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Beware of a new watering-hole attack that targets a zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer 10. News of the vulnerability first surfaced Thursday, when security firm FireEye warned that, beginning on Tuesday, it had spotted drive-by attacks launched from the US Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Website. FireEye said it's been working with Microsoft to investigate the attacks.
If the attack is successful, the malicious JavaScript routine loads a Flash object that drops a payload, which downloads a ZxShell backdoor onto the targeted PC. "Those looking after IE10 users may want to keep an eye on their proxy logs for the follow-on download as a potential indicator" of the attack, said SANS Internet Storm Center handler Chris Mohan in a blog post.
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A VFW spokesperson contacted via email confirmed that the organization was aware of the hacking report, but wasn't immediately able to provide further details.
Security firm Symantec confirmed the attack. "Our initial analysis reveals that the Adobe Flash file contains shell code that appears to be targeting 32-bit versions of Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 10," according to a blog post from Symantec's security response team. "We have identified a backdoor being used in this attack that takes screenshots of the victim's desktop and allows the attacker to take control of the victim's computer."
A Microsoft spokesman didn't immediately respond to an emailed request for comment about the zero-day attack. But a Microsoft spokesman told Reuters that the company was aware of the "targeted" attacks and was investigating. "We will take action to help protect customers," spokesperson Scott Whiteaker said.
Until Microsoft releases a patch for the zero-day IE10 bug, users can protect themselves by upgrading their browser to IE11, or by installing the Microsoft EMET security utility. "The exploit targets IE10 with Adobe Flash," said FireEye. "It aborts exploitation if the user is browsing with a different version of IE or has installed Microsoft's Experience Mitigation Toolkit (EMET). So installing EMET or updating to IE11 prevents this exploit from functioning."
FireEye said that the timing of the attack appears to have been designed to capitalize on the recent bad weather that's hit Washington and beyond. "We believe the attack is a strategic Web compromise targeting American military personnel amid a paralyzing snowstorm at the US Capitol in the days leading up to the Presidents Day holiday weekend."
Timing-wise, the ZxShell file used in the attack appears to have been first compiled -- and last modified -- on Tuesday. "This suggests that this instantiation of the exploit was very recent and was deployed for this specific strategic Web compromise of the Veterans of Foreign Wars website," said FireEye. "A possible objective in the Snowman attack is targeting military service members to steal military intelligence. In addition to retirees, active military personnel use the VFW website."
In other words, the ultimate aim of the Snowman attackers might be to steal US military secrets, and the tools used in the attack further back up that theory. "The ZxShell backdoor is a widely used and publicly available tool used by multiple threat actors linked to cyber espionage operations," said FireEye.
The command-and-control (C&C) server used to control attackers' ZxShell variant "phones home" to an IP address that's been tied to at least two previous advanced persistent threat (APT) attack campaigns: DeputyDog, which was discovered in September 2013 and targeted organizations in Japan, and Ephemeral Hydra, which was discovered in November. FireEye said that the attack strategy and exploitation techniques used for Operation Snowman, including the code contained inside the malicious Flash files, shared a number of similarities with those two previous campaigns as well.
According to FireEye, those three campaigns also appear tied to the spring 2013 hack of security vendor Bit9. That breach was blamed on a Chinese espionage group that security researchers have dubbed "Hidden Lynx."
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On February 12, the VFW National Headquarters was notified of a unique and evolved attack on its website. The attackers were able to breach several layers of VFW cyber-security software, installing malicious code that would prompt a malware download to the computers of visitors to vfw.org using Internet Explorer 9 or 10. VFW immediately identified the threat and rectified the code. At this point, there is no indication that any member or donor data was compromised. VFW is currently working with federal law enforcement and a computer security incident response team to locate the source of the attack and determine the extent of the event.


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As Israeli military strikes continue to hit the Gaza Strip, President Obama reaffirmed Israel's right to defend itself on Sunday.
At a press conference in Bangkok, the president reiterated the U.S. commitment to Israel. "We are fully supportive of Israel's right to defend itself," he said, according to the Associated Press.
He continued, saying that "no country on earth could tolerate missiles raining down" on its citizens. Obama said that if Palestinians want to stop the conflict, it "starts with no missiles being fired into Israel's territory," the AP reports.
Israeli forces struck two media centers on Sunday on the country's fifth day of attacks on Gaza, which Israeli officials have justified as a defense against Hamas rocket fire, the AP reports. Meanwhile, Palestinian militants fired at least one long-range rocket at Tel Aviv, triggering warning sirens in the city. The rocket was intercepted by Israel's "Iron Dome" missile defense system.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has fervently defended his country's actions in recent days, saying he is prepared to increase Israel's reaction. "The Israeli military is prepared to significantly expand the operation," Netanyahu said on Sunday, according to the AP.
Already, Israel has mobilized thousands of troops along the Gaza border. The White House says the president is continuing to speak with Netanyahu by telephone as the conflict continues.

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Carly Fiorina, the new GOP Senate nominee, was caught Wednesday morning by an open mic off-camera mocking Senator Barbara Boxer's hair and calling her a failed senator. Watch below.
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A day after upstaging a venerable Iowa straw poll by announcing his candidacy in South Carolina, Texas Gov. Rick Perry flew to the Hawkeye State today to court Iowans and blunt the momentum of straw poll winner Michele Bachmann.
In his first public event in the first-in-the-nation presidential caucus state, Perry was to share a stage with Bachmann, the Minnesota congresswoman who has emerged as his chief rival for conservative Iowa voters. It was the start of three days Perry plans to spend in the state that launched then-Gov. George W. Bush of Texas to the presidency with a caucus victory in 2000.
Bachmann herself was riding a wave of publicity generated by her narrow victory over Texas Rep. Ron Paul in the Ames straw poll. Appearing on five network Sunday news shows, Bachmann, the chair of the Tea Party Caucus on Capitol Hill, sought to differentiate herself from Perry by portraying herself as a leader in the midst of the most important political battles of our age.
"I've been on the front lines and I've been fighting," Bachmann told CNN's Candy Crowley. "Issue after issue, I've been at the tip of the spear."
Sunday's events in Iowa reflected political landscape that changed dramatically with Perry's campaign launch at the RedState blog's political conference in Charleston, S.C., Bachmann's straw poll win, and former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty's sudden withdrawal from the race. In one whirlwind day, the Minnesota congresswoman and Texas governor emerged as the leading rivals to become the conservative alternative to early GOP presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney.
Perry quickly telephoned Pawlenty, who put together a strong Iowa campaign organization but failed to win the hearts of voters during his 12 weeks in the race. The Texas governor told reporters that he would seek the endorsement of a man he called a good friend and fellow jokester.
"He is one of my favorite governors out there, not only because of what a Republican governor did in a pretty blue state, but also in a personal way," Perry told reporters in New Hampshire before flying to Iowa. "He is one of the funniest guys I've ever been around in my life and I just love him."
