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GREAT MERCIFUL ZEUS! Look at the Filthy and Unsanitary Conditions Found in Offices of Chicago Law Firm Hinshaw & Culbertson!
[ Great Merciful Zeus! Lookit that abject filth! It looks like a crime scene! ]
I was recently subpoenaed as a witness in a case making its way through federal court involving a gay bar here in Chicago that's been accused of harassing a Christian employee…which is a shocking display of hypocrisy, if you think about it, because the "Ministry of Truth" that is our national media constantly berates you with talking points that claim Christians are forever the ones victimizing gays…and no indication is given to the public that in reality it's the gays who are the victimizers and not necessarily the victims in a lot of cases.
I've written about this before, while coining the term "Gaystapo" to refer to militant gays who serve as goon squads for the Left…and who are specifically charged with accusing Christians of all manner of hatred and bigotry (while simultaneously being the ones who actually rev up hatred and bigotry themselves against Christians at just about any gay-related public event held in cities like Chicago).
Well, I'm openly gay and can tell you that I've seen, firsthand, Christian men harassed and persecuted in the very prominent Chicago bar currently a Defendant in a major discrimination suit. I witnessed atheist or agnostic gays deliberately targeting gay Christians for harassment as "traitors" because of their faith…and I am looking forward to the day in the near future where I can take the witness stand in federal court and put on record everything I've seen self-styled "leaders of the gay community" do to men in Chicago who are both gay and Christian (but who refuse to denounce Christ or turn their backs on their families because the "gay community leaders" tell them that's what they need to do). Honestly, this case is one of the most explosive I've ever encountered and has the potential to completely obliterate the Left's ability to ever use gays as a weapon against Christians in the future…because it exposes the reality that whenever the Left accuses other people of doing something evil, it's because subgroups of the Left are actually doing those exact same things to someone else.
This case will expose the Gaystapo for the evil it does to Christians…and it will also show the self-styled "gay community leaders" to be the real hatemongers at work in our society today.
There's a lot more to come on this in the months ahead as the case moves through discovery and approaches trial…so be sure to stay tuned because I intend to tell you everything I am allowed to publicly reveal about the most shameless act of hypocrisy the "gay community" of Chicago has ever committed in its effort to destroy "the enemies of the gay community".
[ Filthy conditions in the Hinshaw & Culbertson Chicago offices…but they aren't even bothering to clean the carpet for a catered event/party? So trashy!]
The firm that's representing the prominent gay bar at the center of this hypocrisy is Hinshaw & Culbertson, which is a national firm that claims to employ over 500 lawyers coast to coast in various cities…with its headquarters in an opulent skyscraper in downtown Chicago right on LaSalle just before you'd hit the Chicago river. Yesterday, I was asked to meet with Scott M. Gilbert, who is the lawyer representing the Defendants in the case, because he wanted me to teach him to use the search function here on HillBuzz.org to find various articles I've written about both the bar and the gay community's persecution of Christians…and Mr. Gilbert, despite his law degree, was unable to find and properly use the clearly-marked search function on this site (Quick: as a test, try to find the search function yourself and pull up articles about gay bars and/or religion on the site and let me know in comments if you are able to easily do so).
I went to Hinshaw's corporate offices yesterday afternoon at the invitation of Mr. Gilbert thinking I'd be showing him how to better use this website's archives, but it seems that the day had gotten away from Mr. Gilbert and he hadn't booked a conference room so the meeting never happened (as you'll read in my letter below, all the conference space was booked for some big, elaborate party the firm was hosting for a "Don Bozo"…who could very well be a circus clown highly connected in the mob…in which case, I fully understand the firm's zeal to placate "Don Bozo" with such a large party whenever he wants because clowns are scary enough on their own…but become particularly terrifying when they've mobbed-up). I waited and waited for Mr. Gilbert to find space for us to meet, but he never succeeded…and the entire time I was left in the reception area to stare at the filthiest carpet I've ever seen in my entire life.
Mind you, when I was in high school I traveled through Europe and into countries that were still Communist at the time…and I never saw filthy carpets like this in the Eastern Bloc. Here in Chicago, I've been to all sorts of oddball places in the various adventures I have in this city chasing down stories…and I honestly can't think of any Cook County or City of Chicago office that was as filthy as Suite 300 of Hinshaw & Culbertson's corporate offices at 222 N. LaSalle. I have been behind-the-scenes in zoos and have seen cleaner floors in the service areas of the primate and pachyderm buildings.
Waiting in Hinshaw & Culbertson's reception area yesterday reminded me of that episode of Friends where Ross starts dating some hot girl…and she invites him up to her place for the first time. Based on the fact that the girl was pretty and affable and seemed to be completely normal, Ross expected to head upstairs and find a well-kept apartment free of filth and other unsanitary conditions. Perhaps he even expected it to smell like strawberries and be as orderly and attractive as a page ripped out of the Pottery Barn catalog. Instead, he walked into a pigsty…with stains upon stains and a mysterious creature burrowing through the detritus.
I can't say that Hinshaw & Culbertson's offices are THAT bad…but they do rank as the filthiest offices I've ever stepped foot in…in any country and at any time in my entire life.
[ Just in case you are wondering, these offices are on the third floor of a very large office building that has a massive atrium and entrance hallways. To reach this reception area in Suite 300, people need to enter off LaSalle and walk for many hundred feet through a little arcade of shops…and then take an elevator…and after that proceed down another hallway. So, if you're thinking that this filth is just from Chicago winter salt/snow, think again. We haven't had a lot of snow this winter and people's shoes should be pretty clean by the time they make their way up here. I have no idea at all how this carpet got this filthy, save for live animals being loosed here on weekends to defecate and roll around in their own muck up here. It's horrifying! ]
Whenever I encounter anything that's so bad it makes me sit down and write a company a letter like this, I like to share it with all of you because I think more people out there should take the time to write letters.
When I was in college and graduate school I worked in hotels and was always happy to receive something in the mail from a guest letting us know about a bad experience. I can remember quite a few letters from guests complaining about unmade beds or improperly cleaned bathrooms…but in all the years I worked in hospitality I never received a letter describing conditions as filthy as the ones I found yesterday at one of Chicago's biggest law firms. I am absolutely flabbergasted that no one has ever called these people on the carpet for their filthy carpet.
And I won't even get into what the men's room was like…you can read the letter below for yourself. I need another shower just thinking about being in there.
But maybe a good, old-fashioned public-shaming will cause these people to rent a Rug Doctor steamer or buy a carpet cleaner on Amazon or something…and hopefully a little shaming will cause them to clean their men's room.
QUESTION FOR COMMENTS: Have you ever encountered anything this filthy and unsanitary in any law firm or large company you've ever been to?
[ Donald L. Mrozek, Chairman of Hinshaw & Culbertson…the Chicago law firm with the filthiest reception area and bathroom I've ever seen ]
Donald L. Mrozek
Chairman, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
222 N. LaSalle – Suite 300
Chicago, IL 60601
Dear Mr. Mrozek,
I'm writing as a professional courtesy to ensure you are aware of the filthy and unsanitary conditions of your offices, located in Suite 300 of 222 N. LaSalle in Chicago, Illinois. According to your firm's website, you are actually based out of this office…and should thus already be aware of the problem.
On Wednesday 2/20/2013, I came to Suite 300 for a 4pm meeting requested by Scott Gilbert, a partner in your employment law division. Mr. Gilbert was not prepared for the meeting, so your receptionist in Suite 300 showed me to a couch in the reception area while I waited for Mr. Gilbert to find an available conference room. At the time, Blue Plate Catering was setting up for a large party to be held in honor of "Don Bozo" (according to the receptionist); I'm assuming Mr. Bozo is another member of your firm (and not the famous ginger-haired children's show clown, embarked on a second career as a Mafioso).
Mr. Gilbert kept me waiting for a good 25 minutes, during which time I was shocked to observe the condition of the carpeting in your offices (see attached photos, taken 2/20/2013 from a couch in your waiting area). Frankly, I have not seen filth like this outside of a loading dock or "backstage" maintenance room at an industrial site or a poorly-run zoo.
