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Welcome to the third installment of the monthly France Blogging Roundtable, a project organized by Christine Cantera of WhyGo France. The group includes Christine and four others of us who blog about France: Jennifer of Chez Lou Lou, Jamie of Life's a Feast, EuroCheapo, and me. Each month we'll share our unique perspectives on a predetermined topic about France. So pull up a chair to our Roundtable, have a croissant or an eclair, and join in on the conversation. We'd love to hear your take on each month's topic and your comments. This month's topic: Romance in France
What makes a place romantic? I think the criteria is somewhat subjective. What's important to me is to be surrounded by water, preferably the sea. A river, lake, canal or pretty fountains will do, too. Some might want cold and snow to cuddle, but I want warmer ambiance; green vineyards, hills, rugged cliffs, quaint little villages, maybe a castle or two, sidewalk cafes with wicker chairs, lush gardens and parks with ideal spots for picnics. Promenades that invite walking arm-in-arm are necesary, too. Basically, I want my idea of a picturesque setting, one that encourages amorous feelings.
Right now you might be thinking that I want WAY too much. Not true, because when it comes to romantic settings, France really has all this and more.
Today I'm suggesting 9 spots in France for romantic vacations. For the 10th, I want to hear your opinion and am leaving it up to you to decide. My 9 choices may seem completely random, but they do have several common threads; the first being water. They each also live up to my above-mentioned list of criteria. That and, except for the last city on my list, on all my visits to these places I've been without a date! Each time I've been to one of these romantic spots its been with groups of friends, my parents, or with nobody else except my camera to keep me company. Really, Cupid, you need to get better aim with that arrow. So these cities are on what you might call my "bucket list for romantic vacations." (Hey Cupid, are you listening?)
Vineyards and majestic wine houses sprawl out along both sides of the Gironde river. An ideal lovers' vacation includes a cozy room surrounded by grapevines. Visits to wine houses and wine tastings include scenic drives through the various wine regions of Bordeaux. Wines in this region are not only for wine snobs and the elite. No, there is a wine chateau and wine for everyone to enjoy. Make an appointment for a tour beforehand and you should have no problems. The Bordeaux tourist office, one of the most efficient and informative I've seen, also provides tours and they help with setting up independent visits. A great time to visit is during the Fete le Vin held bi-annually on the banks of the Gironde River in the city of Bordeaux. This year, 2012, the wine festival will be held June 28 to July 1.
The medieval bridge: Ponte Valentre over the Lot River
A few years ago, I spent a month in the Dordogne region getting to know its food and its photographic villages. Cahors was extra special. I love the way the Lot River wraps itself like a horseshoe around three quarters of the city center to give you the feeling you're on an island. Lively Boulevard Gambetta, the main street of the town, reminded me of a mini Cours Mirabeau. Like the famous street in Aix-en-Provence, sidewalk cafes, shops and trees filled both sides of the street. Take a boat ride around Cahors or a balloon ride over it. There is a mostly shaded walking path along the river bank. Like the river, the path curves around the town. The green grass invites you to stop and have a picnic along the trail. Cahors is known for its "black wine" and there are around 200 wines with the label. The Malbec grape makes the strong dark wine of the region. Drives surrouned by vineyards, winery visits and tastings can easily be part of a trip here, too.
Also in the Dordogne, the medieval village of Sarlat makes for a nice base to explore the region. Cobblestone streets, turreted buildings and small winding alleyways allow for hand-in-hand strolls, especially at night. Market days are Wednesday and Saturdays. Then you can pick up picnic fare for your drive along the Dordogne river. Majestic castles span the hilltops that flank both sides of the river. Boat rides in the historic gabares (17th & 18th century boats of the region) are my choice for seeing the Dordogne. Or take a dreamy drive through the valley where tiny medieval villages pop up along the countryside. It seems each village has its own castle, too. The pristinely pruned Gardens of Marqueyssac are nearby and also a good choice for a lovers' stroll.
Rotunda Fountain at the entrance to the Cours Mirabeau in Aix-en-Provence
Aix-en-Provence just might be my favorite Provencal town. Fountains and flowing water are everywhere. The tree-lined Cours Mirabeau has one sidewalk cafe after another. The place to sit under the plane trees and enjoy the scenery. Take a walk along one of the pedestrian streets that splinter off from Cours Mirabeau. Or enjoy a couples' cooking class or spa day. Aix has many spas fed by the natural themal springs that flow under the city. These springs have been soothing aches and pains all the way back to Roman times. During the summer months, you can see lavender fields forever with a ride along the Lavender Trail of Provence - Les Routes de la Lavande.
This sleepy seaside town in the southeast of Provence is far off the tourist radar, but that only makes a more enjoyable to hideaway with the one you love. With a daily provencal market right at the port and cafes that look out into the Mediterrenean, I instantly fell in love with this village during my visit with Tuula and her husband. The lively market is open daily. The water is a deep blue. The cafes are perfectly placed to look out on the harbor and the sea. There is a small beach nearby and the village has several pastry and other shops to make it an ideal spot for an amorous and relaxing seaside vacation.
Cassis is another cozy seaside village of Provence. It too has cafes that follow the curve of the harbor. In them you can enjoy the views of the sea and the bounty of this fishing village, generous seafood platters especially made for two. The main attraction are the Calanques (the steep limestone walled inlets). Take a boat ride to the Calanques and then a moonlit walk around the harbor.
Named an Unesco World Heritage Site, the main island (Grande Ile) is arguably the most beautiful part of Strasbourg. Half-timbered houses with flower box windows, canals, and cafes that border the canals all add to the special ambiance in Strasbourg. As the city is very near the German border, the German influences are evident, especially in the food. Pretzels sit stacked on tables. Sausae & choucroute (French for the Alsatian name for saurkraut- surkrut) and foie gras sit side-by-side on restaurant menus. Enjoy any or all of these dishes at one of the cafes along the canal. In the evening when the moon and the street lights dance on the water's surface, the romantic mood is even stronger.
If the blue Mediterrenean, seaside strolls, and awe-inspiring hilltop views are part of your requirements for a romantic setting, Nice should be on your list, too. The Promenade des Anglais that curves with Nice's Bay of Angels is lovely for a stroll day or night. As is the pedestrian only Old Nice (Vieux Nice). A picnic, with food from the Cours Saleya, atop Castle Hill will give you a view just like that in the photo above. From Nice, the other cities and villages of the French Riviera (Cannes, Monaco, Antibes, Eze and more) are easily accesible by train. Cuddle together while enjoying a train ride along the coast. If your more adventurous, take a drive along the one of the three corniches along the Riviera coast. Old Nice, one of my favorite areas in the city day or night, is full of sidewalk cafes and cozy bars.
Although I have had a date or two in the city I once called home, I would never leave the city of love and lights off the list. Paris has everything required for a romantic setting: the Seine River, the lights, bridges, canals, sidewalk cafes, an endless number of parks and outdoor markets to pick up picnic fare, tree-lined grand boulevards and cozy alleys.
Along the Seine and the Canal St. Martin would be my top two picks for a stroll, especially at dusk, but an evening walk anywhere in Paris is tres romantique. A picnic for two is a must. What's in my picnic basket? A baguette, cheese, wine and, of course, Parisian pastries. You'll find a park on almost every rue, but I would choose the banks of the Seine or under the Eiffel Tower at the Champs de Mars as places to lay my picnic blanket.
