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Atmos to meet that WOS
EMC's Atmos cloud storage product has competition coming: WOS, the Web-Optimised Scaler from DataDirect Networks.
DataDirect (DDN) supplies high-bandwidth, hardware-accelerated, block storage arrays to the high-performance computing (HPC) and rich media markets. Think of it as a SAN array on steroids, the block equivalent of a BlueArc, with FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Arrays) front-ending SATA disk drives in its Silicon Storage Appliance arrays. The company was founded to deliver fast access to bucketloads of unstructured data and it's now turned its attention to unstructured files.
Instead of taking a clustered-filer-in-the-data-centre approach like Isilon, or using Panasas-like parallel access to files, it's put its head in the clouds and gone for a geo-cluster of quasi-filers that store objects. There is API-access to a global namespace for objects that, DDN says, can scale to store more than 200 billion files and deliver in excess of 1m file reads per second, via simultaneous access to hundreds of its cloud storage boxes - the WOS 6000 or smaller WOS 1600.
The 1600 is a 3U rack enclosure storing 16TB of data on SATA drives or 7.2TB on faster access SAS ones. The 6000 is a 4U enclosure with up to 60TB of SATA capacity. It's the same enclosure as used in other DDN block storage systems. The different appliance configurations can be mixed in the same WOS cloud and new nodes are automatically discovered and used to load-balance the cluster's work. WOS nodes can be unpacked and set up in minutes.
They store objects, which are files or groups of files, and which have a telephone-like unique object number. We can conceive this as being equivalent to an area code, saying which local data centre, containing the WOS 1600 or 6000 systems, stores the object, and the rest of the string which identifies the object in the local data centre. The linked data centres - WOS nodes - form the WOS cloud. Accessing servers use the WOS API, via their local copy of WOS-LIB (library), to get or put, read or write, objects to the WOS cloud, which they access over gigabit Ethernet.
The WOS 1600 and 6000 are self-contained appliances running the WOS-OCS (WOS - Object Clustering System) software. This is a fully distributed system, meaning there are no single points of failure or bottlenecks and each new node adds linearly to the system's performance capabilities and storage capacity. When an object is written to a node, policies created by an administrator are associated with it, which determine where other copies are stored, via replication, and how many of them. The system can recover from a drive failure in a node and from a node failure.
The WOS cloud store will serve files from the data centre nearest to accessing users. It receives a read request, and in-memory metadata about the stored objects is accessed to get the object's storage details. Objects are then delivered with a single disk access per object. Object copies can be stored for disaster recovery purposes and the DR copies will be used to respond to read requests coming from locations near them - they are active copies.
Regardless of the number of copies of an object that exist across the cluster, a single, common Object Identifier (OID) is used. WOS automatically tracks where objects are placed and removes this burden from the system administrator. A single WOS cluster acts as a global data repository, eliminating the need for multiple storage and file systems, replication software to tie them together, and custom software development to track file locations across the disparate systems.
The 200 billion files stored number is only a start, with Goldstein saying: "We will keep scaling up." He reckons WOS lowers the need for content-delivery networks, which can cost millions of dollars a year in fees. It also removes the need for storage administrators to know about Fibre Channel, LUNs, RAID levels, stripe sets and so forth. They can just stick their files in the virtually unfillable WOS store in the sky and let it look after safeguarding them and shipping them at low latency to users when needed.
We can envisage companies building pilot cloud storage with WOS nodes to see if they really can lessen their dependence on content delivery networks.
DDN's product management VP, Josh Goldstein, said; "This is DDN's first file-based product. It's many times faster than enterprise NAS," meaning EMC Celerras or NetApp FAS systems. It will be priced competitively to them, although no actual actual pricing information is currently available. We do know pricing will vary based on topology, so that, for example, 10 nodes in one data centre won't cost the same as two nodes in each of five data centers. Products will ship in the third quarter of this year.
DDN thinks WOS is superior to EMC's Atmos because it can sustain higher transaction rates, is much less complex for customers to implement, has a smaller entry point capacity and scaling units (nodes) than Atmos, and much better space, power and cooling metrics. In comparison to Amazon's S3 (Simple Storage Service) DDN says WOS has no recurring monthly storage fees, provides data location control which S3 does not, and has vastly better file retrieval rates.
DDN is less well-known generally than EMC or NetApp, and is much, much smaller than either of them. But it has existing HPC customers, such as NASA and Lawrence Livermore Laboratories, and movie special effects users like Pacific Title & Art Studio. These will give it a base from which to build out its cloud storage offerings and can provide it with an existing credibility bank that start-ups like Parascale or Zetta have to do without.
For more information go here, where you can apply to join the ongoing WOS beta program and access a white paper (pdf). ®


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LAURINBURG, N.C.—Junior Crystal Olu-Taylor (Raleigh, N.C.) had two goals and two assists to lead the St. Andrews Presbyterian College women's soccer team to their fourth straight victory on Monday, defeating Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference rival Coker College 6-4.
After winning their fourth straight contest, the Lady Knights evened their overall record at 7-7 and improved their CVAC mark to 3-5. The Lady Cobras fell to 3-9 overall and 1-6 in the league.
Trailing by three, Coker kept working hard and scored the final to goals of the first half to cut the deficit to 3-2 at halftime. Senior Megan Shaver (
After the break, Shaver completed a hat trick with two more goals to catapult Coker into a 4-3 lead. Shaver scored her second in the 53rd minute on another Foster assist. Shaver then added her team-high 10th goal of the season in the 66th minute.
However, after four unanswered goals
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Olu-Taylor's six point day increased her team-high total to six goals and 14 points.
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SOFTWARE—Operating systems
Microsoft team tests upgrade times for a variety of user profiles
More on this topic from GCN:
Microsoft says Windows 7 is deployable nowMicrosoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 releasedHP unveils snappy laptop PCs with eye toward Windows 7Federal agencies prepare to make the leap from XP to Windows 7Microsoft executive: Business adoption of Windows 7 to start in 2010Windows 7 arriving in OctoberMicrosoft clarifies Windows 7 downgrade planMicrosoft promises better security with Windows 7Multiple features can be disabled in Windows 7Windows 7 'fake updates' are on the way
In a blog post Sept. 11, Chris Hernandez, who works with the Windows 7 deployment team, wrote that the team had tested in-place upgrades from Vista to Windows 7 for a variety of user profiles – from "medium users" running low-end hardware to "super users" running high-end hardware. The team also tested the times for a variety of clean installs, which is the path current users of XP would take. Hernandez also compared upgrade times for 32-bit and 64-bit versions.
The fastest time for an in-place upgrade from Vista Service Pack 1 – in which the user upgrades the operating system while keeping all data on the machine – was 84 minutes for a "medium user" with high-end hardware. The profile for a medium user included 70G of data and 20 installed applications.
The longest install involved a super user (650G of data, 40 apps installed) running midlevel hardware. That upgrade, for a 32-bit version, took 20 hours, 15 minutes.
Most scenarios, covering medium, heavy and super users each with low-, mid- and high-end hardware, fell in the middle – and closer to the faster time. They ranged from about 1 hour, 41 minutes to about 6 hours, 30 minutes (heavy user, low-end hardware). A couple of 64-bit upgrades involving super users took over 10 hours.
In every case, however, the upgrade times were faster than that of a comparable user upgrading from Vista SP 1 to a new version of Vista SP 1. In addition to installing more quickly, early tests have shown some performance improvements under Windows 7.
The natural upgrade path for Windows 7 is from Vista, so users of XP would have to wipe a PC's hard drive clean, install the OS and then restore their applications and backed-up data. But at least the install times aren't bad.
Clean install times ranged from just under 27 minutes (on fast-running, high-end hardware) to just under 47 minutes (low-end hardware, 64-bit version).
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Why do mid size companies want to spend $200,000 or more (not to mention the cost of upgrading hardware) to upgrade to windows 7? what the f*#k are you getting for your money that cannot be obtained with better control at the routers, group policy, Active Directory under windows XP etc?!!!!!
I did not upgrade my 64-bit "power" system to Vista, primarily because I would have had to wipe the disk. Now moving to W7 requires the same action. This is equivalent to a system disk crash, and requires similar agony.
I do not want to be sidelined with an ancient OS, but now I'm thinking I should have gone over to the Unix/Linux world back when I acquired the system. Once the disk is wiped, it is very tempting to do just that.
I now have to figure out when I can take about a week of vacation to spend time with my processor to get it to the new configuration. For me, the hidden cost (opportunity cost) of W7 is about $3800. in lost billable hours on top of acquisition of the OS and possibly apps that will need an upgrade. Whew!!
I agree with Sam. I've been using Windows 7 for quite some time now, and it is significantly better than Vista. The headline of this article is deceiving. While it may take some users the entire 20 hours, how many of you actually have 650G of data and 40 apps?? If you had to do a clean install with that much data, it would take you forever to back everything up and then restore it all ofter the install. I bet it would take more than 20 hours.
I had to check the calendar to make sure it's not April 1st. what does this tell you about the state of things when 2+ hour upgrade times are not only acceptable but seem to be presented with pride. fortunately my only Vista machine is my son's laptop and he is off to college and it is now his problem. poor kid.
What a BS story. From experience, Windows 7 is a LOT better than Windows XP and Vista. No modern OS is going to load quickly on a 1st generation Pentium processor.
I've loaded just about everything under the sun with no problems. It's time for those corporations that held off on the Vista upgrade to stop their Vista whining and start rolling out upgrades when available.
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Phosphate, critical for plant nutrition, exists at exceptionally low levels in the soils of many tropical nations. Phosphate fertilizers are expensive, the bane of many developing world farmers. Another solution is now under development by researchers in Switzerland and Colombia using soil microbes that help a plant procure this critical nutrient.
Microbes in the soil called arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi are able to form spores and filaments within and around a plant's roots to help them to obtain phosphate. This process—and its utility to farmers—is detailed in "Superdirt," an article in the September special issue of Scientific American on food. Watch the process here whereby mycorrhizal fungi perform their magic in this animation from the laboratory of Ian R. Sanders at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland.


