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2009-05-06 / Columnists
Pets, Pets, Pets
May 30th "Parallel" Pet Event: -Microchip Clinic at the Last Hope Dog Walk One third of all pets will go missing in their lifetimes. A lost pet cannot recite his address or phone number. However, a microchip can do this for him. On May 30th for only $25 each, you can microchip and register all your dogs and cats with Bayer resQ™ chips. Save the date. This small investment of time and money may one day save your pet. As community outreach Last Hope Animal Rescue will be hosting a low cost MicrochipClinic again during our annual Dog Walk at Wantagh Park. On Sat. May 30th (rain date June 6th) from 1 pm to 5 pm we will be working together with the Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter to bring this money saving pet protection opportunity to the public.
No appointment is necessary, and pets are welcome at the microchip clinic even if they are not staying for the Dog Walk. Chip and go! We will be set up north of the marina, by the dog runs. The dogs will be implanted under the shelter tent, and as an extra precaution, cats will be brought inside the shelter van. All pets are scanned first to make sure they don't already have a chip. You'd be surprised how many owners don't even know. (Hempstead Shelter is quite familiar with the benefits of Bayer technology because every dog and cat adopted from their shelter now leaves with a free resQ™ chip.)
Microchips, when registered properly, are a microscopic marvel. A transponder the size of a grain of rice can be a pet's ticket back home. Thechip is not a GPS, but does have a unique serial number that can be read using a radio frequency scanner. A phone call to the toll free 24/7 registry gives all info needed to reunite the pet with his owner.
Locally we've had some amazing microchip recoveries. Last June a Jack Russell appeared in N. Amityville. Babylon Shelter found a chip that traced him to Atlanta 930 miles away. The feisty pup had vanished from a pet sitter 6 months before. We flew him home. AirTran picked up the tab. A Westie at Babylon Shelter went back to an original owner who had lost him 2 years before, while Team Vivi found "Bugsy" a missing NYC dog a year later in a Rhode Island shelter. Further away a British SPCA rescued an injured cat last month with a microchip that IDed him as Kofi, who had gone missing in 2005. The fugitive feline is home sweet home after 3 ½ years.
Only shelters and veterinarians have scanners. Municipal shelters are supposed to scan all dogs and cats, yes, cats too, on intake. (I can't stress the following enough- all LI found dogs belong in the town shelter, at least temporarily, to give owners the best chance of getting their dogs back. Misguided zealots are telling folks that a post on Craig's List is sufficient; wait a few days and then either keep the dog or give him away. Nothing could be further from the truth. Use this as your ethics barometer: What if the lost dog were your dog?) We are working on getting all the LI shelters to scan DOA animals also to give distraught owners closure.
Chips come in a single-use syringe, slightly larger than a vaccine needle. At the Last Hope clinic veterinary personnel insert the chips between the shoulder blades. It's over in a jiffy. We start the lifetime registration process and then give you the paperwork to fine tune your information from home. Bayer provides a light blue collar tag that pets wear to note they are chipped. Even if the collar comes off, the implanted chip lasts about 25 years, sadly longer than any of our beloved pets.
Previously HomeAgain and AVID dominated the US microchip market. Bayer Animal Health Care, also the maker of Advantage® and Advantix®, debuted their resQ™ tracking system in 2007, claiming 3 advancements over their competitors: a scanner that reads all brands of microchips tested; ISO compliant microchips for pets (International Organization for Standardization- agreed upon by 140+ countries including the US but in typical American fashion we do not always use what we agree upon which reminds me of the many 3rd grade classes I brow beat with metric conversions for a measurement change that never materialized); plus registration and access to a database at no cost. Bayer's registration and updates (www.petlink.net) are always free; the other 2 companies charge a fee at times absorbed by a low cost clinic.
Bayer seems to have the most sensitive scanner. I spoke to Dr. Silene Young, Bayer's product manager, who explained the 3 types of scanners. Frequency specific scanners (125kHz) may only pick up their own brand; a universal scanner is a misnomer because it only reads US chips, it may not read a number, but merely detects the presence of a chip; while an ISO compliant scanner like the resQ™ device reads all chips including 134.2kHz used by Europe, Japan, and Bayer. A third party test confirmed that the resQ™ reader read 200 out 200 encrypted AVIDs, 50 out of 50 unencrypted AVIDs and 100 out of 100 Home Agains.
Most shelters have a collection of scanners. I did an experiment. My dogs have Home Agains. I borrowed Babylon Shelter's resQ™ reader and tested it on my 3 pups and a Last Hope Dachshund. All the chips came up. I was impressed, and if nothing else, learned to use all the scanners at the shelter several times before determining a stray does not have a chip.
Enough techno talk. Unlike your kids, pets can't negotiate a cell phone or a beeper, but they can sport a microchip for an extra level of ID protection and definitive proof of ownership. Got chips? If the answer is no, come to the Last Hope Clinic on May 30th. Call 631-661-614 for more details. Those pups and people wanting to stay for the party, visit www.lasthopehopeanimalrescue.org to learn more about the Dog Walk fun and frolic. Sorry, kitties, you must chip and go!
Our poster pets at Babylon Town Shelter (643-9270) Lamar St. W. Babylon were guests at the Town Hall "Earth Day" last Sat. but rainy weather kept the crowds ( and possible homes) away. "Amelia" the happy Pit mix in Cage 27 looked smashing in her ADOPT ME vest while "Phantom" the friendly tuxedo (lobby cage) was a perfect gentleman. "Harvey" the red Shepherd in Cage 15 was also a great ambassador for the shelter's dogs. Other Fabulous Felines: "Katie"-lobby calico; sedate "Smudge" C-3; paintbrush marked "Shirley" C-9"; "Pudge"- tortie declaw C-3. Dandy Dogs: blonde Chow Cage 16; "Tyra"-Rottie mix Cage 42.


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LA Galaxy academy Update
LA Galaxy Academy U-18's set to battle Chivas Guadalajara in final match of Dr. Pepper Dallas Cup group play
CARSON, Calif. (Tuesday, April 15, 2014) – The LA Galaxy Academy Under-18's will take on Chivas Guadalajara of Mexico as they conclude Bracket B play in the Dr. Pepper Dallas Cup on Wednesday, April 16 at the Cotton Bowl at 3:00 p.m. PT. The match will be broadcasted on Time Warner Cable Deportes at 8:30 p.m. PT.
The LA Galaxy U-18's dropped a 2-0 loss to the Fluminense U-20's on Monday morning as forward Matheus Alessandro and midfielder Ikaro each scored to give the Brazilian side the victory.
With the loss, the Galaxy U-18's sit in third place of Bracket B in the Gordon Jago Super Group with one point and will need a win against Chivas if they hope to advance to the semifinal round. The groups and standings can be found here.
LA Galaxy Homegrown Players Jack McBean, Bradford Jamieson IV and Oscar Sorto led the Galaxy U-18's in the team's hard-fought 1-1 draw against the RSC Anderlecht U-19 side on Sunday morning in their first game of the Dr. Pepper Dallas Cup. Jamieson IV scored his team's lone goal off a McBean assist at the 25th minute of the match as the Galaxy U-18's took their first point of the tournament.
