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A construction project started by Oxford in August that was expected to close the North Main Street Bridge for days has turned into months.
Back in August, Oxford requested the closing of the bridge for one week, but because the project has met the unrelenting obstacle of feet of ledge, the bridge is still closed, according to Town Administrator John F. McAuliffe and DPW Director J.T. Gaucher.
Also known as the Webster-Dudley bridge, it has been closed because the horizontal drilling �turned into a disaster over there, where they hit ledge trying to run some utilities underground, and it�s wreaked havoc with some of the traffic patterns throughout town,� Mr. McAuliffe told selectmen at last night�s meeting.
A police detail officer had been helping direct traffic, he said.
In May, selectmen here signed the Webster-Oxford Inter-Municipal Agreement in regard to water and sewer hookups.
In August, the public works director said Oxford would dig two large holes on either side of railroad tracks. It was to jack a 20-inch steel sleeve under the tracks to insert a new 52-foot force main going in for the connection into Webster.
The ledge has been discovered despite a company using a ground radar that asserted there wasn�t any rock underground, Mr. Gaucher said last night.
The superintendent on the Oxford job, according to Mr. Gaucher, said the day before Thanksgiving would be the worst-case scenario for forging through the rock.
�If they make it through the rock they�ll be finished in a day,� he said.
Selectman Robert Miller said �traffic has been absolutely horrendous,� with motorists unable to get through Negus Street and traffic jammed on Route 16 to get through town.
Selectman Deborah Keefe said she�d �never seen a construction project that�s such a mess.�
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Long Island chefs dish on post-'Top Chef' gigs
A caption under a 1988 newspaper photo showing an 11-year-old boy crabbing off the Babylon Town dock couldn't have been more prophetic:
"Harold Dieterle III of West Babylon works for his supper," it read.
Fast-forward 18 years and Dieterle would not only work for his supper on a television reality competition show, but he also would go on to be the first winner of "Top Chef," a cook-off that premiered in 2006 on the Bravo network.
Except for the U.S. version of Japanese fan favorite "Iron Chef," TV food competition shows "Chopped," "Hell's Kitchen" and others were all cooked up after the debut of "Top Chef," in which 15 to 17 culinary pros (aka "cheftestants") battle each other in fast-paced, high-pressure cooking challenges. According to Nielsen Media Research data provided by NBC, which owns Bravo, among adults in the coveted 18-to-49 demographic, the Emmy Award-winning "Top Chef" is still the top-ranked food show on cable television. Season nine, which aired from November 2011 to February 2012, had more than 2.9 million viewers.
Newsday caught up with former Long Island cheftestants to get the dish on their lives since their time on the show.
Both "Top Chef" season one and two winners were Long Islanders. But while season two winner and Great Neck native Ilan Hall relocated to Los Angeles, season one winner Harold Dieterle hasn't strayed far from his roots. He lives and works in Manhattan, but Dieterle said he returns often to Long Island to visit family.
It was at West Babylon Junior High School that Dieterle discovered food -- and other things.
"When I was 13 I took a home economics class to meet girls," he said, but pretty soon he found himself enjoying the lessons. "I wasn't a good student, but cooking focused me."
Two years later he landed his first culinary job at the now closed Sea Gull Restaurant in West Babylon, where he washed dishes and did prep work.
Dieterle toured Spain briefly after graduating from high school in 1995 and when he returned enrolled at The Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, which was an intense experience, he said.
"It's not for everybody, but for someone like me, I needed structure," Dieterle said. When he graduated two years later, he landed a job at East Hampton's Della Femina, now closed, and then at The 1770 House in East Hampton. While he was working at The Harrison in TriBeCa in 2005, a friend saw an ad for a new cooking reality show and encouraged Dieterle to try out for it.
"I cooked for the producers, and then they flew me out to L.A." for the audition, he recalled, "but it took a while, about four to six months, before finding out if I made it."
He left a good taste in producers' mouths.
"Harold was a great up-and-coming chef," executive producer Nan Strait said via email. "You could tell from his resume and research he had skill, and you could tell he was a professional chef people would enjoy getting to know."
Lucky for Dieterle and his psyche, he lasted long enough in the competition for that to happen.
His colleagues at The Harrison were supportive of his decision to go on the show, he said. "The shoot was around 20 days, so it wasn't as if we were gone from home for too long, and it went by pretty quickly due to how the days were set up," Dieterle said. "I would've been very upset if I had been eliminated, because I am just such a competitive person. Fortunately, that wasn't the case."
While he said being in the competition was an incredible challenge, Dieterle's quiet demeanor came across as calm and centered on camera.
"I was portrayed very generously on the show," he said. "I came across as me."
The judges liked him and his food, more than the other 11 cheftestants, dishing up a tasty $100,000 grand prize for Dieterle. He also secured a feature in Food & Wine Magazine and a showcase at the Annual Food & Wine Festival in Aspen, Colo., a food fest that garnered Dieterle unexpected bounty: At a party there he met Atlanta native Meredith Lynn Davies. The two married and this month will celebrate their two-year anniversary.
After his cash winnings, Dieterle said, "I tried to raise more money to keep the momentum going. A lot of people do press or travel. I wanted to raise money to open my own restaurant."
The financing effort ultimately resulted in Perilla, a New American restaurant with Asian influences, which he opened in the West Village in 2007 with business partner Alicia Nosenzo. Three years later, they opened a Thai restaurant, Kin Shop, in the same neighborhood. Plans to open beef-centric The Marrow, a third West Village restaurant, are on the front burner.
Working the stove at his first restaurant, The Gorbals, in Los Angeles, is season two winner Hall, who felt a passion for food at an early age. When Hall, who grew up in Great Neck, was just 17, he studied at the Lorenzo de' Medici School's Apicius program in Florence, Italy. After graduating from the Culinary Institute, he worked at "Top Chef" judge Tom Colicchio's downtown Manhattan restaurant, Craft, then at Mario Batali's Casa Mono in Union Square. The Spanish cuisine at Casa Mono greatly influenced Hall's cooking style.
"I developed my love for it there," he said.
As with Dieterle, a friend suggested Hall audition for "Top Chef," which he did in 2006.
"Three years of experience in New York is like 20 years anywhere else," Hall said on his "Top Chef" bio, which also described him as "incredibly talkative" and "an expert debater." That spirited nature gave Hall the edge necessary to compete with highly skilled cheftestants such as Marcel Vigneron and Sam Talbot, but it was his deft manipulation of ingredients that landed him and his knives the "Top Chef" title when he was 24.
After his victory, Hall said he roamed the world, sampling foods in Romania, Venezuela, France, England, Scotland and, of course, Spain.
