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Aug. 1, 1922 – July 19, 2013
WILSON – Edward P. Feigenbaum, who escaped from a prison train during World War II and returned to active duty in the Army, died Friday in Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Buffalo, after a brief illness. He was 90.
Born in Niagara Falls, Mr. Feigenbaum was a graduate of St. Mary's High School and was studying at Niagara University when he enlisted in the Army during World War II.
He served in the 3rd Ranger Battalion of the famed "Darby's Rangers," in the European/Mediterranean Theater. A corporal, Mr. Feigenbaum was in charge of a combat infantry squad that ventured into enemy territory on reconnaissance and combat patrols.
He served time as a POW before escaping from a prison train, then returning to active duty. He was the recipient of the Distinguished Unit Badge.
After the war, Mr. Feigenbaum returned to Niagara University and earned a bachelor's degree. He worked for Moore Business Forms and in 1963 began a career at Airco Carbon, Niagara Falls, from which he retired as a supervisor in 1988.
Mr. Feigenbaum was past commander of the Western New York Chapter of American Ex-Prisoners of War; a member of Downriver Post 7487, Veterans of Foreign Wars, in Lewiston; and was active in Boy Scouting with Troop 67 in Wilson. In 2012, he was honored as a hometown hero by Wilson Lions Club. Mr. Feigenbaum was a member of St. Brendan on the Lake Catholic Church in Wilson.
A Wilson resident since 1972, Mr. Feigenbaum in 1963 married the former Leocadia A. Listek, who died in 2006.
Survivors include two sons, Michael and retired Army Lt. Col. Edward II; a daughter, Catherine Mahar; and a sister, Katherine Rotella.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 11 a.m. Thursday in St. Brendan on the Lake Catholic Church, 345 Lake St. Military honors will follow the Mass.


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Military News
Investigations in Roberts Bales case still not public by the Army
More than nine months have passed since Staff Sgt. Robert Bales was sentenced to life in prison for killing 16 Afghan civilians, but the Army still will not release its investigations into the massacre he perpetrated while serving with a Joint Base Lewis-McChord Stryker brigade.
The Army is adhering to a judicial process that technically does not end until a three-star general at JBLM considers the full record of Bales' court-martial and any requests that might be submitted to grant him clemency, said I Corps spokesman Col. Dave Johnson.
As a result, the Army won't disclose its reports on Bales until September at the earliest — 13 months after the married father of two from Lake Tapps was sent to prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. The timeline could be extended depending on when the Army receives Bales' clemency bid.
News organizations requested the documents after Bales' court-martial in August. It's not clear what's in the reports; they were not discussed much in court.
They were commissioned by a four-star general in Afghanistan just after the massacre to look into whether anything could have been done by the soldiers around Bales to prevent the slaughter.
The Army moved much more quickly to release a similar report that followed the prosecution of four JBLM soldiers, led by then Staff Sgt. Calvin Gibbs, who murdered three Afghan civilians in 2010.
That report explained how commanders missed signs of a marijuana-smoking, rogue Stryker Brigade platoon. It revealed career-ending sanctions for some leaders, and it was released through the Freedom of Information Act four months after the last "kill team" case concluded.
For some reason, the process of resolving unanswered questions about Bales' war crimes is unfolding more slowly.
"The military is (its) own worst enemy on these kinds of things," said Eugene R. Fidell, who teaches military law at Yale University. "This kind of foot dragging fuels curious suspicion and mistrust. The military should recognize that how it deals with requests like this does have an impact on the public's perception of the administration of justice."
Bales, an Ohio native on his fourth combat deployment with a JBLM Stryker brigade, murdered Afghan villagers, mostly women and children, on March 11, 2012. He slipped away from his base in southern Afghanistan to attack two nearby villages during predawn raids.
"There's not a good reason in the world for why I did the horrible things I did," he confessed in court as part of a plea agreement sparing him the death penalty.
The military presumably viewed Bales' massacre as an isolated incident. Several Army leaders in Bales' chain of command have been promoted or retired and continue to work with the military as civilians.
No one above the rank of first sergeant in Bales' chain of command from JBLM testified at his court-martial or pretrial hearings. The command investigation the Army is withholding could include an assessment of morale and discipline at the small Special Forces outpost where Bales was stationed on the night of the killings.
Military courts are far less open than civilian ones, where court filings, transcripts and other documents are available to the public — even before a trial takes place.
The Army does not release court filings. Any information that reaches the public prior to a court-martial is either released through defense attorneys or aired in court at pretrial hearings.
At key points, senior Army commanders consider whether to proceed with a court-martial. They decide whether the evidence merits a trial and what kind of punishment the defendant should face.
For a high-profile case, those calls rest with JBLM's I Corps commander. That's Lt. Gen. Stephen Lanza, who will decide whether Bales should receive clemency.
Lanza and his predecessor, Lt. Gen. Robert Brown, would have access to any command or criminal report on Bales' killings. It's unclear to military law experts how releasing the investigations after the court-martial could influence the senior officers.
"I just don't see what the problem is," Fidell said. "Is the problem the command would find out about something it doesn't already know? I find that hard to believe."
Bales' lead attorney, John Henry Browne, said in an email that he is working on a clemency motion for his client.
The Army did not wait for a clemency hearing to release documents about the so-called "kill team" in 2012 when a series of courts-martial concluded regarding the murders of the three Afghan civilians by JBLM Stryker soldiers.
The main trial in the "kill team" investigation took place in November 2011 when a court-martial panel sentenced Gibbs to life in prison for orchestrating the three murders.
The final case wrapped up in February 2012 when the Army dropped a murder charge against accused "kill team" participant Spc. Michael Wagnon.
Reporters who requested the Army investigation into Gibbs' commanders received the report in June 2012, four months after Wagnon's case ended.
Clemency requests apparently did not weigh on the decision to release the "kill team" investigation. Lt. Gen. Brown rejected Gibbs' bid for clemency in November 2013 — 17 months after the release of the command investigation.
Gibbs' attorney, former Marine lawyer Phil Stackhouse, could not think of a reason for the military to hold on to the Bales reports so long after the trial.
"I'm not sure how that investigation would affect the clemency matters," he said.
One difference between Gibbs' and Bales' reports could be the branch of the military that considers itself the "owner" of the command investigation.
Gibbs' report was requested by former I Corps Commander Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti when the soldiers had returned to JBLM from Afghanistan. It was released by JBLM authorities.
Bales' report was requested in March 2012 by Marine Gen. John Allen, the former commander of international forces in Afghanistan. The Pentagon's Central Command, which manages military operations in the Middle East, holds the Bales investigation and has refused to release it through the Freedom of Information Act until I Corps completes Lanza's final review of the soldier's sentence.
JBLM attorneys told Johnson the case should be resolved this summer, setting up the release of the document for later this year.
"There's a process we're involved in. All parties have to review this. We don't take it lightly," Johnson said. "There's not a stopwatch on it."thenewstribune.com

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Afghanistan's first-ever Environmental Short Films Contest held
Afghanistan's first-ever Environmental Short Films Contest held
KABUL (Pajhwok): Filmmakers, actors and writers from across Afghanistan on Monday received awards in the country's first-ever Environmental Short Films Contest, organised by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the National Environmental Protection Agency and Saba TV.
Over the past four months, videographers submitted more than 50 films exploring climate change, land degradation, biodiversity and the impact of harmful chemicals in Afghanistan, a statement from the UNDP said.
Prizes were awarded for best animation, drama, script, actor and director, with winners chosen by a panel of independent jurors, including filmmakers and civil society activists, at a ceremony held in Babur Gardens.
An additional Voters Choice prize was given to the film that received the most votes through text messaging from the public.
Afghanistan was ranked second in a list of countries most affected by extreme weather events in 2016's Global Climate Risk Index. Only 12% land is available for farming and forest cover has been reduced to less than 3%. This was devastating implications for the 85% of Afghans who rely on natural resources to make a living.
"Afghanistan is highly vulnerable to climate change, which affects the livelihoods of the Afghan people." said Douglas Keh, Country Director for UNDP. "Limited access to farming land and water is already a chief cause of local conflict; natural disasters increasingly threaten people's lives and prosperity."
Environmental protection required awareness and buy-in from everyone affected – which meant everyone in Afghanistan, said Robert Few, Chief of Communications for UNDP Afghanistan.
"These films have already reached more than 4 million people on Saba TV and social media. We hope they inspire further action to protect Afghanistan's natural beauty and resources."
Prize winners included:
Best animation: "PH", by Hasam Perqadam, which focuses on the devastating impact of deforestation.
Best drama: "Silent scream", by Fatima Hussaini, which explores how everyone has a personal responsibility for their environment.
Best script: "Bonesetter", by Lal Mohammad Alizada, which highlights the importance of trees.
Best actor: Farzana for her role in "Young Citizen", which explores how the way we treat the environment affects the moral development of children.