As you can well see, there are enormous stains on the floor of your reception area that could rival those photographed at crime scenes or garbage dumps. Other mysterious stains make me believe the Hinshaw offices are rented out to a veterinary clinic or livestock auction house on the weekends…because the surreal presence of assorted incontinent ungulates is the only possible explanation for how carpeting could be stained this badly in a suite of offices in downtown Chicago in what purports to be a major law firm with over 500 partners in multiple cities.
Since you have no magazines in your waiting area and I could not get WiFi service in your office on my phone, I suppose I had nothing else to occupy my attention besides your firm's filthy carpeting while I waited and waited for Mr. Gilbert (who ended up not even meeting with me today because he never could find an available room and seemed distracted by the big party happening for Don Bozo).
When I later needed to use your men's room, I was horrified to find those facilities even dirtier than the reception area. All three stalls had clogged toilets filled with un-flushed feces and urine, with toilet paper clumped in standing water on the floor or dangling in long streams from their dispensers (as if the washroom was hit by a devastating combination of severely early Halloween "T.P." tricksters and men with extremely high-fiber diets). The mirror was splashed with water and streaked with fingerprints and grime. Overhead, the lights flickered due to expiring bulbs needing replacing. One of the Blue Plate caterers was changing clothes in the washroom as well, so upon entering I literally bumped into a half-naked, robust Hispanic man standing gingerly on tip-toe in stagnant water…which is something I don't expect to happen in a law firm in downtown Chicago.
Frankly, your firm's washroom was filthier than ones I've seen in truck stops, football stadiums, or Greyhound bus stations…in Mexico. On a surprise bright side, at least there's no stagnant water and feces floating in urine in the reception area. I almost forgot about the filthy carpets after experiencing your washroom.
While I am not a client of Hinshaw & Culbertson and most likely never will be, I do hope you take this letter to heart and think of the effect your filthy reception area and unsanitary washroom would have on an actual client. Is this the sort of branding you want your firm to have under your leadership as Chairman?
Because it's my understanding that the reception area in Suite 300 is where your actual clients also arrive to wait to speak with your attorneys…and this is the impression you are giving to the people who step off the elevator and into the Chicago offices of Hinshaw & Culbertson, which are supposedly your national headquarters. You clearly don't even clean your offices when you're having a high-profile, catered function…which is just bizarre to me.
I must note in closing that all of your staff members whom I encountered were very polite and friendly (including Mr. Gilbert, who seems like a very nice man)…but when they saw me staring at the stains in the carpeting a few of them shook their heads as they walked by and mouthed "Isn't it terrible?" or "It's so embarrassing". One woman candidly remarked that your firm is not doing very well financially these days and that a decision was made to cutback on things like carpet cleaning (and, clearly, washroom sanitizing and upkeep).
I sincerely hope that if you were the one who purposefully chose to allow your reception area and washroom to become so filthy just to save a few bucks that you reconsider that decision. A "Rug Doctor" carpet steam-cleaner rents for around $50 per day from local Dominick's grocery stores and it could have your reception area looking markedly better in just a few hours. Alternatively, I've heard great things about the "Stanley Steamer" cleaning service that's advertised on television (though I've never hired them personally). As for your washroom, the only advice I can think to give you is "Clorox bleach"…and to perhaps send around a memo asking your partners and associates to flush the toilets after use and to not splash water or throw toilet paper around everywhere like unsanitary zoo animals.
Best of luck to you with all of this,
Kevin DuJan
Editor-in-Chief, HillBuzz.org
Enclosure: Photos
CC: J. William Roberts (Managing Partner), Kevin Joseph Burke (Vice Chairman), Bradford R. Carver, John W. Dubbs III, Laurie S. Randolph, Robert J. Romero
[ Seriously. An affordable carpet-cleaner costs about $135 on Amazon with FREE shipping. The one above is the model that I personally own. Why on Earth a big law firm like Hinshaw & Culbertson can't afford a $135 carpet-cleaner and some soapy water is just beyond me. ]
UPDATE: 2/21/2013 10am CST — I've gotten a surprising number of emails asking me what the young man in black is doing kneeling in front of what looks like some sort of "cult altar" in the lobby of Hinshaw & Culbertson…and what the white tables with the black band are for…and what the magenta-colored things in fishbowls are. Someone actually asked if those were "octopi" or some other sea creature.
I thought it was obvious in the original post, but those tables are there for the big fancy party that Hinshaw was going to have that night. The catering company, Blue Plate Catering, draped white tablecloths over the round bar tables and then let the cloth cascade down to the ground. While I was waiting and waiting for Mr. Gilbert to return to speak to me, I watched the young man dressed in all black (and a nice young female server) bunch the tablecloth together around the central pole that keeps the table upright. Then they tied ribbons around the middle to keep the cloth in place (that's the black that you see).
On top the tables they had these little fish bowls with some sort of exotic flower inside. Despite being gay, I cannot identify all flowers…but it's obviously some sort of tropical thing that's magenta in color. It kind of reminded me of a giant raspberry…or like one of those "snow balls" flowers that used to pop up on bushes back in Ohio each spring.
You can (clearly) pick up decorating and entertaining ideas in the weirdest places. If I could give you one piece of advice today, it would be to never, ever miss up a chance to watch waiters or other servers setting up for an event if you can observe them. You will always get some little tip to show you how to turn a bar table into an elegant-looking "cult altar", the way Blue Plate did with these tables and the "octopi" bowls.
I'm totally going to use this table setup and flower arrangement for something in the future. It would even work for having friends over if you want to setup a little snack or drink station.
UPDATE: 2/22/2013 900am CST — Read Part Two in "The Mystery of the Filthy, Filthy Carpet" HERE where we enlist the expert advice of actress Ann B. Davis of "Alice from the Brady Bunch" fame to uncover cleaning tips that might possibly be used by Hinshaw & Culbertson in the future to clean their filthy reception area carpet.
For the complete unfolding of "The Mystery of the Filthy, Filthy Carpet" see our "Mysteries" page: HERE
© 2013, Kevin DuJan. All rights reserved.
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I've convinced two of my boys that waking up early and running a 5K is a fun way to spend a morning. Before you imagine happy-faced kids motivated by fitness and together-time with Mom, forget it: I buy them a half-dozen doughnuts on the way home. Every time.
Even though just about every race is a way to raise funds and awareness for certain causes, we often forget about that and focus on who will beat whom, the weather, pollen count, aching quads or the Dunkin' Donuts flavor of the month. I bet they'd struggle to name more than two organizations benefiting from the dozens of 5Ks we've run.
This past weekend we were among the 15,000 participants in the Sandy Hook Run for the Families. Seeing so many people running in honor of their neighbors, friends, family members and teachers made it impossible to forget why we were there. T-shirts and signs featuring pictures and names of the 26 victims of the Newtown school shooting were everywhere.
Our usual pre-race competitiveness and energy weren't there. Although we didn't verbalize it, we didn't quite know how to act. And it seemed that others had the same experience. This was not a celebration of those who have survived an illness or a push to raise money to find a cure. This was different.
Sure, there was some laughter and lots of hugs, but for a crowd of thousands we were relatively quiet. The eye contact exchanges with other runners and spectators leaving our cars and making our way to the start line conveyed all sorts of messages, but mostly: I'm sorry if you're hurting.
In the back of my mind I kept considering why, exactly, we were there.
Just before the start of the race, we listened as children sang and community leaders offered thanks and encouragement. But it was the sound of a bell ringing slowly —- 26 times —- that I found especially emotional.
As many people likely did, I pictured sweet first grade faces and beautiful teachers with each ring of the bell. With my arms wrapped around my 11-year-old's skinny frame and my chin resting on his head, I stared into the blue sky, oddly emptying itself of snowflakes on a sunny day.
A young woman beside me, probably 25 years my junior, happened to glance at me just as I turned in her direction. With no hesitation or words, she quickly pulled a napkin from her pocket so I could wipe my eyes. Such a simple gesture, but so sincere. She didn't know me, but she wanted to take care of me, a mom standing in the middle of a street, crying.
And I suppose that's why I had felt compelled to bring my boys to this event: It's a way of showing that we care about each other. We don't always know how to express that, so we run races and organize concerts and collect money.
We runners, walkers and ringers of the cowbell at the finish line want the Sandy Hook community to know that we think about you every day. We don't know you, but we love you.
Teresa M. Pelham is co-blogger for the Courant's "Mommy Minute" parenting blog. A freelance writer based in Farmington, Teresa is the author of "Roxy's Forever Home," a children's book benefiting dog rescue. Visit www.roxysforeverhome.com for more information.

