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I feel like treating just
Per-host mountpoints (was: Separate /var)
I feel like treating just
/var specially isn't fair. I mean, how would
/etc feel? In all seriousness, I think this needs to be reorganized into something like "per-host special mountpoints". --Buhman (talk) 15:30, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
- That sounds fine to me, if you want to do that. I'm pretty sure that
/varcontains everything that makes a host unique (or that's the intention), and I'm keen for people to think about it, since it's an added complication that can easily be overlooked when planning the cluster. Giddie (talk) 15:39, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
- As I tried to imply somewhat, I still don't think its a good idea to do *all* of var, maybe a few application-specific subdirectories. For example it's actually desirable in a non-diskless scenario like this to put /var/cache/pacman on a NFS share--effectively working like a local repository mirror. Only in this scenario, we get that for free :D --Buhman (talk) 16:41, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
- Yeah, in my setup I share
/var/lib/pacmanbetween all clients, and
/var/cache/pacmanbetween all clients and the host. Some other directories in
/var/cachecould probably be safely shared, but my general stance is to opt-in to sharing certain directories in
/varfor convenience (or storage space), rather than to determine which directories can't safely be shared. I have no problem with providing suggestions for both points of view ("share all of /var except for certain dirs" vs "/var is node-specific except for certain dirs"); it's helpful for readers to have a chance to consider both views and decide what fits their usecase best. Giddie (talk) 09:57, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
- Yeah, in my setup I share
how to organize
Heh, we go back to 3+ articles again? :P We're actually agreeing here I think, but I would say "sub-articles" rather than dedicated articles--Buhman (talk) 10:22, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
- Well, sub-articles does imply that the tasks are basically the same, which I don't think they are. I think they are very different tasks with different purposes, but which happen to share some configuration. No harm in a page that explains which article deals with what, I suppose. I don't feel too strongly about this, really. This is just what makes sense to me. Giddie (talk) 10:58, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
- What would be really cool is if the reading went something like: the user reads about each of the ways that this could be done, then selects what he wants to see (whatever combinations), and then gets a tailored-to-order article with just the stuff he's interested in. --Buhman (talk) 10:16, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
- I don't think that will be possible on this MediaWiki setup without the kind of duplication we're keen to avoid. Probably best to split out the common stuff into separate articles, and link from an article for each usecase. Giddie (talk) 10:19, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
- Here is another idea: Instead of one index page for just Network Installation Guide and PXE, we can add a index page about all of the different installation methods in Category:Getting and installing Arch. There are 49 articles in the category, so a good index page can make them stay organized. -- Fengchao (talk) 13:14, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
- I don't think that will be possible on this MediaWiki setup without the kind of duplication we're keen to avoid. Probably best to split out the common stuff into separate articles, and link from an article for each usecase. Giddie (talk) 10:19, 13 December 2012 (UTC)


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1924 Ford T BUCKET ROADSTER STREET ROD
1924 Ford Model T
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|This is the chance to own a well built Hot Rod with great prestige of Street Rodder Magazine Cover. This is a steel bodied roadster with registration and title of 1924. The entire car is nut and bolt new! Specs:Body:STEEL Custom 1924 body. Frame:Custom Frame with willwood brakes all around. Dropped Front axleCustom Winters quick change with Jaguar type setup From Zipper Motors (Chromed)Engine:Rapp Racing built SBC Blower shop 6-71700r transStarts right up. Custom stretched T tank E and J headlightsI built and own this car and know every inch of it. It drives great and cruises on the freeway with no problems. It gets ATTENTION where ever it goes. For more on the story here is the Street Rodder Article This is the magazine article:If this month's cover made you think you were looking at a STREET RODDER from our early days. that's understandable. Daniel Sieber's '24 Ford T-bucket was inspired by the street rods and show rods of the '60s and early '70s. and by the styles of builders like Ed Roth and Don Tognotti. Daniel has always been into cars. He used to drive a restored '57 Cadillac. His friends drove hot rods. "They were always faster than me. I loved my Cadillac. but I was tired of low and slow. I wanted loud and fast. " He was ready to catch up with his hot rod friends. In fact. he was ready to outdo them. Time to sell the Cadillac and build a hot rod of his own. After posting the Cadillac on Craigslist. Daniel got a response from someone willing to trade a '24 Model T. The roadster was in pieces. but all the pieces were there. He knew his wife. Lindsay. wouldn't want another project around. but Daniel (with help from his in-laws) assured her that the T would take only "minor work" to finish. "As soon as she said OK. my Caddy was on a trailer and the deal was done. "When the roadster showed up it already had a rolling frame with custom 'rails kicked up 8 inches in the rear. Daniel got busy with bodywork. When the sheetmetal was straight and smooth. the bucket was channeled over those kicked-up framerails to lower the T almost to the pavement. He wanted loud and got his wish when Robert Walls at Danny's Auto Body in Ontario. California. sprayed the body House of Kolor Lime Time Green. A T-bucket doesn't offer a lot of body to spray. so there was plenty of paint left over for the engine block and cylinder heads as well as the framerails. The firewall and the gas tank—a stretched Model T tank with a 13-gallon capacity—were painted with contrasting bright white. Wolfe's Pinstriping in San Bernardino County added some clean. low-key 'striping to the front spring perch. the E&J headlight housings. and the cut-down steel '32 Ford grille shell. The frame is suspended in the front by a suicide frontend hanging way out past the 'rails. Buggy springs. friction shocks. and a dropped and drilled I-beam axle are all part of the late-'60s look that Daniel wanted for the car. especially once they were covered with car show–shiny chrome. Wilwood discs. a four-link. and a Vega steering box nudge the roadster into the street rod revival period of the '70s and are right in place on the T. The custom Zipper rearend with a Winters quick-change and Jaguar-style inboard disc brakes extend the '70s influence to the back of the car. And did we mention the chrome? The exaggerated big 'n' little style of the rolling stock was essential to the look of the roadster. Daniel's interpretation features a pair of Firestone pie-crust cheater slicks (the maximum width/minimum tread meats known to '60s rodders as "street tires") and front 165R15 Coker Classics. mounted on 15-inch Astro Supreme five-spokes. They're chromed too. The blown motor was a throwback to Daniel's youthful urge to outdo his friends. It's built with the looks of a show motor and the muscle of a race motor. The supercharger is from The Blower Shop in Simi Valley. California. and drives air from dual 750-cfm Procomp carburetors to a Chevy small-block. The 0. 030-over 350 was machined at Rapp Racing Engines in Huntington Beach and was assembled by Mike Rapp. Smiley's Custom Headers in Rancho Cucamonga builds race car exhaust systems and George Flores and Smiley provided these pipes for the T. The swedged bell tips were flattened by Daniel. Are they loud? Yes. they are. The engine has never been dyno'd. but makes enough horsepower to move a T-bucket along just fine. The 700-R4 transmission. built at Novotny Automatic Transmission. provides overdrive for improved streetability. Daniel took the roadster to So-Cal Interiors where a custom wrap-around seat was constructed and the bench and side panels were upholstered with white vinyl. In the '60s. vertically pleated upholstery was being replaced by other styles. such as the diamond pleating that's revived in Daniel's T. Green and black tuxedo loop carpet covers the floor. The steering wheel is a Grant Classic Cruisin four-spoke on a LimeWorks Speed Shop column. Daniel found the instrument panel online. It's from a '29 Essex and the Stewart-Warner speedometer in the center hexagon was original equipment. Daniel added the Mooneyes fuel. oil. temperature. and volts gauges. The "minor work" required to finish the car took eight months. Daniel was helped by his friend Josh Smilor. brother-in-law Zach Goins. and father-in-law Richard Goins. His deadline for finishing the T was Father's Day 2012 so he could drive it to the L. A. Roadsters Show that weekend. "It came down to the last week. he told us. "but I got to drive right into the show and celebrate my first year of being a father. " Since then. he has driven it to other local shows and swap meets (waking his neighbors in the pre-dawn hours with the sound of open headers). With his daughter. Kaylee (who loves to sit in the roadster and pretend she's driving it). and a new hot rod in the family. we're confident that this hobby's future is secure for at least one more generation.