Best director: Ahmed Wahed Omidi, for his film "The Hunter", which focuses the effects of climate change and drought.
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McCaskill to pay back taxes on plane
Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo) said Monday she will sell her private plane and pay back $287,273 in four years of back taxes, the latest chapter in a politically embarrassing saga for the moderate Democrat facing a tough reelection battle in 2012.
McCaskill has been answering questions about the plane since POLITICO recently reported that she billed taxpayers for a political trip around Missouri. POLITICO also reported that McCaskill spent $76,000 from her Senate budget on trips on the aircraft over the past four years, prompting the senator to refund the Treasury Department more than $88,000 for the cost of the trips plus pilot fees.
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McCaskill's announcement Monday is the latest twist in a political scandal that has dogged her for the past two weeks. The expensive fiasco clashes with her self-made image as a reformer and good-government advocate during her first term in the Senate. McCaskill has now shelled out more than $375,000 in payments to cover the cost of the plane flights and back taxes, a series of events the senator herself has called "embarrassing."
On top of this, McCaskill signed on in February as a co-sponsor of Senate legislation that would fire federal employees if they are "seriously delinquent" in paying their own federal taxes.
Back home, local papers have picked up on the plane story, and Missouri Republicans aren't letting go, either. They filed a complaint with the Senate Ethics Committee last week, requesting an inquiry into whether McCaskill improperly used taxpayer money to cover the cost of at least one political trip on her plane. And they ran a full-page ad in the Springfield Leader Monday, calling on her to release tax records for her aircraft.
"This is not good," McCaskill said during conference call with reporters on Monday. "I've been sick to my stomach for four days since this has happened, and I really do feel a lot of people are going to say, 'How in the world? They've got this big business and they're wealthy. How did they not self-report this airplane?'"
The Missouri Democrat has tried to be proactive in dealing with the matter. When contacted initially about the propriety of taxpayer-funded reimbursements for the 89 flights, McCaskill voluntarily issued a check to the Treasury Department to cover the cost of the trips.
Yet there remained questions about whether McCaskill and her husband had fully paid property taxes on the plane. McCaskill called a Monday press conference after POLITICO had been pressing her for several days over that issue.
"I have convinced my husband to sell the damn plane," McCaskill said. "I will never set foot on the plane again."
McCaskill said there was no effort to evade taxes, noting that she had paid $38,800 in sales taxes on the plane for the past 55 months. But she said she was "disappointed" in herself for not ensuring the property taxes were paid.
The plane, a 2001 single-engine turbo-prop Pilatus PC-12, is hangared at Spirit of St. Louis Airport, McCaskill confirmed. But it's owned by Timesaver LLC, a Delaware-based corporation created in July 2006 during her Senate run against Republican incumbent Jim Talent.
Many companies incorporate in Delaware because of its lax tax laws and business-friendly environment; the state doesn't charge a personal property tax. But McCaskill was still on the hook in Missouri because the Show Me State requires aircraft owners to pay personal property taxes in the county where the plane is physically hangared.
McCaskill insisted she wasn't trying to dodge paying taxes on the plane, which Aircraft Bluebook says is valued at $2.2 million.
"Frankly, having the plane owned in Delaware would not negate the necessity of paying the personal property tax in Missouri" she said. "This is a mistake. It should have been reported in Missouri. It was owed in Missouri. It will be paid in Missouri today."
In 2010, McCaskill's husband paid $1,082 in personal property taxes on two vehicles, a Saturn Vue and a Chevy Tahoe, St. Louis County tax records show. But the senator said she only recently became aware that Missouri also imposed a property tax in private aircraft. A previous plane was kept in Illinois, which does not have a personal property tax, she said.


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Friday, March 8, 2013
A trickle of packs
The most important aspect of the $20 packets is the message it sends to potential backers of the project who still need encouragement to proceed with a deal that was given a handshake some months ago.
In the meantime we are sourcing parts again, and trying to get 10-100,000 clips started at a reasonable price.
Another milestone has been the filing of all regular patent applications before the cutoff date of the "America Invents Act", which makes it even harder for small companies to develop, own and protect their intellectual property in the face of large corporations.
12 comments:
- cafe selavy said...
Hurray! I hope the best thing happens. I'd like to try a pack. How do I get it?
- March 8, 2013 at 5:14 AM
- miloss said...
Where can I purchase this film?
- March 10, 2013 at 3:20 PM
- Bob Crowley said...
we have not yet released the film for general sale but have been providing some early assemblies under the following:
10 units max per order
no shelf date - to be used immediately
one or more high resolution scan of your negative supplied to New55 to be used for promotional purposes.
Soon there will be another tranche so keep an eye out on FB.
- March 10, 2013 at 4:10 PM
- Stone Just Stone said...
I'll add you on FB, please check out my instagram feed and let me know if I qualify, I think my work will speak for itself and that the results would be usable so please consider me as a candidate.
I have many feeds of my new work, but they all sort of stem from the instagram feed. Would love to be one of the testers and will send you high rez scans of all the work :)
- March 13, 2013 at 10:45 AM
- Amar Iaela said...
Hi! when are your film packs available for sale? what type of cameras will I be able to use with it? By the way, I added a link to New55 blog in my blog http://retrovintagephotography.blogspot.com/ do you think you can also add my site to your links page? Thanks a lot!!!
- March 14, 2013 at 7:15 PM
- Colin Gray said...
Bob, I would be grateful if you could supply me with some new55. I have been using type 55 on a project on my 89 year old farther who is dying from cancer, it has been increasingly hard to get hold of type55, the last batch I bout was duff. Time is running out for me to complete this powerful project.
The last series I did on my mother called In Sickness and in Health was published by Steidl http://www.steidlville.com/books/1002-In-Sickness-and-in-Health.html and is a travelling exhibition. So it maybe of great importance to us both to complete this project?
I'm a UK based photographer.
I have many black metal clips from the 55 if you need them?
Colin Gray. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
- March 16, 2013 at 5:29 AM
- Henry Lohmeyer said...
If one were wanting to purchase some of your film, is that possible?
Thanks, Henry.
- March 18, 2013 at 8:34 AM
- Henry Lohmeyer said...
Love what you are doing. Is there a way for one to purchase your film?
- March 18, 2013 at 8:37 AM
- gamorgan said...
Hi All
Can I have a pack shipped to the UK please. I'll put it to good use :-)
- March 23, 2013 at 2:31 PM
- Unknown said...
I'd love to try this out, is there any way to get on the list to buy some packs? :)
- March 25, 2013 at 9:03 AM
- Gregor Jamroski said...
I've been watching the progress of this project since conception. I'd love to to try the new55 packs.
PLease send an e-mail per price as well as a donation to the project to help support it continue.
e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
- March 28, 2013 at 12:31 PM
- Bob Crowley said...
Please get on the mailing list. Details are on an adjacent post.
- April 21, 2013 at 6:06 AM


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descendants of George Strother Messer
I would like to connect with any descendants of the children of George Strawther Messer. Here they are:
1.Charles Castleberry Messer b. 1857, Haywood Co. N.C.d. 1935, Greenville Co.S.C. He married Ary Minerva Foster of Haywood Co.N.C. Their children were:
Horace Caney Messer, married Carrie Fleming.Resided in Tn. and S.C.
William Garland Messer, married Margaret Sorrells, married Edna Brandon,
married Emma Lunsford, resided in Tn.,N.C., and
Greenwood S.C.
Brack Caldwell Messer,married Lizzie Presley,married Katie L. Huff,
resided in Cocke Co. Tn.
Albert Messer, married Mollie Russell, resided in Tn.,N.C.,and S.C.
James E/Irvine Messer, married Mamie Poole,resided in Tn.,N.C.,S.C.
Jesse Madison Messer, married Viola H.,married Rebecca Cornelia Young,
resided in Tn.,N.C.,Fl., and S.C.
Della Messer, married William Tarlton, resided in Tn.,Fl.,N.C.
Howard Messer,married Agnes Morgan,resided in Tn., S.C.
Selena Messer, married Ernest Bayne, resided in Tn.,Fl.,S.C.
2.Nancy Jane Messer b. 1858, Haywood Co. N.C.Possably married William
H. Roberts, married UNK Jordan, resided in
N.C., Tn. and S.C.Children UNK.
3.Martha A. Messer,b.1862, Haywood Co.N.C. marriage UNK.Children Unk.
resided in N.C., Tn.
4.Eliza L. Messer,b.1864, Haywood Co. N.C. marriage UNK. Resided in
N.C. and Tn.Children UNK.
5.Melvina Messer,b. 1867,Haywood Co. N.C. married Albert Burrell,
resided in N.C. Children UNK.
6.John J. Messer, b. 1863, Ga. married Nancy Dockery, resided in N.C.
