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IRVING, Texas—Jason Witten caught four passes for 58 yards against the Seahawks, giving him 702 receptions for his career, second all-time in Cowboys history behind Michael Irvin and his franchise-leading 750.
The only other tight ends with more than 700 catches are Tony Gonzalez (1,149) and Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe (815). Witten did it in 145 games, the quickest among tight ends.
Yet his play against the Seahawks was notable for the catches he didn't make rather than the milestone he surpassed. Witten went from a ceremonial figure in Week 1 to an admitted embarrassment against the Seahawks because of three drops and one misplayed ball, two of which would have been huge plays in the game to spark a Cowboys offense that lost 27-7.
Witten refused to blame his poor play on his recovery from a lacerated spleen suffered in the preseason. He said he was fine.
"I just didn't catch the ball," Witten said. "Opportunities were there, just didn't do it. That had nothing to do with it."
Coach Jason Garrett disagreed.
"He's battling back obviously from the spleen issue, so he hasn't been able to practice and be as normal over the past few weeks as he has been through most of his career," Garrett said. "Those things happen. He's human, too. We'll make sure we correct that going forward. I know he'll be focusing on that."
NOTE: You have to wonder if running back Felix Jones didn't go to Arkansas, Jerry Jones' alma mater, and wasn't a former first-round pick if he would still be on the Cowboys roster. Jones has been in a funk since the start of training camp when he failed the conditioning test. His lack of a burst is evident. He has not only been surpassed a starter by DeMarco Murray, but his role as a change-of-back has been diminished. He had no carries in the opener and just one carry against the Seattle. He did have a crucial fumble on a kickoff return against the Seahawks that set the tone for the loss.


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NEWTON, NJ - About 75 guests each enjoyed seven course dinners prepared by well-known area chefs this past Sunday, at the Farm-to-Fork Celebration to benefit the Foodshed Alliance.
Celebrated at Andre's Restaurant & Wine Boutique, guests mingled first for an appetizer/cocktail hour with wine pairing, before settling in for their seven course dinner. Each course, which was created by one of the chefs, was also matched up with a special wine from either Ventimiglia or Alba Vineyards.
All featured appetizers, entrees, and dessert items, were made with locally grown and produced items.
"They put together an amazing meal," said Kendrya Close, Director of the Foodshed Alliance, of the sold out event.
Close described attendees as a lot of "new and familiar faces," with longtime followers, as well as area farmers, in attendance, and those new to the Foodshed Alliance, and its mission, also enjoying the evening.
"I'm a farmer, they use my watercress here," said Richard Vohden after walking in the door.
Vohden is the Deputy Director of the Sussex County Freeholders, and has been a Green Township Farmer since 1983. Some other items he farms are raspberries, asparagus, and poultry.
Ellie Benz, and Rich Kelsey, also are regular attendees, and own a farm. They harvest their own mushrooms they said, for their own use.
"We love this event," said Benz. "This is so much fun, it's local and seasonal."
During the event, Close told guests, "We ask you to get out of your supermarket."
Close said some supermarkets participate in "greenwashing," which is deceptive marketing that an organization is taking environmentally-conscious steps when they are not. She suggested if shopping in a supermarket that asserts it is making "farm to table," practices, to ask a lot of questions of the grocers.
"We need real farmers who grow real foods," Close added.
"Real farmers grew this food," she emphasized to guests about the meal.
Participating farms, vendors, and wineries, that supplied the ingredients, included: Alba Vineyard, Best Fruit Farm, Bobolink Dairy & Bakehouse, Community Supported Garden at Genesis Farm, Dutch Hill Preserves, Fossil Farms, High Point Brewery, Hudson Farms, LL Pittenger Farm, Perona Farms, Race Farm, Rustic Oak Grove Mills, Saltopia, Ventimiglia Vineyard, and Viking Village Seafood.
Guest chefs for the evening were: Andre de Waal (chef/owner Andre's Restaurant & Wine Boutique, Newton, N.J.), Kirk Avondoglio (chef/owner Perona Farms, Andover, N.J.), Brad Boyle (chef/owner Salt Gastropub, Byram, N.J.), Chef Jesse Jones (private celebrity chef, caterer, host of "Chef Jesse Live"), George Mandakas (chef/owner, Innova Cuisine, Lafayette, N.J.), Dan Rothman (Whole Foods Metro Chef, Northern, N.J.), and Jonathan and Nina White (chef/owner/cheese maker/baker, Bobolink Dairy & Bakehouse, Milford, N.J.).
The chefs teamed up, preparing meals together, and assisting each other with the production of each gastronomic creation.
"We've all known each other for years," said Mandakis, who describes his talent as "Molecular Gastronomy," which is a style of cooking employing modern techniques. "When we have an opportunity to present our foods, and present our foods with friends, it's great."
Appetizers the chefs designed included: North Carolina inspired BBQ Fossil Farms Lamb Ribs, Hudson Farms Pheasant Satay with Ginger Peanut Sauce, Delaware Bay Oysters on the Half Shell with Ventimiglia Buon Giorno Foam Mignonette and Pomegranate Pink Peppercorn Pearls, Soy Marinated Sushi Grade Offshore New Jersey Yellowfin Tuna atop Wasabi Dusted Race Farm Kale Chips with Pickled Carrots, Perona Farms Smoked Salmon Canapé, CSG at Genesis Farm Winter Empanadas with Pocono Pimenton Sauce, Bobolink Dairy Bobo Ssam Wrapped in CSG at Genesis Farm Swiss Chard, and Wood-fired Rustic Breads from Bobolink Dairy with Saltopia Infused Sea Salted Butters.
For dinner, Avondoglio created the first course, which was the Seared Viking Village Sea Scallop with Race Farm Swiss Chard, and Carrot Butter. Jones fashioned the second course, which was a Carolina-Brined LL Pittenger Farm Chicken Breast with a candied Race Farm Sweet Potato Purée, and also served with Sauté Spinach, Pickled Green, and BBQ Jus. Boyle produced a Best Fruit Farm Apple Cider Brined and Irish Whiskey/Applewood Smoked LL Pittenger Berkshire Pork Loin with a Race Farm Brussel Sprout and LL Pittenger Smoked Bacon Mash and a Best Fruit Farm Apple Cider Gastrique for the third course. Mandakas spearheaded the fourth course, which was a Rustic Oak Grove Mills Polenta with LL Pittenger Farms Beef and Wild Mushroom Ragu. Rothman conceptualizer the fifth course of Pine Roasted Loin and Sausage of Venison, with onion and local foraged juniper compote, warm salad of CSG at Genesis Farms, wheatberry and butternut squash. The sixth course was the cheese course, served up with assorted 100 percent grass-fed cow's milk cheese by Jonathan White, and wood-fired rustic breads by Nina White. The seventh course was dessert by de Waal, and Kimarie Santiago. Roasted CSG at Genesis Farm Beet Gateau, Dutch Hill Preserves Maple Ice Cream, and Sasparilla were on the menu from de Waal, and Santiago added hand rolled Belgian Truffles dusted with Saltopia infused sea salts.
Jim Passafaro, who owns is own contracting business, and is a friend of de Waal's, volunteered his time helping at the event, and has at events prior.
"It's a great event," said Passafaro, as he took a quick break from helping the chefs and staff.
"We love to have it [Farm-to-Fork Celebration] here," said Tracey de Waal, Andre's wife, and co-owner of Andre's Restaurant & Wine Boutique.
There's a little bit camaraderie, hospitality, and with good food and wine," summed up Andre de Waal.
The Foodshed Alliance describes itself on its website as a "grassroots non-profit devoted to promoting sustainable farming and locally grown, fresh, healthy food in northwestern New Jersey."
Click here for the organization's website.
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New York City police discovered a decomposing body inside a Lower East Side apartment Wednesday after the owner of the beauty salon below discovered blood dripping down her ceiling and walls.
The owner of the salon on Essex Street, near Grand Street, said she noticed blood dripping from the ceiling of her bathroom several days ago.
The stench and red leak got worse in the days afterward, and the owner had to cancel all her appointments because it was so nauseating, she told NBC 4 partner station Telemundo-47.
The blood finally came pouring down her bathroom walls, covering her bathroom.
"I called the landlord again he said, 'I'll be over,' but he never showed. So I called 911, they went through the fire escape, pulled the body out -- guy had been there for a week," said the owner, Caridad Alvarado.
Police say they're investigating. It's unclear how the person died.


