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I can't boot Backtrack 5 KDE 64-bit from usb ! I tried using unetbootin in windows, LiLi in windows, and dd in linux and the first two left me with a blinking "-," while the last one didn't boot at all . Just went straight to the GRUB .
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Dear all,
I do experience a similar problem.
I have a HP Pavilion dm1.
I have build a bootable USB key with BT5-KDE-32.iso (check for MD5 sum and test it on an other computer).
Here is what I get: it seems to boot but eventually I get a black sreen covered of lot of grey lines. It does not answer to any basic cmd.
Would you have any idea what my problem could be ?
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I have the same problem.
I used unetbin and other programs.
With the same iso i can boot from a cd but not from usb.
The usb works on other computers.
Pc compilation (that cant boot):
64bit, Intel I7.
i've noticed the same flakiness. if the usb is formmated as a hd, it will boot. but if it is seen as a zip/removable, it gives 'boot error'. however, the usb will boot if there is a bt dvd in the optical drive.
It was detecting my USB drive as a Hard Drive, and wouldn't boot from it when I set External Drive as the primary boot option in the Boot Device Priority.
I had another option which was to list Hard Drives (on another tab completely) and I had to set my Kingston USB drive as the primary disk there. Maybe check if you have a similar option.


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UNDOF was established in 1974. It has been operating now for more than 37 years. We salute the men and women who serve and have served to support UNDOF in the discharge of its mandate. We are looking forward to receiving an assessment of the capacity of UNDOF in the next report to ensure the appropriate operational capability also in the future.
On May 15thand June 5th, demonstrations in the UNDOF area of operations resulted in a number of civilian casualties that, to quote the Secretary-General's report "put the long-held ceasefire in jeopardy" – an assessment we fully share.
We deeply regret the loss of life and we are seriously concerned by these events, which are the most serious incidents since the establishment of UNDOF's mandate.
These events could not go unreflected.That is why we deviated from the long standing practice of reiterating the same resolutions as in previous years.
While we call on both parties, Israel and Syria, to fulfill their obligations under the 1974 Status of Forces Agreement, we note that these demonstrations would not have been possible without Syrian consent and call upon Syria to refrain from any action that could provoke further unrest.
All throughout the country, Syrian authorities have been cracking down on demonstrations against their government with utmost brutality. However, on May 15thand June 5th, they have actively encouraged demonstrations against Israel in one of the most sensitive areas of the country.
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Subsequent riots in the Yarmuk refugee camp indicate that Palestinian refugees have realized that they and their aspirations were manipulated and abused in this very dangerous game.
Violence in Syria must stop. Imprisoned demonstrators have to be freed and instead of spreading fear, meaningful reforms need to be implemented. Playing off parts of the multifaceted Syrian society against each other will not work. We join the Secretary General's call on the Security Council to express itself on the situation in Syria. For us, this is long overdue.


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Rafael Peralta, a Marine sergeant who saved the lives of fellow Marines before he was killed by a grenade blast in Iraq in 2004 may get another look for the Medal of Honor.
Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., wrote to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Oct. 22 to ask for a re-examination of Peraltas award decision, based on video evidence, pathology reports and other supporting evidence. The congressman has just received a call from the defense secretary, Hunter spokesman Joe Kasper said on Dec. 4.
He is looking at (the petition), and he is looking at it very seriously, Kasper said.
Defense Department Assistant Press Secretary Carl Woog told The San Diego Union-Tribune that Secretary Hagel is familiarizing himself with the history of the case so that he may appropriately respond to Rep. Hunters letter.
Hagel has not formally reopened Peraltas case, however, a defense official said.
The Marine Corps recommended Peralta for the militarys highest valor award, crediting him with covering a grenade with his body to save the lives of fellow Marines. Then-Secretary Robert Gates questioned the evidence that Peralta had acted consciously to absorb the blast because he had also received a ricocheting rifle round to the head. Peralta was instead posthumously awarded the Navy Cross in 2008. Though Hunters office later petitioned Gates successor as defense secretary, Leon Panetta, to reconsider Gates decision on the matter, Panetta opted not to overturn Gates decision.
Hunter has new optimism regarding the petition for two reasons, Kasper said. The first is the recent presentation of the Medal of Honor to Army Capt. Will Swenson, whose award nomination was lost for years after his heroic battlefield actions in Afghanistan in 2009. Hunter had publicly pushed for a Pentagon inspector general probe into the bureaucratic errors and delays that kept Swenson from receiving his award.
Hunter spoke with Hagel at Swensons award ceremony Oct. 15, and renewed his request on Peraltas behalf shortly thereafter.
With everything that occurred specific to Captain Swensons nomination, the fact that he was presented the award, more than four years after he was first recommended, goes a very long way to restore integrity and confidence to the Medal of Honor award process, Hunter wrote. The case of Sergeant Peralta presents the same opportunity. By awarding him the Medal of Honor, a major error in judgment can be corrected and much of the criticism pointed toward the awards process can be addressed not by words, but by actions.
Hunter was hopeful of getting traction with Hagel, Kasper said, because the new defense secretary was an enlisted infantry squad leader in Vietnam, while the previous two secretaries served as officers in non-infantry roles.
He knows what it means to be in a situation like that, Kasper said. He also knows what would happen if a grenade detonated 1 to 3 feet from someones body.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif., have also endorsed the renewed Medal of Honor petition for Peralta.


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Schulman, Helen. This Beautiful Life.
When the Bergamots' fifteen-year-old son, Jake, forwards a sexually explicit video from a thirteen-year-old schoolmate on to his best friend without thinking, he ignites a firestorm that threatens to consume his family and the life they have built for themselves among the socially elite in New York City.
Already in fragile territory, the scandal reveals the true problems in Jake's family such as his father's overactive ego and his mother's ridiculous attempts to cope as a stay-at-home mom with a PhD. When the video goes viral, Jake is suspended from school, prompting his family to hire a lawyer and start a battle that even Jake does not want to be a part of. Schulman's poignant portrait of a family in crisis is not to be missed for lovers of literary fiction.


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Opry Star Jimmy C. Newman Remembered With Public Memorial
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The country music community is paying tribute to the late Opry member Jimmy C. Newman. Family, friends, and fans will gather at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium Wednesday morning to remember the Cajun country star at a public memorial.
A private visitation and service, open only to family members and close friends, will follow. Newman's family is asking those wanting show their respects to make a donation to the Grand Ole Opry Trust Fund instead of sending flowers.
Newman passed away at a Nashville hospital last Saturday, at the age of 86. He had been battling cancer. The singer is best remembered for such 1950s hits as "Cry, Cry Darling" and "Daydreamin'." He marked his 50th anniversary with the Grand Ole Opry in 2006. Jimmy gave his last Opry performance back on June 6th, just a couple of weeks before his death.
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"Conference attendees will get a powerful look into the way a large Christian family works together as a team in a successful project of national impact, where the goal of the family is to bless the broader culture with a love for Christ."by VyckieThe Quiverfull folks at Vision Forum are gearing up for their Baby Conference: A Historic Family Summit on the Triumph of Life Over the Culture of Death to be held in San Antonio, Texas this coming July. According to conference promotional material:As the world lauds barrenness for economic and personal convenience and marginalizes the value of our aging populace, we purpose to celebrate life and to explore a myriad of practical and th … [Read more...]
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Jason Mraz Says 'YES!' to iHeartRadio Live Series Performance
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Jason Mraz brought the power of YES! to New York City with an exclusive live performance at the iHeartRadio Theater New York Friday night, July 18th! It was a big week for Jason - his new album, YES! dropped on Tuesday, and he rounded out his busy album release week with Friday's live show.
Grammy-winning Mraz, who brought us hits like "The Remedy" and "I'm Yours," collaborated with folk-rock group Raining Jane to record new album YES!. the album is full of laid back acoustics, meaningful lyrics, hard-hitting love songs - and a little bit of ukulele, too! YES! is Mraz's fifth solo studio effort, following 2012's Love Is A Four Letter Word which included the top-ten romantic ballad "I Won't Give Up."
At the iHeartRadio Live show, Jason performed music from the new album, including his latest single, "Love Someone," as well as old favorites like "I'm Yours" and "I Won't Give Up" for fans at the iHeartRadio Theater New York. And the best part is no Jason Mraz fan had to miss out on his iHeartRadio show, because the performance was video live-streamed on all Clear Channel CHR, Hot AC and AC station sites and on iHeartRadio.com.
