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Phone: 608-255-2224
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The Center is open to the public Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 10:00 am until 5:00 pm, and on Wednesday from10:00 am to 8:00 pm. Pleas telephone ahead if you want a researcher to work with you.
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Norway Periodicals
The periodicals are written in Norwegian and mainly contain compiled genealogies of native families and articles on local history. They are an excellent place to publish queries or advertisements for information about a Norwegian ancestor. The major national periodical for Norway is:
Norsk Slektshistorisk Tidsskrift (Periodical of Norwegian Family History). Oslo, Norway: Norsk Slektshistorisk Forening, 1928- (FHL book 948.1 D25ns)
The Norwegian American Genealogical Center, Decorah, Iowa, USA publishes a quarterly periodical called Norwegian Tracks to assist genealogists with Norwegian and Norwegian-American research (FHL book 948.1 d25)
Letters with genealogical inquiries should be addressed to:
Norwegian Tracks
415 West Main Street
Obtain membership from: Norwegian American Genealogical Center (NAGC) P.O Box 379 523 Water St., Decorah, Iowa 52101 Phone: 563-382-9681
The Center is open to the public Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 10:00 am until 5:00 pm, and on Wednesday from10:00 am to 8:00 pm. Pleas telephone ahead if you want a researcher to work with you.
The change from Vesterheim Genealogical Center and Naeseth Library (VGC/NL) to Norwegian American Genealogical Center (NAGC) took place 1 January 2007. Prior to this date Vesterheim Genealogical Center and Naeseth Library was part of the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum.
VESTERHEIM NORWEGIAN-AMERICAN MUSEUM P.O. Box 379 523 W. Water St. Decorah, Iowa 52101
Phone: (565) 382-9681 Internet: http://vesterheim.org/index.php E-Mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Indexes. Some magazines have annual or cumulative indexes. One such index is:
Norway—Periodical Index up to 1996 (Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: Corporation of the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1998. (FHL book 948.1 B22L) This index of surnames and localities is available in the Norwegian periodicals at the Family History Library's Scandinavian register table. An addendum is in process and includes 1996-2000.
Obtaining Periodicals. Copies of periodicals are available from the local societies that publish them. Major archives with genealogical collections will have copies of many periodicals, particularly those representing the area they serve.
The Family History Library subscribes to many Norwegian periodicals. These are listed in the Family History Library Catalog in several ways. If you know the title of a periodical, search the Author/Title section. To find periodicals in the Place search, use the following approaches:
Example of an article found in a periodical
Who is Bernt Conders?
Information found in the periodical " Bøgda Vår" page 29, 2001.
Bernt Conders was a traveling salesman (Kramkaren) who eventually became an innkeeper and sheriff in Oppdal, Norway. Bernt came to Oppdal in the fall of 1692 and stayed with the innkeeper Rasmus at Skjørstad [farm] in Oppdal. Skjørstad [farm] served as an inn for travelers in the late 1600s. To support himself he visited the farms in the surrounding communities bringing goods which he sold. He was able to make a good living doing this. Bernt Conders is said to be of Dutch origin. He was actually a resident Trondheim city, possibly the son of Captain Albright Conders of the 2nd Trondhjemske Infanteriregiment. Albert Conders died in 1686 and during his time he actually participated in the war with Sweden in the 1650-1660s.
Bernt Conders traveled to the communities in the counties of Sør-Trøndelag and Møre og Romsdal to sell his goods. However, such business was prohibited by law at this time and after a while of selling his goods in the Oppdal area, the sheriff heard about it. Soon the community bailiff was notified and he ordered the sheriff to go to Skjørstad and confiscate all of the goods that belonged to Bernt Conders and to serve him with a subpoena to show up in court. This case was brought before the judge at the fall court at Ranum, where Bernt Conders met the sheriff who produced all the goods he had confiscated earlier.
Bernt Conders must have had a large collection of goods. His property that he had left that was brought to court was: 30 alen (1 alen is about 63 centimeters) which is about 90 feet of blue and white yarn, material used to make sheets, 28 alen red, white of same kind (about 84 feet), and another 20 alen (about 60 feet) of the same kind also red and white, 1 ½ alen (about 42 feet) dark striped leather, 24 alen (about 72 feet) cotton material, and 19 alen (about 57 feet) white of a more refined type, a wooden basin shaped like a barrel, and 3-4 jugs (7-8) liter of liquor, as well as 4 rolls of tobacco.
Conders claimed that he had paid customs on all his goods, but was not able to produce a receipt at that time, but claimed he could get one from the customs office in Trondheim. The Judge did not want Conders to go free even if he could produce a receipt proving that he had paid customs on his goods. He wanted to sentence Conders according to the law. The judge also felt that the innkeeper at Skjørstad (farm) should pay a fine for giving Conders a place to stay and allowing him to store his goods at Skjørstad. Then the judge (on a more mellow note) stated that since this was a first offence for Conders he would let him go, but if he should sell goods to the farmers without permission again he would be judged to the full extent of the law. The court would keep all his goods that they confiscated and give them to the king. It was also suggested that the innkeeper where Conders stayed should lose the right to the Skjørstad farm since he had observed what Conders was doing and had stored his goods anyway. This should be done as a warning to others in the area. After some debate he (the innkeeper at Skjørstad) was able to avoid punishment and keep his farm Skjørstad as well.
Bernt Conders becomes an innkeeper and owner of a farm in Oppdal. In 1697 Conders is back in Oppdal and this time as an innkeeper. He had been commissioned by "the high leaders" presumably in Trondheim, to obtain a farm and make it into an inn so that travelers could have a place to stay. It just so happened that the farm Bjerke in Oppdal was for sale. Conders met at the court and brought a letter from the county official (stiftsamtsmann) , Mr. Kaas that he wanted Conders to purchase a farm to use as an inn. Bernt Conders, who met some opposition at first, was finally able to obtain a lease on the farm Bjerke in 1698. He had to pay retirement to a previous resident "Marit Toresdatter" for as long as she lived.
Trouble with his neighbors. Conders lived at Bjerke from 1698 but he did not know much about farming and therefore had to get hired help to farm the land. He hired Elias, a son of Lucia of Gorset (farm) and a stepson of Ole Simensen. This caused problems for Conders later as Ole Simensen was a troublemaker. There were several court cases between Ole Simonsen and Conders which are great for us as genealogists, as the court records begin before the parish records starts in Oppdal. The court records list the names and farm address for each participant and official involved as well as the name of Bernt Conders' wife.
Bernt Conders the Sheriff. Ole Rise had been the sheriff in Oppdal from around 1680. The last time he is mentioned in the court records is at the fall court of 1702. Already from New Year 1703 it is reported that Bernt Conders is appointed to be the next sheriff. Why he was appointed is not listed. Usually only the best farmers in the community would be appointed the next sheriff. Bernt Conders was appointed sheriff by a county official by the name von Ahnen. Now it was up to Conders to uphold the law, and even though he was the sheriff, he was subject to the law as well.
Disputes and trouble The farm Grøttingen was a mensalgods (land belonging to the church), belonged to Orkdal church. The owner of the Bjerke farm was responsible to see to it that there was a leaseholder at Grøttingen. The land that belonged to Grøttingen farm bordered the land belonging to Rasmus and Kirsti Bjerke as well as the two Bjørndal farms and on the other side was Bernt Conders's farm. In 1697 when at first Conders was unable to obtain the farm of Bjerke, it was stated by the Judge Mathias Skaanlund in behalf of pastor Meyer that Conders could have the farm Grøttingen. He declined as there was only farm land and not any buildings where people could live. The minister at Orkdal then gave a letter of lease to the men at Bjørndal (farm). But when Conders moved to Bjerke he demanded that he wanted Grøttingen as well. This caused a feud that lasted for some years and Conders was no longer popular with several of the farmers in the area. The court records give detailed information including names of several of the farmers in the area.