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- Blade Length:4.60"
- Blade Thickness:0.17"
- Blade Material:CPM-S35VN
- Blade Style:Tanto
- Blade Grind:Flat
- Finish:Black
- Edge Type:Plain
- Handle Length:6.15"
- Handle Thickness:0.50"
- Handle Material:Aluminum
- Color:Red
- Weight:5.20 oz.
- Knife Type:Double-Action OTF Automatic
- Opener:Push Button
- Brand:Microtech
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- Model Number:150-1RD
- Country of Origin:USA
- Best Use:Tactical
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This Halo V knife features an S35-VN steel Tanto blade with a plain edge and two-tone black finish. The red anodized aluminum handle has a tactical black finished charging handle and hardware. Comes with a nylon sheath. The Halo V has the serial number and manufacturing date on the charging handle (see picture above).
The Microtech Halo V knives are big, powerful, and look great. The biggest difference between the Halo V series and the previous models is the size. At almost 11" the Halo V is a big knife with a big blade (over 4"!). In addition to being long, the blade is extremely thick. To ensure the best blade/handle ratio the tips on these knives come right up to the top of the handle (be warned- don't drag your finger across the blade's exit point!). The action on these is fast, they hit hard, and the lock-up is excellent.


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WATCH // Califone "Bells Break Arms" Live Video, Continue European TourPosted by Andrew on November 25th, 2013
We have a special early winter treat for Califone fans today! We are excited for you to see this beautiful, live tour video for "Bells Break Arms" shot in Santa Fe on the band's fall Living Room Show tour. Watch the video above or on Youtube (here) / Vimeo (here) Thanks to AT7000 for the video and see more of their online film series of musical performances shot in Santa Fe, New Mexico by going to AT700.com.
Click read more to see Califone's tour dates continuing through Europe until early December.
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Wooten thrives out of 'pen away from Miller Park
By Manny Randhawa / MLB.com
CHICAGO -- Going into Sunday's series finale against the Cubs, rookie reliever Rob Wooten's road ERA was 0.77 (one earned run in 11 2/3 innings). By contrast, his ERA in eight appearances at Miller Park this season is 6.48 (six earned runs in 8 1/3 innings).
The right-hander -- who tossed a scoreless inning of relief in Saturday's 5-3 win at Wrigley Field -- said he loves the surrounding environment when he takes the mound in an opponent's ballpark.
"I like the atmosphere on the road," Wooten said. "[The fans] are booing you and trying to get under your skin a little bit, but that just fires you up even more."
Wooten said he enjoys pitching at Miller Park as well, and he said his inflated home ERA is mainly the result of two extra-base hits he's given up.
In two appearances against the Angels on Aug. 30 and Aug. 31, he gave up five of the seven earned runs he's allowed on the season.
"It's just baseball," Wooten said. "I gave up a bases-clearing double down the left-field line and bases-clearing double down the right-field line. You take those two away and my home appearances have been a little better."
Wooten said that he feels his ability to embrace pitching on the road could serve him well if he pitches in the postseason someday.
"We played in San Francisco this year and I pitched two or three times there," Wooten said. "It's just a packed house and just a playoff atmosphere, and I loved it.
"You have butterflies when you go out there, but you're not nervous. You're just anxious and you want to get out there and you want to do well."
Estrada not concerned about extended rest
CHICAGO -- When Marco Estrada takes the mound on Wednesday against the Cardinals in St. Louis, he will have had 11 days between starts, last having pitched on Aug. 31 against the Angels.
With an off-day since then and some shuffling of the starting rotation, Estrada has had more than twice the amount of normal rest for a starting pitcher, but the right-hander said he's done his normal routine between starts and is ready to go.
"I took the normal four days in between [starts]," Estrada said. "I've done the same routine and now I've started over [with the same four-day routine]. [Saturday] I took it as a day after you start, and [Sunday] I'm throwing a bullpen.
"So I've basically done the same thing, except I haven't pitched in between. As long as you're not out here just sitting around, not doing your work, you've got nothing to worry about. I've been working hard and keeping everything the same so I think I'll be fine."
Manager Ron Roenicke said Saturday that he also thinks Estrada will be fine following the extended time without a start.
"You're already in great shape [and] you've pitched through the season," Roenicke said. "You should come back [from a longer layoff] feeling refreshed. Your arm should feel good, you throw two or three bullpens in between, and it should work out."
Worth noting
• Left-fielder Khris Davis was not in the starting lineup for the third consecutive game Sunday, but said the swelling in his sore left wrist has gone down and he hopes to return to the lineup on Tuesday in St. Louis following an off-day Monday.
"[Davis was] an iffy [on Sunday]," Roenicke said. "Hopefully with the off-day, we get him back in St. Louis and he can get back out in the outfield."
• Sunday's starter, Yovani Gallardo, entered the game with 1,056 career strikeouts, trailing Ben Sheets (1,206) and Teddy Higuera (1,081) for the most strikeouts in franchise history.
Manny Randhawa is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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This week we will be playing the duel set 32in24-9 by the 32in24 team. It will not be your usual duel session however, as instead of 2 players, we have set up for a large-scale duel between 2 teams of up to 8 players each.
Date: Saturday, July 5th, 2014
Session Start: 20:00 EDT (0:00 GMT)
WADs: 32in24-9.wad
Maps: 45 (map01-45)
Mode: 16-player Team Deathmatch
Server: [NY] [Forgotten Warriors]
If you want to join up and don't have Odamex yet, head over to the Odamex site and get yourself 0.7.0. Don't forget to also check out and join the Odamex Steam Group for information on updates and announcements.
Four episodes of Kaiser's FreeDoom maps, to help celebrate a late fourth of July!
Lives: 1
IWAD: doom2.wad
WADs: Freedoom maps_v7, coopbullets,
SNS-Onlyammorespawns.v2, Fuzzball's text colors
What day: Saturday, July 5th, 2014
What time: 18:00 UTC
United Kingdom: 19:00
Russia / Moscow: 22:00
Eastern Time (US): 2:00 PM
Where: Vicious Pariah's servers
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It's been a long time since we laid eyes on X-Noob Survival! This time let's play with a sinister twist - to win, you must kill all players and monsters!
Game mode: Deathvival
IWAD: Doom 2
PWADs: x-noob_survival x-noob_survival_patch2 hyena_skins rott_skins1 q2skins_b2 flemoid_skins
WAD url: http://krawaserv.dyndns.org/wads
Date: Saturday July 5th 2014
Times: Euro: 19:30 BST (14:30 EDT); USA: 02:00 BST (21:00 EDT)
Locations: [SDA] / Dwango United NJ
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It is time to revisit the revisited, the "Plutonia: Revisited Community Project" that is. Those who have played this 2011 Cacoward-winning unofficial Plutonia sequel, maybe even with us in TNS #4 or #10, should come to enjoy its qualities again; those who haven't should definitely come to explore them. Either way, don't miss part I this Thursday because this wad makes for one Hell of a session (pun intended).


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Youth Attitude Tracking Study (YATS) [United States], Fall 1992 (ICPSR 6239)
Principal Investigator(s): United States Department of Defense. Defense Manpower Data Center
This round of the Youth Attitude Tracking Survey, a series of surveys begun in 1975, investigated youth attitudes towards military enlistment and their perceptions of the military and recruitment marketing activities. In addition, the survey gauged opinions on government and public affairs issues: whether the United States ought to have much more military power than any other nation in the world, whether women in the military should be allowed to volunteer for combat assignments, whether women should be required to register for the draft, and whether the United States should go to war to protect its own economic interests or the rights of other countries. Respondents were queried about their current school enrollment status, highest grade completed, type of school and diploma, grades usually received in high school, plans for college, and interest in pursuing certain occupations. Respondents attending or planning to attend college were questioned about their interest in participating in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) and officer training after college. Other questions asked about current and past employment status, reasons for working, satisfaction with current job, and the employment situation in the respondent's community. Additional background information gathered by the survey includes age, sex, race, Hispanic origin, marital status, and parents' education.
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Does a man have to be old, annoying and curmudgeonly before he gives up strippers and the stripping scene?
Or will a champagne bottle cracked over his head make him see the light?
I'm 61 years old and have no use for strippers, strip clubs or stripper parties.
Jacoby Jones, a wide receiver and kick returner for the Baltimore Ravens, is only 29.
Last season, Jones caught a game-tying touchdown pass in a crucial Ravens playoff win over the Denver Broncos. He also caught a touchdown pass in the Ravens' Super Bowl XLVII victory over the San Francisco 49ers.
By every measure, Jones had an outstanding 2012 season. His 2013 season has begun, to say the least, a lot less auspiciously.
In the Ravens season opener against the Broncos, Jones hurt his knee after a collision with one of his own teammates. It was the kind of freak injury you'd expect a Ravens player to get in a game where Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning torched them with a record-tying seven touchdown passes.
Jones was recovering from his knee injury earlier this week, when he decided to board a party bus with strippers.
A fracas broke out. According to news reports, a stripper creased Jones across the head with a champagne bottle.
Yes, Jones is the guy mentioned above who should learn from this incident. The truth is, all men can learn from it.
Fellas, nothing good comes of attending strip clubs and strip parties. Yes, many of us – the straight ones among us, anyway – have gotten that thrill from having gorgeous, scandalous, nearly butt-naked hoochies shake their hineys in our faces.
But the novelty of that kind of wears off after the first time.
The downside of the stripper/stripping scene is worse than any upside, and there's only one upside: that would be the aforementioned gorgeous, scandalous, nearly butt-naked hoochies shaking their hineys in our faces.
That upside isn't worth dealing with the downside, or, more accurately, the downsides.
Remember Sean Bell's tragic shooting in New York City back in 2006?
It was Nov. 25. Bell, who was supposed to be married the next day, attended a bachelor party at the Kalua Cabaret Strip Club.
Would Bell have been there had he known NYPD undercover cops were investigating allegations of drug offenses and prostitution at the joint?


