A 41-year-old Needmore man informed state police burglars entered his home through unlocked front door at 682 Donahoe Lane sometime between 5 p.m. on July 22 and 2:18 p.m. on July 27. Once inside, the burglars removed a silver Springfield Armory 45 caliber pistol from a carrying case in the victim's bedroom. The pistol has wooden grips and serial #N512219. Anyone having additional information regarding this break-in should immediately call Trooper Hibner at 717-485-3131.


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Penguins bring back free agent D Scuderi
In the end, familiarity was the deciding factor for Rob Scuderi.
For the Pittsburgh Penguins, too.
Less than an hour into NHL free agency, the Penguins were
reunited with an old friend.
Four years after he signed with the Los Angeles Kings weeks
after helping the Penguins to their third Stanley Cup, Scuderi
signed a four-year, $13.5 million contract with Pittsburgh on
"When moving your family, the transition can be kind of odd and
awkward," the 34-year-old defenseman said. "I thought going to
Pittsburgh, the familiarity with the area would make for an easier
"And most important, the team is in a win-now mode."
Later Friday, the Penguins announced the re-signing of another
player on the 2009 Cup-winning team, forward Craig Adams. Adams,
who has been with Pittsburgh since being claimed off waivers in
early 2009, signed a two-year extension with an average annual
value of $700,000.
Scuderi, who also won the 2012 Cup with Los Angeles, missed only
nine games over his four seasons with the Kings. The Penguins
advanced to the Stanley Cup final during Scuderi's final two
seasons with the Penguins; since then they have won three playoff
series in four years. They were swept by the Boston Bruins in the
Eastern Conference finals last month.
Scuderi's teams are 13-5 in playoff series with two Stanley
Cups, three appearances in the final and four conference finals
over the past seven years.
"Let's face it, I'm a plug," Scuderi said of his simple game.
"I play good defense, I'm going to move the puck tape-to-tape when
I can, and when I don't have an opportunity to, I'm going to put
the puck in the safest areas. It's not the prettiest thing in the
world, everyone knows that. But it can be effective.
"One of the reasons I felt comfortable coming back is that the
Penguins said that was what they were looking for. I want to make
sure I'm a good fit for what they need and that together we can do
some good things."
Scuderi has seven goals and 79 assists in 585 career NHL games,
including one goal and 11 assists in 48 games last season. He had a
career bests in points (16) and plus-minus (+23) with the Penguins
in 2008-09 just before the Penguins let him walk in free
"There are some things that in my job you wish for a do-over
on, and this is one of them," Penguins general manager Ray Shero
"At the time there wasn't a chance we could financially, and I
said it at the time I was very happy for him and (wife) Courtney to
have that opportunity money-wise. He had never made it in his
career. It's a great story, and that happens in the salary-cap
world – guys have to leave."
A 1998 fifth-round pick of Pittsburgh's, the Syosset, N.Y.,
native became a regular with the Penguins following the 2004-05
lockout. He was a reliable presence on the ice and popular in the
dressing room, but with the Penguins up against the salary cap he
was let go in July 2009, signing a four-year, $13.6 million deal
with Los Angeles.
His extended family remains in New York on Long Island, and
that's where his wife's family also resides. Scuderi said that was
no small factor in his decision to relocate back east. Other than
the Kings, Scuderi said he was only willing to consider signing
with Eastern Conference teams.
"To be able to play (the three New York City area-based) teams
consistently and with Pittsburgh being a seven-hour drive or a
one-hour flight as compared to a cross-country flight is something
that I missed over the last few years. I missed having them be part
of our lives and their grandkids' lives."
Scuderi has appeared in 515 of a possible 540 regular-season
games since the 2006-07 season, including the past 264 consecutive
regular-season contests. He hasn't missed a game since Dec. 7,
2009, playing in every game of the past three seasons.
Adams has been just as durable in recent years, missing only two
games the past four seasons for Pittsburgh while playing a
versatile, fourth-line role. Adams, 36, can play center or wing and
is one of the Penguins' top penalty killers. He has long been a
favorite of coach Dan Bylsma's.
"He's meant a lot to our team," Shero said. "He plays a big
part of our penalty kill and grit. On the fourth line he plays
center and wing."
