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Two Distributions Celebrate Birthdays
The Linux community had two birthdays to celebrate recently. Debian GNU/Linux turned 17 on August 16 and openSUSE has been providing an excellent desktop Linux for five years.
In an outpouring of appreciation bloggers Webwide wished Debian developers a Happy Birthday and offered thanks for a job well done. Valessio Brito constructed a lovely birthday card highlighting some of Debian's major achievements over its lifetime. On it he lists 14 Releases, 11 Conferences, 117 Maintainers, 873 Developers, and dozens of derivatives. Debian.net set up a Webpage that lets users send a thank you message to their favorite (or random) developer or maintainer. So far, there are over 1500 messages. Debian developer Margarita Manterola declared August 16 Debian Appreciation Day and Jono Bacon, Ubuntu Community Manager, offered his thanks and compliments with links to Debian relevant Websites. Even Ubuntu.com got in on the party.
Poor openSUSE was nearly forgotten. Their fifth birthday fell on August 9 and only one Website remembered. OMG! SUSE! offered their birthday wishes and gave a few milestones. Mentioned was the initial release of openSUSE, 10.0, in October 2005 and there have been seven major releases since. The most recent was 11.3.
Happy Birthday to both wonderful Linux distributions and many many more.
Susan Linton is a Linux writer and the owner of tuxmachines.org.
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Funny coincidence those two mighty distros were conceived not too long apart. They are the two distros, I believe, that are THE most stable. They are the primary two that I use.
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It was the NBC4 porn investigation that went viral around the world last spring. Two L.A. traffic cops appeared in a porn movie while on duty. One of the cops was fired for his role. Now, he's fighting to get his job back. NBC4's Joel Grover broke the story.
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The Horsemeat scandal running wild across Europe didn't exactly break out of the starting gate. It began at a canter in January, when the Food Safety Authority of Ireland found isolated cases of horsemeat in beef burgers sold in British and Irish supermarkets.The story gained global attention, picking up its pace to a full gallop, in mid-February when European food regulators discovered horsemeat in school meals and hospitals across Europe and the U.K. Major supermarkets, fast food chains and food manufacturers, such as Burger King, IKEA,Nestle and Iglo Food Group, have since recalled products.
Peter Marks, CEO of Manchester-based Co-operative supermarket chain, wrote to more than one million of the company's members to apologize for "meat contamination" in its products. Sodexo, the world's biggest catering company, recalled its entire frozen beef product (the irony is that they run the catering at Ascot Racecourse!!).The Guardian newspaper created an interesting interactive map showing where the horsemeat came from. "More than 60,000 tonnes of horsemeat was traded by European countries in 2012," according to the map.
This scandal has resulted in a drop in meat sales across the board in the U.K. There is also a risk of increasing prices to ensure the quality of products in the future.
Protecting the Supply Chain through improved traceability
Track and trace from farm to plate, improving operations and protecting their brand?
They must rigorously monitor and control their business and supply chain practices to assure this does not happen again. This would mean more government regulations and more audits, as well as more scrutiny when selecting suppliers. Unfortunately, all of this ultimately could mean more costs!
Horsemeat has appeared in "beef" products to varying degrees. Some have only shown traces, which may be the result of meat processing plants not properly cleaning equipment. However, other products have had very high percentages of horsemeat, which is a much larger problem.
In either case, establishing full visibility and compliance built into a complex supply chain is a challenge for any business. But the right processes and tools make it possible.
Food manufacturers must be able to assure consumers that food is safe, and that it is sustainably made and distributed. Consumers are increasingly demanding visibility into exactly what's in their food; where it's grown; and how it is made.
More and more consumers are making choices based on food's provenance. Therefore suppliers, processors, distributors and retailers need to step up their control and visibility across the supply chains, tracking products from raw material to the point of consumption. This has to include compliance with regulatory bodies and process monitoring from "farm to plate."
Transparency and traceability across the entire supply chain — at the appropriate level of granularity and detail — makes it possible to close this information gap. In today's connected environment — where any hint of a recall is visible to all consumers at the click of a button — it is the only way for a business to protect themselves from scandal.
On a lighter note, the scandal has inspired a surprise revival for horsemeat in France!
