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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - After opening up an 11-0 halftime lead, the Springfield College men's lacrosse team bested visiting MIT, 16-7, in the Pilgrim Lacrosse League Tournament Semifinals on Wednesday evening on Stagg Field. The victory boosted Springfield's record to 10-5, while the Engineers' season concluded with a 5-8 record. These two teams were plenty familiar with each other, having just played last Saturday when the Pride prevailed, 15-5.
Springfield simply overpowered the Engineers, outshooting the visitors 62-15, including a 23-1 edge in the first quarter. In the face-off department, the Pride continued to impress winning 16-of-27, including all eight in the decisive opening 15 minutes.
Shawn Runyon was marvelous in the win as he posted six points, off four goals and two assists in the first half to pace Springfield. Jarrid Johnson netted three goals and added an assist, while Shane Ferguson dished out three helpers. Mike Delia notched three points as well to reach 100 points for his career, reaching his milestone with an assist on the final goal of the night. Connor Nash posted a shutout in the first half, making two saves to earn the win. Both Vinny Senatore and Tim Cimini caused four turnovers, with Senatore scooping up seven ground balls. Mark Eaton won all five of his face-offs in the first quarter, picking up five ground balls, before Branden Fernandez went 11-for-18 the rest of the way with eight ground balls.
MIT's Dan Piemont netted three goals in the fourth quarter, while Nick Sisler dished three assists and tacked on a goal for a team-best four points. Christopher Rullan stood tall in the cage and recorded 20 saves. Bryan Beller caused four turnovers in the loss, and both Justin Myers and Timothy Wilczynski snagged five ground balls.
The Pride wasted little time setting the tone for the game as it netted three goals in the opening 1:30 into the game, forcing MIT to burn its first timeout of the game. Runyon started off the spurt with a goal 58 seconds in, before Austin Orsini and Tyler O'Keefe scored 16 seconds apart as MIT called for a break at the 13:30 mark.
Springfield continued to pour on the pressure with four more goals in the next nine minutes of the opening quarter as an extra man goal from Parker Geane and a strike from Ryan Murphy after some great ball movement sandwiched consecutive tallies by Runyon.
Runyon continued his torrid play with a goal 1:03 into the second quarter after a great finish on the run, weaving through the MIT defense. Springfield closed out the first half scoring with markers by Delia, Johnson, and Eric Balslov to go into the half with an 11-0 lead.
Another goal by O'Keefe just 13 seconds into the second quarter made it 12-0 before Morgan Krey scored the visitors' first goal of the game at the 6:34 mark. Springfield answered with tallies from Johnson and Colby Verge to take its largest lead of the game at 14-1 with 36 seconds remaining in the third.
Using back-to-back man-up goals from Piemont and Sisler to start the fourth, MIT strung together six-straight goals in a 5:17 span to get within seven at 14-7. Eric Zuk scored a pair of goals just 13 seconds apart in the burst, while Piemont poured in three goals.
Head coach Keith Bugbee eventually put his starters back on the field and they weathered the MIT burst as goals from Harry Bernstein and Johnson closed out the scoring as Springfield won 16-7.
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Victor Johnson at Bambinos
Kids musician Victor Johnson will be at Bambino's in Hood River (220 Clearwater Lane) for a family music event to celebrate his new CD on Saturday, June 25, at 11 a.m. Victor will be playing music featured on the new Putumayo CD "Acoustic Dreamland," as well as a variety of other music. Kids of all ages are invited to this event. This music event is free and open to the public. The CD features Parents' Choice award-winner Victor Johnson's reassuring "Everything Is Going To Be Alright," while widely acclaimed Smithsonian/Folkways children's recording artist Elizabeth Mitchell lends her beautiful voice to the Allman Brothers' "Blue Sky." Victor Johnson has appeared in national television, NPR and Nick Jr and Parenting magazines. He has three Parents' Choice Awards and appears on Putumayo Kids' CD "Folk Playground."
Catch Spruce & Raven this summer
There's acoustic roots music from Spruce Baugher & Raven Indawood every Wednesday at the Red Carpet Inn in Hood River from 6-8 p.m. No cover charge and music is out on the patio. On Saturday, June 18, the duo will be at the Rivertap Pub in The Dalles from 7-10 p.m.
Bellydancing, hula hoops, music
Celebrate Summer Solstice all weekend long at Solstice Wood Fire Cafe in Bingen with live bellydancing on Friday night 7:30 p.m. There will be a hula hoop workshop on Sunday with Stacey "Hoop-Love" Shaw from 2-4 p.m. Enjoy Monday night live music with guitarist Joel Valle. 415 W. Steuben St. Bingen; 509-493-4006.
Authors visit HR June 18
Oregon author Keith Scribner will be discussing and signing his new book "The Oregon Experiment," on Saturday, June 18, from noon to 2 p.m. at Waucoma Bookstore, 212 Oak St., Hood River. His new novel is about an East Coast couple who become increasingly entangled in the political and emotional lives of Oregon radicals. Scribner is the author of two previous novels, "Miracle Girl" and "The GoodLife," a New York Times Notable Book.
Author Nick Johanson will be signing his book "The Green Fallacy" on Saturday, June 25, from noon-2 p.m. "The Green Fallacy" is about using logic and common sense to tackle the many fallacies associated with manmade global warming and environmentalism. These days, environmentalism is more about emotion than truth. Rather than using supporting evidence, environmentalists relentlessly appeal to the public's emotions, trying to lure you in with pictures of cute, fuzzy polar bears and evil, devastating hurricanes. "The Green Fallacy," will take a long, hard look at the many holes in the issue of manmade global warming.
'Meet the Brewer' June 22
Come "Meet the Brewmaster and the Beer" on Wednesday, June 22, from 5-6:30 p.m. when Full Sail will release its new Brewer's Share Beer, Jimvar Bohemian Pilsner, brewed by Jim Kelter. A portion of the proceeds supports the FISH Food Bank. Full Sail Tasting Room and Pub, 506 Columbia St., Hood River; 541-386-2247.
Scepters play The Pines
If you missed Matt Brown's first visit to The Pines, you really missed out! This Portland singer/songwriter transports you with his smooth vocals and rich guitar sounds. Friday, June 17, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Having played the tasting room once before, The Pines is excited to have The Scepters back. Wondering who they are? The band dates back to 1965, having learned to play after watching The Beatles on Ed Sullivan. The years passed, and the four-man group got together again to play their high school reunion. Having had such a blast, they decided to keep playing. A funky blend of "surfer jam with English-invasion at Woodstock" sound, The Scepters are sure to be a great night. Saturday, June 18, 6:30-9:30 p.m. The Pines Tasting Room, 202 State St., Hood River; 541-993-8301.
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Friday, June 17, 4-7 p.m. Kit Garoutte — When it comes to finger-style jazz guitar Kit Garoutte is a guitarist worth listening to for jazz, pop, classical, blues, R&B, folk, funk, rock, and new acoustic .
Saturday, June 18, 7-10 p.m. Sandy Saunders Band — Combine Sandy's country-rock roots from Augusta Georgia and the rockin blues of the Pacific Northwest, it explains why Sandy is bringing crowds to their feet where ever they play.
Sunday, June 19, 4-7 p.m. Swing Crew — Swing Crew consists of Linda McAllister, John Durkan, Mike Stillman, Paul Viemeister and Dennis Harvey. They play danceable swing, blues and popular hits of all eras.
Monday, June 20, 7-10 p.m. Spruce Baugher — Hood River's local "Gpysy Balladeer" Spruce, will be laying down some Oregon acoustic folk roots music along with a mix of other local musicians.