Adams had three goals and six assists this past season and has
totaled 49 goals and 93 assists in 799 games over a 12-year


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NEWTOWN, Conn., Feb. 18 (UPI) -- The Newtown, Conn., massacre gunman was influenced by violent video games and a desire to out-do Norway's most notorious mass killer, sources told CBS News.
Law enforcement sources told the network Adam Lanza, 20, wanted to exact a higher death toll than Norwegian Anders Breivik, who killed 77 people in 2011. Lanza killed his mother at their home before heading to Sandy Hook Elementary School, where he killed 20 children and six adults Dec. 14 before taking his own life.
The network's sources said evidence indicates Lanza likely was acting out the fantasies of a video game, with each victim's death amounting to some kind of "score."
While authorities have not said what they believe Lanza's motive was, CBS sources said investigators found evidence he was obsessed with Breivik and came upon what they called a "trove" of violent video games in the basement of Lanza's home. The sources said Lanza spent countless hours in a darkened gaming room playing the games.
CBS reported Monday Connecticut State Police Lt. J. Paul Vance said, however, the investigation into Lanza's motive was not complete and any statements about the shooter's intent are speculation.
CBS said two officials knowledgeable about the Newtown investigation said Lanza, who also practiced shooting real guns at nearby gun ranges with his mother, picked Sandy Hook because it was the "easiest target" with the "largest cluster of people."


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|Mittens with stranded lotus and leaf design and a corrugated ribbed cuff.
Finished measurements: 8"/20 cm circumference and 9 ½"/24 cm length
Yarn: 1 skein each Schaefer Yarn Heather (55% superwash merino wool, 30% silk, 15% nylon; 400 yd/366 m per 4 oz/113.5 g) in Indigo and Clara Barton
Needles & Notions: set of 5 size 1 US (2.25 mm) dpns; scrap yarn
Gauge: 36 sts and 42 rows to 4" (10 cm) over St st and chart pattern
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For those across the US who are still battling the cold weather, Summer might feel like a far cry away. That being said with Easter approaching, we are hopping into Spring and there is no time like the present to plan the ultimate Summer break with the hottest music festivals out there. Confused about where to go and what's on offer? Don't worry, the team behind The Grammy's are here to assist with their carefully thought out '15 Must Attend U.S Music Festivals'.
Vans Warped Tour
Date: June 11–Aug. 3
Location: Across the United States
Lineup Includes: Air Dubai, Born Of Osiris, Bowling For Soup, Echosmith, I The Mighty, Ice Nine Kills, MC Chris, Saves The Day, and Yellowcard
The Scene: A reasonably priced ducat for the punk rock disaffected, the Vans Warped Tour has always drawn a diverse crowd of rock, goth, metal, and punk fans and has served as the breakout tour for many up-and-coming acts. Under 18? You can bring a parent or guardian for free.
Connect: @VansWarpedTour
Date: June 12–15
Location: Manchester, Tenn.
Lineup Includes: The Avett Brothers, James Blake, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Lauryn Hill, Elton John, Janelle Monáe, Frank Ocean, Kanye West, Jack White, and Zedd
The Scene: With more than 10 stages spread across 700 acres of Tennessee countryside, Bonnaroo maintains its own special feeling of camaraderie. Between sets, festivalgoers will enjoy comedy, films, shopping, water slides, and a complimentary hair washing and styling station.
Connect: @Bonnaroo
Firefly Music Festival
Date: June 19–22
Location: Dover, Del.
Lineup Includes: Band Of Horses, Beck, Foo Fighters, Imagine Dragons, Jack Johnson, the Lumineers, Ziggy Marley, and Weezer
The Scene: Set in the lush wooded area of the Dover International Speedway, Firefly is considered the East Coast's "premier music experience." The lineup offers something for everyone, from alternative rock (Third Eye Blind) and dance/electronica (Pretty Lights) to folk/rock (Amos Lee) and rap (Childish Gambino). Plus, as its name suggests, Firefly features lighting and video displays throughout the forest that will "put your neighborhood Christmas-lighting enthusiast to shame."
