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Mostly a hoot. [4 Feb 2005]Kansas City Star Full Review
The scattershot humor ranges from perceptive to sophomoric to blah. [6 Feb 2005]Orlando Sentinel Full Review
Feels forced.... What "American Dad" really resembles most is the less-funny outtakes from "Family Guy," done in a way that doesn't even pretend to be original. [4 Feb 2005]San Francisco Chronicle Full Review
If you like Family Guy, you'll probably like American Dad. The problem is, if you've seen Family Guy, you've already seen American Dad. [4 Feb 2005]USA Today Full Review
In its early episodes, "American Dad" not only follows the lead of "Family Guy" but also throws in digs at U.S. political institutions. [1 May 2005]San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa Times Full Review
"Family Guy" fans, prepare to be disappointed: "American Dad" looks a lot like its predecessor, but it lacks the zing and smarts that made "Family Guy" a cult hit. [1 May 2005]Washington Post Full Review
Although 'Dad' also was created by [Family Guy's Seth] MacFarlane and has even more outlandish characters - a gay alien, a randy German goldfish - it feels like the more conventional (read: less funny) sitcom. [1 May 2005]Boston Herald Full Review
It cribs from Family Guy, which has a similar family makeup, and, as with that series, its laughs are hither and yon. [30 Apr 2005]Houston Chronicle Full Review
It's a bit cruder and ruder [than "Family Guy"], and its family seems unimaginatively similar to Peter Griffith's - except that the dad works for the CIA, and there's a talking alien instead of a talking dog. [28 Apr 2005]New York Daily News Full Review
If you're not expecting much, you'll come away satisfied. But compared to a good episode of "Family Guy" - or even a mediocre "Simpsons" episode - it's pretty thin gruel. [28 Apr 2005]Newark Star-Ledger Full Review
As with "Guy," the idea is to cram this new animated cartoon series with a laugh a second, or at least a second-by-second attempt. Trouble is, too many of the laughs are so-so, too fleetingly funny or disturbingly potty-mouthed. [4 Feb 2005]Chicago Tribune Full Review
Lacks bite.... The series aspires to pick up where 'The Simpsons' and 'South Park' left off, but many of its jokes and cultural references seem off. [4 Feb 2005]The New York Times Full Review
Little more than an empty vehicle for clever jokes on America since 9/11. [30 Apr 2005]Boston Globe Full Review
To call "Dad" derivative of "Family Guy" would be an understatement. [28 Apr 2005]Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Full Review
The pilot aspires to outrageousness, but the humor needs to get a whole lot smarter.People Weekly Full Review
"Dad" is even spottier than "Family Guy," a nearly random collection of blackouts in search of a story. [29 Apr 2005]San Diego Union-Tribune Full Review
The jokes aren't funny, the story is silly (or, really, not silly enough) and the new writers follow the "Family Guy" model so closely they fail to explain any of the characters or even the premise of the show. [28 Apr 2005]Chicago Sun-Times Full Review
As in "Family Guy," MacFarlane and company rely on a fast-moving formula predicated on the mindset that if a joke doesn't work, another will be along momentarily. There's something to that for small fry, but the low batting average and scatological emphasis conspire to narrow the program's appeal. [4 Feb 2005]Variety Full Review
Determinedly irreverent and politically incorrect, but so obvious in its targets and so unoriginal in its barbs that it ends up being mostly an ode to its own crudity. [29 Apr 2005]Newsday Full Review
About as appetizing as fried roadkill. [5 Feb 2005]New York Post Full Review
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adept is a system for developing short courses for users needing to learn specific skills or knowledge. adept provides JIT ("just in time") learning, in contrast to the more usual "just in case" learning. It can be used as an intranet application to propagate knowledge to employees, or to educate customers via your homepage.
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Agora is a Web-based, threaded discussion tool, similar to Usenet newsgroups. Agora remembers each user's preferences, and allows threaded, unread-only browsing. It offers the ability to manage several different groups, with different themes, forums, and administrators for each group. Agora offers a basic Web-based ICQ client, as well as a Web-based notes system.
IMIRC is an AOL Instant Messenger to IRC gateway. It connects to an IRC network as an IRC server, so it requires a local ircd to run. IMIRC creates nicknames for AIM users as they sign on, and converts HTML codes, which are used by AIM for formatting, to IRC's control code equivalents. Please note that you must either have your own working IRC server or you must find someone willing to let you link to theirs.
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Two years ago, JoJo, a dachshund/beagle mix, was facing a grim future in a high-kill North Carolina animal shelter. Shelter staff had scheduled his date for euthanasia, but took the small brown dog to one last adoption event at an Asheville pet store, hoping for the best.
Two years ago, JoJo, a dachshund/beagle mix, was facing a grim future in a high-kill North Carolina animal shelter. Shelter staff had scheduled his date for euthanasia, but took the small brown dog to one last adoption event at an Asheville pet store, hoping for the best.
That's when JoJo's animal angel appeared in the form of Mountain Community School Principal Denise Pesce. Having contemplated the idea of having a school dog for some time, Pesce was at the pet store to buy food for the Hendersonville school's rabbits when she noticed the adoption event taking place.
"I explained to the (adoption) director what we were thinking in terms of a school dog and asked her to let me know if she thought it was a bad idea," Pesce recalled. "She thought it was a great idea and turned around and pointed to JoJo and said, 'And here's your dog!'"
With small brown eyes that begged for the love of a human, JoJo stole Pesce's heart.
"We got him the day he was going to be put down," she added.
Back at Mountain Community, first- and second-grade teacher assistant Deanna Hill volunteered to be JoJo's permanent owner, taking him home at night and on weekends. Third-grade teacher Kristie Pace volunteered to be JoJo's home room teacher.
The kids immediately took to JoJo, taking him out for walks, recess, lunch and snack.
"He really goes everywhere with us, even on field trips if they're outside," Pace said. "We went to a strawberry farm in Etowah recently and he went with us and he was so good. He's always so good."
In a few weeks, JoJo will travel with his fellow third-graders to the Bullington Center. If the class goes on an indoor field trip, JoJo stays with the fourth-grade class, since the kids know him from the previous year. He has his picture taken for the yearbook "just like the other kids," Pace said, and he's also in the class picture.
"The other day we were pulling weeds in the garden and there was JoJo, pulling weeds with us," she said. "His face was all dirty. He likes to help."
JoJo helps in many ways, Pace said.
"It's amazing. Certain kids really take to him," she said. "If it gets really loud in the classroom, he will get excited and (student) Lauren Burns, who is such a calm and gentle spirit, would sit next to JoJo and calm him down. He just loves her."
"The kids give him water and food and even a bath out on the grass with the hose," she added. "He didn't like it, but he endured it. It's a good lesson for the kids. A lot of these kids can't or don't have a pet at home and here they can learn how to take care of a pet in a safe way."
Do the kids love caring for JoJo? "I like that he's here because I always like dogs," said third -rader Julianna Samotis. "They keep me company. I feel a lot more like me when I'm around a dog. But he barks a lot. It's usually because he's hungry or we are getting loud in the classroom."
