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Sister Anna Margaret Random Acts of Kindness Fund
Click this photo to read an article about Sr. Anna Margaret.
At the time of Sister Anna Margaret's death, the Office of Institutional Advancement established The Sister Anna Margaret Random Acts of Kindness Fund. Members of the faculty and staff, along with alumnae and friends, were very generous in their support of this fund which will perpetuate the kindness which Sister Anna Margaret so exemplified in her own life. We would like to invite all faculty and staff members to join in making this "random acts" fund a reality in the life of the College.
If you see a student doing an act of kindness, we ask that you fill out a RAK card. The card asks for the student's name, date and your signature. You are asked to briefly describe the student's act of kindness on the back of the card and then you would give the student the card and ask her/him to take it to Mullen 242 where she/he will be given a gift card.
Lauretta Amanor received a Sr. Anna Margaret Random Acts of Kindness award for assisting a staff member in carrying her heavy bags. Thanks for your kindness, Lauretta!
Olivia Koch received a Sr. Anna Margaret Random Acts of Kindness award for walking a nervous student from the business office over to the one-stop office, instead of just giving the student directions. Thanks for your kindness, Olivia!
Claudia Shipman received a Sr. Anna Margaret Random Acts of Kindness award for holding the door open for staff members who were preparing for a meeting. Thanks for your kindness, Claudia!
Sam Hamilton received a Sr. Anna Margaret Random Acts of Kindness award for returning money she found. Thanks for your kindness, Sam!
Akira Jones received a Sr. Anna Margaret Random Acts of Kindness award for taking her roommate to a doctor appointment. Thanks for your kindness, Akria!
Tonisha Carelock received a Sr. Anna Margaret Random Acts of Kindness award for making a study guide for an upcoming AP test to share with her classmates. Thanks for your kindness, Tonisha!
Jamie Carter, a junior English major, is the first Random Acts of Kindness award recipient. When visitors were lost on campus, Jamie offered to not only direct them, but walk the group to their desired destination. Thank you for your kindness!
Some examples of Acts of Kindness:
Student leads a person to a place/office/person she is seeking, rather than just pointing the way
Student goes out of her/his way to assist another student having difficulty in class
Student goes out of her/his way to assist a fellow athlete having difficulty mastering a skill
Student assists another person carrying several items or a heavy item
Student cleans up someone else's mess on campus or picks up litter anywhere on campus
Student invites a residence hall student to her/his home for a weekend or holiday
RAK cards are located in the following areas:
Mullen Reception Desk
Library Reception Desk
Pilla Book Store
Secretary, Development Office Mullen 242
Secretary, Nursing Office Mullen 349
Secretary, Student Activities Mullen 206
Secretary, Athletic Office O'Brien Center 105
Secretary, Office of Graduate Studies Mullen 302
Secretary, Arts and Science Office Mullen 332
Secretary, Art Therapy Fritzsche Center
Secretary, Ursuline Studies Mullen 318
Secretary, Student Affairs Mullen 130
UCAP Office Pilla 204
If you would like some RAK cards to keep with you, please contact the Office of Institutional Advancement at 440 646 8355.


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Article Written By Travis Clark, ESNN
Making the adjustment from college soccer to MLS is no small task.
And over the past two months, pro hopefuls have been battling and working hard in order to impress coaching staff. For some, it's a matter of earning a contract, while others are hoping to earn playing time in their new home.
With the season set to kick off on March 10, TopDrawerSoccer.com is here to breakdown how we think some of the college stars of last fall will do in the pro ranks, setting the odds for the 2012 MLS Rookie of the Year race:
MF Luis Silva, Toronto FC - 5/2
Silva looks pretty comfortable in his attacking role with the Reds so far this preseason. Picking up goals in a few games already, Silva has shown the ability to flourish outside the UCSB style of play.
Despite the charming smile you see on the field, Silva showed he is a ruthless finisher in college and should challenge for top goals scored among rookies, if he continues to find time in the TFC midfield.
If he leads TFC anywhere close to the playoffs, he deserves Rookie of the Year honors and a statue outside BMO Field.
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NEW BEDFORD — For four decades, Lee Carreiro taught catechism classes at St. John the Baptist Church, helping to prepare generations of children for their First Communion in a parish that says it is the first Portuguese Catholic Church in North America.
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The Rev. John John J. Oliveira, pastor of St. John, delivered his homily in English and Portuguese and urged parishioners to continue to be strong in their faith even though the church many of them grew up in is closing. It was established in 1871. "Thank you for coming here today," Oliveira told the congregation, his voice breaking. "Thank you for being with us. May the Lord give you his peace."
As he spoke, some in the near-capacity gathering of about 600 cried, hugged, or patted one another on the shoulder.
"I can't believe I'm walking out of this church for the last time," said Lenea Correia, 57, of New Bedford, after the conclusion of the Mass.
She had been a parishioner for 35 years, was married in the church, and had her children baptized there. "We'll survive, I guess," she said. "We have to."
Sunday's Mass was held in the granite church building that was dedicated in 1913, after the previous church was destroyed in a fire.
The current building was designed by the Boston architect Matthew Sullivan, who mixed Byzantine and Portuguese Romanesque styles to create a larger space to meet the needs of a growing immigrant population, according to an entry on the city of New Bedford's official website.
In March, the Diocese of Fall River announced that St. John would close, citing declining membership and financial hardships, among other factors.
In October 2009, Bishop George W. Coleman approved a request from a parish council to give the church until 2011 to increase membership and shore up its finances, and then granted a one-year extension, but the goals were not met, according to the diocese.
There are no immediate plans for the property, said John E. Kearns, a spokesman for the diocese. Asked whether selling the church was an option, Kearns said the diocese has not "gotten that far yet."
Norberto Pacheco, 67, who lives next to the church, said after Mass that he is deeply saddened to see it close.
"I worked 42 years for that church, and now we close everything," he said.
The diocese has said that parishioners from St. John the Baptist will be welcomed at Our Lady of Mount Carmel, which is less than a mile away and where Oliveira is also the pastor. Our Lady of Mount Carmel is also designated to serve the Portuguese-American community in New Bedford.
But some of St. John's parishioners, including Fred Langevin, 62, a longtime member whose children and grandchildren were baptized there, are appealing to Coleman to reverse the decision to close the church.
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"There's absolutely no reason to shut us down," Langevin said. "We need a little bit more time to raise capital funds to fix the roof."
In a letter to parishioners in March, Coleman wrote that parish debt had been reduced to $205,000, a $45,000 decrease from October 2009. By mid-2011, Coleman wrote, the church had received $300,000 in pledges for a capital campaign with a stated goal of $750,000, and $129,000 collected. Parishioner participation stood at 17 percent.
All funds that were collected will be returned to the donors, according to the diocese.
"Please know that you have been in my prayers, and will continue to be so," Coleman wrote in March. "Together, may we build a stronger Church and help to create a future of hope."Travis Andersen can be reached at email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @TAGlobe.


