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"Rick has earned an outstanding reputation in the field of collegiate sports information," said Harper. "We are very excited and fortunate that we are able to bring his talents and expertise to Dartmouth."
At Dartmouth, Bender will oversee communications for the Big Green's 34 Division I varsity sports, including publications, the DartmouthSports.com web site, and media relations. He will also serve as a member of the senior management team for the Department of Athletics and Recreation.
"I am absolutely thrilled to join the Dartmouth community, with its rich history and balance of outstanding academics and athletics," said Bender. "Having the opportunity to promote Big Green athletics and preserve its history is a tremendous honor and I anxiously look forward to working with the staff, student-athletes and college."
Bender joined the sports information staff at Davidson as an assistant director in 1996, and was promoted to director in 1999. In that role, he oversaw the communications efforts for the Wildcats' 21 Division I varsity sports.
A 1993 Davidson graduate, Bender was a three-time all-conference shortstop for the Wildcats, then served as an assistant baseball coach for his alma mater from 1993-1996. He also played four seasons of professional baseball in the Texas-Louisiana and Frontier Leagues before beginning his 11-year tenure in Davidson's sports information office.
In 2005 Bender also served as media coordinator for the NCAA Division I men's basketball first- and second-round games in Charlotte, N.C.. He left Davidson in 2007 due to his family's relocation to the Birmingham, Ala. area. He and his wife, Mitze, have a four-year-old son, Jake.
Bender will assume his duties at Dartmouth on July 1, filling the position vacated when Kathy Slattery Phillips died suddenly in November, 2007, after a brief illness. Phillips had served in Dartmouth's sports information office for three decades, the last 24 years as director.

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- Cut each boned chicken breast halves into 8 to 10 cubes (about 1/2 inch) and thread on a bamboo skewer.
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John Foster, Sr., died January 19, 2013
John E. Foster, Sr. , age 59, of Pacific, Missouri, formerly of Pleasant Plains passed away Saturday, January 19, 2013, at the St. Clare Health Center in Fenton, Missouri. He was born in Avon Park, Florida, on January 3, 1954.
Mr. Foster was a veteran of the United States Army.
He is survived by two sons, John Foster, Jr. and Josh Randall Foster, both of Pleasant Plains; his mother, Alnora Allene Foster of Arkansas; two sisters, Sarah Muratore of Pacific, Missouri, and Jetta Hayes of Clarendon; and two grandchildren
Visitation was held Thursday, Jan. 24, from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at Olmstead Funeral Home. Graveside services and interment will be held Friday, Jan. 25, at 11:00 a.m. at the Settlement Cemetery.


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A Roane County Sheriff's Department deputy pulled a man from the lake Sunday morning after he reportedly drove his vehicle into the water in a suicide attempt.
A Roane County Sheriff's Department deputy pulled a man from the lake Sunday morning after he reportedly drove his vehicle into the water in a suicide attempt.
According to a Sheriff's Department news release, Deputy Brandon Smith swam into the lake near the end of Ferguson Lane and saw Justin Earl of Kingston trying to get out of his submerging vehicle. Smith swam back to shore, retrieved an inner tube and two life jackets from a nearby shed and swam back out to Earl.
Smith got Earl inside the inner tube and the other officers pulled them by rope to shore, the release said.
The release said Earl's sister called 911 about 4:30 a.m. and told a dispatcher her brother had possibly attempted suicide in the area. She said she was on the phone with her brother and he told her he was near the ferry bridge and had driven off into the lake. She said he told her his car was filling up with water. She said she then lost contact with him.
Smith along with Deputy BJ Walker and Kingston police officers Lawrence Russell, Albert "Beanie" Ladd and Brad Miller responded to the call.
The release said the officers searched all lake access points in the Kingston area, in particular near bridges. Smith checked the old lake access at the end of Ferguson Lane and saw fresh tire tracks in the grass. Then he saw the car about 60 feet out in the water, almost submerged, the release said.
Ferguson Lane is on the Midtown side of the bridge, on opposite side of Highway 70 from the Kingston Steam Plant.
Earl was taken by LifeStar air ambulance to the University of Tennessee Medical Center at Knoxville. Deputy Smith was checked by Roane County Emergency Medical Service at the scene.
UT hospital spokeswoman Susan Wyatt said Earl had been discharged.
"It was quick thinking and quick action," Sheriff Jack Stockton said about Smith's actions. "It was going above and beyond the call of duty. Stockton said Smith is a "very proactive officer and compassionate person."
"He's one of our best officers," he said.
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CARY, N.C. - Playing at the same venue, on the same courts, against the same opponent for the second straight year, the second-ranked Duke women's tennis team defeated ninth-seeded N.C. State, 4-0, in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Tournament quarterfinals at the Cary Tennis Park on Friday morning.
"I thought that the intensity was good and the energy level was good," said head coach Jamie Ashworth.
In doubles action, Duke's 27th-ranked duo comprised of sophomore Rachel Kahan and freshman Beatrice Capra cruised to an 8-1 victory over Tatiana Illova and Nicole Martinez in the No. 2 spot, before senior Monica Gorny and sophomore Hanna Mar clinched the doubles point with an 8-2 victory in the No. 3 spot over Elisha Hande and Chloe Smith.
"I thought we came out nervous," Ashworth said of the team's composure to start singles play. "Five of the six people we had on the court had never played in the ACC Tournament before. I think you could see the difference from our first sets to our second sets. I think we got some nerves out, which we needed to do, and as the match progressed, we started playing better and better."
The Blue Devils wasted no time in singles, claiming first-set victories over N.C. State (8-16, 3-8 ACC) in five of the six matches. Junior and 74th-ranked Mary Clayton was the first one off the courts after picking up a quick 6-1, 6-1 victory over Smith in the No. 4 spot, improving her record to 31-10 in 2012.
Leading 2-0 in the overall match, freshman and 88th-ranked Monica Turewicz came out on top, 7-5, after a tough first set against Christy Sipes, before surging to a 6-0 sweep to close out the No. 5 singles match.
After being named the ACC Player and ACC Freshman of the Year just one day prior, Capra put on a dominating performance in the No. 1 singles match, defeating No. 31 Kissell, 6-0, 6-2, to clinch the overall match for Duke (23-2, 11-0 ACC). The victory was Capra's 25th of the season and improved her record to 16-3 against ranked opponents.
In a match that was decided in less than two and one half hours, Ashworth stressed the importance of getting a quick win after struggling through a long-lasting 4-3 triumph in the quarterfinals last season, only to be upset by Florida State the following day.
"In these kinds of situations, you want to get off [the courts] quickly and get as much rest as you can," Ashworth said. "Last year in this same position, we struggled with N.C. State. It came down to the last match, in a four-hour match, and I think it really hurt us the next day. One of our goals was to get off the courts and be as fresh as we could for tomorrow."
Duke will take on fifth-seeded Virginia (18-6, 7-4 ACC) tomorrow, Apr. 21, at 10 a.m., in the semifinals. The Blue Devils pulled out a tough 4-3 victory on the Cavaliers home courts in their regular season meeting back on March 23rd. Virginia defeated fourth-seeded Clemson, 4-1, in their quarterfinal matchup, Friday.
"They probably have more experience than anyone in the conference," Ashworth said of Virginia. "They definitely are not going to be intimidated at all walking on the court. They're going to walk on the court believing that they can win, and we have to match their energy level. We have to match their intensity. They play with a lot of spirit and a lot of fight, and we have to match that."
#2 Duke 4, N.C. State 0
Apr. 20, 2012 at Cary, N.C. (Cary Tennis Park)
|Singles competition
|1. #2 Beatrice Capra (DU) def. #31 Joelle Kissell (NCSU) 6-0, 6-2
|2. #111 Ester Goldfeld (DU) vs. Tatiana Illova (NCSU) 7-5, 1-2, unfinished
|3. #49 Hanna Mar (DU) vs. Ashley Miller (NCSU) 6-4, 4-1, unfinished
|4. #74 Mary Clayton (DU) def. Chloe Smith (NCSU) 6-1, 6-1
|5. #88 Monica Turewicz (DU) def. Christy Sipes (NCSU) 7-5, 6-0
|6. Annie Mulholland (DU) vs. Nicole Martinez (NCSU) 2-6, 6-0, unfinished
|Doubles competition
|1. #23 Mary Clayton/Ester Goldfeld (DU) vs. #76 Joelle Kissell/Ashley Miller (NCSU) 5-5, unfinished
|2. #27 Beatrice Capra/Rachel Kahan (DU) def. Tatiana Illova/Nicole Martinez (NCSU) 8-1
|3. Monica Gorny/Hanna Mar (DU) def. Elisha Hande/Chloe Smith (NCSU) 8-2
|Match Notes
|N.C. State 8-16
|Duke 23-2; National ranking #2
|Order of finish: Doubles (2,3); Singles (4,5,1)


