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Easter is just around the corner and several places are hosting special events. Here are a few hopping ideas on how to celebrate the holiday.
Easter Family Fun in H.B.
In Huntington Beach, the Easter Hunt and Family Fun Day will take place form 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 30 at Huntington Central Park's Sports Complex, 18100 Goldenwest St.
The city's Community Services department and Kiwanis Club will host the egg hunt at the park, 18120 Goldenwest St. Games, displays from community services, public works, fire and police as well as pictures with the Easter Bunny will be available, according to HuntingtonBeachEvents.com.
Live music will be performed by bands, and attendees will get to try out some new classes hosted by the Community Services department. There will also be a pancake breakfast and hot lunch hosted by the Huntington Beach Kiwanis Club at the Murdy Community Center. There is no admission cost for the event; food and other items will be for sale.
For more information, call (714) 960-8895.
Easter Sunday in H.B.
On March 31, there will be an Easter in the Park service at 6 and 9 a.m. at the Central Park Bandstand area, behind the library, 7111 Talbert Ave., Huntington Beach. The Scott Cunningham band will provide music. For more information, call (714) 465-3000 or visit ccbeachside.com.
Later that day, Old World Village will host an Easter Sunday Champagne Brunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Old World German Restaurant, 7561 Center Ave., No. 49, in Huntington Beach.
According to the website, guests will enjoy "'all you can eat eggs, bacon, ham, roast beef, bratwurst, fried potatoes, hash browns, an assortment of fresh fruit, European deli cold cuts and imported cheeses, our fresh salad bar, deviled eggs, unlimited champagne, coffee and O.J."
Cost for the brunch is $20.95 for adults, $18.95 for seniors, $10.95 for children ages 6 to 12, $5 for children ages 3 to 5 and free for those younger than 3.
For reservations or more information, call (714) 895-8020 or visit oldworld.ws.
Easter festivities this weekend
It's the seventh annual Easter Festival and Treasure Hunt from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. this Sunday at the Orange County Market Place in Costa Mesa.
The treasure hunt starts at 10 a.m. "in which young sleuths will visit several vendors for free candy while also seeking plastic eggs filled with treats at designated Market Place food concessions, 10 of which contain a special gold ticket. A gold ticket entitles the winner to select a giant prize-packed Easter basket," according to a news release.
The first 500 kids in line for the treasure hunt also will receive a free egg-coloring kit and free admission coupons for local attractions, the release said.
Free face-painting will be offered from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. as well.
From 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., marionette puppeteer Tait Hill of Huntington Beach will bring his "Pullin' Strings Puppet Productions' Uncle Gus' Puppet Carnival" for three free shows. Hill will perform at 10:30 a.m., noon and 2 p.m. on the main stage.
Appearances by the Easter Bunny will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and the bunny will be handing out treats and posing for photos (bring a camera).
Children should bring their Easter baskets for the treasure hunt. Free hunt bags will also be on hand for those who need them. The regular swap meet will also take place from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Admission to the Orange County Market Place is free for kids 12 and younger and $2 for ages 13 and older. Free parking is available as well as preferred parking for $5.
More information is at ocmarketplace.com or by calling (949) 723-6660.
Egg-Citement at Tanager Park
Torelli Realty is hosting its annual Egg-Citement event from 9:30 a.m. to noon March 30 at Tanager Park, 1780 Hummingbird Drive, Costa Mesa.
There will be an egg scavenger hunt, a petting zoo and pony rides, a bounce house and other games and activities for kids, according to a news release. The Easter Bunny also will be on hand for photos. The event is free and open to the public.
The scavenger hunt will start at 10 a.m. and food will be sold, with proceeds going to Costa Mesa schools. Entertainment will be provided by the Estancia High School cheer squad and Adams Elementary music program. In addition, a local Starbucks will serve free coffee. More information is at torellirealty.com.
Easter Brunch at Pascal's
Brasserie Pascal is featuring an Easter Brunch With Endless Bubbles from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 31 for $34.95.
Guests will have several choices of appetizers such as a berry parfait, spring pea soup and grilled pear and spinach salad; entree choices such as duck confit hash and eggs, asparagus and crab meat benedict and creme brulee brioche French toast; and dessert choices of petit crème brulee and flourless chocolate cake and a marshmallow egg, according to a news release.
Brasserie Pascal is at 327 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach; (949) 640-2700.
B. toffee offering special gift baskets
Still in need of a gift? B. toffee is offering its "Easter B.unny Basket," which features B.toffee in both milk chocolate and dark chocolate, a six-ounce bag of B. bits, a special four-ounce Easter gift box by Betsy Thagard, all in a festive basket, according to a press release.
The Easter basket is $54.99, excluding tax and shipping. All delivery orders must be placed by March 22 to ensure on-time delivery.
For more information, visit btoffee.com.
Fleming's Easter Sunday Brunch
Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar is featuring an Easter Sunday Three-Course Brunch Menu for $36.95, and each party will also receive a $25 dining card for a future visit.
The brunch is from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at all locations.
According to a press release, "The culinary experience begins with a choice of appetizer including Lobster Bisque, Modern Caesar or Fresh Seasonal Fruits; followed by a choice of entrée including prime rib with a trio of sauces or baked brioche French toast with a walnut crisp, among other mouthwatering choices and ends with a choice of dessert including the classic white chocolate bread pudding."
Fleming's is at 455 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach; (949) 720-9633
Bayside's Easter Brunch
Bayside Restaurant is hosting its Easter Sunday Brunch from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 900 Bayside Drive in Newport Beach.
The three-course champagne brunch is $42.75 for adults and $18 for children.
According to a press release, the brunch "will begin with a choice of two salads, white and green asparagus soup, griddle crab cake, Bresaola carpaccio or roasted red beets. Among the entrees are a Bayside 'Benedict' on toasted brioche, chicken breast 'Cordon Bleu,' Maine lobster salad sandwich and Tiger Prawns with 'famous' green risotto. Topping off the meal is a choice of almond poppy seed cake or a chocolate hazelnut crisp with raspberries."
More information is at (949) 721-1222 or baysiderestaurant.com.
Endless Champagne Brunch
Back Bay Bistro's Easter Sunday Champagne Brunch Buffet from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. will feature "endless champagne, make-your-own omelet station, carving station, fresh seafood, pastries and a chocolate fountain with fresh fruit," according to a news release.
Cost is $58 for adults and $28 for children 12 and younger.
Back Bay Bistro is at 1131 Back Bay Drive. More information is at (949) 729-1144 or http://www.backbaybistronewportbeach.com.
Z'Tejas 'Picture Perfect' Brunch
Z'Tejas Southwestern Grill's "Picture Perfect" Easter Brunch is from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and will feature a visit from the Easter Bunny and a complimentary photo for each party, according to a news release.
The special brunch entrees range from $8.95 to $15 and there's also the Weekend Fun Bar, where guests can make their own Bloody Marys, screwdrivers and mimosas for $4.
Z'Tejas is at 3333 Bristol St., Costa Mesa. More information is at (714) 979-7469 or http://www.ztejas.com.
Newport Dunes Easter Brunch
Newport Dunes Waterfront Resort starts the Easter fun with an egg hunt at 9 a.m. March 30, followed by a pancake breakfast.
"More than 6,000 eggs will be hidden with some containing candy and some containing toys. The public is invited at no cost to participate in the hunt, which will be officiated by the Easter Bunny, who will be available for photos," a press release states.
The pancake breakfast includes a buffet of pancakes, bacon, fruit, juice and coffee. Cost is $12 for adults and $7 for children under 12.
It's the 21st annual celebration for Newport Dunes, which will continue celebrating with a Champagne Brunch on Easter Sunday.
"The extravagant brunch buffet will include endless Champagne and Mimosas as well as eggs benedict, make-your-own omelet station, French toast, a carving station with prime rib or roasted turkey, an array of fresh seafood including grilled salmon, shrimp and crab legs and a chocolate fountain with fresh strawberries, marshmallows and other delights," according to the news release.
Cost is $58 for adults and $28 for children under 12.
Newport Dunes is at 1131 Back Bay Drive in Newport Beach. For reservations or information, call (949) 729-1144 or visit http://www.backbaybistronewportbeach.com.
Trunk show at Briana Rene
And on a non-Easter related note: 16th Colony will be having a trunk show from 5:30 to 9 p.m. this Friday at the Briana Rene shop inside the OC Mix, 3313 Hyland Ave., Costa Mesa.
16th Colony "is a new line of handmade ponchos from O.C. designer Renee Rogers," the news release states.
It's her first trunk show for the brand. Cocktails, music, desserts and giveaways will be part of the event. Guests will get a chance to meet the designer as well. More information is at 16thcolony.com.