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1. Re: In What Order should BIOS & ME Upgrades be Donepwertz Aug 13, 2011 4:09 PM (in response to Edmond)1 of 1 people found this helpful
Hi Edmond - I am not an expert but I do not see how you can go wrong installing by date, oldest BIOS first. When you finish installing the oldest and get the message it has completed successfully, install the next oldest. I recommend using the self extracting windows-based update file (exe.) When you have installed the latest BIOS, install the ME. It really is quite easy and, if you take your time, you will have no trouble at all. Regards. Peter
2. Re: In What Order should BIOS & ME Upgrades be DoneEdmond Aug 14, 2011 3:34 PM (in response to pwertz)
Thanks, Peter. I like your recommendation to use the windows-based update - it seems the best. And I appreciate your words that it is 'really quite easy' - gives me the confidence that I won't run into heavy duty problems.
Your comment about doing the BIOS updates in date sequence sounds like it would work. However, my impression is that if I install revision N, it will include revisions N-1, N-2, .... When I look at the latest BIOS release notes, it includes the notes for all previous versions. So my approach to doing the upgrade will be to only update the BIOS once to the latest version - believing that will include all the earlier revisions.
My question boiled down to what should be the order of update between the BIOS and the ME. After careful reading of the BIOS release notes, I notice that they say, "Updated Intel® ME firmware to version 220.127.116.118." That means to me that when I update the BIOS, that update will update the ME firmware and I don't have to separately worry about the ME. So, my concern about the chicken and egg problems of what to do 1st and 2nd is solved by the fact that the BIOS update does both things simultaneously. I appear to have had a case of excessive worrying when a simple update of the BIOS would take care of all related issues.
Again, Peter and others who have read this question, thanks for your help.
3. Re: In What Order should BIOS & ME Upgrades be DoneEdmond Aug 14, 2011 3:39 PM (in response to Edmond)
From the BIOS update release notes, it appears that the BIOS update takes care of updating the Management Engine and I don't have to worry about it as a separate action. So, the sequence is not relevant
4. Re: In What Order should BIOS & ME Upgrades be Donepwertz Aug 14, 2011 5:43 PM (in response to Edmond)1 of 1 people found this helpful
Edmond - The Bios release notes do not explicitly state that the current release contains all previous releases. I am not sure if your inference is correct. For sure, if you do each one in turn you will be able to verify that each indeed did update. Re the ME - when you complete BIOS updates verify what version of the ME you have. Good luck. Peter
5. Re: In What Order should BIOS & ME Upgrades be DoneEdmond Aug 15, 2011 12:26 AM (in response to pwertz)
Thanks, Peter
I agree that the notes don't explicitly say that the intervening updates will be included. So, I went to Intel Support Chat line. I chated with Joy. She confirmed that the intervening updates will be included if I ask for the latest version update. She also stated that updating the BIOS would pull in updates to the Management Engine. So my final strategy will be to update BIOS to the latest version. Peter, you have helped me work through all the confusion I had over upgrades. I appreciate it. It's really helped me. Thanks again!
6. Re: In What Order should BIOS & ME Upgrades be Doneyf38 Aug 15, 2011 3:14 AM (in response to Edmond)
Hi Edmond,
I own 2 x DH67GD motherboards (same as DH67BL + firewire & display port, same bios and drivers).
I have upgraded several times the bios and the simplest and safest solution appears to be the F7 key procedure at system power on.
The last time I used it was to upgrade from 076 rev. bios directly to 122 (and then to 125) a replacement card (chipset B2 to B3).
To use F7 procedure, do the following:
1) in bios setup go to the menu where you can find the boot options about F2 F7 and F10 keys, and enable F7. You will get now the option at splash screen to upgrade the bios without any other tool than itself.
2) download the bios file from Intel site taking the latest 125 revision, and selecting the one for recovery, filename BL0125P.BIO
3) Put this file on an USB memory stick with not too much files aside, to be more visible on a single screen.
If you are hypercautious you can download two times the file, check that the md5 (with mst md5) is the same and the same as the one you put on the stick...
4) shutdown the system, and completely power it down, (remove the power cord, maybe not necessary, but...)
5) power on the system, with the memory stick in place, and at splash screen press F7 function key
6) Wait for messages displayed on screen and select the choice of the stick, then select the .BIO file with arrows, and enter.
7) Now it is time to accept (or not) to flash the bios with this file.
8) If you accept the stick will take some time to be read (dont touch anything, it's running) and then you will see messages about the completion of various steps.
9) At the end ( it takes about 2 minutes) the system will self restart, maybe two times if required, and then a normal startup will occur.
About hotswap, I am using it with only Microsoft AHCI driver, with an Antec Easy sata rack for bare drive.
A good setup in the bios is to enable only e-sata #4 and #5 ports, plus the normal sata ports you want to be hotswap.
If you enable all the ports, with Microsoft driver you will get even your fixed HDD / SSD in the safely remove icon list, which is not the best.
Upgrade to bios 125 because an issue about hotswap (port #3) was fixed with this revision.
7. Re: In What Order should BIOS & ME Upgrades be DoneEdmond Aug 15, 2011 10:51 AM (in response to yf38)
Thanks YF38,
It is great to hear someone else got hot swapping of SATA drives to work on this board. I use AHCI without RAID so that is compatible, too. And I use the Antec Easy SATA rack. It was a big negative when I found I couldn't hot swap. But with the discovery of the BIOS upgrades to implement swapping and now your actual experience with getting it working, I'm a happy camper. Thanks for your steps to do the BIOS upgrade. There are about 6 ways to do the upgrade. I will study your steps. However, I have been planning to use the express method from within Windows and am all setup for that, so I will probably continue with that method. Again, thanks!
8. Re: In What Order should BIOS & ME Upgrades be Doneyf38 Aug 15, 2011 1:59 PM (in response to Edmond)
If it is not already done, dont use express upgrade, it is the worst solution, and if it is already done, dont assume it will always work fine.
With my previous DG45iD I had to use bios recovery CD because express upgrade bricked the card, and by chance it recovered.
F7 is far better.
9. Re: In What Order should BIOS & ME Upgrades be DoneEdmond Aug 15, 2011 1:33 PM (in response to yf38)
OK, YF38, I hear you on the express update. Thanks for the warning. I haven't done the express yet. I will dive into the F7 process.
I am worried about another problem you may have had. When I first built and started my PC, I had a DVI-I cable installed and the display showed blank - no acceptable video signal. I had to use an VGA adapter to get the display so show a VGA image. Then I changed my BIOS: IDG PRIMARY VIDEO PORT from AUTO to DVI (BLUE) DIGITAL. Then I shut down and rebooted with the DVI-I cable and the display worked fine. I am afraid that when I upgrade my BIOS, the BIOS video will go back to AUTO and I won't be able to see and follow requests from the updating software. Did you have this problem? Am I onto something or off on a red herring? Thanks.
10. Re: In What Order should BIOS & ME Upgrades be Doneyf38 Aug 15, 2011 2:26 PM (in response to Edmond)
I had no issues with the integrated graphics, I normaly use DVI cable to a DVI monitor , the setup is in auto mode and works fine.
I also expérimented VGA and HDMI, and both work fine (for hdmi you may have overscan problem under windows, I already discussed in one of my posts).
About the bios upgrade, I did the job with DVI cable, and had no surprise with the display after upgrade
In any case, the messages during the upgrade are displayed using the previous bios, not the new one, so you should always see them.
However it would be better to understand why you have specific problem with your monitor and cables.
In your description it is not clear for me what is your monitor, DVI / VGA capable or VGA only.