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Forget ill-fitting, odd-smelling rental costumes from the Halloween store. This year, we have a few ideas that are spooky, stylish, and guaranteed conversation starters.
First up: Take everyone's favorite serial killer, and add everyone's favorite party favor. (The potent serum in Dexter's patented syringes is clear—but we thought blood-red felt more appropriate for the occasion.) Instead of a rather expected plastic knife as a prop, pack this utilitarian Igloo cooler—it'll match your look while keeping your shots cold. Just make sure you bring enough for everyone. Find recipes here, and everything else you'll need below.
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By Greg Gullberg
March 03, 2013
Valdosta, GA - There's a raw sewage spill in a Valdosta neighborhood and impacted residents say that just stinks.
After days of torrential rain, the same rain that caused the rivers to flood, the sewage pump has been overwhelmed in the Meadow Brook Subdivison just off Gornto Road.
"You know how bad it smells in a bathroom when someone goes in and uses a public restroom. Multiple that ten times," said Chad Harrison, a local resident.
The whole area behind their houses is just covered in raw sewage. Your boots sink down into it with every step. We're talking everything from human waste, to toilet paper, to hygiene products and a whole other list of things that are just too graphic to mention.
"Probably about 12 to 14 inches of raw sewage," said Harrison. "It's just everywhere. It's all up and down the creek. It's all behind everybody's houses."
And they say the sewage problem is nothing new. Several residents tell us this happens every time there's significant rainfall in the area. And the sewage has backed up more than 15 times in the past four years.
But this time is worse, a lot worse, because the Waste Water Treatment Plant was shut down for several days and only just came back online Sunday afternoon. Now they're looking to city leaders for answers.
"When's the next time my kid's going to be able to go sit out in the yard and play? I've got four kids and I would like to know what to do, what my next move is, when's the city going to come around and tell me what I need to do to treat my yard?"
Neighbors tell us they've been petitioning the city for a solution for some time now. They say city leaders have included them in meetings, but so far there have been no changes.
By Greg Gullberg
Feb. 28, 2013
Valdosta, GA - Residents are fighting back the flood water from breaching their homes in a Valdosta subdivision called Meadow Brook.
Entire yards are under water. We found Jason Parker wading through waist deep water in his own backyard.
"Obviously I'd rather not have water in my house. This is sewage water I'm standing in right now. So we're having flooding and sewage spills all at the same time. It's just a mess," Parker said.
Parker is upset because this same thing happened in 2009 and he asks why city leaders haven't done anything about it.
"We would like to see our property remain dry and not flood every four years. I know it's a big problem and not an easy fix but it needs to be addressed."
All the water is flowing in from the swelled up Withlacoochee River right into these people's yards. It's more than six feet down at its deepest point of the residential area. Now the challenge becomes keeping it out of people's homes.
Jason Parker's wife Sarah showed us around their house. They're watching the water creep up the wall and hoping it doesn't come in.
Sandbags are their last and only line of defense. That's why they're clearing everthing out of the house.
"We pray that it goes back down and that the city will fix this problem so we don't have to go through this again," Sarah Parker said.
The Redcross is staged out in the neighborhood offering food, water and cleanup kits. But it's going to take a lot more than that to clean up this mess.
Valdosta Mayor John Gayle, came out personally to show his support. He tells us he's pushing a plan for more reservoirs in Tifton to relieve excess water before it finds its way south.


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Back in March, John Kelly cottoned on to the fact that retirement gave me lots of empty time to fill, so asked me if I would read and review a book for him. Naturally, after a nanosecond or two of careful consideration, I agreed. The book arrived, I read it, wrote a review and contacted John to arrange sending it to him. He replied that I should just post the review on here. It is quite a long review, for which I apologise, but here goes:
Canoe Camping, by Tim Gent
Published by Pesda Press - www.pesdapress.com
It doesnt take a great intellect to deduce from its title that this book is about two leisure-time activities: canoeing and camping. However, it could be argued that the world of canoe-camping is divided into two camps no pun intended: those who camp in order to enhance their canoeing experience, and those who canoe in order to enhance their camping experience.
I may be wrong, but my inference from reading this book is that the author, Tim Gent, fits more naturally into the latter than into the former of my two spurious sub-divisions. One of the great premises of the book is that there is no excuse whatsoever for suffering unnecessary discomfort while camping - if youve reached your campsite by canoe! He points out that the original purpose of the canoe was to transport people and large quantities of stuff from where they were to where they wanted to be! If it was good enough for the aboriginal populations of North America, then it should be good enough for us!
Tim is certainly a great enthusiast for outdoor life both at work and at play and the expertise that his wide experience has brought him has led to him writing articles for publications about fishing, hillwalking, canoeing and camping. He is a regular contributor to Canoe and Kayak UK and Bushcraft and Survival Skills. I think it is fairly safe to say that he knows his stuff! Another of his skills is his ability to write about what he knows in a clear and concise way, which makes this book easy to read.
Tim also writes of his personal philosophy and approach to life, which make canoeing and camping and canoe-camping a means of attaining great inner peace and fulfilment. Perhaps the last chapter Final thoughts should be right at the start of the book and entitled First Thoughts, as it is in this section that he lays bare his soul and the purifying effect that the outdoor life has on it. Encouragement, indeed, to everyone to get out there and enjoy the beauty of the natural world!
So, what is the book about? What the book isnt is a sort of canoe-camping by numbers instruction manual. You will not find amongst its pages a detailed list of, for example, which particular make and model of folding saw to take along with you; there is no recommendation as to which make and model of tent you should buy; nor which length, shape, make or model of canoe; nor which camp-stove; nor which river, lake, loch or fjord you should paddle; nor which
Actually, I think you have probably got the idea by now!