"Every time I ate something I learned something new," he said. On his return, Hall moved west, opening his first restaurant in downtown L.A. in 2009. The cuisine is "indefinable," Hall said. The restaurant website describes the menu as "an amalgam of many different ethnicities and tastes," but Hall's inspiration comes from post-World War II Glasgow, Scotland, where his father, the son of German and Russian-Jewish immigrants, was raised. The eclectic dishes include paella, chicken skin sandwiches, gefilte fish and chips, and bacon-wrapped matzo balls.
"It's a mishmash," Hall said. "Stuff that I want to cook."
Cooking at DoraNonnie Tapas & Wine Bar in Glen Head is season five contestant Danny Gagnon, 30, who roomed with Hall in their first year at The Culinary Institute. This Italian-Asian eatery that Gagnon operates opened in October 2011 within Bernard's Market & Cafe. He had been executive chef for 21/2 years at Social Sports Lounge and Kitchen in Uniondale, owned by former Jets wide receiver Wayne Chrebet and his partners.
But it was while working as chef de cuisine at the Babylon Carriage House in 2008 that Gagnon applied to be a contestant on "Top Chef." He was 24, had graduated from The Culinary Institute in 2002 and was "adamant about showing that I'm better than the average person," he said with unbridled sincerity.
That passion, coupled with his cooking skills, made him a perfect candidate for the show.
"The guy was just love in a box," said Nick Gilhool, casting director at Magical Elves, the production company behind the show. "You only have to meet Danny to love Danny. And he could really throw down. His enthusiasm is wrapped up in his ball-of-energy self, and he goes for it in the kitchen."
But Gagnon's "Top Chef" season was flavored with big personalities, including Italian-born fan favorite Fabio Viviani, Finnish chef Stefan Richter and high-spirited Carla Hall of Washington, D.C., who owns an artisan cookie company and is a co-host of ABC's "The Chew."
Gagnon was teamed with Hall and another contestant in the fifth episode for a wedding shower challenge when he was instructed by the judges to pack his knives and go, a disappointment for Long Island fans. Chef Hosea Rosenberg won the season five competition.
Being on the show was extremely intense, he said, although he enjoyed it immensely.
"They wake you up at 4 a.m., throw you in a van ... each day lasted at least 18 hours," he said of the three months of filming. And all contestants are kept in isolation from the rest of the world, with no Internet, no television or radio. "They want no outside influences," he explained. Gagnon said the hardest part of the experience was being away from his family; when he was eliminated from the show he returned to the Babylon Carriage House.
Gagnon, who lives in New Hyde Park, has an identical twin brother who lives with his wife in Smithtown, and his parents still live in New Hyde Park, where he grew up.
As a child, he said, he was influenced by his grandmothers, Dora Simon, his Czech-German maternal grandmother, and Anna Talia Gagnon, who was French-Italian and whose nickname was Nonnie. He said they taught him not only to love cooking but "to cook from the heart." The restaurant he runs is named after them.
But Gagnon has more than cooking on his plate right now. On Sept. 30 he will wed Rebecca Vegessi, whom he met in 2002. The reception is in Montauk at East by Northeast, a Pan-Asian fusion restaurant he worked at when he was starting out.
Gagnon said he will try to stay out of the kitchen, but he isn't making any promises.


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Behind the Candelabra (US - BD RA)
Jonathan checks out the HBO film directed by Steven Soderbergh...
Outrageous entertainer and flamboyant pianist whose stage and television career spanned 40 years, Liberace (Michael Douglas) lived lavishly and embraced a lifestyle of excess.In the summer of 1977 handsome young Scott Thorson (Matt Damon) walked into his dressing room and, despite their age difference and seemingly different worlds, the two embarked on a secretive five-year love affair. Behind the Candelabra captures the essence of Liberace's appeal while taking a behind-the-scenes look at their tempestuous relationship. (From the HBO synopsis)
It is practically indisputable that HBO makes quality television these days, but their films have always been more of a hit or miss affair. They were smart to pick up Soderbergh's Behind the Candelabra after Hollywood studios allegedly thought the film was "too gay". It even played the Cannes Film Festival this year, which isn't common for a TV movie. Even though it aired on TV, this is a quality production that fits right alongside Soderbergh's wider theatrical releases. Every performance and set piece wages war on the associations that come with being "a TV movie".
At the center of it all is Michael Douglas giving a wonderful performance as Liberace. He sells the man's showmanship on stage, but he also makes Liberace a vulnerable and sympathetic presence in his personal life. His skilled performance is met by an understated and equally impressive turn from Matt Damon as Scott Thorson, Liberace's much younger lover. The screenplay intelligently portrays their romance like they are just any other intimate couple. Douglas and Damon's bold performances go a long way to sell the romantic aspect of the story. It's not all couples drama though. They both indulge in the excessive lifestyle that Liberace was known for. They get plastic surgery together and buy ridiculous things. I've never seen a romance like this portrayed before, and it was never boring. The production team behind the movie have done a wonderful job with Liberace's homes and wardrobe. They look just as ridiculous and expensive as the real thing.
What's especially nice about Behind the Candelabra is Soderbergh's handling of tone. This material could have easily felt like an exploitive tabloid special - especially toward the end when the big breakup and Thorson's lawsuit for palimony is being covered. But Soderbergh, being the mindful filmmaker and human being that he is, shows empathy for these two men throughout the ordeal. One can't escape the feeling that you're privy to a lifestyle that Liberace wanted to remain hidden, but that changed when Scott Thorson published his memoirs. Despite the sometimes troubling feeling that you're invading a person's privacy, the material is handled with a great level of respect that most biopics fail to achieve. It's also a really funny movie. Try not to laugh in horror at Rob Lowe's portrayal of Dr. Jack Startz, a plastic surgeon with a stiff face that hurts to look at. Dan Aykroyd gets a fun turn as Seymour Heller, Liberace's agent.
HBO lives up to their reputation with this strong 1080p transfer. Soderbergh continues to use the Red Epic, which produces a very clean digital look. I usually find that films shot on the Red look soft, but this is especially true due to the stylish choices made here. The image often looks slightly over-exposed and lighter colors have an extra glow to them. It's a good match for the shiny, glowing excess that is Liberace's home and wardrobe. Detail and dynamic range aren't as strong as a result, and occasionally the image looks downright blurry. There is still plenty of texture and vibrancy to the image to make good use of the format. Those looking carefully can find some compression artefacts, but they are mostly limited to some minor blocking and hardly ever affect anything happening in the foreground.
This disc comes with a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track that does wonders. The opening shot approaches Scott Thorson's back in a bar, slowly coming into focus. It's accompanied by muffled music that immediately brings activity to all sound channels. Every musical piece, starting with Liberace's Boogie Woogie, bring the sound mix wonderfully to life. Aside from sounding like the music is being performed on a stage in a concert hall, it also brings each sound channel to life. It is delightful to listen to. Aside from the music, the rear channels don't get much activity aside from some passive background noise. Dialogue is crisp and clear. There is nothing to complain about on the audio front. This is a solid, lively mix.
