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UPTON - A rabid bobcat attacked a horse in a local barn earlier this month, according to local officials.
The attack occurred in a heavily wooded area off Grove Street in the late night hours of March 14, said Upton Assistant Health Supervisor Diane Tiernan. The bobcat was destroyed�at the scene and the horse is being treated, she said.
According to Tiernan, the bobcat entered the barn and attacked the horse, which is both elderly and blind. She said, though, she believed the horse did not sustain major injuries.
"The barn door was full of scratches, but I don't know if it touched the horse," she said. "The horse is OK, but is being quarantined for the time being."
Tiernan said the bobcat was killed and sent for testing, and it was�determined the animal had rabies. She said health officials think the animal contracted rabies through an encounter with a skunk, as it had a heavy skunk odor, though it is impossible to conclusively determine that.
"From what I understand, there are more and more (bobcats) in the area," she said.
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UPTON - A rabid bobcat attacked a horse in a local barn earlier this month, according to local officials.


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Argument preview: CFC jurisdiction over claims pending in federal court
On Monday, in United States v. Tohono O'Odham Nation, the Court will hear oral arguments over whether 28 U.S.C. § 1500 deprives the Court of Federal Claims of jurisdiction over claims concerning the government's breach of trust when the plaintiff has an identical claim pending in federal court. Daniel Thies, a clerk for the Honorable Jerry E. Smith of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, previews the case for the American Bar Association's PREVIEW of U.S. Supreme Court Cases; the ABA has generously agreed to share some of its previews "" which are authored by practitioners and scholars in the field "" with SCOTUSblog. You can read Mr. Thies' preview here; PREVIEW's website is here.
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Let the `Tuck Rule' go?
Not Charles Woodson.
In a segment with Deion Sanders and Jamie Dukes on the NFL Network, the Raiders safety took a moment to get something off his chest regarding the historical event of Jan. 19, 2002.
"Lets get this out of the way. If they make the correct call, which they did at first, and then they overturned it, this 18 (playoff wins) that Tom Brady has, it never happened,'' Woodson said. "Tom Brady owes me his house. I'm the reason why he's married to who he's married to. Everything. Because they overturned that call. Tom, come on now, fess up, it was a fumble. It's still a fumble.''
Woodson's rant was good-natured and done in part for comedic effect. He and Brady were teammates at Michigan.
On the play, Woodson came on a corner blitz and forced an apparent fumble by Brady which was recovered by Greg Biekert, appeared to secure a 13-10 win for the Raiders at Foxboro Stadium.
Instead, referee Walt Coleman overturned the play, ruling it an incomplete pass. He cited the `Tuck Rule,' making it an incomplete pass. The Patriots went on to tie the game 13-13 on a 45-yard field goal by Adam Vinatieri and won the game in overtime.
The `Tuck Rule' has since been stricken from the record book.
It was Brady's first playoff win _ he know has 18, the most in NFL history _ and jump-started a Hall of Fame career and a life that includes a marriage to super model Giselle Bundschen.
Woodson, 37, is scheduled for unrestricted free agency and said he wants to come back and play for the Raiders.
"I thought he was very solid and could contribute and I told him so,'' Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie said this week. "I told him I would like to talk about getting him back here.''


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The good news about Ernest Moniz, President Barack Obama's nominee to become secretary of energy, is that he seems bullish about natural gas.
But the bad news is that Moniz sees gas as a means of slashing use of coal to produce electric power.
Obama recently revealed he is nominating Moniz, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor, to replace Steven Chu at the Department of Energy. Chu has been an outspoken advocate of eliminating coal as a power-generation fuel.
Moniz has been criticized by some environmentalists because of an MIT report that seemed to minimize concerns about hydraulic fracturing technology used to obtain gas. He has referred to gas as "a bridge to a low-carbon future." To that, on another occasion, he added that gas "will play a crucial role in enabling very substantial reductions in carbon emissions."
At the same time, Moniz seems open to clean-coal technology. He should be encouraged to divert some of the enormous sums the Obama administration is spending on wind and solar power to developing better ways to burn coal.
Also last week, Obama introduced his choice at new director of the Environmental Protection Agency. She is EPA veteran Gina McCarthy, who wrote many of the rules Obama has used to pursue his war on coal.
On balance, it appears Moniz and McCarthy signal the president's determination to continue his assault on coal. If so, it will be up to Congress to prevent the White House from sending electricity prices soaring for tens of millions of Americans.


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The 30th annual Miami Book Fair International — which brought cultural cachet to South Florida long before the Art Baselers came to town in their skinny jeans and funny glasses (funny jeans and skinny glasses?) — opens its arms in that way that it does this weekend with the annual Street Fair.
The outdoor, family-friendly event will fill the streets around Miami Dade College (300 NE Second Ave., Miami) with more than 200 booksellers, music, kids' activities and food from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday through Sunday.
Among the music offerings will be a special performance by the Band Formerly Known as the Rock Bottom Remainders, the all-author garage band that over the years has included such ersatz rockers as Dave Barry, Stephen King, Roy Blount Jr., Michael Dorris, Matt Groening, Barbara Kingsolver, Greil Marcus, Mitch Albom, Scott Turow and Amy Tan (see video below).
With the slogan "Over 350 million books sold, 40 New York Times No. 1 best-sellers, one lousy band," the group has been a mainstay of the festival since the Rock Bottom Remainders formed in 1992. But things changed in May of last year when founding member Kathi Kamen Goldmark lost a long battle with breast cancer. The remaining members decided that was the end of the road for the band.
But at 6 p.m. Saturday, the group will reunite for a Street Fair performance that also calls attention to "Hard Listening: The Greatest Rock Band Ever (of Authors) Tells All," an e-book released last summer that offers "the behind-the-scenes, uncensored story of their two decades of friendship, love, writing, and the redemptive power of rock 'n' roll." Contributions to the book, edited by Goldmark's husband, Sam Barry (Dave's brother), include a new short story and a new essay from Stephen King.
Saturday's performance will include a guest appearance by rock legend Roger McGuinn. All author proceeds from the sales of "Hard Listening" will be donated to offset Goldmark's medical bills. For more on the book, go to RockBottomRemainders.com.
Street Fair admission: Friday free; Saturday-Sunday $8, $5 ages 13-18 and older than 62, 12 and younger free. Info: MiamiBookFair.com.
A local effort to raise money for victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines will gather an impressive list of classic-rock do-gooders for a Nov. 30 benefit show at Boca Raton's Mizner Park. The free concert will include Ambrosia, Melanie, Wayne Nelson of Little River Band, Mark Stein of Vanilla Fudge, Terry Sylvester of the Hollies, saxophonist Phil Kenzie and the Livesays performing from 5 to 11 p.m. The event is sponsored by the Biocol Clinic Foundation, created by local physician Dr. Mitchell Schuster, which is "dedicated to providing medical care and disaster relief services to villages and rural areas worldwide." The Biocol Clinic Foundation has two clinics in the Phillippines. A silent auction, raffles and a by-donation meet-and-greet with some of the performers are among the ways to contribute. More info: BicolClinic.org.
'Tis the season for charitable drinking on wheels … The inaugural Dog Rescue Bus Loop will run the festively inclined to bars in Boca Raton and Deerfield Beach from 6 to 11 p.m. Friday to raise money for 100+ Abandoned Dogs of the Everglades. Tickets cost $30 advance, $35 at check-in at the Dubliner (435 Plaza Real) in Boca Raton's Mizner Park or at 2 Georges at the Cove (1754 SE Third Court) in Deerfield Beach. Info: 100PlusAbandonedDogsOfEvergladesFlorida.com. The inaugural Turkey Bus Loop comes to Fort Lauderdale on Nov. 27, with tickets a mere $20 if you pay before Nov. 25. The Turkey Loop has some spots new to Loopers, including Shuck N' Dive, Shula Burger and Himmarshee Public House. Remember, designated drivers ride free. Info: 954-574-6000, BusLoop.org.
Because the Bus Loop moves too quickly for some people, there is Tap 'N' Run, the beer-drinking, costume-wearing, fun run returning to downtown Fort Lauderdale at 2 p.m. Dec. 7. As you may remember, the multicity Tap 'N' Run series involves running a 4K course interrupted by three beer-chug stations where you will down a 5-ounce beer (you can opt for water instead). The Fort Lauderdale run begins and ends in the Himmarshee District, with a post-race awards party that includes a full beer, presentation of the T-shirt and finisher's medal (it doubles as a beer opener) and separate awards in categories ranging from best team concept to best mustache and shortest shorts. To register, go to TapNRun.com.
After opening for Macklemore and Ryan Lewis at Miami's AmericanAirlines Arena on Sunday, rapper Talib Kweli will stick around to do a set inside the AAA's exclusive Hyde lounge, an intimate performance open to all for a $20 cover. Doors open at midnight. Info: HydeAAArena.com. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis will go on at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $35-$45 via Ticketmaster.
Hard to beat the back patio and dock at the Riverside Hotel to watch the Winterfest Boat Parade, but you know how quickly it sells out … But, this just in, there are tickets available for the Dec. 14 festivities. Options include stadium seating ($30) with its access to food vendors; the Dock Party ($75, which includes open bar 6-8 p.m. and access to food vendors); and the River Patio Party ($125, with open bar 6-8 p.m. and hors d'oeuvres). The free afterparty at Laura Ward Park from 8 to 11 p.m. includes cash bar and DJ. The hotel is at 620 E. Las Olas Blvd., Fort Lauderdale. Info: 954-467-0671, WBP2013.qrickets.com.
"A Little Party Never Killed Nobody" — a quote lifted either from F. Scott Fitzgerald or Fergie — is the name of Friday night's third-anniversary party at Vibe Las Olas (301 E. Las Olas Blvd.). The Gatsby-themed event, which organizers are comparing to Vibe's infamous Maxim parties for flash (or is it flesh?), will include an open bar from 9-10 p.m. and a parade down Las Olas Boulevard by the Miami Heat Street Band. Because that's how they roll. Info: 954-713-7313, VibeLasOlas.com.
Not that this is what they had in mind, of course (of course), but Il Divo will put tickets for their May 8 Fillmore show on sale Friday at 10 a.m. Just in time for, well … Get them at all Ticketmaster outlets for $49.50-$146. Info: 305-673-7300, FillmoreMB.com.
Get an early taste of Winterfest and Christmas on Las Olas (Dec. 3) at Family Fun Day noon-4 p.m. Sunday on the Riverside Hotel lawn. Live entertainment (including the "Gator Boys" Road Show), seasonal treats and libations are part of the event, which also features the opening of the 1,800-square-foot Skate Las Olas synthetic ice rink. Skate rentals cost $10 per 30 minutes. Info: WinterfestParade.com.
In case you were wondering why you can't find an egg white around here, the Broward Center for the Performing Arts this weekend will be home to the NPC National Bodybuilding Championships, with winners being crowned in bodybuilding, figure, bikini and physique categories. Tickets: $50-$125. Info: 954-462-0222, BrowardCenter.org.
Get daily updates on South Florida entertainment and things to do at SouthFlorida.com, on Twitter at @BenCrandell and Instagram /BenCrandell.


