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Andy Coulson today denied knowing Milly Dowler's phone was hacked while he was in charge of the News of the World.
Coulson told the hacking trial he did not know the practice was illegal but would have regarded it as "intrusive" and "lazy journalism".
The Old Bailey has heard how Coulson was in charge of the Sunday paper in April 2002 when then editor Rebekah Brooks was on holiday in Dubai and the murdered schoolgirl's phone was hacked.
Giving evidence for a second day, Coulson, 46, said before the Dowler incident he was only vaguely aware of accessing voicemails "in the ether".
Coulson, who was deputy editor of NotW at the time, said: "I think I was aware of it in very vague terms. I think it was in the ether. It was something that was gossiped about maybe."
His lawyer Timothy Langdale QC asked: "Were you ever party to or in agreement with phone hacking at the NotW?"
Coulson said: "No I was not."
Mr Langdale said: "In terms of the Milly Dowler story were you aware of any activity by the NotW in relation to hacking Milly Dowler's voicemail messages?"
Coulson replied: "No I was not."
In the spring of 2002, Coulson said he was not aware that to access someone else's voicemail messages was in fact a crime.
But he said: "I would have thought it was intrusive, I would have thought that it was a breach of privacy, and I also would have thought that it was lazy journalism.
"My attitudes were formed by the people I had worked for and the kind of reporter that I was and neither the people I had worked for or myself as a reporter was interested in that - that kind of behaviour."
Coulson, of Charing, Kent, is charged with conspiring to hack phones with Brooks and Stuart Kuttner and conspiring with former royal editor Clive Goodman to commit misconduct in a public office.
All seven defendants deny charges against them.
Coulson said the atmosphere on a Friday and Saturday on the backbench was "frenetic".
But everyone at NotW "from the reporter up" had a responsibility to keep an eye out for potential legal problems.
Asked if he read early versions of stories, he told jurors: "I tended not to read early versions of material because they invariably changed."
Asked if he read every story before publication, Coulson said: "No, I would not have read every word and I would pick and choose what I would read."
Coulson said the term "phone hacking" was not around at the time.
On how it was done, he said: "I did not think I knew in any detail. I presumed it was to do with voicemail messages.
"I think I knew, possibly heard, that it was to do with access to these voicemails via pin codes, that people have default pin codes and therefore they could be accessed."
Earlier in the trial, Brooks gave evidence that she did not know Milly's phone was hacked until nine years after the event.
The revelation in July 2011 led to the decision to close the NotW.
A number of calls and texts were exchanged between Brooks and Coulson in the days leading up to the NotW's edition on April 14.
The court has heard that after private investigator Glenn Mulcaire hacked into Milly's voicemails in April 2002, picking up a voicemail about a job interview, a team of reporters was sent by the paper to Telford, where it was believed it would take place.
But Coulson said: "I don't think I was aware that people were being sent to Telford."
He said he had a memory of a conversation in which he was told that Milly might be applying for, or taking, a job in a factory, but could not remember exactly how.
"It may have come out in conference... I have that memory in my mind and I am very clear about my reaction to it.
"I thought it was nonsense because Milly Dowler was a 13-year-old schoolgirl."
He said the teenager's picture had been in every national newspaper and her family also released "moving" video footage of her which had been shown by broadcasters across the country, and added: "The idea that she could walk into a factory and take a job just seemed ludicrous to me."
He went on: "The paper believed internally that, very sadly, the most likely probability was that Milly Dowler was dead.
"There was the suggestion, wholly incorrect, that her father was somehow involved.
"I remember that being the view internally - not fixed obviously, just information, from a very early stage."
Coulson said he was not aware that then managing editor Stuart Kuttner had contacted Surrey Police about the Milly story or that another senior journalist had told them about the voicemail message.
Asked what his reaction would have been, Coulson said: "I would have been very concerned about it. My instinctive concern would have been that this was interference in a police investigation."
Asked what communication he had with Brooks about the story, he said: "I do not remember having any conversation about Milly Dowler with her, Rebekah."
The court has heard that a story about Milly in the tabloid's April 14 2002 paper changed from one version in the first edition to a different version in later editions.
Asked by Mr Langdale: "Did you ever appreciate from the content of those stories that anybody involved at the NotW had been responsible for hacking Milly Dowler's phone?", Coulson replied: "No."
He said it was not clear where the original story had come from, telling the court: "I may have concluded that it came from sources, possibly even police sources, I don't know. It's hard to say."
A story under the headline "Milly Hoax Riddle" suggested that police were "intrigued" by a message and revealed that messages had been left by a "deranged hoaxer" who had also hampered other investigations.
Coulson said: "I don't remember reading this story so I am, to a degree, reconstructing."
But he said that, as the story did not have "exclusive" on it, he would have thought it was a "fairly unremarkable" story which may have gone to every other newspaper.
"If I looked at this page I would have thought this was a fairly unremarkable story that could have been given to every other newspaper.
"I would have therefore concluded it came from the police," he said.
Coulson said that in the context of the whole paper, he did not "rate" the first-edition Milly story on page nine.
In a later edition, the story was changed and it was moved to page 30.
He said: "This is a hoax wrapped in a riddle so I don't think I rated this story."
He told jurors that he might have decided to move the story for "cosmetic reasons" because the "mix was wrong" of serious and lighter stories.
Coulson went on to say there was a "lack of glamorous content" in the front half of the paper, which could have explained why the Milly story was moved.
Asked if he would have had anything to do with changing the content of the story, which the court heard was "rather reduced" in the later edition, Coulson said: "No, I don't believe so.
"I don't think I would have been in the normal course of events, I certainly don't remember doing so on this weekend."
Asked if the NotW had anything to hide, he replied: "No."
Coulson said he thought a lawyer would have checked the story but added that he did not think there was an "obvious alarm bell" in it to suggest it had come from phone hacking.
"I think the lawyer may have been prompted to ask some questions about it. He may have reached the same conclusion I would have done if I had read it. I don't think there's any obvious alarm bell there."


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The Benefits and Risks of Walking Versus Running
Your coworker swears by her morning runs. Your neighbor claims to get all the exercise she needs by walking.
So is one better than the other? The answer is a personal one. Both running and walking, when done on a regular basis, provide a full array of health benefits, including:
- Decreased blood pressure
- Improved cholesterol levels
- Increased cardiac endurance
- Increased bone strength
- Increased muscle mass
- Weight loss or maintenance
The key is determining which activity is best for you.
Calorie Expenditure
The first question many people ask when considering a new exercise is: How many calories does it burn? The number of calories you burn while running or walking will depend on your weight, how long you exercise for, and activity intensity. The faster your speed, the more calories you burn, giving running the calorie-burning edge over walking.
Risk of Injury
There is a lower risk of injury with walking than running. One study looking at runners and walkers and found that walkers were less likely to get injured than runners. The risk of injury increases with increasing intensity and duration if you are not properly conditioned.
You can reduce your risk of running-related injury by following these tips.
- Wear a running shoe that has provides stability and cushioning.
- Wear shoes that fit you correctly.
- Replace worn running shoes. If you run up to 10 miles per week, then you will need to replace your shoes every 9 to 12 months.
- Run on smooth, even surfaces that are soft.
Fitting It Into Your Schedule
Walking can easily be spread out over the course of a day and generally does not require special clothing other than good shoes. Running, on the other hand, requires proper footwear, a complete change of clothes, and a post-workout shower, so it makes more sense to do it over one block of time during the day.