Allodial rights at Bjerke Already by the winter court in February 1705, did Tore Knutsen Bjerke go to court and demand that he wanted the farm Bjerke back. He was born there and it was his allodial right to take it back. The land records were searched and indeed it was his birthright according to the law. Conders wanted to let him purchase half the land, but Tore did not want to hear of it as he said the farm was not to be divided. It ended that the judge ordered Conders to give the farm back to Tore Knutsen for 50 Riksdaler (dollars). Conders produced documents that he had spent 271 riksdaler (dollars) in upkeep and repair of the farm and wanted his money back, but the court would only pay him back 12 riksdaler (dollars) in compensation. In the meantime Marit Toresdatter who was to receive retirement form Conders came to court and claimed that Conders did not live up to his obligation of her support. Conders denied her claim, stating that he had supported her according to the retirement agreement, but now the neighbors testified on her behalf. The judge tried to mediate between them, but by now Conders was so angry that he would not hear of any mediation. The judge called for a recess in the court for a later time.
The sheriff gets in a fight with the bailiff. At the summer court of 24 July 1706 the court continues. Conders lost his temper and ended up saying things he should not have said to the bailiff (judge). A new court date for the fall court was set and Conders had to meet and apologize for the words he had called the judge. Bernt Conders gives up his office as the sheriff and gives up the farm Bjerke. The last time Conders is listed as a sheriff is in the court records of 1706 at which time a new sheriff was appointed. Conders only served for about 4 years. It states that Tore Knutsen Bjerke purchased the farm, Bjerke, April 5th 1707 from Bernt Albrigthsen Conders Bernt Conders married Maren Reinhodsdatter Surland a few years prior to moving to Oppdal. She was the daughter of Reinholdt Surdal, a merchant in Nordland. They had the following children: Jochum born in 1696, and around 1698 the twins Albert and Reinholdt. The family moved to Tingvoll as soon as the farm Bjerke was sold. Here, among others they had a daughter they named Kirsten. The son Jochum later moved to Gjøen on the Island of Smøla, and Reinholt was an innkeeper at Becken in Tingvoll. Albert died at Edøy, Møre og Romsdal, Norway August 1st 1785. He is listed being born in Tingvoll.
Even though it was a difficult time for Bernt Conders and his family, these court cases give information about him and his family that would not otherwise be available. These court records are available before the parish records of Oppdal were kept. If it was not for the information in the court records the information about these early ancestors would never have been found.
How to use the Norwegian Periodical Index.
This is an index to material containing genealogical information from articles found in Norwegian Genealogical and Historical Periodicals that are part of the Family History Library collection.
There are two Periodical Indexes.
1. The first one indexes periodicals from early 1900 – 1996.
2. The addendum of the Periodical Index indexes periodicals printed from 1997 to the present.
The index is divided into three sections:
• A key to the abbreviations used for the periodical, followed by the FHL call number.
• Locality Index. A locality may be any kind of jurisdiction, such as a farm, parish or county.
• Name Index.
The Norwegian Periodical Index is not an index to every name and place mentioned in all the articles in the different publications. It would be too extensive. However, efforts have been made to include the articles with enough information to be of interest to a genealogical researcher.
For each entry the index gives an abbreviation for the name of the periodical where the article is published, followed by the year, volume, and page number. In a few places in the column for volume the letters "sup" and "jub" appear. "Sup" is an abbreviation for supplement, "jub" is an abbreviation for a special anniversary issue. For full name and FHL [Family History Library] call numbers for the periodicals, see below.
There are a few volumes from 1982, 1999, 1994 and 1996 included in the addendum that were left out when the original index was made. The index is alphabetized according to the standard modern Norwegian alphabetical order. The Norwegian language has three additional letters: Æ, Ø, and Å. These three additional letters are filed alphabetically after the letter "Z".
For some entries the page number listed in this index is the page the name or locality appears on. For most of the entries the page number listed refers to the beginning page of the article in which the name or locality appears.
The following is an example of how to use the abbreviation key.
|Abbreviation Key
|Name of Periodical (Source)
|Call Number
|Agder Historielag
|948.28 H25h
|948.41 H25g
|Nordmøre Historielag, Årbok
|948.35 H25n
|Norsk Slektshistorisk Tidsskrift
|948.1 D25ns
|Tidskrift for Vestoppland Slektshistorielag
|948.24 H25v
|Ætt og Heim - Rogaland
|948.31 H25at
Locality Index (example).
|Finsland, Agder
|New Hope, Waupaca C., WI
|Rogaland, Sjelergister 1758
|Rognes, Trøndelag
Name Index (example).
|Castberg slekt og ettersl.
|Movat, Anders og slekt
|Peerson, Cleng, 1783-1865
Find information in the Locality or Name index section of the Norwegian Periodical iIndex. Let's say you chose Rogaland, Sjeleregister 1758 from the locality section. The abbreciation key is ÆH for Ætt og Heim, Rogaland in the Abbreviation key section. The year of the periodical is 1958, this is a supplemnet issue, then pagge 1. Find call no. 948.31 H25at wthis is the call number for Ætt og Heim-Rogaland, then look for volume 1958 supplement. Then look for page 1. Here you will find an article with the 1758 Census for all the parishes in Rogaland County, Norway. The information is first listed by parish, then names of the farm and then each household starting with the name of the father, then his wife, then the name of their children, servants etc. It lists the name of each person, their age, occupation, stand in the family and in some cases miscellaneous information.


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New and Improved Phipps Special Exhibits Gallery
Prepares for Debut at the Denver Museum of Nature &
Large-Scale Renovation Project Paid for With Voter-Approved
Better Denver Bond Funding
The Denver Museum of Nature & Science has completed a total
renovation of Phipps Special Exhibits Gallery, the Museum's first
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Program. Visitors will have their first look inside the newly
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In order to bring Phipps Gallery up to contemporary museum
standards, the space was completely gutted and re-built between
mid-May and mid-September. Crews installed a new vapor barrier and
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inside the gallery. These improvements make Phipps Gallery more
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The entrance to Phipps Gallery has been reconfigured to include
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The Museum is seeking LEED (Leadership in Energy and
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Construction crews used low-emitting materials in construction, and
the gallery is designed to consume less power overall. In addition,
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The Denver-based firm klipp served as lead architect on the
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Better Denver and the Denver Museum of Nature &
Denver voters approved approximately $50 million in Better
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The remaining $30 million in Better Denver funding will be used
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City of Denver-Better Denver Bond Program
The City of Denver's $550 million voter-approved Better Denver
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The Denver Museum of Nature & Science is the Rocky Mountain
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Many of the Museum's educational programs and exhibits are made
possible in part by generous funding from the citizens of the
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Donald Rayvon Tysinger, 81, of Lexington died Thursday, March 14, 2013, at Wake Forest Baptist Health — Lexington Medical Center.
Donald Rayvon Tysinger, 81, of Lexington died Thursday, March 14, 2013, at Wake Forest Baptist Health — Lexington Medical Center.
Funeral will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday at Davidson Funeral Home Chapel, with the Rev. Dr. William Shrout officiating. Burial will follow in Lexington City Cemetery with military honors.
The family will receive friends from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 pm Sunday prior to the service at the funeral home.
