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Let's say that I'm regarded as smart enough to provide suggestions for this "something". And that I regard a number of people on daemonforums.org as considerably smarter then I am on such matters. For me, all of this is the best way of doing it that I can personally think of. If anyone is actually still interested after reading the basic idea below, I would really appreciate constructive comments on this thing, negative or positive alike -- because I'd rather be found wrong here then suggest it and see it put into use for this "something". And if anyone is wondering, no I do not really like creating threads like this.
Ok, this is the basic idea.
Users can install add in 'modules', hopefully downloaded from a trusted source.
Users can create 'modules' and have reputation based sharing, e.g. do good, project will host the module, do bad, your requests are > /dev/null.
The idea I was thinking about, for the process. The user would download the module and try to install it (software would of course take care of this). The module is an archive containing:
info file ------------------- details about module checksums file -------------- md/sha checksums of files archive files archive --------------- compressed archive containing files for this module
So in essence the installation process amounts to extracting the files archive into the right place, for them to be 'imported' locally.
We want to ensure that
The concept:
The checksums file contains md5/sha256 checksums of the files archive, verifying those should reasonably prove that the archive is nether corrupt or tainted. To ensure that the checksums file has not been changed itself, such as by a malicious user wishing to drop a payload in a replacement files archive -- the checksums file is digitally signed with the private key of the modules author.
To verify the signature of the checksum file, we need the public key. So we download a digitally signed database file from a key server over HTTPS, which is *trusted* to have a valid database file. Once the database file is downloaded, we verify the database files signature with a public key specific to that key server.
The user does not need to trust the modules author or the files on the host, but they should be fairly sure that if the key server trusts the author, they won't get something malicious from the host site. This database file contains the necessary data to verify the digital signature on the checksum file -- comparing the fingerprint and author with listed in the info file, then on a match attempting to verify the checksum file with the corresponding public key in the database. In the advent of failure to verify, the user is essentially put in the "Proceed at your own risk, we warned you, so don't shout at us if you get burned!" boat. If the author of a module repeatedly submits crap, the public key is revoked and their keys removed from the trusted systems, then there modules are deleted from the host.
Does anyone see any big flaws in this, that I don't? Because the only biggest flaws I see is relying on fetching the database from the *right* host and getting the keys in the db cleanly. I'm not really a cryptography kind of guy but this is what idea I'm planning on recommending for this "something".
For the source of the modules:
A user wishing to share their custom modules with other users of the software service goes to a specified website. Creates an account with the necessary information and supplies a "salt" value for key generation. Combine parts of the account data and their salt value, apply a small series of modifications, that in the site designers theory should create a unique passphrase via one way hash function to use for the key pair, that can not be guessed solely on the input to the user account, and never (within reason) generate the same output from the same input or something like that I'm told.
Generate a DSA public/private key for the user account, saving the public key and giving the user their private key via HTTPS. This key pair might be created via third party software or through a suitable library.
The "key server" housing the database of author public keys, user names, and fingerprint, that this host trusts (in regard to the modules; not the actual user accounts of course!). Would have the keys entered into the database via some secure way of feeding them to the sever from the web host. <--- To me this is probably the weakest link. Another machine would then provide access to the server with the database via proxy. The outside accessible machine network mounts a read only copy of the database from the secure database server.
The theory being, if the server (e.g. proxy) that people will fetche a copy of the database from is compromised, there is no way for an attacker to corrupt the actual "master" copy of the database through the 'proxy server'. Unless they penetrate the network and gain a trusted shell on the actual box with the database. And to top it off, the database should be stored under a versioning system with the repository residing on yet another machine. The only machines directly exposed to account holders should be the proxy server for downloading the database and webservers providing account creation and the modules for download. The rest (e.g. real database server, repository for database, and probably authoritve storage for the modules) would be as segregated from the web servers as strongly they can make them.
Does this sound like a feasible implementation or is this whole phase of it just a brain fart?
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I compare it to another system:
The creator of a module registers his module on a web site, submitting a hash of his module together with a description. From the web site an administrator with write access reviews his module and submits it into a central database. The module creator cannot write to the database himself.
This database is mirrored read-only to users who download a copy of the database and compare it's signature with a key shipped with the system.
You might recognize this: It's the FreeBSD ports system when used with portsnap!
It misses the digital signature of the module by its owner. But to me this is the critical point. The web site should never have access to the private signature key. Therefore it must be created by the user. But how to we know that the user is trustworthy? He must be identified and his public key must be 'certified' in some way (e.g. by including in the database or by assigning it to a certificate).
This is how 'code signing' works, like it can be found in Windows installers or some Java applications. But it requires 'processes' (application, revocation). While many things can be automated someone has to review the application. Large organizations (like the FreeBSD community) operating for free will probably not be able to handle these processes. Despite that, educating the module creators how to create their keys and keeping them secure would be a difficult task.
I think if the community of module creators is small and well 'educated' your proposed system will probably work. But if your community grows large it will require a lot of work.
I think you have a good point that the web server should never have access to the users private key. The only thing that worries me is module creators would have to learn to create the key pair, submit the public key, and defend the private key. I suppose though that SourceForge.net manages the task well enough with SSH setups.
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It boils down to the conditions you agree to when signing up. They are quite broad and Google reserves lot of rights to a lot. Here is en enlaged version of the text at the bottom of the sign-up page for individuals, my highlighting:
By selecting "I agree", you agree that Google may use, adapt, translate, and copy your submission materials to advertise, publicize, and promote Google's business activities in present or future media. You agree that Google may incorporate its own audio, visual, musical, and other effects into such materials. (...)
If selected as a Chrome OS Pilot Program participant, I authorize Google to collect anonymous browsing statistics and other usage data for tracking and analysis purposes as outlined in the Google Privacy Policy, located at http://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html. (..)
Google reserves the right to contact you about Chrome OS or related Google products by email, phone, post, or in-person upon submitting this application. Please indicate your agreement to the above terms by clicking "I agree".
As you can see this is not just a beta-test where you supply Google with voluntary information and problems with the device. They can use your information (probably including your name) in advertisements and publications without your specific later consent. They may mix your information with other information. You must let them take statistics about your browsing.
And you must allow to come and contact you, even in person at your home address and probably even without prior notification. Just reading the text it seems that even if you're not signed up to the program, they could put your name, phone number, email and address in an advertisement about Chrome OS including the pages you visit frequently.
I mean, I'm not a lawyer, but this doesn't look to me like it's worth a netbook still in its development stage.
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TORONTO (AP) Frazer McLaren needed eight stitches to close the cut on his chin from a fight, another four for a gash on his cheek carved open by a stick later in the game.
Still, it was McLaren who delivered the most damaging blow of the night.
Phil Kessel had a goal and two assists to help the Toronto Maple Leafs hold off the Ottawa Senators 5-4 on Wednesday in a game highlighted by a knockout punch from McLaren.
Only 26 seconds into the latest installment of the Battle of Ontario, the Toronto tough guy decked Dave Dziurzynski when he caught the Ottawa forward flush with a right to the chin, sending him face down to the ice in a frightening scene.
``It was just a lucky punch. It happens sometimes,'' McLaren said.
A woozy Dziurzynski was slow getting up and eventually needed help from two teammates to skate off.