For number 10, I want to hear from you! Where would you go in France for a romantic getaway. What criteria do you use to decide what makes a place "romantic?"
Check out what the others have to say about romance in France:
- Romance in France from WhyGo France
December's Roundtable Topic - Favorite French Art: Art and Chateau Vaux le Vicomte
January's Rountable Topic - French Comfort Food: Favorite French Comfort Food

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Monday, March 12, 2012
The Gas (From The Cradle To The Grave Collection)
The Gas were a UK three piece that were around in the early eighties. Unfortunately, for as many records as these guys put out; not allot of info exists.
Line Up:
Donnie Burke - Vocals, Guitar
Dell Vickers - Bass, Vocals
Leslie Sampson - Drums, Vocals
Polydor & Good Vibrations Records 1981-1983
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- Worthless Trash said...
The first Gas single was 'It Shows In Your Face' / 'Tomorrow' (Nov 80), 'Treatment' was also released on 12". There's also a 1983 promo 7" of 'From The Cradle To The Grave' / 'Look What Love Has Done To Me'. Good Vibrations is not the famous Belfast label if you were wondering. Burke and Vickers previously played with both Sounder and Sneeky Feelin's (one 45 each).
- March 13, 2012 at 2:30 PM
- Frank said...
I knew there was another single; I definitely remember It Shows On Your Face. I either had, or still have it. I can't imagine, I would have gotten rid of it. I'm going digging again to see if I still have it.Thank you for the info; I appreciated it.
- March 13, 2012 at 6:25 PM
- Lewdd said...
The first LP is an underrated classic. I love it. You should post the entire discography. I have most of it, but am always interested in a cleaner vinyl rip. Thanks.
- March 13, 2012 at 9:23 PM
- bat29 said...
Thanks for posting the songs Heartache and Hostage from the 5th single! Those are the only Gas songs I didn't have and have been looking for them for years.
Previous Dell Vickers band here: http://singsingrecords.blogspot.com/2010/04/sneeky-feelins-private-mail-bw-only.html
- March 14, 2012 at 12:29 AM
- bat29 said...
Previous Donny Burke/Dell Vickers band here: http://singsingrecords.blogspot.com/2010/04/sneeky-feelins-private-mail-bw-only.html
Recent Donny Burke band here: http://www.myspace.com/roadhousedogs
- March 14, 2012 at 12:45 AM
- Frank said...
Your welcome, glad I could help. I'm familiar with the Sneeky feelins record, I never heard the roadhousedogs though, thanks for the links, and the comments. By the way, I can't find my It shows on your face single. I can't imagine that I would sell it; maybe it will pop up one of these days, bummer.
- March 15, 2012 at 8:57 PM
- bat29 said...
For your pleasure I do have some of the Gas stuff posted including the It Shows In Your Face single:
- March 17, 2012 at 6:32 PM
- To destroy the reality said...
muy buen blog!! saludos http://to-destroy-the-reality.blogspot.com/ http://to-destroy-the-reality.blogspot.com/
- March 18, 2012 at 3:40 AM
Thank you for this compilation. Very very good.
- March 19, 2012 at 6:56 AM
- Frank said...
No problem, thanks for the comment Woody.
- March 24, 2012 at 10:10 AM
I met the The Gas tour Manager Harry Clarke on a holiday in Corfu in 1981. He was a great lad and he brought the gas to Northern Ireland later in 1981 and I followed them around my own little country. I spent their last night in the famous Belfast music producers Terry Hooley's house in Holywood County Down. We drank the night away and the boys gave me a lift home the next morning so I could get to work. Id love to catch up with the lads again and especially Harry Clarke so if anyone has a contact please forward to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Thanks Tony
- October 30, 2015 at 2:46 PM
- Frank Miller said...
Cool story, thanks for the comment Tony!
- November 7, 2015 at 2:23 PM


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Obama stares down the curse
President Barack Obama genuinely believed he could buck the second-term curse of fecklessness and scandal that afflicted the last three two-term presidents, even if history — and his adversaries — suggested otherwise.
The combination of clever and determined Republican resistance on nearly every front, bad luck, Obama's overconfidence in his capacity to leverage a decisive reelection victory into legislative clout and his own administration's past mistakes have left the president feeling deeply frustrated, even angry — and eager to find a way to recapture the offensive.
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The mood around 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. isn't gloomy, but it's a far cry from the optimism of his triumphant inaugural address just four months ago.
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"I don't think morale is the highest it's ever been," said an Obama veteran. "It's been a hell of a way to start a second term. … The gun vote was infuriating, depressing. … Then you went from Boston to North Korea to Syria to Benghazi to the IRS" — referring to last week's revelations that federal revenue agents singled out tea party groups for special scrutiny.
"Plus, you know, there have been a fair share of f—-ups on our side of the ball," the person said.
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Presidential historian Michael Beschloss, tweeting after Obama's string of bad news last week, put it this way: "Every second term I come to wonder a little why Presidents are so unambivalently eager for second terms."
In the days just after the reelection, one senior aide to the president joked that the door jambs at the White House "might need to be widened a bit" to accommodate the boss's laurel-laden cranium.
That's been replaced by a sober realization that the West Wing is probably in for years of endless partisan warfare with the Hill GOP, nonstop congressional investigations, obstruction of nominees, and the infuriating plague of self-inflicted mistakes that seems to afflict presidencies as they grow longer in the tooth, people close to Obama tell POLITICO.
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Despite his reputation for unflappability, Obama is a moody political performer who finds it hard to conceal disappointment or frustration. People close to Obama noticed two telltale signs he's been a little down — his low-energy April 30 news conference, during which he bristled at the notion that he had lost his "juice," and his demand for more campaign-style road trips, which has always been Obama's favorite way to regain momentum and improve his own head space.
"One of the things that's working against him is the news cycle. There isn't any news cycle anymore — it's minute to minute," says Jonathan Prince, a Democratic strategist who helped Bill Clinton navigate the impeachment scandal and the crisis in Kosovo.
"So, the guy has a couple of setbacks and he goes from utterly commanding at his inauguration to toast? The idea that he lost all of juice in nine or 10 weeks is just complete crazy. … It took three years for Bill Clinton to get there! But that's what the guys [in the White House] are dealing with right now."
The New Yorker's Jeffrey Toobin, who chronicled the Clinton scandals of the 1990s, says Obama's current predicament "doesn't imperil his presidency, but it isn't exactly helpful."


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Cuban defector Osvaldo Alonso relishing freedom, MLS success
Walmart, of all places, the embodiment of Americana and commercialism, is where Cuban soccer player Osvaldo Alonso found freedom five and a half years ago. He will never forget that terrifying, lonely afternoon, and says it has driven him to become the three-time Most Valuable Player of the Seattle Sounders.
Alonso was the captain of the Under-23 Cuban national team. From the moment he heard the team was traveling to the United States in June 2007 to play in the Gold Cup tournament, he began dreaming of defecting. His lifelong ambition was to be a professional soccer player, and he knew he would not get that opportunity as long as he stayed on the island. Also pulling him was his girlfriend, and now his wife, Liang Perez, who had left for Miami in 2004.
