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Turnbull urges ACCC to avoid NBN migration 'price shock'
Federal communication minister, Malcolm Turnbull, is urging the Australian competition watchdog to avoid making any decisions that could result in an NBN migration "price shock".
Source: ZDNet Australia
Turnbull warns ACCC against undermining Telstra NBN agreement
Communications minister Malcolm Turnbull and finance minister Mathias Cormann have warned the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission that cutting wholesale pricing for services over Telstra's copper network could negatively affect the National Broadband Network rollout.
Source: Computerworld
Telstra sends more jobs to Asia
When Telstra boss David Thodey said the company's future is in Asia, he was right. That's where many of the company's jobs are headed.
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Australia a wireless leader and wired laggard
Australia has the second highest rate of broadband mobile in the world but ranks a lowly 21st place in fixed broadband. Australia has 114.4 wireless broadband subscriptions per 100 population but just 26.1 fixed connections per 100, according to the latest figures from the OECD.
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Australia has dropped from 18th to 21st in the OECD rankings for fixed broadband penetration for the last six months of 2013.
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Telstra has sounded the death knell for its legacy 2G network, announcing plans to close it down at the end of 2016.
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More mobile gadgets than people? Seven countries - including Australia - now qualify
Wireless broadband subscriptions now outnumber people in seven countries as consumers continue to snap up smartphones and tablets, according to a new report.
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Vodafone relying on high-value subscribers amid 137,000 customer loss
Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA)'s former boss, Bill Morrow, expected the telecommunications provider's subscriber loss to halt by mid-2014, but the company continues to feel the aftermath of its 2010 outages.
Source: ARN
Vodafone still bleeding mobile customers
Vodafone Australia has not yet been able to stem the tide of mobile user losses despite a dedicated turnaround effort, losing a further 137,000 mobile subscribers in the six months to June 30.
Source: iTnews Australia
Tuesday, 22nd July 2014
NBN: Nothing, But Nothing is happening
You know the NBN is dead when not even the FttN haters bother to shellac Malcolm Turnbull's blogs. As Telstra reasserts control over the NBN and the Coalition government flounders, can we actually expect anything from the NBN anymore?
Source: ZDNet Australia
Wilkie reveals NBN Co's Tasmanian deal with Visionstream
Independent MP for Denison, Andrew Wilkie, has shed light on some of the issues plaguing the rollout of the fibre to the premises network in Tasmania by construction contractor Visionstream, and the steps NBN Co has implemented to fix it.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Stealthy Web tracking tools pose increasing privacy risks to users
Three stealthy tracking mechanisms designed to avoid weaknesses in browser cookies pose potential privacy risks to Internet users, a new research paper has concluded.
Source: ARN
NBN Co launches stop-gap satellite service
NBN Co has begun accepting registrations for its subsidised satellite broadband service. The new service is designed to connect the 9000 households and businesses in remote areas of Australia that are currently unable to access NBN Co's Interim Satellite Service.
Source: Computerworld
Netflix 'to launch in Australia' - but does it matter?
US streaming video supplier Netflix is planning to launch in Australia, holding talks with local content suppliers. So say the continuing rumours, but the ground is shifting under its feet and it may be too late.
Source: iTWire
NBN Co offers new satellite service for remote users
NBN Co will provide a new satellite broadband service to up to 9000 premises in remote areas of mainland Australia to reach customers not covered by the over-subscribed Interim Satellite Service (ISS).
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Florida State Head Coach Jimbo Fisher:
Opening Statement: "I thought our kids did a great job all week of putting that last game behind them and not letting it drag on - moving on. It shows a lot about our maturity and leadership of our football team. I thought they prepared and played very well from the get-go. I thought we had a little set back in the beginning - defense gave up a drive but then had a tremendous goal line stand and we were able to convert on offense going a 99 - yard drive. We got a good break on a fumble, when you play fast and hard plays. That's what happened in the game. We executed very well in the game. I was not happy when we could have tackled them on the one (yard line) and it was 28-0 and we gave up a drive that made it 28-7. We could have put them away right there. We get the ball back and get a nice pass that ended up being an interception on a ball that was right in the middle of the chest. They got it back and (Lamarcus) Joyner makes a tremendous play on an interception. EJ (Manuel) manages the clock very well and we were able to get a long distance field goal going into the half and then we were able to come out in the second half - played very well in the opening drive. EJ got a little greedy on the next drive but the defense kept playing well, the offense we kept putting the ball in. We could have had another touchdown or two, but could have executed a few things here or there. Overall, I am very proud of our kids and our coaches of doing a great job of putting that game behind them. They prepared them well. Our kids did a tremendous job of focusing and concentrating and staying together. Our leadership did a great job in the game and we came out with a victory."
On coming out aggressive and throwing: "There as some things that they've done in the past and we've always been able to do that if you look in the history of it. We had some matchups and we liked it. They've always done a great job against the run. They give up a lot of yards, and to Army but they're a different running team. We liked our matchups and we were able to go at them."
On if he changed anything on the first drive due to being on the goal line: "No. Situation and field position always dictate what happens in the game. You have your list of plays coming out and you have your list of plays of third and three and plays in the redzone - you have your list of plays where it goes and when the situation occurs."
On EJ Manuel's performance: "I thought he should have had five (touchdown passes) he had one dropped. One pick was his, one wasn't. He came out focused. EJ's got thick skin too. EJ's been around this business. He's a quarterback for a major program, you get your up's and down's and you understand that. He understands, he prepared well and he played well. He played a tremendous game and did a great job with leadership throughout the week."
Boston College head coach Frank Spaziani
Opening Statement: "First things first, congratulations for Florida State - they've got a very nice, championship caliber football team. They certainly showed it in a lot of ways. A lot of good athletes out there. I thought our guys competed the whole game. They strained, they worked hard we just were up against it a little bit.