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Annual to tree
Leaves compound (palmate, pinnate, or leaflet 1), alternate, often ± basal in rosettes or in clusters at stem or rhizome tips, generally petioled; stipules generally 0; leaflets generally sessile
Inflorescence: cyme, sometimes umbel- or raceme-like, or flowers solitary, generally in axils; peduncle bracted
Flower generally bisexual, radial; sepals 5, free or fused at base; petals 5, free or fused above base; stamens 10 or 15, fused below, of 2 lengths; pistil 1, ovary superior, chambers 35, placentas axile, styles 15, generally ± free
Fruit: generally capsule, loculicidal
Seeds generally with aril
Genera in family: 8 genera, 575 species: especially temp. Often heterostylous.
Annual, perennial herb, shrub; roots fibrous or woody; bulbs, tubers, or rhizomes often present
Stem sometimes 0 or very short
Leaf petioled: stipules 0 or small; leaflets 3, generally ± obcordate in CA, generally entire, generally green
Flower: petals clawed; stamens 10; ovary chambers 5, styles 5, free, erect or curved
Fruit cylindric to spheric, explosively dehiscent
Seeds flat, often ridged; aril translucent
Species in genus: ± 480 species: especially temp
Etymology: (Greek: sour)
Reference: [Eiten 1963 Amer Midl Nat 69:257309; Lourteig 1975 Phytologia 42:57197]
Generally heterostylous; many (especially aliens in CA except O. laxa ) fine ornamental; some noxious weeds; contained oxalates may be toxic to livestock.
Perennial; taproot ± woody; bulbs 0
Stem < 40 cm, ± trailing, not rooting at nodes, glabrous or hairy
Leaves cauline; petiole < 7 cm; leaflets < 1.5 cm
Inflorescence 13-flowered; pedicel < 2 cm
Flower: sepals < 6 mm, lanceolate; petals generally 812 mm, yellow
Fruit 618 mm, cylindric
Ecology: Coastal grassland and scrub, chaparral
Elevation: < 700 m.
Bioregional distribution: North Coast, Outer North Coast Ranges, Central Coast, San Francisco Bay Area, Outer South Coast Ranges, South Coast, Channel Islands, Western Transverse Ranges
Distribution outside California: to Texas, n Mexico
Fls spring, summer; confused with, perhaps same sp. as O. corniculata.