Tuesday, June 21, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Jazz at Naked Winery — featuring Chic Preston, Ryan Kolberg, and Mike Stillman play jazz, funk, soul, pop, swing and shuffle blues. Come dance with us!
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International development is a very important issue that is close to your heart. Can the country realistically afford to set money aside for international aid when the country is in so much debt?
Obviously at a time of global financial crisis there will be pressure on all manner of spending but international aid is still vitally important. We know that we pay a much higher price in countries like Afghanistan when things go wrong and military intervention takes place. Development assistance is a long term cheaper option. We know that issues like climate change require everyone to play a role and that is why Britain must continue to for practical reasons as well as moral or humanitarian ones; to be a key supporter of international development.
Do you believe that a place like East Manchester that statistically has high levels of crime and unemployment can be seen as a place where people can get a good job and get onto the property ladder?
Many people in East Manchester do get on to the property ladder and work hard for themselves and their communities. Crime has been going down in East Manchester although unemployment is still a massive issue, particularly for younger people. But even in the present recession East Manchester is still a great place to live and will only get better as new institutions like the new secondary school come in to being.
One Advertiser reader commented "that some local councillors and you see no problems within East Manchester and everything including employment is rosy." Has there been a serious acknowledgement of the seriousness of the recession among you, other councillors and Greater Manchester MPs, and that voters cannot be smooth talked about jobs being created when unemployment is so dire?
I don't know where the quotation has come from and certainly never said anything like this myself. At a time of global recession, we know that unemployment will increase; and it has increased. The action that the government is taking has diminished the very worst impact of the global recession but not done away with the problems. The Work Guarantee that the government has announced includes a guaranteed offer of work or training for every 18-24 year old at risk of becoming long-term unemployed. The government will also fund 250,000 jobs in the public and private sector with more than 150 companies and organisations having already signed up. We need to make sure that we fight for existing jobs and create new ones. No one can pretend that it isn't a serious issue.
A problem with the recession is that skilled workers have to take on unskilled work that does not make the most of their skills and qualifications. Does Manchester Central have enough skilled jobs to be competitive?
The centre of Manchester is the economic capital of the north of England with many skilled jobs. The future of the economy in Manchester and in the UK is not in long term unskilled jobs but in upskilling the work force.
Seen as the leaders who are setting lengthy emission targets will not be in office, or even alive, are these targets truly realistic?
Setting targets for 2050 is important to making long term and sustainable reductions in carbon emission and it is important that the UK is the first country to introduce the idea of a legally binding target. A target for 2050 is not a way of putting off changes but of making sure that they form part of a long term plan. The Climate Change Bill which the government has laid out contains not only a target for an eventual 80% reduction in emissions, but crucially a carbon budgeting system to set out the trajectory to 2050.
The Guardian newspaper revealed that up to 120 Labour MPs will step down at the next election. As one of your constituents, will Tony Lloyd be standing for Manchester Central at the next general election?
I will be standing for re-election in Manchester Central at the next general election.
Do you have any ambitions to become a minister again?
I have never had particular ambitions for office apart from doing my best for the people of Manchester and the country.
Are you one of the more rowdy MPs in the chamber who likes to shout 'Hear, Hear'? Who are some of the more rowdy MPs in the chamber, or what party has the more rowdy MPs?
I don't tend to take part in the parliamentary noise!
Can you give me a sense of how a Labour Parliamentary Party meeting works and how it feels to chair the party?
Obviously meetings of the PLP are by its very nature private but they do vary enormously. Given the great variety of issues, they can sometimes get heated but it is always a great privilege to chair a meeting of the Parliamentary Party.
Do you tend to send the odd 'tweet' during sessions in the chamber like some of your colleagues?
No I can't say that I've ever used Twitter in the chamber!
How did you spend your summer recess?
Most of the time I was working in the constituency but I had a short holiday.
Are you a football fan? What are your views on Manchester City's spending this summer?
I am a lifelong Manchester United fan although I have always wanted to see Manchester teams do well. United have always been regarded as a rich club and certainly can't cry foul when Manchester City spend. For all of us however, maybe football today is taking leave of reality for normal people with the ridiculous sums of money involved.


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Senior Lipscomb forward Ben Page has been named to the Atlantic Sun Men's Soccer Preseason All-Conference Team.
Page, from Woodstock, Ga., was named to the team by a vote of the conference coaches.
The Bisons, under the guidance of coach Charles Morrow, were selected to finish eighth in the 10-team league.
Campbell is the preseason pick to win the Atlantic Sun regular season title.
Jacksonville was one of four schools to collect a single first-place vote after Stetson, the 2006 regular-season champ, and Campbell got three votes each. The Hatters and Camels each earned three votes from the coaches to be the tournament champ. Campbell edged out Stetson as the coaches' choice to win the regular season.
"It is an honor to be chosen two years running by the other coaches in our conference as the pre-season favorite," said Doug Hess, who is in his sixth year as head coach of the Fighting Camels. "I give full credit to the players in our program and the work they have done over the last several years to get us to this point. However, we would give up the pre-season honors in an instant to have the trophy in November."
The Atlantic Sun Conference, headquartered in Macon, Ga., consists of Belmont, Campbell, ETSU, Florida Gulf Coast, Gardner-Webb, Jacksonville, Kennesaw State, Lipscomb, Mercer, UNF, Stetson, and USC Upstate.


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Statement: January 20, 2011Docket No.: AD02-1-000
Statement of Commissioner Marc Spitzer on RTO/ISO metrics presentation
"Let me add my appreciation to these CEOs who took time out of very busy schedules to be here today. I appreciate your highlighting some of the specific findings from the filing this morning.
There is a great deal of information measured and presented through this effort. And while I think the greatest value from these metrics will be the analysis of trends for individual RTOs/ISOs going forward, there are lessons to be learned from what we've seen so far. I would like to mention a few this morning.
First, RTOs/ISOs are competitive markets. I have consistently argued that competitive markets are a means to ensure the Nation's ratepayers reliable supplies of energy at just and reasonable rates. The December filing makes clear that competitive markets have led to greater investment (for greater reliability and lower congestion), increased efficiency and development of new technologies. As one example, the metrics demonstrate a decreasing reliance on RMR contracts in favor of market mechanisms.
Second, while RTOs/ISOs do have costs to ratepayers, they provide a real value. It is critical to reflect upon this value proposition. Independent planning, centralized dispatch over larger geographic areas and broad reliability benefits provide valuable benefits to ratepayers.
Third, RTOs/ISOs reflect and should continue to reflect regional diversity. The RTOs/ISOs differ based on their historical systems, stakeholder needs, and concerns of regulators. While standardized metrics do provide comparable data for the RTOs/ISOs, this does not mean that the Commission will "compare" RTOs/ISOs or fail to respect regional differences. RTOs/ISOs are not one-size-fit-all structures.
Finally, these specific metrics do not tell the full story. It is stated in the December filing, but let me reiterate that the metrics do not definitively measure RTO/ISO performance. For example, the metrics themselves show the high correlation between wholesale energy prices and underlying fuel prices for all RTOs/ISOs. Other metrics depend on the behavior of other actors and are not within the RTO's/ISO's control.
Thank you again for your work on these issues. I will continue to monitor these efforts and will review the outcomes carefully."


