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HBO's upcoming film "Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight" looks at the legal battle that ensued when the boxer refused to serve in the Vietnam War, a move that also saw him stripped of his heavyweight title.
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gnotebook: Midnight Travels With Progeny
Failing hard drives, GNOMEish Configlets, and the Progeny Solution
It may be because I spend over ten hours a day in its immediate vicinity that I had a sudden and unexplainable urge to go out and buy a new hard drive last night.
It turned out to be a good urge, because around 11 last night, sudden and rampant problems with my existing hard drive managed to manifest themselves and blow large holes in a few file systems even as I was thinking of adding the new drive to my server to accomodate an inexplicably large and growing collection of Rosemary Clooney and Leonard Nimoy MP3's.
It was a good urge, in fact, that was matched only by another good urge I'd written off as unhappy compulsiveness just a few days ago when I downloaded and burned both discs from Progeny Debian GNU/Linux 1.0 the day it came out.
So there I was: an ailing disk, a spanking new hard drive, and two freshly burned CD's I hadn't needed two days ago, plus a gaping hole in the space where the ISO's to burn those CD's had been just hours before.
I'm saving a real review of Progeny for a few weeks from now, when the company releases the shrinkwrap version of the distro, but this is a bit of a pocket review from a GNOME fan's point of view because there are a couple of things that make the Progeny option pretty attractive: it's made GNOME its default desktop; it's managed to integrate some basic system configuration tasks with GNOME in a clean, usable way; and if you're a craven binary addict who doesn't want to bother with building GNOME 1.4 from source, a Progeny developer has something for you already.
Progeny is built on Debian's Woody branch. The Debian project maintains three development branches: Stable/Potato, Testing/Woody, and Unstable/Sid. Potato doesn't change much unless there's a security update or a serious bug fix; Woody is fed by the unstable branch but with a little lag time to make sure packages being introduced aren't truly ill-behaved; and Sid is for people who need to keep up with the latest and greatest no matter what it might do to them if a serious enough bug makes it through. Sid users, for instance, have been getting binary packages of things like Nautilus for months now, and packages for GNOME 1.4 were turning up within hours of its release.
Progeny's taken Woody, pleasantly current enough for most of us, and added some QA and testing plus some configuration tools and a new installer to build a business-friendly version of Debian designed to do for the distro much what past Debian derivatives like Storm and Corel have done: give users an already excellent distribution with some usability enhancements that flatten out a little of the learning curve.
I've done a few Progeny installs since the installable betas of the final version started coming out, and it's always been pleasant enough when viewed through the eyes of someone who has the luxury of tossing it onto a test box. I also installed it as an update to Debian Potato, where adding a few lines to /etc/apt/sources.list and apt-get dist-upgrade-ing it made the process of going from the world of XFree86 3.3.6 and Debian's somewhat miserly approach to device support to XFree 4 and out-of-the-box support for USB and sound a pleasure. Under the pressure of needing to get back to work as quickly as possible, though, the installation became even more apparently pleasant. I don't know how many months or years of experience in installing a Linux box are effectively lost when you're in the midst of trying to get back up and running to meet a deadline and making stupid mistakes, but the Progeny installer offset all of that.
Though Progeny provides KDE2, GNOME 1.2 is its default desktop. Progeny has provided some "configlets" (check out the screenshots) that integrate with the GNOME Control Center. While they don't do everything something like Linuxconf does, for instance, they do provide a way to configure printers, networking, time settings, X configuration, and basic e-mail transport settings. It's nice to be able to deal with these things from the same place the desktop environment itself is maintained.
Existing Debian Potato users can make the hop to Progeny with real ease, too, using apt-get. The instructions on Progeny's download page spell it all out.
Progeny is also shaping up to present itself as a GNOME-friendly distribution for tracking newer releases of the project, thanks to the efforts of Eric Gillespie, Jr. a developer for the company who has created an apt-gettable archive of the GNOME 1.4RC1 (at the moment) release, including Mozilla 0.8 and Nautilus.
At the moment, Eric's quick to point out that his packages are still being tested and prepared for release so they aren't, as he puts it, "of the utmost quality." On the other hand, they're pretty good from an end user point of view and they'll put GNOME 1.4 on your desktop in short order as an apt-gettable set.
They can be had by adding:
deb http://www.indy.progeny.com/~epg/gnome-1.4rc1/ ./
to /etc/apt/sources.list, and running apt-get update, apt-get install gnome-desktop, and then sucking in some outstanding dependencies with apt-get dist-upgrade .
There are a few caveats to remember: Eric's own that these are a work in progress, and the fact that these will not play nicely with existing Ximian packages. It's a very good idea to remove any Ximian lines from /etc/apt/sources.list before doing the upgrade, and there's a chance you'll need to remove a few Ximian packages on your own due to differences in packaging approaches and naming conventions.
All that said, having used the packages on a Progeny system using Ximian's packages that I'd upgraded from Potato and on my pure Progeny install, I can assert that there are few gotchas present. I'm looking forward to their final release. One tip to offer is that xalf, which provides application launch feedback, can cause some problems with applications where you've created your own panel launcher. In particular, my nightly builds of Mozilla refused to run from a launcher until I turned xalf off. Nothing turned up in GNOME's bugzilla, but it appears to be related to a problem referenced in the xalf FAQ.
Eric also tells me that he and Christian Marillat, one of Debian's GNOME maintainers, are working to provide the packages for GNOME 1.4 to Debian Potato users soon, as well. This will be a welcome addition to the ever-growing list of unofficial sources for Debian that help to offset the relative slowness with which the distribution updates its official stable releases. They also address some of the issues between mainline Debian developers and the Ximian GNOME releases, which generally fit into a running Potato (or Progeny) system fairly well but demonstrate a few irregularities in terms of version and package naming that sometimes create problems.
Eric and Christian's efforts, combined with those of Ivan Moore (who maintains a very
current KDE2 distribution for Debian) will provide
Debian users with the very latest in the two major desktop environments.