The only feature on the disc is The Making of Behind the Candelabra (HD, 14:04). This is a short but sweet look behind the scenes. There is a good amount of interview footage with Damon, Douglas, and Lowe. Damon and Douglas talk a lot about having to be comfortable with each other on set. Damon talks about how working with another director would've made a role like this really difficult, but he trusted Soderbergh's methods. Lowe gets to talk about how he made his face so horrifying. The filmmakers get a chance to share some words about the real Liberace and his legacy. There's also some great footage of the detail that went into Liberace's home. I wish it was longer, but there is a ton of awesome stuff crammed into these 14 minutes.
Since I started this review Michael Douglas has won a much deserved Emmy for his portrayal of Liberace. He is reason enough to see Behind the Candelabra, but it also has a wonderful supporting cast and reliable, sensitive direction from Steven Soderbergh. HBO continues to deliver quality audio and video on Blu-ray, but sadly there is only one extra on the disc.
* Note: The above images are taken from the Blu-ray and resized for the page. Full-resolution captures are available by clicking individual images, but due to .jpg compression they are not necessarily representative of the quality of the transfer.
Review by Jonathan Hogberg
mc_serenity Member Join Date: December 2006 Location: United States Posts: 824
I don't really like Soderbergh's 'look' ... like "Contagion", "Side Effects", "Haywire", "Magic Mike" and this film. They look too damn similar with the same kind of filtered, soft look. And it's ugly.
He needs to hire a good DP to use the Red Epic, not himself. He's no Robert Rodriguez in terms of DIY filmmaking.
He needs to hire a good DP to use the Red Epic, not himself. He's no Robert Rodriguez in terms of DIY filmmaking.
BBF1983 Member Join Date: February 2009 Location: United States Posts: 15
I will always associate this movie with the Sunday night I tuned into Game of Thrones and saw...this. HBO did a piss poor job of promoting GOT was taking that week off.
Disc Details
Release Date: 17th September 2013
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 1.78:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 5.1 Spanish
Subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish
Extras: The Making of Behind the Candelabra
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Cast: Matt Damon, Scott Bakula, Eric Zuckerman
Genre: Drama and Romance
Length: 118 minutes
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I told her about how my readership grew as I formed relationships with my favorite bloggers and how we nurtured each other with our words, cheering each other on in our comments- and in some cases, forming unbreakable friendships. I explained that I had BlogHer ads after my Google ranking grew, which in a way was the beginning of the end. I was so busy reading other blogs I hardly had time to write. And if I did take time to write I neglected my reading... and in the end it became a chore.
I noticed some bloggers wouldn't comment on my blog unless I commented on theirs. When my stats would waver I would become sullen and depressed. I asked myself why I couldn't make money like all the edgy or pretty blogs that had designer templates. I stared at my computer screen begging words to come and was too ambivalent to read even my favorite blogs. I grew tired of blogging because I felt as though I was selling my soul just to have people read and/or respond.
Hearing her talk about starting her blogs brought back all those memories and feelings since starting this blog almost 6 years ago. It made me think about the one day I took my anger out on another blogger that had happened to feel a reciprocal fondness for me. He had said some idiotic things about women, mostly in jest on his blog... which he had every right to do. Well, as they say hell hath no fury and in my rage I said some very hurtful things. In the end as a result, several blogging friendships went by the wayside that day.
But my friend... she talked about writing on a whim. Speaking her truth. Spreading love and inquiring about the ways of the world in such a way that I can only describe as "Uniquely ".
Ahhh, I miss those old days when a blank screen was welcomed and craved. A time before ads and stats, writing for the pure pleasure of hearing my words clacking away (on whatever computer I could get my hands on during Emma's naps). Ultimately for the very pleasure of making myself giggle with the hopes that at least one other person in the cosmos enjoyed reading them as much as I enjoyed sharing.
Maybe for a little while I will just enjoy the feeling it gives me to read the musings of a kindred spirit, and maybe I will comment because something that I read amused me, made me ponder, or made feel a connection across the unknown.
I hope that one day I write again with joy and fervor (when I'm not baby rearing), the words falling out of my head and straight to the screen just like the old days. I can only describe that feeling with a quote from one of my favorite books- I would love to write again in this way :
"If I really wanted to pray I'll tell you what I'd do. I'd go out into a great big field all alone or in the deep, deep woods and I'd look up into the sky - up, up, up - into that lovely blue sky that looks as if there was no end to its blueness. And then I'd just feel a prayer." ~L.M. Montgomery (Anne of Green Gables)
It is a lovely thought, isn't it? Miss , thank you for your light, your love, and your inspiration. Always.
And for my friends that still love, honor and humor me after all these bloggin' years- if I may be so corny... The feeling is mutual. Joy to you!


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colleges should admit no one younger than 19 at time they start. especially anyone from utah.
I graduated from high school at 17. I pretty much skipped my first year of college anyways (did a ton of APs and graduated in 3 years). Looking back, I probably could have started college at 16 or earlier. However, I wouldn't have wanted to go to law school any younger.


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It's a sad night for HTC fans in France and across the globe as HTC France has taken legal action against HTC-Hub (currently the largest HTC blog on the web) for releasing an unboxing video of the HTC One S. The handset, which Bruno obtained through a confidential source, has also been seized by French authorities.
At this point, we're not sure what legal charges have been brought against HTC-Hub, but it looks like everything has stemmed from a lack of communication from Hopscotch, HTC's PR agency in France. Bruno approached Hopscotch a few weeks after Mobile World Congress to inquire about HTC One demo units. While HTC typically sends out demo units to members of the press several days before the actual launch with an embargo agreement (an agreement to not publish any information about the phone before a specific date or time), Hopscotch informed Bruno that demo units would not be available in France until the launch of the HTC One next week.
Members of HTC-Hub decided to take the matter into their own hands and were able to secure the HTC One S without help from HTC or its PR company, meaning there were no legal restrictions as to when they could share images, videos or information about the device. We know that quite a few bloggers in Europe have been using the HTC One S and HTC One X for a few days already, but no major site has given any hands-on account of the devices due to the embargo which they all agreed to.
We don't know how things will progress with Bruno and the rest of his team at HTC-Hub. From the personal communication we have had with Bruno, it's obvious that this whole situation could have been resolved without legal action. We don't want to point fingers at HTC and say that they are in the wrong since we are not directly involved and may be missing some key details, but we'll be monitoring the situation and let you know if there are any interesting updates.