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This is only an idea - it is not supported by mathematics or physics only what I know - which is GCSE grade maths and physics.
Seeing as the superbolt is a lot lighter (1/3 or so) than a normal stock bolt - it shouldn't require as much force to get up to the required speed and force. I know the currect A.I.R. and RT valves are capable of being turned down to get more efficiency but they were not designed for this.
Maybe AGD you could re-engineer a valve so that it will work as efficiently as possible with a superbolt giving more shots (which i would love) and possibly a lower pressure (though not that needed it would be nicer to have a less harsh marker, and give me the chance to use higher grade paint).
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The wettest first quarter of the year since 2008 has delayed nitrogen fertilizer applications and corn planting.
When the rain faucet shuts off, plant first and apply nitrogen later, advises Peter Scharf, University of Missouri Extension agronomy specialist and professor in plant sciences at the MU College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources.
MU agronomist: Plant now, add nitrogen later
The wettest first quarter of the year since 2008 has delayed nitrogen fertilizer applications and corn planting.
When the rain faucet shuts off, plant first and apply nitrogen later, advises Peter Scharf, University of Missouri Extension agronomy specialist and professor in plant sciences at the MU College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources.
"Almost all of the time, the right decision is to plant," he says. "Delaying planting is more likely to hurt yields than delaying nitrogen application. Research shows that delayed nitrogen application won't hurt yield. In wet years, delayed nitrogen application will actually help yields."
Scharf cites research from 2008-2010, years with wet springs like the one we are now experiencing. Over those three years, corn receiving nitrogen fertilizer when it was knee-high out-yielded corn receiving all nitrogen fertilizer at planting by an average of 60 bushels per acre each year. "This is because the nitrogen applied at planting was lost due to wet weather and was not there when the crop needed it in June and July."
Preliminary data from the Missouri Climate Center at MU indicates a statewide average monthly rainfall of 6.2 inches in April, making it the fourth consecutive month with above-normal precipitation. Total statewide precipitation for the first quarter of 2013 was 16.5 inches, more than 5 inches above normal for the period and the seventh-wettest January through April on record. Some areas of northeastern Missouri had as much as 9.2 inches of rain over the last four-week period, pushing corn planting back to 27 days behind last year and 18 days behind normal, according to the May 6 USDA crop progress report.
Delayed application may mean changing machinery. Some producers may have planned to use nitrogen-application equipment before planting that won't work in a standing crop. Scharf encourages producers to be flexible about how they get their nitrogen applied. He notes that a number of fertilizer dealers have recently purchased or leased high-clearance applicators, and many have side-dress units available. "This creates options in addition to equipment that the producer actually owns."
Due to drought, much of the nitrogen fertilizer applied to corn last year was not used. Some producers may have hoped to use this nitrogen with another corn crop planted this year. This possibility looked reasonable all through the fall of 2012, but is questionable now. A small number of deep soil samples Scharf and others took this spring have revealed less nitrogen than expected.
"We found almost zero nitrate in the top foot, but about 20 pounds of nitrogen per acre as nitrate in the second foot and another 20 in the third foot," Scharf said. "In short, the nitrate has moved down, and it seems likely that a good bit has moved below 3 feet deep. I wouldn't take a credit for last year's nitrogen unless it was backed up by a deep soil test."
Soil tests to measure residual nitrogen are available through the MU Soil and Plant Testing Laboratory, through local extension centers or through commercial vendors.
For information on how to interpret soil test results, MU Extension guide G9177, "Preplant Nitrogen Test for Adjusting Corn Nitrogen Recommendations," is available for free download at extension.missouri.edu/p/G9177.
Nitrogen application also is discussed in "Best Management Practices for Nitrogen Fertilizer in Missouri" (IPM1027), available at extension.missouri.edu/p/IPM1027.
Information also is available from Scharf at plantsci.missouri.edu/nutrientmanagement. Precipitation maps are available at the link for "N Watch 2013," a tracking tool begun in 2009 to help producers make assessments about nitrogen loss in certain regions of the state.
Source: Peter Scharf, 573-882-0777


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Under extreme heat and against very tough competition, the Lady Wildcats remain undefeated (2-0-1), capturing another Katie Hunter trophy.
Under extreme heat and against very tough competition, the Lady Wildcats remain undefeated (2-0-1), capturing another Katie Hunter trophy.
On Friday evening, the SoccerCats used their more athletic and experienced team to put away an overmatched Station Camp team with a score of 5-0. In this game, Ellie Brown had a strong offensive night scoring twice. Peyton McCullum, Leah Scudder and Alex Gonzalez all found the net once. Two of the goals scored were assisted by Peyton McCullum and Mahala Myers.
On Saturday, in the second match of the tourney for the Lady Wildcats and in what was labeled the toughest match of the weekend, the SoccerCats came out on top with a score of 2-1 against a very athletic and talented Saint Agnes team. This team, one of the top teams in their division, gave the Lady Wildcats all they could handle. In the end, scores by Leah Scudder on an assist by Mahala Myers followed by a late goal on a direct kick by Emiline Brown helped seal the victory for the Lady Wildcats.
Finally, on the second match of the day and under extreme heat against a very aggressive Cookville team, the Lady Cats had to come from behind to tie the game and preserve their lead in the tournament standings. With only a few minutes left in the match, an excellent pass from Mahala Myers found Eli Brown's foot which sent the ball into the back of the net for the tie.
The SoccerCats resume District play in an away game at 6 p.m. this Thursday against Powell. Come support your Lady SoccerCats as they continue their run for a State Championship.


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A commentary about the early and extravagant celebration of Christmas.
Christmas seems to come earlier and earlier. This year, Thanksgiving fell on the earliest possible date, according to the way that holiday has etched its way into the American calendar. That means that between Christmas and Thanksgiving there is more time, so one might reason that the business world would be in less of a rush, but it just didn't work that way.
These days people decorate houses for Halloween. When I was a kid, the only thing we decorated was ourselves. Oh sure, teachers adorned their bulletin boards with black cats and one dimensional cardboard jack-o-lanterns, but people didn't decorate their homes. That was reserved for Christmas.
Thanksgiving gets a bit of a nod with the display of rich autumn colors and cornucopia filled with the yield of a good harvest. The bulletin boards give way to turkeys made of student's hand prints with a few additions. Schools decorate for homecoming, making use of school colors aimed at stirring up interest in the "big game." Then there are dances. Homecoming ends with a dance. Some schools, youth organizations and churches crown a snow princess and build another dance around that theme. All of a sudden, it's Christmas.
There's no limit to what people will do at Christmas. It's a great holiday that is really fun for a lot of people, but more and more fails to recognize the "true meaning" of that holiday. I guess that's O.K. Everybody likes getting gifts, and most enjoy buying gifts for the people they care about. Christians have really allowed their special day to be taken over by commercial concerns. Christmas movies are about Santa Claus, and that's fine. A good many people in our country profess Christianity but fall short of seriously practicing the teachings of their religion. The most blatant omission is the forgiveness that is so central to the teachings of all Christian sects. Rather, there is a large focus on judgment. I don't know where in the Bible men are called to judge other men. Of course, I'm talking about the New Testament, which is really more about the life of Christ, with the Old Testament serving as a history lesson of the Jewish people.
I do marvel at the amount of money people are willing to spend on Christmas décor, especially at a time when the economy is supposedly so difficult. But Christmas lights do bring pleasure and it's fun to see the various artistic treatments of lights that trim eaves, roof lines, shrubbery an porch columns or banisters. There's a lot of work that goes into this kind of decoration.
After Christmas, it doesn't take long before Valentine hearts replace snowflakes, silver bells and various other holiday paraphernalia. After Valentine's Day, comes Easter. I've seen trees adorned with Easter eggs.
I guess I think it would just be nice if people would take a bit of time to reflect on the spirit of Christmas. The gifts are fine, but I think Christmas is more about the gift we have received. I just don't like to see people spending more than they can truly afford. Sadly, Christmas has become a bit like weddings. People spend from twenty thousand dollars to figures beyond my comprehension for a single day of that celebration. I think it would make so much more sense to put that large sum of money toward the marriage instead of the wedding. I guess we get caught up in traditions and forget to think about the true meaning of some of our cultural traditions.
In any event, I wish you all a very Merry Christmas, even if it's a bit early.


