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Today's effort comes from Privacy International, a human rights watchdog…Two words: Mercator Projection.
See, back in the 16th century, this guy invented a map projection that helped make it easy to navigate at sea. And, if you happen to be making a nautical chart of the North Sea, this is probably a good projection to use. If you're making a map of roughly anything else*, it's a terrible choice (though this doesn't stop Google Maps from using it). It distorts sizes greatly as you move away from the equator. See Brazil? Brazil is four times larger than Greenland, in reality. On a Mercator, Greenland looks like it could eat Brazil. There are also political arguments against using it as well, on account of the fact that it makes Europe and North America look larger, relative to Africa and South America, than they really are. Anyway, point being, there are many other better options for a simple world thematic map.
*Yes, there are a few legitimate uses for Mercator, but this is definitely not one of them.
Colors: Looking for countries that fit in the first three categories ("Consistently upholds human rights" / "Significant protections and safeguards" / "Adequate safeguards against abuse")? They're not on this map. Sorry, thanks for playing along with our legend! What there is, though, is Greece. Which is shaded a color that doesn't actually appear in the legend. If you click on the picture you can see the table with the scores each country was given, and it's clear there that Greece was supposed to be in the third-lowest category.
When you're ranking countries according to a particular data set, such as how surveillance-y they are, you want to use colors that are likewise ranked, to visually show that these places can be ordered from most to least. Look quickly at North and South America and tell me, between Canada, Brazil, and the US, which is worse? It's pretty hard to see any sort of natural arrangement there. Brazil is in red. Red is danger, right? But maybe the black indicates the dark and insidious police state that is the US. My favorite, though, is the bright magenta in places like France and India. What's a good color to use that indicates that something is worse than red-level, but not as bad as black-level surveillance? That is the answer that someone came up with. Today's surveillance alert level is bright magenta.
Also, I'm being a bit generous in interpretation, because the magenta in the legend doesn't match the magenta on the map. The reds don't really match, either. So, if you're keeping score at home, a total of two out of the seven colors in the legend actually appear on the map. And I didn't check the yellow that closely.
Grey probably means no data. But it's probably dangerous to make assumptions about what colors mean on this map.
One nice thing: The colors are set such that the worst offenders, in black, are one of the things that stand out the most. Though, they are tied visually with the fourth-worst offenders, in yellow.
(Someone here in my lab disagrees with me on the above – given that there is a visual tie, the black doesn't stand out sufficiently)
One alternate nice thing: It's nice that there are insets to help clarify cramped regions.


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The next time you run your Mythfrontend, the button will appear on your main menu.
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This guide will walk you through the installation and integration of Hulu Desktop for Linux. Hulu only officially supports Ubuntu 8.04+ and Fedora 9+, but most other distros should work. This guide was written for Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope). It assumes that you're running as the user that as your Mythfrontend, and that you have already configured LIRC to work. Full LIRC setup is outside the scope of this article.
Please note that the guide doesn't fully integrate Hulu into your Mythfrontend--it configures it to launch Hulu Desktop from Myth and sets up LIRC.
Installation of the Hulu Desktop app itself is fairly trivial, assuming you have the necessary prerequisites. You will need Flash installed. If you don't already have it, install it with:
sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree
Now, download the .deb for your architecture and distro from Hulu Labs. To install using the command prompt:
sudo dpkg --install filename
The next step allows you to launch Hulu from your Mythfrontend. We're going to edit the XML files for your theme for this. Copying XML files from /usr/share/mythtv into ~/.mythtv allows you to customize menus and prevents them from being overwritten during an upgrade.
Get a command line, and enter the following:
cp /usr/share/mythtv/mainmenu.xml ~/.mythtv
This assumes you haven't already edited your Mythfrontend's appearance. If you have, edit your existing copy of mainmenu.xml. In my case, I wanted Hulu available on the main menu. You can add it to wherever you like, you just need to copy the right XML file and edit it.
Now, open up mainmenu.xml (or whatever file you copied over) in your favorite editor. Add the following lines where you want your Hulu button to live.
<button> <text>Hulu Desktop</text> <action>EXEC /usr/bin/huludesktop</action> </button>
The next time you run your Mythfrontend, the button will appear on your main menu.
If you experience your X mouse cursor showing over hulu desktop try installing unclutter:
sudo apt-get install unclutter
I'll admit there is probably a better way to do this than the way I've written it here. After a few hours of searching, I wasn't able to find it. This will do the job until I find the right way.
First, open ~/.huludesktop in your favorite editor and find the lirc_remote_identifier line. Replace mceusb with your remote. If you don't know it, exit the editor and run irw. Hit a few buttons on your remote, and you'll get output similar to the following:
squeaker@myth:~$ irw 0000000000001795 00 Down Hauppauge_350 0000000000001797 00 Right Hauppauge_350
Whatever is in the place of Hauppauge_350 on your system is your remote. Edit ~/.huludesktop accordingly.
Hulu Desktop requires the -r (--release) option for proper operation.
If you are using Fedora, you can add the line:
under the start() section of /etc/init.d/lirc
If you are using Ubuntu, you can add the line:
to /etc/lirc/hardware.conf
Now, restart LIRC. If all goes well, LIRC is now running with the --release switch. You can verify this:
root@myth:/etc/init.d# ps aux | grep lircd root 26192 0.0 0.0 3116 584 ? Ss 14:22 0:00 /usr/sbin/lircd --device=/dev/lirc0 --release root 27575 0.0 0.0 3336 804 pts/0 S+ 14:49 0:00 grep lircd
As usual, YMMV. The arrow keys worked immediately for me with LIRC and Hulu after this, since they happened to have the same names as my lircd.conf file. In order to make the menu appear, I had to change
button_name_menu = Home
button_name_menu = Menu
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An in-depth study of data-breach problems last year where hackers infiltrated 312 businesses to grab gobs of mainly customer payment-card information found the primary way they got in was through third-party vendor remote-access applications or VPN for systems maintenance.
"The majority of our analysis of data-breach investigations -- 76% -- revealed that the third-party responsible for system support, development and/or maintenance introduced the security deficiencies exploited by attackers," the Trustwave report published today states. The vast majority of the 312 companies suffering the payment-card breach were retailers, restaurants or hotels and they came to Trustwave for incident response help because Visa, MasterCard or another payment-card organization had traced a batch of stolen card cards to their businesses, demanding a forensics investigation within a matter of days.
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In fact, only 16% of the 312 companies managed to detect the payment-card data breach on their own, says Nicholas Percoco, senior vice president at Trustwave and head of its SpiderLabs division. Most of the time, sophisticated analysis by the payment-card organizations of a large volume of fraud reports from customers about unauthorized credit-card use was the trigger for the call from Visa or MasterCard to investigate a suspected breach.
Percoco said forensics investigations did show there had been a data breach in all 312 cases, with about 29% of the attacks against these businesses traced to originating in the Russian Federation. However, a full 32.5% of the attacks had wholly unknown sources since they originated through Internet anonymity services.
Although the businesses hit by payment-card hackers claimed to be compliant with Payment Card Industry (PCI) security standards, in reality there were often gaps. The third-party vendor remote-access applications and VPNs used for systems maintenance were often the way attackers got in by stealing the simple, reusable passwords in use.
The Trustwave reports notes, "System logins require a username and password, and often these combinations are pitifully simple: administrator:password, guest:guest, and admin:admin were commonly found in our investigations. Many third-party IT service providers use standard passwords across their client base. In one 2011 case, more than 90 locations were compromised due to shared authentication credentials."
Percoco says the PCI standard for remote-access administration requires two-factor authentication, which wasn't being used. Percoco notes that these IT systems vendors at fault did have a price to pay. They were not only required to fix the issues identified, but also faced fines for noncompliance with the PCI standards and Percoco adds, ordered to "pay to recover the costs of the fraud."
The Trustwave report reveals some shocking statistics. Where it was an outside organization, rather than the business itself, that pushed for a forensics investigation, "analysis found that attackers had an average of 173.5 days within the victim's environment before detection occurred." Businesses that did so-called "self-detection" to detect attackers on their own did a little better -- the hackers only spent an average of 43 days inside their networks after the initial compromise.
And in a case from Europe last year in which a payment service provider was hacked and multiple servers and a wide-area network of more than 1,000 hosts were attacked, Trustwave says it identified the "single point of weakness as a legacy X.25 node."
The X.25 protocol, which was widely used in the 1980s to build wide-area networks, still finds use today with financial institutions for inter-bank data exchange, the report states. The attacker in this case "identified an internal development system and proceeded to re-write a well-known rootkit on the HP-UX operating system. The rootkit was then installed across a number of cardholder data processing servers to mask the presence of other malicious programs introduced by the attacker."
Trustwave says the "malicious scripts harvested cardholder data by terminating the legitimate instances of payment-processing software and then restarting the software with a Trojanized-debugger attached. The debugger captured all inter-process communications including unencrypted payment card data from within the system memory, which was otherwise encrypted when at rest on the disk and in transit on the network."