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Although South Carolina's future role in disposing of spent nuclear fuel remains unclear, the Governor's Nuclear Advisory Council is scheduled to hear a presentation on the topic today from French nuclear giant Areva, which has ties to Aiken County and Savannah River Site.
Today's presentation is one of several signs that behind-the-scenes interest in the Palmetto State remains high as Congress and the U.S. Department of Energy try to forge new solutions for spent fuel now stored in pools and casks at the nation's 104 commercial power reactors.
The nationwide inventory – more than 75,000 tons – was to be buried in a deep repository in Nevada's Yucca Mountain until that project was halted by the Obama administration.
A Blue Ribbon Commission formed in the wake of that decision suggested that interim storage sites could safely and temporarily be used to store the materials until a permanent solution is found.
Although there are no formal proposals to create a nuclear waste facility in South Carolina, it is an issue that must be evaluated, said Rick McLeod, the executive director of the SRS Community Reuse Organization, an economic development consortium unrelated to Areva's presentation in Columbia.
"Right now, it's just a topic that's out there," he said. "Everyone's discussing what it could or could not be, and not just here. A lot of other communities are looking at it, too."
McLeod's group launched a $200,000 study in June to explore Savannah River Site's potential role in spent nuclear fuel solutions and the role of surrounding counties.
The Blue Ribbon Commission also recommended avoiding forcing nuclear waste on communities where it is not wanted and devising a more cooperative siting process that involves communities supportive of spent fuel projects.
Part of the group's study focuses on such questions, he said.
"If something were to go forward on this end of the back fuel cycle, we'd like to know what the communities may want in – and maybe incentive isn't the right word – but equity. We're trying to find out what it would take to be a host community."
McLeod said his organization's study, due for release in early 2013, is not part of any vision Areva might share with state officials.
"There's no correlation right now," he said. "They're not tied to what our study does and we're not tied to what Areva's doing."
The nationwide inventory of 75,000 tons of stockpiled spent fuel could expand to 150,000 tons by 2050, even if no more reactors are built, the DOE said.


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We have many 6 legged spider-like creatures in our new wildlife pond (6 months old)
Another pond conservation site says this is a dragonfly larva, which surprised me as I thought they are normally long and thin, not rounded. Anyway, can anybody identify this please? Apologies for lack of scale - they're approximately 9mm from head to tail.
Have asked my 'aquatic invert mate', who happens to be my brother.
His diagnosis is - it's a species of Libellula and as it is a small pond will more likely be Libellula depressa, AKA the Broad-bodied Chaser.
At this size they are first year larvae and will have at least another year of development to go.
Thanks for the reply - now I can look forward to dozens of dragonflies emerging next year then. Yes, it's a new, small pond, and I have seen blue dragonflies around it, so that's quite likely. Thanks again.
Just found this great resource all about Dragonflies, Mayflies and Stoneflies on the Natural History Museum website. Why not take a look?


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Gathering the Voices
My role as a solicitor requires me to be particularly mindful of human rights in the legal context. Needless to say, this area attracts strong views. Recent criticism of the influence of the European Convention on Human Rights and the jurisprudence of the Strasbourg Court on UK law has come from high-profile politicians, senior judges and sections of the press.
At times, the human context behind the abstract legal concepts has been misrepresented, or even neglected, in the ongoing debate. This is why I think projects such as Gathering the Voices - a project collecting, contextualising and digitising oral testimony from men and women who sought sanctuary in Scotland to escape Nazi-dominated Europe - are so valuable.
For over three years, the Gathering the Voices Association has been collecting the stories of survivors based throughout Scotland. There are now about 20 testimonies available to access for free at www.gatheringthevoices.com More interviews will be placed on the website shortly as the interview team has carried out more than 30 interviews.
The website is intended to provide an educational resource for schools and individuals. The Gathering the Voices Association is proceeding with a number of other projects. In particular, they are working with teachers to prepare two teaching packs, for primary and secondary schools, based on the testimonies. These will go to every school in Scotland. Another project, the creation of a travelling exhibition based on the testimonies, should be completed by autumn 2014. It will then be a permanent resource which can be displayed in museums or libraries or other venues throughout Scotland.
One of the most striking things demonstrated by the testimonies collected by Gathering the Voices is that for survivors there could be life beyond the Holocaust. The project focuses not on the atrocities perpetrated by the Nazis but on the strength and enduring spirit of the survivors. It has been said that to write poetry after Auschwitz is 'barbaric' - that there can be no art after Auschwitz. While I understand this attitude, I don't think it's true and, most disturbingly, I think it does survivors yet another injustice by interring them in a state of perpetual victimhood. On the contrary, the testimonies gathered by this project show the valuable contribution Holocaust survivors have made to the Scottish communities in which they found sanctuary after the war.
The project is particularly important to me personally as my grandmother, Susan Singerman, is one of the survivors whose testimony is featured on the website. She was born Susan Gerofi in Székesfehérvár, Hungary, a small town about 40 miles south-west of Budapest. She had a happy upbringing in an orthodox Jewish family and performed outstandingly at her local school, graduating as dux in 1943. She hoped to go to university to study medicine. However, on 19 March 1944 the Germans occupied Hungary and just weeks later 19-year-old Susan was sent to Auschwitz, along with her mother, father, nine-year-old sister Marta, grandmothers and many aunts, uncles and cousins. She endured a five-day journey in a cattle truck with 100 other people and only one bucket of drinking water and one bucket for sanitation between them. A sign on the truck said: '20 horses or 25 cows'. On arrival at Auschwitz, Dr Joseph Mengele, known as the 'Angel of Death,' told her to go to the left but sent her little sister, mother, aunt, cousin and grandmothers to the right. It was not until after the liberation that she found out they had all been gassed half an hour later. In that same week, she learned that her father had died of pneumonia in Dachau two weeks before it was liberated. Susan always attributed her determination to 'grit her teeth and keep going' to her belief, up to that point, that somewhere out there her family were doing the same and one day they would all meet again.
Susan said that the cruellest psychological torture devised in the concentration camps was being treated as less than human. She was determined not to let the Nazis destroy her humanity and devised strategies to try to preserve her sense of self and basic human dignity. For example, she was fluent in five languages so she made herself think in a different language every day. Prisoners were given a small piece of bread each evening and most devoured it immediately, but Susan divided hers into three tiny pieces, eating one at breakfast, one at lunch and one at dinner. These stories impressed on me from a very early age just how precious, and fragile, basic human rights can be.
By the time my grandmother was deported, more than 10,000 people a day were being gassed at Auschwitz. Even she, witness to this, recognised how impossible it is to comprehend the meaning of numbers of that magnitude. On hearing of the murder of a child, for example, a person might feel sadness or shock - but the murder of over one million children by the Nazis? Such loss goes beyond any kind of imagining and is why it is so important instead to listen to the testimonies of people who lived through those unimaginable times.
Susan was acutely aware of this. She spoke of surviving the camps in order to 'tell the tale', feeling a duty to the six million dead who could never tell theirs. She believed that any hope for a better future lay in education. After retiring as a teacher in Glasgow, she began speaking to young people in schools about her experiences. She received hundreds of letters from schoolchildren saying how moved they had been by hearing her story. In 1996 she was made an MBE for services to the understanding of the Holocaust.
Having been given the chance to live, my grandmother lived - fully, ferociously, indomitably. She devoted herself to doing all she could for her family and the wider Scottish community. My own view is that it would be irresponsible and dangerous to forget her story or to lose any of the stories gathered by this project. They force us to recognise and remember the wickedness of which mankind is ever capable. They also show us that, even after such incomprehensible horror as the Holocaust, there is still the possibility of hope.
Jen Singerman, Third Generation survivor
(grandmother, Auschwitz survivor; grandfather, Kindertransport survivor)
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text: "I played with Agassi and Sampras two or three times each. But I always tell people that Rios was the best tennis player that I ever played. If he had the same mental as Agassi, I mean...he was tougher than Agassi to play. The things he could do on a tennis court were amazing." --Michael Joyce (From Rios book "Marcelo Rios: The Man We Barely Knew") Strong praises by Michael Joyce but you have to respect his point of view, having played each of the players numerous times. Rios was a wonder of a talented player, so unique and distinct, yet confusingly mysterious.