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Horsemeat is not quite fit for human consumption,there exists strict guidelines to check adulterations in public consumable food stuff,and for that,those who violate such guidelines are liable to face prosecution.Belatedly,recalling horse-meat,cannot absolve any one from culpability of an offence in this behalf.Horsemeat contains high elements of red-meat consumption of which can cause complicated ailments.People out there are also entitled to sue for damages all those horsemeat suppliers,for none should be permitted to endanger health or lives of the people.A class suit can be filed in the coutry on behalf all those who might have consumed this horsemeat and have found any health problem.A strict deterrent action need be taken against such adulterators to prevent recurrance of such a crime.
Horse meat consumption in France has been declining for many years, and it will resume once the French start asking more questions about the drugs in horse meat that are not supposed to be there—and can cause serious health risks—but that the EU's drug traceability tracking program has been unable to keep out.


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Attorney General Eric Holder echoed President Obama on Wednesday, calling for a national dialogue on violence and communities. But he also veered away from the president's initial message of taking the middle ground. He spoke against the "stand-your-ground" laws like the one a Florida jury used to acquit George Zimmerman.
"It's time to question laws that senselessly expand the concept of self-defense and sow dangerous conflict in our neighborhoods," Holder said at the NAACP convention in Orlando. "These laws try to fix something that was never broken. There has always been a legal defense for using deadly force if—and the 'if' is important—no safe retreat is available."
He added later, "We must stand our ground to ensure that our laws reduce violence, and take a hard look at laws that contribute to more violence."
Since Martin's shooting and Zimmerman's acquittal over the weekend, activists have called for justice in the case and for a change in laws. This might be the first step in the Obama administration's response. The Justice Department has already said it is launching an investigation into the Martin case, although the White House won't give further details.
During his speech, Holder also warned against violent altercations with law enforcement in the aftermath of the trial.
Another subject Holder addressed was voting rights. Many civil-rights leaders have worried that in the aftermath of the Supreme Court decision, Congress wouldn't follow through with setting standards for the Voting Rights Act. But Holder pushed Congress, touting its importance.
"Quite simply, Congress must take steps to ensure that every eligible American has equal access to the polls," Holder said. "We will not hesitate to take aggressive action, using every tool that remains available to us, against any jurisdiction that attempts to take advantage of the Supreme Court's ruling by hindering eligible citizens' free and fair exercise of the franchise."
Here are Holder's full remarks.
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I have a fairly general rule when it comes to forwarded mails. They are almost immediately thrown into my recycle bin. Partly because I don't have time to read all of the ones that are sent to me; partly because they are full of bullshit. This one contained the latter:
Darrell "Shifty" Powers was a tremendous man. A war hero, he fought in the Easy Company, 506th PIR during World War II – the group made famous by "Band of Brothers." Regular readers know I'm an Easy-ophile, and post about them when they make news, so I wanted to read the e-mail forwarded to me (about a dozen times).
I'm not posting it here, but it is a story (possibly true) about a man who met Shifty inside the Philadelphia International Airport. Shifty appeared lost, and the man offered to help him to his plane, They got to talking, the realization of who Shifty was set in on the man, and the man offered Shifty his First Class seat.
Great story, right? Except in its first incarnation, the man who met Shifty was just some guy. Now the man has evolved into Chuck Yeager. Uh-huh. Right. I have no doubt that Shifty was a terrific man, and I have no doubt people admired him, but the whole story – if true at the time – has spun into a (truly) unbelievable tale.
The kicker, for me, is that the story ends with this:
Shifty died on Jan. l7 after fighting cancer.
Bullshit. Shifty died on June 17, 2009. I posted about it at the time, and linked the story (which did not include Chuck Yeager) at the time, too.
The morale of the story? Forwarded e-mails are mostly bullshit, so don't waste your time sending them to me.


