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As the SCO v. IBM saga has unfolded, SCO's prospects for a victory have become increasingly dim. Part of the reason for that has been SCO's refusal to clearly enunciate what particular bits of UNIX code IBM allegedly copied over into Linux, or any other actions IBM may have taken that infringed on SCO's UNIX intellectual property (assuming they actually own UNIX IP—that's another kettle of fish). In a sealed, five-page document filed last Friday, SCO finally gave up the goods as it listed 217 sins committed by IBM and Sequent (which was purchased by IBM in 1999).
While the list itself remains under seal, an SCO-produced summary outlines the company's litany of accusations against IBM:
Some of these wrongful disclosures include areas such as an entire file management system; others are communications by IBM personnel working on Linux that resulted in enhancing Linux functionality by disclosing a method or concept from Unix technology. The numerosity and substantiality of the disclosures reflects the pervasive extent and sustained degree as to which IBM disclosed methods, concepts, and in many places, literal code, from Unix-derived technologies in order to enhance the ability of Linux to be used as a scalable and reliable operating system for business and as an alternative to proprietary Unix systems such as those licensed by SCO and others.
In the world according to SCO, IBM ripped off a file management system and incorporated it into Linux, copied entire blocks of code, and infused Linux with various and sundry other bits of UNIX intellectual property. It's a shame that the specific list is still under seal—since SCO first filed suit, everyone has been waiting to see evidence of IBM's alleged copy-and-paste activity.
One wonders how much evidence there actually will be, given that a 1999 SCO audit of much of the Linux source code turned up "no evidence of copyright infringement whatsoever," to use SCO's own words. That particular e-mail surfaced in July of this year, after which SCO pointed to an e-mail from an outside consultant that found troubling similarities between the UNIX and Linux codebases. Chances are some of those "similarities" are enumerated in SCO's filing.
SCO's filing appears to finally bring the company into compliance with a March 3, 2004 order that the company produce all of the infringing code within 45 days. SCO managed to stretch that out by close to one-and-one-half years by various tactics, but it appears that we will know the full details of IBM's perfidy no later than December 22, as that is the date by which SCO has promised a final report on the matter.
At this point, SCO's prospects for victory against IBM appear dim. Not only have they managed to get caught in contradictions as in the example above, but the company has seen its actual ownership of UNIX copyrights—the basis on which its lawsuit against IBM rests—challenged by developments in the Novell lawsuit. If Novell retained "all of its patents, copyrights, and trademarks" as the minutes of the 1995 board meeting show, in which Novell approved the sale of Novell's UnixWare to SCO predecessor Santa Cruz Operation, then SCO is left without a case against IBM.
SCO continues to lose money, and has almost everything riding on a positive outcome for its lawsuits. No case + no sustainable business model = no SCO before long.


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CHICAGO, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- Blake Wheeler scored twice in the third period and Al Montoya made 34 saves Sunday, sending the surging Winnipeg Jets over Chicago 3-1.
The Jets came into the final period trailing 1-0 but scored three unanswered goals to come away with a sixth victory in seven games.
Wheeler knotted the score 8:16 into the period when he converted a pass from Mark Stuart at the right side of the net for the equalizer.
Andrew Ladd put Winnipeg ahead less than 5 minutes later with a wrist shot from the high slot that beat Corey Crawford to the glove side.
Wheeler then sealed the outcome with an empty-netter.
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Rivera friendship risky for Rubio
Sen. Marco Rubio has every excuse to stay away from his old South Florida friend Rep. David Rivera.
Rivera is facing state and federal inquiries stemming from his conduct in the Florida Legislature, while Rubio is seeking to project a squeaky-clean image as he faces national scrutiny and tops the prospective GOP vice presidential list.
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But Rubio is giving a full-throated endorsement to Rivera, raising money for him and defending a man who served with him in the trenches of Florida politics dating back to when they were young volunteers on Lincoln Diaz-Balart's first House campaign in 1992.
"One of things that's startled me is that only in Washington are people expected to turn their backs on friends when things may not be going well for them," Rubio told POLITICO. "That's certainly not the way I want to operate."
Despite Rivera's insistence that the allegations against him are "false" and that he has heard nothing from investigators, Rubio's decision to embrace Rivera is a risk. If the inquiries pick up steam, Rubio's name could be dragged into the headlines just as Mitt Romney is considering whether to put the freshman senator on the ticket. But if Rubio distances himself from Rivera, it could amount to an act of disloyalty to one of his closest confidants and fellow Cuban-American whom he rose with through the ranks of the Florida political establishment.
"It is particularly humbling when close friends you have known for many years place confidence in your ability to serve," Rivera said in an interview.
( Also on POLITICO: Could Rubio seal deal for Romney?)
On May 16, Rubio is holding an evening fundraiser for Rivera at the posh Capitol Hill restaurant Bistro Bis, where invitees can pony up between $500 and $2,500 to attend, according to a copy of an invitation. In the interview, Rubio called Rivera a longtime ally and hardworking congressman who has been attentive to his district in the Miami area.
Rubio said he would be willing to stump with Rivera ahead of a tough fall campaign, a boon for Rivera, who has struggled to raise money and win broad backing within the Washington GOP ranks amid the cloud of investigations.
Rubio dismissed questions over whether Rivera's political baggage could become a liability for him just as he's starting to top the lists of potential Republican vice presidential picks.
"I have my own identity," Rubio said. "I have my own polticial life, I have my own body of work and things to that nature — I think I have a pretty good identity in and of itself because people know who I am and what I'm working on."


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There are so many varieties of the poppy flower, and they are all gorgeous. This brightly flowering plant has huge blooms in red, pink, yellow, purple and shades in between. Most readily available in local nurseries seems to be the Oriental poppy and the California poppy.
The poppy of wartime symbolism is the red-flowering corn poppy. The Europeans consider it a common weed with fields full of them as you drive down the highways. Wikipedia reminds us of the famous poem "In Flanders Fields," by the Canadian surgeon and soldier John McCrae. Poppies have symbolized peace and sleep and even death at various times in history.
Most poppies are grown simply as ornamental plants, although some give us the poppy seed and poppy seed oil used in the kitchen. In ancient Egypt, the doctors would suggest eating the seeds of certain poppies to relieve pain. Poppies have a reputation of being possibly illegal to grow because of the opium connection in novels and old black and white movies. But according to the Aggie Horticulture Web site, Major John Kennedy of the College Station police department says that only one species of poppy illegal to grow is the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum.
Poppies are fun to use when you want to bring bright color into your garden in the early summer. They can be found as annuals, perennials and biennials to fill your needs. The state flower of California, the California poppy, is a favorite with gardeners everywhere because of its huge, cup-shaped blooms. Its flowers look delicate like paper, but they are hardy. Their blooms last from June until October if you treat them right. The Oriental poppy variety only blooms for a few weeks, but you will get a true show of immense flowers in hot colors like pink and brick red.
Many varieties drop their seeds, so count on them coming back the next year. A "must have" for the poppy is very good drainage. You could consider using poppies as a border anywhere you want to add lots of color. The poppy is easy to care for, durable and dependable, and such a handsome addition to your yard.
To share your gardening news with Joette, call (409) 832-1400 or fax her at (409) 832-6222. Her e-mail is joreger [at] msn [dot] com.
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New Version of the RVW Curriculum Companion Challenge Tables!
The ROBOTC Robot Virtual World team is extremely proud to announce a brand new version of the RVW Curriculum Companion Tables for both LEGO and VEX. This new version (2.2.1) contains an incredible number of enhancements and new features. It is a free update for all existing Robot Virtual World users. Read on to find out more!
New Login Functionality
If you have an account on the Computer Science Student Network (CS2N.org), you can now log in and earn achievements. This also allows you to save your progress – marking the challenges that you've completed so far. If you don't have a CS2N account, what are you waiting for?
