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Sophomore leads, while team sits sixth on leaderboard at East Regional
GREENVILLE, N.C. (May 6, 2010) - ETSU sophomore Nina Muehl (Vienna, Austria) fired a school-record round of 8-under-par 64 and the Buccaneers' women's golf team also set a school mark with a team score of 3-under 285 during first round action Thursday in the NCAA East Regional hosted by East Carolina at the Ironwood Country Club.
Muehl, whose 64 was the single lowest round carded in all of Division I golf this year, bested the previous ETSU single-round record of 67 set by senior teammate Laura Jansone (Jurmala, Latvia) back in 2008 and helped power the 48th-ranked Buccaneers to a tie for sixth on the team leaderboard. The team is now in contention for a spot in the NCAA Championships later this month, as the top eight teams in the regional earn a spot in the championships beginning May 18 in Wilmington, N.C.
Muehl currently leads a trio of players by three strokes on the individual leaderboard, while the Bucs are tied for sixth with two other teams and just five strokes out of first.
"I told the girls last night that nobody expects us to qualify for nationals because we're the 17th seed," said ETSU head coach Stefanie Shelton, whose team finished ahead of 10 teams with higher rankings. "But that doesn't mean we can't believe in our team, and they came out and proved it today. Nina's play was just unbelievable. I'm so proud of the way she played and handled her nerves."
Muehl's bogey-free round included eight birdies and 10 pars, a remarkable day by any measure, but especially impressive coming on such a pressure-packed stage. Even so, the sophomore had few words to express the day even after reflecting on the round for a few moments.
"I just had the day of my life out there," Muehl said. "It was amazing. It was just one of those days where everything was going my way."
Along with Muehl, Jansone finished tied for 20th at 1-under 71, while senior Kennie Leigh Eisenhower (Newport) and sophomore Mayte Vizcarrondo (Cadiz, Spain) finished tied for 67th after posting rounds of 3-over-par 75.
Second and third round action will continue on Friday and Saturday. Live scoring is available at Golfstat.com, and ETSUBucs.com will provide a full recap following each day's play.


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- TLDR; I want to clone git and run the web server.
- Introduction
- Versioning
- Global Configuration
- DBIx::Class Layer
- Web Application
- Job Daemon
- Other Noteable Technology
App::Netdisco::Manual::Developing - Notes for contributors
This document aims to help developers understand the intent and design of the code within Netdisco. Patches and feedback are always welcome :-)
TLDR; I want to clone git and run the web server.
First do a normal App::Netdisco install into a dedicated user's home, as per the documentation. Then:
su - netdisco && cd $HOME
mkdir git && cd git
git clone git://git.code.sf.net/p/netdisco/netdisco-ng netdisco-ng
cd netdisco-ng/Netdisco
DBIC_TRACE=1 ~/bin/localenv plackup -R share,lib -p 5001 bin/netdisco-web-fg
The above creates you a git clone (change the URL if you're a Netdisco Developer) and runs the web server:
In the foreground
Using a single process only (no forking)
With DBIx::Class tracing
On port 5001 so it won't conflict with any already-running web frontend
Restarts the web server when you save a file in the
You might also want to set
check_userlog to
false in your config to quieten some of the web client callbacks.
For the backend daemon, it's very similar:
DBIC_TRACE=1 ~/bin/localenv bin/netdisco-backend-fg
You can point at a different database without editing
NETDISCO_DBNAME=testdb DBIC_TRACE=1 ~/bin/localenv plackup -R share,lib -p 5001 bin/netdisco-web-fg
NETDISCO_DBNAME=testdb DBIC_TRACE=1 ~/bin/localenv bin/netdisco-backend-fg
It's recommended to delete the "
~/perl5/lib/perl5/App/Netdisco" directory to avoid accidentally picking up old Netdisco code. For working on SNMP::Info you can similarly delete "
~/perl5/lib/perl5/SNMP/Info*" and then symlink from "
Info.pm" and "
Info" to your git repo. If you pull from upstream and the dependencies have changed, you can install them without re-installing Netdisco itself:
cd netdisco-ng/Netdisco
~/bin/localenv cpanm --installdeps .
Happy hacking!
This release of Netdisco is built as a Dancer application, and uses many modern technologies and techniques. Hopefully this will make the code easier to manage and maintain in the long term.
Although Dancer is a web application framework, it provides very useful tools for command line applications as well, namely configuration file management and database connection management. We make use of these features in the daemon and deployment scripts.
Overall the application tries to be as self-contained as possible without also needing an excessive number of CPAN modules to be installed. However, Modern Perl techniques have made dependency management almost a non-issue, and Netdisco can be installed by and run completely within an unprivileged user's account, apart from the PostgreSQL database setup.
Finally the other core component of Netdisco is now a DBIx::Class layer for database access. This means there is no SQL anywhere in the code, but more important, we can re-use the same complex queries in different parts of Netdisco.
The rest of this document discusses each "interesting" area of the Netdisco codebase, hopefully in enough detail that you can get hacking yourself :-)
This is Netdisco major version 2. The minor version has six digits, which are split into two components of three digits each. It's unlikely that the major version number (2) will increment. Each "significant" release to CPAN will increment the first three digits of the minor version. Each "trivial" release will increment the second three digits of the minor version.
Beta releases will have a a suffix with an underscore, to prevent CPAN indexing the distribution. Some examples:
2.002002 - "significant" release 2, second "trivial" release
2.002003 - a bug was found and fixed, hence "trivial" release 3
2.003000_001 - first beta for the next "significant" release
2.003000_002 - second beta
2.004000 - the next "significant" release
The words "significant" and "trivial" are entirely subjective, of course.
Global Configuration
Dancer uses YAML as its standard configuration file format, which is flexible enough for our needs, yet still simple to edit for the user. We no longer need a parser as in the old version of Netdisco.
At the top of scripts you'll usually see something like:
use App::Netdisco;
use Dancer ':script';
First, this uses
App::Netdisco, which is almost nothing more than a placeholder module (contains no actual application code). What it does is set several environment variables in order to locate the configuration files.
Then, when we call "
use Dancer" these environment variables are used to load two YAML files:
config.yml and
<environment>.yml where
<environment> is typically either
deployment or
The concept of "environments" allows us to have some shared "master" config between all instances of the application (
config.yml), and then settings for specific circumstances. Typically this might be logging levels, for example. The default file which
App::Netdisco loads is
deployment.yml but you can override it by setting the "
DANCER_ENVIRONMENT" environment variable.
The file is located in an
environments folder which defaults to being in the user's home directory. The name (or full path) of the folder can be overriden using the "
DANCER_ENVDIR" environment variable. The location of the folder alone can be overridden using the "
NETDISCO_HOME" environment variable.
Dancer loads the config using YAML, merging data from the two files. Config is made available via Dancer's
setting('foo') subroutine, which is exported. So now the
foo setting in either config file is easily accessed.
Another line commonly seen in scripts is this:
use Dancer::Plugin::DBIC 'schema';
This plugin saves a lot of effort by taking some database connection parameters from the configuration file, and instantiating DBIx::Class database connections with them. The connections are managed transparently so all we need to do to access the Netdisco database, with no additional setup, is:
DBIx::Class Layer
DBIx::Class, or DBIC for short, is an Object-Relational Mapper. This means it abstracts away the SQL of database calls, presenting a Perl object for each table, set of results from a query, table row, etc. The advantage is that it can generate really smart SQL queries, and these queries can be re-used throughout the application.
The DBIC layer for Netdisco is based at App::Netdisco::DB. This is the global schema class and below that, under App::Netdisco::DB::Result is a class for each table in the database. These contain metadata on the columns but also several handy "helper" queries which can be called. There are also
ResultSet classes which provide additional "pre-canned" queries.
Netdisco's DBIx::Class layer has excellent documentation which you are encouraged to read, particularly if you find it difficult to sleep.