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At E3, the press got to see a whole bunch of Resident Evil 6 in action. Evan noted how much more action-packed the game is than even past Resident Evil games.
Now, you can see it in action for yourselves. The video above is actually part 2 of the two videos that have been posted, because… well, because the whole thing starts out super slow and I figured you'd want to skip to the good stuff. (That good stuff really begins at around the 6:00-6:30 mark.)
If you feel like watching lots of exploration and tension-building, you can start by watching the first part:
I like how Resident Evil characters hold their pistols when they move. Who knew that a pistol-stance could be so recognizable?


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Graphical Modeling Framework/Tutorial/Part 4
In this fourth part of the GMF Tutorial, we will begin to explore alternative generation options; namely, the lite runtime option and targeting RCP. For this, you will need the experimental SDK installed, in addition to the normal SDK.
Please note that this portion of the tutorial was created using the 2.0 development stream codebase, just after the M4 release. Things may vary, so you may find inaccuracies contained here. If you do, remember... this is a wiki ;) Your help in maintaining, correcting, expanding, etc. the content here is most welcome.
Lite Runtime Generation to RCP
Let's begin with a new workspace to keep things isolated from the main tutorial a bit. This also eases maintenance of the tutorial content. We will begin by generating the EMF code for an RCP application. Your EMF .genmodel settings will be picked up by the GMF generator, in this case.
GMF Dashboard View
First, let's create a new org.eclipse.gmf.examples.mindmap.lite GMF Project and keep the option to use the dashboard view this time. Below is an image of the dashboard view we will use to work through the flow of producing a GMF-based editor. As you can see, it invokes actions for many of the steps we routinely use in GMF-based development, but all from a single location.
Generating EMF for RCP
First, let's obtain our same mindmap.xsd model from the main tutorial as the input. Copy this file to your project's model folder.
Using the dashboard view's 'Select' link in the Domain Model section, locate your mindmap.xsd file. To produce an .ecore and a .genmodel from the xsd, select the 'Derive' link between Domain Model and Domain Gen Model. This will launch the New EMF Model wizard. Work your way through the dialogs and accept the defaults to Finish.
In the opened editor, view the properties of the root 'Mindmap' element. Within the Editor category, select 'true' for the Rich Client Platform property. This will be picked up by our GMF generator later. Expand the root in the editor and change the 'Base Package Name' property of the 'Mindmap' package to 'org.eclipse.gmf.examples' and save the model. Right-click the root and generate your Model, Edit, and Editor (if desired) code. You can run it now, if you wish by creating a new Eclipse Application runtime configuration and selecting 'Run an application' with your org.eclipse.gmf.examples.mindmap.editor.MindmapEditorAdvisorApplication class as the Program to Run.
Creating the GMF Generator Model
Now that our domain is set, we'll need to copy our graphical, tooling, and mapping models from the main tutorial. Save them to your model folder (where your domain models are) and update the state of the dashboard for each using its respective 'Select' link.
With our models in place and 83% complete (according to the dashboard ;-), we can create our generator model using the 'lite Transform' link in the dashboard. This will invoke the creation of the mindmap.gmfgen model without the options for 'Use IMapMode' and 'Utilize enhanced features of GMF runtime' as are used when using the full runtime.
When done, you can select 'Edit' from the dashboard's Diagram Gen Model section to open the model in the editor. Change the Diagram File Extension property in the Gen Editor to 'mmd' to match the main tutorial. A goal of the lite runtime is to allow for interoperability with diagrams used by the full runtime, which means they use the same notation model.
You may also wish to select the option 'Same File for Diagram And Model' in order to keep it simple for small applications where there may not be a need for multiple views into a single domain model instance (as is the case in our lightweight mindmap application).
Generate and Run
We're now ready to generate our diagram code and run as an RCP application. At the time of this writing, the dashboard's link only generates the full runtime diagram, so we'll need to right-click on the mindmap.gmfgen file and select 'Generate pure-GEF diagram code'.
To run our RCP-based diagram, create a new Eclipse Application configuration named mindmap-rcp (or something) and select org.eclipse.gmf.examples.mindmap.diagram.lite.MindmapDiagramApplication from the Run an Application section of Program to Run. On the Plug-ins tab, opt to 'Choose plug-ins and fragments to launch from the list' and 'Deselect All'. Locate your org.eclipse.gmf.examples.mindmap.diagram.lite plug-in from the list, then 'Add Required Plug-ins' to create a minimal launch configuration. Run the diagram, and use the File menu to create a new diagram, similar to what you see below.
Exploring the Lite Runtime
What you will immediately notice are some differences with the full runtime:
- No collapsible compartments
- No toolbar
- No action bars or handles
These may become available in future versions of the lite runtime, but will be individually selectable by the toolsmith. The goal of the lite runtime is to provide minimal dependencies and small download size for running these kinds of RCP-based diagram editors.
Enhanced Generator Model Features
Some new enhancements have arrived in the generator model for the 2.0 release. Here, we will explore the project navigator and property sheet features in the context of our Mindmap application.
At this point, you can either return to your mapping model from above and create a new generator model for creating a full runtime diagram, or return to the workspace containing the solution to part 3 of the tutorial and open its generator model (assuming you've done it with GMF 2.0).
As described in the New and Noteworthy for the 2.0 stream, an extension to the generator model was added to allow for displaying diagram elements within the Project Explorer.
If you look at the generator model, you will find a Gen Navigator element, which includes properties related to the mindmap navigator, and a number of child elements that represent child references. You can alter these as you see fit. When you run your diagram and open the Project Explorer view, you will now have visibility of the diagram contents as seen below.
Property Sheet
Another extension made to the generator model involves support for customizing the Properties view for your diagram. In the generator model, you'll find a Property Sheet element, which includes a number of properties, such as for including a caption, read only, etc. It also contains a number of standard and custom property tab child elements that will describe the content of each at runtime, as seen below:
Comment: I'm using GMF 2.0M2 and the above pictured properties page does not show up anywhere. Could some kind soul add a more precise description here where this is supposed to be found? --Mmo.zurich.ibm.com 06:17, 25 October 2006 (EDT)


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Women and Regrets – They Have a Few
One in three women who took their husband's last name regret it and wish they'd just kept their maiden name instead. This is according to a new study conducted by Female First.
That's not the only big regret when it comes to women...
One in five women claims they regret the name they picked for their child. One in seven even hates the name their parents gave them.
So if you're keeping score at home, in theory, some of these women are the same ladies who regret taking their husbands last name. Which means they now hate both their first and last names? It's all so confusing! My own wife falls into that group. I have a feeling if I bring this subject up with her, I'll regret it!
Speaking of the subject of women and their regrets, there's also a few when it comes to romance too.
Many women reported regretting "letting the one they truly loved get away." The tragic story of a lost love with someone special that didn't work out from years gone by.
A few other common regrets by women include: expressing a desire to have been kinder to a loved one, not divorcing sooner, not going to college and choosing money over life's passion.
And one out of every ten ladies are even on the record as saying they get annoyed when they meet someone who has the same name as they do.


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Reviewed by Alison H. (age 6)
I liked the book because I think kids should share everything. I think it?s fun when you share everything with your friends.
I liked the illustrations in the book because they had bright colors. They look like fun pictures. The pictures showed how the boys felt about sharing and having trouble sharing.
I liked the end of the book when the boys are mad and they figure out that they are both still good friends and that they can still share things.
I recommend this book because it teaches about sharing.