If your computer isn't online, you can also create a local account to log in and track your progress locally. If you're not interested in tracking your progress, you can always take advantage of the "Log In as Guest" feature, too.
Achievement Badges and Updated User Interface
As the new login functionality implies, we've also added achievement badges to the challenges! You can earn Motivation badges as you work through a given challenge, Progress badges as you complete challenges, and Mastery badges when you complete specified sets from the Movement, Sensing, Remote Control, and Variables sections of the Curriculum Companion Challenges. For additional background information on badges, visit this page on CS2N.
We've upgraded the user interface to indicate which challenges have achievement badges. Challenges with badges have a star next to their name on the list on the left. Clicking on the challenge provides additional detail.
Whether you're logged in with a CS2N or a local account, the new Badges section displays all of the challenges that you've earned so far.
From the Badges section, you can also generate a PDF of all of your Progress and Mastery badges.
And if you're using your CS2N account, you can check your progress on your Achievements page.
New In-Game Animations and Notifications
We've also added brand new animations and achievements to the challenges. You'll be notified when you complete the challenge, or if your robot does something that that causes it to fail. Motivation and Progress badges will appear as you earn them on the challenges.
Challenges that require a number of laps to be performed or for certain lines to be crossed now include visual cues such as counters and 3D makers.
Robot Physics and Size Improvements
All VEX, LEGO and TETRIX robots have had their size and physics adjusted to more closely match their real-world counterparts.
Many More Small Fixes and Enhancements
There's too many in this category to list, so try the latest version out for yourself! Download it here.
For more information about the Robot Virtual World software, or help getting it up and running, visit this page.


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HANNOVER, Germany, March 18, 2004 - SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK), the world's largest supplier of flash memory storage card products, announced today that it has expanded the availability of its miniSDÔ flash memory cards by offering them through its retail channels worldwide. SanDisk offers the industry's broadest range of capacities for miniSD cards with capacities that range from 64 megabytes (MB) to 256MB. miniSD cards are used to store digital images, video, MP3 files and other data in multimedia mobile phones. The announcement was made at the CeBIT tradeshow where SanDisk is demonstrating products.
Originally offered for sale to OEM customers and through retail markets in Japan only, miniSD cards are now sold to consumers worldwide. Each miniSD card includes an adapter that converts the miniSD card into the SD card form factor so it can be used with the growing number of SD compatible devices in the market.
Nelson Chan, senior vice president and general manager of SanDisk's retail business unit, said, "The number of mobile phones with miniSD slots is growing rapidly since removable storage is a key advantage with mobile phones that feature digital cameras, MP3 players, games and more. Consumers who use miniSD-based mobile phones and wish to have additional storage will now be able to purchase SanDisk miniSD cards from their favorite retail outlets worldwide."
SanDisk miniSD cards will be available starting in 64, 128 and 256MB capacities with suggested retail prices that range from $44.99 to $94.99. In Japan only, a 32MB miniSD card will also be available at retail.
SanDisk, the world's largest supplier of flash memory data storage card products, designs, manufactures and markets industry-standard, solid-state data, digital imaging and audio storage products using its patented, high density flash memory and controller technology. SanDisk is based in Sunnyvale, CA.
The matters discussed in this news release contain forward looking statements that are subject to certain risks and uncertainties as described under the caption, "Factors That May Affect Future Results" in the company's annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company assume no obligation to update the information in this release.
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Hopefully you're stopping by today because you heard about the Craft It Forward Blog Hop on Scrapbooks etc. Welcome, and thanks for visiting! I hope you'll be inspired to make your own card based off one of the original designs shown on the Craft It Forward site. Remember, if you create a card and donate it to charity, then upload the photo to our Craft It Forward gallery...both you and your charity each become eligible to win $500!! (That means $500 in cash to you and $500 in donations to the charity of your choice. How awesome is that?!)
I designed a card inspired by this original one (which I loved!) from Lisa Storms. Her project is the June project of the month on the Craft It Forward website:
What a great card design, right? I was immediately drawn to it, so I pulled out similar supplies and got to work. I didn't have any supplies like the fun star paper for the background, so I punched small stars from blue cardstock to create a similar look:
I adhered the stars with tiny pop dots for added dimension. I added a red cardstock border along the bottom of the card, then folded a yellow ribbon the same way Lisa did on her card. As a final touch, I added rub-ons to white cardstock to complete the "thank you" sentiment.
I like the way it turned out, and it was pretty easy to make (since I already had the basic idea from Lisa). I didn't measure the stars, believe it or not - I just eyeballed where to place them and down they went.
If you'd like to celebrate our nation's independence by crafting thank you cards for the troops who protect our rights and freedom, then today is a great time to start! Make as many cards as possible (after you've been inspired by our blog hop, of course!), then join an Adopt-A-Soldier program to send care packages to the many men and women serving overseas. If you'd like an address for a soldier you can send packages to, just email me and I'll get one for you. Otherwise, you can google "Adopt-A-Soldier" and find plenty of participating programs.
Ideas of items to include in a care package:
- toothpaste, soap, sunscreen
- nuts, trail mix, beef jerky, protein bars
- candy, gum, mints
- baby wipes, chapstick, razors
- energy drinks or lemonade/gatorade packets
When shipping a box overseas, I recommend getting a large sized flat rate priority box from the US Post Office. The dimensions are: 12" x 12" x 5 1/2" and whatever you can fit inside will ship for one low price (only $12.95) to any APO/FPO address.
You can also mail blank cards to soldiers so they can fill them out and send them home to their family members! This is a fantastic idea for the many, many talented cardmakers who are likely joining us on the blog hop today. :) Check out the non-profit sites Cards for Soldiers or Operation Write Home to learn more about this idea.
Don't forget to visit your local veterans hospital to make a difference closer to home.
Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you'll be back to visit again soon. Be sure to stop by Lisa Truesdell's blog next to see the creative ideas she has to share.


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Boro held up by Tractor Boys
Middlesbrough maintained their unbeaten start to the npower Championship campaign but missed out on the chance to return to the top of the table following their goalless draw with Ipswich.
Both sides had multiple chances in an entertaining second half but neither side could force a breakthrough with Boro failing to score for the first time in 21 games.
The hosts had recorded clean sheets in their last two league outings but Ibrahima Sonko should have opened the scoring for Ipswich in the 20th minute.
Republic of Ireland international Keith Andrews fooled the Boro defence by lifting the ball into Sonko rather than shooting, but the giant centre-half directed his header wide from just four yards out.
The visitors, who have not won on their travels since the opening game of the season, had an even better chance to take the lead 11 minutes before half-time through Michael Chopra.
Carlos Edwards picked out Chopra with a right-wing cross and the striker seemed certain to volley home from three yards out, but Boro goalkeeper Carl Ikeme stood tall and the ball cannoned off him and over the bar.
Middlesbrough were struggling to carve out goalscoring opportunities despite their intricate midfield passing.
They did come close just before half-time when Barry Robson fired wide. Justin Hoyte's cross evaded Scott McDonald but Marvin Emnes worked it to Robson, and the Scot nearly picked out the bottom corner with a left-footed effort.
The Tractor Boys began the second period in the ascendancy and they completed a hat-trick of near misses when Jason Scotland struck a post in the 51st minute.
The hosts' defence backed off the forward and he unleashed a venomous drive with minimal backlift from the edge of the box which beat Ikeme at his near post but slammed against a post.
Ipswich continued to press and Jimmy Bullard's free-kick had Ikeme scrambling across his line, yet the ball went went narrowly wide.
With in-form striker Emnes having a quiet afternoon, it was McDonald who appeared intent on maintaining Boro's impressive scoring run, which had seen them net in each of the previous 20 games.
McDonald's shot from the edge of the box was turned away by Town's on-loan goalkeeper David Stockdale and Danny Collins cleared the ball away with Faris Haroun ready to pounce.
At the other end, Scotland went close again. Stockdale's long throw found Chopra and he released his strike partner but his deflected shot fell just wide.