Connect: @LiveAtFirefly
Electric Daisy Carnival
Date: June 20–22
Location: Las Vegas
Lineup Includes: Afrojack, Avicii, Bassnectar, Chromeo, Benny Benassi, Diplo, Cedric Gervais, Calvin Harris, Tiësto, and Armin Van Buuren
The Scene: Now in its 18th year in Las Vegas, EDC is a fully immersive audiovisual adventure. Featuring more than 180 artists, 500 theatrical performers and large-scale interactive art installations, EDC provides a nonstop dance party from "dusk 'til dawn."
Connect: @EDC_Las Vegas
Essence Festival
Date: July 3–6
Location: New Orleans
Lineup Includes: Erykah Badu, Mary J. Blige, Robert Glasper, Ledisi, Lionel Richie, the Roots, Jill Scott, and Charlie Wilson
The Scene: Celebrating its 20th anniversary, the Essence Festival is putting the "big" in the Big Easy by hosting some of R&B's biggest stars at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome during Fourth of July weekend. The festival will also host a bevy of inspirational guest speakers, including Yolanda Adams, Donnie McClurkin and the Rev. Al Sharpton, among others.
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Pitchfork Music Festival
Date: July 18–20
Location: Chicago
Lineup Includes: Beck, Dum Dum Girls, Kendrick Lamar, Neutral Milk Hotel, Pusha T, Schoolboy Q, St. Vincent, and Sharon Van Etten
The Scene: Pitchfork is one of the most "welcoming, comfortable, reasonably priced, and rewarding weekends of music," according to its website. Organized by Pitchfork Media, publishers of the popular indie music site, Pitchfork hosts 50,000 attendees of all ages for a wide array of activities beyond music, including specialty fairs that promote the local Chicago arts community. The festival will host a separate installment in Paris during Halloween weekend.
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Newport Folk Festival
Date: July 25–27
Location: Newport, R.I.
Lineup Includes: Ryan Adams, Deer Tick, Lucero, Nickel Creek, Conor Oberst, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Mavis Staples, and Jeff Tweedy
The Scene: Located in Fort Adams State Park at the mouth of Newport Harbor, festivalgoers are surrounded by panoramic views of the Newport Bridge and the East Passage. The festival features four stages of folk music, food, crafts, and a number of art displays, and guests can either spend their nights camping on festival grounds or in nearby hotels.
Connect: @newportfolkfest
Date: Aug. 1–3
Location: Chicago
Lineup Includes: Arctic Monkeys, Broken Bells, Eminem, Foster The People, Kings Of Leon, Lorde, Nas, OutKast, and Skrillex
The Scene: The venerable Perry Farrell-curated festival, which has called Chicago's Grant Park home since 2005, has become so popular that in 2011 it expanded its scope into South America, launching festivals in both Chile and Brazil. The Chicago festival now features multiple stages and more than 100 artists.
Connect: @lollapalooza
WE Fest
Date: Aug. 7–9
Location: Detroit Lakes, Minn.
Lineup Includes: Jason Aldean, the Band Perry, Florida Georgia Line, Brad Paisley, Travis Tritt, and Zac Brown Band
The Scene: Since 1983, country music fans have been retreating to Soo Pass Ranch for WE Fest, regarded as a leading country music festival. For the complete WE Fest experience, festivalgoers can pitch a tent or park their Airstream trailers on festival grounds. And if you fancy yourself a singer, check out the WE Fest Karaoke Roundup for the chance to perform at the festival.
Connect: @wefestmn
Made In America
Date: Aug. 30–31
Location: Los Angeles and Philadelphia
Los Angeles Lineup Includes: Los Angeles lineup includes Chance The Rapper, Cypress Hill, Imagine Dragons, Juanes, John Mayer, Rita Ora, Rise Against, and Weezer
Philadelphia Lineup Includes: Awolnation, J. Cole, De La Soul, Girl Talk, the National, Tiësto, Pharrell Williams, and Kanye West
The Scene: Since 2012, festival co-founder Jay Z has been shutting down Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia over Labor Day weekend for his Made In America music festival. Now, the GRAMMY winner is going bicoastal and bringing the party to L.A. The festival features food trucks and multiple stages of music personally curated by Hova.
Connect: @MIAFestival
Date: Aug. 30–Sept. 1
Location: Seattle
Lineup Includes: the Afghan Whigs, the Both, Elvis Costello And The Imposters, Charlie Musselwhite, Gregory Porter, the Replacements, and Wu-Tang Clan
The Scene: Billed as "art in the great northleft," Seattle's venerable music festival not only offers great music, but also features the best in film, comedy, spoken word, dance, theater, and performance and visual arts. The festival claims to be the largest of its kind in North America.
