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: Bigpoint Publishes the Triple A Game Warframe Worldwide
Hamburg, November 11th, 2013 – Bigpoint, a leading developer and publisher of online games, announces the online publishing of the free-to-play, third-person action game Warframe®. Starting today the more than 330 million users registered at bigpoint.com have direct access to the PC-client game developed by the world-renown triple-A developer, Digital Extremes.
"We are proud to add Warframe to our online portfolio and believe it has huge potential to become one of our most played games. Warframe boasts incredibly rich graphics and a spectacular gameplay experience with close combat mechanics as well as a fantastic co-op mode," says Marcus Behrens, Head of Publishing at Bigpoint.
Through Bigpoint, Warframe is linked to more than 180 payment methods for 200 countries and will be promoted to a core audience via the Bigpoint.com website as well as via online advertising and social media. In addition a dedicated, multiphase customer relationship management campaign will raise additional awareness among all Bigpoint gamers.
"Bigpoint's position as a world-leading F2P online expert gives us exactly what we want for the game: direct access to really engaged gamers all over the globe. We have put our heart and soul into this game and we want only the best for it. We are confident that we have created an extraordinary piece of entertainment which offers these sophisticated players a great gaming experience," says James Schmalz, CEO and founder of Digital Extremes.
About Warframe
Warframe® is a cooperative free-to-play online action game set in an evolving sci-fi world. Join your friends in player-versus-enemy raids across the solar system and master the power of the Warframes. Stand alone or fight together against enemies that threaten your world.
Created by Digital Extremes, this online action game is currently available on PC and will be a Day 1 launch title on the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system.
About Bigpoint
Bigpoint is a leading online game developer and publisher worldwide. Headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, Bigpoint designs high-quality games for all gamer segments published on bigpoint.com, as well as by more than 1,000 international distribution partners and media companies.
Employees from 35 countries use state-of-the-art technology to transform the industry with innovative gaming concepts, while setting international standards to fulfill the expectations of more than 330 million gamers in over 200 countries.
Every one of the 50 online games in Bigpoint´s portfolio is free-to-play and includes a customized micropayment system for each game to allow users to make micro payments to speed up their game progression.
Many of the titles have won various international prizes and audience awards, such as the MMO of the Year 2013 for Rising Cities and the Best Browser MMORPG 2012 for Drakensang Online.
In addition to its headquarters in Hamburg, Bigpoint holds a development hub in Berlin and maintains a presence throughout Europe and in the USA for distribution purposes.
About Digital Extremes
Founded in 1993 by James Schmalz, Digital Extremes ranks as one of the world's top independent development studios in the interactive entertainment industry. The Canadian-based developer has a rich history in developing some of the industry's top first-person shooter and action games.
Originating with the co-creation of Epic Games' multi-million unit selling Unreal® franchise including Unreal, Unreal Tournament – and all its iterations -- and continuing with such hits as Dark Sector®, BioShock® for the PlayStation®3 and the multi-player campaign of BioShock 2.
Most recently, Digital Extremes earned critical acclaim for the development of first-person shooter, The Darkness® II, based on the comic book series of the same name and the use of its proprietary technology, the Evolution Engine™.
The studio is currently developing and publishing the Free-To-Play action game, Warframe®.


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Rage Broadheads has introduced a new blade-retention accessory for its mechanical broadhead to help prevent premature deployment during accidental contact with branches, twigs or weeds.
Designed to be used in conjunction with the O-ring on the original Rage 100-grain Broadheads, the new Legacy Shock Collars simply slip onto the back of the ferrule and over the O-ring for an additional level of blade-retention security. These Legacy Shock Collars are specifically intended for hunters who stalk their prey or tend to move around a lot in the stand with a nocked arrow.
"Rage Broadheads work exceptionally well as they were originally designed, but we've received a fair amount of feedback—primarily from hunters who spot and stalk—saying that they have snagged their broadheads on some form of flora or fauna, which caused their Rage Broadhead to deploy prematurely," said Jon Syverson, Vice President of Rage Broadheads.
"We designed the Legacy Shock Collar explicitly for those hunters who need an added level of security and confidence before the shot. These Legacy Shock Collars provide significantly more holding power, while requiring very little energy to break the petals upon contact with your game."
The collars are based on the proven blade-retention design of the newly introduced Rage Xtreme Broadheads. The collars are designed with breakaway petals that, in conjunction with the O-ring, securely hold the blades down until the moment of impact with the target.
The new Rage Legacy Shock Collars will work with any 2- or 3-blade 100-grain Rage Broadhead that has the original O-ring design. The Legacy Shock Collars come in a pack of 15 and retail for $7.99.