ALISHA GOMEZ is the managing editor of the Coastline Pilot and Huntington Beach Independent. She can be reached at email@example.com or (714) 966-4618.


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Bryan Chiropractor Convicted Of Defrauding Automobile Insurance Companies Of $3 Million
HOUSTON - A Bryan chiropractor has entered a plea of guilty to engaging in a conspiracy to defraud various automobile insurance companies of more than $3 million, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today.
Chase Lindsey, 34, is the co-owner of Lindsey Chiropractic Care located in Bryan. Today, he admitted he participated in a two-year conspiracy to defraud numerous auto insurance companies by allowing fraudulent chiropractic bills to be created under his name for treatments which were never performed and used as support for fraudulent settlement demand letters sent to auto insurance companies.
Lindsey entered into an agreement with the office manager of a law firm which represented clients allegedly injured in auto accidents. Lindsey agreed to provide medical evaluations of, and recommend treatment for, those patients in exchange for $2,000 in cash per month, which totaled approximately $58,000 during the course of the conspiracy.
For the clients he actually evaluated, Lindsey routinely recommended medically unnecessary therapeutic treatments. In some instances, Lindsey either never evaluated the patient or did so after the patient had already begun receiving treatments. The treatments, if done, were done by unlicensed, untrained and unqualified individuals whom Lindsey never supervised. Lindsey always prescribed the same six treatments but the patients usually received only two: ice/heat packs and electric stimulation. He prescribed the treatments be done 3-4 times per week for 5-6 weeks, but patients usually went once a week for 3-4 weeks. Lindsey also provided no follow-up treatments.
Lindsey and others used four chiropractic clinics in the scheme. Lindsey started working at the first clinic, Texas Avenue Chiropractic Clinic, in February 2007 and continued until it closed on or about Sept. 1, 2007. After that, Lindsey was listed as the only chiropractor at H & E Chiropractic and Private Chiropractic Care, two businesses also involved in the conspiracy. After Private Chiropractic Care shut down in September 2009, Lindsey and others agreed to continue the fraud scheme by sending the law firm clients to Lindsey Chiropractic Care - Lindsey's chiropractic clinic. Clients were sent there until search warrants were executed in November 2009.
Despite changing the name and location of the chiropractic clinic four times, the fraud scheme remained the same. Co-conspirators recruited individuals allegedly involved in auto accidents to be represented by the law firm who were then sent to Lindsey to be evaluated. Lindsey routinely prescribed medically unnecessary treatment which was provided, if at all, by unlicensed, untrained and unqualified individuals. Lindsey knew that most of the treatments were not being performed. Nonetheless, Lindsey allowed false and fraudulent chiropractic bills to be created under his name from each of the four clinics for treatments which were never performed.
The fraudulent bills were used as support for settlement demand letters sent to auto insurance companies which caused the insurance companies to issue settlement checks. Lindsey acknowledged the scheme to defraud the automobile insurance companies resulted in the submission of more than $3 million in false billing claims. The insurance companies paid at least $1.2 million in false claims during 2007-2009.
U.S. District Judge Kenneth Hoyt, who accepted the guilty plea, set sentencing for April 22, 2013. At that time, Lindsey faces up to 30 years in prison and a possible $1 million fine. As part of his plea agreement, Lindsey also agreed to pay restitution of $1.2 million to the insurance companies victimized by the scheme. Lindsey was permitted to remain on bond pending his sentencing.
The remaining defendants charged in relation to the conspiracy are set for trial on April 2, 2013.
The criminal charges are the result of a joint investigation by agents of the FBI and the National Insurance Crime Bureau. Assistant United States Attorney Al Balboni is prosecuting the case.

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At one time in the recent past the
Food Lion supermarket chain was, along with Wal-Mart, looking to establish an outlet here, but the deal fell through. The Belgium-controlled company is now under investigation by the federal government for violation of child labor laws.
A used motor oil recycling program has been formally organized in Fulton County by county recycling cordinator Deanne Baker. Baker said that eight area service stations or car dealers have agreed to act as used oil collection sites under the program. Do-it-yourself oil changers in Pennsylvania dispose of 11 million gallons of used oil each year. If every Pennsylvanian who changed his or her oil recycled it, we could save more than half-a-million barrels each year, reducing the need to import foreign oil.
State Public Welfare Secretary Karen Snider has announced grants totalling $3.6 million to counties to provide drug and alcohol services for child welfare agency clients. Fulton County received $3,150.
A Needmore teenager appears in the November issue of Boys' Life magazine in an article about a caving experience. Mike Leese, a sophomore at Southern Fulton, appears in an article entitled "Get Down, Get Dirty." Leese, along with seven other Scouts and their leaders from the Mason- Dixon Council, explored Norman's Cave in West Virginia back n March. Leese, 15, is a Life Scout with Needmore Troop 45. He is the son of Ricky and Marjorie Leese of Needmore.
The convenience store on Route 16 which has been a High's, a Mr. Food, Getty, Uni-Mart, etc., closed unannounced last week and has now been boarded up and no further plans for the store have been made public. The Uni-Mart store was sold in late September to a New Jersey man to be operated as a Union Mart. The store operated for less than two weeks before closing down.
Mendy Sowers and Eric Mellott were united in marriage October 3 at Siloam United Methodist Church. Parents of the couple are Mr. and Mrs. Larry Sowers Sr. and Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Mellott.
Deaths: Michael Rajtik Jr., 72, Mc- Connellsburg; Daisy Shillingburg, 93, Mc- Connellsburg; Pansy Snyder, 88, Hancock; Robert Henry, 66, Shade Gap; Merle Unger Sr., 71, Mercersburg; Edith McMillin, 82, Bedford; Wilson Wheeler, 74, Ebensburg; Walter Ervin, 79, Three Springs; Harold Black, 70, McConnellsburg.
Bertha Laidig, formerly of Knobsville and now of Leader Nursing Home, Chambersburg, celebrated her 99th birthday October 6.
Births at the Medical Center: a son to Mr. and Mrs. Gary Sheeder of Warfordsburg on October 30; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Divelbliss of Warfordsburg on November 5.
30 Years Ago
From The Files Of November 18, 1982
The faculty and student body of
Forbes Road Elementary School turned out along Route 522 Tuesday morning to watch the moving of the former Parsons' residence from its original site near the Fort Littleton Turnpike interchange to a location along Sinoquipe Road, just off Route 522. The brick, two-story home was recently purchased from the PA Turnpike Commission by Cecil Fraker of Fort Littleton in a public bidding process, along with the former Toll House Restaurant, Parsons' Exxon and an old motel building. Fraker is having the other three buildings demolished.
Area rock artist Brad Divens is in Miami Beach, Fla., for a recording session as the lead guitarist for "The Kix," who are making a new album.
A New Jersey man was extradited to Fulton County and then jailed in connection with a decptive meat-selling scheme that occurred at McConnellsburg construction company nearly a year ago. Police said the incident allegedly occurred December 2, 1981, when the man entered Palmer Construction Co. and convinced the secretary that the firm's owner had ordered meat from him, for which she then issued a check for $960. Afer the suspect left, the secretary learned that no such order had been placed.
Rev. Dr. David Hoover and his wife, Mary, were honored Sunday at a retirement dinner at the McConnellsburg Firehall. The Hoovers were treated to a "This Is Your Life" presentation, with family members and people from the past recalling special memories as well as gifts and accolades. More than 400 people attended the banquet. Dr. Hoover will be retiring after 38 years of service in Fulton County.
Specials at the IGA: tangerines, 89 cents a dozen; cranberries, 79 cents; cauliflower, $1.39; noodles, 59 cents; turkeys, 69 cents a pound.
Births at the Medical Center: a son to Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Bishop of Warfordsburg on November 5; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Steven Arcq of Robertsdale on November 6; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shafer of Three Springs on November 6; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Kelso of St. Thomas on November 7; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Swope of Needmore on November 9; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. David Creek of Hancock on November 11; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Chester McCusker of Warfordsburg on November 11.
Deaths: Donald Shives, Canton, Ohio; Hazel Bowers, Warfordsburg; Ernest Morris, Hancock; Alfred Baker, Columbus, Ohio; Carl Garland, Needmore.
40 Years Ago
From the Files Of November 30, 1972
A small plane, missing since June
18, and the bodies of its three passengers were found by a hunter on Monday afternoon on the side of a mountain north of Chambersburg. The wreckage was found on Timmns Mountain, north of Roxbury. The victims were from the Baltimore area. It disappeared on a flight from Detroit, Mich., to Fort Meade, Md.
The nation's death toll for the four-day Thanksgiving holiday was listed at 638.