``Those are big, tough men fighting,'' Maple Leafs coach Randy Carlyle said. ``You see that, you just wish the trainer gets there quicker.''
Dziurzynski did not return, and the Senators said he had a concussion. He logged a total of 3 seconds in his 10th NHL game.
``I hope he's OK,'' said McLaren, who noted the Maple Leafs had a flat start last time out. ``I was just trying to get us going early. I asked him (to fight) and he actually said no, so I thought we weren't going to go and then he ended up dropping his stuff there when the puck dropped.
``He's a big guy and he actually gave me a few good ones early there.''
Senators center Zack Smith said he had checked on his teammate after the game and ``he looked fine.''
``That's what McLaren does and it was definitely good for Dziurzynski to step up, but I don't know if that was the best trade-off,'' Smith said. ``He's a big guy but it's just unfortunate he put himself in that situation.''
Tyler Bozak and James van Riemsdyk each had a goal and an assist for the Maple Leafs, who won their third straight. They built leads of 3-0 and 5-2 before Ottawa scored twice in the final 8 minutes.
Toronto moved two points ahead of the Senators for fifth place in the Eastern Conference halfway through the season, shortened to 48 games by the NHL lockout. The teams entered tied for third in the Northeast Division.
``To me it's all irrelevant right now,'' Carlyle said. ``We've got a lot of work ahead of us.''
Jay McClement and Nazem Kadri also scored for the Maple Leafs.
Mika Zibanejad, Smith, Daniel Alfredsson and Colin Greening had the goals for Ottawa, which lost its fourth in a row and dropped to 3-7-2 on road. The Senators are 9-1-2 at home.
Less than 5 minutes after McLaren dropped Dziurzynski, Toronto's Colton Orr fought Ottawa's Chris Neil in what was mostly a wrestling match.
From that point on, the teams stuck to hockey in a sloppy, wide-open game.
``We won the hockey game and got two points,'' Carlyle said. ``Is it a masterpiece? You be the judge.''
Toronto had trouble putting away the Senators and found itself under pressure late after Alfredsson made it 5-3. Greening stuffed in the puck to make it 5-4 at 18:03 of the third period with Ottawa goalie Ben Bishop on the bench.
As usual, Stompin' Tom Connors' ``The Hockey Song'' was played midway through the third. It made for a sad interlude this time, given news during the game that the Canadian music icon had passed away at 77.
``Stompin' Tom, you'll be missed. Thanks for all the memories and the greatest hockey song ever,'' public address announcer Andy Frost said during the song.
Wracked by injuries, the Senators have relied on some stingy defense. They came into the game ranked second behind Chicago in goals against, giving up just 1.83 per game.
The game marked the return of Senators wings Milan Michalek (knee) and Mark Stone (broken finger), who was making his regular-season debut.
Toronto led 2-0 after the first period despite being outshot 14-10. But the Maple Leafs were more dangerous, and goalie James Reimer was up to the task when Ottawa threatened.
Reimer has won six straight.
The Maple Leafs added to the lead at 1:20 of the second after Bozak outworked a Senators player behind the net, allowing Kessel to send the puck out in front where van Riemsdyk drove it home for his 13th of the season.
Ottawa quickly replied on a delayed penalty, with Zibanejad banging home a rebound from in-close at 2:48 for his fifth goal, cutting the lead to 3-1.
Smith cut the deficit to 3-2 at 1:40 of the third period. Left alone in front of the net, he poked in a rebound of Chris Phillips' shot from the point for his first of the season.
Kessel restored a two-goal lead at 3:42 with a low wrist shot from the circle on the power play for his sixth of the season. After being shut out in the first 11 home games this season, he has scored in two straight.
Kadri made it 5-2 when Bishop failed to control his shot at 10:18. It was Kadri's 10th of the season and fifth in three games.
An unmarked Alfredsson had time to measure his shot and beat Reimer for his fifth of the season at 12:08.
``At the end of the night I thought we were very competitive here on the road and we have to continue to push ourselves to continue to be better,'' Ottawa coach Paul MacLean said.
NOTES: Toronto forward Matt Frattin (knee) took part in the morning skate but did not play. ... The clubs split their two previous meetings this season, with the home team winning each time. ... The Maple Leafs entered with 22 fighting majors this season, one behind NHL-leading Columbus. ... Orr's 108 penalty minutes against Ottawa are his most against any team.


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1995 Jeep Grand Cherokee ZJ - Shafted!Posted in Features on March 1, 2008
Most of the time, getting the shaft is a bad thing. It's a bad thing unless you're getting your latest shaft, or set of shafts, from Tom Wood. Tom's company slogan, "The Best Drive Shafts In The World," may sound like boasting, but since "it ain't bragging if you can do it," that slogan is just telling it like it is.
Tom's personal '95 ZJ Grand Cherokee served him well as a stocker for a long time. Tom would attend wheeling events such as Moab's Easter Jeep Safari, the Tierra Del Sol Desert Safari, and various rockcrawling competitions. Using the Premier Power Welder under the hood, Tom rescued many an otherwise-hapless off-roader. Mangled driveshafts, split leaf springs, torn spring hangers, and cracked frames were fused back together in the field, allowing their owners to make it back to camp with their dignity intact. The ZJ was also a comfy road-trip vehicle that took the pain out of the drive to and from faraway off-roading events. Finally, the Grand's abundant power readily lent it to towing duty, a good thing since Tom usually dragged a trailer along for the ride. While there wasn't anything wrong with the ZJ, there were some limitations. The stock tires and wheels weren't meaty enough. The axles weren't strong enough. The suspension wasn't beefy enough. Finally, as a promotional vehicle for his driveshaft company, the then-stock ZJ was too "plain Jane." It wasn't noticeable enough.
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This has got to be one of the cleanest Klein Attitudes that I've ever seen! It's even got the Precision Billet ProShift derailleurs! As I clean the drool from my desk, I'll direct you to some more photos of this beautiful bicycle below.
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Bradley Manning's Defense: Releasing Over-Classified Information To The Public Would Be Good For The US, Not Bad
from the not-about-harming-the-US dept
Similarly, Manning's lawyers are making the point that the US government seems to be arguing that giving information to the media is the same thing as giving the info to Al Qaeda, which is preposterous. As they note, all such cases in the past have involved actually giving info directly to the enemy, and not to the public via the media.
The US, for its part, seems to be trying to do everything it can to prevent Manning from even being able to make this argument, arguing both that any discussion of over-classification should be barred from the case, and similarly that Manning's motives make no difference. Both of those claims seem fairly questionable, since the key part of aiding the enemy is understanding if Manning actually thought he was "aiding the enemy."
Update: The court has granted Bradley Manning 112 days sentencing credit for unlawful pre-trial punishment. According to the live blog of the trial, the judge also ruled that Manning's conditions did not count as solitary confinement, and that there was no evidence of command influence leading to unlawful conditions.


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The Children's Dessert Theater is set to bring the classic tale of "The Jungle Book" to life in Milford in October. The performances of CDT are known for being interactive and colorful and kids often have a chance to meet the characters afterwards.
The Children's Dessert Theater, a youth acting program of the Second Street Players in Milford, are currently rehearsing the Vera Morris play, "Jungle Book," which is set to take the stage Friday, Oct. 12 at the Riverfront Theatre in Milford.
