text: Obama Launching Program to Boost Rural Exports February 7, 2014 03:50 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Associated Press Email President Barack Obama is launching a new program to help American farmers and rural businesses boost their exports. Obama plans to announce the "Made in Rural America" initiative Friday at Michigan State University. The president is visiting the school to sign into law a sweeping farm bill that sets policy for agricultural programs and food stamps. He's coupling the signing of the nearly $1 billion-a-year legislation with the announcement of the new administration program to connect rural businesses with federal resources that can help sell their products and services abroad. The program's creation comes as U.S. farmers are sending more products overseas — a record $140.9 billion in the last fiscal year — but U.S. officials say additional opportunities exist overseas for farmers and other rural business owners. According to a draft of his plan obtained by The Associated Press, Obama plans to direct federal agencies to take several steps in the next nine months toward that goal. They include hosting five regional forums for rural businesses, training Agriculture Department staff in all 50 states to advise on export opportunities, and putting on a national conference to highlight successful projects. Obama promised in his State of the Union address last week to make 2014 a year of action, using his presidential powers besides pushing a Congress that is usually reluctant to go along with his ideas. After reaching a compromise to end a crippling government shutdown last fall, Obama said Congress should take three steps to help improve the economy — pass a budget, immigration reform and a farm bill. Two have since passed, and immigration reform has stalled in the Republican House. The farm bill was a rare work of compromise in a divided Congress in a midterm election year. Obama's trip to Michigan was a reward for Senate Agriculture Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, who helped broker a hard-fought compromise to pass the bill into law after years of setbacks. Michigan State, a leading agricultural research school, is Stabenow's alma mater. The bill provides a financial cushion for farmers who face unpredictable weather and market conditions. It also provides subsidies for rural communities and environmentally-sensitive land. But the bulk of its cost is for the food stamp program, which aids 1 in 7 Americans. The bill would cut food stamps by $800 million a year, or around 1 percent. The Republican House passed a bill in September that would have made a cut to food stamps that was five times more than the eventual cut, and the dispute held up the bill for more than two years. Conservatives remain unhappy with the bill and its subsidies for groups ranging from sheep farmers to the maple syrup industry. Back to news


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Rubio casts Obama as hurting middle class
Republican Senator Marco Rubio of Florida responds to President Obama's State of the Union by saying that, "the tax increases and the deficit spending you propose will hurt middle class families." VPC
WASHINGTON — Sen. Marco Rubio cast President Obama on Tuesday night as a barrier to free enterprise with an "obsession" about raising taxes, as he outlined the Republican vision for helping the middle class.
Rubio, a Florida senator, delivered the official Republican response to Obama's State of the Union Address in both English and Spanish. The Tea Party favorite spoke in personal terms about the impact of government programs such as Medicare on his life and those of his neighbors.
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"Mr. President, I still live in the same working-class neighborhood where I grew up. My neighbors aren't millionaires," Rubio said. "The tax increases and the deficit spending you propose will hurt middle-class families. It will cost them their raises. It will cost them their benefits. It may even cost some of them their jobs."
He chastised Obama for offering proposals that represent big government, such as the nation's health care law. "More government isn't going to help you get ahead. It's going to hold you back," Rubio said, arguing that the Constitution put limits on government for a reason.
Rubio specifically called for a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution and urged both parties to work together to solve the nation's economic woes.
"Despite our differences, I know that both Republicans and Democrats love America," Rubio will say. "If we can get our economic healthy again, our children will be the most prosperous Americans ever. And if we do not, we will forever be known as the generation for responsible for America's decline."
Rubio is the latest in a string of rising Republican stars to give the high-profile rebuttal to Obama on national television. The senator's speech came as Rubio plays a leadership role in bipartisan efforts to revamp the nation's immigration system, including a plan to give the 11 million illegal immigrants a pathway to citzenship.
"We need a responsible, permanent solution to the problem of those who are here illegally," he said. "But first, we must follow through on the broken promises of the past to secure our borders and enforce our laws."
After Rubio's speech, Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky delivered a response on behalf of the Tea Party and sounded themes popular with the small-government, anti-tax movement.
"It is time for a new bipartisan consensus," Paul said. "It is time Democrats admit that not every dollar spent on domestic programs is sacred. And it is time Republicans realize that military spending is not immune to waste and fraud."
Former White House speechwriters said before the speeches that Rubio needed to deliver sound bites and speak to GOP goals, without looking as though he was advancing his own political ambitions.
Yet the hype surrounding Rubio — hailed by Time magazine as a "savior" of the Republican Party and labeled by GOP strategist Karl Rove as the party's "best communicator since Ronald Reagan" — posed a challenge.
"Rubio has broadly the instinct for talking about the greatness of this country," said Clark Judge, a former Reagan speechwriter and managing director of the White House Writers Group, a communications firm. "We don't know yet if he has the depth in policy or philosophy."
Few responses to the State of the Union Address live on in history. Senate GOP leader Bob Dole in 1994 was memorable because he used an elaborate flow chart to counter President Clinton's pitch to revamp the nation's health care system. That chart came to symbolize what Republicans saw as the bureaucratic morass that would come from Clinton's health care proposal.
On the flip side, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is remembered in a negative way for his 2009 response to Obama because he was stiff and his prose was described in news reports as "cheesy." It took awhile for Jindal, also heralded as a potential 2016 presidential candidate, to recover from his debut on a national stage.
"The odds are greater that you're going to disappoint people," said Jeff Shesol, who helped write Bill Clinton's 1999 and 2000 State of the Union speeches. "This is a dangerous speech for Rubio to give in terms of his personal political future and because he is seen as the principal Republican rebrander. "

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Deputies: Teens call deputies to report robbery, get arrested
Deputies: Teens call deputies to report robbery, get arrested
Two Upstate teens were arrested on marijuana charges after they called police to report a robbery.
Union County deputies say they were called to Hancock Street on Wednesday after two teens called and said they had been robbed.
The teens told deputies that they were walking down the street when two men, one with a handgun and the other with an AK-47, made them lay down in the yard.
The teens said the men went through their pockets and took one of their wallets with $900 in it.
Deputies said the teens were taken to the Sheriff's Office to get statements.
They said after further investigation the teens were arrested.
They were both charged with attempt to posses marijuana.