text: Student Profiles Sonia Alam '07 Sonia Alam '07 Majors: Sociology and Gender and Women's Studies Hometown: Bridgewater, New Jersey Why did you choose to come to Bowdoin? My eldest brother attended Bowdoin so I was well acquainted and comfortable with the school by the time I started applying to colleges. I also spent many summers on Sebago Lake, so Maine felt like a second home to me. Bowdoin's small classes and beautiful campus really appealed to me because I attended a small high school and I was looking for a similar environment for college. I was also impressed at the closeness between students and faculty that the small campus allowed. I live in New Jersey, so Bowdoin is far enough away to allow for some independence, but also close enough to my home that I still feel connected to my family and friends. Why did you choose your major? I am a Gender and Women's Studies and Sociology double major, but I was initially pre-med. Both my parents are physicians so I just assumed that I would study medicine. I originally wanted to double major in Biology and Asian Studies. However, during the second semester of my first year I took Introduction to Sociology. Before taking the class, I had never even thought of pursuing sociology and I didn't even know what the subject was. After taking the course I realized how vested I was in a lot of the issues discussed in the class and decided that I really must be a sociology major. I decided to pursue the Gender and Women's Studies major after taking sociological theory during my sophomore year. The last section we explored in the class was feminist theory. We read an article called "The Trouble with Gender: Tales of the Still-Missing Feminist Revolution in Sociological Theory" by Joan Always, and I was hooked. The article helped me realize how critical and ongoing gender issues and women's issues are and the necessity of examining gender. I had already taken several courses in the Gender and Women's Studies program, so the decision seemed feasible as well as desirable. What has been your favorite course at Bowdoin? Introduction to Human Population, taught by Professor Nancy Riley, was my absolute favorite class at Bowdoin. The class was inspiring. It opened my eyes and my mind to issues of reproductive health, AIDS, global health, revealing the importance of public health. We learned how to analyze demographic statistics to understand what they really represented in a particular country. One of the most important aspects of the class was understanding how women's rights and education for women (especially in the least-developed countries) affects child health, family health, and even community health. I also began to understand the very real need for public health. The class introduced to me to issues surrounding raising women's status, child health, mortality, reproductive health, and disease. Since taking the class in the fall of 2005, I have continued to be inspired by it. What professor or professors have especially inspired you during your time at Bowdoin? Professors Susan Bell and Nancy Riley of the Sociology Department have been particularly inspiring for me. When I decided to drop the pre-med/biology path, I thought I would have to drop my interests in health (which were very disorganized at the time) in order to pursue sociology. However, when I met Susan and Nancy, I realized that there is a whole field in sociology devoted to health issues. I was relieved and thrilled to know that I could study health in a non-medical context. Further, Susan and Nancy both helped me discover and organize my interest in HIV and AIDS in a sociological context. Both Introduction to Human Population and the Sociology of Health and Illness revealed to me the importance of understanding the social implications and aspects of HIV/AIDS. Susan and Nancy proved instrumental in directing me to the proper resources for pursing this interest, and for this I am forever grateful. I have learned so much from them about how to read closely and critically analyze text, statistics, tables, and interviews. Their invaluable advice and inspiring classes have helped me to realize what I want and need to do with my life. Have you engaged in any independent research while at Bowdoin? During the end of my sophomore year, I spoke to Susan Bell about possibly pursuing an independent research project on HIV/AIDS in Southeast Asia. By the beginning of my junior year, with the help of Nancy Riley and Susan Bell, I had fine-tuned my interest to examining HIV/AIDS in Malaysia. They helped me apply for a Freeman Grant to study how AIDS is occurring in Malaysia. I received the grant in October 2005 and spent the spring semester researching HIV/AIDS in the Malaysian context with Susan Bell, so that I would be prepared to do research once I arrived in Malaysia. I then spent two months in Malaysia doing extensive interviews with directors and staff at Nongovernmental Organizations. The Malaysian AIDS Council was one of the organizations I worked with. I also interviewed infectious disease physicians, and government officials to understand the institutionalization, epidemiology, and prevention of HIV/AIDS in Malaysia. I learned so much from going to Malaysia and visualizing the organizations that I had spent the semester researching. The interviewees provided invaluable information that I would not necessarily have been able to access had I not traveled to Malaysia. I am now pursuing an honors project with the combined research data from the semester of independent research and the summer research in Malaysia to understand the challenges and realities of HIV/AIDS in Malaysia. I am so lucky to have had the opportunity to pursue such an amazing project. What extracurricular or work experiences have you had at Bowdoin? I have been singing since the day (perhaps even the hour) I arrived at Bowdoin. I have been in the chamber choir since the fall of my first year here and I adore it. I love the choir experience and the community and structure that it provides for me. Additionally, I have been an active member of BOKA, a coed a cappella group on campus, since my freshman year as well. Being part of the a cappella community at Bowdoin has been an interesting and enjoyable experience as well, and I have made so many close friends through my involvement in this sphere. I am also actively involved with domestic violence awareness on campus and help with Family Crisis Services in Portland. Once a month, I work on a helpline and help victims of domestic violence obtain legal information and create safety plans to get out of dangerous situations. I also plan to begin volunteering at the shelter connected with the Family Crisis Services. Doing this kind of work keeps me grounded and helps me to contextualize my thoughts about domestic violence. All these activities have shaped my experiences at Bowdoin tremendously. What have you done during your summers? The summer after my freshmen year I taught swimming lessons to young children and worked as a lifeguard. The summer following my sophomore year I worked for the International Health Awareness Network (IHAN), which functioned out of the United Nations in New York City. During this internship, I did extensive grant research and studied the health consequences of female genital mutilation (FGM), particularly in Somalia. The Network was interested in creating a health clinic for women with reproductive health issues relating to FGM so I did background research for their grant applications and to assess the health needs of these women. I appreciated my opportunity to help the situation in a country where around 95 percent of all women currently have had to experience female genital mutilation (information found at www.unicef.org/somalia/cpp_136.html). As I already discussed, the summer following my junior year I pursued independent research on HIV/AIDS in Malaysia. During my time there, I was impressed by the strength and determination of the nation's citizens to remedy the problem. For example, an HIV positive former drug user had risen to manage Pengasih, a private, nonprofit rehabilitation center I worked with. The dedication of the nation to provide services for people living with HIV/AIDS is very encouraging. What is your best Bowdoin memory? I think my favorite memory at Bowdoin is BOKA's Fall Invitational Concert in November 2005. It was our first big invitational so we used the Druckenmiller Hall Atrium and invited two groups to come sing with us. We were all warming up, getting ready, and getting excited to perform but it didn't seem like a lot of people were there. But when we finally came on stage to introduce the show, the Atrium was packed. I had never seen so many people at a BOKA concert before. It was positively thrilling! I don't think we had ever or have ever performed so well as that night since my first year here. It reminded me of why I love my a cappella group so much and made everything absolutely worthwhile! What are your plans for after graduation? After I graduate I intend to work to provide AIDS related services in the United States. I am also toying with the idea of spending the summer in Bangladesh, where my family is from, and learning how to do reproductive health education in a small village called Nandina. I hope to work in this realm of public health for a year before going to graduate school to get my masters in public health. I specifically want to pursue international disease control and prevention. After that I hope to pursue a career in this field, hopefully with a focus on HIV/AIDS prevention and reproductive health education. What advice would you give to a prospective student or first-year about the Bowdoin experience? Even if you think you know exactly what you want to do before you get here, you should definitely experiment with classes and disciplines before deciding on your path. I am so glad that I decided to take sociology classes, even though I had my heart set on studying medicine. I don't know if I would have come to that revelation without having been experimental. Bowdoin has so many amazing departments and such a wonderful faculty that it seems almost criminal to stick to one area throughout one's entire Bowdoin career. Story posted on October 30, 2006 « Back | More Student Profiles | Go to News Home