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text: On Tue, 22 Feb 2005, Maurice Hilarius wrote: > I am not sure what you are asking here? > If you had the experience to build this yourself with confidence, then it is not a question. > And if you do not, then why the uncertainty? You will NEED the support. My question was simply: Does anyone have experience with any or all of these? Is it worth the extra money to have a "burned-in" device supported by some company? where "these" refered to Storcase, Infortrend, and Jetstor 16 Bay SATA-SCSI RAID units. I've heard good things about Infortrend and Jetstor but nothing about the Storcase unit so I primarily was interested in hearing if anyone had used these and what their impression was vs. what I'd heard about the others. Based partly on this, I will make a decision on what to buy. > Or am I missing a vital part of your question? > > BTW, those prices are WAY too high. Further, there is a very strong > case now for a purely software RAID. Still use the RAID controllers as > disk interface controllers, such as LSI or AMCC (Was 3Ware). But use a > commodity dual CPU motherboard as the "RAID controller" under mdadm. > LOTS of people are doing that very successfully, and it is both > economical and generally higher performance than pure RAID controllers > under RAID5 or 6. I agree that you can do it cheaper this way however it does have its drawbacks. I set up a 2 TB system a year ago using a 3Ware 8506-12 card and 10 250 GB drives. It took months to get it to be rock-solid due to a combination of problems between the 3Ware driver, the 2.6 kernel using Opterons, and failing Maxtor hard drives as they worked their way to the bottom of the Bathtub curve. When a drive would fail or show signs of failing the driver would OOPS the system. We're now trying to get away from this mode of storage and transition to more of a SAN system (we may get FC versions of these boxes instead of SCSI) which will give better performance to all nodes as well as (hopefully) have less management overhead (my time). In any case, back to the main question: I haven't heard of anyone with experience with the Storcase systems. Has anyone considered them and decided to pay more for a name brand? If so, can you tell me why? Thanks, Steve


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Pluto havin' a little party out therehttp://io9.com/5925155/astronomers-discover-a-fifth-moon-orbiting-pluto
We sent our Voyager spacecraft off powered by computers with 80 kilobytes of memory, using software without data storage capability. (They rely on relics known as tape recorders.) Despite weak signal power, information is sent from both Voyagers daily. So far that totals five trillion bits of scientific data.
lol 5 kb...reminds me of my 1st pc a mac with a 66 mhz processor and less than 8mb of ram...but hey it played warcraft 2 flawlessly!
The rings of Uranus are so dark that Voyager's challenge of taking their picture was comparable to the task of photographing a pile of charcoal briquettes at the foot of a Christmas tree, illuminated only by a 1 watt bulb at the top of the tree, using ASA-64 film. And Neptune light levels will be less than half those at Uranus.
The sensitivity of our deep-space tracking antennas located around the world is truly amazing. The antennas must capture Voyager information from a signal so weak that the power striking the antenna is only 10 exponent -16 watts (1 part in 10 quadrillion). A modern-day electronic digital watch operates at a power level 20 billion times greater than this feeble level.
Move over, Tatooine!
I wonder what sorta crazy shit is brewing up on the surface there.


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You don't get as rich as Jerry Jones without being good at math.
So when the Cowboys owner looks at his 5-6 team, he realizes time is drawing short if they're going to make the postseason.
But on his weekly radio show on KRLD-FM, Jones also suggested there are other goals at play as well, goals which sound vaguely Shanahan-ian in meaning.
"Getting it right? We do, yes," Jones said when asked if the Cowboys have time to fix their season (via ESPNDallas.com). "We're running out of time as to the playoffs. Do we have enough time? It's numerically possible, but you got to really step out here this week and do the right things to win a ballgame on the field. You have time to do that.
"Certainly you want to be going into the final weeks of the season, . . . [and] playing at an uptick to play well in the playoffs. But there's another reason why you want to be playing well, too. You want to be playing well so you can basically look at your core and see where you are with your core and evaluate your core as far as seasons to come."
While not as blatant as Redskins coach Mike Shanahan's "evaluate" comments after their loss to the Panthers, it does illustrate an eye toward the future.
In the offseason, all the talk was about "windows," and if this team doesn't make a push, Jones may come to the realization it's already closed.
"I thought we'd be better than this," said Jones, "although I do realize the kind of competition we have in the league. We got nine teams that are 5-6 or 6-5 in the NFL right now. I knew we were in a league that has a lot of competition, but I thought we would be better."
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yeah, I am building another reef.
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Tank: 5'x2'x2' ultra clear glass 10mm rimless open top!
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Naked, sweaty man under influence of 'unknown narcotic' breaks down door, police say
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Dennis Duddy woke up to the sound of loud pounding on Sunday night, but Boca Raton Police said before Duddy could open the door, a large naked man broke it down.
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Big changes are arriving in the developer's build of Firefox for Android in a bid to make it more appealing, while the significantly more popular desktop version is getting several noteworthy but smaller changes, the company announced at the end of 2011.
Available for download now, the first versions of Firefox 11 Aurora for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android came out just after the stable build of the browser updated to version 9. The Android update is again the more notable release, as the new native Android interface reaches a wider audience. For the first time, the browser also supports playing Adobe Flash content, which competitors like Dolphin HD and Opera have offered for a while.
This is more than a new look, though, as many of the browser's features have been stripped out. This includes Firefox Sync, which allows seamless synchronization of personal data like bookmarks, passwords, and browsing history, and Mozilla's popular add-ons. In a blog post announcing Firefox 11 Aurora for Android, Mozilla promises that Sync and add-ons will return "soon."
Personally, I've found Sync to be the single most useful feature in the mobile browser. To be able to open a tab on the desktop, and have it nearly instantaneously pushed to my Android, makes jumping from desktop to phone or tablet practically seamless. On the other hand, very rough testing indicates that Firefox 11 is a much faster browser. While site-loading tests indicate speed gains only around half a second to a full second, initial app start time tests show major speed gains over the current Firefox 9 of around 50 percent.
Meanwhile, Firefox 11 Aurora for desktops gets two useful changes. Windows 7 and Vista users will no longer see the User Account Control (UAC) for Firefox after the browser's initial installation. This completes Firefox's alignment with Chrome's seamless updates, which haven't required your interaction with the UAC. On first installation, the browser now adds Chrome to its list of browsers from which it can import your personal data.
Other changes in Firefox 11 Aurora are aimed at developers. More HTML5 code is supported, Google's SPDY protocol for faster site loading can now be tested, Tilt support allows for 3D Web page visualization, and the HTML5 video controls have been redesigned. Check out the Firefox 11 Aurora changelog published by Mozilla.
The new Aurora builds bump Firefox 10 to beta status. Changes in this version offer users an improved add-on experience, as all compatible add-ons except for binary add-ons will not be disabled by the browser. This sorts out the "maxversion" situation, which required developers to set a Firefox version number with which the add-on would stop being compatible. Mozilla expects that this will significantly decrease the number of problems related to add-ons. The Sync setup process has been improved, too.
For developers, Firefox 10 beta improves the developer experience in the browser with a bucket of changes. These include support of the full-screen API for better gaming in Firefox, Page Inspector and Style Inspector for testing new code, WebGL improvements for better 3D rendering, and Orion code editor support in the Scratchpad tool for on-the-fly coding. Mozilla released the Firefox 10 beta changelog here, with a scheduled graduation to stable release the last week in January.