Walking Is More Suitable for Some
People who have not exercised regularly in a long time may want to begin with walking and then progress to running. Unlike running, walking is also suitable—and beneficial—for people with certain medical conditions.
Getting a Complete Workout
To get the most out of your workout, try adding strengthening and stretching exercises. Strength training the upper body and torso is important since they do not get much of a workout during regular running or walking. Strength training your lower body is also important because it will enhance your walking and running performance. Regular stretching will help loosen up your muscles.
The Choice That's Best for You
Remember, if you have a doctor's clearance to run or walk, choosing one over the other ultimately comes down to which activity you prefer. Mixing them up can also be a great way to add variety and flexibility to your exercise schedule.
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Is I/O Virtualization (IOV) a server topic, a network topic, or a storage topic?
Like server virtualization, IOV involves servers, storage, network, operating system, and other infrastructure resource management areas and disciplines. The business and technology value proposition or benefits of converged I/O networks and I/O virtualization are similar to those for server and storage virtualization.
Additional benefits of IOV include:
- Doing more with what resources (people and technology) already exist or reduce costs
- Single (or pair for high availability) interconnect for networking and storage I/O
- Reduction of power, cooling, floor space, and other green efficiency benefits
- Simplified cabling and reduced complexity for server network and storage interconnects
- Boosting servers performance to maximize I/O or mezzanine slots
- reduce I/O and data center bottlenecks
- Rapid re-deployment to meet changing workload and I/O profiles of virtual servers
- Scaling I/O capacity to meet high-performance and clustered application needs
- Leveraging common cabling infrastructure and physical networking facilities
Before going further, lets take a step backwards for a few moments.
To say that I/O and networking demands and requirements are increasing is an understatement. The amount of data being generated, copied, and retained for longer periods of time is elevating the importance of the role of data storage and infrastructure resource management (IRM). Networking and input/output (I/O) connectivity technologies (Figure 1) tie facilities, servers, storage tools for measurement and management, and best practices on a local and wide area basis to enable an environmentally and economically friendly data center.
There is an old saying that the best I/O, whether local or remote, is an I/O that does not have to occur. I/O is an essential activity for computers of all shapes, sizes, and focus to read and write data in and out of memory (including external storage) and to communicate with other computers and networking devices. This includes communicating on a local and wide area basis for access to or over Internet, cloud, XaaS, or managed services providers such as shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1 The Big Picture: Data Center I/O and Networking
The challenge of I/O is that some form of connectivity (logical and physical), along with associated software is required along with time delays while waiting for reads and writes to occur. I/O operations that are closest to the CPU or main processor should be the fastest and occur most frequently for access to main memory using internal local CPU to memory interconnects. In other words, fast servers or processors need fast I/O, either in terms of low latency, I/O operations along with bandwidth capabilities.
Figure 2 Tiered I/O and Networking Access
Moving out and away from the main processor, I/O remains fairly fast with distance but is more flexible and cost effective. An example is the PCIe bus and I/O interconnect shown in Figure 2, which is slower than processor-to-memory interconnects but is still able to support attachment of various device adapters with very good performance in a cost effective manner.
Farther from the main CPU or processor, various networking and I/O adapters can attach to PCIe, PCIx, or PCI interconnects for backward compatibility to support various distances, speeds, types of devices, and cost factors.
In general, the faster a processor or server is, the more prone to a performance impact it will be when it has to wait for slower I/O operations.
Consequently, faster servers need better-performing I/O connectivity and networks. Better performing means lower latency, more IOPS, and improved bandwidth to meet application profiles and types of operations.
Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI)
Having established that computers need to perform some form of I/O to various devices, at the heart of many I/O and networking connectivity solutions is the Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) interface. PCI is an industry standard that specifies the chipsets used to communicate between CPUs and memory and the outside world of I/O and networking device peripherals.
Figure 3 shows an example of multiple servers or blades each with dedicated Fibre Channel (FC) and Ethernet adapters (there could be two or more for redundancy). Simply put, the more servers and devices to attach to, the more adapters, cabling and complexity particularly for blade servers and dense rack mount systems.
Figure 3 Dedicated PCI adapters for I/O and networking devices
Figure 4 shows an example of a PCI implementation including various components such as bridges, adapter slots, and adapter types. PCIe leverages multiple serial unidirectional point to point links, known as lanes, in contrast to traditional PCI, which used a parallel bus design.
Figure 4 PCI IOV Single Root Configuration Example
In traditional PCI, bus width varied from 32 to 64 bits; in PCIe, the number of lanes combined with PCIe version and signaling rate determine performance. PCIe interfaces can have 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, or 32 lanes for data movement, depending on card or adapter format and form factor. For example, PCI and PCIx performance can be up to 528 MB per second with a 64 bit, 66 MHz signaling rate, and PCIe is capable of over 4 GB (e.g., 32 Gbit) in each direction using 16 lanes for high-end servers.
The importance of PCIe and its predecessors is a shift from multiple vendors' different proprietary interconnects for attaching peripherals to servers. For the most part, vendors have shifted to supporting PCIe or early generations of PCI in some form, ranging from native internal on laptops and workstations to I/O, networking, and peripheral slots on larger servers.
The most current version of PCI, as defined by the PCI Special Interest Group (PCISIG), is PCI Express (PCIe). Backwards compatibility exists by bridging previous generations, including PCIx and PCI, off a native PCIe bus or, in the past, bridging a PCIe bus to a PCIx native implementation. Beyond speed and bus width differences for the various generations and implementations, PCI adapters also are available in several form factors and applications.
Traditional PCI was generally limited to a main processor or was internal to a single computer, but current generations of PCI Express (PCIe) include support for PCI Special Interest Group (PCI) I/O virtualization (IOV), enabling the PCI bus to be extended to distances of a few feet. Compared to local area networking, storage interconnects, and other I/O connectivity technologies, a few feet is very short distance, but compared to the previous limit of a few inches, extended PCIe provides the ability for improved sharing of I/O and networking interconnects.
On a traditional physical server, the operating system sees one or more instances of Fibre Channel and Ethernet adapters even if only a single physical adapter, such as an InfiniBand HCA, is installed in a PCI or PCIe slot. In the case of a virtualized server for example, Microsoft HyperV or VMware ESX/vSphere the hypervisor will be able to see and share a single physical adapter, or multiple adapters, for redundancy and performance to guest operating systems. The guest systems see what appears to be a standard SAS, FC or Ethernet adapter or NIC using standard plug-and-play drivers.
Virtual HBA or virtual network interface cards (NICs) and switches are, as their names imply, virtual representations of a physical HBA or NIC, similar to how a virtual machine emulates a physical machine with a virtual server. With a virtual HBA or NIC, physical NIC resources are carved up and allocated as virtual machines, but instead of hosting a guest operating system like Windows, UNIX, or Linux, a SAS or FC HBA, FCoE converged network adapter (CNA) or Ethernet NIC is presented.
In addition to virtual or software-based NICs, adapters, and switches found in server virtualization implementations, virtual LAN (VLAN), virtual SAN (VSAN), and virtual private network (VPN) are tools for providing abstraction and isolation or segmentation of physical resources. Using emulation and abstraction capabilities, various segments or sub networks can be physically connected yet logically isolated for management, performance, and security purposes. Some form of routing or gateway functionality enables various network segments or virtual networks to communicate with each other when appropriate security is met.