Instead, Tim generalises, carefully and clearly explaining the principles that underpin the decisions that the reader/would-be canoe-camper should make when considering what to buy, where to go, what to do and how to do it. He explains the pros and cons of various makes, models, materials and methods. He cites his own experiences both good and bad to illuminate the evolution of his equipment over the years. Yes, he mentions brand-names from time to time, but also invariably mentions alternatives, such that the reader is fully aware that they are not being advertised at! There is no blatant product placement in the book. There is very useful List of Things to Take in the appendix, although it is prefaced with a note that the list comprises merely those items that he usually takes with him and which he finds useful. (Essential items, such as a canoe, are marked with an asterisk!)
Another thing that this book isnt is a bushcraft bible! Although Tim talks about various methods of making fire, he takes a very practical and pragmatic view to living comfortably under canvas , and consequently advocates the use of matches! This may be heresy to the more ardent bushcrafters amongst us, but it encourages those who may lack confidence because of a lack of such esoteric skills as using a bow-drill to get out there with a box of Swan Vestas and have a go!
In this book Tim takes the reader through all the stages of a successful canoe-camping experience, from the first glimmer of the idea of such an undertaking perhaps with a group of mates sitting with a pint in hand in a pub to being back at home, happy and contented, and ready to write a blog to inspire others to follow in his footsteps. The sections lead us through what to take, the canoe of choice, packing and loading the canoe, the paddle journey, where to go, selection of campsites, open fires, cooking, foraging, a campers code of behaviour, other possible activities on site: the book is very comprehensive.
Tim, with the zeal of the enthusiast, would like everyone to share with him the joy of a successful and safe canoe-camping experience, but with an emphasis on the successful and safe. To that end, there is a very good section towards the end of the book, which discusses how to avoid unexpected and unwanted unfortunate incidents, and how to deal with them and their ramifications should they occur. Although there is some particularly useful detailed advice on such issues as hypothermia, he argues that we should all be aware of our limitations and of the potential hazards and make informed choices through ongoing, dynamic, internal risk-assessments.
Each section of the book stands alone; there is no need to read the whole book from cover to cover, and Tim often advises the reader to skip sections if they are already confident about the content. Having said that, he does back up what he writes with personal experience, and we can all learn something, I would hope, from other people.
I did read the book from cover to cover, in two sittings, and I enjoyed it. As a self-confessed grammar-faschist, I found the book to be very well written, with only a couple of typographical errors and one superfluous already. Tims writing style is concise and flows as easily as the rivers on which he paddles. There are also many ripples of laughter provided by his humour. Particularly appealing are the many glorious photographs which illustrate the book, most of which make you wish you were out there in your canoe with your camping kit on board.
Over the last 15 years, I suppose I have accumulated around 30 weeks of canoe-camping: I am neither an old-hand at it, nor am I a novice. However, I found myself thinking, Oh, yes! Of course! on several occasions, as I read one of Tims suggestions or recommendations. Someone just setting out on a canoe-camping career would no doubt have many more similar thoughts while reading the book. If such a person were to ask me, Is this book worth buying and reading?, then my answer would be, Oh, yes! Of course!


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Four Lads to croon their golden oldies at Bessie's Hope benefit, Copacabana Night
Since the 1950s, The Four Lads have been known throughout the world for such Gold Record hits as "Standin' on the Corner" and "Moments to Remember." On April 25 they will be in Denver to headline Copacabana Night, a fundraising gala to benefit Bessie's Hope.
The event chaired by Louise Richardson also will feature tunes by local favorite Leonard Barrett Jr. and piano prodigy Amy Zhou. Frances Owens, former first lady of Colorado, is the honorary chair.
The colorful and lively Copacabana mood will be set as guests enter the party area at the Grand Hyatt Denver and are greeted by cigar girls and music. "Make sure you emphasize that the cigars are chocolate, not tobacco," exclaims Bessie's Hope co-founder Linda Holloway.
The silent auction social runs from 5:30 p.m. to 7, at which time guests will take their seats in the hotel's Grand Ballroom for dinner and the show. The Four Lads are scheduled to go on at 8.
Tickets, $150 general admission and $200 for patrons, can be purchased online or by calling 303-830-9037.
Founded 18 years ago, Bessie's Hope works to enhance the lives of nursing home/assisted living elders and transform the lives of at-risk youth. The Bessie's Hope staff engages young people from schools, scouts, church groups and various other youth organizations to participate in a special "service-learning" program that matches them with elders in nursing homes or assisted living facilities.
"Sixty percent of nursing home elders receive no personal visitors," Holloway says. "The work of Bessie's Hope gives a few thousand elders the opportunity to feel valued and needed again, as they share their wisdom and life stories with younger generations. The effects of this work are far-reaching and immeasurable."
In addition, Holloway says, "The experience enables many of the troubled teens to leave the rut of violence and hopelessness and turn toward a brighter future as responsible, compassionate adults. Through Bessie's Hope, generations come together to cultivate mutually rewarding relationships."
The Denver Post and Sue and Rich Jones are the presenting sponsors for Copacabana Night. Other benefactors are Triple B Trust, Bank of the West, the Richmond American Homes Foundation, radio stations KEZW and KOA, and the Phyllis M. Coors Foundation.
Joanne Davidson: 303-809-1314, firstname.lastname@example.com and @GetItWrite on Twitter


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Why the Avalanche will win the Stanley Cupby Corey Masisak
Patrick Roy's incredible resume as a Hall of Fame hockey player includes twice leading an NHL team on an unexpected run to capture the Stanley Cup and twice helping the Colorado Avalanche to win the NHL's coveted championship trophy.
Roy is in his first season as a coach at the NHL level, but he's accumulated lots of playoff experience in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. With the help of a talented collection of forwards and one of the best young goaltenders in the League, Roy is in position to lead the Avalanche to a third Cup victory in franchise history.
Like the Montreal Canadiens teams in 1986 and 1993, which featured Roy in net, the Avalanche will need their goaltender to lead the way. Semyon Varlamov was a potential star while playing for the Washington Capitals, but he had a breakout season in 2013-14 under the tutelage of Roy and goaltending coach Francois Allaire.
Varlamov has been great in the Stanley Cup Playoffs before. He helped the Capitals to within one win of defeating the eventual champion Pittsburgh Penguins in 2009, and he was often spectacular against the New York Rangers and Pittsburgh before a bad night in Game 7 of the second round. He's also had two strong performances in the world championships, posting a .951 save percentage in five games to help Russia win silver in 2010 and .939 in eight games to claim gold in 2012.
This season he is a potential Vezina Trophy finalist, and the biggest reason why the Avalanche have defied the predictions of impending doom from the analytics-friendly hockey community. He has covered up some deficiencies for six months and can do so for another two. It would be fitting if the goaltender takes the starring role to help Roy win another championship in Colorado, and Varlamov has the ability to do so.
