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I viewed my two videotapes of the 1990 World Figure Skating Championships, which were held in Halifax, Nova Scotia. My overall impression was - "What a great competition!!"
This was the last Worlds that included the compulsory school figures. The figures counted for 20 percent of the overall score, with the short program counting for 30 percent, and the long program counting for 50 percent of the total score. The ISU had been reducing the value of the school figures during the 1980s, and while 20 percent doesn't seem like a large part of the overall score, it was the decisive factor in the women's competition.
Defending World Champion Midori Ito of Japan skated horrible school figures and wound up tenth in that phase of the competition. A clip of Midori tracing one of her figure eights shows her practically falling over on her side, and the tracing was rough and uneven, to say the least. For that particular figure, Midori received placements of tenth, all the way down to 24th!
In contrast, US Champion Jill Trenary skating crisp, clean school figures and won that phase of the competition.
The short program was another story. Ito skated like a firecracker and won the short program, while Trenary was tentative and watered down her planned triple toe/double toe combination to a double toe/double toe combination. She finished fifth in that phase of the competition. Heading into the long program, Ito was fourth and Trenary was third.
Still, because of Ito's disastrous compulsory school placement, she could only win the gold medal if she won the long program and Natalia Lebedeva, Holly Cook, and Trenary finished no higher than third. That is, Ito had to win the long program, and someone other than the top three had to finish in second place.
Scott Hamilton and Verne Lundquist, reporting, said they thought that, perhaps, Kristi Yamaguchi might be the one to slip in behind Ito and help her retain her title.
Alas for Midori, Yamaguchi fell twice in her long program and received respectable, but not high, scores. Trenary skated a very strong long program with four clean triple jumps and finished second behind Ito in that segment of the competition. Jill received 5.7s and 5.8s for technical scores and a waft of 5.9s for presentation. Midori received all 5.9s and 6.0s for technical and 5.7s and 5.8s for presentation. Midori's triple axel was absolutely gorgeous!
The bottom line -- had Ito finished ninth in the school figures, instead of tenth, and everything else occurred as it had -- she would have won the gold medal instead of the silver medal.
Holly Cook, the 1990 US bronze medalist, shocked everyone by winning the bronze medal in her first (and as it happened, her only) appearance at Worlds.
She was ecstatic, to put it mildly.
I got a kick out watching Jill and her father embrace after she knew she had won the title. Mr. Trenary hugged his daughter and exclaimed, "Not bad for a fat kid." Pat O'Brien, commentating, asked Jill for her reaction at becoming the new World champion, and Jill said, "I don't feel anything yet. It hasn't sunk in."
O'Brien immediately asked Jill if she would turn professional, since the school figures would no longer be part of the competition. Jill graciously said she would
take some time off after the COI tour to think about her future.
The men's competition featured Canadian Kurt Browning successfully defending his World title, to the delight of his countrymen. The bio on Kurt (one of the few UCAP bios I have really liked over the years) showed Kurt's transformation from a second-tier world-class figure skater to the World champion and a hero in his home country. However, the pressure seemed to drain on Kurt, as he stumbled in his fall competitions and won not gold, but silver and bronze. He said, to paraphrase, that he suddenly felt that he could no longer fall, even in practice, as the World champ "doesn't make mistakes". While he was the slight favorite going into the Worlds, Soviet Victor Petrenko and American Christopher Bowman were also given good shots at the World title, so it was pretty much a three-man race.
That race become a two-man race, with Browning and Petrenko battling for the title. I was really pleased to see Kurt skate a great long program and win, and I got a chuckle out of seeing him being engulfed in throngs of screaming teenage girls.
Christopher Bowman and his then-coach, Frank Carroll, were not exactly getting along well together, and a sort of "cat and mouse" piece portrayed their disharmony. Apparently, Bowman's free spirits finally became too much for his coach to handle, and Carroll left Bowman alone on the ice during his school figures competition. They were shown arguing and just not communicating well together.
And, Katia Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov, quite frankly, were given inflated scores in their long program, skated to beautiful "Romeo and Juliet" music. Katia fell on their side-by-side double axels which were to have led to a jump sequence. She just stopped skating, and Sergi continued with the pattern. They looked stunned when they finished, and so was the crowd. Canadians Brasseur and Eisler skated a dynamic long program and won the silver medal. Frankly, I think they deserved the gold medal, but that's just my own opinion.
Kristi Yamaguchi and Rudi Galindo, the two-time US pairs champions, finished fifth in the pairs competition. She finished fourth in the ladie's singles. Following
the Worlds, Kristi decided to concentrate solely on the singles, and she dropped
out of pairs skating. As it happened, it was a tremendous decision for her, as she won the 1991 and 1992 World titles and the 1992 Olympic gold medal.


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Gender, alcohol and culture: an international study (GENACIS)
GENACIS is a multidisciplinary international project initiated to address the dearth of data on gender and alchohol use. The project involves researchers from more than 20 countries with major funding from the European Union (EU), the U.S. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the World Health Organization (WHO). As of January 2003, WHO has provided funding to researchers in seven low-income countries to enable them to participate in this project. Keeping in line with WHO's Gender Policy, this project addresses the need to recognize the significance of gender as a major variable in project development, data analysis and presentation.
The study will test the association between a wide array of individual-level and societal variables and alcohol consumption/alcohol problems in women and men. Some of these variables are: familial and social settings for alcohol consumption, social networks, intimate relations and sexuality, aggression and childhood abuse, health and lifestyle, work experience, social role, gender inequality, and drinking culture.
Participating countries
The countries participating in this project are: Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, the Russian Federation, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Uganda, United Kingdom and the United States of America.
The countries funded by WHO for this project are: Argentina, Costa Rica, India, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Sri Lanka and Uganda.
The EU-funded project is currently based at the Free University, Berlin, Germany and the NIAAA/NIH project is based at the University of North Dakota, United States of America.
Data centralization for this study is currently taking place at the Swiss Institute for the Prevention of Alcohol and other Drug Problems (ISPA), Lausanne, Switzerland.
The GENACIS Newsletter, Vol.1(1), contains important information concerning the progress of the project.
The book "Alcohol, Gender and Drinking Problems: Perspectives from Low and Middle Income Countries" is a product of the multinational collaborative project on "Gender, Alcohol and Culture: an International Study" (GENACIS). It addresses significant issues on gender and alcohol and presents data from eight low and middle income countries.

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"I can't feel my feet, and the ice is hurting when it hits my face," said Tracy Flint, a Columbus hair stylist, who was trudging across a shopping center parking lot to get to work. "But it could be worse."
The Ohio Turnpike imposed restrictions against high-profile vehicles and triple-trailer vehicles Wednesday night, and authorities reported multiple accidents on the turnpike in northern Ohio.
In Darke County, in western Ohio, the sheriff's office issued a Level 3 snow emergency, which bars all but emergency traffic. Authorities said blowing and drifting show cut visibility to near zero, and they were getting calls from motorists stranded in rural areas. A Level 3 also was issued in another western Ohio county, Mercer.
In nearby Preble County, Interstate 70 heading west toward Indiana was closed temporarily early Wednesday afternoon while a traffic accident was cleared, and Columbus police officers closed westbound I-70 near the capital later in the day to give salt crews time to clear ice off the lanes.
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Associated Press writers Julie Carr Smyth, Kantele Franko, Ann Sanner, Andrew Welsh-Huggins and Mitch Stacy in Columbus, Amanda Lee Myers in Cincinnati and Rick Callahan in Indianapolis contributed.