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Chicago's various cruise lines ply the waters of Lake Michigan and the Chicago River pretty much year round (until the river freezes over, at least) during the day, evening and even midnight. But when the long nights of summer arrive, an additional option enters the mix: the early evening cocktail cruise.
From white-tablecloth buffet cruises to zero-frill rides with basic tour-boat commentary, there are cruises (all around happy hour) for all tastes and budgets. Zip along the river and hear more architectural information than can fit inside your skull for less than $30. Gather a group of friends and bob along Lake Michigan -- with open bar, yet -- for about $100 per head. Try a wine tasting. Dance to a DJ.
And return to land with most of the evening still ahead of you.
Two of us sailed on a selection of cocktail cruises and evaluated the experience.
Chicago Architecture Foundation Evening Cruise
The basics: Two-hour river cruise, $28-$32.
Available: 5:30 p.m. Thursdays, 5 and 5:30 p.m. Saturdays-Sundays,
Departs: Chicago's First Lady dock, south bank of Chicago River, east of Michigan Avenue.
Features: Tour is narrated by a CAF volunteer, providing virtually non-stop commentary on the riverfront architecture.
Refreshments: Cash bar serves beer, wine, cocktails.
Best for: Architecture fans and serious tourists, though even casual tourists will enjoy the low-key vibe.
For tickets: 800-982-2787, First Lady box office or ticketmaster.com/rivercruise.
Mystic Blue Lake-Breeze Dinner Cruise
The basics: Two-hour lake cruise, $74.66-$80.50.
Available: 6:30 p.m. Mondays- Fridays, 6 p.m. Sundays, 5 p.m. Saturdays (twilight cruise).
Departs: Navy Pier, east end.
Features: No narration. Live music on outdoor deck, DJ and dancing inside.
Refreshments: Price includes light buffet dinner; cash bar. Numerous upgrade packages available.
Best for: Large groups get the best deals, but also fun for romantic couples comfortable in an energetic atmosphere.
For tickets: 877-299-7783, dockside box office or mysticbluecruises.com.
Chicago Line Cruises Evening Architectural/Cocktail Cruise
The basics: 90-minute river and lake cruise, $36.
Available: 6 p.m. Mon.-Sat.; 8 p.m. Mon.-Sat. except Wed.
Departs: Just east of 465 N. McClurg Ct., from the docks on the promenade behind River East Art Center.
Features: Part-guided architectural tour, part-pleasure cruise along the lake, this one is the best of both worlds. Chicago Line also partners with the Chicago History Museum for one-off themed cruises in the summer.
Refreshments: Complimentary non-alcoholic beverages and light snacks (mine had cookies and pretzels), with an optional $18 all-you-can-drink bar package.
Best for: Architecture fans with short attention spans ... who like to drink. Once the docent's off the mike, you're on your own for entertainment.
For tickets: 312-527-2002, Chicago Line ticket office or chicagoline.com/cocktailarch.php.
Wendella Chicago at Sunset cruise
The basics: 2-hour river and lake cruise, $25.
Available: 7:45 p.m. daily.
Departs: From Wendella's tiny dock, which is at the northwest corner of the Michigan Avenue Bridge. It is on the lower level, adjacent to the Wrigley Building. (The description of the departure point as published has been corrected in this text.)
Features: Historical, architectural and minor cultural commentary dominate the guided tour, with breaks along the lake for self-reflection ... at the bar.
Refreshments: Soft drinks and hot chocolate run $1, beer is $4 and cocktails average $7; snacks are limited to chips and pretzels.
Best for: Tourists looking for a crash course on the city's floating history, and locals who want to float along while brushing up.
For tickets: 312-337-1446, Wendella ticket office or wendellaboats.com/sunset.htm.
Shoreline Sightseeing Sunset Cruise
The basics: 45-minute lake cruise, $14.
Available: 8 p.m. daily.
Departs: Navy Pier, West Boat Dock.
Features: The instruction "remain seated at all times" seems more Disneyland than pleasure cruise. Guided narration is done via a voiceover that far predates Millennium Park. Its campy tone evokes a 1950s Chicago.
Refreshments: Soft drinks, cheap wine and Budweiser. Or Bud Light.
Best for: Tourists only, who unfortunately will leave Chicago believing that the city's last great boon was Grant Park.
For tickets: 312-222-9328, Shoreline Sightseeing ticket office or shorelinesightseeing.com.
INSIDE: Chicago water taxis may be no-frills, but the views and price are fine.
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A Primer on Stroke Prevention and Treatment
An Overview Based on AHA/ASA Guidelines
About the authorThe Editor
Dr. Goldstein is Professor of Medicine (Neurology) at Duke University and the Durham VA Medical Center, Director of the Duke Center for Cerebrovascular Disease and the Duke Stroke Center, and a Senior Fellow in Duke's Center for Clinical Health Policy Research.
He has published over 400 journal articles, reviews, editorials, book chapters, abstracts, and other professional papers including two books. He has served on numerous AHA/ASA committees and guideline writing groups including as Chair of the American Stroke Association Advisory Committee and the AHA Stroke Council Leadership Committee.
280 pages; ISBN 9781444359879
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Title: A Primer on Stroke Prevention and Treatment
Author: Larry B. Goldstein
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Preface xi
Classification of Recommendations and Level of Evidence Table xiii
Part I Overview Topics 1
1 Stroke Epidemiology 3
George Howard and Virginia J. Howard
2 Stroke Systems 11
Soojin Park and Lee H. Schwamm
3 Primordial and Primary Prevention of Stroke 23
Nikolaos I.H. Papamitsakis and Robert J. Adams
4 Treatment of Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke 35
Harold P. Adams, Jr.
5 Intracerebral Hemorrhage 53
Opeolu Adeoye and Joseph P. Broderick
6 Subarachnoid Hemorrhage 65
Jonathan L. Brisman and Marc R. Mayberg
7 Prevention of Recurrent Ischemic Stroke 85
Jose G. Romano and Ralph L. Sacco
8 Post-Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery 100
Pamela Woods Duncan, Danielle Blankenship, and Nicol Korner-Bitensky
Part II Special Topics 113
9 Stroke in Women 115
Cheryl D. Bushnell
10 Stroke in Black Patients 129
Fernando D. Testai and Philip B. Gorelick
11 Stroke in Children 142
Gabrielle A. deVeber
12 Coagulopathy and Stroke 152
Mark Chan, Richard C. Becker, Svati H. Shah, and Steven R. Levine
13 Genetics of Stroke 170
Natalia Rost and Jonathan Rosand
14 Surgical and Interventional Treatment for Carotid Disease 186
Kumar Rajamani and Seemant Chaturverdi
15 Intracranial Atherosclerosis 195
Farhan Siddiq, Burhan Z. Chaudhry, and Adnan I. Qureshi
16 Patent Foramen Ovale 206
Marco R. Di Tullio and Shunichi Homma
17 Vascular Cognitive Impairment 219
José G. Merino and Vladimir Hachinski
18 Stroke Outcome Assessments 233
Linda Williams
Other Statements Published in 2008 245
Index 247
COI Table 261
A companion website: www.wiley.com/go/strokeguidelines, will keep you informed of new and updated guidelines.
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Clarkson University's Dana Barry Visiting Professor and Keynote Speaker in Japan
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Senior Technical Writer Dana M. Barry of Clarkson University's Center for Advanced Materials Processing recently served as a visiting professor and keynote speaker in Japan.
Mitsuo Kawagishi, mayor of Suzuka City, greeted Barry and gave a brief introduction. In addition to her presentation, Barry was a leading member of the panel discussion group. She appeared in Japanese newspapers and on the television news in Suzuka City, which has a population of about 300, 000. The symposium was sponsored by Suzuka City, the Suzuka City Board of Education, and Suzuka National College of Technology.
While in Japan, Barry served as a visiting professor for Suzuka National College of Technology. She gave presentations and workshops to more than 400 college students attending Suzuka National College of Technology, Nara National College of Technology, and Numazu National College of Technology.
Some of the students also had an opportunity to participate in a Mars Explorer Simulation Mission led by Barry. This activity was provided by Space Explorers, Inc. in the United States. Her presentations focused on creative education and included a creative engineering design component. Barry's collaborator for this ambitious effort to promote creative education at the international level is Hideyuki Kanematsu of Suzuka National College of Technology.
Barry serves as a professor and scientific board president for Ansted University. She is a certified professional chemist, an officer of the Northern New York section of the American Chemical Society, and has permanent teaching certification in chemistry and the general sciences. In addition she has numerous publications, honors and awards to her name.
Photo caption: Visiting Professor Dana Barry observes college students at Nara National College of Technology in Japan as they test creative boats made of aluminum foil.


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CHICAGO – Giving Illinois customers more leeway, three more health insurance carriers extended payment deadlines Friday for people who signed up in the December rush for coverage under President Barack Obama's health care law.
Land of Lincoln Health extended its payment deadline to Jan. 31 for people already signed up for plans with coverage effective Jan. 1.
Aetna customers now have until Jan. 14 to pay their first premium for January coverage. Coventry customers have until Jan. 17.
Earlier in the week, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois extended its deadline to Jan. 30 and Humana pushed its cutoff date to Jan. 31.
Blown deadlines have become commonplace for people buying insurance under the new health care law. An original New Year's Eve payment deadline fell by the wayside after the technical problems of the federal website HealthCare.gov slowed down people trying to sign up. The enrollment deadline itself shifted from mid-December to Christmas Eve.
This week, insurance company officials declined to say exactly how many of their new customers had paid their first monthly premiums, but some said a majority of customers had paid. Some acknowledged that insurance premiums will be a new financial responsibility for some families, who may still be fiddling with their household budgets to find money to cover the bill.
Land of Lincoln Health CEO Dan Yunker said the company "wants to do everything possible" to help its new members adjust, so officials decided to give anyone who met the December enrollment deadline until the end of January to make their first payment.
"We know that health insurance is an investment for individuals and their families," Yunker said in an email. "This extension will ensure that our members have access to coverage as well as ample time to make their premium payment during this first month."
Looking ahead, Land of Lincoln has set its payment deadlines for February and March coverage at the end of those months.
But other companies will stick with a mid-month payment cutoff for future months. That leads to a quirky situation for Coventry, which now has a payment deadline for February coverage that precedes its deadline for January coverage by two days.
The law requires most Americans to have health insurance or pay a tax penalty. But hospitals are fighting "a major awareness gap" among patients who don't realize they might qualify for tax credits that could lower the cost of health insurance, said Swedish Covenant Hospital spokesman Nick Przybyciel.
The Chicago hospital has more than 20 insurance enrollment counselors, speaking 12 languages, available to help community members navigate the insurance sign-up process.
People who enroll in a health plan by Wednesday will get coverage starting Feb. 1.


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Uninterruptible power supply
The Liebert APM from Emerson Network Power is a row-based, modular uninterruptible power supply that can operate without transformers.
Emerson Network Power introduced the Liebert APM row-based, modular uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system. The product is a transformer-free, on-line UPS that allows quick power capacity increases with the addition of internal FlexPower core hardware assemblies. The FlexPower core assemblies allow the system to expand for capacity or redundancy in 15 kW increments up to 45 or 90kW within a single cabinet. In both models, the external battery cabinet can be outfitted with the Alber BDSi monitoring system to constantly monitor each battery, ensuring battery reliability and allowing for proactive management. Addition or replacement of FlexPower cores can be accomplished without powering down connected equipment.
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It's an hour-and-a-half drive over switchbacks from the southern Mexican city of Oaxaca to the village of Capulalpan, a settlement of some 1,500 people nestled in the Sierra Norte Mountains. The thick forest and remoteness of this mountainous region has long enabled the local Zapotec Indians to maintain their cultural integrity and, to a great extent, write their own rules. When Mexican clocks were turned back for daylight saving time in the spring, the Zapotecs refused to make the adjustment, insisting that they live in "God's time," not in what they derisively call "Fox time," referring to President Vicente Fox in far-off Mexico City. Carlos Castaneda wrote about this region as a center for natural transcendence in his book Journey to Ixtlan. But over the past year, this tiny puebla among the cedars and the wild mustard of the Sierra Norte has been unwillingly thrust into the center of a worldwide controversy over something quite different than the quality of its peyote: genetically engineered corn.
Last winter a team of plant scientists from the University of California, Berkeley, published a paper in the journal Nature asserting that the genes from genetically altered corn had been discovered in the local varieties of corn grown here in Capulalpan. The news traveled quickly. The biotechnology industry has long claimed that genetic engineering is predictable: that the genes end up where they are put, and that their presence in the environment can be controlled. But the discovery of genetically engineered (GE) corn in Capulalpan appeared to defy those claims. In 1998 the Mexican government outlawed the planting–although not the eating–of GE corn, in order to protect the genetic diversity of the crop that is the country's most important food supply.
Preserving the rich genetic diversity of Capulalpan's corn is a matter of more than sentimental significance. When disaster strikes corn anywhere in the world–disease, too much rain, not enough rain, a new pest–plant scientists traditionally come to this region, which stretches from the Sierra Norte Mountains down to the southernmost state of Chiapas and into Guatemala, for the germ plasm to rejuvenate beleaguered domestic varieties. Genetic diversity is what provides a hedge against unanticipated environmental changes. In the state of Oaxaca alone, corn grows in sixty different varieties, in shades of blue, black, purple and white, as well as the yellow that we have come to associate with our most widely grown crop.
"This is the world's insurance policy," says Mauricio Bellon, director of the economics programs at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), the world's foremost public research facility for corn. "The diversity of these land races, these genes, is the basis of our food supply. We'll have great science, we'll have great breeding, but at the end of the day, the base [of this crop] is here. We need this diversity to cope with the unpredictable…. The climate changes, new plant diseases and pests continue to evolve. Diseases we thought we had controlled come back. We don't know what's going to happen in the future, and so we need to keep our options open. And this," says Bellon, in the middle of a Oaxacan cornfield, "is what keeps our options open."
The villagers in Capulalpan had no idea what genetic engineering was until they found the errant genes in their fields. Genetic engineering involves introducing genes from a separate organism into corn–or any of a number of other food crops–in order to express a desired trait. Olga Maldonado, the first villager in Capulalpan to discover transgenic elements in her corn, found the very concept bewildering. "Maybe it comes from some other plant," she said, "or animal–it has another ingredient that's different from corn."