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This year�s version of the Pamlico Hurricanes baseball team were watching cartoons and eating Lunchables the last time the Hurricanes were conference champions.
BAYBORO � This year�s version of the Pamlico Hurricanes baseball team were watching cartoons and eating Lunchables the last time the Hurricanes were conference champions.
Coach Mike Twichell Jr. was suiting up as a player, not as a coach.
On Tuesday, the Hurricanes will try to win their first Coastal Plains Conference baseball title since 2004.
To do so, Pamlico (14-8, 7-2 Coastal Plains) will have to take down East Carteret (10-6, 8-1) for the second time this season.
The Hurricanes toughed out a 5-4 victory in 11 innings over the Mariners on March 26.
�Our guys are just so excited. They are really fired up for this game,� Twichell said.
�I was on the team in �04 the last time we won conference and in coaching this team, I see a lot of similarities to our team in �04.�
Gone are the performances of multi-error games and frigid hitting, and in place of those are shutouts and explosive batting displays in victories.
Pamlico has won nine of its last 10 games, including last week�s battles with Jones Senior and Southwest Onslow in shutout fashion.
�I think the biggest thing about this team is the trust level. They all believe in one another and I have never seen panic in them all year,� Twichell said.
�Shane (Hardison) and Mark (Buck) have been great on the mound and we have really hit the ball well lately also. To win against East, we are going to have to take it because they are not going to give us anything.�
Hardison has been a young man possessed on the mound as of late, as he boasts a sub-1.00 ERA for the season and will get the ball in the title game.
The offense has been led by a trio of underclassmen in sophomores Jacob Willis and Cole Bennett, and junior Trent Prescott.
Twichell has had good players in his short span as head baseball coach, but is especially thrilled to be coaching in his first CPC title game.
�It means a whole lot to me man,� Twichell said.
�We have had a different mindset this season from the kids from day one and for me to have been a part of the last title and to have a chance to coach these kids to one, it just means a lot.�
The Hurricanes will take on the Mariners at 6 p.m. in Beaufort.
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From left, Elizabeth Johnson, Edwina Williams, John Barron and Patti Johnson, all of Columbus, share a good laugh, surrounded by items donated for the HEARTS auction. Photo by: Joe Ray Roberson
February 21, 2009
Patti Johnson loves an artistic challenge. The Columbus artist has been busy transforming a cigar box into a trendy accessory and a shell-shaped container into a stylish adornment. It''s all for a good cause. Johnson, and others like her, are gearing up for the third annual HEARTS Spring Purse and Bag Auction benefiting the non-profit after-school tutoring program.
The festive event is Friday, Feb. 27, at the Columbus Country Club from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Colgate Country Showdown winners Nash Street, of Starkville, will provide lively foot-tapping bluegrass, and wine and cheese will be served. Tickets are $25 at the door, or are available in advance by contacting HEARTS Board President, the Rev. Sandra DePriest, at 662-574-1972.
A variety of designer and handcrafted bags, decor items, baked goods and unique treats will help raise funds for the agency which provides much-needed tutoring for children in Columbus.
"Last year, we raised $12,000 through this event, and that was just amazing," said auction chair Elizabeth Johnson. "It''s not just purses; there are items men will enjoy, like a one-day hunting trip given by Charlie Lindquist."
Bidders will good-naturedly vie for other tempting items including a two-night stay at the Amzi Love/Lincoln Home Bed and Breakfast given by Sid and Brenda Caradine, a two-night stay given by Don and Sandra DePriest at the Choctaw Bed and Breakfast and one hour of harp music by Belinda Hudson.
Clever ideas
Jack White, of Columbus, donated two decorated bags for the auction.
"I like to make something vibrant and lively," he said, referring to the brilliantly colored green and yellow purses he contributed. "I look for handbags and buy odds and ends to decorate them with. This year I used some costume jewelry, too, and added a little surprise in each purse.
"I want them to be uplifting. And that''s a good word to use -- because HEARTS is uplifting. The program is so purposeful and focused in such an admirable way."
Johnson remarked with enthusiasm, "It''s wonderful to get your creative juices flowing. It''s a challenge for the artist to come up with clever ideas."
"This is a great event because it''s fun," added Edwina Williams, who is donating a boutique "piano keyboard" purse and a "Mother Goose" birthday party for the auction. "Everybody there has a smile on their face."
The good cause
"We have about 40 children we tutor during the school year," said HEARTS Director Mary Ezell. "They come twice a week in the afternoon from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Our volunteers are a loving and nurturing group of people who really help them with reading and self-confidence."
The program began as an outreach ministry at the Church of the Good Shepherd in East Columbus. After outgrowing its location, it moved to nearby Lawrence Drive.
"We currently have children from Fairview, Sale, Joe Cook, Stokes-Beard, Annunciation and Franklin," Ezell shared. Services are offered free, which is why the auction is such an important element in HEARTS'' success.
"We could help 200 children if we had enough volunteers," Johnson stated of the need. "We try to have one volunteer to no more than three or four children." Anyone interested in donating their time may contact Ezell at 662-244-8444.
The director praises the program''s unselfish volunteers. "There''s a fabric of volunteerism in this community that binds people together, which is unlike some of the other towns I''m familiar with. It''s thanks to many people that we''re able to do this."
The director knows the effort is worth it.
"When I pick up the paper and read the children on the principal''s or superintendent''s lists, I see names of former HEARTS students, and I know they''re doing well. Some of them are on football teams or doing other things, involved in the community. And some of these are little children who might not be doing as well if somebody hadn''t taken such an interest in them."
DePriest, a champion of the program when it began seven years ago, sees the impact, too. "HEARTS is making a difference in the lives of these young students. We love them even as we tutor and encourage them."
Jan Swoope is the Lifestyles Editor for The Commercial Dispatch.
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Bebe Buell is one of my favorite girls. I guess it's because I feel like she and I are kind of kindred spirits - we are both vegetarians, both believe in reincarnation, both love Oscar Wilde and Mick Jagger, and both admire the great women who inspire rock music, like Pattie Boyd and Marianne Faithfull. The only difference is that Bebe actually became one of these women as well. To the public, she is known as the mother of Liv Tyler, and, to those more in-the-know, a great muse to some of the biggest names in rock history. But don't sell Bebe short - she's not just a muse to rock'n'rollers, but also a rock star in her own right. Her style is amazing, her demeanor alluring - after all, there's a reason why men from Mick Jagger to Jack Nicholson all flocked to her! I've written about the style similarities between Bebe and young fashionistas like Mischa Barton on the site before, but now is everyone's chance to get a little Bebe in their lives.
Bebe's Wardrobe:
- Message tees of famous bands, authors, and magazines (a reproduction of the famed Oscar Wilde tee is available on Worn Free, as is a tee for BeBop Cafe)
- A floral, ruffly kimono wrap top, as worn in Playboy Magazine
- Cream-colored fur coat with a suede tie at the waist and huge fluffy collar - so luxe that it puts Penny Lane's Mongolian lamb fur trim to shame!
- Strapless dresses, often with empire waists, in a variety of colors (black, red, burnt orange - to name a few) and patterns
- Overalls with short legs in denim and khaki, at least one with a paisley trim
- High-waisted flared jeans (worn with a fitted tank top)
- White satin military jacket with gold embroidery and blue jewels - such a statement in itself that Bebe didn't need to wear anything underneath!
- Lace bustier/corset tops (red with black lace overlay) - worn backstage at concerts and to clubs
- Leopard leotards
- Knee-length full circle skirts with loud patterns
- Dresses with fluttery butterfly sleeves
- A good leather motorcycle jacket - an essential for hanging out with all of those badass rock'n'rollers
- A crazy-cool minidress with newspaper-style print all over it
- Tons of white eyelet, ruffles, and crocheted items for that beautiful innocent look that Bebe rocked so well
Her Accessories:
- Silk top hats
- Stylish berets (black, a red crocheted one with yellow and black patterns)
- Fishnets with thick seams at the back
- Gloves - black lace ones and a white pair with black polka dots
- Flowers in her hair, pushed behind her ears - sometimes behind both ears!
- A bottle of Chanel No. 5, never any other perfume. Once, according to Rebel Heart, Mick Jagger gave her "a large bottle of Shalimar perfume" which she refused to wear and referred to as "floozy juice." Which is kind of amazing.
- Hanging out with rock'n'roll elite
- Inspiring music and movies - she was the basis for the character Penny Lane in Almost Famous, and has inspired songs by Elvis Costello, Prince, and Chester French (who wrote a song called "Bebe Buell")
- Writing books and songs
- Being any number of these things: a Playboy Playmate, a fashion model, a rock star, a mother, a grandmother
- Being a "Creem Dream" - for which she still is, according to the lyrics to "Money Machine"
Friends and Lovers:
Bebe is an extremely popular girl, so here is just a sampling of who she has been associated with over the years...
- David Bowie, and his former wifey Angela
- Andy Warhol
- Salvador Dali, about whom she has said, "his moustache was greasy"
- Iggy Pop
- Nico
- Rod Stewart
- Jimmy Page and Led Zeppelin
- Eric Clapton
- Patti Smith
- Elvis Costello
- Todd Rundgren
- Debbie Harry
- Steven Tyler and Aerosmith
- The Rolling Stones, particularly Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Ronnie Wood
- Stiv Bators - the duo was named Creem Magazine's Couple of the Year in 1980
- Coyote Shivers
- Jim Wallerstein
- Jack Nicholson and Warren Beatty
- Kate Moss
- Pamela Des Barres (a conversation between the two women is featured in Des Barres' book Let's Spend the Night Together)
- Cyrinda Foxe
- Lori Maddox and Sable Starr - "They were really sweet girls, they'd meet you at the airport and run up to you to tell you how fabulous you were"
- Joey Ramone
- Liz Derringer
- Ritchie Blackmore
- Cameron Crowe, who based his most legendary 'band-aide' on Bebe
- Max's Kansas City in New York City
- CBGBs in New York City
- The "Riot House" on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles
- Tramps on Jermyn Street in London
Cool facts:
- She fell in love with Oscar Wilde after seeing a photo of him at age eight
- She became a vegetarian being in the meatpacking district as a teen while on acid. "Back in those days, there were cows going by on hooks. And if you're tripping on good acid and you see that, you'll never touch meat again."
- She always knew she wanted to be a singer. In Rebel Heart she admits, "In my deepest heart, what I wanted most was to be a rock and roll singer. In my thoughts and journals, that's what I expressed. And I was conscious of that, but I never had the courage to tell people."
- Her favorite designers are Anna Sui, Calvin Klein, and Marc Jacobs
- She believes in reincarnation, calling it "the life of the soul."
- She calls leopard her favorite color
Pearls of Wisdom:
- "I knew that I had some destiny as a servant of the arts, but I also knew that I was an artist myself."
- "Life is a precious gift, and, as Oscar Wilde said, 'Life is what you make it.' It's been a bumpy ride, with highs and lows, love and loss, pain and growth. The one thing I've learned is that it is never too late to change, evolve, or take charge. You're never too old to rock - or to do anything, for that matter."
- "Groupies are girls who hang around and just want to have sex with rock stars. It's really kind of a gross tag. Band aides and people like that are there because they love the music. I think women have a right to an affinity and a love for music just as much as men do."
- "Muse is such a beautiful word. It just sounds nicer. It's a lot more romantic." - on her preference for the term 'muse' over 'groupie'
- "My secret desires were locked up inside of me. I didn't dare tell anybody what I really wanted to be. All I knew was that I wanted to be somebody. That somebody resembled Anita Pallenberg, Pattie Boyd, Jane Fonda, Brigitte Bardot, and Janis Joplin! Or at least resembled their essence. I don't know if the word star was embedded in my mind ... I always had fantasies of being some kind of artist. A performer, a "somebody." But I was afraid that people would laugh at me because I wanted to be famous."
- "Fashion has always been a huge part of pop culture and music. The British Invasion really affected the way I look at clothes. I like the 'anything goes' attitude of some of the musical greats, the way they can take a street look and make it unique."
- "Black will always be the universal color of rock'n'roll."
- "Music represented freedom, inspiration, rebellion. The British bands brought a whole new generation of British girls into the limelight - Marianne Faithfull, Chrissie Shrimpton, Julie Christie, Pattie Boyd, Linda Keith, Anita Pallenberg, and Hayley Mills, among others. The majority of my friends hated these competitors for their heroes' attention, but I was as infatuated with them as I was with the boys in the bands."