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"Clearly, Yonkers needs this expansion and modernization of emergency
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health of Yonkers residents as well as the economic well-being of the
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St. John's Riverside Hospital today announced that it will file an application with the New York State Department of Health for $10 million in Vital Access Provider (VAP) Grant funds to restructure and expand the Emergency Department (ED) at St. John's Andrus Pavilion in Yonkers.


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August Fagerstrom's final thoughts following the Indians 7-2 victory over Tampa Bay in Sunday's season finale.
1.) Well, that's all she wrote. The Indians finish the regular season with a record of 85-77. Despite missing the playoffs, I'd say that's a pretty successful season. This marks the first time since 2000-01 that the Tribe put together consecutive winning seasons.
When you consider the loss of Ubaldo Jimenez and Scott Kazmir to free agency from last year's team, the fact that Justin Masterson and Asdrubal Cabrera provided little to no value before being shipped off at the trade deadline, that Danny Salazar was sent to the minors after eight horrid starts to begin the season, that Nick Swisher, Jason Kipnis, Michael Bourn and David Murphy all dealt with injuries throughout the season that limited their production, and that Ryan Raburn and Jason Giambi were unable to provide the sparks they did last year, it's pretty impressive what the Indians were able to accomplish this year.
Indians manager Terry Francona seems to agree.To read more or comment...
August Fagerstrom's final thoughts following the Indians 1-0 victory over the Rays on Friday night:
NOTE: This will be a special Corey Kluber-only edition of final thoughts! Enjoy.
1.) Well, that's it. Corey Kluber has done all he can to make a case for the American League Cy Young Award this season. All that's left now is for Seattle's Felix Hernandez to make his final start of the season Sunday night against the Angels and for the voters to decide who will take home the hardware.
Two weeks ago, if I had the honor of casting a vote, I would have given it to King Felix. Before tonight, I was leaning towards Kluber. After tonight, not only is it hard to see an argument against Kluber, but frankly I can't fathom what Felix could do on Sunday to make up the ground.To read more or comment...
Your move, King Felix.
With the Indians all but mathematically eliminated from playoff contention this year, all eyes were on Corey Kluber during Friday night's final series opener against Tampa Bay.
Kluber was making the final start of his historic season and each pitch he threw seemed to inch him closer and closer to a potential American League Cy Young Award victory over Seattle's Felix Hernandez.
Kluber struck out 11 through eight shutout innings, allowing just five hits and two walks as the Indians (86-74) won by a final score of 1-0.To read more or comment...
Here are the lineups for the first game of the final series of the year between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Indians in Cleveland:
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Final thoughts as the Indians find some offense and stave off elimination, at least for a few more hours.
1. The Indians have played 30 games in 30 days and their post-season fate could be decided on their off day. A victory by the Oakland A's, who open a four-game series in Texas Thursday, or by the Kansas City Royals, who start a four-game set in Chicago against the White Sox Thursday, will end the Tribe's wild-card hopes.
2. After Wednesday, Oakland and Kansas City were 86-72 and tied for the two AL wild card spots. The Seattle Mariners were three games out, the Indians 31/2. The Indians host the Tampa Bay Rays Friday through Sunday with only a flicker of hope. They need to win all three games and hope the Royals and A's lose out.
3. "I've said all year long as long as we have life we're going to keep battling and that's exactly what we did tonight," said Indians right fielder David Murphy, whose sacrifice fly in the sixth brought home the final run. "We've had some good moments, we've had some bad moments this season. Hopefully we're going into the last series of the season still alive. Both those teams play tomorrow? We'll see what happens. You don't like it to be in a situation where there are things out of your control, but we did what we could tonight."To read more or comment...
Game: 7:10 p.m. at Progressive Field
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Stephanie Storm's final thoughts on the Indians disheartening 7-1 loss to the visiting Royals, leaving the Tribe's playoff hopes hanging by a thread.
1) Oh how much things can change from season to season. And for the Indians, that's not a good thing this year.
This time last season, the feisty Indians surprised all of baseball as they reeled off a 10-game winning streak over the final week and a half of the regular season to force a one-game Wild Card playoff game with the Tampa Bay Rays. It was the first time they'd returned to the post season since 2007. Forget the fact that they lost that game. Getting to that point after so many baseball folks had written them off for dead was what mattered most.
2) The Tribe's attempt at a late run this season has fallen flat thanks to a second consecutive loss to the visiting Kansas City Royals that has the Indians postseason hopes hanging by a thread – a very thin, frayed thread at that.To read more or comment...
Good pitching may dominate in October, but it takes some offense in September to get there first.
Unfortunately for the Indians, even mustering the littlest bit of offense has become too much to expect.
The Indians scoreless inning streak reached 19 before it was snapped in the eighth inning Tuesday on a double-play ground out that allowed pinch runner J.B. Shuck to cross unfamiliar territory at home plate via an unearned run.
It was the Indians first score since the sixth inning of Sunday's game at Minnesota. Yet it mattered little in a 7-1 thud of a defeat.To read more or comment...
Here are the Indians and Royals starting lineups for Tuesday's game at Progressive Field:
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Indians pitcher Carlos Carrasco quickly began back tracking Tuesday, issuing a statement of apology for his critical comments about the club's defense the previous night in the Tribe's 2-0 loss to the Royals.
Carrasco's five-sentence apology, issued through the Indians, was emailed to the media:
"It was a terribly immature and foolish thing to say. I know better and I apologize for saying it. I have made some terrible pitches in my career and position players could have questioned what I was doing. No one wants to be criticized when making their best effort. I will apologize to everyone and it won't happen again."
Carrasco was understandably frustrated Monday night following the loss to the visiting Royals with the Indians scurrying to make up ground in the American League wild card race during the final week of the regular season. Just as he has done since returning to the Tribe's starting rotation, Carrasco pitched more than well enough to win.To read more or comment...
Stephanie Storm's final thoughts on the Indians unconventional split with the Royals Monday.
1) The Indians had the opportunity to make up 2 ½ games on the Kansas City Royals in the American League's second wild card race Monday night at Progressive Field. In the end, they neither fell behind nor made up any ground on an evening that began on a high note by completing a game that began in Kansas City three weeks ago with a 4-3 win, but ended in disappointment when the Tribe was shut out 2-0 in a second full game featuring many lost opportunities.
2) Normally, a split in a double header isn't a bad thing. But with five games remaining in this final week of the regular season, the Tribe simply can't afford to let any opportunity to get by them. As utility man Mike Aviles said very well after the Indians first trimmed their deficit to the Royals to 2 ½ games only to fall back to where they started the evening at 3 ½ games behind: "No one wants to be sitting around hoping other teams lose so we can get in."
Yet, with five games left on the Tribe's slate, that's exactly the position the Indians will soon be if they don't sweep the final two games of this crucial early-week three-game set.To read more or comment...
Monday marked Royals starter Danny Duffy's first start in three weeks after being shut down with left shoulder tightness. Unfortunately for the Indians, he didn't appear to be very rusty.
The left-hander tossed six shutout innings, scattering six hits and striking out five, leading the Royals to a 2-0 win over the Tribe that gave back Kansas City the game they lost a couple hours earlier in the completion of a suspended game played before the evening's regularly-scheduled contest.
That means the teams will face off again Tuesday at Progressive Field with the visiting Royals maintaining a 3 ½ game lead in the race for the American League's second wild card. That, with the Tribe down to five regular-season games in which to accomplish a repeat of last season's late run.
The missed opportunity could loom large for the Indians, who could have made up two games and trim their deficit to 1 ½ games with a sweep. Especially considering Tribe starter Carlos Carrasco (8-6) practically matched Duffy (9-11) in effectiveness during the crucial game. However, the right-hander failed to get two important things from his teammates: run support and sound defense.To read more or comment...
It took three weeks to get back to action.
But once the Indians and Royals resumed their suspended game Monday night at Progressive Field, the Tribe had wrapped up the final three outs in nine minutes – the 4-3 victory inching them a game closer in the American League's second wild card race.
The Indians now sit 2 ½ games behind Kansas City with six games remaining in the regular season, including Monday's originally scheduled 7:05 game that begins a crucial three-game series.
Indians manager Terry Francona seemed to already be in postseason managerial mode, pulling the old switcheroo in an effort to help claim the much-needed victory. Three hours before the game began, the veteran skipper said rookie Kyle Crockett would "start" the game. Instead, he gave the ball to veteran Scott Atchison.To read more or comment...
For anyone who follows the Indians or is a fan of the club's ace pitcher, it came as little surprise Monday that Corey Kluber was tabbed as the American League Player of the Week, his second such honor this season.