text: Jon Favreau will direct one of the final Office episodes. It's not clear yet which installment exactly, according to TVLine, but there are only, what, twelve episodes left, one of which is the failed backdoor pilot, and several of which have already been shot. Let's guess one of the final six episodes! Earlier this season, Favreau directed the pilot for Revolution, but beyond that, he hasn't directed a ton of TV — a few shows that never aired, an episode of Undeclared, and the pilot for 2007's very short-lived In Case of Emergency. Anyway, expect a very timely Iron Man joke.


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The executive producers of the ABC series "Lost" just got the Jedi stamp of approval.
The "Lost" team of Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse opened their mail recently to find a letter from George Lucas, according to a report on Zap2It. "Congratulations on pulling off an amazing show," Lucas reportedly wrote in that note. "In six seasons, you've managed to span both time and space, and I don't think I'm alone in saying that I never saw what was around the corner. Now that it's all coming to an end, it's impressive to see how much was planned out in advance and how neatly you've wrapped up everything."
But was it really all planned? Sure, in this final season, "Lost" writers have returned to and referenced landmarks from earlier seasons. There may be more, too, on Tuesday night, the last episode before the two-hour finale on Sunday.
ABC Studios exec Barry Jossen read the Lucas letter aloud last week at the Lost Live event at UCLA and it had one funny bit that Lucas probably never expected to reach an audience beyond the ABC staff room.
Lucas winkingly "confessed" that he too has some experience in using last-minute spackle to fix plot holes and then pretending that all of it was part of some grand master plan.
"Don't tell anyone," Lucas wrote, "but when 'Star Wars' first came out, I didn't know where it was going either. The trick is to pretend you've planned the whole thing out in advance. Throw in some father issues and references to other stories — let's call them 'homages' — and you've got a series."
After that, Lindelof was so moved that he practically declared himself a Jar Jar Binks fan. "I just want to apologize to Mr. George Lucas for everything I said about the prequels."
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Supreme Court justices revealed sharp and passionately held differences Tuesday as they confronted California's ban on gay marriages.
WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court justices revealed sharp and passionately held differences Tuesday as they confronted California's ban on gay marriages.
During an 80-minute argument that was unusually long and, at times, markedly heated, the back and forth between the court's conservative and liberal wings foreshadowed difficult decisions to come. Perhaps tellingly, the frequent swing vote, Justice Anthony Kennedy, revealed some ambivalence.
In a positive sign for gay marriage supporters, Kennedy voiced strong sympathy for the approximately 40,000 California children who live with same-sex couples.
"They want their parents to have full recognition and full status," Kennedy said, with evident feeling, adding that "the voice of these children is important in this case."
But in a sign of how complicated the outcome might be, Kennedy and Justice Sonia Sotomayor mused aloud about whether the Supreme Court should have agreed to hear the case called Hollingsworth v. Perry at all. The court has several options, among them issuing a narrow decision or ducking the case altogether.
"The problem with this case is that you're really asking . for us to go into uncharted waters," Kennedy cautioned Theodore Olson, a lawyer arguing against the ban.
With hundreds of demonstrators amassed outside and prominent individuals - including Hollywood director Rob Reiner, "Milk" screenwriter Dustin Lance Black and California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom - gathered within, the justices were debating whether California's Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage, violated constitutional guarantees of equal protection. Reiner helped found the American Foundation for Equal Rights, which organized opposition to Proposition 8.
Though California Attorney General Kamala Harris, who was also present, noted that "it's a mistake to make a prediction about a justice's state of mind based on a question," some judicial inclinations seem apparent.
There seemed to be little to no support for an Obama administration proposal that would recognize a right to gay marriage in the states that, like California, ban gay marriage but recognize gay civil unions. A sweeping decision covering all 50 states didn't leap out as an obvious solution, either, with Olson advising justices that they "could write a narrower decision."
Chief Justice John Roberts Jr., along with fellow conservative Justices Samuel Alito and Antonin Scalia, appeared most sympathetic to the arguments of Proposition 8 supporters.
"Traditional marriage has been around for thousands of years," Alito declared, while "same-sex marriage is very new . so there isn't a lot of data about its effect. It may turn out to be a good thing; it may turn out not to be a good thing."
His voice rising, Scalia further pressed Olson to explain "when did it become unconstitutional to prohibit gays from marrying?"
Proposition 8, Olson argued, "walls off gays and lesbians from marriage, the most important relation in life."
Attorney Charles Cooper, the former Reagan administration official arguing in support of Proposition 8, stressed that recognizing same-sex marriages would "sever (marriage's) abiding connection with its historic traditional procreative purposes."
"Marriage itself is the institution that society has always used to regulate these heterosexual, procreative relationships," Cooper said.
In turn, Justice Elena Kagan countered with the example of older couples who marry despite being past child-rearing age.
"There are lots of people that get married that can't have children," Justice Stephen Breyer added.
The justices divided their time between discussing whether Proposition 8 supporters had the "standing" to argue the case, since California officials refused to defend the initiative, and the measure's underlying merits. The standing question might become an off-ramp for the case, short of a big decision. If the court decides that the Proposition 8 supporters lack standing, that kicks the case all the way back to the original decision by U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker striking down the ballot measure. The legal consequences of that remain uncertain.
"If the issue is letting the states experiment and letting the society have more time to figure out its direction, why is taking a case now the answer?" Sotomayor asked rhetorically.
Most of the oral argument time, though, was spent on the merits.
San Francisco officials legalized gay marriage in February 2004. Several thousand same-sex couples were married before the state Supreme Court blocked the city's action. The California Supreme Court subsequently recognized same-sex marriage rights in May 2008, after which about 18,000 same-sex couples were married.
In November 2008, the state's voters approved Proposition 8, which amended the California Constitution to declare that "only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized" in the state. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in turn, struck down Proposition 8 on the grounds that it stripped California residents, without a legitimate justification, of a right that had previously been granted.
More than 110 reporters spilled over from the courtroom into an adjacent hallway, many sitting behind pillars that made it impossible to see all the justices who were speaking. All told, some 400 lawyers, guests and members of the public attended, with some public visitors staying for only about five minutes before being rotated out.
Justice Clarence Thomas, as is his custom, was the only high court member not to speak or ask a question.
A decision in the Proposition 8 case, as well as the Defense of Marriage Act case being heard Wednesday, is expected by the end of June.
Outside the court, a crowd united by a sense of history in the making
WASHINGTON -- While lawyers inside the Supreme Court argued over gay marriage Tuesday, hundreds of opponents and supporters gathered outside to dance, sing and pray - and debate the issue.
For the opponents of California's Proposition 8 ban on gay marriage, which a federal court already had declared unconstitutional, the day was reason for near-celebration, as their cause of equality for same-sex couples had reached the top of the legal system.
"We want our relationships to be recognized as well," June Crenshaw, 52, of Washington, said of herself and her partner. "It's the simple things we want to have in our lives."
For the supporters of the ban, the case was an opportunity to stand firm against an evolving and, to them, disturbing sense of morality that conflicts with their strongly held beliefs.
"As wonderful as it is, it's not marriage," John Martin, 51, of Winchester, Va., said of what same-sex relationships.
"Kids do best with a mom & dad!" proclaimed on sign carried by supporters of the ban as they marched up Constitution Avenue after gathering on the National Mall.
"One man! One woman!" they chanted as they approached the court.
The case, Hollingsworth v. Perry, challenges Proposition 8, which California voters approved in 2008 but which was subsequently overturned.
Polls show public opinion shifting in favor of gay marriage.
The justices began hearing the case at midmorning, but the street theater accompanying it had started earlier, even days before, as people began lining up over the weekend for the limited number of tickets to watch the arguments firsthand.
Opponents of Proposition 8 clustered around the courthouse, a massive edifice of classical grandeur, and on the sidewalk across the street near the U.S. Capitol, in a loosely organized rally sponsored by the Human Rights Campaign, a national gay rights organization.
The group instructed participants to wear red, and many did. But so did supporters of the ban, in an opposing march organized by the National Organization for Marriage, a leading supporter of Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act. The 1996 law, which the Supreme Court will take up Wednesday, prohibits same-sex couples from obtaining federal marriage benefits.
"We all came here to defend traditional marriage," said Proposition 8 backer Edith Lee, of New York. "They can make their own choices, but they can't legalize what's not correct."
Not far away, Lyssa White, 29, and Kris White, 32, an interracial couple from Manassas, Va., clutched a poster that alluded to a 1967 Supreme Court decision striking down state bans on interracial marriage.
"Not that long ago, our marriage was illegal," their sign said.
Many people still object to interracial marriage, said Lyssa White, who's white. "You don't necessarily have to agree," said her husband, Kris White, who's black, "but you have to accept."
Vincent Herzog, of Gainesville, Fla., a supporter of the ban, echoed the critique that only marriage between a man and a woman can produce children.
"If we don't have strong families, where's our country going to be?" he asked.
Opponents contend that's why same-sex couples should have the right to marry: because it provides family stability. Crenshaw said she had a son with a former partner who was now grown and worked for the FBI, and that there was a time when her family wasn't recognized as one.
"At that time, I didn't believe we'd get this far," she said. "Now we have."
Faith was a theme in both camps outside the court.
"My belief in the Bible brings me here," said Felipe Santiago, of New York, who was marching with Proposition 8 supporters. "We're all going to have to answer to God."
Across the street, DeWayne Davis, dressed in clergy attire, said a woman had asked whether he was ashamed to be standing among the supporters of gay marriage.
"I said, 'No, I'm proud. I'm not ashamed,' " Davis said. "I don't ever want to be the one who prolonged or facilitated discrimination."
Davis, a clergy candidate at Metropolitan Community Church in Washington who grew up in the black Pentecostal church, said it was important to have conversations with other people of faith who hold different views.
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Through all the Blackhawks' ups and downs this season—OK, they've mostly been ups—there has been one constant: coach Joel Quenneville's fabulous mustache. You can find him on Twitter—@coachqsmustache, of course. The anonymous tweeter—he has no affiliation with the coach or team—took time out of his busy grooming schedule to speak to our very own Bag Boy.
Bag Boy: Stache, a phenomenal start. Which player has surprised you most?
@coachqsmustache: A mustache never picks favorites, you know that. Ray Emery's beard has been invited to my weekly poker game.
BB: Interesting. That's my next question. Some say the goaltending had only been average. Does the 'Stache agree?
Q: I don't agree. You try being out there all by yourself. It's like being a mustache, except on a much bigger lip. My question for you: We open the season red-hot but you're still wearing the bag?
BB: Yes. When I was younger, the Hawks abandoned me, taking games off of TV and not even broadcasting the first period on radio. It's called a fear of abandonment. I have abandonment issues. I honestly didn't know they were back on TV.
Favorite moment on the ice this season?
Q: Yes, by far Friday's postgame scotch with Coach and friends.
BB: Is it me or has Patrick Kane grown up?
Q: Well, according to the growth chart in the locker room he's added half an inch. I'm also announcing that I'm working with him to develop a real playoff beard. Stay tuned
BB: Is there anything about the team that has disappointed you?
Q: No question. I looked at the schedule, and apparently we still have to travel to Columbus this year. I asked Coach if I could stay home for that one. He said no.
BB: OK, a couple more. The penalty kill has been great, the power play very, very good. What keeps the 'Stache up at night?
Q: Honestly, my mortality. I'm not getting any younger and while I once thought Coach and I would win one Cup for each of my hairs, I'm resigned now to a goal of something under 20.
BB: You'll get there, you and Coach. Year 5 in Chicago. How do you rank this as an NHL city? Does it still feel like a Bears town?
Q: Bears town, Hawks town, these are questions I leave to people with too much time on their hands. Instead, I suggest we forge a new alliance and come together to fight the evil forces, whether they be from Green Bay, Detroit or Vancouver.
BB: Great, great idea. You're the Oprah of facial hair. One last thing. A ton of speed, a ton of depth, good experience. You guys aren't going to lose in the first round, I can assume?
Q: I coach the beards, not the players. And if I knew the answer, I'd be a millionaire, living on a beach. Just enjoy the run.
BB: Great advice, though this is Chicago. That's hard to do. Thank you, sir.
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Early spring in Christian County, KY
I went with Dennis this afternoon to haul some wood he had cut and split. He's been working on a huge hickory tree that Hurricane Isaac took down in September, 2008.
Now, two long sections of the tree's thick trunk are left. Dennis says that he probably won't cut and split much more of it because the slices of trunk are just too heavy to manhandle. He's going to look into selling the logs.
We stopped at the landowner's house for a few minutes. I took this photo of the view he enjoys, while he and Dennis were talking. The landowner is retired and he lives alone. He has a small herd of cattle, a horse, and a dog.
The tree Dennis has been cutting up is in the horse's pasture. The horse doesn't like the noisy chainsaw and log splitter, and he stays as far away as possible. The commotion doesn't bother the dog, though; he always comes down to say hello and see what's happening.


