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I see some cover artists that blow the mainstream artists away...but in some cases the mainstream singer is just plain better.
Recently I saw a guy named Nick Gardner on youtube singing "Set Fire to the Rain" by Adele. Of course she sings it well but he is quite good, too.
I also see a group named Cimorelli that is currently crossing over into being famous themselves. They are in a teen choice award contest. They are 6 sisters ages 12-21 I believe. I feel that the youngest sister holds them down a bit. The 18 year old named Lisa is gorgeous and clearly star material and the best singer in the group. Try looking up "skyscraper cimorelli" on youtube and compare to Demi Lovato's version.
I would appreciate any recommended cover artists that you know of and your opinions on mainstream vs amateur artists....
Oh one last thing... Do you feel "autotuning" is good or bad? I actually like it in most cases but not always. Sometimes I feel lied to...
Status Message?
The main difference between mainstream and amateur artists is simply how well they networked their way into the spotlight. Talent has less to do with it than who you know. Well, that's the way the established music industry used to work, things like youtube are starting to change that.
As for covers... Jimi Hendrix with All Along the Watchtower, Johnny Cash with Hurt, Sunday Morning Coming Down, well, any of his tracks he covered on his last few albums were pretty great. Eva Cassidy sang a lot of covers and had an amazing voice. Igor Presnyakov does solo acoustic guitar covers and he is absolutely amazing.
In the Jazz and Blues genres they are constantly doing covers of common staples. Also, once you start digging around in live recordings almost every artist or group does covers. Better is all up to taste, I guess. Sometimes someone is an amazing writer and only a decent singer / musician, Bob Dylan comes to mind. People cover him all the time. But they cover him because they are amazing songs.
On autotune.. I don't really care on a produced track. Sometimes it sounds decent.
People like me should be herded in to ditches and shot.
Amateur are sometimes the real deal and the wons that have more passion than the mainstream. The amateur sometimes have more passion since they have to work more hard to get noticed.
BTW, autotune is sorta weird and fake but that the way of the technology world
Four Days till Otakon......
How commercialized a singer is doesn't equate to how talented they are. Doesn't mean that all mainstream artists are bad or all cover artists are good, if you look at singers in those terms it won't really make a difference. The only thing is when mainstream artists suck all the hype that they get makes them seem even worse. Ashestoashes (on youtube) is probably my favorite cover artist, even if he is such a tease. His voice is just really... sweet and pleasant to hear over and over again.
Autotune is kinda annoying in my opinion at least. I feel like it hides a singer's true potential :/ It can sound good for some songs, but that doesn't mean it makes them sound better.
Tom-san spanks Shizu-chan as punishment for having a perfectly round derriere
i don't think there's much of a 'versus' about it. i think a cover is more like an interpretation of the song than a contest with the original artist
i don't really care about autotune either way
I often hear songs recently done a cover by the band called Boyce Avenue I like it, so maybe you can check it for yourself... So far my favorite cover artist is Marie Digby she's awesome! ;)
Mainstream and Cover Artist i do not find them like competing in my opinion. It gives more versatility to the song and somewhat a comparability for each respective artist. May it be Mainstream or Cover so be it. Hopefully those mainstream will make good songs and lyrics and those Cover Artist hopefully they will be given a chance and get notice for what they showcase to the music industry itself. They should work together for the benefit of music as a self express art and medium in-tune to the soul
deleting the acount ASAP... Thank you Everyone!
All covers done by Gilbert Gottfried.
getting my learn on
There are some songs out there I think only the original artist can do, it just only suits their voice.
But there are a few good amateur singers, but personally I usally find bog-standard covers with just a guitar quite dull.
It's nice to hear boys covering girls songs sometimes.
Thsi lad is quite good.
I don't like auto-tune, it usually sounds too obvious and can make an otherwise good singer sound off.
You can't choose what stays and what fades away


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Gallery: 16 firearms, including AR-15, seized by Covina police
Covina police Thursday jailed an Ontario convicted felon and registered sex offender on suspicion of stealing an arsenal of firearms, family heirlooms and other items in thefts throughout the San Gabriel Valley, officials said.
Christopher Montgomery, 30, was booked on suspicion of residential burglary and being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, Covina police Sgt. Gregg Peterson said.
Montgomery had a loaded handgun in his backpack when arrested, and an additional 15 guns – including an AR-15, other rifles and handguns – were recovered from inside his home in the 400 block of West Locust Street in Ontario, Peterson said. Thousands of rounds of ammunition believed to have been stolen from the home were also recovered at Montgomery's residence.
Eight of the guns had been reported stolen in an October break-in at a home in the 400 block of West Front Street in Covina, Covina police officials said.
Another had been reported stolen in November in the sheriff's Industry Station's patrol jurisdiction, while another was reported stolen in November to the sheriff's Walnut/Diamond Bar Station, Peterson said.
The loaded handgun found in Montogomery's backpack as he was arrested while leaving his home was believed to have been purchased by a family member, the sergeant said. Detectives were still looking into how Montgomery obtained the five remaining guns.
Police identified Montgomery as a suspect in the October burglary in Covina through forensic evidence collected at the scene, Covina police said in a written statement.
They were also looking into the possibility he may be responsible for other area crimes as well, police said.
In addition to the stolen guns, Peterson said, police also recovered other stolen items such as jewelry.
"There was a class ring which had extreme sentimental value to the victim, and an heirloom (ring)," he said.
Combined with removing more than a dozen guns from the hands of a convicted felon who is barred from possessing them, "There's a lot of satisfaction in that," Peterson said.
Though identified by police as a convicted sex offender, Montgomery is not listed on the state's Megan's Law registry of convicted sex offenders. Details on his previous conviction were not available Friday.
According to county booking records, Montgomery was being held in lieu of $50,000 bail at the Covina Police Department jail pending a scheduled arraignment Monday in West Covina Superior Court.

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Homebound Services
Homebound instruction shall be made available to students who are confined at home or in a health care facility for periods that would prevent normal school attendance based upon certification of need by a licensed physician or licensed clinical psychologist. For students eligible for special education or related services, the Individualized Education Program committee must revise the IEP, as appropriate, to direct off-site instruction.
- Homebound Instructional Services Guidelines (PDF) – revised February 2012
- Model Homebound Instruction Medical Certification of Need form (PDF) – revised February 2012