Ipswich survived a penalty shout when the home fans thought the ball struck Lee Bowyer's hand before Sonko made a vital intervention to deny a menacing counter-attack.
The lively McDonald then had another near miss in the 81st minute, heading into the side-netting following excellent work by Hoyte.
Middlesbrough 0-0 Ipswich: Match Report - view commentary, squad, and statictics of the game as it happened.
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I love the song. Well, I love cats in nearly every kind of context. Sorry to have brought up the "nyan" subject, I knew it would cause uncomfortable memories to some people.
In the Higurashi opening, is it a cat mask Rika is wearing? I always thought so because she is obviously very close to cats in personality and behaviour, and she also makes cat-like noises. But I also read someone's statement who thinks it's a fox mask. So what is right? I think it's hard to tell just from the features of the mask but I think it could really be a fox. But if that's true, this would be the only appearance of a fox in the whole story, wouldn't it? Well, maybe someone might say Rika is as sly as a fox or something like that, but I'm not really sure if there is a line like this anywhere in Higurashi.
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I'm certain you're right about that. So do you think it's a cat or a fox?
To be honest, I wrote a poem about Rika (in German, so I don't know if I should post it here) in which I mention her "cat mask". So I would like to know if this is a mistake because maybe I should rewrite it in that case.
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It's a kitsune/fox mask. There is also a cat mask in real life, but her mask most closely resembles the Japanese kitsune masks. Rika is not only associated with a cat, fox... but if I also recall correctly, her title is the tanuki of the game club.
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I can only remember the confrontation scene in Matsuribayashi, when Mion introduces the members to Okonogi. I think she says something about Rena's "adorable"/"I want to take it home" mode while Mion does not call herself a title because she's the one who's speaking, and (even for Mion) it would be too arrogant to give herself a title of honor. Rena is also related to as the "silent blue flame" while Keiichi is the "bright red flame". That's all I can remember as far as club titles are concerned.
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Weeks after the fateful 4.0 patch the dust has finally settled. We've covered the broad range of topics that you'll need in order to be an effective tank in the coming Cataclysm save for one. You need to be able to adapt.
Tanks, more than any other class, need to be fluid in their playstyle and this is what separates the good tanks from the great ones.
Do you remember everything I've written in the past few weeks about optimal talent specs, glyph choices and spell priorities? Well, if you have an established method that works for you, you can feel free to completely ignore it.
If you find that Blood and Thunder is a vital part of your tanking rotation, by all means, grab it. If you can think of a million and one ways to use spell reflect effectively to save lives, shift some points around so that you can put points into it. If you think that the Shield Wall glyph does a lot more for your survival and your threat than Devastate, ignore what everyone else says and swap them out, try it out, see if you're right or not.
The good tanks are the ones that follow the cookie cutter specs, maintain a solid threat rotation and glyph/gear just like everyone else agrees is the best way to do it.
The great tanks are the ones that are bold enough to consider if a variation in spec or glyphs might not yield better results and are brave enough to go out and try it themselves to see if it works or not.
Your tanking game changes entirely based on who you raid with, moreso than healers or damage dealers. You change your spec to assist your survival with a weaker healer or you adjust your glyphs and gear to build up to a more threat efficient profile when you're grouped with people that test your ability to hold threat.
The best talent spec and glyph choice and stat priorities for gear will do nothing for you if it's not something you can make work for you. It's why you can see players that appear to be set up correctly in terms of spec and gear but perform so poorly in a real life setting. It's solid proof of the simple fact that the best advice in the world will do absolutely nothing for you if you can't apply it to your own manner of tanking, if you can't find a way to incorporate it into your own playstyle.
So take everyone's advice with a grain of salt.
If everyone and their mother tells you that you're crazy to spec into Blood and Thunder but you find that it's the only thing that lets you hold AOE threat, by all means, keep the talent.
Tanking if a highly personalized role to play and the best advice that you can find online or from your friends will do you absolutely no good if you can't apply it to the way you play.


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According to the Associated Press, North Dakota state lawmakers have successfully passed a law that says that human life begins at the point of conception.
Possible consequences of the law could be legal punishment for individuals who procure abortion in the state, as well as for the doctor who performs the procedure.
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 22, 2013
Republican Governor Jack Dalrymple has not indicated whether or not he will sign it, Politico reported. Moreover, litigation from abortion rights groups is likely if the measure goes into law.
Last year both Virginia and Oklahoma had fetal personhood legislation pass one chamber of their assemblies only to fail in the other. Should Dalrymple sign the legislation, North Dakota will be the first state with such a law on the books.
The pro-life Concerned Women For America praised the law's passage.
"We applaud North Dakota for defending life," CEO and President Penny Nance said in a statement. "... North Dakota may become the first abortion-free state. Life will truly be sacred and protected in North Dakota. I encourage all pro-lifers to continue to reach out and speak out. We are making a difference. The entire nation is watching North Dakota."


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The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Secretary Robert Barham has extended the fall inshore shrimp season in a portion of state inside waters east of the Mississippi River that was scheduled to close December 21, 2010. Biological sampling data and trip ticket reports indicate that marketable quantities of white shrimp still remain available for harvest in these waters. Typically, the inshore shrimp season closes in late December when only smaller, less valuable shrimp are being caught by recreational and commercial fishermen. However, extended closures in state waters throughout the summer and into fall prevented the shrimp stock from being harvested at levels seen in previous years. The area to remain open to shrimping is that part of Shrimp Management Zone 1 in Lake Pontchartrain, Chef Menteur Pass, Rigolets Pass, the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MRGO), that part of Lake Borgne seaward of a line extending one-half mile from the shoreline, and a portion of Mississippi Sound. The Wildlife and Fisheries Commission had earlier ordered that the fall inshore shrimp season in the open waters of Breton and Chandeleur Sounds as described by the "double-rig" line close March 31, 2011.
The Commission at its December 2 meeting approved closing a portion of state offshore waters to shrimping effective at sunset December 21, but authorized LDWF Secretary Barham to keep these waters open if necessary to allow continued harvest of shrimp by commercial and recreational fishermen.
The offshore area typically closed to shrimping each year is unique as it typically serves as a refuge to a large number of small over-wintering white shrimp. Additionally, provisions in state statute temporarily exempt the minimum possession count of 100 (whole shrimp) count per pound on white shrimp from October 15 through the 3rd Monday in December. Following December 20, it becomes illegal to possess white shrimp smaller than 100 count per pound. As temperatures drop, smaller sized white shrimp that had been occupying coastal lakes or bays migrate into these waters. Closures during the winter help to protect smaller shrimp so they may grow to larger, more valuable sizes.
As water temperatures warm in spring, large numbers of these over-wintering white shrimp re-enter coastal lakes and bays and quickly grow to very large sizes evidenced by reported statewide white shrimp landings of 11 million pounds in May 2009, worth approximately $14 million.
The offshore closure, if instituted on December 21, would include the portion of state outside waters, south of the Inside/Outside Shrimp Line as described in LA R.S. 56:495, from the western shore of Freshwater Bayou Canal at 92 degrees 18 minutes 33 seconds west longitude to the U.S. Coast Guard navigation light off the northwest shore of Caillou Boca at 29 degrees 03 minutes 10 seconds north latitude and 90 degrees 50 minutes 27 seconds west longitude.
If allowed to take effect, the closure will become effective Tuesday, December 21 at sunset.
All state outside waters east of the U.S. Coast Guard navigational light off the northwest shore of Caillou Boca, as well as state outside waters west of Freshwater Bayou Canal will remain open to shrimping. The Department will continue monitoring the sizes and abundance of shrimp in these offshore waters, so that other actions to close or re-open waters may be taken based on the availability of harvestable shrimp in these areas, while protecting the large numbers of very small white shrimp.
The Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is charged with managing and protecting Louisiana's abundant natural resources. For more information, visit us at www.wlf.louisiana.gov on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ldwffb or follow us on Twitter @LDWF.