This attack went on from almost 18 months and the "attacker was only identified when a subtle flaw within their own customized malware alerted the payment service provider's operational staff to suspicious activity."
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DOD Announces new SitBit Activity Tracker for Staff Officers
THE PENTAGON – The Department of Defense on Monday announced a $1.3 million contract to equip all staff officers at or above battalion level with wristwatched-sized SitBit inactivity trackers.
"After hearing that the Air Force was experimenting with FitBits for their enlisted troops to help keep activity levels up and fight obesity, we began researching more military uses of the product," said Defense Acquisitions Agency spokesman Col. Kevin Durant.
"We started with Majors and above as a test group since they sell their equipment on eBay less often than junior personnel," Durant said. "What we found was that most of those guys and gals were in staff positions and they never moved. Ever."
Maj. Francis Cho, a Corps-level staff officer, confirms the finding.
"Oh yeah. If you're not not sitting you're not working." said Cho. "We learned right away that if we had a high step count on the FitBit we weren't going to top block."
The new SitBit can not only measure inactivity, it can also be set to buzz five minutes into unit PT. "Once the soldiers see you at PT, it's time to leave and starting working," Cho confirmed. "'Sorry, it's the Boss!'"
A different device, the ClickBit, measured work performance for staff officers based on number of mouse clicks. It was discontinued after several test models were "delegated" to E4s to click constantly to "up metrics."
DoD plans to expand the program to the new SunBit for intelligence specialists next fall, which will monitor sunlight exposure for SCIF workers.
"It's fucktarded, because everyone knows that when you work in a SCIF you never see sunlight," said Spc. Matt Hanson. "And because we have to lock them in PED boxes during working hours."
"That'll be great for my little white mushrooms," said Cho, looking up from a deck of 212 slides. "Now I can ensure that they're working the O&I updates without having to leave this chair."
Trump asks new secretary of defense to get Don Jr. job as an "Army guy"
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump pulled aside Patrick Shanahan, the acting secretary of Defense, following a cabinet meeting to ask him about finding employment for Donald Trump Jr. as an "Army guy," sources confirmed today.
"Pat, question for you," the president began, "There's my son, Don, you know him, Don Junior. He always wanted to be an Army guy when he was little. I mean, I think he did, I heard this from his nannies. They barely spoke English, so who knows? Anyway, so I thought, why don't we get him a job as an Army guy?"
Sources report that Shanahan, who until the end of December had worked as the deputy under then-Secretary of Defense James Mattis, stood smiling politely as Trump continued explaining his request.
"He could be a great commander, a very, very powerful military leader," said the president. "I've got a great eye for it — I went to a military prep school, it was just like the Army. So, I know what I'm talking about, and believe me, Don has what it takes."
"So let's make him a big shot," Trump added. "Maybe not a general to start. He's gotta work his way up. It's the military. I understand, believe me. But start him at something higher than a colonel. Colonel sounds low, too low. Reminds me of Colonel Sanders. What about marshal? That's a rank, right? Doesn't matter, we'll make it a rank."
Continuing his unbroken monologue — during which Shanahan stopped smiling and began slowly rubbing his forehead — Trump also ruled out the possibility of commissioning his son in the other branches of the military.
"You might ask, what about the Navy? But no, we dressed Don and Eric up as sailors when they were kids, age 15 or so, and it was no good, they looked like sissies. Or Marines? But they're the same as the Army, no difference, I can't see much difference. Why don't we merge them, by the way? Has anyone thought of that, merging the Marines and the Army? Would save a lot of money. Anyway. Air Force? No—Trumps don't fly planes, we pay other people to fly so we can sit back with first-class service. Only the best service on my planes, believe me. Air Force One is decent, but it's not the best, believe me, I've had the best."
Sources confirm that Trump admitted this was not the first time he had made this request.
"I ran this by the guy who came before you [Secretary James Mattis], and I gotta say, he wasn't thrilled," the president said. "That's part of why I fired him."
"Because I did fire him," Trump clarified. "He didn't resign, I fired him after he gave me his letter of resignation. It was a firing."
At the conclusion of their meeting, sources report, Shanahan told the president that his new duties were keeping him "quite busy." He then suggested revisiting the president's proposal on February 30th, and walked briskly out of the Oval Office before the president could look at a calendar.
Opinion: General standing in front of us with hands on hips isn't really making an impression
By a grunt
I don't mean to be disrespectful. I've been in for three years, and I understand the chain of command as well as customs and courtesies.
But who the hell told general officers to always put their hands on their hips whenever they open their soup-coolers?
What does that signal? When I put my hands on my hips, I'm usually contradicting something a barracks lawyer just said, or else I'm fighting my bar tab at the Buckhorn Saloon. Which general has to fight a bar tab? They make so much money they just fart rainbow-colored fifty dollars bills and the bar staff run around picking them up like looters after an earthquake. Those generals leave the Buckhorn like nothing happened. Me, I'm talking to the cops.
So what is it with hands on hips?
I can see Adm. Halsey with his hands on his hips, directing naval combat in the middle of the Pacific Ocean — there was a real war on back then! But mostly, I see my grandmother with her hands on her hips, scolding me for doing something wrong right before she spanks my hide.
So, to me hands on hips equals a paddling a'coming. I'm PTSDing here watching this general move his hands from his hips to putting his thumbs just inside his trouser pockets, and back again while using words I never heard before.
Does he want to inspire me or punish me? I don't know. I don't even know his name. Maybe it's Gen. Grandma.
I bet there's a course in that knife-and-fork school that I heard new generals go to. I bet it teaches them to appear confident whenever they talk. I think that whole course is about how to properly put their hands on their hips. Lord knows the field graders I see can't do it because when they talk they don't inspire a damn thing in me except to not become a field grader. They constantly move their hands from their hips to the inside of their trouser pockets where it's like they're jiggling change or wangs. Generals and grandmothers are a lot better at this, but still.
Honestly, general, would you please take your hands, your hips and your entourage of POGs and just get the fuck out of my battle?
Meet the 'servant leader' who's serving Christmas dinner at the chow hall to avoid his in-laws
FORT BLISS, Texas — Soldiers eating at the Bamford Dining Facility on Christmas Day were awed by a display of "servant leadership" when Col. Ted Murphy, Fort Bliss Garrison commander, surprised the ranks by showing up to serve Christmas dinner unannounced.
"For the first time in three years, I thought I'd have him home for the holidays," said Karen Murphy, Col. Murphy's wife of 24 years. "Then as soon as I asked him to pick my mother up at El Paso International Airport, he suddenly had to be at work."
Sources close to Murphy told Duffel Blog that he always leads by example and eats last, especially when his in-laws are in town.
"I can relate to the lonely soldier, stuck on post for the holidays because they have to pull a CQ shift or left the vehicle inspection sheet out of their packet and got their leave denied. I'll be here until the last Soldier is fed, happy, and can go home knowing that their leadership cares about them, even if it keeps me here until long after my wife's family is gone," said Murphy, scrolling through his fantasy football scores in the latrine.
Mrs. Murphy has stated that although she was looking forward to a family Christmas together between deployments, extended training, last-minute TDYs, soldier emergencies, inventories, accountability formations, and lost boxes of grid squares, Murphy has missed 16 of the 24 Christmases they've been married for, and 100% of the Chirstmases they've hosted for Mrs. Murphy's family.
"Col. Murphy is an inspiring leader," said Spc. Trayon Collins, an armored vehicle crewman waiting out Christmas away from his wife and three kids. "I'm sure there are other places he'd rather be, but here he is, serving us ham and seeing if anyone wants to stick around to play some Madden. What a soldier's soldier."
OUTRAGE! This Green Beret may get in trouble just for MURDERING someone!
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The bleeding heart liberals in the Army's Criminal Investigation Command are at it again! They've reopened an investigation into Major Matt Golsteyn's execution of a suspected Taliban bomb-maker back in 2010. According to news reports, Golsteyn killed the man because a friendly tribal elder feared the detainee would seek vengeance if released.
Army investigators closed the case back in 2014 for "lack of evidence," and aside from Golsteyn going on national television and admitting to it, they still have no proof! Can you say "witch hunt?"
This is what happens with snowflakes in charge! The LIBERALS would like you to believe that our WARFIGHTERS aren't supposed to "kill people, bury them, then dig up their bodies and burn them," but that's EXACTLY what this hero did. Seems like he must have been trained to do that, right? Let he who has never executed someone on a hunch cast the first stone!
Snowflakes will never be happy until OUR TROOPS are forced to ONLY kill people they are FAIRLY CERTAIN are enemy combatants.
First they complained about drone strikes accidentally killing innocent women and children at weddings, and now they're whining about about a good, old fashioned double-tap to the back of the skull!