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text: Mark Hahn wrote: >>> I'd like to add that Dell's DKMS (Dynamics Kernel Management System) is >>> great: >>> >>> http://linux.dell.com/projects.shtml#dkms > > really? I've never much seen the point, since when I want a kernel > update, it's almost never for drivers, but more fundamental parts of the > kernel, often not even modules. I suppose that a vendor's > responsibility might focus on drivers, though. dkms is useful for a few folks. We keep running into issues with it rebuilding wrong versions of modules, and then we have to back out the changes and fix it. More often than not, we simply turn it off, and it saves us time/effort/headache. > >> build a way for customers to buy proprietary linux apps (e.g. games) via >> authenticated/keyed access to yum repos, he could singlehandedly create >> a serious userland linux market. > > HP has its own distro, but is still trying to use a traditional approach > to making patches patches available. (ie, ftp patch files > that unpack to rpm(s), install script and docs). it seems pretty > obvious that yum repos are the way to go (is there any _technical_ > reason to prefer deb's? to me, the gist of a distro is the web of Yeah ... from a construction point of view, you can have many many different flavors of RPM. Customer might have an RPM from a vendor that purports to install on RHEL, only to find out that it is *only* later version of RHEL, 4.x and earlier be damned ... which means you have lots of spec file debugging to do ... Been there, done that. I'd argue for a tarball with an included minimal spec file for people who want to build their own RPMs (intel does it this way). But don't distribute code as an RPM. > version dependencies that it presents when installed. why distros > at all? because dependecies are normally a digraph, sometimes cyclic, > so it's really hard to share non-leaf packages between distros... Yup. And this is a problem if the distro flavor/version has very different dependencies. Just try to build some FC* RPMs on RHEL. Quite an intriguing (and masochistic) experience. > >> Cut a deal with vmware on the side, add full out-of-the-box lin/win > > is there any reason to prever vmware over one of the free VMs? Its everywhere, and server is free. > >> via yum and he could take the office desktop by storm. Secure windows >> -- run from inside linux! We do this already, have been for years. > > I'm not so sure about that - why would VMed windows be more secure? Very simple. Better firewalling, disk snapshotting, etc. You could even run windows w/o virus/firewall on itself, as recovery would be as simple as copying the last good disk image and wiping out the changes since. > my understanding is that the thing that makes windows vulnerable is the > hooks that make windows integration work. and it's the integration > that people expect, no? We can severely restrict windows running on a VM on linux, so that it cannot ever see the threatening servers (by restricting what IPs can connect to the VM). We can do stateful packet filtering through linux. All of these things are very very hard to get right in windows. More often than not they don't, and we get exploits burning through the windows population, pissing off admins and IT management, and causing the rest of us to shake our heads in sympathy. This is why, the premier windows HPC shop at Cornell still runs anti-virus on each of its cluster nodes (c.f. http://www.cac.cornell.edu/Documentation/Software/Tables/SoftwareWindows.aspx and search for Anti-virus, now compare that to their linux system http://www.cac.cornell.edu/Documentation/Software/Tables/SoftwareLinux.aspx and look for Anti-virus). If they were running windows atop Linux in a VM session, with the appropriate firewalling, the windows machines would be less likely to be corrupted/corruptable, as no backchannels would be allowed, and the connections could be rigidly controlled. This, curiously enough, would lower the per-VM cost, by eliminating unnecessary packages. There are other advantages to this, but the net is that it would be better for all concerned to keep Windows behind a linux firewall. -- Joseph Landman, Ph.D Founder and CEO Scalable Informatics LLC, email: landman at scalableinformatics.com web : http://www.scalableinformatics.com http://jackrabbit.scalableinformatics.com phone: +1 734 786 8423 x121 fax : +1 866 888 3112 cell : +1 734 612 4615


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Name an activity that kids might dream up for their perfect vacation and Florida's Ponte Vedra Inn & Club probably has it. They can join lawn games and craft classes, improve a tennis or golf swing, take a horse ride along the private beach, and learn a captain's secrets for catching flounder.
It's a winning recipe that has earned Ponte Vedra the title of America's best family hotel, according to Travel + Leisure readers, who voted in the annual World's Best Awards survey. And like many of the top-ranking properties, Ponte Vedra delivers meaningful, experiential travel and the option for tailor-made experiences.
So say good-bye to one-size-fits-all travel. You won't have to choose between amusement parks and museums or French fries and fresh seafood -- 2013's batch of winners has a little something for everyone.
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No. 1 Ponte Vedra Inn & Club
Ponte Vedra, FL
This historic golf-and-tennis resort also offers biking, lagoon excursions and horseback riding. For little kids, however, the tried-and-true pleasures of a playground, a pool and easy beach access may prove most popular. For a sweet pick-me-up, head to The Gourmet Shop, where an innovative chef churns out homemade ice cream in heavenly flavors like crème brûlée, chocolate-coconut and violet.
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No. 2 WaterColor Inn & Resort
Santa Rosa Beach, FL
Southern grandeur meets island charm at this refurbished Gulf Coast retreat among sand dunes. Camp WaterColor caters to kids with nature walks and craft activities, while adrenaline-pumping activities include paddle-boarding and kayaking. After an action-packed day, gather together for a beachside bonfire or movie night inside a rustic boathouse.
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No. 3 Stowe Mountain Lodge
Stowe, Vermont
The pretty mountain town of Stowe sets the scene for this sophisticated resort, where cabins feature woven timber, natural stone, floor-to-ceiling windows and bamboo sheets. Hit the slopes, take a family-friendly Segway tour on nearby Spruce Peak or opt for mini--spa treatments like a 25-minute Chillax Session, complete with aromatherapy and cucumber slices, aimed exclusively at kids.
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This tranquil Indian River County resort makes a welcome pre- or post-Disney respite from the Orlando crowds (about two hours away). Pint-size guests will enjoy outdoor afternoon treasure hunts, alfresco oceanfront cooking classes and quality time with characters like Goofy. And accommodations that range from guest rooms to three-bedroom cottages guarantee there's room for the whole brood.
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No. 5 Mohonk Mountain House
Hudson Valley, NY
Seemingly plucked from a fairytale, this Victorian castle is, in fact, 90 miles north of New York City in the scenic Hudson Valley. Hike on Shawangunk Ridge, skate in the resort's private pavilion or hop on a carriage ride that snakes along Mohonk Mountain. Don't miss the resort's legendary Sunday brunch spread, including smoked salmon, jumbo shrimp and made-to-order omelettes.
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No. 6 Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa
Lake Buena Vista, FL
Not far from Disney's Magic Kingdom lies this grand Victorian resort, with red turrets and gas lamps that would make Cinderella and other royalty feel at home. The 24-hour concierge can swiftly arrange for everything from Disney character visits to a private dinner in the kitchen of Victoria & Albert's, one of Florida's finest restaurants. Suites are big enough for eight, and other family-friendly amenities include a walk-in pool with a waterfall and after-dark kids' activities.
No. 7 Tides Inn
Irvington, VA
Fresh lemonade and cookies greet guests upon arrival at this luxurious waterside resort, wedged between the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay -- and with its own sailing school. You can hit the croquet lawn or the lush links at Golden Eagle Golf Club, carved around a 50-acre lake; junior tees are available. End your day with complimentary s'mores, served on silver platters.
No. 8 Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge
Lake Buena Vista, FL
During the three-hour signature safari experience on this wildlife preserve, expect to spy giraffes, wildebeests and zebras. At dusk, don night-vision goggles and head back out to tour the grounds by open-air truck. The Pan-African restaurant Jiko prepares inventive flatbreads like roasted chicken with spicy lime relish and Lamb Chopper cheese, grilled to perfection in the restaurant's wood-burning ovens.