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[lastfm]Jennifer Hudson[/lastfm] took the stage at her own pace for her Live on Letterman concert from the Ed Sullivan Theater. The rear doors opened to a cloud of smoke, and out emerged the lovely and talented Miss Hudson who shook hands and danced with fans, as she sang her way to the stage of the legendary venue.
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Stolen truck leads chase through downtown Los Banos
A man in a stolen bread delivery truck led Los Banos police on a low-speed chase through downtown early Friday afternoon before surrendering to law enforcement at a gas station.
According to Cmdr. Ray Reyna of the Los Banos Police department, Jesse Cortinas, 55, of Mountain View, was driving a bread-delivery truck and collided with a city vehicle in the area of Sixth and I streets. When Cortinas kept going, the city worker followed and tried to stop him while also calling the police.
The truck was later determined to have been stolen from the Mountain View area.
"Our officer caught up with him at Seventh and J, attemped to stop him with emergency lights and sirens," Reyna said. "He failed to yield and continued at slow speeds through the downtown area, made his way to California and onto Pacheco Avenue."
The truck stayed on Pacheco for only a block before pulling into a gas station at Pacheco and Nevada avenues.
Reyna said between the time Cortinas hit the city vehicle and police caught up with him during a busy downtown lunch hour, he hit another vehicle with the truck on 500 block of J Street, causing minor damage.
"Thankfully no one was injured," Reyna said. "That's a big vehicle."
After stopping in the parking lot, Cortinas put his hand in the air but would not exit. He was forced out by officers and placed under arrest, then transported to Memorial Hospital, Los Banos for treatment of lacerations on his hands and other health issues, according to Reyna.
Reyna said Cortinas will be charged with possession of a stolen vehicle and failure to yield to an emergency vehicle.