While in Houston preparing for the game against Honduras, the Cuban team went on a shopping spree at the local Walmart. Alonso stuffed a zip-up jacket and $700 in his backpack. He had been saving up the money in anticipation of his getaway. When his teammates and coaches were distracted in the electronics and clothing departments, Alonso, then 21, distanced from them and walked out the door. Looking over his shoulder, he walked briskly for 10 to 12 blocks, not knowing where he was going or what his future had in store.
"I was very, very scared they were going to catch me," said Alonso, who was in Miami last week to promote the upcoming Major League Soccer season, which begins in March. "But I just kept going. This was my one chance at freedom, and once I decided to do it, I wasn't going to change my mind."
He had no immediate plan. He had no phone. He didn't speak English. Once he was far away from the store, he approached a Hispanic-looking man and asked if he spoke Spanish. Turns out the man was Mexican. Alonso asked if he could borrow his phone to make a call to Miami. He called his friend to tell him he had deserted the team. The friend told him to get on a bus to Miami.
Alonso gave the Mexican man $100 for the ticket, and the man arranged the ticket for him. Alonso then rode the bus in silence for a day and a half, breaking down more than a few times.
"I kept thinking about my family back in Cuba, and how sad they would be, especially my mother," Alonso said. "Nobody had any idea I was planning this, not even my parents. I knew she would worry, and I also realized on that busride that it would be a long time before I could see my family again."
Once in Miami, he called his family in Pinar del Rio to tell them the news.
"My mother sobbed," he said. "My sister sobbed. My father was also very sad. It was a tough conversation. I explained to them that I had to do this to have a better life, and that one day, hopefully, I could bring them over, too. I told them I couldn't look back, that I had to look forward."
His friends helped him get his documents in order, and he got a tryout with the Charleston Battery of the second-division USL. Alonso, a defensive midfielder, made the team and was named MVP his first season. His ability to stop the opponents' attack and regain possession for his team caught the attention of the Seattle Sounders coaches. When that team joined MLS in 2009, it signed Alonso. His second year there, he won the team's MVP award, and went on to win again in 2011 and 2012.
He is considered the league's top defensive midfielder, and last season was named to the MLS Best XI, the league's All-Star team. He has done training stints with West Ham and Everton in the English Premier League, opportunities he says he couldn't have had if he had stayed in Cuba.
The Mexican man who helped him that fateful day stayed in touch with Alonso, and called him when he read in the newspaper of the player's MLS success.
"Never in my life did I think I would one day be playing in the United States in front of 40,000 fans applauding and chanting my name," he said. "Never did I think I could train in England. Even though it was very painful to leave my Cuban life behind, my dream is coming true here."
Alonso is 26 now, and became a U.S. citizen last June. He and Perez have a young son, Dennis. His goal now is to play for the U.S. national team. His representatives have contacted the U.S. Soccer Federation to see if that could happen. Because he played 17 matches for the Cuban national team, he is ineligible by FIFA rules to represent another country. But he argues that he was a victim of political persecution, and that is why he fled the country and is no longer allowed to play for that national team.
"The day I became a U.S. citizen, I was jumping up and down with happiness," he said. "I felt like all my doors were finally open, that anything is possible. I will always love Cuba, and I was proud to represent my country, but this is my home now and if I ever get to wear the USA jersey, it will be a very emotional day."


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Who says classical music has to be a formal affair? Not PROJECT Trio, a classical chamber ensemble fueled by the sounds of rock 'n' roll, hip-hop and jazz, from Guns 'N Roses to Duke Ellington.
With some 66 million hits on YouTube, appearances on Nickelodeon and MTV and gigs in major concert halls, coffeehouses, clubs and classrooms around the world, this Brooklyn-based ensemble — Greg Pattillo on flute, cellist Eric Stephenson and Peter Seymour on bass — has electrified audiences of all ages with its virtuosity and wild enthusiasm for making music.
Local audiences can catch PROJECT Trio in the first of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra's 2012 Family Concerts at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, with guest conductor Jacomo Bairos.
The program, designed especially for younger children, will also feature a pre-concert instrument "petting zoo" and other activities at 1 p.m.
"The petting zoo is a wonderful thing for children," said Cheryl Norman-Brick, the orchestra's principal second violin. "They can get their hands on the instruments and experiment with them a little bit and talk to musicians."
The concert will open with two world premiere pieces and other original works by PROJECT Trio, LACO's Family Concerts Series' artists-in-residence for the next three seasons. The trio will then join the orchestra in a performance of Aaron Copland's "Appalachian Spring."
"I think it's a nice mix," Seymour said. "Our music is a way to get young people in the mood to listen, and then we kind of show them this other side. A lot of kids haven't experienced classical music before, so hearing a great piece like the Copland should be a treat. And it's an amazing treat for us to get to perform it."
All of the trio members, respected virtuosos in their own right, are serious classical musicians who don't take themselves too seriously. Downbeat Magazine described PROJECT Trio's performances as "packed with musicianship, joy and surprise." Jazz Review called the group's self-titled CD "a glorious celebration of the music of our time."
"I used to be known as a head-banging bass player in the back of orchestras," Seymour said. "People used to ask me why I moved around so much. To be honest, I can't help myself. And certainly Greg, our flute player, has an extremely wild style of performing. When we step on stage, we just want people to have a great time."
Informality comes naturally to these three musicians, who feel that taking classical music out of its formal clothes is a way to help it resonate with younger audiences. In fact, although they will dress up for evening orchestral appearances, they prefer T-shirts, jeans and tennis shoes in less formal settings.
"To be able to go out there and blow the house down in a casual way, I think there's something cool about that," Seymour said.
The trio members, now in their 30s, first met as students at the Cleveland Institute of Music. The idea for the group began when Stephenson and Seymour played together during summers in the Colorado Music Festival.
"We would talk about how great it would be if we could do something that brought together everything we loved about classical music, combined with everything that we loved about more popular-culture music, because we're all big-time jazz fans, rock fans, hip-hop fans."
The initial plan in 2005 was to do "a little project" two or three times a year consisting of a week of education and community engagement, ending with "a concert of interesting music, maybe some original music, some jam music and maybe a piece of classical repertoire," Seymour said.
These days, when the trio tours, "we are nonstop," Seymour said. "We wake up in the morning and go to an elementary school. We have lunch and go to a high school. We'll maybe pop into a hospital. That night we'll play the concert, and the next day we'll fly or drive to the next town and do it all again.
"When you're on the road, if you're only working in the evening, you're wasting a good part of your day," he said, laughing.
Original compositions by the trio, which created its own label and publishing company, Harmonyville Records, in 2008, draw on the sounds of jazz, hip-hop beatbox and rock. They include reinterpretations of works by J.S. Bach and Tchaikovsky, Django Reinhardt, Thelonious Monk and other unexpected and disparate composers.
Educational outreach is at the center of the nonprofit ensemble's mission. PROJECT Trio has so far conducted workshops and performed for more than 100,000 students across the United States and internationally in programs crafted to meet National Standards for Music Education for elementary school through college.
"I told the guys when we started that I wanted it to be an educational ensemble," said Seymour, a teacher's son. "Not only does it do good for kids, it's also a great way to bring an ensemble together."
