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Yesterday was the first day same-sex couples were allowed to legally marry in the state of New York. TIME sent photographers to each of New York City's five boroughs to document the harmonious unions taking place throughout the city.
Damian Ross and Gary Cosgrove joined the quickly growing line outside the Manhattan City Clerk's office in lower Manhattan a little before 8:30 a.m. on July 24, 2011 — the first day the state of New York allowed the couple to legally wed. After almost 15 years together, they're ready to "take the next step."
The couple enters the line, a tightly packed queue crowded with couples, their families, reporters and those offering their services to the soon-to-be's. (Says one wedding planner distributing flyers: "Doesn't matter how you do it — sooner or later, you're gonna need a plan.") Waiting outside the building with two witnesses and several family members, Damian and Gary chat excitedly.
At one point, the heat begins to get to Gary. Understandable, because his outfit, a sequined, full-length black robe with a crown and a silver chain, wasn't designed for New York City heat waves. Nevertheless, as a past President of the Imperial Court of New York, he proudly wears his formal attire. Damian is dressed in a fancy white admiral's jacket with an elaborate gold lapel hanging across his chest. He is all smiles, making sure that others know how happy he is. With every picture, the couple beams, glowing in the way that one expects a couple to glow on their wedding day.
Ninety minutes later, Gary and Damian reach the steps leading to the clerk's office. Over the din of a "If you're gay and you know it, stomp your feet" chant from the line behind them, the couple climb the steps. Damian nervously mentions that his heart is racing and works to fill every moment with excited conversation. Gary acts reservedly and makes jokes about his last chance to run away. "No one could take this from us," exclaims Damian proudly as he walks through the doorway. "Yes! Yes!"
In the hallway inside, hundreds of people stand clustered in small groups. Each couple receives a slip of paper with a number that's displayed on a monitor and announced by a mechanical voice. The entire hall glances anxiously at the screen as a new number is called. Occasionally, a cheer roars through the hall — another couple has tied the knot — or, more accurately, signed the papers.
As the numbers climb higher, couples pull away from their entourages, cherishing short moments together to settle nerves, and in some cases, to reflect on the significance of the day.
"C-753 to Counter 12" calls the loudspeaker as Gary and Damian rush to the counter, passing a newlywed couple posing for a photo with the clerk that just issued their marriage license.
As the clerk processes their information, Gary fiddles with his phone while Damian talks to Ari, one of the couple's witnesses. The clerk, Melissa, asks them to confirm that their information is correct. They nod. Melissa clicks next.
Everyone waits for the official license to print. Even on such a historic day, technology once again proves that it hurries for no one. With an oversize orange pen, Gary and Damian sign their license, then whisk away to a back room with numerous folding chairs and even more numerous judges, all waiting in black robes to marry the mass of couples waiting outside the building.
After a short conversation, Gary and Damian enter a small office with Judge Verna Saunders. Five minutes later, they emerge a legally wed couple.
By day's end, 659 marriage licenses are issued and 484 marriages are performed.
"Marriage equality is alive and well," New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, the body's first openly gay leader, said in a press briefing outside the clerk's office. "All of the great stories and love that are pouring out today — they show what all of us who have fought a lifetime for this knew and know, that moving rights forward makes us a better society."


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University of California President Mark Yudof this week rejected a demand for a boost in pension from some of the university's systems highest paid employees. That was the right move, but it didn't go far enough.
The request came from executives who said it was unfair their pensions would be calculated only on their first $245,000 in income. They make more. Such a request -- at a time of state budget cutbacks, cuts in university offerings and big tuition hikes -- was so out of line that it deserved not just rejection, but punishment.
And the situation points to a fitting punishment. Cut the pay of these complaining executives down to $245,000. Then there are no extra pension benefits or calculations to worry about.
Yes, it's risky, in the sense that some of these folks might quit. Or sue. But this group seems prepared to sue anyway. If executives at a public university system can't make due on a quarter-million-dollars a year, perhaps they're not cut out for management. If they can find better paying jobs elsewhere in academica, God bless them.
But Yudof needs to send a clear message that everyone at the UC is in this together. If he won't, the regents or the new governor would be wise to take the step. Think of it this way: Some of the UC's finest economists and experts (including one of the letter signers, UC Berkeley law school dean Christopher Edley) have warned about the dangers of income inequality to a society. Time for UC to practice what its scholars preach.


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Tomorrow I fly to the great Midwest to take part, once again, in Grandma's Marathon, a grand northern Minnesota tradition. And so C. and I will trek to the great north woods and make the annual Two-Harbors-to-Duluth journey.
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Intermodal transport: intermodal loading units (ILUs)
Intermodal transport: intermodal loading units (ILUs)
Intermodal transport: intermodal loading units (ILUs)
This summary has been archived and will not be updated, because the summarised document is no longer in force or does not reflect the current situation.
Intermodal transport: intermodal loading units (ILUs)
The creation of the single market means that freight transport must be improved. Congestion caused by road freight, however, is a problem facing all the Member States to varying degrees. In this context, the European Union (EU) is encouraging sustainable transport, such as multimodal and intermodal transport operations involving road, rail, inland waterway and short sea shipping.
Proposal for a European Parliament and Council directive on intermodal loading units.
The proposed directive lays down essential requirements and provides for the adoption of harmonised standards with a view to making the use of new intermodal loading units (containers or swap bodies) more efficient and safer, and creating a European intermodal loading unit (freight-carrying unit for use in Europe).
The objective is to increase the competitiveness of intermodal freight transport by harmonising maintenance procedures for loading units, in particular containers and swap bodies, throughout the road, maritime, rail and inland waterway modes.
The majority of Member States have ratified the United Nation's International Convention for Safe Containers (CSC) adopted in1972. This Convention provides for the approval of containers and their periodic inspection. These procedures are not harmonised at Community level, however. Community action is therefore required.
The proposal
The proposal provides for a conformity assessment, maintenance and inspection framework to improve the safety of all existing intermodal loading units. For all new ILUs, it provides for a framework to improve the handling efficiency of the units in terminals, and state-of-the-art security devices.