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No. 9 Cloister at Sea Island
Sea Island, GA
Sprawled along 1,000 acres of a barrier island beach, this opulent golf resort makes it easy to set out on an adventure. Take the kids on a salt marsh fishing trip, snorkel along the South Georgian coast or board the Cloister Belle, a restored vintage yacht, for a sunset ride. The Beach Club Suites (with a kitchen, a fireplace and a balcony) are close to three pools, an ice cream parlor, a movie theater and the children's center.
No. 10 Disney's Beach Club Resort
Lake Buena Vista, FL
A short stroll from Epcot's side entrance, this 583-room resort draws inspiration from the shingled, seaside cottages of the early 1900s. Its big attraction is a three-acre water park featuring a waterslide crafted from the mast of a life-size shipwreck and multiple pools. The occasional Disney character sighting at breakfast adds to the appeal of this convenient resort.
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I have done a new page to see the images in Panoramio. There were several problems with the previous one, and also some advantages.
It was not really a new page, but just a bit (a big "bit") of javascript that showed and hide some parts of the main page. It was very fast to lurk the latests photos posted in Panoramio, and each time you changed the photo, only the essential of the web page changed. Switching between the photo and the map view was also very fast, as it was only a "show this, hide that" operation.
This was its advantage, and it was also its major problem.
The code was hard to grow, and the layout of the page severely "inspired" by the layout of the main page. The page was not stored in the navigator history, the back button to go back to the map did not worked, and linking to the page was as hard as linking to a particular place in the map. Some of these things were fixable, but the "hard to grow" and the layout problem were the two real, big problems that I wanted to fix and was hard to do with the current code.
When mkling asked for comments on the pictures, a feature that we had already discussed and pushed back in the TODO list due to these problems, I decided to redo the whole page, and split it from the main map.
The relayout let me show all the relevant info in the same page, without the need to scroll to see the contextual maps, to have comments on images, and to be able to navigate through the photos of the user that posted the image and through the photos in this region of the planet.
The downside is that now is slower to go back to the map. I'm putting Panoramio on a javascript diet, and I will try to pull all the needed data in the minimum number of queries possible, to speed up the "show the map" operation.
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text: On Tue, 2004-11-23 at 15:41, Subhash K V wrote: > Hai, > > I am subhash from HCL Insys, India. One of our customer wants to > implement a mailing Linux Based Mailing solution (Qmail or Sendmail) > with any of the web mail(squirrel mail or Horde) as front end. The > number of usersis 8000 and the number of concurrent users is 5000. > > We are thinking of using Linux clustering for this case, because the > number of users and concurrent users is high we need to think of some > kind of load balancing and performance > > Can u please tell me the scope of Beowulf clustering in thei scenario, > is there anyn proble in using Beowulf with qmail and webmail? 8,000 users is nothing for a mail system, 5,000 concurrent users is huge. I don't see how you can get that last number from the first one. Nevertheless, your problem is more a load balancing issue than a beowulf one. I'd advice to use a distributed back end to store the mail. A virtual server as front-end (round robin should be enough) and some kind of database to tie the stuff (ldap, MySQL come to mind, but others may be fine). Nicolas


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Many gardeners don't have the time or energy to start plants indoors — but so many of the vegetables, herbs and flowers they wait to grow as transplants can be sown from seed, and many can be planted in a few weeks.
What's more, if you sow seeds rather than buy plants, you can save some big bucks this summer.
"People often think that sowing seeds is more complicated than it is," says Renee Shepherd of Renee's Garden (reneesgarden.com), a specialty seed company in Felton, Calif. "It's really not that hard and it's fun."
And make it a family affair. "Direct seeding is a great thing to do with kids," says Jeanne Pinsof Nolan of The Organic Gardener (theorganicgardener.net) in Glencoe. "It's an absolute miracle for them to see a carrot seed and then see the carrot.
"Don't get too discouraged if seeds don't sprout. Try again," she adds. "Seed isn't that expensive."
Vegging out
It's all in the timing. Although many Chicago-area gardeners wait until Memorial Day to plant vegetable gardens, many cold-weather crops can be grown from seed as soon as the soil can be cultivated. Nolan will start in just a few weeks and will continue through late summer.
"My heavy hitters are peas, spinach, radish, arugula, kale, collards, lettuce and turnips," says Nolan, who sows these cold-hardy specimens in early April. Cold-hardy crops can withstand some freezing temperatures and hard frosts without injury. They prefer cool growing temperatures: Once the soil reaches 45 degrees, lettuce seeds will sprout.
In fact, early spring planting and harvest is a must because these robust plants tend to lose their flavor and quality once warm weather arrives. Late April through mid-May is the time to plant frost-tolerant vegetables, such as beets, carrots, cabbage and chard, which are not as cold-hardy as the others but can withstand light frost. Their seeds sprout in soil that's 50 degrees or warmer, so they can be planted two to three weeks before the average last spring freeze, which usually occurs about May 15 in the Chicago area, give or take a week.
Tender vegetables, such as snap beans, corn and summer squash, are injured or killed by frost and should be sown after the frost date. Last are the real heat lovers, such as lima beans, cucumbers, winter squash and pumpkins, which need very warm soil (70 degrees or warmer) and warm air to sprout and thrive; they do best planted after June 1.
Sowing lettuce and radish seeds every 10 days during spring can offer a nonstop harvest.
"If you buy a six-pack of arugula or cilantro plants, you're going to be disappointed because they bolt (flower) quickly," Shepherd says. And once arugula flowers, the leaves become bitter. It's less costly to pull the spent plants and sow more seeds.
"And, there's nothing worse than having a million beans for three weeks and then none," she adds. "There's a good reason to plant them again and again."
Landscape designer Vicki Nowicki of Liberty Gardens (libertygardens.com) in Downers Grove sows bush beans, beets and chard once a week through June and July. As she harvests a row of beets, for example, she sows more seeds.
"I also plant more summer squash throughout the growing season because after a certain point, squash vines start to peter out and I like to have new, fresh plants coming along." Peas are planted again in late July and she sows spinach through August for fall harvests.
Petal power
Veggies aren't the only thing you can pick this summer.
Sunflowers, cosmos, zinnias, marigolds, celosia, strawflowers and asters are some of the annuals that can be sown from seed weekly from May 15 through August for an ongoing supply of cut flowers. Dill and fennel flowers also add fragrance to an arrangement.
These flowers are not just window dressing. "The health of your garden is improved by introducing flowers," Nolan says, because blossoms bring in beneficial insects that prey on the destructive ones. Some, such as nasturtiums, borage and chive blossoms, are also edible, Nolan adds, and can be used to garnish a salad. (Before you dine on any blooms, though, make sure the seed packet notes that they are edible.)