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CVE-2014-0591: A Crafted Query Against an NSEC3-signed Zone Can Crash BIND
- Updated on 18 Apr 2016
- 3 minutes to read
- Contributors
An unintentional defect in the handling of NSEC3-signed zones can cause BIND to be crashed by a specific set of queries.
Document Version:
Posting date:
13 Jan 2014
Program Impacted:
Versions affected:
9.6.0.x -> 9.6-ESV-R10-P1, 9.7 (all versions), 9.8.0 -> 9.8.6-P1, 9.9.0 -> 9.9.4-P1. Development releases 9.6-ESV-R11b1, 9.8.7b1, and 9.9.5b1 are also affected.
Because of a defect in handling queries for NSEC3-signed zones, BIND can crash with an "INSIST" failure in name.c when processing queries possessing certain properties. By exploiting this defect an attacker deliberately constructing a query with the right properties could achieve denial of service against an authoritative nameserver serving NSEC3-signed zones.
Please Note: Versions of BIND 9.7 are also affected, but this branch is beyond its "end of life" (EOL) and no longer receives testing or security fixes from ISC. For current information on which versions are actively supported, please see http://www.isc.org/downloads/software-support-policy/bind-software-status/.
Authoritative nameservers serving at least one NSEC3-signed zone are vulnerable to this defect. Recursive-only servers are not at risk. Authoritative servers which do not serve NSEC3-signed zones are not at risk.
CVSS Score: 5.4
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
For more information on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System and to obtain your specific environmental score please visit: http://nvd.nist.gov/cvss.cfm?calculator&adv&version=2&vector=(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Active exploits:
There are no known active exploits but limited discussion of this issue has taken place on a public mailing list.
Solution: Upgrade to the patched release most closely related to your current version of BIND. These can all be downloaded from http://www.isc.org/downloads.
- BIND 9 version 9.6-ESV-R10-P2
- BIND 9 version 9.8.6-P2
- BIND 9 version 9.9.4-P2
Acknowledgements: ISC would like to thank Jared Mauch for reporting this issue.
Document Revision History:
1.0 Phase One, Advance Notification 06 January, 2014 1.1 Phase One+, Advance Notification 08 January, 2014 1.2 Phase Two & Three, Advance Notification 10 January, 2014 1.3 Changed CVSS Equation to Vector and edited Exploits 11 January, 2014 2.0 Phase Four, Public Release 13 January, 2014
Related Documents:
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UNIONDALE, N.Y., Feb. 1, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:ABR), a real estate investment trust focused on the business of investing in real estate related bridge and mezzanine loans, preferred and direct equity investments, mortgage-related securities and other real estate related assets, today announced that the Company is scheduled to release financial results for the three month period ended December 31, 2012, before market open on Friday, February 15, 2013. The Company will host a conference call to review the results at 10:00 am ET.
A live webcast of the conference call will be available online at http://www.arborrealtytrust.com/ in the investor relations area of the Website. Those without Web access should access the call telephonically at least ten minutes prior to the conference call. The dial-in numbers are (866) 356-4441 for domestic callers and (617) 597-5396 for international callers. Please use participant passcode 15642780.
After the live webcast, the call will remain available on the Company's Website, www.arborrealtytrust.com, through March 15, 2013. In addition, a telephonic replay of the call will be available until February 22, 2013. The replay dial-in number is (888) 286-8010 for domestic callers and (617) 801-6888 for international callers. Please use passcode 93535540.
About Arbor Realty Trust, Inc.
Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. is a real estate investment trust, which invests in a diversified portfolio of multi-family and commercial real estate related bridge and mezzanine loans, preferred equity investments, mortgage related securities and other real estate related assets. Arbor commenced operations in July 2003 and conducts substantially all of its operations through its operating partnership, Arbor Realty Limited Partnership and its subsidiaries. Arbor is externally managed and advised by Arbor Commercial Mortgage, LLC, a national commercial real estate finance company operating through 14 offices in the US that specializes in debt and equity financing for multi-family and commercial real estate.
Safe Harbor Statement
Certain items in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on management's current expectations and beliefs and are subject to a number of trends and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. Arbor can give no assurance that its expectations will be attained. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from Arbor's expectations include, but are not limited to, continued ability to source new investments, changes in interest rates and/or credit spreads, changes in the real estate markets, and other risks detailed in Arbor's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 and its other reports filed with the SEC. Such forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release. Arbor expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in Arbor's expectations with regard thereto or change in events, conditions, or circumstances on which any such statement is based.
CONTACT: Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. Paul Elenio, Chief Financial Officer 516-506-4422 firstname.lastname@example.com Media: Bonnie Habyan, EVP of Marketing 516-506-4615 firstname.lastname@example.com Investors: Amy Glynn/Stephanie Carrington The Ruth Group 646-536-7023/7017 email@example.com firstname.lastname@example.com:Arbor Realty Trust


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By Jess Bidgood
BOSTON -- A woman whose 1991 illegal strip-search cast a permanent shadow over the congressional campaign of state Rep. Jeff Perry has broken a silence that lasted almost two decades.
Lisa Allen was 14 when she was illegally strip-searched by then-Wareham police officer Scott Flanagan. Flanagan was convicted of a civil rights violation and indecent assault of a child in 1993.
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Perry was on the scene, and his degree of responsibility for the incident has been a lingering question throughout his campaign against Democratic District Attorney Bill Keating for the congressional seat in Massachusetts' 10th district.
In a written statement, Allen accused Perry of failing to stop a crime he could have prevented.
"Perry knew what Flanagan did, he had to hear me screaming and crying," Allen wrote.
Shortly after the assault was said to have occured, Perry claimed no such thing had happened. "Even after Scott Flanagan admitted the truth under oath and pled guilty, Perry never apologized for allowing Flanagan to abuse me," Allen said. "Perry did not care about protecting teen-aged girls in Wareham from police officer Flagan. Jeff Perry cared only about protecting police officer Flanagan."
Allen explained that Perry's run for Congress motivated her to speak out. "I cannot stand by silently any longer while what happened to me is discussed in the press," she wrote. "It upsets me that Jeff Perry can run for Congress after what he did to me when I was fourteen years old."
The Associated Press reports that Perry on Wednesday called Flanagan's actions "despicable and wrong," but did not respond to the accusation that he failed to stop them.
Lisa Allen's statement on Jeff Perry
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Paris, 26 August 2003
As most Europeans breathe a sigh of relief as this record-breaking summer draws to a close, the extreme weather conditions experienced in recent weeks have given us a rare view of an almost cloud-free Europe, taken by Europe's weather satellite MSG-1, launched a year ago this week.
This enhanced composite image was taken on 10 August 2003, at midday (12:00 UT) and shows a virtually cloud-free Europe. Only the UK and Finland are partially obscured by cloud. Meteosat Second Generation 1 (MSG-1) is the first of a new generation of weather satellites, developed in close cooperation between the European Space Agency (ESA) and EUMETSAT, the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites.
Built by ESA and operated by EUMETSAT, MSG-1 was launched by Ariane, a year ago on 28 August at 22:45 UT, from Europe's spaceport in French Guiana. MSG-1 is positioned in geostationary orbit, at 10.5°W 36 000 kilometres above the Earth. This image illustrates the excellent performance of the innovative radiometer carried by MSG-1.
The MSG system will provide an essential service for weather experts for at least the next 12 years. This continuity of service is important not only to make short-term forecasts, but also to investigate global weather trends in the longer term.
European Space Agency
http://www.esa.int/export/esaCP/index.ht ml
http://www.esa.int/export/esaCP/SEMWQCZO 4HD_index_0.html
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Stripper types. There are five categories of strippers. From left to right: high-percentage methylene chloride, low-percentage methylene chloride, strong solvent and no methylene chloride, refinisher (no methylene chloride and no wax), and NMP (n-methyl pyrrolidone).
Repair, strip and refinish to restore old pieces.
By Bob Flexner
Pages: 58-60
From the August 2011 issue #191
Buy this issue now
Refinishing is a topic worthy of an entire book. In fact, restoring furniture includes all of woodworking and finishing because all skills may be called into play. In lieu of a book, here are some not-so-random thoughts.
1 ■ Refinishing is a good thing, not bad as suggested by the "Antiques Roadshow." Furniture with a deteriorated finish usually ends up in a city landfill.
2 ■ There are three broad approaches to refinishing: Make the furniture look new (as the maker or factory intended it to look); make the furniture look old but in good shape (usually with a satin or flat finish and maybe some glaze in recesses); or make the furniture look like something else (for example, change the color). All three are legitimate approaches.
3 ■ In most cases, the first step is to do as much of the wood repair, including regluing, as possible so glue seepage and minor damage occur on top of the old finish rather than on bare wood. Glue seepage and damage are then totally removed with the old finish. An exception is when paint has to be stripped first to see what wood or veneer exists underneath, so it can be matched.
4 ■ Stripping is messy, but it's almost always a lot easier than sanding off an old finish or paint. Stripping also does less damage to the wood and to color that may be in the wood – color that is the result of the wood aging or a stain that had been applied.
5 ■ There are two broad categories of products that can be used to strip old paint or finish from furniture: paint stripper and the solvent for the finish. (Heat guns and caustic lye strippers are very risky on furniture because of the damage they can cause to the wood, veneer and glue joints.)
6 ■ There are five large categories of paint strippers. The primary differences are strength, speed and toxicity, which tend to correspond. From strongest, fastest and most toxic, the categories are:
■ High in methylene chloride (labeled "non-flammable" and noticeably heavier).
■ Low in methylene chloride (labeled "flammable" with methylene chloride listed as an ingredient).
■ Strong solvent, but no methylene chloride (labeled "flammable" with no methylene chloride listed).
Note: Each of the above contains wax that rises to the surface and slows evaporation. This wax has to be washed off the wood with a solvent or strong detergent after the coating has been stripped, or there may be bonding and drying problems with the newly applied finish.
■ Refinisher (very similar to strong-solvent, non-methylene-chloride strippers, but without wax to slow evaporation).
■ NMP (packaged in plastic containers with n-methyl pyrrolidone listed as an ingredient).
7 ■ Denatured alcohol will dissolve and remove shellac, which was used on almost all furniture finished between the 1820s and 1920s. Lacquer thinner will dissolve and remove lacquer, which was used on almost all furniture finished after the 1920s. Keep the solvent in contact with the finish using wetted rags or paper towels. When the finish has dissolved, wipe it off.
8 ■ It's rare that much sanding is required after the finish has been stripped. Sanding with fine sandpaper is necessary only to check that all the finish has been removed. Any remaining finish will gum up the sandpaper, telling you that more stripping is necessary. Usually, the less sanding the better.
9 ■ Don't be tricked by remaining stain in the wood. No stripper will remove all the stain, and it's not necessary to remove the stain unless you want to make the color lighter.
10 ■ Use oxalic acid, sold in crystal form as "wood bleach," to remove dark watermarks. Dissolve the crystals to a saturated solution in hot water and brush the solution onto the entire surface. After the solution has dried back into crystal form, wash (don't brush) the crystals off the wood. The crystals are toxic to breathe.
11 ■ You can use stain to create whatever decorative effect you want. But it was rare that pre-20th-century furniture was stained. The darker colors associated with most old mahogany and cherry furniture is the result of oxidation (age). Old walnut usually lightens a little.
12 ■ The most efficient method of applying stain is with a rag or spray gun. Wet the surface thoroughly, then wipe off the excess with a dry cloth.
13 ■ Most 20th-century mahogany, and some walnut and quartersawn oak, had its pores filled when the furniture was made. You need to repeat this filling using paste wood filler (not the same as wood putty), especially on tabletops, when you refinish or the wood will look too raw. Just as with wood putty, it's best to use a colored filler because it doesn't take stain well after it has dried.
14 ■ It's best to apply a thin sealer coat under the wood filler to make the excess filler easier to wipe off and to create a cushion that allows you to sand off any streaks you may leave without cutting into stain or the color of the wood below.
15 ■ A common refinishing problem is "fish eye." The newly applied finish bunches up into ridges or crater-like depressions caused by silicone (which is found in most furniture polishes) having gotten into the wood through cracks in the old finish. Silicone is a very slick oil and isn't fully removed in the stripping process.
There are three ways to deal with silicone contamination: Wash the wood many times with a strong detergent or solvent such as mineral spirits to thin and remove the oil from the pores; seal the wood with shellac to block the oil from getting into the finish; or add silicone ("fish-eye eliminator") to the finish to lower its surface tension so it will flow out level.
16 ■ The final step is to apply a finish. Shellac is a good choice if you want to be consistent with the original finish used on 19th-century furniture. Lacquer is much more versatile than shellac if you are spraying. Varnish, including polyurethane varnish, is the most durable of all consumer finishes. Water-based finish provides easy brush clean-up and reduced odor, but creates a "washed-out" look on darker woods unless you use a stain underneath the finish.
Oil finishes rarely look good on old furniture because oil finishes are too thin on the wood. PWM
Bob Flexner is the author of the new books "Flexner on Finishing" and "Wood Finishing 101."
ARTICLES: We have many finishing articles available on our web site, free.
ARTICLE: Furniture prior to World War II was constructed using hot hide glue. Read our recipe for "Liquid Hide Glue."
TO BUY: Get Bob Flexner's new book, "Flexner on Finishing."
From the August 2011 issue #191
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Share the road: Timely reminders
for Bicycle Safety Month
With hundreds of miles of roads that traverse neighborhoods and rural area, Polk County is a mecca for bicycle enthusiasts. Children ride on streets near their homes while more experienced riders can be seen pedaling great distances.
Most area residents are familiar with the site of a procession of riders -- usually in bright-colored jerseys and riding lightweight bicycles -- enjoying our roadways. There is sometimes the momentary inconvenience of a motor vehicle driver stuck behind the bicyclists until reaching a safe place to pass.