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This thrilling action-adventure film is set in a world where people are divided into distinct factions based on human virtues. Tris Prior is warned she is Divergent and will never fit into any one group. When she discovers a conspiracy by a faction leader to destroy all Divergents, Tris must learn to trust in the mysterious Four and...
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This thrilling action-adventure film is set in a world where people are divided into distinct factions based on human virtues. Tris Prior is warned she is Divergent and will never fit into any one group. When she discovers a conspiracy by a faction leader to destroy all Divergents, Tris must learn to trust in the mysterious Four and together they must find out what makes being Divergent so dangerous before it's too late.
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Beneath the many tiers of convoluted sci-fi world building that make up the skin of Divergent, there is what might pass for a simple and humane heart: the message that a person should be more than just one thing. That the truly worthwhile among us won't fit so snugly into the rigid compartments instituted by society - both ours and that of Future Chicago - because not fitting in, as it turns out, is actually a better gig. That in Tris Prior (Shailene Woodley), we - the silent majority of outcasts - have a new idol to vocalize the values in being different. But it's really difficult to attach yourself to a character like Tris with writing this terrible.
Although the parameters of her role would logically allow for enough personality, imagination, and good old fashioned chutzpah to make Tris a relatable human being, there is almost no personality to be found in the script's version of the hero. The entire Divergent world is lacking in this area, in fact. From the onset of her introductory voice-over (almost forgivable, because there might actually be no other way to introduce a society so cluelessly complicated), we can feel something lacking in the construction of the film's hero. Tris explains the nature of the five societal factions that exist in Future Chicago - Dauntless (the brave), Abnegation (the selfless), Erudite (the intelligent), and two others that don't really come into play, mentioning with a foreboding tone that those who don't belong to any faction are shunned by the world and cast to desolation (that's her, if you don't already know). But in these crucial opening minutes, Tris' exposition is as lifeless as it is brainless. Starting with Erudite, Tris fawns like an empty-headed child, They know everything. A regrettably imbecilic line, but probably the peak of the character's nuance. From there, we get very little out of Tris, or any other of Divergent's citizens, that isn't cold, bloodless exposition and the action necessary to courier it to a sating box office end game.
No one in this story about being yourself feels at all like he or she has a self to be. Run through the gears of a world too insistently mechanical to evoke anything real (despite the generosity of its central fitting in conceit), the people end up flat, thin, and dry, never once uttering a line of dialogue that is in any way personal... or in any small way not tailored to the larger game of misguided set-up at play. Against this backdrop, a pronounced Tris Prior might have been doubly effective. But it's not some grand schematic on the part of director Neil Burger and screenwriters Evan Daugherty and Vanessa Taylor to paint a gray world behind a glimmering hero. It's just an ostensible inability to draw anything human.
There are a couple of reasons why we hesitate to call Tris a truly terrible character. The first is Woodley. With so little to work with, she is, admittedly, good. Her action carries weight, her tears beget ours, and we do actually root for her to come out okay. All of the charm we're accrediting to Tris is Woodley's doing, and we know from past turns that with a better script in her hands this rising star could do wonders. The second is that, in outline form, Tris might be the best YA heroine we've gotten lately. Her decisions stem from a drive for independence and personal fulfillment. True, her primarily relationship is with a brooding jock, the unfortunately named Four (Theo James), to whom she plays the eager therapist more than anything else. But she also has a somewhat empowering bond with her mother (Ashley Judd) and an admittedly under cooked but at the very least occasionally present rapport with faction-mate Christina (Zoe Kravitz). So... something.
Without a real character in which to root these small victories, though, they amount to very little. Just additional slices of the soulless, joyless, mindless deep dish pie that is this movies. But Chicago's dystopian fiction fails the same w
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Unless Google can get its serverless act together, it may end up winning the container battle but losing the cloud war
Peter Azzopardi's insight:
For years, AWS had the cloud infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) market all to itself. Microsoft was late to the party, but with its strong ties to CIOs and a savvy hybrid cloud story, Azure has quickly become a serious contender to Amazon's cloud throne. Google, however, has had to settle for a distant third place.
Google used to rely mainly on its technical bona fides to sell its cloud, but now it's meeting customers halfway with new enterprise-friendly capabilities and support
Peter Azzopardi's insight:
"By most estimates, Google Cloud remains a distant No. 3 behind AWS and Microsoft Azure."
From data scooping to facial recognition, Amazon's latest additions give devs new, wide-ranging powers in the cloud
Peter Azzopardi's insight:
"....... no company has done more to create feature-rich bundles of services for the cloud than Amazon."
Remove head from sand. Resist impulse to hug server. Prepare yourself for the inevitable
Peter Azzopardi's insight:
"I said the cloud wouldn't eat the world in 2017, but it's going to happen eventually. There's simply no reason for most businesses to run their own Data Center. There's no reason for most non-IT businesses to write most of their software. Buying hardware? It's a generation behind by the time you unpack it."
You think your datacenter offers a better solution than AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform? Fuggedaboutit
Peter Azzopardi's insight:
"Ultimately, there's no way you can keep up with the relentless economies of scale of an Amazon, Google, or Microsoft."
That depends on how good you are at managing infrastructure. 451 finds labor efficiency and utilization severely impact total cost of ownership for private clouds
Peter Azzopardi's insight:
"Public clouds have their advantages. Most notably, public clouds are the least wasteful deployment option because they offer on-demand provisioning of resources."
Enterprises didn't spend any more money on storage systems in Q2, but they got more capacity, IDC says
Peter Azzopardi's insight:
"Where enterprises last year were ordering SSDs (solid-state drives) with up to 3TB, now they can buy in bulk with units as big as 15TB."
All those millions of new endpoints will add equally as many vulnerabilities if the industry fails to address the problem
Peter Azzopardi's insight:
IoT: Big money, big risk. If we buy into the hype that IoT offers huge opportunity, we should assume the hackers won't be far behind.
More and more enterprises are moving towards multi-cloud environments, but data encryption and security remain a stumbling block, according to the latest research from workload security provider HyTrust.
Peter Azzopardi's insight:
"When it comes to security, 44% encrypt data using a cloud provider solution, while 28% deploy a separate data encryption solution."
Find out which ones give you more (or less) control over your data
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5 of the best products reviewed
Advanced practitioners display hybrid vigour
Peter Azzopardi's insight:
Cloud computing is so mainstream these days that maybe it should just be called "computing".
Building a perimeter fence around traditional infrastructure may reduce some IT risks, but it sacrifices agility. Composable Infrastructure offers a better way.
Peter Azzopardi's insight:
"In short, it would be a Composable Infrastructure – one that turns compute, storage and fabric into fluid pools of resources that you can effortlessly compose and recompose to meet each application's changing needs."
Micrsoft is in the midst of a historic strategic pivot to embrace Linux as a first-class supported platform. We explore the implications for enterprise IT and business decision-makers, and recommend practical steps to position your organization for a cross-platform Microsoft strategy
Peter Azzopardi's insight:
Azure has emerged as an alternative to AWS, and Microsoft has partnered with Docker to deliver container support for Windows Server 2016.