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Confusion reigned in aftermath of Afghanistan massacre
NAJIBAN, Afghanistan — One month after Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales allegedly went on a killing spree here in southern Afghanistan, the saying that "the first casualty of war is truth" continues to hold true in the deaths of eight adults and nine children in the villages of Najiban and Alkozai.
In the days following the attack, in the Panjway district of Kandahar province, confusion reigned as villagers, local officials and officials from the U.S.-led coalition sorted through the grim details of the killings. The conflicting accounts of what happened in the early hours of March 11 are still being pieced together as Bales — whom U.S. officials have called the sole suspect — sits in a U.S. military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., awaiting his first court appearance.
What's clear, however, is that the narrative in Afghanistan of the most devastating civilian massacre of the decade-long U.S.-led war was shaped by several Afghan leaders who tried to exploit the massacre for political purposes. It's also clear that a severe trust deficit mars the presence of U.S. forces in an area that American officials not long ago described as under control, and which they view as crucial to Afghanistan's long-term stability.
Many local and international journalists faced challenges in their search for the truth behind the killings. In the fog of information — and with Afghan leaders including President Hamid Karzai under public pressure to respond to the tragedy — there was not only confusion but spin, disinformation and outright lies.
For reporters in Kandahar, news about the killings started trickling in shortly after sunrise that day. "Come quickly," they were told. "There's been a massacre." They grabbed their notebooks and cameras, scrambled for their cars, and headed for Panjway.
Near the district center, a convoy carrying two senior Afghan officials — Haji Agha Lalai, the head of Kandahar's provincial council, and Asadullah Khalid, Afghanistan's minister of tribal and border affairs and formerly governor of Kandahar province — linked up with reporters. Their vehicles roared along a paved road that winds its way past fields and farms, flanked in places by hills and mountains. Soldiers and policemen stood to attention outside the many checkpoints and bases that punctuate the landscape.
Turning onto a dusty road, they came to the small but heavily fortified joint U.S.-Afghan base known as Camp Belambay. A crowd of local villagers sat nearby while Afghan soldiers stood guard at the main gate, nervously cradling their assault rifles.
The officials were ushered inside along with Afghan journalists who'd reached the scene. The dead, who had been shot and in some cases stabbed, lay shrouded in blankets just outside the base.
Khalid and Agha Lalai were shown the bodies. "They were really angry," said one Afghan journalist, who asked not to be identified to protect his job. "They were very upset because the bodies were burnt, the children were burnt. It was a horrible scene."
Khalid called President Karzai to report the news. "Are the media there?" Karzai asked him, according to two Afghan journalists who witnessed the phone call. "Make sure the media know. Make sure they see everything."
A few journalists were taken the short distance to a nearby house at Najiban, where at least 11 of the victims were shot and stabbed. The mood inside was tense. On the way they passed a massive hole in the road. Villagers and Afghan officials have told reporters that this was the site of a homemade bomb blast that struck a U.S. armored vehicle a day or two prior to the slaughter.
They have also said that, prior to the killings, U.S. military personnel had threatened Najiban residents with retaliation for the bomb attack. U.S. officials later said they had no record of either incident.
"We don't have any indication that ... the attack that's being described occurred, and certainly no evidence that there were any threats of retaliation by U.S. soldiers," said a Pentagon spokesman, Navy Capt. John Kirby.
The discrepancy between the villagers' claim and the response of the U.S. military is just one of many examples of confusion and disagreement that surround the killings.
According to the Afghan journalist, who works for an international news agency, Kandahar's governor, Tooryalai Wesa, originally told local journalists that there were no casualties. Just as inaccurate was a Taliban spokesman's claim that 50 villagers had been killed.
Meanwhile, Afghan government officials in Kandahar warned local journalists against reporting a high number of casualties.
"Sometimes (Afghan) officials downplay incidents," the journalist said, "but we still report the truth."
By the morning of Day Two, the numbers had settled at 16 killed and five wounded — U.S. officials would later charge Bales with 17 murders — but the motive behind the attack was far from clear.
"Why did this happen?" an elder from Panjway asked Agha Lalai in a meeting with villagers at his sprawling Kandahar compound. Agha Lalai couldn't furnish a compelling answer.
"He was drunk," an Afghan army colonel said of the killer. Few looked convinced.
As elders took turns to speak that morning there were varying accounts of the shooting spree. Some said they'd been told only one attacker was involved. Others said they'd heard that there were multiple attackers. One suggested that the shooter was a Republican trying to damage President Barack Obama's re-election chances.
There was silence.
Earlier that day, Shah Wali Karzai — one of President Karzai's brothers and a prominent local figure — seemed distressed but philosophical about the attack.
"You know, there are extremists in every country," Shah Wali, a soft-spoken man who once lived in the U.S., told McClatchy at his home. "There are also Afghans who are killing foreign troops in Afghanistan."
He added: "We have to look at the bigger picture — fighting terrorism in Afghanistan. It would be a tragedy if the foreign forces left."
On Day Three, it was obvious not everyone agreed with this sentiment. In Najiban, Shah Wali Karzai, his brother Qayum, Agha Lalai and Khalid led an official delegation to a memorial service for the victims. After prayers for the deceased, the delegation members rose one by one to speak in the courtyard of a mosque. Villagers who had gathered interrupted them frequently and vociferously.
"We don't want these Americans here," said one local, as U.S. helicopters thundered nearby and jets roared overhead. "We don't want this base."
Moments later, as the dignitaries left the mosque, gunfire and explosions erupted. "Taliban?" asked one reporter, as villagers and security men scrambled for cover. "Yes," said a soldier. "Taliban."
Some of the villagers have insisted that no Taliban are present in the area, and in January Maj. Gen. James Terry, then the commander of coalition forces in the area, told reporters that after intense operations against the Taliban, "we now control the decisive terrain that the insurgents have owned up until this point," including Panjway.
But those claims seemed to evaporate in the lengthy firefight that ensued after the memorial ceremony. One Afghan soldier was killed and four others wounded.
Perhaps the most perplexing aspect of the massacre was the claims by some villagers that a large number of U.S. soldiers took part in the killings. Some have claimed — without evidence — that more than 15 servicemen were involved.
Dutch journalist Bette Dam, who spent a week in Kandahar investigating the killings, told McClatchy that "most of these accounts were coming from people who weren't actually there or from people who were in the area but didn't actually see the attack."
One of the people Dam spoke to who said he'd witnessed the attack admitted his mind was "confused." Another, a woman from Najiban who said her husband was murdered in front of her by a single U.S. soldier, claimed also to have seen a group of Americans outside the house in the dark.
Dam said she did not believe the people she spoke to were intentionally misleading her or had been pressured to give false accounts. Instead, she thinks the locals genuinely believe that there were multiple attackers because they're so accustomed to night raids on their homes by groups of soldiers.
"One villager told me that every house in that area has been searched (by groups of soldiers) more than once," said Dam.
Such is the antagonism and distrust toward U.S. forces that an Afghan soldier based at Belambay who reportedly told investigators he'd seen only one U.S. soldier leave the base that night was described as "brainwashed" by some local members of Parliament who backed the theory of multiple attackers.
A high-ranking Afghan army officer told McClatchy that Afghan investigators have seen a U.S. surveillance video that shows a single soldier leaving and returning to the base alone on the night of the killings. But skeptical Afghans have claimed the video could have been faked.
Given that level of distrust, perhaps no amount of evidence could have convinced skeptics that there was only one attacker.
Some Afghan officials appeared to be guided by political considerations in allowing the "multiple attacker" theory to gain traction. Meeting in the presidential palace with relatives of the victims five days after the killings, Karzai openly questioned the U.S. account of a lone gunman. Pointing to one relative, he said: "In his family, in four rooms people were killed — children and women were killed — and then they were all brought together in one room and then set on fire. That, one man cannot do."
Yet the testimony Karzai relied on was from the same Panjway residents whom McClatchy and others had interviewed — people who had lost relatives but not witnessed the killings firsthand.
An even more incendiary allegation came from a delegation of Afghan parliamentarians who conducted their own inquiry. They said they had found that not only 15 to 20 U.S. soldiers had been involved, but that some of the deceased women had been sexually assaulted.
A group of relatives of the dead issued a press statement vehemently denying the claim and accusing the lawmakers of making it up for political advantage. The lawmakers subsequently appeared to drop the claim.
Last week, Karzai's chief investigator, Gen. Sher Mohammad Karimi, the Afghan army chief — who had previously told an Australian TV news program that he believed the killer had one or two accomplices — told McClatchy that he had heard testimony from survivors that only one man was involved. Karimi said that this testimony was clear and consistent, and he conceded that a highly trained soldier could have committed the murders alone.
The people of Najiban and Alkozai may never accept this. They've told politicians and reporters that they have years of negative experiences with the U.S. military. They say that repeated night raids in particular have left them alienated, angry and afraid.
Karimi said that even if Bales is convicted as the lone attacker when he faces a court-martial in the U.S., the relatives of the Panjway victims might still suspect a cover-up.
"And even if he's executed, people will say, 'No, the U.S. is lying, they're cheating us. He should be tried here (in Afghanistan).' So, you cannot please (these) people."
(Stephenson, a McClatchy special correspondent, was the first Western journalist to reach the scene of the massacre at Najiban, Afghanistan.)
Soldier accused of murdering 17 Afghan villagers will face 'sanity board'
Only one shooter likely in Kandahar killings, Afghan investigator says
Suspect in Afghanistan killings had history of alcohol incidents
For more coverage visit McClatchy's Afghanistan and Pakistan page.