On Big Passes During The Game: "There is a lot of offense there ... we just didn't execute ... it wasn't like some things we didn't practice against and things they did differently. It was just a matter of us fundamentally not being able to stop them. There is a lot of offense; a lot of things coming at you over there and we didn't have as good of a recognition on some of it as we would have liked."
On This Being a Tough Game To Walk Into: "I think they attacked ... their psyche ... I think their psyche was ... they got annoyed that they got a little conservative last week and they weren't about to do that. They were going to attack and they were in an attack mode right from the beginning."
On The Goal Line Stand On The Opening Drive: "When you go for it on fourth down you would like to get in. The other thing was that the ball pops out on the next one and bounces right into his hands. I don't know if that's going to be a difference in the game but it certainly sets a little different tone. Sometimes that's the way the ball bounces and that's the difference with excellence and stuff ... you are working hard and the ball bounces the other way."
On Florida State: "They are a very good team with a lot of speed and they've got a very good offensive scheme ... they've done a good job on everybody all year. I think they were averaging, going into last week's game against NC State, 50 points a game. It's important for our guys to understand who they play against. Not to make an excuse for themselves, that's a tough football team. We learned something from it. We did make a couple of plays. You understand how good you have to be."
Florida State Players RB James Wilder, Jr. On the importance of bouncing back: "It was very important. A lot of teams have goals of winning a national championship and they lose a game, some teams can't bounce back, we just made sure we didn't have that taste in our mouth any more. We just came out there and had a great game and made sure we didn't make the same mistakes. We made a couple of mistakes out there but we made sure we didn't make the same mistakes, we just got in there and got after it."
On scoring two touchdowns against BC: "Both of them were receiving. Most teams, when I come in say `32 is in watch the run, watch the run.' So with that being said they used me more in receiving and as a receiving back. I had a dive that I tried to make sure I got in the end zone."
On the play of EJ Manuel: "EJ is a great player. He is a great role model; he is one of my role models. Before the game, he is always speaking up and tells us how we feel and how to bounce back. He kept us up the whole week, telling us how to bounce back. He knows what it takes to keep going. We just have to take it game-by-game. He went out there and did his thing tonight."
WR Kenny Shaw On team bouncing back to get a big win: "It felt really good; I mean it's an ACC game. We had to get over last week's loss, so it felt pretty good."
On the 77-yard TD catch: "We knew they were going to roll a cover two on our side, so we ran a double post to get the safeties out of there. Luckily I came open off the receivers and got scotch free."
On the momentum swing of that play after the defense held BC at the 1-yard line: "As an offense we said, `let's go 99,' so right off the back we knew that we were going to go 99 yards."
Everett Dawkins On his performance: "It felt great. I knew it was going to be kind of tough but I came out ready to play. I was focused and I knew that the defense needed me, the team needed me so I made sure I got it done."
On the importance of bouncing back: "It was very important for us. Last week was rough. It was a tough for us the whole week. Good thing about it, we have so many leaders on this team, we were able to pick ourselves up during the week - going back out there having fun and we made sure that we were prepared for today."
"We have a lot of character, a lot of leadership. We had a mishap last week, we lost a game, but like I said in an interview after the game `we will bounce back strong' and we did because I know what type of players and what type of teammates I have on this team. Everything is going to work out for the better for us. We just got to make sure we prepare every week the same way we did this past week."
On the defensive performance in the first half: "We want to be a defensively great team and we know what we have to do in a goal line situation, so everybody buckled down, got low and we made some great plays and shut them out on the goal line."
On Lamarcus Joyner's interception: "It was big, Lamarcus is a player. It was a great play for us".
Bjoren Werner: On the performance: "Sometimes you just have to make a couple of big plays and stop them and that's what we did. Good for us."
On changing up their style of play: "We did the same thing; we did the same week of practice, same mentality. Last week we came up short, this week we came up big, so we're going to keep doing the same thing."
On the first drive:
"Yeah, we have to come out stronger than that. We stopped them when it came down to it - to the point that we had to stop them and we did and from there on we did a good job."


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Peggy Palmerton, 58 of Fairbury passed away in Lincoln, Nebraska on July 19, 2014. Peggy was born October 27, 1955 at Hastings, Neb., the daughter of Samuel and Joanne Engelhardt Ellis. She formerly lived in Auburn and had been active in the Jaycees on both the local and state levels. Peggy is survived by daughters Angela Keim and Marty Rhoades of Lincoln, Michelle Decker and husband Kirk of Lincoln, and a son Zachary Palmerton and Emily Karnish of Lincoln; 11 grandchildren; sisterin- law Donna Ellis of Auburn, Neb. Family will greet friends on Wednesday, July 23, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Gerdes-Meyer Funeral Home in Fairbury. Cremation has taken place. A Celebration of Peggy's life will be Thursday, July 24, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in Fairbury, with Pastor Fay Hubbard officiating. Those attending are asked to dress in Nebraska Cornhusker attire or wear red. Interment will be in the Fairbury Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the family's choice. Gerdes-Meyer Funeral Home in Fairbury is in charge of arrangements.
Moss, Marianna, 77, passed away July 18, 2014, in Wichita, Kansas. Marianna was a bookkeeper for various companies. Marianna was born Nov. 29, 1936 in Auburn, Nebraska. She is survived by her children, Juliana (Moss) Lutz, Kimberly (Moss) Jordan, Diane (Moss) Campbell, Randy Moss, and William Moss; siblings, Laura Warrender, and husband Charles, Daniel Rogge, and wife Judie, and Robert Rogge and wife Mary Ellen; 11 grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by husband, Ralph D. Moss, parents, Huldah (Dustin) and Emil Rogge, and grandchild Tory Walters. A memorial service will be held 2:00 p.m. Saturday, July 26, 2014 at St. Matthew's Lutheran Church 114 Mulberry Johnson, NE 68378. Pastor Catherine Burroughs will officiate. Interment will follow in St. Matthew's Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice 313 S. Market Wichita, KS 67202.


