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An interactive timeline of Presidential history, presenting materials drawn from the Presidential Libraries. The Presidential Timeline provides a single point of access to an ever-growing selection of digitized assets from the collections of the twelve Presidential Libraries of the National Archives. These assets include document, photographs, audio recordings and video relating to the events of the president' lives. Civil rights materials cover the integration of Central High School in Little Rock and President Johnson's activities related to civil rights.
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Sestak acknowledged in an interview in February that he was offered a position by an unnamed White House official - a potential violation of federal law - but has not offered any specifics on conversation. Republicans are trying to use the issue against Sestak in the November Senate race.
"It's interesting. I was asked a question about something that happened months earlier, and I felt that I should answer it honestly, and that's all I had to say about it." Sestak said Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press." "Anybody else has to decide on what they will say upon their role. That's their responsibility."
Yet Sestak confirmed to NBC's David Gregory that the incident did take place.
"I was offered a job, and I answered that," Sestak said. "Anything that goes beyond that is for others to talk about."
Considering the job offer might have possibly been a violation of federal law, or at the very least, the type of political maneuvering that many voters deplore, Sestak's refusal to provide more information about the offer is troubling. He says, "Anybody else has to decide on what they will say upon their role. That's their responsibility....I was offered a job. Anything that goes beyond that is for others to talk about." Is this the same position he will take as a Senator?
If someone were to offer Senator Sestak a bribe, would he just turn them down and leave it up to them to turn themselves in? Or would he let the proper authorities, and the voters, know what was going on, to serve as a strong deterrent for such behavior? Even if Sestak did not want to raise the issue of the White House job offer, now that it is out in the open doesn't he have some responsibility to provide additional details? It appears he doesn't think so. After all, he said, "That's their responsibility." Well, at least with that statement he is clear with the voters about where he stands on the issue of responsibility.
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Sue S. Stewart, former senior vice president and general counsel at the University of Rochester, will be awarded this year's Susan B. Anthony Lifetime Achievement Award for her dedication to women's issues and commitment to the local community.
"Her ability to excel among woman in the legal profession, and her numerous 'firsts' as a female attorney in Rochester, makes her the ideal candidate for this year's award," said Catherine Cerulli, director of the Susan B. Anthony Center for Women's Leadership.
The award will be given on Friday, Feb. 1, at the annual Legacy Dinner, a long-standing University tradition that celebrates Anthony's campaign for equal rights and to win women admission in the University in 1900.
Stewart took on the role as the University's chief lawyer in 2003 after retiring from a 33-year career at Nixon Peabody LLP. She was one of the first women hired by the firm in 1968 and was the first woman to be made Managing Partner of the Rochester office in 1975. She later became the first female practice group leader and the first female member of the firm's managing committee. In 1998 she was named the firm's first female managing partner.
A graduate of Wellesley College and Georgetown Law School, Stewart's many awards include the 1999 Athena Award from the Greater Rochester Metro Chamber of Commerce and the 2001 Distinguished Volunteer Service Award from the United Neighborhood Centers of Greater Rochester. She also has served on a number of community organization boards, including the United Way of Greater Rochester, International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, Center for Governmental Research, and Genesee Country Village & Museum. Stewart is the 12th woman to receive the Susan B. Anthony Lifetime Achievement Award. Prior recipients include Nora Bredes, former New York legislator and past director of the Susan B. Anthony Center for Women's Leadership, and Esther Conwell '45, winner of the 2010 National Medal of Science.
In recognition of Stewart's many achievements, the University created the Sue S. Stewart Leadership and Community Service Award. The award will be given annually to a female undergraduate student who is involved in the community, has a record of high academic achievement, and has expressed interest in professional careers of service to others, including the legal profession. This year's award will be given to Kelly Scull of New Hope, Pa., a junior majoring in business and political science. Scull created a program for incarcerated women at a local jail in Monroe County
Seven additional undergraduate students will receive awards and scholarships at this year's event. The Dean Ruth A. Merrill Award will be given to Amber-Danielle Baldie of Rochester, N.Y., a sophomore majoring in neuroscience. The award was created last year by a group of female students from the Class of 1960 who grew up in the City of Rochester to commemorate their 50th class reunion. The award is in memory of Ruth A. Merrill, former dean of the then College of Arts and Science, whose leadership and support impacted the lives of many female students.
This year's Susan B. Anthony Scholarships will be awarded to Shilpa Topudurti of Champaign, Ill., a junior majoring in molecular genetics, and Chantel Gaudet of Bedford, N.H., a junior majoring in chemical engineering and applied mathematics.
The Susan B. Anthony Prize will be awarded to Kelly Rickert of Little Valley, N.Y., a senior majoring in anthropology and religion. The Jane R. Plitt award will be given to Sara Lewis of Orange, Ohio, a sophomore majoring in women's studies and health, behavior, and society. Receiving Fannie Bigelow Prizes are Makia Green of New York, N.Y., a junior studying psychology, and Erika Howard of Wellsville, N.Y., a senior studying English. The prizes and scholarships are given each year by the University of Rochester Women's Club.
The annual Legacy Dinner will be held on Friday, Feb. 1, at 6 p.m. in the Meliora Ballroom in the Frederick Douglass Building. Tickets for the dinner are $45 for the general public and $25 for University students. Seating is limited and tickets must be purchased in advance. For more information on seating and reservations, call (585) 275-8799 or visit www.rochester.edu/SBA/.


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I'm returning to work full time in a month and my baby girl will be two weeks short of her first birthday (yay to Canadian mat-leave). She has nursed like a trooper from the get go and although I only saw myself nursing for 6mo before birth, I absolutely love bf'ing her and now that I've educated myself about it I don't want to stop until she is ready!
My questions are regarding managing my return to work, right now she nurses before each nap (@ about 10am and 3pm) as well as at bedtime, upon waking, 3-5 times a night, and usually a third non-nap time during the day. So anywhere between 6 to 10 times in a 24hr period. She eats a good variety of solids about three times a day, but only a few tablespoons each time.
Once I'm at work she will be cared for by g'ma in our home and I will be leaving at 7:30am able to come home at noon for a half hour, then return home for the day at 4:30pm. I realize everyone is different, but in your collective experiences:
1. Do any of you have advice on if I need to transition her from before nap feedings and replace them with lunch feed/off work feed before I go back or just jump in once work starts with the later feeding times?
2. If I don't want to give her cow's milk, will I need to pump and leave milk for her or will one midday and one late afternoon feeding be enough in addition to feedings we can keep the same (bed time, night, waking etc)?
3. If I don't pump will it hurt my supply (since I'll be going longer between feeds and cutting back one daytime feed)?
Any general return-to-work stories/advice for this age would be greatly appreciated, I'm already struggling with separation anxiety and worried about jeopardizing our nursing relationship!


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Aug 16, 2008 at 10:59 pm
Beautiful 69 Stang - you did a awesome job bringing her back!!!
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Thanks for the votes. I needed them; it was close!
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Thanks Michael. K&R did a really nice job on my valve covers. Maybe Ford left them ugly so they could sell after market parts.


