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RALEIGH � It was the same but different for North Carolina State in dispatching William & Mary 9-2 on Sunday night to clinch the NCAA baseball regional at Doak Field.
Same destination, with the Wolfpack headed to its second super regional in as many years.
Different means, vastly, with the Wolfpack steering clear of drama to secure a three-victories-in-three-days sweep � essentially the polar opposite of last season�s heart-attack-inducing rally out of the losers bracket that ultimately left players swarming the infield and piling en masse.
�I was kind of thinking that through in my head and I would think it�d be a lot better situation to not dog pile,� shortstop Trea Turner said. �It felt like we made a big step forward as a school and as a team. It feels like we�re starting to get to a winning mentality, knowing that just making a regional isn�t good enough.�
N.C. State (47-14) must wait for its next assignment. The Wolfpack faces tonight�s Oregon / Rice winner in the best-of-3 super regional, the round that precedes the College World Series.
If Oregon wins tonight, N.C. State travels cross-country to the Pacific Northwest to face the Ducks. If Rice wins tonight, N.C. State stays home and plays host to the Owls next weekend.
Either way, the Wolfpack has won 29 of its last 33 games and has reached its fourth super regional appearance in 11 years.
And in advancing, Sunday night�s victory against William & Mary (39-24) � N.C. State�s second defeat of the Tribe in as many nights � provided plenty of contributors, most notably first baseman Tarran Senay (three-run homer, finished with five RBI) and starter Brad Stone (5 1/3 scoreless innings, first victory since March 31).
�It�s definitely a special time,� Senay said. �I�m not going to say it was easy, because every team was good in this regional. But I think winning three straight was definitely a lot easier than last year.�
After leadoff singles from Turner and Jake Fincher, Senay, who was named the regional�s Most Outstanding Player, got things cranking in the first inning by yanking an offering from William & Mary�s Matt Wainman over the right-field fence.
�Caught a lot of the plate. Pretty much down the middle,� Wainman said. �I wish I could take that pitch back for sure.�
That early three-run lead registered as a relief, considering the Wolfpack needed every bit of Carlos Rodon�s masterful two-hit shutout to overcome the Tribe 1-0 on Saturday night.
It also supplied some confidence and comfort for the left-handed Stone (3-2), a freshman, who worked out of a fourth-inning jam with two runners aboard to otherwise cruise into the sixth inning, delivering his longest start since mid-April.
William & Mary, playing its second game of the day, pushed across its first run in the seventh inning. By that time, N.C. State had led 6-0 and its pitching staff was riding a streak of 22 2/3 scoreless innings, stretching back through Rodon�s gem to Friday night�s second inning, when Binghamton produced its lone run of the regional�s first night.
�Their pitchers did a good job two days in a row shutting down our offense,� William & Mary coach Jamie Pinzino said. �When we did get our chances later on in the game to score, they made good pitches and got out of some of those innings.�
Three errors by Wolfpack infielders during a span of four batters in the eighth inning gift-wrapped the Tribe�s other run, before Grant Sasser entered and recorded back-to-back strikeouts to end the inning.
Sasser then polished off a quick ninth inning, with the N.C. State fans standing and clapping, for his eighth save of the season.
�Like he�s done so many times,� N.C. State coach Elliott Avent said of Sasser, �he was the guiding light to just kind of calm the seas and kind of said, �Hey, let�s get back to who we are.� �
Logan Ratledge�s push bunt became a run-scoring infield single in the Wolfpack�s three-run sixth inning. Fincher added an RBI two batters later by beating out an infield single.
Senay�s two-out single in the eighth inning drove in two more runs. N.C. State collected 14 hits on 12 singles, Ratledge�s bloop double down the left-field line and Senay�s early bomb. Ratledge and Fincher finished with three hits apiece.
Wainman (4-4) was charged with 10 hits and five earned runs in 5 1/3 innings for William & Mary, which eliminated Mississippi 4-1 on Sunday afternoon to move on to Sunday night�s matchup against N.C. State.