Sunday, April 13 – LA Galaxy Academy U-18 1-1 Anderlecht (BEL)
Monday, April 14 – LA Galaxy Academy U-18 0-2 Fluminense (BRA)
Wednesday, April 16 vs. Chivas Guadalajara (MEX) – 3:00 p.m. PT at the Cotton Bowl
LA GALAXY ACADEMY U-16 FALL 2-0 TO STOKE CITY: The LA Galaxy U-16's fell 2-0 to Stoke City in the first game played by a foreign club in Generation adidas Cup history on Monday afternoon. After a scoreless first half, Stoke City defender Lewis Banks capitalized on a loose ball following a corner kick in the 37th minute, striking a left-footed shot into the back of the net from the top of the penalty area. Banks then helped Stoke put the game away in the 62nd minute with a goal from forward Charles Weston-Hayles. The Galaxy U-16's return to action on today when they face Toronto FC at Toyota Soccer Center's Field 8 at 2 p.m. PT. The U-16's will then face the Real Salt Lake-Arizona Academy U-17's on Thursday, April 16 at 6 p.m. on Field 8.
LA Galaxy Academy U-16 Lineup against Stoke City: Bennett Sneddon, Michael Lopez, Brian O'Hara, Elan Koenig (Christian Onalfo 35'), Alex Ramos, Chris Segovia (Johnathan Ramirez 53'), Juan Orozco, Rey Ortiz, Adrian Vera, Jorge Ruiz, Dylan Smith (Ethan Zubak 53').
Monday, April 14 LA Galaxy Academy U-18 0-2 Stoke City (ENG)
Tuesday, April 15 vs. Toronto FC – 2 p.m. PT – Toyota Soccer Center's Field 8
Thursday, April 17 vs. RSL – 4 p.m. – Toyota Soccer Center's Field 8

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Loyola press release - January 9, 2012
Loyola University New Orleans will once again play host to several young aspiring operatic stars as they compete for the chance to perform on one of the world's most prestigious stages at the Metropolitan Opera National Council District and Regional Auditions on Jan. 14 and 15 in Louis J. Roussel Performance Hall, located in the Communications/Music Complex on Loyola's main campus. The winner of the regional auditions will advance to the national semi-final round, held in March on the Metropolitan Opera Stage in New York City.
The district auditions, which are free and open to the public, begin Saturday, Jan. 14 at 10:30 a.m., and regional auditions are scheduled for Sunday, Jan. 15 at 1:30 p.m. General admission to the regional auditions is $10, and free for students and members of Amici, the volunteer support group for the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. Anyone who joins Amici at the event on Sunday will also receive free admission to the auditions and be invited to the post-audition reception.
Greg Henkel, director of artistic administration for the San Francisco Opera, will serve as the National Council's official judge at the auditions. Additional judges include University of Kentucky School of Music voice professor Cliff Jackson; Thomas Muraco, vocal coach for the Manhattan School of Music and Opera San Jose; and former Loyola University New Orleans Board of Trustees member and Loyola College of Music and Fine Arts alumnus Anthony Laciura '74, a retired Metropolitan Opera singer who currently stars on the critically-acclaimed HBO series "Boardwalk Empire." Melissa Wegner, associate director of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, will also be in attendance.
The Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions is a program designed to discover promising young opera singers and assist in the development of their careers. The auditions are held annually in 14 regions of the United States and Canada. There are 42 districts within these regions, each providing an opportunity for talented singers to enter the auditions program at the local level.
Many of the world's foremost singers, including Renée Fleming, Susan Graham, Thomas Hampson, Ben Heppner, Jessye Norman, Samuel Ramey, Frederica von Stade, Deborah Voigt and Dolora Zajick have received awards from the National Council. Annually, approximately 100 former contestants appear in Metropolitan Opera productions.
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Police: Man stole because he wanted to be arrested
WESTFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Westfield police have arrested a man they say stole a pack of cigarettes because he wanted to go back to jail.
Officers responded to a convenience store Tuesday night where a clerk told them a man asked for the cigarettes, and then walked out without paying.
The Westfield News reports that when the clerk warned the man he would call police unless he paid, the suspect said "Go ahead."
Police found the man, 40-year-old John Skowron Kirwan of Springfield, at a nearby bus stop.
When an officer asked the suspect if he attempted to steal the cigarettes, the man replied: "I didn't attempt to steal them. I stole them."
Police say Kirwan told them he was on probation and wanted to go back to jail. He was arrested for shoplifting.
Information from: The Westfield (Mass.) News, http://thewestfieldnews.com


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STX Need a couple things.... HELP me find them please :D
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I need to find nitrate/phosphate free bacon. I've tried Annaly and theres no local bacon its just the prepackaged stuff. Maybe I am asking for too much but I was always able to get it in STT at gourmet gallery. I don't care what it costs. Would LOVE to buy local bacon. I get all my meat at Annaly including pork but they don't have bacon... I don't get it.
I also need a restaurant supply store - need a dozen oil bottles for my flavored oils - broken most of them. Kmart had these but they are discontinued and I don't like the look of the cruets and cant do the $20 ones at the nice stores.
Need tapioca flour - I feel like it should be here somehwhere as red mill makes it and we have that brand of coconut flour and almond flour. Also flax meal and - grass fed butter. Like the bacon I've looked at kmart, CUL, Plaza, Quality foods, stop and shop. I can order it if I have to but really finding I am super limited to GOOD heathy ingredients here. STT was just a trip to gourmet gallery. It cost a fortune but then again so does cancer - so we try to eat pretty clean and last month I started paleo diet which is really strict about additives. WHAT a difference - I feel like a million bucks and lost a bunch of weight.
Thanks in advance.
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Re: STX Need a couple things.... HELP me find them please :D
October 07, 2015 09:36AM
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Buying bottles for things like oils, tinctures, sauces, etc. at retail is an exercise in frustration. (Believe me, I've been there.) Most of the herbalists/saucemakers/handmade cosmetics folks I'm aware of order them online from places like Specialty Bottle, Wholesale Supplies Plus, SKS Bottles & Packaging, and similar manufacturers/distributors. It looks like shipping here shouldn't be a problem from checking their sites -- I'm pulling together some ordering at the moment, so I'll let you know if there are problems.
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October 07, 2015 09:49AM
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With regard to uncured bacon, well, if you have a smoker you can make it yourself, as long as you are flawless in handling and smoking it at appropriate temperatures (NO low-temp smoking, which as far as I can tell is impossible here without a commercial gear setup anyway) at every step of the process. I've been making bacon (insert joke here) for about five years and I use curing salt (ordered online and shipped here no problem). As the smoker just got here and I broke it in with some chile beef jerky, after the pork shoulder I'm thinking about a big batch of bacon. Need to source pork belly though.
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Hey A&A plaza east has some of what you are looking for. I had to go there on the way home so I looked specifically for: tapioca flour (located at the bottom of an end aisle around the corner from the section with all the bobs red mill stuff), bobs red mill flax seed meal (with other red mill stuff in the cereal aisle) and grass fed butter - anchor butter which I googled to find out if it's grass fed and from what I cound, it is. Hope they are all still there when you go!!