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Java SE 6 Embedded for ARM Cortex-A9 Multi-core
This week in Santa Clara, ARM and Sun are demonstrating the fruits of their recent collaboration at the ARM Techcon3 conference (http://armtechcon3.crowdvine.com/). In particular, ARM is demonstrating systems with the new quad-core Cortex-A9 embedded processor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_Cortex-A9_MPCore), along with Sun's latest Java SE 6 Embedded (u16) built specifically to use those ARM cores. As a result, the JVM and applications running on it scale extremely well - in an embedded environment.
You can read more about Sun's Java SE Embedded versions (available for a matrix of many processor/OS combinations, such as Windows XP Embedded or Linux on Atom, ARM, PowerPC, OMap, Freescale, and so on) here: http://java.sun.com/javase/embedded/index.jsp
The really interesting part of all of this is that we're beginning to see embedded environments that support multiple cores - four in this particular case. It won't be too long before smart phones, handhelds, PDAs, dedicated kisosks, tablet computers, printers and scanners, kids toys, <insert your ideas here> all have processors with multiple cores in them. Imagine the power and potential of these devices, at relatively low cost and power consumption! And Java is right there, ready now to help you take advantage of them.
Happy coding!


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Agreement with Russian Federation concerning polar bear population : message from the President of the United States transmitting Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Russian Federation on the Conservation and Management of the Alaska-Chukotka Polar Bear Population, done at Washington on October 16, 2000.
Description: This treaty is an agreement between the United States and Russia to work towards a legal and scientific frame work for the conservation and management of polar bears .
Date: 2002
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- The list of facilities reviewed in the 2006 Facility Review Program is given below. The program included 193 facility reviews.
- All facility reviews have been distributed.
- Facility Reviews are currently unavailable for purchase. Please contact the CHWMEG, Inc. Administrator, at (412) 826-3056 (or by e-mail) regarding acquisition of 2006 reports.
- Click on a facility name to see a description of services. Older facility reviews (1995-1997) may not have a description of services.
- Names in parentheses are aliases or former names.
- List is sorted by US state abbreviation and city.
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Music Lyrics
Bass and Guitar Tabs
and More...
50 Cent
You Ain't No Gansta
[50 Cent]
What y'all know about this fab shit, huh?
TE baby come on, uh-huh Trackmasters uh-huh
Look we can shop together mama, his and hers
Fifth Av. shit baby, Fendi furs
I ain't tight with the chips girl
I'm down to splurge
If it's ice you like I'll light up your life (Ooh)
VS2 Clarity alright
I play the block I ain't the type to punch your clock
I'm the type to put the metal to the floor in the drop
I live life in the fast lane
I make a grove of hash
Hustle hard for cash so I can spoil that ass
It's like she loves me, she loves me not
Cause her friends pump her head hull of bullshit alot
I gave jewels I imported for her
Chanel bags I bought from boosters
To the hood I introduced her
She feisty and sometimes she wanna fight me
People saying if I get knocked she ain't gon write me
The sick part is all that bullshit excites me
[1 - Destiny's Child]
A thug's what I want
A thug's what I need
Even though my friends don't seem to see
That he lace me with money
He knows when I want it
And I'm never gonna leave my baby
My thugged out no good baby
[50 Cent]
Ay yo I treat you like you need to be treated like you're special
Tie your hands to the bedpost when I caress you
When I met you it was Guess and Gap
Now it's Gucci and Prada
Took you from being a nine to being a dime
You complain that we don't spend time
When I'm OT on the grind going hard for mine
Yo when shorty say she hate me
You know she mean she love me
When she play me close at the bar
That mean she want some Bubbly
See my polying with another chick and shit get ugly
She wanna flip threaten to run keys across my whip
Try to burn a nigga with some Hominy Briss
That's how she on it
When I met her she was lowkey
Now she wanna OD
You know me I let her do her thing son
I say what I'm feeling
Niggas say that I'm illing
I sip Cristy so I'm pissy
Like a staircase in your building
[Repeat 1 (2x)]
[Repeat 1 & 2 till end]
[2 - Beyonce]
A thug is what I want
And a thug is what I need
And my friends don't understand
How my baby laces me
A thug is what I want
And a thug is what I need
And my friends don't understand
And I think its jealousy
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The other day as I was driving home, I saw an amazing sight.
An osprey was winging across Cinco Bayou with a fish in its claws. Suddenly another bird swooped in, and although I was a good distance away, there was no mistaking the white head of a bald eagle. It began grappling with the osprey for the fish. At one point the osprey dropped the fish and the eagle dove after it. Then the osprey began chasing the eagle to retrieve its hard-caught dinner.
How many people get to see something like that? I felt lucky.
Later, it occurred to me that we see amazing sights throughout our lives, not only the great big �amazings� that make the history books but also the small miracles of daily life that go on around us, unnoticed by most.
For instance, I was standing on my patio one night and saw the International Space Station glide silently across the star-spackled sky. It�s hard to believe people are living up there, people who might be looking down at millions of people like me and wondering what we�re thinking.
I saw the Apollo 17 moon launch. It was the only moon mission launched at night and it almost didn�t happen, as a last-minute glitch stalled the countdown. But finally those big engines fired up and night became day. The roar was something you felt in your chest.
Another amazing sight � the ground at 2,000 feet from the waist-gunner position of a B-24. In 1998 I was privileged to catch a ride on the Collings Foundation�s �All American,� a restored Liberator bomber that was touring the country with a B-17. We flew from Panama City to Crestview, where the �All American� would remain for two days, a flying museum of 1940s technology. I remember the ride was cold and, for me, a terrifying experience. I have severe acrophobia and won�t fly in the comparative comfort of a modern jetliner. But I was determined to experience, at least in part, the travails of World War II aviators.
One chilly morning, Dad and I were crossing Choctawhatchee Bay in a tiny aluminum boat with an even tinier Golden Jet outboard motor. I glanced over the side, and what did I see but thousands and thousands of moon jellyfish swimming in the dark water. Moon jellies invade the bay each winter, but I�d never seen them in such numbers. It was awe inspiring and, as I remembered the size of our boat and its temperamental engine, a little scary.
Another bay memory: One cloudy summer afternoon, I stood in the shallows off Elliott Point, fruitlessly casting my MirrOLure into the grass beds for speckled trout or bluefish. The cloud in front of me suddenly dropped a funnel cloud, which reached toward the surface to form a waterspout. I could actually hear the thing hissing as it traveled across the Gulf of Mexico and crossed the island near the Destin bridge. Too bad camera phones hadn�t been invented; I could�ve shot a million-hit YouTube video.
Mom and I were sitting on her front porch one Sunday afternoon when a fox trotted across the yard, climbed a chain-link fence and dashed off into the hinterlands. I had seen raccoons, possums and armadillos in the neighborhood, but never a fox.
Earlier this year, the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola hosted a gathering of Mercury and Gemini astronauts, who got up on stage and told backstories of their missions. As the group gathered, I heard somebody behind me talking to another person about where they would sit. I turned around and there stood Sen. John Glenn and his wife. I wanted to shake his hand and say something to him about the space program and how it had affected my life. But time was short and I didn�t want to bother him, so I kept to myself.
I did the same at the National Hardcourt Championships at King�s Island in Ohio back in the �90s. I was wandering behind the stands when who should walk through the crowd but Andre Agassi. I�ll say this for Agassi � he�s a lot shorter than I imagined!
�Amazing� is relative, but to my eyes the experiences I�ve related here were simply amazing.
Contact online editor Del Stone Jr. at (850) 315-4433 or at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on twitter at @delsnwfdn, and friend him on Facebook at dels nwfdn.


