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Book The Upgrades, Dano Sens. Leahy and Grassley are proposing legislation to get the FBI on a better technological footing.
The Cookie Question The privacy policy at the IRS's Web site clearly states that it doesn't use browser cookies. Except it does. Sort of.
Anti-Copying Technology Regulation Isn't Welcomed By All The recording industry sees government involvement as vital to protecting its interests, but high-tech vendors say that will thwart innovation.
Microsoft Targets Next Generation With .Net Academic The software maker hopes new tools and low prices will convert comp sci students to the .Net platform.
Businesses That Abuse Consumer Privacy Will Pay The FTC doesn't want new regulations to enforce consumer privacy on the Net, but it does want businesses to step up to the plate with responsible practices.
Microsoft To Archive Instant Messages Microsoft has licensed technology to enable archiving of instant messages in its real-time communications software for enterprises.
Hitachi Builds Water-Cooled Notebook The company says the innovation eliminates the need for fans, making the machine quieter and more durable.
Feds Learn From Corporate IT Nasdaq, others share lessons in disaster recovery following Sept. 11 attack.
A Step Closer To More High-Speed Internet Services? Maybe, maybe not. The Tauzin-Dingell bill passed in the House, but its goals face opposition in the Senate.
HP's Stump Speech: Merger Will Succeed, And Here's How Technology is helping HP and Compaq teams plan the merger, which won't result in an immediate discontinuation of some product lines.
Intel's Road Map To The Future During the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, execs discussed technology for developing desktop PCs, notebooks, and handheld devices that provide mobile access to data.
CIOs Take Note: Future Projects Rest On Strong Foundations In the latest on the ever-shifting IT landscape, Windows 2000 is up, CRM is down--and don't forget those soft skills.
SourceFire Takes Step Forward In Intrusion-Detection Market Administrators can manage groups of intrusion sensors for a central network using the OpenSnort Management Console. It also enables correlation and data analysis in near real time, as well as forensic data analysis.
Hacker Adds New York Times To Long List Of Targets A 21-year-old hacker gains access to the newspaper's corporate intranet and its source database. It's the latest in a long list of companies whose security problems have been exposed by hacker Adrian Lamo.
Cultivating Next-Generation IT Talent Tech vendors' and trade associations' programming competitions help develop IT talent and build loyalty for sponsors' products.
LAN-Based Voice-Over-IP Service Targets Large Global Operations Equant's IP Telephony service could benefit companies that want to cut voice-calling costs or consolidate voice and data networks.
What Sticks: The Life of Brine Think that biotechnology isn't having an impact on your life? As it turns out, reports Wendy Wolfson, some strange bugs can makes your whites whiter. And that's just the beginning of life at the extreme edges of science.
Vendors Meet Roadblocks In The War On Terrorism Vendors say they have solutions that can help with homeland security, but there's no one authority that can make a governmentwide decision on implementing them.
Faith In E-Government Tempered By Security, Privacy Concerns Americans say E-government has a positive effect on the way government operates, but they're worried about system vulnerabilities.
Collaborative Software Helps Build National Science Digital Library A portal site powered by SourceForge, collaborative software from VA Software, lets developers review and comment on project changes submitted by colleagues.
Consortium Reports Expanded Use Of E-Business Standards RosettaNet says 72 companies have deployed the group's E-business standards for the electronics industry since May.
Anti-Anthrax Screensaver Reaches Goal A distributed computing effort to find anthrax treatments has successfully concluded after just a month.
Ask The Secret CIO: Bad Managers And The Sinking Ship Herbert W. Lovelace responds to readers who need advice about coping with a bad manager, managers who permit office infighting, and figuring out which questions to ask vendors.
Microsoft To Launch CRM App The CRM application, which will let businesses manage contracts and customer information, was built using Microsoft's .Net technology.
Langa Letter: That's The Company's PC To what degree can an employee modify or add software to a company-supplied computer? Fred Langa examines the ethics and issues.