The proposal also provides for the development of a new type of unit: the European intermodal loading unit (EILU). This unit will combine the benefits of containers (in particular stackability, top handling and ability to withstand transport by sea) and those of swap bodies, in particular their more useful dimensions. It should be possible to use EILUs freely in all modes of transport, on land and by sea, thus ensuring maximum intermodality.
The ILUs and the EILUs covered by the proposal must bear the CE marking indicating that they are in conformity with its requirements. Each unit should bear an indication that it has passed its previous periodic inspection, or, in the case of units that are less than five years old, that they have not yet had to undergo such an inspection.
To ensure safety and minimise the risks to persons and property, all intermodal loading units in use must be regularly maintained and periodically inspected. Member States should designate inspection bodies to carry out the conformity assessment and periodic inspection procedures. They should also ensure that such bodies are sufficiently independent, competent and impartial, and are able to carry out the tasks for which they have been designated and notified.
Before the intermodal loading units and European intermodal loading units are placed on the market, the manufacturer must submit them to one of the conformity assessment procedures described in the directive.
Existing or new intermodal loading units circulating in the Community or used for the transport of goods between the Community and third countries must undergo periodic inspections at least every 30 months.
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Building electronic projects that interact with the physical world is good fun. But when devices that you've built start to talk to each other, things really start to get interesting. Through a series of simple projects, you'll learn how to get your creations to communicate with one another by forming networks of smart devices that carry on conversations with you and your environment. Whether you need to create an interface between sensors in your home and the Internet or to create a device that can interact wirelessly with other creations, Making Things Talk explains exactly what you need.
This book is perfect for people with little technical training but a lot of interest. Maybe you're a science teacher who wants to show students how to monitor weather conditions in several locations at once, or a sculptor who wants to stage a room of choreographed mechanical sculptures. Making Things Talk demonstrates that once you figure out how objects communicate whether they're microcontroller-powered devices, email programs, or networked databases you can get them to interact.
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Chapter 1 The Tools 1.1: It Starts with the Stuff You Touch 1.2: Its About Pulses 1.3: Computers of All Shapes and Sizes 1.4: Good Habits 1.5: Tools 1.6: Using the Command Line 1.7: Using an Oscilloscope 1.8: It Ends with the Stuff You Touch
Chapter 2 The Simplest Network 2.1: Supplies for Chapter 2 2.2: Layers of Agreement 2.3: Making the Connection: The Lower Layers 2.4: Saying Something: The Application Layer 2.5: Complex Conversations 2.6: Flow Control 2.7: Finishing Touches: Tidy It Up, Box It Up 2.8: Conclusion
Chapter 3 A More Complex Network 3.1: Supplies for Chapter 3 3.2: Network Maps and Addresses 3.3: Conclusion
Chapter 4 Look, Ma, No Computer! Microcontrollers on the Internet 4.1: Supplies for Chapter 4 4.2: Introducing Network Modules 4.3: An Embedded Network Client Application 4.4: The Finished Project 4.5: Programming and Troubleshooting Tools for EmbeddedModules 4.6: Conclusion
Chapter 5 Communicating in (Near) Real Time 5.1: Supplies for Chapter 5 5.2: Interactive Systems and Feedback Loops 5.3: Transmission Control Protocol: Sockets & Sessions 5.4: The Clients 5.5: Conclusion
Chapter 6 Wireless Communication 6.1: Supplies for Chapter 6 6.2: Why Isnt Everything Wireless? 6.3: Two Flavors of Wireless: Infrared and Radio 6.4: How Radio Works 6.5: Buying Radios 6.6: What About WiFi? 6.7: Conclusion
Chapter 7 Sessionless Networks 7.1: Supplies for Chapter 7 7.2: Sessions vs. Messages 7.3: Whos Out There? Broadcast Messages 7.4: Directed Messages 7.5: Conclusion
Chapter 8 How to Locate (Almost) Anything 8.1: Supplies for Chapter 8 8.2: Network Location and Physical Location 8.3: Determining Distance 8.4: Determining Position Through Trilateration 8.5: Determining Orientation 8.6: Conclusion
Chapter 9 Identification 9.1: Supplies for Chapter 9 9.2: Physical Identification 9.3: Network Identification 9.4: Conclusion
Chapter 10 Mobile Phone Networks and the Physical World 10.1: Supplies for Chapter 10 10.2: One Big Network 10.3: Text-Messaging Interfaces 10.4: Native Applications for Mobile Phones 10.5: Conclusion
Chapter 11 Protocols Revisited 11.1: Supplies for Chapter 11 11.2: Make the Connections 11.3: Text or Binary? 11.4: MIDI 11.5: Representational State Transfer 11.6: Conclusion
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'Crotch rockets' and high-speed police pursuits
Many cops aren't even allowed to attempt a pursuit of a perpetrator riding a high-speed motorcycle — the problem is that these criminals know it!
Editor's Note: In early August, Washington State Trooper Brian Salyer encountered a group of motorcyclists — increasingly brazen in their driving because they know a single patrol car is no match for their high-speed bikes — and ended up overturned in a ditch beside the interstate. Happily, he was treated for traumatic head injuries and a laceration to an artery in his neck before being released from the hospital, but bag guys on bikes pose myriad dangers. Below, PoliceOne Columnist Andrew Hawkes asks our members for help with the question, "What can we do?"
Having been on the street in some form or capacity for the majority of my career, I've learned to take things in stride and not get too upset about policy changes or changes in the statutes. As law enforcement officers, it's our job to enforce the law impartially — without prejudice — whether or not we agree with all the laws we are required to enforce. However, there is one change we've seen on the streets in the past several years that just plain chaps my hide. It is the fact that most agencies now do not allow their officers to pursue café style motorcycles — more commonly known as "crotch rockets" — and the perpetrators riding these bikes know it. It just plain pisses me off is that these criminals know we're all but helpless in enforcing the law when they speed past us, popping a "wheelie" at 100+ miles per hour.
Even when an officer does hit his red and blues to conduct a traffic stop, the motorcyclist looks back, shrugs his shoulders, and takes off. He has just committed a felony and there are absolutely no repercussions for it! It's to the point in my state that it's practically and epidemic, and no one (other than us cops) is even discussing it, let alone doing anything to stop it.