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Lady Antebellum Announces LadyAID to Help Children in Need
Grammy winning trio Lady Antebellum have announced a new charitable initiative called LadyAID, a philanthropic effort created to bring awareness to and generate support for children in need locally, nationally and globally.
The multi-level organization will reach children across the state of Tennessee through grants to Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. On a national level, Lady Aid is supporting Children's Miracle Network Hospitals and on a global level, myLIFEspeaks and The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). The LadyAID Fund is a component fund of The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee.
"The opportunity to play music on stages all around the world has given us so much happiness," said Dave Haywood. "By establishing LadyAID, we're going to be able to put a new focus on accomplishing an off-stage goal we have as a band, which is to help children in need."
The group's Hillary Scott said that bringing together the various causes each member supports is a win-win for all. "I think the three of us are individually passionate about different things and helping different organizations, and giving our time. The three of us collectively realized that what we can do together - the three of us - after Henryville High School," she stated, referring to a May performance in which the trio donated their time to perform for an Indiana town that was devastated by a tornado in March. The trio helped to raise over $235,000 to help rebuild the town.
For Charles Kelley, he says that he stands amazed at what each organization does to assist those less fortunate. "We've witnessed firsthand what these organizations are doing to help kids and their families. I've been personally touched by the children's hospital visits we've made around the US over the last few years," noted Charles Kelley. "We hope that with the help of our fans, we can all combine our energy and resources to help provide some relief to these families. The thing that we all agree on is helping kids, and there's so much need out there. I think that hits home with all of us, and any kid in need is something that doesn't need to happen."
The initiative will be funded by donations and fund raising efforts including the trio's inaugural PING PONG & SONGS event. Inspired by a combination of the band's favorite backstage hobby and their love of songwriting, the event will be held in early 2013.
Lady Antebellum recently wrapped their headlining tour that was awarded Billboard's "Breakthrough Award" and traveled across the US, Canada, Europe and Australia, where the trio was welcomed by over one million fans in 11 countries on three continents. Lady A sold out shows in top markets including Los Angeles, Chicago, two nights in New York City, Toronto, London, three nights at Sydney's Opera House and even had a chance to open a sold out show at London's Hard Rock Calling for one of their idols Bruce Springsteen. In addition, the group also released their critically acclaimed Christmas album, "On This Winter's Night." In addition, the trio will be expanding in 2013, with the news that Scott is pregnant with her first child.
For more information about the group's organization, go to www.LadyAID.org.


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I am getting the error:
touch: cannot touch `/opt/tsrm/compliance/cme/log/20121207.log`: No such file or directory
on the touch command:
touch $LOGFILE
I also checked the link: touch: cannot touch `foo': No such file or directory, But I didn't understand the answer.
Note: I was also getting
mkdir: cannot create directory; I fixed this by adding the
-p option.
Could this be something with the version of Linux I am working in?


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Andrea Smith, a writer for the very popular tech blog, Mashable recently did an Op Ed piece on three Today Show personalities who make millions of dollars every year, who admitted on air nationwide they know little about social media. Smith was upset by this caviler attitude because when she worked for ABC as a news writer and producer for 20 years, she was expected to be knowledgable about current news and pop culture.
I met Andrea Smith a number of times at industry events and I can honestly say she doesn't easily rag on people. That's why her piece in Mashable caught my eye. Smith was offended that "Today's Willie Geist, Savannah Guthrie and Natalie Morales — three TV journalists at the top of their profession — laughed on network TV about their lack of knowledge about Facebook, Twitter and privacy on social media."
The admission took place after a segment about Randi Zuckerberg's private family photos being shared publicly. This was a story publicized everywhere because of the privacy issue. The sister of the founder of Facebook got caught in the same privacy issue concerning the majority of Facebook users. Why is Facebook taking certain liberties with personal content belonging to its members?
Smith sent a warning to the Today Show.
"Here's a wake-up call, morning crew; your audience is not that dumb. They watch TV news to keep up with what's happening in the world. It is your job to inform them. Reading the news and then proclaiming you don't understand any part of it is the epitome of failure."


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'Scandal' inspiration to speak at UGA | News
ATHENS, Ga. -- The renowned crisis management expert who inspired the television series "Scandal" is slated to give a lecture at the University of Georgia.
Judy Smith, founder, president and CEO of the crisis management firm Smith & Company, is scheduled to speak Friday to conclude the university's Week of Soul, which also included a lecture by famed poet Maya Angelou.
Aside from her work in crisis management, Smith is also an adviser for numerous Fortune 500 companies, federal agencies and international companies, and served as a deputy press secretary for President George H.W. Bush.
The lecture begins at 8:30 p.m. in the Tate Theater.
Tickets are free for students and $5 for non-students. They will be sold between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. at the Tate Student Center cashier window.


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With the Super Bowl just days away, many will begin touting their vast knowledge of the NFL. NFL Trivia is a Windows Phone app that will test that knowledge and may give you a leg up on the competition.
The trivia game is laid out about as simply as you can get with two modes of play, Simple and Trivia. Simple Mode presents you with ten questions and awards you points for each correct answer. Trivia Mode also offers you points for each correct answer but has an endless string of questions.
NFL Trivia may not have many bells and whistles but it isn't a bad test of your NFL knowledge.
NFL Trivia's main pages have options to enter the two game modes, a high scores page that lists your scoring history and addiction level (based on the number of questions answered) and an About Screen.
Questions are multiple choice and cover topics based on more than 2100 players, 284 coaches, 32 teams, 13 awards and 44 championships. This will not only test your knowledge of current NFL events but also your knowledge of NFL history.
For example, when asked who is the coach of the Chicago Bears, Lovie Smith, Mike Ditka, and George Halas are potential answers.
NFL Trivia is a nice way to pass the time and test yours and your friends knowledge of NFL Football. NFL Trivia is a free, ad supported game for your Windows Phone that you can find here in the Windows Phone Store.


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The other day, I came across a woolly bear caterpillar.
Thinking of the tale that the coloration of these insects offers a possible glimpse of future winter weather, I leaned down, watched it for a bit, took a photograph, and left it to continue on its journey. Later, I did some research into woolly bear caterpillars, which are fuzzy caterpillars with black ends and a red-brown midsection. Legend has it that a larger red-brown section foretells a mild winter.
No caterpillar photos were available to compare mine with, however, and I wasn't sure what constituted a 'larger' section. Furthermore, I learned that the respective color lengths may be influenced by severity of the previous winter, amount of rainfall over the spring and summer, and differing varieties of woolly bear. In short, I learned a bit about caterpillars but nothing about what the coming winter might be like. I decided to look elsewhere.
Because some weather patterns tend to persist over long periods of time, looking at the present and recent past may give us clues as to what the future will hold. As everyone in Addison County is well aware, the last year has been marked by very high quantities of rain and snow, and in some areas this calendar year may end up going down as the wettest year on record. Last winter was seasonably cold, and last summer was not particularly hot, especially compared to the summer before. If the current weather pattern continues, we can expect above-average rain and snow through the next few months.
The Pacific Ocean is currently experiencing a phase of ocean and wind currents known as La Nina. In Vermont, La Nina generally brings near-average winter temperatures, and sometimes wetter (snowier) than average weather. Last year, the Earth experienced a La Nina pattern and Vermont, sure enough, experienced a seasonably cold winter with lots of snowfall.
NOAA (the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) just issued their winter forecast, which shows no strong temperature or precipitation trends for Vermont. However, the forecast mentions that there is some potential for a snowier than average winter based on an effect called the Arctic Oscillation. Dr. Jeff Masters of Wunderground.com elaborated on this by describing how near-record low Arctic Ocean sea ice cover can, surprisingly, influence the Arctic Oscillation and actually lead to cold, snowy winters in New England. The Farmer's Almanac and Accu-Weather
What do I think? I mostly agree with the other forecasts. Vermont has been wet and stormy for the past year, and it seems likely that the wet pattern will continue, bringing above average snowfall. The forecasts seem to call for 'clipper' type storms rather than nor'easters, which seems reasonable. This might mean that instead of a few dumpings, we'd get many smaller storms that would keep piling on the snow. It also means that far southern Vermont might get less snow. We can probably expect at least one period of temperatures well below zero, especially if the Arctic Oscillation is in a position to funnel cold air into the state. I also expect at least one or two midwinter thaws with rain that could cause ice jam flooding, and perhaps also some near-thaws with wintry mix and freezing rain. The amount of snow remaining on the ground throughout the winter depends not just on the amount of snowfall, but also the timing of any thaws.
What do you think? If you have ideas on what this winter may hold, feel free to add your thoughts!
Charlie Hohn is a recent graduate of the UVM Field Naturalist graduate program. He has been closely watching the weather ever since he was a child in southern California. Charlie will be posting occasional blog posts here about Addison County weather. He also blogs about water at slowwatermovement.blogspot.com.