In a "spare the rod and spoil the child" case, the Supreme Court last week refused to hear arguments that paddling public school students without parental permission is unconstitutional. Teachers, however, may paddle a student only upon receiving written approval of the parents and in the presence of an adult witness.
Miss Judy Ann Mellott, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Denver Mellott of McConnellsburg, recently graduated from United Air Lines' training center near Chicago and has been assigned to the company's stewardess base at Washington, D.C.
Some of the men of the Hustontown area who enjoyed a bear hunting trip were Ralph Mellott, Roger House, Kenneth Everts, LeRoy Mellott of Mercersburg and Joseph Ross of Saltillo.
Wedding bells chimed November 4 for Patti J. Pittman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Pittman of McConnellsburg, and Duane L. Ramsey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Delmar Ramsey, also of McConnellsburg, in the United Methodist Church, McConnellsburg.
Walter Schriever, son of Mr. and Mrs. Levearl A. Schriever of Warfordsburg, recently returned to Fulton County after two years' service with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in California's North Mission.
Deaths: Charles B. Taylor, McConnellsburg; Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson, Warfordsburg; Samuel Skvarka, Robertsdale; Mrs. David G. Shives, Harrisonville; Mrs. Elva Hawbaker, Mercersburg.
Births at the Medical Center: a son to Mr. and Mrs. John A. Kendall of Mc- Connellsburg on November 18; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Bivens of Mercersburg on November 21; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Denton Everts of McConnellsburg on November 21.
Susan M. Sipes and Kirk M. Blenard were wed in holy matrimony on November 18 at the Church of the Nazarene in Hagerstown. The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Grace Sipes of Needmore and Fred Sipes of Falls Church, Va. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Blenard of Hagerstown.
Specials at the IGA; pork chops, 99 cents/lb.; Campbell's tomato soup, 10 cents a can; Oxydol detergent, 75 cents; Swanson's frozen TV dinners, 49 cents.
50 Years Ago
From The Files Of December 6, 1962
McLaughlin's Drug Store and the
Rexall Drug Store were broken into Sunday night and about $300 in cash was stolen.
D.A. "Andy" Washabaugh was re-elected president of the Fulton Industial Development Association Inc. at the annual meeting on November 3.
Relatives of Miss Rhoda Kendall held a surprise party on the occasion of her 80th birthday.
The regular meeting of Borough Council on Monday night was of short duration. The fact that Monday was the first day of buck season may have had some bearing on the matter. At the meeting relief policeman Luther Sixeas was given a pay increase to $70 a week, for full-time duty and $1.50 an hour for relief-duty work. Advertising for a new 1963 model car for police use was ordered.
Engagement annoucned: Ann DeShong, McConnellsburg, to Robert E. Morgan, Camp Hill.
Capt. Harold Knepper, a jet pilot with the U.S. Air Force, at Portland, Ore., is spending a four-week furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Knepper.
Local firemen have donated, erected and decorated a big Christmas tree for the courthouse square, as they have for many years, and three more strands of lights for the downtown area have been purchased with donations from local businesses.
The marriage on October 20 of Denise Ruth Hamrick of Shelby, N.C., to Harold Eugene Ritz of Buck Valley is announced. Also Linda I. Barnett, Hustontown, to Phillip Fix, McConnellsburg, on October 15.
News of men in service: Airman Second Class Ronald L. Vance, McConnellsburg, has been selected as Outstanding Airman of the Month of the 101st Radar Squadron at Fort Fisher Air Force Base in North Carolina. Staff Sgt. Ernest W. Brown of Harrisonville is among Air Force personnel deployed in southeastern United States for combat-ready alert in support of President Kennedy's actions in the Cuban missile crisis. Raymond R. Mellott of Needmore has graduated form the Aviation Electronics Technican School at the Naval Air Training Center at Memphis, Tenn. Harold Glenn Clouser of McConnellsburg was discharged from the U.S. Army on November 2, after two years service including a tour of duty in Korea. Frank Plessinger of Needmore is now taking training with the National Guard at Fort Knox, Ky.
The Decker Nursing Home is operating at 100 percent capacity with 23 guests being taken care of.
Johnny Winter of Warfordsburg will undergo surgery at Chambersburg Hospital, having suffered burns on one side of his body.
Mrs. Rose Mary Moseby of Wells Tannery, who has been working for several months at the United States Consulate in Saw Paulo, Brazil, has been transferred to Washington, D.C.
Births at the Medical Center: a son to Mr. and Mrs. Paul VanPelt, Everett, on November 27; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Akers, Williamson, on November 28; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hawkins, Hustontown, on December 1.
Deaths: Luther K. Lynch, Berkeley Springs, born in Fulton County; Mrs. Olive R. Anderson, Springfield Township, Huntingdon County, born in Maddensville; Mrs. Mary E. Swisher, Hopewell; Clarence Deshong, Utica, N.Y., born in Needmore; Mrs. J. Ambrose Welsh, Waynesboro, mother of Harold C. Welsh of McConnellsburg; Mrs. David R. Showalter, Fayetteville; Mrs. Samuel S. Mellott, McConnellsburg; Mrs. Mildred Fogal, Needmore; Frank S. Mort, Three Springs, born at Clear Ridge; Lawrence R. Gress, New Brunswick, N.J., born in McConnellsburg.
60 Years Ago
From The Files Of December 4, 1952
Walter Major of Cleveland, Ohio, business manager of the Blue Barron Orchestra, spent the first three days of buck season in Fulton County as a guest of Max Stenger, steward at the local American Legion home.
Mr. and Mrs. G.R. Spangler of Camp Hill spent the Thanksgiving weekend with his mother, Mrs. C.R. Spangler.
Birth at the Medical Center: a son to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Truax of Cito on November
At the election meeting of the Mc- Connellsburg Fire Co. on Tuesday evening, Roy Gordon and Max Stenger, both of Mc- Connellsburg, were elected to head the organization in 1953.
Mrs. George Crouse and her pupils at the Knobsville School are using art to enrich their social studies through a novel experiment being conducted by a student of the Pennsylvania State College. Through the project, art, English and social studies are being integrated, giving the children a more meaningful learning experience. The novel experiment is being conducted by Lockhart, graduate assistant at Penn State. Three photos showing the children's work accompany the story. Pictured in the photo are Helen and Audie Bathalow, Jeannette Llister, Gene Kerlin, Predita Shaw and Barbara Shore.
Within the next few days, the local Lions Club will be reelected a large bulletin board along the sidewalk near the post office, on the site donated by The First National Bank.
Mrs. Emma Ford of Hopewell observed her 85th birthday on November 30 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. William Bollinger, Altoona, where he has been residing.
Three young men will report to Pittsburgh on December 8 for induction into the armed forces. They are Lee Meyers of Needmore; Robert Kerlin of Hustontown; and John Batdorff of McConnellsburg.
Ulysses Simpson Stone, 59, Hagerstown, was killed at Letterkenny Ordinance Depot last Thursday when he was run over by a truck. A native of Big Cove Tannery, he had been employed at the depot since December 1950.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Winter of McConnellsburg announce the birth of a son, Daniel Emerson Winter Jr., on November 21, 1952.
Mrs. Miriam Mellott has returned to her home at Hustontown after being hospitalized at the Medical Center with a broken shoulder.
Freddie Barber and Lorraine Webb were married recently.
Deaths: Mrs. Nettie B. Mickey of Chambersburg; Lloyd Mellott of Johnstown; Mrs. Orlena (Madden) Miller of Altoona; Mrs. Mararet McKibbin Linn of Harrisburg; Jefferson C. Mellott of Needmore; Mrs. Elizabeth Kirk Bare of Lancaster; Mrs. Bertha Mellott Cox of Cumberland.
70 Years Ago
From The Files Of December 3, 1942
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Two persons received slight injuries
Sunday morning near Richmond Furnace when the car of George Mellinger of Greencastle sidewiped the car of Harold Carlin of Burnt Cabins, causing it to run off the road and hit a tree. Mrs. Martha Carlin received bruises of the forehead and left ankle and Pauline A. Carlin, 2-year-old daughter of the couple, sustained a laceration of the right side of the head.
Deaths: Rebecca Jane (Morton) Wilson of Big Cove Tannery; Albert Cloyd Gress of McConnellsburg.
Among the lucky deer hunters the first two days of the season were Amos Shaw, Gene Kelso, Varian Hoover and William Lane of Hustontown; Claude Sharpe, Howard Fix and Samuel Hess of Harrisonville; Harry Sheffield of Fort Littleton; Max Stenger, Merle Stenger, H.B. Mellott, Merrill Souders and Don Headley of Mc- Connellsburg; Harry Knepper of Knobsville; and Bucky Everhart.