Fourth-grader Isabel Blackford recalled with a laugh one day last year when JoJo stole a teacher's hash brown from her breakfast bag. Pace smiled as she remembered the day. "JoJo was running around with the empty wrapper and we were all laughing."
Laughter seems to be a constant refrain in the life of JoJo these days, as he steps from the classroom to join the kids at snack break, wagging his tail and pulling at his leash.
Pace's third-grade student Kira Dillin put it this way: "He teaches me how to be funny because he does funny stuff. He makes me feel happy. I like him because he's nice to have around. On picture day he was grumbling, so our teacher had to give him treats."
Pace said she gets the feeling JoJo wasn't given treats before he was adopted.
"We had to go through a lot of treats to find one he liked. It was like he had to learn that it was a treat and that it was OK to eat it," she said.
Fourth-grader Marie Danos mentioned how JoJo likes to lick yogurt containers. "He will eat anything he can find on the ground, like pencils and paper." Not a bad way to teach kids the value of picking up their stuff.
Third-grader Abbie Sherman said she likes "being in the classroom with him because he reminds me of my dog. I would like Miss Pace to let me walk him!"
Mountain Community is "a menagerie" of animals, Pace said, ticking off three rabbits, a turtle, a lizard, snakes, hissing cockroaches and fish.
"I like it that JoJo lets us pet him and I like his howl," said third-grader Jacob Smith. "When he barks sometimes he howls afterwards."
Fellow third-grader Faith Baker added that JoJo "is cute and he doesn't bite. Other dogs just sit around, but not JoJo. He runs around and sometimes we read to him."
JoJo is in third grade but can he read?
"Noooo!" Baker said, astonished at the question. "He's just a pup! He's a rescue dog, you know. He makes me feel like we need to take good care of him."
"We saved him but he saves us every day," Pace added. "He makes us happy."
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Valve's alternate reality game (ARG) countdown clock has reached its apex, and revealed that the rumors are true: you can play Portal 2 before its set release date, but nothing in life comes free. The new GlaDOS@Home page promises an early launch of the game, if players generate enough computing power to restart GlaDOS. How? By playing the indie games from the Potato Sack bundle, of course.
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phpMyAdmin is a tool intended to handle the administration of MySQL over the Web. It can create, rename, and drop databases, create/drop/alter tables, delete/edit/add fields, execute any SQL statement, manage keys on fields, create dumps of tables and databases, export/import CSV data, and administrate one single database and multiple MySQL servers.
The SeaMonkey project is a community effort to develop an all-in-one Internet application suite. It contains an Internet browser, email and newsgroup client with an included Web feed reader, HTML editor, IRC chat, and Web development tools, and is sure to appeal to advanced users, Web developers, and corporate users. It uses much of the Mozilla source code powering such successful siblings as Firefox, Thunderbird, Camino, Sunbird, and Miro.
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Thunderbird is a total redesign of the Mozilla mail component to produce a cross-platform, stand-alone mail application using the XUL user interface language. It has many new features, among them the ability to customize your toolbars the way you want them. a new look and feel with a large number of downloadable themes which alter the appearance of the client, and the ability to add UI extensions.
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Mark Thompson, an instructional designer for Oklahoma Christian University's North Institute, won the Edmond Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving Day.
Thompson ran the 5K race in 15:43, crossing the finish line 15 seconds ahead of the runnerup.
Oklahoma Christian helped sponsor the Turkey Trot, which donated 100 percent of its proceeds to Turning Point. The non-profit ministry assists in the housing needs of Edmond citizens.
Before joining the North Institute, Thompson served on OC's faculty in the Department of Chemistry and Physics for six years. He was head coach of OC's cross country program for three seasons, leading the Eagles to the 2011 national championship in his final year at the helm.
The former University of Arkansas athlete is an avid runner and fitness enthusiast. In 2009, he ran his first sub-four mile at age 30.
Thompson's wife, Darci, is the director of wellness at Oklahoma Christian. She leads the university's TeamOC efforts, including OC's annual participation in the Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon.
OC's fitness initiatives include the annual Holiday Hustle, a 5K race that will be held this Saturday, and the Eagle Trail, a 5K path for running, walking and biking that will open soon on the OC campus.


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Additionally, service on the Rockaway line of the A train will resume May 30 after an all-out, six-month effort to rebuild 1,500 feet of washed-out tracks, replace miles of signal, power and communications wires and rehabilitate two stations that were completely flooded. The work included installing a corrugated marine steel sheet wall 30 feet into the soft soil of over two miles of the right-of-way along Jamaica Bay to protect the track against future washouts and ensure the line is ready to handle future coastal storms.
"Superstorm Sandy devastated the entire MTA network like no other storm, but the MTA did a remarkable job of restoring service following the storm and at the end of this month, the A line in the Rockaways will be up and running," New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said. "The past six months have meant substantial cleanup and repair, leading to the rapid restoration of full service in all but the hardest-hit facilities."
MTA New York City Transit has also established a new Sandy Recovery and Resiliency Division dedicated to launching, advancing and managing the rebuilding from Sandy, which will require years of construction and careful oversight of billions of dollars in federal aid. Plans will call for protecting stations, fan plants, under-river tubes, tunnels, ground-level tracks, signals, train shops and yards, traction power substations, circuit breaker houses, bus depots, train towers and public areas. The goal is to protect all points where the subway system could be flooded during a storm.
The Sandy Recovery and Resiliency Division will draw on experienced engineers, project managers, procurement specialists and other in-house staff as well as employees of approved contractors to manage the rebuilding effort.
The Division has issued 16 task orders to six qualified architectural and engineering design firms, which will design system repairs and study best practices from flood-proofing resiliency efforts around the world, investigate how they can be applied to the challenges of the New York City subway system and develop schematic designs for construction. Starting this summer, they will present the first of a series of plans to protect vulnerable subway stations, tunnels, storage yards and other equipment from future storms and coastal flooding. Additional firms are being solicited to support future design and construction activities.
The MTA has some $250 million in other Sandy repair and recovery projects already underway throughout the city transit and commuter rail network. While temporary repairs have kept most of the MTA network running, it will take years to design and implement permanent recovery measures.


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Josh Hainsel earned the title of grand world champion stacker in April at the world championships in Orlando, Fla.
Josh Hainsel, champion stacker
Age: 12, seventh-grader at Rugby Middle.
Family: parents Bryan and Andrea; a brother, Zach, 14, a ninth-grader at West Henderson High.
Hometown: Hendersonville; moved from Tega Cay, S.C. in 2010.
Josh earned the title of grand world champion stacker in April at the world championships in Orlando, Fla.
What is stacking?
You stack plastic cups in pre-determined sequences, trying to get the fastest time.
Why so you think stacking's popularity is growing?
More and more people are hearing about it and trying it. Then they see how fun it is and tell their friends.
When and why did you get into stacking?
I first got into stacking in December 2007. I saw a commercial and thought it would be fun. Once I tried it, I liked it.
How long did it take you to stack cups and disassemble them your first time?
About one minute to do the cycle stack.
How often have you practiced since then to bring your time down?
About three hours a day; except I took about a two-year break from much practicing a few years ago.