Barrett: Innovation Is Key To Recovery Intel's CEO encourages high-tech companies to build new products for the Internet that excite the consumer, saying it's the best way to emerge from the recession.
Ups--And Downs--In Online Music Arena Fee-based subscription services may be one step closer to viability, but Napster is questioning the legitimacy of two of them.
Adobe Adds Collaboration Tools To Web Authoring Software GoLive 6.0 includes a workgroup server that helps Web producers and art designers collaborate on projects in both print and online media.
American Express, IBM Sign $4B Deal American Express estimates that it will save 'hundreds of millions of dollars' in IT costs during the seven-year term of the contract.
A Modest Proposal--Or An Impossible Task? New suggested guidelines address how bug-finders should report vulnerabilities to software companies and how vendors should respond.
Embarcadero Adds ETL Tools Embarcadero is targeting sales of DT/Studio, its data extraction, transformation, and loading software, toward small and midsize companies.
Linda Stone To Leave Microsoft The woman tapped to reach out to Microsoft business partners is leaving to pursue personal projects.
Covisint Handles 100 Million Supply Transactions Monthly Procurement on the auto-industry exchange has reached the level of an entire auto company's monthly purchasing activity.
Intel Launches Server Chip The company says the new Xeon will make most applications run up to 30% faster.
Is A Nationwide Health-Data Network Possible? The elements are in place, but challenges remain, says the co-director of the Biomedical Security Institute.
Health-Care Institutions Strike Back At Bioterrorism Health officials look to real-time disease surveillance systems to fight bioterrorism.
Business Technology: Kids Want Straight Answers As a parent, Bob Evans needs to explain such tough topics to his teenager as sex, drugs and... Enron.
Forcing The Application-Integration Issue Vitria Technology's latest software helps health-care companies comply with the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, and financial institutions meet an industry goal of completing any trade in one day.
Project Will Protect Top-Secret Secrets L-3 and Kasten Chase are developing a remote access security system to protect access to classified U.S. government data
Spotfire Expands Range Of Product-Analysis Software The latest version of DecisionSite can be configured to help managers in a range of industries analyze product-related information for product development and management.
On The Horizon: Whose Laws Apply To Internet Content, Anyway? Can nations regulate Web content from other countries? Two courts disagree.
Suit Filed Against PayPal Days After IPO The lawsuit alleges that the online billing company illegally restricts customers with access to their funds.
BEA Ends Fiscal Year With Solid Quarter The company's revenue was $231.3 million for the fiscal 2002 fourth quarter ended Jan. 31, a 9% drop from the year-ago quarter.
Front-To-Back: Integration Plays A Role In BroadVision's Plans Fluid application infrastructures depend on smart integration tools, and more.
The Crowded Internet The European Commission says the Internet it will run out of available addresses by 2005.
Windows Media Player Log Raises Privacy Questions Privacy advocates say the data stored could be misused.
Penske Logistics Inks Deal With SynQuest The subsidiary of Penske Truck Leasing has licensed several SynQuest supply-chain tools.
Ciena Reports 1Q Loss Days after revealing the $900 million acquisition of ONI Systems, Ciena reports a loss of $70.6 million for the first quarter ended Jan. 31.


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The Venue is offering up a traditional African-American Sunday for Black History Month, with down-home gospel by the Blind Boys of Alabama and a Southern-style buffet. The Grammy-winning group — with a Lifetime Achievement Award, among others — has performed for five presidents. The Blind Boys recently recorded their first country-gospel album, "Take the High Road," which features many of the biggies — Willie Nelson, Vince Gill, Lee Ann Womack, Hank Williams Jr., the Oak Ridge Boys and Jamey Johnson. (Johnson also co-produced.)
Why go: Whatever month it is, you need to check out the Blind Boys, who can still make the crowd feel the spirit all these many decades later.