The very notion that these individuals will run from the police should be an indicator as to what type of culture these "motorcyclist" are involved in. They are not merely riding these motorcycles for transportation or for leisure. If they commit a felony and disregard a police officer it should be an indication that they probably are involved in other types of illegal activity as well. But we are just supposed to turn our heads as if it never happened.
I understand that trying to catch these guys is nearly impossible unless they wreck out or you have a helicopter that can assist, but there has got to be a better solution than just giving up and turning off your lights.
The fact is not only do they criminals instantly win, but now the officer can face internal trouble and even criminal charges for pursuing these bikes.
So what is the solution? What can we do? I guess that's what I'm asking our readers here on Police1. Let's brainstorm and do something. Can we get the legislatures involved somehow? Could the manufacturers of these motorcycles help in some way? Could the state department of motor vehicles impose certain restrictions? With today's technology, surely there is some type of system that we could track or identify someone who fails to yield to a police officer. Let's make this column into something of a discussion forum. Someone out there has a solution to this problem. I want them to make themselves known in the comments below.
I'm certainly open for suggestions. Of course, when these guys run from us, 99 percent of us would just like to...well, I think we all know what we would like to do when these guys try to run, but maybe I'll leave that to the reader comments as well.
For now, however, next time I see one speeding down the interstate at 100 mph doing a wheelie, I'll just wave and smile at the felon as he flips me off, then I'll punch my steering wheel and cuss a blue streak till I calm down.


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Today's seniors, their sex lives liberated long ago by one pill and extended indefinitely by another, have every intention of staying in the game. The scope of the sexual shifts launched by Viagra a decade ago--perhaps as monumental as those triggered by the birth control pill--is now becoming apparent. A July study published in the British Medical Journal found that considerably more 70-year-olds are enjoying sex regularly than 30 years ago: 57 percent of men and 52 percent of women today versus 40 percent and 35 percent back then. (And that's before the baby boomers arrive with their outsize expectations.)
About one quarter of those ages 75 to 85 are now sexually active, according to recent research from the University of Chicago. "We used to think seniors didn't have sexuality at all," says Helen Fisher, a professor of anthropology at Rutgers University and author of Why We Love. "Viagra has caused many older people to put sex way up front in their relationships."
That could explain why U.S. sales of the little blue pill and two newer drugs have skyrocketed to more than $1.5 billion--or 19 million prescriptions--a year, causing drug companies to salivate over the possibility--still distant--of a "pink Viagra" for women. Further along in the pipeline: a testosterone gel to reverse libido loss after menopause and a pill that boosts desire by acting on serotonin receptors in the brain.
The merits of staying sexually active through the years are obvious and plentiful: joy and excitement, connectedness, and a host of health benefits. Scientists have shown that having sex regularly boosts the immune system and releases hormones that lower stress levels, improve sleep, and might even hold off wrinkles: A Scottish study found that people who enjoy sex every other day looked about seven to 12 years younger than their peers, on average.
Beyond drugs. But it's also clear that fulfillment depends on far more than pharmaceutical fixes. "Erectile dysfunction drugs are marketed to suggest that older men will get back the kinds of erections they had in their 20s," and that's simply not the case, says Barry McCarthy, a professor of psychology at American University in Washington, D.C., and author of Men's Sexual Health . Clinical trials show that about 65 to 85 percent of men with erectile dysfunction find their problem improves with Viagra or one of the other two ED drugs, Levitra or Cialis. Yet, one third of men responding to a recent Consumer Reports survey said they experienced side effects from the drugs like headaches, heartburn, or, in rarer cases, prolonged painful erections. And men tempted to try drugs just for a little boost will most likely be disappointed at what Viagra can't do. "It's not an aphrodisiac and won't make a man bigger," says Abraham Morgentaler, an associate clinical professor of urology at Harvard Medical School and author of The Viagra Myth. "It also won't make a guy's erection any better if he doesn't have a problem in the first place."
When pills do fix the mechanical problems, reliving the passionate and soul-melding sex of younger days appears possible, too--assuming creativity and commitment. Passionate feelings are certainly more associated with the early throes of love, but researchers now believe they can be stirred in long-married folks, too. The proof lies in brain scans: Stony Brook University researchers recently performed functional magnetic resonance imaging on couples claiming to still be head over heels after 20-plus years of marriage and found remarkable similarities to scans of euphoric young lovers. "They both show substantial increases in those 'excitement' areas of brain that produce dopamine," a brain chemical associated with sexual arousal, winning the lottery, and cocaine highs, says Stony Brook social psychologist Arthur Aron.
Turns out the older set may even have an advantage. Whereas early love activates brain regions thought to be responsible for those can't-stop-thinking-about-you love pangs, more mature passion lights up areas where the "bonding" or "cuddle" hormone oxytocin is active. "Sexual liveliness can be equally strong for both," says Aron, "but long-term love doesn't have the jealousy or obsession that occurs when you've just fallen in love."
No one has yet determined exactly how to light up the brain's passion centers. But research shows that couples feel more attracted to one another after they've engaged in novel, challenging activities--like being tied together in a three-legged race--than after taking part in a routine pleasurable activity like sharing an ice-cream sundae. Fisher says it probably has something to do with challenge that causes a surge in dopamine. Rock climbing isn't necessary; Aron and his wife recently found it quite arousing to go to a bar for the first time in 10 years. "It was challenging for us just to walk in and figure out what to order," he says. Making it a point to celebrate good things together, like job promotions or prestigious awards, also has been shown to fuel passion, probably because of that shared dopamine surge. Practice helps, too. "Any kind of sexual stimulation drives up dopamine in the brain," Fisher explains, "and orgasms release oxytocin to trigger feelings of deep attachment."
Still, as baby boomers heading into their 60s are just beginning to realize, Mother Nature makes them feel less driven for sex when reproduction is no longer on the agenda. Testosterone levels naturally decline in both men and women, making them feel less in the mood, and less often. And common middle-age medical problems like diabetes, enlarged prostate, and heart disease can disrupt blood flow to sex organs, making it difficult for men to achieve and maintain erections even with Viagra or Cialis. (Guidance on managing sexual problems can be found on Page 54.) A host of medications, too, can interfere with sexual functioning.