The right-hander has been solid all season, save for a three-start hiccup from Aug. 21 through Sept. 1 in which his mechanics got of whack and needed a tweak. But as soon as the slight flaw was identified, Kluber (17-9, 2.53 ERA) picked right up where he left off and has been flat out dominant in his four consecutive wins since.
Last week's stats were particularly eye-popping, even by Kluber standards: He went 2-0 with a 1.80 ERA while racking up 28 strikeouts over 15 innings as he continues to make a compelling case for strong consideration for the A.L. Cy Young award.
With the Indians trying to make a late run to sneak into the postseason, Kluber led the way on the mound last week. In his first start at Houston, he struck out 14 in seven innings to lead the Tribe to a 4-2 victory. In his second start of the week Sunday at Minnesota, Kluber again piled up 14 punch outs over eight innings to not only lead the Indians to a 7-2 rout of the host Twins, but save the club's bullpen as well.To read more or comment...
Here are the Indians and visiting Royals lineups for tonight's originally scheduled game that kicks off a crucial three-game series at Progressive Field Monday.
Please note that the teams will first complete a suspended game from Aug. 31 in Kansas City before the second game begins at 7:05 pm or a half hour after the first game ends if after 7:05.
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Bryan Shaw mumbled to reporters when they approached him following Saturday night's loss, saying he hadn't been approached all season and now the media wanted to talk to him.
The statement wasn't exactly true, although Shaw probably hasn't had more than a handful of interviews all season. Unfortunately, it's the nature of being a reliever. Few notice you until you don't do your job.
Shaw was at the center of attention for the second consecutive game Sunday against the division-rival Tigers. Just like in Saturday's loss, with the Tribe clinging to a one-run advantage, he gave up another two-run homer. This time it was to Ian Kinsler with no outs in the seventh inning to once again hand the Tigers a one-run lead late.
But Sunday's 6-4 Indians loss that clinched the weekend series sweep by the host Tigers wasn't solely on Shaw. He exited the game after allowing the two runs, but with the Indians still in striking distance, facing just a one-run deficit.To read more or comment...
Not long after the host Tigers rallied in the bottom of the eighth inning Saturday night for a come-from-behind 5-4 victory, some of the team's fans took to social media to voice their frustrations.
Professional athletes are always best to ignore anything negative from fans. But when one tags them directly on Twitter with their negative comments, sometimes it's just too tempting not to fire back in the heat of the moment.
That's what happened to Indians second baseman Jason Kipnis late Saturday evening when a disgruntled fan Tweeted at Kipnis and the Indians accounts: "And we wonder why only 9,000 people show up to Indians game in September. This team is pathetic."
To which Kipnis soon responded:To read more or comment...
Here are today's lineups for the Indians and Tigers series wrap up game at Comerica Park:
CF Michael Bourn
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If the Indians were into moral victories, Saturday might have felt a little like one.
But going from Friday's five-run blowout at the hands of the host Detroit Tigers to taking a one-run lead into the bottom of the eighth inning still ended the in the same result – a Tigers victory that further pushed the Indians hopes of making a late run to get into the playoffs even less of a possibility.
With the feisty Tribe leading 4-3 and veteran eighth-inning set-up man Bryan Shaw on the hill to face the dreaded heart of the Detroit lineup, the Tigers rallied. Shaw issued a walk to leadoff man Miguel Cabrera but then quickly recorded the next two outs after Ezequiel Carrera came on to pinch run at first.
But just when it seemed Shaw was out of danger, .221-hitting Alex Avila worked a full-count before sending a ball to deep to right field and over the wall for the go-ahead and ultimate game winning two-run homer. The long ball was the 11th of the season for Avila, and handed the Tigers a 5-4 victory that kept Detriot in first place in the American League Central Division by a half game.To read more or comment...
It wasn't for lack of production, but instead lack of sunshine that will cost pitcher T.J. House a start in the Indians rotation when the team's current road trip continues early next week in Houston.
As much of a shame as that is given that House has matched ace Corey Kluber's effectiveness over his last three starts with a stingy 0.86 ERA, the juggling of the rotation stems from Wednesday's rainout and Thursday's ensuing doubleheader.
"We wanted to stay right-handed against Houston," Indians manager Terry Francona said. "Then in Minnesota, we'll insert T.J. (back into the rotation). Rather than push guys back that don't need to be pushed back, we'll let (House) pitch against a team that maybe matches up better against him."
Maybe? That's an understatement. In three starts against the Twins, the rookie House is 2-0 with a 1.56 ERA. With that in mind, Francona said he doesn't want to use the left-hander out of the bullpen in the meantime.To read more or comment...
Here are tonight's starting lineups for the Indians and Tigers for Saturday Night's game at Comerica Park – the second contest of the three-game series.
CF Michael Bourn
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Stephanie Storm's final thoughts on the Indians 7-2 blowout loss to the Detroit Tigers Friday at Comerica Park.
1) With the regular season dwindling to 15 games over the next two weeks, every game played by the Indians has morphed into a must-win. If the Tribe is going to make a run similar to last season's 10-game winning streak that vaulted them into a one-game American League Wild Card playoff game, there's little – if any - time left to waste.
2) The Indians lost that game to the Tampa Bay Rays, bringing an abrupt halt to the building excitement that playing in the postseason for the first time since 2007 brought to the fans and the city of Cleveland. Yet, just getting to the "post season" was not only cause for celebration, but also brought with it hope that the 2013 season would be one to build on.
3) As late as two months ago, I didn't see another run like that by the Tribe happening. At the point, they simply weren't getting consistently solid performances out of their starting pitchers not named Corey Kluber.To read more or comment...
The Indians got the good David Price. The Tigers, the not-so-good Carlos Carrasco.
And when it comes to the respective teams' starting pitchers, that brief synopsis can only end in bad news for the Tribe, who kicked off the crucial weekend series against the division-rival Tigers by absorbing a 7-2 blowout defeat Friday night at Comerica Park.
The loss dropped the Indians to four-and-a-half games behind the Tigers in the American League Central Division and second A.L. wild card with 15 regular-season games to left.
The game started well for the Indians. They jumped out to an early lead against the left-handed Price, who has had his share of troubles since joining the Tigers in a blockbuster deal at the trade deadline, coming from Tampa Bay where he'd been the Rays ace.To read more or comment...
Here are tonight's lineups for the Indians and Tigers series opener Friday at Comerica Park.
CF Michael Bourn
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Left-hander T.J. House matched his predecessor Corey Kluber with another sterling starting pitching job for the Indians Thursday in the second game of the Tribe's doubleheader sweep of the visiting Minnesota Twins.
Following Kluber's 8 1/3-inning 8-2 Game One victory, House (3-3) dealt seven shutout innings and matched a career-high with eight strikeouts to lead the Indians to a 2-0 win that clinched the sweep.
The victory put House in distinct company, as he became the only pitcher in Indians history to throw at least seven innings, limit the opponent to one run or less and not issue a walk over his last three starts.
But after the Indians offense let loose with eight runs on 10 hits in the opener, Twins starter Ricky Nolasco promptly turned the Tribe's bats back into the twigs they've been most of the season. The right-hander's only mistake was dishing up a solo home run to Carlos Santana. But what pitcher hasn't lately?To read more or comment...
Whomever was masquerading as the Indians offense Thursday afternoon in the first game of a traditional doubleheader against the Minnesota Twins at Progressive Field sure laid it on pretty thick.
Really, how believable did they think it would be for the Tribe to cruise to an 8-2 victory? With ace Corey Kluber on the mound, no less?
Ha. Very funny.
It had been five games since the under-performing Indians offense had mustered more than three runs for its over-achieving pitching staff. They'd been even stingier most of the season with Kluber on the mound.To read more or comment...
Here are the lineups for Game One of the Indians and Twins doubleheader Thursday afternoon at Progressive Field.
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When the Indians handed young reserve Jose Ramirez the starting shortstop job after veteran mainstay Asdrubal Cabrera was traded at the July 31 deadline to the Washington Nationals, no one was entirely sure what the Tribe had in the pint-sized infielder.
If nothing else, the second half of the season would give the Tribe brass the opportunity to access Ramirez's strengths, weaknesses and future potential. At worse, he'd keep the position warm for two months until the Indians No. 1 prospect and former first-round pick, Francisco Lindor, was ready to resume his rightful place in the Indians everyday plans next season.
Instead, the consistent playing time has allowed Ramirez to settle in comfortably with the Indians. Not only has his active defense left very few missing Cabrera's limited range (as expected), but his bat has become a consistent source of offense for the Tribe over the last month (not expected).