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Re: STX Need a couple things.... HELP me find them please :D
October 08, 2015 11:20PM
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See Cats posts.
She cures her own bacon with cure(which is prague powder #1 curing salt which is sodium nitrate).
There are as she points out other ways but there a bit more difficult.
curing without nitrates
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October 09, 2015 11:32AM
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A good place to start with bacon is the book "Charcuterie" by Mark Ruhlman and Brian Polcyn. If I recall correctly (my copy is still, alas, in a box inside a box inside a pile of other boxes) they explain how to make uncured bacon as well as the standard type, and how it can be made using a grill or oven instead of a smoker. It's an absolutely terrific book that covers a LOT more than just bacon and sausage!
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October 29, 2015 10:05AM
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Uncured bacon at Seaside Market or Food Town. Best to shop on Tues. afternoon, Wed. morning, at the latest.
FYI, CUL has no hormone/antibiotic beef and Plaza has frozen h/a free chicken breasts. Food Town often has h/a free chicken, "previously frozen".
You will probably be interested in a visit to Health Conscious in Castle Coakley.
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I DID find Applegate at Plaza! I bought All they had the first time - four of those packages. Last week bought another 4.
Speedy - its 16.99 for three HALF pound packages. Not terrible but not cheap either. I wont complain at all because I am super happy to have "healthy" bacon. Tastes totally better and I don't feel as bad eating it. I tried the pork shoulder bacon and dint like it as much. Sadly it looks like I am allergic to some preservatives in food. Working with Dr. to figure it out.
All CUL beef is grain fed. My diet necessitates grass fed beef and butter. No dairy.
Thanks Islandjoan for thinking of me I did in fact find the grass fed butter and bought $100 worth lol!! We use a fair amount in my diet but I wanted to make sure I was stocked up in case they don't have it next time.
I love Quality - really do but I tried twice over the last three months to get them to order - or at least find out if they can get me bacon and they never returned calls or emails. I went in and talked to them about it. I ain't hatin thou - LOVE those local tiny tomatoes and they have great prices on canned shelled crab and those sweet potato fries!!!! SO GOOD. Kind of addicted to those - baked w sea salt. MMM - great now I'm hungry!
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My minor surgery turned into something more serious. I'm okay now, I think, but I wasn't. And I've never been in that position before.
What I thought was going to be a quick in-office slice 'n' dice became a deep surgery before I knew it. Sedated and anesthetized, tube-down-the-throat, IV-in-my-hand, girlfriend-trying-not-to-cry surgery. I've had a relatively healthy life, and I can count my hospital visits on one hand (stitches above my eye when I was 5 when I slipped on a wooden floor and hit my head on a bedframe, two separate instances of stepping on a screw sticking out of a board). I've had minor dental surgery to have a wisdom tooth removed. I never expected this to be serious, and it all happened so quickly that I didn't have the chance to be scared about it.
When I woke up, I was back in the recovery room. My girlfriend was there. I was surrounded by doctors and nurses who were trying to explain things to me, though I couldn't exactly get a good grip on my brain, which was slippery and kept on fading out of focus. By the time surgery was over, an icy snowstorm had taken over the valley, and we crept along the roads to get medication and get home.
I now have a tube coming out of me, which should only last for a few weeks. The purpose of the tube is to create scarring, since muscle blocked part of the procedure, or something like that. Things are sutured into place, large wounds are left open to drain, bloody gauze is being placed and replaced. I'm on a diet of soup and bread, and I'm taking bets on whether or not I'll lose or gain weight being stuck in bed for a few weeks, but eating minimally. Food has never tasted so good. Ramen feels like the most exciting thing in the world. I'm really looking forward to being able to eat a burger at The Daily Planet.
Three or four more doctor visits until I know if everything is healed up. Typing from bed, watching all-day marathons of nonsense, and just starting to lose my mind from boredom. I'm psyched to start freelancing again, but it'll have to wait.


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Darley Stable will send out Stormalory and Florentino (JPN) against six rivals Friday in the 21st running of the $150,000 Central Bank Transylvania (G3) at a mile and a sixteenth on the turf for 3-year-olds.
The Transylvania serves as the centerpiece of the opening day of the 15-day spring meeting that runs through April 24. First post time for Friday's 10-race card is 1:05 p.m. (EDT).
Stormalory, trained by Hall of Famer Bill Mott, enters the Transylvania off a third-place finish in the Grade 3 Palm Beach on March 14 at Gulfstream Park. A son of Storm Cat, Stormalory broke his maiden on the main track at Keeneland last fall. Julien Leparoux will ride Stormalory for Mott, the second all-time leading trainer at Keeneland with 214 victories, three of which came in the Transylvania.
Florentino, trained by Kiaran McLaughlin, has won two of three turf starts in 2009. His lone defeat came at the hands of Stormalory in a Gulfstream allowance race at the Transylvania distance. Alan Garcia, who has been aboard for all three starts in 2009, has the call Friday.
Uptown Racing LLC's Boss Lafitte won last year's running of the Transylvania under Robby Albarado for trainer Tom Amoss. Last year's race marked the first time in its history that it had been moved off the turf to the main track.
The field for the Central Bank Transylvania, from the hedge out, is as follows: Skipadate (S. Bridgmohan, 117 pounds), Smart Bid (E. Prado, 119), Oil Man (IRE) (J. Velazquez, 117), Southern Anthem (C. Lanerie, 117), Florentino (JPN) (A. Garcia, 119), Orthodox (J. Castanon, 119), Mikoshi (R. Albarado, 117) and Stormalory (J. Leparoux, 119).
Mr. and Mrs. William K. Warren Jr.'s Charitable Man didn't waste much time getting down to business after arriving late Monday night after spending the winter at Palm Meadows in Florida.
With exercise rider Pat Correa up, Charitable Man galloped a mile and a quarter Tuesday morning as he began his local preparation for the Toyota Blue Grass (G1) to be run April 11.
The Toyota Blue Grass will be the first start of the year for Charitable Man, who has not run since winning the Grade 2 Futurity at Belmont Park on September 13.
"He had a saucer fracture of a shin," said Neal McLaughlin, brother of and assistant to trainer Kiaran McLaughlin. "When we started back, we knew everything would have to go perfect and so far everything has. He has not missed a day of training and every work we had planned he made every time."
Charitable Man had seven works at Palm Meadows, the most recent being last Saturday. He worked five furlongs in :59.85, the best of 42 at the distance that morning.
"He will have one breeze here before the Blue Grass, probably Sunday," McLaughlin said.
Alan Garcia, who has been aboard for the undefeated colt's two victories, is scheduled to have the Toyota Blue Grass mount.
Charitable Man wasn't the only luminary arriving late Monday night.
"We have Justwhistledixie, who just won the Bonnie Miss, here and she will be training for the Kentucky Oaks (G1)," McLaughlin said. "We've got Backseat Rhythm, a new arrival in our barn, for the (April 11) Jenny Wiley (G2) and we have Keep Laughing, who won the Lafayette last year, for the (April 11) Commonwealth (G2)."
Backseat Rhythm ran second in last fall's Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (G1) at Keeneland.