Prostate cancer treatments, which can permanently damage nerves that cause erections, present the biggest challenge in terms of robbing men of their sexuality. "At best, Viagra helps about half of those with no function," Morgentaler says. But perseverance can pay off. "Susan," 65, a writer in Manhattan who prefers to remain anonymous, donned "black lace teddies and stiletto heels worthy of a 20-year-old" and initiated oral sex twice a week for several years after her husband's prostate surgery. "At first, he looked at me hopelessly," she recalls, "trying to get to that place where his libido had been. Last year, we were finally able to have intercourse again."
For women, the plunging estrogen levels that occur during menopause often lead to vaginal wall thinning and dryness, which can make sex uncomfortable or downright painful. Menopausal mood swings can also be a mood killer. Susan has had to contend with both of these problems but worked with her doctor to find solutions; they opted to slowly lower her dose of hormone replacement therapy instead of her going cold turkey, for example, and she experimented with different over-the-counter lubricants. But many women are uncomfortable broaching the subject of sexual difficulties, and more than 90 percent of doctors don't ask, according to a 2007 survey conducted by the Women's Sexual Health Foundation.
Speak up. "Most gynecologists say they have very little training in the area of intimacy and sexual function," says Lisa Martinez, the foundation's executive director, "yet women expect these doctors to take the lead." After being treated for breast cancer last year, Martinez, 53, initiated conversations with her doctors about her mastectomy scar, vaginal dryness caused by an antiestrogen drug, and the extreme fatigue she felt from chemotherapy--all of which put a big damper on her sex life. She included her husband in these discussions to put him at ease.
Among the best concrete ways to extend a pleasurable sex life: Stay in peak form as long as possible. "I suspect just as good sex promotes good health, good health promotes good sex," says gynecologist Stacy Tessler Lindau, whose findings in the University of Chicago study showed that diabetics, for instance, were more likely to experience lack of pleasure or difficulty maintaining erections. The study also found that a man's physical health was the most common reason couples gave up. Sexually transmitted diseases can lead to painful intercourse and lubrication problems years later, according to a study published last month in the Journal of Sexual Medicine . Beyond the obvious--practicing safe sex--McCarthy recommends such healthful lifestyle habits as keeping regular sleep patterns, maintaining a healthy body weight, and following a nutritious diet of whole grains, lean protein, and fruits and vegetables. Plus, avoid excess alcohol, known to interfere with sexual function, and exercise regularly to improve blood flow and increase energy.
At any age, of course, it's being in a relationship that's cherishing and intimate on many levels that matters most in elevating sex beyond mere mechanics. Joan Price, the 64-year-old author of Better Than I Ever Expected: Straight Talk About Sex After Sixty, says that she had the best sex of her life after meeting her late husband seven years ago. "He saw me as beautiful, and I thought, if he thinks it, it must be so."
More information on sexual and reproductive health, including articles and videos on topics from erectile dysfunction and the effects of aging on sex drive to the causes and treatments of infertility, is available at health.usnews.com/sexualhealth. Also, you can join a discussion about sexual health with other members of the U.S. News health community.
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The IR400 Infrared (IR) Point Detector is a hydrocarbon gas detector that continuously monitors combustible gases and vapors within the lower explosive limit (LEL) and provides alarm indication. It features an industry-leading response time of ≤ 3 seconds, even with a splash guard installed. All electronics are contained within an explosion-proof housing so that the IR400's detector information can be processed locally. Configurations with analog output, Modbus and HART are also available.
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The DC110 is an eight-channel Readout / Relay Module designed to be used with up to eight of our remotely located Combustible Intelligent Sensors. The front panel contains a digital display that indicates 0-99% LEL (lower explosive limit) of the combustible gas being monitored by the Intelligent Sensors.


text: I'm looking at phpMyAdmin to manage users and create the database in the first place. Is it the best thing to go for, or are there other packages that are not web based that might be faster or better? I come from Postgres where pgAdmin III did everything I needed. Is there a free equivalent for MySQL? I am using it on OS X 10.6.2 server. I don't mind paying (a bit) if it's worth it, but I prefer free. It's for a personal server.


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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Warning repeatedly of "consequences," the top U.S. diplomat for Africa on Thursday appeared to caution Kenyan voters against electing a president who faces charges for crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court.
U.S. diplomat Johnnie Carson never named the candidate in question, but the subtext of his words was clear: If Uhuru Kenyatta, one of two top candidates for president, wins, it will affect Kenya's relationship with the international community.
"Choices matter and they have consequences," Carson told reporters, adding later: "Individuals have reputations, individuals have images, individuals have histories. Individuals are known for who they are and what they do, what they have said, and how they act."
Kenyatta, the deputy prime minister and son of Kenya's founding father, faces trial at the ICC in April for crimes against humanity in 2007-08 directed at the supporters of his opponent in this year's election: Prime Minister Raila Odinga.
Kenyatta's running mate, William Ruto, a former government minister, also faces trial at the ICC for crimes against humanity related to the 2007-08 election violence.
Echoing a video message by President Barack Obama to the people of Kenya on Tuesday, Carson said the U.S. doesn't have a candidate or a choice in the election, but he pleaded with Kenyans to avoid a repeat of the violence that marred the last vote, and said their choice for leader will affect their country's global standing.
Kenyatta's spokesman, Munyori Buku, said that Kenyans have shown that neither the U.S., nor Britain nor former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan — whose negotiations helped end the 2007-08 violence — will decide who Kenya's leader is. He suggested that Kenyans would fight anyone who threatens their electoral freedom.
"One wonders why President Obama needs rephrasing or explanation. President Obama's message was clear," Buku said referencing Tuesday's video message. "On March 4 the people of Kenya will go to the polls to make their choice, Johnnie Carson not withstanding, unless of course Johnnie Carson is campaigning for someone. "
"President Obama was very clear, as long as the election is peaceful and democratic, Kenya will continue to be a partner of the United States," he said.
Either Odinga or Kenyatta would need to win more than 50 percent of the vote among several candidates on March 4 to win outright. Otherwise the two most likely will face a runoff in April.
A Kenyatta victory would set up an interesting political environment for Kenya. His trial at the ICC is likely to take years, meaning Kenyatta — and his vice president, Ruto — would be required to be at The Hague for long stretches while leading the nation.