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BAKERSFIELD — Fernando Jara is something of a star in Kern County — and a mystery.
From humble beginnings, Jara founded a program to rehabilitate drug addicts and felons on a five-acre farm. He is completing a master's degree at Claremont School of Theology and will soon begin work on a doctorate and a law degree.


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Acting on advice from the board's attorney, Madison County School Board Chair Mona Isaacs said Monday that a resolution raising the dropout age will not be voted upon at this week's meeting.
Last week, the Kentucky Board of Education urged school districts to raise the compulsory school attendance age from 16 to 18 effective in the 2015-16 school year.
Recent legislation mandates that once 55 percent of districts have adopted the dropout age policy, the remaining districts will have to sign on within four years.
However, the board "will not be voting on raising the limit until the legislation goes into effect June 25," Isaacs said. "Any vote we take now could be challenged."
The board will discuss the issue during Thursday's meeting, she said.
This month's regular school board meeting has been moved from Madison Central High School to 6 p.m. in the auditorium of Madison Southern High School in Berea.
"I think (the dropout policy adoption) is a very important move for Madison County," Isaacs said. "I want people to talk about it among themselves and with us."
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Tamara Lynne Kimball, 50, of Bella Vista, Ark., died Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013, at the Circle of Life Hospice, Legacy Village, Bentonville, Ark.
She was born on March 27, 1963, in Denver to James Arthur Horn and Freda Forman Horn.
She graduated from Latta High School in 1981. She married Richard Kimball on Dec. 17, 1983, in Ada.
Tammie is survived by her husband, Richard David Kimball of Bella Vista, Ark.; mother, Freda Horn of Ada; father, James Horn of Tulsa; one son, Terrence Kimball of Bella Vista, Ark.; one daughter, Shawnda Kimball of Bella Vista, Ark.; stepson, David Kimball of Kansas City, Mo.; one brother, Steven Horn of Chicago; one sister, Debbie Hallum of Ada; nephews Jeremy and Ben Hallum of Ada; nieces Taila, Katrina and Brianna Hallum of Ada; and one grandchild, as well as many aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.
A visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. today and funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, with the Rev. Claude Baltimore officiating, at Bella Vista Funeral Home Chapel, 2258 Forest Hills Blvd., Bella Vista, Ark. Burial will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Fayetteville National Cemetery, Fayetteville, Ark.


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Three games into the conference season, the University of Miami women's basketball team was feeling pretty good about itself. The Hurricanes were 12-2, had a 3-0 league record and were ranked No. 24 in The Associated Press poll.
But then came back-to-back road games against No.10 Maryland and No. 18 Florida State. UM lost both, dropped out of the rankings and will try to get back on track Thursday night at home against Georgia Tech (8-8, 1-4) before heading out of town for another pair of road games against Virginia and Wake Forest.
The Yellow Jackets are also coming off back-to-back losses to Virginia and No. 11 North Carolina.
"It's alarming because we got handled," UM coach Katie Meier said. "It's not just that we got beat, it's that we did some really immature stuff, and it cost us. It got my attention, got my staff's attention, got the players' attention. We have to do a better job of shot selection because we are putting too much pressure on our defense."
She said Thursday's game is particularly important because it's at home.
"We really need this home game because we're in a stretch where we have four of five on the road," she said. "This is a very important game for us. We expect Georgia Tech to be tough as nails, like they always are. They come at you in waves. We'll have to grab every loose ball and be really aggressive."
The Yellow Jackets are led by junior guard Tyaunna Marshall and freshman guard Brittany Jackson, who won ACC Rookie of the Week last week after scoring 20 points against Virginia and 20 points against North Carolina. She scored 40 points in 53 minutes and made nine three-pointers.
Georgia Tech is also big inside, with 6-5 center Shayla Bivins.
UM center Shawnice "Pepper'' Wilson is 6-6 and said she is looking forward to the battle in the paint.
"This is a big rival game for us, going back to four or five years ago," Wilson said. "We expect it to be really physical, which is the kind of game I like. Anytime you're coming off two losses, you want to come out energized and get back to what helped you win. That's our goal. This is a must-win game for us."


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Presidency > Upheaval in the Middle East
The year 2011 brought a series of world-shaking changes to the Middle East, where popular political uprisings resulted in abrupt ends to longtime authoritarian regimes in Tunisia (see Jasmine Revolution) and Egypt (see Egypt Uprising of 2011) and widespread demonstrations and conflict in other countries in the region. The Obama administration sought to carefully articulate its support for the demonstrators' democratic aspirations, balancing past commitments to some of the threatened regimes with the U.S. advocacy of free representative government. Moreover, Obama attempted to take a role in world leadership without direct intervention in the affairs of other countries.
In Libya, where the political revolt against the four-decade rule of Muammar al-Qaddafi transformed effectively into a civil war (see Libya Revolt of 2011), however, Obama felt U.S. intervention was necessary to prevent a humanitarian disaster as Qaddafi employed his overwhelming military advantage in a brutal attempt to expunge opposition. On March 19, U.S. and European forces with warplanes and cruise missiles began attacking targets in Libya in an effort to disable Libya's air force and air defense systems. After initially taking a leading role in these operations, the Obama administration relinquished command to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization on March 27.
On April 4, Obama officially announced that he would seek reelection. Less than a month later, on May 1, the president made a dramatic late-night Sunday television address to inform the world that U.S. special forces had killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in a firefight in a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, not far from the Pakistani capital of Islamabad. (U.S. forces took custody of the body, which they buried at sea, and confirmed bin Laden's identity through DNA testing.) Justice has been done, Obama said. Americans understand the costs of war. Yet as a country, we will never tolerate our security being threatened, nor stand idly by when our people have been killed. We will be relentless in defense of our citizens and our friends and allies.