McLaughlin also said that Mafaaz (GB), winner of the Kentucky Derby Challenge Stakes in England on March 18, would be housed in Barn 1 once he clears quarantine for trainer John Gosden. Mafaaz is scheduled to arrive at Churchill Downs on Saturday before shipping to Keeneland for the Toyota Blue Grass.
In other Toyota Blue Grass notes, Silverton Hill LLC's Cliffy's Future jogged two miles with trainer Darrin Miller up; IEAH Stable, John Sikura, Et al, Joseph Bulger and James Covello's Patena galloped and Adele Dilschneider's Terrain jogged once around.
Frankfurt Stable's Massone, trained by Hall of Famer Ron McAnally, worked a mile Sunday at Santa Anita in 1:39.20. Massone is scheduled to ship to Keeneland on April 5.
Co-owner Mark Hoffman walked his Ashland hopeful Hooh Why on Tuesday morning, a day after the Cloud Hopping filly worked a half-mile in :49.60.
"She came out of the work great and will go back to the track and jog in the morning," Hoffman said. "She couldn't be coming into the race any better."
In other Ashland notes, Stardom Bound returned to the track and jogged a mile under Nuno Santos. The champion juvenile filly of 2008, Stardom Bound had worked six furlongs in 1:12.60 on Sunday morning at Keeneland.
Dream Empress, winner of last fall's Darley Alcibiades (G1), galloped a mile and a half under exercise rider Jessica Stith. Trainer Ken McPeek is scheduled to be in Lexington on Thursday, according to assistant Jordan Blair.
Scheduled to arrive Tuesday from California for the Ashland were J. Paul Reddam's Nan, and Dawn and Ike Thrash's Third Dawn.
Nan, trained by Craig Dollase, had her final pre-Ashland work on Saturday at Hollywood Park, covering six furlongs in 1:11.20. It was the fastest work of 22 at the distance. Dollase saddled Elloluv to win the 2003 Ashland.
Third Dawn, trained by John Sadler, worked seven furlongs in 1:26.60 at Santa Anita on Saturday.
Champion Forever Together, who won Keeneland's First Lady (G1) last October before taking the Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf (G1), and Informed Decision, who won the Raven Run (G2) last fall in track-record time, are both at Keeneland to prepare for their 2009 debuts. Jonathan Sheppard trains the two runners for George Strawbridge's Augustin Stable.
After the Breeders' Cup, Forever Together returned to Sheppard's farm in Pennsylvania and remained in light training for all but 10 days. About a month ago, she was sent to Camden, South Carolina, where she breezed four or five times. Forever Together returned to Keeneland on Saturday.
"She's going to have a light breeze tomorrow, then a serious work at the beginning of next week," Sheppard said.
Forever Together is scheduled to start in the $200,000 Jenny Wiley (G2) on April 11. The 1 1/16-mile turf race is for fillies and mares, 4-year-olds and up.
Sheppard said Forever Together blossomed during her stay at Keeneland last fall and already has settled in.
"She likes the Polytrack; she likes the cooler weather," he said about the 5-year-old daughter of Belong to Me, who has won six of 14 races and has earned $2,004,533. "She likes the fact that we can take different routes to and from the track, and can take her outside for a nice graze in the afternoon."
After spending the winter at Sheppard's farm and following much the same routine as Forever Together, Informed Decision turned in two works at Gulfstream Park prior to arriving at Keeneland. In her career, the 4-year-old daughter of Monarchos has won five of seven starts and earned $336,587.
Informed Decision is scheduled to race April 9 in the $300,000 Vinery Madison (G1), a seven-furlong race on Polytrack for fillies and mares, 4-year-olds and up. Her seven-furlong track-record time from the Raven Run is 1:20.86.
Nominations close Wednesday for five stakes to be run on the second weekend of the Keeneland spring meeting.
Two of the five stakes that close will be run Friday, April 10, headlined by the Grade 1 Maker's Mile Mile for 4-year-olds and up. The $300,000 grass event was won last year by Kip Deville. Also scheduled for April 10 is the $100,000 Fort Harrod for 4-year-olds and up to be run at a mile and five-eighths. The inaugural running in 2008 was won by Jade's Revenge.
On April 11, three other graded stakes will be featured in addition to the spring's marquee event, the $750,000 Toyota Blue Grass (G1). They are the Grade 2 Commonwealth, worth $250,000, for 3-year-olds and up going seven furlongs; the $200,000 Grade 2 Jenny Wiley for 4-year-olds and up fillies and mares going a mile and a sixteenth on the turf; and, the $100,000 Grade 3 Shakertown for 3-year-olds and up going 5 ½ furlongs on the turf.
Rebellion (GB) won last year's Commonwealth; Rutherienne gave trainer Christophe Clement his second Jenny Wiley victory and Mr. Nightlinger captured the Shakertown.
Friday, April 3
- College Scholarship Day - Presented by Keeneland and the Kentucky Thoroughbred Association. Full-time college students receive free general admission and may register to win a $1,000 scholarship to be given away after each race. The first 1,000 students to register for scholarships will receive a free Keeneland College Scholarship Day T-Shirt courtesy of Vineyard Vines.
Saturday, April 4 - Breakfast with the Works - Southern-style breakfast and children's activities 7 – 8:30 a.m., 8:45 a.m. paddock demonstration with the Lexington Mounted Police. Breakfast is $7.50, children 3 and under free.
Sunday, April 5 - Saturday, April 11 - Best of the Bluegrass Festival - A festival of events saluting the Bluegrass region's unique culture, from the arts to music to Thoroughbred racing. For more information, visit bestofthebluegrass.org.
Toyota Blue Grass (G1) Contenders
Horse Trainer Barn
Charitable Man Kiaran McLaughlin 1
Cliffy's Future Darrin Miller 8
Flying Private D.Wayne Lukas Churchill Downs
General Quarters Thomas McCarthy Churchill Downs
Hold Me Back Bill Mott 25
Mafaaz (GB) John Gosden Churchill Downs (arrives 4/4)
Massone Ron McAnally 22 (arrives 4/5)
Patena Richard Dutrow Jr. 28 Worked 4 fur in :51.80 on 3/28 at Kee
Take the Points Todd Pletcher 6 (arrives 4/7)
Terrain Al Stall Jr. 66 Worked 4 fur in :48 on 3/29 at Kee
Unbridle's Dream Steve Asmussen 36
Ashland (G1) Contenders
Horse Trainer Barn
Be Fair D. Wayne Lukas
Boleyn Todd Pletcher 6
Dream Empress Ken McPeek 32 Worked 5 fur in 1:02.60 on 3/28 at Kee
Hooh Why Donna Dupuy 22 Worked 4 fur in :49.60 on 3/30 at Kee
Nan Craig Dollase 5 (arrives 3/31)
Stardom Bound Richard Dutrow Jr. 28 Worked 6 fur in 1:12.60 on 3/29 at Kee
Third Dawn John Sadler 7 (arrives 3/31)
What a Pear Joe Parker (arrives 3/31)


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== Dependencies ==
== Dependencies ==
* ovirt-node
* ovirt-node
* livecd-tools
* livecd-tools
* libvirt
* libvirt
Revision as of 14:57, 2 April 2009
Spin Name
Fedora oVirt Node image
An oVirt Node image is a small, stateless, stripped-down Fedora build that installs and runs off a CD, a usb key, or a ramdisk (over PXE) on a physical host. The build contains all the necessary pieces to support hosting and managing virtual machines on the host. It can run in stand-alone mode or managed mode.