Perry said the two men often "joke and poke each other." He said he told Pawlenty on Sunday, "'Daggonit… I was looking forward to getting out there and jousting with you.'
"He said, 'Yeah, and I would have kicked your tail, too.'"
That jocular relationship stands in a stark contrast to Pawlenty's heated exchanges with Bachmann during a GOP presidential debate on Thursday. But the harsh words softened after Pawlenty conceded defeat. Bachmann on Sunday said her vanquished foe was "really a very good competitor."
"He brought a really important voice into the race and I am grateful that he was in," Bachmann said.
Pawlenty disclosed his withdrawal to supporters on a private conference call early Sunday and then told the rest of the country his distant third place finish at the straw poll doomed his campaign.
"Obviously the pathway forward for me doesn't really exist," he told ABC News' Jake Tapper, "so we are going to end the campaign."
Perry, a former Air Forced pilot, landed in Iowa with a mission to convince local Republicans that he intended no disrespect when he announced his candidacy in South Carolina just as the invocation was beginning at the Iowa straw poll. Arriving at the Electric Park Ballroom in Waterloo, Perry said he'll be spending a lot of time in Iowa and that he thinks seeking votes here will be a lot like his campaigns for state agriculture commissioner, an office he served in for two terms.
"Going to a lot of small towns, going to a lot of picnics, going to a lot fairs. We'll spend a lot of time in Iowa," he said as he prepared to address the Black Hawk County GOP fundraiser. "These people … are a lot like the folks I grew up with. Most of them are agriculturally oriented. They're small town folks, so we're going to have a good time getting to know them better."
Mac McDonald, chairman of the Black Hawk County Republicans, said he thinks Perry will have an impact on the campaign of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
"I think Gov. Perry is going to steal some thunder from Gov. Romney," said McDonald. "Iowans … remember things. And I think they are going to remember that Mitt Romney wasn't here at this fundraiser. He wasn't at the straw poll. He didn't spend any money in Iowa."
Perry rode into Iowa with some momentum of his own. Following his announcement speech, he received an endorsement from former Texas Sen. Phil Gramm and won the blessing of Richard A. Viguerie, a venerable figure on the Republican Right since the days of Ronald Reagan. Viguerie, chairman of ConservativeHQ.com, said Perry's candidacy "brought a wave of relief to conservatives." He described Perry has the only "committed conservative" who can defeat Barack Obama at the ballot box.
But Perry isn't going to win over GOP conservatives without a battle. He faces competition for tea party loyalists from Paul, Bachmann, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum and Georgia businessman Herman Cain, all of whom received more votes at the straw poll than Perry.
In interview after interview on Sunday, Bachmann touted her "demonstrated leadership" on hot-button issues. And she sought to portray herself as a proven commodity — again, an unstated contrast to the lesser-known Texas governor. Republicans voters "want to know that the can trust the person that they are sending" to the White House, she told Fox News host Chris Wallace. "I'm a proven fighter in Washington."
Bachmann also took her best shot at countering Perry's political calling card: his job-creation record as Texas governor.
"I get job creation," she said, noting that she and her husband have "owned and created" a business — something Perry has never done.
Perry is planning to focus on the economy during his Iowa visit and will tout Texas' record as the leading state for new jobs. The governor will remain Iowa long enough to cross paths with President Obama, who is visiting the state as part of a Midwestern bus tour designed to focus national attention on the administration's economic record. In his announcement speech, Perry dismissed that record as an "economic disaster."
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DE PERE - St. Norbert College opened Howard Kolstad Field at Donald J. Schneider Stadium with great fanfare, but an experienced University of St. Thomas team claimed a 40-7 non-conference win.
St. Norbert (0-1) played its first game in Schneider Stadium after 71 years in Minahan Stadium, and drew a standing-room-only crowd of 3,349 - its largest crowd since the late 1960s.
St. Thomas (1-0), ranked fifth in the pre-season D3football.com Top 25 and a national quarterfinalist a year ago, opened the game with a 12-play, 92-yard drive to take a 6-0 lead. The Tommies converted two short third downs on the drive and scored on Dakota Tracy's 1-yard quarterback sneak.
A long punt return set up St. Thomas' next score, a Ben Wartman 1-yard run for a 13-0 advantage. The Tommies boosted their lead to 20-0 when Brady Ervin returned an interception 29 yards for a touchdown with 8 minutes 29 seconds left in the second quarter.
Dale Bishop intercepted a pass at the St. Thomas 41 with 3:01 left in the second quarter to set up the Green Knights only score. Rob Berger found Brian Stoppenbach for a 3-yard pass on a fourth-and-3, and the two connected again for a 6-yard touchdown 50 seconds before intermission and a 20-7 halftime deficit.
Tim Albright's 26-yard field goal was all the points St. Thomas could generate in the third quarter, but the Tommies wore down the Green Knights for 17 fourth-quarter points.
The Tommies rushed for 256 yards and had 246 yards of total offense. Wartman rushed 26 times for 136 yards and two touchdowns, while Tracy added 81 yards and two touchdowns on 11 carries.
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Apparently Keira ISN'T The Bitchiest Bachie Contestant!
We're only six episodes into this season of The Bachelor but it has pretty much surpassed all expectations of drama on- AND off-screen.
Between rumours of Richie "Cool Bananas" Strahan's body odour, the revelation of Keira Maguire's cult upbringing, Sacha tucking into her rose as a light mid-ceremony snack, every single one of Keira's tantrums and rumours of one contestant hooking up with the crew we're finding it tricky to even focus on the actual point of the show.
BUT Woman's Day are now reporting that there's even more behind-the-scenes gossip, and they're pointing the finger at seemingly sweet-as-pie single mum Alex Nation - because apparently, she is the real villain of the Bachie Mansion.
"Alex comes across as all sweetness and light, but behind closed doors she's the biggest b*itch in the house," a source said.
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The source continued: "She plays up to the fact that she's a single mum and flutters her eyelashes around him, but she's the exact opposite with the girls.
"To say someone can out-b*tch Keira, well, that's really saying something!"
There has certainly been no love lost between Alex and Keira; the latter has had a serious problem with the mother-of-one since she deployed that controversial white rose during the second ceremony, saying she was "disappointed" in the "selfish" move.
Keira took on the dubious role of villain from pretty much the first second she walked on set, but with Alex's repeated "manipulative" uses of her white rose and the announcement that three more girls are joining the race for Richie's heart this week, she might not be Queen Mean Girl for much longer.
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Sure, U.S. vehicle sales may have plateaued. But business is still booming for many franchised auto dealers, who came to the annual convention eager to celebrate the last year's successes and get educated and motivated for the year ahead. Retailers also took time to network and shop on the show floor.