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Tomorrow evening (Tuesday Sep. 20th) the Venice Neighborhood Council will be voting on the LADOT proposal for a road diet with bike lanes on Main St. through Venice, connecting to the existing road diet and bike lanes in Santa Monica. Streetsblog Los Angeles takes a look at the proposal and the debate around it.
I had criticized this project before, because I did not want to see just another "door zone" minimum standard bike lane of 5 ft. next to parked cars. An issue that would not be such a great concern if drivers could be trusted to be responsible with opening their car doors, or if we had a justice system that appropriately disciplined drivers. Since the driver education and justice systems are broken, and I don't see that changing anytime soon, the least we can do is give cyclists some more breathing room when we engineer the roads.
I was reminded of the importance of this concern this morning by a co-worker that thankfully was only bruised, who came to me for legal advice about his damaged bike after he got doored over the weekend riding on Broadway Ave. which has minimum standard bike lanes adjacent parked cars. When he called the police they said they don't need to take a report if there is no ambulance response, which of course is not true, and I encouraged him to insist in any incident police do their job and take a report, both to cover legal bases in any dispute that arises over claims, but also because it is the only data collection we have generally on what is going on out there.
Hermosa Beach had done on Hermosa Ave. My own experience riding through Hermosa was that the sharrows worked as intended in allowing cyclists to ride well outside of the door zone without harassment from drivers. However part of what makes it work there is that although there are 2 through lanes each way, there is parking on both sides of the street with a center median planter. Parallel parking has a traffic calming effect, and because of this, combined with frequent stop signs, unlike most streets with 4 travel lanes, the speeds are low enough to not be so intimidating to the bike rider.
Since Main St. through Venice is insufficiently wide enough to accommodate center parking, and other traffic calming measures would add a lot more cost per mile that is likely out of the cards, I have moved on from thinking sharrows are a better way to go for this project. Though Streetsblog LA quoted me as favoring sharrows based on comments from 9 months ago. I want to see bicycling become more accessible to more people, and I think sharrows are not enough to accomplish this unless a street also has low traffic volume, low traffic speeds, or ideally both.
As my own views on this have evolved, I've concluded I would much prefer a bike lane and reducing other vehicle lanes over a sharrows treatment. Part of the appeal to this treatment versus keeping 2 lanes of through car traffic each way is the reduction in crashes and safety improvements for all street users, including pedestrians. The impacts to drivers trip times where it has been done in Santa Monica has also been negligible because it keeps a space for turning at intersections where most bottle necks occur. However I still take issue with road diet treatments which tack the absolute minimum standard bike lanes at the periphery. Such treatments may be an overall safety improvement over the existing conditions, but they are far from being the safest, or most comfortable configuration for most people riding a bike. The 5ft bike lanes are particularly uncomfortable on corridors with high traffic, of both cars and other bikes, and high car parking turn over, such as Main St. has at peak times.
|New bike lanes in Redondo Beach with wide buffer.
In Santa Monica's pending Bike Action Plan, buffered bike lanes are called for to replace existing striping eventually, along with a green paint job for visibility. This buffering would reduce a small amount of width out of the travel lanes, center lane and parking lane, to create a small buffer of space between the parked cars and where the bike lanes begin, and striping on both sides. Pictured is such a bike lane in Redondo Beach, with a buffer that is perhaps even wider than really necessary. It is a huge improvement over the minimum standard lane that existed before this recent change. Such a change on Main St., even with a more modest buffer, would both be greatly appreciated by current cyclists, as well as being more likely to entice more people to ride.
I have heard the concern raised that reducing the vehicle lanes on a route with bus and truck traffic, would result in large vehicles veering into the bike lane. In the case of these road diets however, center turn lanes are created that spend most of their time as unoccupied space. In my experience riding daily on Broadway Ave. in Santa Monica, which had it's own similar road diet, drivers of larger vehicles typically use the space of the center turn lane to give more passing room.
I tend to ride at the left side of the minimum standard bike lane to avoid doors and improve visibility at driveways and intersections. I do this because I know being doored or hit broadside at driveways and intersections is more common and more dangerous than being hit from the rear in urban cycling settings and driving speeds. A consequence of this riding position is drivers of larger vehicles often need to use the center turn space to give adequate passing distance, but I have had no issue because of this from passing driver who seem to want to pass with a wide berth. However I have been saved from many careless door swings by riding further left.
There is constant bike traffic within Santa Monica on Main St. at busy times, and very often cyclists are dodging doors and other hazards. Cyclists traveling at different speeds often try to pass each other as well and there is little room to work with. Every additional inch makes a difference in the safety and ride feel. Former SMPD Deputy Chief, and current Pasadena Chief of Police Phillip Sanchez was once doored riding on Main St. in Santa Monica as he confessed to me in a roundtable meeting last year. He did not file a police report either. Clearly there is missing data about how frequently Santa Monica cyclists are knocked to the pavement by careless scofflaw drivers (C.V.C. Section 22517 Opening and Closing Doors).
Since this project through Venice is a brand new thing, it could learn from the short comings of the Santa Monica road diet, and do something closer to what Santa Monica will be doing next. Or it could just do more of the same. Doing more of the same old bike lane may be an improvement from what we have now, but I would consider it a missed opportunity to do better. With the high bicycle ridership in Venice and Santa Monica, much higher than most areas in the L.A. region, and overflowing bike racks at businesses in the corridor, there is self evident community support to justify better than minimum bike facilities. Even if it's just another 5 inches for each bike lane, every bit helps, and anything greater than the current striping in Santa Monica is a step in the right direction.
I do want to see the road diet and bike lane project move forward, and bridge the gap in on-street bike routes between Santa Monica and Venice, but while we do it, I can see no convincing reason not to do things a little better than they have been done before. This is also a rare opportunity for the City of L.A. to easily one up Santa Monica by just breaking out the ruler. If we get the same old road treatment in Venice, and the next repaving and striping in Santa Monica moves on to a better design soon after, the reputation of L.A. always being the laggard when it comes to bikes will remain intact.
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Venice Neighborhood Council Board of Directors monthly meeting:
Tuesday, Sept. 20th, 2011, 7:00PM
Westminster Elementary, 1010 Abbot Kinney (just south of Main), Venice.
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Benefit for cancer victims
Plans are taking shape for the first fund-raiser for "Moments by Mutti," to be held Saturday, April 27.
Children of the late Lynn "Mutti" Saey recently formed the non-profit organization to give others fighting cancer, as their mother did, some carefree moments with their families.
Lynn, who was diagnosed with primary CNS lymphoma, fought a 12-year battle, and passed away July 5, 2011, at 60. Tami (Saey) Bryan and her four siblings — Todd Saey, Kim Jennings, Kelli Rashid and Kerri Saey — wished to create the organization as a way to celebrate her life, her love of family, and her courageous fight against the disease.
A benefit concert will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. in Petersen Auditorium at Kewanee High School. Featured will be popular local country artist Missy Vail and former Suzy Bogguss protege' Norm Brown. Also performing will be Tony Ormond, a musician from New York City, who has appeared with such name entertainers as Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Sheryl Crow and Bobbie Brown. Nicole Nelson, a newcomer to the world of entertainment, will also sing.
Tickets for the concert only are $10.
The event then moves to the Elks Club in downtown Kewanee for dinner served from 6 to 9 p.m. DJ "All Occasions" will entertain for fun and dancing from 8 to 11 p.m.
There will also be a silent auction with donated items including hotel stays, massages, golf passes, family portrait packages, hair care products, and more. Tickets for the dinner, silent auction and dance only are also $10.
Tickets for those planning to attend both the concert at the high school and the dinner and dance at the Elks Club are $15 each.
All proceeds will go to provide special moments for people dealing with cancer and their families in Kewanee and the surrounding area.
The organization deals with all types of cancer and has designed a lavender ribbon which can be worn by supporters. Breedlove's has also printed special "Moments by Mutti" T-shirts which are being sold to generate funds.
The family selected will be able to choose from approximately 30 packages, all one-to-three-day trips.
Some of the packages include:
- Two-night stay at Lake of the Ozarks or Table Rock Lake with one day boat or jet ski rental.
- Tandem jump, and pictures at Skydive Chicago with hotel stay and dinner money.
- Girls' Day Out for four (manicure, pedicure, massage, facial).
- Concert tickets, play tickets, or sporting event tickets, with hotel stay and dinner included.
A camera will also be provided which the family can use to take pictures of their moments which will be put into a memory book or CD .
Anyone who would like to help, purchase tickets or T-shirts, or request a referral form for a family member dealing with cancer, may call Tami Bryan at (309) 363-7742, e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com, or visit them on Facebook.
Tickets to the April 27 concert, dinner and dance can be purchased in advance at all Kewanee banks or at the door at both sites the night of the benefit.