- Name: David Huff
- email: email@example.com
Detailed Description
oVirt is an open, cross-platform virtualization management system. oVirt provides both a small image that runs on a host and provides virtualization services to VMs there, and also a web-based management console that lets you allocate and group hosts and storage, install and remove virtual machines, level resources across a large group of machines, and much more. oVirt is designed to scale from a small group of users with little need for access control and quota management, all the way up to hundreds or even thousands of hosts with robust control over grouping, permissions, and quotas.
Benefit to Fedora
- Provide a prebuilt binary oVirt image for those who want to run virtual machines on an oVirt Node.
Kickstart File
- to build form source:
* git clone git://git.et.redhat.com/ovirt-node-image.git * ./autogen.sh * make repos.ks * ksflatten ovirt-node-image.ks > fedora-ovirt-node-image.ks
- we can provide one for the ks pool per release!!
ISO Name / FS Label
- http://ovirt.org/download/ovirt-node-image-0.96-x86_64.iso
- http://ovirt.org/download/ovirt-node-image-0.96-i386.iso
- ovirt-node !!! need to get into fedora !!!
- livecd-tools
- libvirt
- augeas
- collectd-virt
- config(ovirt-node) = 0.97-1.fc10
- grub
- hal
- iscsi-initiator-utils
- krb5-workstation
- qemu-img
- automake
- gcc
- dbus-devel
- hal-devel
- libvirt-devel
- rpm-build
- selinux-policy-doc
- hardlink
Scope / Testing
- Scope
* to build * sudo livecd-creator --skip-minimize -c fedoora-ovirt-node-image.ks -f ovirt-node-image
- Testing:
* boot node, both 32 and 64 bit and run smoketest scripts * run "./autotest.sh" in the ovirt-node-image directory * will pxe boot guest images and run through and do a stateless and stateful boot test.
Comments and Discussion
- See Talk:Your_Spin_Page
- Main Page: http://ovirt.org
- mailing list: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ovirt-devel
- irc/freenode: #ovirt


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ANACAPA ISLAND — Just as factories brag about their accident-free days, Channel Islands National Park is showing off this rugged island's rat-free decade.
To get rid of Rattus rattus, officials had a helicopter shower one-square-mile of Anacapa with poisonous green pellets in 2001 and 2002. On Wednesday, they ferried a boatload of reporters and scientists to the square-mile chain of three islets and declared victory.
"The last thing we needed was a project that got only 99.9% of all the island's rats," said Kate Faulkner, a National Park Service biologist.
PHOTOS: Birds return to Anacapa
Faulkner was one of the park officials on hand to demonstrate the island's rebound since the controversial extermination program. A lawsuit from the Fund for Animals called the poison drop "an ecological disaster." It was dismissed. A protester was arrested for allegedly seeding the island with vitamins that he claimed were rat poison antidotes. He was acquitted.


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My brother wanted to make a "Landing Area" by the large bulding, Have of its is gone. I have moved the miners and mercs beside the merc tank.
Also,some fiddling and discvoery of some guys in my room has added ONE MORE ARMY! A small three man army with a small heavily armed hover craft!


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Trump's "beachhead" teams host dozens of former lobbyists
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Lobbying in First Six Months Almost Level With Previous Year
July 30, 2014 | Spending on K Street through the first half of this year is barely lower than it was last year — perhaps an early sign that the lobbying industry is coming out of its slide. Federal lobbying expenditures have slipped from a high of $3.55 billion in 2010 to $3.23 billion last year, for reasons not fully…
Many of Dingell's Donors Likely to Migrate to His Wife
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LLCs Donate To Pro-Tillis Super PAC
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California Investigation Reveals Some Donors in Dark Money Scheme
October 24, 2013 | California's election-money watchdog group today released a list of 2012 donors to Americans for Job Security, one of the groups involved in an $11 million scheme to funnel money into two ballot initiative campaigns last year. OpenSecrets Blog was able to decipher a few big names in the mostly redacted pile.
Monsanto: Big Guy on the Block When it Comes to Friends in Washington
February 19, 2013 | Justice Clarence Thomas was on the bench today hearing a case involving seed patents held by his previous employer, Monsanto. Thomas aside, though, Monsanto has plenty of friends in Washington: It's the big guy on the agribusiness block when it comes to providing campaign cash and lobbying muscle.
Capital Eye Opener, Jan. 15: Automakers Rev Up Political Spending, the Power of the Hospital Lobby and More
January 15, 2013 | The auto industry may be showing off at the big show in Detroit this week, but many candidates have already seen the industry's best side. Also, the hospital industry fends off important cuts in the fiscal cliff legislation.
Car Dealers Help Drive Auto Industry Cash To Romney
November 1, 2012 | Romney's been focusing on the automobile industry during the closing days of the campaign. In campaign finance terms, he's already the industry's favored candidate. A breakdown of the numbers, though, shows that's largely attributable to support from car dealers and their employees. Obama wins when it comes to donations from the Big Three automakers' workers.
Capital Eye Opener, Nov. 1: Lobbyists Flood Insurance Legislation, Anti-Humane Society Group Gets Political, and More
November 1, 2012 | Flood insurance is a popular topic for lobbying; the group Protect the Harvest isn't what it seems; and Sam Zell, philanthropist and Republican donor (but you might not want to sell him your newspaper company).
Capital Eye Opener, Sept. 17: Cheeseheads' Choice, Big Donor's Bad Math and More
September 17, 2012 | The race between Tammy Baldwin and Tommy Thompson for a Wisconsin Senate seat shows Thompson's fundraising has been far less hearty than Baldwin's -- but what a difference name recognition makes.
Capital Eye Opener, July 17: Romney's "Political Payoffs" Attacks, Senate Votes No on DISCLOSE, and Battle for House Majority attracts Big Bucks
July 17, 2012 | As expected, when the DISCLOSE Act came to a vote yesterday in the U.S. Senate, it was defeated along strict party lines.
Capital Eye Opener, July 9: The A.C. Lobby, ESPN Scores Political Ads and More
July 9, 2012 | We assume most Americans won't be sweating this return to more comfortable temperatures this week. Unless, of course, you work as a lobbyist for the air conditioning industry, in which case you may feel the need to turn up the heat on Congress, lest it forget how essential heating and cooling issues are to your average American.
Groups Seek to Limit Nonprofit Political Spending, Lobbying Against Google and More in Capital Eye Opener: July 28
July 28, 2011 | Fairsearch.org will not be giving Google a +1. To combat what they see as "the Google problem," Fairsearch.org hired lobbyists for the first time and spent 80,000 lobbying during the second quarter on behalf of "competition in the search market," according to a review of lobbying disclosure reports by the Center for Responsive Politics.