Reconsider: You may have to miss even the early church service to make it to this event on time.
Details: 12:30 p.m. Sunday at the Venue, Horseshoe Casino, 777 Casino Center Drive, Hammond, Ind.; $40 (21+); 800-745-3000, ticketmaster.com

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Ordering is not fighting
Paps claim that these photos taken of JailBait Miley Cyrus and her loser douche 20 year old boyfriend Justin show the two having an argument about their relationship.
Depends on how you Photo Assumption.
I don't Photo Assumption a fight.
I do however Photo Assumption an order. Or a series of orders. She's listing off his duties. Look at that mouth spewing out demands. She's getting off on it, non? And he, with his head slumped, is dutifully taking note:
You will attend my sister's recital. You will go to church with my family on Sunday. You will smile pretty at my mom. You will start wearing your hair like my dad. You and my dad, becoming twins, will flank my mom…
Now THAT is a photo for Photo Assumption.
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Multipliers of Improper Similitudes
For a central simple algebra with an orthogonal involution $(A, \sigma)$ over a field $k$ of characteristic different from $2$, we relate the multipliers of similitudes of $(A, \sigma)$ with the Clifford algebra $C(A, \sigma)$. We also give a complete description of the group of multipliers of similitudes when $\deg A \leq 6$ or when the virtual cohomological dimension of $k$ is at most $2$.
2000 Mathematics Subject Classification: 11E72.
Keywords and Phrases: Central simple algebra with involution, hermitian form, Clifford algebra, similitude.
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Endless sunshine, a thriving foodie scene, family-friendly theme parks, some of the best shopping in the world and miles of sandy beaches: LA has it all, from the moment your flight touches down.
A trip to Los Angeles is an all-round pleaser, from contemporary museums and art galleries, to family-friendly theme parks, fabulous shopping malls and 12 kilometres of beaches, plus culinary options from small pavement cafés to fine dining.
Los Angeles is a jigsaw of diverse neighbourhoods with plenty of things to do. Wherever you base yourself – from Santa Monica with its classic palm-fringed boulevards, boardwalk and iconic Muscle Beach, to Pasadena with its celebrated fine-dining scene, famous Rose Bowl flea market and Victorian architecture – Los-Angeles will welcome you. Thanks to its sprawling size, Los-Angeles is best explored with a car.
Head to the Griffith Observatory for views of the city below, or try Venice Beach for that easy-going Californian vibe – think buzzing cafés and beachside fitness. Spend a day in upscale Brentwood, home to the Getty Center, where you'll find ultra-modern architecture alongside Renaissance art, and visit the Brentwood Country Mart, a favourite celebrity shopping location. In Koreatown, once dubbed America's hippest neighbourhood, you can eat out 24/7, treat yourself to a spa without breaking the bank, and visit one of the district's shopping markets.
Take a trip to Anaheim where you'll find the wonderful world of Disneyland, or visit the San Fernando Valley and spend the day at Universal Studios where among the spectacular amusements, you can enjoy King Kong 360 3D.
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Hit the hills of Hollywood and look out for A-listers at the The Hollywood Roosevelt, Los Angeles. Located on the Walk of Fame, this four-star hotel played host to the first Academy Awards and bursts with iconic movie glamour. Are you ready for your debut? Visit ba.com/hollywoodroosevelt #hollywood #losangeles #california #hotelroosevelt #celebrityspotting #travel #britishairwaysholidays
In a city where people spend more time in a vehicle than their houses and there's no such thing as foot traffic, running a food truck can be challenging. You have to have good reason to go out of your way in this sprawling city for a quick, convenient bite – which is why Los Angeles has some of the most inventive, delicious and competitively priced food trucks in the USA. Local writer Eve Barlow tracks down eight of the city's best moving feasts.