Seed smarts
•Choose a spot that gets at least six hours of direct sunlight. Vegetables, herbs and most flowers do best in soil that's easy to cultivate and fertile with organic matter such as compost, and drains well after watering.
•For sowing in pots, choose containers that are at least 14 inches wide and deep and fill them with good-quality potting mix.
•Study the seed packet. The "days to harvest" generally refers to how long it will take from the time the plant sprouts leaves to when the fruit is ready for picking. As many as 14 days may be added from the time you sow the seeds until germination. The average autumn freeze date occurs around Oct. 15, so if a vegetable needs 40 days from sowing to harvest, you can count backward to determine when to plant for autumn harvests.
•"Seeds need moisture from below, so start out with a planting bed that has been very well hydrated," says landscape designer Vicki Nowicki of Liberty Gardens.
"You don't even need to make a row. Use your thumb and make an indentation according to spacing on the seed packet."
She places four or five seeds in each thumbprint and, when they have a few leaves, she cuts down all but the largest, healthiest one. That may seem like a waste of seeds, but if you don't thin the plants to the recommended spacing on the packet, you'll have a tangle of stems and leaves — and little to harvest.
Sow, and sow again
The following planting dates can help you develop a succession plan for your harvest, but check your seed packet for planting information:
April 15:
Kale, kohlrabi, leaf lettuce, onions, peas, spinach, turnips
April 23-May 15:
Beets, carrots, chard, mustard greens, parsnips, radishes
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Snap beans, sweet corn, summer squash, spinach, annual herbs
June 1:
Lima beans, cucumbers, okra, pumpkin, winter squash
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Southampton have sacked manager Nigel Adkins and replaced him with former Espanyol boss Mauricio Pochettino.
The Saints are 15th in the Barclays Premier League after coming back from 2-0 down to claim a draw with European champions Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday.
But that was not enough to save Adkins from the axe, with 40-year-old former Argentina international Pochettino taking charge of training on Saturday ahead of Monday's home game with Everton.
Saints executive chairman Nicola Cortese said: "This decision has been made with the long-term ambitions of Southampton Football Club in mind. Whilst we acknowledge the contribution Nigel has made during the past two years, for the club to progress and achieve our long-term targets a change was needed.
"Mauricio is a well-respected coach of substantial quality who has gained a reputation as an astute tactician and excellent man-manager. I have every confidence that he will inspire our talented squad of players to perform at the highest possible level."
Pochettino promised to try and win over the club`s fans with "hard work and honesty" after his whirlwind appointment. He spoke largely through an interpreter, but did say in English: "I am very happy to be here in this amazing weather. It happened quickly, small details are not important, it`s important I`m here at this project and club."
He added in Spanish: "The challenge is to be part of this project, the kindness of the supporters is the biggest challenge I have. They are the biggest part of this club and I hope I can convince them with honest and hard work.
"I am very passionate about the Premier League. I have seen many games, the Premier League is an attractive league and I have spoken to people at length about it, people such as Jose Mourinho, who is a good friend of mine. He told me the best football in the world is being played here."
Former Southampton captain Matt Le Tissier criticised the decision to axe Adkins. Le Tissier told Sky Sports News: "It doesn't surprise me. It's a strange time of the season, they've lost two of the last 12 games and came from 2-0 down to draw at Chelsea. (But) it seems to be the way the club's being run under the chairman. Nothing's surprising and it's a bit of a laughing stock.
"I'm shocked at the timing, it's very strange and it's an odd thing to come to terms with today. I think he had a bit of pressure early on this season, people thought it might happen then; maybe they couldn't get the man they wanted then. It's all very strange."


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rodiggedy necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 50 diseños de 12 diseñadores freelance.
We need a brilliant designer to help us give a bump to small local businesses. Bring an impressive design and we will shower you with more work.
And I do mean A LOT!
--Inner pages, logo, business cards, stationary, you name it! All additional design work for the site will go to the winner of this contest.
Okay, here's how the site works:
1) Every day we will send you an email with a sweet sale from a business in your city.
2) You click to find out more and buy.
3) You then tell your friends on twitter, facebook, however. If three of your friends also buy the deal, you get it for free!
That's it! Simple. Easy.
These deals are from local restaurants, retailers, spas, and more. We allow our visitors to:
* Try new things without going broke
* Support local businesses
* Spend time with friends and family while taking advantage of group rates
The design will be
**Clean, with a cool twist.
**Sophisticated and fun
**Design elements that subtly invoke a metropolitan city feel.
Proven Models:
* groupon.com,
* livingsocial.com,
* cellarthief.com
User Base:
Young social media crowd who live in big urban communities. Age 18 to 45.
Consumer Demographics:
Gender: Approx. 65% Women and 35% Men
Our consumer audience is made up of females and males who spend time on social networking websites and tend to live in large metropolitan areas. These urbanites live healthy social lives, frequently go out on weekends, and routinely maintain their outward appearance at spas/salons, etc.
*Classy *Sophisticated *Upscale
Our merchant audience includes the businesses that partner with us to offer these incredible deals. They are local businesses that are looking for young, savvy, professional patrons.
Brilliant Homepage.
Most Important Features:
* Ease of Use
* Innovation/Creativity
* Customer-Centered
Design Elements:
* White/Negative Space
o Ease of Use
o Modern/Social Media/Web 3.0 Look and Feel
* Clean Design
o Symmetry
o Balance in Buttons/Features/Pictures
* Creativity
o Unique Background w/ Separate Boxes for Each Section (possible idea)
* Design Inspiration:
http://www.cellarthief.com (for box type design, sign up box idea, and cool footer)
Our definition of a "cool footer":
* Different color/ texture/feel from the rest of the site to grab the visitor's attention
* Incorporates a smaller version of the logo
* Includes a space labeled "What businesses would you like to see on grabthree?" with a field for users to enter the business's name and the business's web address.
* Includes social media icons for visitors to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc.
* Includes links to FAQ's, Contact Info, Businesses, Terms, Who We Are, How It Works, Etc.
These are just our ideas, feel free to be more creative and make it funky!
(Please reference livingsocial.com to see examples of these elements)
1. Current City
2. Sign In Link
3. FBConnect button
4. navigation-Today's Deals,Past Deals, How it works, Who we Are (This could be top or left navigation)
5. Description of the deal of the day for that city
6. "Buy Now" link for each deal
7. "Amount Purchased" meter
8. Deal of the day image
9. Share by facebook, twitter, and email to get the deal free
10. Discount in percentage for the deal
11. Time left to purchase the deal (JavaScript timer)
12. Nearby deals
13. FBConnect information (person's homepage image and name)-if they are logged in
14. Deal information
1. The Fine Print
2. Reviews
3. Map & Location
4. Discuss the deal
16. Email subscription (prominent-I like how this is done on cellarthief.com. Would be interested in a creative thing like this)
livingsocial.com, cellarthief.com
Specific Design Elements We Like:
1. We like the horizontal bar on http://cellarthief.com/ with maybe something like: Grab Your Deal | Tell Your Friends | Enjoy
We also like the their footer.