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DOMAINE DE GIOIELLI BLANC 11 CORSE VERMINTINOCap Corse, a largely isolated and thinly populated peninsula at the top of Corsica, sits like a finger pointing up at Genova, its former colonial ruler. The Genovese landed on the Cap in the 14th century and from there soon conquered the entire island. On the Cap, they left an indelible mark on the land, building towers on the cliffs overlooking the sea to watch for other invaders. One Genovese in particular, Monsignor Doria, from one of the most illustrious families of the Genovese Empire, landed in the Cap and settled in a cove not far from the sea, creating an estate he came to call his Gioielli or his Crown Jewel in the dialect of the time. A villa was built in the middle of the hills which form a natural amphitheatre and on which vines and olives were planted and flourished.
Several centuries later, with the Genovese long since expelled, the towers they built left crumbling (such as the one on the domaines label), and the Doria estate abandoned and in ruins, a young Corsican by the name of Michel Angeli moved in and reclaimed the land. Michel is from the nearby city of Bastia, but moved out to the country with his family to escape the bombardments of the city during World War II. It was then in the countryside that he found solace as well as finding the forgotten piece of land called Gioielli. After the war he took cuttings of Vermentinu and Codivarta from neighboring farmers, some Niellucciu from Patrimonio and some Aleatico from nearby Elba Island to replant his slopes. His first harvest was in 1952 and Gioielli was reborn, much to the delight of the local seafaring and fisherman population, who have remained loyal clientele ever since.
Little has changed at the domaine since it began, and it is still Michel who works the vines and makes the wines on his own as he has done for nearly six decades. The tourist buses do not stop at Domaine Gioielliin fact, it is very hard to find. Angeli never intended to make his wines known beyond his neck of the woods and never exported anywhere, not even to mainland France (!) before meeting Kermit. Since the beginning he has paid little attention to the outside world, uninterested in the new technologies and fads that have afflicted so many other domaines. His wines have a timeless sense of place, much as the one who makes them, a wise, gentle, true artisan who lives for his métier.


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Kenai: Sun sets up its own community website
The Sun enterprise established a website, Kenai, which will host its own Open Source project code.
Sun Microsystems has described itself all along as the "biggest Open Source undertaking," participating in over 750 Open Source projects, therefore requiring its own hosting infrastructure. They claim then that Project Kenai would serve the open source world in the best way.
Currently in beta, the project is based on the Ruby on Rails web application framework, and integrates Mercurial and Subversion sources, Bugzilla for issue tracking, and Sympa for mailing lists. Further details are in Sun developer Tim Bray's weblog.
Among the Sun projects associated with Kenai are virtualization software XVM Server and JRuby, the Ruby Java implementation. Information about establishing further projects is on their FAQ page.
As Sun's chief Open Source officer, Simon Phipps, asserts in his blog, "I am keen to fix the problem of the proliferation of open source licenses." The company will work together with the Open Source Initiative (OSI) on their solution. The OSI recently released a report dealing with the license proliferation issue. It recommends methods whereby licensors can make easier selections, licenses that "do not play well together" can be avoided, and multi-license compatibility is easier to understand. Kenai offers only the OSI-"recommended" licenses to developers of new projects ("Licenses that are popular and widely used or with strong communities"). Phipps suggests that other licenses are not necessarily excluded, but would be considered as part of a second phase. Even Sun Microsystems, in giving away its free open source Java, rather than relying on its own licenses, uses the GPLv2 license instead.
The concept and layout of the Kenai website are reminiscent of project hosting sites such as Google Code and Sourceforge, which possibly plays into the Kenai motto "We're More Than Just a Forge."
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This is an old story as far as I'm concerned, but I think it is worth repeating because much to my surprise, my wife wasn't aware of it until I mentioned it in passing - so it is quite possible that many people are not aware of why Mitt Romney is finding himself in the dog house lately. Here's the story:
In 1983 the Romneys were driving from Boston, MA to Ontario for a family getaway. The family truckster was loaded to the brim and probably getting all of 9 miles per gallon on this 12 hour trip. They packed a lot of things, including the family dog, Seamus, and Irish Setter.
But where was Seamus? In the back of the wagon with the luggage? Sitting in the front seat on his wife's lap, sleeping soundly while getting a nice belly rub from mom? Nope, Seamus was in a kennel which was strapped to the roof of the car as they chugged down the interstate at speeds over 55mph. Can you envision this? Today, people would have used their cell phones to call the police on Mitt for animal cruelty, ending the torture for this poor dog. But not in 1983...