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PRAGUE (AP) — Rock stars Bono, The Edge, Peter Gabriel, Sting and Yoko Ono Lennon have covered the cost of a tapestry that will be unveiled next month to honor Vaclav Havel at Prague's international airport, that has been renamed to honor the late Czech president.
The airport says the tapestry, which has been designed by the Czech-born New York-based artist Petr Sis, will be unveiled at a ceremony on Dec. 9.
The musicians donated a total of 1.5 million koruna ($76,000) to cover the project proposed by Bill Shipsey, the founder of Art for Amnesty, a project of artists supporting the Amnesty International.
Havel was the dissident playwright who led the 1989 revolution that toppled four decades of communist rule before becoming the country's president.
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Sartor helped the Lady Bucs to a 2-0 stand during the week of Sept. 19, including a 3-0 win over in-state rival Chattanooga last Tuesday, as well as a 3-1 victory over Campbell for ETSU's first-ever A-Sun win, last Friday evening.
Sartor led the Lady Bucs with 27 kills in two matches, boasting a .317 hitting percentage for the week, while posting 3.86 kills per game. The junior managed 60 attack attempts on the week, while making only eight errors.
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Also playing well defensively, Sartor recorded 23 digs in last week's pair of matches, averaging 3.29 digs per frame. She also tallied two serving aces, tying her for the most on the team during the week.
For the season, Sartor is ranked first on the team in hitting percentage at .287, and second on the team in kills per game with 3.13. Her 163 kills on the year, are tied for the most on the squad. Sartor's .287 average is also ranked fourth in the A-Sun.
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You can't beat a system you can't understand
I grew up in the days when "Hey! Watch this!" should have been the epitaph on many tombstones as the final words of the person for which the mini-monument was erected. Warnings like, "Do not try this at home. The following stunt is only to be attempted by highly trained experts," was a phrase of the future.
The term "role model" was not yet invented by conservative psychologists who thought the world would be healthier if everyone were required to endure therapy. Mental stability was not as important back then as it is now.
I remember going to the circus with my gang of overzealous adventure-seekers. We listened in awe as the ringmaster announced with his deep, booming voice that Whizmo the Great was about to attempt to jump from a 150-foot tower into a damp washcloth and walk away unscathed, or something to that effect. Today, Whizmo would not exactly be up for consideration as a "good role model."
The entire audience sucked in air and held their breath as drums rolled and the caped stuntman climbed a ladder to stand on a postage stamp size platform at the top of the tower. As Whizmo looked down at the audience, he appeared to be little more than a speck on the end of a needle. After a minute or so of holding his finger to all points of a non-existent wind for drama, he dropped his cape with a flourish and all eyes watched it flutter to the ground. It seemed to take forever.
Then the ringmaster would say in his most authoritative, resonating tones, "Quiet Please . . . Whizmo the Great needs absolute silence so he can concentrate on this chilling, death-defying stunt that has never before been performed by another human being." In those days, it was perfectly acceptable for ringmasters and other personalities to blatantly lie.
Anyway, after a prolonged drum roll and a seemingly interminable pause for even more drama, Whizmo the Great leaped off the platform and dove head first at blazing speed toward a tank of water at the foot of the tower. The crowd oohd, aahd, and gasped as he made a gigantic splash. Then they were silent as death itself until his head came bobbing to the surface. After he climbed out of the tank, Whizmo triumphantly raised his arms and bowed to all four corners of the big top as adoring fans gave him a standing ovation.
The tank was not all that big around, so I am sure some well calculated aim was involved so Whizmo could perform his amazing feat of ultimate dumbness. If I remember correctly, the ringmaster said the tank was six-feet deep, so we were amazed that he didn't hit bottom at somewhere around 4-Gs.
On the way home, we discussed what might have happened if Whizmo missed the tank and went splat instead of splash.
"What do you think the ringmaster would say?" Pookie Grossberg asked.
"He'd say, Oops!" Kinky Boswell replied. "What else could he say?"
"He'd probably say that Whizmo the Great would now be known as Whizmo the Stain, cuz he'd be nothin' but a stain on the circus floor," Chilly Mac said.
Louie the Lip wondered if they would give us our money back. We agreed that they probably would not, although we would never know for sure.
The following day, Whizmo was still the topic of conversation. Of course, we had to prove that his deed of daring do was not really all that hard, and three of us decided to try something similar on a smaller scale.
An above ground pool sat in Kinky Boswell's backyard, over which was a convenient tree branch that just happened to be sturdy enough to hold three, 10- year-old boys. The branch was approximately 15-feet above maybe 3-feet of water at best, which really wasn't a lot for a 15- foot dive.
Well . . . we didn't exactly dive. However, Chilly Mac, Kinky Boswell and yours truly climbed that tree, walked to the middle of the branch just above the pool, and held up our forefingers to supposedly test the wind, but more to emulate Whizmo and his penchant for drama.
I suppose I should mention that within three minutes of announcing this really stupid stunt, every kid in the neighborhood magically appeared in Kinky Boswell's backyard. The parade of kids walking by his mom's kitchen window raised her curiosity. And she just happened to walk out the back door at the exact moment our feet left the tree limb to make a leap to neighborhood notoriety.
All eyes were glued on us. Our eyes were glued on Kinky's mom, whose finger was menacingly pointed in our direction. A basic rule of childhood states that whenever a parent, particularly a mother, uses a boy's complete name, trouble is afoot. Until that moment, in mid-flight, I did not know that Kinky's real name was Kenneth Armstrong Boswell.
Now, how could all this happen in the time required to jump 15-feet into little more than a puddle of water, you ask. The answer is simple. The expression on Kinky's mom's face was so frightening that I swear, and I would not lie about this, we willed ourselves to stop in mid-air. We thought so hard about reversing our flight, reperching ourselves on that limb, and climbing back down the tree, that we actually stopped halfway to the water.
Unfortunately, gravity prevailed and we ultimately made a big splash, much to the delight of the yard full of children and other short people. As soon as we landed, all three of us pointed at each other and shouted in unison, "I confess, it was his idea!" It was all part of growin' up, stretchin' out, and gettin' large, in a system we would never understand.