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TEMPE, Ariz. — Brock Osweiler, Arizona State's starting quarterback the past two seasons, measured a hair under 6-7 and every bit of 242 pounds at the 2012 NFL Scouting Combine. If those sound like the dimensions of a pocket passer, it's for good reason. Folks in Tempe will tell you Osweiler could move around when he had to—and that's true—but the essence of the player? Huge guy, huge gun.
Todd Graham will never see it first-hand. Osweiler left ASU following his junior season, leaving the Sun Devils' first-year coach with one of the more interesting quarterback competitions in the country to oversee.
Put yourself in Graham's shoes for a moment. He has been pilloried in the media for the way he left Pittsburgh—after just one season, with his players receiving word via text message. Reputations are fickle animals in the coaching business. In short, Graham needs to get this quarterback thing right.
In the left corner is last season's No. 2 man, Mike Bercovici, a sophomore who enrolled early for the 2011 spring semester. In the words of Graham, the 6-1 Bercovici is an "unbelievable passer" and, without a doubt, the best pure thrower in the program.
Problem solved, right?
Not so fast, because in the right corner is redshirt freshman Michael Eubank, a 6-5, 242-pounder whom a majority of Sun Devils fans seem to be rooting for. You think Osweiler is a physical specimen? Left tackle Evan Finkenberg likens Eubank to Cam Newton.
"He's out there throwing, running, running people over," Finkenberg said. "He's an incredible athlete."
By no means does Eubank have a sizable lead in this race—or even a lead, at this point—but if you're looking for a reason to place your bets on the big fella, consider that he nearly signed with Graham and Pittsburgh. Eubank took one of three visits there before settling on ASU.
If you're looking for another, bear in mind that Eubank played at Corona., Calif. powerhouse Centennial High School, and there's been a recruiting pipeline from there to Tempe that Graham surely would like to keep open.
Plus, Graham's fast-paced, wide-open offense would seem to favor a dual threat. Bercovici is no runner. Redshirt sophomore Taylor Kelly is a versatile player, and Graham insists Kelly is an equal part of a three-man battle for the starting job. Graham also describes Kelly as the least mistake-prone player of the three; at least he was in spring ball. Given the program's emphasis on discipline since Graham's arrival, minimizing mistakes is no small deal.
But Graham wants to pick a No. 1 by the end of the first week of fall camp—"one needs to separate himself in a hurry," he said—and he certainly hopes his decision doesn't boil down to which player isn't a total screw-up.
It'll be Bercovici or Eubank who gets the nod. The sense here is Graham isn't convinced Eubank is ready just yet, but that he hopes to be won over by a former big-time recruit that barely got away.
"I would tell you the big boy is going to be hard to not play," Graham said. "He's pretty impressive."


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Discussion in 'Ride Reports - Epic Rides' started by rtwdoug, Aug 30, 2012.
Yep!! Don't recall a War of Western Aggression.
Cannonball website is finally back up and has yesterday's results posted. Unless they forced Doug into the truck shortly after the above pic was taken in Oak Harbor, OH I can't see how he only got 35 points for the day.
Saw Doug and the rest of the riders at Kutter H-D in Monroe, Wi. He still had water in the mag. Got it in the shop there and blew it out. He left for Anamosa around Two or so.
Got pictures on my phone, but i'm having a hard time getting them downloaded.
Yup...it was pretty early on, as he was having trouble with those wet electricals....
#88 should be able to smell dinner cooking from there!
He was in the truck before Wauseon.
When I chased them into Indiana, the only reason I caught them was because Doug and his driver were stopped to assist the other broke down bikes.
He's in Anamosa. The museum there is very very nice. Well worth a ride.
That's right about where JP Cycles is.
Museum's in town.
Dinner at the museum followed by dessert at JP?
Stolen from facebook...with this caption.
Strange choice of route, down hwy151. Don't say it's sweep truck once again? :huh
there is probably a large event at J&P cycle after the motorcycle museum stop.
I hope not...looks like they would have only been on the 151 for the last 30 miles or so...
That's why he's the man...helping others along the way.
you heading to Barber after the Cannonball?
From what I saw the only hotel/motel in the area was immediately south of JP.
Exactly. The guy that owns JP, the museum, and pretty much everything else in Anamosa built an AmericInn right across from JP. It's pretty deluxe for an AmericInn. Next closest hotel is down 151 in Marion/Cedar Rapids.
Today was pretty nice, no rain, not too hot, not a long killer day. But, every time I stopped, the bike wouldnt start until I pulled the magneto cap off & wiped the water out of it.
It just wont go away! So tonite, I drilled a drain/vent hole in the bottom of the damn thing.
We'll see how that works out tomorrow.
This morning, before we took off from the harley museum, I left em a little something....
There's a super nice state park campground just outside the city limits of Anamosa but it's on the other side of town from the action at P&Js.
My hero!!!


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Randall County authorities are checking to determine whether the man behind the wheel of a car that hit and killed a woman and critically injured her 2-year-old daughter was legally permitted to drive, officials said Monday.
Records show Jared Dale Garrison's license was suspended following a 2009 conviction of driving while intoxicated. Randall County has requested and is waiting to receive Department of Public Safety records in the mail verifying the status of Garrison's license, Randall County Sheriff Joel Richardson said.
No charges have been filed in Saturday's incident. Investigators determined Garrison, 20, of Amarillo was not impaired at the time, Richardson said.
Garrison was driving a borrowed 2002 Chevrolet Cavalier that hit Melissa Rico, 29, of Roswell, N.M., killing her early Saturday. Rico's daughter Myra suffered head injuries and remained in critical condition Monday at Northwest Texas Hospital, authorities said.
Deputies responded about 2:25 a.m. Saturday to a report of a woman lying in an Interstate 27 access road, just south of McCormick Road, Sheriff's Office spokesman Danny Alexander said in a news release. The caller also saw the injured toddler near Melissa Rico's body, according to the release.
Witnesses told Randall County authorities Melissa Rico had been drinking before the incident and argued with her boyfriend before leaving an Amberwood Park home about 2 a.m., Richardson said. The home is about a fourth of a mile south of the spot where Rico and her daughter were hit, the sheriff said.
Garrison told investigators the impact shattered the windshield and sent glass flying into his eyes, authorities said. He said he did not know what the car hit, authorities said. Garrison told authorities he drove about 2½ miles to his home and told his mother he had hit something. She drove to the highway, saw flashing lights and returned home to pick up her son, Richardson said. The two then came back to the scene, the sheriff said.
A justice of the peace pronounced Melissa Rico dead at the scene.
Paramedics transported Myra Rico to the hospital, authorities said.
Richardson said investigators had been on the scene about an hour and a half when Garrison returned.
Richardson said Garrison became distraught when investigators told him what happened.
"He had no idea he had hit a human," Richardson said. "It's very likely he didn't know what he hit. It was dark, in the middle of the night. Should he have stopped? Absolutely. Did he? No."
Deputies smelled Garrison's breath, conducted a horizontal gaze nystagmus test and concluded he was not impaired, Richardson said. The test checks to see if a person can smoothly follow an object from side to side using only the muscles in the eyes. Intoxicants inhibit the brain to control the muscles, causing the eyes to jerk.
"He exhibited zero sign of impairment," Richardson said. "We conducted other sobriety tests as well. He didn't stagger. He didn't sway. His eyes weren't bloodshot. He didn't slur."
The nystagmus test is used to determine whether further sobriety tests are necessary. In Garrison's case, they were not, Richardson said.
Deputies recovered the Cavalier and took it to the Randall County sheriff's Crime Scene Investigation Lab to be processed for evidence, Alexander said. Garrison told investigators he had borrowed the vehicle.
Garrison was convicted in 2009 for driving while intoxicated, court records show. Garrison paid $913 in fines and court costs and was ordered to serve 10 days in the Randall County jail. He served the jail sentence on weekends, records show. Last February, he pleaded guilty to driving without a license.
Staff writers Russell Anglin and Jim McBride contributed to this report.