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The Senate Judiciary Committee backed the bill Tuesday on a split voice vote.
A Minnesota Senate committee has passed a bill to prohibit lawyers from dismissing potential jurors based solely on their sexual orientation or marital status.
The Senate Judiciary Committee backed the bill Tuesday on a split voice vote. Several Republican senators questioned whether such discrimination actually occurs in Minnesota courts.
The bill's sponsor, Democratic Sen. Scott Dibble, says it simply adds to a list of protected categories that includes race, color, religion, sex, national origin and economic status. Dibble and OutFront Minnesota say there have been accusations of jury selection bias based on homosexuality in Minnesota.
Republican Sen. Warren Limmer questioned whether the bill could be a vehicle to force a Senate floor vote on legalizing gay marriage, which is expected to be a big issue later this session. But Dibble said he intends to proceed on that issue separately.


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US State attorneys take aim at Google privacy plan
Attorneys General have "strong concern" with overhaul
A group of US state attorneys are speaking out against Google's planned overhaul to its privacy settings.
The National Association of Attorneys General said in an open letter to Google chief executive Larry Page stating that the group had "strong concerns" with the the way Google plans to consolidate its multiple privacy policies into one single agreement.
"Until now, users of Google's many products could use different products in different ways, expecting that information they provide for one product, such as YouTube, would not be synthesized with information they provide for another product, such as Gmail and Maps," the association said in the letter.
"The new policy forces these consumers to allow information across all of these products to be shared, without giving them the proper ability to opt out."
The attorneys general later state that the company's wide range of products could make it difficult for users to opt out of the policy entirely without cutting their access to other services. The association worries that with so many popular platforms in use, end users may be forced to agreeing with a policy and expose information they would otherwise be uncomfortable with sharing.
"This invasion of privacy will be costly for many users to escape," the group wrote.
"For users who rely on Google products for their business, a use that Google has actively promoted, avoiding this information sharing may mean moving their entire business over to different platforms, reprinting any business cards or letterhead that contained Gmail addresses, re-training employees on web-based sharing and calendar services, and more."
The letter comes as the company prepares to roll out the March 1 policy overhaul. The move will consolidate the privacy policy for all Google applications and services into a single agreement.
Google has argued that the policy will simplify the management of private data and allow users to better understand how their data is handled. Opponents, meanwhile, have claimed that the move will violate the users' previous wishes and consent for how their data is shared.
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From the MOAI site: "MOAI is a platform for aggregating content from different sources, and publishing it through the Open Archive Initiatives protocol for metadata harvesting. It's been built for academic institutional repositories dealing with relational metadata and asset files. The MOAI software can aggregate content from different sources, transform it and store it in a database. The contents of this database can then be published in many separate OAI feeds, each with its own configuration. MOAI is a standalone system, so it can be used in combination with any repository software that comes with an OAI feed such as Fedora Commons, EPrints or DSpace. It can also be used directly with an SQL database or just a folder of XML files.
...the MOAI software makes it as easy as possible to add or modify parts of your repository (OAI) services stack. It tries to do this without sacrificing power, and encouraging the re-use of components."
I remember when pyoai first came out a few years back, I think there were some zope integration components alongside it. It's great to see that this project is still in use and still being improved.
More details about getting it and installing it are on installing MOAI page, and a copy of the 1.0 source tarball is attached.