Mitt only stopped the car to "check" on poor Seamus when his kids complained about the diarrhea streaming down the windows from the nervous and completely freaked-out family hood ornament, I uh mean "pet". Did Mitt learn his lesson? Hell no, he simply hosed off the car, hosed off the dog and shoved him back back into his hell hole on the roof of the car and kept going.
I don't know about you, but I could never vote for a man who takes his human/animal relations cues from Clark w. Griswold and Michael Vick and a "man" who takes his employee relations cues from Mr. Scrooge and Mr. Potter ("It's A Wonderful Life").
A "man" who has no respect for animals and thinks dogs make good hood ornaments has no business leading a country. A "man" who cares little about the lively-hoods of his employees and their families because he sees nothing wrong with making a quick million for himself by cutting hundreds of jobs with the slash of a pen has no damn business running a country, especially one trying to climb out of a GOP-caused recession.


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HOUSTON -- Monday kicks off a very hot work week, causing a heat advisory for many across the Houston area, said KHOU 11 News Meteorologist Brooks Garner.
The heat advisory is in effect from 10 a.m. through 9 p.m. Monday for portions of Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Harris, Jackson, Liberty and Matagorda counties.
We will top out around 98 degrees Monday afternoon with a 10-percent chance for stray showers. The humidity will push the heat index to the range of 105-110.
Tuesday's weather is the same – hot with a slight chance for showers.
Later this week we will see triple digit temperatures and fewer clouds in the sky. There is a little relief on the way, however. This weekend a chance for rain returns and the temperatures drop about five degrees.
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Thelma Lorene Pickering was born on Sept. 4, 1919, in Knoxville, the daughter of Gerrit and Maggie (Oostrum) Vroegh. She was a lifelong resident of Knoxville. Thelma was united in marriage to Jerry James Pickering on Feb. 16, 1951, in Pleasantville. She was a homemaker and mother. She was a member of Celebrate Community Church and First Reformed Church, where she has also been a Sunday school teacher. Thelma enjoyed sewing and gardening and working on jumble puzzles.
Thelma passed away on Monday, Feb. 18, 2013, at West Ridge Nursing and Rehab Center in Knoxville at the age of 93 years. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Jerry; son, Steven Pickering; great grandson, Bradley Pickering; and brothers, William "Bud", Lloyd, James and Dale Vroegh.
Those left to cherish her memory include her children, Cheryl (Terry) Thompson of Waco, Texas, and Mark Pickering of Knoxville; daughter-in-law Carma Pickering of Knoxville; sister-in-law, Phyllis Witte of Tucson, Ariz.; nine grandchildren, Danielle Thompson, Ryan (Adriana) Thompson, Gregg (Sherrie) Pickering, Julie (Draper) Handeland, Tamie (Jay) Riken, Michelle (Steve) Watson, Steve Pickering, Jr., Josie Pickering and Jeremiah Pickering; 12 great-grandchildren, Matthew Thompson, Haylee and Kaidan Ryan, Jonathan and Nicole Pickering, T.J., Joel and Jared Handeland, Chelsea and Kaitlan Musgrove, Ashley Sorgensen, and Steven Chance Pickering; and one great-great-grandson, Jayden Pickering.
A visitation will begin at 10 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 22, with family present from 5-7 p.m. at Williams Funeral Home in Knoxville. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, Feb. 23 at 10 a.m. at the Williams Funeral Home in Knoxville with Pastor Bruce Rietveld officiating. Burial will follow in Graceland Cemetery in Knoxville. For those desiring, memorial contributions may be made to HCI Care Services.


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Local school districts are asking Gov. Cuomo to veto a bill proposing changes in the way special education placements are made because they say it will place financial and administrative burdens on schools.
Under the bill, passed by state lawmakers last month, schools would need to take a student's home life and cultural environment into account when making placement decisions. The measure would also speed up the process and require districts to reimburse parents for tuition payments made by parents to private schools not approved by the state within 30 days.
"It's essentially a voucher system we have no control over," said Jere Hochman, superintendent of Bedford Central Schools, at a recent school board meeting.