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Sitting down with Ann Z. Leventhal and Jon Newman is like watching those couple outtakes in "When Harry Met Sally." You know the little how-we-met vignettes? That's Leventhal and Newman, comical and instantly adorable. No wonder their relationship inspired a play.
The couple splits their time between Hartford, Conn., and University Park. Leventhal is a writer, poet and musician. Newman is a federal judge, who has served on the United States Court of Appeals for the
Second Circuit in New York for 31 years.
The two began dating in 2005. In 2007, they were married. Widow and widower, both shared between them seven children and 99 years of marriage.
To an outsider, it might seem as if they moved too fast, but to Leventhal and Newman, the pace felt natural and right.
"People who meet at our age make a quick decision whether or not they want to get together," Newman says. "Twenty-somethings have their whole lives ahead of them, 70-somethings do not."
"Within a week we had decided we were at the very least going to have a fling," Leventhal adds.
They say it's this way for a lot of older couples. You either act on your impulses, or you don't.
However ordinary Leventhal and Newman claim their courtship to be, Atlanta playwright Janece Shaffer saw an unusual fairytale. She had dinner with the couple in 2006 in New York City. At the time, she admits she wasn't thrilled about the plans.
She had arrived in Manhattan to see "Doubt" on Broadway, and at the urging of her friend and colleague Susan Booth, Leventhal's daughter-in-law and the artistic director of the Alliance Theatre, in Atlanta, she agreed to meet the then 69-year-old Leventhal and 72-year-old Newman for dinner.
"I always imagined that couples who got together late in life did so for companionship," Shaffer says. "Ann and Jon changed all of that. They were so interesting and big-spirited and hot for each other. I thought to myself, 'I've got it all wrong.'"
When Leventhal and Newman hear this, they explode into laughter.
"She expected to be bored and we were totally different," Leventhal says. "We were like teenagers."
Shaffer, 46, was so moved by the couple that in 2007 she penned a two-act romantic comedy titled "Managing Maxine" about a 70-year-old widow (Maxine) who pursues a relationship with a retired judge (Arthur), despite their respective daughters' disapproval.
The play, which opened in October 2008 at the Alliance Theatre, accurately reflects bits and pieces from the couple's beginning, but much of the story is fictionalized, including the idea that the lovebirds began their relationship in Sarasota.
The script includes Leventhal's gutsy first move — a letter she wrote to Newman a year after the death of her first husband — the seven-hour-long first date and the eventual sex scene, obscured by a blackout and explosive sound effects.
Ironically, the only thing about the script that the couple finds unrealistic is the heartfelt letter Maxine addresses to Arthur.
"The letter I wrote went: 'Dear Jon, please let me know if you would like to get dinner sometime,'" Leventhal says. "The letter in the play goes on and on."
"If Ann wrote a letter that long to me," Newman says, "I don't think I'd be with her!"
If You Go
"Managing Maxine" runs March 12 to April 18, at the Asolo Repertory Theatre. For tickets, call 351-8000 or visit www.asolo.org.
Contact Heidi Kurpiela at [email protected]
Sitting down with Ann Z. Leventhal and Jon Newman is like watching those couple outtakes in "When Harry Met Sally." You know the little how-we-met vignettes? That's Leventhal and Newman, comical and instantly adorable. No wonder their relationship inspired a play.


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Career Services
Dream job = Work abroad? Join Blair Quinius '05 this summer in Honduras
"We have a great six-week summer internship for young adults and I would love to talk to interested Southwestern students about it." Quinius explains. He started working with UrbanPromise after his college graduation before founding his own branch in Honduras.
On Tuesday, October 2, Southwestern students can drop in to Career Services in Ste. 140 of the Prothro Center between 3-5 p.m. to visit with Quinius about the opportunity at UrbanPromise Honduras, which started with just one summer camp and 30 children, but now hosts six different program sites, reaching over 300 children and employing more than 40 local youth each year. A faith-based organization, UrbanPromise may attract prospective interns with Spanish language skills and interests as well as students interested in ministerial work.
Copan Ruinas also just happens to be the site of an annual conference called Project Honduras which brings together all types of non-profits and social serving organizations in Honduras for sharing and brainstorming. Quinius was surprised and pleased to discover that fellow SU grad Sandra Romero de Thompson is one of the conference organizers. Clearly, Southwestern graduates' values for making a living making a difference are well-represented in this community.
"If there are any opportunities for students or alumni to benefit from my experience or our work then I would love to brainstorm!" Quinius offers. "I remember being inspired again while attending the King Creativity event a couple years back and would love to give back in whatever way I can. I wouldn't be where I am without SU."


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November 16, 2009
Aaand... we're back - from Dublin with a NEW New Moon Clip!
Thanks Lolypop82
- Lorabell
P.s. I'm flying to NYC in the morning to meet up with Mrs TCA and Twitarded for a hot date with PFach and the New Moon screening on Thurs - blogging may be limited but it's for a good cause ;)
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Aww thank you so much Lorabell, but I must not watch LoL I hope you had an awesome trip ^.^ReplyDelete
I feel like every scene that I've seen so far with Ashley/Alice has been TERRIBLE acting - I really hope it's better throughout the movie - thoughts?ReplyDelete
I am so jealous!! Have fun in NYC. JJ & STY are my heroes. Can't wait to hear about the trip, etc.ReplyDelete
@Erica: I'm glad/sad at the same time that it's not just me :/ReplyDelete
And thanks "y'all" ;)
- Lorabell
wow, are you really meeting pfach?ReplyDelete
thats awesome!
and do you just fly around the world
going to new moon events?
must be exspensive,:/
oh well, have fun in the states,
you'll love it here,(:
@Beaver: (fnar) we're hoping to meet PFach - check out the link...ReplyDelete
And only when I take vacation ;)
- Lorabell
P.s. I used to live there :)
Lorabell- I hope you guys win and meet PFach:)) I donated for the cause!! Have a safe trip to the states. You won't be far from where I live, hope you enjoy your time back.ReplyDelete
you know it's a well-researched movie when they have full access to the author of the book and yet the actress pronounces "aro" completely wrong. *headdesk* and don't even get me started on the quality of the acting.ReplyDelete
Ashley is super cute, but not the greatest actress...at least as Alice.ReplyDelete
i think the whole movie is great it's kristen/bella that can't act.ReplyDelete
(hope u win and meet pfach have fun.)
Its a hard life but someone has to do it!ReplyDelete
Lorabell, I'm silently cursing you and wishing you'd message me back. Omg, you really ARE my girlfriend.ReplyDelete
Also, I agree, Ashley has terrible acting. Glad I'm not the only one who cringes.
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[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Elton John[/lastfm] is taking a step away from his piano to be a guest editor for The Independent, a British newspaper. The issue runs on December 1, which is World AIDS Day. All the proceeds will be given to Elton's AIDS foundation.
With the print date coming up, Elton has already started planning articles to run in the edition. The Independent is no stranger to guest editors. [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Bono[/lastfm] was a guest editor in 2006 and raised money to fight AIDS in Africa.


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By Abby Hassler
It is not a secret how much Drake loves R&B legend Sade. This past March, Drizzy posted a sweet photo dedicated to his mother and Sade with the caption, "Two very important ladies in my life."
Related: Drake and DJ Khaled Team for 'To The Max'
That same month, European tattoo artist Niki Norberg posted a photo of Drake's Sade tattoo on his ribs with the phrase "with love Sade X" written below Sade's image.
Today (June 13), Belgian tattoo artist Inal Bersekov revealed the More Life rapper's second Sade tattoo on social media. As a caption Bersekov wrote, "More life 🌺 More tattoos 💉Was honored to continue this piece based on @sade started by an amazing artist @niki23gtr on @champagnepapi Excited to continue."
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Stoned on the stoop, got the box pumpin' Billy Joel
I'm Mickey Mantle while you motherfuckers semi-pro
Neck to colon how a slice from the machete go
Shoot your gun and throw confetti cause I'm ready ho!
Look in my eyes, you can tell that I'm a stand-up
Call me the teacher, wanna talk just put your hands up
We eat the lamb, duck, goose, beef or chicken
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My facial hair is light red just like a ball of fire
Golden sound, blow the town, 'lo attire
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I'll switch a style so that I'm ready when the era change
First pressed virgin oil from the Greek Border
Spit the shit that have me laid up with the sheik's daughter
Three quarter on the Bally jacket to the knee
Lights flashin' when I'm rappin', tappin' tree
That smoke lingers son it shine through the curtain
Cracked pepper motherfucker I'mma grinder for certain
So never in your life come with scared business here
Fuck around never found bitch, disappear
[Verse 2]
Time after time I'm a winner
Seasoned in the barrel, harvest in the winter
Far from a beginner, keep an extra cartridge in the denim
Twisted off of Manischewitz, Harlem in a rental
The hash tanner than Connie, gorgeous
360 is the ways and the caesar's huggin' knotty flosses
Never stop until we hoppin out of grimey Porsches
One night shorty needin' over 9 abortions
I'm the whole shit, one you wanna roll with
When in canoe waving the ganja like a glow stick
Number one, numero uno with the flow shit
Your style is tired and limp just like an old dick
[Verse 3]
Roman sculptures, all of my students hold a diploma
Stairs to the bath, garage door, behold the Lotus
Finest tuna right out the sea straight off the boat this
Hurricane rap spit tap low, rock a toga
Bronsonelli chef de cuisine I flex the two seam
Inject the vein with marijuana I'm a true fiend
Up-to-the-minute, all the weapons we invented
That's hidden inside the rented, the window tinted ten the percentage
Sacrificin' the lamb for the nutrition
"Criminology 101" hard cover, newest edition
Nuclear fission is heavy weighty top the division
Lots of provisions collosal status stoppin' collisions
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Barbecue the venison, pair it with a great stout
Every time I take that motherfuckin' weapon from my waist out
Buddy Guy (b.1936) is one of the greatest blues artists that ever lived. The instrumental for this track is reminiscent of Buddy's blues guitar.