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Dear family and friends,
I am sending my condolence with my love and respect of this good and honorable man.
The 11th Cavalry Troopers about 40 + years ago and far from home in the jungles of Vietnam & Cambodia we took great care of one another so we could make it home to our mothers, fathers, wives, sisters, brothers and other loved-ones.----------------- --> Now once again we must say our goodbyes and continue to take our strides for the time will come our journey will be done and forever together with all of our loved-ones.
With great heartfelt sympathy,
Chairman of Funeral Honor Guard of the 11th Cavalry Regiment Veterans Troopers of Vietnam and Cambodia.
Daniel D. Stroia Sr. from Scottsdale, Arizona
K Troop, 3rd Squadron of the 11th Cavalry
Served in Vietnam & Cambodia from 1967 to 1968
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By the time his Red Sox career is over, Dustin Pedroia should be at or near the top of almost every list the team prints in its annual media guide. And one it doesn't include as well — richest Red Sox.
By the time his Red Sox career is over, Dustin Pedroia should be at or near the top of almost every list the team prints in its annual media guide.
And one it doesn't include as well — richest Red Sox.
Assuming that he passes the required physical this week, Pedroia and the Red Sox are ready to sign a contract extension that will allow him to remain a member of the organization through 2021. The extension, first reported by WEEI.com, will pay Pedroia $100 million for seven years from 2015 through '21.
"I want to make sure I'm playing my last game here," he said on Tuesday. "That's important. It is the only thing I know. I love putting on a Red Sox uniform every day."
Including his salary this season, Pedroia has earned about $30.4 million in his Red Sox career. He will get another $10 million next season, so by the time this contract expires, the Sox will have paid him about $140 million.
It is not the most lucrative deal ever done by Boston. The Sox' first foray into the Fort Knox neighborhood of contracts was in 2001, when they signed Manny Ramirez for eight years at what turned about to be about $148 million, though it was initially reported at $200 million.
The general manager for that one was Dan Duquette in the final year of Yawkey ownership, and the front office understood that whoever the new owners were would be on the hook for most of it.
The Ramirez signing turned out to be a good one from a competitive standpoint even if the left fielder was a delinquent at times and sulked his way out of town. Boston won two World Series during his seven-plus seasons in town.
In 2011, the Red Sox signed Adrian Gonzalez to a $154-million contract over seven years, but got out from under that obligation last season when they traded him to the Dodgers.
The deal is obviously intended to keep Pedroia in a Red Sox uniform through the end of his career and as such, he should finish his time in Boston as one of the franchise's elite players. Pedroia will be 38 in 2021 and by that time will have spent 16 seasons in a Red Sox uniform.
That will put him the company of players like Carl Yastrzemski, 23 seasons; Ted Williams and Dwight Evans, 19 seasons each; Tim Wakefield, 17 seasons and Jim Rice, 16 seasons.
"What Dustin means to this team," manager John Farrell said, "is the example he demonstrates every day, whether it's his early work or the way he competes in a game. He sets the tone for us; he embodies everything we value in a player."
Tuesday night against the Rays, hours after he and the Sox all but officially confirmed the new deal, Pedroia went out and turned in one of his typical performances. After grounding out in the first, he was hit by a pitch in the third and was part of a double steal with Shane Victorino, with Victorino scoring Boston's second run.
In the fifth, Pedroia drove in the third Red Sox run with a sacrifice fly. He left the field each inning with a dirty uniform, and on his way to being filthy rich.
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A bond referendum to expand and renovate New Hanover County schools may take longer to appear before voters.
A bond referendum to expand and renovate New Hanover County schools may take longer to appear before voters than originally thought.
When discussions began about the referendum in October, members of the New Hanover County Board of Education planned for it to go on the November 2013 ballot. School board members and county commissioners said that while no final decision has been made, they're leaning toward waiting at least a year before presenting the referendum to voters. But one thing that both groups feel is immediately necessary is a new school in the northern part of the county.
In January, the school board unanimously voted to ask the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners to approve putting a bond referendum to fund new and renovated schools on the November 2013 ballot. The final price tag would be determined by both the school board and the county commissioners - a decision that must come no later than April for the bond to appear on the November ballot.
The district's largest-ever student body combined with space constraints at schools across the county prompted the bond discussions. Right now, the referendum is a $284 million, 25-project list that calls for two new elementary schools, four replacement elementary schools and renovations at several other schools.
The most recent school bond referendums came in 2005, a $123 million project that built Castle Hayne Elementary and Holly Shelter Middle; and in 1997, a $125 million project that built Parsley Elementary, Murray Middle and Ashley High. The county is still paying for both these projects, with $179.3 million in outstanding debt from them.
That's part of what makes Woody White, chairman of the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners, hesitant about another bond referendum. The county's total outstanding debt tops $391 million, with about $94 million soon to be added from the 2008 Cape Fear Community College bond.
"Something that this commission is trying to confront head-on is being more fiscally responsible," he said.
White also said he'd like to see the bond held in a year "where more voters would be engaged." Only municipal elections are held in 2013.
School board Chairman Don Hayes said that while his board knows the importance of the bond, they want to cooperate with the county commissioners.
"We're looking at just the school system, so to speak. They're looking at the entire county," he said. "They're willing to work with us. If they felt it would be better for the citizens, then we can live with that."
One of the new schools in the current referendum would be a 595-seat elementary school in the northern part of the county, likely the Porters Neck area. It's the first priority on the bond referendum list, and it's crucial to alleviating an overcrowded district, Hayes said.
"We're dead in the water with wanting to do some things, whether it be taking care of Wrightsville Beach (Elementary), taking care of some overcrowding at College Park, Blair, Ogden," he said. "All of that will just have to shift north. We've got nowhere to shift without that school."
White said the two boards were working on finding land this year and getting the new school "already in the works."
"We can address real space concerns quicker than if we had to wait for the bond to be passed, bonds to be issued, that sort of thing," he said.
Pushing a bond referendum back a year impacts the schedule of every project in the referendum, said Eddie Anderson, director of planning for the school district. Referendums can take as long as six years to be fully completed, Anderson said, so waiting another year to get started means another year of little relief for overcrowded schools.
"But we could minimize the impact of a year delay on the schedule if we could get some up-front money for land and to start design on the new school," Anderson said.
Building a new elementary school still takes time - about three years, Anderson said. That means that a new Porters Neck elementary school would likely open no earlier than the 2017-18 school year.
But even then, the school wouldn't be immediately available for a brand-new student body. For its first two years, the school would likely house the Blair Elementary students and teachers while their school was being torn down and replaced. That means that extra space won't be available in New Hanover County Schools until at least 2019.
"What our challenge is, and what we're looking at, is how do we meet the growth that we know is going to happen at all of our schools?" Anderson said. "How do we meet that growth between now and 2019?"
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Famed for its beautiful mansions, Hancock Park is a long-established neighborhood of grace and elegance. This neighborhood welcomes with history and convenience with its prime position in a central location. The area was purchased by Major Henry Hancock in the 1860s and an area that was once dirt roads and oils field was transformed into commercial buildings and developments of stately homes.
Real Estate: Classic elegance is the order of the day in Hancock Park. Most of the homes originally built in the area are two-story single-family residences in a variety of styles including Tudor Revival, Spanish Revival, American Colonial and English Revival. Most residences are set back from the street with side driveways and often a rear garage. Hancock Park has been home to many famous residents including Howard Hughes.
Community Life: Hancock Park's main shopping spot is the quaint area of Larchmont Village, which is full of shops and cafes. The area is also conveniently located near some of the city's best museums and art galleries. The Wilshire Country Club has hosted many great tournaments and groups and remains one of Southern California's golf gems and the nearby Los Angeles Tennis Club also is a popular private destination.
Education: Hancock Park is served by the Los Angeles Unified School District. Local public schools include Third Street Elementary and John Burroughs Middle School. Private schools include Yeshiva Rav Isacsohn/Torath Emeth, Bnos Esther, Marlborough School and Samuel A. Fryer Yavneh Hebrew School.
Transportation: Hancock Park is equidistant to both the 101 and 10 freeways and Wilshire Boulevard is a main thoroughfare. The Metro Purple line runs through the area and there are several bus routes.
Local Attractions: The official residence of the Mayor of Los Angeles is located in Hancock Park. Because of its singularly lovely residences, this neighborhood is also a popular spot for filming and many consuls general live in the area.