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I love the diversity of experiences in LA, from nightclubs and dive bars, to beaches, to mountain hikes, there's always something different to do and a lot of it, particularly the outdoorsy stuff, is free
As a photographer, I love that you can make anything in this town – the best people in the industry are here. If you can dream it you can do it here
LA insiders: seasonal tips
"Go to Venice Beach and have Sushi in Abbott Kinney, the weather is usually the perfect temperature." – Diana Gomez
"Spring is the ideal time to see at concert at Hollywood Bowl." – Diana Gomez
"Dress in layers as there can be a 20 to 30-degree difference in temperatures in various parts of the city and at night." – Lilly Dong
"Always go out with water, sunscreen, and sunglasses – you'll regret it later if not. Avoid walking round the East Side in the heat too." – Lilly Dong
"Checkout the festive ice rink at Pershing Square Downtown. Also, a lot of people go snowboarding in Big Bear, Mammoth, or Tahoe for most of the weekends during winter. It's such a beautiful place with clean mountain air, a few casinos, and a decent amount of nightlife." – Hendo Bayer
"Go to Big Foot Lounge. This bar on Culver City is super-cosy, curl up on a couch in the living room-like bar and drink a warming whisky cocktail." – Jana Devino
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NEC relegated after losing Sparta play-off
NEC will play in the Eerste Divisie for the first time since 1994 next season after a 4-1 aggregate defeat to Sparta Rotterdam on Sunday.
After losing the first leg of their relegation play-off 1-0 on Friday, NEC were unable to overturn that deficit as Sparta ran out 3-1 winners in Nijmegen.
The visitors raced into a 3-0 lead by half-time and although Ryan Koolwijk pulled a goal back for NEC they were unable to complete a recovery, and will join Roda in the second tier next season.
The result caps a rollercoaster eight days for NEC, who sparked joyous scenes in the stands after avoiding automatic relegation last weekend with a 2-2 draw against Ajax.
Sparta move onto the final round of the play-offs as they look to climb back into the Eredivisie against Dordrecht.
Meanwhile, RKC Waalwijk live to fight another day as they moved into the third round with a 2-1 aggregate win over De Graafschap.
After finishing 16th in the Eredivisie this season, Waalwijk must now beat Excelsior to preserve their top-flight status for another season.


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The 'Fast and Furious 6' Super Bowl trailer is here! You've waited patiently for your first official look at the new 'Fast and Furious' film and we've got it for you right now with this new Super Bowl trailer. So what do Vin Diesel, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Paul Walker have in store for 'Fast and Furious 6?' Well, get a first look at the Super Bowl trailer and let's find out!
Unlike all the other films with 2013 Super Bowl trailers, the 'Fast and Furious 6′ Super Bowl trailer is the first time we've seen any footage from the film. With the exception of the occasional dispatch from Vin Diesel's Facebook page, we haven't seen much of anything official from 'Fast and Furious 6′ (hey, we just found out a few days ago that the film would be titled 'Fast and Furious 6′…). But now, we've got a great look at what to expect when Dom and Hobbs and Brian all return to their cars.
Since Dom (Diesel) and Brian's (Walker) Rio heist toppled a kingpin's empire and left their crew with $100 million, our heroes have scattered across the globe. But their inability to return home and living forever on the lam have left their lives incomplete.
Meanwhile, Hobbs (Johnson) has been tracking an organization of lethally skilled mercenary drivers across 12 countries, whose mastermind (Evans) is aided by a ruthless second-in-command revealed to be the love Dom thought was dead, Letty (Michelle Rodriguez). The only way to stop the criminal outfit is to outmatch them at street level, so Hobbs asks Dom to assemble his elite team in London. Payment? Full pardons for all of them so they can return home and make their families whole again.
Watch the 'Fast and Furious 6′ 2013 Super Bowl trailer in HD below as soon as it is released online. 'Fast and Furious 6′ hits theaters on May 24.