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They spent much of their lives dealing with some of the worst society has to offer.
Grisly murder scenes, horrific child abuse, violent gang members and dangerous domestic situations were among their daily challenges.
It's no secret being a police officer means dealing with plenty of emotional baggage that can't simply be unloaded at the end of a shift.
Or even a career, as it turns out.
The Free Press caught up with four well-known former Winnipeg cops to ask one simple question: "What was the case that stayed on your mind and kept you awake?"
Not surprisingly, turning in your badge doesn't mean turning off the memories. And it's clear the sleepless nights have continued well into retirement — especially when it comes to cases that dealt with society's most vulnerable.
"Sleepless nights are the life of any police officer and maybe even more so when retired and constantly reminded that nothing much has changed in regards to violent crime," says Bill VanderGraaf.
Bob Paquin still remembers the hot sun shining down that Friday afternoon in October 1983. He was working as street supervisor in the traffic division when the call came in for a North End traffic accident.
It was rush hour. Paquin was the only unit available to respond.
A little boy, while sitting on the curb next to his bicycle, had been run over by a vehicle. He was being rushed to hospital in grave condition. And the motorist had fled the scene.
Paquin began canvassing the neighbourhood, desperate for a licence plate or description of the driver.
"Nobody had seen or heard anything," he recalls.
Paquin then went to the Health Sciences Centre, where he was led into the emergency room by a masked and gowned nurse. What he saw next remains forever burned into his memory.
"There, lying face up was the lifeless body of a young innocent child," says Paquin.
Bradley Bluecoat was only eight years old.
Paquin went home that night, furious that the cowardly killer had gotten away.
"I crept into my seven-year-old son's bedroom and looked down upon my sleeping son. He was the spitting image of Bradley," Paquin recalls. "With tears in my eyes I said a prayer thanking God that my son was safe and warm in his bed surrounded by his teddy bears and the family who loved him."
It's been 30 years since the boy was run down. Paquin says he's still haunted by the fact nobody has ever been arrested.
"I often think about this young boy and try to imagine what he would have grown up to become," he says. "Will this case ever be solved? I doubt it very much, but I do know that the suspect will someday have to answer to a higher authority and explain his cowardice."
It was Christmas morning, 1987. Bill VanderGraaf was enjoying quality time with his giddy two young children when the phone rang.
Agnes Kirk-Kirton, her five-year-old daughter Sarah and 18-month-old son Evan had been gunned down inside their townhouse hours earlier. An execution of three innocents.
VanderGraaf called in to offer help with the manhunt for the two killers, believed to be collecting a drug debt from Kirk-Kirton's husband — who managed to duck out a window and escape.
Eventually the two accused were caught and VanderGraaf was assigned to interrogate the suspected gunman, Larry Fisher. It proved to be a gruelling 10-hour ordeal, the most challenging of a 29-year career that ended in 2001.
"When you have a man accused repeatedly in various fashions, that he is a woman and baby killer, and he remains completely silent and emotionless for that length of time, you know he is cold blooded," says VanderGraaf.
He spent several days submerging himself in Winnipeg's shadowy drug sub-culture convincing several witnesses to co-operate with the investigation, which ultimately paved the way for murder convictions against both accused.
"One would think that in the drug underworld, the police would be stymied in conducting interview," says VanderGraaf. "Quite the contrary in this case, such people were equally outraged and more then helpful."
VanderGraaf says it was this case, more than any other, that changed his views on drugs. He now serves as a speaker and director of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition.
"This case and many many others since on our streets, are not the result of illegal drug use but the prohibition of drugs. That should be changed to proper social health policies, with control and regulation to stop this kind of slaughter," says VanderGraaf.
James Jewell says it was the toughest call he ever had to make.
It was November 1998 and an angry Daniel Younger had just kidnapped his girlfriend's two-year-old son, Randy Grisdale.
Younger was in custody. But the smug, defiant young man was refusing to tell Jewell where he'd hidden the boy.
"It was a gun-wrenching paradox. Do I beat (Younger) to get information that could potentially save a child's life or go by the book to ensure (Younger) is held accountable for his crime?" Jewell recalls.
"In the end I know I did the right thing and can live with the decision, but that doesn't mean I haven't occasionally struggled with varying degrees of doubt."
Jewell played it straight. And by the time other officers eventually found Randy sitting in a parked van wearing only a diaper and shirt, he had succumbed to the frigid temperatures. Younger was eventually convicted of murder and given a life sentence.
"This was the remorseless killing of an innocent child," says Jewell, who spent 26 years with Winnipeg police before retiring in 2012. Eight of those years were spent in homicide, where Jewell worked over 200 cases. This one continues to stand out, although he now finds himself in retirement often going through every facet of many investigations.
"To be successful in homicide investigation you have to be prepared to commit an extraordinary amount of time and energy to the job. That means sacrificing what most people would call a normal life," says Jewell.
"When you are 'in the game,' family time is the first casualty. Retirement for me meant putting things back in perspective and re-focusing that energy on my wife and children."
Like many ex-cops, Bob Marshall can't stop thinking about the one that got away. In this case, the heartless killer of a young boy and the toll the case has taken on so many people.
Marshall says he has "second-guessed himself" more times than he cares to remember about his handling of the Jason McQuaker homicide.
Jason had just celebrated his 12th birthday in June 1988 when he vanished from Thunder Bay. Much of the suspicion fell on the boy's father, Barry, who was well-known to police for several petty offences and was in the middle of a separation with his wife.
But there was no evidence — and no body — and the trail grew cold.
Marshall got involved in the case in 1991 when he arrested Barry in Winnipeg following a crime spree which included bank robberies in B.C., Alberta and Manitoba. In an interview, Barry made a stunning confession.
"I buried him. My son, he's not missing. I buried him. I didn't kill him. I found him dead. I didn't know what to do. I took him and buried him out of town."
Marshall, his partner and Barry McQuaker jumped on a plane to Thunder Bay, where he led them to a remote location in the bush where the boy's remains were unearthed.
Barry would ultimately be charged with obstructing justice and interfering with a dead body, but was never charged with the homicide. He swore up and down he only found the boy, already dead and sexually assaulted, and buried him so his wife wouldn't find out what happened.
No arrest has ever been made. The cold case remains unsolved.
"The term closure is often over-used and may be inappropriate, but a full and proper conclusion would at least bring some small measure of justice for an innocent boy who was taken forever a quarter century ago this month," says Marshall, who ended his 27 year policing career in 2004.
"I think about the case a lot, weekly, and how nobody's been held to account for the death of a young boy and the tremendous toll the death has taken on so many other innocent people, especially his mother and family members who were so close to him."
Mike McIntyre
Mike McIntyre grew up wanting to be a professional wrestler. But when that dream fizzled, he put all his brawn into becoming a professional writer.
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William Safire, a New York PR man turned speechwriter for Richard Nixon turned Pulitzer Prize winning conservative voice of the New York Times opinion page, died on Sunday at a hospice in Rockville, Md. He was 79.
Safire was born William Safir in 1929 to a Jewish family in the Bronx, later adding the "e" to his surname for easier pronunciation.
Safire, who worked as a report for WNBC-TV in Europe and the Middle East in 1951, first entered organized politics in 1952, when he arranged a rally for Eisenhower supporters at Madison Square Garden.
In a Times column earlier this year, he recalled working as a publicist for a builder exhibiting a model American home at the American trade fair in Moscow in 1959, and steering Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khruschev into their famous "Kitchen Debate." Safire also took a photograph that became the iconic image of the encounter.
The next year, he joined Nixon's presidential campaign. After his man fell short against Kennedy, Safire started his own public relations firm, working for two liberal New York Republicans - Gov. Nelson Rockefeller is his 1964 bid for the party's presidential nomination and John Lindsay's successful 1965 mayoral campaign.
In 1968, he again signed on to work for the Nixon campaign, and after his candidate's win, Safire sold his agency and became a speechwriter for Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew.