Morris' play is an adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's infamous childhood morality tales featuring an abandoned "man cub" Mowgli and the wise advice-giving animals he encounters.
Unlike other SSP performances, the children's theater group offers live entertainment designed specifically for young audiences and families. After each colorful, interactive production, the audience is served free refreshments and given the opportunity to meet with the show's cast for autographs. Costumed participation by the audience is also encouraged at these events.
The play will take the stage for three separate performances. Friday night's kickoff performance at 7 p.m., Oct. 12 will see the return of SSP's "family affordable" night with no set ticket price. Families are simply asked to pay what they can. The Saturday and Sunday afternoon performances will be at 1 p.m. with $10 general admission.
The cast, being co-directed by Josh Gross and Sharon Buchanan, features more than 25 actors who will bring ageless characters like the tiger Shere Khan, the lovable bear Baloo, the panther Bagheera and the sneaky python Kaa to life.
This particular children's production of "Jungle Book" is made possible, in part, by a grant from the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency dedicated to nurturing and supporting the arts in Delaware, in partnership with the National Endowments of the Arts.


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By enrolling in one of the on-campus genetics graduate programs, you can gain the skills and experience to launch a possible career in genetics. When you take traditional classes on campus, you enjoy the benefits of working side by side with other students, faculty, and practitioners who share your passion for researching and studying life at the DNA level. An on-campus genetics graduate program also offers opportunities to network professionally. In some genomics graduate programs, you may be able to do your graduate studies on a part time or full time basis—there might also be study abroad opportunities. In all programs, you can specialize at both the master and doctorate degree levels and, in some programs, at the graduate certificate level. Some examples of these academic specializaitons include a Masters of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Ph.D. in Genetics and Molecular Biology, and an Integrative Genomics Certificate. You can also focus your graduate studies on earning a degree designed for possible teaching opportunities at the college level.
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Adam Levine stays close to girlfriend Anne V at the 2012 Grammy Awards held at Staples Center on Sunday (February 12) in Los Angeles.
The couple were joined by some Maroon 5 band members James Valentine, Mickey Madden, PJ Morton, and Matt Flynn.
The group is nominated for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance along with Christina Aguilera for their hit "Moves Like Jagger."
"Tomorrow night at the Grammys, the only person on our minds will be Whitney Houston." Adam tweeted the day before about the sudden passing of Whitney.
The 2012 Grammy Awards, hosted by LL Cool J, airs live TONIGHT at 8 p.m. on CBS!


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'Let's Make a Deal'
"Let's Make a Deal," with host Wayne Brady, celebrates Valentine's Day with an all-expense paid trip to Paris and Valentine's Day themed prizes for singles and couples, including a $15,000 cash prize, on Thursday, Feb. 14. Other themed prizes will range from cars and scooters to a ski trip and a vacation in New Orleans. Zonks are still a vital part of the show, even on Valentine's Day. Notable Zonks that traders will need to avoid are Zonk candy, Zonk gorilla cupid, Zonk corn dog and a Zonk broken heart. The Big Deal of the Day promises to be memorable as the total value for one lucky trader is over $28,000.
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London (CNN) -- The philandering celebrity has often had one failsafe option if caught out by tabloid snoopers: call the lawyers, go to court and hope those salacious details keep out of the public eye.
Not any more.
Now, as the internet renders individual countries' privacy laws increasingly powerless, the rich, powerful or well known, are resorting to ever-more desperate -- and, say media experts, futile -- attempts to gag reporters.
In the UK -- which has among the harshest libel laws in the western world -- individuals and companies have taken out injunctions suppressing reporting of the story. Now, more controversially they are taking out super-injunctions that prevent reporting even of the fact that such an order is in force.
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And if a journalist or media organization breaks the injunction -- even if reporting a story that is true -- they could be ruled to be in contempt of court, punishable by up to two years in prison and an unlimited fine.
Now though, an MP has used parliamentary privilege -- which allows a lawmaker to make statements that would not be permitted outside parliament -- to reveal that Manchester United footballer Ryan Giggs is the man alleged to have taken out a super-injunction to prevent reporting about his affair with a reality TV star.
Last month the same lawmaker, John Hemming, revealed that former Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive Fred Goodwin also took out a super-injunction.
The fact that Giggs, a 37-year-old married father-of-two, was the footballer at the center of the super-injunction affair has been Britain's worst-kept secret for weeks: he was named in tens of thousands of tweets, and despite being one of the most popular players in the country, visiting fans at Manchester United's Old Trafford ground on Sunday made him a target from the stands.
These and other individuals, who sought protection through the courts, were effectively "outed" following mass postings on Twitter and other social media. Legal observers say because Twitter is run by a company based in the United States, outside the jurisdiction of English courts, it makes it difficult for them to identify anyone who posted material, while the weight of numbers of people retweeting makes it unlikely.
Media lawyer Charlotte Harris, of Mishcon de Reya, is in no doubt who is behind some of the defamatory posts. "There has been an illegal and deliberate leak on Twitter using that service as a shield, and it's likely the source was a newspaper," she told CNN.
In a statement sent to CNN, Twitter said: "We don't comment on individual accounts. In keeping with our policy, we review reports that accounts violate the Twitter Rules and Twitter Terms of Service."
Harris said stories about the private lives of celebrities were often just titillation. "If this was a genuine exploitation story, there would be a public interest to publish it. Trafigura (an oil-trading company that tried to prevent the Guardian publishing details of an African pollution disaster), for example, should not have been covered by a super-injunction, but some of the recent cases covered intimate details of relationships that should remain private.
"Freedom of speech does not mean you can shout 'fire' in a crowded theatre."
Other commentators disagree. When BBC presenter Andrew Marr revealed last month in an interview in the Daily Mail that he had taken out a super-injunction to prevent newspapers writing about his extra-marital affair, he was accused of hypocrisy.
Marr admitted he felt "uneasy" about taking out the legal order, but he was criticized by Ian Hislop, editor of satirical magazine Private Eye. "As a leading BBC interviewer asking politicians about their failures, it was pretty rank of him to have an injunction while working as an active journalist," said Hislop.
Goodwin, boss of RBS, which was rescued in 2008 with £45 billion ($74 billion) of government money, was another public figure to obtain a super-injunction, Liberal Democrat lawmaker John Hemming revealed in March.
Hemming said the order -- which another lawmaker revealed was taken out to prevent reporting of a relationship with a senior colleague -- showed there was "one rule for the rich like Fred Goodwin and one rule for the poor."
While Hemming's allegation that Goodwin took out a super-injunction was made legally due to parliamentary privilege, some anonymous users of social media are now effectively taking the law into their own hands.
"If laws don't have acceptance they get over-written by the use of communications technology such as social media," Hemming told CNN. "I'm not aware of anybody who believes there should be no limits as to how reporting goes. But there is excessive secrecy and it's causing problems."
Hemming said he had little sympathy for people taking out super-injunctions, reported to cost up to £50,000 each, adding "they're just wasting their money."
The situation differs markedly in other countries. In the United States and France, for example, the right to privacy is enshrined in both constitutions, but in the U.S. the public interest often trumps it.