Connect: @bumbershoot
Date: Sept. 26–28
Location: Chattahoochee Hills, Ga.
Lineup Includes: Martin Garrix, David Guetta, Richie Hawtin, Kaskade, Morgan Page, Skrillex, and Wolfpack
The Scene: TomorrowWorld — where "yesterday is history, today is a gift and tomorrow is history" — is a three-day music festival and five-day camping experience spread over 8,000 acres of forests and lakes. The event, which originated in Belgium, promises "mind-blowing decor, massive artist lineups, luxury camping, and gourmet food."
Connect: @tomorrowland
Austin City Limits Music Festival
Date: Oct. 3–5, 10–12
Location: Austin, Texas
Lineup Includes: AFI, Asleep At The Wheel, Iggy Azalea, Fitz & The Tantrums, Interpol, Lana Del Rey, Major Lazer, Pearl Jam, Phantogram, and Sam Smith
The Scene: One of the last festivals of the season takes place, appropriately, in the "Live Music Capital of the World." As a result of its growing popularity, in 2013 ACL pulled a Coachella and expanded its festival to two weekends.
Connect: @aclfestival
A3C Hip Hop Festival
Date: Oct. 4-8 2017
Location: Atlanta
Lineup Includes: To be announced. The 2016 installment featured J. Cole, Action Bronson, De La Soul, Jeezy, Wiz Khalifa, with 1000+ performers each year you cannot go wrong.
The Scene: Founded in 2006, A3C has become the preeminent hip-hop festival in the United States. It's grown from a regional showcase to an internationally renowned cultural experience that intersects music, education, art, film, fashion, and pro-audio.
Connect: @A3C
Voodoo Experience
Date: Oct. 31–Nov. 2
Location: New Orleans
Lineup Includes: To be announced. The 2013 installment featured Bassnectar, the Cure, Calvin Harris, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, New Found Glory, and Pearl Jam
The Scene: This three-day music and art experience combines a top-notch performance lineup with the spiritual folkways of New Orleans voodoo. The event takes place rain or shine in New Orleans City Park on the Voodoo Festival Grounds, and kids under age 10 get in for free.
Connect: @VoodooNola
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Sports Organizations Worldwide Using Copyright Claims To Fight Press Coverage
from the stupidity-knows-no-bounds dept
However, that's not stopping more sporting event organizers from salivating at the chance to control the press some more. A bunch of them have now banded together to form an organization (no, we are not kidding) to push for worldwide treaties that would recognize their intellectual property rights over game events. The group claims it needs to do this to "protect and promote the special nature of sport." Oh really? And just letting reporters, say, report on these events doesn't protect or promote the nature of sport? It seems more likely that these sports organizations are trying to put these restrictions on reporters for a variety of reasons -- from covering up negative stories to forcing reporters to act as advertisers for sponsors of the sport. Either way, it goes well beyond the purpose of any intellectual property law -- and hopefully politicians aren't blinded by "the special nature of sport" into agreeing to any kind of restrictions on reporting on those events.


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In Lab 2, your group will build a single-cycle processor, like the one described in Chapter 5 of COD. You will create the design in Verilog. The processor will run in simulation (ModelSim) and on real hardware (Xilinx). You will create a test plan for your processor. You will use the test plan for bug diagnosis, and to verify that your processor executes a subset of the MIPS instruction set.
Lab 2 has several "checkoffs" and a final deadline:
On checkoff days, be prepared to demo by the time your section begins! The sooner you begin, the more time you will have to recover from problems. Also, be sure to follow the specifications in this report (and in the MIPS ISA manual in the Resources section). A working processor that doesn't correctly implement all of the instructions will fail the checkoff.
Lab Report Submission Policies: To submit your lab report, run m:\bin\submit-fall2005.exe, or at command prompt type "submit-fall2005.exe" then follow the instructions. The required format for lab reports is shown on the resources page, as is the required format for your design notebook.
Lab 2 Document History:
Do these tasks before your group begins the design.