Results and ResultSets
In DBIC a
Result is a table and a
ResultSet is a set of rows retrieved from the table as a result of a query (which might be all the rows, of course). This is why we have two types of DBIC class. Items in the
Result generally relate to the single table directly, and simply. In the
ResultSet class are more complex search modifiers which might synthesize new "columns" of data (e.g. formatting a timestamp) or subroutines which accept parameters to customize the query.
However, regardless of the actual class name, you access them in the same way. For example the
device table has an App::Netdisco::DB::Result::Device class and also an App::Netdisco::DB::ResultSet::Device class. DBIC merges the two:
Virtual Tables (VIEWs)
Where we want to simplify our application code even further we can either install a VIEW in PostgreSQL, or use DBIx::Class to synthesize the view on-the-fly. Put simply, it uses the VIEW definition as the basis of an SQL query, yet in the application we treat it as a real table like any other.
Some good examples are a fake table of only the active Nodes (as opposed to all nodes), or the more complex list of all ports which are connected together (
All these tables live under the App::Netdisco::DB::Result::Virtual namespace, and so you access them like so (for the
ActiveNode example):
Versioning and Deployment
To manage the Netdisco schema in PostgreSQL we use DBIx::Class's deployment feature. This attaches a version to the schema and provides all the code to check the current version and do whatever is necessary to upgrade. The schema version is stored in a new table called
dbix_class_schema_versions, although you should never touch it.
netdisco-db-deploy script included in the distribution performs the following services:
* Installs the dbix_class_schema_versions table
* Upgrades the schema to the current distribtion's version
This works both on an empty, new database, and a legacy database from the existing Netdisco release, in a non-destructive way. For further information see DBIx::Class::Schema::Versioned and the
netdisco-db-deploy script.
The files used for the upgrades are shipped with this distribution and stored in the
.../App/Netdisco/DB/schema_versions directory. They are generated using the
nd-dbic-versions script which also ships with the distribution.
Foreign Key Constraints
We have not deployed any FK constraints into the Netdisco schema. This is partly because the current poller inserts and deletes entries from the database in an order which would violate such constraints, but also because some of the archiving features of Netdisco might not be compatible anyway.
Web Application
The Netdisco web app is a "classic" Dancer app, using most of the bundled features which make development really easy. Dancer is based on Ruby's Sinatra framework. Its style is for many "helper" subroutines to be exported into the application namespace, to do things such as access request parameters, navigate around the "handler" subroutines, manage response headers, and so on.
Pretty much anything you want to do in a web application has been wrapped up by Dancer into a neat helper routine that does the heavy lifting. This includes configuration and database connection management, as was discussed above. Also, templates can be executed and Netdisco uses the venerable Template::Toolkit engine for this.
Like most web frameworks Dancer has a concept of "handlers" which are subroutines to which a specific web request is routed. For example if the user asks for "
/device" with some parameters, the request ends up at the App::Netdisco::Web::Device package's "
get '/device'" handler. All this is done automatically by Dancer according to some simple rules. There are also "wrapper" subroutines which we use to do tasks such as setting up data lookup tables, and handling authentication.
Dancer also supports AJAX very well, and it is used to retrieve most of the data in the Netdisco web application in a dynamic way, to respond to search queries and avoid lengthy page reloads. You will see the handlers for AJAX look similar to those for GET requests but do not use Template::Toolkit templates.
Compared to the current Netdisco, the handler routines are very small. This is because (a) they don't include any HTML - this is delegated to a template, and (b) they don't include an SQL - this is delegated to DBIx::Class. Small routines are more manageable, and easier to maintain. You'll also notice use of modules such as NetAddr::MAC and NetAddr::IP::Lite to simplify and make more robust the handling of data.
In fact, many sections of the web application have been factored out into separate Plugin modules. For more information see the App::Netdisco::Web::Plugin manual page.
Running the Web App
Dancer apps conform to the "PSGI" standard interface for web applications, which makes for easy deployment under many stacks such as Apache, FCGI, etc. See Dancer::Deployment for more detail.
At a minimum Netdisco can run from within its own user area as an unprivileged user, and actually ships with a fast, preforking web server engine. The
netdisco-web script uses Daemon::Control to daemonize this simple web server so you can fire-and-forget the Netdisco web app without much trouble at all. This script in turn calls
netdisco-web-fg which is the real Dancer application, that runs in the foreground if called on its own.
Session and authentication code lives in App::Netdisco::Web::AuthN. It is fully backwards compatible with the existing Netdisco user management, making use of the database users and their MD5 passwords.
There is also support for unauthenticated access to the web app (for instance if you have some kind of external authentication, or simply trust everyone). See App::Netdisco::Manual::Configuration for further details.
Every Dancer route handler must have proper role based access control enabled, to prevent unauthorized access to Netdisco's data, or admin features. This is done with the Dancer::Plugin::Auth::Extensible module. It handles both the authentication using Netdisco's database, and then protects each route handler. See App::Netdisco::Manual::WritingPlugins for details.
In the
share/views folder of this distribution you'll find all the Template::Toolkit template files, with
.tt extensions. Dancer first loads
share/views/layouts/main.tt which is the main page wrapper, that has the HTML header and so on. It then loads other templates for sections of the page body. This is a typical Template::Toolkit "wrapper" configuration, as noted by the
[% content %] call within
main.tt that loads the template you actually specified in your Dancer handler.
All templates (and Javascript and Stylesheets) are shipped in the App::Netdisco distribution and located automatically by the application (using the environment variables which App::Netdisco set up). The user doesn't have to copy or install any files.
There's a template for the homepage called
index.tt, then separate templates for searching, displaying device details, and showing inventory. These are, pretty much, all that Netdisco ever does.
Each of these pages is designed in a deliberately similar way, with re-used features. They each can have a "sidebar" with a search form (or additional search parameters). They also can have a tabbed interface for sub-topics.
Here's where it gets interesting. Up till now the page content has been your typical synchronous page load (a single page comprised of many templates) in response to a GET request. However the content of the tabs is not within this. Each tab has its content dynamically retrieved via an AJAX request back to the web application. Javscript triggers this automatically on page load.
This feature allows the user to search and search again, each time refreshing the data they see in the tab but without reloading the complete page with all its static furniture. AJAX can, of course, return any MIME type, not only JSON but also HTML content as in this case. The templates for the tabs are organised below
share/views/ajax/... in the distribution.
The main style for Netdisco uses Twitter Bootstrap, which is a modern library of CSS and javascript used on many websites. It does a lot of heavy lifting, providing simple CSS classes for all of the standard web page furniture (forms, tables, etc). Check out the documetation at the Twitter Bootstrap web site for more information.
These stylesheets are of course customised with our own
netdisco.css. We try to name all CSS classes with a prefix "
nd_" so as to be distinct from Twitter Bootstrap and any other active styles.
All stylesheets are located in the
share/public/css folder of the distribution and, like the templates, are automatically located and served by the Netdisco application. You can also choose to serve this content statically via Apache/etc for high traffic sites.
Although Twitter Bootstrap ships with its own set of icons, we use an alternative library called Fontawesome. This plugs in easily to Bootstrap and provides a wider range of scaleable vectored icons which are easy to use.
Of course many parts of the Netdisco site use Javascript, beginning with retrieving the page tab content itself. The standard library in use is jQuery, and the latest version is shipped with this distribution.
Many parts of the Netdisco site have small Javscript routines. The code for these, using jQuery as mentioned, lives in two places. The main
netdisco.js file is loaded once in the page HTML header, and lives in
share/public/javascripts/netdisco.js. There's also a
netdisco_portcontrol.js which is included only if the current user has Port Control rights.
Netdisco also has Javascript routines specific to the device search or device details pages, and these files are located in
share/views/js/... because they're loaded within the page body by the templates. These files contain a function
inner_view_processing which is called each time AJAX delivers new content into a tab in the page (think of it like a callback, perhaps).
Job Daemon
The old Netdisco has a job control daemon which processes "port control" actions and also manual requests for device polling. The new Netdisco also has a daemon, although it is a true separate process and set of libraries from the web application. However, it still makes use of the Dancer configuration and database connection management features mentioned above.