The Damascus Church gave a fine donation to its pastor and his wife, Rev. and Mrs. T.P. Garland, on Thanksgiving Day, consisting of dollar bills, groceries, etc.
Patricia Ayleen Lynch is the name given to the little daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Lynch of McVeytown on November 25.
Harry Knepper of Knobsville, while hunting in the New Grenada section on Tuesday, killed an all-white deer. Weighing 125 pounds, the buck had an 8-point rack.
Mrs. Leo Fields has returned to her home here after undergoing an operation in Presbyterian Hospital in Philadelphia.
Clarence Appleby of Clear Ridge was badly burned in an explosion last Monday. No details are given.
Miss Betty Gracey and Miss Maxine Heeter of New Grenada have secured employment in Hagerstown.
Pvt. Fred Barnhart and Emma Cathryn Spade were married last week.
John W. Cline, A.S., is now stationed at Treasure Island, Calif., and Pvt. Harry Cormer Jr. is at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
The Fort Littleton School has a 100 percent enrollment in the junior Red Cross.
80 Years Ago
From The Files Of December 1, 1932
Deaths: Albert
Smith Stevens of
Ames, Iowa; Rhoda F. Myers of Warfordsburg; Mrs. Simon Ficks of Hustontown.
A travelling salesman, Louis Dinsby of Pittsburgh, reported to local state police that he was held up and robbed by two men near the Long View Lodge on Sunday. Dinsby said the men forced his car off the road and, at the point of pistols, relieved him of a $2,300 stickpin and $20 in cash. The officers are still looking for the holdup men.
Residents of Dry Run were startled last week when a pet deer owned by Clyde Crouse, owner of the Dry Run Hotel, broke from captivity and ran amuck through the streets of the town. The deer was finally returned to its pen after being lassoed by a band of volunteers. Raised from infancy and now six years old, this widely known animal sports a 12-point rack.
Quick response by volunteer firemen averted a serious fire on Thanksgiving Day when it was discovered that the A.D. Hohman slaughterhouse in McConnellsburg was ablaze. Believed to have started from a defective flue, the fire caused minimum damage.
George Hamil and Maudelayne Souders were married November 23.
Elmer Hendershot and Helen C. Swanger were married last week.
Samuel W. Irwin and Helen L. Bletzacker were wed November 12.
Leo C. Murphy and Dorothy Locke were married November 24.
Rev. Frank D. Findlay, D.D., newly called pastor of the United Presyterian Church, will begin his duties here December 4.
Mrs. Lena McNeal, youngest daughter of Riley Berkstresser of near Waterfall, was killed last Wednesday evening when she suffered a broken neck in a triple automobile accident near Johnstown. She was en route to Waterfall to spend the holiday with her father and family.
Ellis Lynch, hardware salesman and part owner of The Fulton Democrat, received a broken arm while cranking his car on Monday evening.
"Henry Tells The Truth," the play by the McConnellsburg seniors, was presented before a capacity crowd in the Fulton Theatre on November 24.
An out-of-state couple escaped uninjured last Friday evening when a deer crashed into their car near the brick house, east of town, causing their car to leave the road and turn over three times. The deer was killed and game protector Fred Fisher had the animal dressed by Grissinger and Morton, and the venison was distributed by the Red Cross.
Charles Earley of Wells Tannery was a McConnellsburg visitor on Friday. Seeming unusually happy, questioning brought out the fact that he had become a grandfather for the first time on November 15 when a son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Earley. The new grandchild has been named Kenneth Paul.
D.L. Hohman, a student at the University of Pittsburgh, spent Thanksgiving with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.D. Hohman.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Stevens and Miss Mary Trout motored to Harrisburg on Thanksgiving where they were dinner guests of Mrs. Virginia Beidleman.
Mrs. Fred Romig of Wells Tannery is a patient in the Huntingdon Hospital.
A birthday supper was held in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wash Glunt on Friday in honor of the eighth birthday of Billie Oakman Glunt.
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Related to the issue of accountability is the level of autonomy under which these offices operate. Theoretically, higher-level bodies could pose a threat to an authorizer's autonomy by getting involved in the day-to-day workings of the office, but, in most of these highlighted offices, this situation does not seem to occur. While some higher-level entities do exercise their right to reverse decisions made by the authorizing office, state and city education boards, in general, have a lot of other responsibilities and seem content to leave the ongoing work of authorizing up to these offices. According to the authorizers themselves, other bureaucratic bodies that share joint oversight over charter school operations pose a greater threat to the authorizers' autonomy than do their own oversight bodies.
In New York, for example, both the SUNY Institute and the NYC Office of Charter Schools share oversight responsibilities for all of their schools with the State Education Department (SED). By law, the SED is empowered to interact directly with charter schools regarding compliance and performance and has the authority to revoke a charter—regardless of who granted it—if a school fails to comply with SED requirements or the terms of its charter. This situation creates an additional layer of compliance and reporting requirements for charter schools, as they must report both to their authorizer and to the SED. Staff members in the SUNY Institute and NYC offices have sought to protect their schools as much as possible from duplicative reporting requirements, but, in doing so, they have found it necessary to align many of their own policies or deadlines with the SED's established policies and deadlines.
The Chicago and Massachusetts authorizing offices both share some joint responsibility for the schools with other departments within their larger organizations. While the application, contracting, and performance reporting processes are managed by authorizing staff directly, other departments within the larger organization also require schools to submit reports (e.g., on school attendance) and meet compliance requirements. In Massachusetts, for example, there are two full-time staff members who oversee schools' implementation of federal programs. These staff members make regular site visits, field inquiries, and require schools to submit information about how they are implementing federal requirements. Charter schools in Massachusetts also are monitored by the program quality assurance unit in the department, which conducts coordinated program reviews of federal programs in all districts in the state. These reviews operate on a cycle that creates an additional layer of oversight for each of the schools.
In the past, charter schools in Chicago reported to multiple offices within Chicago Public Schools (CPS). Because many office personnel within these other departments (special education, finance, accountability) did not have experience with charter schools, misunderstandings occurred when these staff members did not know whether charter schools were required to meet particular regulations. In January of 2007, the Office of New Schools moved toward a single point-of-contact system whereby schools have an assigned staff member that they use as their initial contact. Because this system has yet to be implemented, it is too early to know if it resolves the difficulties that some schools currently experience, but the hope is that with well-trained, responsive staff members in those contact positions, schools will get the information they need more quickly.
Authorizers housed in larger organizations that focus on areas outside of elementary and secondary education do not tend to share oversight responsibilities with other departments and, therefore, operate with a larger amount of autonomy. The Ferris State University (FSU) charter office is an example, as is the nonprofit authorizer the VOA of MN Charter School Sponsorship Program. Staff from these authorizers mentioned that while they may occasionally turn to other offices within their parent organization for support, members of their larger organization rarely seek to influence or guide their work.
The experiences of these offices point to an important aspect regarding charter law—how to give the authorizing office enough autonomy to perform its job effectively while still monitoring students' safety, academic performance, and their rights under federal law. One option is to allow state and district entities that monitor compliance to continue to do so alongside charter authorizers. But authorizers that share joint day-to-day oversight with other entities report that this shared responsibility can impose a burden on their schools. A more promising option is to hold authorizers accountable and empower them with the capacity they need to monitor schools themselves. Authorizers that do not share joint oversight report that, with proper attention and diligence on their part, they are able to monitor schools' compliance with state and federal regulations successfully.


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Marking the 175th anniversary of the founding of Wabash College, organizers are presenting a series of events this week.
"In Wabash's history there has been a long tradition of celebrating Founders' Day with speeches, convocations, receptions and other events," said Archivist Beth Swift. "For our 175th anniversary, we began our celebration in January with President Patrick White's inauguration. In April there was a birthday party for Center Hall, which has witnessed 150 of those years. Now as we come to the time of the founding, we will spend a week focusing on the rich history of Wabash."
On Thursday, Professor Bill Placher '70 will be the speaker at the Sphinx Club's weekly Chapel talk. He'll reflect on the College 100 years ago in his lecture, "Wabash, 1907." Interestingly, Placher kicked off the College's 150th celebration in 1982 with the opening address.
Immediately after Chapel, senior history major Justin Gardiner will give a lunch talk called "Conduct of War: Hidden Treasures from the Archives," in which he'll discuss the research he's conducted on Wabash's history in wars.
"This College has a rich and proud past and we would like to honor that past with several events over the course of a week that will highlight this special place and the people who have made it what it is today," added Swift.
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With star Paul Walker's untimely death a few weeks ago, filming of Fast & Furious 7 was thrown up into the air, with reports saying that Walker's role was only half-filmed. Paul left, behind two brothers, however, and now younger sibling Cody, 25, is said to have been asked to fill in for Paul in certain shots.