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Charlie Sheen Is Going to Haiti with Sean Penn
With a backlash brewing against the incessant media coverage of Charlie Sheen's breakdown, Sheen has made an uncannily savvy move: He's announced he's going to Haiti on a humanitarian mission with his buddy Sean Penn, who has practically been living there since the earthquake struck more than a year ago:
Sheen told Access Hollywood that the two plan to visit the country still dealing with the aftershocks of a January 2010 earthquake.
"We're going to do a couple things first and then it looks like we're heading down (to Haiti)," Sheen said. "And I'm excited as hell because, you know, if I can bring the attention of the world down there, then clearly this tsunami keeps cresting."
Brilliant. Tying questionable coverage of his breakdown into a morally rock-solid issue? The media would practically be negligent if it didn't cover his trip to the still-suffering island! What, critics, do you want us to ignore Haiti?
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Join members of the scientific, energy, and foreign policy communities for an evening of active discussion as part of the program series, At the Crossroads of Science and Foreign Policy. Featured speakers will explore how science and technology can be used to combat one of our greatest global challenges: climate change. Following the speakers' presentations, audience discussion will challenge you to draw from your own experiences and knowledge to further explore climate change as it relates to the larger scientific, energy, and foreign policy communities.
The power of science and technology to change society and the lives of people is well appreciated. Scientific questions with large societal impact can have direct consequences for foreign policy: projections of global warming, food insecurity, the race for the atomic bomb in the 1940s, and the reproductive health revolution caused by the contraceptive pill are all examples. Today we are witnesses to the unintended consequences of our scientific and technological progress: human-induced climate change. Climate change is a global challenge that threatens our coastlines and infrastructure: hurricanes threaten our cities and stress our emergency response systems, and droughts stress our communities and may usher in an unprecedented era of population migration. Science and technology are at the root of this challenge and may also provide options for adaptation and mitigation.
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Who would you turn to if you needed a quick update to your site because you found out you were being featured in an article Is that person always available for you
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We often forget that were not alone. Its easy to do because you spend so much time working by yourself in the studio. But
You dont have to hold up the weight of a solo exhibition all by yourself.
If you get a little creative, you will find a whole bunch of people who would love to be involved with your show. They would be happy to help you install it, interpret it, and share it with others.
In my former life (a long time ago) I was an art museum curator and educator. This is exactly how we ...
We all love some parts of our business more than others. Id be lying to you if I told you that I loved marketing and bookkeeping as much as creating a course.
After doing this work with artists for nearly two decades, I can say with confidence that artists who happily embrace their role as CEO of their business do better than artists who dont.
This doesnt mean that you need to fake joy whenever youre paying bills. It means that you rise to accept the challenge because you know its importa...
Artist Lynn Basa understands the power of art to be a positive force in communities.
She is interested in the varied ways that artists are intersecting with public life. From more traditional public art to creative placemaking to socially engaged practice.
I talked with Lynn, author of The Artists Guide to Public Art: How to Find and Win Commissions, for the Art Biz Podcast. In particular, we focused on The Corner Project, an art space and community revitalization effort she founded in the blig...
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01/17/2007 WW Food Selections [Food and Drink]UPDATED 8/4/04 to include Food Form and Calorie, fat, fiber, and carbohydrate values. Database file containing foods and point value based on Weight Watcher guidelines. This file is an update with new food items. This database can be used alone or serve as an update file for the Weight Loss and Weight Watchers database files and the Cooking With Points database files. Contains a Restaurant Database Link file. UPDATED 1/28/2005 OVER 1400 FOOD ITEMS, FAVORITE FOODS, AND DATABASE POPUP TO GROCERY LIST. THE GROCERY LIST FILE CAN BE FOUND IN THE WEIGHT LOSS AND WEIGHT WATCHERS DATABASE FILES IN THE GALLERY.
07/04/2004 Reading Library [Reading]Designed to keep track of authors and books for the prolific reader. There are two liked databases in this applet. The first contains author information and features forms,a checkbox to mark favorite authors, note field to record information on author's series, action button to the associated book database, and additional forms to enter publisher and contact information. The book database provides for recording titles and information about the book. There are checkboxes to mark a book read, desire to read, own the book, loan the book, or borrowed. Text fields to record date book was read and to indicate to whom and when you loaned the book. Additional note field to record information on the plot or story line and a text field to record publishing date. Both databases contain forms.
01/20/2007 Weight Loss and Weight Watchers [Food and Drink]UPDATED AS OF 1/18/2007 NOW INCLUDES HOW TO USE WORD DOCUMENT. Contains information from the Revised database which is no longer downloadable from the DDH Gallery. Four (3 are linked by Database Popups)Handbase 3.0 databases: WW Daily Food Log to track target and flex (weekly allowance) points, calories, steps, and weight when weighing at home, food consumed, and daily point balance. Also allows for daily calorie target and calorie balance for those on a low calorie program. --- PLEASE READ THE NOTES PORTION ON SAMPLE DATA REGARDING ADJUSTMENTS TO POINTS AND CALORIES.--- The food information is pulled from the WW Food Choices database. WW Food Choices contains foods, point values, core food selections, calories, fat, fiber, carbohydrates by category; aslo contains foods from various restaurants. The Restaurant and Points Database contains information on the type of menu offered, the type of service available, and menu ideas with point values. This database is linked to the food list database. 8/4/04 ADDED Weight Loss and BMI database with Form to track weight, BMI, and target calories. 1/28/2005 Food Diet Data contains over 1690 food items; added a favorite food field and a Check-box as a reminder to add to the Grocery List. Also added the Grocery List Database.
07/15/2004 Weight Loss Table [Food and Drink]Track weekly weight loss with to reach target weight goal.
Fields: Week #, Date, Start Weight (record starting weight for the week), Current Weight (weekly weigh in), Loss (calculates weekly loss), Total Loss (calculates total weight loss todate), Height in Inches (Set the default in this field to your height in inches; needed to calculate BMI, Target Weight, and Calories), BMI (Calculation based on weight and height), Target Weight (Calculation based on current weight and BMI) and Calories Needed (Calculation based on target weight). The Calories Needed field is the total number of calories required to reach and maintain the Target Weight per USA guidelines. Calculations use formulas established by US Department of Health. Includes sample data to illustrate the calculations. Delete the records before using.
11/03/2004 Travel Expense [Travel]This database is designed to track travel expenses and mileage for business and/or personal use. Popup list are available in the Category Field (type of purchase), Payment Field (type of payment), and Place Field (includes chain restaurants, shops, stations, etc.). The Popup list can be modified to your needs. The Total Expenditure Field is a running total of expenses for the trip. Entering the odometer reading at the start of the trip and entering the odometer reading and gallons with the Gas purchase provides the data for the MPG and Mileage calculations. Entering the Ending Odometer reading will provide data for Total Mileage of the trip. The Note Field can be used for business notes or other miscellaneous data.
09/08/2005 Jenny Craig Food Order List [Food and Drink]For those following the Jenny Craig Program. Carry your Jenny Craig food order list on your handheld. This list contains all the food items with prices on the current Jenny Craig price sheet. Please note price may vary in your area; you may need to make adjustments. The database is designed to allow you to check mark the item you wish to order, the quantity, calculates the total for the individual item, and calculates the total for the order. The database also contains fields for meal type, storage, and taste. Added discount rate into total payment calculation.9/7/05
10/05/2005 Mystery Readers Authors and Books [Reading]Have you bought or borrowed a book only to discover you have previously read it? Do you loan your books to others? This database is for you the avid Mystery Reader.
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There's no denying the appeal of the (literally) inside-baseball testimony that makes up "Don't Let Us Win Tonight," a lovingly constructed "oral history of the 2004 Boston Red Sox's impossible playoff run."
You might think that you learned everything you need to know about the 2004 American League Championship Series from ESPN's "Four Days in October" documentary -- and you'd probably be right. But even so, there's no denying the appeal of the (literally) inside-baseball testimony that makes up "Don't Let Us Win Tonight" (Triumph Books), Allan Wood and Bill Nowlin's lovingly constructed "oral history of the 2004 Boston Red Sox's impossible playoff run."
It's not quite a traditional oral history, in that many of the quotes aren't newly solicited; instead, they're taken from interviews given during those legendary playoffs, when the Sox returned from an 0-3 deficit to beat their Yankee archrivals in perhaps the greatest comeback in sports. This approach works in the book's favor, since those reactions smack of thrilling immediacy -- they're not filtered through 10 years of replays and the perspective of two additional World Series wins.
Wood and Nowlin do a great job of siphoning off any post-game platitudes in favor of quotes that get into the heads of the players and managers -- not to mention the GMs, owners, ex-players, medical staff and even the bat boy.
Through their testimony, the smaller dramas behind the series -- Derek Lowe's "demotion" to the bullpen and eventual Game 7 redemption, Dave Roberts' preparation for the Stolen Base Heard Around The World, the Rube Goldberg surgery that jerry-rigged Curt Schilling's gimpy ankle -- all coalesce into a broader overarching story about grit, determination and sheer boneheaded luck. You know exactly what's going to happen, and yet you still feel the bumps rise on the back of your neck.
By the way, extra kudos to the authors for devoting an entire chapter to the jeering sportswriters who piled on when the Sox were down 0-3. Hard to pick a favorite, but I liked this bon mot from the Providence Journal's Jim Donaldson: "Only a bunch of idiots would continue to put their faith in this chronically overpaid and underachieving aggregation of ill-kempt characters ... Sure, they're loose. They're also losers." Oops.
Of course, the ALCS was so compelling that "Don't Let Us Win Tonight" winds up suffering from the same fate as the official 2004 World Series DVD, in which narrator Matt Damon tries desperately to wring drama out of what was an anti-climactic series at best.
You can skim the chapters on the games vs. St. Louis and go right to the post-World Series celebration, where the flabbergasted players were bombarded with accolades from fans who said they could "die happy" -- or who brandished pictures of loved ones who hadn't lived to see it. (A chapter of fan reactions would have been a nice touch, although I imagine it could have gotten repetitive pretty quickly.)
The historic nature of that ALCS -- really, the almost too-perfect Hollywood construction of it, in a way that would get a professional screenwriter laughed out of the room -- makes it more than worthy of book-length treatment. But the great thing about "Don't Let Us Win Tonight," named for first baseman Kevin Millar's famous declaration going into Game 4, is that Wood and Nowlin's meticulous efforts make it into much more than a souvenir for Sox fans.
Instead, it's a historical document that, behind all the game-time drama, reverberates with a love of the sport that would resonate with any baseball lover. Maybe even a Yankee fan.
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Robert Dziekanski Taser death: Kwesi Millington sentenced to 30 months for perjury
Sentence is even longer than mother says she had hoped for
Const. Kwesi Millington, the RCMP officer who fired a Taser the night Robert Dziekanski died at Vancouver International Airport, has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for perjury and colluding with his fellow officers at an inquiry into the death.
That's a longer sentence than Dziekanski's mother said she had hoped for.
"It is some justice finally, after almost eight years," said Zofia Cisowski, who was in tears as the judge read his sentence.
She had wanted Millington to serve at least two years. "I am so happy and I am so nervous … I could jump to the sky."
Millington has been granted bail pending the appeal of his sentence.
Dziekanski was Tasered by RCMP multiple times at Vancouver airport in 2007, after four officers responded to reports of a man throwing furniture.
All four officers were charged with perjury following the inquiry into Dziekanski's death, for testimony inquiry commissioner Thomas Braidwood called "patently unbelievable."
Millington and former RCMP corporal Monty Robinson were convicted of perjury; the other officers, Const. Bill Bentley and Const. Gerry Rundel, were acquitted.
Lies 'stood in the way' of inquiry, said judge
B.C. Supreme Court Judge William Ehrcke said the sentence was on the higher end of recommendations, because Millington's lies "stood in the way of getting a true explanation" at the inquiry.
He had earlier said it was "preposterous" for Millington to claim Dziekanski was standing while he Tasered him a second time, when it's clear from bystander video the Polish immigrant was already on the ground.
- Taser video shows RCMP shocked immigrant within seconds of their arrival
- Mountie found guilty of perjury in Robert Dziekanski Taser death
Ehrcke considered the Crown's recommendation of a sentence up to 36 months, he said, but opted for 30 in part because of the difficulties a police officer would face in prison.
The judge dismissed the defence's request for a conditional sentence without jail time.
"While I have no doubt the accused is sad about the death, that is not the same as remorseful," said Ehrcke.
Millington released on bail pending appeal
Millington, whose imprisonment was to begin immediately, was quietly shown the door to the holding area, escorted at a distance by the sheriff without handcuffs.
His lawyers are appealing his conviction and are expected to appeal his sentence. Later Monday a different judge granted him bail pending that appeal.
Cisowski, who was aware of the appeal, is hopeful the prison sentence will stand.
"I admire this judge about his decision," she said.
"[Millington] Tasered my son five times. He lied about [it] and covered it up."
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When configuring a subscription to a publication in SQL Server, on initialization it is common to encounter the error:
The process could not read file X:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\<instance>\MSSQL\repldata\<snapshot>\<snapshot_file> due to OS error 3. (Source: MSSQL_REPL, Error number: MSSQL_REPL20016)
Get help: http://help/MSSQL_REPL20016
The system cannot find the path specified.
(Source: MSSQL_REPL, Error number: MSSQL_REPL3)
Get help: http://help/MSSQL_REPL3
This error can be puzzling at first glance especially when further investigation reveals that the path indeed does exist and the replication agent process accounts have sufficient privileges to access the snapshot folder. Well, if you are like most, you probably configured the Distributor using the Configure Distribution Wizard or the New Publication Wizard which defaults the snapshot folder to a local path.
The reason this error occurs is because when using pull subscriptions and/or a remote distributor you must specify a UNC network share such as \\<computername>\snapshot rather than a local path for the snapshot folder. To alleviate this issue, make the snapshot folder a UNC network share and update the Distributor Properties to reflect this change.