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The UK Supreme Court on Nov. 2, 2011 handed down two interesting judgments:
- Rainy Sky S.A and others (Appellants) v Kookmin Bank (Respondent) [ see judgment, press summary, BAILII]
The Court held that when there is an ambiguity in construction of a clause in a commercial contract, the interpretation that would be consistent with business common sense should be given effect to. Also, in the exercise of construction is essentially one unitary exercise in which the court must consider the language used and ascertain what a reasonable person, that is a person who has all the background knowledge which would reasonably have been available to the parties in the situation in which they were at the time of the contract, would have understood the parties to have meant. In doing so, the court must have regard to all the relevant surrounding circumstances.
- Human Genome Sciences Inc (Appellant) v Eli Lilly and Company (Respondent) [see judgment, press summary, BAILII]
In holding that gene sequences can have industrial application, reversing the lower courts' findings, the Supreme Court gave primacy two policy arguments- attracting biosciences investment into the UK and bringing UK interpretations in compliance with the European Patent Convention. See this analysis of the judgment.
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There are lots of articles and essays of interest to modern Pagans out there, sometimes more than I can write about in-depth in any given week. So The Wild Hunt must unleash the hounds in order to round them all up.
- As the Occupy Wall Street movement goes nationwide, bureau reporters from the Pagan Newswire Collective have been covering the protests from a Pagan perspective. PNC-Minnesota reporter Cara Schulz attends the OccupyMN protests and asks: "Who are the 99%". Meanwhile, Diana Rajchel interviews Aldous Tyler, a Pagan presidential hopeful who's aligning himself with the Occupy movement. At PNC-Washington DC they feature a guest post from local Pagan Nicole Franklin, who attended the protests in New York. You may also want to check out the personal experiences of Erynn Rowan Laurie, who attended the Occupy Seattle action. We'll try to keep you posted regarding reports from Pagans participating in this growing phenomenon.
- Right Wing Watch reports that Mitt Romney did, in fact, albeit without actually naming him, call out the bigotry of Bryan Fischer at the Values Voters Summit. Quote: "One of the speakers who will follow me today, has crossed that line I think. Poisonous language does not advance our cause. It has never softened a single heart nor changed a single mind. The blessings of faith carry the responsibility of civil and respectful debate." While I wish that Romney had gone further, and actually declared that minority religions (like his) deserved, and are, protected under the United States constitution, I will still acknowledge this as bold forward step for the candidate.
- In related Values Voters Summit news, they have a simple message to attendees: "Don't be the weird one."
- Earlier this week PNC-Minnesota reported that Volkshof Kindred, a Heathen 501c3 organization located in the Twin Cities, recently purchased a building to be used as a Hof. The group says this is the first dedicated, group-owned, public heathen Hof (temple building) in North America. The residential building, which the group is currently renovating, is located in a northern Minneapolis suburb.
- The Supreme Court is expected to soon announce whether they will hear a case regarding large metal crosses in Utah erected along the highway to honor state highway patrol officers who died in the line of duty. At the heart of this issues is if the Christian cross can be considered a secular symbol of death. The 10th Circuit Court rejected this notion, noting the obvious fact that a Christian symbol cannot represent all peoples and religions in the United States. We'll be keeping track of this one.
- A group of journalists and bloggers who cover the Religious Right, Dominionism, and the New Apostolic Reformation, have sent an open letter to evangelical moderate Jim Wallis objecting to his assertions that they are portraying evangelical Christians as "intellectually-flawed right-wing crazies with dangerous plans for the country." They also take issue with Wallis endorsing an editorial by Mark I. Pinsky that engages in what they see as anti-Semitic slurs.
- An Australian wedding ends in a local Witch being attacked by her drunken neighbor (who was also the bride). The neighbors apparently had a long-running feud, and too much alcohol brought out the worst in her. More, here.
- Slacktivist spotlights yet another terrible idea in alternative Halloween celebrations for Christians: Jesus Ween. No, really. Don't they know that the neighbors who hand out Chick tracts and related fare are the ones targeted for egging later?
- Kilkenny People profiles Eimear Burke, a trained psychotherapist, priestess and Druid.
- Two years later, the Prescott Daily Courier checks in with various figures connected to the deadly sweat lodge ceremony held by New Age guru James Arthur Ray. As for Ray himself, the long-delayed pre-sentencing hearing is finally set to begin on November 8th.
That's it for now! Feel free to discuss any of these links in the comments, some of these I may expand into longer posts as needed.


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The rise of scalable graphics on the desktop has been enabled by many factors. First and foremost is the W3C SVG XML based vector graphics format. SVG provides us with an open, standard based format for creating such graphics. Using SVG has numerous advantages over other scalable formats. Because it is an XML based file format, SVG allows the creator to conveniently embed arbitrary information inside of the file. For instance by using this inherent feature, an author can store accessibility information or categorization information inside the SVG file - two things that are useful for the indexing engines such as Medusa and for query systems such as Dashboard.
For those of you unfamiliar with SVG, it is a file format for scalable vector graphics developed under the W3C banner as an open and free standard for doing vector graphics and animations on the web. Unlike PNGs and JPEGs, SVG is a vector-based graphics format, which means that its images can scale to almost any size while still retaining a sharp, crisp look. SVG is XML based, which means that it is a human readable format and easily interoperates with other XML based technologies such as XHTML, CSS, DOM and SMIL. SVG's uses are in no way limited to the web, as I hope to outline in this article. In fact, I believe that the effort to popularize SVG on the Linux desktop will turn out to be a critical factor in SVG's success.Chapter 1: The Levien Years
One of the first persons responsible for bringing native SVG support to Linux was Raph Levien. Raph started with an application he called Gill in the very beginning of 1999. 'Gill' was short for 'GNOME Illustrator' and was the first attempt at creating a free SVG editor and vector drawing application. As part of that effort Raph also started a library called Gdome - an implementation of the W3C DOM standard. Raph was an early adopter, as the first public draft of the SVG specification wasn't released until February 1999.
As the first draft of the SVG spec was released, work on another SVG editor was undertaken - the now well-known Sodipodi drawing application by Lauris Kaplinski. Sodipodi was partially based on Gill. Over the next several months, Sodipodi progressed while Gill came to an end as Raph's attention turned elsewhere.
Adobe came on stage about this time with the first release of their ">SVG browser plugin in March 2000. Being cross plattform it offered a nice way for people to start viewing SVG files in their browsers, although the Linux plugin was never updated often enough to keep up with the rapid changing library stack of Linux, subduing its popularity.
Around the same time a company named Eazel was formed. Part of the their business plan was to develop a new file manager for GNOME, namely Nautilus. With Apple veteran Andy Hertzfeld in charge, Eazel had many plans to revolutionize the desktop experience. As part of their plan, Eazel sought to use vector graphics instead of bitmaps and so hired Raph Levien to create a SVG rendering library to be used in Nautilus. The first version of that code was checked into GNOME CVS in April 2000.
As things would have it, Raph was asked to take over maintainership of the Ghostscript project, a project that had a money-earning commercial venture built up around it. So when Raph left librsvg development and started working on Ghostscript in September/October 2000, librsvg's development went into maintenance mode as the project lost its founder and sole developer.Chapter 2: SVG renderers galore
At the very end of 2000 Apache's Java-based Batik renderer saw daylight and the world got what was probably the first both complete and free SVG implementation.
Nautilus 1.0 was released with basic/preliminary SVG support on March 15, 2001. At the time, there were no SVG icons or themes. However Nautilus attempted to thumbnail "any" SVG images on your disk as you browsed your directories. At this time librsvg was still very raw and it had a tendency to pull down Nautilus when it came across a SVG file it couldn't render. The combination of librsvg having been abandoned before the library had reached a satisfactory level with general performance issues in its showcasing application Nautilus probably slowed down interest in SVG on the desktop quite a bit although progress in other SVG projects would keep the ball rolling. Around this time, two other SVG projects got underway. The Mozilla SVG project started as part of the Crocodile Mathematics project, although its checkin to Mozilla CVS didn't happen until December 2001. The KDE project began their SVG efforts with KSVG being imported into CVS in August 2001.