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Foreigners Gobbling Up American Pie
Oct 25, 2012 5:00 AM PT
If Sprint Nextel closes its deal with Japan-based Softbank, then more of the good old-fashioned American wireless telephone industry will be subject to foreign control -- three out of the top four wireless carriers in the U.S., in fact, will have their headquarters overseas.
Is that a good thing or bad thing? It's all about branding. I'm not sure yet, but it raises some very interesting questions.
My Pick of the Week is Sprint Nextel's addition of RIM's BlackBerry Mobile Fusion to its mobile device management products for businesses.
Bye, Bye, American Pie
The Sprint Softbank deal raises questions that go beyond the U.S. telecom marketplace. If we open our eyes and pull back the camera, we'll see that many companies and industries in America's economy are being eaten alive, one bite at a time, by foreign concerns.
Are we losing the magic ingredients in our good old-fashioned American pie? It looks like we are -- so is that good or bad?
The top four wireless carriers in the U.S. are AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile -- all good old-fashioned, all-American companies, right? Wrong. After this Sprint deal, AT&T will be the only 100 percent good old-fashioned, all-American company of the top four.
Verizon Wireless is co-owned -- 55 percent by Verizon and 45 percent by UK-based Vodafone. T-Mobile is 100 percent owned by Germany-based Deutsche Telekom.
And Sprint will be 70 percent owned by Japan-based Softbank if this deal goes through.
In fact, there are others: Tracfone, for example, is based in Mexico.
That means AT&T Mobility will be the only all-American wireless carrier of the top four operating in the United States. That's something. This could actually be a huge marketing opportunity for AT&T.
It should be working on a new advertising, marketing and public relations campaign pointing to that simple fact. You know -- something to do with American flags, summer picnics, baseball, beer and apple pie. Sounds like I am talking about the good old Chevy car commercials.
But wait, there's more. If we pull back the camera further, we'll see that foreign companies are taking over more than just wireless. Sure, America still owns companies like AT&T, Apple, Google, Microsoft, IBM, McDonald's and Ford, but the U.S. is losing its grip on other companies and other industries.
Consider the beer industry, for example. We used to think of a Bud as another good, old-fashioned American product and company, right? However Anheuser-Busch, which brews Budweiser, was acquired a few years ago by InBev, based in Belgium.
Other American companies acquired by foreign firms include Gerber, 7-Eleven, Firestone, Frigidaire and Holiday Inn -- to name just a few. Mergers are frequently cheered by investors, but they often make customers feel uneasy. Mergers with foreign firms turn the heat up even more.
National Security Worries
Many executives of foreign companies do not understand the U.S. market. If the company does a good job, however, that uneasiness eventually fades. What does that mean exactly, going forward? Is that the direction the U.S. should be heading?
Things that start out looking good can sour over time. If the U.S. government were unable to protect domestic interests, some of these companies could be downright dangerous.
A few weeks ago, U.S. government officials concluded Huawei and ZTE, two China-based wireless handset makers, posed a national security threat to the U.S. That's significant. The U.S. government is aware of the problem today -- but what if something like this should pop up a few years after an acquisition?
Some U.S. companies are acquired by foreign concerns. Some foreign companies want to do business in the U.S. -- another ticklish question. Is foreign ownership of companies and industry sectors operating in the U.S. going to be good or bad for Americans, short and long term?
Things have changed. Fifty years ago, America was red, white and blue. However, it has changed much over the years -- and that wave of change is not over. We are in the early stages of a wave that is transforming the U.S.
So let's take this question to the next step. If America has changed so much over the last few decades, what will it look like over the next few decades if things stay on the same course?
Don't get me wrong -- I'm not raising any red flags. I'm just asking questions. However, not knowing the answers is starting to feel, well, uncomfortable. What do you think? How do you feel about this transformation?
My Pick of the Week is Sprint Nextel's addition of RIM's BlackBerry Mobile Fusion to its mobile device management products for businesses.
Sprint says it is first to offer this as a carrier-billed application. Business requires help to better manage and secure their wireless smartphones and gear. With all the new wireless devices being used every year, the risk of losing corporate data is on the rise.
"Adding BlackBerry Mobile Fusion to our portfolio broadens the options we have available for our customers to meet their varied needs and mobile environments," said John Dupree, senior VP of business sales at Sprint Nextel.
The best part is this: Blackberry Mobile Fusion lets companies manage a variety of devices -- like Androids, for example -- and not just BlackBerries.
This is good news for RIM, which has virtually fallen off the playing field during the last few years. It's good to see Sprint and RIM working together on this. Perhaps RIM still has some fighting spirit left.
Will carriers like AT&T and Verizon also jump in? We'll see.


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Big thanks to Mark Rozansky, Les Swift, Jon Toby and Pat Walsh who came out today and put in the irrigation on hole 12. We still have a bit more staking to do but its basically done. Looking forward to those wax myrtles leaping into the sky and grabbing your discs.
Please tell your fellow golfers to be careful while walking through that area chasing errant throws!