Older audiences also respond to PROJECT Trio's eclectic mix. "People say, 'Oh, they're not going to like you guys because you're too much like rock 'n' roll,' but we've found that anyone can come to our show and enjoy something," Seymour said.
"I have always thought that when you perform music at a really high level, people are going to love the concert. We go out there and give it our all, just trying to put on a great show and play the music that we love to play."
The 2012 season of themed LACO Family Concerts at the Alex Theatre will conclude with "Fool for Dance" on April 1, featuring works by Respighi and Ravel; and an all-Mozart "Mozart & Me" program on May 6.
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Family Concert With PROJECT Trio, Alex Theatre, 216 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale. Sunday — 1 p.m.: Pre-concert activities (Instrument Petting Zoo, crafts and dance); 2 p.m.: Concert performance. $12-$20. (213) 622-7001, www.laco.org


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This appendix is for system administrators who install or remove packages, especially third-party packages. Following these packaging requirements enables the following:
Avoids modifying the currently running system so you can upgrade with Solaris Live Upgrade and create and maintain non-global zones and diskless clients
Prevents a package from being interactive to automate installations when using installation programs such as custom JumpStart
This chapter contains the following sections:
Following the requirements in this section keeps the currently running OS unaltered.
For an installation of an operating system to be successful, packages must recognize and correctly respect alternate root (/) file systems, such as a Solaris Live Upgrade inactive boot environment.
Packages can include absolute paths in their pkgmap file (package map). If these files exist, they are written relative to the -R option of the pkgadd command. Packages that contain both absolute and relative (relocatable) paths can be installed to an alternative root (/) file system as well. $PKG_INSTALL_ROOT is prepended to both absolute and relocatable files so all paths are resolved properly when being installed by pkgadd.
Packages being installed by using the pkgadd -R option or being removed using the pkgrm -R option must not alter the currently running system. This feature is used by custom JumpStart, Solaris Live Upgrade, non-global zones and diskless client.
Any procedure scripts that are included in the packages being installed with the pkgadd command -R option or being removed by using the pkgrm command -R option must not alter the currently running system. Any installation scripts that you provide must reference any directory or file that is prefixed with the $PKG_INSTALL_ROOT variable. The package must write all directories and files with the $PKG_INSTALL_ROOT prefix. The package must not remove directories without a $PKG_INSTALL_ROOT prefix.
Table B–1 provides examples of script syntax.Table B–1 Examples of Installation Script Syntax
Script Type
Correct Syntax
Incorrect Syntax
Bourne shell "if" statement fragments
if [ -f ${PKG_INSTALL_ROOT}\ /etc/myproduct.conf ] ; then
if [ -f /etc/myproduct.conf ] ; \ then
Removing a file
/bin/rm -f ${PKG_INSTALL_ROOT}\ /etc/myproduct.conf
/bin/rm -f /etc/myproduct.conf
Changing a file
echo "test=no" > ${PKG_INSTALL_ROOT}\ /etc/myproduct.conf
echo "test=no" > \ /etc/myproduct.conf
$PKG_INSTALL_ROOT is the location of the root (/) file system of the machine to which you are adding the package. The location is set to the -R argument of the pkgadd command. For example, if the following command is invoked, then $PKG_INSTALL_ROOT becomes /a during the installation of the package.
# pkgadd -R /a SUNWvxvm
$BASEDIR points to the relocatable base directory into which relocatable package objects are installed. Only relocatable objects are installed here. Nonrelocatable objects (those that have absolute paths in the pkgmap file) are always installed relative to the inactive boot environment, but not relative to the $BASEDIR in effect. If a package has no relocatable objects, then the package is said to be an absolute package (or nonrelocatable), and $BASEDIR is undefined and not available to package procedure scripts.
For example, suppose a package's pkgmap file has two entries:
1 f none sbin/ls 0555 root sys 3541 12322 1002918510 1 f none /sbin/ls2 0555 root sys 3541 12322 2342423332
The pkginfo file has a specification for $BASEDIR:
If this package is installed with the following command, then ls is installed in /a/opt/sbin/ls, but ls2 is installed as /a/sbin/ls2.
# pkgadd -R /a SUNWtest
Your package procedure scripts must be independent of the currently running OS to prevent modifying the OS. Procedure scripts define actions that occur at particular points during package installation and removal. Four procedure scripts can be created with these predefined names: preinstall, postinstall, preremove, and postremove.Table B–2 Guidelines For Creating Scripts
Affects Solaris Live Upgrade
Affects non-global zones
Scripts must be written in Bourne shell (/bin/sh). Bourne shell is the interpreter that is used by the pkgadd command to execute the procedure scripts.
Scripts must not start or stop any processes or depend on the output of commands such as ps or truss, which are operating system dependent and report information about the currently running system.
Scripts are free to use other standard UNIX commands such as expr, cp, and ls and other commands that facilitate shell scripting.
Any commands that a script invokes must be available in all supported releases, since a package must run on all of those releases. Therefore, you cannot use commands that were added or removed after the Solaris 8 release.
To verify that a specific command or option is supported in a Solaris 8, 9, or 10 release, see the specific version of Solaris Reference Manual AnswerBook on http://docs.sun.com.
Packages must not execute commands delivered by the package itself. This is to maintain diskless client compatibility and avoids running commands that might require shared libraries that are not installed yet.
All packages must pass pkgchk validation. After a package is created and before it is installed, it must be checked with the following command.
# pkgchk -d dir_name pkg_name
Specifies the name of the directory where the package resides
Specifies the name of the package
After a package is created, it must be tested by installing it in an alternate root (/) file system location by using the -R dir_name option to pkgadd. After the package is installed, it must be checked for correctness by using pkgchk, as in this example.
# pkgadd -d . -R /a SUNWvxvm # pkgchk -R /a SUNWvxvm
No errors should be displayed.
If a package exists at /export/SUNWvxvm, then you would issue the following command.
# pkgchk -d /export SUNWvxvm
No errors should be displayed.
Other commands can check the package when you are creating, modifying, and deleting files. The following commands are some examples.
For example, the dircmp or fssnap commands can be used to verify that packages behave properly.
Also, the ps command can be used for testing daemon compliance by making sure daemons are not stopped or started by the package.
The truss, pkgadd -v, and pkgrm commands can test runtime package installation compliance, but might not work in all situations. In the following example, the truss command strips out all read-only, non-$TEMPDIR access and shows only non-read-only access to paths that do not lie within the specified inactive boot environment.
# TEMPDIR=/a; export TEMPDIR # truss -t open /usr/sbin/pkgadd -R ${TEMPDIR} SUNWvxvm \ 2>&1 > /dev/null | grep -v O_RDONLY | grep -v \ 'open("'${TEMPDIR}
Packages must be added or removed without the user being prompted for information when using the following standard Solaris utilities.
The custom JumpStart program
Solaris Live Upgrade
Solaris installation program program
Solaris Zones
To test a package to ensure that it will install with no user interaction, a new administration file can be set up with the pkgadd command -a option. The -a option defines an installation administration file to be used in place of the default administration file. Using the default file might result in the user being prompted for more information. You can create an administration file that indicates to pkgadd that it should bypass these checks and install the package without user confirmation. For details, see the man page admin(4) or pkgadd(1M).
The following examples show how the pkgadd command uses the administration file.