Here are their children:
Lucinda W. Messer b. 1888,N.C. married William Caldwell
Harrison B. Messer b.1890,N.C. married Vader Gentry
William R. Messer b.1891,N.C. married Stella Hensley
Jeter Pritchard Messer b. 1892, N.C. married Bertie M. Brown
Samuel Swan Messer b.1894,N.C. married Ollie Lunsford
Mary Ella Messer b. 1897, N.C. married Roy Lee (Leroy)Meadows
Jesse William Messer b.1896,N.C. married Lucy Lorance Brown
Daniel Messer b.1903,N.C. marriage UKN.
Ethan Messer b.1904,N.C. marriage UKN.
Byrd Claude Messer b.1906,N.C. marriage UKN.
Lura Messer b.1907,N.C. married Ramsey Rathbone
Joe Theodore Messer b.1913,N.C. marriage UKN.
Eason Messer b.1918,N.C. marriage UKN.
If you are a descendant of any of these Messers please e-mail me at email@example.com
Thank you Tammy Jernigan
The Graham Family of N.C.
I am a descendant of Jefferson Jeffrey Graham, born 1784, N.C. He married Francis (Fanny) Eastridge, born 1798, N.C. I have a lot of info on this family and would love to share.
The Gilliland Family of N.C.
I am a descendant of Robert Gilliland, born 1780/90, N.C. He married Elizabeth Unknown, born 1790, N.C. I would like to connect with descendants of Robert Henry Gilliland, born 1866, N.C. He married Emaline Druscilla Graham, born 1868, N.C. I have little info on this Gilliland family and would love to share.
The McCall Family of N.C. and Georgia
I am a Descendant of Samuel McCall, born 1766, Orange county, N.C. i am looking to connect with descendants from William J. McCall,born 1880, Macon county, N.C., and married Jane A. Talley, born 1876, Rabun County, Georgia.
The Messer Family of N.C. and Tn.
I am a descendant of Robert Messer, known as Captain Robert Messer of the Regulators of N.C. I have tons of Messer information on all the Messer families and would love to share any. I would also like to connect with descendants of George Strother Messer.
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UnNews:Tupac reveals he is still alive at Coachella 2012
This article is part of UnNews, your source for up-to-the-microsecond misinformation.
18 April 2012
Indio, California – Audiences at the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival were in for a shock when one of the most celebrated rappers of all time appeared on the stage with Snoop Dogg.
Tupac Shakur – thought to have died September 13, 1996 just days after being shot – somehow managed to make the ultimate comeback. Tupac performed with Dr. Dre and Snoop, "Hail Mary" and "2 of Amerikaz (sic) Most Wanted" before thousands of awe-struck fans. But how is this all possible?
Early media reports speculated that it was a hologram, but such speculation was dispelled by the man himself.
"What?! Me, dead?" Tupac asked incredulously after his set, answering fans' questions. "What the fuck gave you that idea? No, no, no. To quote Mark Twain: 'The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.' How in the fuck could I have released all those 'posthumous' albums if I were dead, n----r?"
When asked where he's been for almost 16 years, he replied: "I've been living on a nice little island with Elvis, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Jimmy Hoffa, John Belushi, and Michael Jackson. These are my homeboys right here. I'm not dead; I've never been more alive. Ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin' alive, stayin' alive."
He even pulled out a picture to prove it.
When asked whether or not on-again off-again friend Biggie was still alive, he shrugged his shoulders and said, "I don't know, man. He's not on the island with my posse." He added that Elvis died last year from the chickenpox, and that Jimmy Hoffa has been dead for 10 years due to old age.
Tupac appared at the festival to promote his upcoming album, Yes2day, 2day, and 2morrow, set for a Summer release.
- Chris Wallace "Tupac still alive, performs Coachella 2012 lineup". MTV News, April 16, 2012
- Amelia Earhart "Tupac Alive at Coachella, performs with Snoop Dogg". ABC News, April 16, 2012


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This thread was not made to start a war, but I make no apologies, it does answer my question even though you tried to go through some round about back door to say that this"type" product works. You simply could have said "Yes, these product do work but I like XYZ brand better than Mann Lake", then you could have posted your reasons, and you would not have looked like a villain or a politician, or bonehead, or whatever else anyone thinks of you.
My question has been answers and could have been answered without all of the grade school drama of people trying to sound like something they are not.


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Sunday, July 17, 2011
Outfit Of The Day: Ruffles 'n Shorts
Bracelet: Made by me {diy here} {last seen in this post}
7 comments:
- Lilly's Style said...
Love this outfit!
I've scored some amazing sale at Banana Republic (just today I got a skirt that was originally $80 for $9), Gap is having some amazing sales right now as well. And of course Loft does too :)
- July 17, 2011 at 7:12 PM
Does not get cuter than this outfit, I love it!!
- July 17, 2011 at 8:48 PM
- Chloe said...
So pretty--and happy to see someone else rocking the nude Rodarte lace cardigan, too! It's still one of my favorite pieces from allllll of the Go International designers.
I get weak in the knees whenever I'm in Target, but I also like hitting up Forever 21 (it takes some stealthy hunting, but good things can be found!) and like Lilly's Style, also GAP & BR when they're having their big sales. It makes it so hard to buy anything full-price there, since it'll just go on sale for super cheap within weeks! :/
- July 18, 2011 at 5:25 AM
- muneezz said...
We have a couple of Marshall's and TJ Maxx where I live and work. I like Nordstrom Rack as well. I pop into the Gap and Old Navy near my grocery store for a quickie clearance rack fix.
I always check out the thrift stores and Salvation Army store when I have more than an hour to look through the racks, b/c I check out the little and big boys' sections too.
I try not to think that I "need" to find a specific thing when I do my bargain shopping. I let serendipity be my guide.
- July 18, 2011 at 6:54 AM
- Victoria said...
Love your blouse! very femenine and pretty and how cute is your pet! :)
- July 19, 2011 at 5:55 PM
- Katherine said...
I am wearing something similar today....but I love what you are wearing more! You do feminine looks very well :) Gorgeous!
- July 19, 2011 at 8:20 PM
- Mary Ann said...
Thanks for all the great suggestions and comments, ladies!
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Gutierrez earns spot in bullpen as Giants set roster
OAKLAND -- Even though Saturday's spring finale against the A's was rained out, Giants reliever Juan Gutierrez had one heck of a day. Just minutes after the game was called, Gutierrez emerged from manager Bruce Bochy's office with a big smile on his face.
The reason? The non-roster invitee pitched well enough during Spring Training to earn a spot in San Francisco's bullpen.
OAKLAND -- Even though Saturday's spring finale against the A's was rained out, Giants reliever Juan Gutierrez had one heck of a day. Just minutes after the game was called, Gutierrez emerged from manager Bruce Bochy's office with a big smile on his face.
The reason? The non-roster invitee pitched well enough during Spring Training to earn a spot in San Francisco's bullpen.
"He had a great spring," Bochy said. "Good stuff, velocity was 95, in that area. Had a good slider, threw a lot of strikes. He earned his spot. It was very competitive and we had some good arms that were competing for this club."
Gutierrez was among a host of players on the bubble who learned their fate Saturday ahead of Sunday's 12 p.m. PT roster deadline. Meanwhile, starting second baseman Marco Scutaro (lower back) and lefty reliever Jeremy Affeldt (right knee sprain) were officially placed on the 15-day disabled list to start the year.
Also joining Gutierrez on the Opening Day roster will be fellow relievers Yusmeiro Petit, Jean Machi and David Huff. Petit and Gutierrez give Bochy a couple of options who could be stretched out to long-relief roles, while Machi held his own in the bigs last year for the Giants, and Huff gives the bullpen a second lefty behind Javier Lopez while Affeldt is out.
Rising prospect Derek Law gave the coaching staff something to think about after putting together a strong offseason and Spring Training, but will begin the year with Double-A Richmond. Still, Bochy said it's entirely possible that the 23-year-old will be coming back to San Francisco at some point this season.
"He was close to making this team. So, he's knocking on the door," Bochy said. "It's nice to have these guys to give you insurance, and not just insurance, but depth in that bullpen. If we need some help, we feel that we have some very capable arms to help us."
As far as the offense, Juan Perez earned the fourth outfielder's role over Tyler Colvin. Bochy said Colvin could never get into a groove this spring while battling injuries, and that he needs more at-bats in Triple-A Fresno going forward.
Perez played in 34 games with the Giants last year and Bochy sees the 27-year-old growing more confident at the big-league level.
"He gives us speed," Bochy said. "Great defense, a double-switch [candidate]. He just seemed like he got more and more comfortable as he played up here last year. He got that, as we say, that sense of belonging."
With Scutaro out indefinitely to start the season, it could be something of a carousel in the middle infield to begin the year after Brandon Hicks and Ehire Adrianza also made the team as reserves.