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To keep pace with the changing needs of tomorrow's workforce, the Moore County School System converted old classrooms into computer labs.
The classrooms originally had only power -- no communications cabling or ability to run cable and wire inside the walls or floors. Now, the Moore County School System, Sandhills region of North Carolina, has Cat. 5 cable to support multiple high-speed Internet connections at workstations throughout many of its schools.
The IT department decided to use a variety of wire and cable management products after the successful upgrade of its central office. Based on that experience, they installed activation inserts and faceplates, as well as surface-mount, latching, and over-floor raceways in the new computer lab.
"Common inserts worked between various wiring systems, which allowed us to inventory fewer parts," says Scott Bowers, assistant director of Information Technology (IT), Moore County School System.
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WASHINGTON -- Once again, there was Rep. Dana Rohrabacher breaking from most of his congressional colleagues, including fellow Orange County conservatives, to oppose an aid package for Ukraine and sanctions against Russia.
"We should not permit ourselves to reignite a Cold War," said Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach), who was on the short end of the bipartisan 319-19 roll call Thursday. He was the lone Californian to oppose the measure, urging colleagues not to demonize Russian President Vladimir Putin.
But Rep. Ed Royce, a fellow Orange County Republican who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Committee, urged passage of the measure.
"We must target those guilty of aggression against Ukraine and stand by our allies and friends to ensure peace and security in Europe," said Royce, who will be leading a congressional delegation to Ukraine before the May 25 presidential election. The bill's passage, he said, "demonstrates that our words do have meaning and sends a clear message of American resolve that will be heard in Kiev, in Moscow, and around the world."
Rohrabacher told colleagues from the House floor that the people of Crimea "obviously want to be part of Russia. This is not a power grab. This is defending their right for self determination."
The congressman was the only House member to vote "present" on an earlier resolution "condemning the violation of Ukrainian sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity by military forces of the Russian Federation."
Most California representatives supported Thursday's measure, but four did not vote: Republicans John Campbell of Irvine and Gary Miller of Rancho Cucamonga and Democrats Mike Honda of San Jose and Gloria Negrete McLeod of Chino.
Rohrabacher and Putin have a history. Back in the 1990s, the congressman says, they drunkenly arm-wrestled to settle a debate. "He put me down in a millisecond," Rohrabacher recalled in a recent interview."


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Giving your employees what they need.
Employees represent your club, so you need them to be knowledgeable, confident and competent. And they get knowledge, confidence and competence through training.
"Our business is only as good as our people, and we have to give them the resources and tools to excel, and that is done in part through training," notes Debra Siena, regional vice president of Tennis Corporation of America (TCA) in Chicago.
The type of training program you have and how it is organized is based on the size of your club and your club's values. Here are some suggestions from industry experts on employee training programs.
Have a direction. The key to a successful training program is to know your club's mission statement and train toward that. "Your mission statement is your road map," explains Frank Margarella, president of Premier Club Consultants, based out of Tampa, Fla. "It tells your employees where you are going as a club, what type of club you are going to be, what type of employees you hire, what type of amenities you offer, and the clientele you are attracting."
Tied in with your mission statement is sharing your club's philosophy and core values, notes Lauren Eller, human resources director for Fitness Formula in Chicago. "Your employees' commitment levels will be much higher if they are brought into your club's philosophy and core values, which [should be] instilled in them starting with day one through your orientation," she says.
Take a look at what you have. If you have a small club, you may not need to invest in a big formal training program with outside consultants. A new employee's first day may include any number of inexpensive items, such as a club orientation, reading the club's company manual, spending time with her supervisor going over job expectations, listening to training tapes or doing exercises in a workbook. All of these are training options that won't tap too much into your budget.
Clarify expectations. This is an important factor, says Siena: "A lot of times when we give job descriptions, we emphasize the actions we want the employees to do, but not the result we want them to get."
Show employees the objectives to their actions, then devise a training program that gives them the skills to do the actions that produce the wanted results.
Manuals help keep it simple. Manuals are the foundation on which you should build your training program. They allow you to deliver consistent information to a lot of people and allow employees to go back and review specific areas, notes Eller.
According to Margarella, your club should have a policy and procedure manual that puts in black and white what your standards of operation are. In addition, each employee should have her own training manual for her specific job.
Branding also takes place through your manuals, notes Brenda Abdilla, president of Club Profit Systems (Portland, Ore.): "Organizations around the world that have the best branding are able to attract business on the basis of their brand because they have consistency. Their employees do the same thing in the same situation in every location." This is because they are all following the same manual.
Plan ahead. While your training program doesn't have to be formal and stuffy, it needs to be preplanned and organized. Off-the-cuff training programs don't work well, notes Siena.
When organizing your training program, survey your current employees about what they wanted to know when they were first hired (e.g., where the fuse box is located) and make a checklist. This way, when you are teaching new hires, each person will receive the same education.
Look within. In-house training programs are a vital aspect to the success of a club, but not the only aspect. Your employees can learn valuable lessons from the people who have walked before them in their soon-to-be shoes, states Siena, because the lessons are specific to your club and your club's philosophy, demographics and members.
Check outside. The best program combines in-house and consultant training, Abdilla claims. Outside professionals can offer fresh strategies for management, sales, customer service and more.
"There are many industries out there that have older and better programs that we can learn a lot from," adds Siena. "Take, for example, Disney World. No one has better customer service and cleanliness than Disney."
Bringing in outside consultants also gives your current employees a fresh voice. Since your employees work with you day in and day out, they may stop hearing everything you are saying. A professional consultant may say the same thing you've been preaching, but in a different way that catches the staff's attention, notes Abdilla.
Keep it going. Don't just think your training program is for new employees only. It's not just a once-and-done deal. You should have regular ongoing/refresher training because the industry is always changing, and you want to keep growing and fine-tuning your business, notes Margarella.
An absolute must is a yearly reorientation. It doesn't matter if it's a strategic planning meeting or a retreat — you just need to refocus the company on your goals and tweak any programs/services that aren't up to par. "We have to be continually learning," stresses Siena, "because you are either green and growing or ripe and rotten."
The Right Consultant
Hiring outside experts as part of your training program is a smart move, but you have to make sure the consultant is a good fit with your club and its philosophy. Here are some things to remember during your search.


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I'm typing this as I sit by the side of a pool.
You might think I'm in the warm sunlight, an open book on my lap, a fruity drink with a tiny umbrella by my side. Goodness, no. (Gosh, but that sounds mighty fine, however.) Instead, I'm staring at grey skies through skylights above the pool at our gym. There are chops and splashes, coaches chanting, and not much laughter. Everything smells of chlorine. This white plastic chair is wobbly, so I have one foot jammed down on that leg. And I'm trying to protect the laptop from getting wet.
It's Wednesday afternoon, time for swim team practice.