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Spurs reached the FA Cup semi-finals last year, and will be keen to go one better this campaign as they attempt to bring the trophy back to White Hart Lane for the first time since 1991.
The intimidating atmosphere always makes Elland Road a difficult place to visit, so Paddy Power's price of 4/1 (5.00) looks rather tempting for the hosts to pick up their seventh home win in the last nine matches.
However, Andre Villas-Boas' side have only lost once in 14 games, so it is no surprise to see them at odds of 4/6 (1.67) to continue their good form with a victory on Sunday.
The Londoners have drawn their last two consecutive matches, and you can get odds of 14/5 (3.80) on them racking up a hat-trick of stalemates in this one.
The visitors have provided plenty of memorable matches on the road already this season and their Portuguese coach's attacking approach usually makes for an action-packed 90 minutes.
This positive mentality has seen them hit the back of the net in 14 of their 16 away games this season, as the abundance of talent available going forward usually makes up for any potential defensive mishaps.
Considering Neil Warnock's men have only failed to score once in 20 matches in their own back yard, it seems safe backing both teams to score when Gareth Bale & Co. come to town, at odds of 4/7 (1.57).
Leeds received a blow earlier on this week when leading goalscorer Luciano Becchio handed in a transfer request, and Warnock now faces a tough decision over whether the Argentine is in the right frame of mind to start on Sunday.
Should he not be selected, the Championship club will need other attacking players to step up to the plate, and fortunately they have one player who is bang in form.
Ross McCormack has so far failed to match his prolific return from last season, but with two goals in his last two games, he could be the man to fill Becchio's boots, and the Scotland international offers excellent value at 12/5 (3.40) to score anytime.
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For most for us Indians, the perfect and comforting food during cold weathers or rainy season is a very popular and comforting Indian snack, Pakoda or Pakodi. Best enjoyed over a hot cup of tea, the cripsy and spicy Pakodi makes tea time something special, almost like a bonding time between family and friends.
- 1 1/2 cups besan (gram dal flour)
- ½ cup rice flour
- 4-5 green chillis, finely chopped
- 2 large onions, sliced
- 2 spring onions (optional)
- 2 tbsp melted ghee (clarified butter)
- few sprigs curry leaves
- salt to taste
- pinch of baking soda
- oil for deep frying
- Combine both the flours with salt, soda, green chillis, curry leaves and onions. Add the melted ghee and mix well with fingers. Combine well till u have a crumbly texture.
Add few tablespoons of water and mix well that it forms a hard batter. Don't add too much water.
Heat enough oil in a deep frying pan. It should be piping hot. Use your fingers to drop the batter in the oil to form small fritters. Reduce heat to medium and deep fry till they turn golden brown. Use a ladle to keep turning the fritters so that it cooks on all sides.
Once they turn golden brown, remove them on to absorbent paper. Store in air tight containers and serve as evening snacks over a hot cup of masala chai (spiced tea).


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WASHINGTON - CUA returns home on Friday evening to welcome Shenandoah on Family Weekend. The Cardinals suffered their first ODAC loss of the season last week, falling at Randolph-Macon by a score of 45-12. CUA was without quarterback Greg Cordivari, who missed the game due to injury, but the Cardinals still hung tough, trailing by only 12 late in the 3rd, before the Yellow Jackets broke things open.
The Hornets meanwhile enter this weekend looking to snap a four-game losing streak, which includes a 20-7 loss to Guilford last weekend.
The Cardinals and Hornets get together for the ninth time on Friday, with CUA holding a 5-3 advantage. The Cardinals have won four of the last five meetings, including a last-second 16-13 victory in the 2010 season opener in Virginia.
CUA returns home this weekend where the Cardinals are 2-1 this season. CUA is averaging 37.7 points, 247.7 yards passing and 370.7 total yards at home, compared to just 14.5 points, 155.5 passing yards and 309 total yards in two road games (0-2).
CUA leads the ODAC in forcing turnovers, with four interceptions and a league-leading seven fumble recoveries. Mark D'Annibale tops the conference with three fumble recoveries, while Patrick Nilsen is second with two.
The CUA defense has been terrific all season at getting to the opposition behind the line of scrimmage. In five games, the Cardinals have totaled 31 tackles for loss, good for an average of 6.2 per game. Vinny Cortese (5.5), Ryan Klein (5.0) and Joe Tretter (5.0) lead the way for a unit that has totaled at least 5.0 TFL in every game.
CUA leads the ODAC in red zone efficiency, converting 84.2% of its chances (16-19). The Cardinals have scored 14 touchdowns and two field goals inside the opponents' 20-yard line this season.
The Cardinal defense has done a great job of getting off the field on 3rd down. CUA has held teams to a 37% success rate on 3rd down this season, including an 0-for-8 showing by Carnegie Mellon.
The Cardinals surrendered their first sack of the entire season last week, but CUA has still only allowed four in five games. That ranks the Cardinals 23rd in America and second in the ODAC.
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- A woman was arrested twice by Hooksett police, once Friday night on a charge of aggravated DWI with her 8-year-old daughter in the vehicle, then again Saturday for allegedly driving in violation of bail conditions set in the DWI case.
Bonnie Koralski, 35, of Hooksett was also charged with endangering the welfare of a child, police said.
About 7 p.m. Friday, police got a complaint about a driver on Hooksett Road, police said, but officers could not find the vehicle. Police then went to the home of the registered owner, where they arrested Koralski, according to a press release.
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The agent of Chelsea attacking midfielder Marko Marin has revealed that there are "several interesting offers" to take his client away on loan until the end of the season.
Since joining the Blues from Werder Bremen in the summer, Marin has made only nine appearances and is keen to ensure that he does not disappear from Germany contention, with CSKA Moscow reportedly among those interested.
"I will not hide the fact that Marin has several interesting offers of a loan until the end of the season," representative Fali Ramadani told the Daily Mirror.
"Marko wants more playing time but we understand that at a major club like Chelsea there will always be serious competition for places.
"Marin feels good in London but, in order to play regularly for the German national team, he needs to be a first-teamer.
"We'll have a conversation soon with the Chelsea hierarchy about all possible options for him to continue his career."
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Stockton, CA
Allen Paul Kietzke
July 16, 1944 - January 11, 2013
Allen Paul Kietzke, 68 years old, died January 11th, 2013. Born July 16th, 1944 in
Klamath Falls, CA, Allen graduated from Lodi High School in 1962, then pursued his B.S.
degree in Accounting at California State University, Chico. He worked for San Joaquin County as an
Account Auditor for 15 years.
After receiving a teaching credential at Stanislaus State University, Allen began working for the
Stockton Unified School District. His most recent position was with Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary.
Allen loved life and it's many adventures. He spent much of his free time hiking, practicing yoga and meditation, and learning about Buddhist philosophies. Truly a kind hearted man, Allen will be greatly missed by family and many friends.
A Celebration of Life will be held at the Cherokee Memorial Funeral Home located at 831 Industrial Way in Lodi, CA on Saturday, February 2nd, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Hospice of San Joaquin.