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The Little Book of Market Wizards: Lessons from the Greatest Traders
By Jack Schwager
188 Pages
When I saw that Jack Schwager wrote another Market Wizards book I was excited to take a look.
"The Little Book of Market Wizards: Lessons from the Greatest Traders" as the title suggests, is not a series of profiles of new Market Wizards or Wizards from a different sector or asset class (like in past efforts). Instead, it's an attempt by Schwager to tie together some of the common traits they share, as well as guiding principles of the many traders he has profiled over the years.
To a great extent he accomplishes that in this concise book.
I always felt a kinship to Schwager because I have profiled many successful traders, and when Futures interviewed Schwager a year ago it felt more like talking to a colleague than conducting an interview. And I have come to many of his same conclusions.
Perhaps the most common stream flowing through the book is that there are many ways to succeed, and those who do have found their niche, not a Holy Grail of trading but perhaps their personal Holy Gail, the trading method that suits their skill set best.
He explains how great traders have a passion for their method of trading—not making money. Profit is just a way to keep score. Their sin is more of pride than greed and that is why there are so many different ways to succeed managing money.
Schwager makes that point clear by juxtaposing highly successful traders with diametrically opposed points of view.
He talks about how legendary trader Jim Rogers, co-founder along with George Soros of the Quantum Fund, is a complete fundamental trader who views technical trading as something similar to snake oil. On the opposite side is Marty Schwartz, a similarly successful hedge fund manager who is a strict technician.
"What does the dichotomy between Rogers and Schwartz tell you?" Schwager asks. "It should tell you that there is no single true path in the markets."
If readers take nothing else away from this short book than understanding that, it will be well worth it as many would-be-traders obsess about finding the perfect system rather than the right strategy for them.
Many of the lessons Schwager has learned can seem contradictory. Here are some chapter titles: "The Importance of Hard Work" vs. "Good Trading Should be Effortless," and "Doing the Uncomfortable Thing;" or "Discipline vs. Independence."
Many of these themes can seem divergent but Schwager, for the most part, brings them all together. His chapter on discipline includes one glaring error in that it describes a lapse of discipline by discretionary trader Randy McKay. McKay was traveling while holding a large position in the Canadian dollar (before the age of cell phones) and saw what he mistakenly assumed was a bad tick and ignored it before boarding a plane. When he was able to confirm the price, his position went $3 million against him. When he learned of this he got out of only a portion of the position, which grew to a $7 million loser.
Schwager points out the lapse in judgment in assuming McKay saw a bad tick. Where the greater breakdown was in discipline. He should have got out of everything once he could instead of letting a $3 million loss turn into a $7 million loss. Also, he and simply should not have been out of communication with the market with such a huge position on.
But that is one small point, overall Schwager manages to tie together the varying methods into the overwhelming theme of hard work, discipline and passion for your method, all while staying flexible.
The final chapter is titled "Love of the Endeavor," and includes a series of quotes from Market Wizards past. Schwager points out that all the quotes are game analogies, adding, "This tells you that for the Market Wizards, trading is not a matter of work or a matter of getting rich. Rather, trading is something they love to do—an endeavor pursued for the fun of the challenge."
He concludes by pointing out that this is a trait of nearly all successful people.


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The Poetry of Kenneth Patchen and an Exhibit of Patchen's Original Artwork with Dennis Brutus
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While occupying the margins of the literary world, the small press and the chapbook are often vehicles for defining historic poetry communities and shifts in poetics.
October 08, 2004
Please join us for an exceptional exhibit of images culled from the Oresman collection.
December 02, 2004
Robert Warner's box sculptures, created in the spirit of the art of Joseph Cornell and inspired by such American poets as Emily Dickinson, Langston Hughes, Wallace Stevens, Walt Wh
January 07, 2005
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March 11, 2005
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September 09, 2005
The first New York presentation of 20 exquisite monoprints illustrating scenes from Dante's Purgatorio by the renowned artist Milton Glaser.


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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson of Missouri says she is leaving Congress in February to become president and CEO for the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association.
Emerson announced the plans Monday, just weeks after she won re-election to the southeastern Missouri district.
An Emerson has represented the district since 1981. The 62-year-old Emerson first took office in 1996, replacing her husband, longtime Republican congressman Bill Emerson, after he died of lung cancer in June 1996. She won re-election in November.


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A Super Bowl berth was on the line in the raucous Georgia Dome this past Sunday.
The San Francisco 49ers had a precarious four-point advantage over Atlanta in the waning moments of the NFC Championship Game. Falcons Pro Bowl quarterback Matt Ryan, who engineered a last-second win over Seattle the week before, looked like he was about to do it again, driving his team all the way to the Niners' 15-yard line at the two-minute warning.
San Francisco's defense, particularly its linebackers, had other ideas, however.
Coming out of the timeout, Ryan was flushed left and slammed into the turf by Ahmad Brooks while completing a short pass to Jason Snelling. Ryan sprained the AC joint in his non-throwing shoulder on the play and was in obvious discomfort with two chances to keep the drive and Atlanta's season alive.
On 3rd-and-4 from the 10-yard line, it was Brooks again, breaking up a Ryan pass, before his running mate, NaVorro Bowman, effectively ended the Falcons' hopes, draping one of the best receivers in the game, Roddy White, and knocking away Matty Ice's fourth-down pass.
"It was a tough down in distance," 49ers defensive coordinator Vic Fangio said Wednesday when reliving the sequence. "They only needed four yards and they had two downs to get it. We played some tight coverage and rushed four guys. And they executed well. It was a big batted pass by Ahmad on the third down. It was a big play by him on the second down when he hit the quarterback. We just played tight coverage and rushed four and it worked out."
Bowman's play in space against one of the NFL's top receivers was really special.
"It was a real good play," Fangio said. "He was in coverage on a receiver. The receiver ran a short route and good tight coverage, good legal coverage and cut the guy off and batted the ball down."
Brooks and Bowman, of course, aren't even San Francisco's best linebackers. That honor has to belong to six-time All-Pro Patrick Willis or perhaps, second-year pass rushing standout Aldon Smith, a serious Defensive Player of the Year candidate.
The linebacker position is an embarrassment of riches for Fangio.
"I'm very appreciative to have them on the team that I happen to be with," Fangio said as his defense started preparing for Super Bowl XLVII against the Baltimore Ravens on Feb. 3.
He should be.
Brooks is probably the runt of the litter so to speak, and he was named a second-team All-Pro this season.
Willis and Bowman are a pair of inside thumpers with Willis serving as the team's defensive leader. The Ole Miss product was a Butkus Award winner in college and hit the ground running in the NFL, winning defensive Rookie of the Year honors in 2007 and being named All-Pro in every season since.
Bowman started a little slower as a third-round pick out of Penn State in 2010, but by his second NFL season, he led the 49ers in tackles and was on the All- Pro team right next to Willis, something he repeated again in 2012.
Smith was the final piece to the puzzle, arriving in the City by the Bay as the seventh overall pick out of Missouri in 2011. A former defensive lineman at Mizzou, Smith made the transition to edge pass rusher in San Francisco's 3-4 scheme quickly, finishing his rookie season with 14 sacks, first in the NFL among all freshmen and a franchise record for first-year players.
Smith only upped his production in 2012, notching the franchise's single- season sack mark with 19 1/2, and he is expected to battle with Houston's J.J. Watt and Denver's Von Miller for Defensive Player of the Year honors.
Down the stretch and into the playoffs, blocking Smith has been paramount for opposing offensive coordinators, who often devise schemes to chip him before settling into a double team. That has limited Smith's production but not his effect on the game.
"He hasn't had a sack in five games and we've won four of them," Fangio said.
The extra attention Smith receives makes things easier for Brooks and Bowman to make the splashy plays like they did in Atlanta.
The Ravens figure to pose a different and more difficult test for the Niners' linebacking cops in the big game, however. Baltimore is one of the few teams in football who can play with the same physicality Frisco brings to the dance.
"Yes, could be," Fangio said when asked if the Ravens were more physical than some of the other teams San Francisco has been playing. "They've got a really good blocking fullback in (Vonta) Leach. And he's dominated some linebackers around the league, inside linebackers in particular. And we've better be ready to take him on."
That and the big-play ability Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco provides is what Fangio is focusing on.
"I've always liked Joe Flacco," Fangio said. "He's got a big arm. He throws the ball effortlessly. The game isn't too big for him. He's calm. He's confident. And he's capable of making all the throws."
Baltimore, though, might have the bigger problem in trying to deal with four Pro Bowl-caliber linebackers.
"It's always good to have good players," Fangio said when talking about his 'backers. "I really enjoy working with them. That's the thing that I hope nobody loses in talking about them. These guys are good people. And they're fun to be around. I enjoy coaching them. They like to be coached. They want to play good. They have pride in their performance. And they're a good group."
The Ravens just might call them a great group in 10 days.