How vulnerability management and threat prevention can move at the speed of continuous delivery
Peter Azzopardi's insight:
"Simply put, it is not possible to keep up with container image updates, deliver reliable alerts, and detect anomalies if we continue relying on a manual, start-and-stop system."
Chrome may be the world's most popular browser, but it isn't necessarily the best one
Peter Azzopardi's insight:
"Chrome is great. Google did a wonderful job with it—and continues improving it every day. But Chrome isn't perfect, and it's not the only bundle of bits that can fetch a URL. There are plenty of other good options, and you should explore them for all of these 13 reasons and maybe a few more."
Container-based applications introduce unique security challenges; here's how to address them
Peter Azzopardi's insight:
"If security teams want to seize the opportunity (borrowing a devops term) to "shift security to the left," they need to identify and involve themselves in container initiatives now."
Cloud providers are pushing predictive analytics, machine learning, and IoT, but most companies simply want to move their workloads first
Peter Azzopardi's insight:
IT leaders want to get their workloads running properly in the cloud. Innovative stuff? It is not that important right now.
In the next five years, nearly every important decision, whether it's business or personal, will be made with the assistance of IBM Watson, said IBM president and CEO Ginni Rometty, in a keynote speech at IBM's World of Watson conference.
Peter Azzopardi's insight:
"Watson technology will touch hundreds of millions of people by the end of this year alone, IBM's CEO said."
VMware private clouds will gain elasticity from the Amazon-VMware offering, but customers may eventually wonder why they need a private cloud at all
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"Techies who live in the future are likely to greet VMware Cloud on AWS with a shrug. The private cloud (whatever that is) and on-premises computing in general are on the wane, they will say, as even the C-suite embraces the public cloud."
The benefits of big data are real.
Peter Azzopardi's insight:
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To kick off his company's Ignite conference in Atlanta this week, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced that Adobe will run three of its most popular software as a service apps on the Microsoft Azure IaaS cloud. The move is a power play by Microsoft, but it should be taken with a grain of salt: Adobe uses Azure competitor Amazon Web Services heavily, too.
Peter Azzopardi's insight:
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AWS, Azure, Salesforce, and the rest enable you to build and/or deploy stuff in record time -- but those clouds aren't killing on-prem IT for good reason
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In flash storage these days, it takes more than speed to win over many enterprises. Flash pioneer Violin is introducing its fastest arrays yet but also bringing its Concerto OS to the cloud.
Peter Azzopardi's insight:
The flash storage pioneer is introducing its fastest enterprise arrays yet
Cloud can handle the peaks in storage and computing demand, but organisations must be able to get it up and down quickly in order to benefit from the potential cost efficiencies and infrastructure agility that it can offer.
Peter Azzopardi's insight:
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text: Monday Night FootballKansas City @ PittsburghMan, that Week 9 same-day flight really cost the Steelers. Not. Pittsburgh's defense dominated the Giants' offense in last Sunday's 24-20 win, putting the game away with a relentless fourth-quarter power running attack. Back home where they haven't lost since early last November, the Steelers will look to pour points on a Chiefs team that OC Todd Haley still feels wronged him with last year's in-season firing. "There is no love lost between Todd Haley and Chiefs GM Scott Pioli," said Adam Schefter on SportsCenter this week. "If the Steelers have a chance to run up the score, Haley would not hesitate to do that. This is a very important game to him." FOX Sports' Jay Glazer reported Sunday that the Chiefs have refused to pay Haley the remainder of the contract he's owed. This is a revenge game for Kansas City's offensive playcaller. The Chiefs messed with his money. ... Ben Roethlisberger is playing career-best football in Haley's offense. At the season's halfway point, he's on pace for career highs in pass attempts (596), TD-to-INT ratio (32:8), and passing yards (4,406). He's the No. 7 fantasy quarterback and an every-week QB1. ... Coach Mike Tomlin is promising a "hot hand" backfield against the Chiefs with Jonathan Dwyer returning from a quad injury to pair with Isaac Redman. The matchup is obviously favorable; Kansas City ranks 22nd against the run. The carry distribution is up in the air. Redman is tentatively expected to get the start Monday night.The Chiefs have used SS Eric Berry in man coverage of tight ends all year. Berry is struggling mightily. Kansas City's production allowed to tight ends isn't off the charts, but this is a plus matchup for Heath Miller. Miller is the No. 3 fantasy tight end, so shake off his relatively slow Week 9 stat line (4-48) and start him. ... It was too little, too late for Kansas City to roll heads last week, stripping Romeo Crennel's defensive coordinator tag and cutting RCB Stanford Routt. They may have wanted to wait one more week to cut Routt, though. At least he can run. On Monday night, fleet-footed Mike Wallace will spend most of his snaps in heavy-legged RCBs Javier Arenas and Travis Daniels' coverage. And Haley -- who helped draft Arenas -- knows Kansas City's defensive personnel well. Wallace's volume of deep routes has diminished in Haley's quick-hitting, Kurt Warnerian offense, but this would be an ideal matchup to unleash the speed demon. ... Chiefs LCB Brandon Flowers has been targeted by offenses just nine times in the past three games. Per Pro Football Focus, Philip Rivers completely ignored Flowers' side of the field in Week 9, not challenging his coverage on any of Rivers' 20 throws. It speaks to the respect offenses have for Flowers' cover skills, as well as the target on the back of Kansas City's other corners. Emmanuel Sanders is an appealing WR3 with Antonio Brown (high ankle sprain) out for Week 10, but fantasy owners need to hope he doesn't get stuck on Flowers' side of the field.I've gotten a few questions about Wallace's matchup. An "X" receiver, Wallace plays 60 percent of his snaps on the left side of the offensive formation. He lines up most often against RCBs. Under Crennel, the Chiefs have unfailingly "played sides" at cornerback, leaving Flowers at left corner with Routt -- and Brandon Carr before him -- always aligning at right corner. They have never used Flowers to shadow opposing No. 1 receivers. If the Chiefs play like they always play, and the Steelers play like they always play, Wallace should avoid Flowers' coverage on the majority of Monday night's snaps. Per Mike Clay's charted data, Wallace has only played 28 percent of his downs at RWR, the receiver spot that goes against Flowers' side of the field. His other 12 percent has come in the slot.The Steelers rank No. 1 in total defense. They are No. 1 against the pass and No. 7 against the run, so you won't find any good fantasy matchups on the Chiefs' side. … If you're starting Jamaal Charles, you are essentially entrusting your fantasy lineup decision to a combo of Charles' talent and Kansas City's coaching staff. You're betting that Charles is capable of making big plays and that the Chiefs will give him chances to do so. The former is a lock. The latter is dicey. We can say this confidently: Playcaller Brian Daboll would be a complete fool to run Peyton Hillis into the Steelers' brick-wall defense on Monday night. … The quarterback and offense as a whole haven't helped, but the primary reason Jon Baldwin hasn't produced is because he isn't playing well. He isn't separating from defensive backs or turning his opportunities into big plays. He's waiver-wire fodder. … Steelers RCB Ike Taylor is shutting down receivers left and right since a slow start to the season. Just ask A.J. Green (1-8-1), Hakeem Nicks (1-10-0), and Leonard Hankerson (1-16). There is hope for Dwayne Bowe, though. It's called garbage time. … So much for Tony Moeaki's eight-target, 57-yard Week 8 game. He wasn't targeted on a single Week 9 pass. Moeaki is not on the fantasy radar. ... If you're willing to bank on a blowout loss, Dexter McCluster is a slightly appealing PPR start as Matt Cassel's favorite checkdown option in comeback mode. But McCluster has scored one touchdown this year, and failed to clear 60 receiving yards in every game since Week 1. The Steelers' Emmanuel Sanders would be a more attractive spot play.Score Prediction: Steelers 30, Chiefs 7