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Tech Cuts Ribbon On New Children's Center FridaySOCORRO, N.M. May 2, 2012 – New Mexico Tech will officially cut the ribbon at the new Macey Family Children's Center. The university invites the local community to the special occasion at 2 p.m. Friday at the new center.
| A handful of children helped break ground for the new Macey Family Children's Center in Octobe 2010. Children will help cut the ribbon at 2 p.m. Friday.
Many community members have donated to the fund, including former students, former parents, faculty members and local residents.
"All of this would not have been possible but for all the generous individuals who donated to the building fund, but most particular, our strong benefactors, Bill and Cheryl Macey," university President Dr. Daniel H. Lopez said. "The Maceys pledged to match all other donations, plus supplied start-up funding and capital. Without that sort of undying support, we wouldn't be ready to build such a great facility."
Bill Macey graduated from New Mexico School of Mines in 1942. He has been New Mexico Tech's staunchest supporter over the years. He donated more than $1 million for the construction of the Macey Center in the 1980s. Macey has also staked matching funds for other donations for the construction of a new Children's Center. Mr. Macey also supports Tech's highest academic award, the Macey Scholarship, which is a highly-competitive $5,000 award given to four Tech students each year.
The new Center has 6,000 square-feet of indoor space and 9,142 square-feet of outside area. The Center will also increase its capacity from 32 to 48 children.
The New Mexico Tech Children's Center is the only full-time year-round children's center in the county. The new facility will allow the Center to become a five-star accredited facility, said Children's Center Director Ann Sullivan.
The Children's Center first opened its doors in 1971 on a shoestring budget thanks to a core group of New Mexico Tech faculty parents. The first center was neither accredited nor licensed, but it served the needs of faculty parents.
In the late 1970s, the facility moved to a duplex on Tech hill. In the early 1980s, the Children's Center moved again, this time to its current location, which had been a residence.
Since then, the building has been renovated and added on to, so as to better serve the needs of children and their parents. However, with this new building, Tech will finally have a Children's Center that is built specifically for this need. Throughout the years, the Tech Children's Center has taken a unique approach to educating youngsters.
"Children leave our Center and are fully prepared for kindergarten – not because we give them classroom-style learning – but because we let them play," Sullivan said. "Our graduates know their numbers, letters and colors. They also know how to play well with others. All our activities are interactive. We have no DVD players, no TVs and no computers. Our playground doesn't have traditional equipment. We have what we call loose parts. Our children play with blocks, containers, pots, pans, crates and other movable parts. They build things. They work cooperatively. New Mexico Tech prides itself on its hands-on practical education. At the Children's Center, we pride ourselves on the same thing."
By Thomas Guengerich/New Mexico Tech


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Tekninen tuki
Tarvitsetko teknistä tukea tai ohjeita? Täältä löydät vastauksen useimpiin kysymyksiin.
Adjusting of aheadset
The headset is a revolving mechanism used to connect the fork, the stem, the handlebar and the front wheel. This part must be easy to turn. Shocks from bumpy road surfaces place a lot of stress on the head set bearings. This can cause the head set to become loose and out of adjustment. The head set should not have any noticeable play.
Check bearing play
1. Check the play by wrapping your fingers around the upper bearing case and upper part of the fork as shown in the image. Picture 1
2. Pull the front brake lever with your other hand and push your Canyon to and fro.
3. If the bearings have excess play, the bearing case will move around on the head tube.
4. Another way of checking for excess play is to lift the front wheel off the ground and then gently drop it. If there really is play you'll hear a rattling sound.
5. In order to check the smooth operation of the bearings you'll need to lift the frame with one hand until the front wheel has no contact with the ground. Turn the handlebar from left to right. The front wheel must move smoothly from left to right without sticking. The slightest of touches should be sufficient to move the handlebar, which should then move from left to right under its own weight.