For now, the plan is to have Brandon Crawford and Joaquin Arias take the lion's share of playing time at shortstop and second base, respectively. But Bochy hinted that Crawford could be seeing more time off against left-handed pitchers this year, after hitting just .199/.258/.288 against southpaws in 2013.
"You get caught in a tough spot sometimes, because the way that they get better is to see left-handers," Bochy said. "But we're going to need production throughout that order. … It'll benefit Craw in the long run, too. He'll play against some left-handers. Again, his at-bats will determine how much."
On days when Crawford rests, Arias would likely move over to shortstop, opening up a spot for Hicks or Adrianza at second base. Bochy also wants to be cautious with Arias' playing time, since he's usually occupied a utility role and never played in more than 112 games in a season, meaning Hicks and Adrianza could fill in for Arias when needed.
The Giants have purchased the contracts of Hicks and Gutierrez in order to add them to the 25-man roster. With a spot open on their 40-man roster, the Giants only had to make one corresponding move on Saturday -- designating outfielder Roger Kieschnick for assignment.
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Army Col. James Pohl said only he has the authority to decide when to close a hearing or when spectators should be prevented from hearing testimony, and he ordered the government to disconnect any equipment that would enable officials to unilaterally cut the sound feed in the courtroom at the U.S. base in Cuba.
Spectators, who include journalists and relatives of people killed in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, watch proceedings from behind soundproof glass with a 40-second delay so that a courtroom security officer, in consultation with the judge, can turn on a white noise machine at the mention of any classified information.
But on Monday, the white noise machine was suddenly activated - without the apparent knowledge of the judge or his courtroom security officer - when a defense attorney began to refer to the secret CIA prisons overseas where the five Sept. 11 defendants were held before they were taken to Guantanamo. The judge later determined the statement was not secret and he released a transcript of the remarks.
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A four-day pretrial hearing was coming to a close Thursday with little progress on the preliminary motions that must be resolved before the death penalty trial of the five men on charges that include murder and terrorism for their alleged roles planning and aiding the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.


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John Singleton's movies are known for their strong male characters and equally strong women who put the men in their place when they have to. Slender in her black sweater, Sophía Vergara might not seem to match the type, but her looks hide a sharp wit and tough personality that is perfect for a John Singleton film.
Some people won't have heard of her yet. Though she's been working for in television and modeling in her native Colombia for several years, she's only just started to make the transition into acting in English-language American films. But that won't last long.
Like much of the Four Brothers cast, Sophía is arriving to the Toronto set half way through the day, scheduled to shoot her scenes in the afternoon. She sat down with us shortly before heading to wardrobe and make-up.
"Hello," she says with a strong Colombian accent.
Q: How has your life changed in the last year?
Vergara: It's been more or less the same. I'm living in L.A. It's great.
Q: Talk about the weather here. You live in L.A. and your from Colombia, what was it like being in Canada?
Vergara: It was horrible. I'm not used to carrying the jacket and the gloves and the scarf and I was leaving everything in the car and it was horrible. Now it's good. I've gotten used to it. It's been three months, but I've been going back and forth to L.A. every chance.
Q: Is your son with you here or is he back in L.A?
Vergara: He's in L.A. He was with me here, but that's because it was spring break. And no he's back. He's back in school.
Q: Why the change of coloring? [She died her hair brunette from its natural blonde]
Vergara: Blonde - people didn't know I was Latin. Before it was like, something doesn't match. Her accent but she's blonde, something's going on. And I've been getting more jobs now, so I'm going to keep it.
Q: What attracted you to this project?
Vergara: John Singleton first. And then the story's great and then the cast. It was perfect, I loved it. I would have paid to do this.
Q: This character is Latin?
Vergara: Yes of course, because I have this accent I can't remove, so it's Latin. It's not established where I'm from, but she's Latin.
Q: What's it like working with Tyrese? We've been told you have more scenes with him than the rest of the cast.
Vergara: Yes. It was great because - we have sex scenes, romantic scenes. At the beginning I was a little bit nervous, but then I realized the day of it that he was more nervous than me. So it was cool. We did it, we had a lot of fun.
Q: Talk about that scene. Was it not really a big deal or was it harder than you thought it was going to be?
Vergara: It's always hard because it's being intimate with someone you don't really have something - but when you have it like a regular scene, then it becomes like a job.
Q: You requested a closed set?
Vergara: Oh yes. I was not naked or anything but it's more comfortable.
Q: Are you going to let your son see the movie or is he going to have to wait a few years?
Vergara: Well, he's 13 so I guess he can watch. You know there's nothing bad in the movie that he can't watch. It's a romantic scene, you see a little bit of leg.
Q: Do you think it's weird for him to see his mom with a strange man?
Vergara: No, because I've been working for such a long time and he's knows it's a job.
Q: Does he advise you which roles to take?
Vergara: I always ask him 'what do you think?' He's involved a lot in movie making, he knows a lot about directors. I always ask him, do you know this director? He give me advice.
Q: Do you think he will follow your steps into being an actor?
Vergara: No, he wants to be a director. He's already reading scripts (laughs)
Q: Where is your focus now? Is it more domestic or is it still the Latin market?
Vergara: Well the Latin market's my home, but it's television. So it's different. I'm trying to do more movies here because I really enjoy it. I've been doing okay; I've been really lucky. I have three movies coming out this year.
Q: And they are?
Vergara: "Four Brothers," "Grilled" with Ray Ramon, Kevin James, Burt Reynolds, and I had a small part in "Lords of Dogtown" with Heath Ledger.
Q: The last time we talked at Soul Plane, you said you were going after more meaty roles, is this a natural progression for you? Is this where you want to be right now?
Vergara: Yes. Little by little. It's perfect because I've been doing more comedy and this is serious so it's like a change. It's a big role, but I'm not the main character of the movie. So it's great. I'm learning little by little, and I think that's the way to do it.
Q: How much did you know about John Singleton before?
Vergara: I've seen his movies, I knew who he was, so I was very excited to be able to work with him.
Q: How was it, working with him?
Vergara: It's been great. For the character it's been great because John knows a lot about Latin women. (laughs) He's been very specific about what he wants from the character and so that's been great for me.
Q: Can you describe your character a little bit?
Vergara: My character, she's very, very - I think she gives a little bit of a flavor to the movie because she's very passionate, very intense, a little crazy. She's always full of life. Very interesting to watch her, the fun things she can do in the movie.
Q: What's the relationship with the brothers?
Vergara: I'm one of the girl friends of the brothers. More specifically with Tyrese, with Angel.
Q: This movie has a lot of men in it and a lot of men with big personalities. Did you ever have to fight to keep yourself in the scene and in the movie and not get crowded by them?
Vergara: No because my character is as big as them. She's always fighting against Bobby - Mark. Standing up to them. She's crazy.
Q: American actresses talk about how it's so hard to find really good roles. Do you find an additional obstacle being foreign?
Vergara: Imagine if they think that, trying to find a job with an accent! (laughs) That's why some girls like Salma Hayek have to create their own movies. Because of course it's hard. But it's getting better and better. It's the reality. In the United States right now the big minority is Latin people. So Hollywood has understood that. To make it real they have to include black people, white people, Latin people. Because that's what the United States is like, that's what the world is like.
Q: If you could follow Salma Hayek's footsteps and develop your own property, what would it be?
Vergara: I don't know yet. I'm just learning. I've been here for three years trying to pursue acting, so I don't want to burn myself doing something else. I just want to get better roles and work with great actors and be able to learn. I'm playing it by ear; I really don't have any acting training. I'm taking it little by little.
Then she's off to wardrobe, to prepare for her scene dealing with the Mercer family. With several projects coming out this year, however, don't expect her to be gone for long. Paramount Pictures will release Four Brothers on August 12.
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From data and voice to security and videoconferencing, many of today's IT infrastructure services rely on fiber optics to transmit information faster, farther, and in greater amounts than ever before. The reasons for fiber's popularity are clear: Its bandwidth helps future-proof networks for increased capacity needs; its immunity to electrical interference makes it a great option for security and data-sensitive networks; and its reputation for reliability means worry-free maintenance.
This spells good news for electrical contractors looking to grow their business by capitalizing on new networking opportunities. However, as with any new technology, selecting the right products and determining costs can be daunting.
A birds-eye approach
A solid assessment goes a long way toward perfecting the build-out of a new or existing fiber-optic solution. Installers must evaluate the current needs of the network and then look down the road to how it will be used in the future.
Selecting the right type of fiber depends on the application. The cable used to upgrade an existing backbone, for example, may be different from the cable used to connect directly to surveillance cameras. Similarly, connections to multiple service applications, such as physical security, environmental control, and data, affect the fiber strand count.
After looking at the immediate applications, installers should also consider upcoming applications and capacity needs. Future bandwidth requirements, transmission distances, applications, and network architecture influence fiber selection just as much as current needs. Therefore, a careful assessment of potential network usage will help avoid the costs of preventable upgrades.