PCI SIG IOV consists of a PCIe bridge attached to a PCI root complex along with an attachment to a separate PCI enclosure (Figure 5). Other components and facilities include address translation service (ATS), single-root IOV (SR IOV), and multiroot IOV (MR IOV). ATS enables performance to be optimized between an I/O device and a servers I/O memory management. Single root, SR IOV enables multiple guest operating systems to access a single I/O device simultaneously, without having to rely on a hypervisor for a virtual HBA or NIC.
Figure 5 PCI SIG IOV
The benefit is that physical adapter cards, located in a physically separate enclosure, can be shared within a single physical server without having to incur any potential I/O overhead via virtualization software infrastructure. MR IOV is the next step, enabling a PCIe or SR IOV device to be accessed through a shared PCIe fabric across different physically separated servers and PCIe adapter enclosures. The benefit is increased sharing of physical adapters across multiple servers and operating systems not to mention simplified cabling, reduced complexity and resource utilization.
Figure 6 PCI SIG MR IOV
Figure 6 shows an example of a PCIe switched environment, where two physically separate servers or blade servers attach to an external PCIe enclosure or card cage for attachment to PCIe, PCIx, or PCI devices. Instead of the adapter cards physically plugging into each server, a high performance short-distance cable connects the servers PCI root complex via a PCIe bridge port to a PCIe bridge port in the enclosure device.
In Figure 6, either SR IOV or MR IOV can take place, depending on specific PCIe firmware, server hardware, operating system, devices, and associated drivers and management software. For a SR IOV example, each server has access to some number of dedicated adapters in the external card cage, for example, InfiniBand, Fibre Channel, Ethernet, or Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) and converged networking adapters (CNA) also known as HBAs. SR IOV implementations do not allow different physical servers to share adapter cards. MR IOV builds on SR IOV by enabling multiple physical servers to access and share PCI devices such as HBAs and NICs safely with transparency.
The primary benefit of PCI IOV is to improve utilization of PCI devices, including adapters or mezzanine cards, as well as to enable performance and availability for slot-constrained and physical footprint or form factor-challenged servers. Caveats of PCI IOV are distance limitations and the need for hardware, firmware, operating system, and management software support to enable safe and transparent sharing of PCI devices. Examples of PCIe IOV vendors include Aprius, NextIO and Virtensys among others.
InfiniBand IOV
InfiniBand based IOV solutions are an alternative to Ethernet-based solutions. Essentially, InfiniBand approaches are similar, if not identical, to converged Ethernet approaches including FCoE, with the difference being InfiniBand as the network transport. InfiniBand HCAs with special firmware are installed into servers that then see a Fibre Channel HBA and Ethernet NIC from a single physical adapter. The InfiniBand HCA also attaches to a switch or director that in turn attaches to Fibre Channel SAN or Ethernet LAN networks.
The value of InfiniBand converged networks are that they exist today, and they can be used for consolidation as well as to boost performance and availability. InfiniBand IOV also provides an alternative for those who do not choose to deploy Ethernet.
From a power, cooling, floor-space or footprint standpoint, converged networks can be used for consolidation to reduce the total number of adapters and the associated power and cooling. In addition to removing unneeded adapters without loss of functionality, converged networks also free up or allow a reduction in the amount of cabling, which can improve airflow for cooling, resulting in additional energy efficiency. An example of a vendor using InfiniBand as a platform for I/O virtualization is Xsigo.
General takeaway points include the following:
- Minimize the impact of I/O delays to applications, servers, storage, and networks
- Do more with what you have, including improving utilization and performance
- Consider latency, effective bandwidth, and availability in addition to cost
- Apply the appropriate type and tiered I/O and networking to the task at hand
- I/O operations and connectivity are being virtualized to simplify management
- Convergence of networking transports and protocols continues to evolve
- PCIe IOV is complimentary to converged networking including FCoE
Moving forward, a revolutionary new technology may emerge that finally eliminates the need for I/O operations. However until that time, or at least for the foreseeable future, several things can be done to minimize the impacts of I/O for local and remote networking as well as to simplify connectivity.


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The University of Houston System is moving forward with plans to become the primary partner with Houston Community College (HCC) in the development and launch of new university centers that would serve two major branches of the HCC District – HCC Northwest College and HCC Northeast College.
"The proposed partnership with HCC will strengthen the UH System's commitment to continue relationships with community colleges as well as its commitment to foster a university system dedicated to both access and quality," said UH System Chancellor Renu Khator. "This strategic initiative will advance the most important goal of the UH System, which is to benefit students."
Establishment of the proposed centers would create an opportunity for the UH System to better serve the educational needs of the HCC Northwest and HCC Northeast regions, including the development of upper-division and graduate-level programs at both campuses, said Marshall Schott, associate vice chancellor/vice president for university outreach and programs at the UH System. "These programs would primarily focus on energy and health care, which are Houston's biggest employers," he said.
Under the leadership of Chancellor Mary S. Spangler, HCC has reached out to communities across the region and internationally to provide expanded higher educational opportunities, making the college more essential to the city's success.
"This partnership is about taking each of our best assets and leveraging them in resourceful ways to enable both the HCC/UH students and tax-paying citizens of the Gulf Coast Region to maximize their opportunities while containing costs in pursuit of the highest quality education accessible in a 2+2 model," Spangler said. "I believe in this arrangement everyone is a winner—the students, the community, and Houston."
The proposed partnership would build upon UH's existing articulation agreements already in place with HCC, one of the largest institutions of higher education in the country with more than 70,000 students each semester, including more international students (nearly 8 percent) than any community college in the country.
HCC Northwest, which is among the fastest-growing colleges in the HCC service region, includes the Katy and Spring Branch campuses and primarily serves the Katy, Spring Branch and Alief communities as well as some areas of the Houston Independent School District.
Current enrollment across the campuses of HCC-NW exceeds 20,000. The Katy/West Houston area is home to the Energy Corridor, with more than 100,000 employees in the area. It also houses two major regional medical complexes, ensuring continued growth in the area.
The UH System's plans for Katy/West Houston are to build upon existing degree program authority granted in the Katy/West Houston and to embark on a planning process with HCC to develop a more comprehensive higher education plan for the region. This will include the addition of academic programs, especially those that address workforce needs for the energy industry, and the development of a long-term facilities plan to support enrollment growth
HCC Northeast, which houses an Energy Institute and a Public Safety Institute, already has in place a strong technology portfolio. Noting its enrollment reflects the largest percentage of workforce/technical track students among the HCC campuses, officials will consider expanding programs in energy and technology-related fields to meet the needs of the region.
The University of Houston System is a comprehensive system of higher education institutions serving to further the intellectual capital and economic strength of the Gulf Coast region. The UH System includes the University of Houston, a nationally recognized Tier One public research university; the University of Houston-Downtown, a four-year undergraduate university expanding into graduate programs; the University of Houston-Victoria, a four-year university with undergraduate and master's level degree programs; and the University of Houston- Clear Lake, an upper-division and master's level institution. The system also includes three branch campuses, UH-Clear Lake Pearland, UH System - Northwest and UH Sugar Land, as well as a multi-institution teaching center, UH System Cinco Ranch. In addition, the System owns and operates KUHF-FM, Houston's National Public Radio station; KUHA-FM, Houston's 24-hour classical music station; and KUHT-TV, the nation's first educational television station. To learn more about the UH System, visit http://www.uhsa.uh.edu/


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New Doha airport renamed Hamad International
Delayed project in ongoing legal dispute; opening H2 2013 earliest
Qatar's New Doha International Airport will be renamed Hamad International Airport when the much delayed hub finally opens in the second half of 2013.