Things where looking rather good and a huge boost to SVG development came a month later W3C released the SVG 1.0 specification on 4th September 2001. The first ever SVG icon theme also came into existence as Ximian released the Gorilla SVG theme made by Jakub Steiner in October 2001.
After this follows a period where relatively little happens for over half a year, except for some optimization work on librsvg and Nautilus to get Scalable Gorilla to render faster.
The stage is set for librsvg's return as the primary conductor for the idea of using SVG graphics as Dom Lachowicz took over librsvg maintainership June 2002. Dom had already proved to be a top notch hacker through his work on first Gnumeric then as one of the primary forces behind the Abiword word processor in addition to multiple patches and fixes to low level GNOME libraries. Shortly afterwords, Carl Worth began an effort to create xsvg, a fork of librsvg with the new Cairo X11 extension. This was an amicable fork, as both Dom and Carl collaborated on XSVG's initial design. To this day, Dom plans to use Cairo in librsvg, hoping that he and Carl could pool their efforts. Cairo's immaturity and general unavailability kept for him from doing that. What the future will bring in this regard is still unclear - hopefully the Cairo developers manage to improve Cairo, since it has several shortcomings that make implementing a SVG renderer difficult.
Another effort gets that got started at this time - though not directly related to librsvg or SVG - is libcroco. Libcroco is a CSS2 parsing library by Dodji Seketeli, originally created to use in his mlview XML editor application. Libcroco has proven to be essential to the continued improvement of free software SVG support and is now used by both librsvg and soon KSVG. A second SVG iconset appears in November 2002 when Vladim Plessky begins working on his Bluesphere SVG icons.
The general SVG movement continues as the W3C released its SVG 1.1 recommendation Jan 14, 2003. This was timed well as the KDE project wished to further incorporate SVG in its desktop with its Crystal SVG icon theme by Everaldo Coelho. The theme didn't actually use SVG or vector graphics at all (Its vector claim came from its icons being made using Adobe Illustrator. The icons where then exported as bitmaps). In fact, most of the theme is still not available as SVGs. But since it was presented as being a SVG icon theme, Crystal did have the effect of boosting the mindshare of SVG icons on the desktop.
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10 DIY Painted Planter Ideas
No matter if it's your outdoor or indoor space that needs sprucing up, a colorful planter or pot can add a ton of personality. Why buy when there are so many fresh DIY ideas for painting to be found around the web?
We've been collecting colorful painted pot and planter DIY ideas since the weather started getting warmer. There are just so many clever ways to spice up an old or cheap planter that we're brimming with DIY excitement. And of course, doing something yourself means you can usually save money and customize it to your exact color desires! Here are ten painted planter projects from around the web that we love:
1) Dabito's "Old Brand New" Planter
2) Paint Dipped Ceramic Pots via The Lovely Cupboard
3) Awesome geometric pattern spotted on Happy Mundane
4) Bonnie's Chalkboard Planting Pots via Design*Sponge
5) Beautiful DIY Puffy Paint Planters via Homedit
6) DIY Puffy Paint Terra Cotta Planters
7) DIY Terracotta Plant Pots via Dellie
8) Day of the Dead Planters via Creative Kismet
9) A Chevron Recycled Wood Planter
10) Neon Color-blocked Spray-painted Planter via The Proper Pinwheel
(Images -- 1: Dabito/Old Brand New; 2: The Lovely Cupboard; 3: Jonathan Lo; 4: Bonnie from Going Home to Roost; 5: Homedit; 6: Apartment Therapy; 7: Dellie; 8: Creative Kismet; 9: The 91204 Blog; 10: The Proper Pinwheel)


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Browns captain Joe Thomas unapologetically talks about the 4-7 Browns getting hot and making a playoff run, starting with a win over Jacksonville. The rest of the AFC is doing the math for him.
In a normal year, it would be an absolute joke for a team with a 4-7 record to talk playoffs.
This is not a normal year. It is a very weird one. And, while it isn't enough to fill the seats on a cold day against a 2-9 team, the Cleveland Browns are in the hunt.
It humors them. It gives them hope, even amid fresh memories of fans abandoning them en masse quite early in the latest loss.
Grab a copy of the NFL schedule.
Check out the Ravens, who lead the crazy race for the AFC's second wild-card spot — after a nutty win over Pittsburgh on Thanksgiving night — with a 6-6 record.
Baltimore doesn't figure to do better than 2-2 the rest of the way against a lineup including games at Detroit and at Cincinnati and at home against New England — even if next Sunday's home game against the Vikings is a semi-gimme.
Check out the four teams — Titans, Jets, Dolphins, Chargers — bunched at 5-6 heading into today's games. All have schedules and track records that make 8-8 seem like best-case.
In a normal year, it would be an absolute joke to suppose that the 4-7 Browns — on a 1-5 skid — are in the hunt for anything but a top-five draft pick.
Joe Thomas, however, was not joking.
Asked on the eve of a game against Jacksonville if the Browns' season still is alive, the Cleveland captain said:
"Oh, absolutely."
Seven-point favorites against the suddenly awake Jaguars, the Browns can get to 5-7 heading into games at New England, home to Chicago, at New York (Jets) and at Pittsburgh.
One game out.
"There is nobody in the locker room thinking, 'Oh, it's over,' " Thomas said. "We're not in the driver's seat sitting pretty, but we are by no means out of it.
"We know that the AFC's sixth playoff spot is going to come down to a .500-ish team, and it's going to be a tiebreaker. Some team will get hot."
"Hot" is hard to see from where the Browns were in a 27-11 loss to Pittsburgh. But life looks different after a win, any win. And if the Browns look up Sunday night after a victory, that will notice that the other contenders are tripping all over themselves.
• The Ravens, albeit at .500, aren't what they were in 2012, and even then they finished the regular season on a 1-4 skid. And they did lose recently at Cleveland.
• The Chargers, 5-6, will have lost four of their last five if Cincinnati sinks them today at Paul Brown Stadium.
• The Jets, 5-6, will have lost four of their last five if they fall to Miami today.
• The Dolphins, 5-6, are in a 2-6 slump.
• The Steelers are back to 5-7, and the Browns can get there.
• The Titans, 5-6, will have lost six of their last eight if they fall at Indianapolis.
One could argue the Browns don't deserve contention, but one's rebuttal would be, who in this crowd does?
Another fair question: Why not?
Brandon Weeden is the quick answer to why not. The Browns would have to start winning games with him at quarterback. They haven't won any he has started since last Dec. 9.
A light that hasn't come on must suddenly glow.
"I think he's going to play well," offensive coordinator Norv Turner said.
Turner doesn't think Weeden has collapsed within games that haven't gone well or afterward when he gets blistered on talk radio and in social media.
"I think Brandon handles things awfully well," Turner said, implying he maybe can handle the stretch run.
"The No. 1 thing that we have to do as an offensive group," Turner went on, "is eliminate the turnovers."
After replacing injured Jason Campbell against Pittsburgh, trailing 20-3, Weeden threw a pick-six. The game began to get away after Chris Ogbonnaya lost a fumble for the second straight week.
"We've said it all along," Turner said. "When we've played our best, we've not had very many turnovers.