"AHEADSET" adjustment
In the case of this system a star-fangled-wedge clamps inside the fork steerer. If the wedge presses against the fork steerer tube with too much force then it will be more difficult to turn the fork. If there is too little force, the fork steerer will rattle inside the head tube. By using the adjusting bolt on the headset cap you can adjust the pressure the star-fangled-wedge exerts on the fork steerer, which also determines bearing play.
This is how you adjust the AHEADSET:
1. Slacken the stem bolts as shown in the image. Picture 2
2. Carefully tighten the counter-sunk bolt with an Allen key as shown. Picture 3
3. Straighten the stem so that the handlebar isn't off at an angle.
4. Tighten the stem bolts to the correct torque again.
5. Now carry out the check for play already explained. The bearings should not be adjusted too tight. Position yourself in front of your Canyon and clamp the front wheel between your legs. Grip the handlebar and try to twist the handlebar. If the handlebar moves, you'll need to tighten the stem bolts again.
i-Lock-headset adjustment
This system does not have any clamp inside the fork steerer. This saves weight and protects the material on the fork steerer.
1. Slacken the grub screw (with a 2mm Allen key, from 2011 models Torx T6) on the i-Lock headset. Then slacken the bolts on the stem. Picture 2
2. Press down on the stem. Now straighten the handlebar. Look from behind down over the stem and front wheel. Tighten the stem bolts again to the required torque. Now all you have to do is tighten the i-Lock grub screw Picture 4 until you feel a light resistance. This reduces the amount of bearing play. When you are done check for excess bearing play again.
3. When the headset is correctly adjusted, there'll be a slight gap between the i-Lock bearing casings visible. Picture 5 When you tighten the grub screw the upper casing slides against the lower one thereby forcing it downwards and this reduces the amount of bearing play.


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By CYRUS LEVESQUE
BRISTOL — A proposed spending plan for Bristol Elementary School's 2006-2007 school year entered its third round of revision at a heated school board meeting on Monday.
The budget of $4,211,798 proposed on Town Meeting Day was voted down, 452-447. Many believed this was due to concerns over cuts some considered unnecessary, so the board increased the spending number slightly to $4,292,250. Bristol voters rejected this revised budget proposal, 193-183, on May 9.
So at Monday's meeting, the Bristol school board cut $83,700 from the May 9 budget, eventually arriving at a sum of $4,208,820. This newly revised budget will be put up for a vote on Tuesday, June 20. Though some details are not yet set, the vote will probably take place between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. at Holley Hall.
ADDISON COUNTY — As town Green Up Day coordinators put away their sign-up sheets until next year, organizers of the May 6 events at the county and state level are working to figure out how well their system worked this year and how it can be improved for 2007.
The Addison County Solid Waste Management District took in 16.04 tons of waste collected in the county on Green Up Day, an annual day on which Vermonters pick up garbage along public roads.
"It went great," said Bruce Webster, Goshen's Green Up coordinator. "We had a good showing, but Goshen always does."
By JOHN FLOWERS
SALISBURY — Relatively dry weather has kept the local mosquito population down this spring, but officials in the county's two insect control districts have aircraft and supplies at the ready, should swarms rise from the swamps in the coming days.
As the Addison Independent went to press on Friday, mosquito numbers in the county were sparse. But officials acknowledged that a decent drenching — such as the soaking rain scheduled for this past weekend — could spawn new hatches of the pesky critters.
By ANDY KIRKALDY
FERRISBURGH — With yet another deadline looming in the multi-year saga of the Vermont Electric Power Company effort to build a major new power line connecting West Rutland and South Burlington, towns in northern Addison County are lobbying VELCO to lessen the visual impact of a proposed 115-kilovolt line.
As recently revised, that 115-kV line between a new New Haven substation and South Burlington still includes some poles that top 100 feet tall.
Local officials have given mixed reviews to VELCO's April 24 design, which was an update on the power-line installation plan that the electricity distribution company submitted in February. Many feel that VELCO has not followed through on initial proposals for poles ranging only up to about 70 feet tall, especially at many road crossings where the lines will be highly visible.