The announcement was made in a statement by Abdul Aziz Al Noaimi, chairman of the Qatar Civil Aviation Authority and was confirmed by a spokesperson from Qatar Airways, the operator of the airport and main customer.
The US$15.5bn airport missed its most recent scheduled opening date last month and has now been put back to the second half of 2013 as a legal battle ensues between airport authorities and a major contractor.
Airport operator Qatar Airways said in December it plans to file a US$600m legal claim against German-Emirati joint venture construction company Lindner Depa Interiors (LDI) after it claimed LDI's failure to complete the US$250m fit-out of 19 airport lounges by the summer of 2012 had resulted in significant delays to the opening of the project.
LDI accused the carrier of making "false and misleading" comments and the war of words intensified when Qatar CEO Akbar Al Baker said the joint venture was "adding insult to injury by denying that its delay caused huge damages and that LDI should pay compensation for such damages".
Qatar Airways claimed it and other subsidiaries and entities incurred additional construction costs and losses estimated to amount to some US$600m for lost revenue.
LDI previously said it was currently in arbitration proceedings with the NDIA, with whom it was contracted to work.
Phase one of the new US$15.5bn airport is slated to handle over 28m passengers a year, with the capacity expected to more than double by the time the airport is fully operational in 2018.
The current Doha International Airport handles almost 20m passengers a year, with over 80 per cent of the passenger traffic generated by Qatar Airways alone.


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Mo clinches Yankees' fourth straight AL pennant
Rivera's scoreless ninth sends Bronx Bombers back to World Series in 2001
As Mariano Rivera prepares to retire, the closer's farewell tour has become a central subplot to the season. Major League Baseball's all-time saves leader has been greeted warmly in each of his road stops, and the Yankees are planning a ceremony of their own to honor Rivera's illustrious career in September.
Rivera will be the last active player to regularly wear uniform No. 42, with the number having been retired throughout MLB in 1997 to honor the achievements of barrier-breaking great Jackie Robinson. During his 19-year big league career, Rivera has also chiseled his own mark on the number's legacy. In honor of Rivera and his contributions, MLB.com is commemorating 42 notable moments from Rivera's career -- the 42 Days of Mo.
We've come to associate Mariano Rivera with high-pressure moments in the ninth inning, the narrow leads he's come in to secure, and the poise it has taken for him to successfully navigate those situations for so long with such great ease.
That wasn't quite the case for one of Rivera's notable postseason outings, however. On Oct. 22, 2001, with the Yankees up, 3-1, in their American League Championship Series against the Mariners, Rivera came on to close it out with the Yankees leading, 12-3, in the ninth. It was a blowout, a rout brought on by Andy Pettitte's quality start and a dominant performance from the middle of the Yankees' lineup.
But it was the postseason, and there was an AL pennant to secure, so out came Rivera to pitch the ninth with a nine-run lead. The script unfolded pretty much exactly as expected.
Upon replacing setup man Mike Stanton, Rivera induced a groundout from Carlos Guillen, gave up a single to pinch-hitter Mark McLemore and got a forceout at second base on an Ichiro Suzuki ground ball.
With two outs and Suzuki on first, Mike Cameron lined a 95-mph pitch from Rivera into right field. Shane Spencer slid underneath the ball, reeled it into his glove, and that was it: three outs, a few steps off the Yankee Stadium mound to hug catcher Jorge Posada and a series-clinching win that sent the Yankees to their fourth straight World Series.
It would have seemed almost unthinkable then that Rivera was about to be dealt his first postseason defeat shortly thereafter, as he suffered the loss against the D-backs in Game 7 of the 2001 World Series. Because at that point, Rivera had already firmly established himself as a dominant closer and an untouchable force in the postseason.
"You can't win a game unless you finish it, and Mo finishes better than anyone has ever done," Yankees manager Joe Torre told MLB.com after the ALCS victory. "He's like a regular player for me. They list players and pitchers separately, but Mariano Rivera is like an everyday player for me."
Derek Jeter agreed, telling MLB.com, "When he comes in, it's over. ... I don't want to jinx him and say he's unhittable, but when he comes in with a lead, you bring in Mo and the game is over. That's a weapon not many teams have."
And it's a weapon the Yankees have deployed without question whenever necessary, whether it's a six-out high-wire act or the finishing touches on a pennant-clinching rout.


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bringing a jacuzzi to the playa could it's own thread......rather ot of used school buses...sort of. A successful jacuzzi on the playa is made of a number of what seem to be complicated systems. These systems are actually quite simple when you break them down.cullen wrote:i have a question about your jacuzzi bus and the playa dust. how well is the jacuzzi filter work for the dust. or are you using an additional in line filter?lapeer20m wrote:here are links to youtube vid's of two of the buses. I wasn't into video yet with my first 2 buses.
an ounce of prevention is worht a pound of cure! Clean people = clean water. I set up a crude shower using clorinated, filtered recycled water. I make sure to post a sign stating the shower water is recycled.
Rule 1, shower is required before entry
rule 2, no hair in the jacuzzi! Hair holds so much playa dust. Keep your head out of the water!
rule 3, no clothes. Even a pair of boxer shorts hold a ton of playa dust. I do make exceptions to this rule occasionally
rule 4, the bus driver is exempted from all bus rules....
standard jacuzzi filter will not keep the water clean. standard filter is good to have, as it filters particulate matter from the water. A standard paper element filter does maybe 50-100 micron. The problem is that playa dust particles are small enough they pass right through the filter.
I put tons of research, time, and money into water filtering.
things that didn't work (at least by themselves)
sand filter for a pool, rated to filter the volume of water in the jacuzzi once every 6 minutes.
standard jacuzzi paper element filter
0.5 micron drinking water filter, plugs up too fast.
What does work??
whole house drinking water filter's rated at 20 micron.
They are fine enough to remove playa dust, but coarse enough to last for a while before changing them out. How many do you need? A LOT! During heavy jacuzzi use, i change a filter probably once per hour. However, once everyone get's out, i can leave one filter going for several hours when i sleep and wake up with sparkling water.
Another big problem with jacuzzi's is their power consumption. A standard 8 person jacuzzi is often rated for 240 volts and 40 amps. that is more energy than i care to waste on the playa. That would require 0.5 to 1 gallons of gasoline per hour. 10 days X 12 gallons/day = 120 gallons of fuel. Way too rich for my blood. To solve this, I replace the energy hog 220 volt electric pump(s) with cheap 110 volt low amp draw pumps. I can run 2 of these at peak jacuzzi usage times, and a single pump to run when nobody is in the water. I like to filter water 24 hours/day on the playa. You absolutely cannot beat an eu series honda geni in my opinion. With an eu2000 i average 15 hours/gallon of fuel on the playa. That includes the jacuzzi, chest freezer, toaster oven, several camera charges, lighting, etc. And the geni is so quiet you can barely tell it's running.
jacuzzi will occasionally get like 10 people in it and overflow. it is ok according to the bm guide book to put filtered treated water directly on the playa, but rangers still get grumpy if the bus is leakign water on the ground. to solve this, i just build a simple evap pond under the bus out of black visqueen and 2x4's.
i also bring 220 gallons of extra water for the jacuzzi....just in case. plastic 55 gallon drums are your friend.
what would i like to do to better the system in the future?