If no administration file is provided, pkgadd uses /var/sadm/install/admin/default. Using this file might result in user interaction.
# pkgadd
If a relative administration file is provided on the command line, pkgadd looks in /var/sadm/install/admin for the file name and uses it. In this example, the relative administration file is named nocheck and pkgadd looks for /var/sadm/install/admin/nocheck.
# pkgadd -a nocheck
If an absolute file is provided pkgadd uses it. In this example, pkgadd looks in /tmp for the nocheck administration file.
# pkgadd -a /tmp/nocheck
The following is an example of an installation administration file that requires very little user interaction with the pkgadd utility. Unless the package requires more space than is available on the system, the pkgadd utility uses this file and installs the package without prompting the user for more information.
mail= instance=overwrite partial=nocheck runlevel=nocheck idepend=nocheck space=ask setuid=nocheck confiict=nocheck action=nocheck basedir=default
Packages have parameters that control how their content is distributed and made visible on a system with non-global zones installed. The SUNW_PKG_ALLZONES, SUNW_PKG_HOLLOW, and SUNW_PKG_THISZONE package parameters define the characteristics of packages on a system with zones installed. These parameters must be set so that packages can be administered in a system with non-global zones.
The following table lists the four valid combinations for setting package parameters. If you choose setting combinations that are not listed in the following table, those settings are invalid and result in the package failing to install.
Ensure that you have set all three package parameters. You can leave all three package parameters blank. The package tools interpret a missing zone package parameter as if the setting were "false," but not setting the parameters is strongly discouraged. By setting all three package parameters, you specify the exact behavior the package tools should exhibit when installing or removing the package.
SUNW_PKG_ALLZONES Setting
SUNW_PKG_HOLLOW Setting
SUNW_PKG_THISZONE Setting
Package Description
This is the default setting for packages that do not specify values for all the zone package parameters.
A package with these settings can be installed in either the global zone or a non-global zone.
In both cases, the entire contents of the package is visible in all zones where the package is installed.
A package with these settings can be installed in either the global zone or a non-global zone. If new non-global zones are created after the installation, the package is not propagated to these new non-global zones.
In both cases, the entire contents of the package is visible in the zone where the package is installed.
A package with these settings can be installed in the global zone only. When the pkgadd command is run, the package is installed in the global zone and in all non-global zones. The entire contents of the package is visible in all zones.
Note –
Any attempt to install the package in a non-global zone fails.
A package with these settings can only be installed in the global zone, by the global administrator. When the pkgadd command is run, the contents of the package is fully installed in the global zone. If a package has the package parameters set to these values, the package content itself is not delivered on any non-global zone. Only the package installation information necessary to make the package appear to be installed is installed on all non-global zones. This enables the installation of other packages to be installed that depend on this package. For more information on "hollow" packages, see Chapter 24, About Packages and Patches on a Solaris System With Zones Installed (Overview), in System Administration Guide: Solaris Containers-Resource Management and Solaris Zones.
For package dependency checking purposes, the package appears to be installed in all zones.
Note –
Any attempt to install the package in a non-global zone fails.
For More Information
For more details on packages and zones
Chapter 24, About Packages and Patches on a Solaris System With Zones Installed (Overview), in System Administration Guide: Solaris Containers-Resource Management and Solaris Zones
For an overview of sparse and whole root zones
Chapter 16, Introduction to Solaris Zones, in System Administration Guide: Solaris Containers-Resource Management and Solaris Zones
For information about package characteristics and parameters
For information about displaying package parameter values
The following references provide background information about packaging requirements and specific command syntax.
For more specific information about packaging requirements and definitions of terminology
Chapter 6, Advanced Techniques for Creating Packages, in Application Packaging Developer's Guide
For basic information about adding and removing packages and the installation administration file
Chapter 18, Managing Software (Overview), in System Administration Guide: Basic Administration
For detailed information about specific commands that are referenced in this appendix, see these man pages
dircmp(1), fssnap(1M), ps(1), or truss(1) pkgadd(1M), pkgchk(1M), or pkgrm(1M)
For an overview of Solaris Live Upgrade
Chapter 2, Solaris Live Upgrade (Overview), in Solaris 10 10/08 Installation Guide: Solaris Live Upgrade and Upgrade Planning
For an overview of custom JumpStart
For an overview of Solaris Zones
Chapter 16, Introduction to Solaris Zones, in System Administration Guide: Solaris Containers-Resource Management and Solaris Zones


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Please note that the Email Discussion Groups should NOT BE USED for reporting crimes in progress or any emergency.
If you witness a crime in progress or are experiencing an emergency, call 9-1-1 immediately!
The Metropolitan Police Department began utilizing Yahoo discussion groups in March 2004. Since then, thousands of members of the community have joined the various sites. An online group was set up in all seven districts and the area patrolled by the third district substation officers. In addition to those eight groups, there are specialized groups. Those groups include:
- a site designed for outreach to families of homicide victims and is managed by MPD's Victims Services Unit;
- a site for businesses in the District for alerts on crime patterns or trends and is managed by the Criminal Investigations Division;
- a site designed for outreach to community members of the Asian, Latino, Deaf & Hard of Hearing, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Population and is managed by the Special Liaison Unit of MPD.
The purpose of the police-community Yahoo email discussion groups is to allow police officials an online venue for collecting and sharing information with members of their individual police districts, 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.
The discussion groups aid in:
- increasing awareness,
- reducing crime and the fear of crime, and
- improving community relations.
The method of communication allows residents and officials to communicate back and forth around the clock, which eliminated concerns from previous years of not knowing which tour of duty members could call their local officials to report concerns. Police officials and watch commanders are able to forward alerts for public safety; information about community meetings; changes to staff; and details about upcoming events. The site is also used to connect other city officials with the concerns that can improve the quality of life in local neighborhoods. For example, staff from the Mayor's Office of Community Relations (MOCRS) enjoy a successful relationship with the community by keeping members informed of Operation Fix-Its. They also are able to log in complaints and concerns from the community to generate ideas for future projects and to serve as a liaison with other service-providing agencies to address matters of concern.
Who Can Join?
Anyone is welcomed to join and maintain membership with the police-community email discussion group, as long as the member's participation is in compliance with the overall goals of the group (see "Purpose" listed below). People who sign up for membership in a particular district email list group are expected to be stakeholders of that specific district.
How to Join?
There are two ways to join:
- Users can join by simply sending a blank email to the automated Yahoo subscription address (found below or the Yahoo home page for each site); once the blank email message is sent, users must follow the Yahoo confirmation instructions and receive approval from MPD to become a member.
- The second way to join is by visiting the Yahoo home site for each group (found on MPD's website), and with a free Yahoo email account, users can click the blue button on the top right-hand corner of the home page, which reads: [JOIN THIS GROUP]. Yahoo's automated system will then ask users to provide a short sentence explaining the reason for joining the group. MPD will automatically receive the info from Yahoo and will review and approve or deny membership within one business day.
The number one reason users are denied membership is because the user is found to be a spammer that is not affiliated with the District of Columbia. Other reasons include past history of spamming or abusing the sites, a history of promoting products or services that are not related to public safety or a user name or email address that is offensive or misleading (e.g., policechief @yahoo.com)
Members are restricted from posting messages to the site that:
- contain information related to any active or ongoing investigation. This includes any eyewitness accounts. If users wishes to share tips with the department, they should call (202) 727-9099.