Our daughter lives to swim. Even when I was pregnant with her, I could feel her swimming in me, nearly constantly. She swam and danced and swayed her head, back and forth, back and forth. It didn't take long after her birth to realize who she is: at six weeks, she started crawling up Danny's chest while we lay on the bed. This girl likes to move.
We didn't set out to make her the youngest kid on the swim team. If anything, I wanted her to wait, to start team sports later. But this girl, she loves the water. When she was 2 or so, some very limited times we would let her watch something on our phone. She only wanted one thing: kids splashing. We put "kids splashing" into YouTube and let her watch the little videos taken by parents, proud of their kids swimming in backyard pools. We thought she liked seeing the other kids. Now we realize she was studying. (Lu loves to move but she listens and studies while she dances.) The first time we went to the pool, after we put the blow-up water wings on her arms, she took one look at the surface of the water, and dove right in.
She never had any fear. She only delighted in that weightless, freeing feeling of floating. She taught herself to breathe under water. She knew how to kick her feet. She took to it as though she had been swimming for decades. Maybe she had. If she lived a life before this, she was definitely a swimmer.
(It's possible that Lu is the only 5-year-old in 2014 who tries to copy Esther Williams routines.)
We learned after she was three that she slept through the night if we took her swimming in the afternoon. We started moving through the water with her four or five days a week. On some of those days, the swim team practiced on the other side of the pool. I watched her watch the teenage boys, studying their hands slicing through the surface of the water. And then she copied them, moving faster. Within a few weeks, the coaches came up to us and said, "Keep coming with that one. We're watching her." And when they said she was ready, the grin on her face told us it was her time.
So here I am, on a Wednesday afternoon, watching Lucy learn how to bend her elbows and point her hands as they break through the surface of the water. She's the youngest kid on the team, by a year, and thus the slowest. And she keeps moving her arms, swaying her head, and moving forward.
The only thing I know? She's going to be hungry when we're done here.
It took us years to realize that the most important food for Lu is what we give her after swimming. (And dance class on Tuesdays. And the soccer matches and basketball games and cross-country runs in her future, I'm sure.) If we give her empty food, she runs out of fuel before dinner. We have a tired, cranky kid on our hands, head nodding at the table. If we give her real food, with ingredients like dates and chia seeds and almond flour and coconut oil, she's revived immediately. Those are the nights we dance to Baby Beatles! by Caspar Babypants after eating and doing the dishes.
Lu doesn't have much of a sweet tooth. She loves the idea of ice cream but throws away her cone after five bites. But after swimming, she likes something slightly sweet. I'd rather she have sweets in the late afternoon, rather than after dinner. A dose of sweetener, right before bed? Bad idea. And let's face it —— something handheld is going into her mouth faster than a bowl of salad. And so we've been giving her homemade cookies in the afternoon.
We've been loving a book called Feeding the Young Athlete: Sports Nutrition Made Easy for Players, Parents, and Coaches by Cynthia Lair, which lays out essential eating guidelines and nutrition for kids who move all the time. It's a sensible guide for parents who want their kids to eat better food than packaged granola bars and neon-colored sports drinks. I swear by it for Lu.
And we are big, big fans of Megan Gordon's new book, Whole-Grain Mornings: New Breakfast Recipes to Span the Seasons. (I have to say that Megan is a dear friend, and we heard the stories about the making of this book from start to finish.) It's a lovely book, filled with inventive recipes for healthy mornings. The recipe for Megan's nutty millet breakfast cookies sparked a memory of some of Cynthia Lair's guidelines for young athletes. Nuts, seeds, lots of protein, dried fruits, a mild sweetness. I knew Lu would love these.
So we turned these cookies gluten-free. (And they're grain-free cookies too, since buckwheat is not a true grain, but a seed from the same family as rhubarb and sorrel.) They bake up golden brown at the edges, with a soft center, dotted with chopped pecans and dried cherries. Best of all, Lu loves them. After swim team practice, we strap her in her booster seat and hand her a cookie.
In fact, if you'll excuse me, it's time for me to head into the locker room with Lu. She's dripping wet and grinning before me.
3:30 PM Cookies
Megan's recipe uses millet, oats, whole wheat flour, rolled oats, and wheat bran. Obviously, that recipe wouldn't work for me! But since Megan wrote such a strong recipe, and put those ingredients in grams, I found it pretty easy to make it my own.
Soaking the buckwheat groats for 30 minutes softens them, so the final cookies have a little pop against the teeth. Don't skip this step in a rush to make the cookies. You want the groats to be a crunchy surprise, not a reason to run to the dentist.
Of course, you can use any nuts or dried fruits you want here. Keep making these cookies, any way that works for you that day.
- Soaking the groats: Put the buckwheat groats in a bowl. Pour the hot coconut oil and honey over the groats. Add the grated ginger. Stir. Let the groats sit for at least 30 minutes.
- Combining the dry ingredients: Whisk together the almond flour, psyllium husk, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt.
- Making the dough: Pour the soaked groats mixture into the dry ingredients. Add the egg. Stir it all together thoroughly with a rubber spatula. Add the chopped pecans and dried cherries.
- Refrigerating the dough: Let the dough sit in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour before baking.
- Preparing to bake: Heat the oven to 325°. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Baking the cookies: Make balls of dough 60 grams each (about the size of the palm of your hand). Put 6 of them onto the prepared baking sheet. Bake the cookies until are golden brown and set around the edges but just a bit soft in the center, about 12 to 15 minutes. Let the cookies cool for 10 minutes on the baking sheet then move them to a baking rack to cool completely.


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Kat Von D lost her pet cat and home to a fire over the weekend, the "L.A. Ink" star announced on her Twitter account.
"My house burned down last night with my cat inside," the celebrity tattoo artist, whose real name is Katherine von Drachenberg, tweeted on Monday. "R.I.P. My little Valentine."
Fire crews responded to an 11:23 p.m. call Sunday for Von D's Hollywood Hills home, TMZ reported. It is unclear if the reality star and girlfriend of Jesse James was at the home at the time.
On Monday, Von D posted picture of Valentine on Twitter and also shared an image of herself standing amid the wreckage of her home.
"In order to gain everything, you must lose everything," she wrote.
Von D told her followers she would continue a planned tour in support of her book "The Tattoo Chronicles."
Selected Reading: TMZ, Twitter, Us


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From March 1, any communication on your website that sets out to tell users about goods, services, opportunities, freebies… but where the primary or ultimate aim is to sell something, will be regulated by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).
The ASA is the UK's independent advertising watchdog, responsible for controlling marketing communications in all media in the UK. (They work with statutory partners such as Trading Standards, the Office of Fair Trading and the communications regulator Ofcom.)
The March 1 changes cover the marketing communications of all organisations operating from the UK on their own websites and in other non-paid for space online under their control eg Facebook.