A life long lover of alliterative language, Safire is the inventor of Agnew's famous phrase, "nattering nabobs of negativism."
After working words for the White House through Watergate, he crossed the politics-pundits divide and joined the New York Times as a columnist in 1973.
"I get a lot of e-mail saying, 'How come are you at the New York Times?'" Safire said in an online interview with the Times' website when he retired from op-ed writing in 2005. "'You stick out like a sore thumb.' I was hired to be the sore thumb."
On average, it would take him three hours to write his column once he had formulated the idea.
"You shouldn't spend more than 3 hours," Safire said, "because that means you haven't through it through."
In describing the column-writing process, Safire said that he would put in about a half-dozen phone calls in the morning, start writing at noon, take a break for lunch, and get down to nuts and bolts around 3 o'clock. "Then it will be interrupted by the phone calls," Safire said.
As one of the Times' "big foots," Safire said that, "the one thing I've got is total editorial freedom."
Initially regarded as a lightweight conservative voice on a page dominated by liberals, Safire soon shed that reputation, winning the 1978 Pulitzer Prize for his columns about private sector financial wrongdoings by President Carter's OMB director and prayer partner Bert Lance.
In his interview with the Times' website, Safire recalled how former Times Editor Abe Rosenthal called Safire into his office one day to question why the columnist continued to investigate rumors of corruption when Lance was formerly chairman of the board of a bank in George, in his columns even though the Times wasn't following up in the paper. Safire said he told Rosenthal that he had a solid source and the editor assigned a reporter to follow. As for Lance, he and Safire would eventually become friends.
Safire's "Essay" on the Op-Ed page ran twice a week until 2003, when he retired to become head of the Dana Foundation, a group that supports brain research and neuroethics. The Foundation announced just last Thursday that Safire was undergoing chemotherapy.
The pundit's authoritative take on a variety of interests flummoxed critics looking to pigeonhole him, also wrote four novels, and many works of non fiction, including the "The New Language of Politics," a 1975 book later republished as "Safire's Political Dictionary" that's still read by political junkies, and "Before the Fall," a tell-all about the Nixon years. And for a decade starting in 1995, he served on the board that awards Pulitzer Prizes to journalists.
Safire himself as a libertarian conservative, and on that order, was always willing to take shots at those one his side when they moved away from his principles. After his 1991 Chicken Kiev column whacking President Bush for what the columnist thought was too soft a line on Soviets, the president is reported to have never again spoken with him.
Though he came close to backing Clinton in 1992, largely over differences with the Bush administration on Israel, he also went after the Clintons hard, famously calling Hillary a "congential liar."
Betsy Fischer, the longtime executive producer of NBC's "Meet the Press, fondly recalled the man who appeared on the venerable show 99 times.
"He was a true gentle-man, gracious and kind and so smart," Fischer said.
She recalled the show's late moderator, Tim Russert, giving Safire a pair of boxing gloves after the "congenital liar" remark prompting a spokesman for Bill Clinton to say the president wanted to punch the conservative pundit in the nose.
"He laughed, saying what he meant to say was she was a 'congenial lawyer,'" Fischer said.
He used the same line crediting it to humorist Mark Russell, in a memorable 2005 column looking back on his relationships with first ladies over the years. In it, he boasted that President Clinton's response "made me the envy of every columnist."
In addition to his political writings, Safire also wrote a weekly current affairs rhetoric column in the New York Times Magazine, "On Langauge," that he continued to pen after he retired from the op-ed page. His last installment ran two weeks ago, and focused on the economic term of art, "bending the curve."
In 2006, Safire received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Bush.
Safire married the former Helene Belmar Julius, a model, pianist and jewelry designer, in 1962. The Times reports that the couple is survived by two children, Mark and Annabel, and a granddaughter.


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Overall, the early game has a lot more exploration and some fun new cutscenes if you try searching for the renewal gem.
The full changelog can be found in the spoiler below.
===Battle Stuff===
+Spells can now tint the cutscene.
+Spells now have a unique cast color.
+Battle cutscene screen shake.
+Spell flash can be called at any time.
+Freeze levels 1 and 2 now have an animation.
+Weapons added to battle cutscenes
+Projectiles can be 'explosive'
+Added explosion animation
+Foregrounds (platforms) in battle cutscenes.
+Search in battle
===Town Stuff===
+Church menu
+Raise (resurrect fallen team members)
+Cure (heal members of status ailments)
+Promote (Upgrade characters stat gains)
+Supports normal promotion, special promotion, and tiered promotions.
+Save and Load (Finally!)
+Advisor Menu
+Talk (Have a friendly chat with your advisor!)
+Join (Add people to your battle party)
+Leave (Remove characters from your battle party)
+Help (Transfers to Church Menu)
+Cave Map (Finally. You guys have been begging for it for a while now lol)
+Below Ship Map
+Can be accessed in town or if you egress from battle 2.
+Looted chests now display as 'opened.' (So yall can stop reporting this 'bug')
+Cancel button can be used to automatically select 'no' to the yes/no menu
+Arrow keys now increase dialogue speed.
+Z button will increase dialogue speed AND auto advance.
+Persistent Cutscene Trigger Tiles (For recurring events)
+Interactable objects have a "hidden" option which bypasses the instant interact via Z button
+Search Menu officially added.
+More Options
+Can now change dialogue print speed
+Can now change status effect mode (chance to inflict on every hit or 100% to inflict but on crit only)
+Can now toggle perma death (Cant rez characters)
+Dynamic Lighting System
+Limited vision in caves
+Supports gradient / smooth lighting
+Supports multiple light sources
+Light source radius is variable
+Light source brightness is variable
+Background alpha is variable
+Light sources can be told to flicker. (variable/animated brightness for torches)
+New Secrets
+New Items
+Carving Knife
+Renewal Gem
+Raw Meat
+Medical Herb (Apparrently, I removed this sometime ago. It's back now)
+Empty Ring (Currently not obtainable)
-Optimized Main Menu
-You can no longer set 2 controls to the same key (If there's a conflict, it will now swap the two)
-Fixed issue with battle party initialization
-Fixed enemys not animating faster when walking.
-Cutscene 3 (Town Meeting) is now more interesting. (Hopefully. At least it's less of an exposition dump.)
-You can only talk to Jamie once.
-Jamie 'leaves' between room changes if you talk to her.
-Fixed issue with Moving NPC Objects in cutscenes.
-Tweaked Cutscene 4 (Ciera joins the party)
-Battle Cutscenes slowed down slightly
-Fixed issue with looting items from chests.
-Added potential custom script calls for interactable objects. (Overwrites default functions)
-Updated Advisor's Portrait
-Updated Karina's Portrait
-Fixed issue with using items in slot 2 in battle.
-Updated item use to reflect new naming conventions
-Chest in town now contains a medical herb instead of 30 gold.
-Added diagonal movement to MoveCharacter script for cutscenes.
And here's the new demo.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-F-g- ... sp=sharing
As always, if you encounter any errors, let me know how you managed to break my game. Send me a screenshot of any errors and if possible, hit F5 and send me the savestate that GM creates. (Not to be confused with the ones that the church menu creates).
-Quick fix for medical herbs. Certain slots crashed the game and they also only restored 0 HP. These issues are now fixed and the link has been updated.


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Portmeirion was designed and built by Sir Clough Williams-Ellis between 1925 and 1975 in the style of an Italian village.
The Piazza is probably best remembered in The Prisoner as it was used for many of the citizen's parades that would circle the Piazza Fountain.
Wales (Cymru in the Welsh language) is part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The major cities are Cardiff, Swansea, Newport and Bangor. The city of St. Davids is the smallest city in the UK with a population around 2000. Wales itself has a population of around 3 million. The Welsh language is spoken by around 20% of the population.