2. Small text under each deal indicating that getting 3 friends to buy will lead to getting the deal free. We like the idea of placing this text under each deal, but feel free to be creative with where you place the text.
3. A small area with a blurb on how to get your business featured, who we are, and why we do this.
Thx, look forward to chatting with you in the days to come.
Other sites:
http://www.infinvision.com/Gallery/…-en-Balade (great footer)
http://moviesnowapp.com/ (great symmetry and an in-your-face design that tells you what the site is about as soon as you get there. I also like the large box of images that hits you as soon as you get to the site.)
I like the idea of some type of background texture, but it's not necessary, it could be a white background as well. I'll defer to your vision)
http://mapbox.com/ (fairly cool.)
http://www.olioboard.com/ (creative)
http://www.culinaryculture.com/ (fun elements. I really like the in-your-face horizontal bar that tells you what the site is about as soon as you get there.)
http://yumit.com/ (I like this site alot! Their big in your face header that lets you know what the site is about as soon as you get there, use of color, the little box sections...very cool.).
but all in all, I think http://livingsocial.com/ really nails it. This is the true example site.
The other sites are for a bit of inspiration. Can't wait to see what you come up with.
Why you should enter:
**If you have any thoughts or questions about our vision, email me and you'll see that I respond quickly.
**The project will be guaranteed!!!
**The winner will be get alot of additional work. And I do mean A LOT! Inner pages, logo, business cards, you name it!
**I give fast, detailed feedback on EVERY. SINGLE. SUBMISSION. You will never be working blind. You can see this from my last project, read the comments here:
Look forward to see your amazing work, you guys never cease to amaze me!


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House Natural Resources Committee Casper Field Hearing Announced
U.S. Representative Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo) and the Chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee (Doc Hastings (R-WA), announced an Oversight Field Hearing entitled, "State and Local Efforts to Protect Species, Jobs, Property and Multiple Use Amidst a New War on the West."
The hearing is part of a larger effort by Rep. Hastings and Rep. Lummis as co-chairmen of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) Working Group to find ways to improve the ESA for both species and people. The Casper hearing will focus on efforts in Wyoming to preserve wildlife while maintaining good paying jobs in agriculture, energy, and recreation. Lummis says the ESA was designed to protect some of our nation's most iconic species. Lummis says since its inception in 1973, the ESA has had only a 1% success rate.
The two part hearing will be held in Casper, WY and Billings, MT at the following locations and times:
The firs part of the hearing will be held on Wednesday, September 4, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. MDT, at the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, 2211 King Blvd., in Casper, Wyoming.
Part 2 will also be held on Wednesday, September 4, 2013 at 1:30 p.m. MDT, at Cisel Hall (MSU-Billings) 1500 University Drive, in Billings, Montana.
The hearing is open to the public.


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Epic spring conditions ruled as Signal Snowboards took over June Mountain for a week long get together of riders, employees, distributors, shops, reps and friends. It was kind of a last minute deal but they still had great turnout with people coming in from North America, South America, New Zealand, and Japan. Good times were had as some folks rode from 9 a.m. till 8 p.m. and partied till closing time at June Lake's Tiger Bar to boot. Work was also done as people talked business and got both video and photos handled. Of course everyone got to check out the new line of snowboards and give feedback straight to the people that make the boards. Many friends and Mammoth/June locals also came along for the shredding too. The Signal team lapped the park all day and then when the lifts closed they went to work on some custom features built by June Mountain. Everything ended in a big party, literally as the last day of the trip coincided with the final Taco Tuesday of the year, June's weekly on hill party. The June Lake Villager Hotel helped with some deals on lodging so everyone had a place sleep and work when not on the hill. So yea, a week of work but is it really work when your doing something you love, snowboarding?
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I am a pack rat. I save everything from old credit card receipts to sappy poems written by boys of summers long gone. I hardly ever throw anything away. I have my paid and validated phone bills from years back tucked away in dark corners of my office. Random scraps of paper, scrawled with hurried to-do lists, litter the nether regions of my purses. Proof of this "endearing" habit currently lay in boxes that block our front door and most of our new foyer.
It's also evident in our fridge and freezer – much to C's frustration (as if the unpacked boxes of stuff isn't frustrating enough right?). I keep every drop of bacon dripping, the end slices of sliced bread, every last bit of leftover food. I can't abide by food waste so all this gets stashed for future use. To my credit, they do, in fact, get used, and for the most part quite successfully.
This dish came together one slow day when I was in the middle of the contemplative work of stock-making. Beef stock making to be specific. I had scored a gorgeous shin bone which I had cut down to kneecaps and marrow pieces (did that sound too serial killer-ish?). To add more meatiness to the stock I threw in a hunk of beef neck. There was quite a bit of neck meat there, which slowly cooked down to a melting softness, and I thought it would shame it to let it go to waste. So I took it, along with the now tender kneecap tendon, and did this.
Tuhod y Batoc Ragu (Knee and Neck Ragu)
- Olive oil
- 2 small white onions, chopped
- 4-5 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 teaspoon Italian mix seasoning
- 1 chorizo, chopped
- 1/4 cup red wine
- 1 800-gram can chopped tomatoes
- 1 clove
- Dash cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 2 1/2 – 3 cups cooked, deboned beef neck (shredded) and kneecap (the soft, gelatinous tendon part, chopped)
- 1/2 to 2/3 cup beef stock
- Sea salt & freshly cracked black pepper
– Heat a couple of generous glugs of olive oil in a heavy-bottomed pot. When the oil is hot, add the onions, garlic, and bay leaf and sauté until onions are soft and translucent. Add Italian mix seasoning and stir well, letting the dried herbs release their scent.
– Add the chorizo and cook until it releases its oils. Deglaze the pot with red wine, scraping all the brown bits stuck to the pan as you go. Cook until you can't smell the alcohol anymore.
– Add the tomatoes, clove, cinnamon, and paprika. Let this simmer until the water has evaporated a bit.
– Add the beef and beef stock and simmer again until it all melds together into a thick and pulpy sauce.
– Season to taste with salt and pepper.
You would think that something that had been cooked for hours would have lost a lot of its flavor but the neck meat, which has a lot of flavor to begin with, held up pretty well. The aromatics and spices (and the chorizo) then added whatever was missing. All in all, pretty savory and not at all a dish you would think came from the leavings of something else. It is rich and hearty and stick-to-your bones comforting. You could of course make this with neck and kneecap directly simmered in the tomato sauce until tender, without waiting for a beef stock making session. We had it with a scalloped, shell-like pasta touted as gnocchi on that package. In any case, it worked a charm, catching the hearty sauce in its crevices. It would also go wonderfully with a good thick pasta noodle like a papardelle.