Many countries do not formally communicate with ICC suspects, meaning communication with partner nations for Kenya could become difficult. Carson would not speculate on what any specific U.S. reactions would be if Kenyatta does win. The U.S. is not a signatory to the ICC but Carson said the U.S. recognizes and respects what the court's principles and goals are.
Carson noted that the U.S. diplomatic presence is larger in Kenya than any other country in Africa. He said if violence breaks out again, it will affect the entire region, given that Kenya is East Africa's anchor economy and transportation hub.
"There should be no place for violence in the democratic electoral process and we are also encouraging all political leaders to foreswear violence, to sign pledges that they will not engage in violence or encourage or incite violence from their followers," Carson said.


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I got bored last night and wanted a bit more practice with shell scripting. So I was thinking, "What if I could open massive amounts of ports whenever I was scanned and slow down the scan." This script is the result. I will eventually write a python app to do this, so that it can be used on both Windows and Linux, but in the mean time I wanted to play with bash scripting.
This is a rather sad lil script. It requires both snort and nc, but I figure most competent nix users will have these on their system. There is a small c app (a single printf statement), and to save you from typing out an entire gcc line, I've also included a Makefile for it. The script basically sleeps and checks every 30 seconds (user defined in the script config section) for changes to your snort/portscan file (also user defined). It will then use netcat and open a series of ports (you can define the start and end port numbers). The nc sessions will time-out after 30 seconds. (not in the config, maybe in a future release, but i'm sure you can figure out how to scroll down and change it). This is a little cpu intensive (i mean it does start like 4000+ processes) and it is sometimes a pain to kill (I have to ctrl+c about 5 times to actually kill it), but it seemed to be somewhat successful. It quadrupled the time it takes to do a nmap scan of myself.
Anyways feel free to play with it, modify it, abuse it, or hell even eat it


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Murder spawns doubt downtown
New London - The lease on Valerie Goergen's downtown New London apartment is nearly up, and it might be time for her to go.
Ever since the Oct. 29 murder of her friend Matthew Chew, Goergen has considered leaving her home on Washington Street, which is in the same building as 2Wives Brick Oven Pizza and Bean & Leaf coffee house.
The resturaunt and café are "like my living room and my kitchen," Goergen, 23, said glumly on Wednesday afternoon. "I don't know if I'm staying."
The killing of Chew, a 25-year-old downtown resident, and the New London Police Department's initial report that it was a drug-related homicide instead of, as police said this week, a random act of violence by six "bored" teenagers, is the latest trial for those who live in the heart of the city.
The murder, along with other inexplicable acts of violence in the past year, has led several people who have made their home in the urban core to re-examine why they live here and whether it's worth it.
There are people who live in the refurbished 19th-century homes on Starr Street. Some live above shops and storefronts. Others have bought houses on streets a short walk away from the city center.
Since the murder, some of these people who once delighted in walking a few blocks to the bars and taverns now drive. Those who do walk home now avoid shortcuts down side streets and across parking lots.
Adam Demorest and Brittnay Caruso, who live on State Street, each say that they no longer walk around downtown alone at night.
"It's the unknown factor," Demorest said.
Demorest and Caruso admit they have vacillated on whether to stay in their apartment.
"I don't know," Caruso said. "I like living down here. Everything's in walking distance. I like being around the arts."
Because of institutions like Hygienic Art, downtown has for decades been a hub for creative types - artists and indie musicians as well as those who are simply enthusiastic about such things.
But many business owners and community leaders also live in the city center.
Caiti Griffin, 23, whose family owns Bean & Leaf, said she has walked the path Chew walked along Huntington Street that tragic night a thousand times. "I live right there," she said. "My parents live two blocks away."
Rod Cornish, whose Hot Rod Bar and Restaurant on Bank Street provided the food for Chew's memorial service, lives on State Street. "I walk everywhere," he said. "I walk to work."
Cornish, who takes safety measures such as walking his employees to their cars after their shifts, said he'll continue to be diligent. But, he added, his years of living in New York have given him some perspective.
"(Chew's murder) was a random thing," Cornish said. "Violence can happen anywhere. There are home invasions in rich communities."
Daphne Glover, co-owner of Telegraph record shop on Golden Street, has taken extra precautions at night, such as riding a bike when traveling to and from her house on Tilley Street.
Glover, who has owned property in the city since 2002, said she hopes the violence won't hinder the growth that the downtown area has experienced in recent years.
"It's such a different place," Glover said. "We don't want to see it regress and go back to what it was when I got here."
The vacancy rate for downtown apartments is nearly zero, according to New London Main Street CEO Penny Parsekian, who cited a New London Main Street study noting that 265 new apartments were added to downtown between 2000 and 2009.
"As soon as an apartment is available, it's gone," Parsekian said.
Downtown New London is the cultural and transportation center of the region, but it's also a neighborhood.
"Everyone here is really close, and really good friends," Griffin said.
Demorest, who has lived in downtown for six years, said it's the mix of culture and community that drew him here and, if he stays, will keep him here.
"The amount of culture you get here for the cost of living is really impressive," he said.
Frank McLaughlin, a downtown property owner who lives on Starr Street and likes taking the short walk up to 2Wives for dinner, said he will continue to do so. "We're not going to overreact to this," he said.
Demorest, who like others wondered aloud why New London does not have a proper community center, hopes the city will rally in the weeks and months to come. "We need to focus on the problem instead of blaming each other and taking sides," he said.
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Three weeks ago, an alumnus of Franciscan University of Steubenville was researching online a rape that had occurred years ago near the campus.
One of the search results upset the alum: A social work course on deviant behavior offered by the Catholic university that lumped together "murder, rape, robbery, prostitution, homosexuality, mental illness and drug use."
Franciscan University
The alum, a member of a Facebook group for gay graduates of Franciscan University, posted the course description, and members of the group contacted the sole accrediting agency for social work education to examine the university's program.
"The fact that homosexuality was identified in the course description as a deviant behavior raises a flag," Stephen Holloway, director of the accrediting agency, Council on Social Work Education, told National Public Radio.
The group, meanwhile, has asked that "homosexuality" and "mental illness" be removed from the description.