Another reason for optimism in Denver is a collection of high-end forwards, both talented and deep. The Avalanche don't need to win low-scoring games to be successful. Matt Duchene was a Hart Trophy candidate earlier in the season, and he will be back from a knee injury at some point to help this team if it makes a deep run.
Nathan MacKinnon is more than likely going to win the Calder Trophy, and he could have a big impact on the Stanley Cup Playoffs, not unlike Roy's star turn as a rookie in 1986. Gabriel Landeskog is a young captain, but he's also an incredibly talented one and guys like Sidney Crosby and Jonathan Toews have proven a team with a young captain can capture the Cup.
Ryan O'Reilly is one of the top two-way forwards in the League, and he's become an offensive force in 2013-14. Paul Stastny has produced his best per-game output since scoring 79 points in 2009-10.
The defense corps has been led by a resurgent Erik Johnson and young Tyson Barrie, who could be another potential breakout star in the postseason.
Colorado has defied expectations all season with Roy in command and Varlamov in net. They will continue to do so, and bring the Stanley Cup back to Denver after a 13-year absence.


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We're looking for a sassy, yet simple, stylish, and happy! logo for our new website which will feature organic cotton bags and hard-to-find, unique accessories.
We like the creative and imaginative styles found in Urban Outfitters / Anthropologie, but want to have something that will make us stand out. Our target demographic is 30 to 45, upscale, creative, fashionable, environmentally-conscious, and youthful.
This could lead to a website design project that includes a Home Page, Multi-Product Page and Product Details Page.
Would like to see design in black & white, as well as color.
Bag Happiness
My business partner and I are starting abag-centric business, starting out with organic cotton bags and totes.
The logo should reflect a fun, free-spirited, upsale, and fashionablepersonality. The website will have similar products to http://www.dogeared.com/category/canvas-bags and reusablebags.com, but will have more of a boutique feel.
Logo will be used on website and tags for products (must be able to shrink design to 1" width).
- cool colors: light blue, greens, or even goldenrod,but easily visible
- may not need to have entire name spelled out
- one potential idea could have the H in happiness resemble a purse/handbag
- organic but fashionable, upscale boutique feel
- possible to translate to small tags or labels for products
- can be retro-modern (like anthropologie)
- could have swirls, vines, bubbles
- no rainbows, owls
- nothing too dark
- no peace signs or anything hippie
- no purple
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Fighting for Boxer: VP Joe Biden plans a few stops in California this summer. [SF Gate]
Aid Package Headed for Defeat: California was counting on $1.8B in aid, but it doesn't look promising. [Capitol Alert]
Jobless Checks Ending: "Hundreds of thousands" of Californians won't be getting unemployment checks after Congress did not approve benefit extensions. [OC Register]
Big Prize in 15th Senate District: Almost $2 million have been invested in the race, pitting GOP Assemblyman Sam Blakeslee against former Democratic Assemblyman John Laird. [Sacramento Bee]
Save the School: Financial problems hit the elite Stuart Hall High in San Francisco. [Wall Street Journal]
Measure in Limbo: A look at where we stand on a measure to change term limits as the November ballot deadline nears. [Capitol Weekly]


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SanDisk 2nd Generation pSSD's Thin, Lightweight Form Factor and Increased Performance Enable LG to Deliver Enhanced User Experience
CES 2010, South Hall 4, 35387MP., LAS VEGAS- January 7, 2010 -
SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK), the global leader in flash memory cards, today announced that the 64-gigabyte (GB)1 SanDisk® pSSDTM Gen2 was selected by LG Electronics (LG), a global leader and technology innovator in mobile communication, as the Solid State Drive (SSD) of choice for its new ultra-thin mobile PC. Unlike conventional Hard Disk Drives (HDDs), SSDs have no moving parts, improving durability which helps prevent data loss resulting from drive failure. In addition, SSD-equipped computers run cooler and more quietly, consume less power and deliver faster performance than those using HDDs.
The new LG ultra-thin mobile PC combines enhanced performance with fast and accessible 3G mobile broadband connectivity. LG's device is built with compact dimensions (weighing 970 grams and measuring 298X186X17.6mm thin with an 11.6 inch LCD screen), 3.5hrs of battery life, a webcam and multiple connectivity options (USB, BT WLAN), making portable computing easy and accessible. With a Menlow platform to minimize power consumption, the device runs Microsoft's Windows® 7 operating system.
"SanDisk pSSD's small form factor and low power consumption help us deliver a stylish, streamlined ultra-thin mobile PC, while boosting performance and reducing power consumption," said Harrison Park, general manager, PC PBL team, LG Electronics. "Our customers can enjoy the benefits of a carefree computing experience that they can take with them anywhere, anytime, all day long."
"LG's solid state-based ultra-thin mobile PC leverages fast and accessible 3G mobile broadband connectivity, heralding a market shift towards providing users with always-on and always-connected capabilities," said Rizwan Ahmed, director product marketing, solid state drives, SanDisk. "SanDisk pSSD drive's unique features help OEMs like LG bring to market smaller and lighter computing devices that benefit from the advantages of SSD technology."
The SanDisk pSSD drive has an industry-standard 1.8" form factor with a micro SATA interface, delivering a variety of features that complement the LG ultra-thin mobile PC.
The SanDisk pSSD modular solid state drive helps LG deliver greater performance to its users. SanDisk pSSD offers 9,000 vRPM4 of performance and the added benefit of employing nCache™ acceleration technology, a large non-volatile write cache technology that boosts burst random write performance. The nCache™ acceleration technology improves user responsiveness and helps prevent incidences of the drive "stalling."
SanDisk pSSD Gen2 drive comes in a variety of PATA and SATA interfaces and is available to OEMs in capacities ranging from 8GB to 64GB. More information about SanDisk's pSSD drives is available at: www.sandisk.com/pssd
About SanDisk
SanDisk Corporation is the global leader in flash memory cards, from research, manufacturing and product design to consumer branding and retail distribution. SanDisk's product portfolio includes flash memory cards for mobile phones, digital cameras and camcorders; digital audio/video players; USB flash drives for consumers and the enterprise; embedded memory for mobile devices; and solid state drives for computers. SanDisk is a Silicon Valley-based S&P 500 company, with more than half its sales outside the United States.
1 The logical capacity of the drive conforms with the IDEMA HDD Specification. See www.idema.org for details. 1GB = 1, 000,000,000 bytes. Some capacity not available for data storage.
2 While running MobileMark and average (typical) power.
3 Assumes HIPM (Host Initated Power Management) is enabled.
4 vRPM (virtual Revolutions Per Minute) - a metric to compare SSD performance in client PCs with theHDD and with other SSDs. vRPM answers the question how fast would a HDD have to spin in order to deliver the same performance as a SSD in a client PC. vRPM = 50 / ((0.5 / 4kB random read IOPS) + 0.5 / 4kB random write IOPS)).