The truth is, if this TALIBAN monster was released, he MAY have gone back home and not done anything OR HE COULD HAVE ATTACKED U.S. TROOPS! Golsteyn HAD to take matters into his own hands, since his LIBERAL commanders wanted this guy released. Whose side are they on?
Believe it or not, the highly restrictive Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC) actually makes it illegal for our brave men and women in uniform to kill prisoners of war. Luckily, Maj. Golsteyn isn't the only warfighter to protest this law by brutally murdering an unarmed and helpless prisoner.
War is hell, and true patriots know that being in a war zone means you can kill whoever you want so you can brag about it on Fox News. Please pray that OUR PRESIDENT Trump will step in to save Golsteyn from being held accountable for this so-called "crime!"
Afghans request US take action on growing feral drone problem
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan President Ashraf Ghani issued a public call today for the U.S. to take action on the feral drones marauding the skies of eastern Afghanistan.
"When they escape these drones roost in our mountains and attack our vehicles and machinery," Ghani said. "If the U.S. is serious about rebuilding the country for the future, they will act on this problem before it gets out of control."
Abdul Jabbar Naeemi, the governor of Khost Province, claims that feral drones have destroyed over three hundred vehicles, essential infrastructure and some of the swankiest bed down locations in his province.
"It is becoming an infestation," he said. "The Americans introduced these things to our land, they must do something about it before it is too late."
Kabul University's top Dronologist, Dr. Feroz Sherazi, said the problem has grown worse over the years because of the isolation of the Hindu Kush Mountains.
"There are no natural predators and tons of poppy and scrap metal," he said. "It's a perfect breeding ground. That's why we are seeing entire nests develop hellfire missiles."
Ghani's cabinet has a proposal that asks for $8 billion over four years to wrangle all the drones onto a preserve in Badakhshan Province. Local aide workers will neuter the drones once they reach full maturity then administer a vaccination program to prevent rust accumulation.
The Taliban have also made action on feral drones a precondition for peace talks with the Afghan government along with the withdrawal of all foreign troops and the transfer of Justin Bieber into their custody.
For its part, the Pentagon maintains that it has complete control of every drone it has ever brought to Afghanistan, and the CIA issued a rebuttal that was completely redacted.
Troops on border continue winning hearts and spades
NOGALES, Ariz. — U.S. service members deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border are winning Hearts at an unprecedented level, embedded journalists within the task force have learned.
The troops, who have been on the mission since October, have now won hundreds of Hearts — and Spades — one round at a time.
"We're trying to take the lessons we learned in Iraq and Afghanistan to heart," said Task Force Commander Col. James Fisher. "As Americans, we're used to holding all the aces. But sometimes you have to give up a trick to win the game."
Between their duties walking around, poking at concertina wire, checking for cell service, and talking about when the best time to get lunchtime chow is, service members taking part in Operation Faithful Patriot have won an estimated 987 games of hearts, 1,289 games of spades, 18 house of cards building competitions, and one half-hearted emergency game of Go Fish!
"Echo Company has always been the best at listening to locals, building alliances, and then taking their tricks," said Spc. Travis Keller, a light wheeled vehicle mechanic. "We used to play to 100, but at this point in the deployment, we're playing to 1,000."
While many pundits have publicly debated if the estimated 5,000 troops still mobilized to the border are a good use of government resources, the estimated 5,268 decks of playing cards have received so much attention and mentorship at the border that many are saying they'll be ready to take on the operation for themselves in the next three to six months.
"Even if we never have to stop migrants at the border, our troops' time will not be wasted," said Fisher. "Just today, I've seen some of our military police learn pip hearts, shoot the moon and even schwartz kartze. These are valuable fieldcraft skills our brave men and women will use in field exercise, National Training Center rotations, and future deployments."
Defense analysts are concerned that if the troops aren't deployed by Christmas, they'll be forced to turn to Bridge — long a weakness for ground troops, particularly combat engineers.
Caravan of strippers stopped at Mexican border by soldiers with engagement rings
TIJUANA, Mexico — A massive caravan of illegal strippers heading to the U.S.-Mexico border was stopped at the border by a deployment of U.S. soldiers with engagement rings, sources confirm today.
The strippers, most of whom were from South America, had joined the annual march to the U.S. border seeking asylum at one of the many strip clubs outside of 29 Palms. Most had been walking for months with little food, water, or shelter. The drastic conditions resulted in the perfect storm of losing a bit of weight, tightening up c-section scars, and weakened judgement, which made them the perfect target for a third marriage.
"We met them in a three to one ratio, so we knew that it was critical to engage them immediately," said Col. Todd Richardson, Task Force Lonely Patriot Commander. "Then they started throwing rocks. By our Rules of Engagement, that meant we could throw rocks back at them— and by that, I mean cubic zirconia."
"Tear gas? Oh, that's not tear gas," said Richardson. "They're crying because they're happy. This will be the best 3-6 months of their lives."
At last estimate, 30 percent of the strippers, which arrived just today, are pregnant with military dependents to be born in six months.
"It's hell out there," said Chaplain (Maj.) Bobby Weatherly. "I've never been under so much strain to pull together so many marriages so quickly. We're out womanned out there. I had to call in close pair support."
The troops have been stationed on the border since October to stop any illegal immigrants from entering the country. By the end of the month, 100 percent of the stripper caravan is expected to enter the country legally as military spouses and build their own businesses selling essential oils.
"This has been a glorious military exercise," said Richardson. "From the second they started throwing those rocks, I told the boys the penguins threw rocks as a sign of affection and that they were weapons free with those rings."
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Charles 'Wide Neck' McDowell leads USO Tour request voting
ARLINGTON, Va. — After weeks of neck-and-neck voting, Charles "Wide Neck" McDowell has pulled ahead of adult film actress Riley Reid as the most requested USO star for an upcoming international tour, sources confirmed today.
Service members from throughout the military placed more than 645,000 votes for McDowell and 320,000 for Reid this month following McDowell's fame after his mugshot went viral.
"This is the kind of guy that everyone has necks-level love for," commented Andrew Green, a specialist with the 82nd Airborne Division. "Soldiers across the world are coming together and neckworking to bring this god to bless our troops and potentially end racism."
Though the voting does play a large role for the USO in selecting and funding the star, many more factors come into play before booking can actually begin.
"We sent someone down to Charles' neck of the woods in Florida where he is currently training for his MMA debut. But despite his schedule he seemed interested, and we will discuss more necks week," said Robert Hales, booking agent for the USO.
Hales did show some hesitation about bringing McDowell along for the European and Middle East tour starting next March.
"I want to give the troops what they have requested, but they're in for a shock as soon as they see his neck is normal and his head is just tiny," he said.
Reid volunteered to go on the tour for free if McDowell decided to attend.
"No lie, wide neck, a go pro, and me could trade his 15 min of fame to 15 min of bliss," she tweeted.
Florida authorities have also voiced their full-throated support for McDowell to give back to the troops, offering to count it as community service and allowing him to travel internationally. Currently out on bail, McDowell has been capitalizing on his fame by appearing on MTV's show "Necks," singing in a feature of Ariana Grande's "Thank You, Necks" hit song, and swallowing watermelons whole for five dollars in Orlando. Hopes are Ol' Saint Neck could travel by Christmas.
Coast Guard begins reselling seized cocaine amid government shutdown
Troops in Afghanistan heartbroken after Speaker Pelosi's visit cancelled
Troops ask to live with Mattis after divorce is finalized
Duffel Blog Presents: 26 mythological creatures the troops have heard of but never seen
Navy SEALs no longer allowed to wear blackface
Entire military granted shaving profile following Gillette commercial
Report: every warrant officer in the Army is still worthless
Woman who sent 65,000 text messages after one date tapped for recruiting duty
Platoon Sergeant Claims 38 Soldiers On His Tax Return
Senator Heroically Saves Obsolete Program, 20,000 Coincidental Jobs In His State
Advanced Weapons Tested For Destroyer That Will Never Destroy Anything
New ISIS Propaganda Video Claims American Colors Do Run
Okinawa Approves New Marine Air Station On Unstable Volcanic Island
Marine One Crew Wishes President Would Shut the F— Up Already
Base-Wide Alert After ISIS Breaks Into Soldier's Car
American-Born ISIS Recruit Beheaded For Calling Cadence
Navy warns sailors who can't deploy that they will be reviewed for promotion
B-52 crew relieved for drawing self portraits
Captain Li Shang relieved of command for toxic masculinity
Troops in Afghanistan heartbroken after Speaker Pelosi's visit cancelled
Amazing! Afghanistan's '10-year challenge' picture looks exactly the same
Trump asks new secretary of defense to get Don Jr. job as an "Army guy"
Entire military granted shaving profile following Gillette commercial
Supreme Court torches appeal in giant, toxic burn pit on front steps
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November 06, 2003
Desperate for help with their drug-addicted 21-year-old son, Doug and Debbie ask Dr. Phil to prepare them for an intervention.
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Doug and Debbie bring a list of data that proves Brandon has been using drugs, and tell him to get treatment or face the alternative.