·Early life
·Politics and ascent to the presidency
·The Nobel Peace Prize and partisanship
·Passage of health care reform
·Economic challenges
·Deepwater Horizon oil spill
·Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
·The midterm congressional election and its aftermath
·Upheaval in the Middle East
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·The 2012 election
·The gun-control debate and sequestration
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In this tutorial, you will provision an Hadoop cluster in HDInsight using the Azure Management Portal, submit an Hive job to query against a sample Hive table using the cluster dashboard, and then import the Hive job output data into Excel for examination.
This tutorial covers using Hadoop 2.2 clusters on HDInsight. For other supported version, click the selector on the top of the page. For version information, see What's new in the cluster versions provided by HDInsight?
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In conjunction with the general availability of Azure HDInsight, Microsoft has also released HDInsight Emulator for Azure, formerly known as Microsoft HDInsight Developer Preview. This product targets developer scenarios and as such only supports single-node deployments. For using HDInsight Emulator, see Get Started with the HDInsight Emulator.
Before you begin this tutorial, you must have the following:
Estimated time to complete: 30 minutes
HDInsight uses Azure Blob Storage for storing data. It is called WASB or Azure Storage - Blob. WASB is Microsoft's implementation of HDFS on Azure Blob storage. For more information see Use Azure Blob storage with HDInsight.
When provision an HDInsight cluster, an Azure Storage account and a specific Blob storage container from that account is designated as the default file system, just like in HDFS. The storage account must be located in the same data center as the HDInsight compute resources. Currently, you can only provision HDInsight clusters in the following data centers:
In addition to this storage account, you can add additional storage accounts from either the same Azure subscription or different Azure subscriptions. For instructions on adding additional storage accounts, see Provision HDInsight clusters.
To simply this tutorial, only the default blob container and the default storage account are used, and all of the files are stored in the default file system container, located at /tutorials/getstarted/. In practice, the data files are usually stored in a designated storage account.
To create an Azure Storage account
Click NEW on the lower left corner, point to DATA SERVICES, point to STORAGE, and then click QUICK CREATE.
Enter URL, LOCATION and REPLICATION, and then click CREATE STORAGE ACCOUNT. Affinity groups are not supported. You will see the new storage account in the storage list.
Wait until the STATUS of the new storage account is changed to Online.
Click the new storage account from the list to select it.
Click MANAGE ACCESS KEYS from the bottom of the page.
Make a note of the STORAGE ACCOUNT NAME and the PRIMARY ACCESS KEY (or the SECONDARY ACCESS KEY. Either of the keys works). You will need them later in the tutorial.
For more information, see How to Create a Storage Account and Use Azure Blob Storage with HDInsight.
To provision an HDInsight cluster
Sign in to the Azure Management Portal.
Click HDInsight on the left to list the status of the clusters in your account. In the following screenshot, there is no existing HDInsight cluster.
Click NEW on the lower left side, click Data Services, click HDInsight, and then click Quick Create.
Enter or select the following values:
Keep a copy of the cluster name. You will need it later in the tutorial.
The quick create method creates a HDInsight version 2.1 cluster. To create version 1.6 or 3.0 clusters, use the custom create method from the management portal, or use Azure PowerShell.
Click Create HDInsight Cluster on the lower right. When the provision process completes, the status column will show Running.
For information on using the CUSTOM CREATE option, see Provision HDInsight Clusters.
Now you have an HDInsight cluster provisioned. The next step is to run an Hive job to query a sample Hive table that comes with HDInsight clusters. The table name is hivesampletable.
To open cluster dashboard
Enter the Hadoop User account username and password. The default username is admin, the password is what you entered during the provision process. The dashboard looks like :
There are several tabs on the top. The default tab is Hive Editor, other tabs include Jobs and Files. Using the dashboard, you can submit Hive queryes, check Hadoop job logs, and browse WASB files.
[wacom.note] Notice is the URL is <ClusterName>.azurehdinsight.net. Instead of opening the dashboard from the Management portal, you can also open the dashboard from a Web browser using the URL.
[wacom.note] Notice is the URL is <ClusterName>.azurehdinsight.net. Instead of opening the dashboard from the Management portal, you can also open the dashboard from a Web browser using the URL.
To run an Hive query
In the query pane, enter the following query:
SELECT * FROM hivesampletable
WHERE devicemake LIKE "HTC%"
Click Submit. It takes a few moments to get the results back. The screen refreshes every 30 seconds. You can also click Refresh to refresh the screen.
Once completed, the screen looks like:
Make a note of Job Start Time (UTC). You will need it later.
Scroll down a little more, you will see Job Log. Job Output is stdout, Job Log is stderr.
If you want to reopen the log file again in the future, you can click Jobs from the top of the screen, and then click the job title (query name). For example HTC20 in this case.
To browse the output file
The Power Query add-in for Excel can be used to export output from HDInsight into Excel where Microsoft Business Intelligence (BI) tools can be used to further process or display the results.
You must have Excel 2010 or 2013 installed to complete this part of the tutorial.
To download Microsoft Power Query for Excel
To import HDInsight data
Click the Power Query menu, click From Other Sources, and then click From Azure HDInsight.
Enter the Account Name of the Azure Blob Storage Account associated with your cluster, and then click OK. This is the storage account you created earlier in the tutorial.
Enter the Account Key for the Azure Blob Storage Account, and then click Save.
In the Navigator pane on the right, double-click the Blob storage container name. By default the container name is the same name as the cluster name.
Locate stdout in the Name column (the path is .../Templeton-Job-Status/), and then click Binary on the left of stdout. The must match the one you wrote down in the last section.
Click Apply & Close in the upper left corner. The query then imports the Hive job output into Excel.