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Suddenly any program that runs is appearing on the ZA programs list & it's automatically giving some of them internet and server rights:
Windows NT Logon
Userinit Logon Application
etc., etc.
I've been using ZA for years and never had this happen with any other version before.
I've scanned my system with Spybot S&D, Ad-aware, Windows Defender, Ewido, Trojan Hunter, Avast, Housecall, Kaspersky's online scanner, Panda's Active Scan then the individual files that appear in ZA's programs list at Jotti and Virustotal. None of them found anything so I'm pretty sure I'm not infected or hijacked. Nothing unusual in HiJackThis log either.
Operating System:Windows XP Home Edition
Product Name:ZoneAlarm (Free)
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Here are some of the notable quotes from around Major League Baseball this week:
"It's a reaction. I'll try to stay away from that. I'm a big guy. It's a little tougher for a big guy than little guys ... but I was telling my father it's not too good to just go down to a base (standing up) and they tag you out. I don't play the game that way."
-- Boston designated hitter David Ortiz explaining why he dove into second base head-first Friday night. Ortiz suffered a strained left shoulder on the play. (Boston Herald)
"He was one of the first guys I played with that was a real veteran hitter. Our styles were very similar. We're both analytical. We spent hours talking about the game and at-bats and situations. I very much enjoyed my time playing with him, and I learned a lot from him. It's a shame, because he probably would've had a great career in coaching. It's a sad day.
"He and I both had fathers that were extremely passionate about the game, so we'd share stories all the time about our dads not talking to us after we didn't get a hit. Mike was like a self-admitted grump. It was kind of funny. He'd walk in and say, 'Don't talk to me today. I'm in a bad mood.' But he had such a big heart. Everybody knew he'd give you the shirt off his back. He cared a lot about the game and was a terrific player."
-- Houston Astros second baseman/outfielder Chris Burke on former Minor League teammate Mike Coolbaugh, who died after being struck by a line drive while coaching first base for the Tulsa Drillers. (Astros.com)
"It's one of those situations where you have to try to adjust right away. The good thing is that there are a lot of tapes that you can watch, and go catch as many bullpens as you can. You catch the ball and work with them. That's what I've been doing all my life."
-- New York Yankees catcher Jose Molina, commenting on learning how to catch the pitchers on the team's pitching staff. The Yankees acquired Molina from the Angels this past weekend. (Yankees.com)
"I'm probably about 99 percent right now. I'm a little bit sore, but it's nothing big. My legs feel good and I'm fine physically. Right now, it's just about getting right mentally and being ready when I get back with the big club."
-- New York Mets left fielder Moises Alou on how he feels physically in his return to the team from the disabled list. (Newsday)
"When I'm hitting seventh I'll go in and joke with (manager Bob Melvin), tell him I need to put some cotton swabs in my nose because I'm hitting so high up in the order I'll get a nose bleed. He came up to me today and told me, 'Go get your Kleenex, you're hitting six-hole.'"
-- Arizona catcher Chris Snyder joking about hitting sixth in the lineup for Arizona Monday. Snyder went 2-for-4, including a game-winning single in the sixth inning to the Diamondbacks past Florida, 4-3. (East Valley Tribune)
"You put somebody else like that in our lineup, a guy like that who mashes, it would be scary. Especially with Chipper [Jones] doing what he's already doing. Chipper would start getting more pitches to hit. If you can add a guy like [Mark Teixeira] and give up a Triple-A player, or a backup or a platoon player to get him, why wouldn't you do it?"
-- Braves second baseman Kelly Johnson on speculation the team is in the running to acquire Rangers first baseman Mark Teixeira. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
"I haven't thought of what I would do. I would love to give him a handshake and say congratulations, but that's his moment and I probably won't bother him if it did happen. That's a special thing he's about to do. We have the same agent and I would love to get a chance to meet him. What he's done is unbelievable."
-- Marlins second baseman Dan Uggla on how he would react if Barry Bonds hit home run number 756 against the Marlins. (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
"I'm just going to go out there and compete. I know it's going to be a different game. It's going to be faster. I'm excited to see how I match up."
-- Nationals pitcher John Lannan on making his Major League debut on Thursday. Lannan started this season in Single-A ball and has gone a combined 12-3 on the year with stops in Double-A and Triple-A as well. (Washington Post)
"The thing about James is that he needs to play every day. I don't think he could handle sitting five days."
-- Marion Loney, father of Dodgers first baseman James Loney on his son being courted by teams as a pitcher coming out of high school. The elder Loney said that 26 of the 30 teams viewed his son as a pitcher. (Los Angeles Times)
"It's not really something I've thought about. I'm just going out there trying to keep the team in the game. The guys go out and play good baseball behind me. They score runs behind me. That helps. I get into a situation where I throw quality pitches in situations and keep opponents away from big innings. If you give up one run, it's OK. If you give up two or three, it's trouble."
-- Giants pitcher Noah Lowry reflecting how run support has helped him to an 11-7 record while teammate Matt Cain sits at 3-12 despite similar totals in innings pitched, strikeouts and ERA. (San Francisco Chronicle)
"To get him off his feet to rest and be able to get a 'W,' it is big without the big man in there."
-- Angels first baseman Casey Kotchman on the team's 16-hit attack in a 7-6 win over the A's Wednesday with Vladimir Guerrero out of the lineup. (Los Angeles Times)
"When you've got a dome like mine and ears like mine, you've got to make sure you accomplish some goals before shaving your hair off."
-- Mariners pitcher Jeff Weaver on why he was the only player on the team not to get his hair cut. In an attempt to end a five-game losing streak, the Mariners cut their hair in a show of unity. The losing streak reached six games with a 7-6 loss to the Rangers Wednesday. (Seattle Times)
"They have a Ping-Pong table in the visitors' locker room. I never knew that."
-- Boston Red Sox outfielder Coco Crisp, who returned to play in Cleveland for the first time since being dealt by the Indians to Boston in 2005 (he was hurt when the Red Sox visited the Indians last year), on one of the many things he discovered about being a visitor at Jacobs Field. (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
"There was more late movement on my fastball and good location. I felt a lot better than I did last time in Florida. I threw (Monday) a complete bullpen and threw with no problem (Tuesday), so I think that's a good sign."
-- Cincinnati Reds reliever Eddie Guardado, on his recovery from Tommy John surgery. Guardado has been throwing bullpen sessions and is likely slated for Triple-A Louisville before having a chance to return to the Reds. (Cincinnati Post)
"I love it -- it's my favorite position by far. You don't see a lot of 6-foot-5 third basemen. I like to prove that someone my size can play over there. I take a lot of pride in my defense."
-- Detroit Tigers infielder Mike Hessman, who plays both first and third base, on his preference to play third and show what he can do. (Detroit Free Press)
"It's the part of the year that you hear your name out there. For me, it has been a lot of years I've been hearing my name around this time. I don't give it any importance. I don't read about it."
-- Chicago White Sox pitcher Javier Vazquez, on ignoring the trade rumors that swirl this time of year. (Chicago Tribune)
"All I can do is control what I can control, and that's my hustle, my effort, my preparation and just continue to get better every day."
-- Chicago White Sox outfielder Jerry Owens, on his efforts to make an impression and stay with the White Sox even as several veterans return from stints on the disabled list. (Chicago Tribune)
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Came across this little cartoon comparing the relative security of a long (yet fairly easy to remember) password comprised of common words and a shorter (yet more difficult to remember) password comprised of a mixture of upper and lower case letters, numbers and punctuation.
I thought it made an interesting point. What do you think?
xkcd: Password Strength
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Too many posts in this thread for me to read all of them so my apologies if this discussion on calculating password strength has already been posted.
And if you were properly using your DB with prepared/parameterized queries, you would never have this sql injection vector.
Also, in 2011, most sites really don't need to hold passwords at all -- OpenID is here. Why would you want to take on the onus of owning the credentials?
It pisses me off everytime I have to sign up for a site and found out my long password which can be between 32 and 64 (by default) is too long, or some of the characters are invalid. That is bad, very bad!
If one is handling passwords correctly, length and characters contained with the password should be a non-issue. Example, a password should be able ot have an SQL injection attack within, but handled right it won't do a darn thing.
$username = some_db_escape( $_POST['username'] );
$password = hash( $_POST['password'] ); # Secured!
$sql = some_db_query( 'SELECT WHERE username=$username AND password=$password' );
After hashing, the password will be a fixed length and the default encoding hexadecimal contains a fixed set of characters. The value is no longer a security threat to your application.
Replacing some letters with numbers is used by very young users, dinosaurs may use other type of methods to secure their passwords
The cartoon points out that replacing letters with numbers isn't very secure - it's easy to try variations on dictionary words in this manner that it isn't really suitable IMO. I use totally randomly generated passwords with letters, numbers and special characters.
The most important factor in password security is length. The second most important is using different types of character - eg symbols, number, lower and uppercase letters. After that I guess its making sure it isn't based on a dictionary words.
Fair point, but why is it bad? It is a pretty solid feature when implemented properly. And actually makes quite a bit of sense in modern distributed architectures -- authentication becomes a service, users get single sign on and I get out of the business of storing other people's secrets.
The cartoon makes a good point (as backed up by security gurus, like Mikko Hypponen).
I use totally random characters for mine, 20 characters or so when the website allows. I don't actually know what any of them are... I use a password manager to generate and then store them.
me too, i don't memorize every passwords i use and i dont have too coz of password managers like roboform or lastpass.
And what about passwords that are used to unlock password manager?
Ever since my password manager screwed up on me I have resorted to a series of passwords that are a logical sequence to me and my wife, but irrational to anybody else.
I don't think I am that important that anybody will waste 3 days of valuable computer time to crack my passwords.
Aleksejs: How many of those would we have? I have just one master password, not counting the password to my computer (so yes, this means I'm one password away from losing my life).
Though, I do remember my passwords as well as use encrypted storage... that's for JustInCaseIForget.
One of my banks uses this horrible setup with random combinations of images (what do I do if I can't see?), words, passwords, and "security questions" which are made up of publicly-available information. Only way those are "secure" is if I totally make crap up instead of using real answers (like if I say my mother's maiden name, which was the name she went by anyway, was Tr0ub4dor&3
Another of my banks uses a password and then a little device that needs my bank card to send and receive randomly-generated numbers. The site and the device have to match. Transaction authentication rather than user authentication (userAuth is only used once, to initiate). Nice, tho I have no idea what those little Readers cost.
@abacusgnusThey won't bother with yours, but they'll go after... oh... Gawker's servers (or, some server you have an account on), grab your pw from there and then hope you're dumb enough to have used it everywhere else. Since enough people are, attackers get something useful.
By the way, any sysadmin who lets anyone attempt 1000 guesses a second deserves horrible things.
Good topic. My office recently switched from a 8 character pw length to a 12 character length, and they expire monthly. As a result, you can find most people's passwords written down on a post-it note hidden under their keyboards (or sometimes even stuck to their desks or monitors).
I think you get to a point of diminishing returns on pw length, since something like ^0Ley$j2 is likely stronger than something like Aaaaaaaaaa1!
Given any decent system should lock out the account after 3 guesses, yeah.
I've found it frustrating that some banking websites limit the number of characters of passwords to 6-8 characters. I find it very frustrating since, well, shorter passwords tend not to be as secure. Especially when there is no lockout mechanism in place for incorrectly guessed passwords.
My car insurance company used to not allow any special characters at all in passwords. They also had a list of "security" questions, but had a minimum number of characters that the answer could be. One of the questions was "name of your first pet" and it had to be at least 6 characters. But what if your first dog's name was Rex?
Enter it twice?
Also check out [Password Haystacks: How Well Hidden is Your Needle and the [URL="http://twit.tv/sn303"]Security Now episode on it](https://www.grc.com/haystack.htm).