Transportation Industry Players See Lobbying Boom
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Gingrich's Senior Staff Resigns, FEC to Vote on Disclaimers for Facebook Ads and More in Capital Eye Opener: June 10
June 10, 2011 | Republican Newt Gingrich's rocky campaign for the presidency fell even further apart Thursday when all of his senior staff resigned. Notably, two of the staff members that resigned, Rob Johnson, Gingrich's campaign manager, and Dave Carney, a senior strategist, are former staffers to Republican Texas Gov. Rick Perry, furthering speculation that Perry may also run for president.
Federal Lobbying Expenditures Plateau After Years of Rapid Growth
February 4, 2011 | The nation's financial malaise is finally catching up to K Street, where federal lobbying activity plateaued for the first time in a decade, the Center for Responsive Politics' research indicates. After a record $3.49 billion in lobbying spending in 2009, lobbying expenditures in 2010 by corporations, unions, trade associations, universities and other organizations will, at most, eclipse that amount by the narrowest of margins.
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Which Industries Won and Lost in Election 2010?
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Congressmen's Taxpayer-Funded Vehicles Reveal Hodgepodge of Fuel Efficiency, Government Transparency
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Prominent Democratic Bankroller Steven Rattner Faces Stiff SEC Penalties as Kickback Accusations Swirl
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Federal Lobbying Climbs in 2009 as Lawmakers Execute Aggressive Congressional Agenda
February 12, 2010 | The economy stunk. Corporations slashed jobs. And some firms, once juggernauts of American industry, simply ceased to exist. But for federal lobbyists, 2009 proved to be a year of riches unlike any other, a Center for Responsive Politics analysis indicates.
The Dingells' Love Affair With GM and More in Capital Eye Opener: January 11
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TARP Recipients Paid Out $114 Million for Politicking Last Year
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Washington Lobbying Grew to $3.2 Billion Last Year, Despite Economy
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Waxman's Money to Incoming Lawmakers Helps Win Him Energy Chair
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Auto Industry Gives Sparingly to a Skeptical Congress
November 20, 2008 | Why, when Wall Street took the fast lane to grab its share of $700 billion in federal bailout funds, does the auto industry seem stuck in neutral? The carmakers' campaign contributions to Congress suggest one reason: Most lawmakers, especially those on the finance committees that heard this week from pleading GM, Ford and Chrysler executives, don't owe much payback to Detroit.
Races to Watch III: Big Money, Small Money
September 29, 2008 | Barack Obama defended his decision not to accept public financing by arguing that running a campaign for the White House based on small contributions accomplishes what the public financing system aims to do but falls short of doing: curb the influence of outside interest groups. In many congressional races, the issue of who's backing the candidate--wealthy donors or everyone else--is finding its way into debates over the best way to fix the economy and whether campaign contributions and lobbying by the financial sector had anything to do with today's economic crisis. Capital Eye takes a closer look at some of these races.
Retirees Propel McCain to the Fundraising Finish Line
September 3, 2008 | Preparing for a general election in which he cannot collect private donations, John McCain vaulted in front of Barack Obama in fundraising from one of the biggest groups of donors in American politics: the senior set. A new analysis of the Republican nominee's summer fundraising by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics has found McCain leading Obama among retired donors almost two to one in June and July, $8.1 million to $4.5 million.
For Richer or Poorer
June 26, 2008 | The marriage vow "for richer or poorer" is more than a promise between two people when one of those people is a member of Congress. When lawmakers and their spouses utter those words, they're agreeing to reveal to the world the scope of how rich or poor they may be.
The Democrats' Lobbyist Lobs
December 6, 2007 | Lobbyists do represent ordinary Americans, as Hillary Clinton claims, but those contributing to her campaign mostly represent big industries, the Center for Responsive Politics finds. Obama and Edwards eschew lobbyists' money, but their biggest contributors still lobby in Washington.
Biggest Donors Are Digging Deeper for '08
November 15, 2007 | Top industries and interest groups have increased their giving over 2004 by 46 percent, Center finds. As money shifts to Democrats, giving from Republican strongholds is mostly flat.
Power Play Series: Energy & Auto Manufacturers
June 21, 2007 | U.S. carmakers worry that mandates for better fuel efficiency will harm their already struggling industry.
Power Play
June 21, 2007 | A look at where energy interests are putting their energy during the Senate debate.
Price of Emission
March 15, 2007 | Fuel-efficiency standards for vehicles haven't changed since the 1980s, but the climate on Earth, and on Capitol Hill, has. By Lindsay Renick Mayer March 15, 2007 | After nearly two decades of static fuel-efficiency requirements, executives from leading auto manufacturers defended the current standards Wednesday and told Congress their companies are addressing global warming, rising…
Elephants Are Red, Donkeys Are Blue
February 13, 2007 | These politically active couples show their love for candidates with hefty checks. By Lindsay Renick Mayer February 13, 2007 | Software entrepreneur Paul Egerman courted his wife, Joanne, more than 25 years ago at a politician's victory party. "From my standpoint, it was a great date to go on," he said. "I didn't have to…
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VICTOR � For years,�local residents of all ages have suited up as early as 5:30 a.m. to swim in the Victor Central School District�s pool. It has always been free.
Last Wednesday morning � for the community's first morning swim in the new Victor Aquatics Center ��people were asked to pay a $2 fee before�diving in. That didn�t sit well with some senior adults, who voiced their opposition at Tuesday�s Town Board meeting.
Dorothy Guinan, a 50-year resident of Victor who owns property in both Victor and Farmington, said she feels like she has been paying school taxes �twice� each year.
"I've enjoyed swimming in the pool before school opens," said Guinan. "After 50 years of paying taxes I feel it�s a bit of an insult to be asked to pay $2."
Victor Supervisor Jack Marren clarified that the $2 charge was not a school district decision, but one made by Town Board members along with�Brian Emelson, Victor Parks and Recreation director.
�This is Brian responding to the Town Board�s direction to recover some costs,� said Marren. "We're sympathetic to our seniors. We�ve done a lot of nice things for them over the years.�
The $2 fee pays for two lifeguards, Emelson said. �We've been paying for one lifeguard, now we have to have two � it�s the size of the pool, the oversight, the expectation, the need for having a lifeguard in a deck chair and an attendant signing people in.�
In addition to the senior adults who swim regularly, Emelson said there are another 20 or 30 people who are come in the morning. Swimmers range in age from 14 all the way to 88, he said.
�My experience as a pool manager is that you need to have breaks for your lifeguards every 15 minutes or they�re just going to doze off,� said Emelson. �I�m not comfortable with having one guard checking people in and their backs are turned to what�s going on over here in lane six. We�d all feel terrible if we cut costs and someone drowned.�
Gardner Soule of Cline Road in Victor has been a morning swimmer at the Victor pool for years.
"I have certainly enjoyed the pool, and it's been a great community resource," said Soule. �When you see people in wheelchairs or using a cane coming in to swim because their doctor has told them to, I think (the free swim) is a wonderful thing. I'm sorry to see that it's going to go away."
Jerry Birmingham of Gypsum Mills has been swimming about five times each week, about 40 weeks each year. If he paid the new entrance fee, he said�it would cost him $400 � far more than he can afford.