Multimode vs. single-mode
Multimode is typically recommended for applications involving shorter distances. Connections within the data center, for example, are ideal for this type of fiber, because the distance between devices is relativity short. Multimode fiber transmits Gigabit Ethernet up to 550 m. Although it can't go as far as its single-mode sibling, its lower-cost interface makes it an economical solution.
Multimode cabling is available in several performance levels to support a variety of distances: OM1 applies to a large portion of the installed legacy systems; OM2 supports Gigabit Ethernet up to 550 m; and OM3 is laser-optimized to support 10G Ethernet up to 300 m. With a faster, higher-bandwidth OM4 standard on the horizon, 10G applications may also be supported up to 550 m. Table 1 (click here to see Table 1) provides a detailed comparison of various fiber performance levels.
Although multimode distance capability is growing, it can't compete with the distances single-mode fiber can accommodate. In addition to its far reach, single-mode fiber offers virtually unlimited bandwidth, making it an excellent solution for campus and metropolitan networks. The power of single-mode fiber comes from the high-powered lasers that transmit data at greater distances than the light used with multimode fiber. While single-mode fiber costs about the same as multimode, it's often reserved for backbone connections that don't have the higher-cost network interfaces associated with single-mode fiber.
When talking about single-mode fiber, two terms are frequently cited. OS1 is the traditional single-mode fiber used by telecommunications companies to support communications services. OS2 can accommodate greater bandwidths at greater distances — and is expected to make 40G and 100G networks a reality in the near future.
Because major network overhauls often require both types of cable, some manufacturers have developed a hybrid cable that contains multimode and single-mode fibers under one jacket. This solution saves installation, takes up less pathway space, and can be customized for a variety of applications.
Making the connection
Connectors keep the information flowing from cable to cable or cable to device. Loss occurs at the connectors when light passes information between the cables, or to the network device. Currently, networking standards recommend several fiber-optic connectors. Traditionally, networks have relied on ST connectors. Over time, however, they have moved to adopt SC connectors, which provide slightly better performance against loss, more efficient installation, and easier maintenance.
As data center managers place increasing importance on saving space, users are embracing the LC connector. These connectors offer even lower loss in a smaller form factor and provide higher performance and greater fiber density.
Today, contractors have choices when installing connectors. Traditional epoxy connectors require installers to cleave and feed the fiber strand into the connector, secure it with an epoxy adhesive, and then field polish the connector's tip. This labor-intensive process has led many contractors to adopt factory-tested, pre-terminated connectors. Here, the fiber strand is cleaved and fed into the connector. The connector then creates a connection with the pre-polished tip and crimps the fiber into position. These connectors are quick to terminate and provide consistent performance.
Network performance
Once the cable type and connectors are selected, technicians are in position to begin evaluating the interface options that drive network performance.
Many of today's devices, such as security cameras, transmit data across Gigabit and 10G Ethernet protocols that support a variety of optical interfaces. However, knowing which interface to use for the application depends on the fiber type, cable distance, and speed of the connection. Table 2 (click here to see Table 2) provides an overview of the most common types of interfaces.
For most network devices, installers can rely on modular Gigabit fiber-optic interfaces, called gigabit interface converters (GBICs). These flexible interfaces come in several form factors, including XENPAK and SFP+, and can accommodate a variety of device applications.
The cost of these modular interfaces can range from between $250 to $1,000 (or more), although Gigabit interfaces cost less than 10G interfaces, and multimode interfaces cost less than single-mode, which is the most expensive. Once cable type is established, technicians can select the interface that meets the application needs at the best cost.
When selecting interfaces, contractors need to be aware of their light sources. Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) work only with multimode fiber and operate at the 850-nm window; laser works only with single-mode fiber and operates at the 1,550-nm window; and vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) works with both types of fiber and operates at the 1,310-nm window.
Fiber protection
A reliable network is one with the appropriate safeguards in place. Just as cable type, connectors, and interfaces are determined by applications, fiber protection is application-specific as well. For example, the pathway space can be a concern when upgrading the cabling in an existing facility. Traditionally, installers have relied on innerduct to protect the fiber. However, this can be a time-consuming process that often requires the technician to install the innerduct through the pathway and then pull the fiber through the innerduct.
Today, contractors can install fiber with an armored metal jacket that not only protects the cable, but also saves space by allowing more cables to be installed within a single conduit or pathway. Using armored fiber reduces pathway uses, requires fewer installation steps, and saves labor costs.
Environmental conditions are other factors that must be evaluated when selecting protective fiber jackets. For example, PVC cable jackets are suitable for indoor environments; however, cabling that runs through a plenum space will need to conform to fire codes. In these cases, plenum cable jackets are required. Similarly, OSP jackets are used for outdoor applications, but when the cable needs to enter a building beyond 50 ft, installers must transition to an indoor-rated cable in conformance with fire codes. One way to eliminate this transition point is to use a cable jacket with an indoor/outdoor rating. These indoor/outdoor cables are available with either a PVC or plenum rating.
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The possibilities for fiber-optic cabling combinations are endless. Knowing the applications and desired capabilities is the logical first step to determining the necessary supplies and costs of building that "perfect" network.
The future of fiber holds true the possibility that information will one day travel at speeds only understandable today through the laws of physics. With its higher bandwidths, flexibility, and security, fiber offers a promising solution to current networking challenges. As technology advances with lower-cost fiber-optic interfaces, opportunities will continue to expand for contractors and IT installers.
Ost is a network systems specialist with Graybar, Rancho Cordova, Calif. He can be reached at [email protected].


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John Walker, Indian fighter and Revolutionary officer, was born in Appoquinimink Hundred, New Castle County, Del., the son of John Walker of Derry, Ireland, who immigrated to Delaware in 1720. The elder Walker was the grandson of the Reverend Governor George Walker of Donaghmore County, Londonderry, Ireland, who successfully commanded the Siege of Derry in 1689 against the forces of King James II.
As a young man Walker settled on the south fork of the Potomac River in Hampshire County, Va., and in 1751 married Elizabeth Watson. He served as a volunteer under Colonel George Washington in the Virginia colonial troops suffering in the disastrous defeat of the army of General Edward Braddock in 1755 near Fort Duquesne and fought the rear action during the retreat of the colonial troops. Shortly afterwards he moved to the area that became Lincoln County, N.C., on Lee Creek, about ten miles east of the present town of Lincolnton. While residing there he enlisted in Colonel James Grant's regiment and served in a campaign against the Cherokee Indians in 1761. Two years later he settled on Crowders Creek near Kings Mountain and lived there until 1768, when he moved to Cane Creek in what is now Rutherford County. He was appointed by the legislature of 1774 as one of the commissioners to "select a site and build thereon the court house, prison and stocks" for the county of Tryon. In 1775 he and his son Felix accompanied Colonel Richard Henderson and Daniel Boone on an expedition that explored Kentucky and founded the settlement of Boonesboro.
At the beginning of the Revolution he was appointed chairman of the Tryon Committee of Safety and was author of the Tryon Association Resolution of August 1775, when forty-eight settlers of that county resolved "firmly to resist force by force in defense of our natural freedom and constitutional rights." In the same month he represented Tryon County in the Third Provincial Congress at Hillsborough. Shortly after the war broke out he was commissioned a captain in the First Regiment of North Carolina Troops. Promoted to major on 20 Apr. 1777, he resigned his commission on 22 December due to age and poor health. Tryon County was abolished by an act of the legislature of 1778, and Rutherford and Lincoln took its place the next year. The act designated John Walker as one of the four commissioners to survey the dividing line between the two counties and assist in setting up a government in those counties.
In 1779 he was appointed justice of the peace in the new county of Rutherford, and the first session of the Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions was held at his home near the mouth of Cane Creek. The legislature of 1784 named him one of the commissioners of the Morgan District for disposing of confiscated Tory property. It also designated him one of the commissioners in that district "for the purpose of erecting a court house, prison and stocks in the County of Burke, for the use of said district, and for levying a tax to complete the same." Other duties of the commissioners consisted of laying out and establishing a town in Burke County by the name of Morgansborough (now Morganton).
In 1787 Colonel Walker moved to the forks of the Green and Broad rivers, in Rutherford County, where he died. All of his six sons served in the Revolution, five being commissioned officers in North Carolina regiments of the Continental line. One son, Captain Felix Walker, was also a member of the state House of Commons six times and served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1817 to 1823. The other sons were John, Jr., James Reuben, William, Thomas, and Joseph.
John P. Arthur, Western North Carolina: A History, 1730–1913 (1914).
Walter Clark, ed., State Records of North Carolina, vols. 13 (1896), 16–17 (1899).
Lyman C. Draper, Kings Mountain and Its Heroes (1929).
John Graham, The History of the Siege of Derry (1823).