What are your thoughts on the situation? If HTC-Hub managed to obtain a demo unit of the HTC One S from a different source should they be legally required to abide by an embargo that they never agreed to?


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Promotions and Pay Increases Decline for Many WorkersOpportunities for promotions and related salary increases have declined in the federal workforce, forcing managers to use other incentives to recognize good work and help employees advance, according to a human resources organization. A survey, released this month by WorldatWork, a human resources association focused on compensation, benefits and work-life issues, found that opportunities for promotions in the public sector have ...Published almost 8 years ago |
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CagePotato Roundtable #23: What Is Your Favorite (Non-Rocky) Fight Movie of All Time?
(Because if Rocky movies were fair game, this column would just be all of us agreeing that Rocky IV was the greatest movie ever made.)
Since we already made a list of what we consider to be the best fight movies of all time, today we're here to talk about our personal favorites. Just one small rule: In an attempt to keep this column from quickly degrading into a list of Rocky movies, we agreed that none of them would be eligible for inclusion. What we ended up with is a list containing a few legitimate classics, a few cult favorites, and the formula for a damn good movie night with your fellow fight fans this weekend. At least for those of you who won't be streaming War MMA's inaugural event on Saturday night, obviously. Read on for our picks, and please continue to send your ideas for future Roundtable topics to firstname.lastname@example.com.
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John Hyams's 2002 documentary The Smashing Machine is mainly remembered as a cautionary tale — a hard look at a hard sport, full of broken bodies, drug abuse, and predatory behavior of the physical and emotional varieties. And make no mistake, it should be remembered for all of that. It's absolutely gut-wrenching to watch the downfall of an incredible talent like Mark Kerr, an alpha male who was utterly chewed up by professional fighting.Read More DIGG THIS


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PacMan: Behind The Scenes With Manny Pacquiao
PacMan: Behind The Scenes With Manny Pacquiao is available on Amazon and at bookstores worldwide. On Sunday it was recommended by the Los Angeles Times.
Praise for PacMan: Behind The Scenes With Manny Pacquiao by Gary Andrew Poole:
"Gary Andrew Poole's excellent biography of boxing's pound-for-pound kingpin is absolutely worth the read."--Sports Illustrated
"It is an amazing behind-the-scenes look into the life of Manny Pacquiao. Poole had tremendous access while he traveled the world reporting and observing the fighter. The effort has paid off for the readers because the book is brutally honest. Poole takes you on a one-of-a-kind ride into the one-of-a-kind life of Manny Pacquiao."--New York Newsday
"Poole takes you on a journey to Planet Pacquiao and it couldn't have been a better read...I loved the book from beginning to end, it's a fantastic, entertaining and informative read...and I consider it to be as good as any boxing biography my hands have ever touched."--Boxing Insider
"The book is an amazing tale of how a reed-thin Filipino, who left his home in the poorest pocket of the Philippines ("The City of Dust") at the age of 15 to become a boxer, became one of the most recognizable names and faces in the world. I recommend it."--Rick Gosselin, Dallas Morning News
"This is good, one for the ages. It's a fantastic book. It's not the work of a ridiculous fan boy. It's quality. If you listen to me enough, you know I don't endorse books that are garbage."--Steve Bunce, BBC
"PacMan tells the rags to riches story of this remarkable boxer who has begun a journey which will see him transcend the sport. It is a fine biography."--Gareth A. Davies, The Daily Telegraph
"If you don't know Pacquiao's amazing story, Poole will open your eyes. If you know Pacquiao already, Poole will help you know him more deeply. And with a masterful guide like Poole leading you down the path, you'll enjoy the experience immensely."--Tim Starks, The Queensberry Rules
"Offers fascinating insight into the PacMan's crowded life."--The Daily Mail
"The American writer Gary Andrew Poole describes a man of complex and fierce beliefs."--The Guardian (UK)


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For reasons that remain unclear, boys in the US are hitting puberty as much as two years earlier than in previous decades, according to a new study from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Theories as to why range from higher levels of obesity to inactivity to chemicals in food and water, or any other number of variables that might interfere with normal hormone production. What the change could mean for public health concerns also remains unclear.
The study, based on data on more than 4,000 boys in 41 states, provided by their pediatricians' offices, echoes an already well-documented trend of girls hitting adolescence earlier than in the past.
Plus: Girls Hitting Puberty Earlier
African-American boys were generally the earliest to start puberty, with boys as young as nine years old showing signs of maturation. Non-Hispanic whites were next, with the average age of puberty onset coming at just over 10 years old, while Hispanic boys hit puberty on average a few months later, at just under 10 and a half.
The ages were calculated based on when the pediatricians saw "stage two genital and pubic hair growth."
"Following changes in growth and development is an important part of assessing the health of the nation's children," wrote study author Marcia Herman-Giddens in a statement.
The study, to be printed in next month's edition of the journal "Pediatrics" was put online Saturday to coincide with an AAP conference in New Orleans.
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The Bears are in disarray at the end of coach Marc Trestman's second season and general manager Phil Emery's third. At 5-10, they must beat the Vikings on the road Sunday to avoid their worst record since 2004 — but their problems are deeper than that.
All the losing created a toxic dysfunction inside Halas Hall and derailed Trestman's program. Now, ownership faces critical decisions about how to steer the organization forward.
Before the Bears take those meaningful steps, we break down the key moments of Trestman's tenure with the understanding Sunday's game might be his last.
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177 Lit., "of."
178 Lit., "that effigies have been far removed from them." This may be understood, either as meaning that the gods had not visible form at all, or, as above, that their likenesses made by men showed no resemblance.
179 50 in Orelli.
180 It is important to notice the evidence in this one sentence of haste and want of revision. In the first line we find a genitive (discordiarum-"dissensions"), but not the noun on which it depends; and in the apodosis a verb (disjunctas esse-"have been removed," i.e., "are remote") has no subject, although its gender imperatively requires that has res, or some such words, be supplied. One omission might have been easily ascribed to a slip on the part of the copyist; but two omissions such as these occurring so closely, must, it would seem, be assigned to the impetuous disregard of minutiae with which Arnobius blocked out a conclusion which was never carefully revised. (Cf. Appendix, note 1, and p. 539, n. 8.) The importance of such indications is manifest in forming an opinion on the controversy as to this part of the work.
181 Lit., "are of...those meeting the functions of mortality," obeunti-um, corrected by Gelenius (according to Orelli) for the ms. -bus, retained, though unintelligible, by Canterus, Oberth., and Hild.
182 [See p. 519, note 1, and p. 528, cap. 26, supra.]