The ASA talks about copy a great deal in its guidance but their remit could easily extend to any type of content, for example a home page video or a viral campaign on YouTube.
The ASA's extended remit may come as a surprise to a lot of organisations (the ASA's own cross-media advertising campaign was only launched at the weekend). As always the big question is who'll get their knuckles slapped first, for what and how hard?
The ASA's punitive powers already include obliging broadcasters to comply with ASA rulings but it's also brought in some new sanctions from March 1 including "an enhanced" name and shame policy. And paid-for search advertising that links to non-compliant marketing communications may be removed with the agreement of the search engines.
It's also important to keep in mind that marketing content that falls under the scope of the ASA's remit may not necessarily include a price or seek an immediate financial transaction. Let the seller beware.
The change falls under the scope of UK Code of Non-broadcast Advertising, Sales Promotion and Direct Marketing (the Committee of Advertising Practice / CAP) Code.
CAP decided to extend the digital remit of the ASA in response to formal recommendations from a cross-section of UK industry, including the Internet Advertising Bureau. Nick Stringer, director of regulatory affairs for the IAB stresses that self-regulation must maintain pace with today's fast-moving digital environment and changing consumer behaviour. "The ASA's extended digital media remit aims to protect internet users and enhance their trust, as well as industry and political confidence, in the medium."
- advertisers' own marketing messages on their own websites, regardless of sector, type of businesses or size of organisation
- marketing communications in other non-paid-for space under the advertiser's control, such as social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter.
What's not covered:
- classified private advertisements
- press releases and other public relations material
- editorial content
- political advertisements
- corporate reports and investor relations.
User generated content?
ASA points out that generated content (UGC) that has been adopted and incorporated within an organisation's own marketing communications could be covered. This will be considered on a case by case basis.
For example: "ASA is likely to take a very different view of a consumer's positive comment that has been posted, by the website owner, in a prominent way on the front page of its website, than if that same comment appeared within the context of a consumer message board moderated for harmful and offensive language or images only".
How to make sure you comply
CAP is offering guidance and courses. The IAB has also including some useful FAQs on its website. From a content strategy (CS) perspective the key thing is to make sure that all your content is fit for purpose and doesn't fall shy of any regulation.
While the March 1 changes are the latest, many websites fall short of what's required elsewhere – for example Part 3 of the Disability Discrimination Act which covers access and came into force back in 2004. Ringing any bells? It means your website must be accessible to blind and disabled users and this should be influencing everything from colour choices to meta data.
Content audits and the use of copydecks are just two of the CS tools where regulatory or legislative requirements could be captured and verified. Even without the weight of law, large organisations need to be running tight ships – eg who wrote it, when, who signed it off? Clearly defined and maintained internal content creation processes are a must. And let's not forget content training that not only improves content creation skills but raises general organisational awareness of why all content, on' and offline is so important.
Apart from anything else, if you can demonstrate you did your best to comply with this law or that regulation, the punitive response maybe be less harsh than in organisations where content is chaos rather than king.
Useful links
» More about the CAP guidance
» IAB Extending the digital media remit of the Advertising Standards Authority FAQs PDF


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August 08, 2018
New Hudson, Mich. and Houston, Texas, August 8, 2018 --ICOM North America LLC of New Hudson, Michigan USA and Nat G CNG Solutions LLC of Houston, Texas signed an Exclusive Dealer Agreement for Texas and Oklahoma for Nat G to sell, service and install ICOM's Liquid Injection Propane Autogas (LPG-Liquid Propane Gas) Vehicle Systems for gasoline powered vehicles.Nat G will also be a non-exclusive dealer for ICOM's Dynamic Compressed Natural Gas™ (CNG), Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) and Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) Systems for heavy duty trucks, which are powered by Ecomotive's ECU, and utilize advanced ICOM and Blackstone components.
Nat G started as a non-exclusive dealer for ICOM in 2017 and its initial success introducing ICOM Systems to fleets they currently serve validated the value of ICOM partnering with a Texas based company to offer both Natural Gas and Propane systems for public and private fleets.
Dudley Westlake, Autogas Fleet Development Specialist, of ICOM: "Nat G has a successful history of supplying and servicing public and private fleets in Texas and Oklahoma and we look forward to working together to offer our ICOM JTG II Propane Autogas Liquid Injection systems as well as our Dual Fuel Natural Gas/ Diesel Dual Fuel systems to their current customer base.
Dennis Foose, CEO of Nat G: "By adding ICOM's Propane Autogas and Natural Gas Dual Fuel systems to our proven CNG systems, we can truly offer all of our fleet customers the best available alternative fuel systems for vehicles of all sizes and applications.We have been very impressed by the ICOM alternative fuel systems and recognized that large and small fleets can now work with Nat G to select the optimum technologies, infrastructure, and customer service to support their fleets."
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Sonic360 are conducting a survey of unsigned artists and bands based in the US in order to help us understand the needs of developing musicians.
The survey will involve a questionnaire and require the artist/band's demo or finished album to be submitted via soundcloud or other online service.
In return, all survey respondants will receive an evaluation of their music from record producer and Sonic360 label founder Chris Allison.
Feedback from the artist regards this evaluation report will also be required as part of the survey.
To be considered for inclusion in the survey simply answer the questions below and submit to email@example.com
Note: You must be an unsigned artist or band based in the US. All questionnaire submissions will be kept entirely confidential.
Where are you based?
How many tracks in demo / finished album form do you have ready to submit?
Have you made up press packs and/or manufactured CD's/CDR's?
If yes to the above then how much have you spent on design costs and producing the press packs, manufacturing CDR's/CD's and postage costs to send out to record labels/managers/agents/promoters and venues?
Do you spend money on rehearsals?
If yes then How much do you spend on rehearsal room hire per month?
Over the last year how much approximately have you spent on music training? ie guitar lessons/ music college etc.
If you are an artist and looking to release an album but want to hold on to your master rights then please talk to us about our Music & Marketing services. We have a menu of services from distribution to PR services, social and traditional marketing and promotions, radio promotions, synchronisations, cover art design, website design, website and social media site maintenance etc.
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Car Deals
Luxury Car Deals: December 2013
If you're searching for a new luxury car, the end of the year is a great time to do it. That's proven by our list of luxury car deals, which highlights some of the top incentives and special offers available this month on a few of our favorite models.
Acura ILX
The Acura ILX is a compact 4-cylinder luxury sedan based on the Honda Civic. In December, it's offered with incentives for shoppers looking to lease or finance. For qualified drivers who want to finance a 2014 ILX, Acura is offering 0.9 percent interest for up to 60 months. Those who would prefer to lease can take advantage of two deals. For the lowest possible monthly payment, drivers can put down $2,499 on a base-level ILX and get payments from $209 per month for 36 months. Meanwhile, drivers who would rather put nothing down can get a 36-month term with payments starting at $270 per month.