Clarence Griffin, Revolutionary Service of Col. John Walker and Family (1930).
Francis B. Heitman, Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army during the War of the Revolution (1914).
London Times, 13, 24 Aug. 1924.
David Schenck, North Carolina, 1780–81 (1889).
Robert W. Walker and R. Frederick Walker, "Genealogy of John Walker from Ireland in 1720 and Some of His Ancestors in England and Ireland and Some of his Descendants in America" (manuscript in possession of H. L. Riddle, Jr., Morganton, N.C.).
John H. Wheeler, Historical Sketches of North Carolina (1851).
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Researching William Daniel
Researching William Daniel Walker, Senior. Need proof of his son, William Daniel Walker, Junior
This is also a pleasant
This is also a pleasant surprise for me, as too. I am a descendant of Col. John Walker through his son, John Walker Jr., the Missouri side of the Walker family. I would also like to connect with others in the family as well.
I am a descendant also from
I am a descendant also from John Walker Jr. He was my 5th Great Grandfather. My Grandfather was Hubert E Walker son of Edward Jasper Walker. We must be related.
I'm descended from James
I'm descended from James Reuben Walker John Walker, Jr's brother. Have you had a DNA test? I'm new at this but I'm on ancestry. I'd love to see if we match up?
Mary, my husband's family is
Mary, my husband's family is also a Missouri Walker. We're trying to get more information on this branch. I'd love to hear from you. Thanks.
I'm trying to trace my
I'm trying to trace my husband's (William James Walker) Walker line from Missouri to North Carolina, which is pretty much impossible because the records in the early to mid-1800s in Missouri are poor to non-existent for him. The furthermost we can go back is a John Walker b. 1790 in NC. He moved to Missouri where his children were born. Bill is, however, closely matched through DNA to this John Walker and his father (plus some others). If you are willing to share your family history information with us to fill out his tree we'd be eternally grateful. My email is . Thank you.
I think this my be part of my
I think this my be part of my family tree. I had some papers handed down to me years ago that were actually letterheads, not sure if that's what they were actually called that were from John Walker justice of the peace. Almost sure it was out of Missouri. I would love to connect with u to see what info or research u might have. Thank u.
Also a decedent of John
Also a decedent of John Walker's son William Daniel. Found this a good read, however I only had a scanned copy of it.
I am also a Walker descendant
I am also a Walker descendant. Our family used to have a yellow spiral-bound book called "The Walkers" that was a family tree and history back to the 1700s in NC. I believe it was composed by Carolyn Walker in the 1980s. My sister and I have been remiss for a decade now that we cannot find this book. Does it sound familiar? Do you know how I could locate one. My sister and I would be thrilled just to see one again. We are the great granddaughters of Ruth Druscilla Walker, granddaughters of Martha Trout of Sandy Mush. Any guidance you may offer is greatly appreciated.
Hi Lauren,
Hi Lauren,
Thanks for visiting NCpedia and taking time to share your history and question.
I am going to connect you via email with reference services at the NC Government & Heritage Library. A librarian will contact to you to try to help you locate this resource (if it has been published).
Good luck with your research!
Kelly Agan, NC Government & Heritage Library
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Selecting a Home Office UPS
It came back on again in just a minute or two – no big deal, really. But this was dinner time. Had I been at work, and if the outage had been longer, it could've really put a damper on my productivity for the day. My laptop would still run for a few hours, but I wouldn't be able to use the external monitor and my VOIP-based phone service would be useless, as would Skype. And of course, I'd have no Internet connection. I'd be on a virtual island, probably trying to make do with my smart phone.
I needed to replace my old UPS, so it was with great interest that today I read a piece in a forthcoming issue of APC Currents magazine titled, "How to pick a UPS for your home office." In short, the piece says to consider four items when choosing a UPS for home office use: sizing, runtime, management and energy efficiency, and data line surge protection.
APC has an online tool that helps with the sizing issue, enabling you to enter the load capacity of the devices you want to protect, by the type and number of devices. To do the former, you need to check out the nameplate information on each device, which typically lists its power draw in terms of Watts (W) and volt-amperes (VA).
In terms of runtime, the idea is to allow enough such that your equipment can ride through at least shorter outages. And most are just that – the article says 90% of outages are less than 5 minutes. If you know you frequently have outages of a longer duration, go for a larger UPS that offers more runtime.
Management and energy efficiency is where things get interesting. Many devices in a home office aren't really used all that much, such as printers and scanners. Yet they still draw a bit of power even when they're in hibernate mode. Devices such as the APC by Schneider Electric Back-UPS Pro enable you to turn off such devices and eliminate these so-called "vampire loads." And in the case the blackout outlasts the runtime of your UPS, it comes with software that will gracefully shut down applications and equipment so you don't lose any work or data.
Finally, UPSs should also protect against data line surges. A decent power strip will protect against AC line surges, but surges can also come through Ethernet cables, CATV links and phone lines. So you need a UPS that provides appropriate protection depending on how you connect your computer and networking devices to the Internet.
Here in New England where I live, summertime is thunderstorm season. But before long it'll be winter, when things can really get hairy and any decent snowstorm can mean a power outage. I'll certainly be in the market for a new UPS before then.


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Sub Terra: a Cooperative Survival Horror Game for 1-6 Cavers
Sub Terra is a fully cooperative survival horror board game. You and up to five friends are cave explorers who have become trapped deep underground. You must quickly explore a tile-based cave system, utilise your character's specialist skills and carefully manage your actions to find the way out before your flashlights die and you're lost in the darkness forever.
You'll need to work together to overcome deadly subterranean hazards - stick together for safety, or split up to cover more ground. One wrong step could knock you unconscious and your friends will need to stage a rescue. Light and hope are scarce. And worst of all, you don't think you're alone down here...
Looking for the Stretch Goal announcements?
Check out the how to play video below (courtesy of Toucan Play that Game), which outlines the game setting, objectives, gameplay and some strategies for attempting your escape!
Sub Terra is a team-based push-your-luck game. Together, you'll decide what risks are worth taking and when. The caves is a dangerous place - no matter how well you plan, things WILL go wrong, and your survival depends on how well you react to unforeseen circumstances.
YOUR OBJECTIVE: Escape the cave before you run out of time.
1) CAVERS: Everyone picks a caver, and gives that caver 3 health points. There are eight characters to choose from in Sub Terra - each has unique abilities that change how they play
2) TILES: Cavers begin the game on the START TILE. You're all trying to get to the EXIT TILE, which is near the bottom of the TILE STACK.
3) ACTIONS: Every round, each caver has two action points to spend (and can risk a health point for a third)
The basic actions are:
- Reveal (Flip the top tile of the stack and place it a gap next to your current location)
- Move (Move to an adjacent connected tile)
- Explore (Reveal a tile, then immediately Move onto it. Faster, but riskier!)
- Heal (You or another caver on your tile regains one health point)
- Run (Move three times)
Together, you must place tiles as quickly as possible while not getting too spread out. Why not run off by yourself? Well…
4) HAZARDS: At the end of each round, resolve the top card of the HAZARD DECK. Each affects a certain type of tile: cavers on those tiles will lose health, and the tile may become harder to traverse. For example, GAS hurts cavers on GAS TILES a medium amount, whereas a FLOOD hurts those on WATER TILES only a little but makes the tile twice as costly to enter in the future.
If you lose all your health points, you fall UNCONSCIOUS - you're unable to take further actions until another caver reaches your tile and HEALS you. If a friend is nearby, this won't take long. If you've strayed too far down a side passage, it might take some time to reach you. Why does that matter? Well…
5) RUNNING OUT OF TIME: When the hazard deck runs out of cards, your flashlights are nearly out of power: instead of resolving a card, each caver has a chance of getting lost in the darkness forever. Turns are precious - time spent rescuing fallen cavers or backtracking through difficult passages is time you'd rather spend uncovering more tiles and getting closer to the exit.
6) HORRORS: You're not alone down here. Some hazard cards can spawn...things...which will relentlessly hunt you down. If they catch you, you'll immediately lose all health points and fall unconscious. If you try to fight them, you will die. RUN.
7) MORE STUFF: Sub Terra also contains: cave-ins, squeezes, ledges, slides, ropes, rough treacherous terrain, tremors, dynamite, cave diving, "geology" and soul-crushing despair
- (soul-crushing despair supplied separately)
Eager to play Sub Terra? Check out all the cool downloadables and interactive Sub Terra content so you can see for yourself how the game works, and feels.
to add them to your pledge
To include an add-on in your pledge, you'll need to click the 'manage pledge' button at the top right of the campaign page (it's green!) and then manually edit the pledge amount up by the amount you want to add to your pledge to include your add-ons. I.e. if you want add-ons that total £20, add £20 to the amount of your base pledge!
If you want to include add-ons when you first make your pledge, then simply manually edit the amount shown when you make the pledge to increase the number to include your add-ons.