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[Bangalore, April 1. Image via Getty]
Indian school stand by the blackboard at a Urdu-language primary school in Bangalore on April 1, 2010. The historic Right to Education from came into force April 1 providing free and compulsory schooling to children in the 6-14 year age bracket with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asking the states to join in this national effort with full resolve and determination. The new statute makes it obligatory on part of the state governments and local bodies to ensure that every child gets education in a school in the neighbourhood. Its implementation will directly benefit close to one crore children who do not go to schools at present. AFP PHOTO/Dibyangshu SARKAR (Photo credit should read DIBYANGSHU SARKAR/AFP/Getty Images)


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Littlewolf wrote:Hmm... what am I playing...
Other than the occasional Rock Band with my family:
Naruto: The Broken Bond. I'm having a lot more fun with this than I expected.
My never ending game of Disgaea that is now in it's... 4th year? I go on many 6-month breaks with it.
Fabel II, though I'm bored with it now.
And many many Japanese SNES games via the Homebrew Channel on the Wii.
Planning to try:
Left for Dead
Disgaea 2
LOST: Via Domus cause I'm a LOST geek like that.
I have managed to install Wii Homebrew on my Wii. It took awhile because I have the latest version of the firmware on my Wii (version 4.3). Apparently, there was a patch in 4.3 that deleted unauthorized software and channels on the Wii. That looks to have been successfully circumvented now.
Now to figure out how to get games and other software onto it and get it to play.


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It's Time to Create a Grown-Up Economy
Liberal economist Dean Baker writes:
Just as little kids have to come to grips with the fact that there is no Santa Claus, it is necessary for millions of liberals, including many who think of themselves as highly knowledgeable about economic matters, to realize that President Clinton's policies sent the economy seriously off course.
The Clinton economy was driven by a stock bubble. This is not a debatable point. The ratio of market-wide stock prices to corporate earnings was well over 30 to 1 at the peak of the bubble in 2000. This is more than twice the historic average.
Since any good huckster could make millions selling shares in dot.whatever, we had many hucksters starting nutball businesses that never had a prayer of making a profit. This is not much of a long-run economic strategy, but in the short-term it led to an increase in investment.
This was the economy that President Clinton handed to President Bush in January of 2001. It was an economy that was being carried by an unsustainable bubble that, in fact, already was in the process of deflating at the time Bush took office.
Rubin and his allies control the Democratic Party with their money at the moment. Their financial power will not be easily overcome. However, it is important that people understand that the Rubin-Clinton team is every bit as much about redistributing money from the rest of us to the very rich as the Republicans.
Even Clinton has since slammed Rubin.
This isn't a partisan issue: Bush was at least as bad, and Obama is a train wreck as well.
Indeed, the "central banks' central bank" shredded the Federal Reserve and other central banks for blowing bubbles and then using "gimmicks and palliatives" to try to hide the damage.
Quantitative easing – the ultimate "free money" printing press scheme – helps the super-elite, and hurts the real economy and the little guy.
Unchecked fraud and excessive leverage both blow bubbles which lead to economic disaster … but the government is still encouraging both. The government is also encouraging the use of phony accounting by the banks so they can pretend that they've got money.
Out-of-control derivatives helped cause the 2008 crash, and yet the government is encouraging and backstopping derivatives gambling … and the size of the derivatives market now dwarfs the real economy (and any real collateral).
But the problem is even bigger than that.
We pointed out in 2010:
[Highly-regarded economist Michael] Hudson noted in 2004:
Mesopotamian economic thought c. 2000 BC rested on a more realistic mathematical foundation than does today's orthodoxy. At least the Babylonians appear to have recognized that over time the debt overhead became more and more intrusive as it tended to exceed the ability to pay, culminating in a concentration of property ownership in the hands of creditors.
Babylonians recognized that while debts grew exponentially, the rest of the economy (what today is called the "real" economy) grows less rapidly. Today's economists have not come to terms with this problem with such clarity. Instead of a conceptual view that calls for a strong ruler or state to maintain equity and to restore economic balance when it is disturbed, today's general equilibrium models reflect the play of supply and demand in debt-free economies that do not tend to polarize or to generate other structural problems.
And Hudson wrote last year:
Every economist who has looked at the mathematics of compound interest has pointed out that in the end, debts cannot be paid. Every rate of interest can be viewed in terms of the time that it takes for a debt to double. At 5%, a debt doubles in 14½ years; at 7 percent, in 10 years; at 10 percent, in 7 years. As early as 2000 BC in Babylonia, scribal accountants were trained to calculate how loans principal doubled in five years at the then-current equivalent of 20% annually (1/60th per month for 60 months). "How long does it take a debt to multiply 64 times?" a student exercise asked. The answer is, 30 years – 6 doubling times.
No economy ever has been able to keep on doubling on a steady basis. Debts grow by purely mathematical principles, but "real" economies taper off in S-curves. This too was known in Babylonia, whose economic models calculated the growth of herds, which normally taper off. A major reason why national economic growth slows in today's economies is that more and more income must be paid to carry the debt burden that mounts up. By leaving less revenue available for direct investment in capital formation and to fuel rising living standards, interest payments end up plunging economies into recession. For the past century or so, it usually has taken 18 years for the typical real estate cycle to run its course.
And as I have previously pointed out, our modern fractional reserve banking system is really a debt-creation system, which is guaranteed to create more and more debts. As then-Chairman of the Federal Reserve (Mariner S. Eccles) told the House Committee on Banking and Currency on September 30, 1941:
That is what our money system is. If there were no debts in our money system, there wouldn't be any money.
The modern banking system is therefore really a debt-creation system. See this for details.
One thing is for sure. The exponential growth of debt is a structural problem which – unless directly addressed – will swallow all economies which try to ignore it.
No wonder Bill Gross, Nouriel Roubini, Laurence Kotlikoff, Steve Keen, Michel Chossudovsky, the Wall Street Journal and many others say that our entire economy is a Ponzi scheme.
In fact – as we've noted for 4 years (and here and here) – the banking system is entirely insolvent. And so are most countries. The whole notion of one country bailing out another country is a farce at this point. The whole system is insolvent.
As we noted in June:
Nobel economist Joe Stiglitz pointed out the Ponzi scheme nature of the whole bailout discussion:
Europe's plan to lend money to Spain to heal some of its banks may not work because the government and the country's lenders will in effect be propping each other up, Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz said.
"The system … is the Spanish government bails out Spanish banks, and Spanish banks bail out the Spanish government," Stiglitz said in an interview.
"It's voodoo economics," Stiglitz said in an interview on Friday, before the weekend deal to help Spain and its banks was sealed. "It is not going to work and it's not working."
[The same is true of every other nation.]
Credit Suisse's William Porter writes:
"Portugal cannot rescue Greece, Spain cannot rescue Portugal, Italy cannot rescue Spain (as is surely about to become all too abundantly clear), France cannot rescue Italy, but Germany can rescue France." Or, the credit of the EFSF/ESM, if called upon to provide funds in large size, either calls upon the credit of Germany, or fails; i.e, it seems to us that it probably cannot fund to the extent needed to save the credit of one (and probably imminently two) countries that had hitherto been considered "too big so save" without joint and several guarantees.***
As Nouriel Roubini wrote in February:
[For] problems of that magnitude, there simply are not enough resources—governmental or super-sovereign—to go around.
As Roubini wrote in February:
"We have decided to socialize the private losses of the banking system.
Roubini believes that further attempts at intervention have only increased the magnitude of the problems with sovereign debt. He says, "Now you have a bunch of super sovereigns— the IMF, the EU, the eurozone—bailing out these sovereigns."
Essentially, the super-sovereigns underwrite sovereign debt—increasing the scale and concentrating the problems.
Roubini characterizes super-sovereign intervention as merely kicking the can down the road.
He says wryly: "There's not going to be anyone coming from Mars or the moon to bail out the IMF or the Eurozone." [Others have made the same point.]