BMW 3 Series
The BMW 3 Series is a sporty 4-door sedan available with rear- or all-wheel drive. In December, it's offered with lease incentives and low-interest financing. For drivers looking to finance a 2014 3 Series, BMW is touting interest rates as low as 2.99 percent for 36 months -- a better offer than BMW's usual deals, which typically range from 3.49 percent to 3.99 percent. BMW also has a deal for drivers looking to lease. Through the end of the month, drivers can lease a 2014 BMW 320i for 36 months with $3,754 down and payments from just $279 per month. That represents savings of $80 per month over the 328i.
Buick LaCrosse
The LaCrosse is Buick's largest sedan, sized to compete with comfortable 4-doors such as the Toyota Avalon and Ford Taurus. In December, it's available with incentives for shoppers looking to lease, finance or pay with cash. For buyers paying in full, Buick has two offers available: $2,500 cash back for a 2013 LaCrosse or $500 cash back for a 2014 model. For qualified buyers looking to finance, Buick also has two deals: 0 percent for up to 60 months for a 2013 model or 1.9 percent for 60 months for a 2014 LaCrosse. But the best deal may be for lease shoppers, as Buick is touting payments from $329 per month for an alluring 24 months after just $1,539 down on a well-equipped 2014 LaCrosse.
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Infiniti Q50
The Infiniti Q50 is an all-new sport sedan with high-end appointments and a powerful 3.7-liter V6 engine. In December, Infiniti is offering the Q50 with two lease incentives for shoppers interested in a luxury car with a low monthly payment. For drivers who want a rear-wheel-drive Q50, Infiniti is touting payments from $369 per month for 39 months after $3,999 down at lease signing. Drivers who need the year-round security of all-wheel drive can also get a 39-month lease with payments from $369, though the Q50 AWD requires $4,399 down at lease signing.
Jaguar XF
The midsize Jaguar XF offers rear- or all-wheel drive, a long list of amenities and classic Jaguar styling. In December, it's offered with two lease deals. For drivers who want the lowest possible payment, Jaguar is touting a $439-per-month deal on its 4-cylinder 2013 XF 2.0T. The offer requires a 36-month term and $4,235 down at lease signing. Drivers who need all-wheel drive can also get a deal, as Jaguar is offering the V6-powered XF AWD for 36 months with payments from $539 per month after the same $4,235 down as the rear-wheel-drive 4-cylinder model.
What it means to you: With the year almost over, many luxury automakers are offering strong luxury car deals and incentives to boost sales as much as possible.


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This is the 145th anniversary of Memorial Day and the 45th anniversary of the day I became a war widow. How could all those years have passed since my first husband, Sam Castan, was killed in Vietnam? I still carry inside me the 16-year-old who met him the summer after I graduated from high school, just as I carry the 27-year-old who opened the door of our Hong Kong apartment to let in two strangers, U.S. government representatives, who told me that my husband was dead.
They apologized with utmost sincerity for "the media," that unruly, inconsiderate pack, who announced Sam's death on all the wire services before the government could notify me.
Ah, the irony of that one! For my husband was a member of that unmanageable pack. Like his friends and colleagues David Halberstam, Tim Page, Neil Sheehan, and Jack Laurence, he went out into the mountains and deltas of Vietnam, into danger, to find out what was actually happening. That is what he did unfailingly in his job as correspondent for Look magazine.
At 26, Sam Castan became the youngest senior editor in the magazine's history. After reporting from Vietnam for three years and winning several major awards for his work, he convinced his bosses to send him to Hong Kong as their bureau chief, along with our infant daughter, Jane, and me. This would allow him more time with the story and with his family.
But back to May 21, 1966. In the middle of the night, in Hong Kong, my telephone rang. It was Susan Slater, a friend from home.
"I'm so happy to hear your voice," I said, even though she woke me. "I miss you!"
There was a long pause.
"How are you?" she asked.
"Great," I replied.
"How's everyone else?"
"Where's Buddy?"
"Have you heard from him?"
"A few days ago. Why?"
"Maybe it's a mistake."
"What are you talking about?"
"The news."
"What news?"
"Uh, they . . . they said . . . Buddy . . . was . . . shot."
"Shot! Who said it?"
"It's everywhere — front page of The Times, on TV, in The Daily News."
"Well, if this is a joke, it's one lousy joke."
"Maybe he was just shot."
"Just shot! What do you mean, just shot?"
"I'm so sorry. . . ." She began to sob. "Fran, they say he was killed."
Only three years earlier, on Nov. 22, 1963, a news bulletin said John Fitzgerald Kennedy was shot. Before the final, devastating announcement, most Americans never imagined a mortal wound. We imagined injuries from which J.F.K. would recover. With this memory so fresh and no final word about Sam, Susan and I hoped that he was "merely" wounded, not dead.
That's what I believed, until those two men walked into my apartment. When they apologized about "the media," all the energy in my young body rose into my throat and I shouted, "Good for the media! Splendid, that they didn't sit around in some press room waiting to hear your version of events."
I felt they were insulting everything my husband lived and died for. No self-respecting journalist would wait for government permission to report the death of a fellow correspondent. Sam began covering the war in the early 1960s. He had been in Saigon during the overthrow of Ngo Dinh Diem. He was on the aircraft carrier Coral Sea with broken bones in his foot from an onboard accident he kept to himself so he could finish the story. He went on patrols with foot soldiers into rice paddies and villages in the Mekong Delta. Whatever fear he may have felt never took him away from where he thought he could find truth.
The first time he returned to Saigon from the field, early enough to attend the U.S. government's daily press briefing, he heard a version of what had occurred that bore no resemblance to what he'd just witnessed. This convinced him to leave the safe havens and the lies.
That's what he did the day he died. From An Khe, a remote village in the highlands, he boarded a helicopter carrying troops to a mountain where an attack was expected. Only three members of the platoon survived. Posthumously, Sam was awarded the Army's Outstanding Civilian Service Medal for bravery during Operation Crazy Horse. Already shot twice before his third and fatal wound, he was reported to have led several members of the platoon out of harm's way.
As Robert Capa said, "The war correspondent has his own stake — his life — in his own hands. He can put it on this horse or that horse, or he can put it back in his pocket at the very last minute."
Sam staked his life on Operation Crazy Horse and lost. Pete Hamill wrote, "If [a reporter] is any good at all, if he goes to a war the way Sam Castan did, he has it in his power to keep an entire government relatively honest. And with some great luck, he can even make a government more human. . . . There are some things you cannot put back in your pocket. One of them is a conscience."
Having reread Mr. Hamill's column about Sam for the first time in many years, I decided to go to the Newseum, a museum of news opposite the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Every year, the Newseum rededicates the Journalists Memorial. This year, on May 16, the names of 59 journalists from around the world were added, bringing the total to 2,084. They all died gathering news, most often in dangerous circumstances, covering wars or uncovering political corruption.