Sally Soule, also of Cline Road, has been swimming in the pool since the 1970s. She recommended offering special fees or free passes to people 65-70 and older.
�For some of us, having a free pass would be just the thing to keep us going and meet our fitness needs,� she said. �I figured out that about six of us would come in to swim about 500 times a year � that's about $1,000 that the town would lose.�
Ellen Sturch has been swimming twice a week for an hour for the last 11 years.
�I'm basically trying to keep moving and be agile,� she said. �When I started I couldn't even swim the length of the pool. I believe Parks and Recreation should encourage seniors to get fit and stay fit by waiving the fee. They call it a community pool. Why should we have to pay to use it?�
Seniors argued that the morning swim benefits people who are dealing with arthritis, recovering after surgeries or injuries, or who simply want to get fit or stay fit.
�We have four other programs for seniors that are subsidized by the town,� Councilman Dave Tantillo told residents Tuesday. �We have to figure out how to balance all this with just so much money.�
Councilman Jack Dianetti also sympathized with senior residents, but acknowledged it�s a tough decision.
�You've been paying the bill for a long time,� he said to seniors at the Town Board meeting. �And now you're paying the bill for the pool, and the new classrooms that you won't get any benefit from. I hope we can do something to accommodate you, but where do you draw the line?�
Jeff Cody affirmed a concept of offering a type of debit card that's worth so many credits for seniors, in which the user could determine how they want to consume those credits.
The�Parks and Recreation Citizens Advisory Committee was to�discuss the subject at Wednesday's regular meeting, according to Emelson.
Swim fee doesn't float with seniors
VICTOR � For years,�local residents of all ages have suited up as early as 5:30 a.m. to swim in the Victor Central School District�s pool. It has always been free.


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Who said that epic and expansive fantasy RPGs had to have subpar gameplay? For as much as I absolutely adore games like Fallout 3, Mass Effect 2 and Skyrim, gameplay in those titles simply didn't live up to the amazing standards set by their superb settings, narratives and quest structures. In Fallout 3, VATS was simply an excuse for its inherently clumsy combat, and for as much awe as Skyrim instilled in me, in-game fighting is sloppy. Good news, then, that Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning has come along.
Reckoning proves once and for all that great role-playing experiences don't have to sacrifice what matters most in any game -- gameplay -- while still remaining true to all of the minutiae that makes the best RPGs great. And while Reckoning certainly has its own flaws, I still found myself utterly satisfied with my experience and anxious to parlay the good news to fellow fans of the western RPG. Reckoning certainly isn't a game you should sleep on. Quite the contrary: Amalur demands your attention.
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning's story, crafted by prolific New York Times bestselling author R.A. Salvatore, rests at the heart of the experience. At the beginning of the game, your character -- who you fully craft and customize throughout your adventure -- finds himself (or herself) revived from the grips of death via an arcane contraption known as the Well of Souls. This Lazarus-like event has messed with the threads of fate weaving in and out of Amalur's events and inhabitants, leaving you, the player, without a predestined course. Naturally, this lack of an almost Calvinist-like spiritual course gives you incredible power and potential, something that those around you seek to take advantage of and, at times, exploit for their own gain.
Such a plot has incredible depth, and while all of the fictional names, locations and dense lore can be a bit daunting to keep up with, fantasy fans will find plenty to love. Better yet, exploring the story leads you in turn to exploring the expansive world of Amalur. Split into continents and territories, Amalur's world doesn't present itself quite as non-linearly as the likes of Fallout 3 or Skyrim, but you won't be tethered to isolated locations a la Mass Effect, either. Amalur is very much non-linear in its own right, and you can explore as much as you'd like (so long as you can survive). But everything is presented in a much more contained, coherent and orderly manner.
Lending to the feeling of exploration, Reckoning's high quality (yet inconsistent) art style will give you a true feeling of discovering the unique and unknown. Environments are beautiful, and locations feel truly different from one another. You'll work your way from ancient forests to wide open plains, from sandy deserts to murky swamps. Amalur exudes topographical and geological diversity. Unfortunately, characters and monsters alike don't quite live up to the lofty heights set by your surroundings, though everything still mixes together nicely.
Reckoning's sparse musical accompaniment gets the job done, but the game's real sonic feat is the high quality of the voice acting. Characters, from major NPCs to people who give you miscellaneous side quests, portray their parts with a consistent level of polish. Unlike some other titles in the genre, I didn't constantly find myself noting "Wow, that guy sounds a whole lot like the guy I talked to in that other town 10 minutes ago." Dialogue is lengthy, detailed and fleshed-out. It delivers a whole lot of punch on behalf of the story.


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Alert 2008-9
Subject: Counterfeit Cashier's Checks
Date: February 7, 2008
Description: Ballinger National Bank
Counterfeit Cashier's Checks of Ballinger National Bank, Ballinger, TX
To: Chief Executive Officers of All National Banks; All State Banking Authorities; Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Director, Office of Thrift Supervision; Conference of State Bank Supervisors; Deputy Comptrollers (districts); Assistant Deputy Comptrollers; District Counsel; and All Examining Personnel
The above-named bank has reported that counterfeit cashier's checks issued in the bank's name and using a correct routing number of 111302600 are being presented for payment nationwide in connection with a mystery shopper scam as well as a lottery scam.
Counterfeit items may be identified by the following traits: checks may be green in color with a dark green border and white edge, but lack any background design. The bank's name and address of "900 Hutchings Avenue, Ballinger, TX 76821-0660" appear in the upper-left corner of the instrument, and the following security statement is printed within the top border: "FOR SECURITY PURPOSES, THE FACE OF THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS A COLORED BACKGROUND AND MICROPRINTING IN THE BORDER." The checks appear to be computer generated, contain an 8-digit serial number in the upper-right corner, and contain the word "VOID" throughout when photocopied. The words "Authorized Signature" are printed beneath the signature line, and the following security statement is printed within the bottom border: "THE REVERSE SIDE OF THIS DOCUMENT INCLUDES A UNIQUE CHECK IDENTITY BAR CODE AND AN ARTIFICIAL WATERMARK. HOLD AT AN ANGLE TO VIEW."
Items presented to date have been made payable in the amount of $3,695, contain an incorrect account number of "589752137," lack any underscoring, and include an abbreviated routing number of 64-130/280. Due to possible variations in appearance of the bank's cashier's checks and scams, it is suggested that officials of Ballinger National Bank be contacted to verify the authenticity of any of the bank's official items, if received from an unknown or questionable source.
The prize award winning notification correspondence accompanying some of the checks may contain the letterhead of "Winners Capital Trust Financial To Improve The Way People Live, P .O Box 9088, Wildword, NJ 08260-9088, Telephone 1-905-920-5264" and contain the typos as underlined above. Note that the telephone number provided originates out of Hamilton, Ontario. The recipient is informed of his or her winning status of a large dollar amount and is instructed to deposit the enclosed check into his or her bank account immediately to assist with the local taxes and administrative fees. Once the fees are paid, the full winning amount will be released. The recipient is further instructed to contact claim agent Robert Elliot by a specific date, or the prize will be forfeited. This letter may be signed by Edwin Brown. The mystery shopper correspondence may contain the letterhead of "Maximum Paid Surveys Inc, www.maximumpaidsurveys.com, 5700 Will Clayton, Humble TX 77338, Tel: 1-905-920-8681, Fax: 1-866-544-7540." The correspondence informs the recipient that he or she has been selected to be a secret shopper for the company. It explains that the enclosed check is to be used to purchase merchandise at various nationally known merchants as well as to transfer money using a nationally known wire service. The funds to be spent at each location are broken down by a specific dollar amount, with the shopper being allotted the remaining funds as payment for his or her mystery shopper service. The letter may be signed by Cathy Bradley.