In 34 games since taking over shortstop full time, Ramirez is batting .282 with six doubles, two triples, a home run and nine RBI. More recently, the 5-foot-9, 165-pounder from the Dominican Republic has three three-hit performances over his last seven games.To read more or comment...
Wednesday night's Indians game against the visiting Twins has been postponed due to inclement weather. It is scheduled to be made up as part of traditional doubleheader Thursday, beginning at 12:05 p.m.
Thursday's pitching match ups are slated to be Indians right-hander Corey Kluber versus Twins right-hander Kyle Gibson in Game One. After a half-hour break, Indians left-hander T.J. House is scheduled to face Twins right-hander Ricky Nolasco in Game Two.
According to the Indians, Wednesday's ticket holders must exchange their tickets for a future game of their choice. Exchanges can be made at the Progressive Field ballpark ticket office beginning at 9 a.m. Thursday.
Wednesday's postponement marks the first time in Progressive Field's 20-year history that the Indians have had to play three traditional double headers. During the 2009 season, there were two.To read more or comment...
Take away a 1/3 of an inning from Trevor Bauer's eight-inning outing Tuesday night against the visiting Minnesota Twins, and the performance would have counted as one of the best of his young career.
Heck, take away four hitters and the game would have been completely different.
Problem is, during that four-batter span coming with two outs in the fourth inning, the right-hander's command deserted him. The result was all four of the Twins runs on four consecutive hits – three of the extra-base variety for a 4-3 victory.
Bauer's momentary lapse was all the window the Twins needed to claim the first games of a three-game set at Progressive Field, as the punchless Indians offense scored two runs early, but only one more in the eighth inning as their late rally came up short.To read more or comment...
The Indians suspended game from Aug.31 against the Kansas City Royals will be picked up Sept. 22 at Progressive Field where it was left off in the bottom of the 10th inning at 6 p.m. Gates will open to the public at 5 p.m.
The Indians hold a 4-2 lead heading into the top of the 10th inning before rain postponed the game. Left-handed reliever Kyle Crockett had just taken the mound to pitch.
The host Royals tied the game with two runs in the ninth inning on an Alex Gordon home run against Indians closer Cody Allen, sending the game into extra innings. But the Tribe retook the lead, 4-2, on pinch-hitter Lonnie Chisenhall's two-out, two-run double.
Both 10th-inning runs were unearned after Royals first baseman Billy Butler fumbled a one-hopper off the bat of Jason Kipnis. Chisenhall followed by driving a 0-2 pitch from closer Greg Holland off the right-field wall to score both runs.To read more or comment...
Here are the starting lineups and pre-game notes for Tuesday night's opening contest of a three-game series between the host Indians and Twins at Progressive Field.
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The Los Angeles Angels look nothing like a club coasting into the playoffs over the final three weeks of the season Monday as they methodically disposed of the Little-Engine-That-Could-Indians during afternoon's make-up game at Progressive Field.
The visitors entered the game that was initially rained out June 18 in Cleveland leading the American League West Division by seven games. Then they quickly showed why they've been so dominating, pummeling an assortment of Tribe pitchers for a combined 16 hits in a 12-3 blowout that was all but over after five innings.
Indians starter Danny Salazar saw his 21-inning scoreless streak come to an end in a big way in his brief 4 2/3-inning outing. The right-hander dished up six runs on eight hits – including two fifth-inning homers that accounted for five of the inning's six runs over 4 2/3. Against the Tribe bullpen the Angels added a pair of runs in the seventh and closed the game with four-run exclamation point that featured two homers by Albert Pujols and Howie Kendrick in the ninth.
"I think I just missed a couple pitches," Salazar said. "I was just leaving everything up. I was doing pretty good going away. I just came inside just a few times. I have to come more inside."To read more or comment...
Here is the Indians press release for next season's schedule:
In conjunction with Major League Baseball, the Cleveland Indians announced the club's 2015 schedule, which begins on the road in Houston Monday, April 6.
The Indians open the home portion of the slate, the team's 114th as a charter member of the American League, on Friday, April 10 vs. the Detroit Tigers.
* Other 2015 schedule highlights include:The Tribe and Reds will play in Cleveland on a weekend for the first time since 2011.
* The Indians will play at Wrigley Field for the first time since 2009 and the Pirates at PNC Park for the first time since 2010.
* The Indians will play at Progressive Field on six weekends from June-August: vs. Baltimore (June 5-7), Tampa Bay (June 19-21), Oakland (July 10-12), Chicago White Sox (July 23-26), Minnesota (August 7-9) and Los Angeles Angels (August 28-30).
Here are this afternoon's lineups for the Indians and Angels make up game Monday at Progressive Field.
CF Michael Bourn
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August Fagerstrom's final thoughts following the Indians' 2-0 victory over the White Sox to complete a three-game sweep:
1.) With Justin Masterson and Danny Salazar's struggles to begin the season, who would have thought the Indians starting pitching would be this good? Here are some mind-boggling statistics that show just how good the Indians starting pitchers have been lately:To read more or comment...
Stephanie Storm's final thoughts on the Indians 3-1 win over the White Sox Saturday led by ace pitcher Corey Kluber's return to form.
1) The numbers were once again Kluber-like Saturday: a complete game, no earned runs, no walks, eight strikeouts and 14 ground outs.
Another more light-hearted indication that after back-to-back sub par outings by Kluber, he ought to be back in the mix for Cy Young Award consideration is that in addition to his stuff, the Klubot's dry humor has also returned. Listen in to this short exchange between Kluber and Tribe pitching coach Mickey Callaway minutes after wrapping up his third complete game of the season.
As the pair made their way through the tunnel that runs from the third-base dugout to the home clubhouse, Kluber looked at Callaway and dead panned: "Man, I'm tired." Stunned that the master of non-emotion would admit such a thing unprompted, Callaway replied: "Really?" Kluber: "Naw, just joking."To read more or comment...
The often offensively-challenged Indians threatened to waste another sterling starting performance by Corey Kluber Saturday night, having scratched out just one run over the first six innings against the visiting Chicago White Sox.
But the Tribe's batsmen held on long enough to outlast Sox starter Jose Quintana to get into the American League's second-worst bullpen, scoring two late runs for their much-deserving ace.
With Kluber back to his usual stingy form after making a mechanical adjustment following back-to-back losses (in which he gave up a combined six runs), it was all the right-hander needed to cruise to a 3-1 victory.
And with the third-place Tribe being the only team in the A.L. Central Division to win Saturday, they pulled to within five games of the division-leading Kansas City Royals and trimmed the deficit behind the second-place Detroit Tigers to three games. Entering Saturday, the Indians trailed the Seattle Mariners by 4 1/2 games for the league's second Wild Card spot.To read more or comment...
Here's tonight's lineups for Saturday's game between the Indians and visiting Chicago White Sox:
CF Michael Bourn
SS Jose RamirezTo read more or comment...
Stephanie Storm's Final thoughts on Tribe Good Guy David Murphy and the Indians American League-leading 11th walk-off victory Friday - a 2-1 victory in 10 innings over the Chicago White Sox.
1) Although Indians outfielder Murphy had been activated from the 15-day disabled list before Friday's series opener against the visiting Chicago White Sox, he was the last guy most people might have expected to deliver a pinch-hit, bases-loaded, game-winning single to centerfield in the bottom of the 10th inning.
Consider this from manager Terry Francona pregame when asked about Murphy's status for Friday: "As long as he's comfortable where he's not hurting himself physically and he thinks he's got a shot to get a hit, I think we're OK."
2) Murphy's teammate Jason Kipnis knows full well this season that most oblique injuries suffered by baseball players don't fully heal until baseball activities have finally halted - in the off season. A month of rehab while on the disabled list (like Murphy) helped his right oblique strain plenty. But he wasn't 100 percent and probably won't before month or two. Some two, three months after Kipnis came back from his late-April oblique strain, he still admitted to being limited.To read more or comment...
The race was on Friday night at Progressive Field, as the Indians not only found themselves looking to outlast the visiting Chicago White Sox in extra innings, but also outrun the eminent threat of a heavy rainstorm rumbling towards Cleveland.
One swing of the bat by David Murphy took care of both problems, as Murphy's walk-off single into shallow center field was enough to snap a 1-1 tie in a game that had been deadlocked since the third inning, handing the Tribe a 2-1 victory some 15 minutes before the rains came pouring down and lightning lit up the sky.