Making games can be pretty expensive, but the more we make, each one gets cheaper to produce. Instead of pocketing the extra cash, we, like many other Kickstarter creators, invest that value back into the project to make everyone's games better, bigger, and more terrifying!
Click the graphic below to see all the amazing stuff we've unlocked already!
We're offering EU, US, Canadian, and Australian friendly shipping, meaning no customs duties or taxes to deal with when your game arrives. We handle all that for you, and as it costs us less that way - we can offer even better rates to you!
Behind the fear and anxiety of the world of Sub Terra has been a dedicated team, who together have brought the vision of a beautiful, balanced and challenging survival horror game to fruition. Find out more about them and their ideas for the project below!
- Tim Pinder's Game Designer Profile
- David Franco Campos' Portfolio
- Zak Eidsvoog's Portfolio
- Nassos Apollonatos' Portfolio
- David Thor Fjalarsson's Portfolio
- Peter Blenkharn's Professional Profile
Without the UK Games Expo and the Wyvern's Lair, ITB would never have found Sub Terra and it may never have seen the light (or darkness…) of day. The Wyvern's Lair is a Dragon's Den/Shark Tank style event where a shortlist of game designers present their fresh new ideas to a panel of indie and mainstream publishers. Tim presented Sub Terra at the event at the 2016 UK Games Expo and as soon as the event was over, we offered Tim a publishing deal! Read more here.
An enormous thank you to the legion of official Sub Terra playtesters, as well as the dozens of people that helped us playtest at conventions!
Arun Advani, Rebecca Advani, Greg Albiston, Anna Beck-Thomsen, Simon Bishop, Charlie Cole, Colin Gulliver, Ben Parbury, Jon Pinder, Joyce Pinder, Roger Pinder, Charlie Ringer, Marielle Reuser, Christoph Schlicht, Jenny Walker, Stephanie Wohlgemuth, Peter Blenkharn, Lewis Shaw, Emily Brown, Sophie Colverson, Emily Silcock, Matthew Usher, Vicky Buckley, Tom Ana, Jake Savile-Tucker, Nathan Miller, Bez Shahriari, Caezar Al-Jassar, Andy Grant, John Harrison, Kieran Harvey, Phil Stocks, Dunc Huxley, Ed Huxley, Jeppe Norsker, Anthony Howgego, Bob Nolan, Simon Roadhouse, Lars Backstrom, Erwin Lavens, Rebecca Advani, Cara Viola, Aiko van Wingerden, Jordan Hawker, Angel Giron, Matt Reinsel
Risks and challenges
Approximately 95% of the graphic design and illustration work is completed, with any additional work to be completed during the campaign or by two weeks from the end of the campaign. The team is poised!
We're partnering with Whatz games from Shanghai, the team behind Iello's manufacturing, they're fast, reliable and produce high quality games. We're confident they'll produce a box that helps us deliver the Sub Terra experience. I will personally review the blank samples, the pre-production samples, and if the budget permits, visit the factory itself to inspect the production run.
We're working with a specially honed team of fulfillment and shipping experts, in Hong Kong, Shanghai, the UK and elsewhere to ensure that we can offer leading backer shipping rates as well as deliver you your games speedily and in good condition. We're aiming to get a chunk of games once manufactured to the UK Games Expo in June, so we're aiming to get shipping on the go before then. November is our worst case scenario. We may obviously sell copies of the game at the UKGE before some backers get their copy elsewhere in the world. We're hoping that this doesn't happen but we want to be upfront, we can't afford as a small publisher to not take that opportunity.
There's a small chance the darkness will close in on the ITB team and the horrors will catch up to us. If this happens, we may not be able to ship your game, as we'll probably have been eaten. But don't worry because we've got he 'Experienced' ability and we've got a +1 to our skill check rolls.
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The poor girl has been through so much in her young life. We had finally figured out her allergies...to chicken and wheat...and was doing wonderfully! Then one day about a month ago she started having tremors in her back leg. The tremors got worse, until she was having trouble standing up, sitting, or going to the bathroom. She started falling while walking. She couldn't jump in the car...one of favorite things...car rides!
I took her to my vet who took xrays and put her on anti inflammatory meds...no success...was referred to the neurologist who we saw saw yesterday afternoon. The vet got her in for an MRI this morning. At 3pm I got a call from the vet saying they found a tumor in her spine.
Other than managing pain, there's not much they can do for her. It's a rapidly growing tumor and the vet gives her one to two months before paralysis and incontinence.
I have a big decision to make. Millie is my first dog, first pet...I've never dealt with any of this before. Brenden is being so helpful and supportive through this, I know he is hurting just as much as I am.
Millie is the best dog anyone could ask for. It's so hard to think that in a month or two she will be gone from our lives. We're going to spoil her rotten and treat her like a queen as long as we can.
Meanwhile, although she's all drugged up from the anethesia, Millie's wagging her beautiful tail. She could barely stand up but she managed to walk over to me to give me a kiss and sit on my lap...the first thing she did when I first met her..love at first sight! A 67 lb lap dog....I thought I'd have so much more time with her. I wanted her to be in my wedding, to meet my future kids, to run around in the yard when we bought a house.
The vet says there is nothing we could've done to prevent this from occurring and has no idea when or why it started. I looked at the MRI...about 70% of her spine is filled with the tumor. The vet is amazed at how wonderful she is doing despite such a horrible thing.
Millie's a fighter. She's a brave girl. I love her so much. Millie is my angel as much as I am one to her.
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Obama to nominate Yellen to lead Fed
President Barack Obama on Wednesday will announce that he has selected Janet Yellen as his nominee to be the next chair of the Federal Reserve, the White House said Tuesday, bringing a remarkably noisy battle over the top job at the nation's central bank to what should be a relatively quiet conclusion.
The announcement, set for 3 p.m. at the White House, follows a tense public selection process that saw the president's initial first choice, former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers, withdraw his name after fierce opposition from many Democrats.
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Yellen, the current vice chair of the Fed, was long seen as a much safer choice for the president and she would be the first woman to lead the U.S. central bank. She is close to current Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and is likely to draw far less Senate opposition than Summers would have.
Her confirmation, however, is not certain.
( QUIZ: How well do you know Janet Yellen?)
Many Senate Republicans are likely to oppose Yellen over her support for the Fed's massive stimulus program in which it has purchased hundreds of billions in Treasury bonds and mortgage securities in order to try and keep interest rates low and boost the economy. Many Republicans believe this risks inflation and usurps fiscal authority that should rest with Congress.
On Tuesday, Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), who sits on the Banking Committee, noted he opposed Yellen's nomination for Fed vice chair in 2010 because of her views on monetary policy.
"We will closely examine her record since that time, but I am not aware of anything that demonstrates her views have changed," he said in a statement.
Yellen is likely to enjoy uniform support from Democrats, many of whom signed a letter over the summer urging the president to pass over Summers and make her the nominee.
These Democrats argued that Summers was too close to Wall Street, did not support strong enough banking regulation and had difficulty working well with women. Supporters of Summers, including many senior White House officials, unsuccessfully tried to beat back these arguments.
Liberal Democrats were clearly thrilled with the choice of Yellen.
( PHOTOS: Ben Bernanke's career)
"Today is a historic moment for the Federal Reserve, for women everywhere, and for all of us who care about job creation," Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), a Wall Street critic who spearheaded the letter pushing for Yellen's nomination, said in a statement. "Governor Yellen will work to prevent future bailouts, boost our housing markets, and give the Fed's mandate to maximize employment the attention it deserves."
Yellen is viewed by financial markets as a "dove" on monetary policy, meaning she would be inclined to keep interest rates low and maintain the current policy of asset purchases for a long period of time and until unemployment drops significantly below its current 7.3 percent level.
The Fed, under Bernanke, recently telegraphed its intentions to start pulling back its asset purchases this fall. But then the central bank put those plans on hold this summer in the face of the current fiscal crisis in Washington and with signs the economy is not yet growing as strongly as hoped. Yellen, should she win confirmation, would be tasked with guiding the Fed's exit from its extraordinary asset purchase policy.


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LeTourneau University has named John Antonisse as the new head women's soccer coach, announced LETU athletic director Terri Deike.
"Through an extensive search, it became clear that Coach Antonisse provides our women's soccer program with great leadership, a clear vision of developing women to be successful on and off the field and a tremendous knowledge of the game," said Deike. "He is a proven coach who embodies LeTourneau University and our athletic program. We are tremendously blessed to have Coach Antonisse take over the reins of the women's soccer program."
Antonisse comes to LeTourneau after spending the last 17 years as the head coach at fellow American Southwest Conference member - University of Texas at Dallas. With a career mark of 208-94-34, he guided the comets to nine ASC championship games including titles in 2002 and 2004. In 2002, he led UTD to the NCAA Regional Finals and in 2011, a spot in the NCAA National Tournament. For his efforts, Antonisse earned recognition as conference coach of the year honors on three occasions.