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Interop: Giants, Start-ups Examine Open Source
Playing the Open Source Game
From giants such as Sun and Computer Associates (CA) to start-ups such as Sourcefire and GroundWorks, companies are now stepping in to the open source market from a variety of directions and perspectives, as evidenced at last week's Interop show in New York City.
In fact, revenue opportunities from open source models served as the main focus of one panel session. Moderated by Michael Rotnick, a partner in the VC firm ComVentures, the roundtable featured speakers from the XORP (eXtensible Open Routing Platform), Sourcefire, GroundWorks, and Route Logics, a start-up so new that it doesn't even have a Web site yet.
Elsewhere at the show, representatives of CA and OATH (Initiative for Open AuTHentication) gave their takes on why big OEMs, small software developers, and service providers of different sizes are converging in the open source space.
As Route Logic's Dave Roberts sees things, there are lots of chances for service providers to pitch in with the tech support needed to help smooth the pathway for open source software.
Among customer organizations today, open source tends to be a "bottoms up" play, said Roberts, who is VP of strategy for Route Logics.
"(Open source software) gets into the organization when (someone) sees (that), 'I can use this to do something'," according to Roberts.
But to achieve company-wide adoption, open source enthusiasts need to convince management about the merits of a particular product or project.
Managers want to know, "Do we really want to run our business on it?"
Yet corporate acceptance can go a lot easily these days than it did five years ago.
"You've got a lot more real business applications. Open source solutions are now fairly well accepted," Roberts contended.
Meanwhile, on a different level, systems vendors such as Sun and Oracle are also dabbling in open source, trying to broaden their markets to new breeds of users, according to the strategist.
"The CIO comes in (to and organization) and says, 'Who's going to support this?'" agreed Ranga Rangcchari, CEO of SourceWorks, a multifaceted software and services company with activities that include developing, productizing, and servicing open source solutions.
But SourceWorks considers midrange companies to be its "market sweet spot" for open source, according to Rangachari.
Why? Medium-sized customers tend to be more swayed by pricing considerations, the CEO said.
Sourcefire, on the other hand, has faced relatively little opposition to its intrusion detection system (IDS), according to James Brvenik, the company's director of security engineering.
But that's because "there's really nothing else that does what Snort does," Brvenik maintained.
Sourcefire was founded by Snort's creator to enhance the open source IDS's core functionality.
Meanwhile, researchers at the Computer Science Institute in Berkeley and other academic venues are working on an open source project known as XORP, according to Mark Handley, a professor of networked systems at University College London
Right now, most revenue opportunities for XORP revolve around integrating the software with existing commercial solutions, Handley told the Interop showgoers.
"We aren't there yet" with regard to services, Handley admitted. But the services model is where XORP seems to be headed, according to the professor.
In an interview later with LinuxPlanet, Melvin Estrada, Computer Associates' business manager for Unicenter, gave his perspective as an employee of a big systems vendor
"We definitely have an interest in open source," according to Estrada.
CA has released its Ingres database into open source under the CA Trusted Source License (CATSL).
Estrada acknowledged that some of CA's interest is competitively based, since other systems vendors are also growing active in open source.
"We want to widen our footprint," according to the business manager.
"But we also want to keep a keen eye on open source to see how it's evolving. This is an early market, and the rules of the commercial market don't apply."
Another exhibitor at Interop, OATH, is now partnering with open source projects such as Safehaus and the Apache Software Foundation, according to David Berman, membership chair of the multivendor consortium.
OATH is trying to establish an open and royalty-free specification for strong authentication that takes advantage of existing standards wherever possible, said Berman, during a meeting with LinuxPlanet in OATH's large expo booth.
The 30-or-so members of the industry group include big names like IBM, Verisign, BMC, and Citrix, along with dozens of smaller security specialists, according to Berman, who is also director of partner marketing for Verisign Security Services.
In August, open source organization Safehaus announced that it has used the OATH framework to integrate OpenSource HOTP with its own Triplesec Authentication Server and HausKeys HOTP-based token system.


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"I knew you were trouble when you walked in / So shame on me now," Taylor Swift laments on 'I Knew You Were Trouble,' another promotional single from 'Red,' due Oct. 22. Other than 'Back to December' off of 'Speak Now,' this may be the first single in which Swift, however indirectly, takes responsibility for her role in a failed relationship — and that maturity suits her, though it may not always make for easy listening.
The song has clear dubstep influences in its production and instrumentation, and it's a purely pop confection — but, in her masterful crossover way, Swift manages to sneak some country twang into her vocals every now and again. Swift also sticks to her rainbows and unicorns storytelling style, opening the song with "Once upon a time," hinting that while she still loves fairy tales, she may finally be beginning to understand that they don't always have happy endings.
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"Oh! Oh!" she wails post-chorus, followed by an audibly frustrated, stunted, "Trouble, trouble, trouble" refrain. The girl sounds as upset as her lyrics suggest, and the deliberate distortion creates a sort of ironic cohesion to the track — because it's supposed to be "chaotic."
That cohesion may not be for everyone, however, as there's a lot going on in the song. There are plenty of different sounds, harmonies and genres at work, and while they thematically fit together, they don't always blend seamlessly, making for an occasionally jarring and awkward listen. Swift's pop base will likely eat this up, but her country fans may find this multi-layered, bitter breakup track a tough (or jagged little) pill to swallow.


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First off thank you in advance for your advice and help.
What I am wondering is, can you edit the PXE boot menu to automatically boot an iso or img file instead of defaulting to the internal HDD? I have my all my PCs at home encrypted with diskcryptor and would like ERPXE to hand out the bootloader which can be an ISO file or IMG file.
And if ERPXE cannot do this. Does anyone know what can?
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We've seen the Nokia Lumia 920 make cameos in several venues but this commercial spot for KPN may be the largest gathering of the Windows Phones we've seen to date.
KPN is a mobile service provider in the Netherlands and chose the Lumia 920 to showcase their 4G network. If my count is correct and this isn't some fancy special effects trick, it took 875 Lumia 920's to shoot this twenty-five second spot. I wonder what they did with the Windows Phones once the commercial was shot?
Source: Youtube; Thanks, Patrick, for the tip!