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He's turned into a total monster
NOW that we're married, my fella has changed out of all recognition.
I just don't know what to expect when he picks me up from work each night
We don't laugh any more. Sex is cold and hard and he acts as if it's my duty to pleasure him and do anything he says in bed.
Suddenly he hates me wearing make-up or fashionable clothes and makes a massive fuss if I want to see my family or friends.
The weird thing is that he used to go out with my mum. She was his partner before me but now he calls her a tart and a slut for living with a new boyfriend.
I just don't know what to expect when he picks me up from work each night.
The other day I told him that I wanted to go to my boss's leaving party. This man and I have been very close over the years and I've always referred to him as my mentor.
My husband was invited too but flew into rage about me being in love with my boss and sleeping with him for the past five years, which is utter rubbish.
I was in tears as I tried to defend myself but he wouldn't let it lie.
He went on and on about me being untrustworthy and sex-mad until I was forced to lock myself in the bathroom just to get away from him.
Later he begged me to come out.
He apologised for shouting but said that I drove him to it by being so untrustworthy and such a blatant flirt.
I just don't get it. I only had one boyfriend before him. I was with my lover from the age of 16 until he died in a joyriding accident three years ago.
I met my new husband a matter of days after the funeral and we've been together ever since.
Why is he treating me like this?
JANE SAYS: I get the feeling that you made the biggest mistake of your life by marrying your husband on the rebound.
He swooped on you at a time when you were vulnerable, confused and lonely.
He led you to believe that he was offering you a fresh start in a loving, safe relationship. But all he's done since your wedding is make you unhappy. I urge you to get out of this marriage just as quickly as you got into it.
Face it, he doesn't really love you. All he cares about is controlling you and treating you as his personal property.
Because he's so insecure and lacking in confi dence himself, he can't abide the idea of you having other friends or any kind of life away from his watchful gaze.
But this way of living isn't healthy. He's stifling you. He's making you doubt yourself and you're frightened. Admit it – you've made a mistake. Now make plans to move on before things get any worse.
I have no way of knowing whether this man is capable of violence but the emotional abuse is bad enough and you can't put up with it any more.
Speak to your family and friends and be honest about the intolerable situation you find yourself in.
There's no shame in putting your hands up and announcing you got it wrong.
What you can't do is stick around in the hope that things will get better because they really won't.


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Rescued Girl Gives Adorably Awkward Interview to GMA
Eleven year old Nadia Bloom spent four days lost in a thick, alligator infested Florida swamp before being rescued. This morning she told Robin Roberts about how she survived, and how her friends welcomed her back to school.
She apparently was inspired to venture out to explore nature after reading an American Girl book about an intrepid young explorer. The fact that she starts off the interview with how excited she was to get a lobster rubber band trumps all.
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12/7 Ask Liz: Musical (Rental) Chairs & Childish Future Sister-In-Laws
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Dear Liz,
I have a low budget, 10 grand. I'm spending 2500 for my venue which is just the grounds. I need to figure out a caterer which I'm actively doing and then comes the rentals issue. One caterer told me that folding chairs are cheaper than the nicer chairs and if I want nicer chairs for 125 people it's 300 bucks extra! I think this is ridiculous! Any ideas on supplying my own chairs? How would clean up/set up work? And/or how do I approach this with a caterer when I find one?
Sitting on No
Dear Sitting,
If you put it in perspective, 300 for 125 chairs is $2.40 per chair. $2.40 is not bad, but yeah, $300 is a lot of money! I'm guessing that when you say "nicer" you are talking about the padded white wooden chairs vs. the plastic ones as opposed to Chiavari chairs. Chiavari's are more expensive than that, no matter where you live. So, find cheaper nicer chairs. If I can find $4.00 Chiavari chairs in L.A. (where they average $12), you can find $1.25 chairs in your area. Once you find those, you'll a) feel a lot better, b) be able to ask caterers if they can price match, c) not be so worried if they can't.
As far as set-up/break-down of chairs, most rental companies will either set them up for free, or charge a minimal fee for it. If it's not minimal enough, then, you can either ask your caterer or venue staff if they can help, or, yes, figure out how to set them up yourself. Once you figure out the chairs, you can ask those questions.
Dear Liz,
My fiance and I just got engaged at Thanksgiving, and although we're probably looking at a year and a half before we get to walk down the aisle, we're already having discussions about our wedding party and other ceremony things. I told him that I've already asked my sister and my best friend to be my Maid and Matron of Honor (my co-MOHs, if you will), and three close friends from college to be my bridesmaids. He comes from a large family, and has three brothers and one sister. In the past year or so, his 19-year-old sister has become "obsessed" (his words, not mine) with me, following me around and texting me for hours on end. She's even made plans for us to have a girl's day over her winter break from college. We're not super close, but I don't mind hanging out with her, and I understand that she probably just wants a girl to hang out with since she still lives at home with two of her four brothers. My fiance is very understanding, and says I don't have to hang out if I don't want to, and tells me its ok to not respond to every text.
My fiance's two best friends and three brothers will be his groomsmen. However, the problem is I'm kind of worried that his sister is expecting to be a bridesmaid. While we were discussing our party, he asked me if his sister would be one of my bridesmaids, and I just said I wasn't sure. She is a nice girl, but she's still very immature. She'd rather stay buried in a book or glued to a video game than socialize with people, and is very prone to yelling and tantrums. Sometimes if she gets even a little upset with one of her brothers, she'll slap them on the arm and storm off. Any non-traditional idea I've mentioned about the wedding or, really, anything in general, she says is "weird." Basically, she acts much younger than 19 years old.
I would like to have her participate in some way at our wedding, and have her there for a little bit while I'm getting ready with hair, makeup, etc. But, I just don't see her as a bridesmaid. I want to be able to enjoy our wedding day with all of our party, but it would be hard to do that with one bridesmaid critiquing our plans or attached to her Nintendo DS, making it an awkward situation for the rest of my bridesmaids. Should I ask her to be a bridesmaid and hope for the best? What should I do if she's already expecting to be one?
Growing Older But Not Up
Dear Up,
You're not keen on the idea, so don't make her a bridesmaid. The next time your fiance asks, say no. If he asks why, remind him that right now, your wedding party is evened up, and another person will throw it off. In the interim, find her something else to do. Can she be an usher for the ceremony, and direct people where to sit? Since she's probably still going to be a minor, she can sit out the cocktail hour and help guests with the place cards and the gift table. These are important things, too (heck, I assign a separate assistant to it for my weddings), make sure she knows it. And that you appreciate that she's doing it. I'd be proactive about this, and tell her ASAP. This is not something to spring on an eager young adult last minute.
Did you have a non-bridesmaid problem? Where did you find cheap chairs where you live? Let us know what you think in the comments!
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ATLANTA — Plagued by injuries, Brian McCann endured the worst season of his career. He'll watch the Braves' wild-card playoff game from the bench.
Atlanta manager Fredi Gonzalez announced that David Ross — not McCann — will start today against the St. Louis Cardinals. But Gonzalez stressed that it's not a permanent move if the Braves advance past the one-game playoff.
"I think going forward Mac will catch, obviously, in a longer series, a five-game series or even a seven-game series if we get that far," Gonzalez said Thursday before a workout at Turner Field. "We'll play the matchups."
Gonzalez said he made the move primarily for defense, believing Ross has a better chance of keeping the Cardinals from attempting to steal. Also, Ross was behind the plate for two of the most dominant performances by starting pitcher Kris Medlen: a 12-strikeout effort against Colorado on Sept. 3 and a career-high 13 Ks against Washington on Sept. 14.
"You feel like (Ross) gives you a good chance to win the ballgame," Gonzalez said. "Defensively, we know how well he can throw people out. The Cardinals have a tendency to put people in motion a lot. And with the combination of Rossy and Medlen, maybe it gives you an opportunity to shut that down a little bit."
Slowed by a knee injury and an ailing right shoulder, McCann batted just .230 with 20 homers and 67 RBIs this season. Ross hit .256 with nine homers and 23 RBIs.
Gonzalez said it was difficult to tell McCann that he wouldn't be starting the wild-card game.
"I've been thinking about this for three or four days," the manager said. "He's a very important piece to our team and he's a warrior."
Gonzalez said Ross, a right-handed hitter, could start again if the Braves advance to face Washington and left-hander Gio Gonzalez, since McCann bats lefty. But the manager stressed that McCann will get the bulk of the playing time if Atlanta makes an extended postseason run.
"He's beat up. He's been banged up for a while," Fredi Gonzalez said. "Again, a one-game series, you go with Rossy. In a longer series, (McCann is) going to play. He's not that banged up."
McCann said he understood the decision.
"I wish I was playing. But I'm not. That's it," he said. "Rossy's been playing unbelievable. I'm his biggest fan. He's one of my best friends in the world and he's been playing great.
"I'll hopefully get in there somehow, maybe pinch-hit late. We'll see."
Ross called it the biggest game of his career, but stressed that McCann is still the team's primary catcher.
"He's done some things that are second to none in this game," Ross said. "I'm going to go out there and give it my best, but I don't want to take anything away from Brian McCann."
McCann said there's a good chance he's going to need shoulder surgery in the offseason. He's already had two cortisone shots, but doesn't plan on taking another one.
"I've been battling a shoulder injury for a while," he said. "My production hasn't been where it needed to be to help the team win."