Where have you competed so far?
I have competed in North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Maryland, Colorado, Texas, Georgia and Connecticut, in a total of 16 competitions.
When and where did you earn the title of grand world champion?
On April 7 in Orlando, Fla., the WSSA World Championships. The World Championships had 243 stackers from 16 countries (including Germany, Australia, Japan, Korea, El Salvador and Switzerland). All competitors had to be on their countries' team in order to compete.
These are the best of the best. Preliminaries were on Saturday, and the top 10 in each division for the individual events made it to finals on Sunday. After finals, each competitor's best times in each event were added together. My total time of 9.887 seconds was the lowest of all 243 competitors.
I actually had a faster time in two of the three individual events at U.S. Nationals in March, where I came in second overall. At the World Championships, my 3-3-3 (involving three sets of three cups each stacked in three pyramids) finals time was 1.709 seconds (1.645 seconds at Nationals), my 3-6-3 (involving two stacks of three cups each and a stack of six in three pyramids) was 2.078 seconds, and cycle (where cups are stacked, unstacked and restacked in rapid succession) was 6.100 seconds (5.792 seconds at Nationals). I was more nervous than usual, so I slowed down a little bit to try to get clean times.
In March I started my busiest tournament season, with four tournaments including the world championships in a six-week timeframe, so I was practicing probably an average of four to five hours a day starting in March. Team USA had practices starting on Wednesday in Orlando leading up to the event.
Do you have any family members who compete with you? If so, how did they get involved?
Yes. My mom does child/parent doubles with me. We thought it would be fun to try together.
What are your plans for the next few years?
Keep practicing and competing. Also try to be a good role model.


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Law enforcement officials close to the investigation are revealing to NBC News that federal agents built their own mock bunker near the site of an Alabama child hostage standoff so they could train for the operation they ultimately utilized to rescue a 5-year-old.
The bunker details comes a day after Dale County Sheriff Wally Olson and Steve Richardson, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI's Mobile, Alabama office, held a news conference to answer what questions they could regarding the events of Monday's standoff resolution.
Neither Olson nor Richardson would discuss specifics regarding tactics or methods used in the operation. Echoing the ground team's response, NBC's source said they won't release any details about how the secret camera was placed in the bunker because it might be used for future responses of the same nature.
Agent Richardson said the crime scene is large and could take days to process. An independent review team from Washington, D.C. will soon arrive to assess the scene. FBI Bomb Technicians continue working to clear the scene around the bunker for any "potential explosives". An Evidence Response Team is set to process the crime scene once it has been deemed safe.
There's also no clear motive established for Dykes' actions. "There are a variety of events that may have led to this," NBC's source said. "But they are very complex."
It's also not not clear now Dykes died, though there are three possibilities: A gunshot wound from federal agents, a self-inflicted gunshot wound or as the result of a flashbang grenade. An autopsy will have to be performed to make a final determination.
Pushing aside questions of the operation, Agent Richardson said, "The success story is Ethan is safe."
The child, who has become known to a nation on a first name basis as simply "Ethan", is doing the things most 5 or 6-year-old boys do, Agent Richardson said after a brief visit with the child at an area hospital Monday night. "He's laughing, joking and eating," Richardson explained, calling him "very brave and very lucky."
The resolution in this case came seven days after the child hostage standoff started, a stretch of time in which few developments trickled out the southeast Alabama town of Midland City.
The boy was taken to an area hospital, but the kidnapper, Jimmy Lee Dykes, was killed as agents raided the underground bunker. It wasn't immediately known if Dykes took his own life or if agents killed him.
[EXTRA: Former hostage reveals how situation affects his life 25 years later]
Agent Richardson told media about an hour after the standoff ended that, while negotiations with Dykes remained constant over the last week, during the last 24 hours talks "deteriorated" and Dykes was seen holding a gun. It wasn't known exactly how authorities were able to tell that Dykes was holding a weapon, but they chose to move in at that point.
Agent Richardson said, fearing for the child's immediate safety, FBI agents breached the door to the bunker and removed the child. The boy was rushed from the bunker and placed in a nearby waiting ambulance.
The scene, which was kept out of the view of the media, showed visible signs of change around 3 p.m. when witnesses heard a loud explosion and gunfire. An ambulance was seen slowly leaving the scene a short time later but without emergency lights or sirens activated.
The ambulance traveled to nearby Flowers Hospital in Dothan where authorities later confirmed the child was transported. Law enforcement began guarding the area around the emergency room and all questions to the hospital were deferred to the FBI.
The crisis started at 3:40 p.m. on Tuesday, January 29 when Dykes is alleged to have stepped on board a Dale County school bus. The driver of the bus, Charles Poland, Jr., was fatally shot and the child was taken.
Authorities attempted for days to convince Dykes to release the child from a nearby underground bunker that he built by hand on his property. Dykes was not believed to have physically harmed the child, who was given medicine, toys, coloring books and comfort foods via a PVC pipe that led into the bunker.
[RELATED: Read back through WSFA 12 News' coverage from the last seven days]
The child hostage, identified only as "Ethan", will turn 6-years-old this week, and everyone is being asked to send him a birthday card. Those cards can be mailed to:
NFPD c/o Lt. McDaniel
400 Headquarters Street
Napier Field, AL. 36303
You can also drop off cards at the Napier Field town hall. Be sure to sign the card with your name, town and state if you are planning to send one.
Meanwhile, authorities are beginning to react to the end of the crisis, which has gripped the small town of about 2,300 about 2 hours from the state's capital in Montgomery for a week.
This evening, the President called FBI Director Robert Mueller to compliment him for the role federal law enforcement officers played in resolving the hostage situation in Alabama today. The President praised the exceptional coordination between state, local, and federal partners, and thanked all the law enforcement officials involved during the nearly week long ordeal for their roles in the successful rescue of the child.
"I want to thank the law enforcement, first responders and all additional personnel who worked tireless hours to bring this situation to a resolution. They performed heroic efforts, and they should be praised for how they handled themselves in a professional manner.
"I am thankful that the child who was abducted is now safe. I am so happy this little boy can now be reunited with his family and friends. We will all continue to pray for the little boy and his family as they recover from the trauma of the last several days.
"At the same time, we also want to remember the family and friends of the bus driver – Charles Poland, Junior. This man was a true hero who was willing to give up his life so others might live. We are all inspired by his courage and bravery.
"I ask everyone across the state – and the nation – to continue to lift up these families and the entire Midland City community in your prayers."
State Representative Harri Anne Smith said she was able to give the mother of the child hostage a hug before getting the call that something was happening. "I think we're bonded for life," she said of her relationship with the boy's mom.
"I thank God that Ethan is safe and that this terrible situation is finally over," Rep. Roby said. "From first learning of the shooting and kidnapping while in the Wiregrass last week, to talking with the boy's mother just this weekend, my family and I have been praying for Ethan's safe return home. As a mother of two young children, it is especially horrifying to imagine what fear Ethan and his family have been living in this past week.