- consist of illegal spamming;
- promote the sale of services and products, particularly those that are not designed to improve upon public safety;
- are combative and threatening in nature;
- are confidential and will infringe upon a person's right to privacy (particularly victims);
- provide information that could jeopardize a criminal investigation;
- insult members of the community or police officials (e.g., profanity, name-calling, discriminatory, inflammatory, gossip, hearsay, statements known by MPD staff to be nonfactual, etc.)
- are deemed untrue or unreasonable and irrational by email discussion group moderators (i.e., messages posted out of anger or revenge, as opposed to out of concern for public safety)
- have been repeatedly addressed by police officials, but are not to the liking of the member (i.e., if a police official provides an official explanation to a request, a member will not be allowed to continue to force the issue.)
- override or attempt to override the authority of police officials;
- vocalize a political or religious opinion or promote a political or religious agenda.
- are not public-safety related.
- promote commercial or personal web sites or blogs.
- are petitioning others to target or take action against a specific person (unless this involves an activity that requires community statements, like court watch projects).
- include photographs of people and/or property that are the subject of criminal activity. Those kinds of messages should be directed to the district's commander.
- contain inquiries from the news media/press..
MPD also reserves the rights to determine other restrictions, based on action that can cause membership to decline if allowed to continue, like back and forth banter or debates that are subject to cause each member of the group to receive 10 or messages in a single day on a heated topic, where most members believe that the exchange of words fall under the "agree to disagree" category.
Other Information About the Email Discussion Groups
- Email Discussion Groups are managed through collaboration between MPD's Public Information Office, Investigative Services Bureau and the Office of Community Outreach.
- Moderators are trained staff from Community Outreach and the Strategic Services Bureau.
- More information about the MPD Email Discussion Groups can be found on the MPD website by clicking on PSA and Patrol Districts from the home page or by visiting mpdc.dc.gov/emailgroups.
Community Outreach Coordinators
Learn more about the community outreach coordinators and get contact information for your police district's coordinator.


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Despite the general understanding that the family was Scottish in origin, early records in England, specifically the Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 list Richard Haliday in Buckinghamshire; and Gerard Haliday in Suffolk. Later the Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379, listed: Willelmus Haliday; Johannes Halyday; and Adam Halyday. [4]CITATION[CLOSE]
Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6) The reader should be reminded that Yorkshire's proximity to the Scottish border probably points to the aforementioned Scottish origin.
One romantic source notes: "A well-known Scottish Border Clan, who from their great animosity against the Southron are said to have adopted the war-cry or slogan of A Holy Day, (Scottice, 'a Haly Day'), because the chiefs and people of Annandale, whenever they made a raid or foray upon the Saxon border, accounted the day spent in rapine and slaughter a holy one. " [5]CITATION[CLOSE]
Lowe, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
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Wall Street's woes mean some carriers are offering discounts -- and travelers might even find a deal for the holidays.
The crisis on Wall Street has business travelers cutting back.
One analyst estimates that corporate bookings are down 10 to 20 percent. As a result, the airlines are turning to leisure travelers to fill the gaps.
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United States win ticket to FIVB Grand Champions Cup
Omaha, Nebraska, September 21, 2013 –The United States captured the 2013 Visit Omaha NORCECA Women's Continental Championship gold medal by defeating Dominican Republic (25-19, 26-24, 21-25, 25-19) on Saturday evening at Ralston Arena.
By winning the title, the U.S. earned NORCECA's automatic berth into the FIVB Grand Champions Cup held Nov. 12-17 in Nagoya and Tokyo, Japan. The Americans defended its title in the biennial championship and now have won the tournament seven times (1981, 1983, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2011, 2013). Team USA has won five of the last seven editions and reached the podium in 21 of the 23 editions since the tournament began in 1969.
Kelly Murphy sparked the United States with 18 points and three other teammates reached double-figure scoring. Lauren Paolini added 11 points, while Jordan Larson-Burbach totaled 15 points and Kristin Hildebrand contributed 11 points. Dominican Republic was led by Bethania de La Cruz with a match-high 23 points and Gina Mambru chipped in 15 points.
The United States held advantages of 5-2 in aces and 12-7 in blocks. Dominican Republic produced a 60-51 margin in kills, but committed 29 errors in the match.
Dominican Republic finished with the silver medal for the second straight edition after falling to the United States in the 2011 gold-medal match. Dominican Republic was aiming for its second tournament title, winning the event for the first time in 2009 after taking bronze five of the previous six events.
Earlier in the day Puerto Rico claimed the bronze medal by defeating Canada 25-23, 25-16, 25-16.
"(In the fourth set) we were struggling a little and needed a little bit of energy. We brought Christa Harmotto in off the bench," U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team Head Coach Karch Kiraly said. "The first thing she did is get us a put-away and then she had a huge block and all of a sudden we were back in it. We were going after points again instead of waiting for those points to happen on their own. Kristin Hildebrand had a great serving streak. She was applying lots of pressure at the service line just the way we want her to. Jordan took some huge swings down the stretch. I'm proud of this group. Every one of these athletes made a meaningful, significant and critical contribution this week."
Bronze Medal: Puerto Rico 3, Canada 0
Puerto Rico captured the bronze medal of the 2013 Visit Omaha NORCECA Women's Continental Championship by defeating Canada 25-23, 25-16, 25-16.
Puerto Rico earned a podium spot for the second time in the 23rd edition of the biennial championship. Puerto Rico won the silver medal in 2009. Karina Ocasio, who entered the bronze-medal match with a tournament-leading 63 points, added to her point total with a match-high 19 points for Puerto Rico. Aurea Cruz chipped in 14 points in the victory. Canada was paced by Tabitha Love led Canada with 13 points and Dana Cranston added 10 points.
Offensively, Puerto Rico dominated Canada with a 44-27advantage in kills and benefited from 19 Canadian errors. Canada held a slim 10-9 margin in blocks and both teams had three aces.
"It's been a rough year," Ocasio said. "We've had a lot of players injured. So for us, this tournament, I think it was great to see what level we are right now. We're happy with the bronze medal. We came here of course with the goal of winning the gold medal. But after we lost yesterday, we said we at least have to go home with a bronze medal."
Fifth-Place Match: Mexico 3, Trinidad & Tobago 0
Mexico finished the 2013 Visit Omaha NORCECA Women's Continental Championship in fifth place after defeating Trinidad & Tobago 25-23, 25-19, 25-22. Lizbeth Sainz led Mexico with 15 points and Andrea Rangel added 14 points. Trinidad & Tobago was led by Darlene Ramdin's 14 points, while Krystle Esdelle added nine points. Mexico held a 41-32 advantage in kills and a slim 6-5 margin in aces. Trinidad & Tobago held a 10-6 edge in blocks.


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The Board of Regents has primary responsibility for the governance of Southeast Missouri State University. The Missouri Revised Statutes outlines the role and responsibilities of board members of Missouri state colleges and universities.
Each member of the board must be willing to make a strong and sustained personal commitment of time, talent and energy in order to meet the challenges of this demanding role.