In this tutorial, you have learned how to provision a cluster with HDInsight, run a MapReduce job on it, and import the results into Excel where they can be further processed and graphically displayed using BI tools. To learn more, see the following articles:
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For Immediate Release: January 26, 2010
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Karnes, Jarvis Elected to Lead State BHDS Board
Richmond – Members of the State Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (BHDS) Board unanimously voted today to elect Daniel Karnes of Roanoke as Chairman and Ruth Jarvis of Norfolk as Vice-Chairman of the board.
First appointed to the State BHDS Board on July 1, 2004, Daniel Karnes is a retired Army Lt. Colonel and a licensed clinical social worker. He recently retired from directing the Roanoke Vet Center where he assisted military veterans with a variety of services ranging from getting benefits to coping with post-traumatic stress disorder. Since his first position at the VA Hospital in 1979, Karnes has served on the board at Blue Ridge Behavioral Healthcare and at the Virginia Veterans Care Center, including a term as chairman.
Karnes is a mediation volunteer, and a site visitor for the Council on Social Work Education. He is also a commissioner of the Roanoke Redevelopment and Housing Authority.
Ruth Jarvis retired from Norfolk State University after 34 years of service where her positions included the Dean of Student Development. Jarvis' interest in mental health and intellectual disability issues began when she started seeking information about services for her son with autism. She volunteered for the Norfolk Community Services Board, first as a member of the Health Services Committee, later as a board member, including two years as chair. She was recently named Community Services Worker of the Year. Jarvis was first appointed to the State BHDS Board on July 1, 2004.
The State BHDS Board is a policy-making body comprised of nine citizens from across the Commonwealth. The board has the statutory authority for the establishment of policy for the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, for the state-run mental health hospitals and intellectual disability training centers, and for Virginia's 40 community services boards. Members are appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the General Assembly. For more information on the State BHDS Board, please visit: www.dbhds.virginia.gov/adm-StateBoardDefault.htm.
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When I moved into my historic home, I found four square-shaped columns in the basement, a sure sign that there had been a front porch on the house at some distant time.
Shortly after moving in, a woman in her late 80s stopped by unannounced and introduced herself as a descendant of Dr. Ebenezer White whose family and descendants occupied my farmhouse from the 1770s until the mid-1940s. She brought with her many photographs of the house from the turn of the last century and, sure enough, they showed a large front porch featuring the very columns I found in my basement.
Further research suggested that the porch was removed sometime following World War II, and perhaps the owner at that time decided to save the columns just in case he wanted to build another porch someday. But that never happened.
Once a staple of American residential architecture, the front porch has all but disappeared in house plans today. When we in the real estate business see an occasional listing that promotes itself as a "front porch colonial," we're actually surprised. I suspect that most of us have a nostalgic feeling about this architectural feature that would denote socialization among family members and friends, but for the most part, the concept has had its day.
For most of us, that is.
My friend and fellow realtor Carol Christiansen recently told me that her husband, a contractor, is currently adding a front porch to their home.
"I grew up in Astoria, Queens and, while I didn't have a front porch, our stoop was our gathering place for family and neighbors in the hot summer evenings," she said. "Sometimes the dads would be playing cards on folding card tables, and the moms would have homemade lemonade and cookies for the kids. As I grew up, I always wanted my own home to have a front porch where my friends and family could gather, just like in the movies."
Carol's dream was not to be realized, however, for a long time.
"My first three homes – a raised ranch, a contemporary, then a colonial – all lacked a front porch," she said. "My husband and I later rented an old haunted Victorian with a front porch and I loved it, but I didn't own it. After that, we bought a cottage which my husband is now expanding and the most important addition will be my front porch, at last. This is where I'll read, meditate, see my neighbors and just watch the cars drive by. How many people get to have a childhood dream come true?"
The front porch has a long history. In his informal but detailed book, "The Front Porch and Its Architectural Career" (Lyons Press, 2002), Michael Dolan traces its origins to many sources, from the ancient Greeks and Romans, to bungalow appendages used in India, from which the British borrowed the concept. With further influence of a pre-colonial African house front that became popular in the Carribean, the English introduced the concept to America, starting in the south where the climate demanded an outside living space with cross-breezes.
The reason that the porch proliferated in the mid 1800s was because of industrialization and social influences that created a considerable leisure class, free from the drudgery of having to tend to endless daily chores. With this new leisure came the necessity for an area to enjoy more free time, and the front porch was an obvious place.
But for every movement, there is a counter movement and the rise of technology was met with a new interest in nature and the American landscape, as seen in our own Hudson River School of painting. And by the 1840s and 1850s, the works of Emerson and Thoreau would provide an idealized vision of nature, offering an escape from the industrialization of the cities. Socially, nature and our nation's landscape were taking on new importance in our consciousness in the countryside, and cities soon followed suit by creating parks, Central Park the most notable among them.
By the end of the 19th century, the front porch was ubiquitous and could be found in the most remote areas as well as closely-knit neighborhoods in cities and spaced out plots in the suburbs.
But right after World War II, the porch started its fall from grace with the advent of air conditioning, automobiles and a change in social patterns. The porch lost its social function as Americans chose to stay indoors or on a back patio or deck which would afford more privacy. And, of course, the computer with its games and social media dealt the final death blow. In effect, today, Facebook is everyone's front porch.
Dolan notes that front porches built now are more a nostalgic throwback to another time, but people rarely actually populate them anymore. They are built to suggest what people would do if they had the time to do it, he notes. I have the feeling, however, that my friend Carol will be the exception.
Bill Primavera is a licensed Realtor® (www.PrimaveraHomes.com), affiliated with Coldwell Banker, and a marketing practitioner (www.PrimaveraPR.com). For questions or comments about the housing market, or selling or buying a home, he can be reached directly at 914-522-2076.


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NORMAN — Here are the candidates for Norman Board of Education seat 3, which is a five-year term:
· Gary Barksdale: Barksdale is a life-long resident of Norman and a single father of a NPS middle school student.
Currently a math teacher at the University of Oklahoma and part-time adjunct professor at OCCC, Barksdale also has had teaching positions for Tecumseh Schools, the Department of Human Services and the Office of Juvenile Affairs.