I end up with like 100 dirty wasted paper filters. They are expensive, take up lots of space, and this is very wasteful as they are not reusable. I think you could filter water using a centerefuge and be much less wasteful.
i also think that building a real shower into the bus and a big evap pond to handle the waste water would be ideal.
some things to keep in mind.....Inviting people into your bus will also bring in tons of playa dust. don't be one of those people who can't tollerate playa inside your vehicle. You'd go mental trying to keep all the dust out.
i also like to use a hepa furnace filter and a fan to keep the dust down inside the bus. I pretty much only use this during dust storms, but it sure is lovely! I turn off the geni and use batteries/inverter to run things during a bad dust storm so the geni doesn't suck in so much playa dust.
there is almost nothing better than sitting in the jacuzzi eating bacon in the middle of a dust storm. seems almost surreal watching people walk by leaning into the gale force winds.
you also need to heat the water to about 90 degrees. it might sound silly, but if the water is only 70, it's too cold to get into. i'm from michigan, i know cold, and i can't sit in the jacuzzi for more than a few m inutes in the desert when the water's only 70 degrees. solar heater would be most efficient, but i use either engine heat from the bus motor, or i brought a fuel oil boiler one year just to heat water.
One of my favorite thigns to do at the burn is to find a random stranger in the heat of the afternoon and say "would you like to go swimming?" at first they don't really believe you, but hey, this is burningman and anythign is possible. The most enjoyment i get out of the jacuzzi is watchign other people enjoy it. You can't measure the amount of joy and excitement produced by allowing people access to a swimming pool in the middle of the desert.


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Read here. Sad day for Packer nation. Chad Clifton has been a heck of a player for a number of years for this team and he will be missed. Injuries have plagued his latter years but he mostly played through them (opting often for off-season surgery). It's no surprise he failed his physical – in fact it's hard to believe he's passed a physical in the last 4-5 years.
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The Distinguished Lecture Series in Sports Medicine at Hope College will feature the address "Emergency Preparedness in Sports Medicine" by Dr. Katie Walsh, ATC, of East Carolina University of Greenville, N.C., on Thursday, Jan. 24, at 7 p.m. in the Maas Center.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
Walsh will discuss the importance in sports medicine of developing action plans that provide guidelines in advance for coping with emergencies in specific venues and situations. She will review the stands of both the National Athletic Trainers' Association and the National Collegiate Athletic Association concerning such emergency action plans, discuss the components of such plans and share examples.
Walsh is the director of athletic training education at East Carolina University, and is one of the nation's foremost experts on planning for sports emergencies. She served as the primary author on the NATA's position paper on the topic, and on a similar statement related to lightning safety in sports.
The Distinguished Lecture Series in Sports Medicine, which features a variety of topics, is designed for health care professionals with an interest in physically active patients, and is intended for students, educators and clinicians alike. It is co-sponsored by Shoreline Orthopaedics, Orthopaedic Associates of Grand Rapids and the college.
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The Victorian government is under fire for providing millions of dollars to private hospitals for surgery as public hospitals close beds and plan to sack hundreds of staff due to budget cuts.
Nine private hospitals are being given more than $4 million to collaborate with public hospitals to perform about 2100 elective surgery procedures over the next five months.
The move has angered the opposition and worried private health insurers, which fear it could undermine the value of private health insurance because public patients will be operated on in private hospitals.
The nine private hospitals, which include Epworth Eastern and Melbourne Private, successfully pitched for their share of $9 million on offer under the government's Competitive Elective Surgery Funding Initiative.
The scheme, which also includes $35 million for public hospitals, invited all health services to tender for the work so the government could test how efficiently surgery could be done for the lowest price.
Victorian Health Minister David Davis told Fairfax Media that the first $35 million had been allocated to public hospitals to provide about 8300 operations for about 5 per cent less than standard surgery costs. The private hospitals' involvement was saving the government about $1.3 million, he said.
It means hundreds of public patients waiting for surgery will be operated on in private hospitals between now and June. They will not be able to choose their surgeon or the time of their procedures, but may get access to better facilities such as private rooms.
While Australian Private Hospitals Association chief executive Michael Roff applauded the initiative, saying private hospitals were well placed to help governments cut elective surgery waiting lists, private health insurers are concerned it could undermine perceptions of the value of private health insurance.
A spokesman for Private Healthcare Australia said that although the scheme acknowledged the efficiency of the private sector, it would be concerned if access to beds and treatment for people with private health insurance was diminished in any way. A spokeswoman for Medibank echoed this view.
In the past, surgeons have criticised governments for funding private hospitals for public patients because they also wanted to maintain the exclusivity of private hospitals. However, the chair of the Victorian regional committee of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Robert Stunden, said he personally supported the Victorian project.
Dr Stunden said that although some surgeons would still baulk at the idea of public patients being treated in private hospitals, any effort to get the most out of limited health funding was a good idea.
It comes as the state government is trying to pressure the Commonwealth into overturning an unexpected cut of $107 million for Victoria's health system this year. This coincides with the state government cutting $616 million from its last two health budgets.
Victorian hospital chiefs say the recent federal government cuts are forcing them to close beds and operating theatres and sack staff. About 200 positions are expected to go.
On Tuesday, St Vincent's Hospital became the latest to reveal the affect on its services, saying about 30 beds would be closed until June.
While the previous Labor state government paid private hospitals for elective surgery at times, opposition health spokesman Gavin Jennings said it was ''bizarre'' for the Coalition to be giving private hospitals money over public hospitals this year.
''Public hospitals need every single cent they can lay their hands on at the minute,'' he said.
Mr Jennings said the state government should invest $66 million of the GST revenue it recently received from the Commonwealth into Victoria's health system to protect it from further service cuts and job losses.
''They should use any money available to them to support public hospitals, which are clearly in crisis,'' he said.
When asked if the state government would invest more money into the system to prevent services being cut, Mr Davis did not answer the question and said he was focused on trying to get the Commonwealth to reconsider its funding cuts.


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Parshas Vayeitzei 5759 - '98
Outline Vol. 3, # 6
Yaakov lived twenty years with Lavan, who constantly cheated and abused him. After twenty years, he and his family fled. When Lavan caught up with Yaakov, and searched in vain for his missing idols, Yaakov became angry, and chastised Lavan. As we will see, Yaakov's speech is a model of restraint and careful wording.
[Undoubtedly, many will find the following extreme. However, it is entirely direct translations and paraphrases from the Ohr Tzafon -- from one of the primary exponents of the Musar (ethical) Movement, and the teacher of an entire generation of Roshei Yeshiva (heads of academies).]
Flee From Strife
from Ohr Tzafon of the Alter of Slobodka (Rav Noson Tzvi Finkel) pp. 192-196
Avraham told Lot that the entire Land was before them. Lot should choose whichever direction he would like to go, and Avraham would go the opposite direction. The reason for the separation was simple. Lot had no qualms about having his animals graze in other people's property, something abhorrent to Avraham and his men. Rather than constantly face debates over their shepherds' behavior, it was preferable that they each go their own separate ways.
Not only to extend an argument is a crime, but even one who neglects to search for means to reduce strife is guilty. During the attempted revolt of Korach, Moshe went to appease the perpetrators (Bamidbar [Numbers 16]). Reish Lakish said, "From here we derive that it is a crime to be machzik b'machlokas -- to maintain strife and controversy. As Rav said, 'All who maintain strife, neglect a command -- 'Do not be like Korach and his assembly' ' " (Sanhedrin 110). Moshe attempted to placate Korach, but was unsuccessful. He approached Dosan and Aviram, who answered with insolence. Still, he dismissed his own honor and tried to go to their houses peacefully. The Sages said that if Moshe had not done all this, he would have been the guilty party.