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Soils in the Southeast typically are sandy, acidic, poorly buffered and low in organic matter, making it a wonder that farmers here can grow anything at all. But there are a few advantages, and growers can compensate for the disadvantages, says Glen Harris, University of Georgia soil scientist.
"There actually are advantages to our soils," said Harris, speaking at the recent National Agronomy Meeting in Auburn, Ala. "For example, our soils are well drained, sometimes too well drained. But we don't have the drainage problems as farmers do in the Midwest. And we can lime for pH and fertilize for our other needs. The only thing left after doing all that is working on our organic matter, which is where conservation-tillage comes in."
One of the biggest challenges in converting growers to conservation-tillage systems is that they are so different from conventional systems, says Harris. "Some growers want to go ahead and fertilize just as they do in a conventional-tillage system, but it's important that we realize the difference," he says.
While preventing erosion is an important reason for converting to conservation-tillage, many farmers are making the switch due to simple economics, he adds. "It doesn't really matter why they're doing it, as long as they're doing it," says Harris.
It's important, he says, that farmers get off to a good start with conservation-tillage. "Once you switch from conventional-tillage, if you don't have good pH and nutrients in the plow layer, you're asking for trouble from the start. There are some challenges there that we don't always think about.
"For instance, some farmers clear out new ground for conservation-tillage, and some who make the switch sell all of their tillage equipment. If you have to plow in the nutrients, you might have to borrow some equipment. Other farmers might make the decision to switch at the last minute. A conventional farmer may be going out of business, and you pick up their land. You might not want to plow, and you might not have time to plow. But it's important to take that last opportunity to incorporate lime and fertilizer before you begin strip-tilling," says Harris.
Farmers who switch to a conservation-tillage system also have to think differently about soil sampling, he says. "You've heard about soil sampling a million times, and you might think there's nothing new and you can continue as you have with conventional-tillage, but there are a couple of issues. One is how deep or shallow the soil sample should be, and the other issue is where the sample should be taken from," he says.
University of Georgia recommendations call for a deep and shallow soil sample, although it doesn't have to be done every year, says Harris. It's especially important, however, if you're switching from conventional to strip-tillage, or if you're planting into new ground.
"It requires more work and time — you'll have to take two buckets to the field. Take a sample down to 2 to 3 inches, put it in one bucket, and then go back to the same hole and go down 6 or 7 inches, putting this sample in another bucket. These two samples should be analyzed separately."
One farmer, says Harris, asked if you should lime by the top recommendation and fertilize by the bottom one. "One of the main reasons for taking the shallow sample is to catch pH problems before they get too deep. Does it make sense agronomically? We need to do more research and get into these stratified situations where we have higher phosphorus levels at the top. We need to fertilize at different rates and see if we're both agronomically and environmentally sound. The challenge of two samples is that it takes more time and money."
Many growers who have never used conservation-tillage aren't convinced that it'll work, says Harris. They believe they have to incorporate lime, and they're not convinced that fertilizer will ever get down into the root system.
"We're pretty confident that as long as you start off right, you can maintain fertility levels with surface applications. Many times, those nutrients are carried better in conservation-tillage systems."
As far as timing, he says, it may be good to go in earlier with fertilization in conservation-tillage systems. "It might be good to give that lime a chance to get in earlier. But we have not had any problems with surface-applied P and K not getting to the root systems of our crops."
When growers first began switching to conservation-tillage, there was debate over whether or not you could have too much residue in a field, says Harris.
"What it comes down to is if you can't plant into it, then you probably have too much residue. As long as you can plant into it, you probably can't have too much residue. Many of our growers have developed a great deal of expertise and determination as far as strip-tilling into a lot of cover."
Another issue in conservation-tillage is nitrogen management, says Harris. "We recommend that you use a cover crop, and it makes a difference if you're using a small grain or a legume. About 95 percent of our people who use a cover crop are using a small grain. Rye seems to be the most popular because it makes good residue. I'm surprised we don't use more legumes, especially considering nitrogen prices. The problem with using legumes in the Southeast, especially in cotton production, is the threat of nematodes.
"We also need more research in this area. We've had studies with crimson clover that showed no problems with nematodes in strip-tilled cotton. The cotton made good yields, and the crimson clover re-seeded itself after four or five years. But I wouldn't recommend that if you already have nematode problems."
Nitrogen recommendations for a conservation-tillage system with a small grain cover crop followed by cotton call for increasing the nitrogen rate by 25 percent if you don't use nitrogen on small grains, says Harris. If you put 30 pounds of nitrogen on a rye cover crop in February, you still can't cut back much on the nitrogen applied on cotton, he says.
"Our research shows that by applying nitrogen, you produce more residue, and you have a greater potential to tie it up. You can talk about N ratios all you want, but you can't cut back. The questions only become more difficult as far as nitrogen rates go. What if you have a small grain cover crop, fertilized with poultry litter, followed by grazing, followed by cotton? How much nitrogen should you use?"
Many farmers who switch to strip-tillage are afraid of using poultry litter because they think they'll lose all of their nitrogen if it's lying on top of the ground, says Harris. "They may lose some, but we don't think they lose that much. They also fertilize forages, pastures and hay with it. If you look at the availability co-efficient and application methods, it's 50 to 60-percent available if you incorporate it. And if you don't incorporate it, they usually knock off about 10 percent. I usually tell growers to use about 10 percent more in conservation-tillage systems compared with conventional-tillage systems. You'll incorporate some if you apply it before strip-tilling."
Growers who plant a legume cover crop get a nitrogen credit of about 30 pounds of N, says Harris, although there's probably about 200 pounds of nitrogen in a cover crop of clover.
Using starter fertilizer in a conservation-tillage system is a debatable issue, he says. "Personally, I like to see starter fertilizer used in conservation-tillage. If you plant strip-till cotton early, like in April, I want to see you use a starter. We've had some farmers who've learned tough lessons from starter fertilizers because there's always the potential for burning."
Turning to strip-till peanuts, Harris says a good start is just as important as in cotton production.
"We still want to soil sample by depth. We do have fixed nitrogen on peanuts, and don't recommend that you use a starter. We have a liming method for bringing up pH in the pegging zone. Either that or our growers are using gypsum. This probably works even better in strip-till than in conventional because by the time we put out our gypsum, the strip-till soils, hopefully, will be more mellow, and we'll have better water infiltration to get it down into the pegging zone."
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Question for my networking homework....
A router performs two basic funtions... They are:
The _______ funtion allows a router to accept a packet on one interface and forward it on a second interface.
The ________ funtion enables the router to select themost appropriate interface for forwarding a packet.
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The Canton/Stark County Convention & Visitors' Bureau has 14 Christmas lights display suggestions for your viewing pleasure.
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For those looking to gaze at nearby Christmas lights displays, the Canton/Stark County Convention & Visitors' Bureau has a list of 14 suggestions.
Here's the list from its website, posted Monday:
• Drive-Thru Holiday Light Display at Stadium Park, Canton.
• Christmas at Crownpoint, 3459 Crownpoint St. NW, Perry Township.
• Annual lights on Cyprus Drive, 2220 Cyprus Dr. SE, Massillon.
• North Canton Christmas light display, 3556 Farnham St. NW, Plain Township.
• The Hockenberry's light display, at Barthel's Garden Center, 8088 Market Ave. N., Plain Township.
• Metzger lights, 920 Richards Drive, Louisville.
• Christmas in Brewster, next to the firehouse Main Street SE, Brewster.
• Jacob Street lights, 279 Jacob St. NE, Navarre.
• Tyler Christmas light show, 2505 Fallen Oak Circle NE, Massillon.
• Wallace holiday light display, 7363 Saratoga Hills Drive NE, Perry Township.
• Biviano house Christmas, 426 Poplar Ave. NW, Canton Township.
• Canton South Christmas, 3851 Highview Ave. SW, Perry Township.
• Light display in Louisville, Glenbrook Avenue, Louisville.
• Large multi-house display in Shady Hollow, Waltham Crossing Avenue and NW & Charring Court Circle NW, Jackson Township


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If you love weddings and fabulous decor, than surely you know Style Me Pretty — just quite possibly the most popular, sought-after sight for brides and decorating mavens alike.
Style Me Pretty is your one stop look book for incredible wedding-inspired design (dresses, invitations, centerpieces…) as well as submitted wedding features of some of the most fabulous weddings that take place each year. I find myself pouring through post after post for hours, delving up delicious ideas for a new color scheme (how can I find a way to use tangerine…), how to casually incorporate vintage (a delicate lace table runner, a ruffled pillow), a clever name card (was that a tea bag?) or stunning centerpiece I must try (coffee beans and lotus pods, stacked hardcover books, vintage bottles…).
If design + beautiful is your language, you will love Abby's (founder and editor) incredible sense of style and daily inspiration at Style Me Pretty; whether it's for your next dinner party, design you can transfer to the home, or perhaps even for your wedding.