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"When you look at the services and the way we set this up, it's very much a reflection of our need to provide our customers with end-to-end solutions ... framed under the broader umbrella of GRC--governance, risk, and compliance," said Mat Allen, senior director, security and risk management global practice, EMC Consulting. "GRC acts as the center point."
The five services, available now, are: Trusted Cloud Advisory Services to provide visibility into and control of an organization's private and public cloud environments; Information Governance Advisory Services to facilitate a safe, efficient stewardship of high-value information; Governance, Risk, and Compliance Advisory Services to bring governance and visibility to risk management; Fraud and Identity Management Advisory Services to protect sensitive information while allowing trusted identities to freely, securely interact with online systems in ways that increase efficiency, improve customer satisfaction, and control costs; and Mobile Device Security Advisory Services to help mitigate the rapidly escalating risks associated with providing mobile device access to sensitive data and resources.
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EMC says the new services are an extension of the security offerings of both the consulting and RSA units, backed by hundreds of certified security professionals with extensive governance, risk, compliance, and security management experience.
Security analyst Ginny Roth, CISSP, Enterprise Strategy Group, thinks EMC's customers want security services period, whether they come from RSA or some other vendor. "Security should be a natural adjunct to almost any vendor with offerings that either host or manage data, and hardware vendors should be no exception. EMC saw that years ago when they invested in RSA and this is the natural evolution of that vision."
She adds that most of the enterprise storage vendors also have security either built in to their offerings or as a P&L division within their organization (i.e. Dell-SecureWorks, HDS-HitachiID, HP-Enterprise Security Division, IBM-IBM Security Solutions).
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Light one candle: Hanukkah and holiday events in the Berkshires
Hanukkah Concerts
The Jewish Festival of Lights, Hanukkah, is an occasion to celebrate the miracle of one day's temple oil lasting eight days. Families light candles on the eight-branched menorah, sing joyful songs, play spinning-top "dreidel" games and enjoy festive food such as fried potato latkes and donuts.
On Sunday, everyone is invited to join in the fun at a pair of free concerts with self-described "entertain-ucator" Felicia Sloin accompanied by puppeteer Kate Holdsworth. The duo will offer an entertaining, inspiring and zany mix of music, dance, percussion and sign language fit for the whole family.
Sloin has been known to include rap and rewritten Beatles songs in her engaging shows, which celebrate Jewish values, culture and holidays. She records children's music and also sings lead vocals with the popular band "Klezamir."
The first concert will take place at 11:30 a.m. at Hevreh of Southern Berkshire in Great Barrington, followed at 3 p.m. by a repeat performance in the Macy's Court of the Berkshire Mall in Lanesborough. Admission to both concerts is free of charge to all.
In the spirit of the gifts given during the holiday, the Jewish Federation of the Berkshires and the PJ Library will collect donations of new children's pajamas at the concerts for families. in need. Information: www.jewishberk
shires.org (413) 442-4360 ext. 14.
Following the concert at the mall, Chabad of the Berkshires will hold a free Hanukkah Family Festival at 4 p.m. with a magic show, music, dreidel games and holiday treats including latkes, donuts and "gelt" (gold foil-covered chocolate coins). The party is open to all and will include lighting the menorah, whose candles are lit progressively each night during the holiday. Information: www.jewishberkshires.com, (413) 499-9899.
Berkshire Museum
The galleries of the Berkshire Museum are ablaze with holiday trees adorned with baubles and lights, the fanciful creations including a dragon and fantasy tree house in honor of this year's theme, "Myths & Magic."
On Saturday, the museum will celebrate the Festival of Trees with a special family day filled with activities and treats for all ages.
At 11 a.m., the critter caretakers from Burpee's Zoo will introduce some of the fascinating creatures in their charge, including a curious kangaroo, prickly African porcupine and colorful macaw.
In the galleries, also at 11 a.m., the Berkshire Singers will offer some seasonal entertainment with a program of holiday favorites, followed by delicious do-it-yourself cookie decorating at noon, while supplies last.
With appetites whetted, get ready to vote for your favorite recipe in the Berkshire Museum Cookie Contest, starting at 2:30 p.m. and hosted by Gina Hyams, local author of the new book kit, "Christmas Cookie Contest in a Box," part of a series that also includes pie and chili contests.
Finish off the fun with a rousing round of Christmas carols courtesy of the Taconic High School Honors Chorus.
Tickets to the animal show cost $15 for adults, and $8 for children, which includes museum admission. All other activities are free with regular admission of $13 for adults and $6 for children. Information: www.berkshire
museum.org, (413) 443-7171.
Lenox Caroling Festival
Hundreds of singers from near and far will fill the streets of Lenox with the sweet sound of music this weekend as the Caroling Festival returns for a second year to the historic downtown district.
The fun begins on Friday at dusk when Santa will arrive by fire truck for the lighting of the town tree, followed by carol singing in the park and a chance for little ones to tell Santa their secret wishes at the Community Center.
On Saturday, the choirs will take to the streets with joyful singing of Christmas carols and holiday tunes from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. as listeners vote for their favorite tunesmiths.
Bakers will compete on Sunday at the eighth Annual Gingerbread House Competition from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Lenox Library. See imaginative and traditional dwellings made by creative cooks both amateur and professional in this popular community contest.
Information on additional festival events and receptions at Ventfort Hall and Shakespeare & Company: lenoxcarolingfestival.org.
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10. MUSIC: AKA, Jennifer Lopez
J. Lo's eighth studio album came out this week, and aside from that irritating "I Luh Ya Papi" single (saying "luh" 50 times — really?), AKA includes "Tens," an infectious ode to ball culture. Ever expect America's favorite Fly Girl to sing lyrics like "Eating the runway, serving the runway… Where my glam queens at"? OK, J. Lo, we forgive you for that World Cup song. — Neal Broverman
9. TV: Trailblazers
Logo is shining a spotlight on some people who only need more attention: young LGBT community organizers and activists. These activists span the country, and their issues cast an even wider net: support for transgender kids, marriage equality in churches, and telling Mormon kids it gets better. Airing Thursday; check Logo for more details. — Michelle Garcia
8. DANCE: Boston Ballet at Lincoln Center
The Boston Ballet concludes its 50th season with its first-ever engagement at New York City's Lincoln Center, beginning Wednesday and ending June 29. Performances will include the New York premiere of Resonance, which the Boston Ballet commissioned from José Martinez, along with such classics as Nijinsky's Afternoon of a Faun and George Balanchine's Symphony in Three Movements. Among the Boston troupe's stars is gay soloist John Lam (above); you can see him talking about the Lincoln Center engagement in this Facebook video. And see the performance schedule and order tickets here. — Trudy Ring
7. FILM: Yves Saint Laurent
Directed by Jalil Lespert and starring Guillaume Galienne in the title role, Yves Saint Laurent is a biopic about the legendary French designer that charts his path to international stardom. Laurent's couture ushered in an era of liberation for women in the 1960s, and the film depicts many of his groundbreaking designs as well as his love affair with his business partner, Pierre Berge. Yves Saint Laurent will screen Saturday at Frameline, the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival with screening in New York and Los Angeles starting on June 25. Watch the trailer below. — Daniel Reynolds
6. MUSIC: Stranger Than Fiction, Matt Palmer
This L.A.-based out pop/R&B singer-songwriter raised enough Kickstarter bucks to release his own EP, which features songs including "Break-Up," a cover of Garbage's "Only Happy When It Rains," and "Teardrops," with its sexy, gay-themed video. Out now. — Neal Broverman
5. DVD: Breaking Through
Now available on DVD, this inspiring documentary highlights openly LGBT elected officials at numerous levels and from across the country. The film showcases their stories of self-doubt and triumph as these trailblazers share the obstacles they've experienced in their lives and careers as well as how they overcame them. An official selection of several film festivals and winner of numerous awards, Breaking Through gives viewers a rare peek at the lives of those who dared to come out of the closet and into power. — Jase Peeples
4. THEATER: The Nance
If you don't live in New York or a city that gets Broadway tours, you may be frustrated at missing the best of the Great White Way. But Broadway on Screen captures many of those shows on film for distribution in movie theaters nationwide, and one of its latest releases is The Nance, Douglas Carter Beane's multiple award-winning play starring out luminary Nathan Lane as a gay comedian relegated to portraying camp stereotypes in burlesque shows during the 1930s. With engagements beginning Monday, it'll be in theaters from Anchorage to Boca Raton. Find a screening near you here, and watch a trailer below. — Trudy Ring
3. TV: Teen Wolf Season 4 Premiere
MTV's sexy supernatural series returns Monday at 10 p.m. with several fresh faces — and toned torsos — who have joined the pack for the fourth season of adventures at Beacon Hills High School. Dylan Sprayberry (Man of Steel), Mason Dye (Flowers in the Attic), and Khylin Rhambo — who will be playing Mason, the newest gay addition to the student body of BHHS — team up with returning cast members Tyler Posey, Dylan O'Brien, Tyler Hoechlin, and Holland Roden as a mysterious team of supernatural hit men begins racking up a body count. Check out the hair-raising teaser below. — Jase Peeples
2. EVENT: New Orleans Pride
LGBT pride in the Big Easy? Sounds like endless fun to us. Grand marshal Chris Salvatore heads up the parade, capping of a weekend of performances, brunch with out lawmaker Brian Sims, an '80s costume party, and the parade after-party with DJ Pornstar. Today through Sunday; PrideNewOrleans.com. — Michelle Garcia
1. FILM: Jersey Boys
Directed by Clint Eastwood, Jersey Boys is the much-anticipated adaptation of the popular Broadway musical, which follows four New Jersey ne'er-do-wells as they form the now-iconic 1960s band the Four Seasons. Popular hits like "Walk Like a Man," "Sherry," "Rag Doll," and more provide the soundtrack for their rocky road to fame, and Christopher Walken appears in a supporting role. Another supporting role goes to Mike Doyle as Bob Crewe, the gay composer and production wizard who helped the Four Seasons and other musicians reach the top of the charts; read more about Crewe here. Jersey Boys opens in theaters this weekend. Watch the trailer below. — Daniel Reynolds