In addition, he has had numerous student-athletes receive academic citations on the conference and national level and his teams have posted on multiple occasions the highest GPA within the university at UTD.
Antonisse has also shared his soccer knowledge in the community, earning the UTD Outstanding Service Award in 2003 and the Dallas Texans Youth soccer team. He earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Tulsa and his master's degree from Amberton University. In addition, he holds a United States Soccer Federation "A" coaching license and a National Soccer Coaches Association of America, Premiere coaching diploma.
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Departure Time
The game's final mission starts off at Tony's apartment, located on Feldspar Street in Algonquin. When you arrive, you find a frantic and drunk Tony packing his suitcase, ready to flee Liberty City forever. Holding a pistol and a bottle of booze, Tony is on the verge of freaking out. Angry at Luis for contemplating killing him, Tony is hell-bent on getting out of the city. Slowly-but-surely, however, Luis talks him out of it, and instead, they decide to take their collective destiny into their own hands. And just like that, the two men walk outside.
Your destination is Crockett Avenue, a road that runs horizontally along the southern end of Broker. Getting there from your current location is easy; your GPS will bring you over the Broker Bridge from Algonquin, and you'll be there in no time. En route, Luis and Tony go back and forth. Tony wants to help out in this final fight, but Luis convinces him not to, and even talks to him and tells him what to do if he doesn't get out of this alive. After agreeing to flee the scene, Luis will arrive at his destination on Crockett Avenue, and Tony will drive off towards a predetermined meeting spot. Move forward down the alleyway in order to catalyze the next leg of this final mission.
To get at the Russians, you'll need to destroy their source of income. In this case, their source of income is their heroin, which is hidden around this waterside theme park in chicken dolls. These dolls will appear as olive green dots on your HUD. You'll have to fend off plenty of angry Russians while you go about your business here, but as long as you take things slowly and cautiously, you'll be just fine. Don't go willy-nilly at the dots on your HUD. Instead, make sure the enemies in your vicinity (which unfortunately won't show up on your HUD) are nullified, and then go after the heroin. A single shot with your shotgun to each heroin chicken will be all it takes to obliterate the drugs. Repeat this process on the other side of the theme park when you're prompted to, and the next leg of the mission will take place.
Timur, Bulgarin's right hand man, shows up on the scene at this time. The game tells you that you now have two hours to kill Timur and then scramble over to the Francis International Airport. Remember -- those are in-game hours, and two hours in GTAIV time goes quite quickly. Timur will appear as a red dot on your HUD, and he's easy enough to track down and kill, but you'll need to be wary of his friends, who won't appear on your HUD. Be quick, but don't be reckless. Then, once you've downed Timur, you can ignore any of his still-living friends and scurry over to the motorcycle waiting for you at the point determined on your HUD/map.
Once you're on the motorcycle, there's no time to waste. Follow your GPS to the Broker-Dukes Expressway, which will then bring you to Francis International Airport. Since the airport is on the far eastern end of the Broker/Dukes island, you need to make haste. Yusuf will call Luis up en route and provide protection from his helicopter, as Russian mobsters begin to assault you from their vehicles as you drive. Don't worry about them at all -- let Yusuf do all of the dirty work. When you finally reach the airport's exterior, Yusuf will bid you adieu and you'll be able to ultimately drive onto the airport tarmac, where you'll be forced to chase Bulgarin's private jet. This can be a bit annoying, so rush forward, move over the grass, and rush down the tarmac. When the plane turns right, be sure to turn with it, or you'll potentially overshoot the plane completely.
When you finally reach the area marked underneath the plane, the game will take over for a brief time. Luis will open fire on a guard at the back end of the plane, and then board the plane himself. The plane has taken flight now. How will Luis get out of this jam? Easily. First, direct your ire at the few thugs protecting Bulgarin, and then approach Bulgarin himself. After a brief cutscene shows Bulgarin pulling a grenade out, you'll get the opportunity to kill him. Do so, and once the plane explodes (due to the live grenade), use your parachute to land back safely on Terra Firma. Then, go to Tony's location in Dukes, off of Savannah Avenue, where the game's ending will take place.
Congratulations! You've beaten the Ballad of Gay Tony. But remember, there's more to do, including drug wars, cage fighting, base jumping, racing, seagull hunting, and much more. Get to it!
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Today's project comes courtesy of my gorgeous and talented friend Vanessa (and her handy helper, Rowan), who is a lot more Martha than she gives herself credit for...
Look what my handy hubby whipped up for me on the weekend (paint job by yours truly).
It's a "Little Helper" aka a "Fun Pod". These retail for upwards of $300 - well beyond our budget, so I found some plans and Mark made one for me for a fraction of the cost. What is it then? It's a safe structure for kids to stand on while working at high benches like in the kitchen.
MUCH safer than the stool we've been using!
As if it wasn't good enough already, it folds people! It becomes all thin and Kate Moss-ish so you can slide it away beside the fridge... behind the door... wherever you like really! Loving.
Pretty good isn't she? And there's lots more where that came from let me tell you! I'm twisting her skinny right arm to do more posts for you all. Get the plans for this one here.


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Art Odyssey is an 8 week journey for self motivated Home School children to tap into their Abundantly Creative Minds, follow their own flow and manage their Creative Time. It offers them a safe, creative space to let their ideas pour out and unfold in order to study them and determine which idea they want to commit to completing. Expressive Arts Facilitator and Certified NJ Art Educator, Karma Cloud skillfully assists students individually and collectively through a process of seeking inspiration, listening and imagining, sifting and sorting, shaping and molding, managing and completing, and, communicating and connecting. Together with the help of Mentor Artists, we transform inspiration into accomplishment!!
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I would like to run with Runtime.exec() programs in Java (the programs' code are in C and Java ) - the users are uploading the Java/C code, and my app runs them. The code is saved in a separate folder for each user, as well as the input and output files.
In case of C code, the compilation code is the following:
compileCommand = pathToMinGW + "gcc " + pathToFile + fileName + ".c -o " + pathToFile + fileName
And the command for run:
executeCommand = pathToFile + fileName + ".exe"
Running the command:
Runtime runtime = Runtime.getRuntime();
Process run = runtime.exec(executeCommand);
How can I give permissions for the exec() function, to let to modify the output files from the folder where the uploaded code is, but nothing other?


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BRIDGEPORT — A Central High School teacher has been removed from her job amid charges she sexually assaulted a special education student.
Laura Ramos, 31, of Pond Point Avenue, Milford, was charged Tuesday with second-degree sexual assault after police said she admitted having sexual intercourse with an 18-year-old student a number of times.
Police said Ramos, who is married and the mother of a young child, surrendered Tuesday morning after being told there was a warrant for her arrest. She was released after posting $50,000 bond pending arraignment in state Superior Court in Bridgeport on June 28.
If convicted of the charge, Ramos, a special education teacher, could face up to 10 years in prison.
"She is cloaked in the presumption of innocence, and we look forward to obtaining all the investigative reports so that we can offer the appropriate defense," said Ramos' lawyer, Edward Gavin.
Ramos has been placed on administrative leave pending further investigation. Bridgeport Schools Superintendent Aresta Johnson said that action was taken June 9.
" Human resources have dealt with it," said Johnson. The alleged incidents were a personnel matter for the school district, she said, declining to elaborate further.
Police said on June 9 officers were called to Central High School for a complaint of a sex assault. Principal Eric Graf told officers, they said, a teacher reported one of his students told him Ramos had been having sex with one of her students from the special education program.
Police said the student witness told them Ramos had been texting him for some time, often relating her personal problems and complained "her guy" didn't want to have sex with her anymore.
The student witness said he believed the "her guy," Ramos was referring to was another male students who he often saw with the teacher, "making eyes at each other, like flirting," police said.
Detective Walberto Cotto Jr. confronted Ramos with the allegations on June 12, and while Ramos admitted she had a close relationship with the victim, she denied having a sexual relationship with him, police said.
However, in a second recorded interview with Cotto, police said, Ramos admitted having a relationship with the victim from Dec. 23, 2016, until this April. She said most of the time they had sex in her car, police said.
Staff writer Cedar Attanasio contributed to this story.


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Ifund Application
Fund: Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers
Posted by Anonymous on 2011-03-05
Looks like KP wants to open source ifund business plans, after whatever they could glean for their portfolio companies. Link to techcrunch article here:
Does anybody have access to the SQL file" Please post it to thefunded.com.
We are one of those who sumbitted to KP earlier this year, and our plan had confidential info about customer trials etc. I think KP should be sued, and Matt Murphy should be fired. Think about this, KP, before you abuse an entrepreneur: you could't manage a simple operation. He came across as very arrogant jerk in our brief encounter.PRIVATE: Members Only