Barksdale's volunteer commitments include Parish council member at St. Joseph Church, PTA president at Adams Elementary, homeroom parent, volunteer soccer coach for eight years, Adopt A Professor volunteer, Math Counts volunteer and RE teacher at St. Mark Catholic Church.
On why he is interested in the school board seat, Barksdale said, "I've always been active in education, it's always been my life, and if I can influence change, the board is a great avenue. NPS doesn't need lots of change. We have an outstanding board and public school system here.
"I want to do whatever I can to maintain the level of excellence we have and do what we can to ensure our schools are safe. I have a lot of irons in the fire but am happy to do my part. Service to the community is paramount to me."
Of particular concern to Barksdale are school safety and traffic/bus safety.
· Cindy Nashert: Nashert currently owns and operates an insurance agency and serves United Way of Norman as its campaign co-chair.
Nashert is an active community volunteer and has served as president of the board of directors for the Norman Chamber of Commerce, the Norman Rotary Club and Hi-Noon Business and Professional Women, according to the release.
She also served as PTA president at Jackson Elementary School, where her three children attended. They are all recent graduates of Norman Public Schools and currently are pursuing degrees at the University of Oklahoma.
On why she is interested in the school board seat, Nashert said, "I've now become an empty nest mom and feel I'd have the time. I loved my time in NPS and this would be a great opportunity to give back to the schools.
"I'm a business person, so I feel my experience with United Way, the chamber and Rotary would help the board. There are some important things I'd like to address, such as fiscal responsibility, equal opportunity for students and, as a parent/PTA president at Jackson, safety of our schools."
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Limited races and bad weather could combine for an especially dismal voter turnout for city and school elections today.
There are no elections for Joplin today. City Council elections are conducted only in even-numbered years, and only incumbent members filed for the Joplin School Board.
The same is true for the Webb City and Carthage school boards, and most other entities in Jasper and Newton counties have just a few issues on the ballot.
Though she did not want to offer a specific prediction Monday, Bonnie Earl, Jasper County clerk, said she fears the county voter turnout "may be the lowest ever."
"I think people will go to the polls for some things, like the school bond issue in Webb City," she said. Webb City voters are being asked to approve a $9 million bond issue for a classroom and safe room expansion project.
"With the limited number of questions and races, I think the turnout will be low," Earl said.
Among the other issues in the county, voters will decide a street bond measure in Carterville, council and school board races in Jasper and Sarcoxie, and council races in a number of other communities.
In Newton County, races for the Neosho School Board, a bond issue in the Diamond School District and a proposed school levy increase in the East Newton district will be the primary attractions for voters, according to Kay Baum, county clerk.
Baum is predicting voter turnout at less than 15 percent.
"It could be as low as 10 percent, especially if we get bad weather," she said.
Temperatures in the 40s and rain or possible snow are being forecast for the region by the National Weather Service.
A number of other contests and issues are on ballots in the region, including a legislative race in Lawrence County, where voters will fill the 157th District House seat in a special election called by Gov. Jay Nixon. The winner will fill a seat vacated after Nixon named former Rep. Don Ruzicka to the Missouri Board of Probation and Parole. The candidates are Mike Moon, of rural Ash Grove, on the Republican ticket and Charles Dake, of Miller, the Democrat.
Competitive races for school board and City Commission seats should boost turnout among voters in Crawford County, Kan., according to Don Pyle, county clerk.
He said turnout could be as high as 25 percent. "We've got some good races in Frontenac, Girard and Pittsburg," he said.
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Nystatin given as an oral suspension was effective in treatment of gorillas with watery diarrhea associated with isolation of G candidum from fecal wet mounts. The use of antifungal drugs for treating disseminated geotrichosis in animals has not been reported.
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- Cut the chicken breast in half, and pound until flat. Coat with flour. In a small skillet melt butter/margarine over medium low heat and saute the floured chicken breast on one side for 4 to 5 minutes.
- Flip chicken breast. Add mushrooms, scallions and salt and pepper to taste. Add cream and mustard, stir all together and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and serve.
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Ok, here's what I did- and my husband loved it! I seasoned my flour with garlic powder and herb seasonings. Once I finished browning the chicken, I took all the chicken out. I then added 1/2 of a chopped onion, 4 cloves chopped garlic, and sauteed for 2-3 minutes. I then added 2 different types of mushrooms, shitake and button, all sliced (we like a lot of mushrooms). After a couple of minutes, I added about a cup of white wine, and let that simmer to burn off any alcohol. Then, I added 1/2 and 1/2, and about a cup and 1/2 of chicken broth. At this point, I also added in the dijon mustard. To make the sauce thicker (because I didn't use the heavy cream), I added a slurry to the sauce. I then poured the sauce on top of the chicken and put it in the oven on 350 for about 15 minutes. My husband said "We need to add this into the rotation!" YUM!
Measurements of ingredients is way off. No way do you need 2 cups of flour for one chicken breast. Perhaps 2 tbsp. And 1/2 tbsp is not nearly enough butter. Flavor is good. I used sour cream instead of cream and added about 2 tbsp dijon instead of 1 tbsp.
Really Yummy. Husband will repeat.
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- 1527 cal
- 76%
- Fat
- 140 g
- 215%
- Carbs
- 32.8 g
- 11%
- Protein
- 40.7 g
- 81%
- Cholesterol
- 573 mg
- 191%
- Sodium
- 643 mg
- 26%
Based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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Jackie was a rescue dog and a beloved member of the Bostick family.
"I went to the pound I got her she was actually found underneath an over pass on I-20," said owner Cody Bostick, "so I guess she's used to the interstate."
On a trip to College Station from Iowa for the holidays, the family encountered blizzard-like conditions and were involved in a 25-car pileup on the interstate.
Colby, who was pregnant with twins, died shortly after the crash, and in all the chaos, their dog, Jackie, was lost.