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At The United Nations Environment Programme's meeting of the Parties of the Montreal Protocol Nov. 22-26 in Prague, Czech Republic, an agreement was made on the amount of methyl bromide that will be available for U.S. growers in 2005. This decision provides California strawberry growers with a continued limited use of the fumigant for the 2005 season.
The California strawberry industry has been working to make a transition from the use of methyl bromide to alternative fumigants for over 13 years. While over one-third of the industry's acreage is being fumigated with alternatives, Rodger Wasson, president of the Commission, says more time needs to be dedicated to ensure a safe, responsible and economically viable alternative.
"Methyl bromide is still an important and safe tool for growers," Wasson said. "Methyl bromide is a minimal contributor to the ozone problem and focusing only on methyl bromide keeps attention away from more harmful ozone depletors. Alternative fumigants are being used by a large part of the strawberry industry, but growers still need methyl bromide as part of a responsible and safe transition to these alternatives."
Methyl bromide, a soil fumigant, is used before planting. It eliminates the need to use more herbicides and pesticides on strawberry plants later in the season. Methyl bromide is injected 12 to 18 inches beneath the soil and is never sprayed over the soil. There are no residues remaining in the soil at planting time and there are no residues on food.
Most methyl bromide in the environment comes from natural sources like oceans, and less than 3 percent of the man-made methyl bromide is attributed to agricultural uses. The efficiency of Methyl Bromide promotes high-yields that produce many strawberries, which helps stabilize an important industry that employs more than 80,000 Californians alone.
Jan. 1 Deadline
The Montreal Protocol, a United Nations treaty, bans the use of methyl bromide in developed countries beyond Jan. 1, 2005. Yet under the treaty, producers in developing countries are able to continue using methyl bromide until at least 2015. The ban was created due to concerns about methyl bromide's possible contribution to ozone depletion after other substances had already been targeted.
The Critical Use Exemption process was a provision included in the treaty at its creation to allow industries and countries with critical needs the opportunity to continue using methyl bromide after the phase-out, until suitable alternatives were available.


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PERTH, Australia (AP) — The first part of the opening statement from Monday's press conference by retired Australian Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston, who is head of the joint agency coordinating the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 out of Perth, Australia:
"Well, good afternoon. Yesterday I outlined a number of leads we were pursuing in relation to the search, the missing Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370. Namely, the electronic pulse signals detected by the Chinese ship Haixun 01 and an acoustic noise being pursued by the Australian defense vessel Ocean Shield in her current location. I stated that the Ocean Shield would be delayed from going to the approximate area where the Haixun 01 had detected the signals while she continued her own investigations.
"Today I can report some very encouraging information which has unfolded over the last 24 hours. The towed pinger locator deployed from the Australian defense vessel Ocean Shield has detected signals consistent with those emitted by aircraft black boxes.
"Two separate signal detections have occurred within the northern part of the defined search area. The first detection was held for approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes. The ship then lost contact before conducting a turn and attempting to re-acquire the signal.
"The second detection on the return leg was held for approximately 13 minutes. On this occasion, two distinct pinger returns were audible. Significantly, this would be consistent with transmissions from both the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder.
"Clearly, this is a most promising lead. And probably in the search so far, it's probably the best information that we have had.
"Again, I would ask all of you to treat this information cautiously and responsibly until such time as we can provide an unequivocal determination. We haven't found the aircraft yet; we need the confirmation. And I really stress this; it's very important.
"Ocean Shield remains in the immediate area and continues to try and regain contact with the towed pinger locator. To this point, it has not been able to re-acquire the signals.
"There are many steps yet before these detections can be positively verified as being from missing Flight MH370.
"Firstly, we need to fix the position. Then the Ocean Shield can lower the autonomous underwater vehicle 'Bluefin 21' into the water and attempt to locate wreckage on the sea floor. Another source of evidence such as wreckage would verify this lead. The area in which the signals have been received has a depth of approximately 4,500 meters (15,000 feet). This is also the limit of capability of the autonomous underwater vehicle.
"I need to be honest with you. It could take some days before the information is available to establish whether these detections can be confirmed as being from MH370.
"In very deep oceanic water, nothing happens fast. Of course, I will update you once we have an unequivocal determination."