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June 16, 2009
Tommy Vallier Rocks
Those who know Tommy Vallier know that he rocks. I'm about to tell you why he is such a rocking dude.
As you many have noticed my blog broke last week. I had installed the latest version of WordPress when the trouble began. I believe it was all because of a plug-in. Back things up and test your plug-ins before you install a new version people!
I mentioned my issues on Twitter and was happy to hear instantly from friends like Mitch Canter, Chris Ennis, Nicholas Young, Kim Evernham, Susan Murphy, Troy Thompson, Andrew Eidson, Paul Henman and Nicholas Butler, who all offered to help me. Thank you so much guys!
Tommy quickly jumped into rescue mode right away. I pictured him entering a phonebooth and exiting as Super WordPress Man! Can you picture that?
After two days of WordPress ninjitsu, Tommy fixed things. We even installed this rather schwanky new template, do you like it?
Tommy has a great WordPress business called WordPress By The Minute. I highly recommend you contact him if you have any WordPress woes. He's honest, fast and a great guy. You can also find him tweeting on Twitter as @tommyvallier (go figure).
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Rainfall was plentiful throughout most of the Southeast during the winter months. And, while early spring showers brought short-term relief to much of the drought-stricken area, long-term deficits still remained, according to the first May report of the U.S. Drought Monitor.
Widespread rains of 1 to 2 inches during the latter part of April improved conditions in the most drought-affected areas, but most of Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina are still categorized from abnormally dry to extreme drought.
And significant long-term deficits remained, ranging from 5 to 15 inches over the past six months to 12 to 20 inches over the past 12 months, with locally larger deficits.
Surface conditions improved temporarily, but deeper soil moisture remained dry and groundwater levels and multiple-day averaged stream flows continued low in many places. The Tennessee Valley Authority lakes continued low in spite of the recent rains.
Conditions especially improved in Virginia, where 4 to 8 inches of rain fell during the latter part of April.
Conservation measures and rainfall have helped to replenish many of the reservoirs in North Carolina, but low well levels and stream flows still reflected subnormal groundwater conditions.
In Georgia, State Climatologist David Stooksbury agrees that winter and early spring rains have helped the situation there, but north Georgia remains in severe to extreme drought. The northern coastal plain is abnormally dry, he says, and moisture conditions for the southern coastal plain along the Florida border are near normal for this time of year.
From Oct. 1 through the middle of April is considered Georgia's moisture recharge period, when the state typically gets more rain than moisture losses due to evaporation and plant use.
"North Georgia didn't receive enough rain to fully recharge soil moisture, groundwater, streams or reservoirs, says Stooksbury. "Since Oct. 1, north Georgia has received only 70 percent to 80 percent of normal rainfall. Most north Georgia streams are at or near record low flows for late April. At many locations, only 1986 and 2007 stream flows were lower than they are now."
Both Lake Lanier and Lake Hartwell in Georgia were well below desired levels for late April, he says. "Smaller reservoirs are near full, though. However, with the extremely low stream flows across north Georgia, these smaller reservoirs must be managed well because drought conditions are expected to continue," he says.
From the northern Coastal Plain to the North Carolina and Tennessee borders, soil moisture is abnormally low, says Stooksbury. It is especially low across the northern Piedmont and into the mountains. In northwest Georgia, soil moisture is extremely low, he adds.
"Soil moisture in south-central and southeast Georgia was near normal for late April. But levels are already decreasing. In southwest Georgia, most flows were low for late April and decreasing. The development of drought conditions over May was possible," he says.
From late April through October, moisture loss from soils is usually greater than rainfall, says Stooksbury. If Georgia has normal weather this summer, we can expect the soils to continue to dry out and groundwater levels, stream flows and reservoir levels to drop across the entire state.
For several months, both the Southeast Climate Consortium (SCC) and NOAA's Climate Prediction Center have been predicting an increased likelihood of drier than normal and warmer patterns for the fall, winter and early spring seasons in the Southeast, especially in Florida, south Alabama and south Georgia.
The reason is that a moderate to strong La Niña (colder than normal ocean temperatures along the equator in the eastern and central Pacific Ocean) developed this past fall. La Niña is well known to typically bring drier conditions and warmer weather to the Southeast in the colder months (November through March).
The threat of a dry winter, when most recharge of surface and groundwater takes place in Georgia and Alabama, did not bode well for any lasting relief in the drought-stricken areas of these states.
Fortunately, states the SCC, this past winter was anything but typical as far as La Niña and rainfall is concerned. January and February saw a pattern that brought frequent storms and low pressure systems along the Gulf Coast. Several heavy rainfall events impacted the Panhandle and north Florida, south Alabama, and south and central Georgia.
In other areas, rainfall has not been so plentiful and drought conditions persist, say experts with the SCC. "The hardest hit areas of north Alabama and north Georgia are still experiencing rainfall deficits. Lake and reservoir levels, such as Lake Lanier that supplies Atlanta, are still significantly below normal and have not received as much recharge as hoped during the winter season. Likewise in south Florida, where low Lake Okeechobee levels are dictating water restrictions in south and southwest Florida."
Looking further ahead, La Niña rainfall patterns actually could reverse themselves over portions of most of Alabama, western Georgia and the Florida Panhandle, says the SCC. "May and June actually bring patterns that favor more rainfall than normal in these areas, on average from 5 percent to 10 percent. While this forecast can be viewed with optimism, there is less confidence in forecasting using La Niña climate shifts at this time of the year.
Like this current La Niña, sea surface temperatures reach their peak departure from normal in the winter months and have or are in the process of returning to normal by the summer. Also, the active jet stream has migrated north to its summer position, so the tropical Pacific has less influence on it and corresponding weather patterns."
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Team: Lansing wrestling
Last year's record: 2-2 dual record
Coach: Ron Averill
Coach's record: 265-78-1
Key returnees:
Michael Olsen, 132/138-pound junior; placed first at state in 2012 (37-6), second in 2011 (32-14)
Cole Hoing, 126-pound junior; went 32-14 in 2012
Hector Porter, 195/220-pound junior
Newcomers to watch:
Elijah Hill, 120-pound freshman; second at Middle School National Duals Tournament
Jordan Girard, 106-pound sophomore
Team Outlook: STRENGTHS — Seasoned talent is a key ingredient for any wrestling squad and for Lansing, junior Michael Olsen headlines a deep junior class.
The returning state champion, along with several other members of his grade, will be looked to lead a developing Lions team.
"I think that our strength as a team comes from the knowledge and desire to improve on last year's performances," Averill said. "We have a lot of kids out for wrestling and every single one is working their tail off to not only to earn a varsity spot, but to have a successful season."
WEAKNESSES — While the team's youthful hunger is important, Lansing still lost a lot of varsity experience to graduation from last season's team.
In the long run, though, the Lions' coach staff believes the lack of mat time will dissipate as the team matures.
Big meets: Eudora Tournament on Dec. 8-9; Basehor's Bobcat Tournament on Jan. 11-12
Coach says: "We have begun our season with an excited sense of anticipation. I know that we are going to have a lot of good battles within the practice room, which will transfer into competition."