Mental illness is not a deviant behavior but a condition, noted Elizabeth Vermilyea, a psychology professional who founded the Facebook group, and homosexuality was removed from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders in 1973.
"I've talked to people who took the course and judging from the textbook, it seemed pretty harmless," she said. "But that description sends a message in an atmosphere that's already sending messages."
Plus, she said: "They didn't put pedophilia in that description and that would have been a no-brainer."
Franciscan University defended itself in a statement to NPR, saying the university "follows Catholic Church teaching in regard to homosexuality and treats homosexual persons with "respect, compassion, and sensitivity" (Catechism of the Catholic Church, No. 2358) while holding homosexual acts as "intrinsically disordered" (Catechism, No. 2357).
But Vermilyea argued the course description doesn't follow Catholic teachings.
"The Catholic Church says that being gay is not sinful but that the actions are disordered," she said. In other words, it's OK to be gay, just not to act on those feelings.
Gregory Gronbacher, a member of the Facebook group who graduated from Franciscan in 1990, said he doesn't believe administrators are evil – "They mean well but they live within a bubble."
"If you live in that sort of intellectual isolation where gay people are hidden, it's easy to wander down that path where gay people are rapists and murderers – that scary 'other,'" he said.
In college he was a serious Catholic who dated quietly – speaking out could have gotten him booted from school, he said. He went on to become a theology and philosophy professor but has since left academia and the church, in part because of its stance on homosexuality.
Other members of the Facebook group – there are 105 – have posted memories of being ridiculed, shamed and sent to recovery groups for being gay.
"I didn't start it for activism," Vermilyea said. "It was community for people who understand the lesbian gay experience but also who went to that university. A lot of people in the group needed their wounds to heal."
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A 'dry' alternative to the dazzling discipline of Synchronized Swimming. (Absolutely NO water involved). Sync or Swim can be light hearted after dinner entertainment or a fun conference energiser with positive underlying messages. Teams plan, prepare and practice a medal winning routine, all choreographed to a specific backing track. A unique 'dry pool' becomes the focal point of each performance. The final performances are often surprisingly close to the actual discipline and always highly amusing. Once fun is over the judges then make the agonising decision of which team is to take position on the podium and receive their gold medals.
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In Sync or Swim, teams must work together effectively to use their imagination, coordination and energy to impress the judges and entertain their colleagues. This light-hearted and humorous activity enables all participants to throw off their inhibitions, relax, have fun!


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It's Friday! Time to kick back and relax.
It's the first weekend of the year, how are you spending it, folks? I don't have a single thing on the agenda (well except to avoid thinking about all the wine I am NOT drinking and some more meal prep) and I am quite looking forward to it.
For those of you doing the Whole 30 — good luck to you on your first weekend! And to those of you NOT doing the Whole 30, I rounded up a number of non-nutrition challenge related links so that everyone has something to read today. Hooray!
* I bought one of these Incredible Year Workbooks last year and you know what? I had an INCREDIBLE YEAR. Obviously I bought one again this year. And a second one for my mama. Highly Recommend.
*I read two things that made me cry on the internet this week. (I KNOW!) (It was an emotional week.) The first was this post on CrossFit Lisbeth that just gave me a great dose of perspective. I'm trying to keep an eye on the mindless complaining I do (I probably can't give it up completely, I am human after all) but man this was a powerful reminder.
*The second thing was this post called I Am Plus Size from Stephanie over at Radical Hateloss. It is such a great piece that reminded me again that losing weight is rarely about the things you give up, and so much more about the things you gain when your mindset changes. Definitely worth a read if you have any weight loss goals on your agenda this year.
*Speaking of goals, I read so many great lists of resolutions and seasonally appropriate pieces of inspiration this week. In the end I wanted to share How To See The Barrier To Reaching Your Goals because I think a huge part to success is getting comfortable with failing. And I want all of you all to be successful in 2013 — however you define that. But that's the key, I think. Defining what you want. It doesn't have to be an arbitrary list of things to do, it can be a word or a feeling that will a giant banner sign that you have arrived. SUCCESS: YOU ARE HERE.
*All of this talk of putting goals out there, reminded me of Brene Brown's book Daring Greatly. (Maybe you remember me mentioning it briefly last year?) These ideas of fear and vulnerability are all swirling at the surface during this time of year because the majority of us have some fear and judgment tied to failing. I wanted to mention that book because I think the start of a new year is a GREAT time to read it. But also, if you don't have time to dig into a whole book right now, check out this post about why we don't do the things we know we should do. Such a great reminder that instead of beating yourself about all the things you coulda woulda shoulda done last year, just let go of the fear and resolve to DO them now.
*If Menu Planning is one of those things you resolved to do, check out my good friend and half marathon buddySarah's approach to meal planning. This is the Anti-Planning Guide to Meal Planning, and she has delicious dinner on the table nightly. I mean, have you seen her Instagram feed? Good stuff!
*Maybe you resolved to blog more (or blog your Whole 30 experience?) If so, check out Blog Maven's 12 Best Time Management Tips for Bloggers. Blogging can be a full time job! It's nice to hear how other folks fit it all in.
*Maybe you resolved to get your nutrition in check this year. Or to check out all this Paleo business, eh? If so, check out 4 Great Ways Paleo Plan Can Help You With Your New Years Resolutions. Paleo Plan is an awesome site full of resources, and I had the pleasure of getting to meet Neely while I was in Colorado this year and she is totally worth showing some love! Plus, she just started CrossFitting and I loved her review of the whole experience.
Is that enough reading material for the day? Man, so much good stuff on the internet this week! Have a link to share? Did anything move you, inform you, or get you super motivated to start the year off right? Share…pretty please? Have a great weekend you all!
(Whole 30ers: I'll be back tomorrow with a round up of fun Whole 30 Food Inspiration from Instagram and Twitter (remember to tag yours with #hwisc if you want to be included) and a new meal plan on Sunday. Keep up the good food work this weekend!)


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SAMPLE- Reed Raffia 50199-0001 Replacement Sling Fabric
Sunbrella Sling is a patented performance fabric that combines the exceptional strength of vinyl yarns with the softness of Sunbrella. These extremely durable outdoor fabrics are primarily used in sling chair applications. Sunbrella Sling is fade and stain resistant, and provides a sleek designer look and effortless maintenance.