The job daemon is backwards compatible with the old Netdisco database job requests table. All code for the job daemon lives under the App::Netdisco::Backend namespace and like the rest of Netdisco is broken down into manageable chunks.
Running the Job Daemon
Like the web application, the job daemon is fully self contained and runs via two simple scripts shipped with the distribution - one for foreground and one for background execution (see the user docs for instructions).
netdisco-backend script uses Daemon::Control to daemonize so you can fire-and-forget the Netdisco job daemon without much trouble at all. This script in turn calls
netdisco-backend-fg which is the real application, that runs in the foreground if called on its own.
Daemon Engineering
The job daemon is based on the MCE library, which handles the forking and management of child processes doing the actual work. This actually runs in the foreground unless wrapped with Daemon::Control, as mentioned above. MCE handles four flavours of "worker" for different tasks.
One goal that we had designing the daemon was that sites should be able to run many instances on different servers, with different processing capacities. This is both to take advantage of more processor capability, but also to deal with security zones where you might only be able to manage a subset of devices from certain locations. Netdisco has always coped well with this via its
discover_* and similar configuration, and the separate poller process.
So, the single Manager "worker" in the daemon is responsible for contacting the central Netdisco database and booking out jobs which it's able to service according to the local configuration settings. Jobs are "locked" in the central queue and then copied to a local job queue within the daemon.
There is support in the daemon for the workers to pick more than one job at a time from the local queue, in case we decide this is worth doing. However the Manager won't ever book out more jobs from the central Netdisco job queue than it has workers available (so as not to hog jobs for itself against other daemons on other servers). The user is free to configure the number of workers in their
config.yml file (zero or more).
The fourth kind of worker is called the Scheduler and takes care of adding discover, macsuck, arpnip, and nbtstat jobs to the queue (which are in turn handled by the Poller worker). This worker is automatically started only if the user has enabled the "
schedule" section of their
deployment.yml site config.
The daemon obviously needs to use SNMP::Info for device control. All the code for this has been factored out into the App::Netdisco::Util namespace.
The App::Netdisco::Util::SNMP package provides for the creation of SNMP::Info objects along with connection tests. So far, SNMPv3 is not supported. To enable trace logging of the SNMP::Info object simply set the
INFO_TRACE environment variable to a true value. The Connect library also provides routines to map interface and PoE IDs.
Configuration for SNMP::Info comes from the YAML files, of course. This means that our
mibhome and
mibdirs settings are now in YAML format. In particular, the
mibdirs list is a real list within the configuration.
Other Noteable Technology
This is the system used to install Netdisco and all its Perl dependencies into a folder independent of the system's Perl libraries. It means Netdisco can be self-contaned and at the same time relocated anywhere. The local::lib module is responsible for re-setting Perl's environment to point at the new library.
This is simply a sane replacement for the CPAN shell. Don't ever bother with the CPAN shell again, just use the cpanm client which comes with this distribution. We install Netdisco using
This is a companion to
local::lib which provides the
localenv script you see referenced in the documentation. It's run automatically by Netdisco to locate its
local::lib folder (that is, works around the bootstrapping problem where the shipped app doesn't know to where it is relocated). We can help things along by setting the
NETDISCO_HOME environment variable.
A replacement for
eval which provides proper
try/catch semantics. You have to take a bit of care unfortunately over things like
return statements though. However it's a lot cleaner than
eval in many cases. See the documentation for further details.
Anyone familiar with the concept of an interface from other programming languages might understand what a role is. It's class functionality, often also called a "trait", which is composed into a class at run-time. This module allows the Daemon workers to dynamically assume different roles according to configuration.

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Her work, such as Easter Lilies, painted in 1956, displays the exuberant brushwork of a Willem de Kooning or Arshile Gorky with a certain degree of cubist influence, not so much of Picasso, but of Marcel Duchamp. There is a robust, angular movement to her modest sized (by Abstract Expressionist standards) canvases, usually in the range of four to five feet square. The paint is heavy, the colours subdued, with strong, linear blacks that threaten to burst the bounds of her dynamic, yet surprisingly stable compositions.
If you're not familiar with the work of Lee Krasner, the reason may be that she laboured in the critical shadow of her much more prominent husband who was also a painter. In many respects, her work was similar to that of her husband, though not as large-scaled nor lacking in constraints. In spite of her own strength and originality as an artist, she pointed out: "I was not the average woman married to the average painter. I was married to Jackson Pollock. The context is bigger, and even if I was not personally dominated by Pollock, the whole art world was."
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As for Maualuga, I wouldn't argue that he's dumb as a box of rocks. But football IQ is not the issue with that guy. You can say he plays with wreckless abandon and sometimes that will cause him to be out of position, but there have been some really good players that lack discipline that have turned out to be just fine. One of the best DTs in the NFL right now (Haynesworth) is the epitomy of a player that lacks discipline within a system but still continues to make plays. Sometimes you have to be able to look at a player and say, yeah he isn't the sharpest cat, but all he does is make play after play. There are plenty of players like that in the NFL.
And when it's all said and done, I hope that Alphonso turns out to be a stud player. Maybe he just needs more time than most to make that leap, but I think it's fair to expect he at least break into the dime packages in year two. I mean, we're talking about the 37th overall pick and a player the Broncos thought very highly of, obviously. And don't forget during McD's end of season presser, he did mention the draft and did mention getting players that were a little bigger or a little faster. He also went on to talk about Smith and how he expected much much more from him beginning in year two. Now we have some conflicting camp reports regarding his play, but one thing is certain... based on the Broncos evaluation he is on the bubble right now and is the team's 10th DB.
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"Well, look at these guys we could have had instead of Smith -- look how well they played!"
Who even knows if they were on our board or players we were even interested in. I see no sense in comparing the career of a cornerback to that of a linebacker or running back anyways. Clearly, it was the focus of the Broncos Brass two drafts ago to address the secondary by getting Smith, McBath and Bruton. We also did it this past draft too with Cox, Thompson and several UDFA's.
Smith should be judged based on his play, not what someone else on another team did that was drafted after he was selected by another team.
Right now Smith is playing behind one of the GOAT at his position and another solid veteran in Goodman. Hopefully in time, he'll be able to up his game and take over for them. The height of his selection would indicate that the coaches think that he can. Well, I'd assume.
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Okay, right now Smith is behind the GOAT, our 2nd CB who was ranked #82 in overall YPA... he was ranked 70th or worse in the short, medium, deep, and vertical levels. He was the 2nd worst starting CB in the entire NFL based on YPA. Also, in case you haven't seen the depth chart lately, a 5th round pick is in front of him, a 2nd year UDFA, and a FA pick up from Miami who has generally looked pretty damn poor in camp. I'll give Smith credit though, he has managed to hold off 7th round pick Syd' Thompson and has the team's 6th CB spot secured at this point. So you have Champ, Goodman, Cox, Jones, and then maybe you can start talking about where Smith fits in the competition with guys like Carter, Vaughn, Thompson, and the rest of the no-namers.
It has everything to do with what he's shown on the field. And you can attribute it to being young all you like, the fact of the matter is you have two young guys in front of him right now in a 5th round pick and an UDFA from Smith's same draft class.
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Bailey, Goodman, Cox, Jones, Smith and Carter is how I read the chart. Are you looking at it upside down?
Unlike you, I am not going to judge Smith's worthiness on the team after one season. I'll wait and see how it plays out.
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I hope for our sake that Smith makes the team and has some sort of showing to give us hope for the future. Right now, he is battling for a roster spot!
Champ, Goodman, Cox, Jones, Dawkins, Hill, Bruton, McBath, Smith/Carter or do you think we'll keep 10?
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Yes and when it happens you usually hear the word bust!
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Look, I'm at a point where I just hope he makes the team and we continue to develop him, but right now he is on the bubble.
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San Diego Chargers LB Shawne Merriman said his holdout of the offseason workouts and training camp was a waste of time because he will not be getting a new contract, reports Aaron Wilson, of NationalFootballPost.com. "I didn't accomplish anything at all," Merriman said. "I always knew that I was wanted here, which was one of the biggest reasons for getting things sorted out. You hate to deal with the whole business part of it, but I'm so glad it's behind me and I can go out and play."