As Mr. Hamill wrote 45 years ago, "There are men like Sam Castan out there now, slogging around in the rainy swamps, and before we leave that country, a lot more of them will be dead."
His words remain true, only the countries have changed, and more women, as well as men, are out there risking their lives, working for us.
In January 1991, 15 years after the American withdrawal from Vietnam, our government sent troops to Kuwait. I went directly to Louse Point, where I had found solace back in the '60s. This time, nothing worked. The tranquil beauty of the beach and the sound of the water made the suffering of those in the desert inconceivable. Young men and women would inevitably die — on both sides of the conflict. I sat on the damp, cold sand and cried. I cried for the young soldiers and for their families, who would have to clean up the mess, probably for the rest of their lives.
There are no winners in these situations. Certainly not the ones who die. Not the commanders who order troops into harm's way. Not the soldiers who sustain life-altering injuries. Not the ones who watch their closest buddies get zipped into sacks and shipped home. And not the ones, like me, who know how it feels to receive the body bag.
Fran Castan and her husband of 40 years, Lewis Zacks, who saw combat in Korea, live in Springs, where he paints and she is writing a memoir. This is an excerpt.


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New student registration can be completed online or in person at the student's campus. To enroll your child, you will need the following documents:
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The basement floor is directly connected to the Shinsaibashi subway station through an underground shopping mall with stores, cafés, restaurants and ATMs. There are two other subway lines connected to this building through the underground mall and Umeda station is only three stops away. Extensive fine dining, various hotels, department stores and entertainment are widely available in the area, making it a very attractive location for any business.
From Kansai International Airport: 35 min by Kansai Airport Limited Express to Tennoji Station, 10 min by Midosuji Line from Tennoji Station to Shinsaibashi Station, 70 min by Airport Limousine bus to Hotel Nikko Osaka or Cross Hotel Osaka. From Osaka International Airport (Itami Airport): 25 min by Osaka Monorail to Senri-Chuo Station, 25 min by Kita-Osaka Kyuko Line(directly connected to Midosuji Line) from Senri-Chuo Station to Shinsaibashi Station, 30 min by Airport Limousine bus to Shin-Osaka Station, 15 min by Midosuji Line from Shin-Osaka Station to Shinsaibashi Station.
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I am new hereso first let me introduce myself. I am a diver first and a photographer second,and have been very pleased with the modest results obtained from my now ancient Olympus mju 400, but now see the need of updating.
Key requirements to improve on the shortcomings evident to me are, I think, bettermacro-focusing,( the visibility in Scotland, where I do most of my diving lends itself to shooting nudibracts etc); a lighting system to illuminate macrosubjects; RAW format to allow post shooting white balance adjustment, and imagestabilising for good measure.
All to beproduced on an affordable budget.
I have a minilathe and small milling machine and love to dabble so my first thought was tobuild my own housing. I have successfully built and modified led dive torchesand fancy a built-in ring of light and shown by Packhorse here and on CandlepowerForums.
My initial thoughts are to follow a well trod path with a piece of aluminium tube, round or square, say 120mm dia with Perspex end plates and O rings.
Sitting 15mm behind the front cover I will fix a sheet of aluminium to act as a diaphragm and heat sink for a collection of LEDs and AMC 7135 regulators.
A hole willbe needed for the camera lens. To avoid all the reflected light the lens would be extended through a hole in the front Perspex sheet to a separate lens cover,with an aluminium cover tube.
All this should be straightforward to produce in a watertight manner.
About now youshould be saying, yes, but the tricky bit is waterproofing the controls.
By using a CanonPowershot camera and CDHK I can get all of my requirements for a camera and the ability to control all the functions via the usb socket.
By using a PICAXE microprocessor I can generate control pulses, using schoolboy Basic programming.
To interfacethe picaxe I propose to use Hall effect chips. I have used these very successfully in my torches. A small 3mm magnet can precisely activate it through 3-5mm of aluminium without bother and can generate an input signal to the chip.
At its simplest I am thinking of having the magnet on a small finger ring and having 4 recesses on the outside of the housing. By placing the magnet in each of these in the required sequence I can run through a full menu of camera and light controls. An additional display screen could be added to aid navigation.
A bonus will be that the leds can be at a low power level and flash at full power for focus and shooting
I hav ealready bought a cheap A590IS off ebay so can afford to experiment without fear.
My questions are
How thick do the end plates need to be?
How big does the lens cover need to be, should it be glass or acrylic and how thick?
How much illumination do I need? I am thinking in terms of say 4 Cree XM-L giving me around 1000lumen each. (quite often there will be zero ambient light)
Anyone see any insurmountable pitfalls?
Anyone already been down this route and can offer any short cuts?
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High School Coach in Film Controversy Reinstated
(WESTON, Conn.) -- A popular Connecticut high school basketball coach will be reinstated to his position this weekend after allegedly being forced out when a controversial, decade-old film he appeared in was emailed to his bosses.
The film in question is called Forbidden Fruit, and it was directed and produced by Steve Moramarco, who went on to act in the hit sitcom Everybody Hates Chris and produce the 2006 feature Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny. Coach Mike Hvizdo was shocked when the film, which he had almost forgotten, resurfaced and cost him his job.
Hvizdo will be reinstated as head basketball coach for Weston High School in Weston, Conn., on Saturday.
"I couldn't be happier to be reinstated as head coach of Weston High School boys' basketball," Hvizdo said in a joint statement with the school administration this afternoon. "This has been a tough few weeks for everyone and I want to thank all those involved – including players, parents, friends and family, and especially my wife Carissa, who has been my rock – for all of their love and support. "
The school administration and Hvizdo "worked through the issues surrounding Mr. Hvzido's resignation," and, "clarified the district's expectation concerning his performance," according to the statement.
"We welcome Mr. Hvizdo back to our coaching staff, and we wish him and the boys basketball team every success in the future," the statement said.
When the video was sent to his bosses, Hvizdo defended himself by saying it was not illegal or pornographic, and he was just an actor. The school superintendant disagreed, saying the film was sexually explicit and vulgar.
After meeting with Hvizdo, the school said he agreed to resign. The principal sent a letter to parents saying he quit because of "personal reasons" and that he "could not lead the program the way it needs to be led."
Hvizdo said he was forced out, but the community rallied around him.
"It's time to move forward and I am excited to get back on the sidelines with my team on Monday night for our first state playoff game," he said.
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Mike Tyson spent a part of his afternoon on Oct. 25 in downtown Stockton. The former heavyweight champion of the world and current star of his own television series, "Being Mike Tyson" came by Yaqui Lopez's Fat City boxing gym for about an hour.
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Renowned architect John Carl "Jack" Warnecke died on April 17 at his home in Sonoma County, California at age 91.