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MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) Spencer Coleman's 3-point basket with 4:12 to go brought Montana all the way back from as many as 15 down to give the Grizzlies a 59-57 lead and eventually a 66-63 victory over Idaho on Saturday night.
For Montana, Kareem Jamar had 17 points and seven rebounds, Mathias Ward had 16 points on 6-of-9 shooting and Coleman had nine points and five rebounds.
Before Coleman's big bucket, Montana's (2-1) last lead came at the 10:57 mark in the first half when Jamar hit a jumper to make it 15-14 Grizzlies.
Up 34-30 at halftime, Idaho (0-2) went on a 16-5 run capped off by a Marcus Bell lay-up to take its biggest lead of the game at 50-35 with 12:27 remaining.
The Grizzlies stormed back, outscoring Idaho 24-7 to take the 59-57 lead off Coleman's 3-pointer.
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Basset Furniture Industries (BSET) is a small cap stock that continues to fly under the radar. Founded in 1902 by John David Bassett, the company engages in the design and manufacture of furniture. Bassett operates in three different segments: Wholesale, Retail, and Real Estate. The Wholesale segment mass produces and sells furniture to non-affiliated retail stores. The Retail segment is made up of company owned-stores and licensee-owned outlets through which Bassett sells its products. The Real Estate segment consists of licensee stores that the company owns or leases. Bassett has leveraged its strong brand name and solid finances to successfully open over 100 retail locations in the United States, Puerto Rico, and Canada. The company is also using its website bassettfurniture.com to expand its rapidly developing network of stores.
At its July 9th investor day, management spoke about the company's recent performance and its financial outlook for the remainder of the 2013 fiscal year (ends November 30th). For the fiscal second quarter, consolidated sales of $81.2 million were 20% higher year over year. Operating profit more than doubled since last year's like quarter ($1.6 million to $3.4 million). Wholesale profits increased by 17% and total revenue rose by more than 25%. The revenue factor was particularly impressive because it marked the third consecutive quarter in which Bassett's revenues improved by at least 20%. As for the stock, since its low point in March of 2009, the share price has risen more than 1,600%. The strong showing stemmed from a material earnings rebound, which can be attributed to the recovering housing market.
Bassett also has positioned itself well financially. The company has $46 million in cash and little debt. The excess cash means Bassett should have more than enough to complete planned capital expenditures. On that note, its current assets could pay back total liabilities almost four times over. Lastly, with strong cash flow, increasing revenue and low debt, the company is poised to keep raising its quarterly dividends.
To sum up, Bassett does appear to have a bright future, though tough competitors, such as Ethan Allen (ETH) and Haverty Furniture (HVT), will not be sitting on their hands. Notably, Bassett's fate appears tied to the housing recovery, and the company could potentially face an uphill battle if the real estate revival were to subside. However, we believe that Bassett will continue to prosper. The future looks promising as six new stores are set to open by early 2014 and five additional units are going to be repositioned and expanded. At Bassett's recent stock price, we believe, that the equity still has sizable upside.
For a more in-depth look at Bassett Furniture Industries, subscribers should examine our full report in The Value Line Investment Survey.
At the time of this article's writing, the author did not have positions in any of the companies mentioned.


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Students uncovered William Kaegebein Elementary School's time capsule from the 1952 cornerstone in celebration of the school's 60th anniversary.
District employees Keith Dodge and Clyde Hiscock chipped away at the mortar, and when they lifted the cornerstone, a copper capsule fell out. Contents included handwritten notes on the history of schooling on Grand Island up to 1952. Also found were articles from local papers on the dedication of the school in 1952, a $1 bill, a half dollar, nickel, several pennies, a 6 cent postage stamp, various pictures, and a copy of Sidway's yearbook.
Former students, principals and teachers will join in a grand celebration to be held on Nov. 19. One celebration will take place at 9:30 a.m. for all Kaegebein students to attend and one celebration is scheduled for 6:30 p.m.
Many activities have been planned including an invitation design contest and an essay contest, "What Kaegebein Means to Me." Samantha Buckingham, Jack Faso, Madison Piggot and Isabel Buckingham were selected as essay winners. Suha Taffal, Thomas Shemik, Raquel Gagliardi, Isabel Buckingham and Rebecca Schultz were chosen as the winners of the invitation contest.
A time capsule in the cornerstone of Kaegebein Elementary School was opened with the help of, from left, Giavanni Panepinto, Andrew Burke, Zachari Guess, and Alexandrea Caudill. In back are Grand Island Central School District building and grounds employees Clyde Hiscock and Keith Dodge.


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"Hometown Ski Hills"
Community ski hills are scattered throughout Idaho, each with its own "field of dreams" story to tell. We profile three of them - Bogus Basin near Boise; Little Ski Hill by McCall; and Pomerelle near Albion - to learn what makes each of these ski areas unique. G
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WILMINGTON, Mass. — Michael Ryder says he's changed linemates so much this season that an in-game switch like the one he experienced Tuesday night in the win over New Jersey is no big deal.
After one full roll out of the Bruins' lines, Ryder settled in next to Patrice Bergeron and Mark Recchi until head coach Claude Julien shifted the veteran winger to a line with Gregory Campbell and Shawn Thornton in Brad Marchand's place.
While the line juggling isn't worth making a stink about, Ryder's lack of production regardless of who he skates with is a major issue right now. Ryder has scored just once in his last 16 games, and three times in 25 contests heading into tomorrow night's showdown with his former team from Montreal.
"I can't score. But that happens, you know. I had a few chances a couple games ago. And I don't know," said Ryder in regards to where his game is right now when asked after practice at Ristuccia Arena today.
Last week in Columbus, Julien tried to get Ryder's attention by making him a healthy scratch for the first time in his three seasons with Boston.
"Definitely [I was disappointed], especially when it's not because of an injury, "said Ryder, who had skate in 172 consecutive regular-season games prior to the benching. "But there's nothing you can do. Hopefully there's more games in front of me."
Ryder says he didn't change anything about his game because of the scratch. Nonetheless, the next game he came out and fired seven shots on goal in the loss to Nashville. Early in the loss at Toronto he was active as well, but disappeared like most of his teammates the rest of that night. He didn't do much against the Devils other than blow one gimme, which went off a defenseman's skate into Martin Brodeur's midsection. A simple flick of the wrist and lift of the puck would've avoided that unfortunate result and gotten Ryder back on the score sheet.
Unlike many players, Ryder's only at his best when he's scoring. Sure his stickhandling can sometimes open up a teammate and every once in a while he might intercept a puck in the neutral zone. But when he's not scoring, he's mostly just taking up a lineup spot.
For part of last month, he looked like he would keep a hot hand and be someone the Bruins could rely on down the stretch to put up points. Instead, he's now in a situation where he doesn't know whether he'll be in the lineup from game to game and can't seem to give the Bruins a solid reason to keep him in there regularly.
Ryder skated with Marchand, Bergeron and Recchi again today, in an obvious mental ploy by Julien to keep Ryder's confidence high and also let Marchand know he has to earn the spot on the second line he won with his all-around play in early January.
Ryder and Julien have been together for many years with many different teams. The coach usually knows how to push the player's buttons. Ryder's not sure how to describe where their relationship is now.
"I don't know, I've been with him so long. He kind of knows me and I have no idea [where we stand]," said Ryder.
Ryder said he didn't necessarily agree with the decision to scratch him but "it's a coach's decision. So whatever they decide, there's not much I can really do about it." Well, there is one thing he could do — score some goals.
Ryder has picked a terrible time to revert to his 2009-10 form, as the Bruins need him to produce and he's heading into free agency this summer. He's going to turn 31 next week and could really make a decent pay day with a strong finish, especially considering the expected dearth of available goal-scorers on the market.
As a healthy scratch, Ryder can't do anything to benefit his or the Bruins' cause. That's why this stretch of games since the healthy scratch is so vital to establish himself as a lineup regular before the playoffs. Tyler Seguin's improved play and Daniel Paille's decent amount of chemistry with Thornton and Campbell have provided Julien with multiple options.
"I don't know what's going to happen for next year. But I haven't really thought about it much. But it's still in the back of your mind," said Ryder. "You know, you want to play and you want to show people you can play. For me, I've just got to work hard. I think people know I can play. So it's just a matter when I'm back in the lineup showing that I can do that."
There's no telling how many more chances he'll get to show what he can do, so Ryder might want to start that display as soon as he can.