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It sounds to me that Smith sucks at zone but is great in coverage. Unfortunately for him Champ and Goodman have the 1 and 2 corners locked up so there's no room for Smith until one of them gets hurt. Anyway I don't think the FO drafted him to play in nickel and dime packages, they drafted him to be a 1 or 2 corner...
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I am comparing their situations and what their fan bases were saying. Fans expected more out of Woodley than what he showed in his first year. A lot of people were already calling him a bust because he didn't play lights out his rookie year. The past two seasons, he has performed extremely well and been one of the better young pass rushers in the league. He earned his role, good on him.
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Seems like the A. Smith debate should be on another thread.
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP)Jake Delhommes(notes) Cleveland Browns debut was a smashing success. No one was happier than Josh Cribbs.
Delhomme led the Browns to a touchdown in his only drive and Green Bays Aaron Rodgers(notes) threw one of his own in Clevelands 27-24 win on Saturday night in the exhibition opener decided on Phil Dawsons(notes) field goal as time expired.
Its preseason, it doesnt count. But hey, everybody has a smile on their face, Delhomme said.
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Cribbs certainly did. At times last year, he seemed like Clevelands only offensive weapon in a 5-11 season. Against the Packers, he didnt touch the ball.
I wanted to sit back and put my hat on and watch, Cribbs said. I was just amazed at how quick he picked up on the offense and how he just was boom-boom-boom through his reads. You see the veteran play in him. Its very promising.
Delhomme went 6 of 7 for 66 yards, including a fourth-and-1 flick to Mohamed Massaquoi(notes) for 12 yards that set up Jerome Harrisons(notes) 4-yard TD run. Backup Seneca Wallace(notes) added two touchdown passes.
Everybody offensively did a great job. From what I saw last year on film, its totally different. Theyre very eager to get better, Wallace said. Were moving in the right direction and thats what you want, a lot of guys who want to get better.
Rodgers was similarly efficient, reading a corner blitz for a 25-yard TD pass to Greg Jennings(notes). He finished 12 of 13 for 159 yards, but the Packers lost starting running back Ryan Grant(notes) after a hit to the head.
When you can throw the ball to the kind of guys we can throw it to, its going to be just on me to be accurate, Rodgers said. Were always talking about rhythm on offense, and the play calling I really felt like got us into a good rhythm.
Rodgers completed his first 10 passes, beginning his streak after Grant left. Grant fumbled on his first touch that Cleveland converted for a touchdown before being hit hard on his third carry by Chris Gocong(notes) and Robaire Smith(notes).
He stumbled badly getting to his feet and did not return.
Did it look like I got stung a little bit? Grant asked, laughing. If it was the regular season, I definitely wouldve tried to get back in the game (even) with all the head stuff going on, how they handle that.
Clevelands hopes to improve begin with the 35-year-old Delhomme, who signed after his release from Carolina. His last year with the Panthers was one to forget with 18 interceptions and three lost fumbles in 11 games.
New Browns president and former Packers coach Mike Holmgren watched the game in Cleveland while recovering from surgery on his right foot. No doubt he was pleased with Delhommes play and that of Dawson, who nailed a 58-yarder with 1:27 left and the 46-yarder to end it.
The Packers have been embracing high expectations early this season despite their defensive questions. The unit allowed 45 points in a first-round playoff loss to Arizona and is missing key contributors like linebacker Clay Matthews(notes) (hamstring) and cornerback Al Harris(notes) (knee).
Were not happy at all, Charles Woodson(notes) said.
The prolific offense keeps making up for it.
Rodgers found Jennings after changing the play when he correctly read a corner blitz and tossed a perfect pass over Browns safety T.J. Ward(notes) that made it 14-7. John Kuhn(notes) tied the game on a 3-yard TD run on Green Bays next drive.
Browns third-string quarterback Colt McCoy(notes), the former Texas star who won more games than any other quarterback in Division I history, began his pro career midway through the second quarter. His night ended like his college career did, a trip to the locker room for tests. This time it was after banging his hand on the back of a teammates helmet.
Head coach Eric Mangini said he didnt believe McCoys injury was serious, but they pulled him as a precaution.
That was the only downer for the Browns this night.
Coach, in meetings he had, he had all the new guys stand up. It was almost the whole team, Cribbs said. Were not the old Browns, were a new team, refreshednew quarterback, new president, new everything and were ready to play some football.
Notes: McCoy finished 5 of 10 for 25 yards with two interceptions against the Packers. He added 25 yards scrambling from trouble. Browns backup NT Titus Adams(notes) (shoulder) left early in the second quarter. Browns WR Jonathan Haggerty (foot) left in the third quarter and did not return. Packers TE Tom Crabtree(notes) (hand) went in for X-rays. Neither coach had updates on any of the injuries.
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ST. LOUIS (AP)—Sam Bradford(notes) took the field to a big ovation. Soon enough, reality sank in for the centerpiece of the St. Louis Rams' rebuilding effort.
The No. 1 overall pick had an early case of the jitters, short-arming a pitch and bobbling a snap the first two plays, looked poised while hitting four of his first five passes, then ended with an extended rough patch in the Minnesota Vikings' 28-7 preseason-opening victory Saturday night.
"It was fun to get out there, get hit a couple times, get hit, get knocked down, get back up," Bradford said. "Just getting back into the flow of a football game was fun."
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Sage Rosenfels(notes), chasing Tarvaris Jackson(notes) for the Vikings' quarterback job while Brett Favre(notes) waffles on his future, was a standout even though both starting wide receivers are out with injuries. Rosenfels threw for 157 yards and two touchdowns in the second quarter against the Rams' second-teamers and added a 71-yarder to Marko Mitchell(notes) in the third quarter, finishing 23 of 34 for 310 yards.
The 32-year-old Rosenfels knew before the game that he would be getting a lot of playing time.
"Mentally I was going into the game thinking like it's a full game, it's not going to be one series or two series and out," Rosenfels said. "I got more and more comfortable as the game went on. It's been a while since I've been out there, seeing real live action. A lot of guys did a lot of good things."
Jackson started but wasn't out there for long, taking six snaps on the opening series while going 2 of 4 for 11 yards.
Vikings coach Brad Childress had no news on the Favre front.
"I didn't have a vision before the game. Nothing's changed," Childress said. "You know, you can't have your cell phones with you out on the sidelines."
Bradford completed only two of his last eight passes against Vikings second-teamers, finishing 6 of 13 for 57 yards while getting sacked four times. The Vikings gave the 2008 Heisman Trophy winner's surgically repaired right shoulder a battle test with Jayme Mitchell(notes) getting 1.5 sacks on consecutive plays in the second quarter.
"I took a couple, landed on the shoulder," Bradford said. "It's not sore at all. We'll see tomorrow how it feels, but right now it feels great."
Bradford's debut probably should be graded on a curve, given Pro Bowl running back Steven Jackson did not take a snap and the Rams were the NFL's puniest offense even with Jackson while going 1-15 last season. Jackson and Vikings star running back Adrian Peterson both dressed but only watched.
The Rams were handicapped the most, getting outgained 414-150, even though Childress took out all the starters except center Jon Cooper(notes) after the first series.
"In the first quarter we did a decent job," coach Steve Spagnuolo said. "After that I think it's obvious we've got a lot of things to work on, both sides of the ball.
"We've got plenty of time, nobody's panicking."
One of the players most victimized by the Vikings was right tackle Jason Smith(notes), the second overall pick last year who's been bothered by a broken toe much of training camp.
St. Louis is 6-42 the last three seasons, a big reason the Edward Jones Dome was officially only two-thirds full with announced attendance of 40,801.
Bradford is the backup for now behind veteran A.J. Feeley(notes). But Feeley was shaky, narrowly avoiding interceptions on two passes that could have been returned for touchdowns while going 3 of 6 for 19 yards.