Mr. Tysinger was born October 17, 1931, in Davidson County to Marvin Sylvanius Tysinger and Maude Hedrick Tysinger. He retired as a mechanic for Billings Freight Systems with 40 years service and was a member of Second United Church of Christ. He was a US Air Force Veteran having served during the Korean Conflict. Preceding Rayvon in death, were his parents, a granddaughter, Lindsey Alexander, five brothers, Coy Tysinger, Voyles Tysinger, Grady Tysinger, James Tysinger and J.W. Tysinger.
Surviving are are wife, Caroline Morris Tysinger of the home; two sons, Charles Tysinger and wife, Tammy, Gary Tysinger and wife, Robin both of Lexington; a daughter, Donna Alexander and husband, Jim of Raleigh; five grandchildren, Alison Tysinger, Dawn Swicegood, Tyler Alexander, Matthew Alexander, Drew Tysinger; four great grandchildren, Emily, Caleb, Abigail, and Ada Swicegood.
Memorials may be directed to Second United Church of Christ, 330 N. Church St., Lexington, NC 27292


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AS you know under the new rules which are due to be the RP team is replaced by a more regional based system, called the Continental RP Coordinators or CRCs.
Following are the rules governing CRCs:
Moderation appoint one player from each continent as a Continental RP Coordinator (CRC), this individual will help coach players and get players involved with RP across the continent and world. The CRC from each continent has the right to appoint a small group of players to assist them in their duties in any way the CRC sees fit, these players are referred to as RP Masters.
Each CRC should also choose one player as their deputy who will fill in for them if they become indisposed.
In order to be appointed as a CRC, Deputy CRC or RP master a player should have an active account in game and on the forums.
In general, Moderation will allow the CRC full discretion regarding appointments of Deputies and RP masters, however, moderation should be notified of any appointment and reserves the right to veto all appointments.
When working as a collective the CRC's, Deputies and RP masters will be referred to as the Global Role Play Committee.
The RP Committee will often be consulted by Moderation regarding potential changes to RP rules and will occasionally be asked to review certain aspects of Role Play in contentious situations.
The RP committee welcomes feedback from players across the community, so don't be afraid to offer them some friendly feedback.
Here is the list of the Current Global Role Play Committee Members:
Current Team (Term 06/06/18 ---> (Determinate)[/b]
CRC for Majatra: Sisyphus
Deputy CRC for Majatra: Aethan
RP Masters:
CRC for Dovani: Lewis
Deputy CRC for Dovani: Jamescfm
RP Masters:
CRC for Artania: CCP
Deputy CRC for Artania: Pragma (aka QV)
RP Masters:
CRC for Macon and Keris: ColonelVesica
Deputy CRC for Macon and Keris:
RP Masters: -
CRC for Seleya: Chloe Price (aka thatfalloutfan101)
Deputy CRC for Seleya:
World Congress RP Co-Ordinator (WCRC): Auditorii (Farsun)
GRC Chair: CCP (Rotating Position)


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WEST BOYLSTON, Mass. — Pepper spray combines with video in a new portable device developed for law enforcement and trained civilians to better debilitate criminals.
In partnership with a retired Connecticut State Police lieutenant's training company, Enginasion Inc. made a prototype that determines the precise distance of an attacker and disperses a corresponding amount of spray, according to Mass High Tech. Meanwhile, video, sound and GPS data are sent back to law enforcement command.
A development partner is currently being sought for commercialization and miniaturization of the model, which the creators say could be a viable option for non-lethal self-defense.
"You are in your home and there is someone there to harm you. What do you do? Your only recourse is a bullet that you can't take back," Enginasion CEO David Bonneau said. "You have to be willing to defend yourself without wanting to kill somebody."


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Modify CURA (3D printing system) source code in Python
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I'm looking for someone who can modify the CURA - the 3D printing system in Python.
When the machine is printing the model, the model cant stand properly during printing. So, we need someone who can modify the CURA system to make the system automatically add "holds" on the models and make the model can stand properly on the surface during printing.
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Linked by Hadrien Grasland on Tue 25th Jan 2011 15:29 UTC, submitted by sparklewind
A few months ago, a bounty for porting Gallium3D to Haiku was submitted. As the target sum of $2000 has been reached, what's needed now is a developer interested in doing the actual coding work. (Gallium3D is a cross-platform video driver API, on which an increasing number of open-source Linux drivers are based.)
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I have a hard time understanding how this can possibly work on something as performance-critical as a GPU driver, but keeping drivers cross-platform is one of their stated goal.
I'm not an expert on this but I have spent some time looking into Gallium3D (though that was mostly a few years back!).
AIUI, it's source compatibility not binary compatibility, so that's part of it. The other part is that to a certain degree the OS-specific stuff does:
a) set up a direct comms channel between the application and the graphics hardware, e.g. using shared memory. 3D rendering under X, for example, doesn't mostly (in principle) interact with the X server.
b) talk to the windowing system about where the rendering is / should be
Neither of these things are on the performance critical path, which is the communications protocol with the graphics driver. So in principle they don't really matter to graphics performance.
That still leaves the question of how they do 3D API stuff, though... Currently, OpenGL on Linux is built on Mesa, with a load of function calls for very high level operations which call lower-level operations, which call lower-level operations, etc. The default implemenations are all software. The individual graphics card reimplements what operations can be accelerated, according to its capability (better cards might accelerate more or higher-level ops).
For Gallium the idea is that modern graphics cards offer a certain range of functionality that can be hidden behind a low-level (as opposed to high-level OpenGL operations) function call interface. The driver just implements these low-level operations and doesn't need to worry about the API in use.
That suggests (to me - I am no expert) that the optimisation opportunities are at least going to be rather different compared to folding the driver code into the 3D API implemenation. Maybe this is going to be beneficial, maybe it will be awkward...


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Cities are not exactly synonymous with cleanliness; so how to determine which are the closest to that ideal? Ireland and Australia have their annual Tidy Town competitions, but it takes more than an attractive square and an effective anti-litter campaign for large metropolitan areas to be considered tidy.
Each year, the consulting, outsourcing and investment firm Mercer ranks cities worldwide in its Quality of Living Survey. The 2010 survey crunched data from 221 cities. Drawing from this data, Mercer also compiles an eco-ranking of the cities, taking into account water availability and drinkability, waste removal, sewage systems, air pollution and traffic congestion. Coming in at the bottom of that list were Muscat, Oman; Point-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe; and worst of all were Nagoya and Osaka in Japan, and Frankfurt, Germany in a three-way tie for last.
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While all of the talk on Greece lately has been about its tenuous fiscal situation, there is little doubt that it remains a tourist destination for Europe's financial elite.
These villas on the Greek island of Crete are an example of just how breathtaking the country can be when its not under the assault of austerity budget mad protesters.
The Germans might have had an idea when they said sell the islands to pay off the debt. And when Greek ultimately does collapse, you'll probably be able to swoop in and purchase a villa for a few pennies.


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A man accused of robbing a Dunkin' Donuts store Tuesday night was captured with the help of a Marion County Sheriff's Office K-9.
DUNNELLON — A man accused of robbing a Dunkin' Donuts store Tuesday night was captured with the help of a Marion County Sheriff's Office K-9.
Zachary Daniel Frye, 24, was charged with armed robbery, resisting an officer without violence and retail petty theft. He remained at the Marion County Jail on Wednesday.
Dunnellon Police Department spokeswoman Darlene Parker said officers received a call about a man entering the Dunkin' Donuts at 11325 N. Williams St. carrying a knife. The man, later identified as Frye, yelled at a clerk and demanded cash from the register. After being given some money, he left the store and sped away on a bicycle.