A group of 16 Westchester-Putnam school boards—including Bedford Central and Katonah Lewisboro Schools—have approved resolutions formally opposing the bill, which Gov. Cuomo has not signed into law.
Hochman said the change could cause public funds to be channeled to private schools because parents of students who are now fully included in public schools parents might opt for the private special education program that complies with the interpretation of considering 'home environment and family background.' The language could encourage more placements of students with low-incidence disabilities whose education can be in six figures, he added.
Assemblyman Robert Castelli (R-Goldens Bridge) said he supported the bill because it was the "right thing to do."
"I understand the financial plight of schools," he said. "But I do not think we are talking about more than a handful of kids. And this bill affords opportunities to kids who require specialized schooling and who have dietary and physiological needs beyond the public school setting. I sympathize with districts but at the end of the day, I sympathize more with the child."
The bill passed 47-13 in the Republican-controlled Senate and 93-50 in the Democratic-controlled Assembly on June 21, the last day of the Legislature's session this year, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said the costs were not a factor in developing the legislation. "We thought it was [about] fairness," he told the WSJ. "We honestly don't believe that it's going to cost school districts any more than is appropriate, than what's intended."
Some supporters say the bill could actually save on local costs, with fewer placement hearings and drawn-out lawsuits when parents aren't satisfied with the services provided by districts.
Katonah attorney Peter Hoffman said he believed the bill, if passed, would cut down on the number of lawsuits brought by families given the new consideration for family life and cultural circumstances.
"I support the change because the current system leads to litigation that is
typically not completed until years after the actual school year in question
occurred," said Hoffman, whose practice focuses on children with disabilities.
Through the resolution, districts also say there may be alternative ways to both streamline how placement challenges are settled and ensure parents receive timely reimbursements when warranted while achieving cultural sensitivity.
List of School Districts that Have Approved a Resolution, according to the Westchester-Putnam School Boards Association
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Ducey made her professional singing debut in France, before moving to Boston, New York City, and more recently, upstate New York. She sings swing and Latin tunes, and brings a smoky, bluesy quality to her favorite standards. Born in Chicago, raised in South Carolina, Ducey discovered her vocal talents early on, focusing on performing music since high school.
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25 July 2014, Rome --- The United Nations are calling on the international donor community to renew a commitment to fight food insecurity. Increased efforts need to be boosted in the Sahel in order to strengthen the livelihoods and enhance the resilience of poor and very poor households in the affected areas.
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Patrick Majewski and Chris Fitzpatrick were the main event this past Saturday night in Atlantic City. Bad Left Hook's Ryan Bivins has a full recap and results.
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• Three newly elected Fort Mill Town Council members, Jim Kinard, Ron Masters and Ned McAteer, were sworn in.
• A building on Hwy. 21 North that once housed a nightclub with lingerie dancers was burned in a fire training exercise.
• Fort Mill officials were weighing eight requests for annexation, which would result in the town expanding by 50 acres.
• Fort Mill's Lady Jackets were 12-1 after a 23-25 loss to the Camden Lady Bulldogs.
• There was a rock throwing incident following the Great Falls-Fort Mill basketball games at Fort Mill High School. There were fears the incident could jeopardize Fort Mill's standing in the South Carolina High School League.
• Fred H. Wilson Sr., 80, prominent Fort Mill Township resident, died following a brief illness.
• Airman Doris M. Hammond, 1966 Fort Mill High School graduate, graduated with honors from the Air Force Communications Analysis Specialist course at Goodfellow AFB, San Angelo, Texas.
• The Fort Mill boys' basketball team was 16-0 after wins against Great Falls and Chessne. Ernest Fuller led the Jackets in both games with 23 and 21 points.
• Major James L. Spratt, Fort Mill native, was awarded the Second Oak Leaf Cluster to the Bronze Star Medal for service in Korea.
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• The stock of goods and fixtures of the Blackmon Drug Store were bought Dr. Rogers of Kershaw, who would reopen the store.
• Fay Isom and Hamp Parks pleaded guilty of robbing a freight car of the Southern Railway and were sentenced to two years in the state penitentiary.