Jackie traveled 40 miles south on Interstate 35. She was picked up by a truck driver who saw her on the road four days after the accident.
"She jumped in his truck with him and he took her on up to Minnesota," said Cody.
Cody sent pictures of Jackie to nearby vets hoping someone would find her.
The driver who found her gave Jackie to his friend.
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Two weeks after the accident, Cody got a call.
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Almost one month later, 12 volunteers transported Jackie from Minnesota to Texas.
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• We are hearing that injuries are no longer an issue for Dolphins rookie RB Daniel Thomas, who missed games early in his first season with a hamstring. He has shown some flashes catching the ball out of the backfield and has improved his blocking but is still struggling in terms of production.
• The Patriots' recent blowouts have allowed rookie RB Shane Vereen to finally see some time. The second-round rookie out of Cal got off to a slow start but has looked good in his limited opportunities running the football, showing off his speed on the edge. We hear Vereen could be the featured back when the team runs the no-huddle, spread offense. The team still likes Stevan Ridley, who has leveled off a bit since a breakout game against Oakland, and he continues to back up BenJarvus Green-Ellis.
• Former Colts offensive coordinator Tom Moore, who is now a consultant for the Jets, paid the Gang Green a visit this week. Moore was brought in to help the team's red-zone play, and the Jets are second in the league, converting 65.7 percent of red-zone opportunities into touchdowns. QB Mark Sanchez has thrown 15 touchdowns and one interception in the red zone this season.
• Ravens head coach John Harbaugh said the club's current plan is to get WR Lee Evans more snaps as relief for starters Torrey Smith and Anquan Boldin. "Right now, he's working into the three-wide receiver packages," Harbaugh said, leading up to Week 13. "I think we can continue to work him into the two-receiver packages and rotate him with Torrey and Anquan; give those guys a break." It's clear that the Ravens want to keep giving Smith, who replaced the injured Evans in Week Three and has flashed major field-stretching potential, regular playing time.
• Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger recently had high praise for Bengals rookie QB Andy Dalton, calling him the "rookie of the year" in a conference call with Cincinnati media leading up to Week 13. Roethlisberger said that Dalton's skill "anticipating throws" was notable. Roethlisberger said of Dalton: "Whereas in college you can wait for guys to get open and throw it, he throws it before guys are coming out of their breaks, before guys are getting into their holes, as he's getting pressured."
• Browns SLB Scott Fujita's 2011 season was cut short by a hand injury, marking the second time in as many years in Cleveland that he ended the year on injured reserve. However, defensive coordinator Dick Jauron believes that the 32-year-old Fujita can continue to be a productive NFL player, noting how well Fujita has stayed in shape. "He works at his craft and he represents himself and the organization well. You can totally trust him all the time. There are lots of really good things about him," Jauron said.
• Bengals TE Jermaine Gresham has the ability to be a downfield threat, as he showed on a 22-yard TD catch vs. Cleveland when split out like a wide receiver. However, the way we hear it, the feeling is he's going to primarily be an underneath target in the offense because of his reliability on those routes.
• The Texans were extremely impressed with the workout and first practice of veteran QB Jake Delhomme. We hear Houston was not only thrilled with the way Delhomme threw the ball and that he was in such good shape, but also that he passed on other opportunities to sign with teams while waiting for the right one to arise. They also were pleased with Delhomme's willingness to do whatever it takes to help new starter T.J. Yates.
• Titans WRs Damian Williams and Lavelle Hawkins got off to rocky starts after teammate Kenny Britt was lost for the season to a knee injury. Both players struggled with drops and overall consistency earlier in the season. However, each has stepped it up in recent weeks, the way we hear it. Williams has five TD grabs since Week Four. Hawkins, who has a reputation for not always being in the right place, has raised his game, becoming a more dependable option for veteran Matt Hasselbeck.
• On the same day last week, the Jaguars fired head coach Jack Del Rio and the Colts dismissed defensive coordinator Larry Coyer, while also naming QB Dan Orlovsky the Week 13 starter. The timing of each move was at least a little curious. With the Jaguars on a bye in Week Nine, it would have made a lot more sense to remove Del Rio then. Instead, the Jaguars lost two close games to Cleveland and Houston that might have kept them in the playoff conversation if they had won. In the case of the Colts, who changed QBs, clearly it would have behooved Orlovsky to have had two full weeks to prepare for what was arguably the Colts' most winnable remaining game, against Carolina.
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• Like several other teams in the division, the Raiders have had to deal with a QB change this season, losing Jason Campbell in Week Six and replacing him with Carson Palmer. According to OLB Kamerion Wimbley, the switch was a difficult one for the guys inside the locker room, though not because they don't believe in the player currently under center. "We all have great admiration and respect for Jason, what he's done here for this ballclub, and it was tough when we saw him go down," Wimbley told PFW. "And then the team made the choice to bring in Carson Palmer. I had the chance to play against Carson when I was in Cleveland, so I was confident in the guy we were getting to come in and take over once Jason went down. He's an experienced quarterback and he's a leader, and he has proven that since he came here."
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---- — A combat veteran's suicide Jan. 15 in Methuen has once again underscored the challenge military branches across the country are facing as men and women return home from service after extended tours of duty.
Veterans groups and advocates said the risk of suicide among veterans has increased over the last few years partly because servicemen and women have served multiple combat tours, and the heavy use of reservists means more service members have families back home. At the same time, mental health services for veterans are overwhelmed.
The man, who died at the National Guard Armory in Methuen, was an active duty sergeant first class in the Massachusetts Army National Guard from Uxbridge and a veteran of two combat tours. He was 50 years old, and married with two children.
Phone calls to the National Guard seeking information about the man's tours were not returned.