"With all the things we talked about leading up to it, about (Murphy) being a teammate and all the things like that, that was pretty fitting to watch him come through there," Indians manager Terry Francona said.
With the their bats having gone silent since a first-run, the Indians offense was sparked back to life in the bottom of the 10th inning when Yan Gomes led off with triple that banged off the bottom of the left field wall.To read more or comment...
Stephanie Storm's final thoughts on Trevor Bauer's maddening first-inning woes, Victor Martinez's continual paybacks and a Scott Atchison for MVP vote following the Indians 11-4 loss to the Detroit Tigers Thursday at Progressive Field.
1) I know full well that a game decided by seven runs (all coming in the top of the 11th) in extra innings might make the four runs given up by the starting pitcher seem irrelevant in most cases. Thursday's game might have been one of the few instances where it's not. That's because I can't help but wonder what might happen if Trevor Bauer were to begin each of his outings in the second inning.
You know, instead of Bauer starting the game and having a relief pitcher come in so many innings later, perhaps the Indians could start a reliever for an inning and have Bauer's outing begin in the second? Sound a bit extreme? I'm betting that while the Indians brass would never admit it publicly, something to the effect has probably crossed their minds as well at some point this season.
2) Why all this fuss over when Bauer starts? Because first innings are killing Bauer – and the Tribe.To read more or comment...
The Detroit Tigers scored first and they scored last in Thursday's four-game series finale at Progressive Field, each time piling on runs on in bunches.
It was a mere moral victory that the pesky Indians held the explosive lineup scoreless for the nine innings in between. But in the end all that did was delay the inevitable – giving the Tribe time to catch up and play into extra innings, only to lose 11-4 in 11 innings.
It took four hours and 32 minutes, but Detroit's seven-run 11th inning finally did what its four-run first couldn't – squash the Tribe's spirit.
By the time the host came up to bat for the final time in the bottom of the 11th inning, they faced a steep, seven-run deficit and went down quietly as the Tigers won the series three games to one.To read more or comment...
Here are Thursday's starting lineups and pre-game notes for the final game of the four-game series between the host Indians and Tigers at Progressive Field.
CF Michael BournTo read more or comment...
Add concussion-like symptoms to the whiplash that Indians utility man Mike Aviles is suffering from following his ill-advised dive for a ball in right field while trying to make a catch during Monday's loss to the visiting Detroit Tigers.
Aviles banged his head hard on the ground in the first inning during the attempted diving catch, but stayed in the game for two more innings. But by the time he'd misplayed a fly ball in the third inning that led to three runs, Aviles was beginning to display concussion-like symptoms. He exited the game by the fourth inning and was replaced by Tribe newcomer Zach Walters.
Although Aviles initially passed early concussion tests Monday and Tuesday, he was diagnosed with whiplash. By mid-week, team physicians determined more concussion-like symptoms were becoming evident.
"(Aviles is) still a little foggy," Indians manager Terry Francona said Thursday. "He's been coming into the ballpark and getting checked and we've actually been sending him home. Depending on how he feels today will (determine) how long he stays."To read more or comment...
Nineteen final thoughts after a night to remember for Indians right-hander Danny Salazar at Progressive Field.
1. Indians catcher Yan Gomes could tell the effect Salazar's changeup was having on the Tigers' hitters when two-time defending American League MVP Miguel Cabrera struck out in the sixth inning. "He was like, 'Holy crap, what was that?'" Gomes said of Cabrera.
2. What Cabrera saw what Salazar's off-speed pitch becomes when his fastball is sizzling. It was Wednesday, even into the ninth inning, when he was still hitting 97 and 98 on the radar gun.
3. "When he's locating his fastball and attacking like he usually was last year, even a couple times this year, his changeup completely changes," Gomes said. "I don't even think it's a changeup. It's a split-knuckleball thing. It's tough to catch it; it's coming in in the mid-80s with a filthy drop to it."To read more or comment...
Jason Giambi is in the Tribe lineup at designated hitter for the first time since June 11. Recently activated from the 60-day disabled list after suffering left knee inflammation, Giambi pinch-hit on Monday.
The Indians activated Josh Tomlin from the paternity list.
Game: 7:05 p.m. at Progressive Field
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Stephanie Storm's final thoughts on the Indians 4-2 loss to the visiting Detroit Tigers Tuesday that wasted an impressive start by right-handed starting pitcher Carlos Carrasco and another one of the few dwindling opportunities remaining to stay in the post season race.
1) The Tribe may have dropped their second consecutive loss to the Tigers at the start of this four-game series at Progressive Field, but the visitor's victory came late and surprisingly against closer Cody Allen, who dished up a three-run home run to the Tigers Indian killer that is Martinez -J.D. Martinez not only former Tribe catcher Victor Martinez.
2) A cast off that the Houston Astros cut and the Tigers picked up off the scrap heap, J.D. Martinez has pummeled the Tribe lately as much as Victor has had a history of doing since the Indians shipped him to the Boston Red Sox in 200TK.
3) In 11 games versus the Indians to date this season, J.D. Martinez is hitting at a .349 clip with five home runs and 14 RBI. His late-inning heroics Tuesday were eerily reminiscent to his game-tying, ninth-inning longball – once again coming against Allen - nearly four months ago in May.To read more or comment...
Indians starting pitcher Carlos Carrasco sidestepped danger throughout his impressive 5 1/3-inning outing Tuesday.
Veteran relievers Scott Atchison and Bryan Shaw followed Carrasco's lead of walking the tightrope of danger only to escape damage at each turn.
Unfortunately for the Tribe, closer Cody Allen couldn't pull off the same Houdini act when he entered the game charged with further protecting a one-run lead. Instead, J.D. Martinez's three-run home run with one out in the ninth resulted in a 4-2 Tigers victory, as the visitors have claimed the first two games of the important four-game series.
Before Allen's collapse, Carrasco put on a display that showed just how far he's come since the first month of the season. Four months ago, all the foot traffic that littered the bases during Carrasco's start Tuesday would have ended in disaster.To read more or comment...
A mini soap opera episode might be brewing between the division rival Indians and the Detroit Tigers following the Tribe's Labor Day Massacre Monday at Progressive Field.
A day after the visiting Tigers opened the four-game series by crushing the host 12-1 - and chasing Tribe ace Corey Kluber after 2 2/3 innings - a scoring change benefiting the home team was made that shaved three runs off Kluber's original season worst five-run outing.
But what makes the change by official scorer Chad Broski such a big deal is that not only did it make a third-inning hit become an error on Indians right fielder Mike Aviles, it took away a hit away from Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera. Thus, the move is likely to elicit an appeal by Detroit that would send the matter to Joe Torre - Major League Baseball's executive vice president of baseball operations.
For now, Kluber's ERA dropped from 2.72 to 2.58 and Cabrera's batting average dipped to .304. But in the meantime, Aviles passed testing for a possible concussion after making an ill-advised dive for a ball in the first inning Monday. But he didn't escape harm all together.To read more or comment...
Here are today's starting lineups and pre-game notes for the host Indians and Tigers at Progressive Field Tuesday.
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August Fagerstrom's final thoughts following the Indians' 12-1 loss to Detroit in the first game of a four-game home series:
-Corey Kluber didn't have his best stuff on the mound Monday. He didn't have his best stuff in the clubhouse after the game, either. Despite a nearly three-hour cooling off period, Kluber was visibly agitated after the game. After a tense, brief one-minute interview in which he answered no question with more than 15 words, Kluber sarcastically told the media, "Good stuff today, guys."
-Mike Aviles had a rough showing in the field and was removed after the third inning. It wasn't necessarily because of his performance, though. The right fielder slammed his head on the ground while diving for a ball in the first inning and was experiencing concussion-like symptoms. He passed all initial tests and will be re-evaluated Tuesday. When asked if his dizziness played a part in Aviles' second misplay, Indians manager Terry Francona said, "I sure don't think it helped."To read more or comment...
Here are the lineups for the first game of a four-game series between the Indians and the Tigers at Progressive Field:
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Reynolds carries Indians past Astros
HOUSTON -- Mark Reynolds' seventh homer of the season put Cleveland on top in the seventh inning and the Indians held on for a 5-4 win over the Houston Astros on Sunday.
The home run by Reynolds, who also homered in Cleveland's 19-6 win Saturday, was one of four solo homers for the Indians, who took two of three in the series.
Carlos Santana, Drew Stubbs and Yan Gomes also added home runs for the Indians.
The game was tied at 4 in the seventh inning before the two-out full-count homer to left-center by Reynolds off Hector Ambriz (0-1). Fernando Martinez hit a two-run homer in the first inning for Houston in his 2013 debut.