183 Lit., "of." [Cap. 29, p. 529, supra.]
184 Lit., "some time."
185 Lit., "of." [Cap. 29, p. 529, supra.]
186 Lit., "of." [Cap. 29, p. 529, supra.]
187 Lit., "divine things."
188 So the ms., both Roman edd., Hild., and Oehler, reading promptae; corrected praesumptae-"taken for granted," in the rest.
189 i.e., offerings to parents, as the name implies, and other relatives who were dead.
190 35 in Orelli.
191 Lit., "in the writings of which we read."
192 Pl.
193 Lit., "by satisfaction of."
194 36 in Orelli. [See note 1, Appendix, p. 539, infra]
195 Lit., "added evil heavier than evil."
196 So later edd., reading vaderet from the margin of Ursinus, while the first three retain the ms. reading suaderet-"persuade."
197 i.e., the slave writhing under the scourge.
198 Lit., "of so great power."
199 i.e., Jupiter.
200 37 in Orelli.
201 Lit., "which either a...made," etc.
202 Lit., "very near to danger of carrying off liberty."
203 Cf. ii. 73.
204 38 in Orelli.
205 So the ms., LB., Hild., and Oehler, reading volu-p-tates, i.e., the games and feasts spoken of previously; the other edd. read -n--"wishes."
206 Oehler explains frustra by otiose-"who was leisurely delighted," but there is no reason why it should not have its usual meaning, as above. [See note 1, Appendix, p. 539.]
207 i.e., from heaven. Instead of e-vocari, however, Heraldus has proposed a--"be diverted."
208 Lit., "unfolding."
209 Lit., "was in the cause of the vicious dancer."
210 39 in Orelli.
211 So all edd., rejecting s from ms. contemptu-s.
212 Lit., "draughts of air."
213 So, by omitting two letters, all edd. except 1st and Ursinus, which retain ms. adult-er-ae-"adulterous."
214 Lit., "light."
215 40 in Orelli. The ms., 1st edd., and Ursinus want si.
216 Lit., "and restored." [Conf. Pont. Max. here named, with vol. iv. p. 74.]
217 The ms. and Ursinus read reddere-t-"if he was to restore;" corrected, as above, by omission of t.
218 i.e., if he is a god. Cf. iii. 20; [specially, note 3, p. 469].
219 Lit., "the necks of."
220 Lit., "the terror of coercion should begin from the father with whom."
221 Lit., "even," et.
222 Lit., "to his grief."
223 The ms. reads rett-ulit, emended ret--"gave back," i.e., got rid of, by 1st ed. and Ursinus; and rep-, as above, by Gelenius and others.
224 41 in Orelli. [See Appendix, note 1, p. 539.]
225 In the ms. and both Roman edd. the section translated on p. 539 is inserted here. Ursinus, however (pp. 210-211), followed by Heraldus (312-313), enclosed it in brackets, and marked it with asterisks. In all other edd. it is either given as an appendix, or wholly rejected.
226 Lit., "sublimity."
227 42 in Orelli.
228 So the edd., reading et for ms. ut (according to Crusius).
229 Lit., "restoration be supplied to his strength."
230 So Gelenius, merely adding t to the ms. posse. The passage is, however, very doubtful.
231 Lit., "how weakly and feeble it is said."
232 These words, non debuit oculorum negare conspectui, should, Orelli thinks, be omitted; and certainly their connection with the rest of the sentence is not very apparent.
233 Lit., "he was, and such as he had learned that he was, contained in the power of his divinity."
234 Lit., "to ambiguous contradictions."
235 43 in Orelli.
236 Lit., "if your services of certain persons are certain," i.e., if these facts on which your worship is built are well ascertained.
237 What species of snake this was, is not known; the Latin is therefore retained, as the sentence insists on the distinction.
238 Anguem.
239 Serpentem.
240 Lit., "bearing himself on feet, nor unfolding below his own goings."
241 Lit., "to a."
242 So Hild. and Oehler, reading labefac-t-amus for the ms. -i-.
243 This sentence alone is sufficient to prove that these chapters were never carefully revised by their author, as otherwise so glaring repetitions would certainly have been avoided.
244 Here the ms. and both Roman edd. insert the last clause, "what...forests."
245 44 in Orelli.
246 45 in Orelli.
247 Lit., "wanting."
248 The ms., 1st ed., Hild., and Oehler read gener-ent, corrected in the rest, as above, -arent.
249 Lit., "all wicked and distinguished by no diversity."
250 Lit., "the human race has been mixed in," etc.
251 So all edd., reading vi morbi, except Hild., who retains the ms. vi urbi, in which case the italics should denote "of the disease," instead of "to the city." The construction, however, seems to make it impossible to adhere to the ms..
252 Lit., "to have erred much from."
253 46 In Orelli.
254 Lit., "from the possession of Italy."
255 So all edd. to Orelli, adding -em to the ms. quid. [See, concerning Pessinus, p. 492, supra.]
256 Lit., "a face too little expressed with imitation."
257 47 in Orelli.
258 Lit., "did a stone drive," etc.
259 Lit. "moved by."
260 So the ms. and edd.; but, on account of the unnecessary repetition, Ursinus proposed to delete atri. Unger (Anal. Propert., p. 87) has suggested very happily arti-"of confined, i.e., small body.'"
261 Vim, suggested by Orelli, and adopted by Hild. and Oehler.


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MGMT112 Current Problems in Small Business Management
Department of Business Studies: Business Studies Department Archive
- I. Course Number and Title
- MGMT112 Current Problems in Small Business Management Course No Longer Offered
- II. Number of Credits
- 1 credit
- III. Number of Instructional Minutes
- 750
- IV. Prerequisites
- Corequisites
- None
- V. Other Pertinent Information
- MGMT111, 112, and 113 are presented in modules of five-week duration, each considering different problems
- VI. Catalog Course Description
- Current problems of general interest in small business are analyzed by students under the guidance of the instructor. The courses are presented in modules of five-week duration, each considering different problems.
- VII. Required Course Content and Direction
Course Learning GoalsUpon completion of this course, the student will have an understanding of current problems facing the small business manager and possible solutions to these problems. Students will develop skills in the area of decision-making, research, writing, and communications.
Planned Sequence of Topics and/or Learning Activities
Students will:
- develop and analyze current problems of concern to the business manager
- analyze the decision-making process and problem-solving techniques used by a business manager
- cite means of improving employee productiveness
- identify techniques of managerial planning and control
- analyze the various techniques of good time management
- explain the importance of the business plan to the entrepreneur
- analyze and discuss the importance of major business financial statements
- discuss the importance of social marketing and the value of knowing your market
- indicate an awareness of techniques of staffing, developing employees, and managing the worker
- demonstrate an understanding of the key factors to consider before starting a small business
- demonstrate the ability to analyze and solve case problems relating to current issues in small business management
- develop skills in decision-making and problem-solving on an individual and group basis through the use of case studies
- develop and improve library research skills, writing, and analytical skills by completing assigned term projects
- develop communication skills through the use of case study discussion and presentations of findings and implications of written assignments
Assessment Methods for Course Learning Goals
Reference, Resource, or Learning Materials to be used by Student:
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U.S. cotton farmers will get another day in court after the World Trade Organization's dispute settlement body agreed to Brazil's request for a compliance panel to review U.S. implementation of an earlier panel's ruling against the U.S. cotton program.