But, despite the paper shuffling of debt at the national level—and at the level of supranational entities—reality ultimately intervenes: "So at some point you need restructuring. At some point you need the creditors of the banks to take a hit —otherwise you put all this debt on the balance sheet of government. And then you break the back of government—and then government is insolvent."
While those who believe in Santa think we should ignore fraud, sober adults say we have to throw white collar criminals in jail.
While those who hope to see Rudolph think that debt is a fantastic, sober adults say that bad debt has to be written down. A debt jubilee is needed … especially for "odious" debts.
While the naive belief that banks only loan out money they've taken in through deposits is cute, it is time to adopt a grown-up view of money.
There's no Santa Claus … and there is no such thing as "free money". It's time to create a grown up economy.


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BUFFALO -- CM Punk was a busy man Saturday night before the debut Ring of Honor show in Buffalo. He sat down with SLAM! Wrestling for a few minutes in between preparations to talk about a WWE deal on the table, his future, federation competition, and Starbucks.
SLAM! - There are a lot of people interested in your future right now. How do you like being talked about so much?
PUNK - It's a good time to be CM Punk right now. Not that it's ever a bad time to be CM Punk, but right now it's a lot of fun. This is probably only going to happen to me once the way the wrestling business is, with there being only one place to make a living and TNA trying their best to make it two places. I'm probably never going to see this much attention in my career so I'm just trying to enjoy it.
SLAM! - How important are you and Ring of Honor to each other?
PUNK - I hate talking about myself in the third person and I hate making it sound like I'm putting myself over, but I guess you can't talk about Ring of Honor without mentioning me. Ring of Honor is extremely important to me, I'm pretty sure everybody knows that, and maybe to a lesser extent know how important I am to Ring of Honor. I don't think a lot of fans realize that I run the school, do the commentary, I have tremendous input in what goes on and who gets used and who gets brought in. I don't know, I guess I'm one of the main event guys, aren't I?
SLAM! - With all the online griping about Triple H's influence on the WWE, isn't it a blessing that the fans don't know about yours?
PUNK - (Laughs) I think so. Anybody wants to call me the Triple H of Ring of Honor, I think that's hilarious. I would prefer to call Triple H the CM Punk of the WWE.
SLAM! - Every business goes through highs and lows. What's your impression of the state of wrestling today?
PUNK - Oh, it's in the crapper. I mean there's one place to work if you want to make a living. Put it this way: I think if TNA was a healthier company, I think I'd probably be somewhere already. But I think the WWE knows that TNA doesn't have TV and they're not going to be signing anybody so they can maybe bide their time with talent. Whereas if there were two companies like when it was WCW and WWE, you either go to one or the other. And if someone really wanted you they would have a bidding war and they would snatch you up. I'd like to think that the wrestling business in the next few years is going to be on the upswing and I'm going to be on top of it. It'll come around, it just takes time.
SLAM! - Roger Clemens left a team in Boston that had a chance to beat the Yankees and instead helped the Yankees win, when staying where he was and winning might have been more meaningful. At what point do you cut off your personal desires in exchange for being part of something special?
PUNK - That's a great question, and for the past week that's where my head has been, so you now have a little insight on what goes on in my head. I've been sitting on an offer for a week and I've been thinking about it, and I think it means the world that I've been given the time to think. They didn't try to rush me into anything - they gave me time to think.
SLAM! - Only one offer?
PUNK - Obviously there's TNA, but how much of an offer can they give me if they don't have TV?
SLAM! - What are the chances of getting Ring of Honor that all-important TV show?
PUNK - The only way Ring of Honor is going to get TV is if a billionaire suddenly decides to give us a million dollars or if we get put on some kind of network or station where we don't have to fund it. It's that simple, so translation: it's not going to happen anytime soon.
SLAM! - How much are you looking forward to making your decision and moving on?
PUNK - You end one part of your life, a new chapter opens, and that's where I'm at right now. I normally get to do things on my terms and run things and make my own rules, so I'd like to think that if I was to leave Ring of Honor I would go out my own way and be able to tell the story the way I wanted to tell it.
SLAM! - What other goals do you have for yourself within the next year?
PUNK - To have invested whatever money I have made in the next year into something that is going to grow and make more money for me if I was to ever not be able to wrestle. My goal is to have a condo in Chicago, a bulldog named Dynamite and maybe a Starbucks.
SLAM! - Anything else you'd like to put out there?
PUNK - Unfortunately I don't have all the info on me now but everybody should give money to the Chris Candido Memorial Fund.
The Chris Candido Scholarship Fund, Bank of New York, 3rd Avenue & Washington Street, Spring Lake, New Jersey 07762
Dave Hillhouse is just a short hop from Buffalo in St. Catharines, Ontario, and will have a futher report on Ring of Honor's initial foray into the home of the Bills (and the Sabres, sometimes). When not writing about wrestling, he's striving to find a way into the film business as a screenwriter.


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The 'Angry Atheist of Champaign'
TV documentary examines local case that successfully challenged the First Amendment
More than 60 years ago, a landmark ruling established a precedent that would permanently alter the relationship between religion and public education in America. And it happened right here in central Illinois. Jay Rosenstein, an associate professor of journalism at the University of Illinois, retells the story in a recently completed hour-long documentary scheduled to premiere on WILL-TV Oct. 12 at 7 p.m.
Jim McCollum, a fifth-grader in Champaign's public school system, suffered harassment and beatings when he refused to participate in a voluntary Protestant religion class. Instead of protecting McCollum or offering an alternative, school officials forced the child to sit in the hallway alone during the class. His mother, Vashti McCollum, sued the school board in 1945 for holding religious instruction in public classrooms during school hours. After losing at the district and state levels, she eventually won an 8-1 decision from the United States Supreme Court on March 8, 1948.
Justice Hugo Black wrote in his majority opinion that "the First Amendment rests upon the premise that both religion and government can best work to achieve their lofty aims if each is left free from the other within its respective sphere." The use of tax-supported facilities to promote religion, the court found, violates the "Establishment Clause," which reads as follows: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."
Rosenstein's documentary, The Lord is Not on Trial Here Today, scrutinizes McCollum v. Board of Education, its compelling backstory and its unending impact. The filmmaker says the topic's obscurity drove him to highlight the significant case. "The McCollum trial is probably the most important event that ever happened in Champaign-Urbana history, and probably no one under the age of 70 knows about it," he remarks. As Rosenstein explains, the separation of church and state in public schools was born in Champaign.
Sixty-two years after the judgment, issues like school prayer and biblical monuments on municipal property remain emotionally-charged issues. Rosenstein believes a lack of information – or misinformation – is complicating the debate. "People in government and public schools legitimately are unsure about exactly what it means. They don't know what they can and cannot do. Can a student lead a prayer group during school? How about after school? What if a teacher attends? Can a town put up a Christmas tree in city hall? How about the Ten Commandments in the local courthouse? The answers to these questions are not as clear-cut as you might think," he says.
Although parts of the subject matter are controversial, Rosenstein is no stranger to debate and seems unfazed by tackling issues dear to those around him. The producer's most famous work is the multi-award winning film In Whose Honor?, which examines racism in sports as it relates to American Indians as team mascots. His subjects included Chief Illiniwek, whose services at Rosenstein's home campus were discontinued in 2007.
The real challenge for Rosenstein this time around was working without many moving images, photography (not allowed in Illinois trails), or live witnesses (Vashti McCollum died in 2006, age 93, a year after Rosenstein interviewed her). Still, he persisted for five years to tell a forgotten story he believes is worth remembering.
Not on Trial looks at the case, the lawyers, the media, and others involved while examining effects both lasting and immediate. The McCollum family, for example, was subjected to hate mail, physical abuse and other threats. Meanwhile, the media rushed to portray the family as dangerous and hostile. In a Feb. 10, 1947, article in Time, the author refers to McCollum as "an angry atheist of Champaign," and characterizes her as "fuming."