5 nCache™ acceleration technology is a large Non Volatile Write Cache, a unique feature in SanDisk pSSD-P2 and SanDisk pSSD-S2 that improves random write performance and ensures an improved user experience. Studies show that modern operating systems mostly access the storage device using 4k access blocks. The cache is filled during these small write commands and emptied during idle time when the host is not accessing the drive, with no risk of data loss. For a typical everyday use, the write performance that the users see is the nCache technology (burst) high performance, and not steady state (sustained) SanDisk pSSD performance. Based on IOmeter 4K random write test.
SanDisk's product and executive images can be downloaded from:
SanDisk's web site/home page address: www.sandisk.com
© 2010 SanDisk Corporation. All rights reserved. SanDisk and the SanDisk logo are trademarks of SanDisk Corporation, registered in the United States and other countries. SanDisk pSSD is a trademark of SanDisk Corporation. Other brand names mentioned herein are for identification purposes only and may be the trademarks of their respective holder (s).
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Global Frozen Food Market is Expected to Reach USD 293.75 Billion by 2019: Transparency Market Research
10 Sep, 2013, 11:21 BST
ALBANY, New York, September 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
Transparency Market Research has launched a new market report titled "Frozen Food Market (Vegetables & Fruits, Potatoes, Ready-to-eat Meals, Meat, Fish/Seafood and Soups) - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2013 - 2019," according to the which the demand for frozen food was valued at USD 224.74 billion in 2012 is expected to reach USD 293.75 billion by 2019, growing at a CAGR of 3.9% from 2013 to 2019.
Browse the full report with TOC at http://www.transparencymarketresearch.com/global-frozen-foods-market.html
The global market for frozen food witnessed growth due to the growing demand for faster-to-prepare foods and new product launches in the market. In addition, strong demand from emerging economies is another factor contributing to the market growth. The government intervention and regulations are major restraints for the market growth. However, frozen food made with natural and organic ingredients provides huge market opportunity for the manufactures.
The global market for frozen food by products was dominated by frozen ready meals due to its wide range of products which includes frozen pizza, desserts, snacks, entrees and others and accounted for more than 30% of the total market revenue in 2012 and expected to grow at a CAGR of 3.9% from 2013 to 2019. The frozen fruits and vegetables segment is experiencing a surge in demand due to advancements in freezing technologies which allows the manufacturers to preserve the nutritional value of the vegetables and fruits for a longer time period. The market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 4.3% from 2013 to 2019. The frozen potatoes market is expected to witness the highest growth rate in the future and is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 4.3% from 2013 to 2019.
In 2012, Europe and North America had the largest share of 39.5% and 26.3% respectively in the global frozen food market. This dominance is driven by increased preference towards convenience foods, food safety concerns, and the busy lifestyle. Row is estimated to be the fastest growing region over the next six years, due to emergence of Brazil and Argentina as the new markets for frozen food. The RoW market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 4.3% from 2013 to 2019. The Asia Pacific market is estimated to be another attractive market for frozen food because of the healthy growth rate and increasing consumer preference towards frozen food.
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At the country level, the U.S. was the largest market in 2012 and accounted for more than 80% share in the frozen food market followed by Japan and Germany. Brazil is the most attractive market for frozen food due to availability of raw materials in abundance quantity which makes frozen food products more accessible and affordable for consumer. The Brazil market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 4.7% from 2013 to 2019. Countries such as China, India, and Mexico offers huge market opportunities for frozen food.
There are several brands available in the market for frozen food; however, very few have a significant market share. The market for frozen food is highly fragmented as the top six companies have less than 20% of the market share in 2012, along with the presence of a number of small and medium sized participants. Key market participants include Nestle, ConAgra, H.J. Heinz, McCain and others.
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This is a silly picture that they took as we were going into the zoo one morning. A girl with a big camera tried to make us all stand in front of a green screen but I smiled and stepped aside. As you can see we are all perfectly coordinated in a combination of stripes, florals, polka-dots, and one adorable humpty-dumpty print on Connor. That coordination makes it easier for me to pick my kids out in a crowd. Side note: this picture now stands in a cardboard frame (that it came in) on our piano. Cadie (the youngest) loves to take it down and tell the story of how she sneaked into the giraffe pen when I wasn't looking. Never mind that her siblings are all present or that there is a cheetah there too, the story is always about her sneaking into the giraffe pen and about how easy it is to get away from mom.
You are probably expecting something about sewing here so I will tell you that I stayed up late last night sewing this little number for Chloe's first day. It's a totally new free pattern that Anna Maria Horner designed for Janome and I love it. I started it because it looked really fast and easy, and then I was delighted to see that the pleating detail is more complicated than I first noticed. I absolutely adore the little part that sticks up below the bodice and I'm tempted to try another one and make it stick up a lot more, kind of like a paper-bag effect. Here's a link to the free tutorial.
Last night I took this awful phone pic of the dress on my kitchen floor so I could show off to my invisible fb friends.
Soon after that Chloe stumbled out of her room to get a drink of water (this was at about midnight - yes I am crazy like that) and she was allowed to oooh and aahh just a bit over her new dress before we sent her back to her bed. She feels very lucky that there were no openings for her at the school her brothers now go to. They have to wear uniforms.
Anyway, a few more pictures of our morning madness and then I'm off to try out my new rotary blade...
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This is a study of four characters in the book of Ruth: Elimelech, Naomi, Ruth, and Boaz. From Elimelech you will learn about lessons from a backslider. In Naomi you will see how a backslider is fully restored. Ruth will show us how God provides in our times of need, and from Boaz we will see how Jesus is our Kinsman Redeemer. Come and learn from each of these four characters as they speak to you about your walk with the Lord as well as showing you more about Jesus and what He has done for us.
Sermon Titles:
Elimelech: Lessons of a Backslider
Naomi: A Backslider Fully Restored
Ruth: A Stranger No More
Boaz: The Kinsman Redeemer
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Yesterday started off a little chilly in the morning so after a trip to the Farmer's Market I decided I'd stamp until the wind died down a bit.
The Stamping 411 blog had a great sketch #252 posted.
Sort of a CAS card/layout.
This is what I ended up with....
A Stampin' Up! only card
Stamps: Full of Life; Cardstock: Daffodil Delight, White, Summer Smooches DSP; Inks: SU! markers; Accessories: Buttons, Island Indigo Bakers Twine, Mat pack and Paper piercer, Daffodil Seam Binding, Edgelits, Dimensionals
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Vice President of Service Catherine Larsen: "It is humbling to see the distributors of Colombia work so hard to bring 4Life Founder Bianca Lisonbee's vision of service to life."
This is part of an ongoing project to build homes for families in Usme, Colombia. The first four homes were built during a two-day period in March. The inspiration and excitement from the original four homes led to more donations, allowing the Colombia team to build an additional two homes. Currently, there are plans to build two more, for a total of ten homes.
4Life Colombia General Manager Nao Lau: "It is a great honor and privilege to help families in need. Distributors and employees came together to work as a team to help two more families accomplish their dreams. We will continue to build a legacy of service by empowering our distributors and staff members. At 4Life, service is truly at the heart of everything we do. We look forward to positively impacting more lives."