Danny Amendola(notes) scored on a 93-yard punt return for the Rams, but fumbled away his next chance at the Rams 16 that led to Rosenfels' 2-yard touchdown pass to Logan Payne(notes) five plays later to tie it at 7. Garrett Mills(notes) whipped linebacker Chris Chamberlain(notes) on a 65-yarder the next series to put the Vikings ahead.
"Better now than in the regular season," Amendola said. "Try to get the kinks worked out."
Six Vikings offensive players did not play. Percy Harvin(notes) has missed all but two days of training camp due to migraine headaches and a funeral, and Sidney Rice(notes) has a hip injury.
Mills had four catches for 106 yards and a touchdown, Payne had seven catches for 52 yards and a touchdown and Mickey Shuler(notes) added a 2-yard grab from Joe Webb(notes).
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GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP)—Matt Schaub(notes) was excellent, Mario Williams(notes) was rusty but disruptive.
The Houston Texans had little to complain about in their preseason opener at Arizona. Except, perhaps, the final score.
Schaub completed 5 of 6 passes for 78 yards, directing Houston to a field goal on its first possession and throwing a 44-yard touchdown pass to Andre Johnson(notes) on the second before retiring for good in a 19-16 preseason loss to the Cardinals on Saturday night.
"I thought we were sharp," Schaub said, "on top of our stuff that we were executing."
Rookie John Skelton(notes), whose uncle Javier Loya is a minority owner of the Texans, directed two late touchdown drives against the Houston reserves to give Arizona the victory.
Williams, battling a hip problem, sacked Leinart twice as Houston took a 16-0 lead. In Arizona's first series, Williams pushed the Cardinals' new starting right tackle Brandon Keith(notes) all the way into the quarterback.
"I don't care what anybody says, there ain't nothing wrong with his hip," Keith said.
But Williams, in fact, has been slowed by the injury.
"I felt like I wasn't as smooth as I wanted to be but that is pretty much because I haven't played, haven't hit anybody, hadn't put any pads on," he said. "I will work it out. I will work the kinks out. It is still day by day."
Leinart completed 6 of 7 for 49 yards but, in addition to the sacks, misconnected with Tim Hightower(notes) on a handoff, for a fumble. He didn't stick around for the usual starting quarterback post-game news conference.
Leinart's backup, former Cleveland quarterback Derek Anderson(notes), threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to Beanie Wells(notes) but was intercepted twice.
"Too sloppy," Cardinals coach Ken Whisenhunt said at halftime.
Asked about Leinart's play, Whisenhunt targeted the entire first-team offense.
"I'm not pleased with how our offense performed in general," he said. "It's not so much the quarterback. We had guys the wrong routes, guys in the wrong spot. We had a protection breakdown, not a breakdown but we got beat. All things that we've got to clean up."
Skelton, a fifth-round draft pick out of Fordham, connected with Jason Wright(notes) on a 15-yard pass play with 1:53 left for the deciding score. The 6-foot-5 Skelton completed 5 of 6 passes for 84 yards. Max Hall(notes), the undrafted rookie from BYU who is fighting Skelton for the No. 3 quarterback spot, didn't play.
"It's a different world coming from Fordham," Skelton said, "and to make a step like that is very significant, actually. Being a rookie, fighting for a position on the team, every play counts. I just tried to take advantage of it."
The Texans chose not to go for a game-tying 51-yard field goal at the finish.
"Our ones were very sharp. I thought they looked really good," Houston coach Gary Kubiak said. "I thought defensively we played really good all night long. … There are a lot of positives to draw from and we have to draw from those and find a way to give the younger guys something better to work with so they can be successful. They really struggled."
Houston backup Dan Orlovsky(notes) got extended playing time, completing 12 of 21 for 129 yards with no interceptions. He directed a 15-play, 86-yard drive that consumed 7:48 of the third quarter. It ended with Kris Brown's(notes) second field goal of the game, a 26-yarder that put Houston up 16-0.
Schaub, who led the NFL in yards passing last season with 4,770, opened the game with a 10-play, 53-yard drive, culminated by Brown's 31-yard field goal. On Houston's second possession, Schaub connected with a wide-open Johnson, whose fake had left Arizona cornerback Justin Miller(notes) helplessly in his wake.
Arizona's first possession went nowhere. Leinart and Hightower messed up a handoff for a fumble that loss 11 yards, then Leinart was sacked by Williams for a 12-yard loss. The next time the Cardinals had it, Leinart drove them from their own 21 to the Houston 32, but Jay Feely's(notes) 50-yard field goal try was wide right.
Arian Foster(notes) started at running back ahead of Steve Slaton(notes) for Houston and gained 31 yards in four carries. Slaton rushed 10 times for 22 yards and fumbled the ball into the end zone at the goal line. Arizona recovered for a touchback.
Notes: Former Cardinals K Neil Rackers(notes), listed as Brown's backup, kicked a 24-yard field goal with 37 seconds left in the first half. … Cardinals star Larry Fitzgerald(notes) took a nasty hit from safety Eugene Wilson(notes) as he caught a 16-yard pass from Leinart but stayed in the game. … Arizona second-round draft pick Daryl Washington(notes) strengthened his bid for a starting job at inside linebacker with a solid performance. … Houston rookie RB Ben Tate(notes) has an injured ankle but Kubiak didn't know how serious it might be.
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49ers ready to trade DE Balmer to Seahawks for late-round pick
The San Francisco 49ers are finalizing a deal to send defensive lineman Kentwan Balmer to the Seattle Seahawks in exchange for a late-round draft pick, according to league sources.
After Week 12 last season, Balmer was placed on injured reserve with a shoulder injury. He had been absent from San Francisco's training camp practices last week.
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Antonio Bryant may never play for the Bengals
Posted by Michael David Smith on August 16, 2010 8:03 PM ET
Five months after the Bengals signed free agent wide receiver Antonio Bryant, talk continues that Bryant will never play a down in Cincinnati.
The latest news comes from Jason La Canfora of NFL Network, who reports that the Bengals could reach an injury settlement with Bryant, who practiced on the first day of training camp but has been sidelined since because of his lingering left knee injury.
The Bengals already have paid Bryant $7.85 million in signing, roster, and workout bonuses. It's not clear what the financial terms of the injury settlement would be.
But it is clear that the Bengals are starting to regret signing Bryant to that four-year, $28 million contract. In the months since Bryant signed, Terrell Owens has arrived to play alongside Chad Ochocinco, and rookies Jordan Shipley and Jermaine Gresham looked good in the preseason opener.
There may not be any room for Bryant in Cincinnati.
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Shipley has looked good in both games this year. That kid just has a knack for making plays. Reminds me of a Derek Jeter type. Nothing about him says superstar yet he is steady and makes play after play. I was happy for the former Horn.
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The on-again, off-again drama that is Brett Favre now appears to be on again. A trio of Vikings teammates including Pro Bowl guard Steve Hutchinson, defensive end Jared Allen and kicker Ryan Longwell flew to Hattiesburg, Miss. to push Favre to give them one more season.
Favre informed the trio Tuesday that he is, in fact, back in and will rejoin the Vikings, FOXsports.com has learned.
In addition, Favre is on the plane with the players and is heading back to Minneapolis. However, while signs point to Favre coming back, neither he nor his agent have informed the team that he's returning. And with Favre, another change of heart is certainly not out of the question.
Favre's official Web site e-mailed members of the media with the message: "Stay tuned for breaking news from the Minnesota Vikings today on Brett Favre's possible return."
This latest decision is a complete switch from two weeks ago, when Favre informed teammates that he was retiring -- citing wear and tear on his body -- in text messages seen by FOXSports.com. The team however, immediately responded by offering Favre more money, and teammates reached out imploring the quarterback to reconsider or to take more time.
Although Favre has frequently gone back and forth, it was widely assumed, in the end, that he would rejoin the Vikings. That belief was reinforced on Aug. 12 when the 11-time Pro Bowler and three-time All Pro traveled from Hattiesburg to Pensacola, Fla. to have his surgically repaired left ankle examined by Dr. James Andrews.