Brazil filed its second request for a compliance panel at a meeting of the dispute settlement body in Geneva on Sept. 28. The U.S. Trade Representative blocked the first in early September, saying the United States government has taken "extraordinary steps" to comply with the ruling.
Brazilian officials claim the U.S. government has "adopted no implementation measures at all and that the implementation measures it has adopted fall far short of compliance with the covered agreements."
Following WTO procedures, a three-member compliance panel will be established within a short time period, according to National Cotton Council staff members who have been following the case. That panel will then establish procedures and a timetable for consideration of Brazil's charges.
WTO dispute settlement procedures provide that a compliance panel report is to be completed within 90 days of the panel's establishment.
"The National Cotton Council will continue to work with the US Trade Representative's office and USDA in developing a defense to the latest Brazil charges," the Council said in a statement.
The Brazilian government has said it will seek trade sanctions of up to $1 billion from the United States because of U.S. non-compliance with the WTO ruling.


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Using genetically modified "knock-out" mice, scientists at the University of Rochester Medical Center have produced the strongest evidence yet implicating a specific gene -- the same one that makes us susceptible to the pollutant dioxin -- as a vital link in the chemical cascade whereby cigarette smoke causes cancer. The finding comes thanks to a batch of genetically engineered mice normal in every way except for the deletion of the gene for the aromatic hydrocarbon, or AH, receptor; these mice had no damage from the same levels of cigarette smoke that caused significant gene damage in their normal brethren.
The work, reported in the November issue of Carcinogenesis, clarifies how cigarette smoke has an impact on our molecular machinery and should help researchers in their efforts to prevent genetic damage from the biochemical assault posed by smoking.
The team at the University's Environmental Health Science Center cautions that researchers must perform longer-term, larger studies and check in additional ways for evidence of gene damage to understand precisely how cigarette smoke damages our DNA, including the AH receptor's role. However, "It's quite possible that the AH receptor is one of the body's master switches that governs those pathways that control much of the gene damage from cigarette smoke," says principal author Tom Gasiewicz, professor of environmental medicine.
With every breath of cigarette smoke, the body is confronted by more than 4,000 chemicals; animals like humans and mice break some down into harmless byproducts and turn others into more dangerous compounds that wreak havoc throughout the body, breaking up or binding to our DNA and turning on or off important genes. Cancer typically develops because of such damage to several genes. While scientists have long known that every puff of cigarette smoke causes a molecular melee that plays a role in one-third of all cases of cancer, sorting out the primary culprits has been difficult.
Enter the dioxin research group headed by Gasiewicz, an internationally recognized expert on dioxin who occasionally sports a cap embossed with the words, "Team Dioxin." The chemical is now found in low levels in all animals, including humans; it enters the body mainly through the foods we eat, with its ultimate source in the production of plastics and electronic equipment, herbicides, and combustion from automobiles, power plants and incinerators.
For two decades Gasiewicz has studied how dioxin binds to and manipulates the AH receptor, which plays a key role in determining how our body reads its DNA and controls many genes. Graduate student Stephen Dertinger, who had recently helped develop a technique that uses lasers to assess gene damage while working at Litron Laboratories, suggested taking a look at the effects of cigarette smoke, which counts dioxin-like compounds among its constituents. So the team set out, with funding from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
Gasiewicz and Dertinger studied "knock-out" mice, animals that scientists have especially crafted for research by deleting a specific stretch of DNA. These mice were supplied by long-time collaborator Allen Silverstone of the SUNY Health Science Center in Syracuse; the animals trace their lineage back to the National Cancer Institute, whose researchers were the first to knock out the AH receptor. For three days the team exposed 20 young adult mice to the equivalent amount of smoke particulates that a human receives from smoking six or seven cigarettes a day.
"These animals were exposed to the same complex mixture of chemicals found in cigarette smoke, not just one highly purified chemical constituent. This is a more realistic model of exposure and is an important distinction between this and many other studies," says Dertinger. After exposure the team analyzed each animal's blood cells, using a laser to measure gene damage faster and with greater sensitivity than conventional microscope-based methods.
While normal mice showed significant amounts of gene damage, mice without the AH receptor showed none. "We were very surprised. This suggests that the genes responsible for DNA damage from cigarettes are controlled predominantly by this receptor," says Gasiewicz.
Gasiewicz and Dertinger note that the result covers only one type of gene damage in a single type of tissue. Specifically, the team measured chromosome breaks in blood cells created in the bone marrow. The team plans to study damage in other tissues, such as the liver and lungs. Gasiewicz also says that longer-term studies to look for some of the ultimate products of damaged genes -- tumors -- are necessary.
"Our results show that the AH receptor definitely plays an important role, but more work is necessary before we conclude that it's the most important factor mediating genetic damage from cigarettes," adds Dertinger.
The findings complement recent work by other researchers who have shown that people with an abundance of enzymes known as CYP1A1 or P450 cytochrome molecules are more prone to developing cancer from smoking. The AH receptor turns on these enzymes, and it's long been considered a prime suspect in smoking-related gene damage; a few years ago a team from the University of California at Davis showed in the laboratory that the receptor seems to play an important role in the process. The Rochester team's results are the first to demonstrate the link so dramatically in animals.
"This is a significant study," says Gary Gairola, research professor in the College of Pharmacy at the University of Kentucky and an expert on cigarette smoke toxicology. "The team has used a clear endpoint, micronucleus formation, to cleverly demonstrate the role of the AH receptor in cigarette smoke-induced genetic damage."
The team also discovered a synergistic effect between cigarette smoke and dioxin-like chemicals: The more that such chemicals bind to the AH receptor, the more the receptor churns out enzymes that make cigarette smoke harmful to our bodies. "It's a double whammy," says Gasiewicz: "The dioxins now present in our environment may strengthen cigarettes' cancerous kick."
Intimate knowledge of the molecular targets of cigarette smoke suggests an intriguing line of research: a smoking vaccine, a compound that would somehow protect against the ravages of tobacco smoke. The team has published several papers on designs of AH receptor antagonists, molecules that would tie up the body's receptors and make the body immune to chemicals in cigarette smoke that target the receptor. The team's compounds are very similar to molecules known as "flavonoids" found in foods like broccoli, cabbage and soybeans, all known cancer fighters.