Distributor leaders in attendance included Gold International Diamond Norma Rocha and International Diamonds Abigail López and Julieth Galeano. 4Life employees in attendance also included Human Resources and Public Relations Chief Mónica Gómez and Marketing Coordinator Nathaly González.
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About 23 hours after saying good-bye to 26 players, Raiders coach Hue Jackson got around to talking about the moves, which included bringing back eight of those 26 on the practice squad.
Nothing earth-shattering from Jackson on the roster moves. He did have some interesting things to say about his current players.
For one, Jackson said he is set with Jared Veldheer, Stefen Wisniewski, Samson Satele, Cooper Carlisle and Khalif Barnes as his starting offensive line.
"From the start of training camp, I saw a unit of men start to battle, start to take coaching and continue to get better," Jackson said.
He said things might have been different were it not for early injuries to Bruce Campbell and Stephon Heyer. In the end, those guys just had too much making up to do.
"Those other five guys, they just kept battling, kept getting better, kept taking care of the quarterback," Jackson said. "And that's the name of the game. You have to keep your quarterback clean."
Wisniewski was anointed the starting center when the Raiders selected him in the second round of the NFL draft in late April. The re-signing of Satele in late July compelled the Raiders to find another spot for Wisniewski.
"That's been my goal since I've been here, to be a starter," Wisniewski said. "Now it's official. That's good. But it certainly doesn't mean I'm going to relax. It just means I've got to get focused and start working at left guard after initially playing a lot of center. So I've got a lot of work to do, getting better at left guard. I'll be working my butt off here every day. It's going to take time, but I'm willing to put it in and have good coaches to help me get there."
Jackson also said that "absolutely" he expects veteran wide receiver Chaz Schilens to play against the Denver Broncos in the regular-season opener Sept. 12.
Defensive tackle Richard Seymour and cornerback Chris Johnson joined Schilens at practice with the rest of their teammates.
The only regulars still sidelined with injuries are receiver Louis Murphy, safety Mike Mitchell and tight end Kevin Boss.
"I'm excited because (almost) all of our players were there today," Jackson said. "I've seen guys who haven't been out running around for weeks out there playing and preparing and getting themselves ready. So, I feel very comfortable about where we are healthwise."
*Saturday was a tense day for many of the Raiders who weren't assured of roster spots. One of the surprise players who made the team is cornerback Joe Porter.
He stayed up until 5 a.m. after the return flight from Seattle, uncertain of his future. He said he didn't find out he had made the team until he showed up to the facility Sunday morning before practice.
"I just walked in this morning and nobody said anything," Porter said. "Yeah. I walked in and looked around the corner, there was a slip on my locker, but it was only for a drug test."
So it was that Porter beat out 2010 draftees Walter McFadden and Jeremy Ware, as well as promising undrafted rookie Sterling Moore.
Family and friends started calling Porter after the cuts were announced Saturday night, but he still wasn't sure what to make of things.
"They were calling me all night and all day," Porter said. " 'You made it!' No, I'm still not sure. Things can always change. But they'e blowing me up: 'Joe, you made it! I can't believe it! I'm so proud of you.' My mom's crying on the phone. But yeah, I walked in, sat in the meeting, nothing's going on, went to practice, ok, looking over my shoulder, ok."
*No sooner had linebacker Ricky Brown been cut by the New England Patriots did the Raiders move in.
"I got cut on Friday, and I was in Logan Airport (in Boston), and all of a sudden my agent called and said, 'The Raiders have already called.' And I'm, like, 'Cool, let's get it going.' "
Brown spent his first five NFL seasons with the Raiders. He signed with the Patriots this offseason after he failed to receive a contract offer from the Raiders.
Brown surfaced on their radar again once Travis Goethel suffered a season-ending knee injury and Sam Williams was waived. Brown said the Raiders were the only team he wanted to hear from.
"I was telling my agent this was the place I wanted to be afterwards," Brown said. "We were thinking maybe I'd have to clear through waivers, and I didn't want to have to go through that, either."
Jackson said it was nice seeing a familiar face.
"We hugged this morning," Jackson said. " 'Hey Ricky, how you doing?' 'Hey, coach, it's good to see you.' 'Let's go to practice.' That's about what it was. I'm glad Ricky's back. Ricky's a veteran player, knows the lay of the land here,
knows our coaches, knows me, so it was very comfortable, and I'm glad he's back."
Brown said he isn't sure how he will be used, other than on special teams. He is scheduled to meet with linebackers coach Greg Biekert to find out what the Raiders expect of him moving forward.
*Strong safety Tyvon Branch received high praise for the pass he intercepted against the Seattle Seahawks on Friday night. Hearing praise for his pass coverage skills for a change is nice, he said.
"I get a lot of criticism on my coverage, so that's' the big thing I was focused on this offseason was attacking the ball," Branch said. "And it's paying off."
As for the criticism, Branch was asked if it's warranted.
"Oh, no, I don't think it's warranted," Branch said. "I work hard. I put myself in good positions and just go out there and try and make play. I'm a good player, man, and everybody on my team will vouch for that. I give a lot of effort. I barely give up plays and I take a lot of criticism that I don't deserve, but I just go out there and play ball."
*Raiders rookie quarterback reportedly will appeal his five-game suspension. Jackson said that's of little concern to him right now as he prepares his team for the regular-season opener.
"If he appeals it and it works, great," Jackson said. "If it doesn't, it's no big deal. Right now, and again, I'm glad he's a part of our football team, but right now the focus is not that, the focus is our football team getting ready to play the
Denver Broncos."
Pryor passed through the locker room, but he grabbed a bag and walked back out before he could be approached for comment on word that he intends to appeal the suspension.
*Jackson said he is content entering the season with Jason Campbell and Kyle Boller as his quarterbacks. The Raiders waived Trent Edwards on Saturday.
So, what happens if Campbell and Boller get hurt in the same game?
"His name is Shane Lechler, and he's pretty good at it," Jackson said of his Pro Bowl punter. "I had him a year ago,
he was my No. 3 quarterback a year ago. So I trust him. He takes snaps, he's done it all. He's played quarterback, I know he can get it done in a pinch if we need him to."
For the record, Lechler played quarterback in high school, and he routinely throws passes during practice. He throws a better pass than most quarterbacks, truth be told.
*The Raiders kept four tight ends on their roster. That owes more to the quality of the players, Jackson said, and isn't an indication that Boss won't be able to play against the Broncos, if not longer.
"What we're doing is just making sure that if he's not, that we're capable of doing what we need to do," Jackson said. "All those guys are deserving. It's not like they didn't earn the right to be here. We're not giving anybody anything. I'm glad
they're here, and we'll go from there."
Boss suffered a knee injury against the 49ers on Aug. 20. He said his sprained medial collateral ligament is getting better and that there's a good chance he will be able to play against the Broncos.
*Some teams scour the waiver wire after roster cutdowns and target players from other teams when forming their practice squad. The Raiders felt most comfortable signing their own players.