I feel unashamedly smug when I put every last bit of something to good use. Especially when something great comes of it. I only wish it was that easy for those boxes.Note: It's a bit late to announce but I have some dishes in this month's (September) issue of Yummy magazine 🙂 All made with local cheeses! This isssue is a great one — chock-full of Filipino recipes, or dishes with local ingredients. There is a spread of different adobo recipes that I know I am going to be trying soon!


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Pantone Redesigns FASHION + HOME Cotton
Swatch Systems for its 50th Anniversary
Cotton Swatch Library and Cotton Swatch Case Streamline Palette Development and Improve Portability
CARLSTADT, N.J., Feb. 19, 2013 – Pantone, an X-Rite company and the global authority on color and provider of professional color standards for the design industries, today announced the redesigned PANTONE® FASHION + HOME Cotton Swatch Library and Cotton Swatch Case. Both systems offer improved palette visualization, creation and organization as well as the convenience of portability for fashion, textile, soft goods and interior design professionals.
The PANTONE FASHION + HOME Cotton Swatch Library and Cotton Swatch Case include all 2,100 FASHION + HOME Colors that are consistently achievable and supported worldwide. Both products are housed in limited edition packaging, celebrating Pantone's 50 years of color inspiration and communication.
"We reimagined the new PANTONE FASHION + HOME Cotton Swatch Library and Cotton Swatch Case based on feedback from our customers. We knew the new designs had to be stylish and elegant, while also being highly functional," said Giovanni Marra, director of corporate marketing at Pantone. "We made both products smaller and smarter so they are easier to work with whether in the office or at a client site. We also added elements to improve color visualization and selection. The new packaging protects swatches from potential damage. To celebrate our 50th anniversary, we decorated the products in fun, jewel-toned hues to add a pop of color to any studio or office."
PANTONE FASHION + HOME Cotton Swatch Library
The PANTONE FASHION + HOME Cotton Swatch Library, housed within an intelligently designed and American-made wooden display, is a six binder set organized by color families that holds chromatically arranged swatch folders. Color families are easily identified by the color indicators on the binder spine, helping designers find the right color faster. Each swatch has a six-digit reference number for swatch manageability and a unique PANTONE Color name chosen to convey and evoke feelings, emotions and meanings.
Each individual cotton swatch measures 2" x 2" and fits into its own numbered, die-cut pocket so that swatches are visible, but still protected against damage and wrinkling. Extra blank folders are included for palette creation, allowing designers to organize their colors for a season or product line.
The PANTONE FASHION + HOME Cotton Swatch Library replaces the PANTONE FASHION + HOME Cotton Swatch File with a more compact binder design and cover in a metallic PANTONE 17-5641 Emerald. The set is ideally suited for working with PANTONE Colors on-site and in meetings and presentations. It also includes PANTONE COLOR MANAGER Software for digital design with all PANTONE Color libraries.
PANTONE FASHION + HOME Cotton Swatch Case
The PANTONE FASHION + HOME Cotton Swatch Case, a two volume set, includes groups of 10 1" x 2" cotton swatches stored in numbered and labeled envelopes for convenient storage, optimal color viewing and protection from wrinkling. Extra envelopes are also included for palette development and organization when working on a specific project.
The PANTONE FASHION + HOME Cotton Swatch Case is a stylish and mobile design, improving designer usability for in-the-moment inspiration, palette creation and presentations.
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The PANTONE FASHION + HOME Cotton Swatch Library is available immediately for US$6,495. The PANTONE FASHION + HOME Cotton Swatch Case will be available at the end of March for US$4,495. The PANTONE FASHION + HOME products are available online at www.pantone.com and from PANTONE Distributors worldwide.
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32 CFR Appendix J_to_part_275 - Format for Customer Authorization
Pursuant to section 3404(a) of the Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978, I, [Name of customer], having read the explanation of my rights on the reverse side, hereby authorize the [Name and address of financial institution] to disclose these financial records: [List the particular financial records] to [DoD Component] for the following purpose(s): [Specify the purpose(s)].
I understand that the authorization may be revoked by me in writing at any time before my records, as described above, are disclosed, and that this authorization is valid for no more than three months from the date of my signature.
Federal law protects the privacy of your financial records. Before banks, savings and loan associations, credit unions, credit card issuers, or other financial institutions may give financial information about you to a Federal Agency, certain procedures must be followed.
You may be asked to authorize the financial institution to make your financial records available to the Government. You may withhold your authorization, and your authorization is not required as a condition of doing business with any financial institution. If you provide authorization, it can be revoked in writing at any time before your records are disclosed. Furthermore, any authorization you provide is effective for only three months, and your financial institution must keep a record of the instances in which it discloses your financial information.
Without your authorization, a Federal Agency that wants to see your financial records may do so ordinarily only by means of a lawful administrative subpoena or summons, search warrant, judicial subpoena, or formal written request for that purpose. Generally, the Federal Agency must give you advance notice of its request for your records explaining why the information is being sought and telling you how to object in court.
The Federal Agency must also send you copies of court documents to be prepared by you with instructions for filling them out. While these procedures will be kept as simple as possible, you may want to consult an attorney before making a challenge to a Federal Agency's request.
In some circumstances, a Federal Agency may obtain financial information about you without advance notice or your authorization. In most of these cases, the Federal Agency will be required to go to court for permission to obtain your records without giving you notice beforehand. In these instances, the court will make the Government show that its investigation and request for your records are proper. When the reason for the delay of notice no longer exists, you will be notified that your records were obtained.
Generally, a Federal Agency that obtains your financial records is prohibited from transferring them to another Federal Agency unless it certifies in writing that the transfer is proper and sends a notice to you that your records have been sent to another Agency.
If the Federal Agency or financial institution violates the Right to Financial Privacy Act, you may sue for damages or seek compliance with the law. If you win, you may be repaid your attorney's fee and costs.
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East Hampton Town has been paying for health insurance for ex-employees who are not entitled to it, according to an in-house audit by the town's budget office.
The review of bills for health benefits revealed that the town has also paid for some ex-employees who opted to pay for town insurance themselves through the COBRA program, but who didn't pay the bills, and even for some deceased retirees, or spouses who had died, in some cases for several years.
Because the New York State Health Insurance Program will only reimburse payments made in error going back six months, the town will lose about $55,000 in unwarranted payments.
In addition, because the budget office found 194 retired employees receiving benefits this year, rather than the 169 who were actually budgeted for, the town board will have to spend another $340,000 on health benefits in 2011. The extra money will need to be transferred from contingency or surplus funds from other budget lines.