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The Hermit of Erving, Massachusetts, was a man who gave his name as John Smith. He began living in a cave in March, 1867, on Northfield Mountain, above the village of Erving Center. The true story of life before he came to Erving is impossible to verify. Smith tended to tell many stories about himself and his past, many of them contradictory and more than a few of them incredible. For example, he claimed he had "worked" as a hermit in England, a choice he made to recover from a broken heart. His accent revealed his Scottish origin. Immigrating to Boston from Britain, Smith traveled west and found the cave he took as his home. He lived there alone and undiscovered for a summer before he was found by hunters in September, 1867. Smith immediately became something of a celebrity. His fame was increased when two biographies of him (1868 and 1871), appeared, both entitled, "The Hermit of Erving Castle." Both repeated the stories he told to entertain his many guests. This text comes from the 1871 booklet, published "for the benefit of the hermit." Smith lived in or near the cave until October, 1899, when he was found to be too frail to maintain himself. He died at the town farm in Montague, Massachusetts, in March, 1900.
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STOCKTON - City Manager Bob Deis said Friday that he looks forward to having a united front against Wall Street creditors in Stockton's bankruptcy fight if the police union agrees to a new contract.
STOCKTON - City Manager Bob Deis said Friday that he looks forward to having a united front against Wall Street creditors in Stockton's bankruptcy fight if the police union agrees to a new contract.
The Stockton Police Officers' Association is expected next week to begin voting on a new two-year deal with the city. The results, if passed by the union, could be made final Dec. 11 by a City Council vote.
The police union has been the last holdout of the city's nine bargaining units to strike new deals with City Hall since June 28, when the city filed for Chapter 9 protection.
"Having this deal, we can join hands and defend our position with the other creditors," Deis said. "It doesn't serve anybody's interest to have this thing hanging out without an agreement."
Deis and union representatives said they cannot divulge details of the tentative police contract. But they said that it should stem an exodus of senior police officers from the city's understaffed force.
The contract also maintains the status quo contract with California Public Employees' Retirement System, which manages the pensions of Stockton employees, such as the police officers.
Deis said that this contract up for a vote contains a mix of good and bad for both sides.
"To me that's the sign of a good contract deal when nobody gets everything they wanted," he said. "I made it very clear that employees have given their fair share and we're not going to be asking for more."
The financial creditors have a different opinion, said Deis, alluding to the institutions that stand to lose hundreds of millions they invested into Stockton. Upon filing bankruptcy, the city halted repayment on certain bonds, including one for $125 million issued in 2007 to pay CalPERS.
Sgt. Kathryn Nance, president of the police union, said the tentative contract is global, so - if passed - it would eliminate a $13 million lawsuit filed by the officers to recuperate cuts the city imposed on them.
Nance agreed that with all nine contracts in place, the city would have a stronger hand in court to force other creditors into a financial restructuring, called a plan of adjustment.
To pass, the contract would need a majority of the officers who vote. There are currently 335, and Nance is hoping for a big turnout.
"We do want to have a contract in the bankruptcy and a plan of adjustment to get the city out of bankruptcy as soon as possible," Nance said. "If this is the right contract to do that, that's up to my membership to decide."
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How about the public library or you school library?
Target and I want you to love both. Why? Because if you want to raise a reader, your reader needs access to books and expert guidance from a children's librarian who can suggest books for his or her specific interests and reading level.
Unfortunately, many school libraries aren't meeting the needs of students because of lack of staff or resources. That's why Target and The Heart of America Foundaation are giving 32 school libraries a makeover! The makeover includes 2,000 new books, new furniture, carpet and shelves, and a technology upgrade, including iPads. Also, the students in these schools will each receive seven new books for their home libraries.
Here's a school library before the makeover.
Look at the library after the makeover. Beautiful, right?
View the other schools getting library makeovers.
Here are a few benefits of a strong school library, exerpted from the article, "100 Things Kids Will Miss If they don't have a School Librarian in their School," by Dr. Nancy Everhart, President, American Association of School Librarians.
- Project-based learning and the critical thinking skills it teaches them.
- A place where the school culture is fostered and thrives.
- A recommendation for a book that is suited to their interest.
- A recommendation on what to read next.
- Having stories read to them.
- Respect for intellectual property.
- A place to practice safe and ethical behaviors.
- A librarian who doesn't judge a student because he/she takes out a book they enjoy reading.
- A place to solve problems.
- A place to use their imagination.
- Book clubs.
- Special programs and speakers.
- Author visits.
- Video chats with authors and experts.
- Reading contests and prizes.
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CITRUS HEIGHTS, Calif. (AP) — A children's book of life rules with simple admonitions such as don't talk back and eat the food you are served has been returned to its young authors after it was found in the parking lot of a California big box store.
The book was discovered by 20-year-old employee Raymond Flores, who met with 10-year-old Isabelle Busath and 8-year-old Isabella Thordsen on Wednesday at a Sacramento-area home.
Flores told the Sacramento Bee (http://bit.ly/W2mcIy) the two cousins wrote the 157 numbered rules because they wanted children at school to follow them.
Flores found the book adorable and contacted news stations after discovering it. He learned the identity of the two authors through one of the stations.
He said he and the girls have been invited to appear on the "Today" show.


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Bieber at the premiere
Justin Bieber wore a red suit and a douche-face to the premiere of his movie Believe last night. Also, some Miami Vice on his feet.
What I love most about this look though is what's happening with the hem of the pants. Can you see that? They're tucked under. The way some of us might tuck our jeans. Except they're not STILL bunching around the ankle after the adjustment. Because we don't wear them half way down our asses. The problem here is that he doesn't want to just cut them. You know why? Because if he cuts them, they'd look like baby pants on a hanger. Bieber isn't tall. And he's still waiting for himself to grow. He so desperately wants to grow. Running out of time now…
I can't wait to see this movie. Because I couldn't deal with his sh-t before Never Say Never and I came out of that not such a hater. Believe has a LOT more work to do.
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho man convicted of breaking into a Boise zoo last fall and brutally beating to death one of two Patas monkeys has been ordered to spend up to a year in a treatment program at a state prison.
Michael Watkins, 22, of Weiser, was sentenced Thursday for his role in the Nov. 17 crime that caused shock and outrage in Idaho's capitol city and beyond.
Watkins pleaded guilty in March to felony attempted grand theft for illegally entering the zoo, built in a city park a few blocks from the downtown, and animal cruelty, a misdemeanor under state law.
Fourth District Judge Lynn G. Norton rejected defense attorney requests that Watkins deserved probation and would be punished in a way for the shame of being "forever known as the man who killed the monkey at Zoo Boise."
Instead, Norton said she wanted a punishment that fits the crime but allows the young father of a seven-month-old son to turn his life around.
Norton sentenced him to seven years in prison for the grand theft, making the first two years fixed, and the maximum six months for animal cruelty. Norton opted to send Watkins to a state prison facility focused on intense treatment programs, but will review progress upon his release to determine whether to send him to prison or set probation conditions. The type of treatment Watkins will undergo will be determined in the coming weeks by prison officials, but the judge recommended substance and grief treatment.
"There were a number of places you could have made different decisions" that night, Norton said. "I have read everyone's version of what happened in this offense, but what I am convinced of, is your assessment of events ... is your understating the damage that you inflicted on this monkey."
Prosecutors say Watkins, fueled by a night of excessive drinking at downtown bars with a friend, broke into the zoo with a plan to capture one of the monkeys. Once inside, he manipulated a lock to get into the primate enclosure and removed the Patas monkey by wrapping it in his jacket and tried throwing it over a fence, according to court records.
But the monkey resisted, tried running away and a chase through a small section of the zoo ensued. Ultimately, Watkins lost control of the situation and resorted to violence, kicking the monkey and clubbing it multiple times in the head and upper body and leaving it to die from those injuries, Ada County Deputy Attorney Shawna Dunn said in court Thursday.
"He had many opportunities to disengage. Instead, he continued to chase ... and continue the violent onslaught," said Dunn. "This is a case about punishment for a crime that harmed a community. This was senseless conduct with violence toward an animal."
Watkins, who has been incarcerated since he was arrested days after the crime, apologized for his behavior.
"I know that my actions were selfish and they impacted people at Zoo Boise, the public and Boise. I would like to formally apologize," he said.
The monkey's death stirred shock and outrage in the community, but also traumatized zoo employees who tended to the Patas pair, zoo officials said. It also caused concern about the welfare of the survivor because Patas monkeys are extremely social and the prospect of having it live alone prompted zoo administrators to find a new home or others to adopt. Ultimately, the Rosamund Gifford Zoo in Syracuse, N.Y., donated two companions in December.