"During our three-game win streak, we did a great job of protecting the ball. In our game at Kansas City and the week after that when we beat Baltimore, Jason did a great job of protecting the ball. We haven't done that the last two weeks."
Campbell was sitting on a 13-0 lead at Cincinnati before a pick, a block and a bobble became lethal.
Weeden might have had a better game against Pittsburgh if tight end Jordan Cameron had held on to what would have been a third-down pass, when the score was 3-all just before halftime.
"Brandon probably said to himself, 'You've got to be kidding me,' " Turner said. "That would have been a nice play to convert and we would have had the first down. It would have given everyone a little momentum."
Weeden said nothing to anyone else. Now, he must begin to do more than absorbing boos like a pro.
If the Browns get to 5-7, who starts at quarterback at New England next Sunday becomes the big question. It depends on how Weeden looks. It depends on Campbell's recovery from a concussion.
Head coach Rob Chudzinski headed into the Jacksonville game talking up Weeden.
"Brandon had a very good week of preparation and practice," Chudzinski said. "That's one of the things specifically that I've noticed ... he's been very confident this week and expects to do well."
If it translates into a Browns win, what then?
Great expectations? No. A game out of the last playoff spot, possibly trailing only two teams? Yes.
Thomas, for one, is hoping, and noticing his surroundings.
"You get hot in December, you could go all the way through the playoffs," he said. "I don't know what's going to happen with Indy, because they're kind of on the downside right now. Some of those other teams that are going to win their division are going to be going down and they'll get knocked out right away.
"It's those teams that are hot and had to win their last four and are rolling and have the confidence and are playing well ..."
Thomas trailed off, understanding the topic is going nowhere unless a roll starts somewhere, even if that happens to be in beating a team that is long gone.


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Mitt Romney hasn't gotten much love from the music world over the course of his campaign. Just today, Jay-Z introduced Barack Obama at a campaign event in Columbus, Ohio. Beforehand, the rapper performed his hit "99 Problems," modifying the chorus to end with the words "but Mitt ain't one."
Jay-Z's got plenty of company in Obama's corner. Fellow rappers ranging from Young Jeezy to Common have voiced their support for the president, as have rockers like Jon Bon Jovi and Bruce Springsteen--who also joined the president in Ohio--and country artists including Garth Brooks and Tim McGraw. There's even an organization called DJs for Obama, which includes names like Steve Aoki and DJ Cassidy.
"Many of them believe he understands them," says Marlon Hill, a Miami entertainment attorney who helped organize DJs for Obama. "He has a very intimate understanding of their life's pursuit of prosperity and opportunity in America and the struggles you may go through as a small business owner, and as a young person who's just come out of school, looking to contribute to society. He's lived that."
Romney's best-known musical supporter? Kid Rock.
So why haven't more of these popular music purveyors sung the praises of the former governor of Massachusetts? A quick survey of music business insiders reveals a range of reasons as broad as the industry itself. Here are a few.
The simplest reason, perhaps, is that Obama's policies seem to align more closely with most musicians' values than Romney's. Randy Phillips, chief of concert promoter AEG, strongly supports that notion.
"Most artists believe that government has a role in promoting and enabling society's greater good and have worked their asses off to join the 1%," he says.
Phillips cites Obama' support of funding for the arts ("including Big Bird and PBS"), progressive income tax rates ("so that the wealthy pay their fair share"), women's reproductive rights ("healthcare choices that are not being dictated to them by a bunch of white middle-aged men and religious zealots"), environmental protection ("silencing the ignorant cackle of noise from the global warming deniers"), gay rights and "a sane foreign policy that does not pit American values against the rest of the world."
Mitt Romney, on the other hand, might seem inaccessible to many musicians because of his high level of earnings. The Republican candidate pulled in $20.9 million in adjusted gross income (more than any rapper other than Dr. Dre, Diddy, Jay-Z, Kanye West or Lil Wayne, and more than any DJ besides this year's Electronic Cash King, Tiesto). Obama, by contrast, only earned $789,674.
Still, jealousy seems an unlikely basis for voting decisions. Plenty of stars, like Aoki and Cassidy, earned less than Romney and still support Obama.
It's possible there are more musicians who support Romney and just don't want to admit it. Michael Levine, who runs a publicity firm in Los Angeles and has represented 34 Grammy Award winners over the years, gives credence to that theory.
"Supporting Romney in Hollywood is, well, dangerous business," he says.
Some on Obama's side of the aisle admit that Levine's contention could be true, but hope it's not.
"It's possible, but this is America, and nobody should be afraid of politics—politics should be afraid of you," says Hill. "We just hope that all within earshot will go out and vote tomorrow."
Do the political opinions of musicians actually matter to anyone? Leave a comment below.
For more on the business of music, check out my Jay-Z biography Empire State of Mind.You can also follow me on Twitter and Facebook. And don't forget to vote!
Zack O'Malley Greenburg is senior editor of media & entertainment at Forbes and author of three books: '3 Kings: Diddy,
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"After 29 years of strong community support and four years of litigation to preserve the Fourth of July La Jolla Cove fireworks display in Ellen Browning Scripps Park, the nonprofit La Jolla Community Fireworks Foundation has finally raised sufficient funding for the 2014 show," said foundation spokesperson Deborah Marengo on the group's website at www.lajollafireworks.org. "However, the foundation regrets to inform the community that this year's 2014 Fourth of July event has been unable to retain a fireworks company at this late juncture. The 2014 Fourth of July Fireworks at La Jolla Cove will need to be cancelled because of the lack of any available licensed fireworks companies to perform the show."
It costs the foundation about $30,000 per year to stage the event.
Marengo said litigation by environmental activists seeking tighter regulations for fireworks displays held over water has "unfortunately significantly delayed the necessary 2014 funding to the point where all available fireworks companies have become committed to other events."
Encinitas-based Coastal Environmental Rights Foundation has filed several lawsuits against the city's permitting process for events, including those involving fireworks. Following its fourth action in 2011, it issued a statement that read, "Unfortunately, the City has instead chosen to vilify environmentalists, delay and avoid dealing with the issues head-on, and sidestep the law. All of this is being done for the right to play favorites with certain annual events."
Marengo said the City of San Diego has been "wonderfully supportive in continuing the La Jolla event and has incurred substantial expense in settling the four years of litigation by environmental activists." She said all submitted donations will be refunded upon request.
But the fireworks organizer said there's hope for the future.
"With the four years of litigation now behind us, the La Jolla Community Fireworks Foundation looks forward to putting on the 2015 Fourth of July event at La Jolla Cove," she said. "Many thanks to the community for supporting this important civic event, and we sincerely regret this year's disappointing news. It has been a privilege to serve the community in celebration of America's independence."


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greenfish wrote:Why not just go via UQ / Eleanor Schonell Bridge into the city?
corso probably won't be in too good shape. oxley rd flooded. trees down on the western fwy bikepath...
bus me thinks. at least til peaks are over
EDIT: jindalee cycle bridge (not the jindalee bridge) is already flooded


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Four men were killed in separate South Side attacks Monday, two of them within blocks of each other about nine hours apart, authorities said.
In the most recent killing, police responded about 8:50 p.m. to a call of a person shot in an alley adjacent to the 1800 block of West Garfield Boulevard in the Englewood neighborhood, police said.
Police found a 23-year-old man shot multiple times in the back, Chicago Police Department News Affairs Officer Amina Greer said. He was taken in critical condition to Holy Cross Hospital and pronounced dead at 8:56 p.m., according to police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
He was identified as Lterrick Benion, and he lived at the same address where he was shot, according to the medical examiner's office.