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Total: -107/+187 Under
This is the highest total these two teams have seen in one of their match ups since November 7th when the number was 191.5. The other four times these two teams played this year the numbers were 182, 184, 184, and 185.5. So, while all four of those games went over, the odds makers are adjusting this one heavily upwards and I think they overshot the mark.
Both teams are going to work on defense heading into this game. The Pacers allowed 50% shooting and 41.2% from outside the 3-point line. Atlanta on the other hand gave Indiana 34 attempts from the charity stripe. Neither coach wants to see numbers like that again.
Both teams have gone OVER in five of their last six games, so I'm going to buck that trend and play the UNDER for a small amount here tonight.
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Stefano Gandolfi of LANL's Nuclear and Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology group received the prestigious International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) Early Career prize in nuclear physics at the International Nuclear Physics Conference in Florence, Italy.
Gandolfi gave a plenary talk after the award presentation. His citation reads: "For developing a new method of calculating many body observables from ab-initio two body and three body realistic interactions which allows to predict observables in nuclei beyond 12C and for extending this work to neutron and cold atoms systems."
Gandolfi received his doctorate in Theoretical Physics from the University of Trento, Italy. He won the "Premio Nazionale Sergio Fubini" from the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) for the best INFN doctoral thesis during the April 2007 to April 2008 period. He received an award from the University of Trento for the best doctoral thesis of the academic year 2006/2007. Gandolfi joined Los Alamos as a postdoc in 2009 and became a staff scientist two years later in the Nuclear Theory Group of the Theoretical Division. Gandolfi's research interests include nuclear theory, quantum many-body theory and nuclear astrophysics.
About the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics
The IUPAP is an international non-governmental organization whose mission is to assist in the worldwide development of physics, to foster international cooperation in physics and to help in the application of physics toward solving problems of concern to humanity. The organization was established in 1922 in Brussels with 13 member countries. IUPAP is part of the International Council for Science Family. Each of the participating IUPAP commissions awards one Young Scientist Prize each year to an outstanding young scientist to recognize and celebrate his or her work.


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Wednesday, November 17th, 2010
Fast Food Marketing and Children
Last week, the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at Yale University released a new report entitled Fast Food F.A.C.T.S. (Food Advertising to Children and Teens Score). The Center found that children as young as 2 are seeing more fast-food ads than ever before, and that restaurants provide largely unhealthy side dishes and drinks as the default options that come with kids' meals. The new report is the most comprehensive study of fast food nutrition and marketing ever undertaken.
Researchers examined the marketing efforts of 12 of the nation's largest fast-food chains. Additional data included the calories, fat, sugar and sodium in more than 3,000 kids' meal combinations and 2,781 menu items. Perhaps the most disturbing finding, indicative of the disheartening nature of the overall report, is that "out of 3,039 possible kids' meal combinations, only 12 meet the researchers' nutrition criteria for preschoolers" and "only 15 meet nutrition criteria for older children." That breaks down to only 0.39% and 0.49% of kids' meal combinations for each respective age group.
Any healthcare professional could tell that the fast food climate being pushed in today's market was unhealthy for our children. But the Rudd Center's report shows just how detrimental fast food and marketing is—and it's far beyond anything people expected.
However, hope is not lost. In the words of RWJ President and CEO Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, "Parents should demand the healthy items in kids' meals—like apple slices and low-fat milk—and they should let fast-food companies know they don't want them using games, toys and popular characters to lure their children toward unhealthy habits. In the words of one fast-food slogan, let the fast food companies know that you want to 'have it your way.'" The report authors also offer practical recommendations for transforming the restaurant and marketing landscapes. The Rudd Center's findings may be alarming, but hopefully this report will serve as a call to action for both the healthcare and fast food industries alike.
Fast Food FACTS (full report): http://www.rwjf.org/files/research/20101108fffactsreport.pdf
Fast Food FACTS (summary): http://www.rwjf.org/files/research/20101108fastfoodfactsbrochure.pdf
A Statement by Risa Lavizzo-Mourey on Fast Food FACTS: http://www.rwjf.org/pr/product.jsp?id=71424&topicid=1024
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I bought these curtain rods for a large living room. The ends are a large 2" diameter, so you would want a larger sized room for this look. I also bought the longer curtain rod for my sliding glass window and without the middle support the rod sags just slightly with the curtains. The 48" to 90" rod supports just fine and doesn't sage in the middle even with the curtains closed. The end round balls are made of plastic but you can't really tell unless you touch them. I also bought the half round curtain tie backs and love the look they give the window.