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Gov. Rick Perry on Monday launched a second media campaign aimed at poaching jobs from another state — targeting Illinois this time with a flurry of print and Web spots.
Perry, in a news release, announced a week-long ad buy for $38,450 directed at folks in Chicago. The ads, which include a full page takeout in Monday's edition of Crain's Chicago Business Journal, touts Texas' pro-business climate and claims that the "escape route to economic freedom leads to Texas."
Here's a snippet from the full-page print ad:
"If you're a business owner in Illinois, I want to express my admiration for your ability to survive in an environment that, intentionally or not, is designed for you to fail. With rising taxes and government interference on the upswing, your situation is not unlike a burning building on the verge of collapse. If you're thinking of 'just riding it out' you might want to reconsider. There is an escape route to economic freedom… a route to Texas."
Perry's been busy as of late trying to sway business from other states to come to Texas.
Just last week Perry tweeted at Connecticut gun manufacturer PTR Industries, encouraging the company to ditch its current home state that had just passed a new gun control measure.
"Hey PTR…Texas is still wide open for business…come on down!," the tweet read.
And in February, Perry's team snapped up $24,000 in ad time to try and lure Californians to Texans, a move that drew a sharp response from the Golden State governor.
"Barely a fart," California Gov. Jerry Brown called Perry's ad buy.
UPDATE: A spokesperson for Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn shrugged off the Texas ads a "publicity stunt."
"We've seen this rodeo before," press secretary Brooke Anderson said in an email. "And if previous, similar efforts by other Republican governors are any indication – these publicity stunts don't work and they don't change the fact that businesses are choosing Illinois all the time."
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The Women's Tennis Organization of Sun City has selected Carolina Cups, a local breast cancer public charity, to receive all of the donations raised at its annual charity event.
"Tennis in the Pink" will be held on Oct. 1 and will feature a luncheon, live auction, tennis challenges and more.
"We've raised funds in the past for Rally for the Cure, but we decided this year that we wanted to give our funds locally," said Anne Clemmitt of the Women's Tennis Organization. "We have eight breast cancer survivors in our group and saw that some of the money raised will go to Beaufort Memorial, where some of them got treatment."
Carolina Cups is producing its own fundraiser this fall. LoCo Motion will be held on the beaches of Hilton Head and in Old Town Bluffton from Sept. 30-Oct. 2.
LoCo Motion participants will walk or run a different 10-mile course each day for a total of 30 miles. While completing all three legs isn't necessary, training is encouraged for all participants. To help make that training easier, organizers are offering a condensed 10-week training calendar and free group training sessions, which can be found at www.dothelocomotion.org.
Those who cannot participate can still join the fun by being an event volunteer or by making a direct donation to Carolina Cups, which is presenting LoCo Motion. Proceeds from LoCo Motion will benefit several regional cancer organizations, including Beaufort Memorial's Keyserling Cancer Center, Beaufort Jasper Hampton Comprehensive Care, and the Hollings Cancer Center at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston.
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Venable homers as Padres down Marlins
San Diego, CA – Will Venable knocked a two-run home run and had three RBI as the San Diego Padres defeated the Miami Marlins, 5-1, on Tuesday.
Yonder Alonso and Everth Cabrera had an RBI apiece for the Padres, who have won 10 of their last 13 games. Starter Eric Stults (3-2) gave up just one run on seven hits and two walks in 6 1/3 innings.
"This is a good sign of where the pitching is headed," Padres manager Bud Black said. "The consistency of the starting pitching is starting to build a little momentum."
Marcell Ozuna drove in the lone run for the NL-worst Marlins, who saw starter Alex Sanabia (2-5) last 4 1/3 innings before going down with tightness in his groin. He allowed four runs -- three earned -- on nine hits and two walks.
"I left pitches up in the zone," Sanabia admitted. "It was just one of those days. Obviously, if you leave the ball up, it's going to get hit."
Cabrera drew a walk to lead off the home half of the first. He advanced to third on a single by Chase Headley and a fielding error by Ozuna. Alonso hit a sacrifice fly, scoring Cabrera.
The Padres tacked on three more runs in the second. Jedd Gyorko singled to start the inning, setting up Venable's two-run blast. Alexi Amarista knocked a double to left-center field and Cabrera singled to bring him home two batters later.
Ozuna's RBI double came with two outs in the fourth, plating Matt Diaz, to cut the deficit 4-1, but that would be it for the Marlins' offense.
San Diego added an insurance run in the eighth. Alonso singled with one out, stole second and reached third when Miguel Olivo's throw was off the mark. Following a walk by Gyorko, Venable grounded into a fielder's choice but was able to bring Alonso home.
Anthony Bass pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for the Padres to end the game.
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By JOHN FLOWERS
MIDDLEBURY — Rick Heinrichs' first job more than 30 years ago was serving up food at Mister Up's Restaurant in Middlebury.
On May 25, Heinrichs — now an Academy Award winning production designer — will help serve up the latest installment of the wildly popular "Pirates of the Caribbean" film series on which he worked in such exotic locales as the Bahamas.
Heinrichs, a former Shoreham resident, was in Middlebury late last week to give some cinema-related pointers to dozens of aspiring actors and film production students at the Patricia A. Hannaford Career Center's Addison Repertory Theater (A.R.T.).
During a far-ranging presentation that included projection images of the soon-to-be-released "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End," Heinrichs recounted the challenges of creating the sets and props that breathe life into today's multi-million-dollar blockbusters.
May 7, 2007
By MEGAN JAMES
BRANDON — The Brandon selectboard late last month voted to cut short Police Chief Lonnie Hatman's three-year contract, which was due to expire at the end of June.
At the recommendation of Town Manager Keith Arlund, who would not reveal the reason for the decision citing the confidentiality of personnel issues, the four selectmen at the April 23 meeting — Kellie Patten, Bruce Brown, Mitch Pearl and Richard Baker — voted in favor of Hatman's firing. Board chair Bill Hatch was absent.
Selectmen also voted to appoint Lt. Christopher Brickell as acting police chief.
As of last Friday, Arlund couldn't say whether he had a permanent replacement in mind, or when town officials would begin to look for one.
"We're evaluating the situation as we speak," he said.
May 7, 2007
MIDDLEBURY — The hassles that regularly accompany graduation ceremonies, namely, traffic and anxious parents, might be exaggerated at Middlebury College's commencement this year, college officials say. Who's to blame?
Bill Clinton, of course.
The former president will address the nearly 600 members of the class of 2007 on Sunday, May 27, at 10 a.m., outside on the green below Mead Chapel. Unlike in years past, for security and overcrowding reasons, guests at the event will need to have tickets.
"We didn't have any way of knowing just how much interest we were likely to have in the commencement," said Secretary of the College John Emerson, who is helping to plan the event. But as of the end of April, the college is expecting to accommodate up to 8,000 people, including students, faculty and staff — about 2,000 more than normal.
May 3, 2007
MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury residents are being challenged to come up with three specific projects designed to creatively energize the town's economy, which has taken a few hits in recent months.
The Vermont Council on Rural Development's (VCRD) "Creative Communities Program" periodically loans select towns consultants and other resources to brainstorm ideas on how to improve the local economy in a way that uses a community's unique assets — such as its location, geographic attributes, special products and/or homegrown talent.
In February Middlebury applied to become a part of the Creative Communities Program, which has already provided services to nine other Vermont towns, including Hardwick and Rutland.
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Find out what is going on in your town and join in. Local Green Up Day coordinators and their contact information are provided here.
• Starr Phillips/759-2421. Contact Phillips to receive bags and to coordinate coverage areas. When bags are full, drop them off in the town dump truck, which will be parked at Addison Four Corners all weekend long.
• Jim Leary/247-9595. Leary will be at the bandstand in Central Park from 8 to 10 a.m. Saturday to hand out doughnuts, coffee, hot chocolate, Green Up bags and road assignments. When participants are finished, they should bring their filled bags to the transfer station, if they can, or call Leary to let him know where they have left them by the side of the road. He encourages people to wear gloves.
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There was a time, long before the arrival of the Internet, when videogame players celebrated the inclusion of game-related topics in the smallest of columns of everyday newspapers. In time, the small footnotes became single and double-page features about fresh game releases, hints, pokes and cheats. As a consequence of the sudden growth of the computer and console business, a few dedicated publications appeared in the United States of America, the epicenter of the videogame industry revolution; yet firstly in the United Kingdom. Countless magazines were edited during the 1980's and 90's throughout the globe; some of them vanished in a matter of months; others were successful for a short while; only a few kept alive until this day.
But just as the format of the printer paper slowly capitulated to the emerging HTML format, so did the videogame magazines become a secondary choice to game players who needn't wait for the end of the month to read the latest news, now updated every second in the windows of their internet browsers. In order to oppose the costless information supply of game sites, magazines were forced to improve and to become more exclusive than ever in order to survive. AMUSEMENT magazine, a fairly recent French trimestral publication, addresses some of the larger problems of the games journalism sphere, providing the sort of educated reading that is still light-years away from the common videogame website.