These words are amazing. The debate of Korach is considered by the Rabbis to be the most serious rebellion, the epitome of disgrace. Yet -- if Moshe had not done everything in his power to reduce tensions -- he would have been considered the one responsible for the strife.
The Rabbis said (Bereishis Rabah 74) -- (Emulate) the anger of the forefathers, but not the humility of the sons... Where do you see 'the anger of the forefathers?' "Yaakov was angry and strove with Lavan" (Bereishis [Genesis 31:36]). You would think that they scuffled or traded punches, but there were only words of appeasement... 'But not the humility of the sons' -- from King Dovid. "Dovid fled from Nayos in Ramah, and said before Yonason, 'What have I done, what is my crime, and what is my guilt before your father, that he seeks my life?' " (Shmuel 1:20:1)
Dovid tried to show Yonason that Shaul (Yonason's father) was relentlessly pursuing him. Dovid always behaved towards Shaul with great restraint, never raising a hand against him, even in self-defense. When discussing Shaul's behavior towards him, Dovid used language similar to the language that Yaakov used, except that he mentioned that Shaul wanted to take his (Dovid's) life. For employing such shocking words -- although true -- Dovid was taken to task by the sages.
Angry responses should always be discouraged; we must seek appeasement. Even though Dovid constantly put himself down before Shaul (even calling himself "a dead dog, a flea") once he used the shocking expression, he was criticized. Think how our angry arguments and self-justifications -- often employing over-emphasis, exaggeration or revealing of sensitive information -- actually appear!
Now consider Yaakov's situation. For twenty years he suffered all kinds of treachery and abuse. Even after Lavan had pursued him in order to kill him, engaged him in complaints and severe insults, Yaakov continued to use soft expressions of appeasement. He defended himself as if he had been considered a guilty party.
Amazingly, the Torah refers to this as Yaakov's 'strife'. For Yaakov, however, this strife is acceptable, and the Rabbis praised it: "(Emulate) the anger of the forefathers." The lesson is that, in any other format, the self-defense would not have been acceptable. Excuses and self-justification inevitably implicate others, but the Rabbis said: "(Be of the) shamed but not shaming, hearing one's reproach but not responding" (Shabbos 88). That is to say -- do not respond at all to reproach and insult, even out of defense and justification. The answer of Yaakov was called "strife" and "anger," as in "the anger of the forefathers..."
We are not only addressing one who speaks at the time of strife, but even one coming humbly to appease, if he mentions something insensitive or unbecoming, he nullifies all his words and degrades them to a plane lower than the level of "anger."
Due to computer failure, Haaros and Chodshei Hashanah were briefly interrupted. Several readers have submitted questions, and we will attempt to address them next week, in the continuation of "Sein Tal Umatar."
Rabbi Yaakov Bernstein
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Sequester At A Glance: The Avoidable Impact on Our Most Vulnerable Communities
The reckless, across-the-board spending cuts known as the sequester could have a disproportionate impact on critical programs that serve those in our nation's most vulnerable communities. Instead of asking the wealthiest to pay their fair share by closing tax loopholes, Republicans have threatened many programs that seniors, working mothers, veterans, and many other Americans rely on. Here's a closer look at how the sequester could impact those in our most vulnerable communities over the coming weeks and months:
The Facts:
People receiving Emergency Unemployment Compensation benefits could see their benefits cut by nearly 11 percent. Long-term unemployed individuals could lose an average of more than $450 in benefits.
- Deep cuts to long-term unemployment benefits could disproportionately affect people of color. 10.5 percent of Latinos and 13.8 percent of blacks are unemployed.
Workforce development programs like YouthBuild and Job Corps could face significant cuts by about 8 percent under sequestration.
- In 2010, 54 percent of YouthBuild participants were African American and 20 percent were Latino.
- Job Corps faces about $83 million in cuts in FY 2013 under sequestration; about 72 percent of Job Corps participants were people of color.
Critical job-creating programs such as the Build America Bonds program are facing a 7.6 percent cut.
- Infrastructure investments stimulate employment in sectors that employ a disproportionately high rate of workers of color, such as construction and public transit.
Approximately 600,000 women and children could be dropped from the Department of Agriculture's Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) from March through September, and at least 1,600 state and local jobs could be lost as a result.
- This program provides nutritious food subsidies to poor pregnant women, as well as poor women with infants and children under the age of 5. It could be cut by $543 million; more than 450,000 people of color benefit from its service.
Housing: The Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Housing Choice Voucher program, which provides rental assistance to very low-income families, could see a reduction in funding, placing about 125,000 families at immediate risk of losing housing.
- In 2011, Section 8 aided more than 2 million low-income families. 44 percent and 23 percent, respectively, of public housing recipients are African American and Latino.
Early child care funding could be cut by more than $900 million, impacting the thousands of children of color who benefit from these programs. 70,000 children could be kicked out of Head Start and sixty percent of program participants are children of color.
Cuts could also affect the Department of Health and Human Services' Child Care Development Fund, potentially ending child care subsidies for 30,000 children.
Federal education funding cuts could disproportionately hurt students of color. $3 billion could be cut in education alone which could impact 9.3 million students in the following programs:
- Financial aid for college students: 81 percent of African Americans and 67 percent of Latinos with a bachelor's degree graduated with student debt, compared to 64 percent of their white peers.
- Programs for our most vulnerable youth: English-language learners and those attending high-poverty, struggling schools
- Education for homeless children
- Youth and federal work study
The National Institutes of Health could lose $1.5 billion in medical research funding. There could be fewer research projects aimed at finding treatments and cures for diseases such as cancer and diabetes--both of which are among the leading causes of death for African Americans.
Federally-assisted programs like Meals on Wheels could serve 4 million fewer meals to seniors. These meals are especially important to seniors with chronic illnesses that are affected by diet, such as diabetes and heart disease, and frail seniors who are homebound, and can account for 50 percent or more of daily food for the majority of home delivered participants.
Native American tribes could lose almost $130 million in funding from the Department of the Interior, causing reductions across human services, law enforcement, schools, economic development and natural resources.
What the Experts Say:
New York Times Editorial:
"But some Americans will be hurt more than others, and the people who will be hurt the most are those who are already struggling. In the months ahead, an estimated 3.8 million Americans who have been unemployed for more than six months face a cut in federal jobless benefits of nearly 11 percent — or about $32 a week — all from the recent average weekly benefit of $292. And an estimated 600,000 low-income women and toddlers will be turned away from the federal nutrition program for women, infants and children, known as WIC."