During the first week of the course, we will be forming project groups. After your first checkoff meeting on Friday 9/2, you should be a member of a group with 4 or 5 members. Once group membership is set, your group should send email to cs152-st aff@cory register the group.
Your group will elect a spokesperson for Lab 2. The responsibility of the spokesperson is to communicate questions to the TA and reply to questions from the TA. Spokesperson duties rotate with each Lab assignment; for each lab, your group will elect a different spokesperson.
Your group will prepare a design document. The design document will be 2-4 pages in length, and will contain:
See the start of this document for the deadlines associated with the design document (preliminary submission, TA review, and final submission).
As part of this lab, your group will keep an on-line notebook. An example notebook appears in the resource section of the class website, and in the slides for the 9/8 lecture (available on the calendar website page). Each member should keep a separate notebook, stored as files (or subdirectories of files) under a global notebook directory.
Be sure to follow these steps when keeping your notebook:
The most important thing to put in your design notebook is documentation of how to do things, where files are, etc. Without documentation of this kind, your group members may need to find you (wake you up, force you to come into the lab, etc) in order to continue working on the project -- perhaps in the middle of the night!
For this lab (and all future labs) you should use cvs (a source code control system). We have included cvs on the instructional machines in M:\bin\cvs.exe (version 1.11.12). (Watch out, there is another version of cvs (1.11.5) that has been compiled for cygwin that is in c:\cygwin\bin. This version will not work if you are not running in the cygwin environment; it will complain about windows-style paths. So make sure that you are running the version in M:\bin.) If you have no idea how to use cvs then feel free to look at a couple of tutorials on how to use cvs: one for windows and one for unix (plus general usage).
We require you to use CVS keyword substitution in your Verilog source files (don't try to use keywords in things like project files or schematics, as the keywords are not preserved by the CAD tools). You should place the keywords at the top of the file. You should include the author as well as the version number and the check-in time. We also recommend using either $Id$ or $Header$.
CVS is not perfect -- in some situations, it may damage or lose files due to corruption issues.
To prevent lost work, be paranoid! Source code control should not be your only tool to protect the integrity of your project. Back up your design files at regular intervals, and store them off-site -- for example, last semester one group sent all of their Verilog to a gmail account every night, and used the gmail search facility to recover files.
In this lab, you will be synthesizing ChipScope into your Xilinx design, so that you can monitor the operation of your processor on the board. To learn about ChipScope, see the "Tutorial For the Xilinx Tool Flow" paper on the Resources section of the website. You may wish to do a simple test design using ChipScope at this time, so that you don't have to learn about it as you are debugging your processor.
The tool flow tutorial also contains other information about the tools that may be helpful in Lab 2, and which did not appear in CS 150 lab lectures. In particular, be sure to read the final section ("5. Tips and Hints").
The following components are provided for this assignment and future ones. The Verilog descriptions of these components are located in the lab 2 directory (M:\lab2).
A description of these components, LAB2_Help, also appears in the directory.
You may use the MIPSASM program to transfer MIPS machine code into the memory component, for both simulation and Xilinx execution.
To use the components, begin by copying scram.v and C_REG_FD_V6_0.v to your working directory. Make two new top-level ramblocks, called "instmem()" and "datamem()" as shown in LAB2_Help. For your instruction memory, use an initialization file called "instmem.smallcontents". For your data memory, use a file called "datamem.smallcontents".
A .smallcontents file consists of up to 128 lines of 8 hexadecimal characters. Each line of the file will be loaded into the memory in the order that it appears in the file. (eg. line 1 will be placed in mem[0], line 2 will be placed in mem[1], etc.) An example file (example.smallcontents) has been placed in M:\lab2 for your perusal. It initializes the RAM with ascending numbers beginning at 0. Note that .smallcontents files are used for simulation only.
For instance, you should do the following:
Design unit test benches (described in the testing lecture) for each of component listed in Problem 1b. Depending on the complexity of the component, your test benches may use a mix of random, directed, and directed random tests. Your directed (or directed random) tests should test a wide range of corner cases. You may wish to use Verilog file I/O primitives to log errors caught by your test benches (look at section 17.2 of the IEEE spec on the resources page).
A test bench for a component should not be written by the person who wrote that component. Hopefully, the unit test bench author will think of corner conditions that the designer did not. Note that a unit test bench is only used during the unit testing phase for a component, and is not wired into your processor.