In France, the same is true, but as the current case of former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has demonstrated, the media effectively censors itself, according to Pierre Hourcade, a lawyer admitted in Paris, New York and California.
"Everyone here talked about the fact that Strauss-Kahn had problems with women, but they weren't reported even though there was no legal prohibition on doing so. Journalists had the right to cover it, but the general climate among the media is of self-restraint," Hourcade said.
"Politicians and the press have a very cosy relationship: if you stay cool about our private lives we'll feed you information."
But the failure of journalists to cross this "red line" has come as a huge shock in France, Hourcade said, forcing its media to become less supine. "Italy used to be like us a few years ago, but now they are saying, 'You can do it France!' Even with his ownership of much of the media Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi doesn't have the same protection as he had before."
But in the UK, even Prime Minister David Cameron is concerned that privacy laws are being developed without parliament having a say. Media lawyer Jennifer Robinson, of Stephens Finer Innocent, agrees, saying the advent of hyper-injunctions, which prevent people from even talking to their elected member of parliament about a legal order, now poses a threat to democracy.
"They raise very important issues about free speech and are an incredibly oppressive measure," Robinson said. "You are not able to talk about a particular subject nor are you allowed to even tell anyone you aren't allowed to talk about that subject. And if you choose to do so, you could go to prison for contempt."
This note of caution is especially relevant to users who may feel that while thousands have linked to and re-tweeted defamatory posts, it is untrue the law cannot touch them.
"People using social media have to be aware there is no legal impediment to going after someone over a tweet or post," Robinson added.
As if to prove her point, lawyers for one British celebrity are now taking legal action to obtain information about "the unlawful use of Twitter by a small number of individuals who may have breached a court order."
Robinson said though, that the application was unlikely to succeed. "This is more bullying by those taking out super-injunctions. It's not a particularly well thought-out warning shot.
"What these people don't seem to understand is that taking out a super-injunction is like painting a big red target on your back. Everyone's now trying to find out what the story's about," Robinson added.
Max Clifford, a veteran publicist since he was asked to promote a then-unknown band called The Beatles, told CNN that while he does his best to keep damaging stories about clients out of tabloids, one shouldn't get too upset if rumors appear on social media.
If allegations appear on Twitter, he said they do not have nearly the same impact as those published in newspapers, "because it doesn't have the same credibility."
When celebrities are exposed by the media, Clifford said their reactions vary greatly. "Some are distraught, others say 'so what.' But most stars don't want their private lives exposed. And there are very few people out there, let's be honest, that haven't done things in their private lives that they don't want people reading about."


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The epistle for Ash Wednesday states: "For our sake he made him to be sin who did not know sin, so that we might become the righteousness of God in him." The perfect Son, who is God, willingly became man and entered the fallen world so that sinful men and women might become children of God. This divine paradox is echoed in the Gospel for Thursday, March 6, where Jesus states, "For
whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it" (Lk 9:24). Lent is a season for seeing the world through the eyes of Christ, which means many of our assumptions will be challenged or even turned upside down. And one of those involves prayer.
In the Gospel for Ash Wednesday, from the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus condemns those who give alms in order to gain attention, who purposefully appear gloomy while fasting to appear pious, and who pray in public in a way meant to garner praise. "But when you pray," Jesus said, "go to your inner room, close the door, and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will repay you."
After all, the call to follow Jesus is not meant for those who think they already are saved and spiritually whole. As we hear in the Gospel for Saturday, March 8: "I have not come to call the righteous to repentance but sinners."
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Workplace word-of-mouth and yearly success at awards shows used to be the main two ways you could judge a series' success. Nowadays, the Twitter audience is often a good indicator of how popular a show is. There's no denying that AMC's Breaking Bad has as strong a social media presence than just about any currently airing series, with vigor, vehemence and conjecture being thrown out hours and days after episodes air, as later viewers catch up on DVR or iTunes. In fact, the Twitter audience in particular is so outspoken about the series that it has become something of an in-joke with fans on the West Coast (or those who can't catch the first airing) that it's treading heavily into dangerous waters to log-in to the site at any point on a Sunday evening. In steps Netflix, who recently unveiled the website Spoiler Foiler, a fairly ingenious concept for anyone finally realizing just how many things there are to spoil about one of the greatest series ever produced.
Spoiler Foiler is pretty bare-bones, mind you, and it's appearing pretty late in the Breaking Bad game, showing up in the week before the series finale, for which the words "rabidly anticipated" is a daft understatement. You log into the site with you Twitter info and you get a simplified Twitter feed where you can read, reply and retweet, or compose a tweet of your own. There aren't many navigation capabilities, but this is when you're supposed to be watching the episode anyway.
Whenever you happen to pass a Tweet that mentions Breaking Bad in any way, the entire post is censored, as seen below.
Here's an extra B.B. bonus to make your day complete. You remember on last night's rating record breaking episode "Granite State" when they showed the phone number to Robert Forster's vacuum repair shop? Turns out someone at AMC went so far as to secure the number, which leads you to a recording from Forster himself, laying out the shop's voicemail message for curious fans. This is the kind of detail-oriented Easter eggs that make this show such a complete experience.
Give it a call. It's (505) 842-4205 (via Uproxx.) .You won't be able to leave a message though.
Netflix seemingly got in on the viral advertising to promote their Breaking Bad library, which latecomers have been going to in droves in wait for the finale. But they'll never be able to stop Dean Norris from giving it all away, as you'll see below. (Not really.)


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Why Crispy, Faky, Swanky?Wednesday, January 10th, 2007
Susan Lister and George Merkert have brought a couple of words to my attention that may reflect a trend. Susan asked me why we need swanky when it seems to mean the same thing as swank. George brought up faky which suffers from the same type of redundancy. When you add my favorite, crispy, to the list, it begins to take on the look of a trend. Is there a rule lurking somewhere beneath this trend?
The question is why do these redundant words (redundonyms?) exist? I know of no reason. My first reaction was that they represented the influence of motherese, the way we talk to babies when mothering them. This would place them in a class with other such words like horsy, doggy, potty, and yucky.
I also thought of the fact that English is losing its suffixes. Suffixes like -dom, -hood, -ery are used less and less often as English gravitates toward the language model of Chinese, which has no affixes at all (mentioned briefly in "Bad Grammar or Language Change?") An interesting fact about this shift is that, while the suffixes marking them are disappearing, the functional categories these suffixes mark are remaining in the language. This means that fewer and fewer suffixes are marking the same number of grammatical categories resulting in growing suffix polysemy (multiple meanings).
My favorite example is the suffix -ing, which correspond es to a dozen Russian suffixes. This suffix now marks all the major parts of speech: nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs:
- Skiing is my favorite sport (noun)
- I was skiing when you called (verb)
- I find the sport amusing (adjective)
- Skiing down the mountain, I barely missed a tree (adverb)
The suffix -y is another that marks several categories: personal nouns (lefty, meany, softy), various adjectives (crusty, muddy, moldy), among others. Maybe -y is just taking over another function left behind by a suffix that is disappearing.
If the words in the first paragraph, faky, swanky, crispy, meant "somewhat Adj", it might be taking over the work of -ish: faky "somewhat fake". This doesn't seem to be the case, however. The meanings seem to be identical crispy = crisp. The stems cannot be taken as nouns, so they are not adjectives like crusty and moldy.