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Judd Apatow, comedy producer/writer/director extraordinaire, is being dragged into middle age kicking and screaming. This much is clear early on in "This Is 40," the self-described "sort-of sequel" to Apatow's own "Knocked Up" from 2007.
Judd Apatow, comedy producer/writer/director extraordinaire, is being dragged into middle age kicking and screaming.
This much is clear early on in "This Is 40," the self-described "sort-of sequel" to Apatow's own "Knocked Up" from 2007. After a cold-open scene showing Pete (Paul Rudd) and Debbie (Leslie Mann) having enthusiastic shower sex, Debbie freaks out when Pete reveals the source of his newfound prowess is a dose of Viagra. She worries he isn't attracted to her enough to perform au naturale, and ends her diatribe with the none-too-subtle exclamation of "F--- 40!" just before the opening credits roll.
Apatow's latest effort is packed to the brim with laughs, but it also reveals itself to be a surprisingly nuanced relationship study. The mix isn't quite perfect; the movie is too long by about half an hour, and there are a few stilted performances that bring things down. However, these are relatively minor complaints, and those looking to find some laughs at the movies will most assuredly come away satisfied.
As "This Is 40" is a romantic comedy in its own way, the most important elements in play are the two stars, and Rudd and Mann excel in the lead roles. Rudd has an effortless, laid-back charm, and his comic timing is spot-on. It's also nice to see that Pete is not a man-child in the manner of most Apatow comedies; he may occasionally resent his responsibilities, but he acknowledges and accepts them. Mann may look like the stereotypical harried, nagging wife, but she has excellent comic chops of her own, and she isn't afraid to push her outbursts into the realm of the ridiculous in pursuit of laughs. The scene in which Debbie relentlessly dresses down one of her daughter's teenage classmates evokes gasps of both disbelief and laughter; you can't believe what she's doing to this poor kid, but at the same time she makes it incredibly funny.
The supporting cast surrounding Rudd and Mann is a mix of highs and lows. Albert Brooks is fantastic as Pete's mooching, sad-sack dad, but John Lithgow seems lost as Debbie's long-absent father. Similarly, Jason Segel and Chris O'Dowd are great in their bit parts as a skirt-chasing personal trainer and Pete's business associate, respectively, but Megan Fox is dead weight as a nymphomaniac employee at Debbie's clothing boutique; she's a prop for the male characters to gawk at. Fortunately, Rudd and Mann are front and center most of the time, meaning the missteps don't derail the whole production.
The much more noticeable flaw is the movie's running time. The plot is needlessly overly complicated, and a handful of scenes drag on longer than they should, with the end result being that the movie overstays its welcome by about 30 minutes. Shorter is better when it comes to comedies, because it gets progressively harder to maintain comic momentum the longer the movie goes on. The laughs start to get a little stale at about the 1 hour 45 minute mark, and the glancing at the watch commences at 2 hours.
All that said, the laughs are pretty consistent, and there's enough variety to prevent the movie from going to one particular well too often. There's medical humor (Pete and Debbie having decidedly awkward experiences at the doctor's office), gross-out gags (a set of false teeth being transferred between people), an attempt to feel young gone awry (Pete and Debbie eat a marijuana cookie while on vacation, with hilarious results), etc. Even if "This is 40" stumbles in a few spots, its highlights are good enough to remind us that Apatow, middle-aged or not, still knows how to hit our collective comedy sweet spot.


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Man wanted for theft of pet donation jar; Thief steals 3 bottles of wine in Concord
August 23. 2014 11:37PM
Man wanted for theft of pet donation jar
PELHAM - Police have issued an arrest warrant for a Massachusetts man they say stole a donations jar for Feline Friends from a convenience store on Aug. 2.
According to a news release, police got some anonymous tips and help from Methuen, Mass., police that led them to identify the alleged thief as Justin McGrail, 32, of Methuen.
McGrail is known to frequent Methuen and Salem, police said.Police said a man was caught on video surveillance entering Gage Hill Farms on Route 38 around 8:20 p.m. on Aug. 2 and taking the donation jar.
The store offered a $200 reward for identifying the thief and plans to donate that reward money directly to the Feline Friends Fund.Store manager David Bergeron said numerous donations have come in for the charity since the theft and many customers have stopped by to contribute, raising more than $500, according to a news release.
Feline Friends is a nonprofit, all-volunteer organization. It does not have a shelter, but relies on foster homes and an adoption center in the PetSmart store in Salem. Any money donated goes directly toward supplies and medical care for the animals, the release stated.Police ask anyone with knowledge of McGrail's whereabouts to call 635-2411.
Thief steals 3 bottles of wine in Concord
CONCORD - Police released a video surveillance photo and asked for the public's help to track down a man they say stole three bottles of wine on Aug. 1 from Cumberland Farms on Manchester Street by hiding them in his pants.
According to police, the man, who appeared to be in his 30s, took three bottles of Wild Irish Rose Wine, valued at $5.99 each, and concealed them in his pants. A delivery person reported seeing the man take the wine, and the store manager later discovered three bottles were missing.
The manager then reviewed the store's surveillance footage, which showed a gray Toyota Camry pull into the parking lot around 7:25 a.m.
The passenger got out, entered the store and went to the wine display, where he was seen lifting his shirt and putting something in his pants. The man then selected and paid for two bottles of sports drink and left the store.
The thief was described as having a medium to heavy build and brown hair in a "buzz cut," wearing a light blue T-shirt, blue plaid shorts and a gold chain.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Concord Regional Crimeline at 226-3100 or concordregionalcrimeline.com.