Tuesday's morning meeting with Hutchinson, Allen and Longwell appears to have served its purpose. Favre, who led the Vikings to a 12-4 regular-season finish and the NFC title game last season, now appears fully prepared to play a 20th NFL season.
Senior NFL Writer Jay Glazer is one of the NFL's top insiders.
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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — In an effort to comply with newer federal regulations, the Indiana Board of Animal Health (BOAH) passed one new and three emergency rules during its quarterly meeting July 10.
Drawing the most debate was a rule that matched federal requirements created by the USDA to increase traceability methods so livestock can be tracked during a disease outbreak. The biggest amendments are for cattle producers, especially those who own dairy and dairy cross breeds.
Official identification is required for all dairy females, including cross-bred cows, as well as all dairy breed bulls and steers – including crosses born after March 11, 2013. Acceptable forms of identification for cattle are changing. Indiana will recognize only three, including:
•840 tags, with or without RFID technology
•National Uniform Eartagging System (NUES), or Brite tags
•Official USDA program tags, such as orange calfhood vaccination tags
All of these must have a U.S. shield on the tag to be considered official. Old tags that do not have the shield are not acceptable.
Douglas F. Leman, executive director of the Indiana Dairy Producers, in a written statement submitted to BOAH said the state's dairy producers generally support the board's efforts and oversight; however, he said this rule isn't applied equally.
"Our main concern with the proposed rule is the setting apart of dairy or dairy cross animals as the only bovine species needing permanent ID before 18 months of age," he reported. "It seems to us that if this is truly a traceability issue, all species should be treated the same. We do not believe more stringent regulations should be placed only on dairy animals."
Another change for Hoosier cattle producers is they will be required to keep records for at least five years on all purchases, sales, leases, barters and exchanges of cattle. These records must include the animals' ID numbers, name and address of the seller, lessor or purchaser. These records must be made available to BOAH during a disease trace event to identify animal movements.
Some cattle producers with smaller herds believe the additional bookkeeping will be costly and difficult to maintain. Paul Elliott, who operates a small breeding herd, submitted written comments to BOAH and lamented, "I have concerns that this is written by folks that don't actually do any farming, and by folks with little compassion or consideration for small farms."
Elliott wrote he will commonly keep cows for 12-15 years if they continue to produce. He said in about five years, the cattle will age together, mix and lose their tags.
"There will be no way I can definitively identify where those cows originate, and I don't think I'm going to be alone," he wrote. "Realistically, I think the tags provide no more than a 25 percent chance that a cow could be traced back to its original farm."
Elliott admitted this may only be true for breeding stock. Yet, he said those with small herds could suffer. "If you have a small, 10- to 15-head herd, this will likely get them out of the business," he wrote. "That's a concern for me."
Not all of the comments on the new rule were negative. Greg Slipher of Indiana Farm Bureau and Joshua Trenary of the Indiana Pork Advocacy Coalition (INPAC) backed the measure.
"After reviewing the details of the swine-related provisions of the proposed rule with several INPAC members, we have found no significant issues and are supportive of this rulemaking," Trenary said.
Ultimately, State Veterinarian Bret Marsh advised BOAH that Indiana is well prepared to adhere to the new federal requirements. And, the board approved the new rule unanimously. "Because Indiana adopted a premise ID program in 2006, our producers are in a great position to adapt to USDA's new requirements," said BOAH Public Information Director Denise Derrer. "Many states, which have not implemented a premise ID program, are starting from scratch as that is the foundation for obtaining official tags."
BOAH also adopted three emergency rules. Each of these is in effect for 90 days and will be voted upon as a permanent measure during BOAH's next meeting in October. These rules include:
•Dairy sanitation, conforming Indiana's rules to the 2013 Grade A Pasteurized Milk Ordinance
•Regulation of the movement of fish susceptible to Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia into the state by aquaculture or for sport fishing
•Herd monitoring and management of swine enteric coronavirus diseases
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Police have arrested a man and seized a crossbow after reports that the man had been threatening residents of a Darwin housing complex.
Police arrested the man about 12.50pm (CST) on Thursday, following reports from the man's relative that he was armed and threatening residents in the Johns Square housing complex in Progress Drive, Nightcliff.
They later confiscated a crossbow from a unit in the complex.
Fourteen armed police officers cordoned off parts of the street and a nearby childcare centre.
Senior Sergeant Bob Harrison said the man gave himself up after speaking to police.
"The person just made threats and we had to take it seriously," he told reporters in Nightcliff.
"The gentleman actually exited the unit himself, he actually didn't know what was happening and he ... came to us voluntarily."
The man was known to police and is expected to be reviewed under the Mental Health Act.
Police are expected to lay charges but not oppose bail, Sen Sgt Harrison said.


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Analgesics are painkillers. Examples include:
Taking one or a mix of these medicines daily over a long time may cause chronic kidney problems. This is called analgesic nephropathy. Painkillers that combine 2 or more medicines (such as, aspirin and acetaminophen together) with caffeine or codeine are the most likely to harm the kidneys. Painkillers with codeine require a prescription.
These are the most common symptoms of analgesic nephropathy:
Some people have no symptoms. Kidney damage may be picked up by routine blood tests. The symptoms of analgesic nephropathy may look like other medical conditions or problems. Always talk with your healthcare provider for a diagnosis.
Your healthcare provider will review your medical history and do a physical exam. Other tests may include:
Your healthcare provider will figure out the best treatment based on:
Treatment may include:
Treatment aims to prevent any further kidney damage, and treat any existing kidney failure.
Some cases of acute kidney failure have been linked to the use of painkillers, including aspirin, ibuprofen, and naproxen. Many of these people had risk factors, such as:
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So, who thinks a fearful dog can show meaningful all-around improvement post-fear stages?
I have some, I think more basic, understanding of fears and their movtivations or triggers.
Uzi is a long story, but suffice to say I did not get my "hands" on him and have him living with me until he was 7 months old.
Overall, I think I have his improvement his fears. We have done some environmental socialization, and he was developing a forward fear response to rolling loud skateboards, which I have improved with LAT and clicker at the skate park.
However, he is still a fearful dog.
I have to think, if I can focus on some of his predictable fears, and work on those, and improving basic obedience, that his confidence will improve? I think that would be logical?
We could go on as we are now, but I see potential for improvement as well, and I think he could be that much more secure.
I guess I'm not necessarily looking for specific advice, more a discussion on confirmation on my thinking? If that makes sense.


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As a graduate of the University of Mississippi in May 2010, Ingram received four varsity letters as a member of the women's golf team. Ingram's college career low was 71 at the Derby Intercollegiate (Auburn University) in 2008. This personal best in the final round helped the Lady Rebels get their third straight top five finish. Her best individual finish was 228 to place 14th at the Chrysler ACC/ SEC Challenge (Florida State University) in 2005.
Ingram has earned top 25 finishes in summer amateur tournaments which include the following: Women's Southern Amateur '06; Women's Western Amateur '06; Golf Capital of TN Women's Open '09; and TN State Amateur '10. Ingram has also played in team events representing the state of Tennessee. She competed in the USGA State Team Championship in '09, as well as the Southeastern Women's Amateur (SWATCA) in'09 and '10. She played in the LPGA Futures' Tour Qualifying school in November 2010 and competed on the Suncoast Tour in the spring of 2011.
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BLOOMSBURG — If the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission builds tollbooths on Interstate 80, it would place them in areas that would discourage travelers from exiting I-80 to use local roads, turnpike officials said.
BLOOMSBURG — If the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission builds tollbooths on Interstate 80, it would place them in areas that would discourage travelers from exiting I-80 to use local roads, turnpike officials said.
That was one piece of information that emerged from a public meeting here Tuesday night that turned loud and combative at times.
During the session, Congressman Paul Kanjorski, a Democrat who represents Monroe County, told a resident not to call him a "liar." And the head of the Turnpike Commission engaged in an angry exchange with another citizen.
The location of tollbooths came up when Wendy Lynne Lee of Lightstreet predicted tolls on I-80 will lead to crumbling local roads.