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Sebastian Lang-Lessing has programmed the Symphony's Applause Series (the second of the two Classics series) to open this weekend with a work by Arvo Pärt (pronounced arvo pært). Pärt is not a composer that is performed often by the Symphony, but is enormously popular with choral groups. He is an Estonian composer, who lived in Berlin for many years. His style of composition is unique; he calls it tintinnabuli. The music is simple and often sounds like ringing bells. It is influenced by Gregorian chant.
The concert begins with one of his more famous works, Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten. The work is for string orchestra and a single chime bell. Here is a video of a recent performance by an ensemble called A Far Cry:
Friday, October 28 and Saturday, October 29
Paganini Rhapsody
8 p.m., Majestic Theatre
Sebastian Lang-Lessing, conductor
Bernd Glemser, piano
Pärt Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten
Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op.43
Liszt Totentanz, S.126
Schumann Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op.61
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By John Perrotto
Kannapolis, N.C., the hometown of the Earnhardts -- patriarch Ralph, son Dale Sr. and grandson Dale Jr. -- will always be synonymous with the sport of stock car racing. However, the Earnhardts aren't the only Kannapolis family that has made a mark in the sporting world. In the heart of NASCAR country, 25 miles north of Charlotte, the three sons of Jeff and Jody Seager have all become professional baseball players. Two took part in the All-Star Game festivities in Minneapolis last week.
Kyle, the Seattle Mariners' third baseman and the first son to reach the major leagues, played in his first All-Star Game. Corey, a top shortstop prospect in the Los Angeles Dodgers' farm system, just recently promoted to Double-A Chattanooga, participated in the All-Star Futures Game. A third brother, Justin, is a corner infielder for the Mariners' low Single-A Clinton farm club.
Jeff and Jody were at Target Field to see Corey and Kyle play. It certainly made up for all of Jody's figurines that had been broken over the years in the living room when the three brothers violated the cardinal rule of all mothers -- playing ball in the house. "We've always been very competitive, all three of us," Kyle Seager said with a smile.
That's not surprising, though, considering that Jeff Seager played college baseball at Fairleigh Dickinson and Jody is a physical education teacher in Concord, N.C. It was as if the three brothers were born to be athletes.
"All three [of us] have got to thank our dad," Kyle Seager said. "He taught us how to play the game the right way from the time we were little. He taught us how to work hard, not only during the season but in the offseason, too, so we would always be prepared.
"Baseball has been 24/7 in our family ever since I was little and we've all loved it. All three of us dreamed of making it to the major leagues. I've been fortunate to have made it already, because I'm six years older than Corey and four years older than Justin, but I really believe they have the talent to make it, too."
Kyle Seager was selected in the third round of the 2009 amateur draft by the Mariners out of the University of North Carolina and was in the major leagues two years later. He hit .259 with 20 home runs and 86 RBIs in 155 games in 2012, his first full season in the big leagues, then batted .260 with 22 homers and 69 RBIs in 160 games last year.
This year, the 26-year-old is having his best season yet, with a .273 batting average, 15 home runs and 63 RBIs in 93 games. He's the home run and RBI leader for a Mariners team that's 51-45 and second in the American League wild-card standings. Seattle is attempting to make the postseason for the first time since 2001. Seager's 3.9 WAR also ranks eighth in the AL.
However, Seager isn't the type to take much credit for being a large part of the Mariners' unexpected success. "Being picked to the All-Star Game is something that's extremely exciting but, as far I'm concerned, with personal accolades, you can either take them or leave them," Seager said. "It's nice that people recognize what I've been doing this season, but what I'm most happy about is that we've played good baseball and we're in contention."
The Mariners' offense has been challenged seemingly ever since 2001, when Seattle tied the major league record with 116 regular-season victories behind Ichiro Suzuki, Bret Boone, Edgar Martinez and John Olerud. This season, the Mariners rank just 12th of the 15 AL teams in runs scored with an average of 3.96 a game. Even so, Seager and second baseman Robinson Cano, who was signed to a 10-year, $240 million contract in the offseason as a free agent, became the first Seattle infielders to be selected to an All-Star Game since Jose Lopez in 2006.
"Robby has made a big impact," Seager said of Cano, who's hitting .340 with seven homers and 57 RBIs in 92 games. "He's one of the best hitters in the game and he's come in and taken a little bit off pressure off all the rest of us. Signing him made a big impact in the clubhouse. The attitude changed once we signed him. We felt we could win."
Seager has succeeded when other high draft picks, such as shortstops Nick Franklin and Brad Miller and leftfielder Dustin Ackley have yet to break out at the major league level.
ESPN analyst Eric Wedge, who was the Mariners' manager the past three seasons before being replaced by Lloyd McClendon over the winter, believes Seager has succeeded because of his consistent approach to the game.
"He has a great routine, really takes good care of himself," Wedge said. "He wants to play every day, which deserves respect in and of itself. But the reason he can play every day is because of how he goes about his business and the consistency of his play. You've got to have that. As a manger, you want guys you can pencil in every day. He's proven to be one of those guys. He's someone who understands what it takes to be successful."
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John Perrotto has covered professional baseball since 1988 for such outlets as USA Today, USA Today Sports Weekly, The Sports Xchange, Baseball America and the Beaver County (Pa.) Times. You can find more of his work on Facebook or follow him on Twitter.