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This past week, two of Hillary Clinton's underlings testified in her place before the Oversight committee regarding Benghazi. Clinton herself was unable to attend because she conveniently took a tumble just days before said hearing. We're supposed to just accept that and let her glide by until she ends her term in January sometime, when she becomes a private citizen again. If called to testify then, my bet is she will likely take the 5th. I hope she doesn't intend to run in 2016. If she thinks dodging this now is better than testifying or in this will some way inoculate her from scrutiny down the road, she's kidding herself.
The Accountability Board report was out and it found some fall guys to take the heat instead of President Obama. That was the purpose of the Accountability Board no matter how Jay Carney tries to dodge it. The board found "systematic management and leadership failures". I know, you're as shocked as I was by that finding. In the testimony of the two men assigned as Clinton firewalls, Burns and Nides, they can't help but point to Clinton and potentially the President knowing full well that the Benghazi consulate was vulnerable. They're going to need some resignations to sate this committee. FOX News:
A top State Department official acknowledged Thursday that cables warning of serious security concerns at the U.S. compound in Benghazi went to department headquarters – and possibly to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's office – in the months leading up to the deadly Sept. 11 attack.
Deputy Secretary of State Williams Burns, testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said the cables "would have been reviewed up through the assistant secretary level, and it may be that some of my colleagues on the seventh floor saw them as well." The seventh floor refers to Clinton's office.
Further, Burns confirmed "there were certainly memos" that came to Clinton's office describing some of the dozens of security incidents in the region before the attack that claimed four American lives.
The confirmation Thursday comes after Fox News first reported in October on one cable addressed to Clinton's office said the U.S. Mission in Benghazi convened an "emergency meeting" less than a month before the attack because Al Qaeda had training camps in Benghazi and the consulate could not defend against a "coordinated attack."
But Fox News are big, fat liars according to
Mini-Gibbs Carney:
Back to the Accountability report and testimony.
Oh hey, look…Some resignations! With the Accountability report also came four resignations. Four is a nice round number to take the blame for what was ultimately the role, responsibility and fault of the President and Hillary Clinton. Perhaps the number if more symbolic – four resignations for four murdered Americans. NY Times:
Eric J. Boswell, the assistant secretary of state for diplomatic security, resigned. Charlene R. Lamb, the deputy assistant secretary responsible for embassy security, and another official in the diplomatic security office whom officials would not identify were relieved of their duties. So was Raymond Maxwell, a deputy assistant secretary who had responsibility for North Africa. The four officials, a State Department spokeswoman said, "have been placed on administrative leave pending further action."
I want to know who the other official they would not name is. The article says they resigned or were relieved of duty, yet they are placed on administrative leave as well? Does that mean they're being paid for their trouble of playing the part of scapegoats?
One of the most glaring omissions from the Accountability Board's report were just two little words: Susan Rice. She served her part as the face that lied to a nation to cover up the death of four Americans. Time to sweep it under the carpet. No more reporting on her role, run along now. Being a minority female in a position of related power relative to the State Department, she was the perfect choice to trot out and tell a massive lie. Any questioning of it would result in the junkyard dog display by the President, subsequent lack of concern, and faux horror from the Democrats — how dare you be so racist and sexist as to point out Rice knowingly lied her ass off to the nation?
Two other little words not found in the report: YOUTUBE VIDEO. By the way, Nakoula got off easy.
Related: Nakoula Gets A Year, Obama Gets Four


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Sixth Line will be closed between Sixteen Mile Creek Drive and Burnhamthorpe Drive from September 12 to November 25, 2016 for the installation of watermains and wastewater main by the Region of Halton. With the exception of residences located within the road closure limits, vehicles and pedestrians will not be permitted. The detour route will be via Trafalgar Road and Neyagawa Boulevard.


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Vascular disease effects the body's circulation - the arteries and veins. Everyone knows about "heart disease," but fewer know about vascular disease. What most people do not know is that vascular disease attacks critical arteries like the aorta (the body's main artery), the carotid arteries to the brain, and circulation to the legs and arms. In fact, vascular disease kills and cripples almost as many Americans as heart disease or cancer.
A build-up of plaque and cholesterol in blood vessels - called atherosclerotic occlusive disease - can affect the amount of blood the brain, arms, legs, and abdominal organs receive. As the amount of plaque and cholesterol within the artery increases, there is less room for blood flow to the intended organ or limb. Lack of blood flow can potentially cause a stroke, in the case of the brain, or pain in the legs while at rest or when walking. Many patients with these symptoms have had a history of smoking, high cholesterol or diabetes.
The most serious vascular problems are treated today by vascular surgeons. These highly trained surgical specialists have dedicated their careers to the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of vascular disease. Vascular surgeons complete five years of surgical training with an additional one-to-two years of fellowship training in the diagnosis, medical treatment, critical care, surgical, and endovascular - or minimally invasive - techniques used in treating vascular disease.
The origins of vascular surgery began at the turn of the century with development of techniques to repair arteries and early attempts at transplantation. The modern era of vascular surgery began in the late 1940s with the development of replacement arteries and improved surgical techniques. Today, vascular surgeons perform minimally invasive procedures by using balloons and stents as well as operations on arteries throughout the body to treat blockages and help improve blood flow. Other procedures bypass diseased arteries and replace weakened aneurysmal (enlarged) arteries. Endovascular (minimally invasive vascular procedures) techniques often allow a conventional open procedure that was previously performed in the operating room to be done through a small needle puncture in the groin, with most patients going home the same day as the procedure.
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Robert Plant, Robin Thicke and Jill Scott were among the headliners announced Wednesday announced as Taste of Chicago completed its summer concert lineup.
The rock band fun. had previously been announced as Taste's opening-night headliner, on July 10.
Taste, which runs July 10-14, will again offer reserved seats in the Petrillo Music Shell pavilion, the City of Chicago and the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events said. Tickets ($25) will go on sale May 15 at tasteofchicago.us. Lawn seating will remain free.
Here is the complete lineup for Taste of Chicago:
July 10, 5:30 p.m.: fun., Delta Spirit
July 11, 5:30 p.m.: Robin Thicke, Estelle
July 12, 5:30 p.m.: Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters, the Lone Bellow
July 13, 11 a.m.: IM5, Chloe and Hallie
July 13, 5:30 p.m.: Jill Scott, Maxi Priest
July 14, 4 p.m.: Neon Trees, the Mowgli's


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You wake up at three in the morning. In El Paso. You board a bus, and spend the rest of your day herding livestock, picking chilies, or milking cows. Then, at the end of the day, you're handed cash for your work, but it may not be enough.
"So if we work eight, nine, ten hours, they put down that we work less," says an Agricultural worker who goes through this process on a regular basis. He's asked not to use his real name for fear of retaliation. "For example, they don't pay us for more than eight hours, so if you only get $40, they say that's what you worked, eight hours."
He says he's been working in New Mexico for seven months, supports two children in Mexico, but says he hasn't complained to his boss.
"With the bosses, there's no talking to them; they pay just what they want," he says. "No one claims differently. If someone speaks out, they no longer have work."
Advocates at the New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty say this story is not uncommon. They conducted a six-month investigation into the state's Agricultural practices.
"We interviewed 250 farm workers and dairy workers in New Mexico," says Maria Martinez Sanchez, an attorney with the Center. "We talked about wages, we talked about health and safety issues, labor conditions overall and demographics."
The report found that 55-percent of workers in the dairy industry work more than eight hours a day, and almost half of those laborers, put in a six-day week or more.
"So you're working six days a week, 12 hours a day," says Sanchez. "You only have to be paid the federal minimum wage which is $7.25 an hour, and you are not entitled to any overtime whether it be state or federal."
Sanchez says these workers are getting significantly underpaid.
"Well in the dairy industry, we treat our workers pretty well, I believe," says Beverly Idsinga, Executive Director of Dairy Producers New Mexico. "They're getting paid, probably an average of $15 an hour, that's way above minimum wage, and that's for just the average worker."
Idsinga says data on how much people are paid is hard to come by, but right now she says dairies are competing with the oil & gas and construction industries for labor. They pay more, so she says dairies have to pay more.
"Dairies are different," says Idsinga. "They're not all uniform, so you would have to do that on a case-by-case basis. But I know that some dairies employ people that do work more than eight hours, but they pay them overtime, and it's always the employees choice."
Idsinga says the foremost problem in the dairy industry right now is that producers don't get to choose how much they sell their milk for, which means profits and production costs are never consistent.
Jeff Witte serves as Secretary of Agriculture for New Mexico. He says with that kind of uncertainty, producers have to find ways to save.
"Any mandatory cost increases, whatever factor they may be, either through government mandates or labor competition, ends up pushing their cost of production up," says Witte.
Currently, 93-percent of New Mexico is experiencing exceptional drought conditions. It's ranked as the driest state in the nation. Witte says those conditions have driven up the price of feed, corn and wheat, while alfalfa production has dropped putting pressure on the dairy and livestock sectors, which bring in up to $2-billion dollars a year to the states economy. At last count, Witte says about a dozen dairies have gone out of business since drought set in.
"You know, that's a significant hit to the state, economically, every dairy, especially the size of our dairies, they provide a lot of community impact and support," says Witte.
This may be one reason why dairies struggle to pay their workers a competitive wage. However, Tess Wilkes, a staff attorney with the New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty, says another reason could be that the workers won't say anything.
"They're a mix of documented and undocumented," says Wilkes. "They're very afraid of retaliation, and that's a barrier anytime that they want to make a complaint."
As for the unnamed worker in El Paso, he hopes people will hear his troubles and think twice before coming to work in New Mexico.
"Here in New Mexico they pay very little in farming," he says. "It's been a state where they've always paid very little. I've worked in other states and they pay much better."
He says in December, he'll leave his job, and the state to find better pay.