"While we rejoice over the child's safety, let's also remember and honor the heroism of Charles Poland Jr., the bus driver who bravely stood between this attacker and the children in his care. Mr. Poland's courage may have cost him his life, but it probably saved the lives of many others. We also thank the many law enforcement officers – local, state and federal – who have tirelessly worked around the clock for almost a week to rescue this little boy.
"Senseless doesn't begin to describe this individual's actions. I pray that the terror he sought to inflict will be ceaselessly overcome by the outpouring of love, hope and kindness we've continued to see from Dale County, Alabama and around the world."
"We are elated that the standoff is over and anticipating positive news on Ethan's status."
"Chuck Poland was a hero because he protected the children on his school bus. We remain saddened by his loss. But, with the return of little Ethan to his mom, all the children on bus 04-02 are safe and sound. Our thanks go out to the spectacular law enforcement officers and support staff, school staff, community members and others, who worked together to make it happen."
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DNA cleared the man who was sentenced to life in prison for the slaying of his wife
By Michael Graczyk Associated Press
HOUSTON — The State Bar of Texas is suing a former prosecutor who is now a state district judge, accusing him of withholding memos and other written evidence in the case of a man who served nearly 25 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit.
Ken Anderson was the prosecutor in 1987 when Michael Morton was sentenced to life in prison for the slaying of his wife at their home in Williamson County, just north of Austin. A year ago, DNA evidence cleared Morton and he was freed. Another man now faces a murder trial in his wife's death.
A disciplinary panel for the state lawyers' association contended in a lawsuit filed earlier this month that Anderson, now a judge in the Central Texas county, knew about the evidence but didn't disclose it to Morton's lawyers.
"Before, during and after the 1987 trial, (Anderson) knew of the existence of several pieces of evidence and withheld same from defense counsel," according to the lawsuit, which also serves as a disciplinary petition. Read More


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The National Rifle Association has released a new game for iDevices today called NRA: Practice Range. The free app provides rudimentary target practice, enabling players to virtually shoot 9 firearms across 3 shooting ranges. Practice Range offers both analog and gyroscope controls for their weapons.
In addition to the virtual shooting range, the NRA app also offers safety tips on gun handling, and is updated with news and legislation updates pertinent to NRA enthusiasts.
The release of Practice Range has attracted some criticism, especially as its release comes less than a month since NRA VP Wayne LaPierre pointed to video games as partly responsible for the gun violence in the country. Others are critical of the game's target age group of 4 and above.
While LaPierre insinuated homebrew Flash games like Kindergarten Killer are corrupting the minds of American youth, today's release of Practice Range shows that video games of all types can be created and distributed freely over the web.


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XSR1 is a 3D space shooter and clone of Atari Star Raiders (1979). The Nyloz have broken treaty with the Iratan Federation, and you, armed with an advanced Star Rider domination fighter, can stop them! Fight across several galactic sectors to stop the Nyloz navy and protect Iratan starbases in the galactic octant.
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- Deri Kochoha: An Ethopian coffee available through Barismo that has a strong fruit, or floral, taste and retails for $18 per bag.
- Gildardo Gutierrez: A Columbian coffee that comes shipped in vacuum-sealed packs and retails for $19 a bag. Also available through Barismo.
SAN DIEGO ( TheStreet) -- It makes three and four-dollar cups of coffee at Starbucks ( SBUX) look like a bargain. Harrods, the renowned British luxury department store, began selling the world's most expensive coffee recently: Terra Nera, at $225 to $11,000 a bag not even in the same league as Starbucks, or any other coffee for that matter. Grown in Quechua, in the Peruvian Andes, Terra Nera is made from coffee berries fermented through a civet cat's digestive tract. The process allows enzymes to alter the beans, creating the coffee's flavor. Each year only 45 kg of the exclusive coffee beans are cultivated. But some coffee experts are skeptical about whether Terra Nera is worth the steep investment, and they have plenty of other suggestions for luxury coffee seekers. "I've tasted coffee made by that process and wasn't impressed. It's more of a novelty," says Timothy Borrego, manager of Barismo, an Arlington, Mass., coffee shop with a national reputation that's focused on estate coffees and manual brewing methods. "You have to be extremely careful. With specialty coffee it's easy to pay for a coffee that goes through all the special processing and could still taste boring." Ken Davids, editor of the Coffee Review website, has studied coffee processed through animals, including monkeys and civets, and had even harsher words for Terra Nera. "There are exceptional coffees out there at prices that people think are outrageous -- like $40 a pound," Davids says. "And some of them, not these animal coffees, are exceptional for the variety of tree they come from. But this particular coffee is just a classic piece of outrageous marketing." Borrego and Davids say that when it comes to high-end coffees there's a variety of factors raising the price and factors that affect taste, such as whether the coffee was processed cleanly at the country of origin and whether it's available only in small batches. High-end coffees are also seasonal, varying by crop year, producer, even by the hillside where they're grown, Davids says. "Someone looking to be a super connoisseur and out-brag other connoisseurs would not pick one of these animal-processed coffees. They would chose some of the very best, which either comes from a rare variety of tree -- the Gesha tree -- or there are just particularly fine coffees, from anywhere, made in very small lots," Davids says. So what are some coffees worth spending a few extra dollars on? For those who can't afford the Harrod's offering or now don't want to, here are a few other luxurious cups:


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Anything to do with Red Dead Redemption downloadable content (DLC) or other add ons that might be released to us. Running list of RDR DLC info....
Outlaws to the End Co-Op Mission Pack - June 22nd, Free
Red Dead Redemption DLC Info (pack is FREE!)
New Outlaws To The End Screens
More DLC Info and Screens
More DLC Missions and Screens
DLC Trailer from GameTrailers.com
Outlaws to the End Co-Op DLC Now Available
Legends and Killers Pack - August 10th, $10/800 Microsoft Points
Upcoming #RDR DLC Info, Four $10 packs!
New Legends and Killers DLC Pack Screens
More Legends and Killers DLC Pack Screens
Red Dead Redemption DLC Out on August 10th
RDR Legends and Killers Pack Trailer
Legends and Killers of Red Dead Revolver: Part 1
RDR Legends and Killers Trophies and Achievements
Legends and Killers of Red Dead Revolver: Part 2
Legends & Killers DLC Out Tomorrow
The 9 New Locations in Legends and Killers DLC
Legends and Killers DLC Available Now!
Liars and Cheats Pack - September 21st, $10/800 Microsoft Points
Upcoming #RDR DLC Info, Four $10 packs!
New DLC: Liars and Cheats Pack Out 21.09.10
First Look at the Liars and Cheats Pack DLC
Stronghold Mode Pics+Info for Liars and Cheats DLC
Liars and Cheats Official Trailer Tomorrow
The Liars and Cheats Pack Official Trailer
Liars and Cheats DLC Achievements/Trophies
More Screens+Info on Liars and Cheats
Even More Liars and Cheats DLC Screens+Info
L&C DLC Hideouts and Hunting Grounds
Explosive Rifle Screens
Liars and Cheats Pack Available Now + 2XP Weekend
Free Roam Pack - ^Mixed with above^
Upcoming #RDR DLC Info, Four $10 packs!