"The federal government has yet to issue specific guidance on how states should handle an estimated cut to the WIC program of $340 million this fiscal year. Little will happen until April, but, after that, priority is likely to be given increasingly to pregnant and breast-feeding women and to infants, while women not breast-feeding are put on an indefinite wait list, along with many children over 1 year old. The cutbacks to mothers would affect African-Americans disproportionately, because their breast-feeding rates are lower than other groups'. The cuts in aid to children will fall disproportionately on Hispanic families, who tend to have more children. Why are the Republicans so happy when they should be ashamed?" [New York Times, 3/2]
National Education Association (NEA) Vice President Lily Eskelsen:
"Very serious consequences are going to happen, and it's going to hit our most vulnerable populations." [VOXXI, 3/5]
League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) Director of Education Policy Luis Torres:
"We argue that it's a disproportionate effect on the Latino community because we have both kids who are benefiting from these programs and likely the first targets of the sequestration process." [VOXXI, 3/5]
EMILYs List President Stephanie Schriock:
"It's not often in life that choices are this stark. [Senator] McConnell had two options: either prevent the sequestration with reasonable cuts and revenue increases, or let millions of Americans suffer terrible consequences to their health, safety, and livelihood. But McConnell and his Republican colleagues were more focused on the bottom line than the wellbeing of our nation's women and families. And now these drastic cuts have become a reality." [The Hill, 3/5]
Sharon Parrott, vice president for budget policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities:
"But low-income families, seniors and people with disabilities will face "very real impacts," said Sharon Parrott, vice president for budget policy at the liberal Center on Budget and Policy Priorities..."[Washington Post, 3/3]
Sen. Tom Harkin, Chairman, Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies:
"[The sequester] would also have destructive impacts on the whole array of Federal activities that promote and protect the middle class in this country – everything from education to job training, medical research, child care, worker safety, food safety, national parks, border security and safe air travel. These essential government services directly touch every family in America, and they will be subject to deep, arbitrary cuts under sequestration." [Senate Appropriations Committee, 7/25]
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A name borne by several persons of whom the following three are mentioned in Zunz ("Literaturgesch." p. 342): 1. Moses Abbas flourished about 1400 and carried on a correspondence with the Provençal poet Solomon Bonfed, who dedicated several poems to him. Isaac ben Sheshet mentions him as the pupil of Ḥisdai ben Solomon. 2. Moses ben Jacob Abbas of Tyre, physician and poet; flourished in the second half of the sixteenth century. About 1578 he addressed a poem to the poet Saadia Longo in Salonica. 3. Moses Judah Abbas, of Hebron; lived about 1660.
- Montefiore (Jews' College) MS., No. 242, fol. 12, No. 243, fol. 162;
- Conforte, Ḳore ha-Dorot, pp. 40, 49;
- Carmoly, Hist. des Médecins Juifs, pp. 65, 295;
- idem, Chronicles of the Yaḥya Family (Hebr.);
- Steinschneider, Hebr. Bibl. xiv. 79;
- De Rossi, Dizionario Storico (German ed.), p. 1.


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Football Official Flags End Zone Prayer
A Washington state high school football player was flagged for kneeling and pointing to heaven after scoring a touchdown.
Reportedly, the line judge said the running back was attempting to bring attention to himself. But it seems to me that he was not doing that at all. In fact, he was doing the opposite of that. Running back Ronnie Hastie "I do that to give glory to my Heavenly Father, Jesus. He gives me the strength. He's the one who gives me these abilities in the first place."
Is a momentary kneel and pointing up really an excessive celebration? Or is there something else going on here?
I've seen all sorts and manner of touchdown celebrations, this one, to me, seems about the least offensive.
What do you guys think?
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The session after a much needed coffee was advanced GEO targeting which is vitally important when creating a multinational strategy.
Geo targeting is vitally important when ensuring your website appears in the geographic "pages from" results in the search engines. 15% to 40% of searchers use this setting which is largely based on keyword usage. Google is getting far better at filtering the web and identifying where you are.
Searching for "Billigflug" in the UK and DE engines show that the same websites appear but the order is very different. The results are more different when comparing the US to Germany in terms of URL length but otherwise largely similar. Searching for Lufthansa on google.co.uk you'll get all English pages whereas in google.de will be German even if the same IP and computer is used.
World Languages
English French, German Spanish and Arabic are used in many countries and therefore your content strategy needs to be optimised for languages in countries. Failing to do so will cause a huge amount of duplicate content and will penalise you in most countries.
Andy's recommendation is to use local domains if you have a .com geo-target within WMC either on a subfolder or subdomain basis. Local links are gold!
If you are in Russia you need to set it up in Yandex. China is tougher, you need local domains and hosting which is more advanced. If you're going the .com route you need to optimise within Baidu.
Many countries are multilingual for example Switzerland where you need to optimise for French, German and Swiss.
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I had a little free time today, so I split my efforts and tried two different approaches on two of my favorite distros, on two different machines.
First stop was an Ubuntu system with the LXDE desktop overlaid on it. This was on the Thinkpad with the shattered screen — a 750Mhz Celeron with 128Mb of memory.
It took a little effort to get it set up, but once it was working it was quite enjoyable. LXDE was a rather random collection of pieces for a long time, but it's starting to come together quite nicely. The panel is improved quite a bit, and the file manager is making leaps and bounds. It's a joy to watch.
It works very well with an Ubuntu system too, with deb files for pretty much everything. If you do decide to follow the installation instructions, I'd suggest copying both mirrors into your sources.list file — both the Ubuntu and Debian lines. Some packages seemed out of date or missing from one repository or the other, but enabling both seemed to cover all the gaps. And if you need a newer PCManFM than the one that's in the Hardy repos, check getdeb.net. It's probably not the absolute-newest build, but it satisfies the version requirement.
Speedwise I think LXDE does a good job keeping the basic Ubuntu environment from becoming too heavy, while putting a lot of practical — and aesthetic — controls at your fingertips. Keep watching this: It's going to get very good, very soon. 🙂
The second machine, the slower Thinkpad, got a fresh Arch installation, this time with pure Gnome as the desktop environment. This was mostly an experiment, as suggested elsewhere, to see how the Arch Gnome compares to the Debian Etch version.
Startup for the Arch version comes in about 20 seconds sooner than its Debian cousin, and performance seems a little snappier, but otherwise it's hard to distinguish between the two. Of course, Debian comes with a lot of preinstalled software that you otherwise have to select and configure in Arch, and setting up an Arch system takes a little more effort (but less time, really) than a Debian system.
Arch's trump card is probably that all the software is considerably newer than Etch. It's true, you get more in Debian, but everything is quite out of date. You could try the freshest version, but I can't promise you you'll get anything that's even near where the Arch packages stand. (And as I discovered, the sluggishness that plagues Ubuntu Gnome is evident in the newest versions of Debian Gnome. It's sad but true.)
All the same, I'd have to call them more or less even. What you don't get in one, you definitely get in the other, so it's up to you which side is more important. For my own part, I'll probably stick with Arch, just because I prefer things like pacman over aptitude, and so forth. You can decide for yourself. 🙂


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I think it's an incense bottle. Could this be an old coin?
Teachers attending a workshop are asked to select a photograph of a digital artifact to examine and share with the group. Within seconds they are sharing what they see or wondering what the item is. A group of teachers and media specialists in an online class shared photos and maps of their hometown. A Wisconsin teacher wrote these 37 miles of river have been part of my life for the past 50 years. The Fox River runs through my hometown of Appleton, Wisconsin. [The river] is massive and drew many settlers to this area due to its ability to support a variety of industries. The river specifically attracted many paper mills to build on its banks. My grandfather worked at Fox River Paper Mill as a pipe fitter. Ten years ago I lived in the old mill, which had been converted to apartments. . . .I would often wonder if I was walking in the same spot my grandfather walked or looked upon the river out the same window he once had so many years before I was even born. A Louisiana history teacher used photos and documents to introduce a topic the first day of school. She shared her excitement: I allowed my first period class today to start the {activity} I had assigned for homework. They got so into it! Between mocking Burnside's facial hair, talking about the names, talking about the autographs – they really – without knowing it – started to get excited about primary documents! Students and teachers in all three of these groups instinctively shifted into photo analysis, reflection, and discussion when they viewed the photos. Photos, maps broadsides, posters, drawings and other visuals are powerful tools to stimulate our senses and thinking. Photo analysis activities can be used to introduce a topic, as a discussion icebreaker, a writing prompt, or research catalyst.