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Ah, so that's what Google's masterplan is regarding the defense of Android against the patent trolls. HTC has just launched a few more defensive patent lawsuits against Apple, and while that's by far no longer newsworthy, it is this one time. You see, HTC is suing Apple over 9 patents that have only very recently been transferred (namely, a week ago) from Google to HTC. The patents come from Palm, Motorola, and others. This means Google is giving away its patents to Android device makers. Nice of them.


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Day 2 : A City Tour & The Rockettes
We awake this morning and enjoy a delicious welcome breakfast at our hotel. Following breakfast, a local guide joins us to tour The Big Apple. The sights and sounds of New York City during the holiday season are truly a magical experience! See Rockefeller Center and its famous ice skating rink, the Lincoln Center Christmas Tree, and Grand Central Station. We also view the windows adorning the shops of 5th Avenue. Following an included lunch, there's time for shopping or exploring midtown Manhattan. This evening we're guests at The Radio City Christmas Spectacular®, starring the world famous Radio City Rockettes®. Debuting in 1933, it is both brilliantly grand and genuinely moving; a glittering combination of old favorites and new delights. Enjoy the flawless precision of 140 people while they sing and dance in the legendary Parade of the Wooden Soldiers. Experience Santa's magical ride to the North Pole, where life-size ragdolls come to life, and marvel at the stunning reenactment of the first Christmas as the Living Nativity unfolds before us on stage. After the performance, we travel to Rockefeller Center to view its towering Christmas tree. Typically, a Norway Spruce, the minimum size requirements for the tree are 65 feet in height and 35 feet in width. Over five miles of lights are used to decorate the tree each year. We return to our hotel for the evening. B,L
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Our day begins with breakfast at the hotel. This morning we take an excursion boat for a cruise of New York Harbor. Our cruise travels past Battery Park, Lower Manhattan and Liberty Island to view the Statue of Liberty, America's most recognized symbol of freedom. The statue was given as a gift from France to commemorate liberty and friendship and was dedicated on October 28, 1886. We also cruise past Ellis Island, former gateway to America for millions of immigrants. The remainder of our afternoon is free for shopping at the Holiday Shops at Bryant Park and other leisure opportunities. Tonight, we enjoy The Nutcracker™ performed by the New York City Ballet at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. A once-in-a-lifetime experience, this glittering classic ballet will stay with you forever and warm your spirit. Beloved characters, gorgeous costumes, a one-ton Christmas tree that magically seems to never stop growing, an on-stage snow storm, and a 62-piece orchestra performing Tchaikovsky's timeless music make this performance truly unforgettable. B
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April 10. 2013 3:25PM
Morning crash in Manchester sends two to the hospital
This Nissan Pathfinder ended up on its side after a crash Wednesday morning at Granite and Second streets in Manchester. (MARK HAYWARD/UNION LEADER)
MANCHESTER - A Nissan Pathfinder landed on its side near the intersection of Granite and Second streets after a crash Wednesday about 11:30 a.m.
The driver of the Nissan, Alicia Shaw, 27, of Manchester, sustained a serious injury to her arm and was taken by ambulance to Elliot Hospital. Police said the injury is not considered life-threatening. Her passenger, Lesley Slemp, 33, of Manchester, was also taken to the Elliot by ambulance, complaining of a back injury.
The other vehicle involved in the crash, identified as a Mercury Marquis operated by Maurice Boucher, 87, of Hooksett, had front-end damage, but Boucher was not injured.
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There is a new update to ColorThink Pro available on our download page:https://www.chromix.com/colorthink/downloadThis is not a major update but brings a number of fixes & tunings that many of you have been asking about. (Thanks for your feedback, and keep it coming!)While we're at it, you should know that ColorThink Pro is a 32bit app on both Mac and Windows. We're working on a major (paid) upgrade that will be 64bit. In the meantime, macOS High Sierra appears to be warning users that the app is not "optimized" for their machine. Not to worry, it runs fine.
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We have just learned that Curve4 has won a software design award! The Xojo design awards for 2018 have just been announced at the Xojo Developer's Conference in Denver. The report is that judging the winners was not easy because of a large number of great entries.Curve4 received the award for Best Specialty App for 2018!All of you who marvel at the complex calculations and the powerful new features in Curve4, even while the user interface is easy and intuitive - well... you're not the only ones to be impressed.
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Now, these profiles are faster, better and less expensive. Since that post in 2010 we have invested in a state-of-the-art Barbieri LFP spectrophotometer, which makes it possible to take transmissive measurements using our standard target.
The word "transmissive" means we are capturing the measurements of the color as it passes through the clear or semi-opaque material. The effect of a light source transmitting through the semi-clear media and through the ink can best be captured using a spectrophotometer that is specially made for this purpose. You might use transmissive profiles if you are producing images intended to be back-lit in light boxes or other such displays.
Before, we would have to charge $150 per profile for RGB Transmissive profiles because of the great deal of handling involved in making these measurements using the DTP-41T. Now, we use the same target we use for the ColorValet Pro service. This means that ColorValet Pro customers can now get transmissive profiles for only $49 more per profile. And for our regular ColorValet customers, we have been able to lower our price for standalone RGB transmissive profiles to $99.00. (CMYK transmissive profiles are still $150.)
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I got a call from a printer today who decided to order a custom profile from us. He's up against a deadline and the canned profile from the paper manufacturer is giving him a lot of banding.
Always curious about bad profiles I asked him to send it to me so I could take a look. I ran it through some of the tests we do using ColorThink Pro, including Viewing a Rendered Gamut. (See the "tropical fish" gamut above.) CTP showed pretty quickly strange handling of blues, and a section of outer gamut magentas were being mapped to color locations well inside the gamut!
It turns out this profile was made using Monaco Profiler, considered one of the best profiling engines of its time, and not too long ago at that. It occurred to me that even with a good profiling engine, you never really know what you're getting when you build a profile - unless you have a means of checking it out - seeing its shape, if the measurements match the gamut, if it renders appropriately.
This was a publicly distributed profile, going out to users of this well-known brand of paper. My customer said he was using up more paper trying to deal with his "banding" issues than he used adjusting color. To tell the truth, the profile is not so terribly bad that it produces a lot of bad color. In fact, depending on the content of the image a lot of prints might come out fine. But this customer spent a tremendous amount of time and paper trying to solve this problem while running different calibrations and head alignments with Epson. He had a deadline coming up, was supposed to print 40 x 60 inch inkjet prints, and ended up overnighting a new target to us because he was running out of time.
Some people who have never heard of ColorThink (there are a few) ask me why they should get it. How is it going to improve their color tomorrow? And I don't have a good salesman answer for them. I say something about how it does not fix things so much as it's a diagnostic tool. That's about when their eyes glaze over and I can imagine what they're thinking - they don't need another diagnostic tool that gives them cool things to look at but has no practical value. So this real-world example is just one of many, many examples of the practical value of ColorThink Pro. If this customer had CTP, he would have quickly uncovered the cause of the banding that would have saved them more time and money in just one use than the program cost. When you've got a problem - that's when you need ColorThink.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 1, 2012 – Hydration is essential to any physical activity, which is why the new alliance between POWERADE® and Endomondo, the app-based social fitness community with over 12 million users worldwide, triggered the creation of a new hydration function within Endomondo.
Research shows dehydration resulting in as little as 2 percent body mass decrease can reduce physical and mental performance. The new Endomondo POWERADE hydration meter aids effective functioning of the body, promoting greater health and well-being.
The collaboration between POWERADE, part of The Coca-Cola Company, and Endomondo unites communities around the world with needed tools to reach fitness goals. Endomondo offers cutting edge technology, supported by location-based GPS, and social networking capabilities motivating users toward fun and fitness. Endomondo is also launching the POWERADE Challenge that rewards those exercising. Join the challenge at https://www.endomondo.com/challenges.
Emmanuel Seuge, The Coca-Cola Company's Head of Worldwide Sports and Entertainment Marketing, said "Endomondo's vision of a world where everyone exercises is a vision shared by both organizations. The collaboration is intended to motivate fitness fans to compete while building strength and conditioning so everyone becomes better all-round athletes."
Christian Birk, Co-founder of Endomondo, said, "We are excited to announce Endomondo's first-ever global brand collaboration. This relationship with POWERADE will pull together the innovative resources from both partners to create new, unique experiences that help people around the world have fun while leading a more active lifestyle."
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Missouri CourthousesContact and other information about this county is available on the National Association of Counties website, http://explorer.naco.org/.
Pike County, one of Missouri's older counties, has had six courthouses, five in the 19th century. The first was in Louisiana, Missouri, Pike County's first county seat. It has been described as a two-story, small, brick building, the first brick building erected in Pike County, built 1819-20. Owners donated the site, but complications arose about the deed. Apparently all courts continued meeting in Louisiana throughout 1824, although the county seat officially moved to Bowling Green in 1822. The county authorized the sale of the building in February 1826. Michael J. Noyes bought it for $450. The 1875 Atlas reported the building had recently been torn down.