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"I will win the crowd," asserts actor Russell Crowe in the epic film Gladiator, just as he contemplates entering a competitive, cutthroat arena where he must build alliances with others as tigers and perils lurk in every corner. "I will give them something they have never seen before."
And to make a tenuous comparison, crowdfunding can be described a lot like this scene in Gladiator. Startups that raise funding via the crowd route need to first convince a small group of friends, family and close investors of an innovative and exciting product, before the whole crowd can be won over and become ambassadors for a brand.
That's according to Chris Thomas, the chief executive of Dubai-based equity crowdfunding website Eureeca. "2014 will be the year for crowdfunding, and in 2015 and 2016, it is going to explode," Mr. Thomas said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal.
Eureeca set up in May last year, becoming the first equity crowdfunding platform in the Middle East, and has spent six months honing its model and servicing a small number of startups on its website. It has listed 11 startups, of which five are live on the site, four were funded and the first two pilot projects failed to hit their funding target. Nabbesh, an online skills marketplace, last year raised $100,000 within 12 days of launching on Eureeca, gaining heaps of media exposure in the process.
This year, Eureeca intends to significantly ramp up the number of startups looking for funding and is in talks with 70 entrepreneurs about listing their businesses. About 400 SMEs have so far applied, and Eureeca has listed businesses from the United Arab Emirates, Jordan and Egypt.
But the website does not plan to remain focused solely on the Middle East.
Mr. Thomas said he and partner Sam Quawasmi have incorporated the business offshore in the Cayman Islands and created a legal structure that enables Eureeca to list a startup from anywhere in the world. This allows the website to compete with popular crowdfunding sites in the U.S. and U.K. where the concept is more well-known, Mr. Thomas said, adding that the company will expand beyond the Middle East this year.
Sian Rowlands, a Dubai-based entrepreneur, is currently using Eureeca to try to raise $52,500 for her startup My Ex Wardrobe, a pop-up fashion shop in bars and restaurants around the emirate. "I need a small amount of money to get to the next stage and then I can revalue the company," said Ms. Rowlands.
She wants to use her crowdfunding proposal not only to raise money for expansion, but also raise awareness around her brand and create a buzz. So far, she has raised $3,019 with 27 days of 90 to go. So still some time to win the crowd.


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1025 Marsh Street
Mankato, MN 56001
(507) 625-4031
Tell the doctor/nurse that your illness/injury may be work related.
Immediately report your injury to the workers' compensation coordinator in Human Resources. You may report your injury by going to this URL on our HR web page: www.mnsu.edu/hr/workcomp/workcomp.html or calling (507) 389-2016.
Non-Life Threatening Illness or Injury
Immediately call/contact your supervisor.
Your supervisor, security and you can determine whether or not you may need to seek medical attention.
Don't need medical attention at this time...
Immediately report your injury to the workers' compensation coordinator in Human Resources on-line at www.mnsu.edu/hr/workcomp/workcomp.html or calling by (507) 389-2016.
You and your supervisor should touch base within a couple of days from the date of your injury or illness. If agreed upon, please be sure that your supervisor has your cell and/or home phone number so that s/he can touch base with you. Please follow up on a daily basis until you are okay.
If your injury/illness has not improved within three (3) days, please notify the workers' compensation coordinator in Human Resources at (507) 389-2016 and visit:
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Mankato, MN 56001
(507) 625-7684
Hours: Weekdays 8am-8pm, Saturday 8am-5pm,
& Sunday 11am-5pm
or a Corvel approved designated clinic
To find a convenient location please visit:
If you decide you need medical attention after clinic hours, please go to either of the Mankato Clinic Urgent Care locations listed below or a Corvel approved designated clinic:
Be sure to notify the workers' compensation coordinator in Human Resources at (507) 389-2016 the next business day or as soon a possible following your visit.
In Cases of Severe or Questionable Losses
If the loss is severe or has very questionable circumstances, the Supervisor/Manager contacts the Safety Director at (507) 389-5568, for investigation assistance.
If the Supervisor/Manager has any questions about the compensability or legitimacy of the claim s/he should contact Human Resources at (507) 389-2016.