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Whenever I use a 23-gauge pneumatic pin nailer, I feel like I'm cheating. It is a fast, easy and reliable way to attach moulding or other parts without much need to disguise the evidence. The slim fasteners leave tiny holes behind that are nearly invisible. This new gun from Bosch has several features in a well-designed tool that make it a great choice at a reasonable price.
Bosch has devoted its efforts recently to tools that are lighter and more powerful than previous versions. The FNS138-23 has 10 percent more power than the previous model, allowing for deeper sinking of fasteners, or operation with lower air pressure.
It also is the first pin nailer to feature a dry fire lock-out. If you're out of ammo, the tool won't shoot. This prevents possible damage to the workpiece or the gun's internal parts and eliminates the embarrassment of dropping a piece of trim after thinking you've nailed it down.
An internal air filter keeps any debris or contamination from the compressed air system out of the internal parts, and the muffled exhaust air exits out the back of the gun. There is a window on the side of the magazine so you can see when you're running low. Fasteners up to 13⁄8″ long are automatically positioned in the easy -to-load magazine.
The tool has a comfortable over-molded grip, is light in weight and nicely balanced with a narrow nose piece and a recessed magazine. You can see where the fastener will go and easily place it in a tight corner or other hard-to-reach location. For putting small mouldings on furniture or attaching household trim, this is a nice tool – and you aren't really cheating.
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LONDON --Britain's Ministry of Defense says Prince Harry is returning from a 20-week deployment in Afghanistan, where he served as an Apache helicopter pilot with the Army Air Corps.
The 28-year-old prince was stationed at Camp Bastion, a sprawling British base in the southern Afghan desert. Known as Capt. Wales in the military, Harry flew scores of missions as a co-pilot gunner, sometimes firing rockets and missiles at Taliban fighters.
Harry's second tour in Afghanistan went more smoothly than the first, in 2007-2008, which was cut short after 10 weeks when a magazine and websites disclosed details of his whereabouts.
British media had agreed to a news blackout on security grounds.


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During the past few weeks my wife Kay and I have attended five funerals of friends and relatives. It caused us to spend some time reflecting on the inevitable day we all must face.
Christian memorial services follow similar formats, but there are some changes with the new technology afforded us. Even though it takes a lot of effort on the part of families, the display boards are something I find helpful, as you learn more about the deceased through photographs, awards, uniforms, mementos and personal documents. Sometimes the addition of a scrapbook helps to display such items more easily. A fairly recent innovation is a slide show or video at the visitation or before the service, which is another way of reminding friends and relatives of the person's path through life.
The saddest occasions for me occur when a person has been away from his or her hometown for many years, may not have any close living relatives, and the clergy conducting the service never had an opportunity to meet the person and can only read the obituary from the pulpit as a remembrance. How can one's life be summarized in 200 words?
The popularity of email and features such as Facebook, Twitter and other social media has added another dimension to memorializing loved ones. I read an article this past week in the Wall Street Journal that discussed ways to "celebrate a life online," including sites such as Legacy.com, a partner of the Daily Chronicle, where families can have obituaries published online that can be viewed for months by friends near and far. Other sites go further in allowing people to create personal web pages to build online memorials.
Getting back to the impact all these funerals have had on us, Kay and I have spent considerable time recently poring over family albums, carefully selecting favorite photos and documents, so it won't fall on our children to make decisions on what to include in a display when the time comes.
Something I hope to add is a personal comment or names and dates attached to each photo. How many times have you gone through a photo album from deceased family members and wondered who it was in the picture, as well as where and when each picture was taken?
I'd like to conclude with an oft-quoted poem sent to me by my friend Mil Misic of DeKalb, that really hits home. Titled "Around the Corner" it was penned many years ago by the late Henson Towne (1877-1949).
Around the corner I have a friend,
In this great city that has no end,
Yet the days go by, and the weeks rush on,
And before I know it, a year has gone.
And I never see my old friend's face,
For life is a swift and terrible race,
He knows I like him just as well,
As in the days when I rang his bell,
And he rang mine, but we were younger then,
And now we are busy, tired men.
Tired of playing a foolish game,
Tired of trying to make a name.
"Tomorrow," I say, "I will call on Jim,
Just to show I am thinking of him."
But tomorrow comes and tomorrow goes,
And distance between us grows and grows.
Around the corner, yet miles away,
"Here's a telegram sir," "Jim died today."
And that's what we get and deserve in the end.
Around the corner, a vanished friend.
• Barry Schrader can be reached via email at email@example.com or at P.O. Box 851, DeKalb, IL. 60115. His column appears every other Tuesday.


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There have been a few reports lately on some new spas in North America that offer cold saunas. This is nothing new to Europeans where it has been used since the 1800's, and they are even used worldwide in some Olympic facilities to heal and invigorate athletes before and/or after their performances. Let's see why they have become so popular.
Cold saunas are said to be extremely beneficial for joint pain and to help reduce excess inflammation in the body. Those who have braved the cold say that it makes them feel more invigorated, very relaxed, and in a state of euphoria. Some spa owners claim that people have seen relief from depression, anxiety, and fatigue after a few sessions. Everyone asked says their skin looks and feels much better and they experience a glow that lasts for days. Psoriasis patients are being studied using cold saunas as it is believed to make the symptoms and irritations disappear.
If this sounds good to you – let me now explain how it works and how cold it really gets! You will be instructed to remove all your clothing and jewelry. Then you are given non skid stockings and a special robe or shorts to put on. You are also given a mask to cover your mouth, a headband to keep body heat in, gloves, and usually earmuffs as well. You then enter a series of 3 cold chambers starting at approximately -10C, then on to -60C, and finally -110C. You will stay in each one for a maximum of 3 minutes. Some spas offer music to play while you are in the chambers, others have someone go in with you in order to talk and distract you. You must keep moving in order to get your adrenaline going and boost your circulation, and not suffer frostbite. All spas will have someone accompany you, or at least watch through a window, for your own safety. You are not forced to stay in the chamber for the full time – if you cannot bear it anymore you can leave. At least 3 treatments, at least a day apart, are recommended to help medical conditions such as arthritis and inflammation, but for general health and relaxation most people will see results after only one treatment.
As these cold saunas pop up more and more at spas and treatment centers I would definitely think they are worth a try – even if it's just to see if you can withstand the cold.