This leaves me with the hypothesis that these are leftovers from motherese—not an elegant hypothesis but the only one I can come up with that fits at all.


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Asthma, known medically as reactive airway disease, is a chronic lung condition that affects about 20 million Americans, according to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) at the National Institutes of Health. Symptoms of asthma occur when the airway becomes inflamed and constricts to make breathing difficult. What causes asthma or why incidences of asthma are on the rise is not known, but some have suggested that it could be the result of environmental factors such as an increase in exposure to pollution or indoor allergens. Its increase may also be related to the increase in obesity that is simultaneously occurring. Many researchers are looking for a genetic factor for asthma based on the fact that a person has a higher risk of developing asthma if a member of his or her family has it. Whatever causes asthma, it is a serious and sometimes fatal condition that must be carefully managed.
People with asthma often suffer from nighttime coughing, wheezing and breathlessness that disturb their sleep. It is not clear whether there is a circadian rhythm factor (a circadian rhythm is a rhythm of biological functions occurring in a 24-hour periodic cycle) responsible for these nighttime disturbances or whether sleep in some way contributes to them, but studies designed to uncover the exact influence of sleep or circadian rhythms on asthma have been largely inconclusive. Even so, many researchers believe that asthmatic symptoms are at least partly due to circadian rhythms and use the term "nocturnal asthma" to describe the phenomenon of asthma symptoms worsening at night. Not all asthma sufferers experience nocturnal asthma. Those who do should discuss their symptoms with their doctor in order to develop a treatment plan that addresses the nighttime condition. People with asthma should also be aware that nocturnal asthma is associated with more severe disease and increased mortality.
There are several underlying mechanisms that may shed light on how and why nighttime seems to exacerbate asthma symptoms. First, airway resistance increases throughout the night, whether or not a person sleeps, although the increase is much greater if the person sleeps. Second,


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Glyphosate resistant pigweed has gotten the bulk of media coverage recently, and though the herbicide is rarely used for cleanup treatments on peanuts, pigweed resistance, combined with other more direct affects create a big challenge for growers in the Southeast in 2007.
Weed resistance to dinitroanalin herbicides, commonly used in pre-emergence and at-planting treatments on peanuts has been well documented for a number of years. While weed resistance to ALS-inhibiting herbicides has been known to occur for several years, research in Georgia and North Carolina in 2006 indicates the problem is much more widespread than previously thought.
Among the most popular ALS-inhibiting herbicides used on peanuts are Cadre and Strongarm. Cadre controls over 34 grasses and broadleaf weeds, including nutsedge, pigweed and morningglory. Strongarm offers broad-spectrum control against tough broadleaf weeds, including morningglory, cocklebur, tropic croton, Florida beggarweed, common ragweed, copperleaf, eclipta, pigweed and more.
Throw in excellent crop safety for both popular herbicides and competitively low prices, and it's easy to see how these materials have become staples for peanut production.
Cadre and Strongarm are far from the only ALS-inhibiting herbicides available to peanut growers — over 20 such products are currently on the market. Herbicides that target the enzyme acetolactate synthase (ALS) are among the most widely used in the world. These herbicides are also notorious for their ability to select resistant weed populations.
Because of the success of these products, and their subsequent widespread use on a number of crops, there are more weed species that are resistant to ALS-inhibiting herbicides than to any other herbicide group.
In most cases, resistance to ALS-inhibiting herbicides is caused by an altered ALS enzyme. In addition to volume of use, resistance problems with ALS inhibitors can be attributed to how they have been used and the strong selection pressure they exert because of their soil residual activity.
Data has shown significant yield losses can occur in peanuts from various weeds at a population density of only one plant per meter of row. In the study, common cocklebur reduced yields by up to 70 percent; common ragweed, 40 percent; wild poinsettia, 31 percent; Florida beggarweed, 24 percent; tropic croton, 20 percent and bristly starbur, 14 percent.
Peanut growers who rotate with cotton should be aware of the mode of action of the products used on both crops. In some cases the trade name is different, but the active ingredient is the same. Regardless of the crop, weeds with resistance to one ALS-inhibiting herbicide will be resistant to similar products with the same active ingredient.
Speaking at the recent annual South Carolina Peanut Production Meeting, University of Georgia Weed Scientist Eric Prostko recommended using Prowl or Sonolan on every acre of peanuts. These herbicides have their own set of resistance problems, but will reduce the overall use of ALS-inhibiting materials.
Prostko says Solicam, which was previously sold under the trade-name Zorial, is another option, but points out a common problem associated with using older herbicides. Solicam has had crop injury issues in the past, he says, but that was on Florunner and other varieties of peanuts that are rarely grown these days.
There is little research on many of these older products on the newer varieties that are grown today. There could be more crop injury or less injury, we don't know how some of these herbicides will interact with newer varieties.
Many pre-Roundup Ready herbicides are still available and labeled for use on peanuts, but the Georgia weed scientist says there is too little known about these products. He suggests trying these products on small areas before going full scale with them.
Pigweed is well justified in getting the publicity it is getting, according to Prostko. "I can visit with a grower on one day and recommend treatment for Palmer amaranth pigweed, and it the grower doesn't spray for three or four days, that recommendation probably won't work," Prostko says.
The high price of corn and subsequent increase in acreage will be good for peanut production. The use of atrazine in corn will be especially good in breaking up the use of ALS-inhibiting herbicides, he points out.
In fields where ALS-resistance is documented, the use of popular herbicides, like Cadre and Strongarm, will only make the problem worse. In this scenario, growers will not only fail to control the target weed, especially pigweed, but will also spread the number and severity of resistant weeds.
Among the options are postemergence applications of Cobra, Blazer and Ultra Blazer. However, Prostko points out these materials have not done well in multi-year, multi-state trials on large pigweed. Once pigweed get more than 3-4 inches tall there is no guarantee these herbicides will work, he says.
In tests in Georgia, Prostko says, he planted pigweed known to be not glyphosate resistant and did a good job of controlling taller pigweed with Cobra. By adding 2,4-DB to the mix, he says control of mature pigweed increased 10-15 percent.
Valor, Spartan and Reflex are all protoporphyrinogen oxidase inhibitors, or PPO herbicides. There is no known resistance in the Southeast to this family of herbicides and most are not labeled for use on peanuts. However, weed scientists across the Southeast and manufacturers of these herbicides urge growers to use them wisely, and to rotate these materials with other families of products with different modes of action to avoid resistance problems.
Prostko says peanut growers should not use Reflex, a PPO herbicide that does a good job of controlling pigweed in cotton for two very good reasons. First, it's illegal and second it has some serious tolerance questions on peanuts.
In 2006, researchers documented resistance to both ALS and glyphosate containing herbicides in the same pigweed plant. If this dual resistance becomes widespread, growers in the Southeast with a peanut-cotton rotation will have more problems. Regardless of whether pigweed are resistant to either or both family of herbicides, it will require pre-emerge and post-emerge herbicides to manage the problem.
Key to most pre-emerge herbicides is moisture. Valor, for example, is a good option to suppress pigweed in peanuts, but without adequate moisture it will not prevent a vigorous first flush of pigweed and other weed species.