For mine, when I use DVI, I have a DVI cable going to the DVI input of the monitor, same for HDMI to HDMI.
To use VGA, I plug a DVI-I to VGA adapter, and then a VGA to VGA cable to monitor.
This always works with my DVI / VGA / HDMI monitor (HP2159m) in auto mode, with monitor scanning the three inputs.
11. Re: In What Order should BIOS & ME Upgrades be DoneEdmond Aug 15, 2011 8:40 PM (in response to yf38)
Thanks, again, YF38. Your experience is super valuable to me. I first used an old monitor, then a new one. Both monitors had separate VGA and DVI inputs. The monitor I had trouble with was a Samsung T220 Syncmaster. I scavenged it off my old system before I had my current monitor - a new ViewSonic 2450wx LED. The Samsung had a great picture, a stylish stand and got low marks on technical capability and was purchased as a Costco special 3-4 years ago. Whatever the Samsung needed to tell the DH67BL motherboard so it knew what "AUTO" action it should take must not have been sufficient. Hence all the pain needed to get the Samsung to work. Based on your experience, it is highly probable that the ViewSonic will send the right signal and "AUTO" will be OK. And as you stated, the monitor that works fine now will still be driven by the 'old' BIOS settings during the upgrade so it is a non- issue for the BIOS upgrade.
Now all I have to do is setup for the F7 update strategy and it should be smooth sailing. Thanks.
12. Re: In What Order should BIOS & ME Upgrades be DoneEdmond Aug 16, 2011 1:47 PM (in response to Edmond)
This morning I did the upgrade of my BIOS using the F7 method. It was successful without any problems. I now have the hot swapping of drives I sought.
- The changing of the BIOS required changing the driver of the ME (Management Engine). In my original question, I assummed I needed to do both updates and asked which order I should do them in. But the realitiy was that the BIOS update process covered the ME update (and I think some others too). So, all I had to do was perform the BIOS update.
- I wanted to go from revision 76 to revision 125. The sequence of BIOS revisions that had historically occurred was 76, 102, 105, 110, 119, 122 and 125. A question came up, "Did I have to follow the sequence updating each individual revision or could I just update to 125 and automatically get all the intervening revisions. It turned out I could get all revisions by just updating to the latest version 125. (Since you put your PC at risk everytime you do a BIOS update, it appears safest to just do one update and limit your exposure to damaging your PC.)
- I was concerned that a BIOS upgrade would change my video settings and result in my inability to track the progress of the update. But the update uses the old BIOS settings so I would not have that problem. Further, a video problem I had when I first ran my newly built PC with an older monitor requiring special BIOS settings did not happen. My new monitor is compatible with the default BIOS settings.
- I notice that the latest BIOS defaults set the F7 BIOS method to ENABLED making it easier to use this method.
- Thanks to all of you for your help. Especially to YF83 who had experience with the same type of board I am using let me benefit from his experience.
- The changing of the BIOS required changing the driver of the ME (Management Engine). In my original question, I assummed I needed to do both updates and asked which order I should do them in. But the realitiy was that the BIOS update process covered the ME update (and I think some others too). So, all I had to do was perform the BIOS update.
13. Re: In What Order should BIOS & ME Upgrades be Doneyf38 Aug 16, 2011 2:46 PM (in response to Edmond)
Hi Edmond,
Thanks for your fresh experience report.
About bios upgrade I have three experiences:
1) with my january DH67GD (chipset B2...) from 076, and then all versions up to 119 or 122
2) with another new board directly from 076 to 122 then 125
3) with the B3 replacement board for my previous B2 directly from 076 to 122 then 125.
Interesting point, you said that the default setup of bios 125 is with F7 enabled.
I am not so sure, it may be the previous value kept by the new bios.
If I remember well I had to do "by hand" a load optimal default settings and then apply mine after installing a new bios.
This was necessary because of Intel Desktop Utility (IDU) not showing all the right informations after an upgrade, because IDU and bios are strongly related for what concern measurements, and sensors namings.
For me, after a bios update, the overkilling rule is:
- set optimal defaults settings, and apply mine,
- install ME driver, (even if not usefull)
- reinstall IDU.
Now with the recent bios, the fans and temperature control got some nice improvements, go to the bios menu and have a look.
- You can set the minimum duty cycle for each fan,
- You can set the processor maximum temperature target (it is 80°C by default) I changed for 75°C at the cost of a higher fan speed if it reaches this temperature.
If at some moment you try to use HDMI and you discover some overscan on your screen, have a look at this post:
14. Re: In What Order should BIOS & ME Upgrades be DoneEdmond Aug 17, 2011 7:41 AM (in response to yf38)
Hi YF38,
Thanks for sharing all the experience.
On BIOS revision 98, the release notes say
"Set the default value of the Display F7 to Update Bios option to enabled." so that option is easier to use.
After the update I checked the revision level of the Management Engine (ME) and it was upgraded to the correct level so Intel's statement that the ME was upgraded by the BIOS Update process was validated. (You can check the revision level of the ME right in the BIOS editor under the 'identification' area.)
I did notice that the fan & temperature control had better info. - thanks for mentioning that.
I'm not using HDMI yet, but thanks for the tip on that.
All the best,


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Monterrey, MX – Top-seeded Angelique Kerber and fifth-seeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova will face off in the finale of the $235,000 Monterrey Open after both women survived a scare in Saturday's semifinals.
Germany's Kerber needed all three sets to dispose of third-seeded Russian Maria Kirilenko 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 in just over two hours on the hardcourts at Sierra Madre Tennis Club.
Pavlyuchenkova was also pushed to the limit against Romanian Monica Niculescu, but the fifth-seeded Russian bounced back from a first-set misstep to earn a 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 decision.
Kerber and Pavlyuchenkova are both in search of their first WTA title this year.
Pavlyuchenkova straight-setted the world No. 6 Kerber 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-3) in their only meeting against each other in the quarterfinals at Brisbane earlier this year.
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Maybe it's just me, but I think people are getting a little too sensitive these days.
Case in point: one Dakota Ary, a 14-year-old high school freshman and honor student from Fort Worth, Texas, who found himself in a heap of hot water, not to mention the national news, recently, after he was given a three-day suspension from school for making an anti-homosexual comment in his German class.
That suspension was reduced, with the help of a lawyer from Liberty Counsel, to just one day of in-school suspension, and the school district has said no mark will be made on his permanent record.
Dakota Ary's lawyer, Matthew Krause, called the suspension unjustified and said that Ary is entitled to express his opinion on homosexuality in school: "Just because you walk through the schoolhouse doors does not mean you shed your 1st Amendment rights. Dakota wasn't disrupting class. He wasn't bullying or harassing anybody. He was just stating his personal opinion on a topic somebody brought up and in a civil and respectful manner...He was stating an opinion and he has a right to do that and they punished him for that," said Holly Pope, Ary's mother, in a television interview.
The hullabaloo began in Dakota Ary's German class, where his teacher was leading a discussion of religion in Germany. One student, not Dakota Ary, asked what Germans thought about homosexuality in relation to religion, while another wanted to know the German translation of "lesbian."
Dakota Ary turned to another student, and said, "I'm a Christian and, to me, being homosexual is wrong." He goes on to explain, "It wasn't directed to anyone except my friend who was sitting behind me...I guess [the teacher] heard me and started to yell about it."