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Neon Trees
Neon Trees is an American alternative rock band from Provo, Utah, with origins in Murrieta, California. The band received nationwide exposure in late 2008 when they opened several North American tour dates for the rock band The Killers. Not long after, the band was signed by Mercury Records and released their first full length album, Habits, in 2010. Their first single "Animal" climbed to #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Alternative rock Chart.
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text: Hallo, is it possible to change the names of the default mail folder names upon creation of a mailbox? e.g.: "Junk" to "Junk-E-Mail" "Trash" to "Gelöschte Elemente" I use roundcube and it creates these folder, but the others were created too. My Setup: ispconfig 220.127.116.11 dovecot/postfix apache2 roundcube instead of squirllmail I can't find a template in ispconfig-conf for this and I think not dovecot or postfix will create the folders. Please help me


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Meanwhile, the acquisition programs for Kiliç II-class fast-attack craft and Aydin-class minehunters have been successfully completed. The Turkish Navy's prestige project, MILGEM—from the contraction of "national ship" in Turkish—is an indigenously designed, developed, and built corvette that is on schedule with the first ship to be delivered in 2011. Other shipbuilding projects such as new-design patrol boats, amphibious ships, and air-independent propulsion submarines are well underway. A submarine rescue ship and two salvage vessels are to be completed in 2012. Refurbishment of all Gabya-class (ex-Perry) frigates, with the new national combat management system, Genesis, is on track along with the future addition of Evolved SeaSparrow missile capability. The first phase of project Distant Horizon has been completed.
In summary, the Turkish Navy exercises due caution to lessen effects of the global economic problems. Our modernization and maintenance programs as well as training and exercise schedules are continuously reviewed and priorities set accordingly, to maintain the force operationally ready and effective. Being aware of its national and multinational commitments, the Turkish Navy will continue to contribute to global maritime security through regionally provided maritime security.
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Event Details
Wessex Orienteering Club
Tuesday 21 November 2017 18:00 - 19:00
Activity: We are a regular running group of mixed ages and abilities. The youngest is early twenties and the oldest early seventies. We do a session of approximately an hour split into different ability groups followed by a sociable drink afterwards.
Where: Bournemouth University, Sports Centre, Wallisdown Campus
Suggested things to bring: waterproofs, suitable walking footwear (preferably trainers), money for refreshments (optional drink during the session).
Cost: Free
More info and to book: 01202 484523 or www.wessex-oc.org/
Accredited Natural Choices activities are regular (weekly/fortnightly) and providers have public liability insurance and health and safety policies.
Non-accredited Natural Choices activities are less frequent (e.g. monthly) and/or providers are community groups without insurances or policies but activities are equally beneficial to health and wellbeing.


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Sustainability is more than a trendy addition to the vocabulary of responsible club design and operation. It is a must-have for our crowded planet and is here to stay. However, the question I hear most from club owners is, "How green do I need to be?" It is an appropriate question since club owners are all concerned about their bottom lines. Most for-profit club operators do not have the luxury of taking their commitment to sustainable practices to the highest and most expensive level.
In addition, club owners often ask whether they need a green certification. This is an important decision. In the United States, the official standard of sustainability is the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED certification program, which offers any one of four optional levels of sustainability.
1. LEED Certification
2. LEED Silver Certification
3. LEED Gold Certification
4. LEED Platinum Certification
None of these certifications comes cheaply. All involve a substantial application and verification process in addition to the design construction and operational upgrades needed to earn the desired level of certification. You will spend a minimum of $50,000 and as much as $150,000 for the application and verification needed to qualify for even the most basic levels of LEED certification.
In addition to these "paper work" expenses, you will spend serious dollars for the design/construction/operational upgrades. Gold or Platinum certification can add as much as 15 percent to 20 percent to the total project development costs. Standard or Silver certification usually can be earned with a 0 percent to 5 percent increase in project cost. Given these substantial costs, the real value of LEED certification to you is worth considering.
If you don't need the official certification, save those application dollars and just do the smart stuff, enjoy the payback and tell the world your specific story of sustainability. Numerous opportunities exist to implement proven, LEED-validated sustainable measures that save money and improve your member experience.
• Indoor air quality. Comply with LEED standards for interior materials, coatings and adhesives. Pay attention to housekeeping methods and cleaning chemicals. You will avoid "sick building" syndrome and have a ready and credible defense against anyone who may claim your building is making them ill.
• Day-lighting. Comply with LEED standards for natural lighting and gain the benefits of reduced energy costs, improved interior ambiance and great outdoor views for your members.
• Lighting efficiency. Save energy with better lamps, more efficient ballasts and improved switching. Typically, lighting design upgrades have a two- or three-year payback.
• HVAC efficiency. The potential for smart design in this category is enormous. Heat recovery, ceiling fans, programmable controls, high-efficiency heaters and coolers are all manageable first-cost investments that have potential to save operating dollars.
• Alternative energy. Solar heating of pools is an economically viable choice in many regions of the country. Geo thermal resources are commercially feasible where underground water tables can be affordably accessed.
• Innovation. Emerging technology is creating exciting smart design opportunities for savings in laundry operations, pool sanitation, plumbing fixtures, energy recovery from exercise equipment, etc.
• Water conservation. Reducing water consumption pays dividends both inside (showers and toilets) and outside (landscape irrigation).
• Building envelope. Cutting off heating and cooling loads at the building skin will often result in long-term savings. Payback may extend to seven or eight years, but for long-term ownership interest, upgrades in insulation and glass make sense. Even light-colored roofing will save energy.For most club owners, the question of how green is green enough can be answered practically: You are green enough when further sustainable measures can no longer save money or improve your member experience. For the most part, what's good for the planet is also good for your club.