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Gregory Reaux, 29, will be 69 when he gets out of the pen for robbing six GameStops in Louisiana with a boxcutter and a cutoff sleeve as a mask.
Reaux was a former GameStop employee fired because he "improperly use[ed] employee discounts and store deals," according to The Times-Picayune of New Orleans. In apparent retaliation, he robbed at least six different GameStop locations, making out with several thousand dollars and "various merchandise."
Reaux hit GameStops in the towns of Slidell, Jefferson Parish, Hammond, Walker and Denham Springs. That left the store in Mandeville. So officers staked it out and nabbed Reaux as he prepared to hit that one.
Man Gets 40 Years In Jail After Robbing Several GameStops [Hot Blooded Gaming]


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When Duckett, 36, started her theatrical drapery manufacturing business, Sew What? Inc., in 1997, she found many companies eager to work with a woman entrepreneur. Still, she's learned the importance of tolerance, flexibility and dedication, as well as having an inner drive. "Find what makes you tick," she says. "You can be successful if you choose your business endeavor to suit who you truly are." --Lindsay Holloway
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2007 Sales: $7 million
Driven by a desire to find balance between her family and professional lives, Weatherly took it upon herself to create her own solution. In 1998, she founded Weatherly Consulting Inc., which provides business-focused project management and business analysis consulting services to financial services clients. Weatherly, 40, shares three golden rules: Identify your market differentiators and stay true to them, define your culture and model your culture's values every day, and be persistent. --S.W.
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2007 Sales: $11.7 million
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You watch, the Bulls will beat the Heat tonight and there will be a major run on insanity.
The possibility of the Bulls beating the reigning NBA champion makes me wish the New York Stock Exchange dealt in options on idiot fans. One investment would yield generational wealth.
This would be the kind of win that makes Bulls fans sound like Cubs and Bears fans. Mouthbreathers and meatballs. The start of another three-peat. You've no doubt heard it yourself, the crazies projecting a February victory -- February, people -- into a June trophy celebration.
Consider this a pre-emptive plea to stop the stupid.
It's not that I want the Bulls to lose tonight. Nope, I'm all for them winning every game they can. That's the object of the exercise.
What I'm asking for is some knowledge. What I hope is that Bulls fans have finally figured out how little the regular season matters, even and especially regular-season wins over the Satanists from South Beach.
Bulls fans are quick to fight the notion that the Bulls don't need a second superstar to complement Derrick Rose. I've gotten bombarded with emails saying exactly that, and never mind that Rose still hasn't overcome his surgically repaired left knee as that first superstar.
But in the mind of the mouthbreathers and meatballs, Rose will come back like the Rose of old. Some Bulls lunatics make it sound like the second coming of Michael Jordan. And just like that, plan the parade because, if tonight falls right, they can beat the Heat. Even though they can't, not if LeBron James is healthy, not even close.
I thought we covered this earlier, but one more time: Regular season victories mean nothing in the postseason.
In fact, Bulls fans, nothing proved that better than Your Heroes a couple years ago. Those Bulls smacked around a Heat team so smug that it held a championship celebration before it played an actual minute together. Those Bulls finished with the best record in the NBA, and those Bulls got destroyed in five games once James obliterated Rose in the fourth quarter. Four straight fourth quarters. Beep, beep, drive home safely.
That, remember, was a Bulls team led by the MVP edition of Rose. This season won't be, if Rose comes back at all this season. Next season might not feature anything close to that version of greatness, as well.
James, meanwhile, is not just getting better, but has become the best player in the league exponentially, and the Bulls know it. James can guard anybody, but nobody can guard him. Ballgame. Playoff ballgame.
Again, there is a major difference between regular-season hustle and postseason greatness. Greatness wins. Everytime I think that Bulls fans know this simple fact, they turn all mouthbreather and meatball on me.
Bulls fans have seen greatness. They know it is the path to championships. Repeated championships. Bulls fans are the only Chicago fans who can say that since, I don't know, forever. Bulls fans ought to act like it.
Besides Joakim Noah unaccountably playing defense in an All-Star Game, the real news of late is Rose scrimmaging 5-on-5.
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Despite known problems with contamination and sterilization at a Wisconsin plant that made millions of now-recalled alcohol wipes, government officials didn't consider it a public health hazard — until a hospital reported a life-threatening infection.
Only then did the Food and Drug Administration act aggressively regarding the Triad Group of Hartland, Wis., whose tainted alcohol wipes and sterile lubricating jelly have been blamed for infections, serious complications and the death of a 2-year-old boy in Houston .
"It was reported to our agency on Saturday and we were in that facility on Monday," said Michael Rogers, the FDA's acting director of the Office of Regional Operations.
That might not have been soon enough, however, to stave off problems that may now extend to a growing number of personal care items — including mouthwash, acne pads and children's cold medicine — and may have left millions of potentially tainted products still in use.
Rogers defended the FDA's actions at Triad, saying the agency had monitored the firm closely during recent inspections in July 2009 and again in April and May 2010.
Government documents obtained by msnbc.com showed FDA inspectors knew about and reported contamination and sterilization issues at the Triad Group plant during those inspections.
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But Rogers said the FDA decided to work with the firm to voluntarily correct problems that ranged from worn and broken equipment to trouble with the process used to sterilize intimate care products widely used in hospitals, clinics and homes.
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"Neither of those two inspections revealed information or evidence that allowed the agency to make conclusions that there was an imminent health hazard," Rogers said.
If the agency had evidence to suggest more serious problems with sterilization, "we would have taken different action at the time," Rogers said.
The FDA issued no warning letters or other consequences to H&P Industries, which does business as Triad Group. Instead, the agency chose to "work closely with the firm to make sure that these corrective actions would be addressed," Rogers said.
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Triad Group did not respond to msnbc.com requests for comment.
On Nov. 27, however, a Colorado hospital reported to the FDA that it had detected the bacteria Bacillus cereus in Triad wipes, Rogers said. That posed a potentially life-threatening infection for a patient. Rogers would not identify the hospital or discuss the patient's outcome.
Msnbc.com previously reported that infections with Bacillus cereus tied to the wipes led to open-heart surgery for Joe Postich, 55, of Madisonville, Tenn., and to the death of Harrison Kothari, 2, of Houston. In addition, more than 100 people have now reported other potential infections related to the wipes, according to Don Kidd, one of the Houston lawyers representing the Kotharis.
Hospital reports contamination
By Nov. 29, two days after the Colorado report, FDA inspectors were in the Wisconsin plant, confirming that tainted wipes had been distributed to the public, Rogers said.
"Sterile alcohol prep pads were found to be contaminated with … organisms and were released for shipment after the confirmation of the results," read a Jan. 7 inspection document known as an FDA Form 483.
Although the documents redact the type of contamination, the Triad Group launched a voluntary recall of hundreds of millions — all lots — of its alcohol prep products because of potential contamination with Bacillus cereus.
At the FDA's urging, the firm also recalled multiple lots of purportedly sterile lubricating jelly linked to dozens of vaginal infections in women who had received medical exams.
The lubricating jelly was "understerilized," according to the report, which did not identify the type of contamination.
Rogers said the agency responded as soon as officials felt there was a true threat.
"It is a huge recall that quite frankly would not have happened without the FDA's inspection," he said. "What the recall achieves is to remove the product from the marketplace."