Meanwhile, after someone had run out of the Dunkin' Donuts yelling that the store had been robbed, some people in the parking lot of the Sonic restaurant nearby began following the suspect, who was peddling away on a bicycle that had been parked by the donut shop.
The witnesses followed the man to the rear of the Dunnellon Plaza at 11223 N. Williams St., where he got off the bicycle, jumped a fence and went into a retention pond area, then ran into some woods.
Marion County Sheriff's Office Watch Commander Eric Rawls dispatched deputies, the K-9 team of Deputy Colton Sullivan and his dog Pyro, and the air unit to assist the DPD officers.
The air unit spotted Frye and stayed with him, relaying information about his movements to those on the ground, who located him in a heavily wooded area not far from the eatery.
Officials said Frye began swinging at Pyro, who bit the man on his lower left thigh. DPD Officer Aaron German handcuffed Frye.
Victims and witnesses identified Frye as the man who robbed the Dunkin' Donuts and was seen running away. He was arrested and was taken to the jail, where he was booked at 1:09 a.m. Wednesday.
Dunnellon police said they also are investigating another recent robbery nearby, in which the suspect, armed with a knife, escaped on a bicycle. On Saturday night, officers said, a man robbed the Little Caesar Pizza store at 11150 N. Williams St. After receiving some cash, he left the area on a BMX-style bicycle.
Police said Wednesday they are working to determine if the two robberies are connected.
"I did not go to any of those places. They got the wrong person," Frye said following his first appearance Wednesday in front of Judge John Futch via video link from the Marion County Jail. "I was in the woods because that's where I was staying. I'm always in the woods, and at different locations."
Frye said he was lying down when he heard someone tell him to "freeze." He alleges the K-9 dog was released on him "over and over."
"I was bitten on both legs," he said.
Department of Corrections records indicate Frye is on drug offender probation that was set to end July 25, 2015. The records also show he was arrested for resisting an officer with violence in April and was sentenced in July to three years' community supervision.
After Judge Futch set Frye's bond at $207,000, he told him he should not post the bond since he is on probation, which possibly will be revoked.
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Update as many expected, this was an elaborate April Fools hoax made by many at the Apache Software Foundation. Being closed "Not a problem", Greg comments:
Resolving as "Not a problem". We sure as hell don't want to do this. :-)
My major thanks to [~jfarrell] for the concept.
And plenty of thanks to all of my co-conspirators on this issue. Yes.. even my antagonist [~jimjag] was in on the ruse :-) … the Infra team handled this with perfect aplomb. And the Directors and Exec Officers came in with a perfect level of wrath. Our Subversion teammates showed a great sense of community and circling the wagons… Thank you all for making this work!!!
Last but not least…
THANK YOU to all of you who actually BELIEVED.
In INFRA-7524 Greg Stein, founder of the Subversion project and previous winner of the O'Reilly Open Source award, has requested that the Apache Subversion project be migrated to Git. This will allow the development of the Subversion repository be developed with Git.
Although posted on April 1, the switch is not an April fool. In fact, the vote was taken on an internal/private mailing list, and the result was something that Greg was not happy with, suggesting that he might have to hang up the VP subversion hat. The Apache foundation is even drafting an official response to the situation.
Although this seems like a big change, in fact the Git repositories at Apache have been mirroring projects for some time using the unidirectional git-svn bridge. So the Apache SVN Git repository has been available for some time, and is browsable at GitHub already. The significant change is that in future the Git repository will be read-write for Apache committers, and the existing SVN repository will become locked.
New changes coming in the SVN client for 1.9 will allow the
ra_git module to check out and work with Git repositories using the SVN client. This work is being developed in the ra-git branch, and provides (local) svn repository identifiers based on upstream git commits. Existing SVN tools will be able to use this both as a local checkout repository format and as a means to commit to a central Git server; in essence, it's a Git client with an SVN command line interface. Unlike the existing git-svn support, this uses Git natively between the client and server (and probably caches the Git repository locally on the client side) but continues to allow tools to locally operate on SVN checkouts.
Many of the commenters on the thread are less concerned about the irony of hosting SVN on Git as much as the private events that led to this occurring. Jim Jagielski, co-founder of the Apache Foundation expressed concerns that the vote was taken by the PMC behind closed doors, instead of the open democracy that Apache is known for. Even though Greg didn't vote for it, it was taken by the PMC for the Subversion project:
Look. The short of it is: the Apache Subversion project chose this. We want to get our stuff coded and released. For our backend, we don't need the super-huge repositories that Subversion supports. Our project stores some binaries, but we can make Git work for us. We have no need for Subversion's fine-grained authorization ... shoot. We allow ALL ASF committers access to our repository. There are no barriers to the migration here, and some of the stuff that Infra has done for integration with GitHub? Pretty cool. Positives, and only little negatives.
Don't get me wrong. I see the benefits. As the VP, I gotta represent the project. I really DO NOT LIKE this decision. But that is not for me to decide, and it is not for you (Jim/Rich) to decide for us. It is a decision of the PMC. Sure... they held the vote in private. But that does NOT deny the result of their vote. Pushing this vote to dev@ would simply incite riot. The people who have the voting power would NOT CHANGE.
So. As the VP of the Apache Subversion project, I opened this ticket. The Infrastructure team is moving on this ticket. If you, Rich, or any other Director/Officer have a problem with that, then bring it up at our April Board meeting. Otherwise, get out of this ticket. As Pilato and Tony have noted: this is not the forum.
With the conversion already underway and testing being done on the Git repository, the process more than the decision is under the spotlight.
Subversion remains the single biggest version control system, but is being rapidly replaced with Git in the open-source community; the decision to move the source for the Subversion implementation itself is an acceptance of that fact. But Subversion still remains large in enterprises and inertia is always present when moving repository types. What is clear is that Git is becoming a winner on the back-end, with the SVN client able to check out either SVN repositories or Git repositories.
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Clearly there are technical reasons...
Mark Levison
However as an outsider two things struck me:
- SubVersion seems to be signalling its own end - sad but perhaps necessary
- The discussion under: issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-7524 was really nasty and makes me see why many people have been turned off open source.
Sad that electronic communication brings out the worst in people and not the best :-( Sad that SubVersion is slowly dying.
Mark - mostly human
Re: Clearly there are technical reasons...
Merennulli .
I don't agree, though, that SVN is ending just yet. GIT is getting a larger swath of the market because it has advantages in smaller projects, but SVN still covers areas that GIT does not.
Re: Clearly there are technical reasons...
Mark Levison
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how to migrate
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Re: Clearly there are technical reasons...
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Horses can do things that cars can't do. Like defecating in the street and bucking you to the ground.
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When the Legit Reviews team was in Las Vegas this year for CES, we were exposed to some very cool and interesting technology including some next-generation set-top media players by heavyweights in the entertainment industry. At the same time CES 2011 was going, right across the street AVN's Adult Entertainment Expo was being held which was drawing a lot of attention for very similar reasons. Besides all of the models and adult stars on hand, there was plenty of technology to get excited about. Remember, this was the same conference that pushed HD and HD 3D standards well before their mainstream brethren had committed.
One company, FyreTV, had something very cool that we wanted to get our hands on – the Fyre BoXXX. The FyreTV BoXXX is a media streamer for Adult content through IPTV (Internet Protocol Television). That's a fancy way of saying a porn-only media player.
FyreTV had actually already released a BoXXX at the previous AVN, but
what they had on display was a High-Definition version that they had
planned to come to market in Q1 2011. Their business model is simple: For a
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content streaming directly to their television of choice. No more
sneaking those DVDs in and out of the house or dorm, or trying to
download content through illegal and virus-happy sites online.