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Guess that i better write one representing sweden then hhahaha Although i am physically in Glasgow, Scotland atm
Havent really seen a lot of Pit´s around here, mainly some Staffybull´s. I have a sneaking suspicion however that i am simply in the wrong (right?) neighbourhood and thats why i am missing them!
In sweden however you see qute a few of them, but mainly with the same sad owners as anywhere else, bouh!


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In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, before the full extent of the damage had been realized, State Sen. Dean Skelos was standing at the Bay Park Sewage Treatment plant with Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano.
The plant had been hit by a nine-foot tidal surge, wiping out most of its equipment. The facility was offline, and a disaster was looming: If nothing was done, raw sewage would start backing up into the homes of thousands of Nassau County residents.
Skelos went back to his car, pulled out his phone and made some calls. It turned out that New York City had a pump that could help alleviate the problems at Bay Park. Better yet, the pump wasn't being used.
But the city was just as ravaged by Sandy as Nassau County was, and getting the pump out during the crisis would be a tremendous feat. Nevertheless, Skelos managed to get it done. He called Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
"He understood the emergency," Skelos recalled. "They had pumps that were needed for Bay Park that weren't in use. They immediately arranged to bring them to Nassau County."
That was one of the first things Skelos did in the wake of the storm, but it was not the last. As the majority leader of the Senate, it would have been easy for him to take on the role of an overseer and delegate duties to others while he sat in his office in Albany. But Skelos, a Republican from Rockville Centre, was on the ground. His district was one of the hardest-hit on Long Island, and most of his constituents were without electrical power.
His office, staffed by a total of five people, fielded 3,500 calls in the first week after the storm. Disaster relief isn't part of Skelos's job description, but he and his staff did what they could.
"We became a clearinghouse," said Tom Locascio, the senator's director of district operations, "connecting people with needs with groups that could help them."


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6:00 pm
Knit and Crochet Now! "Working with Fabric" Incorporating fabric into your knit and crochet is easier than you think and Maggie shows how to make add knitting to a fabric dress, designed by Joan McGowan-Michael. Ellen shows how to make an adorable fabric and crochet baby blanket by Carrie Carpenter. Knit Lace Stitch is the square. D
6:30 pm
Paint This With Jerry Yarnell "Ruby, Part 4" Here Jerry shows how to put final details on this beautiful little hummingbird painting. Also using the #4 chisel edged brush to paint in the final leaves, weeds and flowers. D
7:00 pm
Mexico -- One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless "Todos Santos Magic" Maybe it's the water, maybe it's the desert, but there's definitely magic in the charming Baja town called Todos Santos. It all starts at Art & Beer, a funky roadside bar on the outskirts of town that serves generous cocktails and outstanding appetizers. Then Rick checks into the Hotel California before meeting up with his local buddy, Sergio Jaurequi, for a history lesson about the town's disappearing and reappearing water supply. D
7:30 pm
Joanne Weir's Cooking Confidence "Harvest Time" Inspired by freshly picked vegetables, Joanne prepares a vegetarian feast. She begins by making a luscious butternut squash soup. And then for a twist with her student Sasha she cooks up some Gnocchi with Brown Butter using semolina instead of potatoes along with Kale with Garlic and White Balsamic. D
8:00 pm
This Old House "Cambridge 2012/Hot Stuff" Kevin and Norm find the painters spraying the house a sunny yellow, while Tom trims out the windows with a custom detail specified by the architect. Custom copper half-round gutters and a Danish wood-burning fireplace go in, and homeowner Sally Peterson explores what commercial-grade cooking appliances can do for her kitchen. D
8:30 pm
Rick Steves' Europe "Dubrovnik and Balkan Side-Trips" From Dubrovnik, a remarkably preserved medieval fortress city, Rick ventures into less-visited corners of the former Yugoslavia. In Bosnia, he visits Mostar. In Montenegro, he sails the fjord-like Bay of Kotor.G
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Travelscope "Chile - from Seaside to Mountaintop" Joseph starts his Chilean adventure in the country's capital, Santiago, and then heads into the Andes where he meets up with glacier-trekking ice climbers before descending into the Maipo Valley for wine touring and tasting and then taking in the nightlife and ocean breezes of the port city of Valparaiso. D
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Lidia's Italy In America "From Walken's Bakery to Scialo's Bakery" These recipes are a sweet way to end any meal. Lidia makes Boston Cream Cupcakes, Almond Pine Nut Cookies and Lemon Granita. She then heads to Scialo's Bakery, where she was inspired to create her own Boston Cream Cupcake recipe. D
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Cook's Country from America's Test Kitchen "Thrill of the Grill" NULL
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Simply Ming "Tenderizing with Guest Jamie Bissonnette" This week on Simply Ming - tenderizing - a culinary technique that helps meat, chicken and fish absorb all the wonderful flavors of your favorite marinades. Joining Ming in the kitchen is Chopped Champion - Chef Jamie Bissonnette. Together Ming and Jamie cook on the fly using mystery ingredients and zesty spices to come up with two tender recipes: a Tellegio Kimchee Steak Bomb and a Trio of Halibut New Style Sashimi. D
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Primal Grill with Steven Raichlen "Shoulders and Butts" Raichlen grills American, Caribbean and Balinese-style pork shoulder. He also prepares pit-roasted pork served with pickled onions and salsa.G
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Rick Steves' Europe "Dubrovnik and Balkan Side-Trips" From Dubrovnik, a remarkably preserved medieval fortress city, Rick ventures into less-visited corners of the former Yugoslavia. In Bosnia, he visits Mostar. In Montenegro, he sails the fjord-like Bay of Kotor.G


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The Central Connecticut women's cross country team is set to compete in the 2011 Northeast Conference Championships on Saturday. The Blue Devils finished fifth at the 2010 NEC meet. Leading the team this season will be 2010 All-NEC selection Elizabeth Eberhardt and senior Alsasia Griebel.
Eberhardt, a sophomore, finished 14th at the 2010 meet to earn and All-NEC selection. She has continued that success into the 2011 season. Griebel, who transfered to Central for her fifth year, has been a leader on the Blue Devil squad all season. Eberhardt and Griebel have traded off as the Blue Devils top finisher throughout the year.
Sophomore Krisztina Dearborn will also push the Blue Devils on Saturday, she was the fastest Blue Devil at the New England Championships three weeks ago.
Complete NEC Cross Country Preview
The women's 5K will begin at 11:15 a.m. The 2011 NEC Championships are being hosted by Monmouth at Holmdel Park in Holmdel, NJ.