The report comes from the Daily Mail, so take it with a grain of salt, but Cody has experience as a stuntman and will most likely be used (if he agrees, that is) in wider shots or from behind and "if it's a shot they need Paul's face in close up they can CGI it later on," which is not creepy at all.
Universal, the studio that's making the movie, has said that they'd be working with the Walker family to provide a fitting tribute for Paul in the film, so it's nice to see that one of his own brothers is becoming so closely involved. And if the photos that the Mail cribbed from what looks like someone's very nice wedding are to be believed, he actually could make a passable Brian O'Conner.
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You know what's hard? Writing the before-the-jump intro to my weekly Walking Dead recap without giving away any spoilers, that's what's hard. I mean, if you've ever wondered why I tend to ramble pointlessly in the first one or two paragraphs, that's why. I'm sure a more talented writer could make this part of the post super entertaining while still avoiding any specific references to what happened in the previous episode, but, well, I'm sorry. You're stuck with me.
Okay, did I hit my word count? Whew. Let's get to the recapping! (Uh, spoilers ahead. Dur.)
We left off last week with a couple of cliffhangers: Andrea had just seen the violent zombieploitation cage match that the not-apparently-so-charming town of Woodbury called entertainment, Rick had shot/stabbed the shit out of the walker who ate Lori only to be startled out of his spiraling-into-madness reverie by a ringing phone. Oh, and the Governor is keeping his dead daughter tied up in his house.
Also, this happened:
Awwwwwww yeah.
Tonight we pick up with Merle and a couple of Woodbury bros hunting Michonne in the woods. They stumble upon a gruesome message she's left them, which Merle awesomely refers to as a "biter-gram," but before they have a chance to sit around and truly appreciate the creativity shown in forming three chunks of human corpse to form the phrase "GO BACK" (why would she even take the time to do this, by the way?), Michonne leaps out of a tree, dispatches two of the dudes, takes a round in the leg, then slices a zombie's belly open so a pile of rotting intestines falls on her. Gross. Girlfriend needs a Wet Wipe real bad.
Back in the prison, Rick answers that ringing phone, and a mysterious female voice says that she and her group are somewhere totally safe from zombies, but she can't say where it is. Rick says he wants to go to there. She says she'll call back in two hours. When the phone rings again, it's a man, who asks Rick how many people he's killed. Rick reluctantly gives a headcount -- his description of Shane as someone who "lost his way" is particularly germane to what's happening at the moment with Rick, wouldn't you say? -- and the man then asks what happened to his wife. Rick's not ready to talk about that. The guy hangs up.
Uh huh. So, the phone is basically this:
Hershel joins Rick and hears out the phone story, slowly checks for the complete lack of dial tone, then offers to sit and wait with Rick for it to ring again. SEE, THE PROBLEM IS THAT YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO HEAR IT BECAUSE THE PHONE ONLY RINGS INSIDE MY HEAD, Rick doesn't say. Instead, he says, "No."
Elsewhere in the prison, Daryl has a depressing chat with Carl about how Daryl's mom died too, back in the days when alcoholism and smoking in bed killed people instead of zombies. Carl's all, yeah, I'm real sorry about what happened but I'll see your dead mom and raise you having to shoot your dead mom in the skull so she doesn't reanimate and eat your face off. Carl totally wins this round of Misery Poker.
Over in Woodbury, Andrea tries to work the pole wall but she gets in trouble for breaking the rules, which apparently include the following: "Shoot as many badly-aimed arrows as possible, because we have an infinite stash of weapons, but for god's sake don't go over the wall." The Governor brings her back to his lair for some flirtin' and boozin' and we learn that not only did Andrea like the fights, despite her blustery outrage, she likes the Governor. Gosh, who can blame her, what with his lopsided grin, irresistible dimples, and wall of severed heads?
Michonne -- who has discovered the season one trick of how walkers don't recognize you if you're covered with rotted guts -- goes limping into a town (are we not worried, on this show, about open wounds and zombie infection? Okay then), then ducks behind a car as Maggie and Glenn pull up on a search for more formula. As she peers suspiciously, seemingly trying to make up her mind on whether or not to approach them, here comes Merle. What a crazy random happenstance!
Merle takes Maggie prisoner and orders Glenn to drive them all back to Woodbury, where Merle then cockblocks the Governor just as he's getting naked with Andrea. Merle lies that Michonne is dead, and he's sorry he couldn't bring back her head for the Governor's collection and all, but he does have a couple of folks from the prison. Merle sets off to get information out of Glenn and Maggie, presumably by unpleasant means, and the Governor gets back to where he left off with Andrea. If you know what I mean. Penis.
In the prison, Rick's phone rings again. BRRRRRNG! Hello, it's your guilty psychosis calling, are we reaching? This time the voice sounds a little familiar. You should talk about your wife's death, Rick, the voice says. Heyyyyy, Rick says. How do you -- wait. LORI?
Yes, it's Dead Lori on the line, and the previous callers were fallen group members Dead Amy, Dead Jim, and Dead Jacqui. Rick and Dead Lori have a heart-wrenching conversation, in which Rick says he's sorry he didn't patch things up between them before she died during childbirth, was shot by her son, and was subsequently eaten by a zombie.
"I loved you. I love you. I couldn't put it back together. I should have said it. I should -- have said it."
Lori tells him she loves him, reminds him that he's got their children to take care of, and says something else that's garbled by the fading phone connection between Rick and his subconscious before the line goes dead. Rick crumples and sobs brokenly.
In the other section of the prison, Daryl angrily kicks in a door after hearing a noise, thinking it's yet another undead ghoul he needs to dispatch. Instead, it's Carol. Too weak, apparently, to have called out for help, but she's alive! Hooray for Carol! Hooray for the ensuing scene of Daryl swooping her up into his rugged varmint-killing arms in order to make sweet, passionate -- err, to bring her to safety and get her some medical attention!
It seems like everyone's converging in the prison yard with good feelings, what with Rick finally holding his baby girl and announcing that she looks like Carl (everyone else, silently: "Better than SHANE, right?"), but something outside the fence catches his eye. It's Michonne, coated in zombie gore, carrying the basket of formula that Glenn and Maggie were forced to leave behind. She stares Rick down, her eyes saying YES I'M ALIVE MOTHERFUCKER NOW LET ME IN BEFORE I KATANA YOUR IMAGINARY-PHONE-HEARING ASS.
And ... scene.
What did you think of tonight's show? Are you glad Carol's back? What do you think's going to happen to Glenn and Maggie? Do you think Dead Lori said anything cryptic during that phone call?
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Pydev 1.3.19
Pydev will now try to support Eclipse 3.2, 3.3 and 3.4 (all with the same binaries) -- actually, there are still some known bugs on Eclipse 3.4, but those should be solved for the next release.
Now, while trying to support all those versions with the same binary release, there are some hacks that don't really seem right for me (but I couldn't see another way out for it):
1. Catching Exceptions such as ClassNotFoundException / LinkageError and related and falling back to another version (usually deprecated) of some API
2. When adapting to some interface, instead of having adapter == IElementContentProvider.class, do things as if(adapter.toString().endsWith("org.eclipse.debug.internal.ui.viewers.model.provisional.IElementContentProvider"))
-- because that class still does not exist on a previous version.
3. Using reflection (yes, in languages as Python this would be the default, but Java's not really made for this)
BTW: This wouldn't be possible without using Mercurial locally -- right now I have 4 workspaces, all synched through mercurial -- one for each version of Eclipse and one that's the link to the outside world -- and each of those has some changes to make it compile in that version -- yes, the final code runs in all versions, but it'll only actually compile in 3.3 for now -- the others have classes not defined (which are those cases with ClassNotFoundException), so, the code must be tested later on those versions with the final release.
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- manuelg said...
Could you please describe your Mercurial work-flow, for supporting the different versions of Eclipse?
I am very interested to know.
Also, have you using a Mercurial add-on for Eclipse? What would you consider best practices for using Mercurial + Pydev.
I am very happy Pydev Extensions customer, btw!
- Fabio Zadrozny said...
As for the add-on, I couldn't find one that I considered good to use with Eclipse, so, I use it in the command line (with kdiff3 as the diff tool)
As for the workflow, I'm not really a power user of Mercurial -- I just use what I consider the basics... (pull, push, clone, diff, merge, update, commit, revert)
My workflow is the following:
1. Get the code from cvs and add it into Mercurial... I have a single mercurial repository with all the projects -- one shortcoming is that as there's only one repository, it contains both the extensions and the open source version, so, I cannot make it available because Mercurial (as far as I know of) has no real standard way of getting just a subset clone (there's the forest extension, but as I already started it this way, there's no way to convert it now -- and it doesn't seem right, I wanted to be able to just do a clone with the dirs I wanted).