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A Look Back
"War is all Hell," said General William T. Sherman. Robert E. Lee said in observing the dead and dying bodies of some eight thousand Union soldiers below Marye's Heights in Fredericksburg, Virginia, "It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it." Anniversaries are usually a time for celebration. So you may ask, why we as a country are about to commemorate a war that killed and maimed more than a million men and perpetually scarred three or more entire generations of Americans? The Civil War was a time in American history like no other. The carnage that lasted for fifty months changed the way we lived and the way we continue to live in the present and for many centuries to come.
For the next four years or so, I will be writing about the events which led our state and the states of the South to secede from the Union. So many people ask, "What if the South won the war?" Many historians debate the true causes of the war or just why the South lost or why the North won. The debate has raged for the last sixteen decades and it will not end any time soon.
It has been said that not counting books on religion, the most written about subject is the Civil War. Generally the right to write the history of a war goes to the victors, but such is not the case with this war. Even the names for the war are still debated. While generally named "The Civil War," Southerners of old always referred to the conflict as "The War Between the States," which is actually a better description since wars are never civil and the root cause of the war was the division of opinion on the rights of states to determine their own destiny in matters ranging from economics to slavery. Northern historians often dubbed it "The War of the Rebellion," while their southern counterparts wrote of it as "The War for Southern Independence." Other whimsical names attached to the war include my personal favorite, "The Great Unpleasantness."
Indeed the armies bore different names. The soldiers of the United States of America were called, "the Union, the North, Blue Boys, Blue Bellies, Billy Yanks, Yanks, Yankees and even Damn Yankees. Southern soldiers were known as "the Confederacy, the South, Confederates, Rebels, Rebs. Johnny Rebs, and Grays/Greys." Gen. Robert E. Lee often refused to call his enemies by any derogatory name, opting instead to refer to his opponents as "General Meade's or General Grant's people," or simply and kindly as "our friends across the river."
The differences in names for the war and the armies themselves was carried on in naming the actual battles, especially in the early years of the war. When the killing culminated on the 17th of September 1862 and especially on the first three days of the following July, it mattered not at all that the Southern armies named the battles after the nearest town or land mass while Northern military leaders named the battles for the nearest bodies of water. That practice originated with the first major engagement of the war, dubbed "Bull Run" by the North and "Manassas" by the victorious Southerners. On September 17, 1862, the Army of Northern Virginia slammed into the Army of the Potomac, just outside of Sharpsburg, Marlyand. General Robert E. Lee forces referred to the blood bath as the "Battle of Sharpsburg," while the Union army, under the command of General George B. McLellan named the conflict for nearby Antietam Creek. Regardless of the name of the battle, it was a day when twenty three-thousand American men were killed, wounded, or captured in the bloodiest single day of battle in American history. Among the last battles to bear dual names occurred east of Vicksburg, Mississippi in May 1863. In an effort to block the Union Army as it advanced on the vital river port city of Vicksburg. Confederate General John C. Pemberton sent some of his men east to meet Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's army as they were tightening their choke hold in the beleaguered city. In a short day of fighting, there were more than 10,000 casualties, many of them suffered by local companies of the 57th Georgia Infantry in a battle the North called Baker's Creek and the South dubbed "The Battle of Champion's Hill."
Slightly more than three million soldiers and sailors took part in the war. Of that number, at least 200,000 thousand were killed in action, slightly more from the North. More than 420,000 died from their wounds or infectious diseases, with the North leading that category by more than 100,000 men. In the incalculable category of the number of wounded, the North, with 275,000, was outscored by the better marksman of the South, which suffered about 140,000 wounded men. More than a million, a full one third of the participants, were killed, wounded, died of disease or were taken as prisoners.
The resulting deaths and wounds resulted in changing the course of the history of the country, and the world for that matter, for the rest of time. For me, the war is responsible for me being here to write these words. My great great-grandmother, Elmina Smith Brantley Braswell, lost her first husband, Pvt. Benjamin Brantley, during the Battle of Sharpsburg. Another great great- grandmother, Nancy Key Douglas Woods, lost her first husband, Pvt. David Douglas, at Gettysburg. I won't even mention the changes in lives and relationships of our ancestors which led to us being born a century or so later.
Although, the Civil War or the War Between the States, would not officially begin until April of 1861 following the bombardment of Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, the first major step came in Montgomery, Alabama one hundred and fifty years ago this week. Delegates from Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida and Louisiana gathered in the first Confederate capital to form a Constitution for the Confederate States of America. Alexander Hamilton Stephens, a former United States congressman who represented Laurens County in Congress, and the first and only vice-president of the Confederacy joined Eugenius A. Nisbet, of Macon, as Georgia's representatives on the Committee of Twelve, which organized the six original states into a new government in five days. Two weeks later, Jefferson Davis of Mississippi, was elected as the president of the new country.
Other southern states, North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Texas, Kentucky and Arkansas ratified the new constitution and seceded from the United States. Interestingly, one of the Alabama delegates signing the Confederate constitution was John G. Shorter, nephew of former Dublin attorney, Eli Shorter.
Make no mistake, it is not my intention to celebrate the events of that horrible war. I will salute the gallantry of its participants, who fought and died for what they thought was right. I will address the nobilities, as well as the horrors. But, I will not, under any circumstances, celebrate death and dying, and I will not champion any cause for the war.
But, in summation of how I personally feel about my people in those dark days, I will leave you with a statement made by a very distant kinsman, Pvt. David L. Thompson of the 9th New York Volunteers, who said while looking at hundreds of Confederate dead at the Battle of Sharpsburg, "Before the sunlight faded, I walked over the narrow field. All around lay the Confederate dead...clad in `butternut'...As I looked down on the poor pinched faces...all enmity died out. There was no `secession' in those rigid forms nor in those fixed eyes staring at the sky. Clearly it was not their war."


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Henderson's FTs lift No. 23 Ole Miss over Auburn
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Mississippi had an awful night at the free throw line until it mattered most.
Marshall Henderson scored 15 points and made the game-winning foul shots with 7 seconds remaining to lift the No. 23 Rebels over Auburn 63-61 on Saturday night.
Ole Miss was an embarrassing 2 for 15 at the line before Henderson came through.
"We weren't very efficient from the foul line," coach Andy Kennedy said. "We were close to 50 percent from the 3, but when you go 4 for 17 from the foul line and you can still find a way to grind out a road SEC win, I think it speaks to the character of this group and their will to win."
Henderson went to the free throw stripe with the score tied after an off-the-ball foul was called on Shaq Johnson as Ole Miss (17-2, 6-0 Southeastern Conference) was inbounding under its own basket. Frankie Sullivan's last-second heave for Auburn was off the mark, and the Rebels escaped.
LaDarius White led Ole Miss with 17 points and Jarvis Summers added 14.
Chris Denson had 18 points for Auburn (8-11, 2-4).
Auburn led 33-31 at halftime and by as many as nine before Ole Miss came charging back in the second half.
The Tigers jumped out to a 9-0 lead and were still up by nine after Noel Johnson's 3-pointer with 5:21 to play in the first half.
From there, Ole Miss went on an 11-4 run to cut the deficit to two at halftime. White scored on a layup a minute into the second half to tie the game.
"Obviously it hurt," Auburn coach Tony Barbee said about Ole Miss' run to close the first half. "When you are up (nine) with 3 minutes to go you are supposed to finish that half out. I had to go to the bench a little bit during that time and when you go to the bench, you have guys contribute, not just offensively but defensively as well."
Auburn trailed 61-56 with 3:30 to go before a quick 5-0 spurt tied the score with a minute to play. With less than 20 seconds left, Murphy Holloway blocked Denson's layup attempt and got the ball to the Rebels' Reginald Buckner in transition. But Shaq Johnson tracked down Buckner and blocked the ball out of bounds to set up the game's final sequence.
Shaq Johnson knocked Henderson to the floor as he rotated on the inbounds set and was whistled for a foul. Henderson hit both free throws to give Ole Miss a victory in a hostile environment.
"To me, the greatest compliment, I think, this program has been given is when other people are paying to see you play," Kennedy said. "Auburn is 8-10 and they've lost three in row. Having a sellout tonight, that was because Ole Miss had a rank in front of their name.
"I'm glad our guys responded."