Patio Sling Fabrics are easy to clean. Maintaining your new replacement slings will keep them fresh and stain free for years to come. Take some time every couple of weeks and clean your patio sling chairs and chaise lounges with something like Simple Green or 409 or a similar cleaning product. Spray your outdoor furniture with some water, then apply your cleaning product of choice. You want to remove the sun tan lotions, and body oils that in combination with the sun, can discolor your beautiful new replacement sling fabric. Use a soft bristled brush and gently scrub your fabric to remove dirt and oils. Rinse thoroughly and allow to dry!
How To Clean Sunbrella Outdoor Upholstery Fabrics
Clean Sunbrella® UpholsteryOne of the best ways to keep Sunbrella fabrics looking good is to brush off dirt before it becomes embedded in the fabrics and wipe up spills or clean soon after a stain occurs. The quicker you clean spills and stains, the easier they can be to remove.
Try this next... If your first try doesn't get the stain completely out.Though Sunbrella fabrics can be used both outdoors and in, your cleaning methods should differ slightly indoors and out because of the fabrication and manufacturing of the furniture. We recommend using the appropriate cleaning instructions for your application.
Machine WashingSome removable casings can be washed in the washing machine, however consult the furniture manufacturer before removing the casing as cushion construction may vary. To wash, first close all zippers. Machine wash in cold water on the delicate cycle with normal amounts of mild laundry detergent. Allow fabric to air dry.
Oil-Based StainsImmediately apply an absorbent such as corn starch directly on the oil-based stain. Let sit for 10 minutes and remove the excess using a straight edge or ruler. This helps remove the stain and prevents it from being pressed into the fabric. Then proceed with the cleaning process.
Seam-To-Seam CleaningWhen cleaning upholstered pieces, clean the entire surface area of the fabric, from seam to seam, instead of rubbing the fabric in a circular motion on the stain. This method, along with an extractor, may be required in order to avoid water rings and stains.
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Hand Washing
Soak fabric in a solution of one fourth cup mild soap per gallon of lukewarm water. Use a sponge or very soft bristle brush to lightly agitate the stain. Then rinse thoroughly to remove all soap residue, and allow fabric to air dry.
Machine washing
Some removable casings can be washed in the washing machine, however consult the furniture manufacturer before removing the casing as cushion construction may vary. To wash, first close all zippers. Machine wash in cold water on the delicate cycle with normal amounts of mild laundry detergent. For severe mold or mildew, add 1 cup of bleach. Allow fabric to air dry.
Cleaning Non-Removable Fabric
Prepare a solution of one fourth cup mild soap per gallon of lukewarm water. Use a soft bristle brush to clean, allowing the cleaning solution to soak into the fabric. Rinse thoroughly to remove all soap residue and allow fabric to air dry.
Mold and mildew stains
Sunbrella fabrics do not promote mildew growth, however, mildew may grow on dirt and other foreign substances if not removed from the fabric. To remove mold or mildew:
For severe mold/mildew growth, bleach quantities may be increased.
It is best to clean the entire surface area of the fabric to avoid water rings and stains.


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MONTREAL — Henry Archer Ekers was mayor of Montreal from 1906 to 1908.Since August, bloggers have been going crazy over the forthcoming unauthorized biopic Nina, about jazz singer Nina Simone. Actress Zoe Saldana has been cast to play her. Saldana, who is of Puerto Rican and Dominican parentage, is a light-skinned black woman with European features, while Simone was a dark-skinned black woman with African features. Photographs from the set released last month showed that Saldana will wear full-body "blackening" makeup, a prosthetic nose and a large Afro wig.
Since Saldana's casting, a petition on change.org has been created demanding that the film's writer and director, Cynthia Mort, among others, replace her with someone whose pigmentation is more in line with that of Simone. Names like Kimberly Elise from Tyler Perry's For Colored Girls (2010) or Viola Davis from The Help (2011) have been thrown around. And while on the surface the debate may seem trite — we're arguing over which black women are "black enough" to portray a black woman — the issue is more complex.
When Cate Blanchett portrayed Katharine Hepburn in The Aviator (2004), she was as authentic as it gets: she looked like Hepburn, spoke like her and walked like her. Similarly, when Julia Roberts won an Oscar in 2000 for portraying the legal crusader Erin Brockovich in the movie of that name about the groundwater-contamination case against Pacific Gas and Electric Company, she might not have looked exactly like the real-life Brockovich, but she was allowed to make the film "her own." Even when Angela Bassett portrayed Tina Turner in the biopic What's Love Got to do With It (1993), her body may have resembled that of the legendary singer, but other than that, she looked nothing like her.
This is not the first time Hollywood has produced a biopic about an African-American singer. Diana Ross famously portrayed Billie Holliday in Lady Sings the Blues (1972), Jamie Foxx truly embodied Ray Charles in Ray (2004), and Beyoncé Knowles sang just like Etta James in Cadillac Records (2008). So what makes the Nina biopic so different?
Nina Simone was not just a jazz singer; she was a political figure. In her 1964 recording Mississippi Goddam, she openly embroiled herself in the civil-rights movement by using her music to shed light on the racial violence that was being perpetrated against African Americans. From there on, Simone unabashedly made her music "pro-black" with songs like To Be Young, Gifted and Black, and Four Women. In the latter, she openly talked about four stereotypes of black womanhood. In the first verse of Four Women, Simone sang, "My skin is black/My arms are long/My hair is woolly/My back is strong," and in verse two she added, "My skin is yellow/My hair is long/Between two worlds/I do belong." If the pitting of black women against one another was something Simone herself fought so adamantly against, why now, after her death (in 2003), is the very thing she never compromised, her dark skin, being altered?
There is a long history of black performers "darkening" their skin. On the minstrel and vaudeville stage, black actors (male and female) had no choice but to apply burnt cork to their faces; if they wanted to perform in theatre houses to white audiences, it was their only option. Spike Lee brilliantly captured this in the satirical film Bamboozled (2000). Until the 1970s, if dark-skinned women wanted to act in Hollywood, their choices were few: either they played a cook, maid or menial (for example, Hattie McDaniel's role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind) or they did not act. And so the fact that in 2012 an actor like Saldana has to "blacken" in order to play a leading role (she has never carried a film on her own) just feels like Hollywood is going backward, not forward.