FyreTV has partnered with some of the largest names in the Adult
Entertainment industry to serve content to subscribers in a very unique
way. A user can purchase content by the title, by the minute, by scene,
or by production house. This is by far the most creative way to serve
media to users who are very picky about the content they pay for.
We were not able to get the high-definition model of the BoXXX yet, but FyreTV promised us that we would be first in line once they start mass producing the new HD BoXXX. While we are waiting for the HD BoXXX we might as well take the Standard-Definition BoXXX for a spin.
The SD BoXXX comes with wireless 802.11B/G as well as 10/100 Ethernet input. The BoXXX connects to your television or monitor via HDMI, S-video, composite, or component so it doesn't matter what kind of television you have you can connect it. Physically, the box doesn't look any different than any other media player we have examined at Legit. There are really no large markings on the front or on top that screams "Porn here!" In fact, if you didn't know what it did, you would think it is just another tech-toy. Of course, the physical appearance of the BoXXX is by design.
There are many different ways to view content using the FyreTV BoXXX and
that makes this one of the most ingenious media players around. There
is a subscription fee of $9.95 a month that gives subscribers 100
minutes of content viewing from all of the movies and studios in BoXXX
library. You can add on to this 'basic' service by purchasing the
Unlimited Title Rental option that lets you rent any title for an
unlimited viewing. Not only can you rent individual movies for an
unlimited amount of time, you are able to rent scenes from various
movies as well.
The genius of the FyreTV media player is that you can purchase content
in all these different ways. It is by far the most flexible way to
deliver media – let alone adult content – on the market today. Netflix
doesn't let you search on your favorite actor and pay for only the
scenes of that actor. Apple TV metadata is excellent, but it won't give
me Charlize Theron's measurement, and it certainly doesn't have any
information on Katie Kox.
I'm actually surprised we don't see more of this type of business model with mainstream media streamers. The FyreTV BoXXX has some great ideas to deliver content, but I guess we shouldn't be surprised since the "Adult Entertainment" industry has been ahead of the technology curve for some time. Whether it was for mass marketing of content, the push to move to DVDs from VHS, or 3D high-definition content, the Adult Entertainment industry has always been on the forefront of using new technology to deliver their content.
Before we check out the content, let's look at what you get in the box and see just how hard it is to set up.
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Year One (US - BD)
Gabe travels back in time with Harold Ramis, and is generally not thrilled...
When failed hunter Zed (Jack Black) eats forbidden fruit from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil he's banished from his tribe. Zed's friend, a nebbish gatherer named Oh (Michael Cera), reluctantly follows him to the end of the known Earth. The two embark on an adventure across a Biblical landscape, where they continuously reconnect with the love interests they left behind. The trek eventually leads them to Sodom, and one last chance at greatness.
Year One is a massively unremarkable movie. It's not dreadful, or entirely devoid of effective comedy, but it seems more like something talent people write on an off weekend. I'd pretend I was disappointed with Harold Ramis, but as a director the guy's been coasting on the goodwill of Groundhog Day (a truly wonderful film) for more than a decade now. For every semi-entertaining monetary flop ( Multiplicity, The Ice Harvest), Ramis the director produces at least two genuinely terrible movies ( Stuart Saves His Family, Analyze This, Bedazzled and Analyze That). Year One belongs in the former camp, which means we can avoid his next two films as director. For Year One Ramis' technical direction is actually good, which isn't really a surprise. The film looks decent, like Terry Gilliam minus the obsession with superfluous fine details. The writer/director's shortcoming is found (as per the recent norm) more in the 'writing' half of his job title. Year One isn't a straight spoof, and does feature a plot, but it only works as a series of sketches, and as a series of sketches it pales in comparison to its most obvious predecessor, Monty Python's Life of Brian. It's not completely fair to compare the two films, but I kind of can't help myself.
One assumes that Ramis mostly let his cast do their own thing with very few limitations, and they certainly do. If you like the comedians and actors in the cast you'll likely enjoy their performances here, assuming you're okay with watching them do the same thing you saw them do last time. I'm a little tired of Black and Cera's bits myself (though I admit they have some chemistry together), but I enjoyed Vinnie Jones', Oliver Platt's and Hank Azaria's work, predictable though it may be. Even at their most predictable the cast is the element that keeps the film amusing. There are some funny vaudevillian gags, and some of the word play is pretty quick, but there's also a whole lot of weak sexual and gross-out humour. The sex and gross-out stuff falls short because it's obvious, and because the filmmakers were going for a PG-13 rating (there was apparently some major trouble in avoiding an R), robbing the bawdy streak of genuine outrage.
Unlike the majority of light-hearted modern American comedies, Year One clearly has a budget, so it doesn't look like it's being produced on a soundstage in someone's basement. This isn't an overly flashy 1080p transfer, but it's nearly flawless for what it is. Alar Kivilo's cinematography is actually pretty inspired, encompassing different lighting and colour schemes for each location. The golds and reds are bright and full, and the green and purples pop nicely without blooming or bleeding. The transfer is crisp and clean, featuring extremely fine, difficult to notice at all grain, and no obvious compression noise. Contrast levels are reasonably soft, as is even the brightest lighting, and most of the gradations are subtle and even. The details aren't super sharp, but this is mostly due to the photography. Details are still much sharper than standard definition, and consistent regardless of camera placement and darkness.
Despite the impressive production design and beautiful photography Year One features a relatively low-key DTS-HD 5.1 soundtrack. The mix features lots of low-level ambient noise in the surround and stereo channels, and some reasonably impressive action scenes, but is rarely all that impressive, especially in the LFE channel. The dialogue is clearly the most beloved of the audio elements, and as such it's plenty clear, clean, and relatively natural. The film's musical soundtrack is often surprisingly low on the track, even during the action scenes, where the dialogue continues to be the loudest element, even if it consists only of grunts and screams. It's too bad because the music is pretty good, pulling out rather epic stops without a wink or nod.
Besides a whole bunch of BDLive and Cinechat options (stuff I would probably die for if I were a teenager), and a 'Cutting Room' feature that allows limited editing abilities to the viewer, the Year One extras begin with a commentary track featuring writer/director Harold Ramis and actors Jack Black and Michael Cera. I was expecting quite a bit out of this mix of personalities, but everyone seems tired and bored. There's a lot of blanks space, which is usually spiked by kind of interesting technical specifics, and a whole lot of giggling at the on-screen gags. I learned a little from track, and it is valuable in pointing out the key differences between the PG-13 and unrated cuts.
Next up is the alternate ending (8:10, HD), with optional commentary from Ramis, Black and Cera. The alternate ending is one of the most genuine alternate endings I've seen in quite some time. It's also the better ending, but it is pretty dark. This is followed by two deleted scenes (4:00, HD), ten alternate/extended scenes (HD), alternate line readings (5:10, HD), and a gag reel (8:30, HD). ' Year One: The Journey Begins' (18:00, HD) is a decent EPK, with cast and crew interviews and plenty of behind the scenes footage. Writing, costume design, cast, location shooting, and working with animals. Things come to an end with 'Sodom's Got 'Em' (2:00, HD), a fun little faux-informercial for the city of Sodom, 'Leeroy Jenkins: The Gates of Sodom' (2:00, HD), a mini-movie featuring a cast reenactment of the famous internet meme, and trailers.
Year One is a nice bit of harmless fun, but hardly a return to glory for writer/director Harold Ramis. The all-star comedy cast is stuck coasting, but some members manage to eek out a few glorious moments. At the very least it's a fantastic looking film, at least for a broad comedy, and high definition video does it a great service. The DTS-HD audio track is relatively tame, but the extras are more amusing than the film itself, including a mammoth sized pile of outtakes and bloopers. I recommend a rental for fans of the cast, but can't find the enthusiasm for a purchase recommendation, as it's an overall forgettable experience.