With pre-emerge herbicides the big question is moisture, with post-emerge materials it is timing. Once pigweed get more than 3-4 inches, the options a grower has for control are significantly limited, Prostko notes.
With peanut acreage expected to be down significantly in the Southeast and stable, or slightly down in the Virginia-Carolina belt, growers may have more rotation options, especially if the big jump in corn acreage occurs as is expected.
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She was a star on the softball field, propelling a then-fledgling Vandebilt Catholic High fast-pitch program to statewide recognition, but in the classroom, Danielle Price struggled to keep up.
She was a star on the softball field, propelling a then-fledgling Vandebilt Catholic High fast-pitch program to statewide recognition, but in the classroom, Danielle Price struggled to keep up.
Price, of Houma, struggled to graduate from Vandebilt. In 1992, the Louisiana Catholic school system had few programs for testing or treating a multitude of learning disabilities.
"For me, throughout high school, it was very difficult for me to read. I was never a good reader, and I never understood why. Growing up in a Catholic school in the 90s, there wasn't very much there for anyone with learning difficulties; you kind of felt like you're on your own," Price said.
"Without a supportive family and tutors, I probably wouldn't have made it out of high school," she said. "Of course, Vandebilt did what they could, but I struggled and struggled."
It is all the more testament to the award Price received this month, when she was named Gov. Bobby Jindal's Outstanding Leader in Disabilities Educator of the Year.
The award is the culmination of a journey Price began after she graduated from high school more than 20 years ago. It was one professor at the Mississippi University for Women who gave Price her first taste of academic success.
"It wasn't until college when I had a professor named Dr. Susan Bean," Price said. "She took me under her wing and taught me how to study, and I was able to final get it."
Price, who at one point was on the verge of failing classes, finished that year with a 3.7 grade-point average. She later transferred from Nicholls and graduated in 1998 with a degree in adaptive physical education.
Price began her teaching career at Terrebonne High, coached at her alma mater and spent some time in a convent before moving to Lafayette after Hurricane Katrina.
It has been her work at St. Thomas More Catholic High that has become the crowning achievement of her career. The part-time coach, full-time teacher has championed inclusive teaching of disabled students. Every student, no matter how severe or mild his or her disability, is enrolled in classes with the rest of the student body.
"For them to have the same opportunity to walk the same halls as the rest of their peers, it's just such a blessing," Price said. "But at the same time, incorporating them into our regular classes has been beneficial."
Price's program is one of several inclusive programs implemented in Louisiana Catholic schools today. Her students not only go to class with the remainder of their peers, they participate in all extracurricular activities, from basketball to band.
That level of inclusiveness has become increasingly common across the country. Price did not stop there, though. Instead, she got the rest of the school involved in the process of providing a helping hand to those who need it.
"We would not be as successful as we are if we did not have the complete community working to make our program what it is today," Price said. "We have over 100 student mentors who volunteer their time every day and every week — tutors, coaches, lunch buddies."
But coworkers make it clear that Price's commitment to her students earned her the award.
"It is obvious Danielle cares about every single one of those kids," said coworker Barbara Melebeck, who has helped Price implement the current special education program at the high school.


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Visits, Admit Days, and Open Houses / Re: US News Ranking 2007 Predictions« on: March 06, 2006, 09:49:32 PM »
except for the last two years 04-05 cycle and 03-04 cycle Boston College has ranked higher than Boston University. It has been a very recent trend, and since the Dean at BU left, I think BC will move up.
or atleast i hope.
While BC is way prettier, BU I think keeps on top with its way higher job placement nad lower student faculty ratio. I mean, campus is nice, but really not up there on the list of what makes a ls great (like attractiveness of the study body).
I don't expect BC to pass BU anytime soon, esp. considering BC refuses to do formal concentration, while BU continues to place at the top in field such as IP.
I could see W&M staying put for now, but going up next year after the brand new library is complete.


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2013 29er Midwinters Taking Shape on West Coast USA
24 March 2013
Article courtesy of Matt Pistay - Thirty 29er teams from across North America have descended upon beautiful Coronado yacht club to compete in the 2013 midwinter regatta. This event is known for warm weather, good wind and awesome racing out in San Diego's south bay. With teams traveling from Canada and the east coast of the US there will surely be great competition at this top west coast event.
The midwinter's west regatta in known for getting all those new young sailors started in the 29er fleet with many of the sailor's life long 29er sailors. Some of the top teams look at this event as a warm up for either their European or US summer campaigns.
With day one underway the, forecast did not look good for the day to come. But once all the sailors got out in the bay, a nice sea breeze filled in to around 8-10 knots from the northeast. As the first race got underway there was a small shift to the left that had favored the left side of the course. With Duncan Williford and Matt Moleours leading the first race and able to hold off Quinn and Dane Wilson for the win. Wilson finishing second and Campbell D'Eliscu and Conner Kelter finishing third in the first race of the event.
With the wind building a little there was a huge left shift at the start of race 2 making starting at the pin very challenging. Many of the boat that were planning to start at the pin got flushed out and had to gybe around and head out on port ducking the entire fleet, but it was Duncan Williford and Matt Mollerus that made it to the top mark in the lead and was able to hang onto the lead into the finish. But putting the pressure on was Max Brill and Zach Malcolm finishing a close second with Patrick Snow and Strom Brown taking third.
As race 3 got underway the wind had decided to shift again, this time to the right. Making the start line more even and a little more difficult to find a good, clean spot on the line to start. At the gun it was Quinn and Dane Wilson that decided to take an early lead to the top mark hit a few good shifts up the course along the way to take the win. Finishing second was Nic Muller and Kai Friesecke and taking third was Duncan Williford and Matt Mollerus.
The final race for the day was sailed in about 10-12 knots of breeze that had settled in very nice. As the wind on the right side of the course had filled in nicely and the pin end of the line very favored. It was Duncan williford and Matt Mollerus that lead the fleet to the right side of the course. But on their heels was Quinn and Dane Wilson fight for the number one spot. But in the end Williford and Mollerus were able to hold them off for the win with the Wilson brother taking second and Muller/ Friesecke taking third.
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EU Proposes 'Right To Be Forgotten' Online, In Contradiction With Free Speech Concepts
from the which-is-more-important? dept
Now, some might claim that this is a point where free speech and privacy rights clash, but I'm not sure I actually agree with that. In fact, I'd argue that a "right to be forgotten" is not really a "privacy" right in the first place. A privacy right should only concern information that is actually private. What a "right to be forgotten" does is try to take information that is, by default, public information, and pretend that it's private. That's a very different situation, and one that clearly conflicts with free speech concepts.


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Just before and soon after the founding of Independence in 1827, many other towns sprang up along the river and bid for public attention. The first of these, of course, was Sibley, because it sat in the shadow of Fort Osage.
The fort was a small one as far as forts go, but was located on a commanding bluff with a spectacular view of the Missouri River in both directions. The place had been designated "Fort Point" by Lewis and Clark on their famous expedition up the Missouri shortly after the consummation of the Louisiana Purchase. Upon its completion, the fort was renamed "Fort Clark" in honor of Captain William Clark, who oversaw the construction. Then, later on down the road it was, once again, changed to "Fort Osage" in honor of the Great Osage Nation on whose territory the fort was located.