But, guess what? I think he had a right to his opinion. Now, naturally, I don't agree with him, and wonder about a religion that continues to teach bigotry and intolerance under the guise of praising god, but this is a fourteen-year-old boy. Who's to say that one day, perhaps sooner rather than later, Dakota Ary might just change his viewpoint on the LGBT community. Maybe he won't.
But, he's entitled to his opinion, as long as he wasn't hurting anyone, bullying anyone, or using his religious beliefs in an efforts to deny me equality.
Then, and only then, would I take issue with Dakota Ary. UNLESS.....
This part comes from a news story in The Dallas Voice; the paper is working on a more in-depth accounting of what happened in that class, but this is what they're saying now.
This information comes from Marvin Vann, a member of the group LGBTQ S.A.V.E.S., formed about a year ago to protect LGBT students and teachers from anti-gay harassment.
Vann is calling on members of the LGBT community to speak out in support of the teacher in this case--identified by Vann as Kristopher Franks--by contacting Fort Worth ISD administrators listed at the end of Vann's post at the link that follows:
"....It now doesn't seem that Dakota Ary is just a good Christian expressing his opinion, but maybe he's a bully, surrounded by a group of his bully friends, targeting a teacher rather than another student.
Kristopher Franks, a German teacher with a long and distinguished service record at Western Hills High School, is currently being investigated by FWISD administrators, swayed by a right-wing attempt to rouse public opinion against him for having the temerity to write a disciplinary referral against Dakota Ary, a student whom Franks reports publicly harassed him in class on the basis of the student's perception that Mr. Franks is gay. This is being depicted in numerous news reports as an effort to suppress the student's First Amendment right to free speech. As Franks and the district cannot speak to media while the incident is being investigated by the district, only the student and his Liberty Institute lawyer's version of the incident is being reported in the media.
The gist of these reports is that Ary, during a discussion about religion and homosexuality in his first-year German class, expressed the opinion that "I am a Christian, and I believe that homosexuality is wrong," and was subsequently sent out of class with a disciplinary referral by his teacher, Mr. Franks, and then given a three-day suspension from an assistant principal.
Concerned that only one side of the incident was being reported, we met Friday night with Mr. Franks. His account contradicts Ary and his lawyer's version of events, and has been substantiated by several of the other students in class at the time. We found Mr. Franks' explanation entirely credible.
He reports (and has reported to his school) repeated acts of anti-gay harassment by several students that occurred this and last year, including by a group of four specific boys in this class, of whom Ary is one. Among other incidents, Mr. Franks maintains a "word wall" for his German IV class on which he posts articles and images from several journals, including the German magazine, Stern. One of these articles concerned gay rights in Germany, and included a photo of two men kissing. The group of four boys concerned was sitting near this image immediately before Mr. Franks found it had been ripped from the wall. The student and his lawyer are now asserting that including this photo among the others constituted his teacher's "imposing acceptance of homosexuality" in his classroom. These students subsequently took every opportunity to denounce homosexuality in class, frequently without context; that is, with the topic having otherwise been broached.
On the particular day in which this incident occurred, Mr. Franks was opening class when the topic of Christianity in Germany was broached by one student, who asked what churches were there, another whether they read the Bible in English, etc. Franks asserts that the topic of homosexuality was not broached in any way, and that Ary's assertions to the contrary are entirely false. At this point, Ary declared, with a class audience, "Gays can't be Christians; homosexuality is wrong," looking directly at Mr. Franks. Franks says he understands and affirms students' right to free speech, and that he is perfectly prepared to lead a respectful discussion on topics such as gay rights that allows for the assertion of opinions with which he disagrees. He has led such discussion in the past in his sociology classes. But in this case, he feels the context makes it clear that this remark was made ad hominem, aimed specifically at him to devalue him and any information he might share on the topic of religion, on the basis of his perceived sexual orientation.
The Liberty Institute, which has provided the lawyer to represent Ary, depicts itself as concerned with protecting "faith-based speech," and has a record of fighting against the extension of anti-harassment policies to protect LGBT people. It is associated with a number of other, politically active, conservative evangelical institutions. So far, the lawyer's efforts to whip up public sentiment against Mr. Franks have been very successful: The story has been broadcast nationally by a number of right-wing websites. Franks has received numerous insulting and threatening phone calls and emails, and after public outcry generated by these media reports, these suspensions were nullified, and the district has called Mr. Franks in to be interrogated Monday (26 Sept.) by the Office of Professional Standards, the office responsible for investigation ethical violations, though without as yet bringing any specific allegations against him.
As you might guess, the Liberty Institute tends to be very strategic in its selection of cases on which to to deploy its resources. It is likely no coincidence that it chose to represent the student only a few months after the FWISD adopted policies against anti-gay harassment.
It would be very helpful, and a grace rendered to the threatened teacher, Mr. Franks, if you and other community members would write letters and/or email messages to the school board members, assistant superintendent, and Western Hills High School principal, calling on them to give a respectful, caring, and full hearing to Mr. Franks' side of the story. Time is of the essence: He is being interrogated by an external investigations group today, though no specific allegations have yet been made against him by the ISD. I will post their names, phone numbers and email addresses below. Please keep all messages respectful and restrained, calling simply for a fair, respectful and caring hearing of Mr. Franks' side of the story, unswayed by the public outcry generated by the slanted media coverage. Do not go into the speculations or reports of his side of the case; that is for him to present."
No one, least of all Franks or Vann, is saying that Dakota Ary doesn't have a right to his opinion. Rather they are saying that the way he has been depicted by the press, and by his lawyers, differs greatly from the way he truly acts.
Hopefully they'll be more on this story, after Kristopher Franks is allowed to speak.
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Two Catawba County ambulances were involved in accidents Monday, with one being recorded as fatal.
Nathan Turner, 54, of Claremont, was driving an ambulance occupied with another paramedic and a patient from an Alexander County nursing home to a hospital in Catawba County. As Turner approached the Alexander and Catawba county line, a 2003 Ford Escape crossed the center line and hit the ambulance head on about 1:30 p.m. Monday.
Patrick Salmons, 67, of Taylorsville, was driving the SUV and died at the scene.
Turner was airlifted to Carolinas Medical Center and was released Tuesday. The other paramedic and patient were transported to a Hickory hospital. Information was not available on their conditions as of press time Tuesday, but authorities said they are expected to survive. N.C. Highway Patrol responded to the accident.
The second accident happened Monday in Hickory.
A Catawba County ambulance occupied by two paramedics were rear-ended by another vehicle. Catawba County Emergency Director Bryan Blanton said there were no injuries and no one was taken to a hospital.
Hickory Police Department responded to the accident.
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New England has the most spectacular fall foliage in the world. But it can vary greatly from year to year. I chatted recently with several visiting leaf-peepers who were impressed with this season's color up north. They were from Texas, Oklahoma, Florida and Japan — and didn't know any better.
Northern foliage deserved at best a B. Some veteran critics confide they'd give it a C. Leaf color just never peaked. It was often pleasing, but seldom dazzling. Great foliage leaves us wowing.