Undead Nightmare Pack - October 26th, $10/800 Microsoft Points
Upcoming #RDR DLC Info, Four $10 packs!
New DLC: Liars and Cheats Pack Out 21.09.10
New Details and Teaser Trailer coming for new DLC
Asked and Answered: Liars and Cheats DLC
Original Artwork From Undead Nightmare
First Undead Nightmare Screenshots
Undead Nightmare Trailer is Alive!
Zombie Cougar Screenshots
Play Undead DLC at NY Comic Con This Weekend
5 New Undead Nightmare Screens
New Official Artwork: Nuns with Guns
Lucky Gamer Gets RDR Likeness in UN Pack
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Asked and Answered: Undead Nightmare Pack
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New Undead Marston Outfit Screenshots
New Undead Nightmare Trailer!
Undead Nightmare Coming on 26th+Info and DLC Disc!
IGN Preview of Undead Nightmare - New Info Inside!
New Screenshots: The Four Horses of the Apocalypse
"Graveyards" - New Undead Nightmare Video
GameSpot Undead Q&A with Dan Houser
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5 Undead Nightmare Trophies and Achievements
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More Undead Screens: How to Clear Graveyards
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Undead Nightmare Previews
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Undead Nightmare Launch Trailer
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More New Screens: Rescuing Missing Persons
The Undead Has Arrived
Undead Nightmare Disc - November 23rd (US) 26th (Europe), $29.99/£24.99/€29.99
All previous DLC on one disc!
Undead Nightmare Coming on 26th+Info and DLC Disc!
Hunting and Trading Outfits Pack - October 12th, free
Red Dead Title Update Next Week
New DLC: Liars and Cheats Pack Out 21.09.10
Asked and Answered: Liars and Cheats DLC
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Marshal Outfits - October 1st, free
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Shiraz [2] (شیراز) is the capital city of Fars province and a treasure trove of Persian culture. It is also the former capital of Iran, during the Zand dynasty's era (1747-79), and also the celebrated birthplace of the great Persian poets Hafiz and Saadi. It is also been said to be the origin of one of the best wines in the world called Syrah. The city has a population of about 1,300,000.
Get in
By plane
Turkish Airlines is operating weekly 4 direct flights from Istanbul to Shiraz and vice versa.
By bus
Shiraz is well connected to most parts of the country by bus.
By car
Motorways connect the city to Isfahan, Kerman, Bushehr, Ahvaz and Yasouj, and Bandar-e Abbas is reachable by highway.
By Train
Shiraz Train station has recently been finished and there are Trains to Isfahan and Tehran. However, the bus journey is shorter (2hrs less), so that might be recommended.
Get around
For non-Iranian visitors, taxis are probably the most convenient mean of transport. However be sure to haggle for a good price prior to getting into the car.
If an unmarked car stops while you are hailing a taxi, don't be alarmed. Many taxis in Shiraz are unmarked and also as a means to supplement their income, is not uncommon to find private car owners touting themselves as taxis.
However it always best to find a taxi through a reputable "telephone taxi" agency. For a set fee, drivers of these agencies will take passengers to their destination, drive them around town and also wait for them while they shop or run errands. All hotels and local residents will have a phone number of one these agencies. There are also taxis driven by women that specifically cater to women passengers.
The city also has a reasonable bus service.
Dont hesitate to talk to people, especially youths. Almost all of them speak English well enough to talk to you, answer your questions and chat with you. They're all very welcoming and like getting into conversation with you. Some of them might even invite you to be their guest.
Retail stores usually open between 09:00 and 13:00, reopening again from 17:00 to 21:00. It is customary to haggle for a discount, which is referred to as a takhfeef.
Shopping malls
tomatoes, onions and a simple lemon juice and olive oil dressing.
Almost all of these places have Live music playing
Fast Food
You can find at least one fast food parlor in every Street of Shiraz.
You can find coffee shops at shopping centres and on the main streets. Some are big and some are small.
Food Gardens
There are a lot of gardens out of Shiraz, most have been remodeled as restaurants. Most have live music playing in the evenings and offer great view.
Drinking, selling and producing alcoholic drinks are illegal in Iran, though available on the black market. Shiraz is internationally famous for its distinctive red wine.
There are a few budget hotels located about 200m south of the roundabout at Arg-é Karim Khan. Darya Hotel is clean and 50,000 rials per night (5,000 tomans)( about four euro)
Get out
Pasargad was a Persian capital built by Cyrus the Great in the 6th century BC. Around 500 BC, Darius I built a new capital at Persepolis 50 km away. Both are now listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List and both are near Shiraz.


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Course Descriptions for the Computer & Information Systems Department
INFS3482 - Expert Systems
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This course provides the student with an introduction to the concepts of advanced computer-assisted decision making and the field of artificial intelligence. The hardware and software requirements of an expert system are presented. Specific job skills of a knowledge engineer are developed, with emphasis on the knowledge acquisition skills related to building expert systems. The systems development life cycle, as adapted for the development of expert systems, is integrated into an expert systems development methodology. Concepts and techniques necessary to build expert systems using "shells" or generators are presented as well as applications that use generators in the microcomputer environment to create small expert systems. The course includes ways that knowledge engineers interview experts in fields with which they are moderately familiar. Students design the logic and control structures involved in an expert system and examine the systems analysis functions of the knowledge engineer: planning, designing, developing, and controlling an expert system project.
Prerequisite -- INFS2130, INFS2120, INFS3140, INFS3150, INFS3180, INFS2010, (CI328 or CI324 or CI330 or CI326 or CI336 or CI310).
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The mctdhtools project aims to provide a set of routines for easily reading and manipulating the output of the Heidelberg MCTDH code. Its goal is to allow a new user to quickly get started with writing custom analysis programs, and to allow more experienced users to write small, clean, and testable analysis programs, something that seems incompatible with the Fortran-77 code of the Heidelberg MCTDH package.
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Note: In 2003 states started to implement the 2003 revision of the U.S. Standard Certificate of Live Birth. Comparisons of some method of delivery data should be made with caution. See detailed description below.
Delivery Method rates are calculated for total cesarean sections, primary cesarean sections, vaginal births after cesarean sections (VBAC), and repeat cesarean sections.
The total cesarean section rate is calculated as the number of births delivered by cesarean section divided by the total number of live births less the not-stated values for delivery method, multiplied by 100.
The primary cesarean section rate is calculated as the number of women having a first cesarean delivery divided by the number of live births to women who have never had a cesarean delivery, multiplied by 100. The denominator for this rate excludes those with method of delivery classified as repeat cesarean, vaginal birth after previous cesarean, or method not stated.
The VBAC rate is calculated as the number of VBAC deliveries resulting in a live birth divided by the sum of VBAC and repeat cesarean deliveries, multiplied by 100.
The repeat cesarean section rate is calculated as the number of repeat cesarean deliveries resulting in a live birth divided by the sum of VBAC and repeat cesarean deliveries, multiplied by 100.