text: DETROIT (AP) -- Jeremy Bonderman is still able to gut out a win even when he's not at the top of his game. Bonderman won his sixth straight start and Carlos Guillen hit a three-run homer in the Detroit Tigers' 8-7 win over the New York Mets on Saturday. "I felt great. I just got into trouble," Bonderman said. "I threw the ball well, I just made a few mistakes and gave up a few runs." Bonderman (6-0) gave up eight hits and six runs -- five earned -- while striking out four in six-plus innings. After five straight no-decisions, Bonderman has won each of his last six starts. "When you are facing a guy like that, you just want to get him out of the game as soon as possible," Mets manager Willie Randolph said. "We were able to get back into the game against the pen." Tigers manager Jim Leyland said Bonderman kept his poise in the seventh inning even as the Mets kept finding holes. "He obviously did a good job against a real tough lineup," Leyland said. "They keep coming at you." The Mets sent nine batters to the plate and came away with three runs in the seventh to pull within 8-6 and had threatened again to take the lead. But with the bases loaded, reliever Wilfredo Ledezma got Carlos Delgado to hit into an inning-ending grounder. Todd Jones got three outs for his 16th save in 20 chances, helping the Tigers win for the fifth time in seven games. Oliver Perez (6-5) pitched five innings, allowing a season-high five earned runs on seven hits with five walks. "I didn't have my slider going for strikes today," Perez said. "I had to find another pitch, so I tried to throw the fastball more, and it was up in the zone." The Mets took a lead in the first when Carlos Beltran was hit by Ivan Rodriguez's throw while stealing second. Before Tigers center fielder Omar Infante could get to the ball, Beltran headed home on the error and beat Infante's hurried throw to the plate. Guillen's three-run homer off Perez in the bottom of the first gave the Tigers a 3-1 lead. The Mets tied it with two runs in the fifth. Paul Lo Duca legged out an infield single and Ricky Ledee hit a double to deep right. Jose Reyes lined a single up the middle to score LoDuca and Ledee, but Bonderman picked off the speedy shortstop at first for the final out. "Just to hold these guys the way we did is big for us," Bonderman said. The Tigers went ahead 5-3 on a two-run single to left by Rodriguez in the fifth. Detroit had a brief scare in the sixth when Delgado hit a shot to deep left, but the ball was caught easily by Craig Monroe on the warning track. New York then brought in reliever Guillermo Mota, who was tagged for three runs in the sixth. Curtis Granderson led off with a double, extending his career-best hitting streak to 10 games.


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Task and objectives of the IT Crisis Reaction Centre
Similar to the IT Situation Centre the IT Crisis Reaction Centre was also created in accordance with the "National Plan for Information Infrastructure Protection" (NPSI). Based on the goal to resolve disruptions of the information infrastructure quickly and effectively, the IT Crisis Reaction Centre needs to
- ensure immediate responses to serious incidents in order to
- allow timely countermeasures and avoid large-scale damage.
For this purpose, IT security incidents are analysed, evaluated and forwarded to relevant entities. In addition, the IT Crisis Reaction Centre coordinates the cooperation with vendors, effected company's crisis management entities as well as industry SPOCs (Single Points of Contact). In the event of a crisis that eventually exceeds local responsibilities with implications for large parts of the Federal Administration, the necessary counter-measures are coordinated by a committee that consists of the relevant departments. The committee is invoked by the IT Crisis Reaction Centre.
In order to fulfill its mandate, an organisation was established that can be extended not only in paticular phases - depending on the crisis situation - but that can also consult other experts in the event of an alarm. In the wake of a crisis the 24/7 emergency service alerts the task forces and deploys them according to the needs of the situation. Appropriate facilities for the centre's work as well as necessary technical infrastructure such as uninterrupted power supply, emergency telephone and video conference facilities have been set up. At the same time redundant communication paths such as separate phone systems, mobiles, and satellite communication are available. Regular operations and trainings contribute to the continuous improvement of the staff's skills and organisation.
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- Roy Colmer London, England, 1935 - Los Angeles, California, USA, 2014
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The Mary and Woody Bilyeu Golf Practice Facility
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It has proven to be everything it was hoped to be. The men's and women's golf teams at LSU have the home they've always wanted right at their home course, the University Club. The Mary and Woody Bilyeu Golf Practice Facility offers the year-round ability to concentrate on improving the play of LSU's student-athletes.
An $850,000 facility funded by the Tiger Athletic Foundation, the The Mary and Woody Bilyeu Golf Practice Facility functions primarily as a golf-learning center for the LSU men's and women's teams.
Head Coach Karen Bahnsen said the building, opened in 2003, is a great benefit to the LSU programs.
It is helping the recruiting efforts, since many of LSU's competitors either have similar facilities or are in the process of building a similar facility.
"Our practice area is tremendous, but having a building to go with it is great," Bahnsen said. "We have a place where we can do club repairs and where we can store our teaching aids. We have two indoor hitting bays and a room we can use for video analysis, as well as meeting space. So, as far as helping their game, we're just basically giving them everything in the world they would need to be competitive in the NCAA arena."
Bahnsen said LSU's golf teams are already well equipped for practice at University Club, with a 100-yard-long tee box and 10,000-square-foot putting green that has bunkers around it.
In all, the Golf House also contains locker rooms for the men and women, an office for each coach, a kitchen and indoor and outdoor storage.
Recently, the Golf House has undergone a renovation that features a spectacular graphic design in the lobby and meeting room that showcases the history of both the men's and women's golf programs at LSU.


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On election day, 206 ballots ended up in the ballot box at Poll 426, at the Village of Humber Heights, a senior's residence in the prosperous Toronto suburb of Etobicoke.
The paperwork in the poll book says that 26 of those ballots ended up in the box because the voter filled out a registration certificate, a document that allows voters to cast a ballot even though they are not on the list, so long as they are eligible to vote.
But the poll book in this case does not contain the addresses of the voters, as it is supposed to do, or the names and signatures of the people vouching for the 26 voters. The registration certificates either have been lost or never existed.
When contacted eight months after the election, the deputy returning officer said that "she thought they completed the registration certificates."
Ted Opitz beat Borys Wrzesnewskyj in Etobicoke Centre by 26 votes. According to the "magic number" test, if Wrzesnewskyj was able to show that those 26 votes should not have been counted, the court would have to declare the election null and void and the prime minister would have to order a new byelection.
Justice Thomas Lederer, of the Ontario Superior Court, ruled that without that paperwork, on the balance of probabilities, no declaration of eligibility was made, so he threw out the votes.
On Thursday, four judges of the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that Lederer erred in throwing out those votes, because the deputy returning officer provided "direct evidence" about the certificates.
"Considering the evidence as a whole Mr. Wrzesnewskyj has failed to satisfy us that there was an irregularity," the majority ruled. "We would restore those 26 votes."
Three of the judges disagreed. In their dissent, written by Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin, they argue that the absence of the certificates was not trivial. "This irregularity went to the heart of the entitlement to vote. Accordingly, the presumption of regularity was rebutted and these votes were properly set aside."
We will never know whether the people who cast those ballots were eligible to vote. We cannot even know their names, for privacy reasons.
We know that the deputy returning officer and poll clerk did not do the paperwork they were supposed to do. Given that information, you can assume, as the majority does, that they likely made sure only eligible voters cast ballots, or you can assume, as the minority does, that they likely didn't.
It's like the old baseball line. Until the umpire calls it, it's neither a ball nor a strike, just a pitch.
The 26 ballots at Humber Heights are like that.
The court decided to count them not because they were in the strike zone. We don't know that. The court called them fair because of legal principles having to do with the onus of proof, balance of probability and the fundamental Charter right to vote.
The court pointed out that throwing out those votes opens the possibility of unsuccessful challengers clogging the courts with challenges.
This is a higher standard than courts have previously required, and there is a risk that undemocratic results will be allowed to stand, since would-be cheats know that if they can get votes into the box, they will be counted.
Marc Mayrand, the chief electoral officer, says Elections Canada is raising its game, working on improving the training it provides to the deputy returning officers and poll clerks who are supposed to keep track of registration certificates.
It is possible to cheat in tight races by bringing in voters from other ridings, presenting doctored utility bills to serve as proof of residence. Enterprising cheaters can scout around for polls being supervised by disorganized or easily intimidated election officials, then in bring in carloads of cheaters. If they succeed, and get the ballots into the box, Elections Canada will not investigate unless presented with evidence of wrongdoing.
I suspect this happens in a small scale in every federal election, but it doesn't likely often affect outcomes, because most people are honest.
Voting rates are declining steadily, particularly among young people, which means politicians see little point in discussing youth issues.
Our real problem is not with the tiny number of cheaters, but with all the people who stay home.