Locally, we can experience exceptional color on the flatland highways leading out of Worcester. But we need to go north for a higher standard of expectation — mountains of color that elevate our eyes and aesthetic spirits. There, a rising parfait of overwhelming chromatic splendor can await us — some years.
During what should have been peak week for foliage watchers, I surveyed Vermont and New Hampshire, hoping to be dazzled. Though there were pockets of brilliance with individual trees that burst out vivid1y, 2012 foliage from Burke and Pittsburgh to the Kancamagus Highway down to Woodstock was hardly vintage. We shouldn't be surprised or disappointed. Perfect foliage saturates northern New England maybe once a decade.
Brilliant colors, contrast and longevity must combine for a perfect foliage year. Some years, trees can be working toward that perfection, ideally holding their beauty for as long as a week. This year, too much peaking foliage was battered down overnight by bad weather. Just when some areas were coming into full splendor, ill-timed rains and wind conspired to drop them as we slept, leaving a dispiriting combination of barren branches and muted colors over a brilliantly carpeted forest floor.
Drought also stressed many northern trees, weakening their systems and reducing their color potential.
Peak spectacle demands contrast — dark evergreens juxtaposed against skeletal birches, splashy yellow aspens and beeches clashing with jalapeno-red maples, and salmon-orange mountain ash berries and sugar maples. Even some coppery oaks should be sprinkled in. Last year, maple's gold was traded wholesale for dull bronze and oak's copper was tarnished. This year was much better, though, because maple fungus, a plague in overly wet years, failed to perform its villainous alchemy.
Dry weather did prevent various anthracnose fungal diseases from infecting ashes, oaks, birches, cherry, beeches and hickories, as they did last year. When fungal infections set in, yellow leaves tend to spot or brown around their edges, developing lesions and shriveling, fading like an old tapestry. Browning quickly, they never attain their colorful potential. But too much dry weather is harmful to trees as well. If only nature were more moderate.
Happily, there's always green to enjoy. Evergreens are perennially marvelous and surprisingly variable. Their ability to maintain color even through freezing conditions is chemical magic. They manufacture an anti-freeze from sugars and proteins. Just as saltwater has a lower freezing point, so does sugary water, especially when the evergreen cells reduce their water content later in the season. Amazingly, their cells temporarily transfer water into empty spaces where it can freeze in the leaf without rupturing the cells.
Hotels and lodges up north already are booking reservations for next year. Plan to observe the spectacle beginning at the end of September in the very far north, peaking around Columbus Day at Quechee Gorge and Woodstock, and beginning to explode around here about a week later. You need at least three weeks to follow its entire course. But varying conditions always makes timing a pilgrimage up north a gamble.
An employee at the Woodstock Inn confided that making reservations a year ahead of time can prove disappointing if you have only a couple of days to bet on. This year, the Wednesday and Thursday prior to Columbus Day had dazzling, paintbrush colors around Piko and Killington, just a half-hour from color-deficient Woodstock. Greater early precipitation in that vibrant area likely was responsible for the brilliant contrast. You sometimes need to explore to find the vibrant micro-pockets that were beneficiaries of ideal conditions.
Despite even muted tones, though, the massive hills and mountains always express magnificence, especially when seen from vista-exposing highways, like I-91 and Route 100. Mountain fog, though, can be a problem, especially early in the morning.
Open, sunlit panoramas with extensive elevation ranges provide maximum opportunities to witness whatever color is available, as varying conditions at different levels present themselves simultaneously. You often need to drive around mountains as well to do an area justice. One side can prove delightfully different from another just a couple miles away because of more beneficial exposures to sun, rain, temperature and wind.
Returning home unsaturated by this year's color, I excitedly noted about halfway down Vermont a splash of vibrant yellow that extended for miles along the roadside. Alas, it was alluring — but deceptive, like a painted woman. Alien, invasive oriental bittersweet, spreading ever farther north, choking more and more trees, showed that even in nature, one can smile and be a villain.
The beauty of peak foliage will always be elusive, all too brief, and consequently all the more breathtaking when we find it.
As a hopeless tree hugger, I'll be hunting for it through the very last possible moment, even on Interstate 395 this week on the way to my Connecticut tree stand, where at least there's no shortage of deer.


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This simple chocolate blueberry cake is moist and has a chocolate ganache hidden under the dusting of confectioners' sugar. A quick little 8-inch pan size dessert you can whip up to go along with your meal.
1 cup all purpose flour
1 cup granulated sugar
6 Tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup water
1/2 cup fresh blueberries (or frozen berries, thawed)
1 egg
1/2 cup butter, at room temperature
1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 Tablespoon Cointreau, or other orange flavor liqueur
Confectioners' sugar for dusting
Frozen or fresh berries to serve with the cake if desired.
Preheat oven to 350F.
Grease an 8-inch baking pan with butter.
In a mixing bowl stir together the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
In a blender combine the water, blueberries, and egg and blend until smooth.
Pour the wet mixture into the flour and stir to combine.
Transfer to the prepared baking dish and place into the preheated oven.
Bake for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Remove and place onto a wire rack and let cool.
Meanwhile heat the butter and chocolate chips in a small pot over low heat until melted. Stir in the Cointreau. Drizzle the ganache over the cooled cake and use a spatula to smooth out.Let cool.
Dust the entire top with confectioners sugar.
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Upcoming Events
Saturday Seminar
The library offers a free seminar every third Saturday of the month. An opening session is held at 9:00 a.m. featuring a keynote address. Following this session attendees are offered four choices of presentations at both 10:00 and 11:00 a.m.
Saturday, February 16, 2012 / 9:00 a.m. - noon
9:00 a.m.
- Keynote Address - "Baby Steps to Genealogical Maturity" - Robert Raymond
10:00 a.m.
- "German Life Events and Their Records" - Tamra Stansfield
- "Assembling Complex Evidence" - Warren Bittner
- "Your Ancestors in the Newspapers? Read All About It!" - Ron Ray
- "Researching Your Scottish Ancestors" - Raymon Naisbitt
11:00 a.m.
- "Using Online Storage in Family History" - Tom Stubben
- "Preserving Evidence" - Warren Bittner
- "Quakers and Their Records" - Lisa Arnold
- "Genealogy Apps" - Sue Maxwell
Future Seminar Keynote Presenters:
March: Barry Ewell
April: Paul Nauta
May: Karen Clifford
American Sign Language
The keynote address at each seminar will be interpreted in ASL.
Boy Scout Workshop / Genealogy Merit Badge
Presented by Sean and Keith Wahlquist
No registration is necessary.
The library offers a monthly workshop to assist Boy Scouts with their Genealogy Merit Badge. The workshop is held the second Saturday of each month from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m.
Saturday, February 9, 2013 / 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Scouts must prepare for the workshop by doing the following:
1) Interview a family member about their life. The interview can be completed by telephone, e-mail or letter and the information learned must be recorded;
2) Complete a four-generation pedigree chart. Make sure this includes information about at least one ancestor who was living in 1930;
3) Complete two family group sheets (one listing your parents and your family, and another listing one of your parents and their parents and siblings); and
4) Bring a blue merit badge card (which can be obtained from the Scoutmaster.)
If these items are completed and brought to the workshop, all other requirements for the merit badge can be finished at the workshop and authorized personnel can certify the completion of the merit badge.