Nathaniel Montgomery built the first courthouse in Bowling Green of logs in 1823; costs were first estimated to be about $75, but finally amounted to $114. Planned as a temporary building, it was located on the northeast corner of the square. Apparently the building was razed in about 1831.
Levi Pettibone superintended the next courthouse, the second in Bowling Green; Walter and John Crow built it in 1829. It, too, was a temporary building, located off the square. Citizens guaranteed $600 to be matched by $600 from the county with the understanding the county seat would not be moved for two years. Built of brick with chimneys in each corner, it remained standing at the edge of the square while the 1844 house, the first permanent courthouse, was being erected in the center of the square.
Early in 1843 the court appropriated $6,000 toward construction of the permanent building. By one account the final cost was $11,200. The Rev. J. W. Campbell superintended the construction done by W. W. Blain and Samuel Kem. The brick building measured 44 by 50 feet, faced south, and had two stories and a balcony. One half of the lower floor was a hall or lobby. Doors from the east, west and south opened into the lobby. Winding stairs from the southeast and southwest corners led to the courtroom above on the north side. Space below the courtroom on the first floor held four offices. Topping the square cupola was a bell and arrow, the arrow bearing the date 1844. I. W. Basye's contemporary account reported the floor of the balcony to be made of lead. Fire destroyed this building in March 1864. After the fire the court used the jail for temporary quarters.
Architects George I. Barnett and A. H. Piquenard, St. Louis, developed plans in 1865 for the fourth courthouse in Pike County from sketches presented by Conrad Smith, who acted as both superintendent and contractor. Costs were approximately $70,000 (Figure 1). The building suffered damage from a severe storm in November 1866 while under construction. Considerable delay resulted while those involved determined who should pay. It was completed in September 1867. Fire destroyed this building Oct. 16, 1915.
Figure 1Pike County Courthouse, 1865-1915. Architects: George I. Barnett and A. H. Piquenard (From: Illustrated Atlas Map of Pike County, Missouri, 1875)
It is surprising there are no known photographs of this building, considering the reputation of the architects, the costliness of the project, and the fact that it lasted well into the 20th century. Rosalyn Smith, Conrad Smith's granddaughter, gave the plans of the 1865-67 courthouse to the Pike Historical Club in 1967.
After the fire the possibility of two courthouses was considered, one in Bowling Green, the other in Louisiana. Although voters supported the proposition in 1915, the election was declared invalid when submitted to the Missouri Supreme Court, because the electorate had not been offered the option of one or the other. When resubmitted in November 1916, the voters reconsidered and rejected the courthouse for Louisiana. The court selected Henry H. Hohenschild as architect for the Bowling Green courthouse. The 85-foot-square building is constructed of Bedford stone and gray Georgia granite. Cornerstone ceremonies were held Sept. 13, 1917; the court first occupied the completed $100,000 building in January 1919 and has been meeting there ever since (Figure 2).
Figure 2Pike County Courthouse, 1917-. Architect: Henry H. Hohenschild (From: postcard, Trenton Boyd collection)
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is moving forward with plans to build more than 1,000 homes in two small isolated Jewish settlements deep in the West Bank, a spokesman said Thursday, as Palestinian officials complained that Israel is undercutting U.S. peace efforts at a sensitive time.
The announcement drew swift U.S. condemnation.
The settlements to be expanded, Itamar and Bruchin, are located in an area of the West Bank that would not be part of Israel in any foreseeable partition deal with the Palestinians. The building plans, which still need final approval, would increase the number of homes in both settlements far beyond any needs for accommodating natural population growth.
The Israeli anti-settlement group Peace Now initially reported the proposed expansions of the two settlements, a decision later confirmed by Guy Inbar, a spokesman for Israel's Defense Ministry, which helps oversee settlement policy. He said the plans were advanced in the past two weeks.
The construction plans were given preliminary approval last year and still require official endorsement following public appeals.
Israeli settlement building lies at the heart of the impasse over restarting negotiations on the terms of a Palestinian state alongside Israel. Such talks broke down nearly five years ago, and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has shuttled between the two sides in recent months to bring them back to the table, so far to no avail.
The Palestinians want a state in the West Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem, lands Israel captured in 1967. Before going to talks, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas wants Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to recognize Israel's pre-1967 line as a starting point or promise to stop building in settlements. The Israeli leader has refused to do either, saying all issues should be discussed in negotiations.
Nabil Shaath, an Abbas adviser, said Israel's latest move is a new sign of bad faith.
"This Israeli government is destroying the two-state solution and the prospects of a peace deal in deeds and words," he said. "They (Israelis) say they have the right to build anywhere they want in the West Bank, and then they say 'let's go to negotiations' while they continue building settlements on our lands, and then they blame us if we say that there can be no negotiations with the continuation of the settlement activities."
Senior Israeli government officials were traveling with Netanyahu in Poland and not immediately available for comment. An official in Netanyahu's office said he was not authorized to comment on the record.
More than 550,000 Israelis live in dozens of settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, a majority in larger communities close to Israel's pre-1967 frontier. In addition, the West Bank is dotted with smaller settlements, such as Bruchin and Itamar, as well as dozens of outposts not formally sanctioned by the government that would likely have to be dismantled in any partition deal.
Kerry has been searching for a formula that would bring Israel and the Palestinians back to the negotiating table. It is expected to include a slowdown in settlement construction, security guarantees to Israel and economic incentives to the Palestinians.
Kerry has urged both sides to avoid provocative actions that could hurt the negotiating climate.
"Certainly we find this unhelpful," State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said of the latest building plans.
"I think the secretary himself made very clear the last couple of times he's spoken about this that both sides need to make tough choices. And it's on them to make the decision about whether they're willing to move back to the table," she added.
The international community considers Israeli settlements on war-won lands illegal or illegitimate.
Hagit Ofran of Peace Now, an anti-settlement watchdog group, said the new plans included construction of 1,000 homes, and retroactive approval of 200 existing homes. She said construction could begin in about a year.
Bruchin, which currently has 52 apartments, started out as an unauthorized settlement outpost, one of dozens settlers put up since the 1990s with the declared aim of preventing the establishment of a Palestinian state. A year ago, the government began the process of retroactively legalizing Bruchin, said Ofran. Bruchin is to have a total of 550 homes.
In Itamar, the planners retroactively legalized 137 homes built without permits and decided to add another 538, for a total of 675, Ofran said. Itamar also serves as a "mother settlement" for several outposts.
The latest plan exposes the Netanyahu's government's intentions, Ofran said. "While he is saying he is ready for peace and two states, he is acting to prevent it on the ground," she said.
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A San Jose police officer shot and killed a large pit bull named "Bully" after the animal bit him early Wednesday morning as he was investigating reports of three suspects breaking into mailboxes.
Officer Albert Morales said the officer said he was bitten just after 1:30 a.m. as he was performing a followup investigation into mailbox thefts. Someone had called 911 to say that mailboxes were being broken into.
As the officers were driving to the address on La Barbera Drive, Morales said they saw the suspects fleeing in a car.
The officers tracked what they believed was that car to the 500 block of North 3rd Street in the Japantown neighborhood. A records check of the vehicle showed the registered owner of the vehicle was on searchable probation. So, they began a probation search and talked to a woman at the home.
As police were talking to the woman, a "large pit bull" appeared from the basement and began to bite an officer, Morales said. Fearing for the life of the officer, other officers killed the dog.
A woman who said she is the dog's owner did not want to go on camera, but she did tell NBC Bay Area that she is upset.
"The cops were wrong," she said. "They shouldn't have been at the house. They should never have shot my dog."
Mark Thiel, who rents a room in the home where the dog lives, told NBC Bay Area that he never had problems with the dog, but added: "He wasn't the world's friendliest dog" either.
Later in the day, police arrested two suspects - Brandon Groover and Teddie Fox - for mail theft. One was on probation for a previous crime. Morales told NBC Bay Area that Groover lived at the home where the pit bull was killed.
MORE: Video Shows Police Killing Dog While Arresting Owner
In Southern California, a controversy erupted this month when a Hawthorne police officer killed a Rottweiler - which was captured on a YouTube video now seen more than 5 million times - when the dog jumped from an open car window and lunged at officers during a SWAT standoff with armed robbers. The dog was killed when he jumped out of the car and began attacking police, who had just handcuffed his owner, all of which was caught on a bystander's video. It turned out that the man, Leon Rosby, had sued the police department for excessive force. But police have said that Rosby was cuffed because he was walking too close to a dangerous situation.
NBC Los Angeles interviewed the witness who shot the video who said that Rosby was being provacative with police, saying, "where's the black cops and the Hispanic cops?"
In San Jose, the officer who was bitten went to the hospital, but is expected to live. Police are still continuing with the mail theft investigation.