The shooting happened steps from the home of a 28-year-old man gunned down earlier Monday, two blocks to the west.
Cauirece Graham, who lived in the 1800 block of Garfield close to the scene of the shooting, was shot about 11:55 a.m. in a restaurant in the 2000 block of Garfield, according to police and the medical examiner's office.
A man or boy had followed him into the restaurant, News Affairs Officer Veejay Zala said. The person shot Graham multiple times in the chest and lower extremities, then fled the area on a bike, according to police.
Graham was declared dead at 12:40 p.m. at John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County.
He was on parole in a 2012 unlawful use of a weapon case, in which he was arrested following an incident in the 300 block of East 136th Street on June 12, 2012, according to court and police records. He was released from prison on Dec. 4 and had been scheduled to complete his parole in December of this year.
Police did not immediately say if the later homicide on Garfield had any relation to Graham's killing.
Earlier Monday, Richard Pierce, 30, was shot in the South Shore neighborhood, officials said.
The shooting happened at about 9 a.m at 79th Street and Oglesby Avenue, according to police.
The man sustained a gunshot wound to his head and neck and was taken to South Shore Hospital in serious condition, according to Chicago Fire Department officials.
The man was later pronounced dead, according to News Affairs Officer Michael Sullivan. Officials are investigating the shooting as an apparent homicide, Sullivan said.
Pierce, of the 7800 block of South Oglesby, was declared dead at 9:19 a.m. at South Shore Hospital, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office, which said he was shot a few doors south of where he lived.
Dovone Jackson, 23, of the 11600 block of South Eggleston Avenue, was pronounced dead at 6:12 a.m. Tuesday at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, according to a spokesman for the Cook County medical examiner's office.
He was shot Monday in the 11700 block of South Normal Avenue. He was shot in the chest at about 9:15 p.m. and later died, officials said.
At least five other people were shot in the city since Monday afternoon, according to authorities. They included:
• A 22-year-old man walking down the sidewalk was hurt in a drive-by shooting about 6:05 a.m. in the 5900 block of South Emerald Avenue in Englewood. A small green truck drove by and at least one person inside fired shots, striking the man in the ear and the back, police said. He was taken to Stroger hospital, where he was listed in good condition.
• A 23-year-old man shot about 1:50 a.m. in the 6300 block of South Rhodes Avenue in the West Woodlawn neighborhood on the South Side. The man was shot in the arm and listed in good condition at University of Chicago Medical Center.
• A 4-year-old girl and a 31-year-old man shot at 4:56 p.m. in near the intersection of West 71st and South Rockwell streets in the Marquette Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
• A 19-year-old man shot in the arm about 9:45 p.m. while walking down the 500 block of East 47th Street in the Bronzeville neigfhborhood on the South Side. The man walked into University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was listed in good condion.
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Do criminal(black-hat) hackers serve a useful purpose?It seems to me that a lot of "black hats" try to justify their actions by saying something along these lines.If there wasn't a criminal element in the computer world would security be near as advanced as it is today?
Then "white-hats" tend to counter this by saying that there wouldn't be a need for security if there wasn't a criminal element to deal with.
It seems to me that these are both good points,because although there wouldn't be a need for security if the criminal element was taken out of the equasion,it would be disasterous if somebody did try to bring down the worlds major computer networks.
Hmmmmmmmmm.What do you all think?


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Battle Zone HD - Volcano Crisis
- Publisher: rockifone.com
- Genre: Social Networking
- Released: 29 Sep, 2010
- Size: 20.8 MB
- Price: FREE!
- App Store Info
DescriptionIn battle zone, the main purpose of the game is to keep your base alive as long as you can by building mazes using defense units. There are 10 kinds of defense units. Choose where and which one to build to block both air and land enemies away from your base. Once the base health comes to zero, the battle is lost. Destroying your enemy gives the defense units EXP points; the more damage a unit will inflict, the higher its ranking will be. As its ranking and medal count increases,defense units gain more abilities such as stun, teleportation, money steal, life steal, heavy damage, fast speed, wide range, critical hit, additionally more medals will results in more exp points. Enemies come in waves from all directions. The combat duration on battle zone will solely depends on your wisdom! Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/rockifone
- Upgrade automatically depending on the performance of each defense unit.
- Take advantage of the slowing spots on the battle zone to survive.
- Random medal system. Every time is a different experience.
- Endless waves to challenge your wisdom and luck.
- Internet ranking list to compete with the world for the highest score.
- 3 difficulites for player of all levels - Build defense during game pause
- map weapon: - EMP - TNT - Nuclear Bomb - Enemy Freezer
The medals give you extra defense power. Equipping them as soon as you get them on the right unit really prolong your survival time. When you get high-rank medals, put them high-rank units and move their old low-rank medal to low-rank units. Thus you make full use of all the medals. There are several spots on every stage that will slow down ground enemies. In order to make defense more efficient, you can block the route of enemies to make them go through the slow-down spots. Defense unit upgrades automatically. Shoot an enemy, you can 1 exp point. Destroy one, you get 5 points. Place your favorite defense unit where destroy enemies at every turn to upgrade it sooner. Use E.M.P to slow down enemies when you don't have enough time to stop them. And use TNT as the last resort to protect your base. They're quite expensive, so use them wisely at the very necessary time. When you have excess defense power, call up the next wave of enemies to earn bonus money. Medal system: Destroy enemy to get medal that has 1-3 of the following abilities. Defense units can only equip with the medal of their same rank. The high the rank is, the more medals can be equipped(up to 6). Medals: more chance of getting new medals. Stun: Shock enemies by certain chances, so they cannot move for 3 seconds. Teleportation: Teleport enemy back to start point by certain chances. Money steal: Steal 5% enemy hp for cash by certain chances Life steal: Heal base health for 1 point, by certain chances. Heavy damage: Deal more damage on enemy per shot. Fast speed: Increase defense unit shooting speed. Wide rage: Increase defense unit shooting range. Critical hit: Deal 5x damage by certain chances. More exp: Gain more exp during battle.


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Apr 18, 2013 12:48 PM PT
Before knocking boots, knock phones.
Three software engineers at the University of Iceland have designed an app to alert people if a casual encounter might in fact be casual incest.
By bumping their mobile devices together, the app lets users -- and potential partners -- instantly compare their lineage, showing the nearest common ancestors. If a close relative is detected, users are alerted via an alarm and text warning.
Due to its small population -- just 320,000 people -- and relative isolation, Icelanders have a higher risk of familial hookups. The country's gene pool is somewhat self-contained. Most citizens can trace their ancestry to the island's settlers from the 800s.
By requiring users to punch in their Icelandic social security numbers, the app utilizes genealogical information from a national database called, "Islendingabok," which traces the ancestry of the country's current inhabitants. The app won a University of Iceland contest celebrating the database's 10-year anniversary.
[Source: Bloomberg Businessweek]
China Smacks Apple for Obscenity
China's National Office Against Pornographic and Illegal Publications ordered Apple to remove obscene content that was accessible via the company's online app store.
Apple hasn't been able to do anything right in China of late. In March, China's state-run media blasted Apple for being arrogant and offering substandard post-sale service in China. The media assault prompted an unprecedented apology from Apple, which doesn't want to get on the bad side of what is now its second-biggest market.
In its smut-removal campaign, Chinese authorities shut down 21 websites and ordered 175 to remove content. It is not clear from initial reports what Apple content ruffled China's feathers, but it does look like Apple's China headache will linger for a bit.
[Source: Bloomberg]
Microsoft, Foxconn Ink Patent Deal
Thanks to a deal confirmed Wednesday, Microsoft will collect a royalty for every Foxconn-built device that runs Google operating systems Android or Chrome OS.