Genealogy Merit Badge Resource Links
Boy Scout Merit Badge in Genealogy - FamilySearch Wiki
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As 2013 draws to a close, the Green City Council is preparing for 2014.
During its Dec. 10 session, council honored two seasoned council members who will be vacating their seats in January. Jim Colopy and Dave France, who have served 10 and 16 years, respectively, were recognized for the time they have invested in the community. Vice President Gerard Neugebauer presented Colopy and France with plaques.
This was their last meeting as council members.
During the Dec. 10 session, council again reviewed the right-of-way issue at Berna Road/Tim Drive.
The right-of-way issue affects four abutting property owners: Brian Fitzgibbon, David Strittmatter, Sharon Wright and Sarah, Robert Jr. and Susan Schutte. To date, property owners have not been able to come to an agreement regarding 25 feet of the western portion of the right-of-way. It is not determined who shoud own and responsibly care for that property.
City Law Director Steven Pruneski said the issue is currently before Summit County Court of Common Pleas Judge Thomas Teodosio.
Pruneski said the proposed resolution is one that would not vacate the road. Instead, it would allow the Schutte family to take out a permit to put in a driveway within the right-of-way to the rear of Fitzgibbon's driveway.
Since this is a request to not vacate the road, the city would then be required to provide and maintain gravel on the 20-by-24 feet of roadway from the back of Fitzgibbons driveway to Berna Road. This would also require the city to remove some trees that fall within the right-of-way.
In other business Dec. 10, council:
- Passed a resolution requesting the State of Ohio Director of Transportation to change the speed limit for Mt. Pleasant Street between Frank Aveenue and the Pittsburg Avenue-Mayfair Road intersection. The speed limit would be reduced from 55 mpg to 45 mph.
- Passed a resolution authorizing the Green to enter into a consent judgment entry to resolve litigation filed by Josephine Murdocco, Jeffrey A. Davis, Julie A. Davis and Redwood Management Company. The suit was filed regarding the rezoning of two parcels of property approximately 12 acres of land on Arlington Road.
- Passed the 2014 annual operating budget. The budget accounts for $34,607,604.
- Passed the creation of a street lighting district for Kings Ridge Phase IV subdivision. The owners of 16 lots will be assessed the operation and maintenance cost of the lights. The developer will be responsible for the installation and construction costs.
- Scheduled a public hearing for 7 p.m. Jan. 14 to discuss a rezoning request for approximately 61 acres of land located at 1745 Koons Road. The rezoning, if approved, would change from PD-1 (Planned Development) to R-1 (Single Family Residential).
The next Green City Council meeting is at 7 p.m. Jan. 14 at the Central Administration Building, 1755 Town Park Blvd.


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|May 28, 2012, 01:58 PM
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IMR 4227 for 357 and Ruger 45 Colt
I recently bought a pound of 4227 to try as a replacement for N110. I emailed Hodgdon with a question but still haven't gotten a reply. I'm going to have to call them but in the mean time maybe someone here can answer my question and tell me what they know about this powder. Here is the email:
"I have been using N110 for years in 357 Magnum and Ruger-only 45 Colt but am about out of the last of an 8lb keg I purchased years ago. Since N110 is no longer sold except in 1lb canisters now and is hard to find and a lot more expensive I have decided to switch to one of your powders for full power 357 Magnum and hot 45 Colt. For mid-range loads I have already started using Universal and have worked up good loads. I just bought a pound of IMR 4227 and 158gr and 250gr XTPs to do some load work up. It is my understanding that the new IMR 4227 is actually your old H4227. The canister I just purchased is labeled made in Australia. I have used H4227 years ago and the color of the powder I just purchased is not the same as I remember. It is a dark gray. Can I use data for H4227, which you still publish and there is more of, or should I use data for IMR, which can vary considerably from data for H4227? I prefer extruded powders over ball powders and that is why I'm trying 4227 again. I know I will be giving up some velocity to H110/296 and Lil Gun but the velocity will be the same come winter. Thank you."
|May 28, 2012, 02:11 PM
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By any chance does it have an ADI identifier/equivalent # on it?
But as for replacing V-N110 for what you've been using it for...
I'd bite the bullet and re-purchase the N110. That stuff's magic
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|May 28, 2012, 06:27 PM
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I'd get real radical and look on the Hodgdon WWW or FREE literature or magazine size annual reloading publication and see what loads they had for current production 4227.
I think it kind of hokey to bring in powder from Australia and CALL it IMR, but they have the distributorships and can do as they like.
|May 28, 2012, 06:36 PM
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I have Hodgdon's 2012 guide. It has a lot of data for H4227. Not so much for the IMR. Their online data is the same as in the guide. My question is can I use the H4227 data and is the Australian made IMR 4227 the same powder now as the H4227?
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|May 28, 2012, 08:31 PM
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All I know is 20g of IMR 4227 under 255g SWC is a darn good load using a CCI-350 primer . This isn't a 'hot' load either. It is my go to load at the moment in .45 Colt. I have not went higher with it, as I have no need for a hotter load. Around 1000fps is just right for me and I can shoot it in all my .45 Colt revolvers. I don't shoot jacketed so no experience there.
I did try it in .357 under 158g SWC, but I wasn't impressed... Tested from 10.2g to 14.0g. Again I don't shoot jacketed so no experience there.
A clinger and deplorable, MAGA, and NRA member. When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns. Single Action .45 Colt (Sometimes colloquially referred to by its alias as the .45 'Long' Colt or .45LC). Don't leave home without it. Ok.... the .44Spec is growing on me ... but the .45 Colt is still king.
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Will this help any ?? http://www.imrpowder.com/pdf_reload.html
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Thanks for the replies guys. mehavey, very useful links. GP100man, (hey, I'm one too!) your link does have more data for IMR 4227 in 357 than Hodgdon's website but no data for the heavy bullets in 357 and nothing for Ruger-only 45 Colt I think I have IMR specific data from Hornady so I guess I'll start there. I'm just curious if the Australian imported IMR 4227 is for sure the old H4227, in which case using that data would be no problem. Hodgdon needs to just come out and say one way or the other on its website. They already post identical data between the Hodgdon and Winchester powders that are identical.
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Still haven't gotten an email back from Hodgdon and still haven't had a chance to call them. I did however email ADI about their AR2205 powder, which, according the link provided by mehavey, is/was H4227. This was my email:
"Is IMR 4227 that is now imported from Australia by Hodgdon Powder Company the same powder as your AR2205? Was AR2205 previously imported and marketed in the USA as Hodgdon H4227? Inquiring minds want to know..."
This was their response:
"Thank you for your enquiry from the 30th May with regard to reloading using ADI Sporting powders. ADI AR2205 is supplied to our partner Hodgdon Powder Company for distribution in the USA. This is the same product that is supplied to the Australian reloaders market.
We have been supplying Hodgdon with AR2205 for many years and plan to do so for years to come.
Refer to our website at www.adi-powders.com.au or our 5th edition handloaders' guide for more information, warnings and reloading safety.
We thank you for using ADI Sporting Powders.
Yours sincerely,
ADI Technical Centre"
Not exactly coming right out and saying it directly but I think it is safe to infer that the Australian imported IMR 4227 is H4227.
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I posted in this same thread over at THR what Hodgdon replied when I e-mailed them with this same question. It will be interesting to see if their reply is different to you than it was to me.