The fort was constructed in 1808. This was just four years before any part of the continent was known as Missouri, and only four years after the Louisiana Purchase. The fort, therefore, was erected not in Missouri, but in upper Louisiana, the name by which our part of the country continued to be known until after the declaration of the War of 1812. One week and one day after congress declared the War of 1812, congress created the Territory of Missouri.
Fort Osage was occupied by one company of United States soldiers under the command of Captain Clemson. The fort was also occupied by a stock of government goods suited to barter with the Osage neighborhood. This stock of goods was under the care and management of Maj. George C. Sibley, government factor. The sole purpose of the fort and of the soldiers was to protect the government storehouse. The fort was under siege a time or two by the Osage, but was never intended to figure into the military history of our country.
The fort and trading house was dismantled in 1827, the same year as the founding of Independence. It was abandoned when Cantonment Leavenworth was established as the new military center of the West.
Even though Independence was an ambitious upstart, it never-the-less remained an unpromising, sleepy, dull, almost silent little village for the first year or so of its existence. But, the place did have a few things going for it, namely, it was designated the county seat and it was on the Santa Fe Trail, it had 16 major fresh water springs around the square, and was only 3 miles from the river. The original Santa Fe trailhead was down river at Franklin, near Boonville, but a raging flood wiped the town off of the face of the map and that trailhead soon moved up river to Independence. Presently, Aull and Company of Lexington established a store in Independence and carried such goods and supplies as those bound for the mountains or for Santa Fe might require. Independence henceforth was no longer a sleepy, one horse village.
The assembling here of mountain hunters, fur traders and trappers, the trains of pack mules and covered wagons, Mexican traders and returning Missourians from Santa Fe with bags of silver, cowboys and bands of Indians all mingling and mixing together, fighting and drinking, afforded no time, day or night, for Independence to go back to sleep. It soon became the first of the "Wild West" towns that cowboy folklore was built around.
Most of the covered wagons that went out the California, Oregon and Santa Fe trails were built in Independence, so there were many wagon shops and blacksmith shops around the square along with taverns and saloons.
By all accounts, it was a rough and tumble place with much confusion and lots of money to go around.
Reference: "The Centennial History of Independence, Missouri" by W.L. Webb
The Jackson County Historical Society once again sponsors "Ghost Tour" with Ted Stillwell riding tailgate on Ralph Goldsmith's covered wagon each Friday night in the month of October as the two men tell historical ghost stories around the Independence Square. They depart on the hour from the 1859 Jail on North Main Street.
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(FOX19) - Day nine of the government shutdown and a game of political chicken between President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner rages on with the deadline to a historic U.S. debt default fast approaching.
The President says the shutdown can end today, if Boehner would just call for a vote saying:
"The truth of the matter is there are enough republican and democratic votes in the house of representatives to end the shutdown right now, immediately, with no partisan strings attached."
Is the President right? If not, why won't the House Speaker call for a vote and prove Obama wrong once and for all? For the answer, look no further than the conservative wing of the Republican Party, Tea Party patriots, small in numbers but powerful nonetheless—committed to defunding the Affordable Care Act AND demanding that the I.R.S. be removed from any future enforcement of Obamacare.
In August, Tea Party Congressman Mark Meadows of North Carolina drafted a letter addressed to Speaker Boehner calling for the "defunding" of Obamacare and signed by 80 members of Congress.
In the letter Meadows says:
"The Internal Revenue Service, an agency now publicly known to have deliberately discriminated against conservative entities, is charged by law with enforcing significant portions of Obamacare. IRS enforcement of a law Americans do not like in the first place is a double-whammy that is totally unacceptable."
As it turns out, the Tea Party has reason for concern: A recently released government audit found that the I.R.S. did not track all costs associated with the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. In fact, the agency did not account for $67 million of indirect ACA costs for fiscal years 2010 through 2012.
Any vote on ending the government shutdown or raising the debt ceiling could hinge on the Tea Party's demands regarding the future of Obamacare and the IRS.'s role in its implementation. With the clock ticking towards the first debt default in U.S. history, the pressure on Speaker Boehner and President Obama is only going to get worse. In the meantime, the game of chicken continues.
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Angels, fans giving big push for Richards in Final Vote
ANAHEIM -- Garrett Richards had never had his name used as a hashtag.
But then the 26-year-old right-hander was named an American League Final Vote candidate Sunday and has seen "#VoteGRich" everywhere from Twitter and Instagram to behind second base, home plate and the mound.
ANAHEIM -- Garrett Richards had never had his name used as a hashtag.
But then the 26-year-old right-hander was named an American League Final Vote candidate Sunday and has seen "#VoteGRich" everywhere from Twitter and Instagram to behind second base, home plate and the mound.
"All this stuff is new to me," Richards said. "Honestly, I don't really know how to handle it. I'm just thankful for my teammates, the organization and the fans for coming together and making this possible."
In the latest AL update released Wednesday morning, Richards trailed Chicago's Chris Sale but led Detroit's Rick Porcello, Cleveland's Corey Kluber and Houston's Dallas Keuchel.
Richards said old friends from over the years and high school buddies have reached out to him to support his push to the All-Star Game.
"It's pretty crazy how many people have hit me up and told me, 'Hey, we're pulling for you' and, 'Hey, we've been voting,'" Richards said. "It's very humbling, and I'm very appreciative."
In his first full season as a starter, Richards has been dominant, holding batters to a league-low .196 batting average while posting a 2.71 ERA and 119 strikeouts. He struck out a career-high 11 batters in his last start Sunday against the Astros.
"It'd be cool to get in, but I've done my job as far as playing," Richards said. "It's in the fans' hands now."
Richards' teammates, however, have taken it into their own hands to campaign for the electric righty. All-Star Mike Trout has been adding "#VoteGRich" to nearly every tweet he has sent since Sunday, and both Trout and Howie Kendrick have appeared in short videos urging fans to vote for Richards.
"It may be a little overwhelming at times, but it's for a good reason and everyone's here on my behalf, so it's warming," Richards said.
Immediately following the announcement of the American League and National League All-Star rosters on Sunday, fans began voting to select the final player for each league's 34-man roster via the 2014 All-Star Game MLB.com Final Vote Sponsored by Experian. Fans can cast their votes from a list of five players from each league until the winners are announced after the voting concludes today at 1 p.m. PT.
Fans can also cast votes on the mobile web at MLB.com/vote or via text message. To receive the Final Vote ballot, text the word "VOTE" to 89269. To vote for a specific player, fans can text their choice to 89269. For example: Text "A3" to vote for AL Player 3 or "N3" to vote for NL Player 3. Standard message and data rates may apply. Text "STOP" to end and "HELP" for information. Mobile voting in Canada also is available and fans should text their choices to 101010.
For the third consecutive year, the All-Star Game MLB.com Final Vote will include social balloting participation, as Twitter support from the 10 candidates' fans over the last six hours of balloting will count toward their final vote totals. From 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. PT today, any tweet that includes a designated player hashtag will be tabulated as part of the official vote total used to determine the winners. Fans will be able to follow @MLB for the latest standings updates over the course of the entire four-day voting period.