Earlier this month, the Associated Press obtained figures from the U.S. Department of Defense showing 349 active duty military personnel committed suicide last year, the highest number since the Pentagon started closely tracking them in 2001. In Afghanistan, 313 Americans died last year, according to the Pentagon. Cynthia Smith, a spokeswoman for the Pentagon, said she could not provide 2012 statistics because the report has not been released yet, but confirmed the AP figures.
"It's becoming obvious to everyone we're in a crisis mode here," said state Rep. Linda Dean Campbell, D-Methuen, who served in the Army along with her husband. "The current statistics are unacceptable. It's unacceptable for us as a nation and we need to move quicker to address this crisis."
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The tragedy follows by less than a year the military suicide of a U.S. Army captain whose widow lives in Rockport and shared her story with the Times last year in the hopes of raising awareness of the growing problem.
In that case, Army Capt. Michael McCaddon, M.D., took his own life last March 21 at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, while on duty as an OB/GYN resident, delivering babies and caring for women brought into the hospital.
At the time, his widow — Leslie McCaddon — said she firmly believes that he fell victim to a military culture that inflicts heavy stress on the job and discourages service personnel from admitting they need help.
"Mental illness killed my marriage, and then it killed my husband," said Leslie McCaddon, who had returned to Rockport with her three children five months earlier.
"I did reach out to the Army for support, but they said that they could only force him to get help if I was in physical danger," she said, adding that, though McCaddon could be verbally abusive, she did not want him to be taken away.
Leslie said she asked McCaddon's commanders to order him to go to therapy. McCaddon would go, sometimes, if he was assigned to the night shift and so could go to therapy without leaving his colleagues short-handed.
"He didn't eat (on shift) ... he wasn't going to say 'I need to take an hour off to go to therapy,'" said Leslie.
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But Capt. Jeffrey Clark, who served as a casualty affairs officer and assisted Leslie with funeral arrangements and other things relating to her husband's death, agreed there is a stigma attached to seeking therapy in the service.
"I couldn't imagine telling my soldiers, my men, that I went to get counseling. They'd rag me until I quit," Clark said.
Defense officials have struggled to deal with suicides, which outgoing Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and others have called an epidemic. The problem reflects severe strains on military personnel burdened with more than a decade of combat in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Returning soldiers face a litany of high-stress issues, from multiple tours of duty to worrying about family back home to denial of the need for treatment to difficulty finding a civilian job. Military personnel have served multiple tours since the invasions of Afghanistan in 2001 and Iraq in 2003. Campbell said most wars in the past asked for a single tour of duty, but current service members and reservists routinely have been deployed multiple times.
"They'd either return to normal duty and training, or leave the service. That is a huge difference," she said.
At the same time, the execution of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have relied heavily on the National Guard and Reserves, units whose members are more likely to have families than younger enlistees. That has created stress among both veterans and their families during deployment.
Civilian job scarcity
Returning veterans can have trouble translating their military skills into a civilian job, and can be unemployed for long periods of time, adding another layer of stress.
"At the state level we're spending a lot of time trying to match up the skills they're bringing with them to gain employment," Campbell said. "But it's not an easy task."
Congresswoman Niki Tsongas, D-Lowell, a member of the U.S. House Armed Services Committee, said she has introduced bills to train college counselors to recognize PTSD and to require reporting from the VA on mental health vacancies. She said the suicide rate is "staggering."
"Over the past few years, the Department of Defense has instituted a series of programs and services geared towards preventing military suicides, but a recent study showed inconsistencies among the services in the programs provided," Tsongas said. "Like the critical matter of sexual assault in the military, suicides are reflective of a military culture that is in need of change. Programs and services must be instituted in addition to working to show that seeking help is not a weakness and working to reduce the stigma of asking for help."
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Northern Essex Community College has a veterans services coordinator, Jeff Williams, to help veterans not only with education, but with other services.
"He's available to counsel veterans and make sure they can access their benefits and know what the benefits are, and connecting veterans with their resources, whether in academics, heath care or financial aid," said Ernie Greenslade, spokeswoman for NECC.
Veterans services offices, which are located across the state, including in Gloucester, provide information about services available for education, health care, job searches and state and federal benefits. Hargreaves said his office recommends veterans sign up for Veterans Affairs health care, provided by the federal government to all veterans and service members.
"Once they're in our office, we do a series of assessments, not in an invasive way but in a conversational way, to see how their family welfare is, how they are doing," said Francisco Urena, a former veterans services director in Lawrence and the current commissioner of veterans services in Boston.
Campbell said there had been a stigma associated with acknowledging the need for and seeking treatment, preventing many from getting help that could save their lives.
Researchers with the Rand Corp. found in a 2008 study that barely more than half of veterans exhibiting symptoms of major depression or post traumatic stress disorder had sought help from a physician or mental health provider in the previous year.
The military has tried to boost its suicide prevention efforts recently, increasing the number of behavioral health care providers, attempting to eliminate the stigma of acknowledging and treating a disorder, and launching a study to identify risks and ways to mitigate or moderate suicide-related behavior, Smith said.
Prevention office
Last year, the Pentagon created the Defense Suicide Prevention Office, which is responsible for oversight of suicide prevention and resilience programs, including suicide prevention efforts administered by each branch of the armed services, she said.
In Massachusetts, the National Guard has partnered with the University of Massachusetts Medical School to train service members to see in their colleagues some of the warning signs of suicide, such as depression or increased alcohol use, and to encourage them to get treatment.
Veterans Affairs hospitals offers some services for depression, PTSD and other related issues, but Campbell said the hospitals are overwhelmed. The closest VA medical center is in Bedford.
"The VA itself has acknowledged they can't keep up with the demand in terms of veterans reaching out to the system," Campbell said. "They're putting more resources into this need, but it's difficult for them to keep up."
Veterans looking for assistance, or a veteran's family, also can call the Military Crisis number, 1-800-273-8255.
Material from the Associated Press was used in this report.
Douglas Moser can be reached at email@example.com, or on Twitter @EagleEyeMoser.


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