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This week I've been running my MSc survey, which is about open source/free software projects. I've had many projects answer (over 120 at the moment), including Perl, Sendmail, Berkeley DB, GNU Make, and others. There are some great comments by Larry Wall ("Gobs" of programmers for Perl 5/6 :-), and I've been writing the pages to get the answers nicely displayable. Almost done, too.
The survey is up at http://www.async.com.br/~kiko/fsp/
raph didn't answer his request, though :-) Would have been cool to get Ghostscript there, and it's an important data point.
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A lawyer or attorney is a person who Practice of law, as an advocate, wikt:attorney, attorney at law, barrister, barrister-at-law, bar-at-law, canonist, canon lawyer, civil law notary, counsel, counselor, counsellor, solicitor, legal executive, or public servant preparing, interpreting and applying law, but not as a paralegal or charter executive secretary.Henry Campbell Black, ''Black's Law Dictionary'', 5th ed. (Saint Paul, Minnesota: Thomson West, 1979), 799. Working as a lawyer involves the practical application of abstract legal theories and knowledge to solve specific individualized problems, or to advance the interests of those who hire lawyers to perform legal services.
The role of the lawyer varies greatly across legal jurisdictions, and so it can be treated here in only the most general terms.Geoffrey C. Hazard, Jr. & Angelo Dondi, ''Legal Ethics: A Comparative Study'' (Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 2004, ), 20–23.John Henry Merryman and Rogelio Pérez-Perdomo, ''The Civil Law Tradition: An Introduction to the Legal Systems of Europe and Latin America'', 3rd ed. (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2007), 102–103.
Notably, England, the mother of the common law jurisdictions, emerged from the Middle Ages with similar complexity in its legal professions, but then evolved by the 19th century to a single division between barristers and solicitors. An equivalent division developed between advocates and procurators in some civil law countries; these two types did not always monopolize the practice of law, in that they coexisted with civil law notaries.Benoit Bastard and Laura Cardia-Vonèche, "The Lawyers of Geneva: an Analysis of Change in the Legal Profession," trans. by Richard L. Abel, in ''Lawyers in Society: The Civil Law World'', vol. 2, eds. Richard L. Abel and Philip S.C. Lewis, 295–335 (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988), 297.Carlos Viladás Jene, "The Legal Profession in Spain: An Understudied but Booming Occupation," in ''Lawyers in Society: The Civil Law World'', vol. 2, eds. Richard L. Abel and Philip S.C. Lewis, 369–379 (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988), 369.Vittorio Olgiati and Valerio Pocar, "The Italian Legal Profession: An Institutional Dilemma," in ''Lawyers in Society: The Civil Law World'', vol. 2, eds. Richard L. Abel and Philip S.C. Lewis, 336–368 (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988), 338.
Several countries that originally had two or more legal professions have since Fused profession or ''united'' their professions into a single type of lawyer.Bastard, 299, and Hazard, 45.Harry W. Arthurs, Richard Weisman, and Frederick H. Zemans, "Canadian Lawyers: A Peculiar Professionalism," in ''Lawyers in Society: The Common Law World'', vol. 1, eds. Richard L. Abel and Philip S.C. Lewis, 123–185 (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988), 124.David Weisbrot, "The Australian Legal Profession: From Provincial Family Firms to Multinationals," in ''Lawyers in Society: The Common Law World'', vol. 1, eds. Richard L. Abel and Philip S.C. Lewis, 244–317 (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988), 250.
Georgina Murray, "New Zealand Lawyers: From Colonial GPs to the Servants of Capital," in ''Lawyers in Society: The Common Law World'', vol. 1, eds. Richard L. Abel and Philip S.C. Lewis, 318–368 (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988), 324. Most countries in this category are common law countries, though France, a civil law country, merged its jurists in 1990 and 1991 in response to Anglo-American competition.Anne Boigeol, "The Rise of Lawyers in France," in ''Legal Culture in the Age of Globalization: Latin America and Latin Europe,'' eds. Lawrence M. Friedman and Rogelio Pérez-Perdomo, 185–219 (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2003), 208. In countries with fused professions, a lawyer is usually permitted to carry out all or nearly all the responsibilities listed below.
In England, the usual division of labor is that a solicitor will obtain the facts of the case from the client and then brief a barrister (usually in writing).Fiona Boyle, Deveral Capps, Philip Plowden, Clare Sandford, ''A Practical Guide to Lawyering Skills'', 3rd ed. (London: Cavendish Publishing, 2005), 47–50. The barrister then researches and drafts the necessary court pleadings (which will be filed and served by the solicitor) and orally argues the case.See Abel, ''England and Wales'', 56 and 141.
In Spain, the procurator merely signs and presents the papers to the court, but it is the advocate who drafts the papers and argues the case.Jene, 369.
In some countries, like Japan, a scrivener or clerk may fill out court forms and draft simple papers for lay persons who cannot afford or do not need attorneys, and advise them on how to manage and argue their own cases.Rokumoto, 164.
In England, only solicitors were traditionally in direct contact with the client.Abel, ''England and Wales'', 1 and 141. The solicitor retained a barrister if one was necessary and acted as an intermediary between the barrister and the client.J. R. Spencer and R. M. Jackson, ''Jackson's Machinery of Justice'', 8th ed. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989), 336. In most cases barristers were obliged, under what is known as the "cab rank rule", to accept instructions for a case in an area in which they held themselves out as practicing, at a court at which they normally appeared and at their usual rates.R.E. Megarry, ''Lawyer and Litigant in England'' (London: Stevens and Sons, 1962), 32.Maureen Paton, "Cab-rank exits," ''The Times'', 9 October 2001, 1. This brief article explains the uneasy tension between solicitors and barristers, and the loopholes that have developed. For example, a barrister need not accept a case if the fee is too low or the barrister is just too busy.
In other countries, jurists who hold law degrees are allowed to provide legal advice to individuals or to corporations, and it is irrelevant if they lack a license and cannot appear in court.Abel, ''England and Wales'', 185; Bastard, 318.Kees Schuyt, "The Rise of Lawyers in the Dutch Welfare State," in ''Lawyers in Society: The Civil Law World'', vol. 2, eds. Richard L. Abel and Philip S.C. Lewis, 200–224 (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988), 201. Some countries go further; in England and Wales, there is ''no'' general prohibition on the giving of legal advice.Stephen J. McGarry, ''Multidisciplinary Practices and Partnerships: Lawyers, Consultants, and Clients'', § 1.06[1] (New York: Law Journal Press, 2002), 1–29. Sometimes civil law notaries are allowed to give legal advice, as in Belgium.Luc Huyse, "Legal Experts in Belgium," in ''Lawyers in Society: The Civil Law World'', vol. 2, eds. Richard L. Abel and Philip S.C. Lewis, 225–257 (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988), 227.
In many countries, non-jurist accountants may provide what is technically legal advice in tax and accounting matters.Murray, 325; and Rokumoto, 164.
Lawyers in some civil law countries traditionally deprecated "transactional law" or "business law" as beneath them. French law firms developed transactional departments only in the 1990s when they started to lose business to international firms based in the United States and the United Kingdom (where solicitors have always done transactional work).Boigeol, "The Rise of Lawyers," 206.
In others, the use of a lawyer is optional and banks, title companies, or realtors may be used instead.Weisbrot, 251. In some civil law jurisdictions, real estate transactions are handled by civil law notaries.Arthurs, 125; Huyse, 227; and Schuyt, 201. In England and Wales a special class of legal professional–the licensed conveyancer–is also allowed to carry out conveyancing services for reward.Simon Domberger and Avrom Sherr, "The Impact of Competition on Pricing and Quality of Legal Services," in ''The Regulatory Challenge,'' eds. Matthew Bishop, John Kay, Colin Mayer, 119–137 (New York: Oxford University Press, 1995), 121–122.
In the United States, the estates of the deceased must generally be administered by a court through probate. American lawyers have a profitable monopoly on dispensing advice about probate law (which has been heavily criticized).Ralph Warner & Stephen Elias, ''Fed Up with the Legal System: What's Wrong & How to Fix It'' (Berkeley: Nolo Press, 1994), 11.
In other countries, particularly the UK and Admission to the bar in the United States, law is primarily taught at law schools. the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) must be taken to have the right to work and be named as a barrister. Students who decide to pursue a non-law subject at degree level can instead study the Common Professional Examination (GDL) after their degrees, before beginning the Legal Practice Course (LPC) or BPTC. In the United StatesWayne L. Anderson and Marilyn J. Headrick, ''The Legal Profession: Is it for you?'' (Cincinnati: Thomson Executive Press, 1996), 52–53. and countries following the American model, (such as CanadaAnonymous, "Careers in the legal profession offer a variety of opportunities: While we may not think about it often, the legal system affects us every day," ''The Telegram'', 14 April 2004, D8. with the exception of the province of Quebec) law schools are graduate/professional schools where a bachelor's degree is a prerequisite for admission. Most law schools are part of universities but a few are independent institutions. Law schools in the United States and Canada (with the exception of McGill University) award graduating students a J.D. (Juris Doctor/Doctor of Jurisprudence) (as opposed to the Bachelor of Laws) as the practitioner's law degree. Many schools also offer post-doctoral law degrees such as the LL.M (Legum Magister/Master of Laws), or the S.J.D. (Scientiae Juridicae Doctor/Doctor of Juridical Science) for students interested in advancing their research knowledge and credentials in a specific area of law.Christen Civiletto Carey and Kristen David Adams, ''The Practice of Law School: Getting In and Making the Most of Your Legal Education'' (New York: ALM Publishing, 2003), 525.
The methods and quality of legal education vary widely. Some countries require extensive clinical training in the form of apprenticeships or special clinical courses.Hazard, 127–129; Merryman, 103; and Olgiati, 345. Others, like Venezuela, do not.Pérez-Perdomo, "Venezuelan Legal Profession," 384. A few countries prefer to teach through assigned readings of judicial opinions (the casebook method) followed by intense in-class cross-examination by the professor (the Socratic method).Robert H. Miller, ''Law School Confidential: A Complete Guide to the Law School Experience, By Students, for Students'' (New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 2000), 25–27.Anderson, 4–10. Many others have only lectures on highly abstract legal doctrines, which forces young lawyers to figure out how to actually think and write like a lawyer at their first apprenticeship (or job).Blankenburg, 132; Friedman and Pérez-Perdomo, 6; Hazard, 124–128; and Olgiati, 345.Sergio Lopez-Ayllon and Hector Fix-Figaro, " 'Faraway, So Close!' The Rule of Law and Legal Change in Mexico: 1970–2000," in ''Legal Culture in the Age of Globalization: Latin America and Latin Europe'', eds. Lawrence M. Friedman and Rogelio Pérez-Perdomo, 285–351 (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2003), 324.Herbert Hausmaninger, "Austrian Legal Education," 43 S. Tex. L. Rev. 387, 388 and 400 (2002). Depending upon the country, a typical class size could range from five students in a seminar to five hundred in a giant lecture room. In the United States, law schools maintain small class sizes, and as such, grant admissions on a more limited and competitive basis.Miller, 42–60.