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Do you enjoy learning about the natural world? If so, consider becoming a Minnesota Master Naturalist volunteer!
Carleton College and the Cannon River Watershed Partnership in Northfield are hosting a Minnesota Master Naturalist Volunteer Training beginning April 1 and running through May 15, 2013. Registration is now open and the class is expected to fill up quickly.
Master Naturalist Volunteers complete a 40-hour hands-on course with expert instructors and fellow learners- studying natural history, environmental interpretation, and conservation stewardship. Final certification comes with the completion of 40 hours of volunteer service. The program offers three courses that correspond to Minnesota's three major ecosystems entitled: Big Woods, Big Rivers; Prairies and Potholes; and North Woods, Great Lakes.
This course will cover the natural and cultural history of the 'Big Woods, Big Rivers' region. We will provide an in-depth overview of the deciduous forest ecosystem and participants will observe and learn about the variety of plant and animal communities of the region. Through the course, participants will develop their ability to observe nature and will learn tools to improve these skills. In addition, participants will improve their communication skills by sharing knowledge with other participants and working on a team project.
The classes will be held every Monday and Wednesday evenings from 6:30 - 9:00 p.m. from April 1 through May 15th at the Carleton College Arboretum. Two Saturday field trips will be on April 27th and May 11th. The cost for the course is $200, including materials.
Register online at www.MinnesotaMasterNaturalist.org, call 1.888.241.4532, or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Minnesota Master Naturalist is sponsored by the University of Minnesota Extension Service and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Minnesota Master Naturalist is supported, in part, by grant ESI-0540358 from the National Science Foundation.
For more information, contact Nancy Braker, director of the Carleton College Cowling Arboretum, at (507) 222-4543 or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Whether the latest stab at 3-D emerges as the single most revolutionary change for movies since color, as DreamWorks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg has predicted, or becomes the Smell-O-Vision of the new millennium remains to be seen. But fueled by better technologies, a growing number of 3-D-equipped theaters, and some heady financial reasons for moving forward, 3-D is once again back -- and this time, to stay.
While there are 3-D-ready TVs for sale -- primarily, rear-projection DLP sets from Mitsubishi and Samsung (the latter also offers a plasma model) -- the real 3-D resurgence is in theaters, where the trickle that began with The Polar Express 3-D in 2004 and Chicken Little 3-D in '05 has swelled to a steady stream. In just the past 2 years alone we've seen Monster House, The Ant Bully, Beowulf, Meet the Robinsons, Shark Boy and Lava Girl, U2 3-D, Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert, Fly Me to the Moon, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Journey to the Center of the Earth, and Bolt dazzle bespectacled audiences.
But 2009 is when the 3-D flirtation will turn into a full-blown affair. Most of the major studios are working on 3-D titles, and both Disney/Pixar and DreamWorks Animation have made 3-D a major part of their future strategies. Disney/Pixar plans to release eight animated 3-D features in the next few years, including the next Toy Story installment and a Cars sequel. DreamWorks Animation has said that all its pictures going forward -- including Monsters vs. Aliens and Shrek the Fourth -- will be in 3-D.
Some of Hollywood's biggest directors are also joining the party. Upcoming 3-D releases include a trilogy based on The Adventures of Tintin from Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg, a remake of A Christmas Carol by director Robert Zemeckis (who's now working exclusively in 3-D), and 3-D conversions of all six Star Wars movies (although it remains to be seen whether a 3-D Jar Jar Binks is a step forward or backward for the technology).
But maybe the most anticipated 3-D film of 2009 is James Cameron's sci-fi epic for 20th Century Fox, Avatar, said to be one of the most complex movies ever made. Slated for release in December, the film combines live action with an intricate CGI landscape and photorealistic digital actors. Before that, the studio will release Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, a likely 3-D blockbuster.
Twice as Hard
If 3-D is so great, why didn't it catch on when it first hit the scene in the 1950s? For one, 3-D films are hard and expensive to make, adding about 10% to 20% to the cost of a movie. There are also technical challenges, particularly with live-action movies, since a pair of cameras must be synchronized to achieve the proper effect. That's why many current 3-D releases are animated films: Digital animation is essentially created in 3-D and just requires more computer crunch time to render the required second perspective.
All 3-D films require double images -- one for the right eye and a slightly different one for the left. When the images are correctly synchronized and viewed through special glasses, they converge, and your brain works its magic to produce the illusion of depth. Older 3-D films generated the images using two hard-to-sync projectors, each of which created a layer of color. The audience viewed the movie using cheap cardboard glasses -- anaglyphic models, with one blue and one red plastic lens -- that separated the two images. Because it was hard to coordinate the two projectors, viewing could cause eyestrain, headaches, and even nausea.
Although the principle is the same, newer digital 3-D schemes use different technologies to improve performance and comfort. Most notably, 3-D images can be generated with just one projector, which flashes alternating sequential images for each eye. While all digital 3-D movies are shot at 48 frames per second, that rate is "triple flashed" inside the theater to 144 fps (each frame is presented three times) so viewers don't see the sequential flashing.
Several companies are vying for the growing 3-D market. The leader is Real D, whose DLP-based technology is employed in more than 90% of U.S. theaters that show 3-D. Real D uses circular polarization, where an electronic filter called a Z-screen encodes light with different polarities for the left and right images. Viewers wear polarized glasses, so each eye receives the correct polarized image. Theaters need to be outfitted with highly reflective silver screens that can maintain the polarization of the images, but the glasses are inexpensive disposable models with round lenses. Real D has started replacing Z-screen filters with a new technology that can recapture some of the light lost during polarization, for improved brightness (and, therefore, larger screen sizes).
Another competitor is Dolby, which uses a technology called spectral division. Here, a spinning filter wheel splits the primary colors into separate frequencies for each eye. Viewers wear spectral-division glasses with coatings that filter out the unwanted images for each eye. While conventional theater screens are used, the glasses must be returned and washed before each use.
XpanD, which uses active LCD shutter glasses that sync to the projector's flash by way of RF signals, has signed a deal to outfit a small U.S. theater chain this summer. Meanwhile, George Lucas is using technology from a company called In-Three to convert the Star Wars films to 3-D. And longtime 3-D player Imax, with its super-size screens, is in the midst of a film-to-digital conversion.