"We all know people who smoked their whole lives but never got lung cancer," says Gasiewicz. "One of the reasons may be differing amounts of receptors such as the AH receptor. Or those people may be exposed to drugs or chemicals in their diet, similar to the antagonists we're designing, that alter the metabolism of cigarette smoke.
"Of course, the best way to limit the harmful effects of cigarette smoke is to avoid exposure completely. Don't smoke: It's that simple."


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The Template
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Example 1
The following code:
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Will produce:
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Example 2
The following code:
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Further information might be found on the [[{{TALKPAGENAME}}|talk page]]. |includeonly = [[Category:Articles that need to be expanded]] }}
Will produce:
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Copy-and-paste code
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ROGUE RIVER — The case against three suspects accused of robbing a medical marijuana grower in Rogue River at gunpoint took a huge hit after a judge ruled the evidence found in the alleged getaway car cannot be used in a trial.
Jackson County Circuit Court Judge Lorenzo Mejia found that a Jackson County sheriff's deputy violated the constitutional rights of the suspects when he pulled their car over without probable cause the night the crime was reported.
The alleged robbery occurred in July 2012 at a home in the 3500 block of Evans Creek Road in Rogue River. Officials say a medical marijuana grower who lives there said he was robbed at gunpoint by two men wearing dark blue bandannas.
The suspects broke into the home while the victim was asleep, then forced him to hand over $700 in cash, the Sheriff's Department reported.
A struggle ensued, and the victim was beaten by the suspects; a shot was fired during the fight, though no one was hit by the bullet, according to records filed in Jackson County Circuit Court.
The suspects were last seen fleeing into a nearby wood.
Jackson County sheriff's Deputy Jesus Murillo was on patrol in White City when the robbery report came over the radio. He decided to make his way to the scene in Rogue River via Meadows Road, according to court documents.
At 3:55 a.m. Murillo saw a Mitsubishi Galant driving toward his patrol car on Meadows Road. Murillo decided to follow the car and eventually pulled it over.
According to court documents, the deputy approached the car and noticed that two men and a woman were inside. He asked them to leave the car and placed them in handcuffs.
One of the passengers gave deputies on the scene permission to search the vehicle. This turned up a gun matching the victim's description and some cash matching the denominations the victim claimed were stolen from his house, the documents state.
The suspects were identified as William Jack Thomas Sandlin, 23, Joseph Aaron Callas, 29, and Brooke Villa-Staton, 20, all of Grants Pass.
The traffic stop was ruled illegal by Mejia last week because there was no probable cause to pull the car over, according to defense attorney Justin Rosas.
Rosas noted in a motion to suppress the evidence collected in the car that Murillo stated that he intended to pull over every car he saw in the area that night without developing probable cause to initiate a traffic stop.
This is a violation of a defendant's constitutional rights against illegal search and seizure, the judge ruled.
The ruling means that all evidence seized in the car, including the money and the gun, would not be permissible at trial. This could deal the prosecution a severe blow in tying the alleged suspects to the robbery.
Jackson County prosecutor Jeremy Markiewicz declined to comment on the specifics of the traffic stop and the case. He did say that he would appeal the suppression ruling to the Oregon Attorney General's Office.
Rosas also declined to discuss the particulars of the case, choosing instead to release a prepared statement.
"I filed this motion to suppress based on what I felt was a clear violation of our client's rights in this case," Rosas said. "While we appreciate the State's right to appeal, we are confident the Judge made the right decision and upheld Mr. Callas' constitutional rights in the face of an illegal traffic stop."
Rosas is Callas' defense attorney, but the suppression ruling applies to all of the defendants.
All three have since been released from custody after pleading not guilty to charges of first-degree robbery, second-degree robbery and first-degree burglary. Callas and Sandlin also face a charge of third-degree assault in the case.
A pre-trial conference has been scheduled for Sept. 30 in Jackson County Circuit Court.
Reach reporter Chris Conrad at 541-776-4471 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Correction: The incorrect agency was listed in the subhead of this story. This version has been corrected.
Probable cause ruling invalidates evidence
ROGUE RIVER — The case against three suspects accused of robbing a medical marijuana grower in Rogue River at gunpoint took a huge hit after a judge ruled the evidence found in the alleged getaway car cannot be used in a trial.


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<center>"A heart is not judged by how much you love; but by how much you are loved by others."
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Let's see, a little about myself. Why is this always so hard! I suppose that I know myself better than anyone else, but that doesn't mean I can explain myself! I'm an obsessive compulsive soul - I tend to throw myself into things for a few months and then move on to other projects. Currently, I'm addicted to the show Deadliest Catch and could happily live playing Guitar Hero III every night. I'm not the world's best cook, but I don't mind experimenting in the kitchen once in awhile. I have a great husband, two kittens that now run the household, and I'm enjoying the peace and quiet of the house that we bought in May. My favorite flower is tigerlily, my favorite color is probably pink, and music is an integral part of my life. I love baseball - to the point that I got engaged at Wrigley Field in Chicago - and I enjoy nothing more than curling up under a blanket with a book and some hot chocolate on a cold day. Don't know what else there is to tell!
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Moderators: Ronan, Dungeon Masters
Shardthepious wrote:I would like to request a restore for one of my character
Last time i logged in i was fishing in Ferrell. I logged back in the night and the name of the character was changed (Name was chaged from Devar Horn to Devar Horn STUPID), stats messed up and all xp gone.
Everytime i log into a server i have the : This character is invalid- FAIL No file found. You'll be booted in 5 minutes.
GISD: Shard the Pious
Character name: Devar Horn STUPID
had around 25500 xp before it occur
<Pleth> is that aris elf??
<Pleth> is that aris elf??
silverfields2 wrote:When I logged out yesterday from Elysia, I had my Forest Blessed Doe Skin Coat and my Lesser Duelist Cape - which was modified on a sewing machine ages ago to be a hat - safely on the second page of my inventory.
When I logged in tonight and went to put them on, the hat/cape was missing.
My inventory is not over full. What happened!!??
Can I roll my character back one night?
"Dungeons & Dragons is some of the most crazy, deep, deep, deep nerd shit ever invented. Every word you're saying is made up. Motherfuckers talk like Yoda.".
Chemical-Burn wrote:I as well sent an email to firstname.lastname@example.com but maybe this is easier?
My last login was over 5+ years ago though.. So i am not so sure Avlis or any of the worlds have records back that far but if so
GSiD was Chemical-Burn
Character names:
Nikki Amakiir
Star Aelae
I am thinking i might be S.O.O.L. though.
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Free software manages passwords
Let's face it. Most computer users are inherently lazy. In order to make things easy on ourselves, we often use the same simple password on multiple websites and devices.