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[Video] Interview CC Chapman. Content Rules. Passion Hit TV.
I had fun interviewing CC Chapman at New Media Expo [11/5/11] where he was hosting .TV from the show floor. We talked about a few of his projects, what cameras he uses, and who's doing video well.
Site: cc-chapman.com
Twitter: @cc_chapman
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CC's Books:
Content Rules: How to Create Killer Blogs, Podcasts, Videos, Ebooks, Webinars (and More) That Engage Customers and Ignite Your Business (New Rules Social Media Series)
Shot with Olympus PEN E-PM1:
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Beirut, February 18, 2014
Syrian government forces seized a village inhabited by President Bashar Al-Assad's minority community from Islamist fighters in a central province on Tuesday, state media said.
Insurgents including fighters from Ahrar Al-Sham, Jund Al-Aqsa and other Islamist groups had taken control of the village of Maan in the central province of Hama a few days earlier.
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The Byron Society of America is pleased to announce that the playwright Romulus Linney will deliver the 5th Annual Leslie A. Marchand Memorial Lecture at the University of Delaware on Friday, 8 October 2004, at 4:00 p.m. A reception for all in attendance will follow from 5:15 until approximately 7:30 p.m.
(note: previously, this entry reported the date erroneously as 8 September. The correct date is 8 October.)
Many of you know Romulus Linney as the author of the successful play "Childe Byron," and some of you will recall that he and his daughter, the actress Laura Linney, read a scene from that play at the Hofstra Byron Conference some years ago. Linney's lecture will be "My Life with Byron."
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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
Making Meaning in Literature:
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Individual Clip Descriptions
1. Introducing the Envisionment-Building
2. Building a Literary Community
3. Asking Questions
4. Facilitating Discussion
5. Seminar Discussion
6. Dramatic Tableaux
7. Readers as Individuals
8. The Teachers Role in a Literary Community
9. Whole Group Discussions
Clip Descriptions
Clip 1. Introducing the Envisionment-Building
Running time: 18:55
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Clip 2. Building a Literary
Running time: 18:55
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Clip 3. Asking Questions
Running time: 18:55
Hernandez' seventh grade gifted and talented language arts
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Clip 4. Facilitating Discussion
Running time: 18:55
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Clip 5. Seminar Discussion
Running time: 18:55
Franklin's seventh grade language arts classroom in the heart
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Clip 7. Readers as Individuals
Running time: 18:55
visit to Flora Tyler's sixth grade language arts class in
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and work with students who are each reading a different literary
text, using models offered by writing and reading workshop
Clip 8. The Teacher's Role in
a Literary Community
Running time: 18:55
Hoonan's multi-grade language arts class on Bainbridge Island
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sixth grade students look at a variety of contemporary young
adult fiction grouped under the theme, "Life isn't Fair."
Texts include Drawing Lessons by Tracey Mack, Freak
the Mighty by R. W. Philbrick, and Stargirl by
Jerry Spinelli. Students meet in small groups to focus on
each text, while Mr. Hoonan demonstrates one way teachers
can tactfully and effectively integrate themselves into these
discussions to help students go further in their understanding
of the text.
Clip 9. Whole-Group Discussion
Running time: 18:55
visit to Linda Rief's eighth grade language arts class in
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along with the literary community Ms. Rief has established
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see the ways in which its themes relate to their current lives.
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By John Goralski
Sports Writer
After a string of three straight 3-2 decisions, the Blue Knight boys volleyball team earned a reprieve last week with a trio of 3-0 sweeps.
Southington cruised past Bulkeley-Hartford Public in three lopsided sets. The boys went on to beat Xavier in a closer competition, but it was the 3-0 win over Newington that grabbed the attention of Coach Lou Gianacopolos.
On the road, it took five games to secure a Southington win. At home, it took three intense battles.
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"We started off with six next violations in game one, and that really put us in the hole," said Gianacopolos. "Then, you add one or two little errors here and there that you usually make anyway, and it makes for trying to get out of a really big hole."
It wasn't until the Knights began to siphon their offense through their middles that Southington began to pull away. Alex Borofsky (4 blocks) and Jeff Kolb (2 blocks) collected eight kills apiece as the middles sparked the Knight comeback.
"When we were down late in the game like that, it's tough to get back," said the coach. "You can't go point for point. You've got to be kind of aggressive without being reckless, and there were a couple of swings that we did tonight to put us in that hole. We would have normally rolled it, tipped it, or put it somewhere more difficult for them to play, but some of our hitters decided to try to make something out of it. That was the difficult part."
Nick Powell had 9 kills with two blocks and 7 digs. Chris Sherwill finished with 10 kills and 7 digs. Alex Zajda scored 36 assists and nine digs. Dave Shaughnessy and Kevin Casserino had nine digs apiece as the Knights rallied to a 25-18 win in game three to clinch the series.
"We just went 3-0 against a really good team, but we still have a lot more learning to do," said the coach. "This team has its areas that we struggle, which means that we have room to improve and get stronger for the postseason."
The victory came on the heels of two more lopsided wins.
On Monday, the Knights rolled past Bulkeley, 25-11, 25-13, and 25-17. Zajda and Peter Masters combined for 27 assists in the victory. Powell had six kills, and Dan Connolly scored five kills and anchored the defense with 10 digs. Borofsky anchored the middle with four blocks.
On Wednesday, Zajda (5 digs) distributed 25 assists to nine different teammates as Southington swept past Xavier, 25-15, 25-20, and 25-16.
Powell managed five kills, five aces, and five digs in the short contest. Sherwill scored 10 kills. Borofsky had five kills, and Kolb anchored the middle with six blocked shots.
With the victories, the Knights improved to 10-2 overall and 5-1 in the CCC South. Southington will face a trio of non-conference opponents this week before trying to avenge their only conference loss with a rematch against Glastonbury on May 20.


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Wild's slump continues with loss to Jets
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Blake Wheeler's confidence is growing for the Winnipeg Jets.
Wheeler scored two goals and the Jets beat the Minnesota Wild 6-4 on Friday in a game that featured a seven-goal first period.
Jets 6, Wild 4
Wheeler ended a scramble in front of the Minnesota net when he poked the puck under Niklas Backstrom with 9:20 remaining in the third period for his 14th goal of the season, giving the Jets a 5-4 lead.
It was the ninth goal in December for Wheeler, a Minnesota native and a former University of Minnesota star.
Wheeler started the season with just five goals in his first 28 games.
"I think confidence plays into it," he said of his recent success. "When the puck starts going in the net you find yourself getting into the scoring areas a little bit more. The puck seems to bounce your way a little bit more."
Evander Kane, Olli Jokinen, Dustin Byfuglien and Toby Enstrom added goals for Winnipeg.
Dany Heatley, Justin Fontaine, Stephane Veilleux and Mikko Koivu scored for Minnesota.
The Jets, who were coming off a loss in Edmonton on Monday, managed to beat the Wild after losing each of the first three meetings between the teams.
It was a fourth straight loss for the Wild, who have dropped six of their past eight games.
The Jets led 4-3 after a first period that had five goals scored in the first 7:04.
"We don't have the luxury of finding reasons for things not being OK," said Wild coach Mike Yeo, who said the first period was clearly a byproduct of the extended break. "We're in a position where we have to make things right."
Minnesota struck first when Heatley scored on a wide-open net after a pass from Jason Pominville at 2:13.
But the Jets grabbed the lead by the six-minute mark on a short-handed goal by Kane and a one-timer in the low slot by Jokinen.
"When they scored we responded, which was good to see," Kane said.
It only took another 67 seconds for the Wild to go ahead 3-2, on goals by Fontaine and Veilleux. That ended Ondrej Pavelec's outing.
The Jets' starting goalie smashed his stick en route to the dressing room after allowing three goals on six shots, giving way to backup Al Montoya.
Jets coach Claude Noel said the quick hook had more to do with his team's sluggish play in its own zone than anything.
"I think our team needed a jolt," he said.
Jets captain Andrew Ladd agreed with his coach, saying that the team felt sympathy for the lack of support they provided for their goalkeeper.
"I thought Monty did a great job once he got in there," Ladd said. "The first three goals, there was nothing Pav could've done about them, so it was more about trying to get some momentum for our group on the bench."
After nearly eight scoreless minutes, the Jets regained the lead on late-period goals from Wheeler and Byfuglien.
Wild goalie Niklas Backstrom allowed four goals on 11 first-period shots, and finished with 32 saves on 37 total shots.
The lone goal in the second period came on a Wild power play, as a perfect passing sequence ended with an easy goal for Koivu to tie the game at 4-4.
That was the only blemish for Montoya, who stopped the other 22 shots he faced.
Enstrom added an empty-net goal from 175 feet with four seconds remaining.
The Wild won each of the three previous meetings by one goal, including a shootout victory on Nov. 23.
Both clubs return to action on Sunday, with the Jets going to Denver while the Wild head home to face the New York Islanders.
Notes: Zach Parise, dealing with a lower-body injury, missed a second straight game for the Wild. . . . The Jets were without defensemen Zach Bogosian (flu) and Mark Stuart, who was a late scratch with a lower-body injury after taking the morning skate. . . . The teams have one remaining meeting, in Winnipeg on April 7.