Turn in the output from your test benches that illustrate that your components are working.
Using the components listed above, build a single cycle datapath in Verilog that implements the following subset of MIPS instructions: addu, addiu, subu, ori, lw, lui, sll, srl, slt, sw, jr, beq (these are a subset of the instructions you used in Lab #1--you will implement the remainder during lab 3). Note that the CPU design in this lab does not use delay slots (i.e. branch delay slots, jump delay slots, or load delay slots). Make sure that your design is clean -- you will be breaking it apart to build a pipelined processor in future assignments. At this time, do not implement the PC and the instruction memory. Note that unlike commercial implementations, your processor does not implement exception handling. So, if an instruction other than the ones listed above appears in the instruction stream, what your processor does is undefined by this spec (a practical option is to treat undefined instructions as no-ops).
To test your datapath, build a multi-unit test bench (described in the Testing lecture).
This file is a top-level Verilog file that instantiates your datapath, along with a test bench. Conceptually, the test bench is a single initial block with an inline list of test cases. In practice, it may be cleaner to use file I/O for test data from separate files.
The test bench drives the datapath control signals, the instruction value, and in some cases, the result signals (the destination register, the equal? signal, etc). Each of these test cases takes the form:
// Test case #1: Make sure that register read works
A=something; B=somethingelse; CLK = 0;
#100 // Wait for datapath to settle
if (Foo!=something|| )
$display("Failure for Test case #1\n");
// Test case #2,
Turn in a copy of your multi-unit test bench, and a log of your simulation showing that the instructions worked. The objective of this problem is to make sure that you have all the parts of the datapath in place to execute all the instructions, and that you have a clear idea of what the control signals have to be for each instruction.
In this section, you will build the controller for your datapath. You will use Verilog to create the control module. Label the pins of the control module appropriately, and connect it to the datapath you built in problem 1. This controller receives the bits from the 32-bit instruction as input, and uses a combinational circuit to generate the control signals.
Also, add the instruction memory, PC, and the next instruction logic to your design, by modifying your schematic.
Next, build a special Verilog entity that takes as input the clock, the instruction address, the output of the instruction memory, the output of the registers, and the destination register. This will be a monitor module which will monitor the execution your processor. It should output information in textual format, using the "$display" statement or using file I/O to output to a diagnostic trace file. In the interests of making grading and checkoff easier, we are asking everybody to have the exact same monitor module format. Please follow the format below:
0x00000000: addu $3, $4, $5
$4=0x34235432, $5=0x45557322, $3=0x7978C754
0x00000004: addiu $6, $7, 100 $6=0x45557386, $7=0x45557322
Your monitor should be able to disassemble the complete set of instructions above and print out the course of execution. This monitor will show you in graphical form that your processor is "doing the right thing". It should print a new line at the falling edge of the clock (this is the only thing that should run off the negedge). Note that $display statements are much like C printf() statements, and include support string formatting.
Design your monitor module in a flexible and structured way; later in the term, you will modify the module to add pipelining support.
Note that this module is used in simulation only. You should instantiate the monitor module in your complete processor test bench, not in your processor Verilog file. Use Verilog's hierarchal referencing feature to access registers/wires of the processor from the test bench. We prefer this method over "hardwiring" the monitor module into the processor, because the more you edit your processor Verilog post-simulation (to "un-hardwire" the monitor), the greater the odds of introducing new bugs on the way to the Calinx board!
Wire together your datapath, control path, and memory modules. Make sure to keep track of the instance names for your memory modules. These will form a complete path that you can use in the simulator to examine memory during simulation.
For instance, let's say that you called the scram in your instmem() module "tempBlock" and then called the block "MyInstMem" at the data path level. Then, you will be able to refer to the memory block as "MyInstMem/tempBlock/inst/ram_data" in ModelSim. Note that the middle "inst" and "ram_data" pieces are not under your control (they are inside the "scram" and " C_DIST_MEM_V6_0" blocks.
Also assemble a "processor with self-checks" module at this time. The module may be simple, and check for conditions that should never happen in the datapath and control (easy to do), or may be more sophisticated and check aspects of correctness. Don't over-do it: it is easy to add more checks to a well-written "processor with self checks". However, it is harder to create one from scratch after debugging begins, which is why we recommend you do it now.