Last fall, a purveyor of password management and security software, SplashData, published its annual list of the 25 worst passwords of the year, a list "compiled from files containing millions of stolen passwords posted online by hackers." According to SplashData, the top 10 most commonly used passwords (a fact not lost on hackers and crackers) are: password, 123456, 12345678, abc123, qwerty, monkey, letmein, dragon and 111111.
In 2009, following a hack at the popular social gaming network RockYou.com, a staggering 32 million user passwords were published. A cyber security company, Imperva Application Defense Center, analyzed these 32 million passwords and found that users overwhelmingly preferred simple, easy to remember passwords. In the analysis, it was noted that almost a third of RockYou users used short, under six character passwords, a password length that has such a finite list of combinations that it is easy for hackers to use any of several utilities to crack these passwords using a brute force or dictionary technique. In the same study, it was found that about 60 percent of users had passwords using a limited set of alpha-numeric characters, also easy to crack. Almost half of users used slang, dictionary words, names or so called "trivial passwords" consisting of consecutive digits or adjacent keyboard keys. The most common password used, "123456" (used by 290,731 RockYou users), is the same "most common" password noted in other studies of common passwords.
SplashData, Imperva, ESET, and other security companies and services, have widely published a short list of hints and tips about creating more secure passwords that will be difficult to crack. These security recommendations for secure passwords are substantially identical from the different sources, and generally include the following:
1. Use a password with a minimum of eight characters, including both alphabetical (mixed upper and lower case letters) and numerical characters. Many websites also allow the use of punctuation and other symbols as a part of the password; this makes cracking much more difficult. Some password experts suggest using short words with spaces or characters separating the words and maybe a number, such as "i_lOVe-TeXas!0518." Bruce Schneir, a respected cryptographer, computer security specialist and writer, has proposed this novel idea to create an easy to remember but secure password: "Take a sentence and turn it into a password. Something like "This little piggy went to market" might become "tlpWENT2m." That nine-character password won't be in anyone's dictionary."
2. Never use the same password on more than one site. Hackers and crackers have often found that a user's e-mail address or username and password stolen from one popular website will often work perfectly on other popular websites, making identity theft, financial fraud, espionage, and other malicious activities easy to accomplish. Bruce Schneir recommends, "If you can't remember your passwords, write them down and put the paper in your wallet. But just write the sentence – or better yet – a hint that will help you remember."
In order to have the security of unique and complex passwords for each website along with the convenience of a written password listing, several software authors and publishers have created a class of software generically called "password managers." The password managers are readily available as both free or commercial products, and are widely available for download or purchase. Many of the comprehensive security suites are now also including a dedicated password manager, as exemplified by TrendMicro's Titanium Maximum Security suite, which includes as one of its components, TrendMicro's "DirectPass" password manager.
Gizmo's popular freeware rating and evaluation service, TechSupportAlert.com, has reviewed and rated many of the password managers and posted the results online at techsupportalert.com/best-free-web-form-filler-password-manager.htm. Gizmo gave its highest 10 Star rating and its "Best Product In Its Class" award to LastPass (lastpass.com), the password manager that I have been using for several years. LastPass can safely store passwords "in the cloud" using the same grade of encryption as used by the military (a concern of some users), is accessible from any computer or smart device, works automatically with almost all modern Web browsers (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, and Safari), and runs on most major operating systems including Windows, MAC, and Linux. For most users, the totally free version of LastPass is feature rich and is totally satisfactory; for those who desire some additional features, including the portable version of LastPass for use on a variety of smart devices including iOS, Symbian, Blackberry, and Android, the premium version of LastPass is $12 per year. LastPass can automatically fill forms with username and password, fill in personal data on applications and delivery instructions, and provide a host of other services. LastPass will also intelligently capture newly created or changed usernames.


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In the tree component, expand the Clusters node.
Select the node for the cluster.
On the General Information page, you can perform these tasks:
Click Start Instances to start the clustered server instances.
Click Stop Instances to stop the clustered server instances.
Click Migrate EJB Timers to migrate the EJB timers from a stopped server instance to another server instance in the cluster.
start-cluster, stop-cluster, migrate-timers


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Selected readings on US charter schools
NASHVILLE (AP) – The head of an initiative to turn around Tennessee's lowest performing schools is being criticized for stating that charter schools shouldn't be responsible for diversity.
Chris Barbic, who heads the state's Achievement School District, recently spoke at a forum at Lipscomb University.
He told WPLN-FM that diversity is a good goal for any public school but shouldn't be the responsibility of charters, which are privately operated and publicly funded.
Minority and low-income students make up most of the enrollment for Nashville's 20 charter schools. There are a total of 69 charter schools operating in Tennessee.
Critics fear that charter schools will expand into wealthier areas and become mostly white and affluent, effectively resegregating the school system.
Barbic said most schools are the representation of a neighborhood and most neighborhoods are people who live together that look alike.
"That's just the honest reality," he said. "I think that's the case here in Nashville and most communities. And so I think to put that on charters that it's something they've caused or are responsible for is unfair."
Metro school board member Will Pinkston was critical of Barbic, noting on Facebook that for more than 40 years Nashville public schools lived under a federal desegregation lawsuit that was settled in 1998.
"Chris Barbic's careless comments reflect a total lack of understanding of Nashville (and the South) and an utter disregard of the importance of diversity," said Pinkston, the board's budget and finance committee chairman.
Democratic leaders also criticized Barbic, even calling on Republican Gov. Bill Haslam to publicly disavow Barbic's comments.
"Too many people have fought too hard to bring about an integrated, well balanced school system for comments like this to move us toward resegregation," House Democratic Leader Craig Fitzhugh said in a statement.
A spokesman for the governor did not immediately respond to an email from The Associated Press.
Meanwhile, WPLN reports some state lawmakers are proposing legislation to change public school curriculum. One measure in particular seeks to erase current guidelines making sure history textbooks "portray the full range of diversity and achievement of racial and ethnic minorities."
Instead, the proposal requires more emphasis on the "success of the United States as a leader in the age of industry, with emphasis on the political and cultural elements that distinguished America in this era from other nations, past and contemporary."
Source: The Daily News
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Together we WILL end Breast Cancer
The Florida Breast Cancer Foundation (FBCF) was founded by 3 Miami women in 1995. Originally named The South Florida Breast Cancer Coalition, the organization began as a nonprofit, grassroots organization dedicated to ending breast cancer through advocacy, education, and research. With the introduction of the specialty End Breast Cancer license plate in 2002, a second organization was formed – the Florida Breast Cancer Coalition Research Foundation - created to receive the funds from the sale of the plate. A few years later our official name changed to the Florida Breast Cancer Foundation, but our mission and vision remains the same.