Impact of Birth Certificate Revision
The transition from the 1989 revision of the U.S. Standard Certificate of Live Birth to the 2003 revision has some implications on tracking rates of primary and repeat cesarean sections and VBAC deliveries in the United States.(1) The method of delivery item on the 2003 revision specifically asks if the mother had a previous cesarean section delivery under the "Risk Factors for Pregnancy" section of the birth certificate. In past revisions this information was indicated by a checkbox for VBAC under the method of delivery section. As a result of this modification, rates of VBAC and primary cesarean delivery from the 2003 revision are not comparable to data collected using earlier birth certificate revisions. Specifically, under the 2003 revision, rates of VBAC deliveries and primary cesarean section deliveries are slightly higher than expected, and repeat cesarean section deliveries (not shown on the PeriStats web site) are slightly lower. Total cesarean section and vaginal delivery rates are not impacted.
The state implementation of the 2003 revision also impacts U.S. and state temporal trends. While some states began using the revised birth certificate in 2003, the schedule for implementation varies by state. Therefore, starting in 2003, total U.S. rates of VBAC and primary cesarean deliveries are not reported due to data incompatibilities between states. Furthermore, some states have implemented the 2003 revision mid-year, and in these cases data for that year are not shown. In 2007 not all births in Michigan are reported based on the 2003 revision, and data are not shown for that year. Additionally, New York state started using the 2003 revised birth certificate in 2004 and New York City implemented in 2008. New York state VBAC and primary cesarean delivery rates exclude New York City from 2004 to 2007. Data for New York City can be found separately under city/county data.
On the PeriStats web site, graph bars displaying VBAC and primary cesarean delivery data based on the 1989 revision are shown in red instead of the standard blue color. Tables indicate the 1989 revision with an asterisk (*). At the U.S. level VBAC and primary cesarean delivery rates for the total revised states are provided below the graph for the most recent year available. In addition, the functionality that allows you to make comparisons between regions has been removed from the VBAC and primary cesarean delivery section of the web site. To date the following states on the PeriStats web site have implemented the 2003 revision:
This section of the web site will be updated as additional states implement the 2003 U.S. Standard Certificate of Live Birth.


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Co-ed Cinema, 79 W. Main St., Brevard, 883-2200. Showing through Thursday: "The Croods," rated PG. Showing daily: 1, 4, 7 p.m. Info: www.
Flat Rock Cinema, 2700 Greenville Highway, Flat Rock, 697-2463. All tickets $7.50.
Showing through Thursday: "Quartet," rated PG-13. Showtimes: 4, 7 p.m. Info: www.
Epic Theatres of Hendersonville, 200 Thompson St.
Shows through Thursday: "21 and Over," rated R. "Admission," rated PG-13. "The Call," rated R. "The Croods," rated PG. "Identity Thief," rated R.
"The Incredible Burt Wonderstone," rated PG-13. "Jack the Giant Slayer," rated PG-13.
"Olympus Has Fallen," rated R. "Oz the Great and Powerful," rated PG. "Quartet," rated PG-13. "Rusian and Lyudmila." Call theater for showtimes.
Info: 693-1146.
Asheville gun and knife show, today and Saturday at the WNC Agricultural Center, McGough Arena, Fletcher. Info: 687-1414.
Bullmania, today and Saturday at the WNC Agricultural Center, McGough Arena, Fletcher. Info: 687-1414.
Great Smoky Mountain Region eighth annual car show, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday at Blue Ridge Community College. $5. Info: 694-1835.
185 King Street music venue, Brevard. Today: Spirits of the Red City. Info: 877-1850 or email@example.com.
Saluda Inn & Wine Cellar, 229 Greenville St., Saluda.
Thursday: 5-7 p.m. Happy hour. Music begins at 8 p.m.
Fridays. Info: 749-9698.
Cypress Cellar, 321-C N.
Main St. Entertainment, 8 p.m.midnight in the bar on Fridays, and 6-9 p.m. in the dining room on Saturdays.
The Dugout, 430 N. Main St., Hendersonville. Today, band Double Deuce, 9 p.m., $5 cover; Sunday, Walt Whitney, 2 p.m. Info: 692-9262.
French Broad Brewery, 101 Fairview Road #D, Asheville. Entertainment 6-8 p.m. Friday and Saturdays.
Info: 277-0222 or www.
Isis Restaurant and Music Hall, 743 Haywood Road, Asheville. Today: Dala, $15, 9 p.m. Info: 575-2737.
Jack of the Wood, 95 Patton Ave., Asheville. Ages 21 and older. Sundays: Irish Session 5-8 p.m. Mondays: Quizzo! 8-10 p.m. First Tuesdays: Singer/Songwriter in the Round, 8-10 p.m. Wednesdays: Old Time Jam, 6 p.m.
Thursdays: Bluegrass Jam 8:30ish. Entertainment starts around 9 p.m. Info: 252-5445.
Just Vino, 2702 Greenville Highway, Singleton Centre.
Thursday: Free wine tasting, 5-7 p.m. Friday: $3 drafts, Saturday: Entertainment. Info: 693- 5380.
Living Room Cafe & Coffeehouse, 356 N. Main St., Hendersonville. Dinner entertainment 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Friday and Saturdays. Today: Linda Mitchell, Saturday: Elise Pratt and Mike Holstein, March 29: Jeff Michels, March 30: Elise Pratt and Mike Holstein.
No cover charge. Also serves breakfast and lunch. Info: 692-6335.
Midway Tavern,2634 Hendersonville Road, Arden.
Karaoke every Wednesday and Friday at 9 p.m. Performers Saturdays at 9:30 p.m. Info:687-7530.
Mama Christina's Cafe,
2700 Greenville Highway, Flat Rock. Tuesday: Southern Blues, Thursday: Wine Tasting, 6-7 p.m., Wednesday, Friday and Saturday: Nello and Michelle, 6-10 p.m., Sunday: Jazz Jam, 6:30 p.m. Info: 866-593-7774; mamachristinas.
Mills River Music Barn,
1140 N. Mills River Road. All ages welcome. Country music and big dance floor. Every Friday and Saturday from 7-10:30 p.m. Bob Presley. Info: 891-7704.
Olive or Twist,81 Broadway, Asheville. Wednesdays: Cadillac Rex, 8 p.m. Thursdays: The Heather Masterton Quartet, 8-11 p.m. Fridays: Rotating guest bands, 8-11 p.m. Saturdays: The 42nd Street Jazz Band, 8-11 p.m.
Info: 254-0555.
The Orange Peel,101 Biltmore Ave., Asheville. Ages 18 and older with valid ID. Today: Hip Hop 4 Peace; Saturday: STS9; Sunday: STS9 with Minnesota; Monday: The Revival Tour; Thursday: Ryan Bingham. Info: 225-5851; www.
Panther's Paw Pub & Club,111 Joel Wright Drive.
Opens at 4 p.m. Ages 21 and older; 18 to 21 years of age admitted as designated drivers with a valid driver's license. Karaoke on Tuesdays and Thursdays; DJ on Fridays. Info:696- 0810.
Party Place and Event Center,Friendship Church Road, Saluda. 8 p.m. Saturday: Sound Investment, $9. Info: 749-3676 or visit www.