Make a top-level testing module to drive your processor. Make it easy to switch between you "normal" processor and your self-checking processor. Remember to instantiate your monitor module into the testing module.
The top-level testing module should have a clearly-defined clock generator defined as an always loop with a delay statement (like #100). For example:
Follow the directions in LAB2_Help for loading your memory blocks into simulation. (The loader may have problems if your initial clock phase is a "1" -- if so, try initializing your clock to "0"). Recall that in 1a we made the memory contents be "instmem.smallcontents" and "datamem.smallcontents". You should be able to go into the command mode of ModelSim to set breakpoints at points of your clock cycle and thereby step cycle by cycle.
Write a suite of test programs to run on your "complete processor testing" and "processor testing with self-checks" test bench. You may reuse code from the programs you wrote in Lab 1. However, remember that a single cycle processor does not have delay slots, and you have not implemented the complete subset of instructions from Lab 1. In later Labs, you will be adding more instructions to your processor and will be able to use all of the code from Lab 1.
Note that unlike spim, your ModelSim simulation won't be able to show the contents of the registers in a constantly updating GUI. However, you may use ModelSim to monitor waveforms.
If you need more diagnostics to fully test your processor, add them to your testing software in a disciplined way: add more self-checks to your self-checking processor, or create (or modify) unit test benches and multi-unit test benches as need be. Don't randomly add test code to the processor Verilog files themselves.
Turn in a copy of your Verilog code, a schematic drawing of your datapath (to assist the TAs in understanding your design), test bench Verilog, your mini-MIPS test program suite, a simulation log that shows the correct execution of the program, and your Design Notebooks.
After you have finished debugging your processor it is time to push to board. You will have to generate a special ram file for use on board, see LAB2_Help.pdf for more information on how to do this.
You may be wondering how to determine if your processor actually works on the board. You should use ChipScope to inspect the register file as the program runs to figure out what is happening. In particular your ChipScope module should trigger on the PC and capture the status of registers 1 to 6 in your register file as well as the output from the instruction register. You may use other ChipScope modules to debug your processor, but you should have at least one setup in this manner so that you can be checked off.
Note that you will need to directly add ChipScope to your processor Verilog, and this will impact your ability to go back and do more ModelSim simulation. If possible, add ChipScope to your processor in a way that minimizes the amount of hand-editing needed to enable and disable ChipScope.
You should not have to worry about your clock rate, because the clock that we are providing you with has a frequency of several hundred KHz.
You should use the MIPSASM tool to generate synchronous write / asynchronous read RAM data for use on the board (you can find these options under "Advanced"). Define a flow to incorporate the output of this program into your processor that is resistant to manual errors (copy/paste into a Verilog file may be inevitable, but a file should be dedicated to this purpose, so that editing bugs do not wreak havoc with your design files!).


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During my first deployment to Iraq, I flew into Atlanta for mid-tour leave, often called R&R (rest and recuperation), for a needed break from the front. The fighting had been particularly fierce in our area, and as the unit chaplain, I had been very involved in providing care for our wounded and honoring our fallen.
Atlanta's airport has a very long escalator from the lower level up to the baggage claim area. There were a number of troops on the plane that day, as well as many other travelers. I was delayed heading up the escalator, so I was alone as it carried me to the baggage claim area.
Upon reaching the upper level, I immediately noticed a large crowd of people waiting to greet passengers, a common site at this busy airport. I also noticed they were cheering and waving flags. As I checked the display screen to determine where to pick up my bags, I also looked behind me to see who they might be cheering for.
Perhaps it was travel fatigue, but it was not until I was approached directly and told they were cheering for me that I realized what was happening. Several people hugged me and one of the children put a small teddy bear in my hand that held a heart that said "thank you for your service." As I looked at the crowd, they cheered even more, waved flags and shouted "thank you!"
I was deeply moved, especially when I discovered they were only there to welcome home the troops.
Time of reflection
As we celebrate Veterans Day, many Americans will take time to reflect on the generous service and sacrifice made by those who wear the uniform — Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine and the Coast Guard. Whereas on Memorial Day we honor those who have made the ultimate sacrifice in service of our country, on Veterans Day the emphasis is on the living, those who have served and continue to serve our nation.