By HARRIETTE BRAINARD
MIDDLEBURY — Trustees at Middlebury College met in Middlebury this weekend and unanimously approved a 100-page strategic plan, which will focus on enhancing the Middlebury students' educational experience through a continued emphasis on creating a more ethnically and socio-economic diverse student body, as well as promoting the college as a leader in environmental issues locally, nationally and internationally.
The strategic plan, the first since 1992, places its focus on strengthening financial aid and faculty programs, rather than on the college's physical plant, which has seen the most dramatic physical changes in the past decade in the college's 205-year history. The new plan also emphasizes the continued growth of the college as a world leader, and the next decade will see expansion of the college's schools abroad.
VERGENNES — In the annual battle for Addison County bragging rights, the Middlebury Marlins swim team defeated the Vergennes Champs, 234-173, at the East Street pool in Vergennes on Thursday.
Middlebury helped its cause garnering 49 points with seven relay victories, while the Champs won six relays for 40 points.
The Marlins were buoyed by Derek Hathaway, who won all four of the individual 12-and-under races he entered: butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle. The team also got a boost from Kess Moulton, who won the butterfly, backstroke and freestyle for the eight and under girls, and Grace Pyne, who in the 12 and under girls category won the butterfly, breaststroke and freestyle.
BRISTOL — The AIDS epidemic in Africa is hitting the country of Zambia especially hard. One in six adults in the country has HIV. About 630,000 children have been orphaned by the disease.
Two Bristol residents, Darla Senecal and Nancy Luke, are creating a local chapter of the organization of the organization Mothers Without Borders, which is trying to offer relief to those orphans.
The local chapter's first project is collecting "Newborn Kits" for families in Zambia. These kits include six cloth diapers, one layette gown, one bar of soap, four diaper pins, three small plastic pants, one pair of baby socks, one receiving blanket, and one hat for a newborn.
MIDDLEBURY — The union representing Addison Central Supervisory Union teachers has asked an Addison County Superior Court judge to compel ACSU Superintendent Lee Sease to turn over information that the superintendent insists he doesn't have.
At issue is an ACSU-commissioned report, prepared by Bristol-based Barash Mediation Services, intended to recommend ways of promoting a more "civil and respectful" environment within district schools.
The Middlebury Union High School Teachers' Association (MUHSTA) has seen the report, which addresses the district broadly, but wants a look at follow up reports created by Barash for some individual schools.
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text: Keep Your Guard Up During the Holidays Posted on December 4, 2014 by Tim Burke The holiday season is upon us – which means it's also cyberattack season. Though, arguably, 2014 has turned into an entire year of the cyberattack: one study estimates 2014 will rack up an incredible 42.8 million cyberattacks worldwide. That's more than 117,000 attacks every day! Which leads me to the topic of firewalls. It's been 20 years since the first firewalls were deployed to make a perimeter gateway barrier blocking unwanted IP traffic. Since then, firewalls have evolved to keep pace with new technologies, the ever-increasing complexities of network infrastructures and applications, and new business models that have spawned things like cloud computing and mobile apps. These days, companies deploying firewalls and advanced perimeter controls see a 15% return-on-investment. Continue reading →


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U.S. Sen. Susan Collins found herself in an uncomfortable position in recent days, serving as the poster-senator for a news story about how families of the victims of the Newtown, Conn. school massacre refused to take meetings with staff without the lawmakers present as they lobby for stronger gun control measures.
And it only got worse from there.
On Thursday, POLITICO ran a story on the lobbying effort, using Collins as an example of how parents and family members of those slain are wielding their powerful stories into top-level meetings.