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SOCORRO, N.M., March 13, 2006 — Former New Mexico Tech students Jon Hill and Joshua Link teamed together to start up iniCom Networks Inc., a computer-networking company now based in Albuquerque, whose focus is on network software development and technology within the legal industry.
"In order to be in a position of responsibility where success or failure is entirely your own doing, you inevitably have to go out on your own and start something yourself," Hill states.
IniCom was founded in December of 1999 after Hill, Link, and a group of fellow former New Mexico Tech students decided to establish a start-up software and services business. They felt their combined computer skills would allow the company to excel and meet the growing needs of the computer industry.
"My experience at New Mexico Tech was excellent," Hill says. "The job opportunities give you hands-on experience designing, developing, and implementing computer technologies. I would say the opportunities offered at New Mexico Tech directly supported the direction I took in computer science and in my career."
"New Mexico Tech definitely fosters the entrepreneurial spirit, and Tech students are encouraged to try new things and to help their professors and peers with major projects or jobs," Link adds. "Coming out of school with hands-on and real-world experience dealing with real-world problems greatly increases your chances of success."
IniCom's network software products concentrate on innovative data transfer and access programs, and custom software development related to data management in a range of industries including educational, commercial, and legal.
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"I think one of the things that allowed us to be successful was the ability to find a niche and focus on it," Link states. "There are hundreds of companies in New Mexico that provide general Information Technology services, but by building on the foundation we created while at previous companies, we were able to target a market that is just beginning to be tapped."
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45 Years Ago: Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention Release 'Cruising With Ruben & the Jets'
On Dec. 2, 1968, a mysterious group of pompadoured cartoon faces turned back the clock of music history to highlight the golden era of doo-wop with their self-referencing album 'Cruising With Ruben & the Jets.'
But before widespread head-scratching could ensue, record buyers who bothered to read the fine print found in a speech balloon on the cover art were informed that this strange ensemble of old-timers was none other than that "rocking teenage combo" the Mothers of Invention.
Even though just two short years had elapsed since Frank Zappa and the Mothers first burst onto the scene with 1966's watershed 'Freak Out!' album, the prolific bandleader and his charges had already churned out another pair of era-defining LPs filled with dark rock 'n' roll satire ('Absolutely Free' and 'We're Only in it for the Money'), and a daring avant-garde symphonic work ('Lumpy Gravy'), proving nothing was out of bounds for the maverick musical genius.
Certainly not the beloved doo-wop of Zappa's teen years. He had dabbled with the music quite a bit before he became a star, both separately and alongside Mothers singer Ray Collins, who was convinced to hold off his inevitable departure from the fast-changing group long enough to help Zappa record this refreshingly straightforward collection of lovelorn pop ditties amid the continuing experimental nature dominating the concurrent 'Uncle Meat' sessions.
The results may have sounded somewhat archaic when released in the thick of rock's Age of Aquarius (or, if you like, well ahead of the nostalgia curve that led to George Lucas' 'American Graffiti' five years later), but innately infectious, and only mildly ironic puppy-love confections, like 'Fountain of Love,' 'Later that Night,' 'Jelly Roll Gum Drop' and 'Love of My Life' left little doubt of Zappa and band's authentic love, knowledge, respect and deep ties to doo-wop.
Not long after this one-of-a-kind release, the Mothers of Invention would resume their thoroughly modern, consistently groundbreaking recording activities, only sporadically returning to nostalgic sounds on random occasions in years to come. But for that very reason, 'Cruising With Ruben & the Jets' has gone down as one of the most beloved and distinctive recordings in Zappa's incomparably vast and versatile musical canon.


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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Drivers hardly needed another reason to win NASCAR's Daytona 500 because it's stock-car racing's most prestigious race.
NASCAR gave them one anyway.
The 56th running of the Daytona 500 on Sunday will be the first race under new rules that place more emphasis on drivers winning races and less on merely collecting points to reach NASCAR's Chase for the Cup championship playoff in the fall.
The changes mean that if a driver wins one of the 26 regular-season races in the Sprint Cup Series, starting with the season-opening Daytona 500, he or she virtually is guaranteed a berth in the 10-race Chase.
The Daytona 500 "is huge but now it's extra special," said Greg Biffle, who finished ninth in last year's Chase. "You win the Daytona 500 and you're in the Chase. That's a pretty incredible way to start the season.
"Same with all our other [regular-season] races," said Biffle, who drives the No. 16 Ford prepared by Roush Fenway Racing. "If you win at Phoenix, [if] you win at Vegas you're in the Chase."
Phoenix and Las Vegas follow the Daytona 500.
The new Chase format also expanded the playoff to 16 drivers from 12, although the Chase races, like all Cup races, continue to have a field of 43 drivers overall.
The revised format also features elimination rounds during the playoff so that only four remaining Chase drivers have a chance to win the title at the season finale at Florida's Homestead-Miami Speedway.
"Every time we change something, it brings people's eyes onto the sport," said Dale Earnhardt Jr., who won the Daytona 500 a decade ago. "They'll definitely be checking it out the first of the season."
So a Chase berth will be on drivers' minds from the moment the green flag falls Sunday for 200 laps around the high-banked, 2.5-mile Daytona International Speedway.
Rookie Austin Dillon will lead the field after winning the pole for his grandfather's team, Richard Childress Racing. Dillon is driving a Chevrolet with the No. 3 made famous by Earnhardt's late father, seven-time champion Dale Earnhardt.
But many of NASCAR's biggest names will start at the back Sunday because they either had to change engines or switch to backup cars because of accidents in practice or qualifying.
Under NASCAR's rules, the changes require that the drivers start at the back regardless of their qualifying speeds.
Those drivers include reigning Cup champion and defending Daytona 500 winner Jimmie Johnson, three-time champion Tony Stewart and Martin Truex Jr., whose qualifying speed was second to Dillon's.
But Jack Roush, co-owner of Roush Fenway, said it was unlikely the drivers in back would quickly charge to the front and risk an accident early in the race.
Daytona is one of two tracks — Talladega, Ala., is the other — where NASCAR restricts the cars' horsepower, which keeps the cars in closely bunched packs. As a result, a driver can move from the back to the front in less than 20 laps, so there's no need to rush.
"I think the first 50 laps will be fairly quiet," said Roush, whose other drivers are Carl Edwards and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. "The people that are starting in the back for the most part will be happy to live there for a third if not two-thirds of the race."
After that, he added, "all bets are off."
Still, driver Kyle Busch said that while the new Chase rules give drivers even more incentive to be aggressive in trying to win the Daytona 500 and its $1-million-plus first prize, there would be other chances after Sunday.
"It would certainly be nice to be the winner and to be . . . into the Chase right off the bat," Busch said. "But it's a long season. You've got 26 races to get it done."
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Oct 14, 2011
JACKSON, Miss.—Courtesy of a late-game goal from senior Garner Shivers, the Birmingham-Southern men's soccer team defeated Millsaps College, 1-0, Friday evening in Jackson, Miss.
The Panthers advance to 8-4 on the season and 4-1 in conference play.
Shivers scored the lone goal of the game in the 76th minute, assisted by fellow seniors Nicolas Reitmeier and Sean Head.
Millsaps out-shot BSC 11-8, but the Panthers recorded five shots on-goal to the Majors' four.
Sophomore goalkeeper Sveinbo Grimsson played the entire game for BSC and recorded four saves.
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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - The Georgia College & State University basketball teams have kept spots in the most recent NCAA Southeast Region Rankings released today (Feb. 25). The men stay put at No. 4, while the women slip one slot to No. 7.
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The women's basketball team went 1-2 last week, sandwiching a 51-44 win over Georgia Southwestern State University between losses at Columbus State University and at home to No. 11 Francis Marion University. Senior forward Tiauna Brantley (Woodstock, Ga.) is 14th in the Peach Belt Conference (PBC) in scoring, averaging 12.0 per contest.
The men's squad went 2-1, beating both Columbus State and Georgia Southwestern before falling to FMU at home. Senior guard Shaun Keaton (Albany, Ga.) paces the Bobcats with 16.0 points per contest, good for fourth in the Peach Belt Conference (PBC).
The top team on the men's side is Augusta State University, while the top women's team is FMU.
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Game On! Sports Schedule for February 28, 2013
With number one Indiana getting knocked off earlier this week, the top spot in the next men's basketball poll is ripe for the taking.
Second-ranked Gonzaga is in line to become the nation's top team, but it will have to avoid a pitfall tonight when it travels to Brigham Young. Gonzaga has never been the number one team, so there's a lot on the line for the WCC school, even if the tournament wasn't a few weeks away. BYUhas already notched 20 wins on the season, but would like a big win over the Bulldogs to beed up their tourney resume.
Duke can also stake its claim for the top spot and will also be on the road tonight to make its case when it heads to Charlottesville to take on Virginia. Like BYU, UVA also harbors tournament aspirations and would like nothing more than to take down the Blue Devils.
Here's a complete look at today's sports schedule. All times Eastern:
Los Angeles Clippers at Indiana 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Chicago 8 p.m. (TNT)
Minnesota at Los Angeles Lakers 10:30 p.m. (TNT)
NCAA Men's Basketball Top 25
(2) Gonzaga at Brigham Young 11 p.m. (ESPN2)
(3) Duke at Virginia 9 p.m. (ESPN)
(16) Ohio State at Northwestern 7 p.m. (ESPN2)
Oregon State at (24) Oregon 11 p.m. (ESPNU)
Utah State at (25) Louisiana Tech 8 p.m.
Ottawa at Boston 7 p.m.
Toronto at New York Islanders 7 p.m.
Tampa Bay at New York Rangers7 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Carolina 7 p.m.
Buffalo at Florida 7:30 p.m.
New Jersey at Winnipeg 8 p.m.
Chicago at St. Louis 8 p.m.
Edmonton at Dallas 8:30 p.m.
Calgary at Colorado 9 p.m.
Minnesota at Phoenix 9 p.m.
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ROCHESTER, Mich. - UC Santa Barbara scored a goal in each half and its defense did the rest as the Gauchos opened its two-game road swing to Michigan with a 2-0 win at Oakland University on Friday night.
UCSB improved to 3-3-1 with the win while Oakland dropped to 1-5-0.
The Gauchos got on the board first, scoring in the 21st minute. Freshman defender Miranda Cornejo, who entered the game just moments earlier, headed home a corner kick by Erica Shelton at the 20:55 mark. The goal was the first of Cornejo's career.
UCSB scored its second goal of the match at the 56:16 mark when Dyanne Anderson was in the right place at the right time, scoring on a scramble right in front of the goal line. It was the team-leading fourth goal of the season for Anderson, three coming in the last three games.
UCSB dominated the entire match, outshooting the Golden Grizzlies 27-7 overall and 10-1 in shots on goal. The first half was even more lopsided as the margins were 19-4 and 6-0. The Gauchos also narrowly missed on several occasions in the first 45 minutes. Anderson hit the crossbar with a shot in the second minute and then in the 16th minute, Erin Ortega hit a post.
Sophomore goalkeeper Makenna Henry needed just one save to post her second shutout of the season.
The game between the Gauchos and Golden Grizzlies also marked the return of some injured Gauchos. Defenders Nicole Romanowski and Alyssa Benjamin were each in the starting lineup for the first time in three games.
UCSB will remain in Michigan for one more match when they travel to Michigan State on Sunday, Sept. 11. The game against the Spartans will kick-off at 9:00 a.m. (PDT).