Both of these days are stark reminders that freedom is not free, that it comes at a price, and those who volunteer to serve and are willing to pay that price are worthy of our honor, respect and appreciation.
Our nation has been very proactive in honoring Service Members. There are many sad and unfortunate stories of rejection and disrespect experienced by our Vietnam War veterans, but this has not been the case in recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Veterans today are frequently greeted with "thank you for your service" and "thank you for what you do for us." Additionally, the extraordinary volume of care packages from multiple sources we received during deployments was overwhelming. Many included hundreds of hand-written notes from students, church members, businesses and civic organizations — all very personal and thoughtful letters of appreciation. We often posted these letters throughout our workspace, as they served as a solemn reminder of why we were deployed and who we were ultimately protecting.
At risk of complacency
Our direct involvement in Iraq is over and our presence in the war in Afghanistan is drawing to a close. The need for care packages has diminished and we now see fewer Service Members in uniform at airports. Still, the importance of expressing our appreciation must continue, or we risk becoming complacent and take our freedom for granted.
The threat to freedom is a constant and will always require defense, even if we are not engaged in sustained combat operations. Military veterans continue to serve honorably at home and at installations around the world, and new Service Members continue to step forward, all with the same common dominator: a brave willingness to pay the price to defend freedom.
High cost of service
Pressing beyond the popular use of the phrase "freedom isn't free," our appreciation goes deeper when we consider more exactly what that price is, and make no mistake about it, freedom is expensive. However, I am not making reference to the monetary cost. Rather, the price of freedom and our associated appreciation for those who serve to pay that price is better understood if we consider it more personally.
The personal price is paid by individual Service Members themselves, and this is most pronounced among our wounded, especially those who have lost limbs or been disabled as a result of combat. Yet the price is paid in many other ways: extended time away from family, long duty days, training injuries, cumulative stress from working in a threat environment, the missing of graduations, anniversaries, birthdays and even the birth of a child. Understanding the price helps us extend appreciation more sincerely.
Further, this understanding challenges us to consider how we are going to live our lives, and what we are going to do with the freedoms that have been purchased for us. More graphically, this man gave his right leg for freedom, this woman gave her arm in the service of freedom, this group of Service Members spent a year away from their families for freedom so that I can live in what our national anthem proudly calls "… the land of the free."
Such reflections help us appreciate not only the veteran, but the freedoms we enjoy as a consequence of their service. Taking time to reflect on how we are doing with our use of freedom helps us to appreciate all the more where it comes from and the heavy price that is paid to defend and sustain it.
Spiritual support
The American people have been generous in thanking the troops, but often desire to do more. This explains the welcome-home crowds and care packages. As our military is downsizing and our deployments diminishing, I am often asked what more can be done to thank our troops. My response is always the same: "Remember us in your prayers." Most veterans have a story of a "close call" — a moment in combat or in training when their survival was based on an inch, a few seconds, a sudden change in location or a last-minute change of mission.
I still remember a soldier showing me his St. Michael's medal with a piece of shrapnel embedded in it. Although he was wounded, the doctor confirmed that the medal prevented the shrapnel from hitting his heart, which most certainly would have killed him. My own personal reflection is that surviving these "close calls" is the direct result of prayer and produce what I call "miracles on the battlefield." Combat will never be without the wounded or those killed in action, but I am convinced prayers minimize our losses and reduce the severity of those who are wounded. I believe this is confirmed by the sheer volume of "close call" experiences by our veterans.
Perhaps the most generous gift we can offer our veterans is our prayers. Heaven will ultimately reveal the complete fruit of our spiritual labors, but some prayers produce very temporal and visible results.
As we honor our veterans this Veterans Day, in addition to thanking them for their service, assure them of your prayers and follow through by offering up some specific devotion. Rest assured such efforts will bear fruit, sometimes even producing miracles, but always providing temporal protection for whom they are offered — the brave men and women who serve our country, and who pay the required price to defend freedom.
Father Eric Albertson is a priest from the Diocese of Arlington, Va., serving with the Archdiocese for the Military Services as an Army chaplain. His current assignment is the Command Chaplain, United Nations Command/Combined Forces Command/United States Forces Korea (UNC/CFC/USFK), Yongsan, Korea.
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