Frank Kempf, the turnpike's chief engineer, said findings from ongoing turnpike traffic studies will help prevent that.
Kempf explained it's in the turnpike's best interest to locate tollbooths in areas that will discourage traffic from leaving the highway because:
The turnpike wants to collect as much in toll revenue as possible. And if there is congestion on local roads as a result of tolls, "we're going to have to fix that."
Kempf did not elaborate on how much, if any, the turnpike might pay to fix local roads damaged as a result of the tolls.
Kempf did say that the Turnpike Commission will announce in the spring the locations for as many as 10 tollbooths across I-80.
Kanjorski and the Turnpike Commission organized the meeting to listen to complaints and suggestions about I-80 tolls.
Harvey Eckart of Berwick wasn't buying it.
He was one of several in the crowd of more than 50 convinced that I-80 tolls are going to happen regardless of what opponents say.
Resident Lee described the meeting as "propaganda."
"Isn't this thing one big sham?" Eckart asked Kanjorski and the turnpike officials.
Kempf diplomatically replied that the Turnpike Commission has no idea if the Federal Highway Administration will grant approval for tolls on I-80.
Kanjorski was not so calm.
"Don't come down here and call me a sham or a liar," Kanjorski angrily shouted at Eckart.
"I can assure you there's a process (the Turnpike Commission) must go through."
Kanjorski later added. "I can assure you it's not a done deal."
Tempers flared again later when Joe Vaughan of Mifflinville asked turnpike officials how they could justify painting a "rosy picture" about tolling I-80 after hearing nothing but opposition last night and at past meetings.
"What gives you a right to question my integrity?" Turnpike CEO Joseph Brimmeier angrily replied.
"We pay your salary," one man shouted.
"You don't pay my salary," Brimmeier shouted back.
Most in the audience who spoke last night repeated complaints and fears expressed at other recent meetings on the toll plan.
They said charging tolls on I-80 amounts to an unfair tax on rural Pennsylvanians that will financially cripple businesses and perhaps cost people their jobs.
Turnpike officials said economic impact to local businesses will be considered in the their analysis and application to the Federal Highway Administration.
Ramona Schaffer of Orangeville suggested raising the state's $36 vehicle registration fee by $10 or increasing the state's 6 percent sales tax.
"If I can afford it, everybody else can afford it," Schaffer said.
Kanjorski replied that the state would have to raise the registration fee to $100 or $120 for the state's 17 million vehicles to generate the money needed to fix the state's highways.
Kanjorski and state Rep. David Millard, a Republican from Millville, added that there is no interest at the federal or state level to raise gas taxes.
Kanjorski said approving any gas-tax hike now would be political suicide for any lawmaker.


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"If every member of the House and Senate had received 100 letters from people back home saying we have to do something about Rwanda, when the crisis was first developing, then I think the response would have been different."– the late U.S. Senator Paul Simon, 1994
The United States is a republic, which means our democracy is based on representatives who act for us. How do these representatives know how to act? It is up to each citizen to keep his or her representative informed as to how they want our government to act on issues. Congressional members are key people to contact as they make the laws that the executive branch must carry out. Remember: our Congress is bicameral, so you have three people who are accountable to you – your representative and your state's two senators. Here's how to write a letter to your congressional delegation and let them know how you feel on key issues.1. Write to the correct person. This is the person who represents your district/state and is accountable to you (this is the power of voting). Sending letters to other members of Congress will not be as effective. Use your representative's Washington, DC, address.
2. Make your letter original. Chain letters or prewritten letters are often marked in the congressperson's office as "received." You may get a form letter in response, but it will have little impact on how s/he stands on an issue. An original letter should require an original response so you know how to follow up.3. Keep your letter simple. A typed, one-page letters work best, so focus on only one issue per letter. A three-paragraph letter with this structure may work for you:
4. Be sure your letter is clear and professionally written. Before you send your letter, be sure you have proofread it. Have a friend read it as well to make sure the tone is appropriate and the information and request are clear.
5. Stay informed and keep acting. If you get a response, follow up by sending a thank you note. Use this opportunity to send more information if they didn't commit to an action or to encourage them to continue supporting the end to genocide. Get friends with similar viewpoints involved in writing as well. If you do not get a response, mail a new letter and do not get discouraged.


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That warm feeling you leave CPAC with won't last when the ballots are counted.
I just don't get it.
Why do conservatives feel compelled to have pep rallies? Every year at CPAC Conservative Political Action Conference) Republicans put the people at the fringe of their party on display in what can only be interpreted as an attempt to make sure no liberal or independent voter ever considers voting Republican again.
Most people hide their crazy uncles. The GOP hangs banners to promote them.
How does Ann Coulter berating Chris Christie help the party win the White House in 2016? How does Sarah Palin working her schtick and drinking out of a Big Gulp to mock New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg make the GOP more appealing?
CPAC reminds me of those horrible skits we did at pep rallies before the big homecoming football game – you know where you hunted a tiger or shot down an eagle or something.
They are poorly thought out, scripted and performed.
How can you hold a Frederick Douglass Republicans meeting to discuss racism within the party and only find out that the racists in the party are far worse than you imagined?
During the discussion entitled, "Are you tired of being called a racist when you know you are not one?" one man in the crowd had to answer that question with a resounding "no."
He complained that these anti-racist discussions were compromising the young white male southern voter by pandering to minorities.
Not only did this man basically say that all young white southern males were racists and segregationists, he questioned why slaves were so unappreciative.
When Frederick Douglass' letter forgiving his slave owner was mentioned, the young man asked the moderator why the man needed to be forgiven.
"For giving him shelter? And food?" the man asked.
You know, because slave owners just sheltered and fed their slaves. It was like an all inclusive resort where the daily fun included picking all the tobacco and cotton you wanted to.
I'm a Democrat. But I am a socially conservative Democrat – very conservative. I just don't believe in the GOP financial plan. If you look at how Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush spent money when they were running the show, you discover most "conservatives" don't believe in the GOP financial plan.
But even though I have my differences with their party, I don't think they all Republicans are racist. I don't even think most of them are. I like to believe racists are few in number but loud and obnoxious enough that they get noticed.
I find myself hoping this guy was a plant. I hope his logic was a false flag exercise of an enemy of the GOP trying to discredit CPAC.
I just don't understand the need for these pep rallies. They push away leaders like Gov. Christie who enjoy approval ratings across party lines that are well over 60 percent.
But they put the spotlight on failed candidates like Palin and Paul Ryan. Did you not see the results when they were on the ticket? This is not the show most of America wants to see. If you keep putting it on stage, you'll keep losing audience.
The battle for control of the GOP is being waged. Conservative voters are the rope in a tug-of-war between ultra-conservative TEA Partiers and establishment Republicans.
Being divided will not expand the party's reach to include conservative Democrats or independent voters.
These pep rallies do no good. Of course the cheerleaders like what they see. But the party needs to stop playing this game where they try to decide gray are issues with black and white logic.
Americans understand the issues. They know that the problems are complicated and solutions aren't simple.
You can cannibalize popular party members and drink extra large sodas and sing songs about the Second Amendment all day long. But that warm feeling you leave CPAC with won't last when the ballots are counted.
CPAC needs to go away. They money and energy used to stage it should be used to develop and support candidates who can get elected.
Pep rallies are for kids. We have adult problems and we need adults to come to the table with solutions – not jokes and Big Gulps.
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Author Of The Patriot Act Says NSA Surveillance Is An Abuse And Must End
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In his press conference on Friday, President Obama described the massive collection of phone and digital records as "two programs that were originally authorized by Congress, have been repeatedly authorized by Congress". But Congress has never specifically authorized these programs, and the Patriot Act was never intended to allow the daily spying the Obama administration is conducting.Of course, what's really, really frustrating about this is that most of the members of Congress only have themselves to blame for not knowing what's going on. Many did know, and Senators Ron Wyden and Mark Udall repeatedly asked the other members of Congress to ask these questions and to learn more about how the NSA was using a "secret" interpretation to do much more surveillance than the public and many in Congress believed the law allowed. The fact that all of those Representatives and Senators ignored them until now is incredibly frustrating.