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Leave your infrared-laser tripped stationary camera to your dad, the whitetail hunting enthusiast, 'cause you're about learn what REAL wildlife photography is. Will & Matt Burrard-Lucas just wrapped up their first (largely) successful photography expedition using their ingenious BeetleCam, a remote control camera ATV. The brothers have been professional nature photographers since 2004 but really…


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Romelu Lukaku has insisted that he is unconcerned at how parent club Chelsea are faring and has hinted at extending his loan spell with West Brom beyond the end of the current campaign.
The young Belgian has impressed at the Hawthorns, with his two goals against Reading taking his tally to nine for the season from 20 appearances - already 12 more than he managed in the entire 2011-12 season at Chelsea.
Indeed, speaking to reporters after his side's late collapse at the Madejski Stadium, Lukaku confirmed he was looking to stay in the Black Country beyond the end of the current campaign.
"Hopefully after the January window we will be able to start talking about that [staying at West Brom next season]," said the 19-year-old.
"At this time I'm just looking at my own career and West Brom, I don't really care about what Chelsea are doing at the moment."
In Lukaku's absence Chelsea have seen Fernando Torres continue to struggle, with Daniel Sturridge sold to Liverpool, and Demba Ba recruited from Newcastle.
And, the striker went on to describe the positive atmosphere around West Brom, who have been flying high this season under new manager Steve Clarke – a man that Lukaku has cited as helping his adaptation to the Premier League.
"You have to be somewhere where you are connected with the people," explained Lukaku. "You have to be in a good environment. Where I am now is similar to when I was in Anderlecht – nice people who want you to improve, where everyone is open to you.
"That's why I have settled very well here. On the pitch, I want to win. People can be nice to you, but if you don't perform on the pitch, you can fall very quickly.
"I went from two years playing regular football in the Europa League, Champions League, then one year I didn't play [at Chelsea]. So I know football can change very quickly."
'I don't really care what Chelsea are doing' - Loanee Lukaku enjoying life at West Brom
Romelu Lukaku has insisted that he is unconcerned at how parent club Chelsea are faring and has hinted at extending his loan spell with West Brom beyond the end of the current campaign.


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New Bern police are investigating thefts at two stores that were broken into on Sunday.
New Bern police are investigating thefts at two stores that were broken into on Sunday.
A break-in occurred early Sunday morning at The Galley Store located in downtown New Bern at 300 E. Front St.
Mark Mangum, owner of the store, said the break-in happened at 3 a.m. Sunday.
A surveillance camera recorded four people using a crowbar to pry open the back door. The intruders took a safe with an undisclosed amount of money in it, Mangum said.
�They were in here four minutes,� he said. �It was a big loss. It was significant.�
Police have recovered the surveillance video.
Lt. Rhonda Allen, spokesperson for the New Bern police, said the break-in was reported to police at 7:48 a.m. Sunday, after a worker arrived at the store and noticed items on the floor that were out of place.
The report says cigarettes, wine and sunglasses were also taken.
Mangum built the store six year ago and said it has never been broken into. The Galley Store has a BP gas station and is a specialty store, selling wine, craft beer, marine supplies and groceries. It is located between Persimmons Restaurant and East Front Street.
No employees were at the store at the time of the break-in.
The Galley had to be closed until noon Sunday while police were investigating. But the break-in will not affect business, Mangum said.
�It is a safe place,� he said. �There is no reason for anyone to be concerned. They came late at night. It is just one of those things that happen.�
Sometime overnight Sunday the Radio Shack on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard was also broken into.
According to police reports, the front door was broken out and computer related items were taken, Allen said.
During the holiday season crime usually increases and that is why the New Bern Police Department will start its annual holiday task force the day after Thanksgiving, Allen said.
�We will have extra officers working,� she said. �There will be more people out there shopping, more people spending money and more traffic so we have more officers working.�
Eddie Fitzgerald can be reached at 252-635-5675 or at email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @staffwriter3.