Pisgah Brewing Co.,150 Eastside Drive, Black Mountain. Today: Equinox release party; Saturday: Velvet Truckstop CD release; Thursday: Mike Farris. Info: 669-0190 or www.pisgahbrewing.com.
Purple Onion Cafe and Coffeehouse,16 E. Main St., Saluda. Saturday: Wendy Jones; Thursday: Jeffery Hyde Thompson. Info: 749-1179 or www.purple-onionsaluda.com.
Southern Appalachian Brewery,822 Locust St., Hendersonville. Hours: 4 p.mto close Wednesday-Friday; 2 p.m-close Saturday and Sunday. Entertainment: 8-10 Friday and Saturday. Today: Whitney Moore and the People; Saturday: Letters to Abigail; Sunday: Dan Keller Duo; Thursday: Garry Segal. Info: www.
The Ugly Mug Coffee and Tea,2024 Asheville Highway, Hendersonville. Wednesdays: Open mic with Zack Harding, 8-11 p.m. Info: 693-9999 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
White Horse Black Mountain,105C Montreat Road, Black Mountain. Today: The Belfast Boys, Tuesday: Irish music session, 6:30-8 p.m.
with Ryan Giore at 8:45 a.m.
Free. Info: 669-0816.
Theater and dance
"Music on the Rock: Tribute to Neil Diamond,"
tonight, Saturday and March 27-30 at Playhouse Downtown, 125 S. Main St., Hendersonville. 8 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays. Tickets: $24. Info: 828-693-0731; 866-732- 8008.
Henderson County Heritage Museumobserving the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Wednesday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sundays, through Dec. 31, 1 Historic Courthouse Square, Hendersonville. Free. Info: 694-1619.
Southern Lights Square and Round Dance Clubwill hold a new series of lessons for new students (couples only) from 5:30-7 p.m.
Wednesday at the Stoney Mountain Activity Center, Stoney Mountain Road, Hendersonville. For information call 828- 693-3825.
The Hendersonville Film Society,Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing, 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville. Sunday: "The Battle of the Sexes." Info: 697-7310; email hendersonvillefilm email@example.com.
Apple Valley Model Railroad Clubopen from 1-3 p.m.
Wednesdays and from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays. Free.
Hendersonville Depot, Maple Street. Info: www.avmrc.com.
Hendersonville Ballroom Dance Clubmeets from 7:30-10 p.m. the first and third Friday through April in the lower room of the Elks Lodge, 546 N. Justice St., Hendersonville.
Beginning in May, the club will return to the every Friday schedule. Annual membership is $14 with dance fees of $5 for members and $7 for nonmembers. Call 828-654-9708, email d.c.dance.studio@morrisbb.
net or visit www.henderson villeballroomclub for more information.
Line dancing classes
every Wednesday at the Stony Mountain Activity Center, 800 Stoney Mountain Road in Hendersonville. Beginners meet at 9 a.m.; improvers at 10:30.
$5 per class. Call in advance to register. Info: 890-5777 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Homeless students lag in math, study shows
11/12/2012 10:31amStudies show that students who are homeless or move around a lot have lower math and reading skills. So, what are educators in Utah doing to help homeless students in the state?
3 men arrested in Orem home invasion
11/12/2012 11:59amThree men were arrested Sunday after assaulting an Orem man in a home invasion.
Massive rockslide damages rail, road near Moab
11/12/2012 12:44pmCrews are expected to complete repairs Monday on a section of railroad track that was damaged in a massive Nov. 5 rockslide.
Ancestry.com adds military burial sites
11/12/2012 1:48pmGenealogy website Ancestry.com launched an online, searchable collection of the burial sites of more than 500,000 members of the military on Monday, Veterans Day.
83-year-old man charged in death of worker in storm drain
11/12/2012 3:03pmAn elderly man accused of running over and killing a man working in a storm drain in April was booked and released from the Salt Lake County Jail over the weekend per a court summons.
Ogden thieves steal company's entire stock of model train parts
11/12/2012 5:16pmThe Grinch struck early this year. Thieves in Ogden probably didn't know what they were stealing, but 4500 parts for model trains are now missing in action.
Skiers, snowboarders can't wait for opening day
11/12/2012 6:30pmBrighton Ski Resort is getting ready to open up Tuesday morning, giving them a head-start over some of the other Utah ski destinations. Still, there were a lot of skiers who just couldn't wait.
Man accused of kidnapping, sexually assaulting estranged wife on U. campus
11/12/2012 6:57pmA man who police say kidnapped his estranged wife for five hours and took her to the University of Utah campus to rape her, has been arrested.
Grandparents need help with modern child safety guidelines
11/12/2012 7:02pmWith the holiday season approaching, many kids will be spending time at grandma and grandpa's house.Here's something to consider: A new survey by the American Academy of Pediatrics, most grandparents don't know the best practices that will keep your children safe.
Utah natives lead crusade for national soldier memorial
11/12/2012 7:07pmIt was a tribute to the Gold Star Families of Utah, and the loved ones they lost in combat.
Forgotten SLC treasure bringing community together
11/12/2012 7:31pmInside the Salt Lake Regional Medical Center lies a beautiful, old chapel in need of repair. Enter its walls, and you'll know this is a place people come to find peace.
Group pushing to name Greater Canyonlands a national monument
11/12/2012 8:10pmAn group of outdoor retailers will ask President Barack Obama to make a portion of Utah into a national monument. It's an idea that's not sitting well with some Utah officials.
Utah welcomes top technologies for supercomputing conference
11/12/2012 9:00pmSilicon Valley may be located in northern California, but at least for this week, Salt Lake City will be among the technology capitals of the world.
Family robbed during daughter's funeral
11/12/2012 10:35pmIn a family's greatest moments of suffering, they became the ideal victims.
Carbon monoxide sickens 6 people; tips to stay safe
11/12/2012 10:37pmInvestigators say a water heater may be to blame for very high levels of carbon monoxide that sent a family of six to the hospital this morning.
Woman battles anorexia with baking
11/12/2012 10:41pmCamilla Kuhns has battled anorexia for most of her life. And while she fears food, ironically baking is her passion.
Mia Love says election loss 'absolutely' surprised her
11/12/2012 11:13pmIn her first interview since last week's election, Republican Mia Love said Monday she was "absolutely" surprised to lose her bid for Utah's new 4th Congressional District seat last week.
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Introducing…Vida Blue
Page's new group, featuring Russell Batiste on drums and Oteil Burbridge on bass, will henceforth be known as VIDA BLUE.
Page's new group, featuring Russell Batiste on drums and Oteil Burbridge on bass, will henceforth be known as VIDA BLUE.
In the "late breaking news" department, Pork Tornado will deliver their special brand of holiday cheer when they perform on December 28th at Higher Ground in Winooski, VT.
Page McConnell and his band's two year-end shows go on sale this weekend, including a New Year's Eve concert at New York City's Roseland Ballroom.
Page McConnell, Oteil Burbridge (Allman Brothers, Aquarium Rescue Unit) and Russell Batiste (Funky Meters) will perform two year-end shows, including a New Year's Eve concert at New York City's Roseland Ballroom.