Rustic elegance, Hollywood glam, modern & edgy — you name it and Abby has brilliantly showcased, designed or delivered on such an entertainers wish. And Abby is the sweetest! Despite her wedding empire, which includes a series of stellar blogs (3 million monthly page views and a brag-worthy Google page ranking of 6 — yes, that is a wedding empire), she's a friendly, down-to-earth blogger (all you fellow entrepreneurs/Curious Georges – check out Backstage!) with one basic backbone to her business: to share about all things beautiful.
… and so I was incredibly excited to ask her our four PDB questions! You will love the answers and eye-candy.
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What inspires your design style?
For me, it all comes down to details. I love simple, effortless design just as much as I love fussy, over-the-top styling. Picture perfect details that set the tone for the day and give guests a little token of "pretty" are what I am currently loving. For me, it's the details that transform a really pretty affair, style or design experience into one that is completely memorable. It doesn't really matter what type of design we are talking about…it's the little touches that really make a design special.
What do you love most about what you do?
Everything! I have one of the most incredible, unique jobs in the world. I work out of my home, most of the time in my PJ's, with my daughter and my husband one room over (in opposite directions of course). I can work from my living room, from my bed, from my parents house in houston or from just about any other place in the world. I get to attend fabulous parties with people like Darcy Miller, I get to speak to entrepreneurs about how to grow their businesses, I get to work with some of the best vendors in the world. Everything about my job is complete awesomeness.
What are your favorite design trends?
When it comes to weddings, it's all about infusing your own personality and style into your design. It's about giving your guests a window into who you are as a couple. And to be honest, that mantra translates beautifully into just about every element of design. Whether you are designing your own home, a beautiful invitation, an incredible textile…it should always be about infusing your work with a little bit of you.
What are three design suggestions that you would like to offer our readers?
{1} Design based on what YOU love…not what someone tells you to love.
{2.} Before you do anything, take a moment. The best designs are those that are thoughtful and meaningful.
{3} Lastly, design for right now…with elements of forever tucked inside. There is no way to predict how your tastes will change and grow over the years. So design what you love right now, bringing in elements that are classic and completely timeless.
Thank you, Abby!


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Affiliated with the French Ministry of Interior, the Service des technologies et des systèmes d'information de la sécurité intérieure (ST(SI)2) is responsible for protecting the public at densely populated events. One such event, the Grande Braderie de Lille, sees the town's population swell from 230,000 inhabitants to more than two and a half million people over a weekend every September.
Aware of the police solution offered by analytics—that is, the mining and management of data insights—Accenture was asked to pilot its video analytic service platform at the annual Lille event to increase information accuracy, improve decision making and enhance the performance of the French public safety officials' operational teams.
By adding analytics to standard CCTV footage, police officers could detect and assess far more incidents, providing a better service to citizens and improving safety throughout the event. What is more, the police solution connected to existing external public safety systems to create greater intelligence.
Read the full case study to find out how an effective and coordinated response brought benefits to the role of public safety officials by:
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Arabs specifically and many Muslims in general know that the Jews, especially Israeli Jews, are brilliant and diabolical. They use their scientific knowledge to advance their nefarious cause, building ever-increasingly sophisticated weapons whose only purpose is to harass and annoy Arabs.
But the Zionist brilliance is not limited to chemistry, electronics and medicine. Apparently, the Zionist Jews are experts at weaponizing animals to carry out unspeakable acts of espionage and vandalism.
Every couple of months, the Arab media describes such schemes in detail.
Here, for the first time, is the most complete known list of Zionist animal plots.


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UNION, N.J. – Cortland scored the game's final 28 points, including interception returns for touchdowns by senior cornerback Pete Furey (Niskayuna) and senior defensive end Vaughn Labor (Norwich), and the Red Dragons defeated Kean University, 31-17. With the victory, Cortland clinched at least a share of the New Jersey Athletic Conference title and earned the league's automatic berth into the NCAA Div. III tournament. The Red Dragons, ranked 23rd nationally, have won seven straight games and are now 7-1 overall and 7-0 in the NJAC.
Cortland has two regular-season games remaining – a league contest at William Paterson Nov. 3 and its annual Cortaca Jug rivalry game versus Ithaca in Cortland Nov. 10. The NCAA tournament begins Nov. 17, with the pairings announced Nov. 11. Cortland will be making its third NCAA appearance in five years (2008, 2010, 2012) and its eighth overall.
Kean entered the game unbeaten in NJAC play and is now 5-3 overall and 5-1 in the conference. Kean and Rowan still have two league games remaining and either could still tie Cortland for the league title. However, Cortland has defeated both of those teams and would hold the head-to-head tiebreaker over either one.
Sophomore Bronson Greene (Clifton Park/Shenendehowa) rushed for 108 yards and a touchdown on 10 carries and junior Justin Autera (Mahopac) had 56 yards on seven carries. Freshman safety Andre Green (Philadelphia/Indian River) and senior linebacker Chris Bright (East Meadow) led the defense with 12 tackles each.
For Kean, Darius Kinney ran 21 times for 116 yards and Christian Bailoni completed 29-of-45 passes for 236 yards and a score. Chris VanFechtman recorded two of the Cougars' four interceptions.
Kean led 17-3 less than 17 minutes into the contest. The Cougars drove 76 yards on the game's first drive, capped by a Deandre Fowlkes 8-yard TD run. Cortland answered with a 45-yard drive but settled for a Mike DeBole (Webster/Webster Schroeder) 35-yard field goal.
The hosts scored on their next possession on a Bill Cullen 35-yard field goal, then recovered a fumble on the ensuing kickoff. The Cougars drove 28 yards, capped by a Bailoni 1-yard TD pass to Jim Dennis, and led by 14 with 13:31 left in the first half.
An Andrew Tolosi (Monroe/Monroe-Woodbury) 29-yard interception return to the Kean 23-yard line set up a DeBole 28-yard field goal, and DeBole added a 27-yard field goal with 2:42 left in the half to pull Cortland within 17-9 at halftime.
On their second possession of the second half, the Red Dragons started at their own 19-yard line. On 3rd-and-2 from its own 48, Cortland scored when Greene broke free for a 52-yard TD run. The pass attempt for the tying two-point conversion failed.
Early in the fourth quarter, VanFechtmann intercepted a pass to give Kean the ball at the 50-yard line. On the next play, however, Furey picked off a pass at his own 25-yard line and started working his way through traffic downfield. He eventually raced down the right sideline and dove just inside the pylon to give Cortland the lead. A Mike Humphrey (Le Roy) two-point conversion catch gave the Red Dragons a 23-17 lead with 13:02 left.
Kean drove to the Cortland 36-yard line on its next possession before punting and pinning the Red Dragons on their own 10-yard line. Greene, however, broke a 41-yard run on the next play. Eventually, Cortland punted and pinned the Cougars on their own 3-yard line. Three plays later, Labor intercepted a pass at the 8-yard line and ran in untouched for the clinching score.
Kean outgained Cortland, 390-332, in total offense and held a 37:12 to 22:48 advantage in time of possession. Cortland's school-record streak of seven straight games with at least 400 yards was snapped.


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My Great Outdoors: Jennifer's Edible Container Garden
Name: Jennifer
Location: Long Beach, California
Type of space: Apartment balcony
Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: Apartment dwelling often limits a person to creating a garden. This happens to be my case. I try to savor and use wisely what I DO have and at the moment this is my balcony. Cooking and gardening are two of my favorite things so what should every cook have? An edible garden of course! This is my outdoor project. Balcony edible container garden.
How did you create it? I wanted to create an outdoor room of sorts with a place to sit and eat a meal while also making room to grow the food i'd like to eat. I looked for artistic, functional garden pieces like my bright orange tomato cages to give some color pop. I also prefer to incorporate as many recycled pieces as possible. Why buy new when you can find the same if not better in an alley, thrift store or kick-down from a friend.
Recommended store, site, product or resource? www.target.com for my worm composter; http://www.hhnursery.com/current/ for my starts; Amvet thrift store, Long Beach for the rest.


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Configuring Do Not Disturb for telephones
You can set up Do Not Disturb in the FRITZ!Box for certain telephones. Do Not Disturb keeps the telephone from ringing at specified times. However, missed calls are displayed in the FRITZ!Box call list.
Requirements / Restrictions
- The Do Not Disturb function cannot be used with IP telephones (for example FRITZ!App Fon).
- Internal calls and calls from "important persons" from your telephone book are still signaled even when Do Not Disturb is enabled.
Note:The configuration procedure and notes on functions given in this guide refer to the latest FRITZ!OS for your FRITZ!Box.
1 Configuring the FRITZ!Box
- Click "Telephony" in the FRITZ!Box user interface.
- Click "Telephony Devices" in the "Telephony" menu.
- Click the "Edit" button for the relevant telephone.
- Click on the "Do Not Disturb" tab.
- Enable Do Not Disturb and define when the telephone should not ring.