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UNIX is geared towards server use, and so is its security system. As we all know, 'normal' users do not have permanent root access (well, shouldn't have, in any case). As such, all important system files are protected from whatever stupid things the user might do. The user does not have full access rights to all files. The user only has full access rights to his or her own personal files.
And that is where the problem lies.
I believe that desktop Linux/OSX/etc. users all over the world have a false sense of security, and are activily promoting that false sense of security on the internet, in magazines, and conferences all over the world. No, they are not doing this on purpose. However, that does not negate the fact that it does happen.
What I am blabbering about?
A hypothetical virus or other malware on a UNIX-like system can only, when it is activated by a normal user, wreak havoc inside that user's
/home directory (or whatever other files the user might have access rights to). Say it deletes all those files. That sucks, but: UNIX rocks, the system keeps on running, the server-oriented security has done its work, no system files were affected, uptime is not affected. Great, halleluja, triumph for UNIX.
But what is more important to a home user? His or her own personal files, or a bunch of system files? I can answer that question for you: the pictures of little Johnny's first day of school mean a whole lot more to a user than the system files that keep the system running. Of course, they should make backups-- but wasn't Linux supposed to be secure? So why should they backup? Isn't Linux immune to viruses and what not? Isn't that what the Linux world has been telling them?
This is the false sense of security I am talking about. UNIX might be more secure than Windows, but that only goes for the system itself. The actual content that matters to normal people is not a single bit safer on any UNIX-like system than it is on any Windows system. In the end, the result of a devastating virus or other malware program can be just as devastating on a UNIX-like system as it can be on a Windows system-- without the creator having to circumvent any extra (UNIX-specific) security measures.
To blatantly copy Oasis: don't believe the truth. Yes, UNIX-like systems might be more secure than Windows systems, but not in the places where it matters to average home users.
--Thom Holwerda
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Line up the cord and chain next to each other.
Keeping the cord and chain together, tie a slipknot about 8 inches from one end.
Reach through the loop of the slipknot, and pull a section of the cord and chain through, creating a second loop.
Reach through the second loop, and pull more cord and chain through to make another loop.
Repeat, creating a looped braid until you are about 8 inches from the end. On the last loop, pull the cord and chain all the way though to knot the braid.
Wrap the hanging chain section around the cord and secure with E6000 glue. Repeat with the other side.
Use the pliers to attach a jump ring to one of the end caps. Link the other jump ring to the second end cap and the clasp.
Spread E6000 glue inside the end caps. Insert the ends of the cord into the end caps, and allow the glue to dry.


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Brussels: Six Belgian police officers were injured in Tuesday's scuffles with some 2,000 steel workers protesting plans to lay off 1,300 workers at several ArcelorMittal plants in Liege.
Workers attempting to get close to the regional government offices in southern Namur threw bricks at police, who responded with tear gas and water cannon.
Police said two policemen had to be hospitalized with the others treated locally, all for minor injuries. It was unclear how many protesters were injured.
ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steel company, blamed a slump in demand and structural overcapacity in Europe for last week's decision to close the plants. It says it will continue to operate five steel production lines, which employ 800 people.
The protesters want the regional government to intervene.
"Enough of promises, we want results. We want them (the Walloon region) to take over our plant," ArcelorMittal worker Marc Detrier said of the Walloon regional government.
"We have to get rid of Mittal. He has to leave the group," Detrier said of ArcelorMittal chairman, Lakshmi Mittal.
Belgium's Prime Minister, Elio Di Rupo, held talks with Mittal at the World Economic Forum in Davos last week on the matter but with little success.
"I want to tell the workers that I understand their revolt and worry when faced with the future," Di Rupo said.
However it is unlikely that Di Rupo would consider nationalizing the steel plant; opting instead for helping out areas hit by industrial decline by investing in rebuilding the area and new technology.
In the past, he said, "we were able to help certain industries by investing in innovative products."
ArcelorMittal was involved in a similar controversy in France late last year when it revealed plans to close two blast furnaces at its plant in Florange, northern France.
France's industry minister, Arnaud Montebourg, threatened to nationalize the plant - and resign amid public criticism from Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, who described the idea as "inefficient."
In the end, following talks between Mittal and President Francois Hollande, a deal was agreed where slightly fewer jobs were cut and more was invested in the plant.


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Retiring Commissioner Glassey honored
Board Chairman Frank Spencer presented Glassey, who also serves on the Egg Harbor Township governing body, with a resolution commending his service "guiding the Authority through its infancy and development." Glassey was a charter member of the Authority in 1992, along with Commissioner Louis Toscano of Atlantic City, and served as board chairman. Acting Executive Director James Iannone also served with Glassey on the founding board.
Glassey thanked the administrative staff, "union workers out on the road" and State Troopers for their contribution to safe and efficient travel on the Atlantic City Expressway, which is "the best bargain in New Jersey." He said he hoped political considerations would not interfere with plans to develop Atlantic City International Airport, especially the much needed parking garage.
As to his own plans for the future, Glassey said, "I have a date to go fishing on Delaware Bay Friday if the weather isn't too bad."


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March 24, 2008: Call for Students! Apply NOW for Audacity projects in Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2008
Students! Interested in supporting Audacity and earning a stipend this summer? Extended application deadline! Apply by 5:00 PM PDT on April 7, 2008 (00:00 UTC on April 8, 2008)!
Audacity is a mentoring organization for the Google Summer of Code 2008! GSoC offers student developers $4,500 stipends to write code for various open source projects.
We are now seeking student participants. We look for evidence that the student has a real interest in our project, 'Do they actually use it?' rather than just choosing some project that is part of GSoC.
If you are an interested student, please follow these steps:
- Review the student app documentation. Also check the GSoC FAQs, especially from 'How does a student apply?'.
- Make sure you are eligible.
- On the Audacity Wiki, check the project ideas page.
- If you find an interesting idea, or have one of your own, check GSoC FAQ.
- Then email us. Far better to discuss plans with us before applying.
If you know any students who might be interested, possibly those already involved in music/audio research, please point them to our website for this information.


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Through Jan. 27, 2013, the Castellani Art Museum at Niagara University features "Western New York Collects: Arnold Mesches" This exhibition features works in varied media from four decades, the 1960s to 1990s, highlighting two important bodies of work: the echoes and anomie series.
In a 2007 essay, international artist and critic Robert Storr described Mesches' vision and visual energy. "With bells, whistles and crashing waves of sound form a Wurlitzer organ ringing in our ears as the Baroque chandeliers and sconces dim in his anti-modern monuments to the phantasmagoria of modern civilization on the brink, Mesches reminds us that quiet surrender never really was nor ever will be an option for him," Storr said.
"Western New York Collects: Arnold Mesches" includes works from public collections, including the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University and University at Buffalo Art Galleries. Private collectors lending works include Dr. Anthony Bannon and Elizabeth Stewart; Audre Bunis; Carla Castellani; Lillian Kushner; Jim and Ronnie Kushner; Gerald Mead; Mr. and Mrs. Savino Nanula; Marie and Thomas O'Donnell; Sandra and Nils Olsen; Donald J. Siuta; and Dr. John Cichon.
Mesches will be the honored guest at the Castellani Art Museum's 10th anniversary gala, set for Saturday, Oct. 13.
The Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University is open Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sundays from 1 to 5 p.m. For more information on this exhibition, contact Michael Beam, curator of collections and exhibitions, at 716-286-8286.