Charlene Kagel, an accountant for the town, and Len Bernard, the budget officer, presented their findings at a town board meeting on Tuesday, and the board is expected to approve a budget modification at its meeting tonight.
The cost of health insurance for the town's employees, current and retired, and their families, is a big-ticket item, totaling about $6.6 million a year, more than one-tenth of the town's $64 million budget for this year.
Reports provided by the town's Department of Human Resources on "inactive" employees receiving benefits last fall, when this year's budget was being prepared, showed 169 people in that all-inclusive category. However, Ms. Kagel said, a "census" submitted by the department later in the year indicated that there were 134 inactive employees on the benefits list.
"It became clear to us that there was really no internal database for tracking this benefit," Ms. Kagel said.
A review of the state insurance bill from May of this year, she said, showed the town was being billed for coverage for 206 inactive employees.
Further investigation showed a number of problems with the records, leading to inaccurate billing and payments, she said. Some employees who had left were still on the tab, including one who has not worked for the town since 2008, leading to some $30,000 in mistaken payments for that person alone.
Some retired employees were still listed as "active" in the Human Resources Department records. And, Ms. Kagel said, "There were a lot of people on [the list], who we were paying for coverage for, who are deceased." Those numbered about half a dozen, she said.
Town Supervisor Bill Wilkinson expressed his frustration at the meeting on Tuesday about the failure to accurately monitor retirees and their benefits.
"There will be follow-up action on all of this," he said. Following the work session the board met in executive session to discuss a personnel matter, but did not indicate whether the subject was Pat Breen, the Human Resources Department head, or other employees. Ms. Breen did not return a call for comment.
"Some of this just doesn't pass the sniff test," Mr. Wilkinson said Tuesday. Town Councilwoman Theresa Quigley noted, however, that part of the problem stems from the town's system of disparate departments, each with its own person in charge.
"While each individual person is well-intentioned and does a good job," she said, "there's a lack of cohesion within the town."
Ms. Kagel said that though the town's integrated software program has been used to catalog information on current employees, data about retirees had not been entered into it.
Under previous administrations, she said, the cost of employee benefits as a whole was included in its own part of the town budget. Now, she said, each paycheck and benefits expenditure is broken down, per employee, and included in the appropriate department's budget.
While previously, the percentage of annual NYSHIP insurance cost hikes was simply added to the lump sum budgeted for benefits, Mr. Wilkinson said he had instituted a zero-based budgeting procedure, through which each expenditure is assessed before it goes into the budget. "Had we not gone into zero-based budgeting — this is what happens," he said.
"We would have continued to overpay, without any accountability," said Councilman Dominick Stanzione, thanking Ms. Kagel and Mr. Bernard for their work.
"What it sounds like is there was no system, until we came in," Ms. Quigley said.
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year because of the cost. He said the increase is only for full-fare riders, not those who receive a discount, like students or senior citizens. The 10A bus, which runs from Bridgehampton to East Hampton, is not yet slated for Sunday runs, but that could be in the cards.
According to Kathleen Cunningham Faraone of East Hampton, a Five Town Rural Transit board member, it is not a social issue. "I think there's an impression that only poor people ride the bus," she said. "That is simply not true." She mentioned another board member, Vince Taldone of Riverhead, who has problems with peripheral vision and therefore cannot drive.
"Think of how frustrating it would be if you were transit-dependent and you couldn't get to your family's on a holiday, or to work on Sunday," she said.
Mrs. Faraone complimented Mr. Schneiderman, along with County Legislator Ed Romaine of Center Moriches, for getting it done.
"For us, it's the first tiny step toward a rail-and-bus network for the East End," she said. "It is so exciting."


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How to Use
Forty-Niners is a term used to describe the gold-seekers who migrated to California after the 1848 gold discovery at Sutter's Mill. Map 1 shows routes used by gold-seekers from Salt Lake to Los Angeles.
1. Using the scale, measure the distance between Salt Lake and Las Vegas, and then Las Vegas and San Berndardino. What kinds of terrain did missionaries traveling this route have to cross? What methods of transportation do you think might have been available along this route in the 1850s?
2. Does this map give you a better idea how difficult it was for the pioneer Mormons to settle the Las Vegas area? Why or why not?
3. How did the discovery of gold help promote a need for a way station? If needed, please refer to Setting the Stage.
* The image on this screen has a resolution of 72 dots per inch (dpi), and therefore will print poorly. You can obtain a larger version of Map 1, but be aware that the file may take as much as 35 seconds to load with a 28.8K modem.


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Post-game breakdown: Indiana
UConn came to New York this week on a mission to win a championship trophy.
Mission accomplished.
The Huskies won a spirited 2K Sports Classic Championship game against Indiana, riding the heroics of senior Shabazz Napier who had a season-high 27 points.
The final: 59-58.
"We seized this moment," coach Kevin Ollie said. "It was a great atmosphere and our fans were incredible."
Napier delivered big shot after big shot, scoring 11 points in the final seven-plus minutes. He earned the championship's most valuable player honor.
"Some people run away from the moments, he embraces them," Ollie said. "It's just a special quality to have as a young man. … He's just a special player."
Some news, notes, quotes and video from tonight's thrilling win:
-- Put Napier's clutch performance right up there with the best in UConn history at Madison Square Garden.
He has an amazing sense of when to take over a game. He scored the game-winning basket on a driving layup with 1:34 remaining.
"I just told myself my team needs me, and I went out there and made some plays," Napier said.
-- The officials had a rough night. There were several questionable calls on both teams.
Napier didn't care for the offensive charge call against him with 22.4 seconds left. The turnover gave the Hoosiers a chance to win the game.
"It was a bonehead play," Napier said. "I should have passed it. I didn't think it was a charge. Yogi (Ferrell) fell and I was going toward the basket. With the new hand-checking rules, it's supposed to be foul on Yogi."
It's a safe bet that Indiana freshman sensation Noah Vonleh wasn't happy with the officiating. Foul trouble limited him to just 10 minutes. He had a season low for points (0) and rebounds (2).
"That's huge," Ollie said of Vonleh's foul trouble.
-- UConn received important contributions for graduate student Lasan Kromah and senior Tyler Olander.
Kromah used his 6-foot-6 frame to try to both Ferrell in the final minutes. He finished with four points, two rebounds, two steals and one block in 19 minutes.
Olander filled in for his foul-prone teammates, Phil Nolan and Amida Brimah. He played his best game this season, chipping in four points, four rebounds, two steals and one block in a season-high 24 minutes.
"You've just got to be ready when your number is called…," Olander said. "I just tried to give energy and hustle plays."
Both players had a key steal in the final minute. Olander stripped Troy Williams on the baseline with 1:03 remaining.
"I don't think he expected that," Olander said of the steal.