The incense bottle is actually a watch fob; the coin is a button. Both are part of Lincoln's Pockets, a Library of Congress Teachers' Page professional development activity. Participants examine artifacts found in Lincoln's pockets the night of his assassination and discuss how primary sources engage and motivate students. The Teachers Page has a multitude of classroom-ready materials to help busy teachers and media specialists get started using photo analysis and primary sources in the classroom quickly. Primary Source Sets, another Teachers Page feature are designed for busy teachers who want to use primary sources but are short on time for searching and selecting resources. Over 30 sets provide "ready to use" PDFs and MP3 files of primary sources on topics commonly taught in schools. Sets include Japanese Internment, the Dustbowl, the Harlem Renaissance, Baseball Across a Divided Society, Assimilation through Education (Indian Boarding Schools), Civil War Music, the Spanish American War, and Symbols of the United States. Teachers' guides for each set provide background information, teaching ideas, links to related classroom materials, and other Library of Congress resources. Reproducible primary source analysis tools are part of with each set. The observe, reflect, question, and investigate further model is used in a generic analysis tool. Students can use it with a primary source in any format. Teacher's analysis guides for a diverse primary source formats (interviews, text, manuscripts, sheet music etc.) have question prompts and suggested teaching activities. A self-paced online professional development module "analyzing photos and prints" has a built-in analysis tool which can be completed online and printed out.
I keep discovering that too few people know about these wonderful tools and resources. The quickly approaching start of the school year is a wonderful time for media specialists to share these wonderful tools with teachers or use them during their own instruction! It won't take long before you see photo analysis and engaged discussion!
Teachers quoted: Susan Buss, Appleton, Wisconsin; Robin Vogt, New Orleans, Louisiana
Library of Congress Teachers Page, Professional Development Plan Builder, "Lincoln's Pockets" http://www.loc.gov/teachers/professionaldevelopment/tpsdirect/pdplanbuilder/
Library of Congress Teachers Page, Take Online Module http://www.loc.gov/teachers/professionaldevelopment/selfdirected/
Library of Congress Teachers Page Teachers Page Classroom Materials http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/
Library of Congress Teachers Guides and analysis Tools
Guest Blogger InfoMary Alice Anderson is a former school media specialist for the Winona, Minnesota, schools. She currently is as an online instructor for the University of Wisconsin-Stout where she teaches a course in using primary sources. She also teaches for Minnesota State University-Mankato where she teaches courses for future media specialists. She was a member of a Library of Congress Professional Development Review committee, is the author of the local history chapter for Interacting with History, a book to be published by ALA later this year. A column about classroom ready materials will be published in her ongoing "NEW Media Center" column in Internet @ Schools this fall. Past columns are available through her Random Thoughts blog, Maryalicea.wordpress.com. Her web page is: http://www.uwstout.edu/faculty/andersonmary/index.cfm


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Community Action Partnership of Central Illinois — on the Web
Community Action Head Start launches recruiting in Logan County
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[January 29, 2014]
Community Action Head Start, a
free birth to age 5 program for income-eligible families, is
recruiting in Logan County for the 2013-2014 program year.
Additional services, including screenings and access to
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If interested in applying for Head Start, contact Cathy McIntosh
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the family educators, at 217-732-2159, ext. 236.
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The following documentation is
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2013 completed tax
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Copy of child's
birth certificate or medical card.
Proof of Social Security, TANF and cash
assistance (if you receive it).
Logan County Head Start is sponsored by the Community Action
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senior populations of six Illinois counties. For more information,
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SRINAGAR, Indian Controlled Feb 20,2013 – Most shops and businesses are shut in Indian-controlled Kashmir after separatists called for a three-day strike to demand the return of the body of a Kashmiri man secretly executed and buried in the Indian capital.
The strike began Wednesday and authorities imposed a ban on the assembly of more than four people to prevent protests in the region.
Kashmir was rocked by violent anti-India protests after Mohammed Afzal Guru was hanged in a New Delhi jail Feb. 9. He was convicted of involvement in a 2001 attack on India's Parliament.
Three protesters died in clashes with troops.
Many Kashmiris believe Guru did not get a fair trial and the execution's secrecy only fuelled the anger in a region where anti-India sentiment runs deep.


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Check out Brooklyn Bowl's all star New Year's Eve celebration with The Roots.
It is on the pricey side and very selective but it might be better to stay warm indoors and groove to some good hip hop soul music.
To a select few they are offering tickets and the best leather couch to ring in 2011 complete with bowling, a special menu by Blue Ribbon, Premium Open Bar. They will also throw in a bottle of Veuve Clicquot.Bubbly to ensure that good ol' New Year feel.
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A main bar featuring all-American wines and hearty food, with live Jazz playing.
Intimate upstairs space hosted by The Noble Rot, featuring an Old World, Euro-themed affair with French wine, music, and charcuterie.
A bubbly-soaked boogie in the wine production room surrounded by barrels and fermenting wine. A quirky Magnolia Photo Booth will snap mustached shots all night, as DJ Miss Bliss spins a mix of old school soul and pop dance tunes. Visit www.bkwinery.com for more information.
Looking for something to do on New Year's Eve that's a bit more on the unconventional side? Then visit the Claret Wine Bar at 46-02 Skillman Avenue in Sunnyside to get a tarot reading by expert tarot card reader Lorraine Schein. Have last minute resolutions that you are unsure of? Wondering if you should leave behind something that's hard to let go of? She'll present some insight that perhaps you've never heard. Even if you don't take it to heart, it's still an interesting way to start off the New Years Eve festivities.
Visit www.claretwinebar.com for more information.
Bohemian Beer Hall Garden is hosting a jacket and tie semiformal gathering. Celebrate New Years Eve with Czech and Slovak dance favorites performed by Express Band live in the Main Hall.
Doors Open at 8:30pm, open bar is from 8:30pm-midnight, and includes buffet dinner and champagne toast; New Year's Kapustnica (Slovak sauerkraut soup); party favors, coffee, cake; and even a raffle. Tickets are available in the office or at the bar at Bohemian Hall and Beer Garden. For more information, visit www.bohemianhall.com.
The Giving Tree Yoga Studio is offering a New Year's Eve Workshop with Anne-Margaret from 5:30-8pm. Relax and unwind before the madness of the night ensues.
Bring a friend and join your Giving Tree community in a conscious letting go of 2010 and welcoming in of 2011.
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The Super Bowl media crush isn't just about the players actually playing—the black hole also sucks in retired stars like Marshall Faulk and Jerry Rice and, um, Amani Toomer. The former Giants receiver has an extremely tangential connection to Sunday's matchup—Toomer's Giants lost to Ray Lewis's Ravens in the 2001 Super Bowl. Thankfully, Toomer has strong opinions on Lewis:
"It's definitely all about him. Once a guy goes to the center of the field, goes into the victory formation on the last play of his last home game … I just don't think the Giants or any organization I've ever been a part of, even growing up, would allow somebody to single themselves out like that.
"If you single yourself out after you make a play, that's one thing. But to walk out on the field reminds me of the WWE, like The Rock coming out. You're becoming a caricature of yourself. It's exhausting. I don't know why somebody would want that."
There's more! Toomer took shots at Lewis's tendency to cloak himself in religion any time someone brings up things like PEDs, or a murder trial, or unpaid child support.
"If you want to say you're Mr. Religious and all of that, have a clean record. Don't say all of that stuff if you know there's stuff that might come back," Toomer said. "Those are the things that, when I look at him, I just think hypocrisy."
Tread carefully, Amani. Lewis has obstructed justice in murder cases for less than that.


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