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STOCKTON - After raising a stink about, well, the stink of a long-established homeless camp euphemistically known as The Tracks situated right next to her family property, Cheryl Cutlip is a happier woman today.
STOCKTON - After raising a stink about, well, the stink of a long-established homeless camp euphemistically known as The Tracks situated right next to her family property, Cheryl Cutlip is a happier woman today.
"Thank you," Cutlip, 60, an East Roosevelt Street resident said to the participants in a joint city/county/railroad crackdown Tuesday that sent the homeless campers a strong message to stay off private property and left the area much cleaner than it had been the day before.
The planned operation involved Stockton police officers, San Joaquin County sheriff's deputies, county public works personnel and railroad workers. Law enforcement was present to ensure that cleanup crews could perform their duties safely - for them and for the homeless campers living hidden under tarps and blankets.
"I think it's great. Those poor guys from the railroad, I feel bad for those guys," Cutlip said as workers from the Central California Traction Co. used a loader, backhoe, rakes and their hands to remove an estimated 7,000 pounds of accumulated paraphernalia - worthless junk to some, treasures to others.
"Every time somebody moves back in, we will move them out," declared Dave Buccolo, general manager of the CCT short-line railroad that runs north/south through the area between Waterloo Road and Flora Street. CCT property was the focus of Tuesday's operation.
Buccolo said his crew will go into that section every week and clean up whatever junk is left there, whether it's brought in by the campers or illegal dumpers. He will no longer tolerate the presence of those who choose to live on railroad property.
"I can't afford to keep going in there and cleaning things up. The police and sheriff's departments are going to start arresting people instead of just citing them," he said.
Tuesday morning, just two longtime campers remained at the scene. Buccolo said other regulars heeded multiple warnings from law enforcement and the railroad during the past week to move out.
Jurisdiction around The Tracks is somewhat confusing. It's actually a hidden junction of two separate active short-line railroads - the CCT and the Stockton Terminal & Eastern Railroad. The ST&E tracks also serve as the dividing line between Stockton to the north and San Joaquin County to the south. The two railroads own the properties that the homeless have been moving between, playing something of a cat-and-mouse game with the county sheriff and city police whenever they've been ordered to move in the past.
Tuesday's holdouts, Ada Hensley, 48, and Anthony Grant, 48, desperately tried to move loads of personal belongings they had accumulated at the camp before the cleanup crew moved in. They asked police for time to gather items, then set about packing whatever they could grab into available shopping carts, rolling suitcases, bags and boxes. They ended up with more than a dozen loads that they leapfrogged down the railroad tracks just ahead of the heavy machinery and across Waterloo Road, where Hensley said she had arranged for a cousin to come pick them up.
After about 45 minutes, police would no longer let the pair back on railroad property.
"I'm feeling disgusted. I wish I was dead," a distraught Hensley said as she was forced to leave behind for the cleanup crew what she described as "good clothes, food, my brother's picture."
Police spokesman Officer Joe Silva said the operation came about in the past couple of weeks as the department was made aware of surrounding property owners' concerns.
"Once we hear from community members, we will go out, evaluate and assess the encampment, and see what type of services are needed," Silva said.
Because this was a cleanup operation on private property, no social service representatives were called out to assist those being moved.
Hensley and Grant said they are aware of the help available to them. Hensley said she grew up in the surrounding neighborhood and has lived on and off at The Tracks for the past seven years.
The Sheriff's Office used the opportunity to deploy personnel to the surrounding neighborhood to clean up blight.
"A San Joaquin County Public Works crew removed junk and trash that had accumulated upon and along the roadway right of way and the Sheriff's Office towed a vehicle that was abandoned and was missing components to operate safely upon a highway. This operation went very smoothly and the collective efforts by all agencies brought about the desired results. The area is now blight free," Deputy Les Garcia said in an email.
Lifelong neighborhood resident Shawn Childress, 39, who hasn't been bothered directly by the homeless camp, was appreciative of Tuesday's crackdown. "I'm just happy to see the garbage out of here," he said.
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Alaskan Clyde Iyatunguk grew up hearing stories about the U.S. Army colonel, Marvin 'Muktuk' Marston, who helped his father trade his spear for a rifle, to protect his homeland during World War II.
Marston is a household name with Native Alaskans. The nickname comes from an Eskimo eating contest — muktuk is whale skin and blubber, eaten raw.
After the Japanese reached the Aleutian Islands in 1942, Marston traveled by dogsled across Alaska looking for volunteers who knew how to fight and survive in the Arctic terrain.
"So Dad stood up and said, 'OK, we're Americans, what do we need to do?' " Iyantunguk recalls.
"Dad" is Laban Iyatunguk, now 82. He was only a kid, but he lied about his age and signed up for the Alaska Territorial Guard, or ATG.
"Being Alaskan, and here our enemies were down in Aleutians," says the elder Iyantunguk. "There was war. That was the war, you know?"
More than 6,300 Alaskan Natives volunteered for the ATG, or Eskimo Scouts. They never had to fight off a full-fledged invasion, but the ATG — who served without pay — did rescue a downed pilot and secured key airfields. The unit dissolved at the end of the war.
"ATG was almost [a] forgotten branch that took part in World War II," says Laban Iyatunguk.
Forgotten By The Government
The U.S. government certainly seemed to forget about them: It took until 2000 to get the ATG recognized as veterans, then several years more for the bureaucracy to start registering them for benefits. That registration packet came to Laban Iyantunguk in the mail
"They sent me a bunch of papers, big brown envelope about an inch thick," he says. "I just shoved the papers down under the TV, and they're still there."
Earlier this month, at the Veterans of Foreign Wars hall in Nome, Alaska, Laban and his son Clyde, along with other local veterans, met with a group visiting from the Department of Veterans Affairs in Washington, D.C. Clyde was keen to get his father signed up, but Laban Iyantunguk still found the red tape daunting and walked out.
"Oh, let 'em talk," he said as he crunched through the snow out to his pickup truck. "What good is paperwork gonna do? I been waiting and waiting and nothing's happened. What they doing? Waiting till we're 6 feet underground?"
Clyde promised to get his father registered; the potential benefits include a pension and a home loan, which he can pass to his wife.
Most ATG vets never got even that: Two of Clyde's uncles died before they could be registered for benefits. Of the more than 6,300, only dozens are still living, several of them in Nome. For a time, the Alaska State Office of Veterans Affairs concluded it had located all of the veterans, but every so often another family gets in touch with the office.
That was the case recently with Frankie Kuzuguk, who lives in a nursing home at the regional hospital in Nome. The 82-year-old sometimes has trouble remembering things, like when he joined the guard.
"I was stationed mostly in Anchorage. I can't remember the date — getting old!" he says.
Kuzuguk was speaking with a VA group from Washington, D.C., and Anchorage — they had come to give Kuzuguk his honorable discharge papers. The discharge is more than 60 years late, but it's necessary to classify Kuzuguk as a veteran. He also got a silver medal — a distinguished service coin — from the state. But it may have been the acknowledgment that matters most to him now.
"Mr. Kuzuguk has some periods of confusion, and what I can say is the one thing he always talks about ... is his time in the Army," says Christine Shultz, who directs social services at the hospital. "Having the military come and recognize him is the most important thing that could have happened."
Tommy Sowers, a senior VA official, handed Kuzuguk his discharge, and thanked him for his service.
"I'm very glad you guys are here today," Kuzuguk responded.
Even for those never recognized for their service in life one last benefit remains: a U.S. military headstone to mark their grave. At this point, it's the most common benefit delivered to the members of the Alaskan Territorial Guard.
From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Melissa Block.
And I'm Robert Siegel.
It is a little known episode in American history. During World War II, the Japanese invaded and briefly held North American territory in the Aleutian Islands off Alaska.
In response, the U.S. Army created the Alaska Territorial Guard, or Eskimo Scouts: 6,000 volunteers who knew how to fight and survive in the Arctic terrain. It took half a century for these soldiers to get recognition as veterans. And now, there's a push to get benefits for the surviving members and their families. NPR's Quil Lawrence sent this report from Nome, Alaska.
QUIL LAWRENCE, BYLINE: Clyde Iyatunguk grew up hearing stories about the U.S. Army colonel who helped his father trade a spear for a rifle.
CLYDE IYATUNGUK: Colonel Muktuk Marston. Yes, he is a white colonel.
LAWRENCE: Colonel Muktuk Marston got his nickname after an Eskimo eating contest. Muktuk is sort of whale-skin bacon, but raw.
IYATUNGUK: During World War II, he came up to Alaska. America was being attacked by the Japanese, and if anybody wanted to volunteer, so Dad, you know, stood up and said OK.
LAWRENCE: Dad is Laban Iyatunguk, now 82. When World War II broke out, he was just a kid, but he lied about his age and signed up for the Alaska Territorial Guard, or ATG.
LABAN IYATUNGUK: Being Alaskan, and here our enemies were down in Aleutian. There was war. That was the war, you know?
LAWRENCE: The ATG never had to repulse an invasion. They did rescue a downed U.S. pilot and secured key airfields. The Alaska Territorial Guard dissolved at the end of the war.
IYATUNGUK: Well, ATG was almost kind of forgotten branch that took part in World War II.
LAWRENCE: Forgotten until the year 2000, when the Alaska Territorial Guard got veteran status. A few years later, Iyatunguk got a thick packet in the mail. He chucked it under the television. He and his son Clyde came to the VFW this month with other local vets to meet a group visiting from the VA in Washington. But Laban Iyatunguk still found the red tape daunting, and he walked out.
IYATUNGUK: What good paperwork going to do? You know, I've been waiting and waiting and nothing's happened. What they doing, waiting till we're six feet underground?
LAWRENCE: His son Clyde promises to get him registered, which could mean a pension and a home loan. Most ATG vets never got even that. Of 6,300 who served, only dozens are still living, several of them here in Nome. One of them, Frankie Kuzuguk, is just five minutes away from the VFW. He lives in a nursing home at the regional hospital.
CHRISTINE SHULTZ: Mr. Kuzuguk has some periods of confusion, and what I can say is that the one thing he consistently talks about is his time in the Army. Having the military come and recognize him would the most important thing that could have happened.
LAWRENCE: That's Christine Shultz. She directs social services at the hospital. Kuzuguk is 82. He also joined the guard young. The visitors from the VA came to present him with his honorable discharge. It's seven decades late. But that makes him eligible for benefits. Tommy Sowers, a VA official, gave him his papers.
TOMMY SOWERS: This is your discharge paperwork.
FRANKIE KUZUGUK: Thank you.
SOWERS: You want to smile for a photo?
KUZUGUK: I was in the United States Army, early days.
SOWERS: Yeah.
LAWRENCE: His youngest daughter, Marilyn, came for the ceremony.
MARILYN KUZUGUK: Dad, all these awards are for you. So that's why everybody is here...
KUZUGUK: Oh, yeah. OK.
KUZUGUK: ...to celebrate you serving.
KUZUGUK: All right.
KUZUGUK: Yep.
KUZUGUK: I'm very glad you guys are here today.
SOWERS: Thank you, Frankie. It's an honor to be here. Thank you for your service to your country.
LAWRENCE: Even for those never recognized for their service in life one last benefit remains: a U.S. military headstone to mark their grave. It's the most common benefit delivered to the members of the Alaska Territorial Guard. Quil Lawrence, NPR News.
SIEGEL: Tomorrow on MORNING EDITION, Quil has one more story from Alaska about the challenges of getting medical care to veterans in remote parts of the state. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Insects That Commonly Sting
Topic Overview
Most allergic reactions to insect stings are caused by just a few types of closely related stinging insects. In North America, the stinging insects that most commonly cause allergies include:
- Honeybees. Honeybees are commonly found throughout Europe and North America. They usually nest in hives built in hollow trees or rock crevices or in building walls. They are not usually aggressive unless they are near their hive. They sting only once and leave behind a barbed stinger with a small venom sac attached.
- Wasps. Wasps are able to sting more than once. They build paper nests that resemble a bee's honeycomb without any covering. They usually nest under eaves or rain gutters, behind shutters, in crevices and vent openings, and sometimes on the underside of wooden decks and outdoor furniture. You can often see wasps on the outside of their nests.
- Yellow jackets. Yellow jackets are a kind of wasp that are aggressive and sting with little or no provocation, especially when near food. They are able to sting more than once and usually do not lose their stinger. They are more common in the late summer and fall. They usually make their nests underground, but nests may be found in walls, crevices, and hollow logs as well. They are attracted to food and may be found around open trash cans and dumpsters. You may come upon a yellow jacket while doing yard work, gardening, or farming.
- Hornets. Hornets are extremely aggressive and able to sting more than once. They build paper nests in shrubs, trees, and other high places, such as the eaves of houses. Hornets are sensitive to vibration, and people are often stung when they disturb a nest while clipping hedges or trees. Some hornets fly at night and may be attracted to lights.
- Ants. The most common types of stinging ants are fire ants and harvester ants. Fire ants are red or black and are common in the southeastern region of the U.S., particularly along the Gulf Coast. The European fire ant is becoming more common in southeastern Canada. Fire ants often leave multiple stings in a small circular or semicircular cluster. They build large underground nests that show as mounds above ground and can be very aggressive, especially if the nest is disturbed. Harvester ants are found throughout the southern and western U.S. and in western Canada. Their sting is more painful and their venom more toxic than that of fire ants.
The types of stinging insects around you depend on where you live, the time of year, and the local climate. Most people are stung while outdoors in the late summer and early fall, when the populations of these stinging insects are highest.
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Meeting of the Dons: Nas Hangs With Mark Zuckerberg
Yeah, we'd be slapping ourselves in the head too if we were sandwiched between these guys. That's billionaire venture capitalist Ben Horowitz in the middle, eating dinner with Nas and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, also a billionaire. The trio of dons hammed it up at a private dinner the other night, most likely talking business of some sorts relating to the FB. Check out more photos from the powwow in the gallery that follows.