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I meant that this appears to be the common interpretation of my advice, that it is based upon my holding AS to be ultimately real, which I have not stated.gregkavarnos wrote:It's not a common perception. I am not getting this feeling from what AngelicFruitcake and undefinable are saying at all.skittish wrote:That is the common perception.gregkavarnos wrote:I think you are just making excuses for your attitude and using Aspergers to justify it. That's what I can gather from your posts thus far.
The approach being recommended here then is not one of denying the apparent reality of AS? Please bear with me, and forgive me if I'm not hearing you properly, but aren't you telling me that my recognition of the apparent reality of AS is in fact false?gregkavarnos wrote:Nobody here said anything of the sort. This is called a straw man.skittish wrote:People might say the same about color blindness, astigmatism, etc. ToM deficit, or mind-blindess, is similar in that it won't cease being a deficit simply via repeated social interaction.


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Greeny is a fan. He is frustrated like the rest of us.
Perhaps what he hopes will happen and what he thinks will happen are two different things.
It is frustrating having everyone sh!t all over the Jets, but 2 years ago everyone was picking us, with good reason, and we were happy as hippos. So you have to take the good with the bad.


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Hello everyone. This thought came to my mind after Tobirama revealed that the Sharingan is activated when some kind of chakra is released into the Optic nerves. He also stated that the only reason for the Sharingan's activation is because the Uchiha had a great attachment to love, and if that one Uchiha individual loses it, a special kind of chakra is released towards their optic nerves, as stated above.
Now, in the case of the Mangekyou Sharingan, in my opinion, is that it's the same process as awakening the Sharingan, but you(the bearer of the eyes) has to kill their best/closest friend, in order to obtain those eyes. Yes, I believe another 'type' of chakra is released and sent to the Optic nerves for the activation.
BUT, I aswell as others may have noticed(pretty much entire Narutoverse that reads Manga) that Uchiha's who have the Mangekyou Sharingan, their eyesight deteriorates, and sending them into complete darkness.
I think this is because that they were being consumed too much by their ongoing hatred, and that their eyesight was the price.


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I had been back only a minute, yet I had to meet her.
Hers was the most fascinating and heartening Election Day story I had heard of in some time. I wanted to know how she pulled it off.
I arrived at Angelica Amezcua's tiny Classroom 103 of Kennedy Elementary School the other day, just after the final bell had rung. She is not allowing me to tell you what grade she teaches, believing people will not take her seriously.
"'Oh, she is just babysitting,' people will say. And I don't need that," the 40-year-old schoolteacher says. "What I do is hard work. People don't understand."
Underestimating Angelica Amezcua, though, comes at considerable risk.
It was only in late September that she decided to join five others who filed to succeed Carlos Bustamante, who was not seeking re-election after being slapped with sex-related criminal charges, for the Ward 3 seat on the Santa Ana City Council.
One afternoon, she says, she and her sister, Estela Amezcua, were chatting. The subject of the open Ward 3 seat came up.
"Run," Estela told her.
"What?" she asked. "We don't know anything about running for office!"
"We can learn together," Estela said, promising that she, too, would run, but for the Ward 1 seat.
Both women easily collected the required 20 petition signatures need to appear on the ballot. They both attended a forum in early October that laid out how to run for office, the organization it would require, the funds – thousands and thousands of dollars – they likely would need to raise before even thinking of winning.
They left the meeting overwhelmed, nearly stumbling as they walked because of what they had just heard. It's OK, Estela assured her as they drove home. They would figure it out as they went.
The youngest of eight, she enlisted all of her brothers and sisters to begin making telephone calls. Call your friends, she instructed them. "Anyone you know." On most nights, she and her brother, Carlos, would walk the streets of Ward 3, knocking on doors, introducing Angelica Amezcua to voters.
It was on those walks that she would see the street signs and flyers of the other candidates, who included a Santa Ana planning commissioner, a local businessman who previously served on the council, a police officer and a retired educator. Her opponents had raised and were spending thousands of dollars on their campaigns and were picking up big-name endorsements.
Many of the other five also had slick, well-designed websites that featured lengthy biographies, their latest position papers and, most importantly, ways to contribute to their campaigns. Angelica Amezcua mostly spent her days in the classroom, followed by nightly walks of the ward with Carlos.
Still, she had to do, well, something.
OK, her husband, lawyer Robert Oliver, said, agreeing to lend her campaign $200. Thoroughly excited, Angelica Amezcua ran out to order signs like the ones her opponents were spreading all over town.
"Ex-pen-sive!" she later remembered.
The loan would buy 100 flyers and only two signs. She was grateful for them.
On Election Day she finished up at school and went home to watch the results on television with Rob and their boys, Andres, 12, and Robert, 9. The last thing she wanted was knowledge about her own race. She had no shot. This is never going to happen, she figured. "We'll find out tomorrow," she told her husband.
It was still early when Rob flipped open his laptop and began checking Orange County results. "You know, you're up by 300 votes," he told her.
"I simply could not believe it," she told me later. When Rob refreshed the election site every 20 minutes, her lead grew. "I won by something like 3,000 votes. I don't remember," she said, sitting in her classroom a day later.
She is, after a full day of teaching in which she has already fielded interview requests from National Public Radio and Spanish-language television, exhausted. Her students and others hug her and offer congratulations as they leave.
"Excitement. Surprise. Shock. I am feeling all of those things right now," she said. "I wasn't expecting to win, to be totally honest with you."
Some say it happened because her name appeared first on the ballot. She shakes her head. Estela's also appeared first in Ward 1, and she lost. She has gone through all of the possibilities for her win, she says, and has decided it does not matter.
Foremost, she is a teacher, she said, a job she has held for 17 years. "My heart is still so in it." There is excitement, she says, in giving back to her community. Yet she knows the job will sometimes prove difficult.
"It's hard to please everyone. That much I know. Still, the way I was raised, I have a core set of values that will not change just because I will be doing this. I am just going to vote on what I find is best."
Politics, even at the Ward 3 level, can be a thoroughly nasty business. Here is hoping Angelica Amezcua, one of the sweetest, most gentle of school teachers you will meet, survives it over the next four years.
She will be sworn in on Dec. 11.
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I have the free zone alarm firewall.
my laptop is being hacked.
I ran netstat and I don't see anything unusual.
I closed out the "allow remote access" option in the system file.
It looks like the hacker is either using my bluetooth to access my laptop or a remote access program that can access my laptop.
I have not been able to stop the hacker.
I have my laptop configured just how I like it and I want to avoid doing a full restore to clean the operating system out and the registry and cache. This would be time consuming and I have term papers that are due.
I would prefer to just upgrade to a better version of zone alarm that will keep this hacker out of my laptop.
First *** I need to know why my zone alarm firewall is letting the hacker get through.
Second *** I need to know which product to upgrade to since the free zone alarm firewall isn't even warning me about the hacker.
How do I know about the hacker? My curser changes color. I also loose control of my curser when I am composing a term paper. The hacker clicks on diffrent programs on my laptop right in front of me while I am using my computer. the hacker also changes information on my term paper right in front of me. My lap top has video capabillity and I want to catch the hacker. I am going to video monitor my laptop screen to monitor the intrusions.
Does zone alarm have a function that will monitor the intrusions for me? Does zone alarm keep a log of files that have been intruded? because I REALLY want to put this hacker in prison.
Third ***Not a single warning from my free zone alarm fire wall about the intrusion. why?