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|The 16th Information Security Conference
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The 16th Information Security Conference (ISC 2013) will be held in Dallas, Texas from November 13-15. It will be organized by The University of Texas at Dallas. The conference time and place puts it immediately after GameSec 2013 in the same metroplex (Dallas-Fort Worth). This is a wonderful opportunity to attend two excellent security conferences in one trip!
The Information Security Conference (ISC) is an annual international conference covering research in theory and applications of Information Security. ISC aims to attract high quality papers in all technical aspects of information security. It was first initiated as a workshop in Japan in 1997 (ISW'97, LNCS 1396), Malaysia (ISW'99, LNCS 1729), and Australia (ISW'00, LNCS 1975), and then changed to the current name ISC when it was held in Spain in 2001 (ISC'01, LNCS 2200). Later conferences were held in Brazil (ISC'02, LNCS 2433), UK (ISC'03, LNCS 2851), USA (ISC'04, LNCS 3225), Singapore (ISC'05, LNCS 3650), Greece (ISC'06, LNCS 4176), Chile (ISC'07, LNCS 4779), Chinese Taipei (ISC'08, LNCS 5222), Italy (ISC'09, LNCS 5735), Florida USA (ISC'10, LNCS 6531), China (ISC'11, LNCS 7001), and Germany (ISC'12, LNCS 7483).
The conference seeks submissions from academia, industry, and government that present novel research on all theoretical and practical aspects of Information Security. Accepted papers will be published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:


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Coast Guard is still searching for the captain of the ship, which was headed for St. Petersburg.
Robin Walbridge had been in a lot of dicey situations as the captain of the HMS Bounty, an 18th-century replica tall ship that was the set of countless movie dramas.
But none of his journeys was as treacherous, perhaps, as navigating through a hurricane churning up the East Coast, becoming part of an epic storm — and a daring rescue — that seemed ripped from the Hollywood films that made the ship famous.
Walbridge's wife describes him as a passionate, experienced captain, one with a cool head and a kind heart. Photos of him on the ship's wooden deck just days before the ill-fated trip show a white-haired man with a steady gaze in a blue windbreaker, a man who was at ease with the sea.
"He's been in many storms," his wife, Claudia McCann, said Tuesday from the couple's St. Petersburg home. "He's been doing this a good portion of his life. He's been in lots of hairy situations and he's very familiar with the boat."
McCann said she talked to him on the phone on his birthday — Oct. 25 — and last heard from him in an email Saturday. He said he and his 15-member crew were prepared to sail around the storm.
But by Monday, the ship began to take on water, its engines failed and the crew abandoned the boat off the North Carolina coast. They were rescued by the Coast Guard, though one member had died. The captain was swept into the sea and still missing.
While the seas were still about 15-feet Tuesday, water temperatures were a tolerable 77 degrees.
"There's a lot of factors that go into survivability. Right now we're going to continue to search. Right now we're hopeful," Coast Guard Capt. Joe Kelly said.
The Coast Guard said they would continue searching with a plane and two ships through Tuesday night.
Walbridge's wife waited in their in St. Petersburg home to hear any word, surrounded by friends.
The couple met 17 years ago in Fall River, Mass., during an after-hours reception aboard the ship. It was about the time Walbridge took the ship's helm.
"He was a gentle soul and he was like no one I had ever met before," she said.
About seven years ago, the couple moved to St. Petersburg, which was also where the Bounty has called home off and on since the late 1960s.
Life as a sailor's wife wasn't always easy; they would go months without seeing each other. Sometimes, she took voyages with him, staying in his cramped and rustic sleeping quarters.
"He was a fantastic captain and he was the best in the industry," she said. "He had a reputation that followed him."
Walbridge was a teacher, not only for the visitors to the Bounty, but for his crew, too. They were 11 men and five women, ranging in age from 20 to 66, and many of them weren't experienced on the sea. In a 2010 interview, the captain told a radio station that was how he liked it.
"We take people and we actually put them to work, just like a regular crew member. They will do everything the normal crew does, whether it is steering the boat, setting sails, hauling lines," he told radio station KFAI in Duluth, Minn.
Claudene Christian, 42, the crew member who died, was a rookie sailor, but she had a marketing background — and a name and a lineage familiar to anyone who knew the story of the original HMS Bounty, whose crew famously took over the ship from its commander, Lt. William Bligh, in April 1789. The uprising was led by Fletcher Christian, and the story was told in the 1962 Marlon Brando film "Mutiny on the Bounty." It was also featured in one of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies.
Claudene Christian said in August she was Fletcher Christian's great-great-great-great-great granddaughter.
"I was at the helm the first week and said, 'Captain, are you sure you're comfortable having a Christian at the helm? I wasn't sure if he got my joke," Christian told The Chronicle Herald of Halifax, Nova Scotia, when the Bounty visited for a tall ships festival.
The crew was tight-knit. One of the more experienced sailors, 66-year-old Doug Faunt, wrote on his blog in May that they seemed to be learning fast and getting along well.
"We had a new crew, most with no experience on BOUNTY, and we're a bit short-handed," Faunt wrote. "The crew has shaken down well."
The Coast Guard did not make the 14 survivors available to reporters, and the group collectively decided not to talk out of respect and sympathy for Christian and Walbridge, said Kimberly Hewitt of Baltimore, whose sister Jessica Hewitt was on board.
Dalesio reported from Elizabeth City, N.C. Associated Press writers Bruce Smith in Charleston, S.C.; Jeannie Nuss in Little Rock, Ark..; Greg Schreier in Atlanta, and Jeffrey Collins in Columbia, S.C., contributed to this report.
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EARLIER: When the Bounty set sail last week, the captain running the ship made famous in Hollywood adventure films believed he could navigate around Hurricane Sandy and weather the storm. After two days in rough seas, he realized his journey would be far more difficult.
"I think we are going to be into this for several days," Robin Walbridge said in a message posted Sunday on the vessel's Facebook site, which reads like a ship's log of her activities. "We are just going to keep trying to go fast."
By Monday morning, the vessel had started taking on water, its engines failed and the crew of the stately craft had to abandon ship as it went down in the immense waves. One crew member died and Walbridge was still missing.
Most of the sailors were plucked from life rafts shortly after the ship went down, but Claudene Christian was found hours later, unresponsive and floating in the water. She was pronounced dead after being taken to a hospital, Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class David Weydert said.
The rest of the crew was in good condition.
By the time the first rescue helicopter arrived, all that was visible of the replica 18th-century sailing vessel was a strobe light atop the mighty ship's submerged masts. The roiling Atlantic Ocean had claimed the rest.
The final hours of the HMS Bounty, as it was officially named, were as dramatic as the movies she starred in.
"When a crew decides it's safer in an inflatable than it is on deck, then you know she's in peril," said Bill Foster, mayor of St. Petersburg, Fla., a frequent winter port for the ship and where it had been expected to arrive in November.
The ship was originally built for the 1962 film "Mutiny on the Bounty" starring Marlon Brando, and it was featured in several other films over the years, including one of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies.
Rochelle Smith, 44, met Christian this summer when they sailed the HMS Bounty in Nova Scotia.
"She loved the Bounty. She absolutely loved it. She was so happy to be on it and doing something that she found that she loved to do," said Smith, a medical transcriptionist who lives in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.
The vessel left Connecticut on Thursday with a crew of 11 men and five women, ranging in age from 20 to 66. Everyone aboard knew the journey could be treacherous.
"This will be a tough voyage for Bounty," read a posting on the ship's Facebook page that showed a map of its coordinates and satellite images of the storm. Photos showed the majestic vessel plying deep blue waters and the crew working in the rigging or keeping watch on the wood-planked deck.
As Sandy's massive size became more apparent, a post on Saturday tried to soothe any worried supporters: "Rest assured that the Bounty is safe and in very capable hands. Bounty's current voyage is a calculated decision ... NOT AT ALL ... irresponsible or with a lack of foresight as some have suggested. The fact of the matter is ... A SHIP IS SAFER AT SEA THAN IN PORT!"
But as the storm gathered strength, the Facebook posts grew grimmer. By mid-morning Monday, the last update was short and ominous: "Please bear with us ... There are so many conflicting stories going on now. We are waiting for some confirmation."
Tracie Simonin, director of the HMS Bounty Organization, said the ship tried to stay clear of Sandy's power.
"It was something that we and the captain of the ship were aware of," Simonin said.
Coast Guard video of the rescue showed crew members being loaded one by one into a basket before the basket was hoisted into the helicopter.
When they returned to the mainland, some were wrapped in blankets, still wearing the blazing red survival suits they put on to stay warm in the chilly waters.
"It's one of the biggest seas I've ever been in. It was huge out there," said Coast Guard rescue swimmer Randy Haba, who helped pluck four crew members off one of the canopied life rafts and a fifth who was bobbing alone in the waves.
A helicopter pilot said the waves appeared to be 30 feet high during the rescue. The Coast Guard said in a news release that waves in many places topped out around 18 feet.
The survivors received medical attention and were to be interviewed for a Coast Guard investigation. The Coast Guard did not make them available to reporters.
Gary Farber was watching crewman Doug Faunt's house while his friend sailed. He hasn't heard from Faunt directly, but made sure he relayed Faunt's Facebook postings he made as the ship went down, including "The ship sank beneath us, but we swam free and mostly got into two rafts."
"Doug is a jack-of-all-trades, but I am surprised he was able to get his cellphone and send messages as the ship went down," Farber said by telephone of his friend.
The mother of another crew member, 20-year-old Anna Sprague, said her daughter had been aboard the Bounty since May.
Mary Ellen Sprague, of Savannah, Ga., said she had spoken with her daughter twice but didn't know many details because her daughter, normally talkative and outgoing, was being uncharacteristically quiet.
"She's very upset," Sprague said by telephone.
The crew was eager to return to St. Petersburg — and to calmer waters.
"I know they were very much looking forward to being here," said Carol Everson, general manager of the pier where the vessel docks. "They were very excited about coming down."
The Bounty's captain was from St. Petersburg, she said.
Wallbridge learned to sail at age 10, according to his biography on the Bounty's website. Prior to the Bounty, he served as first mate on the H.M.S. Rose — the Bounty's sister ship.
"The ship was almost like his home," said Smith, who met Walbridge in 2010 when she sailed the Bounty. "That's where he spent most of his time was aboard the ship. He was so full of history and so interesting to talk to. And he knew his sailing stuff."
A man who answered the door at a home listed as being owned by the captain and his wife said: "Not a good time," and closed the door.
Associated Press writers Bruce Smith in Charleston, S.C.; Jeannie Nuss in Little Rock, Ark.; Tamara Lush in St. Petersburg, Fla.; Greg Schreier in Atlanta, and Jeffrey Collins in Columbia, S.C., contributed to this report.
EARLIER: The Coast Guard is identifying the crew of a replica 18th-century sailing vessel that went down off the North Carolina coast and says the missing are the captain and a 42-year-old woman.
The Coast Guard says they are searching for the ship's captain, 63-year-old Robin Walbridge, and crew member Claudene Christian. The HMS Bounty began taking on water and the crew had to abandon ship about 5 a.m. Monday in the rough waters churned up by Hurricane Sandy. All of the other crew members were rescued.
The Coast Guard says Walbridge and Christian were able to put on survival suits designed to keep them afloat and protect them from chilly waters for 15 hours. The Coast Guard is searching for the two by air and water.
A replica tall ship caught in Hurricane Sandy's wrath began taking on water, forcing the crew to abandon the boat Monday in rough seas off the North Carolina coast. The Coast Guard rescued 14 crew members by helicopter, but two people were still missing.
Coast Guard rescue swimmer Randy Haba helped pluck several crew members off a 25-foot rubber life raft. He was also lowered to a crew member floating in the water alone. He wrapped a strap around his body, and raised him to the chopper.
"It's one of the biggest seas I've ever been in. It was huge out there," Haba said.
Two crew members of the HMS Bounty were adrift wearing survival suits designed to help keep them afloat and protected from cold waters for up to 15 hours, but so far the Coast Guard hasn't seen any sign of them.
The HMS Bounty, which has been featured in Hollywood films such as "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," left Connecticut last week, en route to St. Petersburg, Fla.
"They were staying in constant contact with the National Hurricane Center," said Tracie Simonin, the director of the HMS Bounty Organization. "They were trying to make it around the storm."
The Coast Guard received a distress call late Sunday from the 180-foot, three-mast ship. At about 8 a.m., a helicopter had located the sinking ship, its masts partly underwater and most of the crew, who had gotten into 25-foot rubber life rafts.
Amid winds of 40 mph and 18-foot seas, rescuers were able to save most of the crew from the life boats about 90 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras, Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Brandyn Hill said.
Those rescued were taken to Elizabeth City. Most of the crew were in their 30s, although one man appeared to be in his 70s, Coast Guard officials said.
The mother of one of the crew members said she had talked to her daughter after the rescue. Mary Ellen Sprague said her 20-year-old daughter Anna Sprague had been aboard the HMS Bounty since May. The ship had traveled to London, then to St. Petersburg and was going to spend the winter in Galveston, Texas.
"She was probably the youngest member of the crew," Mary Ellen Sprague said.
She said she hadn't learned many details yet because her daughter, normally talkative and outgoing, was being uncharacteristically quiet.
She's very upset because the ship's captain and another crew member are still missing, Sprague said from her home in Savannah, Ga.
The ship left Connecticut on Thursday when Sandy was over Cuba, and its path and effect on the East Coast was still somewhat certain. Sandy was then forecast to be several hundred miles off the Carolinas coast.
Days before it sank, the vessel had rerouted to avoid the brunt of Sandy. However, a statement on its website acknowledged, "this will be a tough voyage for Bounty," the Tampa Bay Times reported.
The ship was built for the 1962 film "Mutiny on the Bounty," which starred Marlon Brando, and has been featured in other movies.
The HMS Bounty has docked off and on over the years at The Pier in St. Petersburg, Fla., and was scheduled to eventually arrive there in November, said Carol Everson, general manager of The Pier.
"I know they were very much looking forward to being here," she said. "They were very excited about coming down."
The Bounty's captain, Robin Walbridge, was from St. Petersburg, she said.
She and other employees of The Pier were closely following the story.
"It's devastating," she said. "Obviously you want all of the crew to be safe. It's a shame that the vessel has gone down because it's a tremendous piece of history and a great piece of history for St. Petersburg."
Wallbridge learned to sail at age 10, according to his biography on the Bounty's website. Prior to the Bounty, he served as first mate on the H.M.S. Rose — the Bounty's sister ship.
The ship was permanently docked in St. Petersburg for many decades. In 1986, it was bought by Ted Turner, and in 2001, it was purchased by its current owner, New York businessman named Robert Hansen.
About 10 years ago, the ship underwent a multimillion-dollar restoration.
In recent years, the ship has wintered in Puerto Rico and travels in the spring and summer. In August, large crowds greeted the ship when it sailed into St. Augustine, Fla., Savannah, Ga., and Charleston, S.C.
Associated Press writers Bruce Smith in Charleston, S.C.; Tamara Lush in St. Petersburg, Fla., and Greg Schreier in Atlanta contributed to this report.