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Editor's note: This is the second in an ongoing series of stories on one East Lyme family's efforts to rebuild after Superstorm Sandy.
East Lyme - Robin Soule stepped from the top of a ladder onto a platform dusted by an overnight snowfall to reach the entrance of her family cottage on Atlantic Street in Crescent Beach.
Superstorm Sandy last October ripped off the cottage's outdoor staircase, deposited 3 feet of sand in the storage space below the first floor, pushed the propane gas tank more than a block away from the house and blew the outdoor garage off its foundation and into a nearby pond.
Months later, as the sun shone brightly on a chilly winter morning and seagulls gathered at nearby McCook Point Park, Soule and her husband faced the task of assessing the cottage's electrical damage and the cost of repairs.
In 1909, Soule's family purchased the three-story cottage with green shutters, brown shingles and white railings, along a sandy stretch on Niantic Bay. Generations of her family have spent summers there. Soule, a third-grade teacher at Flanders Elementary School, and her husband, John Eberle, a civil engineer, have three daughters, live in town and share the summer cottage with relatives.
With help from contractors, family and neighbors, Soule and Eberle have started the repairs. They met with insurance adjusters, cleaned up the garage's debris from a nearby field and even found a new home for a beloved sailboat that had cracked during the storm.
Now, Soule was continuing the several-months-long repair process that began in the days before the storm, when she gathered her family's memorabilia from the cottage.
Restoring power
Eberle and electrician Jamie Gada of the Niantic-based Jamco Electric followed Soule up the ladder to inspect the interior for damage from the storm surge.
Making her way through the cottage in the dark, Soule cast open the shutters revealing the sandy beach beyond and allowing the morning light to stream into the space. The living room where her family played games during previous summers became visible.
Gada inspected an electrical panel and measured the distance between the floor and the electrical outlets.
"When the waves crashed open the door, you got some of the runoff in here," Eberle said to the electrician. The surge brought about 3 inches of water into the room.
As part of his inspection, Gada needed to ensure that saltwater hadn't damaged the electrical outlets and to see whether fixtures needed to be moved during repairs to comply with current electrical codes.
Shortly after, they all conferred on the porch.
"We can get you power sooner than later," Gada said. "We just want to make sure we get the power in the right place."
The family needs electricity so contractors can use power tools to repair the cottage. Repairing the cottage, which has been deemed structurally intact, will entail obtaining insurance estimates, drawing up plans for repairs, installing new electrical equipment, digging out sand piled in the storage area and then repairing damaged areas.
Family heirlooms
Generations of the Soule family and friends have enjoyed summers at the beachfront house. Photo albums show the three-story cottage as a constant family fixture over the years.
In the black-and-white photos, her father sat as a child with relatives and neighbors on the cottage steps; smiling children peeked out from under mounds of sand on the beach near the house; her aunt, Marjorie Widnall, dove near a jetty into Niantic Bay; and a man stood on stilts as part of an entertainment act from the period when a tuberculosis sanitorium stood at neighboring McCook's.
Soule retrieved these and other family heirlooms from the cottage just before the storm hit: the photo albums, historical books from the Hurricane of 1938, ship paintings and a cowbell once used to call in playing children for dinner.
"I'm just so glad we have these things," she said.
When the late-October storm hit the northeastern seaboard, the storm surge pushed so much sand into the cottage's ground floor that Soule was no longer able to stand in there and walk around. She now crouches to reach the space that once housed boats and supplies.
The ensuing winter has brought more wind and waves.
A late-December nor'easter covered Soule's front yard with large rocks from the bay and again pushed water through the storage space.
Faced with the challenge of cleaning up the sand and rocks, Soule was able to find - and plans to hire - a contractor with a small backhoe that can maneuver in the space.
When opening the cottage for the summer years ago, the family would sweep away sand and small rocks from the front yard - but nothing like the task facing them now.
Soule and Eberle have just months before their traditional May move-in date.
But Soule said she realizes they are lucky, and she is glad they strengthened the seawall in front of the cottage after damage from Tropical Storm Irene in 2011. Soule said she thinks that step saved the cottage from further damage during Sandy.
"I want this cottage," Soule said with enthusiasm as she stood on the steps where generations had stood before. "It's in my blood."
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J Nold Midyette's Pearl Street Mall Properties submitted a site review to the city of Boulder to add a third floor to the existing building at 1738 Pearl St. and redevelop the neighboring parking lot to erect a three-story addition to the property off 18th and Pearl streets. The development would result in an addition of 17,245 square feet of floor area to the existing building of 24,755 square feet, according to city planning documents.
Sixteen parking spaces would be situated toward the rear of the building and near the alley, according to the plans.
The proposed project would bring additional office, retail and restaurant space to the east end of Pearl, and it comes just months after Midyette received approval to put a third floor on 1600 Pearl St.
Boulder Brands Inc., which makes Smart Balance spreads, leased the new office space at 1600 Pearl prior to its completion.
"(Developers) are moving forward in direct correlation to demand from the marketplace," said Sean Maher, executive director of Downtown Boulder Inc., an organization that serves and promotes downtown businesses. "There was a tremendous amount of interest in office space.
"1600 Pearl leased long before it was finished."
Midyette could not be reached for comment.
The addition planned for the parking lot is an allowed by-right development, since the building would be 38 feet tall. The third story and setback proposed to the existing building required a site review application, said Elaine McLaughlin, a city of Boulder planner.
City planning staff reviewed the site review proposal and recommended that the development move forward, but the Boulder Planning Board will have a say in the project's fate at this Thursday's meeting. At least one member of the Planning Board on Oct. 17 requested a call-up of the 1738 Pearl project, according to city documents.
At that time, the Planning Board could choose to review all aspects of the project -- including the by-right development, McLaughlin said.
"It's all up for grabs," she said.
Also on the Planning Board's docket this week is a concept plan for Pearl Place, a mixed-use development proposed for the southwest corner of 30th and Pearl streets.
Earlier this year, Pearl Place Associates, an entity backed by Forum Real Estate and Brickstone Partners, snapped up the Aspen Plaza, 2095 30th St.; Landmark Center, 2111 30th St.; and the HB Woodsongs building at 2920 Pearl St. for more than $11 million.
The Denver-based entity is proposing to raze the existing buildings and then develop three new buildings comprised of a 120-room hotel, 6,000 square feet of retail space, 202,500 square feet of office space and 38,000 square feet of open space -- including a terraced amphitheater -- on the 4.29-acre property.
The initial architectural concept for the project includes 55-foot, four-story modern buildings with flat roofs, according to plans filed with the city.
As Pearl Place is still in the concept plan stage, the Planning Board is scheduled to discuss the proposal and not required to take any actions.
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The relationship between ferrous scrap prices and service center orders and inventories isnt always the first factor market participants consider when assessing steel sales, but recent pricing activity has highlighted the important role that it plays.
As scrap prices fell in September and early October, distributors kept a close eye on raw material negotiations, looking for signs of how steel prices and overall steel demand could be affected.
During that period, steel prices did not rise, despite some manufacturer statements that hikes were on the way, and steel shipments fell in both August and September.
But then, amidst a market consensus that scrap prices had bottomed out in October, NLMK USA, Nucor Corp. and AK Steel Corp. increased prices mid-month for all sheet products by $40 per ton. Those decisions to raise prices followed an apparently leading move by U.S. Steel.
The moves immediately prompted some ordering, mill and distributor sources said.
No one can believe it, one Midwest service center source said. Everybody were buying for, they know the price is going up so theyre trying to beat the price.
But some buyers werent able to get in and place orders ahead of the hike, a mill source said.
Its interesting that this (price rise) has occurred a couple weeks earlier than last year. I think its caught some distributors and OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) off guard, which from a mill perspective is a good thing, he said.
Some distributors reported buying large quantities following warnings from mill sales representatives that hikes were on the way. The belief is that prices wont go down anymore, and theyll see how much of the $40 will stick, a second Midwest service center source said.
Prior to the October increases, the market had looked rocky. U.S. steel plate prices had resumed their downward trend in late September as scrap input costs fell and minimal spot orders exacerbated a sense of oversupply in the market, sources told AMM. The announced increasesÑnone of that stuck, one service center source said at the time. With scrap sliding, prices stayed the same or came down in some cases.
The price decline came as spot buying hit a lull. Sources had told AMM that inventories were more than meeting demand. The service centers, the big chains, are the drivers of the spot market, and many of them are in a no-buy mode, one mill source said in September.
Mills efforts to capture price increases often had been undermined not just by depressed demand, but also by downward scrap markets in September and early October, sources said.
Scrap falling marginally--that does not help, a mill source said.
Steel prices had maintained strength throughout the traditionally slower summer season as the market awaited a possible strike at Chicago-based ArcelorMittal USA Inc. or Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel Corp., where labor agreements were set to expire Sept. 1. However, with both integrated steelmakers successfully negotiating new deals with the United Steelworkers union, sources said the sheet markets run-up had little staying power.
There (was) just not a lot out there to support (the price), one mill source told AMM, noting that falling scrap prices and lower-priced imports of cold-rolled and galvanized sheet in particular started to eat into the mills price-hike efforts.
AMMs consumer buying price for shredded automotive scrap in the Chicago market--a key component in many steel mills raw material surcharges--fell more than 18 percent to $335 per ton in October from $410 two months earlier.
Everyone knows scrap is going down, one Midwest service center source said. Both mill and service center sources agreed that they saw little on the horizon to support the summers price increases into the fall. Its dead and over now, one southern service center source said of the rising hot-rolled prices seen previously. Its petered out.
Our customers are all busy, another Midwest service center source said. Theyre not setting the world on fire, but they are doing fine. Nonetheless, the source noted that mills lead times are shrinking. Falling steel product prices will keep people from buying unless they absolutely must, he added.
I will only fill (orders) when I need to fill the pot, a source at an East Coast manufacturer said.
Although North American service centers expected to see little change in steel shipments following summer levels that were down from a year earlier, September steel shipments decreased again, another sign of the fragile state of the scrap and steel sectors.
Were not seeing a whole lot (of demand) other than the energy side of the business, which continues to be fairly strong, while theres a lot of uncertainty in the other markets, a source at one national steel distributor told AMM.
Service center sources said that overall demand has remained relatively unchanged so far, even as a few segments experienced slight upticks in recent weeks.
Automotive used to drive the steel industry, and now its recovered. Weve seen production at pre-crash levels, one northern service center source said. Still, automotive growth is not enough to pull up the slack for construction.
The slowdown in shipments from 2011 levels, which began in August, continued in September. Steel shipments declined approximately 10 percent in the United States compared with the 1-percent fall in August.
U.S. service centers shipped nearly 3.08 million tons of steel products in September, a decrease of 9.5 percent from September 2011. For the year to date, steel shipments totaled more than 32.11 million tons, an inacrease of 3.3 percent from the same period last year.
Steel product inventories totaled nearly 8.77 million tons at the end of September (2.8 months supply at current shipping rates), according to the Metals Service Center Institute (MSCI), down 2.1 percent from more than 8.95 millions tons (2.5 months supply) the previous month although up 3.1 percent from 8.5 millions tons (also 2.5 months supply) a year earlier.
Shipments by U.S. steel distributors totaled more than 3.65 million tons in August, up 11.1 percent from nearly 3.29 million tons in July but down 1 percent from 3.69 million tons in August last year. Meanwhile, domestic distributors inventories were on the rise in August, according to MSCI data. Steel inventories held by U.S. service centers totaled more than 8.95 million tons (2.5 months supply at current shipping levels), up 0.2 percent from 8.93 million tons (2.7 months supply) in July and 5.8 percent above 8.46 million tons (2.3 months supply) in August 2011.
Its not just a domestic issue. Japanese steel distributors have joined the growing number of voices warning that steel demand likely will slow significantly in the fourth quarter.
There is evidence that distributors are focusing on reducing stockpiles. Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co. Ltd. said that steel inventories have already begun to fall, and it left October selling prices unchanged from the previous month despite a sharp drop in scrap prices. While construction demand will continue to improve as reconstruction work moves ahead, the level is lower than had been expected, distributors said during the latest quarterly meeting between Japans Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Steel Products Distributors Association. Japanese distributors also expressed concern over a likely drop in demand from other sectors.
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sfcrazy writes: A very serious argument erupted on the Linux kernel mailing list when Andy Grover, a Red Hat SCSI target engineer, requested that Nicholas A. Bellinger, the Linux SCSI target maintainer, provide proof of non-infringment of the GPL. Nick is developer at Rising Tide Systems, a Red Hat competitor, and a maker of advanced SCSI storage systems. Nick's company recently produced a groundbreaking technology involving advanced SCSI commands which will give Rising Tide Systems a lead in producing SCSI storage systems. Now, RTS is blocking Red Hat for getting access to that code as its proprietary. What's uncertain is whether RTS' code is covered by GPL or not — if it is then Red Hat has all the rights to get access to it and it's a serious GPL violation.