text: A Kaspersky driver in the Windows/System32 folder on my Windows XP SP3 system (klif.sys vs. 8.4.076) dates from 10/12/09 or even earlier. (I won't go into why I'm running version 9.x of ZoneAlarm Extreme Security, as that's covered in another thread.) What I want to know is whether this version of klif.sys is actually "current" in ZAES 9.3 (which dates from July 26, 2010 and later) or in 10.x, or whether I can safely remove it. If it is indeed a valid version, then why is it so old??? It seems to be conflicting with a build of WinPE 2.0 from Windows Automated Installation Kit... -- jclarkw


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Buehrle earns win after Blue Jays rally vs. Red Sox
TORONTO -- Mark Buehrle's disappointing start to the 2013 season has become a distant memory as the veteran left-hander continues to inch closer and closer to his career norms.
The first seven starts this year for Buehrle couldn't have been much worse, and they left the 14-year veteran with a 7.02 ERA on May 6. Since then, though, there has been a remarkable turnaround that has resulted in Buehrle arguably establishing himself as the Blue Jays' most valuable pitcher.Full Game Coverage
TORONTO -- Mark Buehrle's disappointing start to the 2013 season has become a distant memory as the veteran left-hander continues to inch closer and closer to his career norms.
The first seven starts this year for Buehrle couldn't have been much worse, and they left the 14-year veteran with a 7.02 ERA on May 6. Since then, though, there has been a remarkable turnaround that has resulted in Buehrle arguably establishing himself as the Blue Jays' most valuable pitcher.Full Game Coverage
Buehrle showed no signs of slowing down on Thursday night as he navigated his way through a series of difficult situations and allowed just one run over seven strong innings in a 2-1 victory over the Red Sox at Rogers Centre.
"I'm just trying to get on a roll right now," said Buehrle, who improved to 9-7 with the win. "I don't care if we're out of the playoffs, or in the playoffs, if we're in the thick of it, I go out there and try to win every start. No matter what the situation is, I'm going out there trying to compete and trying to win."
There were plenty of questions earlier in the season about whether Buehrle still had what it took to compete in the tough American League East. He had spent the past year in the National League, and the line of thinking was that his lack of velocity would be better suited in a league that was less known for its offensive prowess.
Those doubts have since been erased, and Buehrle remains one of just a select few on the Blue Jays' roster to have met, or exceeded, expectations this year. He has 13 quality starts to his credit, and the ERA -- which currently sits at 4.29 -- continues to make its way closer to his career mark of 3.85.
The numbers at Rogers Centre have been even more impressive. While most of the Blue Jays' starters have struggled at home, Buehrle has been a consistent performer. He has allowed three runs or less in nine consecutive home outings while posting a 6-1 record and 1.94 ERA.
"He's going to give up his singles and his knocks from time to time throughout the course of the game, but he finds a way to bear down and get himself out of jams and really keep us in the ballgame," utility man Mark DeRosa said.
Pitching out of jams was the key for Buehrle on a night when he didn't have his best stuff against the Red Sox. He stranded two men in the first, a bases-loaded situation in the second and another spot in the sixth when Boston had runners on first and third with nobody out.
Buehrle found a way to maneuver out of each tricky spot, and the only Red Sox run scored when Jacoby Ellsbury hit into a fielder's choice in the fourth, which allowed Daniel Nava to cross the plate. Boston went just 2-for-10 with runners in scoring position vs. Buehrle and left 12 men on base.
At times it wasn't pretty, but Buehrle did enough to get the job done and gave his offense enough time to start a rally of its own.
"The story is men left on base, we created a number opportunities," Red Sox manager John Farrell said. "I thought we had a very good approach against Buehrle to build on those opportunities, and then he made a number of quality pitches with men in scoring position ... That two-out base hit or base hit with men on base was elusive again tonight."
Boston had trouble taking advantage of its scoring opportunities, but the Blue Jays experienced difficulty even putting anyone on base for most of the game. Right-hander Jake Peavy -- Buehrle's former teammate with the White Sox -- was cruising for most of his outing and faced just two batters over the minimum through six innings.
That streak of success changed in the seventh, when Jose Bautista led off the inning with a single just under the glove of Boston third baseman Will Middlebrooks. Edwin Encarnacion and Brett Lawrie promptly followed with a pair of singles which tied the score at 1 and chased Peavy from the game.
Pinch-hitter DeRosa then came through with a deep sacrifice fly to center field off left-hander Craig Breslow as Toronto took the lead for good. Peavy was stuck with a tough loss despite allowing just those two runs on five hits while striking out four.
"My mindset was that I'm facing a guy that struck me out the night before, pounded me in that whole at-bat, so I kind of figured he was going to approach me the same way, and he did," DeRosa said of facing Breslow. "This time, they were balls instead of strikes early in the count, I was able to work myself into a good hitter's count, just trying to hit a fly ball to the outfield to give us the lead."
The Blue Jays' seven-game homestand came to an end with a 3-4 record vs. Oakland and Boston. Toronto has won two of its past three series and now embarks on a lengthy road trip to face Tampa Bay, the Yankees and Houston that will see the club play 10 games in 10 days.
Gregor Chisholm is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, North of the Border, and follow him on Twitter @gregorMLB.