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Sun, 04/17/2011 - 10:00pm
The first act of the film explores the contradictions and complexities of forgiveness in the private realm — its transformative power, elusive nature and spiritual importance.
In the new PBS film, Forgiveness: A Time to Love and a Time to Hate, acclaimed writer, producer and director Helen Whitney explores the timely, nearly ubiquitous applications and limitations of the concept and practice of forgiveness through a compelling range of stories, from personal betrayal to global reconciliation after genocide. Divided into two 90-minute segements, the film airs Sundays, April 17 and 24 at 10 p.m. on WXXI-TV/HD (DT21.1/cable 1011 and 11).
Forgiveness: A Time to Love and a Time to Hate provides an intimate look into the spontaneous outpouring of forgiveness: from the Amish families for the 2006 shooting of their children in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania; the struggle of '60s radicals to cope with the serious consequences of their violent acts of protest; the shattering of a family after the mother abandons them, only to return seeking forgiveness; the legacy and divisiveness of apartheid and the aftermath of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings in South Africa; the penitential journey of a modern-day Germany, confronting the horrific acts of the Holocaust; and the riveting stories of survivors of the unimaginably, brutal Rwandan genocide.
Once a uniquely religious word, forgiveness now is changing and there is no consensus about what it is and what it is becoming. However you define forgiveness, its power is real — and never more so when it struggles with the unforgivable. Whitney's multi-layered film explores the overarching concept of forgiveness. Inevitably, as Whitney reveals, its new role in the world raises serious and complex questions: why is forgiveness in the air today; what does that say about us and the times we live in; what are its power, its limitations and in some instances its dangers; has it been cheapened or deepened … or both?
During the film's prologue, Washington State serial killer Gary Ridgeway facing the families of his victims, a World War II combat veteran craving forgiveness from God on his deathbed and the family of a murdered South African opponent of the apartheid regime confronting their son's killer are highlighted. In this introduction to the film, Whitney also touches on the phenomenon of an expanded examination of forgiveness through technology and "confessional" television. "As We Forgive Our Debtors" examines the confounding reaction of the Amish community to the murder of school children in the Pennsylvania town of Nickel Mines. The unconditional forgiveness offered by the Amish elicits powerful reaction from the world that is both admiring and troubled. In "The Language of Evil," author Terri Jentz tells her personal story of being savagely attacked while camping as a college student, her search for her attacker and justice, and, ultimately, her journey from denial and depression to righteous anger and health. "Atonement" is a split narrative between 1960s anti-war activist Kathy Power and Claire Schroeder, the daughter of a police officer killed in a foiled bank robbery in which Power participated. This segment follows the crime, Power's surrender to authorities after decades on the run, her imprisonment and search for forgiveness from Schroeder and her family.
Forgiveness is at the heart of some of the deepest hurts that can tear families and nations apart.The second act of Whitney's film, though primarily about national crimes and forgiveness, begins with "Intimate Woundings," the story of Dan Glick and his former wife Liesbeth Gerritsen, a seemingly ideal couple with two small children, whose family is torn apart by Liesbeth's decision to leave to start a new life thousands of miles away. Earning forgiveness from her husband, son and daughter is complicated, but not nearly as difficult as forgiving herself. "In the Lives of Nations," Whitney focuses on genocide and war crimes — spotlighting Liberia, South Africa and Germany — and continues with "Germany – Facing the Past." German writers and cultural figures, including Gottfried Wagner, Sabine Reichel and Anna Rosmus, describe the impact of World War II and the Holocaust on Germany and the post-war attempt to confront the past and do penance. "Bitburg – A Necessary Grief" features the 1985 visit of President Ronald Reagan to Bitburg Germany for a World War II commemoration with the German president. Reagan's decision to visit a cemetery in Bitburg, which included Nazi soldiers amongst those buried there, sparked violent protests around the world and provoked the German public into a deeper reflection of their responsibility for World War II and the Holocaust. The Rwandan genocide of 1994 is examined in "Confronting Evil" through first-hand witness testimony. "Gacaca," the native process for resolving local disputes, is spotlighted as a way the new Rwandan government encouraged reconciliation and restorative justice. The film poses the question of whether forgiveness can be legislated by a nation or whether it places too much of a burden on the victims. Whitney's film ends with an epilogue suggesting that forgiveness begins and ends with one person facing another — friends, strangers, parents and children, husbands and wives. The decision to forgive or not — is a choice at the heart of our shared humanity.
Forgiveness: A Time to Love and a Time to Hate is a production of Helen Whitney Productions, Clear View Productions Foundation and WETA Washington, D.C. The film is written, produced and directed by Helen Whitney. Executive producers are Paul Dietrich and Ian Watson. WETA executive producers are Dalton Delan and David S. Thompson. Funding for Forgiveness: A Time to Love and a Time to Hate is provided by the Fetzer Institute and the John Templeton Foundation.
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Chino Valley Chamber of Commerce will host two state of the city addresses this month.
The Chino Hills State of the City address will be on May 22. A light reception will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. followed by the address at City Hall, 14000 City Center Drive, Chino Hills.
The cost is $10 per person.
Chino's State of the City will be from 11:15 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 29 at Chaffey College Community Building, 5890 College Park Ave., Chino.
Tickets are $35 per person before May 15, or $40 after.
Final day to RSVP is May 23.
RSVP to both events: 909-627-6177.


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Our friends at the Australia based Semi-Permanent (think art and design version of Ted Talks) are bringing the show State-side with events scheduled in both Portland and Los Angeles in March. Speakers include top contemporary artists, designers, photographers, editors, etc working today. In fact, in 2010, I was invited to speak nervously about Fecal Face to a couple thousand people at Sydney's Convention Centre. We were able to view a few of the talks and had a great time. Check out semipermanent.com for more info.
Semi-Permanent artist talks coming to Portland and LA.
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Just Ask the Expert: How can I stop this dog from urine marking in the house?
We welcome behavior questions from veterinarians and veterinary technicians.
Q. A 7-year-old neutered male Bichon cross has always marked the same corner of the wall in the house since he was young. The owners are now moving to a new home. How can they prevent this behavior in the new home?
Let's assume that the behavior is in fact urine marking. Urine marking can occur for several reasons, including territorial marking, as a response to interdog or dog-human relationship issues, or because of anxiety-related issues. Sexual motivations are more common in intact males (making it critical to verify reproductive status—measure testosterone concentrations if a dog's neuter status is in doubt).
Behaviorally, managing urine marking involves these steps:
1. Prevent access to the areas being marked. Using baby gates, closing off rooms, and covering areas with plastic or carpet runners can all be effective. The attraction to the location can also be reduced by cleaning the area with various enzyme cleaning solutions.
2. Closely supervise the dog. Supervision is imperative to prevent the dog from accessing the area and to allow the owner to interrupt and redirect the behavior by taking the dog outdoors to eliminate. While urine marking has little to do with the need to eliminate, you do not want the dog to develop habitual marking behavior through repetition of the behavior. If needed, securing the dog to the owner's waist or belt with a leash can increase the level of supervision and reduce marking opportunities.
3. Use a belly band. The band prevents soiling and discourages marking since the band can increase a dog's discomfort when urinating into it. Look online for distributors of belly bands for dogs, or resourceful owners can manufacture belly bands.
4. Identify any triggers that may result in the dog marking, and modify them. For example, if the entry of visitors into the home triggers anxiety in a dog and leads to urine marking, you can engage the dog in basic obedience commands for rewards while the visitors enter the home and get settled in.
If the marking behavior persists in spite of the above suggestions, and if you suspect anxiety to be a large component of the behavior, antianxiety medication may be helpful. Clomipramine at a dosage of 1 to 4 mg/kg given twice a day or fluoxetine at a dosage of 0.5 to 2 mg/kg once a day can help reduce the need to urine mark.
Synthetic pheromone therapy can also be helpful in reducing the need to mark. Adaptil (Ceva; previously Dog Appeasing Pheromone) can be used as a plug-in diffuser, collar, or spray. This form of therapy can be particularly useful in the situation described here in that application in a previously unmarked home may reduce the likelihood of urine marking to begin with.
John Ciribassi, DVM, DACVB


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John Lewis wrote:What's happened to Bartek?
Must be too busy enjoying the mango to post.
Hope you are having fun with it anyway.
I am still here John, and yes enjoying the Mango. Although I have just come back from a very enjoyable 4 days camping near your neck of the woods, Augusta to be precise, and had to leave the Mango at home.
Baalzamon - the headlights do adjust but I haven't played around with them in the dark much yet.
Rhubarb - yes they do switch on independently and there is only one adjustment lever.
I was back on the Mango today commuting to work, so hopefully will continue familiarising myself with it, one thing I have noticed is that it sometimes seems to change up 2 or 3 gears at once even though I have only shifted one index. So I am still working out the gears and havent used the middle or lowest set yet as it is fairly flat around here.