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A very interesting fact was sent in by a subscriber, Charles L. Worthington of Atlanta, Ga. It concerned the Bible of Capt. John. It has been in the possession of his family until it was loaned to a family in Annapolis, MD. His father Bruce Worthington had asked him to locate the Bible, which was loaned by his grandfather over forty years ago. Since that time a search has been made for the Bible. The Bible was loaned to a cousin of the family. If anyone has any knowledge of this Bible, please, please let Mr. Worthington know. (See Query column)
Mr. Campbell Worthington tells us about his father's early life while living at Belmont. His father was Edward Worthington. They built a swimming place and it was fed by cool spring water and the warm gound water, which provided them with their choice – cool or warm swimming. He also relates how his father Edward and his cousin sat in the eaves at Belmont and smoked – no one could see the smoke in the house.
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From the National Confectioner's Association
If figuring out what women want this Valentine's Day is tough, figuring out what men want may be even tougher. After all, contrary to popular belief, Valentine's Day isn't only about the ladies. A nationwide study conducted by the National Confectioner's Association (NCA) in 2005 revealed what's on the minds of men and women during the annual celebration of love and romance. Knowing exactly what men and women want could help some couples find sweet success this Valentine's Day. Key findings include:
Tip: Women, consider exploring more sophisticated gift ideas for your spouse or significant other this Valentine's Day. Just because your man is a sports junkie, doesn't mean he doesn't appreciate the finer things in life!
Tip: The most interesting and romantic gifts are often the ones that involve the most thought and planning. Exchanging gifts the day before Valentine's, gives couples more time to share them together.
Tip : In front of a fire or in bed, a romantic location is always preferred to present a sweet treat to your Valentine. Pick a place that commemorates a special memory, moment or occasion in your relationship.
Tip: Nothing beats starting Valentine's Day by being intimate and impromptu. Surprise your loved one with their favorite sweets before or after breakfast in bed.
Tip: Unless you're looking to sweeten the blow, don't waste your good candy on a bad break-up.
While men and women may have specific preferences, the results of NCA's survey show that candy has a place in everyone's heart on Valentine's Day. "Everyone appreciates classic Valentine's Day gifts," says Larry Graham, president of the National Confectioners Association. "Candy is a romantic classic, and can be very personal, reflecting the individual tastes of the person you love."
"NCA's survey reveals some interesting insights into what men and women want this Valentine's Day," says Carole Bloom, spokesperson for fellow industry group the Chocolate Manufacturers Association and author of several chocolate cookbooks including Truffles, Candies and Confections, Chocolate Lover's Cookbook For Dummies, and All About Chocolate . "Chocolate is a clear favorite that everyone from couples to companions can enjoy. While some people might celebrate Valentine's Day in an intimate setting, others might consider hosting a chocolate tasting or a chocolate and wine pairing party to experience a range of tastes, textures and aromas."
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The RCMP is moving to dismiss Cpl. Catherine Galliford, the high-profile Mountie whose claims of systemic harassment within the force prompted a flood of similar complaints.
Galliford, who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and has been on sick leave since 2006, said a "notice of intent to discharge" was delivered to her home earlier this week. The letter states that the force is seeking her dismissal "for reason of physical and/or mental disability."
"This discharge is based on the grounds that your disability has impaired your ability to perform your duties … and the limitations and occupational restrictions resulting from your condition are such that accommodation elsewhere in the force has not been possible," the letter states.
It says that a health services officer concluded that she was unfit for either operational or administrative duties and that this inability was considered permanent.
The letter also states that Galliford did not respond to a previous letter, which gave her 30 days to come forward to discuss possible "workplace accommodations" within the force.
As of April, the force had delivered similar letters to more than 30 employees who were on long-term leave. An updated number was not available Friday and it is not clear how many have since been discharged.
RCMP officials have previously said the force cannot continue to pay full salaries indefinitely to employees whose health prevents them from performing their duties.
In a memo released in February, Commissioner Bob Paulson urged members to reject the "spin" that the force was targeting employees who had filed harassment complaints.
But Galliford, who filed a lawsuit last year in British Columbia Supreme Court alleging she was sexually assaulted and bullied for years, said Friday she believes that's precisely what the force is doing.
"They want to get rid of me because I complained," she said.
At the same, Galliford, a former RCMP spokeswoman, acknowledged that she could never work for the force again because the environment is "too toxic."
"The RCMP will accommodate me back to work. Unfortunately, however, the RCMP broke my brain. And so I have PTSD. In order for me to go back to work, I have to be healthy and the RCMP have done nothing to help me with that."
Receiving the notice of intent to discharge, she said, is probably "more of a blessing than anything else so I can move forward."
The notice states that a three-member medical review board will be appointed to "determine the degree of your impairment" and that she can nominate a medical practitioner to be her representative on the board.
Galliford first went public with her allegations of abuse and intimidation in late 2011. That prompted others to come forward with similar allegations.
Several lawsuits and a proposed class-action lawsuit have been filed against the force.
A report earlier this year by the Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP, which reviewed more than 700 harassment complaints lodged by employees between 2005 and 2011, urged the force to take "concrete" and "measurable" steps to improve its handling of harassment allegations.
The force has said it has implemented a number of measures, including centralizing oversight of harassment complaints, revising its internal harassment policy and developing new "respectful workplace" training.
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Huskers Fall in First Round of Big Ten Tournament
Columbus, Ohio- The Huskers started strong capturing the doubles point with victories at the No. 1 and 2 positions. Dusty Boyer and Marc Herrmann knocked off Drew Lied and JP Mullane 8-3 on court two, while Andre Stenger and Bradford Zitsch defeated Harry Jadun and Gijs Linder 8-4 at No. 1.
Nebraska's first finish was Sebastian Florczyk's loss 6-4, 6-0 at No. 5 to Gijs Linder.
Nebraska had the advantage after winning the next two singles points. Marc Herrmann beat Denis Bogatov 6-3, 6-3 at No. 3, and Boyer topped Aaron Pfister at the No. 1 position 7-6, 6-2.
At this point Nebraska was ahead 3-1.
Nebraska gave up the next point at the No. 2 spot when Andre Stenger fell in a hard fought battle to Drew Lied, finishing 2-6, 7-6, 6-0.
Courts 4 and 6 were the deciding factors in the match. Tom Blackwell fell 7-5, 7-5. Andrew Dzulynsky lost a tight 6-3, 6-7, 6-3.
Mullane and Jadun would be the deciding factors for MSU on courts four and six. Both were able to take the first set, as Mullane topped Tom Blackwell 7-5 and Jadun defeated Andrew Dzulysky, 6-3. With a 7-5 victory in the final set over Blackwell, Mullane tied up the match at three, leaving the point at No. 6 as the deciding factor for the match. This gave the Spartans the last point they needed to take the match.
"Tough loss after winning the doubles point", Said Coach Kerry McDermott. "On the bright side our freshmen continue to show good results, and will set the tone for next year."
Michigan State 4 def. Nebraska 3
Big Ten Tournament First Round
April 24
Columbus, Ohio
1. (NU) Dusty Boyer def. Aaron Pfister (MSU) 7-6, 6-2
2. (MSU) Drew Lied def. (NU) Andre Stenger 6-2, 6-7, 0-6
3. (NU) Marc Herrmann def. (WSU) Denis Bogatov 6-3, 6-3
4. (MSU) John Patrick Mullane def. (NU) Tom Blackwell 7-5, 7-5
5. (MSU) Gijs Linders def. (NU) Sebastian Florczyk 6-4, 6-0
6. (MSU) Harry Jadun def. (NU) Andrew Dzyulynsky 6-3, 6-7, 6-3
Order of finish: 5, 3, 1, 2, 4, 6
1. (NU) Stenger/ Zitsch def. Jadun/ Linders 8-4
2. (NU) Boyer/ Herrmann def. Mullane Lied 8-3
3. (NU) Videtich/ Elsass vs. Pfister/ Bogatov 7-5
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Wrong, it is economics...national pride plays a part, but so does the 'E' word...Originally posted by SolarFlare
You guys were talking about scientific discoveries, etc., from this flight. But don't you get it, it's all politics, 100% of it. Without the cold war, there would have been no space race. And without China trying to make itself a world power, there would be no Chinese manned space flight. That's not to say there would be nothing at all, but the manner in which it is done is entirely due to politics.