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The Longboat Key Town Commission reached a consensus to use a finer sand that was the whitest option available at its regular workshop Thursday.
And instead of using a dark coarse gray sand as a layer underneath the white sand for the beach's three high-erosion areas, commissioners selected a slightly darker sand than the white top layer to be used in areas like the eroded North Shore Road beach access.
The commission's thinking is if the white layer is swept away, the sand underneath will not be as dark as the current dual-layer sand project that upset many residents.
The cost of the sand selection made by the Town Commission is unknown and the town manager will present costs to the commission at its 7 p.m., Monday, April 5, regular meeting.
The Town Commission also nominated Bradford Saivetz to its Planning and Zoning Board. Saivetz replaces the seat vacated by John Redgrave.
Also at its workshop this afternoon at Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road, the commission will:
Forwarded to its Thursday, April 15, special meeting for first reading:
• An ordinance that repeals the water supply plan element of the town's Comprehensive Plan.
Forwarded to its Thursday, April 15, special meeting for formal action:
• A resolution that approves a new water supply plan element for the town's Comprehensive Plan.
Forwarded to its Monday, April 5, regular meeting for formal action:
• A resolution that allows the Citizen Tax Oversight Committee to continue to conduct an annual review of the expenditures made by the town from Sarasota County sales tax proceeds.
• A resolution that adopts the current version of the Manatee County Local Mitigation Strategy Work Groups and allows the town to be eligible for post disaster mitigation grant funds.
Forwarded to its Monday, April 5, regular meeting for first reading:
• An ordinance that provides for a budget transfer in the amount of $74,000 for funding equipment and tools for the town's Fire Rescue Department.
Forwarded to its Monday, May 3, regular meeting for formal action:
• A resolution that allocates $74,000 of infrastructure surtax monies for the purchase of equipment and tools for the town's Fire Rescue Department.
• A consider waiving certain fees by Christ Church related to the construction of the new sanctuary being built at 6400 Gulf of Mexico Drive.
• To allow the town attorney to draft a charter amendment that clarifies what is meant by three consecutive terms.
• To approve a budget transfer of an unknown amount to fund a pension study of the town's three pension plans.
• To create a joint subcommittee of three planning board members and two commissioner to explore the issues with the town's tree code.
• Commissioners to committees named in the town's code or as required by outside agencies.
• The status of some revenue items in the fiscal year 2010-11 preliminary budget and variances in actual revenues compared to the 2009-10 budget.
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Read the full story here Web Link posted Thursday, June 21, 2012, 11:54 AM
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Piraino named Portola Valley superintendent
Original post made on Jun 21, 2012
Read the full story here Web Link posted Thursday, June 21, 2012, 11:54 AM
Comments (19)
a resident of Menlo Park: Sharon Heights
on Jun 21, 2012 at 12:11 pm
Good choice. Carol Piraino is great. My kids had her as a principal at a Palo Alto elementary school and she was a fantastic principal.
a resident of Corte Madera School
on Jun 21, 2012 at 12:51 pm
Horrible choice. She once, along with Tim Hanretty, claimed to not even understand the concept of transparency. She has created a divisive environment and shown no leadership whatsoever in terms of staff interactions, often unable to even conduct an effective meeting.
She is, however, the best friend of helicopter parents!
Unfortunately, this shows just how detached from the students and staff the board really is.
a resident of Portola Valley: Central Portola Valley
on Jun 21, 2012 at 1:40 pm
Hey school board, you blew it, again. Piraino is very introverted and as such was not successful as the principal at CMS. Rather than do their job, the school board solved the problem with money by hiring a new principal and invented a new job for her - to direct the curriculum. In this role she was successful.
A 700 person school district does not need 26 non-teachers on the payroll. With our 51 teachers we enjoy a 13-1 student teacher ration. So while we do not need a superintendent, if we are going to hire one, we should find one who is charismatic and business oriented to inspire confidence and solve the budget problems. This is definitely not Carol Piraino's strength.
School Board, please redeem yourselves for being asleep at the wheel by trimming a good chunk of the 26 Admin headcounts and doing your best to cut back our real budget issue - teacher compensation levels which average $150k per year (salary + pension + healthcare).
a resident of Portola Valley: Portola Valley Ranch
on Jun 21, 2012 at 3:06 pm
I, for one, am so grateful for Carol Piraino, especially given all of the uncertainty that she has shouldered in the wake of Tim Hanretty's resignation. I am continually shocked and embarrassed by the vitriol and condescension heaped on those who work so hard on our children's behalf. It is equally upsetting to see that numerous "on-lookers" stick to such a narrow view of all of those who help our children grow and learn in the Portola Valley Schools. Excellent schools take many hands to support - this includes administrators, counselors, specialists, and staff, as well as hundreds of parents – not mention an all volunteer school board that gives endless hours on our children's behalf. Two districts were systematically abused by Mr. Hanretty. Two districts now are now dealing with here-to-unknown debt that it took teams of Forensic Auditors to uncover. People have been hurt and many people are working to fix the problem. Maybe some of the adults in this community could apply themselves to the principals of fairness, empathy and respect that we know is a central part of our children's education in both of Portola Valley's distinguished schools. If our kids talked this way, they would be asked: "Are you being a bucket filler, or a bucket dipper?"
a resident of Portola Valley: Central Portola Valley
on Jun 21, 2012 at 5:22 pm
PVSD spends more than twice the state average to educate our kids, yet we are in a budget crisis. Hanretty's crime is financially immaterial. The problem is Henretty, the School Board, and current and previous PVSD Administrator's (including Piraino) mismanagement which resulted in too much Admin headcount and overcompensated teachers. The School Board is endorsing Piraino's solution to our budget problem which is to take it out on our kids - cut 10 days from the school year, cut K-5 Spanish and cut small class sizes at CMS. If you care about the kids maybe you should focus on these facts, rather than the feelings of well paid administrators.
As for the feelings of our volunteer School board members, they are compensated, just not with cash. Their kids always get the good teachers, a benefit that only accrues to $25k+ a year Foundation donors. Further, they leverage the prestige of being on the School Board into other career, social and/or self satisfaction benefits. All that is fine, but when they blow it, criticism is warranted.
As outlined above, the budget could be balanced by cutting some of our 26 non-teacher Admins. Those cuts should be shared by the Teachers but their union will never allow it. Hiring Piraino is another sign that our School Board is not getting the message. School Board please stand up to the Administration and Teachers Union and protect the education of our kids.
a resident of Portola Valley: other
on Jun 21, 2012 at 7:32 pm
Happy to see the appointment of Carol Piraino and happy to see that despite all the turmoil there is a balanced budget for the upcoming school year. The audit showed that embezzlement was only one element of the previous superintendent's behavior - spending $s/not getting authorization, reporting different numbers that actuals, mis-budgeting - read the audit report..
The class size data (based on budget) ranges from 20 - 24.33 for grades K-6 where that data is relevant (since grades 7/8 are by subject) - seems quite reasonable compared to other neighboring districts. The focus on non-teacher admins is uninformed when one considers what those folks do - for kids, for running the schools, for dealing with community members like Disappointed who offer complaints and wallow in their anger. Cutting the 1 hour/week of spanish that K-3 kids receive is not earth shattering. furlough days have to be agree with the unions correct? The budget is balanced and now the reserve has to be built up again - hope we can all be a part of that.
a resident of Corte Madera School
on Jun 22, 2012 at 8:45 am
Piraino was the "Assistant Superintendent" when all of this budget stuff was happening. First of all, who needs an Assistant Superintendent in a district with two schools? Secondly, she clearly did nothing to identify or stop the problematic budget situation. $100k embezzlement aside, the deeper budget mismanagement was right there in plain sight: $400k of invoices to an architectural firm to "repair playground gas leak"? She's part of the problem, not part of the solution.
a resident of Portola Valley: other
on Jun 22, 2012 at 9:03 am
Bad Choice, Piraino was the assistant superintendent in charge of curriculum and education services. If you've got a problem with those things in the district's operations, you can justly criticize her. To trash her over not watching over finances when Hanretty was exclusively in charge of that aspect of administration is not only unjust, it's outrageous.
a resident of Woodside: Skywood/Skylonda
on Jun 22, 2012 at 10:25 am
Matt R. is a registered user.
Good or not, I don't think it's appropriate to award a $180k plus a year job without opening the position to other candidates to apply. There is lots on both side of the ledger, but it's not OK just to award a contract of that magnitude without learning about other options.
It's very possible that with a full and open search for a candidate, she still might have been awarded the contract. But now we'll never know.
This is a missed opportunity to both find out what other options the district had, as well as rebuild a bit of trust with the community.
a resident of Portola Valley: Portola Valley Ranch
on Jun 22, 2012 at 12:35 pm