The recipient is instructed to fax a completed acceptance form to 1-866-544-7540 before depositing the check. As noted in the letter, he or she will then be instructed as to who and where to wire transfer funds ("Paricia Allman, Fontana, CA; Carla Scott, Sanata Anna, CA; and Faith Synder, Santa Monica, CA"). Once the recipient has completed the shopping assignment, he or she is to contact the Accounts Manager immediately with the wire transfer control/reference number as well as for details on completing remittance forms. Note that this telephone number also originates out of Hamilton, Ontario.
For additional information and guidance and to verify the authenticity of Ballinger National Bank's cashier's checks, please contact David Springer, President, P.O. Box 660, Ballinger, TX 76821, by telephone at (325) 365-3512, by fax at (325) 365-2728, or via e-mail at [email@example.com].
Consumers who receive a counterfeit or fictitious item and associated material should file complaints with the following agencies, as appropriate:
Additional information concerning this matter that you believe should be brought to the attention of the OCC may be forwarded to:
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Conquistadors with Michael Wood "The Conquest of the Incas" Six years after the fall of Mexico, the conquistador Francisco Pizarro, exploring south of the equator, uncovers another civilization unknown to the European world: the empire of the Incas, which extended 3,000 miles from Ecuador to Chile. Michael Wood recounts Pizarro's daring march into Peru with fewer than 200 men and tells the almost incredible tale of his capture of the Inca Atuahuallpa and his promise to ransom himself with a roomful of gold. Traveling across the Peruvian desert along ancient Inca roads, Wood climbs the Andes with a train of llamas, continues to the ancient city of Cuzco, the Incas' "navel of the earth," where massive Inca buildings still stand, and to the stupendous Sacred Valley ruins, including Macchu Picchu. D
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Volume 17, Number 45 | April 1 7, 2005
Memories of a Beat who took a different road
By Ed Gold
I knew Lucian Carr the last of the Beat generation survivors, friend of Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, and a colorful, rebellious colleague of mine at Columbia College.
Carr, who died in January, shook up the campus in the early 40s when he was involved in a killing, which is still shrouded in mystery. But he later would surprise and shock his Beat friends by going conventional, joining United Press International as Lou Carr, and eventually becoming one of U.P.I.s top editors. His Beat buddies meanwhile were on the road, conspicuously avoiding the conventional.
I never would have guessed his professional turn given that he and Ginsberg once proclaimed that they were enemies of repression, inhibition and conventionality.
While Carr never became one of the important Beat writers, he served as a nudge, an intellectual spur and a catalyst for the likes of Kerouac, Ginsberg and others an irony considering that his major career would be as editor for a world news service.
In my freshman year at Columbia, I sat near Carr in Lionel Trillings humanities classes. While I was a good student, Carr was stunningly brilliant. Whether we were discussing Homer or St. Augustine or Rabelais or Rousseau or Swift, he knew them all. At times it seemed as if he and Trilling were having a private conversation. He definitely gave me an inferiority complex.
The gossip about him was that he had come from a wealthy family in St. Louis and had gotten in trouble in school there. At Columbia, we heard he was spending a lot of time partying in one way or another in Chelsea and Greenwich Village, and was returning to the dorms in the early morning hours. None of this nightlife apparently affecting his classroom performace.
One day, during the second semester, he asked Trilling if he could bring a friend to class and Trilling said O.K. As I recall, a tall, bearded, somewhat unkempt fellow, possibly in his late 30s or early 40s, joined us in class. I never saw him again, but sometime later the talk on campus was that he had been Carrs victim in the summer of 44 killing.
None of the obituaries that mentioned the killing included the tale I heard on campus. To wit: Carr had gone to the local police station near Columbia and had told the desk officer he was responsible for killing a man who had been stalking him and had assaulted him, and that the killing was in self-defense. There was no body and the police were skeptical, but Carr added that he had tied rocks to the body and had dumped it into the Hudson. Also, he said, he had stabbed the man with the only weapon available, a Boy Scout knife, and had buried the knife in Riverside Park. The police found the knife and several days later the body surfaced at 110th St. a few blocks south of the campus.
When Carr was arrested, The New York Times ran the story on its front page, reporting him listening lackadaisically to the stabbing charges.
He received an initial sentence of 20 years for manslaughter, but clearly the prosecutor had bought the defense attorneys argument that Carr was defending his honor and maybe his life. Carr served about two years of the sentence and, according to the Times, was later pardoned.
There have been a variety of contradictory descriptions about the man he killed, David Kammerer. Carrs lawyers argued that Kammerer was a predator, stalker and homosexual who had followed Carr from St. Louis to Chicago to New York. Others have suggested he and Carr were friends or even roommates, and one view was that Kammerer had actually written papers for some of Carrs courses at Columbia.
Eric Homberger, writing extensively about Carr for The Guardian, is skeptical about Carrs courtroom defense, particularly the double assertion that Kammerer was gay and a stalker. With Carrs death, Homberger speculates, it may now be possible to disentangle some of the strands of insinuation.
Before the killing, I would run into Carr fairly often on campus, including one occasion when he got into trouble for a school infraction.
He was walking across campus, but he didnt have his usual slightly sloppy, sporty look. He was dressed up with a jacket, pressed pants, a clean shirt and a tie, and his hair was combed.
We stopped to talk and I asked what the occasion was. He explained that he arrived late as usual in the dorms, and as he crawled into bed he discovered his bed had been short-sheeted. He got very mad and lost his inhibitions as any true Beat would. He went out into the hall, took down the fire hose, began opening dorm room doors and firing away, causing conspicuous damage to furniture and fixtures.
He had been invited to visit the dean and was now on his way there. He got lucky. We had two deans at the time, one good and one bad, and he was headed for the kindly deans office. Later, he told me, his college marks had helped. He had As in every course but one. The dean instructed him to pay for all damages and not to let it happen again.
His friend and dorm mate, Ginsberg, also got into trouble. One of the very proper dormitory maids, while cleaning his room, discovered scrawled on the window an extensive collection of obscenities. She was upset and reported the discovery to her superior who passed it up the chain of command until it eventually wound up on the deans desk.
Ginsbergs penalty was somewhat harsher. He was asked to leave school for the rest of the term perhaps to meditate. He was told he could return the following semester, and he did.
Carrs eccentricities emerged periodically. I saw him once with his hair combed over his eyes, an attractive woman on each arm, as if they were leading a blind man.
And then there was the time I saw him on campus carrying a jar of jam. I asked him what he needed it for and he said he was going on a date. I didnt ask any other questions.
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