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Portions of the following information are based on facts provided by the arrested individuals. Those individuals have been booked with, not convicted of, the offenses shown. All accused should be presumed innocent until proven guilty.
Terrebonne Sheriff's Office
Albert Kirby Verrett Jr., 43, 232 American Blvd., Houma, disturbing the peace by intoxication.
Robert Michael Martin, 48, 827 Point St., Houma, DWI, improper lane usage.
Kentrell Christopher Pritchett, 29, 4400 Shalimar Drive, New Orleans, exploitation of the infirm.
Anthony Tyrone Bradley, 30, 518 North 25th St., Baton Rouge, holding for other agency.
Paul Cadriel, 55, 310 Blue Creek Road, El Campo, Texas, DWI, speeding.
Joshua John Parfait, 19, 152 Walnut Drive, Houma, unlawful possession drug paraphernalia, no driver's license, improper vehicle equipment.
Gene Eddie Theriot, 38, 5311 Bayouside Drive, Chauvin, theft more than $500, criminal trespass.
Cline Joseph Ledet Jr., 26, 122 South Louisiana Avenue, Montegut, holding for other agency.
Eugene Lee Schofield, 23, 191 East 17th St., Reserve, holding for other agency.
Houma City Police
Wilma Jeannie Lindsey, 47, 1903 South Claiborne Ave., New Orleans, home invasion, cruelty to the infirm.
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The individuals whose names follow were incarcerated on the order of a court or processed following a judicial determination.
Leo Arthur Chapman, 26, 153 Tulane St., Houma, probation violation.
Charles James Turner Jr., 49, 115 Townhouses Drive, Lafayette, contempt of court.
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Patricia Gaudet, 40, 1419 Park Drive, Thibodaux, simple criminal damage to property.
Dekoven Scott, 23, 104 Lincoln St., Napoleonville, contempt.
Rondraye Turner, 20, 3717 Baker Drive, Houma, aggravated assault with a firearm, possession of a firearm/carrying a concealed weapon by a convicted felon, illegal use of weapons or dangerous instrumentalities, simple criminal damage to property.
Stephen Nofsinger, 27, 3234 Poe Drive, Montgomery, contempt.
Henry Braud, 49, 124 Constant Drive, Thibodaux, 2nd DWI, possession of marijuana, careless operation.
Greg Blanchard, 50, 162 E. 153rd St., Galliano, contempt.
Regina Sonnier, 42, 227 St. Phillip St., Raceland, contempt.
Oris Lee, 49, 21426 Hwy. 1, Golden Meadow, entering/remaining after being forbidden, simple criminal damage to property, disturbing the peace by intoxication.
Lockport Police
Harry Kerley, 55, Drachenburg Trailer Park Lot 41, Raceland, aggravated assault with a firearm.
Thibodaux Police
Brad Leonard, 25, 180 Hwy. 1011, Napoleonville, contempt.
Dereke Southall, 32, 1709 Midland Drive, Thibodaux, possession with intent to distribute lortab, turning movements and required signals, 3rd possession of marijuana, possession with intent to distribute cocaine, resisting an officer, tail lamps required.
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Stephanie Hurry, 48, 771 St. Vincint St., Napoleonville, fugitive.
Lafourche Sheriff's Office
Jeremy Jones, 28, 433 Triple Oaks Drive, Raceland, sentence imposed.
Leroy Ledet, 35, 605 Yvonne St., New Iberia, contempt.