When Simone performed at the Montreal Jazz Festival in 1992, she wore no makeup and a braided hairstyle, and the mostly white audience loved her. If the producers of Nina actually looked hard enough, they could have found a Simone lookalike. And something tells me that if they had, audiences would have loved her, too.
Cheryl Thompson is a PhD candidate in the Department of Art History and Communication Studies at McGill University. Her dissertation is a historical analysis of Canada's black beauty culture and the politics of race and representation.


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Revision history for local::lib
1.005000 2010-03-10
- More robust handling of running new toolchains on older perls. This
should sort out issues users have with bootstrapping on e.g. Solaris
and other traditional Unices. In addition, try to find a GNU tar
capable of dealing with @LongLink so bootstrapping doesn't fail.
- Warnings for missing PATH/PERL5LIB (as when not running interactively)
silenced by a patch from Marco Emilio Poleggi.
- Start of better docs for C<--self-contained> thanks to
1.004009 2009-11-07
- Fix warning if your $ENV{PERL5LIB} is undef
- Doc improvement from email@example.com
- t0m and chrisa on #firstname.lastname@example.com pointed out a PERL5LIB ordering issue
with C<--self-contained>.
1.004008 2009-10-13
- Clarify re-reading the shell config file after writing to it.
- Clarify copyright and licensing for packaging by vendors.
1.004007 2009-09-02
- Ensure that $ENV{PERL5LIB} and @INC are always de-duped, stopping
them from growing if local::lib is invoked multiple times for the
same path. (t0m)
- Doc improvements by email@example.com/#catalyst.
- Cleaned up indentation of code lines in the POD. Everything should be
nice and flush, now.
1.004006 2009-08-25
- Fix parsing of --self-contained and local lib directory. It's now
possible to specify flags and the directory in any order. Also made
adding future flags easier in the future. Thanks to
email@example.com/#catalyst for pointing out that --self-contained
wouldn't work without a directory.
1.004005 2009-08-23
- Add the --no-manpages option to bootstraping to tell EUMM / MB to not
generate manpages from POD. Thanks to RKITOVER for providing the
necessary values for CPAN.pm's configuration.
1.004004 2009-08-05
- Add dependency on Extutils::Install 1.43 and install in --bootstrap
otherwise we fail to build with latest MakeMaker on OpenSolaris (t0m)
- Fix Win32 / Cygwin detection (emazep).
1.004003 2009-16-16
- Stop Makefile.PL exploding if your CPAN is too old to have
CPAN::HandleConfig. Needed when installing local::lib via CPAN
using an old CPAN version (t0m)
- Fix warning from Makefile.PL about ExtUtils::MakeMaker::prompt (t0m)
- Set PERL5LIB back to calculated @INC with --self-contained, to stop
invoking other perl scripts from losing the local::lib if they
mangle @INC from $ENV{PERL5LIB}, and fix install of 'difficult'
modules with such as Test::Deep (t0m)
1.004002 2009-06-15
- Fixed up INC untaint procedure to skip/ignore CODE, ARRAY,
blessed entries. (grink)
- Include test in xt/ for the above
- Put PERL5LIB first, so it'll be favored over privlibexp and
archlibexp when self contained.
- Automatically untaint @INC (t0m)
- Prevent @INC from growing when you have multiple scripts using
--self-contained called from inside one another. (grink by way of t0m)
- eg/scripted_install.pl now no longer requires TARGET, but still
respects it. (confound)
1.004001 2009-05-21
- Clean up CPAN.pm's environment variable the same way we do for
CPANPLUS. Add an example program showing local::lib employed
programmatically (confound).
- Add the beginnings of a troubleshooting section (pattern).
1.004000 2009-05-14
- Don't allow dangerous settings for CPAN.pm that affect where CPAN
installs stuff, as this conflicts with what we're trying to do.
- Make sure that our Makefile is written to the correct directory when
bootstrapping (confound).
1.003004 2009-05-12
- Additional documentation and examples concerning having multiple
local::lib enviornments (amiri)
- Some install tests courtesy of Hans Dieter Pearcey <firstname.lastname@example.com>.
1.003003 2009-04-09
- Expose the internals per RT #36846.
- Fix the MANIFEST up a bit.
1.003002 2009-02-25
- Add a doc patch from Torsten Raudssus <firstname.lastname@example.com> that
clarifies how to specify a directory other than ~/perl5.
1.003001 2009-01-14
- Properly bail if given fancy dashes obtained by copy-pasting from a
UTF8-happy POD formatter. This will bail in both the Makefile.PL and
in local::lib::import().
1.003000 2009-01-13
- Add the --self-contained flag from Mark Stosberg, which also contains
a doc patch warning about the dangers of UNINST=1. Thanks, Mark!
1.002000 2008-08-06
- make CPAN config reinit non-prompting but still robust
- make bootstrap auto-init CPAN config and set USE_DEFAULT for deps
1.001000 2007-09-19
- refactored shell command generation
- implemented C shell command generation based on this (checks $SHELL}
- improved docs
- modified Makefile.PL to install an up-to-date CPAN.pm if needed
1.000000 2007-09-13
- initial release
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Archive for Friday, September 10, 2010
Kansas Speedway rules out IndyCar Series in 2011
September 10, 2010
Kansas Speedway, which last month announced the addition of another weekend of NASCAR racing in 2011, today confirmed news the track was dropping next year's Izod IndyCar Series race.
"With the current economic environment, we had to re-evaluate all of our events and are turning our attention to those that make the most financial sense," Kansas Speedway president Pat Warren said in a news release this morning. "I wish the IZOD IndyCar Series all the best and we'll continue to have discussions with the series about returning to Kansas Speedway in the future."
The track has played host to Indy-style races annually since 2001. This year's Road Runner Turbo Indy 300 in May drew an estimated 45,000 fans. NASCAR races at the 82,000-seat track typically are sold out.
The New York Times reported Friday that the Izod series was dropping races at four tracks owned by International Speedway Corp — Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan., Watkins Glen, N.Y., Chicagoland Speedway and International Speedway in Homestead, Fla.
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