2. That repository is the connection to the external world, so, it contains both cvs metadata and the mercurial metadata (and is the workspace for eclipse).
So, the metadata structure becomes something like:
3. Clone with mercurial for a new workspace and use it as the workspace in another eclipse version and keep them synched with hg pull/push -- so, when I start working in some version, I pull the changes from the 'main' mercurial repository, do the changes needed, commit and the push back... and later I commit to the cvs where it becomes visible to the external world.
- StefanC said...
I always like new releases, keeping my thumbs for a profiler :-)
manuelg: if you use a project == repository (ie, not multiple projects in one repository as fabio does) then theres is a mercurial eclipse plugin at EPIC which may work well for you. While it does support keeping multiple projects, there are oddities with merging etc.
/Stefan Chyssler (usip) - Also happy pydev extension customer
- Ray Richards said...
I am wondering if the information on the Sourceforge page is accurate in that Pydev only supports up to Python 2.4x? I have 2.6 on my machine...
- Fabio Zadrozny said...
It also supports python 2.5. As for python 2.6, it's whole syntax is still not supported (so, if you don't use the new syntaxes it should be ok, but otherwise, there are some things to be done in that area).
The next release should add support for python 2.6 and 3.0.
-- Fabio


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Trying to boot Puppy from CD with GRUB (also on the CD)
Hi everybody,
I'm attempting to install grub on a CD to use as a boot loader for puppy (also on the cd). Thanks to some help from Ian, I have gotten to the point where I've got grub and puppy on the cd and grub boots and it's time to get puppy fired up. puppy will go through about the first 1/4 of booting, and then fail. Here are the parameters I pass to puppy when I get the grub prompt:
# kernel /vmlinuz
# initrd /image.gz
both commands are followed by an output which I'm assuming means success...
I then mash "boot" at the prompt, and puppy begins to blaze away...UNTIL
I will relay the last few lines here, before the kernel panic:
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k nls_cp437, errno = 2
kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k nls_iso8859-1, errno = 2
kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k nls_iso8859-1, errno = 2
UMSDOS 0.86k (compatibility level 0.4, fast msdos)
check_pseudo_root: mounted as root
VFS: Mounted root (umsdos filesystem) readonly.
Trying to move old root to /initrd ... failed
Unmounting old root
Trying to free ramdisk memory ...okay
Freeing unused kernel memory: 104k freed
Warning: unable to open an initial console.
Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel
Now, I thought I was passing an init option with the initrd command...but it seems like we're deeper into puppy than grub has influence. But maybe I'm just making that up. Anyway, does anybody know what's going on here? Better yet, does anybody know how to fix it?
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Posted: Wed 29 Jun 2005, 23:19
Post subject: Re: Booting Puppy CD with GRUB
nduanetesh wrote:
Hi everybody,
I'm attempting to install grub on a CD to use as a boot loader for puppy (also on the cd). Thanks to some help from Ian, I have gotten to the point where I've got grub and puppy on the cd and grub boots and it's time to get puppy fired up. puppy will go through about the first 1/4 of booting, and then fail. Here are the parameters I pass to puppy when I get the grub prompt:
# kernel /vmlinuz
# initrd /image.gz
I really don't know how to help, because I've never done such a thing.
It is trying to boot from the top level of the CD-ROM disk, it looks like to me?
Do you need to tell it where /root is?
Do you need something like kernel (hd2)/vmlinuz or (sd3)/vmlinuz. In other words to you need to specify the device?
No answers from me on this, just questions. Sorry.
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Ultra Super-stud
Joined: 05 May 2005
Posts: 168
Posted: Wed 29 Jun 2005, 23:45
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interesting that you should ask about root...
when I try the Cd on my main computer (which has a hard drive or two), there is no mention of root, and I don't give a root command.
when I try the CD on my laptop, which has no hard drive, the boot fails with:
VFS: cannot open root device "" or 03:01
Please append a correct "root=" boot option
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:01
Now, I believe that 03:01 is my CD drive in the laptop, and that grub has just assumed the the medium from which is it loading is "root", unless told otherwise. Why this is a problem on my laptop and not on my other computer, I don't know. There is no way (that I have found) to indicate to grub that you'd like to use ram as root; it really wants to see a hardware device...and because of the lack of hard drive in the machine, the only hardware device available is (cd), which obviously doesn't work.
Oh, I just realized that I didn't answer your question...
No, I don't need to specify a device for the booting of the kernel. I think that the kernel booting is the only thing that it going right, and that the error comes when it's time for the kernel to hand things over to vmlinuz...
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Puppy Master
Joined: 04 May 2005
Posts: 4078
Posted: Wed 29 Jun 2005, 23:54
Post subject:
you can make a Grub boot floppy and make a boot cd from that
or you can boot using el-torito, which apparently avoids problems with floppy emulation:
you would have something like this line in menu.lst:
kernel vmlinuz root=/dev/ram0 PFILE=pup001-none-262144
if you don't have root=/dev/ram0, it will try to use the hard drive
(this is not telling it where /root is ... this is telling it where to mount the root of the entire file system ... / )
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Ultra Super-stud
Joined: 05 May 2005
Posts: 168
Posted: Thu 30 Jun 2005, 00:08
Post subject:
I am booting using eltorito. (Actually, using precisely the directions which are found in your link, which are also to be found on the grub site.)
using the command you gave (which I had tried before, but didn't mention)(tried it before because I stole the boot parameters from the syslinux.cfg on a regular puppy CD and tried them out), the boot fails thusly:
FAT: bogus logical sector size 0
UMSDOS: msdos_read_super failed, mount aborted
FAT: bogus logical sector size 0
FAT: bogus logical sector size 0
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 01:00
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Puppy Master
Joined: 04 May 2005
Posts: 4078
Posted: Thu 30 Jun 2005, 00:28
Post subject:
i haven't made a boot cd using grub
it says "GRUB automatically sets the root device to (cd) when booted from a CD-ROM"
so if you have vmlinuz and image.gz on the cd (if you use a dir called iso, like the example on the webpage, you would have iso/vmlinuz, iso/image.gz, iso/boot/grub/menu.lst and iso/boot/grub/stage2_eltorito), then something like this in menu.lst might work:
title = Puppy Linux
kernel vmlinuz root=/dev/ram0 PFILE=pup001-none-262144
initrd image.gz
it might be better if usr_cram.fs is in image.gz
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Ultra Super-stud
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Posts: 168
Posted: Thu 30 Jun 2005, 00:43
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I didn't put a menu.lst onto the disc because I knew there'd be a lot of experimenting going on, so I just enter the commands by hand...
whether I do:
kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/ram0 initrd /image.gz
kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/ram0
(note that grub requires absolute paths, thus the / before the file names)
doesn't seem to matter. I get the same boot failure messages.
I thought about the usr_cram inside of image.gz situation...though I'm not sure how it might make a difference here, I will give it a shot. I'll need to download JM's 50MB edition...
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Puppy Master
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Posted: Thu 30 Jun 2005, 02:25
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i was thinking that if usr_cram.fs is in the el-torito image, then it might not be visible to Puppy ... it's not getting to that point, so it doesn't matter if usr_cram.fs is in image.gz or not
kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/ram0 should copy vmlinuz (the linux kernel) to ram, unzip it, and start executing it
initrd /image.gz should copy image.gz to ram to /dev/ram0 (initial ram drive) ... the kernel parameter root=/dev/ram0 should tell the kernel to mount /dev/ram0 as /
from your first post, "VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem)", it looks like the kernel was started and image.gz was copied to /dev/ram0, and the kernel mounted the initrd (image.gz) as / ... so vmlinuz and image.gz seemed to have loaded in ram
(i'm assuming it found image.gz, because it seems to know it's an ext2 file system)
then the kernel tries load some drivers, and has problems (kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s ...)
it seems to try unmounting image.gz, and mounting / using the defaults ... that is, it tries to mount (cd) as /, using usmdos ... this isn't going to work ... it looks for /sbin/init, and of course doesn't find it, so you get "Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel"
it's possible that vmlinuz or image.gz are corrupted or are not being read properly ... maybe you need to pass a ramsize= parameter
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Ultra Super-stud
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Posts: 168
Posted: Thu 30 Jun 2005, 09:23
Post subject:
I don't have time to test anything this morning, as I'm about to head out the door, but here is some info that GuestToo's post brought to mind.