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Rock Star
The adventurer who cut off his arm to save his life
By Jason Blair
127 HOURS: Directed by Danny Boyle. Written by Boyle and Simon Beaufoy. Cinematography, Anthony Dod Mantle. Music, A.R. Rahman. Starring James Franco. Fox Searchlight, 2010. R. 94 minutes.
The next time you're tempted to use the expression "Id give my right arm for that," consider the story of Aron Ralston. Ralston is the hiker who, using only a dull knife, cut off his arm after a boulder pinned him in a canyon in 2003. At the time, the story resonated as a shocking act of survival, a testament to grim willpower so extreme that the logistics are hard to conjure. For the morbidly curious, there is Ralstons memoir, Between a Rock and a Hard Place, but a film adaption seemed unlikely until, with a faint whiff of inevitability, director Danny Boyle entered the picture. Although the story presents dramatic challenges aplenty ã namely, the Castaway problem of an actor performing alone for an hour ã Ralston in many ways is the classic Boyle hero, a reckless but relentless survivor in a world of numb indifference or outright violence. From Trainspotting to 28 Days Later, Boyles affection for frenzy seems only to deepen, along with a frenzied approach to filmmaking that can feel like an end in itself.
When we last saw Boyle, he was packing the allowable limit of melodrama into the creaky vessel that is Slumdog Millionaire. This time, his mode is gritty realism all the way. If you're the type that can stomach an amputation scene but not a lot of ponderous backstory, fear not: Ralston (played by James Franco) reaches the desert by the end of the title credits. 127 Hours is a cheap thrill told swiftly: Aron goes mountain biking, meets two girls, finds a swimming hole, then scampers away with a hearty wave and, once hes out of earshot, dislodges a boulder that will pin him to a canyon wall for five days. His hero stuck, Boyle resorts predictably to, well, Boylerplate, a set of visual gimmicks and tricks to emphasize the pain and isolation of Arons situation.
As Aron, Franco is literally left alone to his devices ã a watch, a canteen, a utility tool and some rope ã and Im happy to report that the actors sly sense of humor helps enliven this story of near-death. Talk about the method approach: If thats not actual urine Franco is drinking (hes been peeing into his empty water bottle) on day four, Im a champion free climber. Francos best scene is a mock self-interview set to an audience track. His mind is going the way of his body, and Franco works the pathos effectively from the scene.
But in a movie crying out for flashbacks, Boyle overdelivers. In some, the images are too brief to be meaningful, while in the developed sequences Aron reveals himself as a jerk. The trouble with 127 Hours is, we dont know him as anything else. After demonstrating all the ways Aron is not like us ã ultra-fit, aloof, even emotionally cruel ã how can we possibly relate? Hes a rock star, if you will, but in 127 Hours, hes not someone we should care about.
In every sense, we dont go anywhere with Aron once hes trapped beneath the chalkstone rock. Boyle evokes the fatigue and the frustration of the predicament but not the agony of facing a slow death alone. We see Arons crushed arm and his chapped lips, and we register the change ã Franco ably communicates the slippage into delirium ã but we dont feel it to the degree we should. And while the zeal with which Aron finally saws off his arm produces a fair amount of blood and tissue, the amputation is a desperate and grizzly sequence, proving that to feel the loss of something, we first have to care about it.
Toward the end, Aron hallucinates a roomful of people ã presumably, everyone who matters to him ã and even they dont look surprised, let alone concerned, at the turn his life has taken. Shouldnt we register the potential loss, even if they dont? Boyles visual style leaves so little to the imagination ã dream sequences go on way too long, camera placements seemed designed to impress ã that the impression is hes always directing. The good news is, just like Aron Ralston, you survive 127 Hours. I just hoped to emerge a little wiser from it.


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2012 edition of Redskins-Cowboys will join just a few other games that define rivalry
WASHINGTON — It's Dallas Week in Washington, and after what has been mostly a decades-long hiatus for one of the more celebrated and combative rivalries in sports, the game this time has meaning far beyond nostalgia.
The Washington Redskins made certain of that by winning six in a row to set up a decisive, prime-time showdown for the NFC East title at home against their bitter adversary. The Cowboys, meanwhile, won three straight to climb back into playoff contention and nearly ran that streak to four before losing Sunday in overtime.
So cue the footage of George Allen mocking Tom Landry; Diron Talbert inciting Roger Staubach; Darrell Green chasing down Tony Dorsett; and LaVar Arrington ending Troy Aikman's career.
"This game is going to be unbelievable," said Redskins tight end Chris Cooley, who has played the Cowboys 13 times in nine seasons. "This is what should be one of the best rivalries in all of football, one of the top two or three games in all of football . . . but it hasn't been Redskins-Cowboys where we both have great teams."
In 2005, during his second season in the NFL, Cooley had the signature game of his career against the Cowboys in Week 15, when both teams arrived at FedEx Field with 7-6 records, chasing the New York Giants for the division lead.
By the time Cooley caught his third touchdown of the afternoon, the Redskins were well on their way to a 35-7 triumph and the third of five consecutive wins to close the season. Washington finished 10-6 by beating the Giants on Christmas Eve and the Philadelphia Eagles the following Sunday to secure a wild-card berth, while the Cowboys dropped two of three to miss the playoffs.
"That run we were on was fun, and it was awesome to come to work," Cooley said. "And that's what it's like right now. It's the same feeling."
The Redskins own the longest winning streak in the NFC after Sunday's 27-20 victory over the Eagles that included the return of Robert Griffin III. The rookie quarterback missed one game with a sprained right knee and watched from the sideline as backup Kirk Cousins directed a 38-21 win against the Cleveland Browns on Dec. 16.
When the Cowboys-Redskins rivalry was at its most contentious during the 1970s, Allen's defensive charges often found themselves chasing the elusive Staubach the way defenders have been scurrying after Griffin this year.
Talbert also was particularly accomplished at needling the 1963 Heisman Trophy winner from Navy, frequently telling reporters that the best way to beat the Cowboys was to injure Staubach. The relationship between the players grew so hostile that they refused to shake hands during pregame coin flips, instead trading verbal barbs on the field.
Talbert never let Staubach or the Cowboys forget a 26-3 dismantling at the hands of the Redskins in the 1972 NFC championship game at RFK Stadium, when Allen famously inspired his team before the game by saying: "Just remember, 40 men together can't lose."
"First of all, this rivalry [began] long before him and long before me," Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said last month, referring to his friendly relationship with Redskins counterpart Dan Snyder. "Secondly, it's bigger than both of us put together. So having said all that, I just want to figure out a way for the Cowboys to beat the Redskins. Of course if it were the Giants or the Eagles, those are big too, but this Redskins thing is something that's got more stories, and so storied."
Staubach gained a measure of redemption against his nemesis in the final regular season game of his career, rallying the Cowboys from a 13-point deficit with less than four minutes left for a 35-34 win at Texas Stadium on Dec. 16, 1979. The victory, coupled with the Chicago Bears' 42-6 win against the St. Louis Cardinals, sent 11-5 Dallas into the playoffs as NFC East champions while the Redskins, at 10-6, missed the postseason.
Dallas defensive end Harvey Martin tossed a funeral wreath into the Redskins' locker room shortly after the win, the only time the teams played head-to-head in the final week to decide the NFC East.
The teams played in Week 15 in 1983, when both were 12-2. The Redskins trampled the Cowboys, 31-10, at Texas Stadium behind 89 rushing yards and two touchdowns by running back John Riggins and Art Monk's 119 receiving yards.
Washington won its last 11 games that season, including the playoffs, to advance to Super Bowl XVIII, won by the Los Angeles Raiders. Dallas dropped consecutive games heading into the postseason, where it lost to the Los Angeles Rams, 24-17, in the first round.
In 1984, the Cowboys and Redskins met in Week 15 at Texas Stadium, again with major playoff implications. Trailing by 15 points at halftime, the Redskins forged ahead at the end of the third quarter, but the Cowboys reclaimed the lead on a 43-yard touchdown pass from Danny White to Tony Hill.
Midway through the fourth quarter, Riggins scored on a one-yard run to seal a 30-28 victory, and the Redskins moved into first place in the NFC East. Washington beat the Cardinals the next week to end the season with four straight wins and the division title. Dallas lost its final game and failed to qualify for the postseason.
"It'll be special for everyone involved, and it's the type of game you'll remember for a long time," Cooley said of Sunday's encounter, whose kickoff time was moved to 8:20 p.m. to accommodate a national television audience. "It'll be one of those games that can really change a franchise."