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NEW YORK (AP) — CBS can savor its most-viewed week this season with an audience far bigger than its rivals'.
Averaging 13.28 million viewers last week (with an 8.2 rating, 13 share), CBS beat the average weekly prime-time audience of any network this season, according to Nielsen Co. data released Tuesday.
Meanwhile, CBS scored with two scripted shows that each drew more than 20 million viewers ("NCIS" and "The Big Bang Theory," which ranked second and third for the week, respectively). It's the first time any network has accomplished that feat since CBS did it in 2007, according to that network.
For the week of Jan. 7, Fox could claim the top-rated show: the NFC Playoff game pitting the Green Bay Packers against the San Francisco 49ers. It drew nearly 31 million viewers.
NBC struck gold with "The Golden Globe Awards," which attracted 20 million viewers to rank fourth.
Two new NBC shows had modest premieres. The melodrama "Deception" ranked 46th place, while sitcom "1600 Penn" debuted in 80th place.
Overall, the week belonged to CBS, which could boast 14 of the top 20 shows.
Far behind in second place was Fox with 7.67 million viewers (4.4 rating, 7 share), followed by NBC 6.84 million (4.3 rating, 7 share), ABC with 6.36 million (4.1 rating, 6 share), ION with 1.20 million (.8 rating, 1 share), and the CW with 1.14 million (.8 rating, 1 share).
Among the Spanish-language networks, Univision led with an average of 3.82 million viewers (1.9 rating, 3 share). Telemundo had 1.38 million (0.7 rating, 1 share), TeleFutura had 630,000 (0.3 rating, 1 share), Estrella had 230,000 (0.1 rating, 0 share) and Azteca had 140,000 (0.1 rating, 0 share).
NBC's "Nightly News" topped the evening newscasts with an average of 9.31 million viewers (6.3 household rating, 11 share). ABC's "World News" was second with 8.49 million (5.7 rating, 11 share) and the "CBS Evening News" had 7.14 million viewers (4.8 rating, 9 share).
A ratings point represents 1,147,000 households, or 1 percent of the nation's estimated 114.7 million TV homes. The share is the percentage of in-use televisions tuned to a given show.
For the week of Jan. 7-13, the top 10 shows, their networks and viewerships: NFC Playoff: Green Bay at San Francisco, Fox, 30.89 million; "NCIS," CBS, 21.11 million; "The Big Bang Theory," CBS, 20.00 million; "Golden Globe Awards," NBC, 19.69 million; "NCIS: Los Angeles," CBS, 17.90 million; "Person of Interest," CBS, 15.67 million; "Two and a Half Men," CBS, 14.40 million; "60 Minutes," CBS, 14.05 million; "Modern Family," ABC, 12.04 million; "Elementary," CBS, 11.48 million.
ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Co. CBS is owned by CBS Corp. CW is a joint venture of Warner Bros. Entertainment and CBS Corp. Fox is a unit of News Corp. NBC and Telemundo are owned by Comcast Corp. ION Television is owned by ION Media Networks. TeleFutura is a division of Univision. Azteca America is a wholly owned subsidiary of TV Azteca S.A. de C.V.


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More Than a Statistic
October 29, 2013
I am a young, heterosexual, Caucasian woman living with HIV. I am not in the major demographic of people living affected with HIV, or categorized as a "high-risk" group, but does that mean my story is less important?
You don't need me to tell you that there is stigma surrounding HIV/AIDS. Because of that stigma, we who live with HIV are often afraid. Rather than uniting to show the world that HIV has a face, we hide and become ashamed for having this "dirty disease." We often hear about the populated areas that are affected with HIV, but we do not hear about the stories of those who are living with HIV in the lesser-affected areas, living in fear of becoming ostracized by our peers, families, friends and by the public in general.
When you go to large urban areas, there are signs, billboards and various other platforms that constantly warn about the dangers of HIV. They warn EVERYONE; whether gay, lesbian, straight, white, black, Hispanic, Asian, Middle-Eastern, purple, pink or blue, because EVERYONE may be, and IS affected by this epidemic. Yet when attending seminars or conferences, we only hear about how we need to put funding where the "gays and blacks" are. Why have we not realized that we should treat this as a disease that affects the entire human population?
A common reaction when I disclose my status to people is "but you're pretty and smart"; or "no way, seriously?" Both comments only reassure me that I need to continue speaking out and informing others because of the ignorance surrounding this disease. I am a young, Caucasian, heterosexual woman living with HIV. To the outside world I am too "normal" looking to be affected, let alone infected with HIV. I so often feel that because I do not fit into the larger demographic of who is "at risk" or who is affected by HIV, people feel that what I have to say is not as pertinent. I feel people do not want to hear about HIV, and that the individuals who work in HIV prevention and education do not feel that my story is as influential. Why? Because I am a straight white woman. Do I need to be someone or something else for the public to feel that what I have to say is important?
We all have a voice, and we all have some issue that is close to our hearts. No matter what it is, no matter who we are, or what demographic we fall into; we are given a voice. Those of us in America especially have a freedom that many do not have -- we owe it to ourselves and to the ones we love to stand up and talk, yell, shout, even scream if that is what it takes. Our voices need to be heard. I talk about HIV because I have it and it affects me and those close to me. Don't wait to talk about your issue.
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Patriots re-sign Edelman, make offer to SandersThe Sports Xchange
April 10. 2013 7:35PM
The New England Patriots signed wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders to an offer sheet, giving the Pittsburgh Steelers five days to match the contract to retain the restricted free agent, and re-signed unrestricted free-agent receiver Julian Edelman on Wednesday.
According to multiple reports, Sanders' offer is for one year but the value of the contract is unknown. If the Steelers don't match the offer, they will receive a third-round pick as compensation.
The Steelers have minimal salary cap space, and matching any contract offer could be prohibitive. Pittsburgh would be left with only Antonio Brown among its top three wide receivers from 2012 if Sanders departs. Mike Wallace signed a $60 million contract with the Miami Dolphins in March.
With tight end Heath Miller returning from a torn ACL and other roster needs - namely an aging defense - the Steelers would be forced to bolster their receiving corps through the draft. Veterans Plaxico Burress and Jerricho Cotchery are under contract for 2013, but are not likely to be cast in leading roles.
Restocking that position in the draft hasn't been a problem for GM Kevin Colbert in recent years. Wallace (third round), Sanders (third round) and Brown (sixth round) were all chosen on what is now the third day of the draft.
Sanders visited the Patriots on March 15.
The diminutive slot receiver and return specialist caught 44 receptions for 626 yards (14.2-yard average) and one touchdown in 2012.
According to a USA Today report, Edelman was to sign a one-year contract. He had visited the New York Giants to gauge their interest


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Air Force gets Infantry rope
Yeah, I looked everywhere for an indication that this is satire, and if it is, I missed it. The article is a month and a half old, but it's new to me. From af.mil;
Starting Oct. 15, selected Airmen will begin wearing teal ropes — the color symbolizing sexual assault awareness and support — within the student population. Teal rope members receive specialized training by the SAPRO staff and serve as a link between non-prior service students and SAPRO for information and referral support.
Involvement in the program is open to students who have a minimum of two months left in their training. Students must be recommended by their military training leader, pass a background check and maintain an 80 percent grade point average to be accepted into the program. Teal rope members are expected to model the Air Force core values; uphold the highest standards of professionalism as representatives of the SAPRO; and be an approachable, listening ear for their wingmen in times of need.
"This program is so important because it helps raise awareness among our newest Airmen, and they will carry that knowledge throughout their careers," said Chief Master Sgt. Angelica Johnson, 81st Training Wing command chief. "This is an opportunity for Airmen to be leaders and help regulate their fellow Airmen on an important issue. It's also a chance for Airmen to go to a peer they may be more comfortable with, which assists the overall prevention efforts across the base."
All Airmen deserve an environment that is free from sexual harassment and sexual assault, and a culture where they can be treated with dignity and respect.
Was infantry blue the only color they could find for their cord? And just so the Air Force knows, calling it "teal" doesn't make it all right.
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