Cody Allen (1-0) got the final out of the sixth and Chris Perez pitched a scoreless ninth for his second save in three chances.
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Escort robbed at Colonie Motel
Early Friday morning, two armed men burst into a woman's room at the Super 8 Motel on Central Avenue and demanded cash, Town of Colonie police said.
It happened at 1:26 a.m. and police say one of the men had a small, silver handgun and wound up taking the woman's cell phone, a handbag and barber-style clippers. Police say the men got in a small silver SUV and took off eastbound on Central Ave. The vehicle was described as having a tire with a hard cover mounted on the back. No one was injured in the incident.
The victim had advertised herself as an escort on Backpage.com and answered the door for one the suspects believing that he was a customer. That's when the both forced their way in, police said.
Suspect 1: Hispanic Male - 5'10", 175 pounds, Facial hair on Chin
Clothing: Red baseball hat, tan vest, white & red camouflage pants, red and white Nike sneakers
Suspect 2: Black Male - 5'7" – 5'10", 170 pounds, clean shaven
Clothing: Black hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans, and black Nike sneakers
Weapon: Displayed what appeared to be a small silver handgun
Suspect Vehicle: Small Silver SUV – spare tire with a hard cover mounted to rear
Anyone with information regarding the incident is asked to contact the Colonie Police Department at 518-783-2744.


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WE WANT YOU TO VOTE in the CSUN Student Government Senate Election! CSUN has a $1 million dollar budget each year to provide services, events and programs to the undergraduate students at UNLV, and the Senators are elected to decide how that money is spent. Make sure to meet the candidates by visiting the CSUN 2013 Election webpage, and vote at any one of our 11 on-campus locations or via MyUNLV through the Student Involvement Center.
- On-campus locations are open on October 2 & 3 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
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Pidgin 2.4.2
Was ist die FileHippo-Sicherheitsgarantie?
Wir wissen, wie wichtig es ist, online geschützt zu sein, deshalb nutzt FileHippo Virenscantechnologie von Avira, um sicherzustellen, dass alle Downloads auf FileHippo frei von Schadsoftware sind. Das Programm, das sie gerade herunterladen wollen, kann ohne Bedenken auf Ihrem Gerät installiert werden.
Sadrul: We added some usability changes in this release, including the
typing notification, buddyicon and input area size in the conversation
windows, escape to close conversation windows etc. These changes should
make pidgin more usable and more fun for Everyone! *wink*
Stu: I fixed some memory leaks, but nothing like as many as Daniel did.
MSN buddy list synchronization should be significantly less painful now,
and opening MSN inboxes might work better too. SILC passphrase changes
and support for passphrase-less keys has been improved also.
* In MySpaceIM, messages from spambots are discarded (Justin Williams)
* Strip mIRC formatting codes from quit and part messages.
* IRC now displays ban lists in-channel for joined channels.
* Fixed a bug where the list of loaded plugins would get removed when
switching between different operating systems.
* Fix reception of IRC PART without a part message on Undernet
(fixes a problem with litter in the channel user list).
* IRC no longer crashes on /list on servers which erroneously omit
* Update the NetworkManager support to use D-Bus directly, instead of
libnm-glib. Hopefully it's stable now. It will now compile by
default if you have D-Bus support and NetworkManager.h. (Elliott
Sales de Andrade)
* MSN buddy list synchronization is now more forgiving, only asking
about buddies who have disappeared completely from the server list
and not those that have simply moved groups.
* IRC will now try to append 1-9 to your nick if it is in use, instead
of substituting the last character with 1-9 where possible.
* Bonjour buddies will be saved persistently if they're moved out of
the "Bonjour" group. (Eion Robb)
* The typing notification in the conversation history can be disabled or
customized (font, color etc.) in .gtkrc-2.0.
* Added a plugin (not installed by default) which adds a Send button
back to the conversation window. People without physical keyboards
have a hard time with the lack of the button.
* Clicking on the buddyicon in the conversation window toggles the
size of the icon between small and large.
* The settings of a chat (e.g. Handle in an XMPP chat, or Exchange in
an AIM chat) can be edited from its context menu in the buddy list.
* Add a "Present conversation window" preference to the Message
Notification plugin; the "Raise conversation window" option does not
unminimize windows or draw attention to them when they are on other
workspaces--the "Present" option should.
* Add a preference to set Escape as the keyboard shortcut for closing
the conversation window.
* Add an option in the context menu to disable smileys in the selected
text in the conversation history/log viewer. This should help people
who regularly paste code in conversations.
* Add a preference to choose the minimum size of the text input area in
* Moved the "Local alias" field in the Modify Account dialog to be below
the "User Options" heading on the "Basic" tab.
* Number of room occupants is now shown in chat tooltips where possible
* The configure script now dies on more absent dependencies. The
--disable-xxx arguments to configure can be used to bypass unneeded
dependencies. This will also cause the configure script to die if an
--enable-xxx option is used and the dependencies it requires are
* The Evolution integration plugin must now be explicitly enabled. Use
the --enable-gevolution argument to configure to enable it.
* The Contact Availability Prediction plugin must now be explicitly
enabled. Use the --enable-cap argument to configure to enable it.
* New default binding ctrl+x to open context menus.
* Menu triggers and other bindings will no longer conflict.
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Panasonic Corporation of Japan will broadcast an upcoming annular solar eclipse live to the world from the summit of Mt Fuji using only solar power. The project, entitled "Eclipse live from Fujiyama by solar power" on May 20 seeks to highlMore…
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A total solar eclipse began its flight on Wednesday across a narrow swathe of Asia, where hundreds of millions of people watched the skies darken despite thick summer clouds. The longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century was visibleMore…


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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, upon application in writing, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to issue to Tom Eagleman, of Pierre, South Dakota, a patent in fee to the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter and the south half of the southwest quarter of section 25 and lot 3 of the southeast quarter of section 26, all in township 108, range 73 west, of the fifth principal meridian, South Dakota: Provided, That when the land herein described is offered for sale, the Crow Creek Sioux and the Lower Brule Sioux Tribes or any Indian who is a member of said tribes shall have ninety days in which to execute preferential rights to purchase said tract at a price offered to the seller by a prospective buyer willing and able to purchase.
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Aquifers are a critical part of the water cycle. Rainwater that falls on land can (1) evaporate, (2) be taken up by plants, (3) run off into streams, or (4) seep underground through soil, sediment, and rocks. The fraction of the water that moves into the groundwater is called recharge. Rock or sediment that stores and transports water underground in amounts and quality sufficient to be useful to humans is called an aquifer.
Water is stored in spaces within the sediment or rock that are called pores. Pores range from microscopic spaces between mineral grains, to fractures, to caves. Below the water table, most pores in a rock are filled with water, so this rock is described as saturated. The aquifer property that lets water move through connected pores is known as permeability. Gravel, sand, and sandstone are sediment and rock types that are commonly very permeable. Clay and shale are examples of sediments and rocks having small or poorly connected pores through which water does not move easily. The permeability of limestone and igneous rocks depends on the geologic history of the rock.
Water in an aquifer is not stagnant but instead moves under pressure. It enters the aquifer at the surface in the recharge zone. Water leaves the aquifer at discharge areas. These can be springs or wells or areas along the bed of a river or along the coast. The flow path from the recharge area to the discharge area can be short and simple, or it can be hundreds of miles long and take fresh water to depths of several thousand feet before bringing it back to the surface. Some parts of the flow path have a low-permeability layer above the aquifer, which is called the confined part of the aquifer. When a well is drilled into a confined aquifer, pressure in the aquifer will make water rise in the well. If pressure in the confined aquifer makes the water in the well rise above the land surface, the well is a flowing artesian well. Water is pumped from wells for irrigation, city and home water supplies, manufacturing, and mining activities.
Groundwater dissolves or chemically interacts with minerals in the rock. What we call fresh water contains less than 1,000 milligrams of dissolved material in each liter of water. In a limestone aquifer, water dissolves some of the mineral calcite, which gives water the taste and poor lathering properties of hard water. At greater depths and in less-permeable rocks, water becomes increasingly salty. It also becomes saline where it comes in contact with salt deposits and where, in arid areas, evaporation of groundwater concentrates dissolved minerals.
People can alter the natural system. If water removed from the aquifer exceeds the water replaced by recharge, springs may dry up, salt water may move into an area that previously had fresh water, or the ground surface may subside, increasing the risk of flooding. Spilling or misuse of materials such as salt water, oil, chemicals, pesticide, or fertilizer can contaminate groundwater.