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Intel 'Santa Rosa' blooms into Centrino Duo, Pro
Next-gen notebook platform debuts
Intel has launched 'Santa Rosa', the latest generation of its Centrino laptop platform. This time round, the brand is being segmented: Centrino Pro for big business, Centrino Duo for the rest of us.
Intel mobile Core 2 Duo processor
Duo is the baseline. It's based around revised versions of the mobile Core 2 Duo processors Intel launched in autumn 2006, along with laptop-friendly incarnations of the 965 desktop chipset brought to market almost a year ago. The key chipset, the 965GM, brings Intel's latest integrated graphics core, the GMA X3000, to Centrino for a smoother Windows Vista experience and better-looking movie playback.
Intel Wireless Wi-Fi Link 4965AGN
Intel's next-gen 802.11n capable Wi-Fi add-in card is part of the package too, but Turbo Memory, a Flash cache that sits between a notebook's hard drive and the chipset, is optional. Intel said it not only halves application load times but reduces the wake-up-from-sleep time by a similar percentage. It recently showed a Google Earth/Adobe Photoshop Elements workflow run in almost half the time (68s) on a Turbo Memory-equipped laptop than on one without the Flash cache (120s).
Intel Turbo Memory
Centrino Pro adds Active Management 2.5 facilities that Intel hopes will appeal to corporate technology managers, who'll be able to troubleshoot laptop fleets remotely over wires or wireless. The Pro version also activates Intel's Virtualisation and Trusted Execution Technologies.
CPU prices range from $209 for the 1.8GHz T7100 processor with 2MB of cache to $530 for the 2.6GHz, 4MB T7700. The 965 chipset costs $39 or $43, depending on configuration. The Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN costs $29, while Turbo Memory ranges from $13 to $21, respectively, for the 512MB and 1GB versions - so check vendor spec sheets to make sure which of the two you're getting.
Intel also announced a pair of low-voltage Core 2 Duos, as expected, clocked at 1.4GHz and 1.2GHz, both operating over an 800MHz frontside bus, as do the four new regular-voltage Core 2 Duos. The LV parts contain 4MB of L2 cache.


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100% Whole Grain Sourdough Hearth Bread
After following the recent adventures of JMonkey with 100% Whole Grain Sourdough and working on answering some of the questions concerning whole grain sourdough breads posted by Ron, Shai, and Taygirl, and wanting to make some bread my wife, who is more of a "true believer" in whole grain breads, would be happier to eat, I've decided to do some experimenting again with whole grain hearth breads. Just to be up front about this, I'm not a "true believer". I'm happy to have some "Work Horse Sourdough" or even a white "Pane Casarecio di Genzano" or a "Sourdough Pagnotta" or a "Thom Leonard CF" or the like in smaller quantities, and just eat other foods to get the nutrients and fiber from the bran and germ that might be missing due to indulging in less than 100% whole grain breads. Nonetheless, when my granola eating friends give me that disapproving look, I just feel guilty if I can't come up with a good 100% Whole Grain Sourdough Hearth Bread to settle their doubts.
With the caveats mentioned above, I still thought this bread had good flavor and texture. My wife was especially happy with it and asked me to keep a small quantity of it on hand at all times in the freezer, along with other favorites. The only other time she has made such a request was for the Sourdough Focaccia, which is an addiction, not a healthy choice.
I made this bread in two different ways. The first is a one-step approach with a very long somewhat cool rise from a very small amount of starter added directly to the final dough ingredients. The second is a two-step approach with an overnight levain allowed to somewhat more than double in volume and a soaker of the remaining whole grain flours that are combined in a final dough with salt and a little malt syrup the next day for a faster warmer final rise. Note that to satisfy the "100% whole grain true believers", I have gone to the trouble of making a whole wheat starter, which I did by taking a tiny amount of my white flour starter and feeding it repeatedly over the course of the past week with exclusively whole wheat flour. Given that I feed the starter 1:4:5 (starter:water:flour by weight) every 12 hours, there is still about 1 billionth of a part of white flour in it. Sorry, I just didn't have time to get it any closer to pure whole grain. However, I then dilute it by a factor of about 100 in the dough, so the final dough is 1/100 billionth white flour or so, just in the interests of full disclosure.
I have spreadsheets for both the two-step version (html, xls), and the one-step version (html, xls). Photos of the process, including a nice pair of roast chicken and some roast yams, later mashed, covered with marshmallows, and allowed to brown in the oven. Kids love those marshmallow covered yams, let me tell you.
Version 1 Mixing and Initial Rise
Version 1 Dough:
- 15g 80% hydration whole wheat starter (you can probably substitute any whole grain starter, or a white flour starter if you don't mind going a little below 100% whole grain).
- 41g whole rye flour
- 141g whole spelt flour
- 383g Wheat Montana Prairie Gold (high protein white whole wheat flour)
- 375g Wheat Montana Bronze Chief (high protein red whole wheat flour) or just combine the whole wheat flours and use whatever whole wheat flour(s) you like.
- 10g organic barley malt syrup
- 18g salt
- 758g water
Mixed at 9:55PM with DLX mixer on medium/low for 8 minutes, then folded a couple of times and dropped in covered rising bucket for the night. It started at 74F after mixing and dropped to 70F over a few hours. It was at about 69F the next morning.
Version 2 Levain and Soaker
- 15g 80% hydration WW starter (same notes as above)
- 41g whole rye flour
- 141g whole spelt flour
- 146g water
Mixed at 10:15 PM and let rise overnight, covered, at 70F down to about 69F.
- 375g Wheat MT Prairie Gold (same notes as above)
- 375g Wheat MT Bronze Chief (same notes as above)
- 604g water
Mixed at 10:25PM and allowed to rest overnight at 70F down to about 69F.
Version 2 Mixing
Version 2 Dough:
- Levain
- Soaker
- 10g organic barley malt syrup
- 18g salt
The mixing of Version 2 was done at 7:30 AM. I spread soaker out on wet counter like a big pizza using wet hands. Paint levain onto soaker using a spatula. Paint organic barley malt syrup over levain. Roll up and fold a couple of times. Spread out like a pizza again. Spread salt evenly over the dough. Roll up and fold a couple of times. It was mixed in DLX mixer at medium/low for 8 mintues, folded a couple of times and placed in a covered dough bucket to rise. The dough bucket was put in my "proofing cabinet", a spot above my coffee machine that sits at about 76F in the winter. I knew that if I want to bake "Version 1" and "Version 2" together, I would need to speed up the rise on "Version 2" a little to get them to coincide. So, Version 1 was left in a cool spot at 70F for the morning, while version 2 was placed in the proofing cabinet to get a boost.
Version 1 and Version 2 Folding
At this point both versions are in their respective rising buckets, one in a warm spot, the other in a cool spot. I folded both of them about once per hour during the remainder of the bulk fermentation for a total of 3 folding sessions each. All the folds were typical of the description in Hamelman's "Bread". I pour the dough out on a lightly dusted counter with the smooth side down, fold each side in toward the middle, from the north, east, west, and south, brushing off any flour after each fold, and then turn it back smooth side up and drop it back in the rising bucket. The remainder of the bulk fermentation, measured from the point Version 2 was mixed (7:30AM), was 3.5 hours.
At 11:00AM, both loaves were shaped into batards. Each one is about 17 inches long, and both were placed in a half sheet in couche cloths smooth side up, put in a Ziploc "Big Bag", and allowed to proof for another 2.75 hours, until 1:45 PM. The ambient temperature of the kitchen was still about 70F. Version 2 therefore proofed at an average temperature of about 74 or 73F as it started at 75F and dropped to room temperature during the final proof, while version 1 proofed at 70F the whole time.
Slash and Bake
The loaves were turned onto a peel, slashed, and put in my brick oven. The hearth temperature was about 425F and I sprayed a few ounces of water on the loaves and into the oven chamber with an orchid mist sprayer, and sealed the oven with a wet towel covered door. In a kitchen oven, bake at 425F for a few minutes with steam, then drop the temperature to 375F and allow to fully brown. The final hearth temperature was about 375F after 45 minutes of bake. The loaves had browned, the crust seemed done, and the internal temperature was about 209F.
The loaves were allowed to cool completely.
The crumb is somewhat soft, but not fluffy, the holes are irregular and mostly small, but the crumb is open for a whole grain bread. It doesn't feel dense or heavy when you chew it. The crust is crunchy and fairly chewy with a good toasty flavor. The sourdough flavor of these loaves was mild and the crumb clearly had the characteristic nutty sweetness of spelt in it, even with just 15% spelt. It was hard to tell the difference in flavor between version 1 and version 2, but version 2, with the levain, seemed slightly more sour. Also, version 2 had a wetter, more proofed feel at both shaping and slashing time, even though both had increased in volume almost exactly the same amount. When I shaped version 2, it was harder to shape, as it was more gloppy, and it ended up being longer and flatter after shaping. However, the crumb texture, the crust, and the flavor were virtually identical after baking. Version 1 held its shape better and sprung in the oven, while version 2 seemed to spring up very little but did spread out a lot during baking. Although version 2 was flatter, the crumb was slightly more open. The Whole Wheat Sourdough Sandwich Bread I blogged a while back had a slightly lighter and softer crumb, even though the method was almost identical to version 2 with the levain. I suspect this is because in the sandwich bread version, the loaves were raised and baked in pans at slightly warmer temperatures and allowed to proof a little longer. Also the hydration was slightly higher in the sandwich bread.
Some Thoughts
I have had better luck with one-step versions and with two-step versions where I only allow the levain to just double and no more and with two-step versions with about 10% fermented flour, as opposed to this "Version 2", which had 20% fermented flour in the levain. I think that delivering the extra acid in a riper levain that constitutes 20% or more fermented flour causes a breakdown in the gluten structure of the final dough. This may be why Peter Reinhart's recipes in his whole grain book recommend using instant yeast with the larger levains in his recipes, which works well as many of us have verified. However, if you want to do a sourdough only recipe, my experiences so far point toward doing long slow rises from tiny inoculations, as in the one-step method, or if you are doing a two-step method with a levain, then only allow the levain to rise by double and not more before refrigerating or combining with the final dough. You won't get a big flavor boost from the levain the way you would with a riper levain, but it does allow for a convenient break in the timing, as the levain and soaker can be refrigerated for a day or two, and the the bread making process can be resumed at a convenient time.