Note:You can find further information on the settings options in the FRITZ!Box's online help, which you can access by clicking the "Help" symbol .
- Click "OK" to save the settings.


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Astros unable to find timely hits against Blue Jays
TORONTO -- The Astros haven't been able to come up with many timely hits with runners on base this season, a theme that continued north of the border.
Entering Tuesday's contest with an American League-worst .159 batting average with runners in scoring position, the Astros put up another zero in that department against the Blue Jays, and it cost them.View Full Game Coverage
TORONTO -- The Astros haven't been able to come up with many timely hits with runners on base this season, a theme that continued north of the border.
Entering Tuesday's contest with an American League-worst .159 batting average with runners in scoring position, the Astros put up another zero in that department against the Blue Jays, and it cost them.View Full Game Coverage
Houston struggled to capitalize when it needed to most, going 0-for-14 with runners in scoring position, while left-hander Kevin Chapman allowed a pivotal two-run homer to Melky Cabrera in the seventh inning of a 5-2 series-opening loss to the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre.
"[We] just have to get a big hit," manager Bo Porter said about his club, which is now hitting .121 with RISP. "I mean, we had our opportunities. We had men on base; we had men on base with less than two outs and when you get into those situations, you have to capitalize."
Houston had plenty of chances against Blue Jays starter Mark Buehrle, who labored through most of the night after a stellar performance in his first outing of the season. The Astros put runners on base every inning against Buehrle, but by the time the left-hander was pulled from the contest, Houston only had put one run across the board on a second-inning sacrifice fly from Matt Dominguez.
Buehrle, who improved to 2-0, allowed one run on eight hits, while walking one and striking out three. He was yanked after 81 pitches with one on and one out in the sixth inning, but reliever Steve Delabar retired the next two batters to help get Buehrle off the hook.
The Astros had some quality at-bats against the veteran, recording three doubles on the night, and Buehrle knows he was lucky to escape with the line he had.
"I was up in the zone and wasn't getting ahead in the count like I was last start," said Buehrle, who threw 8 2/3 scoreless frames against Tampa Bay in his first start of the season. "I'm fortunate to get away with one run in 5 1/3 innings. That could have been a game where I gave out eight to 10 runs."
Things didn't get much better for Houston once Buehrle exited, and the club ended the contest leaving 10 men on base.
For all of Houston's struggles at the plate, it was in a position to win until Cabrera made Chapman pay for a seventh-inning mistake. Chapman hung an 0-2 slider to Cabrera, which he deposited over the wall in left field for his fourth homer of the season to give Toronto a 5-2 lead and its bullpen all the insurance it needed.
"I think Chapman will let you know that he probably should have made a better pitch than that," Porter said. "Obviously, it ended up being a home run and that's not a pitch that you want to make 0-2. If you were way ahead, you have some pitches to play with, see if he's going to expand, but again, give Melky credit, he put a good swing on it and hit it out of the ballpark."
Houston threatened to strike back in the top of the eighth, putting two runners on with one out for pinch-hitter Dexter Fowler. But Fowler hit a soft grounder back to Blue Jays reliever Brett Cecil, who threw the ball home to nail L.J. Hoes at the plate. The play was challenged then reviewed by the umpiring crew, but was confirmed after one minute and 26 seconds.
Cecil then struck out Jonathan Villar to end the threat and strand two Astros.
Houston made things interesting the inning before, too. Down, 3-1, in the seventh, the Astros put the first two runners of the inning on base and scored one on a Jose Altuve groundout. But Blue Jays reliever Aaron Loup retired the next two batters and that was as close as the Astros would get.
Astros starter Brett Oberholtzer, meanwhile, got off to a shaky start, allowing a first-inning homer to Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista, his fourth of the season, which gave Toronto an early 1-0 lead.
Oberholtzer cruised through the next two innings and the score remained tied, 1-1, until the fourth, when a misplayed ball by Astros left fielder Robbie Grossman allowed Toronto to jump back in front.
With one on and one out, Dioner Navarro ripped a line drive to left that Grossman attempted to play off a hop, but the ball bounced over his glove and rolled to the wall, allowing Edwin Encarnacion to score from first base and give the Blue Jays a 2-1 lead. Navarro recorded a double on the mishap.
"Playing on turf, obviously the ball is going to bounce a little bit higher and that was one of those plays, if he gave himself more room, he catches the ball on the hop," Porter said. "He kind of got caught in between and the ball ended up bouncing high and got over his head."
Following Navarro's double, Oberholtzer retired six straight batters before getting lifted for righty Josh Zeid in the sixth inning after issuing back-to-back one-out walks.
Navarro greeted Zeid by lacing another double to left, which once again scored Encarnacion from first, putting Toronto in front, 3-1.
Oberholtzer lasted 5 1/3 innings, allowing three runs on three hits and fell to 0-2 on the season.
Chris Toman is a contributor to MLB.com


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Kaylee DeFer and her beau Michael Fitzpatrick have welcomed their first child together – a baby boy named Theodore Ignatius Fitzpatrick, according to Us Weekly.
The 26-year-old Gossip Girl actress gave birth to her baby on Friday (September 20) at 10:14pm. He weighed in at 8 pounds and 13 ounces.
"Kaylee was a rock star!" Michael, 43, said of the birth.
Michael and his band Fitz and the Tantrums were scheduled to perform a concert the night Kaylee went into labor so they had to cancel.
"Hey, San Diego, unfortunately we will not be playing at 91x fest today because FORTUNATELY there is a baby Fitz coming!" the group wrote on its Facebook page. "Thank you so much for understanding. We hope to make it up to you all soon!"


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Proenza Schouler is a New York based modern luxury women's wear and accessories label, founded in 2002 by designers, Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez. Both graduates of Parson's School of Design, the pair co-designed a senior thesis collection that was so successful Barneys New York bought the entire line. Thus, Proenza Schouler was born. A combination of the pair's mother's maiden names, Proenza Schouler is a favorite amongst chic downtown girls due to its intricately constructed minimalist silhouettes, muted colours, artful layering, impeccable tailoring and subtle sexuality. Fans of the label include nonchalantly cool girls Kirsten Dunst, Chloe Sevigny and Maggie Gyllenhaal. Winners of the CFDA Womenswear Designer of the Year Award in 2007, Proenza Schouler is sold in over 100 of the most exclusive retail outlets worldwide, including Bergdorf Goodman, Harvey Nichols and Colette.
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Any rescues offering a placement for a dog via Animal Lifeline UK must adhere to the following:
All dogs must be properly assessed before being rehomed or placed into foster care.
Pound dogs must never be placed directly into foster homes where there are resident or visiting children.
Rescues must have a 'no kill' policy (unless advised on medical grounds by a veterinary surgeon).
All dogs must be vaccinated and microchipped.
All dogs must be neutered before the date of adoption, with the exception of puppies, or unless advised by a veterinary surgeon on medical grounds. If the dog is too young or the surgery could not be carried out prior to adoption (in the case of bitches who have been in season too recently) a contract must be signed by the adopter to confirm the dog will be neutered as soon as applicable (as advised by a veterinary surgeon). The rescue must then undertake follow up checks to confirm the dog has been neutered. Bitches must never be rehomed whilst in season.
Thorough home checks must be carried out on all potential homes prior to the date of adoption.
The rescue must offer a lifetime 'back up' guarantee for all dogs, i.e. take back any dog that must, regardless of circumstances, be rehomed.
Generally only rescues that have been operating for a year or longer will be considered. Unfortunately many new rescues in the UK find themselves closing their doors within the first 12 months due for unforseen circumstances or costs. This can leave animals in urgent need of alternative placements and others without the lifetime 'backup' normally offered to rehomed animals.
If you are a new rescue to us we require proof of vaccinations, microchipping and neutering for each pound dog you take from us. Please do not offer a placement for any dog unless you are prepared to do this.
If you are a rescue and can help please email us at: [email protected]
Animal Lifeline UK works very closely with a number of pounds across the UK to secure rescue spaces and transport for stray dogs to get them to safety. We will always do everything we can to find a safe haven for every dog we are asked to help with. However, during busy periods pounds can fill up quickly with stray dogs, and without a rescue place for them to be transferred to sometimes dogs are euthanased to make space for incoming animals. This decision is made solely by the pound and NOT Animal Lifeline UK. We have no authority whatsoever to decide whether or not a dog is put to sleep.
According to the Environmental Protection Act, 1990, Control of Stray Dogs (Section 149 Seizure of Stray Dogs):
41. If a stray has not been collected by its owner after seven days, the officer may under section 149(6) dispose of the dog:
by selling it or giving it to a person who will in his opinion care properly for the dog;
by selling it or giving it to an establishment for the reception of stray dogs; or
by euthanizing it in a manner to cause as little pain and suffering as possible.