I first need to clarify that the error posted in my first post was coming from attempting to boot my main computer (desktop, with a hard drive), whereas everything else I posted last night were problems while attempting to boot my laptop. I know this is very bad troubleshooting practice, and I'll try to avoid such behavior in the future
I'm fairly certain that my image.gz and vmlinuz files are not corrupted, as I have created and burned a couple of different (grub-booted) ISOs, with pertinent files copied from a couple of different puppy disks (to try 2.4 kernel and 2.6), and the errors are consistent.
When I get back tonight, I'll try a ramsize parameter and will think really hard about GuestToo's post.
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Official Dog Handler
Joined: 04 May 2005
Posts: 1238
Location: Queensland
Posted: Fri 01 Jul 2005, 03:39
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The way I see it you have to point Grub to the place where the boot files for Puppy are located on the CD.
If you can't tell Grub exactly where to look it is not going to be able to boot anything.
Remember a CD is not like a hard drive, there are no partitions that Grub can look at to find the files it requires to boot the kernel.
I don't know how Grub handles TOC on a CD, it starts at the start but if it can read past that I don't know.
This is all probably rubbish but I thought I would throw in my 2 cents worth anyway.
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Ultra Super-stud
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Posted: Fri 08 Jul 2005, 22:45
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Ok, additional experimenting has produced no results, and I have to admit I'm ready to let this die, as I've come to realize that it's not going to work for the reason I originally wanted it anyway...allow me to explain.
I have a laptop that will not boot a multisession disk if the disk has more than one track on it. So, I burn multisession puppy and everything is great (it boots, that is), then I try to reboot the same disk after I've used it once, and she will not boot. The problem is not with the burn of the additional data, because the disk will boot just fine (with saved settings restored) on my other computer. It's definately just that this lappy (or the drive itself) has a problem with more than one track on a bootable CD. Anyway, not knowing much about the process of booting a CD, I thought maybe if I could get grub onto a multisession puppy CD, when I went to reboot the disk the second time, grub would fire up for the initial boot, and it would somehow bypass the part that was screwing up my computer's recognition of "oh, this is a bootable disk". Knowing a bit more about CD booting now, and having done quite a bit of experimenting, I realize now that this will not work. Even with grub on the disk, if there is more than one track, the computer does not recognize the CD as bootable.
So...experiment failed, it seems. Back to wishing I could use multisession (no hard drive, you see, and USB 1.1 connection is terribly slow
Thanks anyway for all of the help and advice.
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Official Dog Handler
Joined: 04 May 2005
Posts: 13200
Location: Arizona USA
Posted: Sat 09 Jul 2005, 00:13
Post subject:
Don't give up just yet; there's one thing you haven't tried. Or at least you didn't mention it.
Have you checked to see if there's a firmware upgrade available for the CD drive in your laptop? I've downloaded firmware upgrades for several of my CD/DVD drives and "flashed" them. I can't say it made any difference; they worked fine before I did it. I only mention it because in your case it sounds like the problem may be in the CD drive, so you never know, it's worth a try.
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Ultra Super-stud
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Posts: 168
Posted: Sat 09 Jul 2005, 00:55
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Hrmm....you know, after my last post, I was sure somebody would chime in and suggest I flash the bios for my motherboard, which was the first thing I did. But I have to admit that I didn't think about looking for a firmware upgrade for the drive. Thanks for the suggestion, Flash. I'll have to look into that.
BTW, I LOVE your avatar.
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Official Dog Handler
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Posts: 1238
Location: Queensland
Posted: Sat 09 Jul 2005, 11:04
Post subject:
Can you replace the burner in your laptop.
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Ultra Super-stud
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Posts: 168
Posted: Sun 10 Jul 2005, 20:53
Post subject:
I've searched the web and come up with some firmare updates for my model drive, but they seem to be manufacturer specific (meaning, they seem to be associated with the company which manufactured the laptop, rather than the specific drive). I'm courageous (i.e. "foolhardy") enough to give one of them a shot, though...however, since I don't have a hard drive on the computer, I'll have to create some kind of a windows boot disk and boot and run the update from that. ugh. I have to admit, though, that I'm not too hopeful that this will clear up the problem, but you're right that it's worth a try.
I *could* replace the drive, but I'm not terribly excited about the idea of dropping any more cash on this laptop. Also, this is my first lappy, so I have very little experience with laptop hardware. Can any laptop CDROM drive be dropped into any laptop? Or do they all have some kind of proprietary connector (that is manufacturer specific, and thus they are not all interchangeable?) If it's a $10 deal to pop a new CDRW/DVD drive into this thing, then I'll give it a try in a hearbeat. But if it's a $60 or more proposition....well, I'd rather spend that on getting a hard drive for this thing first.
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Nov. 17, 2007
BRUNSWICK, Maine - Junior Nicole O'Keeffe paced MIT's women's swimming and diving team with three victories on Saturday afternoon, helping the Engineers earn a split with host Bowdoin College and New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) opponent, Babson College. MIT downed Babson, 208-48, but were edged by the Polar Bears, 139-130.
Bowdoin defeated the Beavers, 195-59, in the afternoon's other match-up.
The Cardinal and Gray stand at 2-1 overall and 2-0 in the NEWMAC following the split, while Bowdoin improved to 2-0 and Babson fell to 2-4 overall and 1-1 in the conference.
O'Keeffe earned the Engineers' first victory of the afternoon in the 1000-yard freestyle, finishing 1-2 with teammate Rachel Price. The Los Angeles, Calif., native clocked in at 11:02.10 to earn top honors, while Price followed closely behind at 11:18.93. O'Keeffe then copped maximum points in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:37.08) and the 200-yard individual medley (2:18.51).
Freshman Amy Jacobi also placed first in two swimming events, winning the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 24.77 before touching the wall first in the 500-yard freestyle with a mark of 5:14.01.
Senior captain Doria Holbrook continued her march towards a third national title by winning both the one-meter (251.18) and three-meter (255.08) diving competitions.
The Engineers will return to action in two weeks time, as they will host the MIT Invitational on Friday, Nov. 30 and Saturday, Dec. 1. The event will also include Bowdoin, Brandeis University, Colby College, Tufts University and Wheaton College. The Polar Bears will host the University of Maine at Orono on Monday, Nov. 19 at 5:30 p.m., while Babson will return to the pool on Tuesday, Nov. 27, when it will host Simmons College at 6:00 p.m.


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Kinga needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 103 designs submitted by 36 freelance designers.
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II am a Jazz singer and am about to launch my website. The only thing missing is a logo for my home page and business cards. I'm asking someone to help me in creating a logo that is simple, yet sophisticated. I want something that is clean and crisp and will stand the test of time. Please use a modern font that is easy to read and use minimal embellishments.
While my audience is broad, I am a young jazz signer and tend to appeal to people ages 25 – 50.
I would like a logo preferably in bold letters, with a tint of silver & gold colours combined, not quite sure which font to use, perhaps your creativity would help me in that. Kinga Victoria sounds pretty fancy so which ever style you'd think would be best suited for name.


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The number of New Zealand internet users with datacaps of 50 gigabytes (GB) or more increased by almost 800 percent compared with a year ago, an annual Statistics NZ survey of internet service providers has found. More than 50 percent of customers now have a datacap of 20 GB or more per month.
This is a consequence of a greater range of offerings from ISPs, coupled with a rising user demand for high-volume data, says Statistics NZ. "With the increasing availability of higher data-cap (and no data-cap) plans, we are starting to enjoy unlimited digital streaming of movies and TV shows," notes to the survey. In June 2012, when the measurements were taken, users consumed an estimated 16GB of data on average per month, compared with 9GB last year.
The survey shows that a fast growing proportion of internet use is mobile. "The total number of mobile broadband users increased 34 percent this year, to more than 2.5 million -- more than half the population," says the survey.
The move to broadband speeds continues, says Statistics NZ. "The majority of subscribers (96 percent) are downloading data at speeds between 1.5 to 24 megabits per second (Mbps), up from 86 percent in this speed category last year. The total number of subscribers in the lowest downloading speed category (less than 1.5 Mbps) decreased to just 2 percent, compared with 12 percent in 2011."
Uploading speeds are continuing to rise, with 27 percent of broadband subscribers in the 1.5 Mbps or more category, compared with 18 percent in 2011, the survey results indicate. Though this proportion is still small, it is growing. "The number of subscribers signing up for lower [upload] speeds is rising at a lower rate than those signing up for higher speeds," Statistics NZ says. "The total number of subscribers in the 'less than 1.5 Mbps' category rose 3 percent in the past two years, while those in the '1.5 Mbps or more' category rose more than 180 percent."
The number of fibre-optic subscribers increased by 46 percent, the survey finds, making it the fastest-growing sector of broadband, but it is still small in absolute numbers, having grown from 3,700 in 2011 to 5,400 subscribers this year. "DSL remains the most popular connection type, with a 9 percent increase to more than 1.1 million subscribers this year," Statistics NZ reports.