Texas gets more than half its water supply, more than 2.5 trillion gallons, from aquifers. Because each aquifer system in Texas is unique, this map captures only the general distribution of major and some minor aquifers. The nine major aquifers in Texas supply more than 90 percent of the state's groundwater.
Some of the most productive aquifers in the state are in relatively young (to 1.6 million years [m.y.]old) sediments deposited by streams and are known as alluvial aquifers. The Brazos River alluvium aquifer, for example, was formed when sand, gravel, silt, and clay were deposited in the floodplain and channel of the ancient Brazos River. Alluvial aquifers along many Texas rivers are used for domestic water supply and for irrigation. Because they are shallow and composed of permeable sediments, alluvial aquifers are susceptible to contamination. Natural and human sources of salinity have reduced the water quality in some alluvial aquifers, such as the Lipan aquifer.
Another group of aquifers are formed in deposits associated with rivers that flowed during the Cenozoic (as much as 65 mya). The Seymour aquifer is hosted by sand and gravel deposits of ancient east-flowing rivers. Its age is indicated by the valleys that modern rivers have cut into these deposits. Sand dunes as well as river sediment contributed to the Pecos River alluvium, and older rocks (Rustler) beneath the Pecos alluvium exchange water with it. The most prolific aquifer in Texas, the Ogallala aquifer of the Southern High Plains, is Cenozoic sands and gravels that were also deposited in a river-system complex. This aquifer is recharged from small playa lakes on the High Plains surface and is used heavily for irrigation. Water can flow between the Ogallala aquifer and underlying aquifers. Thousands of feet of sand, silt, and gravel deposits fill intermontane basins of West Texas known as bolsons. Each bolson has a distinct sequence of sedimentary fill and its own water balance. Because recharge and basin size are limited, water conservation is critical in these desert areas.
Also during the Cenozoic, rivers carried gravel, sand, and clay toward the Gulf of Mexico and deposited them in coastal-plain, beach, and marine environments. The Gulf Coast aquifer is a composite of several geologic formations composed of layers of sand and clay. In some areas, the water in the Gulf Coast aquifer can move easily from sand unit to sand unit; in others, the clay layers confine the water, and each sand unit acts as a separate aquifer. Names given to some of these partly separated aquifers are Catahoula, Jasper, Evangeline, and Chicot. In some areas heavy pumpage of the aquifer has had harmful effects, such as subsidence of the land surface and intrusion of saline water into the aquifer. Deep wells may tap several aquifers.
On the upper coastal plain an older Cenozoic sequence of coastal-plain sands, gravels, and clay hosts the Carrizo-Wilcox, Queen City, Sparta, and Yegua-Jackson aquifers. In most areas these aquifers are separated by clay-rich confining layers. Water enters these aquifers where sandstones crop out at the surface and moves down the aquifer into the subsurface, where it is pumped from wells. In some areas, water has reacted with low-grade coals (called lignite) or with iron-rich sediments and is of poor quality. The Carrizo-Wilcox aquifer is used heavily for irrigation in the southwest Texas Winter Garden area.
A band of rocks of Cretaceous age (140 to 65 m.y. old) hosts aquifers across the middle of the state. The fossiliferous Edwards limestone is one of the most dynamic aquifers in the country. Where Hill Country creeks and rivers cross the outcrops of the Edwards limestone, water is captured by caves and fractures, flows to depths as great as 3,000 feet through Edwards limestone layers, and discharges at some of the famous springs of Central Texas. But conflict between agricultural and urban pumpers and ecosystems dependent on springflow arises during drought. Cretaceous sandstone aquifers include the Trinity, Woodbine, Nacatoch, and Blossom. On the Edwards Plateau, limestones and sandstones are considered as one aquifer, the Edwards-Trinity, which is in hydrologic connection with over- and underlying Ogallala, Pecos River alluvium, and Dockum aquifers.
Small aquifers are important where water resources are scarce. The Capitan Reef Complex and Bone Spring-Victorio Peak of West Texas, for example, are limestone aquifers that are recharged in mountain areas. The Blaine aquifer, hosted by interbedded limestone, sandstone, and gypsum beds, is locally saline. The Hickory, Marble Falls, and Ellenburger-San Saba are minor aquifers around the Llano Uplift. These very old rocks (430 to 550 m.y.) lie on top of even older igneous and metamorphic rocks that are generally not porous or permeable enough to serve as aquifers. Fractured igneous rocks (for example, basalts and tuffs) and associated alluvial deposits are used for water resources in sparsely populated and arid areas of Trans-Pecos Texas. Similarly, fractured, folded, and slightly metamorphosed rocks and overlying alluvium are minor aquifers in the Marathon area.
Data from:
Ashworth, J. B., and Hopkins, Janie, 1995, Aquifers of Texas: Texas Water Development Board, Report 345, 69 p.
Brune, Gunnar, 1975, Major and historical springs of Texas: Texas Department of Water Resources, Report 189, 94 p.
Ryder, P. D., 1996, Segment 4, Oklahoma, Texas, in Groundwater atlas of the United States: Reston, VA, U.S. Geological Survey, 30 p.
Texas Natural Resources Information System, http://www.tnris.state.tx.us/
—Text by Susan D. Hovorka and Alan R. Button
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An overview of the stories making the French and international newspaper headlines. From Monday to Friday live at 7.20 am and 9.20 am Paris time.
2017-07-21 Malaysia
'Too sexy for Malaysia': Hit single 'Despacito' stirs controversy
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2017-07-21 Emmanuel Macron
Is this the end of Emmanuel Macron's honeymoon period?
IN THE FRENCH PAPERS, Fri. 21.07.17: Emmanuel Macron faces criticism after the resignation of France's top general. Right-wing daily Le Figaro says the French president appears...
2017-07-20 OJ Simpson
From footballer to inmate: Will OJ Simpson be released?
IN THE WORLD PAPERS - Thursday, July 20: In the United States, OJ Simpson faces a parole board and could be freed as early as October. Also, Donald Trump decides to end a CIA...
2017-07-20 Emmanuel Macron
Macron and the military: Has power gone to his head?
IN THE FRENCH PAPERS - Thursday, July 20: We look at reactions to the very public spat between French President Emmanuel Macron and Pierre de Villiers, the head of the military,...
2017-07-19 Donald Trump
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(Excerpt from Mr. Adnan Oktar's Live Interview dated September 29, 2010)
"As for those who make Allah their friend, and His Messenger and those who believe: it is the party of Allah who are victorious!" "You who believe! do not take as friends any of those given the Book before you or the disbelief who make a mockery and a game out of your religion. Have fear of Allah if you are believers." (Surat al-Ma'ida, 56)
We must take Allah, the Prophet (saas) and believers as our friends. Hezb'Allah (Party of Allah) are supporters of Allah. They are Muslims who support Allah. It is they who will be victorious. The abjad value is 2027. For example, someone is a Jew or a Christian and mocks Islam, may Allah forbid. He attacks Islam, the religion. Do not take those people as your friends, or give them sovereignty or governance. They must not be in charge of you. You must keep your distance from them. You cannot make them your governors.


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Cancer is a disease in which cells grow in an abnormal way. Normally, the cells divide in a controlled manner. If cells keep dividing when new cells are not needed, a mass of tissue called a tumor forms.
A tumor can be benign or malignant. A benign tumor is not cancer and will not spread to other parts of the body. A malignant tumor is cancer. Cancer cells invade and damage tissue around them. They can also enter the lymph and blood streams, spreading to other parts of the body. Pancreatic cancer is the development of malignant cells in the pancreas.
Normal Anatomy and the Development of Pancreatic Cancer
The pancreas is an organ located behind and to the right of the stomach, near the liver, gallbladder, and intestine.
Sections of the pancreas:
- Head—on the right side, closest to the first part of the small intestine
- Body—in the middle, located behind the stomach
- Tail—on the left side, closest to the spleen
The pancreas is made up of endocrine and exocrine cells. Each cell type has a different function. The endocrine, or islet cells, produce a number of different chemicals called hormones that enter the bloodstream and travel to other areas of the body to exert their effects. For example, the islet cells of the pancreas produce insulin, which breaks down and uses or stores sugars from food.
The exocrine cells of the pancreas produce digestive juices that travel through a system of tubes called ducts into the first section of the small intestine. These digestive juices contain enzymes that help process fat, protein, and carbohydrates in food, breaking them down into smaller units for better use by the body. The pancreas plays a crucial role in the body's ability to process food, making it able to generate and use energy.