Foxconn's parent company, Hon Hai, licensed unspecified Microsoft patents for TV, tablets and smartphones that are built by Foxconn and that run on Google's Linux-derived software.
Terms of the deal haven't been divulged, but Microsoft said that an array of patents were licensed.
Foxconn -- which has garnered publicity for allegations of worker abuse, as well as factory riots and suicides -- builds iPads, iPhones, Amazon Kindles and PlayStation 3s, among other products.
In 2011, Microsoft brought legal action against Barnes & Noble and Foxconn for Foxconn-built, Android-powered Nook and Nook Color e-reading devices.
[Source: The Register]
Nokia Sales Tumble
The bad was more bad than the good was good.
Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia experienced a first-quarter plunge in sales of its basic phones, which was enough to spook investors despite stronger-than-expected Lumia smartphone sales.
Even though it sold 5.6 million Lumia handsets, up from 4.4 million the previous quarter, Nokia's overall phone volume dropped 30 percent from the previous quarter. Net sales fell 20 percent, to 5.9 billion euros, from a year earlier.
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Two men were sentenced to federal prison this week after Operation �No Quarter� revealed their involvement in drug trafficking in Pamlico County, according to a press release from the United States Attorney�s Office.
Two men were sentenced to federal prison this week after Operation �No Quarter� revealed their involvement in drug trafficking in Pamlico County, according to a press release from the United States Attorney�s Office.
Allen Gerome Gibbs, 38, of Bayboro was sentenced to more than 15 years imprisonment and Jessie Lee Pearson, 36, of Greenville was sentenced to more than 11 years imprisonment.
Gibbs and Pearson will be placed on supervised release for five years each after they fulfill their prison sentences.
Additionally, Gibbs will pay $1,900 in restitution to the Pamlico County Sheriff�s Office either upfront or through participation in the Bureau of Prisons Inmate Financial Responsibility Program during his incarceration.
Pearson�s plea agreement included that he will forfeit $99,763 in cash to the government. The money was seized by agents during the investigation.
A shipment of about 14 kilograms of cocaine was seized in Pamlico County from a truck driven by Renato Torres-Eguino, of Phoenix. The cocaine was being shipped to Jorge Acosta-Muro, of Arapahoe. Acosto-Muro was Pearson�s source for cocaine.
Acosto-Muro was going to sell the cocaine to Pearson and Bayboro resident, Kevin Cornelious Davis who planned to sell the cocaine to their customers.
Two of their customers were Gibbs and Tobia Mila Moye, of Grifton.
Results of the investigation disclosed that Pearson distributed more than 130 kilograms of cocaine throughout Pitt and Pamlico Counties since 2002.
Agents with the Craven County and Pamlico County Sheriff�s Offices indicted Gibbs after a confidential informant purchased cocaine from him in Craven and Pamlico County areas on numerous occasions between 2011 and 2012.
Through investigation, officials found that Gibbs was involved in the distribution of more than 8 kilograms of cocaine in the Craven and Pamlico County areas after he was released from prison on prior drug charges in 2008.
Prior to the sentencing of Gibbs and Pearson, other participants were sentenced for their involvement as well.
Torres-Eguino was sentenced to more than 19 years in prison.
Acosto-Muro was sentenced to more than 22 years, while Davis and Moye were each sentenced to more than 10 years.
The purpose of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) Operation �No Quarter� was to breakdown the Mexican Drug Trafficking Organizations (DTO) that operates not only in the Eastern District of North Carolina, but throughout the entire state, the United States and Mexico. Los Zetas, La Familia, Gulf and Sinaloa drug cartels are all part of the DTO.
These DTO�s have imported large quantities of cocaine, marijuana, heroin and methamphetamine into the United States. Some proceeds from the sale of these illegal drugs were sent back into Mexico.
The 10 year investigation that spanned five North Carolina counties, afforded officials the opportunity to seize drugs with a street value of $4.6 million, 127 kilograms of cocaine, 53 pounds of crystal methamphetamine, 160 pounds of marijuana and 32 grams of heroin.
Officials also seized $2.2 million in U.S. currency, 35 firearms and 35 real properties valued at $1.5 million.
Federal prosecutions from this investigation were handled by Special Assistant United States Attorney�s Glenn Perry, from the Pitt County District Attorney�s Office and Augustus Willis, from District Attorney Scott Thomas� office.


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Election Wrap-up
Abbas Wins District 20
Democrat's election is certified by the state
Medical Marijuana in New Mexico
If a bill moving through the current 30-day Legislative Session passes, the state's sick and dying may be legally smoking up by this summer
"I've got AIDS. I'm nauseous 24/7; my life is degrees of nausea. I'm fighting wasting," said Essie Debonet, a 61-year-old, 95-pound patient activist, adding that marijuana is one of the only things that helps to quell her chronic nausea due to AIDS medications. "It almost pushes me to eat."
Thin Line
Dying Wind
Years ago, on the first day of April, my predecessor, Michael Henningsen, sent around an e-mail informing us that the Alibi had just purchased Crosswinds. Being the most gullible person east of the International Date Line, I swallowed the whole story without even chewing. Like a complete idiot, I ran around the office quizzing people about the purchase. I distinctly recall Chris Johnson, one of the Alibi's owners, laughing in my face.
Ortiz y Pino
Fizzling Out
Set aside for the moment your feelings about the wars—both the one against Terror and the one in Iraq.
Guest Editorial
A Controversial Cancer Vaccine
Suppose medical researchers invented a vaccine to prevent lung cancer. Then suppose the American Lung Association lobbied to ban the vaccine because preventing lung cancer deaths might weaken their anti-smoking campaign. Nuts, right?
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Dateline: Thailand—Thailand's creepiest couple is planning to tie the knot on Valentine's Day. The Scorpion Queen and the Centipede King plan to get married on Feb. 14 at the Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum's Haunted House Adventure in the southern resort town of Pattaya. Kanchana Ketkaew, 36, set a world record in 2002 for spending 32 days in a glass cage with 3,400 scorpions. Bunthawee Siengwong, 29, set a Thai record for enduring 28 days with 1,000 centipedes. The two met while performing their respective stunts at a snake farm on the resort island of Koh Samui. According to Somporn Naksuetrong, general manager of Thailand's Ripley's Museum, the couple will wear bloodstained wedding clothes and will partake in a traditional Thai ceremony. But, instead of heading to a traditional "wedding room" after the ceremony, the pair plans to climb into a coffin to consummate their union.
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Santa is coming to town, and all the Irish boys and girls in New York are getting very excited for his arrival.
Two-year-old Ella Dolan, who will start playschool next year, is already getting into the Christmas spirit. Every night before bed Ella and her mommy light a special candle for baby Jesus.
Sometimes if she is good Ella is allowed to watch "Follow Santa" on the computer. It's a website that tracks Santa's movements across the world leading up to Christmas Day. Ella loves it and gets very excited when she sees Santa online.
Although Ella and her parents, who are Irish born, will continue the tradition of leaving out a cookie and milk for Santa, they will go that extra mile this Christmas
"This year my mammy said she will mix oats and glitter and we will spread it on the grass for Rudolph," Ella told the Irish Voice last week.
She is hoping Santa will bring her "Dora and Diego and a baby doll and a toy for Elfie."
The Yonkers resident will have Christmas dinner with her parents in their house and her aunt and uncle will join them too.
"I am going to help my mammy cook a big dinner and we will have ice cream too -- it's my favorite," Ella says.