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XO Flash Bad Blocks
From OLPC
This page is how to fix an XO-1 laptop which is having problems with its main Flash ROM storage. It is part of the XO Troubleshooting Guide.
Problem Description
The NAND Flash which provides the primary storage for an XO-1 laptop usually has blocks of the chip which don't work. These are identified at the factory (using an extremely sensitive test) and don't change over the life of the device. Occasionally, however, a device develops additional bad storage blocks. If a laptop has had repeated problems where the solution was reinstalling the software, the bad block table may need to be rebuilt.
Unfortunately the standard mtd_debug tool (from the mtd-utils package) does not provide information about the BBT. You can download an improved mtd_debug from http://dev.laptop.org/~martin/ -- to use
modprobe mtdchar /path/to/mtd_debug info /dev/mtd0
the output will include 'mtd.badblockscount'.
You can ask Open Firmware to check the NAND Flash and add newly-bad blocks to the "bad block table" that tells the system not to use them. This requires a developer key for the laptop.
- upgrade to the latest XO-1 firmware,
- get to the Ok prompt, and type:
ok test /nandflash::fixbbt
This procedure takes several minutes, because it tests every block on the NAND Flash with several data patterns. The procedure is safe for good NAND Flash, because it saves the previous block data before the test and restores it afterwards, so you won't lose any data on good Flash blocks. There is, however, a small chance of data loss in the event that a block goes bad during (i.e. as a result of) the test, preventing restoration of the previous contents.
Complete Failure
Either this NAND is close to complete failure, or else the bad block table has become corrupted. You could try recreating the bad block table as follows:
ok select /nandflash scrub! unselect


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LOS ANGELES, April 18 (UPI) -- American TV legend Dick Clark died Wednesday at a Los Angeles hospital after a "massive" heart attack at the age of 82, his representative told TMZ.
The businessman, actor, producer, television personality and pop culture icon -- and perennial "New Year's Rockin' Eve" host -- suffered the heart attack at St. John's hospital after undergoing an outpatient procedure Tuesday night, the celebrity news Web site said.
Assistant Amy Streibel said last year Clark had complications resulting from Parkinson's disease, diabetes and a series of strokes, the first of which he suffered in December 2004.
Richard Wagstaff Clark was born into middle-class circumstances and worked tirelessly and with unrelenting focus to become one of the world's most successful entrepreneurs. By watching trends and spending profits wisely, Clark built a production empire that included the staging of rock concerts, television programs and specials, night club spectaculars, movies and record albums and hours of syndicated radio programs.
When Clark was a teen he suffered with acne, but by his 20s his looks smoothed out morphing Dick into the image of the all-American clean-cut young man.
Later in life Dick became saddled with the nickname, "The World's Oldest (Living) Teenager," but when starting out Clark's clean good looks and youthful boy-next-door image cost him jobs.
"They put me into radio because they said I was too young to be a newscaster. I went down there and they took one look at me and said, 'can't do that,' and made me a disc jockey. I lost cigarette ads, beer ads, everything. I was in my 20s but I had a teenager's face."
Later in life Clark was often asked how he managed to always look so young and he always chalked it up to genetics.
"Pick your parents carefully," Clark said.
Clark was born Nov. 30, 1929, in Mount Vernon, N.Y. After his older brother Bradley was killed piloting a mission for the Army Air Corps during World War II, their father, Richard, threw his support behind his other son, helping him fulfill his dream of entering broadcasting, Clark told United Press International before his passing.
Clark spent hours listening to the radio to help himself grieve Bradley's death, precipitating a life-long love affair with the medium.
The elder Clark, who managed radio station WRUN helped Dick get a job in the mailroom while he went to Syracuse University.
By the time Clark graduated with a degree in business administration, he'd already parlayed that into years of radio experience as an announcer, newscaster and program host. Clark had also moved into local television, hosting a program on WFIL, Philadelphia, called "Bandstand" taking over from Bob Horn in 1956. That program soon became "American Bandstand," and in 1957 the show went national, became the most successful piece of national daytime programming and made Dick Clark a star.
In 1959, Congress began investigating so-called pay-for-play or payola incidents. After nearly a year of character-assassination, Clark was not charged.
Clark rebuilt his image and business and went on to create a media empire as a television producer, radio and television host and businessman.
"I was and still am the luckiest man you'll ever meet. I was doing a job I love -- didn't get much money but I was real happy. It eventually all changed. I got to be real well known; made a fair amount of money doin' what I love. … Doesn't get any better than that," Clark said.
In 1972 Clark began his "New Year's Rockin' Eve" program from Times Square.
In December 2004 Clark had a debilitating stroke from which he never recovered.
Clark was married three times. He leaves behind former wives Karen Wigton Clark, Barbara Mallery Clark and Loretta Martin Clark, daughter Cindy and sons Richard Augustus II and Duane Clark, named after guitarist Duane Eddy.


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The defense for Shane M. Spencer continued the contention in court today that another person could have fired the fatal shot at Luis A. Arocho-Ortiz outside 120 Southgate St. in July 2006.
Mr. Spencer's lawyer, Joan M. Fund, relied heavily on statements and a photograph identification made by a woman who told police she was outside the Southgate Street home on July 29, 2006.
But the woman, Nicole Huezo, was not called to the stand to testify and does not appear on the witness list filed in the murder case against Mr. Spencer. The 27-year-old is on trial in Worcester Superior Court on murder and firearms charges in the 2006 killing.
Ms. Fund brought two police officers who interviewed Ms. Huezo to the stand. Those investigators were present when she first identified a man known by the street name "Candy Man" as the shooter. The man's real name is Juan Maldonado.
The testimony was allowed by Judge David Ricciardone because Ms. Fund is pursuing a third-party culprit defense in the case. Assistant District Attorney Lisa Casella argued Ms. Huezo needed to take the stand in the case in order for her statements to be heard by the jury.
Worcester Police Detective Christopher J. Murphy testified that Ms. Huezo identified and signed a photograph of Mr. Maldonado as the shooter when police spoke to her and showed her a photograph array. Mr. Maldonado is also not testifying in the case.
Sometime in the days after making the identification, Ms. Huezo called another detective and recanted her identification, Detective Murphy testified. She refused to further meet with investigators.
Ms. Huezo said the man in the front seat of the car was not Mr. Maldonado and a different man all together. The detective said Ms. Huezo told police she did not see "Candy Man" with a weapon.
"She said she never saw Candy Man with a gun," Detective Murphy testified.
Based on a form filled in during the photograph array, Ms. Huezo said Mr. Maldonado did shoot a gun from the car.
In earlier testimony, Francisco "Tito" Rivera, who then lived at 120 Southgate St., and was the intended target of the shooting, according to prosecutors, testified that Mr. Arocho-Ortiz got into a fight in Crystal Park with the person nicknamed "Candy Man." The fight was shortly before the drive-by shooting.
Two prosecution witnesses, including a co-defendant of Mr. Spencer's, have identified him as the shooter in previous testimony. Police also recovered the alleged murder weapon, a semiautomatic .22-caliber handgun, in an apartment building on Claremont Street where Mr. Spencer's sister lived.
One woman has testified that Mr. Spencer was at 7 Mott St. at the time of the shooting. Mr. Spencer told police he was also at 7 Mott St. at that time.
Mr. Arocho-Ortiz, 25, was fatally shot while standing with friends outside the Southgate Street home. A car drove by and shots were fired from the vehicle. There was testimony concerning whether two people shot from the car or one person in the backseat fired a weapon. Ms. Huezo allegedly told investigators that shots only came from the backseat.
That statement came after she changed her story.
Testimony will not resume Tuesday, but it appears the case will wrap up Wednesday after the defense is expected to call more witnesses.
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