Matt R, Carol Piraino was selected as the Chief Academic Officer two years ago, following a very open and competitive process. She was selected, from a very large pool of applicants, because of her educational expertise and vision for the district's total academic program - many of the district's parents were a part of this process. This promotion, from my perspective is more about the district returning to the past admin structure of the Superintendent being the Chief Academic Officer, rather than the Chief Financial Officer. It is also in recognition, as I understood, the comments made at the board meeting, of leadership qualities she has demonstrated in real time (something that is always a roll of the dice when hiring someone new). She is a known quantity - she is our leader - get behind her and be a builder. I would like to know how the district could have done a search of such scale in the middle of working through the current crisis brought on by Tim Hanretty. From watching the last selection process, this is not something that is initiated in late Spring, but rather winter and fall. We can have our disagreements, but let's remember - like it or not - that we have elected and appointed officials who have to balance such decisions - knowing full well that whatever is decided will be volleyed about by monday morning quarterbacks forever.
a resident of Portola Valley: other
on Jun 22, 2012 at 5:57 pm
I agree real bad choice to name Carol because her aim was always to move to the top.
She does not engage and is not charismatic at all .
Kids never liked her and also the present principal who is very quiet and aloof like her.
[Portion removed; don't accuse others of crimes or complicity in crimes with no evidence.]
Too much money was wasted on experimental courses and programs and the kids suffered .
I also firmly believe board member's kids have priveleage . The whole Dr D fiasco was badly managed by the school also and the ultimate sufferers were the kids and parents who opted to stay with him to support him . He gave terrible grades , mislead kids and was totally disconnected and the principal , assistant superintendent or anyone ever bothered to check .
The hype of "Portola Valley Community" and constantly trying to be superior is resulted in this mess .
Finally this position should have been advertised and other people should have been given a chance .
More mess will come out .
a resident of Portola Valley: Portola Valley Ranch
on Jun 22, 2012 at 10:47 pm
Wow - I'm just thoroughly embarrassed by the comportment here. The community was victimized by Tim, now we're turning on each other with semi-informed vitriol.
To hold Piraino accountable for a situation that was totally aside from her responsibility makes no sense. You may as well hold Kindergarten teachers and Special Ed counselors responsible for Tim's behavior "that happened on their watch."
It wasn't Piraino's watch - she was explicitly not responsible for finance or budget. So to try to smear her this way is uninformed and disappointing. It's one thing to be angry seek answers and accountability. It's another to indiscriminately point a flamethrower at those who are trying to dig us out of this. Like them or not, they're the path forward, and if you've had a one-on-one with any of them you'll realize they're not venal idiots.
It's ok to be mad and seek accountability. But to use this tragedy as an opportunity to air grievances in bombastic and petty ways diminishes our community. Have you tried talking directly to Piraino or principals or board members? Have you called them or asked to meet? I have, and it's a far cry from the parking lot bloviating you see here.
a resident of Woodside: Skywood/Skylonda
on Jun 24, 2012 at 9:09 am
Matt R. is a registered user.
Tim resigned in Feb. That's four months to open a position and vet people. Two years ago Carol may have been the best candidate, but now we will never know if it's still true today. I still view it as irresponsible to award one of the highest paid (if not the highest paid) positions in the district based on past interview. In case people haven't notices, there is a recession and quality people in all industries are available and hungery for work.
If one want's to stick to the excuse that there wasn't enough time, then the Board should have written a one year contract with language saying that the position would be opened for interviews next year, but that's not what's in the contract.
I've spoken with lots of people about this, both inside and outside the district. All of whom are in positions of great responsibility in large organizations. No one has said that this type of rubber stamp promotion is the optimal way to go, and most have said that this type of process is exactly the wrong way to go in terms of building confidence in organizational process.
If we ask ourselves how the district has gone over the last two years, it is very hard to say that everything is optimal. If one limits the discussion to just academic performance, when I was looking at the API scores, Corte Madera has had continual improvement, but Ormondale has not.
In all executive search committees, favored current personnel have the inside track, basically the job is theirs to lose. Home field advantage, so to speak. But look at the comments here on just this forum: It's pretty obvious that there is not universal support for this appointment.
Like I said in my previous post, it's very possible that this is the best candidate available for the job. But that is not a given, and without actually looking at other candidates, we'll never know. All that post that this is the best possible choice and a job well done don't have any data to back up that position, because no data was collected. That is just a fact of the process. Thinking that we are getting the best for our money is just an act of faith. I hope it's true, but I too will never know. That is the definition of a missed opportunity.
I'd also think that with all the evidence of what taking the easy way has done to the district in the last three years, that we all would be looking for a bit more rigor and attention to process and detail in the execution of all our roles. The route taken with this appointment isn't an indication that we are doing things better. Now that is really sad.
a resident of Portola Valley: other
on Jun 24, 2012 at 12:59 pm
Hey Matt R, hate to interrupt your pontificating with pesky facts but if you read the contract it is "at will" and can be terminated relatively quickly. Also it only lasts at max for two years, not what I believe to be the normal three years. So in effect it is a one year contract at what she was making as Assistant Superintendent. Seems like a good choice to make given the situation.
a resident of Woodside: Skywood/Skylonda
on Jun 24, 2012 at 9:05 pm
Matt R. is a registered user.
Yep, it's one year with an option to renew. Let's hope that the board chooses to open up a search for qualified people. What I fear, and what the track record indicates, is that they will renew, and won't search. Anyone willing to bet against that one?
Can anyone point to a time in the past when we've formed a search committe to find a potential replacement when a contract hasn't run it's full term, including optional extensions? (I've only had kids in the district for three years, and to tell you the truth, I wasn't following closely until recently.)
And what's with all the fake names on the for the posters? I have an opinion and will put my name to it.
So, no one is arguing that we can't know if this was the best move?
a resident of Portola Valley: Central Portola Valley
on Jun 25, 2012 at 9:39 am
I would like to address fake names. We are never shy about discussing our opinions to the Board, administration and teachers. Through this approach we have affected positive change in our district and will continue to do so. However, each and every time, our child has paid the price. The administration (and a very few teachers) are territorial and vindictive. This is the only forum where community members can discuss their true feelings, and that is a very positive thing.
a resident of Woodside: Skywood/Skylonda
on Jun 26, 2012 at 9:33 am
Matt R. is a registered user.
I understand now.... I guess I'll be a difficult one... While I offer what I think is constructive criticism that isn't always supportive of the current status quo, I also was in my daughters classroom for litteraly hundreds of hours this year.
The PV forum is a bit more transparent on who says what, and it has pretty active discussion as well.
But overall, anything that can help improve the adoption of best practices is a welcome addition.
Back to the original topic: I wish Carol the very best and hope that her performance does nothing but justify her appointment. In this case, I hope the future brands me as an unjustified alarmist. This is something where I don't want to have the option of saying "I told you so."
That said, I'll be giving input to the Board that I think there should be a district policy to ALWAYS open a search when any contract runs out for senior personnel.
a resident of Portola Valley: other
on Jul 1, 2012 at 6:54 pm
Very disappointed,
Your June 22nd post at 5:57 is spot on. Thank you.
I am a believer in using my name -taking ownership of my opinions and ideas. The fact that some of us do not feel safe using our real name for fear of retribution directed at us or our children is very sad. Speaks volumes about Carol Piraino's "Portola Valley Community"
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The daughter of Henry Sr. and Martha Blanch Forehand, she was born Aug. 24, 1931, in Ink. She married Roy A. Hilton on May 4, 1957. in St. Louis, Mo. She attended the First Cumberland Presbyterian and Missionary Baptist churches. She enjoyed reading, playing the piano, crocheting and crossword puzzles.
She was preceded in death by her parents; five sisters, Iva Lurie Sellers, Ruby Lee Holland, Margaret Emile Cunningham, Mary Gertrude Lacava and Monette Hattabaugh; and one brother, Henry W. Forehand Jr.
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For a project I have to create a text adventure type game. Using a graph to setup the rooms. One option that is needed, is to find a path to from a start node to a finish node. I've tried implementing a breadth first search, but I'm not seeing how I'm supposed to use it. Right now, the BFS works correctly, however, I am supposed to print out the the path (room to room). I am having difficulty trying to figure out how to keep track of the path taken. Obviously I have to use some structure (array, list, stack, queue), but I don't understand how I am supposed to know which rooms need to be stored for the path. Once the destination is reached, it's not always possible to back track (going west to one room doesn't mean going east leads you back). Any ideas on what I'm missing?
Here is the basic idea of my BFS:
Code:clear all room's visit status to false set start room visit to true enqueue start room while queue is not empty {dequeue a roomif north path existsif north room is not yet visitedset north room as visitedif north room is destination room, display and exitenqueue north room//do the same for south, east, west paths}