Adam, 5, and Sophie, 3, are the children of Cork export Lisa and Fermanagh immigrant John. They live in Yonkers. Adam goes to Paideia School 15 and Sophie is in the 3S program at the Will Library.
December isn't all about Santa and presents for this family. This time three years ago Adam was undergoing open heart surgery. Today the family celebrate their son's life because he has beaten the odds and is living a healthy and normal life.
Lisa told the Irish Voice that she and her husband are "so thankful" for their beautiful kids.
"A few years ago we didn't think that was possible but Adam has showed us his strength and courage every day," she added.
Adam wrote via email he was most excited about "Santy bringing me my pirate Lego book."
His only concern was his behavior. "I hope Santy thinks I was good enough to bring me my Lego," he said.
Adam's little blonde haired sister Sophie is excited about getting a grocery store all for herself so she can run her own shop.
When asked what he was thankful for this Christmas season Adam said, "I'm thankful for my family and mommy." Sophie was thankful for "my dollies."
Lisa and John will be cooking the dinner. Her sister Anna, her husband Ivan, her niece Olivia and her nephew Jack will join them for the Christmas feast in their Yonkers home.
In an effort to pay respect to the families of the Newtown tragedy, Lisa asked that all parents "slow down" and not be so focused on material things this Christmas.
"Let's try to do something as simple as lighting a candle or giving our elderly neighbor a hug," said Lisa.
Every night Lisa and John pray with their kids. "We pray each night for all the sick boys and girls with broken hearts. I want the kids to be aware of how lucky we are to have what we have," she added.
In January Lisa and Adam will do the New York City Heart Walk. They have asked people through Facebook to sponsor this cause.
"It's close to our hearts and we are always trying to spread the word about congenital heart defects being the number one birth defect," she said.
Erin and Peter McGlynn are very excited about Christmas this year. They became parents to their daughter Maeve earlier in the year and have their Yonkers home decked out for the Christmas celebrations.
Maeve will spend her first Christmas in Long Island with her grandparents and cousins. Her dad Peter hails from Donegal. Not wanting to leave out the Irish relations, they plan to spend part of their Christmas day Skyping with family in Ireland.
"This year we are extremely thankful for a beautiful, happy and healthy baby girl and wonderful families on both sides of the pond," Erin told the Irish Voice.
Santa will bring Maeve her first baby doll, clothes and some extra fun toys.
"We have met Santa twice, both times she cried when she sat on his lap. Hopefully next year she will warm up to Santa," said Erin.
Maeve visited her Donegal cousins last August for two weeks, and the McGlynns plan to bring her back again in the not too distant future.
Keegan, 7, Nolan, 6, and Brian, 4 are the sons of Kathy and Jerry Hess, both who have families from Roscommon and Tyrone. The Hess family holiday traditions starts Christmas Eve when Kathy's whole family gets together.
"The tradition we have had as family is to spend Christmas Eve with my family at my Aunt Mary Beth's house. She and Uncle Paul would put out a spread that you would need to starve for a week to have enough room to eat," said Kathy.
"Last year we had my whole family together so it was an especially wonderful Christmas Eve. Early in the spring, she passed away so we will be starting another tradition for our family this year, with our lost families in our thoughts and prayers."
They will have Christmas dinner at Kathy's Parents house up north in Stormville, New York.
Although little Keegan is most excited about getting toys for Christmas he has one worry.
"What if I'm on the naughty list?"
He asked for an R/C camera airplane.
When asked what he plans to do to get back on the nice list Keegan said, "I'm going to listen to my mommy and daddy."
Keegan said he is thankful "that we have money and we are alive."
Kathy notes that Keegan has collected some money this year to give to the poor. She is very proud.
Keegan's younger brother Nolan is excited about a lot of things. "I can't wait for a week of no school, Santa, the Christmas tree, Celtics Christmas party and snow," he said.
Nolan said the best things in his life are "McDonald's, computers, TV, basketball, soccer, Gaelic, but not school."
Confident he has been good, Nolan said Santa will bring him a trike, a domino rally and a Kindle.
"On Christmas Eve, I won't get coal," he said.
The youngest of the three Hess boys, Brian, said, "I want Santa to come and bring presents right upstairs, that's what I am excited for, but if he puts them under the tree, that's okay too," Brian said.
Through all this excitement Brian can't remember what he asked Santa for. He looks forward to the surprise.
All three Hess boys promise to go to bed early on Christmas Eve.


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Leaving the house lately has been a lot like being faced with the "Walk of Shame." In fact, showing my face anywhere right now fills me with trepidation. All I want to do is put on a hat, slip on some shades, duck my head and get through it without talking to anyone.
But I can't.
Because everyone knows I caved. At least, all my Facebook friends know. And now, if you read further, you'll know, too. And then you'll want to ask questions I'm ashamed to answer.
My first mistake was making public my campaign to not be the first in our house to turn on the air conditioner. But posting about it on Facebook was a small blunder compared to the most fatal, grievous, calamitous and downright crushing mistake I made.
I eventually implied in my Facebook posts that I was in a battle of wills with my ultra-competitive wife.
She just didn't know it.
Not at first, at least.
She eventually found out last week when I informed my FB friends that it was so hot and humid inside our house that my wife appeared "close to breaking," and that I thought I would soon "claim victory for lasting the longest without turning on the AC."
When a mutual friend tagged her in a comment that post became my downfall. She turned to me and said, "I didn't know we were competing." Then she calmly told me that "if this is a contest, you know you're going to lose."
Actually, I'm sort of surprised she hadn't busted me sooner. The post that ignited her competitive side was just one in a series I had been writing on Facebook.
It started innocently enough with a non-confrontational status update wondering "how long I could resist the siren call of the air conditioner."
A few days later, I followed it up with another fairly innocuous post expressing relief that cooler temperatures were in the forecast.
A friend of mine then posted a picture of a box fan set up inside a window to encourage a cool breeze.
It went back and forth like that until I finally crossed the line. Last week, I mentioned my wife for the first time when I said I thought we were playing "a sick game of who can last the longest without turning on the AC."
If I had just left it there, I wouldn't be going incognito in public right now. But I had to follow it with posts and replies suggesting my wife and I were engaged in a supreme struggle that would scare even our soon-to-be teenage daughter, who is no stranger to conflict.
And then my wife discovered the "close to breaking post" and made it clear that she was anything but.
I spent the next few days gently suggesting that we put aside our contest, that if our tongues hung out of our mouths any further we might be mistaken for our thoroughly miserable dog, Rodney.
But she had a "you started it, I'm finishing it" attitude.
Even our kids were no help. Our daughter took my wife's side and even wanted a cost analysis between running the air conditioning and all the fans I had running full blast throughout the house. Our teenage son, meanwhile, was oblivious to the whole thing. He spends most of his time at home in our comfortably cool basement pretending he doesn't live with us.
Eventually, I caved and now I'm suffering the ignominy of having flipped the switch at a moment of craven weakness.
You might be wondering, if I'm so ashamed, why am I admitting to all this?
It's for husbands who have ultra-competitive wives like mine.
Never let them know you're competing with them if you want temperatures to cool down at your house.


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VBox Cat's Eye USB-A 3560
From LinuxTVWiki
A hybrid ATSC USB device by VBox.
It is currently unsupported.
It has a cypress fx2 usb interface chipset (CY7C68013A) and a Thomson 860x tuner/demodulator (mine is stamped 8601A). Cold boot device is 14f3:3560 warm boot is 14f3:a560
Additionally, if the NIM is opened, there is a Broadcom 3510 IC and a TUA6030 IC.