"When a lobbyist for families of Newtown shooting victims called the office of Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) to set up a meeting, the first response was a standard D.C. offer. They could get a meeting with her staff, and Collins would stop by, they were told," according to POLITICO. "The families' answer: not good enough. According to their lobbyists, the families have a rule against staff-only meetings: They won't do them. They insist on sitting down with the senators themselves. The families wound up getting more than 15 minutes with Collins."
And that's where the story left it. But Collins, after reading the story, was apparently not done. In a phone call to Mike Allen, a POLITICO reporter and one of the story's authors, she attempted to explain some of the background of her eventual meeting with the Newtown family members.
Allen, who writes a daily morning news column, said Saturday in his piece that Collins personally called him to criticize the Thursday story – he categorized her as "furious."
"What we reported is exactly right: One of the families' handlers said they 'declined' a staff meeting,'" Allen wrote. "Her office quickly pivoted and set up a meeting with Sen. Collins. We took the incident as an illustration of the families' clout and effectiveness. Sen. Collins felt the article left her looking like 'an insensitive demon.'"
At play here are two forces – one is the Washington media (of which I am a part) which is driven by daily scooplets and the re-framing of daily news to attract readers, something POLITICO prides itself on. The other is a politician sensitive about their image and positioning on a very sensitive issue – gun control reforms in the face of the latest massacre, which resulted in dozens of dead first-graders.
Collins, trying to emphasize how important it was for her to meet with the Newtown families, told Allen that the meeting made her 45 minutes late for her dinner with President Barack Obama and other GOP senators.
"The Newtown families were very late for their meeting with me," Collins told Allen, according to his column. "I felt a moral obligation to talk with them. I kept the president of the United States waiting. I mean, how rude is that of me?"
Allen devoted three large paragraphs of his daily missive to Collins, including an unusually long and repetitive transcript of her call to him.
That's when the liberal news organization Huffington Post got in on the game – again, "re-framing" the story.
"It might be time for a little perspective," writes reporter Alana Horowitz. She re-capped the POLITICO story and Allen's column and said Collins made "some questionable comments."
"Namely, complaints that they made her late for dinner with President Barack Obama," Horowitz wrote.
Collins told NBC News Saturday, "I can take being attacked by right-wing nutty groups, but to be attacked that I somehow was unkind or cruel to Newtown families I cannot take. It's not true."
Was this whole saga an accurate portrayal of Collins or just Washington media doing its thing? It's up to readers to decide.
Collins is one of several Republican senators who voted last week to bring a recently negotiated gun reform bill that calls for expanded background checks to the floor after fellow conservative colleagues vowed to filibuster the measure. She told NBC News she would vote in support of the actual measure, which was hammered out by a bipartisan team of senators. A Senate vote is expected early this week.


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Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Doug Martin is well on his way to surpassing 300 carries in his first season in the NFL. Martin has come off two largely ineffective games against the Atlanta Falcons and Denver Broncos where he was held to under 60 yards rushing in both contests. While having never played more than 13 games in a season, it would be natural to assume Martin could be hitting the "rookie wall."
According to Roy Cummings of the Tampa Tribune, Martin says he hasn't hit that wall.
"That stuff about the rookie wall, I don't feel that at all," Martin said. "My body feels great and my mind is clear."
Martin has been held to just 50 and 56 yards in his last two games against the Falcons and Broncos. What's even more concerning for the Buccaneers is that he had ample opportunities in both games and failed to find production. Martin carried 21 times against Atlanta and 18 times against Denver, yet he averaged just 2.4 and 3.1 yards per carry, respectively.
But Martin is convinced it's not some intangible wall affecting his performance. He's confident that he'll be able to bounce back and get on the right track again with just a couple minor adjustments.
"It has been a rough couple of weeks," Martin said, "but all we need to do is get back in the film room, tweak some things and pay a little more attention to detail like we were and we'll be just fine."
For the season, Martin has carried 236 times for 1,106 yards and nine touchdowns. He's also caught 32 passes for 374 yards and a touchdown for the Buccaneers.


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