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MIAMI (AP) — The medical team for an 8-year-old orangutan with cancer in Miami says she no longer needs to undergo chemotherapy.
Peanut, one of the star attractions at Jungle Island, had been undergoing chemotherapy since August after being diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
Her doctors said Tuesday that they decided to stop treatments after three courses of combination chemo-immunotherapy. The team says it's confident Peanut received "an adequate course of therapy" because the disease was detected early on.
Her doctors say imaging is not available to show how effective the treatment was in an orangutan. But staff veterinarian Dr. Jason Chatfield says that without chemotherapy, Peanut would not have survived.
The team will be closely monitoring Peanut. She and her twin, Pumpkin, will celebrate their birthday on Dec. 2.


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2011 GGMs
(plus one... our host at the after-party...
because every star-studded gala has an after-party, right??)
Reposted from 2011... (because tomorrow night is THE party and I know you care!!)
Girls Gone Mild Christmas Party 2010
SO... because I know you love to hear it... here is the story of the Girls Gone Mild... the very best friends a girl could have! (it's kind of like when Linus tells the Christmas story on the Charlie Brown Christmas special... only not) Click on the image to read...
So if you are with your friends this weekend... drink a toast to friendship...the kind that lasts a lifetime.
To being fabulous and being fabulous friends!!!!!!! Cheers!!
------Looking forward to tomorrow night with my girls. Reading this post about 2011, I'm thankful that 2012 was NOT my year to be the one who needed shoulders to cry on and prop me up, but to be the one who did the propping-up, listened, encouraged and sometimes rescued. That's what has been so great about this group of friends... we are all that for each other at some point. Thank you for indulging me my annual posting about the best friends ever-----
Here's today's tiny blah blah blah....
music - nothing yet, but I'm sure my kids will have some input since we're spending the day together!
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner could lose control of Argentina's Congress during the last two years of her presidency if Sunday's primary results are repeated in October's midterm elections. The results also end any hopes of changing constitutional term limits to enable her to stay in power beyond 2015, a key ally said Monday.
But Fernandez made it clear at a post-election pep rally that she has no intention of changing her ways: "We're going to keep deepening this transformation, because it's our obligation," she said.
Fernandez failed the first electoral test of her second term as the ruling party gathered just 26 percent of the votes nationwide — far below the 54 percent that re-elected her nearly two years ago, and five points below the party's showing in the last mid-term elections.
But far from admit defeat, she urged her followers to redouble their efforts, and warned Argentines to beware of alternatives to her government.
"There may be other politicians showing up offering something different," she added. "I ask that all of you think about what we've done in the last 10 years."
The governing Front for Victory party remains the only political force in Argentina with a nationwide organization, but it trailed in every major city, including the capital and the all-important surrounding province of Buenos Aires, a traditional Kirchner stronghold, where 35 percent of the voters live.
With 98 percent of the vote counted, Sergio Massa's Renewal Front commanded 35 percent of the vote in the key suburbs around Argentina's capital, compared to 30 percent for the list led by the president's hand-picked candidate, Martin Insaurralde.
Massa, who broke from Fernandez only 40 days before the primaries, sounded more like a candidate for the presidency than for the house of deputies in his victory speech. He invited people from all over Argentina's polarized political landscape to join him in a new movement that would rule from the center, build coalitions and protect the middle class, a group that he said hasn't been represented.
"We have to think of the future. We have to learn to stop looking at the past as a way to build a future for all Argentines," Massa said. "We feel proud that the path we have chosen is one of unity in diversity, of coming together without aggression ... the people who have joined us are saying 'enough with confrontation in Argentina."
Insaurralde, a 43-year-old mayor of Lomas de Zamora, was hand-picked by Fernandez and showered with attention as she sought to improve his name recognition. She even brought him to Rio de Janeiro for a photo-opportunity with Pope Francis.
Massa, the 41-year-old mayor of the wealthy riverfront Tigre municipality, briefly served as Fernandez's Cabinet chief and now leads a breakaway branch of Peronism, the broad and splintered political movement that many Argentines claim some allegiance to.
Support for Fernandez has dropped amid corruption scandals, discontent over inflation, deteriorating public services and what many see as a weakening of institutions in the face of authoritarian presidential power.
Sunday's vote was Argentina's first obligatory nationwide primary, but most parties settled on "pre-candidates" beforehand and presented unified slates, turning the election into a party-popularity contest ahead of the Oct. 27 vote.
Fernandez hasn't needed the votes of any opposition lawmakers to provide the quorums required to push through legislation or quash investigations. But with half the seats in Congress and a third of seats in the Senate up for grabs, her opponents are hoping to impose new checks on her power.
The president's opponents — and even some of her allies — had raised the possibility that if the ruling party could increase its share of both houses to a solid two-thirds, it could change the constitution to eliminate term limits and keep her in power. Instead, the ruling party lost ground Sunday night, so much so that a key ally said the vote has definitively taken the idea off the political agenda.
Whoever wins big in October also could become a leading candidate to succeed Fernandez.
"Now it's been definitively cleared up that there will be no constitutional reform, that there's no possibility of a re-re-election," said Ricardo Forster, a ruling party congressional candidate, told the radio La Red station on Monday. Forster said that's a good thing for Argentina, since it will force her opponents to develop better platforms.
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Institute of Industry Analyst Relations (IIAR) cordially invites you to its 2010 kick-off meeting in Silicon Valley on Thursday, January 21, at Cisco's headquarters in San Jose
- Trends in the Analyst Ecosystem – SageCircle
- IIAR Initiatives Update – IIAR board member Peggy O'Neill
- Cocktails and Networking – Hosted by Cisco
Event: Institute of Industry Analyst Relations 2010 Kickoff Meeting
Date: January 21, 2010
Time: 6:00 – 8:00 pm US PT
Location: Cisco HQs in the heart of Silicon Valley
RSVP to Peggy O'Neill (firstname.lastname@example.com) for address and details by January 15.
Trends in the Analyst Ecosystem: 2010 will be a Year of Accelerating Change
by SageCircle
2009 was a brutal but not fatal year for the IT and telecommunications industry analysts. There were widespread layoffs at the firms, but no firms imploded. Mergers and acquisitions continued to be a tool for financially strong firms, but we also saw the launch of new firms to counter any consolidation. Social media adoption by analysts grew, but it was lumpy. These and other factors provided significant challenges to the analyst relations (AR) community, itself under pressure from the recession. Unfortunately, even though the analyst ecosystem is emerging from the recession, 2010 will provide no respite for AR. In fact, AR will have to deal with accelerating change. We expect analyst-led communities mixing analysts with end users and vendors, the evolving definition of influencers, demands from executives for proof of ROI of AR, more M&A roiling the analyst market, and an ever more complex communications toolbox that analysts are mastering much faster than AR. To address these and other trends, SageCircle will present a quick-paced and hard hitting look at the future of the analyst ecosystem at the IIAR Silicon Valley meeting.
Key Issues to be addressed in this presentation include:
- What changes were wrought by 2009 and how they impacted the analyst ecosystem?
- What are the significant trends in the analyst ecosystem for 2010 and beyond?
- Who are going to be the winners and losers in the analyst market and AR community?
- How AR can achieve strategic status within vendors and not just be meeting schedulers?
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Lisa (Glaser) Tyre, of Canton, Mass., formerly of Jamestown, died on March 20, 2014. Born in Vienna, Austria, she and her family escaped the Holocaust and arrived in the United States from New Zealand in 1947. She began her studies at the University of New Zealand and received her bachelor's degree in French from UCLA. She earned her master's degree in library science from UCBerkeley.
Mrs. Tyre began her professional career as an instructor of German at Reed College in Portland, Ore. She then became the French and German coach at the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia, Penn. She served as director of the school district libraries in Radnor, Penn., before assuming the directorship of the Episcopal Academy Libraries in Lower Merion, Penn. After relocating to Rhode Island, Mrs. Tyre was named a professor of German at Salve Regina University in Newport. She was the originator of the film studies program at the Circle of Scholars at Salve Regina, and served as chair of the board of trustees of the Jamestown Philomenian Library.
She is survived by her beloved husband, Richard Tyre, and was the loving mother of Marcie Tyre Berkley and her husband Forrest Berkley of Concord, Mass., Geoffrey Tyre of Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, and Nicole Tyre and her husband Phil Drozd of Ardmore, Penn. Her eldest child, Shelley Tyre, drowned in 1999. Lisa Tyre was the cherished grandmother of Taylor Scott Berkley and Lincoln Thatcher Berkley, and the dear sister of Frank Glaser of Palos Verdes, Calif.
A memorial service will be held at the Orchard Cove Retirement Community, 1 Del Pond Drive, Canton, Mass., on Friday, March 28, at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to the Newport Music Festival, P.O. Box 3300, Newport, RI 02840.