I've used these rich, dark brown color rods for 42" windows and recently purchased two of the 144" wide. They are not flimsy! The widest rod works as well with the draperies as the 42". Since the rods come with supports, there is no difficulty in holding the144" length firmly when the draperies are hanging. The price is a third what I would pay for a similar look.. I'm ordering two more of this widest size for another room.
I was nervous given some of the negative reviews, but I was extremely pleased with these rods especially for the price. They are metal, not plastic. They do expand to a larger width without sagging. I'd buy these again without hesitation.
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I liked the color and they are long enough to be very strong when not extended to their full width. My only negative remark is the joints catch the grommets as I try to slide the drape open or closed. I read a comment that taping the joints with matching vinyl tape would stop this. So far I haven't tried that, I guess the catching of the grommet isn't that bothersome to me.
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In recognition that fourth- and fifth-year rabbinical students comprise an excellent, yet underdeveloped resource, The Jewish Theological Seminary has established the Legacy Heritage Fund Rabbinic Fellows program. The ground-breaking initiative will train and support up to thirty students for part time positions in professionally underserved Conservative congregations across the country over the next three years.
Support for the Legacy Heritage Fund Rabbinic Fellows program has been generously provided by the Legacy Heritage Fund Limited. The cooperative efforts of JTS, the Rabbinical Assembly, and the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism have helped identify the participating congregations and will provide resources for the students and congregations.
The goal of the program is to strengthen emerging congregations and reinvigorate smaller synagogue communities affected by changing demographics, economics, or natural disasters, while at the same time providing enhanced professional skills education to the fellows. The program will begin this fall with ten students serving nine congregations.*
The Legacy Heritage Fund Rabbinic Fellows program differs from existing student pulpit opportunities in that it provides ongoing individual and group supervision for all participants that addresses the particular needs of the rabbinical students and the unique small congregations each student will serve on a part-time basis. In addition to in class supervision, each student will be mentored by a rabbi in the field with significant small pulpit experience.
Rabbi William Lebeau, immediate past dean of The Rabbinical School, is program director. Field mentors include Rabbi Murray Ezring, Charlotte, NC; Rabbi Hillel Friedman, New York, NY; Rabbi Amy Levin, Cranston, RI; Rabbi Myrna Matsa, New Rochelle, NY; and Rabbi Sheldon Switkin, Columbus, OH.
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Congregation Shir Chadash, Metairie, LA; Steven Rein and Andy Shugerman
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By Tim Graham
Maybe -- just maybe -- the Buffalo Bills will have a feature back next year.
Chan Gailey admitted Monday "it felt awkward" to rotate running backs this season. He wouldn't commit to it for 2013 when asked.
Gailey has been criticized for his usage of running backs C.J. Spiller and Fred Jackson. Gailey insisted that a rotation was proper for this year, but he acknowledged it broke from his career-long coaching practice of riding a lead back.
I wrote this on Sept. 9, when we emerged from the preseason and wondered how Gailey would split the carries between Spiller and Jackson:
As for how Gailey will split the carries, his track record shows he prefers a workhorse back.
He saddled up Bobby Humphrey as Denver Broncos offensive coordinator, Emmitt Smith as Dallas Cowboys head coach, Lamar Smith as Miami Dolphins offensive coordinator, Jerome Bettis as Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator and Larry Johnson as Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator.
Obviously, superstar backs such as Emmitt Smith and Bettis would be fed the ball constantly. But with Gailey calling plays, their backups were barely used. In 1997, the Steelers' second-leading rusher was quarterback Kordell Stewart.
But there has been no workhorse this year. Gailey provided insight into his thinking Monday afternoon at One Bills Drive. He revealed Spiller and Jackson were going to split the snaps from the get-go.