* Note: The images on this page are not representative of the Blu-ray release.
Review by Gabriel Powers
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Disc Details
Release Date: 6th October 2009
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 1.85:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English, DTS 5.1 Spanish, DTS 5.1 Spanish
Subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish, Portuguese
Extras: Director and Actor Commentary, BDLive, CineChat, Cutting Room, Alternate Ending, Deleted Scenes, Outtakes, Bloopers, Line-O-Rama, Year One: The Journey Begins, Sodom's Got 'Em, Leeroy Jenkins: The Gates of Sodom, Trailers
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Harold Ramis
Cast: Jack Black, Michael Cera, Oliver Platt, Hank Azaria, Vinnie Jones
Genre: Comedy
Length: 100 minutes
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I value Paula's gift for capturing her practice in writing tremendously. Her advice to us teachers on how to reform education from our classrooms is pragmatic and provocative at once. I reflect on my own willingness, experience, and practice with
- Teaching parents.
- Challenging crap from colleagues.
- Challenging crappy colleagues.
- Challenging bad decisions publicly.
I ask myself also, how do I "teach" to unfetter the beauty of students' learning, leadership, pride, and joy?
My activism is a work in progress. Better defining it online lends it shape and provides it with some accountability. However, I am conscious of my role outside mainstream education. I teach at one of three active charter schools in Virginia. From this perspective, I offer my advice:
Start a school. Or start an public unschool.
Nothing teaches you quite so much about yourself as a teacher, leader, and change agent than defining and implementing a school that you think serves an unfulfilled need in your community.
Establish the Vision
- Identify kids' needs in your division. Then identify your strengths and weaknesses. Compare them to kids' needs. Find the best overlap and begin using your strengths on kids' behalf.
- Put together a pedagogical portfolio of curriculum, methods, assessments, materials, and schedules that address the needs of the children whom you want to serve. Find exemplar schools doing the work you want to do and be prepared to share their results with your could-be stake-holders.
Share the Vision
- Recruit fellow teachers to support your work. Some of them may be critical friends who will help you hone your proposal. Some may be teachers eager and especially suited to work at a school like yours. Some of them should be friends who will help you keep the faith in your vision no matter what.
- Educate your stake-holders. Let your school division know what you're up to, and begin working with community leaders to drum up support for your school. Meet with parents in their homes, community centers, and places of worship. Handout fliers about your school to people coming out of local grocery stores. As our co-founder Bobbi Snow says, starting a school "is like running for mayor."
- Ask supporters to sign on to your proposal. Recruit broadly from parents, teachers, other educational experts, and business and community leaders. Show your school system and school board that your community acknowledges the needs your school addresses and believes that your school can meet those needs.
Nurture the Vision
- Begin researching the policies you'll need to know to get permission to start your school. Are you proposing a magnet school? Suggesting a specialty center? Applying for a charter? If you need legal advice, work with your division counsel. If you need to establish a non-profit to attract funding, find the help you need to do so.
- Find grants, donors, and alternative revenue steams that you can bring to your school system and school board. Help make it easy for them to say yes to your proposal by bringing money into the division.
- Negotiate your agreement. Get permission to start your school. The more independence you hard-wire into your agreement, the better able you'll be to achieve your vision over time without succumbing to the status quo. Reserve the right to interview and observe the teaching of potential hires as you see fit. Establish an equitable enrollment process that communicates the purpose of your school and invites families to join it. Ask for what you need to successfully open and run the school; be tenacious in expressing your needs and your reasons for them, but also be prepared somehow to help fund the school. Contract an accountability plan that serves learning instead of capping it. Negotiate a way to share out your successes with the division so they can be scaled-up at traditional schools.
Implement the Vision
- Communicate frequently thereafter with your internal and external stake-holders. Make sure everyone involved in your school feels in-the-loop and trusts you as a facilitator of your shared work.
- Get your space. Borrow it, build it, buy it, lease it, rent it, renovate it.
- With whatever resources you secure, maintain fiscal discipline. Get help doing so from your division's finance department.
- Recruit your students. As a public school, maintain open enrollment, commit the school to supporting the students it enrolls, and work hard to help potential students and their families understand the need the school is trying to meet and how it will do so. Be clear about the primary purpose of your school, but don't be exclusive. Listen to students and parents when they tell you why they need your school.
- Be kind and attentive to the people on whom you'll depend – the experts in school operations: custodians, office associates, building services personnel, finance department personnel, your transportation department, your technology department, and your special education department, which if full of educators with broad and deep experience in customizing learning for students.
- Recruit your teachers. Be brutally honest in your interviewing, with yourself and candidates. Explain your vision. Ask for proof that your interviewees share the same one. Explain your expectations. Explain how your school will support teachers and students in meeting those expectations. Explain how long it takes for a school to get on its feet – 3-5 years. Explain how your school will let teachers leave if the fit is not good. Explain how much work will need to be done the summer before the school opens for little or no extra pay apart from the opportunity to join the school.
- Get your stuff. Whatever you can order before you have your teachers, order. Whatever they need to fulfill your shared vision, order.
Sustain the Vision
- Hold one another true to the vision.
- Accept and act on valid criticism, but filter out the noise of resistance to change.
- That being said, change what doesn't work, but do so in accordance with your vision.
- Have fun together.
All of this is just to say go out Friday night. Bring your teaching buddies. Forget about what you can't do. Forget about what you have to do. Imagine what kids want to do – how they want to learn. On Monday morning get to work on that in a bigger way than you ever have before.
Start a school. Get a team of teachers together who are interested in change and engage your division leadership in scaling up your ideas about teaching and learning into a school. It may take years, but those years will be well spent in serving students and knowing yourself.
Starting something new can be daunting, but no more so than looking at another year of compromising our beliefs about kids and learning to keep our feet inside the door of public education.


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Millsap scores 18 points, Hayward adds 17 as Jazz hang on down stretch to beat Magic 97-93
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ORLANDO, Fla. – With one of his veteran floor leaders sidelined for an unknown amount of time, Utah Jazz coach Tyrone Corbin wasn't exactly sure how his team would respond against Orlando after a pair of lopsided losses.
He got a welcomed surprise.
Paul Millsap scored 18 points, Gordon Hayward added 17 and the Jazz survived a fourth-quarter rally to slip past the Magic 97-93 on Sunday night.
Utah snapped a two-game losing streak with its fifth consecutive regular-season victory over Orlando. The Jazz played without point guard Mo Williams, who is out indefinitely after suffering a sprained right thumb in Saturday's loss to Miami.
Veteran Jamaal Tinsley played well in his place, scoring 11 points and dishing out four assists.
"It is tough, you don't wish that on anybody," Tinsley said of Williams. "This is just the nature of the beast. I get another opportunity to go out there and play. We want him to get well and come back soon. This is just the NBA. Somebody goes down and somebody else get the opportunity to play ... We just have to figure out a way to win ballgames and do the right thing."
Arron Afflalo had 20 points, and Nik Vucevic added 16 points and 16 rebounds to lead Orlando, which has dropped back-to-back games since losing starting forward Glen Davis to a shoulder injury.
The loss also ended the Magic's three-game home winning streak.
Williams' return in unknown after an MRI on Sunday revealed damage to the thumb. He will have it re-evaluated back in Salt Lake City.
Corbin has reason to be optimistic going forward, though.
The Jazz trailed by as many as 16 in the first half against the Magic before closing that gap to just a point at halftime.