Warnecke led one of the largest architectural firms in the nation — John Carl Warnecke and Associates - and produced designs for the Hawaii statehouse, embassies in Washington and abroad, structures at the U.S. Naval Academy, international airports and major universities. Warnecke was also responsible for designing the John F. Kennedy gravesite memorial at Arlington Cemetery.
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IRVINE — Most of the Long Beach State starting lineup continued to improve its position among the all-time pantheon of Big West Conference men's basketball Monday night at UC Irvine.
But the Anteaters, picked to finish last in the preseason conference media poll, continued to make an impression of their own during a 74-60 Big West setback that ended UCI's run atop the conference standings at four days.
UCI (4-10, 1-1 in conference) led the 49ers (8-6, 1-0) for most of the first half and held a 32-21 advantage at halftime in front of 1,246 at the Bren Events Center.
But the visitors, with a heralded cast led by reigning Big West Player of the Year Casper Ware and fellow seniors T.J. Robinson and Larry Anderson, proved too much, while enhancing their already lofty career statistical status.
Robinson collected 14 points and 13 rebounds, the latter giving him 1,003 for his career. He becomes the fourth player in conference history to have 1,000 rebounds and 1,000 points, joining Greg Grant (Utah State), Stacey Augmon (UNLV) and Tony Neal (Cal State Fullerton).
Anderson, who had 13 points and a team-best four assists, became the third player in school history to surpass 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 300 assists. The other two 49ers to accomplish that trio were Ed Ratliff and Lucious Harris.
Ware, who had 19 points, four steals and no turnovers in 35 minutes, continued to display the kind of prowess that has generated some national attention.
Long Beach, however, needed a 9-2 run to start the second half, a swarming, switching man-to-man defense, and a barrage of dunks to help keep UCI from a second straight home upset over their Black-and-Blue rivals.
The 49ers made 18 of 32 field-goal attempts after the break (56.3%) and held UCI to 32.1% from the field (nine for 28) in the final 20 minutes.
With superior height, strength and athleticism, Long Beach muscled its way to 46 points in the paint, 26 more than UCI. The visitors, who had half as many as UCI's 18 turnovers, posted a 20-6 scoring advantage off miscues.
UCI was led by junior point guard Derick Flowers, who had 16 points and four assists. Flowers made four of six three-point attempts.
Junior Daman Starring added 13 points and three assists, while sophomore Chris McNealy chipped in 12 points and five rebounds.
Junior Mike Wilder had seven points and eight rebounds for the 'Eaters, who managed to make nine of 21 three-point attempts.
"They played really well against us," UCI Coach Russell Turner said of the 49ers, who earlier this season won at then-No. 9-ranked Pitt and also knocked off then-No. 14 Xavier. "They are a good team. There's no shame they had some success against us.
"We got another good performance Derick Flowers, but we need to play better at some other positions."
Wilder and Starring had five turnovers apiece and junior post Adam Folker missed all six of his field-goal attempts (and both free throws) before fouling out in 16 minutes.
"We've got to get in the weight room," Turner said of the strength discrepancy between his senior-less team and the 49ers. "Hopefully, when we're all juniors and seniors, we're going to be able to do some of that physical stuff to other teams that [the 49ers] did to us tonight. In the second half, they just physically outperformed us."
UCI returns to action Thursday at Pacific.
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Big West Conference
Long Beach State 74, UC Irvine 60
LBSU – Robinson 14, Phelps 8, Anderson 13, Ware 19, Ennis 7, Caffey 10, Starkey 2, Shepherd 1.
3-pt. goals – Caffey 2, Ennis 1, Ware 1.
Fouled out – None.
Technicals – None.
UCI – Wilder 7, Folker 0, Flowers 16, Starring 13, McNealy 12, Davis 7, Woods 3, Best 2.
3-pt. goals – Flowers 4, Starring 3, McNealy 1, Wilder 1.
Fouled out – Folker.
Halftime – 32-31, UCI.


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1. Submit two (2) sets of plans for streets and drainage review to Al Gaskill, Engineering, in the same manner plans are submitted for review to Storm Water or Erosion Control.
2. Submit one (1) set of plans for water and/or sewer review to the Utilities Section, located in Engineering.
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Jessica + Peter's carnival themed wedding at the Gladstone Hotel. Photography by Gail Edwin-Fielding.
"The Greatest Show On Earth" photo booth.
Peter's band Reaganomics, which included his best man, played the earlier set of '80s covers and his pals The Swillingtones of Windsor played a late night set.
The "Lucky Bouquet": gumballs and lottery tickets!
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Fighting depression is a tough battle for many people because medications don't always work. Now a new treatment is using magnets to help people find happiness again.
"Things weren't getting done. I wasn't going to work or I had no interest in going to work," said Richard Hannotte.
That was the first time Hannotte realized something was wrong. He said he was depressed and it was more than just feeling a little blue. It's a battle he's been fighting for the past 25 years.
"For me, it was just my whole level of productivity and it just started to dwindle," Hannotte said. "I've often been self employed and I just stopped working and stopped making money and again that continued to cause more depressive episodes."
He tried therapy and antidepressants but he experienced negative side effects with medications. He then turned to holistic approachs like accupuncture and herbal supplements. Years passed and nothing worked.
Then he heard about an experimental procedure called transcranial magnetic stimulation or TMS.
Psychiatrist Dr. Scott Aaronson runs the TMS program at Sheppard Pratt mental health system in Baltimore.
"We apply magnetic stimulation to an area of the brain that we've associated with depression," Aaronson said. "It's an area of the brain that we can consistently see has decreased activity in depression."
Applying a magnetic field to a certain part of the brain helps to increase the amount of neurotransmitters in the body, including serotonin and dopamine, Aaronson said. Decreases in those substances have been linked to depression.
"Those are the same chemicals we are trying to adjust through our use of medications so this is an approach through magnets that may cause some of same changes in levels of neurotransmitters that antidepressants do."
Patients undergo the treatment five days a week, for four weeks, Aaronson said. Each session is about 37 and a half minutes. Some patients find it uncomfortable.
"It feels kind of like a woodpecker, pecking at your head," Aaronson said.
But at least two-thirds of the people he's worked with have found relief for their depression. While most combine TMS with some type of antidepressant, Richard Hannotte didn't need to. He said he finally feels like the dark cloud has been lifted.
"After a week of that, I really started noticing the differences," he said. "I started feeling less depressed and more like myself. I was really happy about that and it didn't come with any of the side effects."
Doctors at Sibley Hospital in D.C. are also offering the treatment right now.
Others are testing this procedure for PTSD and schizophrenia patients.
While it was approved by the FDA to treat depression last October, insurance companies aren't paying for it yet. It costs between $6 to 9,000 for the entire four-week treatment.


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