The hashtags and text designations are as follows:
AL nominees
Dallas Keuchel: #VoteKeuchel (A1)
Corey Kluber: #VoteKluber (A2)
Rick Porcello: #PickRick (A3)
Garrett Richards: #VoteGRich (A4)
Chris Sale: #TargetSale (A5)
NL nominees
Casey McGehee: #VoteHitsMcGehee (N1)
Justin Morneau: #VoteMorneau (N2)
Anthony Rendon: #VoteRendon (N3)
Anthony Rizzo: #VoteRizzo (N4)
Justin Upton: #VoteJUp (N5)
The final phase of All-Star Game voting will again allow fans to help choose the Ted Williams All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award presented by Chevrolet. During the Midsummer Classic, fans will vote exclusively online at MLB.com and via Twitter in the 2014 All-Star Game MLB.com MVP Vote Sponsored by Pepsi, and their collective voice will represent 20 percent of the overall vote that determines the recipient of the Arch Ward Trophy.
MLB.TV Premium subscribers, for the first time, will be able to live stream the All-Star Game via MLB.TV through FOX's participating video providers. Access will be available across more than 400 platforms that support MLB.TV, including the award-winning MLB.com At Bat app. MLB.com will provide extensive online coverage of the All-Star Week festivities.
The 85th All-Star Game will be televised nationally by FOX, in Canada by Rogers Sportsnet and RDS, and worldwide by partners in more than 200 countries via MLB International's independent feed. ESPN Radio and ESPN Radio Deportes will provide national radio coverage of the All-Star Game. MLB Network and SiriusXM will also provide comprehensive All-Star Week coverage. For more information, please visit allstargame.com.
Matthew DeFranks is an associate reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @MDeFranks.


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Conservative Ann Coulter cancels UC Berkeley event
Coulter: 'It is a dark day for free speech in America'
Coulter: 'It is a dark day for free speech in America'
Coulter: 'It is a dark day for free speech in America'
Conservative author and commentator Ann Coulter said Wednesday that she will not speak at UC Berkeley, saying that the group sponsoring her event was no longer supporting her appearance after an ongoing debate about security at the university.
"I'm so sorry Berkeley canceled my speech. I'm so sorry (Young Americans Foundation) acquiesced in the cancellation," Coulter tweeted. "I'm very sad about Berkeley's cancellation but my sadness is greater than that. it is a dark day for free speech in America."
Campus Republicans, the group which was helping plan the Thursday speaking event, said Tuesday that it will not host the event at UC Berkeley.
"And I'm so sorry for free speech crushed by thugs. It's sickening when a radical thuggish institution like Berkeley can so easily snuff out the cherished American right to free speech," Coulter tweeted.
As part of a series of tweets, Coulter thanked television personalities Bill Maher, Chris Matthews and Margaret Carlson "for opposing Berkeley's censorship."
Coulter had tweeted Tuesday that she was still expecting to speak at the university, despite the Republican group backing out from supporting her.
However, just hours later on Wednesday morning, word started to spread that Coulter was backing out.
UC Berkeley initially canceled Coulter's speaking engagement for security reasons, adding that it was "unable to find a safe and suitable" venue for Coulter, audience members or protesters.
The initial cancellation came days after violent clashes between far-right and far-left protesters at a rally supporting President Donald Trump in downtown Berkeley.
An appearance at UC Berkeley in February by former Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos was canceled after protesters rioted outside the event.
Coulter was invited by the Stanislaus County Republican Party to speak Friday at the Modesto Center Plaza, and so far, there has been no word that the event is canceled.


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The Interstate 269 bypass loop is moving closer to completion as work continues on sections running through Collierville, Fayette County and into Mississippi.
A crew from Delta Contracting Co. works on extending Interstate 269 between Tenn. 385 and U.S. 72 at Progress and Shelby Drive. The road will circle the metro area, linking regional communities.
(Photos: Lance Murphey)
Preliminary dirt work is under way to connect Tenn. 385 near the Collierville/Fayette County border to the Mississippi state line, and an eight-mile portion spanning from Poplar Avenue north to Macon Road will be complete by the end of next year.
City and county officials expect that once it is completed in the next five years the new 60-mile loop around the metro will ease traffic congestion and alleviate air quality concerns.
"In my view, it's better for the movement of freight, better for air quality, and it will help reduce congestion on Interstate 240," said Dexter Muller, senior vice president of community development at the Greater Memphis Chamber. "We will see the full benefits when the whole system is completed.
"When the loop gets all the way back over to I-55 is when we will see some real benefits in terms of freight movement and reduction of congestion on Interstate 240."
Interstate 69 will eventually run from Mexico to Canada, and about 40 percent of all of the manufacturing in the U.S. takes place in its corridor. I-269 will loop east around metropolitan Memphis from Millington to I-55 in Mississippi, with roughly 35 miles in Tennessee and 25 miles in Mississippi.
Muller believes careful planning could pave the way for more industrial property along the corridor.
"We really are just about out of industrial land in Shelby County," he said. "As a chamber of commerce, we think there is some opportunity for some industrial land in between Millington and the 269 corridor."
Work began in December 2009 on the new eight-mile stretch of Tenn. 385 running from Poplar to Macon and should be completed by November.
Hill Brothers Construction Co. handled the grading, drainage and bridgework, and Lehman-Roberts Co. is taking care of the gravel, concrete and asphalt.
"They have finished up the grading and the base work, and they are now preparing for the paving job that will start in the spring," said Nichole Lawrence, community relations officer for the Tennessee Department of Transportation Region IV office in Jackson.
A warehouse for Exact Commerce Group sits at 851 Progress Road in Collierville, next to another warehouse under construction. The site is near the Interstate 269 construction, an outer loop highway connecting communities in the region.
The nearly $22 million paving project will complete the section from Macon Road to Tenn. 57 in Piperton.
"We started our portion of this project in October, and we will begin paving in the spring," said Lehman-Roberts vice president Chuck Vaccaro.
Earlier this year, the Tennessee Department of Transportation put out a $41 million contract to Dement Construction for work on a new two-mile section of I-269 running from the Mississippi state line to Tenn. 385. Site work is under way just east of U.S. 72 in Collierville between Shelby Drive and Keough Road, hooking up with nearby 385 just before it ends in Piperton.
"Work should really begin to crank up next spring, and the estimated completion date is June of 2015," Lawrence said.
The completion of Tenn. 385 will connect Collierville more directly with I-40. The town has developed land-use plans to prepare for introduction of the new roadway.
The area spanning from I-40 to Collierville, including a bridge over the Wolf River, is likely to be one of the last connecting pieces of the new I-69/269 system. Muller said that commercial and residential land uses are likely to be more limited through that stretch of land due to environmentally sensitive areas that include aquifer recharge zones, wide flood plains and wetlands.
"We want to limit industrial uses in the northern segment and protect the eastern segment from sprawl and development," he said. "There's a great opportunity, but there needs to be some caution in planning and that is what is happening now."
The Metropolitan Planning Organization and the Memphis-Shelby County Office of Sustainability are currently conducting studies of the I-269 corridor in order to help better plan future development through the area.
Mississippi officials hope to have their state's portion of the loop completed in the next five to six years.
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