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California Department of Transportation
Date: October 28, 2011
District: District 8 – San Bernardino/Riverside
Contact: Irene Coyazo
Phone: (909)383-4631
$784 Million in New Transportation Funding to Help Create Jobs and Bolster the Economy
SAN BERNARDINO – Following last week's announcement of the general obligation bond sales, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $784 million in new funding for 61 projects that will help create thousands of jobs bolstering the state's economic recovery - and reduce traffic congestion, repair highways and bridges, and make driving safer for everyone.
Last week's bond sale allowed projects that were delayed or at risk of delay due to lack of funding to move forward to construction. In addition, the bond proceeds will also fund more than 300 ongoing projects through June 2012. The ongoing and newly allocated projects leverage around $11 billion in non-state funds, giving our economy an added boost.
"These projects will allow billions of dollars to flow into construction and produce enormous economic benefits for California," said Acting Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty.
Highlights of the funding allocations include:
- Riverside County - $10 million on I-215 near the City of Riverside to reconstruct the Van Buren Boulevard Interchange. This project will add 2.5 miles of auxiliary freeway lanes.
- San Bernardino County - $9.8 million in the County of San Bernardino from I-15 to I-215 will install 11 ramp meters, widen seven ramps, and upgrade fiber optic system. This project will improve operational efficiency and expand the Traffic Management System.
- Riverside - $13 million in the City of Riverside between Palmyrita Drive and Spring Street to construct a 4-lane roadway bridge (overhead) over existing BNSF lines. This project will eliminate emergency vehicle response delays, greenhouse gases generated by traffic delayed by trains and adverse neighborhood impacts including delays, noise pollution, and safety impacts.
The CTC funding today includes $695 million from Proposition 1B, the 2006 voter-approved transportation bond. To date, the state has allocated more than $9 billion in Proposition 1B funds.
Please see the attached file for more information about all projects that received allocations today.
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This Journal Assignment is dedicated to exploring the participants' learning goals and expectations of this MOOC.
You may also share some information about your current career situation, if you wish. This may help you find peers in similar situations and expand your network.
Please answer the below questions using a couple of sentences for each. Feel free to explore and comment the answers of others as much as you like. Let's become a large community! Also, this is a flexible exercise so you can set free your creativity!
What motivated you to register onto this MOOC?
Where do you come from and what is your area of studies or work?
What do you value in your career or job?
What short-term career plans do you have - what will be your next move?
What long-term career plans do you have - what will your career be like in the 2020s?


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Nintendo and other video game companies started sweating with reports of several cases of epileptic fits caused by video games. IRA bombs exploded in Warrington and London's financial district, and the Waco siege ended in carnage when leader of the sect David Koresh died with most of the 120 members.
Shaggy, with his worldwide hit Oh Carolina, helped put New York Reggae on the map. Oh Carolina first reached No. 1 in the New York Reggae Chart, but Shaggy later made it a chart hit all over Europe.
In December Mr Blobby replaced Meat Loaf's "I'd Do Anything For Love' which had been No1 for 7 weeks. A week later, "Babe" by Take That bumped it off the top but only for a week. It returned to the No1 spot on the charts on Christmas Day and remained for another 2 weeks. The song also became the first to return to the No.1 position since 1968.


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Physical Security Assessments
The security of employee workstations is of the utmost importance to all members of the SSU community. Unsecured items such as laptops or paper files may contain confidential information or items of monetary value. As custodians of state property, we are all responsible for using appropriate security in our workspaces.
The Physical Security Assessment program is designed to help employees of SSU identify practices in your workplace that place information, data, state or personal property at risk.
You can call University Police at (707) 664-4444 to request a Physical Security Assessment of your workspace.


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Follow This Company
T-Systems is one of Europe's leading ICT service providers. The company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, and is responsible for the delivery of leading edge IT and telecommunications solutions to the group's largest customers. It plays a key role in Deutsche Telekom's core business and is a stable source of group revenue.
T-Systems has approximately 43,500 employees in more than 20 countries. In 2002, the company posted revenues of around 11.3 billion euros and adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization) of around 1.2 billion euros, an increase of approximately 30 percent over fiscal 2001.


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The Jets are trying to hold on in the fourth quarter for their second straight win, but they might have to do it without one of their best defenders.
Cornerback Antonio Cromartie has returned to the locker room after getting drilled by teammate Yeremiah Bell as both men were trying to break up a pass intended for Justin Blackmon. The ball fell incomplete, but Cromartie went down and walked off the field with the assistance of trainers a few moments later. They looked at him on the sideline before Cromartie went to the back.
As Cromartie was being looked at, the Jaguars were scoring their first touchdown of the game. Montell Owens broke off a 32-yard run to draw Jacksonville within 17-10 with seven minutes to play. If the Jags want to catch up, they'll have to stop a suddenly frisky Jets running game. The Jets rode Shonn Greene and Bilal Powell to 17 straight points to open the second half, grabbing the lead and raising the possibility that they could win two straight games with an offense that's universally derided.
It could happen, but the Jets are down one of their best players without much time to get him back.
UPDATE 3:55 p.m. ET: Cromartie returned to the game at the end of the fourth quarter.