They also scored 22 points off 20 turnovers and also got 43 points from their reserves, including 12 from Derrick Favors. All of this came on the second night of a back-to-back and following a pair of losses by a combined 36 points.
"Jamaal and Earl (Watson) came in and did a tremendous job for us," Corbin said. "They pushed the pace, they were getting the ball up the floor, advancing the ball, (and) they did a good job attacking the basket ... Those guys are true professionals. They do everything they can to help us win."
Orlando led 73-71 entering the fourth quarter, but the Jazz scored the first seven points of the period and took a 78-73 lead with just over 10 minutes to play.
J.J. Redick hit a fadeaway jumper to put the Magic back on top 87-85 before back-to-back 3's by Tinsley and Randy Foye nudged the Jazz back in front 91-87 with 2:19 left.
Trailing 92-90, Orlando rebounded a miss by Millsap with less than a minute to play and called a timeout. The Magic ran a set play for Afflalo, but his 12-foot jumper was blocked by Hayward and recovered by the Jazz.
Foye was then fouled and hit a pair of free throws to push the lead back to four.
Redick hit a 3-pointer out of a timeout to cut it back to one, and Millsap hit only 1 of 2 at the free throw line after getting fouled with 10.1 seconds remaining.
Jameer Nelson pushed the ball up court and found Gustavo Ayon underneath, who was immediately fouled by Foye. Ayon missed the first free throw and his intentional miss on the second was rebounded by Tinsley, who hit a pair from the stripe for the final margin.
"Turnovers are always going to hurt," Vucevic said. "You're missing an offensive chance to score. We had a lot of them."
With Davis sitting for the second straight game since spraining his left shoulder last week, Magic coach Jacque Vaughn started the second-year big man Ayon in his place — his first start of the season. Davis is out indefinitely, with his return dependent on the progress he makes during rehabilitation.
Vaughn had gone with rookie Andrew Nicholson in Davis' place during the Magic's loss to Toronto on Friday, but struggled from the field in just 19 minutes of action. Ayon came on as a reserve in that game and posted a double-double.
At 6-foot-10, Ayon gave the Magic a size advantage over the 6-8 Millsap. Ayon finished with nine points and 12 rebounds, but Millsap clearly won the night.
Vaughn said he wasn't searching for answers of why his team came up short.
"I think it's pretty simple," Vaughn said. "You outrebound a team, you shoot 50 percent from the field, make nine 3s, have 20 turnovers for 22 points. The game is really that simple."
Williams said he thinks the point guard spot is in more than capable hands while he's out.
"One thing about him, he's got a lot of starter's minutes under his belt," Williams said of his understudy. "But I thought that the duo of him and Earl ... one is not good without the other. I think we need both of those guys to play well and I think they showed that tonight."
Notes: Sunday was the fifth game this season Williams has missed due to injury. He missed one game in early November with a strained right abductor and three games late last month with a sprained right foot. ... The Magic teamed with Chase and "Operation Homefront" at halftime to surprise Army Sergeant First Class Paul Hiltibidal and his family with a new, mortgage-free home and a $2,500 check to help provide holiday gifts for their four children. While fighting in Afghanistan, Hiltibidal was injured and retired from the Army earlier this year.
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WHat (emphasis on the H) the Fuck, is this shit. I watched this entire video… with my mouth open… went in the other room for about 4.5 minutes… came back and thought, "This is fucking disgusting." Not ONLY are the 5-8 year old kids doing this, the adults are doing it with the kids. And the one little whore is all about the black kid grabbing her hips whilst she is "dancing."
Crazy mexican Kids Grinding on each other. – Watch more Funny Videos
I couldn't really even say anything whilst watching this because as I was seeing these kindergarteners gyrate like this, I was thinking, OMG, I have seen or experienced these exact moves whilst having sex. SPECIFICALLY:
- 0:20 Little black dude chewing on a mask is giving it to the girl froggy style on the ground.
- 0:30 Same little black dude, with a handful of ass
- 1:30 Younger black kid grinding younger 4 year old girl and parents cheering them on
- 1:44 Spanish mom backin' that ass up on 5 year old black kid
- 1:55 2 Black kids tag teaming Mexican girl
- 2:02 Black girl with back against wall and legs wrapped around black kids waist
- 2:35 Three girls bent over with hands on the wall and one leg in the air grinding on boys cocks
There is just too much more shit to list. I want to know:
- Where in the FUCK were these parties when I was this age.
- If I saw any kid of any age even thinking about doing that to my daughter I would fucking destroy the kid. Like physically throw him up against the wall and destroy him.
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Arcade classics collection, featuring the best Midway classics for hundreds of hours of timeless entertainment. The second edition of the series includes fully emulated versions of A.P.B., Arch Rivals, Championship Sprint, Cyberball 2072, Gauntlet 2, Hard Drivin', Kozmik Kroozr', Mortal Kombat II, Mortal Kombat III, NARC, Pit Fighter, Primal Rage, Rampage World Tour, Spy Hunter 2, Timber, Total Carnage, Wacko, Wizard of Wor, Xenophobe, and Xybots. In addition to the games, the developers also included as part of the DVD content, such as interviews with the creators and game histories. Purists will be happy to hear that games designed around multiplayer gameplay feature their multi-player modes as well.
Various titles shipped to stores today, something for everybody. Read More »
Midway digs deep into its arcade attic again for some well-known classics and some long-forgotten relics. With one Arcade Treasures already in the books, Midway goes two different routes for the sequel. One way is bringing back more obscure titles from the early days of gaming. The other is to set the way-back machine to the early- to mid-'90s. Both have varying degrees of success, but the end result is still a great gaming bargain that's hard to pass up. Read More »
Back to the good old days with Midway Arcade Treasures 2. Read More »
Fans of classic arcade games sure had a lot to be thankful for when Midway released Midway Arcade Treasures. After all, it contained 24 classic arcade games for the low, low price of $20. And that "classic" label isn't being thrown around lightly. Aside from a couple of duds (Blaster?), all the games were still great fun to play. Read More »
There is no reason to not get Midway Arcade Treasures II -- unless you own all of the 20+ games on the disc. But even then, why deal with swapping between consoles and sorting through old discs when Midway has collected them into one nice package so you can keep your ass hunkered down as you switch between games? Not only that, but Midway has taken the effort to port these games onto every next-gen console -- PS2, Xbox, and GameCube for $19.99 (plus a nifty bonus DVD). Read More »
Also known as: Midway's Arcade Treasures 2, Midway's Arcade Treasures II
Release Region: United States
Release Date: October 11, 2004
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Also available on: PlayStation 2, GameCube
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NEW ORLEANS -- San Francisco 49ers secondary coach Ed Donatell first denied he had any idea he was a hot topic in Philadelphia last week. Then Donatell allowed that "we hear things, and sometimes things are printed, but there's been no official contact."
"Official" is an interesting word for Donatell to use, as speculation swirls about possible candidates to be Chip Kelly's defensive coordinator.
"I know they're moving on the way they should," said Donatell, former coordinator for the Packers and Falcons.
Though Donatell ran 4-3 defenses in Green Bay and Atlanta, he said he's now a 3-4 guy through and through. It seems likely the Eagles are going to move to a 3-4, which was what Kelly's Oregon teams used.
"I'm a 3-4 coach now. There's no question about it," Donatell said. " I just think there's more combinations you can do, and there's more flexibility to it." Donatell worked as a senior advisor to the Jets, who ran a 3-4, then spent two years in Denver in a 3-4 before coming to the 49ers, who also employ that scheme.
"I went and did some extra studying, my masters work, learning from some really good guys," said Donatell, who said he knows Kelly from a visit Kelly made to the Niners. Donatell sounded very much like someone who would like to have a crack at running his own 3-4.