Tainted wipes may still be out there
However, Rogers acknowledged that FDA officials have no way of knowing whether the products are truly gone from store shelves, hospital inventories — and people's homes.
"It's not instantaneous," Rogers said. "I can say that the recall efforts are ongoing and we continue to work with the firm."
As late as this week, six weeks after the wipe recall and two months after the lubricating jelly recall, both products were available for sale on Amazon.com. Officials at Amazon did not respond to repeated requests for comment about the recalled medical supplies.
Rogers did not comment on new problems documented in the latest Triad Group inspection reports that extend to a wider range of products including mouthwash, acne pads and children's cold medicine. The report cites microbial contamination of water pipes leading to vats that made batches of blue and yellow mouth rinse and glycerin suppositories.
Inspectors also found that employees were packing acne pads into product containers with their bare hands and that a worker who said he added the active ingredient to a batch of children's multi-symptom cold medicine did not, in fact, add it.
Rogers said the FDA's investigation remains open and the agency has not decided what final action to take. "We continue to work with the firm," he said.
But that's small comfort to families like the Kotharis, said Kidd, their lawyer. The blame rests squarely on Triad officials who were "playing Russian Roulette" with contaminated medical products and who chose to disregard FDA requests to correct problems, he said.
"In hindsight, we all wish that the FDA would have acted stronger, sooner," Kidd added.
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From fancy bells and whistles to basic road versions, the options are endless. Here's how to get the most bang for your buck at the bike shop.
by Carrie Barrett
The sport of triathlon intrigued me from the get-go. I said "yes" to my first race without hesitation, suffering only from registration remorse when I realized that I had to go buy a real bike. And learn how to ride it.
On my first trip to the bike shop, like most beginners, I had no idea what I was looking for—so I brought a triathlete buddy along to help navigate the waters and ask the right questions. Still, I bought the road bike that looked the prettiest and fit within my post-college budget. Then I proceeded to trick it out tri-style with clip-on bars, a bento box and plenty of other accessories that turned my slick aluminum ride into a 30-pound tank.
It's been many years since then and now I devote a lot of my time to helping beginners go through the same process that I refer to as the "Four C's" of buying a bike.
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The next question is whether to get a road bike or a triathlon specific (TT) bike. If you want to do charity rides, longer group rides and recreational cycling along with some triathlons, a road bike is the way to go. They are built for comfort since you sit more upright and farther back on the saddle. Road bikes are also versatile: you can add clip-on aerobars and have some adjustments made to make your bike more aero.
Triathlon bikes, with steeper angles and aerodynamic positioning, are built for speed and cutting through wind. You are more forward on the saddle, which can be tough to get used to for new riders. It's also more difficult to maneuver in group rides since the brakes and gear shifters are located out on the aerobars. They are also much less versatile than road bikes. Either way, have a bike fit done by a professional to ensure you are in the right position.
→Tip: You can be fast and powerful regardless of what bike you choose. It boils down to comfort and the type of riding you plan to pursue.
I recommend that beginners purchase the highest-quality bike they can afford. Yes, that sometimes means the more expensive bike, but it will save money on future upgrades. A higher quality bike means better feel, lighter weight, and higher performance. Aluminum and steel frames (approximately $500-$800 for entry level) are durable, sturdy and less expensive than carbon frames. They are a great option for the budget-conscious beginner cyclist. Carbon fiber components and frames are lighter and tend to absorb more road vibration, making for a smoother ride. Another economic option is to look at bikes with a combination of aluminum and carbon materials.
→Tip: Buy a bike within your budget that feels good and fits you well. Remember, you'll have to add accessories like a helmet, pedals, tubes, shoes and apparel to your bottom line.
Related Article: 5 Basic Bike Maintenance Tips for Triathletes
How much you should spend and what type of bike you should buy will be influenced by whether you're a weekend warrior or a competitive IRONMAN athlete set on bagging faster times. Assess your level of commitment to cycling and what you want from the sport. Like most, I knew I wanted to complete sprint triathlons and some weekend recreational riding, but I didn't have grand visions of riding the Tour de France. I wasn't concerned about speed as much as I was about having fun and being safe. That first aluminum road bike served me well for triathlons, multi-day and charity rides. After several years, I knew I was hooked and ready to upgrade to a full carbon tri bike. My sprint triathlons grew into IRONMANs and I began to train, not just ride.
At this point, I had learned a lot through racing and training. I asked questions. I test rode different brands. I sought out bikes that suited my petite frame. I stared at the myriad selection of bikes in transition on race day. It wasn't until I knew I was fully committed that I sought out top-of-the line materials and components.
→Tip: Before you spend thousands of dollars on the fanciest bike, be sure you are committed to riding.
Buying a new bike is exciting, but brings with it a new set of equipment and rules that can be overwhelming as a beginner. Your knowledge and experience will also determine the type of bike you purchase.
Does the idea of riding in a pack frighten you? Have you practiced clipping in and out of your pedals? Are you comfortable in aero bars? Do you know how to change a flat? Can you maneuver gears for climbing and descending? These are some of the factors to consider when deciding on a bike. Competence builds confidence. It's true that you may never forget how to ride a bike, but you do lose confidence if you haven't done it in a long time. Buy the bike that makes you feel safe. If the idea of riding in aerobars scares you, don't start with a tri bike. If you're nervous about hill climbs, look at bikes that provide more gearing.
→Tip: Buy the bike that will make you the most confident rider you can be. A well-fit bike will eliminate other distractions and allow you to hit the road and enjoy the ride.
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Nanjing, China, August 20, 2014 - The "beach rats." That's how Puerto Rico coach Angel Peña affectionately refers to his scrappy team.
Puerto Rico is not the tallest team, so they try to outhustle opponents.
"It's like we are looking for cheese on the court, and we are going to take it," Peña said.
Peña has two mottos that he constantly preaches his players: "never let the ball hit the ground" and "keep the ball alive." His players dive for every ball, and refuse to give up on points.
"Taller player will always be taller," Peña said. "We have to play harder then them."
Nothing bothers Peña more than when the ball hits sand. When his players make a rare mistake on defense, he expresses his frustration.
"He is always mad," said Daniel Rivera, "but when he gets really mad he turns into beast mode."
The "beach rats" have caught the attention of other coaches at the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games.
"They told me they like our style of play," Peña said.
To find his "beach rats," Peña scoured the island for players with the ideal combination of athleticism and height.
Once he found prospective athletes, Peña had to sell them on playing beach volleyball. Most players in Puerto Rico gravitate towards indoor volleyball, attracted by the prospect of collegiate scholarships or the opportunity to play in the country's professional league. But Peña believes there are enough athletes in Puerto Rico to play both indoor and beach volleyball.
"For every athlete you take away from indoor," Peña said, "three more will join indoor."
Competing at international tournaments such as the Youth Olympic Games is the first step towards developing Puerto Rico's beach volleyball program.
"Young players will look at us and see the opportunities that exist if you play beach volleyball," said Lina Bernier.
For Puerto Rico to truly become an established beach volleyball nation, Peña knows his program will need more resources. Considering the number of beaches in Puerto Rico, there are very few beach volleyball courts. Growing up, to simulate the sport, Peña would play outdoors on the cement, hanging a net between two light posts.
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