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The Amazing Spider-Man actress' unique fashion sense brought her top honours in the survey by editors at InStyle, who placed her streets ahead of rivals including Victoria Beckham and Kate Moss, the Daily Express reported.
Troy star Diane Kruger is in second place, beating Twilight's Kristen Stewart into third and TV presenter Alexa Chung in fourth.
Fashion show front-row regular Kate Bosworth gained fifth place, with Spice Girls star-turned-fashion designer Beckham one spot behind.
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge's elegant style earned the royal seventh place but the surprise entry was from Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise's six-year-old daughter Suri, who is placed ninth.
The style princess is sandwiched between supermodel Moss in eighth place and Florence + the Machine frontwoman Florence Welch in 10th.


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DIY "Stack-able Bookshelves" and Hanging Indoor Garden
Think of this DIY wall shelf and indoor hanging garden system as the lo-tech, low cost version of the Ambius indoor vertical garden. The customizable shelving system is adjustable with "stack-able" shelving units, notched and locked together with an interlocking design. But it's really the hanging garden which sets this apart from other shelving units...
The uprights are 2x4s notched and mounted to the wall studs. The shelves are common pine. I use a propane torch to burn the wood and bring out the grain, then I scuff it down lightly, wipe it clean and seal with some polyurethane. Once you mount the shelves to the uprights, you just need to tap some shims in below each shelf to level and lock it in place.
Here is a diagram of a single one (above). The point of having them stack-able is so that when we move in the future we can adjust the size of the book selves by just adding or removing some. Also it will make moving a lot easier.
Of course, there's one glaring issue with this otherwise impressive design: watering all those plants without dripping onto the floor. Reddit user Ollecer admits he has yet to figure out how to incorporate a drip pan system to avoid spilling water on the floor between waterings (and onto his weights), but hopefully he's able to retain the hanging indoor garden feature, because it's both beautiful aesthetically and beneficial for improving indoor air.
More photos over at Imgur.
(Images: ollec42)


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There are few museums in the world devoted to the work of a single artist—think of the Picasso Museum in Paris, Georgia O'Keefe Museum in Santa Fe, Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, and Donald Judd's installations in Marfa, Texas. And now, Denver has the Clyfford Still Museum. After seven years of negotiation and construction, the 28,000-square-foot exhibition and study center opened in November 2011. Without a doubt, it is another jewel in the city's significant and sophisticated civic crown, representing a successful partnership between public and private interests. Those unfamiliar with the story of the museum's establishment, however, might have a few questions. Why Clyfford Still? And, why Denver? The answers reveal a fascinating and baroque story that involves a singular artist with an abiding desire to control his legacy, an eccentric one-page will, a visionary mayor, and a passionate group of donors.
Jonathan "Jon" Abrams loved what he saw and bought what he loved. That simple directive guided the breathtaking art collection of the Albuquerque art maven, a recently retired cardiologist, awardwinning University of New Mexico professor of medicine, curator, and friend of the arts.
Larry Bell caught the Los Angeles art wave in the late 1950s and has been successfully navigating those often turbulent waters ever since. Instead of looking to art history for guidance like their New York counterparts, Bell and a handful of renegade Southern California artists found inspiration in their immediate surroundings—lackluster architecture, tacky billboards, and the prevalent hot-rod and surf cultures of their day.
Like many middle-class Albuquerque neighborhoods, Las Alturas exhibits a quietly gentrified uniformity, with kelly-green lawns and blooming gardens fronting the overwhelmingly Pueblo, Territorial, or brick-and-stucco Ranch style homes.
Ted Larsen has the eyes of an artist, the hands of a man used to working with materials and machinery, and the mind of a philosopher-visionary.
For him, making art is as much about the contemplation and planning that goes into a piece as it is about the actual construction of the work—or even the finished piece itself. He cares deeply about art and its interface with both the theoretical world and the practical; and when the tall, lean Larsen comes into his intimate studio, he fits it to himself as if it were a shimmering carapace he drapes over his being. Read more
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Continuing education in truck driving is a standard part of the profession. By federal mandate and state regulation, truck drivers must possess a Commercial Drivers License (CDL). Drivers possessing a CDL might upgrade their CDL, for example from a Class B to a Class A, or add endorsements to it. A continuing education in truck driving can be beneficial in learning the skills necessary to make these changes.
Truck drivers have many options for continuing their education. Several driving schools offer commercial driving courses taught by certified instructors. As well, public colleges offer driving courses in advanced driving skills. Online education is not an option for truck driving courses.
Common features of continuing truck driving education include:
- Air Brakes
- Doubles & Triples
- Hazardous Materials
- Passengers
- Tankers
- School Bus


text: I have running Debian server with ispconfig3 and everything seems to work fine except today i wanted to install and setup vnstat but i get this error on installation Code: The following NEW packages will be installed: vnstat 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 82.4 kB of archives. After this operation, 311 kB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/main vnstat amd64 1.10-1 [82.4 kB] Fetched 82.4 kB in 1s (41.4 kB/s) Selecting previously deselected package vnstat. (Reading database ... 43895 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking vnstat (from .../vnstat_1.10-1_amd64.deb) ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Setting up vnstat (1.10-1) ... insserv: warning: script 'K01jailkit' missing LSB tags and overrides insserv: warning: script 'jailkit' missing LSB tags and overrides Starting vnStat daemon: vnstatdZero database found, exiting. failed! What makes me confused and i don't understand is that jailkit is installed and it's working fine. It seems that vnstat is also installed and tracking bandwidth but what are the errors i got and why failed at the end?


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Seattle Seahawks guard James Carpenter has yet to be cleared to return to practice nearly three weeks after being with a concussion.
Carpenter had not been cleared to return when the Seahawks reconvened following their bye week for a practice on Monday. Head coach Pete Carroll said Carpenter was going to undergo a couple more tests Monday night to see if he would be able to return to practice Wednesday.
"We'll wait and find out. I hope he is able to go. He's had a lot of time to break and we just want to make sure we get everything squared away, and we'll see what happens," Carroll said.
Exactly how and when Carpenter sustained the concussion is still uncertain. Carpenter played the entire game against the Detroit Lions on Oct. 28 and practiced on Wednesday and Thursday the following week before appearing on the injury report Friday with an "illness." The illness turned out to be concussion symptoms. Carroll was unsure if the concussion happened in the game against the Lions or during practice that week.
Carpenter has been replaced at left guard by John Moffitt the last two games. Carpenter has played five games for the Seahawks this season. He missed the first three games of the year as he continued to rehab a torn ACL suffered last October. He spent all of training camp on the physically unable to perform list before being activated during final cuts.
Carpenter is expected to move back into the lineup at left guard as soon as he is cleared and gets back up to speed.


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The Spanish guitar allows the performer to reflect mother nature´s beauty through music.The following blog post shows some insights on how to bring together two harmonic instruments of same or different timbres and have both performers be heard with clarity without the need of much amplification.
I am also a strong believer that all performers should have knowledge of improvisation which slowly will allow society to move away from the present western concept of classical music and possibly restore the true value of composition and music.
Spanish Guitar Duo, Unique Latin Flamenco Music


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Typewriter rule bites the dust
I was searching for a punctuation rule about commas, when I came across an interesting paragraph.
Spacing at End of Sentence
Use a single space at the end of a sentence and after a colon. Double spaces date back to the days of typewriters, when all characters were allotted the same amount of space. Computerized typesetting adjusts the spacing for a good fit. Extra spaces create gaps and look unprofessional.
Source: Punctuation Primer
I had never read this rule in print before. I did read a discussion about single-spacing after a paragraph, on Sarabeth's blog a while back. It seemed to me that the younger commenters were single-spacing, and the older ones were still double-spacing. It was evidence of the difference between keyboarding (taught nowadays) and typing (taught before the Computer Age).
Miss Tibbitts, the stern typewriting teacher of my high school days, is surely feeling some un-rest, whether she is still in this world or has gone on to the next. A single space at sentence-end was always an error in her classroom of big, manual, office typewriters.
In Blogger Draft, I notice that a double space is converted into a single space plus a space-holder symbol that creates the second space. It assumes that, if you double-space, you really want two spaces. (I think previous Bloggers automatically converted double spaces to single spaces.) To be honest, the double space does look like an unprofessional gap, just as the Punctuation Primer says (quoted above).
I can't express how hard it is to abandon the double space habit. I type without much conscious thought about the process. Typed words flow from my fingers like spoken words from my mouth. My right thumb is extremely well-trained after 40 years of typing. It goes "thump thump" automatically after every period.
Even in this post about the rule of single-spacing, I double-spaced after most of the periods. I had to remove the Blogger-inserted extra space-holders manually. If I do that often enough, maybe that will teach me.