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Over the last year, several developments on the artificial intelligence (AI) front have occurred that reflect our wildest fantasies and worst fears for this technology. Here are a few examples:
A battle continues to rage between MIT linguist Noam Chomsky and Google Director of Research Peter Norvig over the increased use of statistics and probability in AI. Chomsky argued that the "new AI" is merely mimicking behavior instead of unraveling the rules and processes of cognition. On the other hand, Norvig takes a more practical, probabilistic approach, believing in AI's suitability for natural language processing, for instance.
Last month, CNBC reported that inventor Elon Musk and physicist Stephen Hawking expressed concerns about the future of AI, suggesting that there are dangers in the fledging AI market. They made it easy to surmise they fear a Robopocalypse caused by AI run amok!
Recently, a Russian chatbot successfully passed the "Turing test," an intelligence test devised by the British mathematician Alan Turing, in which a machine is deemed "intelligent" when it is indistinguishable from a human when in natural language conversation with a human judge. The chatbot convinced 33 percent of the judges that it was a 13-year old boy from Ukraine.
Of course these events portend neither apocalypse nor nirvana. Instead, they are a solid demonstration of the continued evolution of AI.
This week, a newscientist.com article described the success of "niche AI" applications like the one that schedules the massive Hong Kong subway system and another that sorts passport applications. I believe modern approaches to AI will be like these niche apps. In other words, we will use probability to match a formal model to a current problem so we can execute rules or other cognitive processes.
Applying AI techniques to enterprise applications is also becoming more commonplace with business rule management systems via tools like JBOSS BRMS, ontology development via tools like protégé and other semantic Web platforms.
If you are interested in experimenting with these concepts on a small scale, I recently released a free Knowledge Base editor called EZKB (for Easy Knowledge Base) that demonstrates AI techniques in a layered, building block approach. Each tab in the application represents a level in the semantic stack: from facts to entities to relationships, to rules, to triggers, to output actions and views. The software is merely a side hobby of mine and not a polished product but it will give you a good basis to understand these techniques. Check the YouTube videos for more explanation and use cases.
So, what does the evolution of AI mean for government IT managers? It means that basic AI techniques are within the reach of every application developer and can be deployed to improve almost every new IT system under development. These technologies are no longer "exotic rarities" that only exist in research labs and ivory towers; instead, they are now moving to mainstream applications that need can scan data, identify patterns, execute rules and take automated or semi-automated action.
Michael C. Daconta (email@example.com or @mdaconta) is the Vice President of Advanced Technology at InCadence Strategic Solutions and the former Metadata Program Manager for the Homeland Security Department. His new book is entitled, The Great Cloud Migration: Your Roadmap to Cloud Computing, Big Data and Linked Data.
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Let's define what we mean by AI. The way the term is currently being used refers only to expert systems. The way Chomsky refers to AI is general AI - "common sense". We're a far way off from general AI. Sure, the expert system Watson beat humans at Jeopardy! through the use of algorithms sorting through petabytes of data. But that is not intelligence in the sense that Watson did not "know" it won (unlike the humans who "knew" they lost). Ask Watson "What did it feel like to win Jeopardy!?" and Watson would be unable to respond intelligently -- unless it was specifically programmed to respond to that question. That's not AI.
Chomsky has been wildly off base concerning AI for years. He seems to think that comprehension is metric. I would suggest that when you see a robot acting like an animal (let alone a human), aware of it's environment, and adaptable enough to manipulate it in an intelligent way, you will perceive there is a spirit inside. Furthermore, more practically, Watson beat the best human players in Jeopardy!
Frankly, it is hard to understand how Chomsky's skepticism is coherent. The Singularity is coming...ASI is only decades away at the present rate of progress.
Mike, combined with advances in information semantics understanding and processing. Semantic databases are key to enabling knowledge underneath these robotic systems. This provides a lot of potential for good. For example I recently implemented a SNOMED component in an application for child welfare that provides doctors with advice on patient medications history. There is no way even the smartest human can look this up themselves in the 1 minute it takes the semantic database to return the results using SPARQL.
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|Coco loving life in her FP moccs.
Baby shoes are a hard thing to buy. At least for us. I had my heart set on purchasing Coco a gold pair of Saltwater sandals this summer. When they finally arrived the size was right but her feet were just too chubby. I tried stretching them out and a mark was still left on her foot after wearing them for more than five minutes so I had to get rid of them. And honestly chubby baby feet are about the cutest thing ever so I wasn't too sad about it.
I love Robeez boots for babies because they actually stay on and Coco wore hers all the time during colder weather, but what about the warmer months? I had been eying the Freshly Picked moccasins for a while because they are on just about every bloggers babies feet. The only downside was the price - $60. So expensive for baby shoes. Then I started to get desperate - Coco was walking and I needed to get her some shoes. I was tempted by Toms and then I heard they weren't good for baby's feet. So I consulted Dr. Sears and he says flexible shoes in a natural material is best SO the FP moccs were looking more and more like the right shoe. Instead of buying three different shoes I would only buy one and call it a day (that is how I rationalized the price). I also purchased a size larger so she could get more wear out of them.
I have to say I truly love these moccasins - one of the best baby purchases I've made. They stay on Coco's feet, they seem incredible comfortable and they go with everything. And the price per wear is pretty low at this point since she wears them every single day. I literally have people coming up to me every time we are out and commenting on her shoes - most of the time asking where they can find the shoes in their adult size. It's kind of the craziest thing.
Here are some more photos of Coco in her moccs - because I just can't help myself...
|Picking apples in her moccs.
|When you're wearing moccs you gotta dance!!
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DeKALB – Six of the eight employees charged with felonies in connection with Northern Illinois University's "coffee fund" investigation have returned to work, an NIU spokesman said Tuesday.
NIU's general counsel is still reviewing materials related to Lawrence Murray, 52, of Rochelle, and Kenneth Pugh, 57, of Sycamore, to determine what, if any, disciplinary action should be taken against them, spokesman Paul Palian said. Their cases required more study because they are supervisors, Palian said.
"Obviously, if something comes out in the criminal court cases, we reserve the right to have disciplinary action," Palian said of the six employees who had returned to work by Monday. "The reason they were placed on administrative leave was to maintain the status quo [for the investigation.]"
Keeping the six workers on paid leave was costing the university about $1,300 a day in salary, and two of those on leave had not worked in four months.
Eight NIU employees and one former employee were charged with crimes after an investigation into an off-the-books repository for proceeds from the sale of NIU-owned scrap metal and other materials. Called the coffee fund, the money was used for office retirement parties and similar expenses, NIU officials have said.
Records from local scrap metal company DeKalb Iron and Metal Co. show the fund received more than $13,000 since 2005, although it apparently had existed long before that. The coffee fund held $2,187 when the account at a local bank was closed in August, NIU officials have said.
When asked Tuesday if there were any related developments in the criminal cases, DeKalb County State's Attorney Richard Schmack declined to comment on the pending cases.
"The university has their processes; the court system has ours," Schmack said. "The two are not necessarily dependent on each other."
NIU's Office of the General Counsel has been reviewing records, university policies and reports surrounding the coffee fund investigation.
"Based on this review, the General Counsel's office has advised and recommended that six return to work immediately and resume their duties on behalf of the university," NIU officials said in a written statement.
Two employees, Keenon Darlinger, the storekeeper for materials management, and Susan Zahm, inventory specialist for property control, had been on leave since Aug. 29. Darlinger earns $37,030 a year; Zahm, $35,120, records show.
Four others had been on paid leave since Oct. 18. They are: Joseph Alberti, an account technician for materials management with an annual salary of $46,839; Mark Beaird, an inventory specialist for materials management, at $27,593; Michael Hall, the traffic manager in the materials management department, at $62,010; and Keith Jackson, the university's controller, at $150,677.
Charges in the case were announced in October; all nine people charged in connection with the investigation were indicted last month. The ninth person charged, Robert Albanese, resigned his position as associate vice president of the Division of Finance and Facilities last summer amid allegations of misconduct.
Jackson is charged with official misconduct, violation of the State Property Control Act and obstructing justice. According to court documents, he altered evidence of the coffee fund account by taking money from it and putting it into another account he controlled.
Beaird, Darlinger, Hall, and Zahm are charged with theft, official misconduct and violating the State Property Control Act.
Alberti is charged with theft of a Hewlett-Packard computer monitor.
No disciplinary action was taken against the six who returned to work, Palian said.
They were paid for the time they were on leave and are returning to the same jobs they had when they were placed on leave. Those employees will receive any training they may have missed while away, Palian said.
"Some of the policies and procedures had been updated since some of them had left, dealing with the handling of surplus materials," Palian said. "That will be ongoing."