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German production engine: splutters
—The scant 0.2 percent monthly increase in German industrial production in November was a "major disappointment," according to Capital Economics, reinforcing expectations of a "big fall" in fourth-quarter gross domestic product. As for that much-needed rebalancing, production of consumer durables is down "almost 10 percent over the last year," the firm notes. That leaves it looking pretty likely Europe's biggest economy will contract at around a 1 percent annualized pace for the quarter. On top of yesterday's weak report, it "provides a strong warning that the German economy is heading back into recession."
—Germany's DAX takes it reasonably well, staying (just) in the green after the report, although it does follow a three-day losing streak. Investors still hopeful fourth quarter will mark a bottoming out of activity.
(Read More: How to Play the European Earnings Season )
—Indeed, Barclays strikes a positive note: T——he figures, which follow two months of steep contraction, "may mark the beginning of a modest recovery in industrial activity which should gain pace in early 2013 … core orders have stabilized further in November and German industrial activity and order flows should soon get a boost from stronger foreign demand as global activity is picking up."


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Forget The Streisand Effect, I Think We've Seen The Dawning Of The Giggs Effect
from the ain't-so-super-now dept
Rather than recognize this simple fact, the footballer in question is suing Twitter. This seems like a total non-starter for a variety of reasons. Thankfully, last year, Congress passed the SPEECH Act, which protects US businesses against anti-free speech rulings in other countries, including in situations of third party liability where the efforts would be protected under Section 230 (the legislative history on this was quite clear). What this means is that Twitter may be the first big test for the SPEECH Act.
Going after individual users is even more stupid. First of all, it would require Twitter giving up identifying info on those who don't provide it otherwise, and Twitter has been known to fight pretty hard against having to do that. I would imagine that its small, but smart, legal team might enjoy this kind of fight.
But, the bigger point, as mentioned in the PaidContent article linked above is:
Perhaps most of all, the action is like pouring petrol on a fire. In response to the filing, thousands more tweets are now pouring out naming the supposed individual all over again.It's really not that difficult to find reports of who supposedly is the person involved. Various foreign publications, who are not under UK jurisdiction, have pointed out that the Twitter consensus is that the guy who took out the injunction is Ryan Giggs. I have no clue if that's who it actually is, but I will say that he's clearly the consensus pick of users on Twitter.
Of course, in suing Twitter, this "anonymous" football player appears to be more or less confirming the consensus. As Deadspin so aptly put it:
Totally Anonymous Soccer Player Sues Twitter For Saying Ryan Giggs Had An AffairWhich sorta highlights how incredibly pointless this lawsuit is. If Giggs is not the guy who took out the superinjunction, then it makes no sense to sue people who claim it is Giggs. Thus, in suing, he appears to confirm what he's suing to keep quiet. Brilliant.
On top of that, even the UK press, who is required to not mention the guy's name is having fun with this. In a post about the lawsuit, without naming the guy, Dan Sabbagh at The Guardian posted a lovely graph of how many times the guy's name was mentioned in the afternoon after the lawsuit was filed:
In fact, the UK press is pretty clearly getting fed up with this as well. The Scotland Herald, which notes that it's not subject to the injunction which only applies to England, and not Scotland, has put out the following edition with a picture of Giggs on the cover, with just a narrow black bar across his eyes:
Today we identify the footballer whose name has been linked to a court superinjunction by thousands of postings on Twitter. Why? Because we believe it is unsustainable that the law can be used to prevent newspapers from publishing information that readers can access on the internet at the click of a mouse�I'm beginning to think we should rename the Streisand Effect to the Giggs Effect. I mean, this has taken it to a new level...
Because we believe it unfair that the law can not only be used to prevent the publication of information which may be in the public interest but also to prevent any mention of such a court order.