"Sometimes that's what you have to do, bring back the guys that you can have on your football team," Jackson said, "and I'm glad we have those guys back. They were here, know our systems, know me and know exactly what we need to do. Some of it is, I'm not going to tell you all of it, it's not developmental. Some of these guys know how to practice, know exactly what to expect until you can get better."
*Backup safety Mike Mitchell spoke Sunday for the first time since he suffered a knee injury in practice almost a month ago.
He said he is making progress, running around and gearing up for the Broncos.
"I feel good, I feel great," Mitchell said. "Everything's coming along good. The only thing, I'm not going to give a team a tip whether I'm going to play or not. Make them guess."
Mitchell's injury was severe enough to cause him to need crutches to get around at one point during camp. He said he intends to make sure that he is all the way healed so that his injury doesn't linger or become aggravated and cause him to miss an extended period of time.
"Everyone has said, 'Be smart with it,' and that's what I'm doing," Mitchell said. "If we were playing the Super Bowl, I wouldn't have missed a preseason game, but we're not, it's the preseason. It's really no point to aggravating something or injuring something if there's no need to. We're talking about a 16-game season. I don't think I will, but if I was to miss a game or two, there's still 14 more for me to come in and make an impact in."
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By Noura Wazani
Jordan's new cabinet was sworn in Monday before King Abdullah II, an official source said.
The team consists of 29 members, including Premier- Designate Ali Abu Ragheb, one woman, Tamam Ghoul, and ten ministers who retained their portfolios from the outgoing cabinet.
Planning Minister Taleb Rifai changes portfolios, taking over the information ministry.
The cabinet includes nine people of Palestinian origin and two Islamists instead of the one originally forecast to be included.
Abu Ragheb, 53, was named Sunday to form a new government with the job of re-establishing a climate of confidence in the country to attract investment.
The new government, the second since the king ascended the Throne in February 1999, replaces that of Abdul Rau'f Rawabdeh, that has been blamed for slowness in applying the economic reforms sought by the monarch.
Following of full list of the new cabinet, according to the source:
Ali Abu Ragheb: Prime Minister, Minister of Defense
Awad Khleifat: Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Interior
Saleh Rsheidat: Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Cabinet Affairs.
Faris Nabulsi: Deputy Prime Minister- Minister of Justice
Mohammad Halaiqa: Deputy Prime Minister – State Minister for Economic Affairs (of Palestinian origin)
Abdul–Ilah Khateieb: Foreign Minister
Michel Marto: Minister of Finance (of Palestinian origin)
Talib Rifai': Minister of Information
Wassef Azar: Minister of Trade and Industry
Jawad Hadid: Minister of Planning (of Palestinian origin)
Aqel Biltaji: Minister of tourism and Antiquities (of Palestinian origin)
Mohammad Kalaldeh: Minister of Transportation.
Fawwaz Zubi: Minister of Telecommunications and Post
Wael Sabri: Minister of Energy (of Palestinian origin)
Mahmoud Kayed: Minister of Culture
Tareq Suheimat: Minister of Health
Hosni Abu Gheida: Minister of Public Works and Housing (of Palestinian origin)
Hatem Halawani: Minister of Water (of Palestinian origin)
Abdul–Rahim Okour: Minister of Municipal Affairs and Environment (Islamist)
Khalid Touqan: Minister of Education (of Palestinian origin)
Eid Fayez: Minister of Labor
Zuheir Zannouneh – Minister of Agriculture (of Palestinian origin)
Youssef Dalabih: State Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
Tamam Ghoul: Minister of Social Development (of Palestinian origin)
Said Shuqum: Minister of youth
Mohammad Thuneibat: Minister of Administrative Development (Islamist)
Abdul–Salam Abbadi: Minister of Religious Affairs and Awqaf
Deifallah Masaadeh: State Minister of Legal Affairs
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The Good Governance for Medicines (GGM) assessment was undertaken to measure the extent of vulnerability to corruption in Zambia's pharmaceutical sector, using a WHO standardized assessment tool. The assessment focused on the following six essential regulatory and supply functions: medicine registration, promotion, inspection, selection, procurement and distribution.
In 2004, the World Health Organization (WHO) introduced the GGM programme in an attempt to curb corruption in the pharmaceutical sector. The programme's goal is to reduce corruption in pharmaceutical sector systems through the application of transparent, accountable, administrative procedures and the promotion of ethical practices among health professionals. The programme focuses on improving pharmaceutical systems through the consistent application of two complementary strategies: discipline-and values-based strategies.
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Dying 9-year-old girl: "Paw paw, when am I going to stop hurting?"
Mia Rodgers bled on the bed. The sheets, blankets, and the little girl's frilly bedspread were covered in her blood. Her pink-painted, glue-on fingernails clawed at the blanket.
She had been shot minutes before by her paternal grandfather, Ronald Fred Gregory. In the wee hours of March 21, he lay there next to her. Mia found the breath in her punctured lung to ask the grandfather: "Paw paw, when am I going to stop hurting?"
The grandfather did nothing. He thought of himself.
Mia Rodgers, 75 pounds in the third grade, bled for more than an hour before she died.
No more custody battles between her father's family and her dead mother's family. No more courtrooms and judges and shuttling around on weekends.
This paternal grandfather, at 68, also killed his bedridden, invalid wife that morning. Barbara Gregory, shot first, was killed with the same 9 millimeter pistol that Ronald Gregory used on Mia.
Gregory, who claimed that a reason for using the gun was a concern that fumes from Mia's glue-on nails would cause his granddaughter brain damage, did not call an ambulance when the girl asked him when the hurt would stop. He just lay there in the bed.
Until Monday, when Gregory pleaded guilty but mentally ill to both killings and was sentenced to life in prison, Mia's maternal grandfather had never heard that Mia suffered for more than an hour.
"It is just unbelievable, it is sick, I don't know how to describe it," said Paul Rodgers, the grandfather, after court. "It is past wrong. It is ... inhumane."
In the courtroom, people gasped and sobbed when Mia's last words were read. Rodgers gasped too. His daughter-in-law, Karen Rodgers, shook with pain and rage. Karen Rodgers and her husband, Eric, are raising Mia's brother in Alabama.
Eric is the brother of Mia's mom, who died in November 2013 from leukemia.
"She asked when the pain would stop and that man who shot her, he didn't do a thing," Karen Rodgers said as she walked out of the courtroom. "The pain did not stop and he did nothing. Says just about all anyone needs to know about what he is, that awful man. She suffered. Mia suffered."
The only person in that courtroom who didn't recoil in horror about the last hour of Mia's life was the man who shot her. Gregory stood there and said nothing. He displayed no emotion.
On March 21, Gregory did not call 911 until more than 9 hours after the shooting. He called 911 after he had gone to the bank and withdrew money for the second time in three days. The withdrawals total $40,000.
After Gregory called 911, he shot himself twice in the chest with the same gun he used to kill his wife and granddaughter.