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WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. – When it comes to dominant high school football programs in New York State, Westchester ranks high.
Five Westchester programs rank among the Top 20 most dominant programs in the last 10 years, according to rankings by MaxPreps.
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Each program earned points based on where it finished in the MaxPreps computer state rankings after each of the first 10 seasons that MaxPreps compiled them, beginning in 2004.
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I'll admit it – I stopped watching "Project Runway" several seasons ago – I think around the time that it switched over to Lifetime. But, that won't stop me from tuning in tonight for the premiere of "Project Runway All Stars Season 2". Why? Because fashion designer Johnathan Kayne, who is from Oklahoma, is on it! I rooted for him in Season 3, before he was booted off far too soon, because he was from here. This time, I am cheering him on because, thru my work with Cure By Design Oklahoma, I have actually gotten to know him in real life (*and I think he is mad talented!).
Another reason I am going to tune in is because Laura Mercier Cosmetics is the official makeup sponsor for this season. I'm really excited to see what kinds of looks are created with the line.
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Logano Finishes 10th in Thursday's Duel
February 22, 2013
THE RACE - The First Daytona Duel Race at Daytona International Speedway (2.5-mile superspeedway, Daytona Beach, FL). No. 22 Shell-Pennzoil Ford Fusion driven by Joey Logano
· Joey Logano started the race in the fifth position based off of his ninth-place qualifying effort on Sunday afternoon.
· At the drop of the green flag, Logano found himself falling back in the bottom groove, eventually settling into the seventh position.
· Logano and teammate Keselowski hooked up and moved into fourth and fifth place, where they ran for the majority of the 60-lap event.
· On lap 40, Logano brought the No. 22 Shell-Pennzoil Ford Fusion to pit road. Originally, crew chief Todd Gordon called for two tires, but changed to a four-tire stop after Logano slid the tires as well entering into the pits.
· In the final run to the finish, Logano found himself back in fourth place with just two laps to go. However, the 22-year-old got shuffled into the middle lane and fell back to 10th before taking the checkered flag.
· Logano will start the Daytona 500 in the 21st position. Sunday's race will air on FOX at 1 pm ET.
"That was a disappointing finish to the race. We had ourselves in the right position I think with about two to go and we were running fourth, but the No. 26 (car) wasn't going so we went to the middle and the middle lane just didn't go. We got bogged down behind the No. 13 and cars were passing us on the inside and outside. We could have and should have finished a lot better than that." – Joey Logano on his finish in the first Duel race.
"The best thing we can take out of it is that our car is in one piece. We have a few things we can work on now that we know how the car handles in the draft. This car handles a lot different than what we've seen in the past few years, so we are all learning the right places to put ourselves. We will be alright going into Sunday. At Daytona, starting position doesn't mean a whole lot." – Joey Logano on looking forward to Sunday's Daytona 500.


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Siliguri [1] is a city in Darjeeling district in the northern part of West Bengal, India.
With a population of over 1.5 mil, Siliguri is the second largest city in West Bengal and boasts the highest literacy rates in the state.
As one of the most important transportation hubs in the north east, Siliguri has recently become something of a boom town. Sprawling and boisterous, modern condominiums dominate the landscape on entering the town, followed by endless streets of market stalls that surround a core of up-scale shops and shopping malls. Due to its position as a shopping and business hub and its high concentration of colleges and institutes of learning, the city enjoys a sophistication and range of shopping rarely found outside the five metro cities.
While it is a popular place to shop and do business for people from the North East and Bhutan, there is little in the way of tourist attractions and so there is no good reason for tourists to linger in Siliguri. However, travelers heading towards Bhutan, Darjeeling and Sikkim may need to spend a night here.
The people of Siliguri have a reputation for their business prowess, but at the same time are known to be friendly and welcoming to outsiders.
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By train
Now Siliguri Junction have some long distance train like Mahananda Express(Upto New Delhi), Kanchankanya Express (upto Sealdah) etc.
By bus
Siliguri Bus Station is located across the street from the Sher-e-Punjab Hotel on Hill Cart Road (Tenzing Norgay Road).
By plane
Get around
Moving in and around Siliguri is cheap. Cycle-rickshaws, Auto-rickshaws, buses, taxis are easily available in almost every region. One can walk around the market place. Cycle-rickshaws can be hired to move around within the radius of 1-2 KM. The fares are pretty nominal. To go about 5-10 KM, one can hire/share auto-rickshaws. You just need to flag down one and when you leave you pay a fixed amount. Cars can be arranged by several companies, such as Kings Travels (098304-28401).
Basically, Silguri sells its wares on two streets - Hillcart Road and Sevoke Road. The former offers more traditional stores and is home to many of the city's hotels, while Sevoke offers more upscale shopping and is the center of the city's banking.
As the centre of a tea growing area, Siliguri is an excellent place to pick up some Darjeeling and other brands of the leaf.
Street markets
As a major transportation hub and business center, Siliguri has a host of hotels. Many are located on the main thoroughfare, Hill Cart Road.
There are a host of internet cafes in the lanes behind Hotel Heritage/Hotel Manila (across from the main bus station). There is also an internet cafe among the row of restaurants directly outside NJP Station. Web connections in Siliguri are fast and reliable.
There are several banks on Sevoke Road that offer money change and ATM service.
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