The UK pounds we work with are privately-run and are contracted by local councils to provide a stray dog service. They are not rescues, nor do they have the resources to check prospective adopters, or capacity to hold dogs indefinitely. This means they rely on Animal Lifeline UK to ensure that the above legal requirements are satisfied and that each dog goes to a suitable rescue where dogs will undergo a veterinary check, vaccinations, neutering and microchipping and prospective homes will be thoroughly vetted.
'44. Where a dog is disposed of under section 149(6)(a) or (b) to a person acting in good faith, officers will need to satisfy themselves of the suitability of such persons or establishments.'
Animal Lifeline UK helps by carrying out follow-up checks to ensure dogs receive all the care and attention they need from the receiving rescue. Where possible, particularly with new rescues, we may also carry out further rescue checks to satisfy that the criteria for acquiring stray dogs or other animals via Animal Lifeline UK is met.
This is for a number of reasons. Firstly, many pounds will not rehome directly to a member of the public as they are unable to satisfy the following legal requirement:
41. If a stray has not been collected by its owner after seven days, the officer may under section 149(6) dispose of the dog: by selling it or giving it to a person who will in his opinion care properly for the dog;
Pound dogs spend a minimum of seven days in kennels but their history and background before this is usually unknown.
It is not uncommon for the behaviour of dogs to be very different when taken out of kennels and placed in a home environment. Some dogs become less stressed, while others may react to people or situations they may or may not be familiar with.
Is is important, therefore, for the safety or the dog, the foster family and existing pets in the home that the pound dog be fully assessed by a qualified or otherwise trained and experienced professional in a controlled environment before placed into foster care. This allows the rescue to determine the type of foster home that would best suit the dog and avoids putting anyone at unnecessary risk.
It would be very dangerous and totally irresponsible to allow stray dogs to go straight from pounds into family homes without being first properly assessed.
Animal Lifeline UK, nor the pounds we work with, have the resources or facilities to evaluate how individual dogs react to children, dogs or other pets so it is essential that prior to rehoming, or placing in a foster home, receiving rescues carry out thorough assessments of their own to determine the most suitable home environment for each dog.
There are many instances in which other pounds and rescues have placed stray dogs straight into family homes and those dogs have gone on to attack children and kill other pets in the home. Neither the pounds we work with, nor Animal Lifeline UK are willing to take this risk by placing unassessed dogs straight into homes or foster homes.
Pound dogs are also normally 'quarantined' for a period of time (normally around two weeks) to ensure they are free from any signs of disease or illness. Once assessed and given a health check and first vaccination by a veterinary surgeon these dogs can go on to be fostered as normal.
Of course we do not want to see any healthy animal put to sleep. Animal Lifeline UK staff and volunteers work incredibly hard and long hours to save animals in need and ensure they go on to lead a safe and happy life. However, we, along with the pounds and councils we work with, can only do this by ensuring rules and procedures are in place to protect both members of the public and the stray dogs we are tasked with helping.
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — The dollar weakened slightly against the yen as investors looked ahead to testimony from the Federal Reserve chairwoman Janet Yellen for clues on the central bank's next move.
The dollar USDJPY, -0.23% edged down to ¥102.21 from ¥102.27 late Friday.
The ICE dollar index DXY, +0.02% a gauge of the U.S. unit's strength against six other currencies, declined to 80.630 from 80.726 late Friday. The WSJ Dollar index BUXX, +0.07% which tracks the greenback against a broader basket of currencies, was slightly weaker at 73.91 versus 73.95.
Yellen is scheduled to deliver her first testimony on monetary policy to the House on Tuesday and the Senate on Thursday. Most economists don't think she will signal a potential change in policy, with a recent Blue Chip economist survey finding that almost all participants expect the Fed to further reduce its bond purchases by $10 billion in March.
On Friday, the U.S. employment report showed the U.S. added 113,000 jobs in January, lower than an economists' forecast of 190,000 in a MarketWatch survey. Economic data have played an important role in the Fed's monetary stimulus, aimed at reviving the economy, and are being scrutinized as the central bank reduces its monthly bond purchases. The Fed's bond buys have been understood to weigh on the dollar.
"I don't think it changes anything for the Fed," said Robert Lynch, a currency strategist at HSBC, of recent data including the jobs report. He said that better-than-expected and worse-than-expected data haven't been sufficient to push the Fed to accelerate or decelerate its bond purchases.
The British pound GBPUSD, +0.2252% fell to $1.6408 from $1.6418 late Friday. The Bank of England's quarterly inflation report is due Wednesday.
The euro EURUSD, -0.0088% rose to $1.3645 from $1.3637 late Friday.
French and Italian data on industrial production came in worse than expected, according to Boris Schlossberg, managing director of foreign-exchange strategy at BK Asset Management. "With the exception of Germany, manufacturing in the region remains depressed and the higher value of the euro is not helping matters," he said in a note.
While European Central Bank President Mario Draghi last week appeared to brush off the need for immediate further easing, a lack of steadily improving data could force the bank's hand, said Schlossberg.
"Despite pressure from the Germans, the ECB may be forced to act relatively soon in order to stimulate the region's economy as the discontent in the periphery and the political blowback could finally force the policymakers to act," he said.
But Lynch of HSBC noted with a current key interest rate of 0.25% and deposit rate of 0%, easing actions other than a rate cut could be more likely. "They don't have a lot of room to move on interest rates," he said. Other options include negative deposit rates or quantitative easing, though a German court ruling that criticized the ECB's bond-buying program could make the latter option more difficult.
Meanwhile, the Australian dollar AUDUSD, -0.1814% moved lower to 89.46 U.S. cents from 89.62 U.S. cents.
The U.S. dollar USDCAD, +0.4224% rose to 1.1055 Canadian dollars from 1.1043 Canadian dollars late Friday. Canadian employment data on Friday showed the country added 29,000 new jobs in January. In comparison, the Canadian economy shed 44,000 jobs in December.
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Review of Outside the Bible: Ancient Jewish Writings Related to Scripture
by Shaye J.D. Cohen
Shaye J. D. Cohen is the Littauer Professor of Hebrew Literature and Philosophy in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations of Harvard University.
This is his first contribution to the Seforim blog.
Outside the Bible: Ancient Jewish Writings Related to Scripture.
Outside the Bible: Ancient Jewish Writings Related to Scripture. Edited by Louis H. Feldman, James L. Kugel, and Lawrence H. Schiffman. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, and Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2013. xxviii+3361.
These three hefty volumes, comprising three thousand three hundred and sixty one pages, have been a long time coming. Planning began in 1994. We can only admire the editors' persistence and the publisher's patience. The volumes show us what the rabbis of antiquity did not want us to read. The Mishnah, the Talmud, and the Midrash jump back to the Bible directly, skipping over the intervening centuries. The rich and manifold literature of the late second temple period, whether in Greek, Hebrew or Aramaic, whether from the land of Israel or the diaspora, no matter the genre, and no matter the social setting – all these works were resolutely ignored by the rabbinic sages of Israel and Babylonia. Aside from a few scattered citations of Ben Sira and a few references to the Greek version of the Torah (the Septuagint), the rabbinic literature of antiquity does not mention, refer to, or cite any the texts included in these volumes. The rabbis did not read these texts and, we may assume, did not want us to read them either.
Why not? Perhaps because some of these texts emanated from circles that were at odds with the progenitors of the rabbinic sages. Or perhaps because some of these texts were composed in Greek, and the rabbis' pervasive disdain for Greek literature extended even to Greco-Jewish literature. Or perhaps because some of these texts say amazing, unexpected things. Two texts (Jubilees, the Temple Scroll) seem not to accept the canonicity of the Torah. Any number of texts tell stories about the mysterious giants of Genesis 6:1-4, a race brought into being through the miscegenation of (fallen) angels with mortal women (Book of Enoch, Genesis Apocryphon). Two texts tell stories about Moses' military campaign in Ethiopia (Artapanus, Josephus), one text tells of the military campaign of Qenaz, father of Othniel (Book of Biblical Antiquities), others tell of the military campaign of the sons of Jacob against the sons of Esau (Jubilees, Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs). Needless to say, Scripture knows nothing about any of these campaigns. One text attributes to Joseph the institution of Egyptian polytheism and theriolatry (Artapanus). Medieval rabbinic culture was more tolerant of such free invention than was ancient rabbinic culture.
The editors of these volumes are keenly aware of the relative neglect from which these texts have suffered across the millennia. The editors see their task as reclamation, to reclaim these texts for Jewish culture and, dare I say it, for Judaism. Most of these texts were preserved by Christians for Christians, and Christian scholars have studied these texts for much longer, and valued these texts much more highly, than have Jews. Witness the Jewish reception to Wilhelm Bousset's classic The Religion of Judaism in the Late Hellenistic Period (published in German, first edition 1903). Bousset based his portrait of second temple Judaism on the Jewish texts of the period that had been preserved by Christians, in other words, on the texts presented in Outside the Bible. Bousset more or less ignored rabbinic texts. Jewish scholars were scandalized. Rabbinic texts were written after the second temple period, replied Bousset, and cannot claim to be anything other than the work of a lettered elite, whereas these texts are of "popular" origin. Jewish scholars retorted: these texts are not "Judaism," because we Jews have abandoned them long since. Nowadays most modern Jews have a more capacious definition of Judaism than did Bousset's opponents, and it is for them that these volumes are intended. Between the Bible and the Mishnah – the subtitle Ancient Jewish Writings means "pre-rabbinic Jewish writings" – is a rich and fascinating storehouse of Jewish literature.