A first look at any of the existing issues of AMUSEMENT is sure to cause shock and awe: apparently, even after a quick browsing through the pages, this magazine is hard to identify as being related to the subject of games. Its discerning design easily evokes the flair and elegance seen in the visual presentation of a Vogue or Vanity Fair magazines. There are no game previews, reviews or even news articles proper; each piece has an identity of its own. This radical perspective has made this magazine a new and inspiring reference in the treatment of videogame subjects, something which is clear not only in its daring imagery, but also in the selection of themes.
The latest issue of the magazine, entitled BUG, is dedicated to concept of game program bug or glitch. Through different articles, the authors provide unique assessments on how these program errors have characterized videogames for long and will continue to do so in the future. The following are some of the highlights of this sixth edition (please click the images for larger views).
A fine example of this magazine's focus on subjects of interest to videogame players that are not directly related to the industry; this is an interview article with Xavier Veilhan, a vanguardist French artist whose recent work consists of presenting flat polygon sculptures near historical locations. This contrast between old and new architectural and scultpural techniques is well illustrated by the image above, where a purple geometric chariot being pulled by horses is placed on front of the Versailles Palace.
The celebrated creator of Konami's DANCE DANCE REVOLUTION, Naoki, is briefly enquired about his vision of the music games industry where his title played a central role in the last years.
Another great visual feature, Dérapages, blends models with polygonal compositions to suggest everyday life accidents: on the picture, the suspended waiter accidentally drops the digital serving dish.
is a small but very interesting piece on the important role of the bug hunters and game testers in the development of each new game.
Bugs come in different forms and shapes. Léo Bourdin assumes the role of Bug Hunter and catalogues them in different classes from the Fatalist to the Pathologic according to their level of threat to the game experience.
Bugs are a unique property of hardware and software systems. In Cinema, however, the absence of these errors is compensated by different occasions where fictional computers display abnormal behaviors that play an important role. Listed movies include famous computer gremlins from 2001 A Space Odyssey, Electric Dreams or Alphaville.
Reminiscent of the film District 9, this visual article combines the chaos of technology on the foreground with the superimposed CGI insects alluding to the original circumstances in which the computer term bug came to be.
A one-page mention to the game MACHINARIUM, by Brice Roy, underlines the exquisite aesthetics of Jakub Dvorský's game.
Possibly the most important article of this edition: a multi-paged interview with Tetsuya Mizuguchi in which he speaks openly about his early days at SEGA and the several experiences that motivated him to seek new grounds in game design when founding UGA or his recent studio Q? Entertainment.
Like many other Japanese game designers often credited as being artists because of their exquisite work - including Ueda or Kojima - Mizuguchi speaks honestly about his definition of what videogames are. The page highlight reads: To me videogames aren't art, they're entertainment.
In his career, Mizuguchi has developed a mastery in blending audio and video. The inclusion of the concept of synaesthesia in his games, particularly REZ, originated in Paris when visited the Kandinsky painting gallery. The highlight reads: Everything will merge in the future: Videogames, Music, Cinema.
The author speaks openly about his ambitions: I see myself as still being young. And that which interests me is what comes next, the next day, the next project.
Surprisingly, the final pages are printed in a different kind of paper. One of them shows a very amusing article about an inevitable ludic reference, given this specific issue's main theme: BUG, the Sega Saturn game, is recognized here as one of the most important chapters in the history of 3D games.
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The end of the Triple Crown season has long been a time of transition, while also being one of frustration for a run that is now destined to cover a stretch of at least 35 years.
After a series that featured a pair of riveting wins by I'll Have Another in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands and the Preakness, the hopes in the Thoroughbred racing nation-and-beyond for an end to the 34-year-old Triple Crown drought were dashed on the eve of the Belmont Stakes, its final jewel, by news that the Derby winner would miss the race because of a tendon injury. More air rushed from the Belmont balloon a short time later with word that I'll Have Another would be retired.
That was followed by 24 hours of interesting coverage on the impact of the news of I'll Have Another's defection on the Triple Crown and the horse industry that included more than a little hysterical hand-wringing by some once-a-year racing writers over the dark implications for racing's future posed by I'll Have Another's unfortunate events.
Then the Belmont Stakes was run. And it was a good race with a terrific finish and a deserving and well-received winner in Union Rags, one of the brightest stars of this year's 3-year-old crops who lost all hope in the Kentucky Derby after a bad start. He had finished faster than anyone in the run through the Churchill Downs stretch on Kentucky Derby Day, but that was only good enough for seventh place. Few headlines are written for athletes, equine or human, who finish in that spot.
The nature and spirit of the Belmont Stakes turned out to be far brighter than the dire projections. Belmont Park still attracted nearly 86,000 fans to watch Union Rags run down Paynter in the final yards to earn redemption for his Derby disappointment. NBC reported that television ratings for the Triple Crown's final jewel were 13 percent higher than last year's viewership.
A Triple Crown winner would have been nice, and it will be wonderful when it happens. And it will happen.
But the arrival of the horse that finally has the magic mixture of speed, talent and luck to sweep the three-race series will not cure-all the horse industry's ills, though it would surely provide a wonderful, if temporary, spot in some warm sunshine.
I remember reading as a kid that the Triple Crown was too difficult and the Thoroughbred breed too fragile to allow another sweep of the Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes. At that point, it had been more than 20 years since Citation dominated his age group to earn the Triple Crown in 1948 and many voices wondered if we would ever see another Triple Crown winner.
Then came Secretariat's mythic, record-shattering three-race run in 1973, and it was followed shortly by Seattle Slew's unbeaten run through the series in 1977 and Affirmed's dramatic Triple Crown showdown with Alydar a year later.
Clearly it would have been wonderful to see I'll Have Another take his shot at racing immortality in the Belmont, and even more exciting to see what the future might hold for a colt that seemed to be improving with every start for trainer Paul Reddam and trainer Doug O'Neill. The colt's future will not be a bad one as his main duty over the next 15 to 20 years will be to show up for a long line of pre-arranged dates with well-bred mares of outstanding physical conformation.
But any debate over I'll Have Another's Triple Crown bid is now another racing story of "woulda, coulda, shoulda.â€Â But fellow members of this 3-year-old crop can enhance both his memory and stallion career with strong performances in races against each other this summer and in matches against older, more seasoned horses in the fall.
The latter is always the real measure of quality for 3-year-olds, and the post-I'll Have Another leaders of the division after the Triple Crown are Derby and Preakness runner-up Bodemeister, Union Rags and Belmont runner-up Paynter. And don't give up yet on Creative Cause, Dullahan and Hansen – all early 3-year-old heroes who will have opportunities to restore the shine to their somewhat tarnished reputations in the weeks ahead
And now that the 2012 Triple Crown is behind us and Kentucky Derby 139 is in the neighborhood of 325 days away, Churchill Downs will serve as a fine springboard for the remaining months of the 2012 racing calendar with this Saturday's "Downs After Dark†racing program.
The night of racing is headed by the $400,000 Stephen Foster Handicap, a race that has become one of America's top events for older horses that are pointing toward the Breeders' Cup Classic. Its 2012 renewal – its first under the lights – has attracted perhaps the strongest field of older horses assembled in the U.S. this year.
Fans of the Metropolitan Handicap won by the Dale Romans-trained Shackleford on Memorial Day would quibble, but the Foster will give that race a run for its money. I'll happily settle for calling the Met Mile the best one-turn race of the year, while the Stephen Foster field will be the best two-turn gathering for older horses in 2012.
Wise Dan – winner of last fall's Clark Handicap and quite possibly the best older horse in America – heads a Foster field that has also attracted Alternation and 2011 Kentucky Derby runner-up Nehro, the 1-2 finishers separated by a nose in the recent Pimlico Special; Santa Anita Handicap winner Ron the Greek; the very fast Nates Mineshaft; and Mission Impazible, the Churchill Downs-loving runner-up in both the 2011 Foster and Clark Handicaps for trainer Todd Pletcher.
Three other stakes races on the night will feature Royal Delta, last year's champion 3-year-old filly, in the Fleur De Lis Handicap; a possible appearance by reigning 2-year-old champion Hansen in the Matt Winn for 3-year-olds; and a good group of 3-year-old grass fillies in the Regret.
Saturday will be the first time Churchill Downs has held one of its most important races under the lights and the results of each of those races will help shape the landscape for battles for the Breeders' Cup and Eclipse Award championships later in the year.
After the conclusion of the Triple Crown season and the disappointing run by his Dullahan in the Belmont Stakes, trainer Dale Romans was asked about the Triple Crown campaign. "I'm glad it's over,' Romans said. "But I can't wait until next year.â€
I'll second Dale's emotion. But until Derby 139 and a new Triple Crown season arrive, nights like this week's Stephen Foster Handicap Saturday at Churchill Downs will be more than enough to keep me happy. I hope to see you there.


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