To obtain a business records order like the one the administration obtained, the Patriot Act requires the government to prove to a special federal court, known as a Fisa court, that it is complying with specific guidelines set by the attorney general and that the information sought is relevant to an authorized investigation. Intentionally targeting US citizens is prohibited.
Technically, the administration's actions were lawful insofar as they were done pursuant to an order from the Fisa court. But based on the scope of the released order, both the administration and the Fisa court are relying on an unbounded interpretation of the act that Congress never intended.
It's great that Sensenbrenner is speaking out strongly now. I just wish he'd done it years ago when the issue was first raised.


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(Travel + Leisure) -- Part outsize beach resort, part culture capital, Sydney, Australia, exemplifies the art of relaxed cosmopolitanism.
It's urbane but not pretentious; cutting-edge but not stressed-out.
Now a handful of players is channeling that Aussie energy into new restaurants, hotels, and boutiques in some oft-overlooked (and distinctly chic) neighborhoods.
Here, the local take.
The city's fashionable heart is the corner of Oxford Street and Glenmore Road, in Paddington, where some of the most exciting Australian designers are conveniently clustered.
Kirrily Johnston exemplifies the laid-back Down Under aesthetic with her earthy-urban, feminine clothes (think billowy red skirts with high cinched waists), as does Josh Goot, whose block-printed tube and tunic dresses come in colors as bright as the Sydney sun.
Inside Kit Willow's chic, bi-level boutique, Willow, you'll find flirty draped frocks in organza and tulle.
Just up the block in the ornate, shop-filled Strand Arcade is Corner Shop, a Sydney stalwart known for its tightly edited international collections (Marc Jacobs, Isabel Marant, and Benah).
Men shouldn't miss the downtown boutique of Brent Wilson, with its updated classics, including easygoing suits, shirts, and sweaters.
For housewares, head to Surry Hills. Planet Commonwealth carries Ross Longmuir's streamlined beds, tables, and sofas, all made from Australian hardwoods (don't worry, they'll help with shipping). The lure at Koskela is Aboriginal craftwork, such as the one-off lampshades traditionally woven with bush string.
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Though other areas are better known for barhopping, these days downtown is heating up after dark.
The latest night-owl haven is Ivy (drinks for two $30), a multilevel complex with 18 bars, a ballroom, and rooftop cabanas.
Sydney's coolest cultural commissar, actress Cate Blanchett, now directs the Sydney Theatre Company along with her husband, Andrew Upton. Snag some tickets to a production at either the STC headquarters (a spectacularly converted wharf by the bridge) or at the Sydney Opera House -- you may well catch Blanchett on stage.
Post-show, grab a cocktail at the Opera House's restaurant, Guillaume at Bennelong (drinks for two $34), where the bar is surprisingly little-known and the harbor views are knockout.
Manly, a less touristy beachside hangout than Bondi, is a ferry ride from downtown's Circular Quay, but it's worth the (quite lovely) trip to sample the exciting new Manly Pavilion (dinner for two $85), where the fresh Italian dishes (pan-fried whiting wrapped in lardo; pappardelle with wild-boar ragù) are as stunning as the Pacific vistas.
Back in city center, celebrity chef Neil Perry recently opened Rockpool Bar & Grill (dinner for two $226) in a grand Art Deco building. The kitchen specializes in wood-fired grills and house-aged beef -- plus, Perry's sexy, restrained Spice Temple (dinner for two $226) is right downstairs.
At Marque (dinner for two $226), in nearby Surry Hills, Mark Best has been winning raves for creative concoctions like yellowfin tuna on French toast with foie gras butter.
There's a notable newcomer to the established culinary scene in the harborside Rocks district: Sake Restaurant & Bar (dinner for two $100), where the young and well-heeled flock for superior sushi, sashimi, and bite-size shrimp tempura with a spicy cream sauce.
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Sydney's latest design-driven digs, the 76-room Diamant Hotel (doubles from $140) is close to both Paddington and Surry Hills. Book a courtyard suite for night views of Sydney's iconic skyline.
Wedged between café-filled Potts Point and the city center, Blue Sydney (doubles from $214) has 100 rooms located on a historic all-timber finger wharf that juts out into the harbor.
Run by the same team as Ivy, the discreet, Modernist 31-room Establishment Hotel (doubles from $279) is the city's most exclusive boutique property -- the celebs you spot are likely en route to its bi-level penthouses.
For the same downtown convenience without the extravagance, there's the 41-story, Foster & Partners--designed Frasers Suites (doubles from $155), with 201 understated, light-filled studios and a heated pool.
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A recent $500 million refurbishment of the international airport added a retinue of new shops, including the quintessentially Australian R.M. Williams, which makes superb leather boots for men and women, and the world's first Lonely Planet store.
Two locavore-friendly Sydney resto-bars, Bambini Wine Room (drinks for two $27) and Danks Street Depot (dinner for two $55), have also established outposts in Terminal 1.
At the separate Qantas Domestic Terminal, check out the slick, Scandinavian-style (but all-Aussie) designer stationery and gifts chain, Kikki.K.
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The people behind the "Payday" video game franchise have a lot going on.
They're making a movie based on "Payday: The Heist," the 2011 cult hit video game, for 2014. The game's sequel is coming out in August, and they're now working on the third installment. Plus there's a Web series.
Video games as source material for films is not new. What's different about these projects is that the video game makers and the filmmakers are working together throughout the process.
Juggling all those projects means taking multiple angles on the same intellectual property and thinking in ways filmmakers typically haven't, said Greg O'Connor, producer of the upcoming "Payday: The Heist" film.
"It's exciting not to think of a movie as just a movie," he said Saturday in a presentation at the Produced By Conference at 20th Century Fox Studios in Los Angeles. "There are a lot of directors who don't care about interfacing with the game developers. A lot of that's changing."
The "Payday" games follow four bank robbers who wear clown masks. For the movie, director Demian Lichtenstein adapted a story in which the heavily armed, masked robbers take on an evil bank.
Think Robin Hood meets Occupy Wall Street -- with way more firepower.
"I happen to love heist movies," Lichtenstein said. "Name a heist movie with masks that lost money. You can't."
The process of coming up with a script for the film illustrates a key difference between movies and games, Lichtenstein said. With movies, story comes first. With games, it's more about the experience of playing.
All the while, the filmmakers have made a point of staying true to the vision of the game's makers, brother Bo and Ulf Andersson, O'Connor said. "We want to make sure whatever we do is living up to the IP that they created."
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Long Island's counties, towns, villages, school districts and "special taxing districts" award millions of dollars' worth of contracts to law firms, engineers, developers, contractors and subcontractors for all manner of work. How many times have you read about a "Republican-connected" or "Democratic-connected" law firm? How many state legislators' offices employ relatives of local political supporters and contributors? What sanitation district doesn't have relatives and cronies on the payroll? Why is it that when one party is in power, certain companies get lots of business in government contracts, while others are left to try to get "their" politicians elected next time? That's not evidence of corruption, but it sure does prove the need for transparency in how legislatures, councils, boards, mayors and commissioners decide who gets the people's tax money.
We would like to believe that politicians seek elective office to do good for their communities, but too many of them are in jail now because their lust for power, sense of self-importance and greed overcame whatever wholesome intentions they may have had. As the saying goes, They went to Albany to do good, and stayed there to do well.
Every citizen needs to assert his or her authority over our elected officials by demanding to know all the facts about how contracts are awarded, to whom, how the money gets spent and what the results are. It may be time for more levels of government to have independent inspectors general whom taxpayers can trust to watch over their money and guard their best interests. It may be time for more of us to follow President Reagan's dictum, "Trust, but verify."
Citizens Union has six recommendations for action that are worthy of consideration.
1. Pass comprehensive state campaign finance reform that improves public financing, creates strong and effective enforcement, closes loopholes, lowers contribution limits and ends the pay-to-play culture.