The collection is called Outside the Bible, that is, outside the Hebrew Bible. The canon of the Hebrew Bible (or Tanak) is a relatively narrow one; all the books it contains were composed and preserved in Hebrew (or Aramaic, a cousin language to Hebrew), and none explicitly acknowledges that it was composed later than the Persian period (5th century BCE). Modern scholars believe that any number of biblical books were either composed after the Persian period (for example, Daniel), or contain sections composed after the Persian period (for example the Psalms), but the key point is that the Hebrew Bible itself does not acknowledge such a late date of composition. Certainly the rabbis of antiquity, and after them traditionalist Jews of our own time, had no doubt that all the biblical books were composed not later than the fifth century BCE. Greek-speaking Jews apparently had no such scruples. Their canon, which forms the basis of the Christian Old Testament, contains many works that do not hide the fact that they were composed after the Persian period (for example, the books of Maccabees) or in Greek (for example, the Greek translation of Ben Sira, or the second book of Maccabees). These books, which are to be found in the Christian Old Testament but which are absent from the Hebrew Bible, are called "deuterocanonical" by Catholics and "apocryphal" by Protestants. Outside the Bible includes them all for the simple reason that these books are outside the Hebrew Bible.
The collection of texts that most nearly approximates Outside the Bible is the two volume set edited by James Charlesworth, The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha (1985). The collections resemble each other but also differ from each other. The editors of Outside the Bible have wisely chosen not to perpetuate the title "Pseudepigrapha," which is a perfectly fine description for literary works that bear a false attribution (from the Greek pseud+epigraph) but which is a misleading and useless catch-all heading for ancient Jewish literature. The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha is arranged by genre, more or less (Testaments, Apocalypses, Rewritten Bible, etc.), while Outside the Bible is arranged by relationship with Scripture. First comes the Greek translation of the Bible, then commentaries on the Bible, then paraphrases and retellings of the Bible (notably the works of Philo and Josephus), then testaments, prayers and psalms, wisdom writings, and philosophical treatises of Philo. By this point the biblical connection has become rather tenuous. The volumes conclude with stories set in biblical times, stories set in post-biblical times, and sectarian texts (from Qumran). Outside the Bible thus includes works omitted by Old Testament Pseudepigrapha (notably excerpts from the Septuagint, Philo, and Josephus, and various texts from Qumran), and omits works included by Old Testament Pseudepigrapha (works that are Byzantine in date and Christian in origin, or that bear scant relationship with the Bible, e.g. the Sibylline Oracles). For the most part the terminus ad quem for Outside the Bible is the destruction of the temple in 70 CE, but a few late-comers are allowed to join the party: the Fourth Book of Ezra and the Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch, two works lamenting the destruction of the temple, and Greek synagogal prayers, which admittedly are not directly related to Scripture but which are full of biblical idioms and in any case are of great interest.
As a rule the editors of Outside the Bible did not commission new translations; they were content to incorporate and revise translations that had already appeared in Old Testament Pseudepigrapha or elsewhere. For these texts the novelty of Outside the Bible is the annotation that it provides, which is far more detailed and far more sustained than what can be found in Old Testament Pseudepigrapha. For some texts, though, the translations are new; among them are the sermons On Jonah and and On Samson, falsely attributed to Philo, now translated into English for the first time, two unique specimens of Hellenistic Jewish preaching; Philo's Questions and Answers on Genesis and Exodus, newly translated from the Armenian (the Greek original being mostly lost); the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs; the Genesis Apocryphon from Qumran; the Temple Scroll from Qumran. Aside from the new translations and the extensive introductions and annotations, there are no novelties in these volumes. No heretofore undiscovered texts. No long lost documents. No secret scrolls. (Contrast Old Testament Pseudepigrapha: More Noncanonical Scriptures, volume 1, edited by Richard Bauckham, James R. Davila and Alexander Panayotov [2013] which is full of newly-translated and long-neglected texts, mostly of Byzantine origin.)
The canonization of the Hebrew Bible was an enormous goad to Jewish creativity. Across genres, styles, and languages, the Jews of the second temple period reacted to, interacted with, interpreted and re-interpreted, the words of the Bible, especially the Torah, in an extraordinary variety of ways with an extraordinary variety of results. The words of the Bible, especially the Torah, seem to have consumed the Jews to such an extent that they produced little literature that did not somehow engage the Bible and its concerns. Outside the Bible is a good entry point for the study not just of ancient Bible interpretation but also of ancient Judaism as a whole.
Who will read Outside the Bible? From cover to cover, probably no one. As a work of reference, as an anthology of ancient Jewish Bible interpretation, no doubt scholars will consult it and be grateful for the breadth of its scope and the erudition of its annotations. But who else will read it, and, what is more important for the publisher, who will want to purchase it? I am not sure that there is an audience for this act of cultural reclamation. Traditionalist Jews, beholden to the rabbinic suspicion of all "external" literature, who purchase ArtScroll/Mesorah Publications by the carload, will probably not be interested in these books. Will secular Jews be interested? I hope so, but that seems unlikely. So who is left? Christians interested in Jewish bible interpretation and in the "Jewish background" to the New Testament, and liberal Jews whose intellectual horizons extend beyond the rabbinic corpora. Will these two groups be persuaded to part with two hundred dollars plus for these three weighty tomes? That remains to be seen.


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ARGOS — The Argos Dragons lost a close one to the Manchester Squires at Phil Weybright Gymnasium Tuesday, 58-56.
The Dragons started the game in a 6-0 hole, getting beat on some backdoor cuts, but managed to keep the game close in the first quarter, only trailing 14-11.
Manchester started the second quarter on a tear, going on an 11-3 run, taking away any sort of energy the Dragons had. The Squires maintained that lead through much of the second quarter, but Argos was able to score the final four points in the half, closing the gap to 31-23.
During halftime, Argos coach Doug Snyder talked to his team about their lack of energy in the first half.
"I was disappointed how we didn't have enough enthusiasm or energy to play the game," he said. "It was our last home game and an opportunity to win a ball game. We were flat and our focus wasn't there."
The pep talk worked as Argos came out in the second half on a 7-2 run to close the gap to three, but then the Dragons' energy left them again, and Manchester was able to extend its lead back out to eight at the end of the quarter, 43-35.
The lead stayed about the same until the 3:49 mark in the fourth quarter when Argos came out of a time out and was able to go on a run, scoring seven unanswered points in the next 2:49 of game time. From there, Manchester was able to go 6 of 8 from the line and close out the game, with Argos hitting a buzzer-beating three to put the margin of loss at two.
As Coach Snyder pointed out, a little more effort in the first half, and this was a winnable game.
"We did a great job coming out in the third quarter and got ourselves back in it, but then we allowed some offensive rebounds and some put backs and a couple of free throws and that took the air out of us," said Snyder. "The second time we came back in the fourth quarter, we missed a couple of shots that were right there and a few that went in and out. I give the kids credit for getting us back in it. If we had more enthusiasm in the first half we would have been in better position in the second half."
With the loss, Argos drops to 5-15 to close out the regular season while Manchester improves to 6-13 on the season with the win.
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Score by Quarters
Manchester: 14 31 43 58
Argos: 11 23 35 56
MANCHESTER (58): Clayton Petrie 16 Claudel Dickantone 14, Lucan Schilling 9, Neil Underwood 7, Chase Fierstos 6, Derek Flack 4, Braydon Sewell 2, Phoenix Goad 0, Branden Scott 0; Totals: 22 12-19 58
ARGOS (56): Dominic Cataldo 20, Taylor Ogle 15, Max Bailey 8, Ricky Rice 6, Casey Johnson 5, J.J. Norris 2, Ben Carter 0, Brian Snyder 0, Alex Blum 0, Derek Smith 0; Totals: 18 14-16 56
3-pointers: Manchester 2 (Dickantone, Flack), Argos 6 (Cataldo 3, Bailey 2, Johnson); Rebounds: Manchester 17 (Underwood 6, Dickantone 4, Schilling 4), Argos 18 (Cataldo 4, Norris 4, Ogle 3); Assists: Manchester 14 (Underwood 3, Fierstos 3) Argos 10 (Ogle 5, Snyder 3); Steals: Manchester 6 (Fierstos 2), Argos 7 (Ogle 3, Cataldo 2); Turnovers: Manchester 13, Argos 15; Fouls (fouled out): Manchester 18 (none) Argos 14 (none).
Records: Manchester 6-13 Argos 5-15