In other Eagles news, as has been reported elsewhere, the way Michael Vick's contract works, the Eagles don't have to release him three days after the Super Bowl to save $3 million after all; they would only owe Vick that money if somehow he made less than $3 million playing this coming year. So that gives them a month or so to explore a renegotiation of Vick's contract or a trade. Vick is scheduled to make about $15.5 million if he plays for the Eagles in 2013,
Also, CBS Sports reported that University of Virginia offensive coordinator Bill Lazor is leaving to join Chip Kelly's staff, presumably as quarterbacks coach. The Eagles aren't announcing any hires until their staff is complete, they say.


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'Jem & the Holograms' Leading Cast Revealed: Aubrey Peeples, Stefanie Scott, & More!
The upcoming live-action movie Jem and the Holograms has just announced it's leading cast!
Nashville's Aubrey Peeples will take on the title role of Jem – her first major film role!
Disney's A.N.T. Farm actress Stefanie Scott will portray Jem's sister Kimber, Pretty Little Liars actress Aurora Perrineau will play the Holograms' Shana, and The Fosters' Hayley Kiyoko will play Aja, THR reports.
Jem and The Holograms follows Jerrica Benton, and her alter ego, Jem, as she manages the Starlight Music Group and also moonlights as the lead singer for the band.
The movie will be directed by Jon M. Chu and produced by music mogul Scooter Braun.
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Nowhere To Hide
Ignoring Maher Arar won't make his torture claims go away.
This week the Supreme Court denied, without comment, the appeal of Maher Arar, a dual citizen of Canada and Syria who was arrested in transit through JFK airport in 2002, then shipped off to Syria and tortured for 10 months. Arar's abuse allegedly included repeated beatings with electrical cables and confinement in a cell the size of a grave. When they realized they had the wrong guy—the really, totally, and utterly innocent guy—Arar was released without charges. He was then completely exonerated of any link to terror by the Canadian government, which impaneled a commission to investigate the incident, issued a 1,000-plus-page report on the matter, held its own intelligence forces responsible for their role in the screw-up, then apologized and paid Arar $9.8 million. Whereas the U.S. government—as Glenn Greenwald observes —has never apologized, never acknowledged any wrongdoing, never held anyone responsible, and, on President Barack Obama's watch, has only redoubled its efforts to prevent Arar from having even a single day in court.
With the Supreme Court signing off on the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals' decision to kick Arar to the curb, he has nowhere left to turn in the American courts. As Arar said in a statement issued by the Center for Constitutional Rights, the "decision eliminates my last bit of hope in the judicial system of the United States." Nor did it take any time at all for the Supreme Court's latest torture smoke signals to travel through the rest of the court system. The very same day the Supremes declined to hear Arar's case, a panel of judges on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals was hearing arguments about former Bush administration lawyer John Yoo and his alleged role in the state-sanctioned abuse of another accused terrorist, Jose Padilla. Already one of the appeals-court judges was likening the denial of certiorari in Arar's case to the problem in John Yoo's case, worrying aloud about the courts wading in and "imposing liability on a non-policymaking lawyer." The Yoo and Arar cases thus became mirror images of each other in just a few hours: A torture lawyer cannot be held responsible for authorizing torture, and an innocent victim of torture cannot get restitution. Torture slowly becomes a singular act for which nobody will ever be held to account and nobody will ever be made whole.
Each time an American court declines to address this issue because it's novel, or complicated, or a matter best left to the elected branches, it reaffirms yet again that there is no precedent for doing justice in torture cases. By declining to find torture impermissible, they are helping to make it acceptable.
One of the dissenters in the 2nd Circuit's fractured opinions in Arar pointed out how bizarre it is to even suggest that there is something special about torture and rendition that insulates it from any judicial scrutiny. Citing the very language of the Convention Against Torture, Judge Barrington Parker pointed out that "[n]o exceptional circumstances whatsoever, whether a state of war or a threat of war, internal political instability or any other public emergency, may be invoked as a justification of torture." Given that this is the law, he wondered, why was the majority of the panel searching high and low for some diplomatic, national security, or supersecret policy reason to defer to the other two branches of government to set the parameters of U.S. torture policy. There is no U.S. torture policy. We don't torture. So why are the courts leaving it to Congress to set its boundaries?
There are many reasons to be horrified that the courts have ended Arar's lawsuit before it could even begin, but chief among them is that the U.S. government was responsible for a year of abuse of an innocent Canadian. Having tossed out this unconscionable case, the court makes it impossible to make space for the more ambiguous ones. As David Cole, one of Arar's attorneys put it yesterday, in a piece that ought to be read in its entirety:
In twenty-five years as a civil rights and human rights lawyer, I have never handled a case of more egregious abuse. US officials not only delivered Arar to Syrian security forces that they regularly accuse of systematic torture, but did everything in their power to ensure that Arar could not get to a court to challenge their actions while he was in their custody.
No wonder President George W. Bush can now openly brag about the water-boarding policy he once denied even existed. The courts have become complicit in the great American cop-out on torture. As Arar's attorney Cole explains, in a 2009 speech arguing against the creation of a commission to investigate torture, President Obama insisted that torture suits being filed in the courts would offer sufficient accountability. But since then his administration has acted to thwart every one of those lawsuits and weighed in on the side of the torturers. The courts now refuse to consider the torture issue because it's for the president and Congress to set policy. The president promises that vindication will come from the courts. Each branch of government hides behind the others. This is the separation of powers turned into a constitutional shell game that exists only to evade responsibility.
When the federal courts decide to leave torture policy to the other branches, they duck their judicial responsibility to enforce the torture and conspiracy statutes as well as the Constitution. Doing so under the blurry cover of leaving foreign policy and lawmaking matters to the other branches may seem like judicial modesty, but modesty isn't the sole objective when it comes to doing justice. And when the courts decline to even hear torture cases, they also evade their responsibility to the rest of the world. The 2nd Circuit grounded its dismissal of Arar's complaint in the argument that it should "hesitate" to address Arar's complaint because it "would have the natural tendency to affect diplomacy, foreign policy and the security of the nation." The Obama administration pressed the same rationale in asking the Supreme Court to decline to hear the case. But all this assumes that the court's inaction on the issue of torture would have no effect on American diplomacy, foreign policy, and security. As it turns out, nothing could be further from the truth.
Each time an American court refuses to hear a torture case, the diplomatic and political aftershocks among our allies grow louder. Maher Arar indicated this week that he is now cooperating with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in a sweeping Canadian investigation of possible criminal wrongdoing by Syrian and American officials involved in his abuse. Americans may chuckle at the prospect of the Mounties conducting a criminal investigation into U.S. torture practices, but it will surely have diplomatic and political repercussions. By the same token, another rendition victim, Khaled El-Masri, also kidnapped and abused by U.S. forces and also turned away repeatedly from the U.S. courts, took his appeal to the European Court of Human Rights this week. Like Arar, Masri has given up on obtaining justice in the United States, and, like Arar, he will seek it through international processes. By pushing the torture question out of the U.S. justice system, we haven't made it go away. We've just ensured that it will be tried in courts around the world. The suggestion that all this evasion has no effect on U.S. diplomacy and foreign policy is absurd. It's just one more way of making the rest of the world clean up our moral messes.
Each of the three branches of government has worked together to prevent a national reckoning over torture. That doesn't mean such a reckoning won't happen. It will simply happen elsewhere, without U.S. participation or involvement or acceptance of responsibility. In the end, sending a torture victim abroad to get justice is just as cowardly as sending him abroad to be tortured.
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