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Politico serves up a piece about Arkansas Senator Mark Pryor, who faces a formidable challenge from our friend Tom Cotton. One doesn't have to read between the lines to see that the author, Manu Raju, has doubts about Pryor's re-election prospects.
Pryor tells Politico that his path to victory rests on making the case that he's not a party line Obama loyalist, but rather the kind of conservative Democrat that has long thrived in Arkansas, even as the breed disappeared across the South. But Raju notes that Pryor voted in favor of President Obama's signature legislative initiatives — Obamacare, the stimulus package, and immigration reform.
Raju also points out that, although Pryor and Cotton are running essentially even in the polls, Pryor's support drops when respondents are informed that Pryor voted for Obamacare. Without Pryor's vote, Obamacare would have failed in the Senate.
Pryor insists that Arkansas "just doesn't fit the national paradigm." He's right. Arkansas is much more conservative, and much more anti-Obamacare, than the nation as a whole.
Pryor wants to attribute Arkansas' recent voting pattern to Obama's personal unpopularity. But that unpopularity stems from Obama's leftist policies, including those for which Pryor provided vital support. Or does Pryor believe that his state's anti-Obama sentiment is race-based?
The Politico article also suggests to me that Pryor doesn't have a winning anti-Cotton message. He asks, "What has [Cotton] done to earn a promotion, if you will, to the Senate? Has he passed a bill? I don't know of anything that he's passed."
The Cotton campaign responds that "it is the height of arrogance and a little desperate for Mark Pryor to suggest that a man who voluntarily put his life on the line in Iraq and Afghanistan to defend our freedom hasn't served enough to dare run against him." This seems to me like an effective counter.
Pryor also tries to deflect criticism of his vote for Obamacare by noting that the GOP-led Arkansas Legislature passed legislation to comply with the Medicaid expansion under the federal law. "It couldn't be that bad of a vote if the Republican state Legislature just adopted it in our state," Pryor pleads.
This argument smacks of desperation. As the Cotton campaign points out, "When he cast the deciding vote for Obamacare, Mark Pryor voted to force Arkansas to expand a broken Medicaid system or lose all Medicaid funding." Moreover, there is a lot more to Obamacare than just the Medicaid expansion.
In the end, Pryor seems to be relying on his folksy style and family name. According to Raju, "Part of Pryor's pitch is stylistic: He has an easy-going demeanor and projects himself as a politician willing to talk to just about anybody, a contrast from the hard-liner Cotton, who has the ability to fire up his base."
I agree with the first part of this statement. Pryor, who spoke at the high school commencement of one of my daughters (he attended her school here in the D.C. suburbs when he was a Senator's son) does have a good demeanor. He's a good campaigner and probably a good guy.
But Raju errs, I think, in suggesting that Tom Cotton lacks an easy demeanor and is unwilling to talk to just about anyone. Tom can serve up the red meat when called upon to do so. But he's not the natural fire-brand that Raju imagines.
It remains to be seen how Tom will come across to voters during the course of a long, hotly contested campaign. But Pryor shouldn't assume that his opponent lacks the people skills to connect with the voters of Arkansas.
By the same token, Republicans shouldn't assume that Pryor's defeat is preordained. But after reading the Politico piece, I remain convinced that Tom has the edge in this race.


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The AAFP has moved quickly and forcefully to express grave concerns about a House bill that would abolish funding for programs that are considered vital to primary care and family medicine in the 2013 fiscal year, including funding for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI).
In a letter(2 page PDF) to the House Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Committee on Appropriations, AAFP Board Chair Roland Goertz, M.D., M.B.A., of Waco, Texas, said the proposal fails to provide sound and appropriate investments in patient-centered research and the nation's primary care infrastructure.
"We feel the provisions included in the proposed legislation are not supportive of your goal and ongoing efforts to improve quality and reduce the overall costs of health care," said Goertz, in the letter to the chair of the subcommittee.
Goertz pointed out that AHRQ's mission is to improve the quality, safety, efficiency and effectiveness of health care for all Americans. That mission closely mirrors the AAFP's own mission, Goertz said. "AHRQ supports important research to improve clinical decision making, reduce costs, advance patient safety, decrease medical errors, and enhance health care quality and access."
In addition, Goertz emphasized that the AAFP supports the important work of the CMMI. The center provides CMS with a "degree of nimbleness and creativity that is unusual in the private sector, much less the federal government," said Goertz.
The AAFP is working closely with the CMMI to encourage selected family physicians to participate in the Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative, which allows CMS to work with commercial and state health insurance plans to support primary care practices that deliver coordinated and seamless care based on the tenets of the patient-centered medical home (PCMH).
"The importance of this initiative is that it contains more than just Medicare patients," said Goertz. "Since only about 20-25 percent of the patients in an average family physician's practice are in the Medicare program, it has been difficult for many of these practices that want to transform themselves into a PCMH to find the upfront finances needed to pay for the required investments.
"By including other payers in a specific market, the chances that the family physician will have access to the necessary capital are greatly increased, and practice transformation is much more feasible."
Goertz also expressed concern that the subcommittee's proposal does not include sufficient funding for the Health Resources and Services Administration to provide $71 million in needed funding for Section 747 of Title VII of the Primary Care Training and Enhancement program.
"Title VII primary care training grants are vital to departments of family medicine, general internal medicine and general pediatrics," said Goertz. "They strengthen curricula and they offer incentives for training in underserved areas."
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A lawyer from Kansas City, Kansas, has been confirmed as a judge of the U.S. District Court in Kansas.
Sen. Jerry Moran said the Senate approved the appointment of Daniel Crabtree on Wednesday. He was nominated by President Barack Obama last August to succeed U.S. District Judge John Lungstrum, who took senior status.
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Tuesday TV ratings: CBS dominates, NBC's Smash is Steady
CBS' Golden Boy on Tuesday night debuted to 10.5 million total viewers and a 1.8 demo rating — up from time slot lender Vegas' most recent 9.5 mil/1.5, but well shy of Vegas' own premiere (14.9 mil/2.5) and also predecessor Unforgettable's (14 mil/2.9).
That said, it dominated the 10 o'clock hour in both counts.
Opening CBS' night, NCIS (20.5 mil/3.4) — starring Plucky Ducky — shed some viewers and a tenth in the demo, but NCIS: LA (16.8 mil/2.9) added viewers and two tenths.
ABC's Celeb Wife Swap returned to a series high, up a tenth (2.4) from its previous premiere, while The Taste (1.4) dropped two tenths in its later time slot. Body of Proof (6.3 mil/1.2) shed a few viewers but was steady in the demo.
NBC got what only NBC can consider good news, in that Smash stabilized in Week 3 with 3 mil/0.9. Leading into that, Go On's Studio 60 reunion (3.15 mil/1.1) matched last week's demo, and New Normal (2.6 mil/1.0) dropped some eyeballs but rose a tenth.
Fox's Raising Hope's My Name Is Earl reunion (3.6 mil/1.5) and Mindy Project (3.2 mil/1.6) were steady, while New Girl (4.3 mil/2.3) ticked up a tenth.
The CW's Hart of Dixie (1.42 mil/0.6) inched up in audience and the demo, while Cult was flat at 875K/0.3.
Tuesday hour by hour:
8 p.m.
CBS: "NCIS" (20.5 million viewers, 12.8/20 households)
ABC: "Celebrity Wife Swap" season premiere (7 million, 4.5/7)
NBC: "Betty White's Off Their Rockers" (4.5 million, 2.8/4)
FOX: "Raising Hope" - two episodes (3.4 million, 2.2/3)
The CW: "Hart of Dixie" (1.4 million, 1.0/2)
18-49 leader: "NCIS" (3.4)
9 p.m.
CBS: "NCIS: Los Angeles" (16.8 million, 10.6/16)
ABC: "The Taste" (4.1 million, 2.8/4)
FOX: "New Girl" (4.3 million, 2.8/4)/"The Mindy Project" (3.2 million, 2.1/3)
NBC: "Go On" (3.15 million, 2.0/3)/"The New Normal" (2.6 million, 1.8/3)
The CW: "Cult" (877,000, 0.6/1)
18-49 leader: "NCIS: Los Angeles" (2.9)
10 p.m.
CBS: "Golden Boy" series premiere (10.5 million, 6.8/11)
ABC: "Body of Proof" (6.3 million, 4.3/7)
NBC: "Smash" (3 million, 2.1/4)
18-49 leader: "Golden Boy" (1.8)
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Anyone watch Golden Boy? I like the cast (Pamuk from Downton Abbey and Emerson Cod from Pushing Daisies), but is it worth it?