OYSTERHEAD will be performing on Late Night with Conan O'Brien tomorrow, Thursday night, at 12:35 AM ET on NBC.
Selections from Oysterhead's October 27 show at the Hollywood Palladium will debut on HBO's Reverb on Wednesday, November 21 at 8 pm ET/PT.
'The Deep End Volume I', the new release from Gov't Mule, was released in stores last week. The CD is the first of two volumes (the second will appear next spring).
It was only a matter of time…We're happy to announce that Phish has a cameo in a scene in a Simpsons episode in the show's 13th season.
With the retail release of LP 06 , the first wave of the Live Phish releases is now complete.
The photography of Danny Clinch will be shown through October 27th at the Govinda Gallery in Washington DC.
The Mimi Fishman Foundation, in conjunction with Gratefulweb.net, will be auctioning off an autographed poster from Trey's 2001 Summer Tour, as well as an autographed Trey Anastasio Band untorn ticket rom the 7/14/01 Alpine Valley show.
We are pleased to finally be able to announce the release date of the first wave of the LIVE PHISH series, which will consist of six complete, multi-CD concert albums to be released every six months.


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XHTML Family Tree Generator is a CGI Perl script together with some Perl modules that will create views of a family tree. Data can be stored in a database or in a data file. The data file is either a simple text (CSV), an Excel, or GEDCOM file listing the family members, parents, and other details. It is possible to show a tree of ancestors and descendants for any person, showing any number of generations. Other facilities are provided for showing email directories, birthday reminders, facehall, and more. It has a simple configuration, makes heavy use of CGI (and other CPAN modules), generates valid XHTML, and has support for Unicode and multiple languages.
Web Gedcom Viewer is a full Web-based Gedcom viewer that uses MySQL or SQLite on the backend and Perl as the frontend with templates for easy HTML manipulation. Gedcom files are in the standard format exported by family tree/genealogy applications such as Family Tree Maker or Personal Ancestory File. Plugging in different SQL types is a breeze, as all of the SQL statements are centralized to a single pm.
JGenea is an pure Java genealogy application useful to store information about the members of a family, the relationship between them, acts (birth, mariage, death, etc.), and photos. JGenea can import gedcom files from another applications and export all or part of your data to gedcom files, PDF files, patronymes/towns files, and backups.
GWintree is a GEDCOM-based genealogy program. It provides facilities to record, view, edit, and merge genealogy data, and to produce genealogy charts, family trees, and reports in a range of formats, including HTML. Charts can show all relatives, ancestors only, or descendants only. HTML charts allow you to click on a person in your HTML report to see where they are on the chart. Automatic matching and merging of genealogy data between files is supported.
MyNukeGenealogy is a plugin-module for PHPNuke or PostNuke to build up a family or surname Web site. It allows for displaying and editing genealogical data (individuals, families, events, notes, sources, etc.) and importing gedcom files (export functionalities will follow). It has a flexible template system to customise the layout and design.
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"Safety is our highest priority, and at the Department of Transportation, we believe that giving people better information leads to smarter and safer travel," said U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. "With the Rail Crossing Locator, individuals can use a mobile app to access information wherever they are to improve neighborhood safety and make better personal travel choices."
The Rail Crossing Locator app works by prompting users to enter a specific location, which then allows them to locate highway-rail grade crossings in their area and retrieve important information, such as the physical characteristics of a crossing and the type of traffic control devices used. The app allows users to report information about grade crossings to the FRA to ensure the most accurate and up-to-date information is available.
This new app is free through Apple's App Store and can be used on any iPhone or iPad.
Throughout the past decade, highway-rail incidents have declined by 34 percent and deaths resulting from these events have fallen 30 percent. However, while the total number of incidents has been trending downward, collisions at highway-rail crossings remain a challenge to safety, the FRA said. Last year alone, highway-rail crossing collisions accounted for nearly 20 percent of all reportable rail accidents and incidents and represented nearly one-third of all rail-related fatalities.
"While we've made significant progress in the reduction of highway-grade crossing incidents over the past decade, much more work remains to be done," said Federal Railroad Administrator Joseph Szabo. "This technology will be one more tool to help us reach our goal of zero fatalities."


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HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Corbett and his legal staff are hoping fine distinctions in Pennsylvania case law will allow $12 billion in cuts to future pension benefits for more than 370,000 current state and school employees.
Corbett and state legislators are grappling with Pennsylvania's unfunded pension liability of $41 billion, and the governor is taking an approach never before tested in state courts in hopes it will help the benefit reductions pass constitutional muster.
"We've designed our proposal in a way we believe it is constitutional, knowing that the likelihood is that that issue will ultimately be litigated in the courts," state Budget Secretary Charles Zogby said.
More than a month after Corbett announced his plan, drawing threats of lawsuits from labor unions, the legislative response has been cool and no bill has been introduced.
The benefit cuts are the main source of savings in Corbett's multi-pronged pension reform package and are expected to save an estimated $12 billion over 30 years. The package also would require new hires to enroll in a 401(k)-style plan, instead of the traditional plan and temporarily limit annual increases in taxpayer contributions.
The governor proposes freezing benefits for current employees and replacing them with reduced benefits in 2015. When workers retire, they would receive the combined value of both sets of benefits.
The change for members of the Public School Employees' Retirement System would occur Jan. 1, 2015; and for workers in the State Employees' Retirement System, on July 1, 2015, officials said.
For current employees, the biggest single change in the governor's plan is a reduction in the "multiplier," a percentage applied to an employee's years of service and final average salary to calculate pensions, typically from 2.5 percent to 2 percent.
Over the years, Pennsylvania courts have issued numerous rulings that have established that public pension benefits are contracts and that the state constitution protects them against changes that "impair" that contract.
In a 1984 decision central to the current debate, the state Supreme Court overturned a legislatively approved increase in employee contributions. The justices said the increase represented an unconstitutional impairment of contract because it reduced a pension's value by forcing the employee to pay more for it.
Corbett's legal team says past court rulings on contract impairment have weighed both the retroactive effect of benefit changes and the future impact. By freezing current benefits and locking in their value to employees, the lawyers hope to focus any challenge exclusively on future benefits — something they say neither the Legislature nor state courts has ever done.
"It's a brand new analysis for the court," said James Schultz, the governor's general counsel. "In short ... the (state) Supreme Court would not be put into a position where it had to overrule itself on prior precedent."
Union leaders who have led the fight against the pension cuts said the novelty of the administration's approach doesn't fundamentally change the facts.
"Their legal theory doesn't make any sense to me," said Lynne Wilson, general counsel for the Pennsylvania State Education Association, the state's largest teachers' union.
David Fillman, executive director of Council 13 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, reiterated that his union would challenge the proposal if the Legislature approved it.
Sen. Jake Corman, R-Centre, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said the governor's plan would provide short-term savings to taxpayers but it would not make a significant dent in the already accrued unfunded liability. But he is similarly uncomfortable with such alternatives as pension bonds, which he called "a risky proposition."
"It's a huge issue that has to be dealt with," Corman said. "People are finally coming to the realization that there's no easy answer."


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