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Four For Friday - MV Clue
Today is Friday, so it is announcement time. Not too many to make. I will be here all weekend, typing my fat fingers to the bone blogging away and revealing a blind item or two tomorrow. Lately there have been some really good ones. Sometimes I reveal them ahead of time on Twitter and also this week, I have some blind items on there that are not on the site so, please follow me @entylawyer
It is that time of the year for the annual MV clue. Normally it would be on the anniversary of the blog but that is over the weekend, so I thought I would give it to you today. Hard to believe it has been six years. I could not have done it without all of you.
I promised you an objective clue.
Combined, the first and last name equals 13 letters.


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- 2 1/2 pounds Chicken cut into pieces
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- Put Extra Virgin Olive Oil, chicken pieces, and onions in a frying pan and let all the ingredients fry lightly over a mediun heat, stirring often.
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LOWELL -- After winning a $564,400 grant from the Federal Transit Administration, the Lowell Park Trolley System is on track to receive a series of upgrades.
The funding is part of a $12.5 million package announced Monday by U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. Through the Paul S. Sarbanes Transit in Parks Program, 29 projects across 20 states were awarded funding to reduce traffic congestion and improve visitor access to national parks and protected areas.
The trolleys at Lowell National Historic Park run from March to November, stopping at Boott Mills, Mack Plaza and the Tremont Gatehouse. The cars are replicas of historic vehicles that once ran in the city and are manned by park staff in period uniforms.
Equipment improvements throughout the 1.5-mile trolley system will include track enhancements, timber-tie replacements and electrical-equipment upgrades. The brakes and drive assemblies on the three trolleys will also be rebuilt.
Lowell National Historical Park was the only funding recipient in Massachusetts this year.
Federal Transit Administrator Peter Rogoff said the investments are intended to help keep parks sustainable for years to come.
"By taking cars off the road and reducing harmful emissions and pollutants in our nation's most natural and pristine settings, we're helping Americans and visitors from around the world enjoy these public lands as they were meant to be enjoyed," he said.
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"This federal grant is a significant investment in a community-based collaborative that will enhance the National Park's trolley system making the park more accessible to visitors and residents alike," Tsongas said.
"I strongly supported the collaborative request and congratulate all of the stakeholders who are continuing to revitalize and transform our city."
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Huskers Face Wichita State at Home
Lincoln, Neb.- The Nebraska mens tennis team (5-3) is now ranked at No. 59 in the ITA division 1 mens rankings, after winning their fourth straight match last Saturday in Bristol, Tenn. Next the Huskers are set to face Wichita State (6-2) at 2:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 25 at the Nebraska Tennis Center.
The Huskers are coming off a very successful weekend in Bristol, Tenn. where they downed two ranked teams. The Nebraska men's tennis team upset No. 60 Georgia State in its first match of the day, winning 4-3. They kept their momentum, winning the second match of the day against No. 74 ETSU. 4-2.
In singles play against the Panthers Nebraska posted four singles victories to secure the win. The Huskers doubles teams gave up two of three matches to forfeit the doubles point. The lone doubles victory belonged to Bradford Zitsch and Dusty Boyer over GSU's Andrew Zedde and Sofiane Chevallier 8-1. Tom Blackwell did not tarnish his perfect record, gaining his 7th win of the spring season.
The Huskers improved to 5-3 on the spring with their third consecutive win over an ITA Top 75 opponent with the win at ETSU 4-2. The doubles teams secured the doubles point with wins at the No.1 and No. 2 spots. Next the Huskers collected three singles victories. Dusty Boyer and Marc Herrmann each gained their second singles wins of the day. Against ETSU, Boyer rolled to a 6-1, 6-2 victory over ETSU's Jorge Varon. Herrmann knocked off ETSU's Rogerio Ribeiro 6-4, 6-4. Eric Sock fell to the Bucs' Juan Ramirez 6-4, 6-3, before ETSU's Jesus Bandres added a 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 win over NU's Andre Stenger. Tom Blackwell secured the win for the Huskers by improving to 8-0 on the season with his 4-6, 6-1, 6-1 victory over ETSU's Roger Ordeig in the No. 5 spot.
Nebraska Back In the National Rankings
Nebraska began the spring season at No. 74 in the ITA Divison I Men's Tennis Rankings. After falling at No. 36 Louisville, the Huskers slipped out of the top 75. After upsetting 3 ranked teams the Huskers are back in the rankings at No. 59.
Scouting the Shockers (6-2)
2013 Stats- Overall record: 4-2 • Conference: 0-0 • Region: 0-0 • Home: 4-0 • Away: 0-2 • Neutral: 0-0 vs National ranked: 0-1 • vs Regional ranked: 0-0
Head Coach- Brad Louderback (also Director of Tennis Operations at Wichita State)
Assistant Coach- Matt Hogan
2012 Stats- Overall record: 16-6 • Conference: 4-1 • Region: 8-1 • Home: 11-0 • Away: 3-5 • Neutral: 2-1 vs National ranked: 0-0 • vs Regional ranked: 0-0
Looking Ahead
The Huskers will head to Denver, Colo. Saturday, March 2 to face No. 53 Denver. The match will begin at 12:00 p.m. Results will be posted to Huskers.com.


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Reva Melissa (Alexander) Smith, 98, of Meadville, died Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012, at Livingston Manor, Chillicothe.
Reva was born in Linneus on May 3, 1914, the daughter of Elmer ad Mildred (Cooper) Alexander. On Jan. 14, 1934, she married Glenn Smith, who preceded her in death on Aug. 1, 2004. The couple was married for 70 years.
Reva graduated from Linneus High School in 1932. She was a homemaker, and had spent many hours making quilts and cooking meals for her family. She was a devoted member of the Meadville Church of Christ. After moving from the farm to Meadville in 1968, she and Glenn were the school custodians, and she helped with the cooking in the school cafeteria.
Survivors include one son, Virgil Smith and wife, Janeta, Meadville; four grandchildren, Joy Main and husband, Jerry Lynn, Bucklin, Jill Angell and husband, Jed, Centralia, Darren Smith and wife, Jackie, Meadville, and Blaine Smith and wife, Mishelle, Meadville; 13 grandchildren; six great grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews, and other relatives.
A celebration of life will be Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012, at 2 p.m., at the Meadville Church of Christ. Friends may stop by Wright-Baker-Hill Funeral Home, Meadville, on Friday, from 1 until 6 p.m., and the family will receive friends on Saturday, at the Meadville Church of Christ, from 1 p.m. until the time of the services.
Burial will be at Meadville Cemetery, Meadville, Mo.
Memorials in honor of Reva Smith may be made to Meadville R-IV School (to be used for the Athletic Department), or the Meadville Cemetery.


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Cell phone coverage is spotty, at best. You will be driving along and suddenly, it is as if you dropped into an abyss; all cell service is gone for miles and miles. If you live in one of those black holes, you may not even be able to use your cell within your own home.
Most of the county is (570). Other parts, heading out of the county, are in the (610) area code. So, you could be calling your neighbor who is down the street and have to pay long distance.
To find a list of land line providers in your area, visit www.utilitychoice.org and type in your zip code.
The following is a list of local service providers in the area:
Commonwealth Telephone Company: 1-800-225-5282, Outside PA 1-800-544-1530
MCI World Com Inc. 1-888-MCI-LOCAL (1-888-624-5622)
National Telephone Exchange: 1-800-735-8822 2417
Palmerton Long Distance Company: 610-826-9311
Palmerton Telephone Company: 610-826-2115
Talk America, Inc: 1-888-428-3288
Verizon Pennsylvania Inc.: 1-800-479-1919 (English) 1-800-479-0305 (Spanish)


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First off this things awsome!
I'm using the 1.5 carrier with 2 shims and the short spring. All together i fired about 1300-1400 rounds without one single break or chop! Usually the bolt would push the paintball either all the way into the chamber and fire or out of it and dry fire if it wasn't quite there. I can even stick my pinky in the breech and fire, just goes pff an resets.
The only problem i found was that when first gasing up the gun i had to push the bolt back about an 8th of an inch then it worked great.
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Tickets Going Fast at Pinnacle Bank Arena
Lincoln – The University of Nebraska Athletic Department announced Thursday afternoon that less than 300 public season tickets remain for the first season of Nebraska men's basketball at Pinnacle Bank Arena.
Six months ahead of the first exhibition game, the Husker basketball program has easily shattered the previous best of 12,000 season tickets set during the 1992-93 season. Season ticket sales are up over 90 percent from last year, and this marks the third straight year that season ticket sales have increased for Husker men's basketball, the first time that has occurred at Nebraska since the mid-1990s.
NU student tickets sales are also strong, as 1,470 of the student allotment of 1,650 seats have been sold. This is more than a 25 percent increase from the 2012-13 campaign. Pinnacle Bank Arena will feature an expanded student section with seating behind the benches, on the end court and in the 300 Level. One thousand of the 1,650 total student tickets will be located in the lower bowl. Student tickets are $50, and UNL students should visit Huskers.com/students for more information on how to purchase tickets for the upcoming season.
At this point, the only remaining public tickets available are in the 300 Level . Those seats are on sale for $85 with each seat requiring a $25 deposit. Tickets can be purchased by visiting Huskers.com/Arena, calling the Nebraska Ticket Office at 1-800-8-BIGRED (402-472-3111 in Lincoln) or by stopping by the NU Athletic Ticket Office during regular business hours (8 a.m.–5 p.m., Mon.-Fri.). A waitlist will be implemented via Huskers.com after tickets are sold out in the event tickets become available at a later date.
In addition, tickets in the student sections will be available to the public for any Husker Basketball game played during winter break on campus (late December and early January). Details on those tickets will be announced when the 2013-14 schedule is released later this summer.
Nebraska finished 15-18 in Coach Tim Miles' first season and will return three starters for next season, including guard Ray Gallegos and forwards David Rivers and Shavon Shields. In all, 10 letterwinners return next season, while a trio of transfers who sat out the 2012-13 season will be eligible.


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Feds release $87.3 million for SunRail projectWritten by Jenifer Nunez, assistant editor
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) released an additional $87.3 million for the Central Florida SunRail project.
In July 2011, FTA signed a construction grant agreement committing $178.6 million in New Starts funds, which is 50 percent of the total project cost. This brings FTA's investment so far to $148.5 million in Fiscal Year 2012 and prior-year New Starts funds.
Additionally, On Feb. 22, Federal Transit Administrator Peter Rogoff visited the construction site of the new Florida Hospital SunRail transit station to highlight the significant economic impact that investments in public transportation can create in Central Florida and in cities and towns across the nation.
The Florida Hospital rail station is one of 12 stations planned for the first phase of Central Florida's 32-mile SunRail commuter rail line. Construction of the rail line, which parallels the highly-congested I-4 corridor in Orange, Seminole and Volusia counties, has put about 800 people to work and has spurred a $250 million investment in a 176-acre Health Village at Florida Hospital that will enable thousands of medical researchers, hospital employees, patients and their families to take transit to work or when seeking medical care.