The story is worth remembering for the profound significance of the case, which Rosenstein discovered as he researched the topic. "Here's an example," he says. "The first words of the First Amendment are 'Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.' That was written in 1787, and until the McCollum case decision in 1948, there had never been a violation of it. The McCollum case was the first, 161 years later. That's incredible."
The Lord is Not on Trial Here Today is narrated by M*A*S*H* star David Ogden Stiers and premieres on WILL-TV on Oct. 12 at 7 p.m. A repeated showing at 7:30 pm. on Oct. 15 will be followed by a discussion with David Inge, Jay Rosenstein and Dan McCollum. The program will air nationally on PBS starting in March of 2011.
Zach Baliva is a filmmaker living in Springfield. Contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Weekly Muppet Wednesdays: Janice
Richard Hunt (1977-1990)
David Rudman (2008-present)
Eren Ozker (1976-1977)
First appearance...
The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence Pilot (1975)
Most recent appearance...
Muppets Most Wanted (2014)
Best known role...
Lead guitarist for Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem
Memorable quote(s)...
"Fer sure!"
"Oh, rully!"
"...and I said, 'Look mother, it's my life o-kay? And if I want to live on a beach and walk around naked, I--'"
Janice is the lanky, big-lipped, blonde valley girl who is most well known as the lead guitarist for The Muppet Show house-band and all around hip and groovy group, Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem. Janice has been a member of the Electric Mayhem since their first Muppet gig in The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence pilot in 1975 (where she was performed by Muppeteer Fran Brill). Her design by Michael Frith is a take off of legendary Rolling Stones front-man, Mick Jagger, and her name is most likely a reference to Janis Joplin.
In the first season of The Muppet Show, Janice was performed by female Muppeteer Eren Ozker (who also performed Wanda and Hilda the Wardrobe Lady). Ozker's portrayal of the character was much different than the groovy valley girl we know today, with Janice being much more reserved and soft-spoken. Also in Season 1, it appeared, due to various "At the Dance" sketches, that Janice and Zoot seemed to have some sort of romantic involvement. Both her relationship with Zoot and her more straight-laced personality would leave by Season 2, when Richard Hunt took over the character.
With Richard Hunt now performing Janice, her valley girl personality began to gel quickly, giving the writers a trait to work with and room to develop Janice as a full-fledged character. By Season 4, Janice was getting her own solo numbers, with "With a Little Help From My Friends" in Season 4 and "Rockin' Robin" in Season 5. Along with solos, Janice also provided harmony to many of the classic Electric Mayhem numbers including "Don't Blame the Dynamite" and "Barnyard Boogie."
Janice soon developed a close relationship with one band member in particular: bassist Floyd Pepper. This relationship was first in the forefront in The Muppet Movie, where Floyd referred to Janice as his "main squeeze" and Janice asked him to buy her some popcorn. Their relationship progressed and instances of their romance can be seen in The Muppets Go to the Movies, Rocky Mountain Holiday, and later episodes of The Muppet Show (most notably their duet of "Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover").
Janice has appeared in every Muppet movie since the beginning, where she and the rest of the Electric Mayhem were turning the church into a coffee shop with, according to Janice, "Rull good music and organic refreshments." In The Great Muppet Caper we got a new aspect of Janice's character: ridiculous comments about her sensuality, when she spoke about her mother's anti-nude beach policies. This facet of Janice returned in The Muppets Take Manhattan when Janice said, "--I told him, 'I don't take my clothes off for anyone! Even if it is artistic.'" Around this time, Janice began sporting a side ponytail which would last until about 2005.
After the death of Richard Hunt in 1991, Janice remained silent until 2001, when she had a brief vocal appearance in the video game Muppet Race Mania. Her first post-Hunt speaking role in a Muppet production was in It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie in 2002 where Janice was performed by Brian Henson, and later in 2005's The Muppets' Wizard of Oz Janice had a brief line when she was performed by Tyler Bunch. Finally, in 2008 and Studio DC: Almost Live!, Janice found a permanent performer in David Rudman. Rudman performed Janice in A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa, "Bohemian Rhapsody," "The Muppet Show Theme Song" music video with OK Go.
Janice is a crucial member of the Electric Mayhem band and it truly isn't the same without her. If there was no Janice, Floyd would probably leave, starting a chain reaction that would break up the group indefinitely. Notice how the period when Janice was silent saw the Electric Mayhem mostly silent as well. Although she isn't the most out-spoken or prominent member of the band, Janice is still a pertinent member of the group, providing wonderful harmonies and a killer solo voice as well. Thank goodness she has found a permanent, talented performer in David Rudman who has been doing great justice to this classic Richard Hunt character since 2008.
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I love Janice! I am so glad that you focused on her this week. I even have a tattoo of Janice on my calf. Thanks for all the muppet info!!ReplyDelete
- MuppetMollyThursday, March 29, 2012 at 2:31:00 PM CDT
Named my ukulele after her. She's brilliant, and a truly groovy musician.ReplyDelete
If Janice is based on Janis Joplin, why wasn't she named Janis? Janice and Janis and two completely different names. Janice was made up in 1899, while Janis is almost as old as Christianity. I am happy that Ms Joplin didn't live to see this done to her name.ReplyDelete
From: a proud Janis
I love Janice!!!!! Ever since I started watching the muppets in 1980 or so I have always adored her. It was cause she didn't talk much and I could never see her eyes!!! Lol!! We even have the same wedge shoes. I love Janice!!!!ReplyDelete
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Imperva Announces Product Plans for Web Application Firewall on Nexus 1100 Virtual Services Appliance
Cisco partner Imperva formally announced plans this week to deploy and host their SecureSphere Web Application Firewall (WAF) on the Nexus 1010 and 1110 Virtual Service Appliances. The SecureSphere WAF will be the first third party virtual service available on the Cisco virtual service appliances, joining Cisco virtual services such as the Virtual Security Gateway (VSG), the ASA 1000V Cloud Firewall, virtual Network Analysis Module (vNAM), Data Center Network Manager (DCNM), and the Nexus 1000V Virtual Supervisor Module (VSM).
In earlier posts, I have described how virtual services can be best deployed on a separate UCS-based appliance running NX-OS. The Nexus 1100 series are dedicated platforms for hosting virtual service nodes that run in a virtual machine, rather than taking up valuable resources on application servers, and allow for easier manageability by the networking and security teams (rather than the server team).
By moving the WAF from the application server to a virtual services appliance, the virtual solution will provide separation of duties between the security administrator and server administrators, while offloading security processing from application servers to a dedicated appliance. Maintaining separation of duties is a key objective of many compliance initiatives, including the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard specification, e.g.
From the Imperva press release:
The interoperability of SecureSphere WAF with the Cisco Nexus 1110/1010 virtual service appliances is designed to simplify and accelerate deployment of networking and security services in a virtual and private cloud environment. Specifically, this solution is designed to provide separation of duties between the SecureSphere WAF administrator and server administrators and offload security processing from virtual server clusters to a dedicated Nexus 1110/1010 appliance.
"We believe the interoperability between Cisco Nexus 1110/1010 and Imperva Web Application Firewall will offer our joint customers a convenient, cost-effective option to protect sensitive Web applications as well as enable them to meet PCI compliance requirements," explained Imperva CTO Amichai Shulman. "We believe the need for application security is growing and the Cisco-Imperva collaboration will help organizations protect business applications and data."
Integration benefits include the ability to:
· Protect sensitive Web applications and data
· Satisfy PCI 6.6 compliance requirements
· Ease deployment of Web application security in a multi-vendor hypervisor environment
· Provide separation of duties for network or security administrators and server administrators
· Leverage Cisco Nexus 1110/1010 virtual service blade management capabilities to manage and monitor the SecureSphere WAF
· Reduce management overhead by consolidating multiple network services on a single platform
SecureSphere WAF provides protection against a variety of web-based attacks, including theOpen Web Application Security Project (OWASP) Top Ten attacks, such as SQL Injection,Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) and Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). For more detailed information on the Imperva WAF, check out their announcement.
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