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It won't let me feed it or play with it or praise it and all it's hearts have gone empty - how can is save it?!
If i press restart will that help?
How do i stop it dying?!
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Posted 08 November 2004 - 08:26 AM ( #2 )
it sounds like the Tama has something wrong with it- try a time out. if that don't work, well, it sounds like you need to reset it. wow, what stage is it??? I've never had this problem- except with my old Gen2 Tama, where sometimes it'd need food but it'd be stubborn and not eat. then I'd do dicipline and it'd eat... problem sounds almost the same.
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Posted 08 November 2004 - 07:07 PM ( #3 )
yeah, i think you have to discipline it because it's refusing to eat even though its hungry. it might eventually come good again!!
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Today My new baby died while I was at work. when I got home my 7 year old was on the verge of dying. it was making that noise and everything..so i hurried and pressed restart, then download..and it came back alive and well..i was so happy..was I lucky?


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Fish for thought? According to a new Dutch study involving over 7,000 babies, those who first ate fish between the ages of six months and one year had a lower risk of developing asthma-like symptoms later on than babies who ate fish either before six months or after their first birthdays.
Between 40 percent and 45 percent of parents of children who were not introduced to fish until after they turned one said their child wheezed, compared to 30 percent of children who first ate it when they were between six and 12 months old. From there, the researchers determined a 36 percent decreased risk of wheezing for the children who first had fish between the ages of six months and one year, reports MSNBC.com.
PLUS: Asthma Cause and Triggers
The results support one theory that early exposure to certain fatty acids in fish protects against the development of asthma. Previous research has found that a mother's fish consumption during pregnancy may also lower the risk of asthma.
PLUS: Prevention of Asthma in Babies
What's the significance of that six month window? "That would make reasonable sense because that's when the immune system is getting educated," explained T. Bernard Kinane, chief of the pediatric pulmonary unit for Mass General Hospital for Children in Boston.
While some parents and doctors delay introducing fish into babies' diets for fear of a possible allergy, it is up to them to decide if the newfound benefits outweigh the risks.
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Sapphire VID-2X Review
I don't know about you guys, but I am getting used to seeing the Sapphire brand on things other than graphics cards. In addition to VGAs, we have seen a product line that includes add-in cards, motherboards, mini PCs, and other multimedia products. Today Sapphire has sent us a little black box called the 'VID-2X', and the idea behind it is very simple. It is a stand-alone unit that allows two full-HD monitors to be connected to a single DisplyPort, Thunderbolt, or Dual-link-DVI port, thus doubling the horizontal resolution of up to two 1920x1200 or 1920x1080 displays. The two monitors then have the capability to act as a single resolution or cloned monitor to increase and enhance productivity. The Sapphire VID-2X comes in two models. A display port model, (PSEDP4196) and the Dual-Link DVI model (PSEDV12185) I have here today.
While there are other ways to stretch or clone monitors, such as AMD's Eyefinity, the convenience of the Sapphire VID-2X is that it is a completely external solution with no software to purchase or install. The VID-2X can be disconnected and moved across the office to a different pair of monitors, or across town for another meeting or workstation space. Sapphire is stating that this is the perfect self-contained solution for those who are uncomfortable removing the left side panel of the computer, or who are restricted from doing so by company regulations. Sapphire also touts the VID-2X as the solution for expanding monitor space for laptops and netbooks.
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The Sapphire VID-2X arrived in a high-gloss box, about the size that a mid-range graphics card might be packaged in. I won't bore you with a lengthy description of the packaging other than to say that it is securely packaged, and that it does seem to have the feel of an electronic device that would be more likely to be found in the board room than in the game room.
Popping the top off the box inside the retail sleeve, it initially appears that setting up the VID-2X is as simple as Sapphire is claiming. We find The DV2185 controller unit, a 12" DVI Dual-link cable, and a dual option power cable. The DIV 2X can be powered by either an open USB port on your computer, or with the mains adapter. Both power solutions are included and are on the same provided cord. The unit sent to us had a variety of modular slide/clip-on wall outlet adapters that seem to cover wall outlet configurations from around the world. We, of course, are also provided with the VID-2X User manual which will have you up and running in a matter of minutes.
The Sapphire VID-2X is compatible with Windows, Linux, and OS X thanks to its driver-less design, and is not limited to one device per system. It is only limited by the available outputs of the systems graphics card being used. For high-end graphics cards of today, that would imply that walls of 10-12 monitors can be created with multiple VID-2X being used in unison. One of the aspects of the Sapphire VID-2X is that it being a completely external and driver-less solution. The operating system is unaware of the resolution change/cloning that the VID-2X is carrying out, and makes no adjustments or settings in response to the VID-2X being implemented. In other words, it creates nothing more in the way of setup for the user.


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As the era of the unlimited data plan comes to an end, a new age of streaming has begun. And with a growing army of music and video apps, experts say consumers could face larger data bills.
Amazon AMZN, -1.61% announced on Thursday that it's starting a new music streaming service to rival the likes of Spotify, Beats Music — owned by headphone and speaker-maker Beats Electronics, which was recently bought by Apple Inc. AAPL, +1.11% for $3 billion — and Pandora Media Inc. P, -1.11% , which plays music based on the customer's previous choices. Although Amazon's list of 1 million songs pales in comparison to the 20 million-plus songs available on Spotify, analysts say the world is moving away from downloads so people can cherry-pick songs on the go. "If people are doing this with mobile devices more and more outside of Wi-Fi it could use data," says R.J. Hottovy, an analyst at Morningstar.
Amazon is calling its service "Prime music" and is only offering it to people who subscribe to Amazon Prime, which costs $99 a year. Spotify offers free streaming music (with ads) and charges $10 a month for ad-free listening; Beats charges $9.99 a month or $15 a month for a family plan with AT&T. "The timing is strategic as (according to rumors) Amazon is about to unveil a 3D phone," says Mark Spoonauer, editor in chief of LaptopMag.com. Digital music downloads fell for the first time ever last year, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Digital sales of individual tracks dropped by almost 6% to 1.26 billion in 2013 and digital album sales were effectively flat at 117.6 million. "It's now all about streaming," says technology consultant Jeff Kagan.
"There's a fundamental mismatch between the way data plans are organized and the economic models propelling the growth of new mobile entertainment," says Aram Sinnreich, media professor at Rutgers University. There is a growing bottleneck for wireless carriers, which has led companies to introduce data caps, he says. "The wireless carriers have no incentive economically to raise those caps unless they're paid by the consumer or service provider — or both," Sinnreich says. Wireless carriers will keep a tight hold on data as streaming services like Spotify, Amazon, Netflix NFLX, -1.33% grow, he adds, and continue to increase the cost for consumers. "And I'd add games and cloud services to that group as well," he adds.
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The two biggest mobile carriers, Verizon and AT&T, have moved away from unlimited data and those wireless companies that still offer it are raising their prices. In 2012, AT&T T, +0.56% announced that it will no longer allow consumers to use more than an agreed-upon amount of data per month without being charged for it; this is part of an effort to rein in the heaviest data users. Also in 2012, Verizon also put the kibosh on unlimited data plans for new users and said customers of the faster 4G LTE network wouldn't be eligible to stream an endless amount of music and videos without a penalty. In March 2014, T-Mobile TMUS, +1.56% , which does offer unlimited data, raised the price for that plan by $10 to $80 a month, citing heavier use and faster broadband services.