-- The Madison Square Garden atmosphere was tremendous. Fans from both sides rooted hard and loud for their respective teams. Attendance was 10,051, but it felt like much more.
"I appreciate all the UConn fans that showed up and supported us," junior Ryan Boatright said. There were a lot of them out there."
Napier added: "When I come to a game, I just see a lot of blue and white. I really didn't hear the Indiana fans."
-- UConn had only Napier on the all-tournament team. Ferrell and Will Sheehey represented Indiana while Washington's C.J. Wilcox and Boston College's Ryan Anderson rounded out the team.
-- It was an ugly game at times. The Huskies had a season-high 17 turnovers. They shot just 39.6 percent. The Hoosiers had 19 turnovers and shot 40.8 percent.
-- Napier was the only UConn player to score in double figures. Omar Calhoun (1-for-7, two points), DeAndre Daniels (2-for-8, seven points) and Ryan Boatright (2-for-9, nine points) had rough offensive games.
Daniels did make a key 3-pointer with 3:29 left that capped a 9-2 run and handed UConn a 55-53 lead.
-- UConn limited Indiana to a season-low 35 rebounds, including 11 on the offensive end. The Huskies lost the battle of the boards by just two.
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Children encounter pesticides every day and are uniquely vulnerable to their toxicity. A new policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) outlines the harmful effects of pesticides on children and makes recommendations on how to reduce exposure.
The policy statement, "Pesticide Exposure in Children," and an accompanying technical report are published in the December 2012 issue of Pediatrics (released online Nov. 26).
Prenatal and early childhood exposure to pesticides is associated with pediatric cancers, decreased cognitive function and behavioral problems. According to the AAP, recognizing and reducing children's exposure to pesticides will require improved medical training, public health tracking, and regulatory approaches.
The AAP recommends pediatricians become familiar with the effects of acute and chronic exposures to pesticides; learn what resources are available for both treatment of acute poisoning and addressing lower dose chronic exposures in children; and understand pesticide labeling. Pediatricians should ask parents about pesticide use around the home and yard, offer guidance about safe storage, and recommend parents choose lowest-harm approaches when considering pest control. Pediatricians should also work with schools and government agencies to advocate for the least toxic methods of pest control, and to inform communities when pesticides are being used in the area.
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Baseball fans love to see what a big hitter might unleash at bat. Babe Ruth, the Great Bambino, won an astounding seven World Series rings with the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees. He had a career slugging percentage of .690. The home-run race in 1998 between Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa caught the attention of every kid with grass-stained knees. So you might ask, what makes a world-class hitter? Ted Williams said that the key "was the right swing, studying the pitchers, studying the situations, waiting to get your pitch, and just plain working like hell at it."
Focus, strategy and discipline are the same fundamentals behind growing your wealth. And it all starts with getting to know the best money coach on the field: You. You're the only one who can prioritize your goals, build the playbook that works for you and, ultimately, deliver the hits.
First: Think About What You Want
The temptation, like mighty Casey, is to put everything you've got behind the swing and let it rip. But sadly, most of us don't make the connection, and we end up out of the game before we know it. Before you get up to bat, know what you want to do. Is it to earn enough money for retirement, go back to school or buy a house? Write it down. You are 10 times more likely to accomplish a goal if you write it down than if you don't, according to Shad Helmstetter in Who Are You Really and What Do You Want? Also, defining your goal will help determine your timeline and the options that make the most sense.
Second: Determine Your Strategy
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Third: Put Your Plan and Strategy into Action
Like any good hitter, you know what you want to do at bat and where to hit the ball. Now you have to summon the skill and strength to do it. If you've sworn off coffee and a muffin at Starbucks every morning to save the extra $110 you need each month to get to Fort Myers, you need to summon a dose of personal discipline. But each day you do it will make the next day that much easier.
Last: Score the Run
Board that plane to the Sunshine State and say good-bye to a week of cold weather and endless March Madness hype. Experiencing the reward of your achievement will give you the energy you need to accomplish your next set of goals. Like any batter on a hot streak, it takes only one hit to start it off.
[Paul Wilcox is at work on The Sports Guy's Guide to Money: Winning Strategies for Your Hard-Earned Cash. He previously published a magazine on careers and money for young professionals.]


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For the early detection of lung cancer in high risk individuals, The Medical Center now offers a lung cancer screening using low-dose computed tomography (CT). Screenings using low-dose CT can detect cancer early when it is most treatable.
A draft recommendation from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force suggests that adults who have no signs or symptoms of lung cancer but who are at high risk for developing lung cancer should be screened every year with low-dose CT. High risk is defined as people who meet the following criteria:
Heavy smoking is defined as a smoking history of 30 "pack years" or more. A "pack year" is smoking an average of one pack per day for one year. For example, someone is considered a heavy smoker if they smoke one pack per day for 30 years or smoke two packs per day for 15 years. Adults who meet the criteria above should also be asymptomatic for lung cancer. According to the American Cancer Society, the symptoms of lung cancer include:
A low dose CT scan is a test which utilizes x-ray technology to scan the body. CT uses low doses of radiation to produce a series of detailed pictures of the lungs. Unlike traditional x-ray, CT can more accurately identify early stage cancer when it is most treatable.
The cost of the scan is $125 and currently not covered by insurance companies. The fee is payable at the time of service. Only individuals who meet the criteria should be screened using low-dose CT. To check eligibility for the screening, individuals can call The Medical Center at 270-745-1199 or 1-800-231-9621 or talk with their physician. Low-dose CT scans can be scheduled at The Medical Center in Bowling Green, Scottsville, or Franklin, or at Western Kentucky Diagnostic Imaging. A physician order is required for the screening.
About Lung Cancer
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States and in Kentucky. According to the Kentucky Cancer Consortium, Kentucky's death rate from cancer is 46% higher than the national rate. Over 3,500 people died from lung cancer in 2010. It is estimated that over 4,500 cases of lung cancer are diagnosed each year. Of those cases, 80% are diagnosed at a late stage.
The number one risk factor for lung cancer is smoking. It is estimated that about 85 percent of lung cancers are caused by smoking. In the United States, Kentucky has the highest rate of smoking.
The risk of developing lung cancer increases with age, with most cancers occurring in people age 55 and older. The risk of lung cancer also increases with the amount and length of time someone smokes.
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Columbus State provides Central Ohio residents the educational opportunities they need to get to the next phase of their career - whatever that may be. First, you can go here and get a two-year associate degree in a Career and Technical field, which qualifies you for a job immediately. Or, you can get an Associate of Arts or Associate of Science, which represents the first two years of a bachelor's degree and you can transfer to another college. Third, we offer a variety of short-term training opportunities and continuing education through our Community Education and Workforce Development division. Check out our Majors and Programs for more on our offerings.
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