He shot them, Gregory told police, because he had planned to harm himself for weeks but then decided that if he wasn't around, he didn't want the wife or grandchild to suffer. But as Paul Rodgers, the maternal grandfather, has said, Mia was not suffering before March 21. Mia was healthy. She had people who loved her. She had support.
Paul Rodgers doesn't buy anything about Gregory worrying about Mia and glue from fake nails.
"Not for one second," Paul Rodgers said. "That's nonsense. He called me the morning before when he took her to the doctor and said she was fine. If he doesn't want her to be in pain, then why shoot her?"
Gregory also claimed to police that an ongoing custody battle was not the reason for the killings. Gregory and his son were given custody of Mia just months before the killings.
Paul Rodgers, however, scoffed at that.
"We raised Mia, not him and not them," Rodgers said of Mia's father and paternal grandparents.
Paul Rodgers has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Gregory and his son – Mia's father – alleging that the Gregorys lied to get custody of Mia.
Paul Rodgers also has come to grips with prosecutors not seeking the death penalty. The appeals would take years, and Gregory, at age 68 and supposedly mentally ill, would likely die in prison trying to overturn any death sentence.
He would have had the right to appeal a death sentence. His granddaughter was not given that chance.


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With passage of historic health care reform in Congress, it's easy to conclude that the final curtain on the saga of fixing the United States health care system has now fallen. But as long and contentious as the struggle to achieve federal reform has been, the theater we've witnessed so far is only act one, scene one. In this drama, center stage for health care reform now moves quickly to the legislative chambers of 50 states and the District of Columbia.
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Following the passage of federal reform, a number of states have taken proactive steps to prepare themselves to implement—or improve upon—the legislation. California is moving bills to establish the legislature's intent to implement federal health care reform. An Illinois bill to create a bipartisan Health Care Justice Implementation Task Force, with a goal of monitoring the fairness of the federal health care reforms has passed both the House and Senate. Across the country, states as diverse as Maine, Texas, Colorado, Oregon, Washington, Maryland, and Wisconsin have established commissions to examine their role in implementing federal reforms.
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In 2010, the spotlight turns to how the new law of the land will be implemented. Much of that huge responsibility falls on the shoulders of states, but their role as catalysts for change is anything but new.
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Monday, March 7, 2011
One Lovely Blog Award
As always with awards, there are some responsibilities involved. These are the rules for accepting this award:
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I've chosen to give the award to the blogs listed (in no particular order) below. Some are more recent discoveries than others but they are all beautiful blogs, worthy of the award. I encourage you to visit them and if new to you, leave a comment and say, "hello." (Some are genealogy blogs and some are not.)
Hearts Turned
Today's Gift
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Family Tree Gal
Finding the Feitner Family
Marian's Roots and Rambles
Nutfield Genealogy
Spirits of the Old
From Little Acorns
Glimpsing the Past
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Quilting with the Past
Whispers from the Past... Tales Told
To the rest of you who visit and have absolutely beautiful blogs, I wish I could give the award to a hundred of you!
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Thank you for the award. I hope everyone feels welcome at the Family Tree Gal blog. Hmmmm... I guess it's time to go hunting for some "lovely blogs"--what a delight. Thanks again.ReplyDelete
Congrats to you :)ReplyDelete
Congrats Nancy your blog truly is deserving of this award!!ReplyDelete
Thank you for honoring my blog with this award..... I will get to work passing this on to other blogs :)
Congratulations! And thank you for the award. Now I need to find some lovely blogs myself.ReplyDelete
Congrats on the award and thank you for honoring mine!ReplyDelete
Nancy, thank you for awarding my blog and congratulations to you. It's an honour to share with so many lovely people!ReplyDelete
You are all welcome. Your blogs are lovely!ReplyDelete
Thank you so very much! What a lovely surprise. I'll definitely have to write up something soon... :DReplyDelete
Nancy you deserve this award and thank you for including me.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the award, I'm tickled pink! I no longer participate in listing blogs since I already recieved this one twice. But I appreciate your thoughtfulness and I've just learned some new blogs to follow with your list!ReplyDelete
First of all congratulations to you and i think you deserve for this award.ReplyDelete
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welcomed, shunned, echoed, and scoffed at. Personally, and I'll throw my two cents in after everyone has had their say, I think self esteem is an important aspect in determining overall positive mental health, so praise is always good….unchecked narcissism, however, is just irritating.
My big worry with this is my ol' buddy from middle school, Aces (yeah he had this name in middle school) McTierney, will take this to the bank…or in his case the bookie. Aces never found something that he couldn't/wouldn't/shouldn't bet on. He set the over/under on number of tater tots we'd get from Maude the Lunch Lady, he'd have lines for dodgeball matches during recess, and somehow ran a roulette game with the merry-go-round. At 14, he got a fake id and would go to Oneida Casino every weekend…ALL weekend. I haven't seen Aces since he left high school his junior year for Monte Carlo by way of Vegas, by way of Reno. Every once in awhile I'll get a letter on some hotel stationary asking how I'm doing and telling me, "I'm up. Good run lately." Enclosed will be some cash, and he will ask, "What are we at now?" as he still owes me some serious cash for a long string of tater tot bets.
This kind of press about his favorite football team may make Aces do something irrational, as his blind love for the Packers always negated his skill and knowledge at gambling. I hope that before he lays out his money he checks the NFL Odds because no one predicts football better than the oddsmakers…if they're wrong they lose money, if so-called pundits are wrong, they lose...wait….nothing really. What a great job to be at ESPN.
So, Aces, if you read this while taking a break from a cold streak, enjoy the adulation for the Pack, but take these predictions for the Packers for what they are, offseason speculation to fill the void.
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Know When to Hold 'Em
Posted by Franklin Hillside at 1:00 PM
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I love the name Aces McTierney and I love the Packers hype because I know we can back it up. Super Bowl or bust!ReplyDelete
- Pashaww!July 5, 2010 at 11:28 PM
Those are usually the two options Greenfield.ReplyDelete
FYI Hillside, I say "Aces" McTierney on the FBI 10 most wanted list. Apparently he lost big on a camel race to Bin Ladin, and is now working off the debt delivering cave-tapes to Al Jazeera.
Aces may take some long odds but he never welches!
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The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, which has slipped back into deficit territory partly because of pension fund obligations, has planned a concert to do something about that.
The program has what should be a big draw -- music by celebrated film composer John Williams. Proceeds will benefit the BSO musicians' pension fund, and since Williams is donating his services, that gives those proceeds all the more potential.
Williams, who has earned five Oscars and nearly 10 times that many nominations, will lead the BSO in selections from his scores for such hits as "Star Wars" and "E.T," not to mention the sagas of "Indiana Jones" and "Harry Potter." Clips from the movies will be shown during the performance.
The composer, who holds the title Boston Pops Laureate Conductor, is making his Baltimore Symphony debut with this concert. His appearance is the result of an invitation from BSO music director Marin Alsop.


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