On the plus side, there are ways to keep track of data usage. AT&T has its own data calculator to help consumers: 40 hours of streaming music and video every month on AT&T's standard data 5 gigabyte data plan would cost 6GB of data, meaning customers would be billed at $15 per gigabyte over the 5GB mark. Both AT&T and Verizon VZ, +1.91% offer shared mobile plans with unlimited calls and text messages, but they don't offer unlimited data. Talking isn't always cheap: Users with a 250 megabyte data plan could max that plan in just 90 minutes using Apple's FaceTime, according to one analysis by business consulting firm Frost and Sullivan; each minute of FaceTime chat can use as much as 2.7 megabytes of data.
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Disqualified Olympian sues maker of supplement over failed drug test
LOCKPORT – A lawsuit filed here last week pits a Hungarian discus thrower, who was barred from last summer's Olympic Games in London because of a failed drug test, against a Canadian company that he claims concealed the presence of steroids in a protein supplement he was taking.
Robert Fazekas and his coach, Adrian Annus, filed the lawsuit in State Supreme Court in Niagara County because the supplement maker, MVP Biotech, has its U.S. distribution address in Niagara Falls, according to attorney Kalman Magyar.
The company actually is based in Kirkland, Quebec.
Fazekas and Annus are no strangers to doping controversies. Both men were stripped of gold medals at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens for doping-related violations. Fazekas had won the discus competition, and Annus had won the hammer throw.
They are represented in their damage suit by Minryu Kim of Buffalo's Phillips Lytle law firm and by Magyar, a Toronto attorney.
Fazekas, 37, probably missed his last chance at Olympic glory because of the disqualification following a pre-Olympic drug test, Magyar said.
"We believe he would have won in the Olympics," Magyar said. "During training right before the Olympics, which he was not allowed to go to in the end, he threw a longer throw than the eventual gold medalist in London. We surely believe he was greatly harmed here. … He's never tested positive for steroids until he came across MVP's products."
Fazekas was barred from competitions after the test. He served a two-year ban after the 2004 Athens disqualification, which came after he was unable to produce enough urine to be tested following the event. That was regarded as a violation of the rules.
The Hungarian Olympic Committee asserted that Fazekas is a deeply religious person who, after his Athens win, tried for hours but was unable to produce a urine sample with people watching him.
An International Olympic Committee disciplinary board wasn't impressed by that argument and disqualified him.
After his suspension, Fazekas made a comeback, finishing eighth in the discus at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The next year, he underwent spinal surgery. That didn't stop him from finishing third at the 2010 European Championships in Barcelona.
That's the same year that Annus, the former hammer-thrower who was accused of submitting someone else's urine to be tested in his place at Athens in 2004, became Fazekas' coach.
In 2012, Fazekas qualified for the London Olympics in an April competition in California, Magyar said. He passed a drug test.
He then began taking "Pro Whey," a protein supplement sold by MVP Biotech. In June or July, a doping test conducted by a Vienna laboratory certified by the World Anti-Doping Agency picked up anabolic steroids in Fazekas' urine.
It was "one nanogram per milliliter, the tiniest amount possible," according to Magyar.
Fazekas sent the lab samples of the supplements he was taking, including opened and unopened containers of Pro Whey. Both containers tested positive for steroids, according to Magyar.
The lawsuit accuses MVP Biotech of failing to list the steroid in question, called Stanozolol, among Pro Whey's ingredients.
"That is a prohibited substance," Magyar said. "He never would have taken it if it was [listed]." Calls by The Buffalo News to MVP Biotech's 800 number and its headquarters in Quebec were not returned.
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A coalition of energy-oriented organizations is exploring whether local fleet managers might be interested in powering their vehicles with compressed natural gas.
Were just getting started, Teresa Shishim, program manager at Four Corners Office of Resource Efficiency, or 4CORE, said Tuesday. Regional meetings are being scheduled.
The incentive is using a fuel that is more environmentally friendly than gasoline or diesel, Shishim said. Also, compressed natural gas currently is more affordable than the other fuels,she said.
Theres a drawback, however. There are no compressed natural gas fueling stations here as there are along Colorados Front Range.
The interest in compressed natural gas as automotive fuel started with concern about air quality in the region, said Christi Zeller, director of the La Plata Energy Council.
Compressed natural gas is obviously part of the solution, Zeller said. Its a solution for air quality and from pure economics.
School districts, counties, cities and private businesses could be interested in cutting costs and helping the environment, Zeller said.
Natural gas is a good fit here, Zeller said. Its what we do in La Plata County.
Natural gas can be compressed locally, too, Zeller said. Natural gas compressed by Williams, an international energy company that operates in La Plata County, has been used in vehicles in New Mexico and Arizona.
A 40-page brochure sent to fleet managers in the region contained facts about compressed natural gas as automotive fuel. Among the facts:
There are 120,000 natural-gas vehicles on the road in the United States and 8.7 million in the world.
The price of natural gas in Greeley was $2.33 per gasoline gallon equivalent.
In the U.S., there are 1,047 compressed natural-gas stations. State numbers are: Colorado 15, New Mexico 4, Utah 40, Wyoming 4 and Arizona 8.
The Colorado Department of Revenue allows a tax credit for alternative-fuel vehicles.
Tim McCarthy, a rancher turned developer, is a partner with Kennon and Pam Decker in a venture to construct a truck stop on 9.5 acres along U.S. Highway 550 at the bottom of Bondad Hill. He wants the truck stop to offer compressed and liquid natural-gas fuel as well as gasoline and diesel.
Well have our conceptuals (drawings) for the county in about three weeks, but I cant say when well be in the door, McCarthy said Wednesday. But our truck stop can tie together the Front Range, New Mexico and points west.
McCarthy envisions the truck stop as a full-service center for the public as well as truckers. A planned future realignment of County Road 310 where it hits Highway 550 would make the truck stop a hub for interstate travelers, he said.
Highway 550 has an average daily traffic count of 8,500 vehicles, he said. About 4,000 vehicles a day will ply two feeder roads, county roads 310 and 318, he said.
Plans call for a welcome center, cafe and convenience store, he said.
The availability of compressed natural gas near the Colorado/New Mexico line would be a link between such stations in the Denver and Albuquerque areas, Sishim said.
Meanwhile, Mesa Verde National Park is ready to start using another alternative fuel in its vehicles.
The park soon will take delivery of its first vehicle a Ford F-250 pickup powered by liquid propane.
Its in transit and will be delivered any day now, park fleet manager Dave Denske said Tuesday. Ill use it for maintenance work in the park and for hauling supplies.
The park currently has 75 vehicles that run on gasoline or diesel, Denske said.
Even before the pickup is delivered, park officials are talking about getting a tour bus and a lawn mower powered by liquid propane, Denske said.
Mesa Verde officials also are working through the Clean Cities Coalition to use a $240,000 Department of Energy grant to build a liquid propane fueling station at Morefield Campground for public use, Denske said.
Other members of the coalition conducting the compressed natural-gas survey are BP and the La Plata Energy Council.
Questionnaires have been sent to cities, counties and Fort Lewis College, Shishim said.