Pancreatic cancer greatly interferes with these functions, by damaging and destroying normal cells within the pancreas. Cancer of the exocrine cells occurs much more frequently than cancer of the islet cells of the pancreas. In fact, about 95% of all pancreatic cancers are within the exocrine system. This report covers aspects of this more common form of pancreatic cancer, called adenocarcinoma.
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Cittasanto wrote:Annapurna wrote:Oh my goodness, Cittasanto, that is a challenge...
Wouldn't you say that you are getting "mobbed"...?
Have you talked to the boss about it...?
Do you have a works council, or ombudsman or something?
May I ask what their nationality is? Religion? Perhaps there is a key hidden in the differences...
I'm sorry if I missed something in your previous descriptions, -this is not my Native tongue.
Hope you are feeling a bit better!
I am feeling fine! Although as this situation is naturally on my mind things are linking together and it is tiring to separate the facts from the proliferations constantly.
The Bosses are aware of the situation that happened, and I am going to point some things out to them today.
I edited the last post removing the further descriptions. even though I do not feel they are wrong, it is just to stay on the safe side.
Cittasanto, I hope it will get better for you then!
Tell us how it went, please.


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Fox Business Complains Children Receiving Food Assistance Participate In "Entitlement Culture"
Fox Business figures complained that an increased number of children receiving food assistance is evidence that they are part of an "entitlement culture" and attacked President Obama for allowing the food stamp program to expand in order to accommodate more children.
Fox Business' Varney & Co. devoted several segments to reports that one-quarter of children are now enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Fox Business anchor Nicole Petallides claimed that while children should receive meals at public school, "we are raising a group of entitlement nation children. I know as a parent, I go out of my way to teach our children how they have to earn each dollar." Fox News anchor John Stossell agreed, saying that expanding SNAP "encourage[s] the handouts" because "once you give away free stuff, people always want more."
In a later segment, Fox Business contributor Jedediah Bila claimed more children on SNAP is an indication that America "is becoming an entitlement culture" and warned that children receiving food assistance are "going to be entering a job market and in their mind are going to have this sense of entitlement coming along with them." Fox Business contributor Charles Payne agreed, saying people could "grow up and never even tap some of the potential that they have" because "if you make poverty too comfortable, people can't escape it."
Fox Business' attacks on children enrolled in SNAP come as childhood hunger reaches record levels as a result of the economic downturn. According to Feeding America [1], "16.7 million children lived in food insecure households in 2011." In 36 states, more than 20% of children lived in households without access to sufficient nutrition.
In addition, SNAP does not "make poverty too comfortable." The Food Research and Action Center pointed out [2] that the average SNAP benefit often does not provide enough assistance to feed a family for an entire month:
While the average food stamp benefit is approximately $3 per day, depending on income and situation, some households qualify for the maximum benefit, while others get as little as $10 a month. After paying for housing, energy and health care expenses, many low-income households have little or no money remaining to spend on food without food stamp benefits. In addition, most food stamp households report that their food stamp benefits do not last the entire month and many are forced to turn to food pantries and soup kitchens.
SNAP also does not keep people in poverty. The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities noted [3] that in 2011, the program kept nearly 5 million people out of poverty, including more than 2 million children:
A study by the Department of Agriculture found [4] that SNAP decreased both the prevalence and severity of poverty, and its antipoverty effect was even stronger for children:
We found an average decline of 4.4 percent in the prevalence of poverty due to SNAP benefits, while the average decline in the depth and severity of poverty was 10.3 and 13.2 percent, respectively. SNAP benefits had a particularly strong effect on child poverty, reducing its depth by an average of 15.5 percent and its severity by an average of 21.3 percent from 2000 to 2009.
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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 22/2/2013 (1613 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
NEW YORK -- Nancy Zwiers was genuinely psyched to see Lincoln, but something happened between the ticket purchase and the credits. Off screen, that is.
"Yes, I fell asleep," confessed the 54-year-old marketing executive in Long Beach, Calif. "I only have two clear memories of the movie: a bunch of old white guys sitting around talking and Sally Field in a perpetual state of angst."
That was shortly after its release in October. Fast forward to January and a dozen Academy Award nominations for the 150-minute epic and another accolade has emerged: nap worthy, with and without apologies from the snoozy to Steven Spielberg and Daniel Day-Lewis.
Movie napping is almost certainly as old as cinema itself. It strikes the overtired and the well-rested, film nuts and occasional theatregoers. Some blame it on soporific popcorn. Others on the enveloping darkness and a comfy seat. The theatre is too hot. The theatre is too cold, too crowded, not crowded enough...
Any which way, cinematic snoozing seems near epidemic proportions this awards season with buzz plus ZZZs for Lincoln, the 157-minute sung Les Miserables, the 169-minute The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and others cited as good for a snore, but not always due to extra minutes.
Forget the theory that movie watchers of a certain age are more heavily afflicted.
"I don't realize I do it and I wake up 20 minutes later and then everyone's, like, 'You were asleep,'" said Rose Liu, 31, a program manager for a Los Angeles non-profit. "I snore and then it's embarrassing, but I really can't control it. I wake up and I'm re-energized!"
Liu has movie dozed on dates and out with friends, some of whom have nudged her awake at the request of strangers sitting nearby.
She, too, was done-in by Lincoln. She's not a fan, but she also caught some shut-eye during the two-hour Argo, which she liked. A power napper in regular life and a moviegoer about once a month, Liu acknowledged it would make sense to avoid late screenings, but that's usually not possible.
Lay watchers aren't alone. Professional movie-watchers fall victim, too.
One entertainment writer, who asked -- for obvious reasons -- that his name not be used, once fell asleep at an intimate screening for the 1994 satire Pret-a-Porter, sitting right next to the director, Robert Altman. And not just a few winks but a 45-minute power nap about 10 minutes in.
"I don't think he noticed," the writer said with a laugh.
Count psychologist Jennifer Thomas, 43, in Greensboro, N.C., as a nap person outside of theatres and in. With four kids at home, she watches a lot on Netflix but gets out to the theatre about once every three months.
Thomas decided to take in Life of Pi in 3D on the recommendation of friends who enjoyed the book. In a rare moment of parenthood, Thomas was alone -- in the dark, in a cushy seat.
"It was somewhere with the boat and the water and the lion, and they had settled into the story, and I just had this feeling that, 'I'm just going to listen to the movie for a while and I'm just going to close my eyes,'" she recalled of her 15-minute break from the largely symbolic action.
Who among us hasn't been there, at least once?
Collin Roberts of Manhattan has seen four of the nine films nominated for a best picture Oscar: Argo, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Life of Pi and Lincoln, the latter definitely not her thing but a favour to her husband.
"The soliloquies started. That was something I didn't know about Lincoln, his tendency to give long-winded speeches at inappropriate times. The elderly lady next to me fell asleep and started snoring softly. And before I knew it, I was nodding off, too," she said.
Entertainment Weekly has dubbed this the most thrilling race for Oscar in years, but the length of some contenders has earned attention. Over at Saturday Night Live, a recent skit suggests the next two Hobbit movies morph into 18 instead, including The Elf Queen Tries to Pick an Outfit.
The writers at SNL included this mock review from film critic Peter Travers: "I fell asleep for 45 minutes and when I woke up the dwarfs were assembling an IKEA dresser."
-- The Associated Press


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Long Hooded Cape Crochet Pattern
Keep yourself in stylish warmth during the cold winter months with this one-size-fits-most cape.
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November 11, 2015
Love it! The instructions were clear and easy to follow. I made it a little longer, but otherwise, I follow the instructions.
November 9, 2015
I made this cape using Red Heart yarn in black and made it longer to reach my knees and edged the arm slits with the edging around the cape. I love it. It's so warm.
August 19, 2015
I made the cape using Red Heart yarn in an off white. The pattern went faster than I thought it would. I didn't like the armhole slits. I thought they were too plain so I did a single crochet on one side and on what would be the top side, I used the edging pattern that went around the cape. I love how it looks and feels. I am on the short side so the length was just fine. I plan on make one for my daughter for Christmas in another color.
February 26, 2015
Just got this pattern and can't wait to make it. Question, how can I make this for a child that wears size 10/12? I'd like to make one for my niece. Thanks in advance!
January 13, 2015
I ordered the recommended yarn and I love the feel of it but how do I join the skeins? If is so slippery that the knots do not stay tight. Is there a trick to joining this yarn or fabric glue that can be used to hold the join?