"Last year, when C.J. got a chance to play and showed how explosive he was," Gailey said of when he changed his mind on having a feature back. "We came into the season, saying 'We've got two great backs. Let's use them both. Let's let them both get carries, that way we may not wear one down and we may keep them for the whole year,' which didn't work out. But that was the point.
"I didn't have discussions with the staff. We made the decision. It seemed like the best decision at the time, which I still believe it's the best decision that we could've made, considering our situation with two great players.
"I'd do it again if I had it to do over. ... It was the best decision, and you go with the best decision. There's a lot of things that have happened that I didn't do 10, 15 years ago the same.
Spiller has 144 carries and 34 receptions for 1,298 yards from scrimmage. Jackson, whose season ended Sunday with a knee injury, has 115 carries and 34 receptions for 654 yards. Jackson missed three games this year because of a knee injury and a concussion.
Jackson's latest injury is considered minor and won't require surgery. That means Gailey will have another backfield philosophy to mull -- if he's still the head coach.
So for 2013?
"We'll evaluate that at the end of the year," Gailey said. "I'm not going to speculate about where that would be next year."


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Lots of luck marketing "Soul Doctor" to a general audience. This worshipful musical biography of Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, the so-called "Rock Star Rabbi" credited with infusing Jewish music with the musical idioms of 1960s pop culture, has obvious appeal...
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- In a large mixing bowl, beat egg yolks until smooth; beat in EAGLE BRAND®sweetened condensed milk, applesauce and cinnamon until well blended. Fold in whipped cream. Pour into 9x5 inch loaf pan or other 2 quart container; cover. Freeze 6 hours or until firm. Return leftovers to freezer.
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It was ok. I just didn't care for it very much. and my hubby didn't like it at all. The kids didn't really eat it! I'm not sure why! We all love cinn. Sorry!
The applesauce doesn't go well with the cream. If I make it again I will use apple pie filling chopped into small pieces and double the cinnamon to 1 tsp. I am also debating about using apple pie spice instead of the cinnamon. And I will put it in my Cuisinart ice cream machine. :-)
Here is what I did. 3 cups of fat free halve and halve.. Please add the apple pie filling instead of the applesauce. I put the whole can in a chopper then added to the mix. 1tsp. cinnamon. 1 carton of coolwhip thawed. I did not use eggs period. Mix this all by hand with a whisk then add to your ice cream maker....This turns out so creamy..the texture is perfect! Try this and I'm sure you'll be making this again
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Taylor Swift has been hard at work all summer on the U.S. leg of her Speak Now tour, so when the singer finally got a mini-break, she grabbed some friends and treated them to an impromptu getaway!
Fortunately for us, Miss Swift shared all of the intimate photos from her girls-only trip via her blog, and they're gorgeous.
Swift said of the trip:
- "We've been on the Speak Now Tour since February, and it occurred to me a few weeks ago that it would be so incredible to take a mini-vacation! I found a three day window in August and invited all the girls you see onstage (one fiddle player, one backup singer, two dancers, three aerialists) to go with me to one of the places on my list: Charleston, South Carolina."
The Speak Now singer and her friends spent time at the beach and aboard a yacht Swift chartered for the trip. The girls also enjoyed checking out the yummy restaurants in the historic and upmarket seaside community.
Swift is currently in LA continuing her tour, which lasts through the end of November. The busy singer will then hit the road again in Australia and New Zealand in March.
Swift is going to miss Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards due to her final Los Angeles concert, despite the fact she has been nominated for Best Video With A Message for her song "Mean."
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When Republican Gov. Pat McCrory signs North Carolina's sweeping new elections bill as expected this month, critics will be ready to act, too – in court.
The bill not only contains one of the nation's strictest photo ID laws but compresses the time for early voting and ends straight-ticket balloting. It would no longer count provisional ballots cast in the wrong precinct.
"I have never seen a single law that is more anti-voter," says Penda Hair, a lawyer with the Advancement Project, a civil rights group in Washington. "North Carolina now joins a very short list of (states) that seem … motivated to stop people from voting."
The bill that emerged in the final days of this year's legislative session goes beyond voting changes. It limits disclosure of outside campaign spending, ends public financing for judicial races and no longer makes candidates take responsibility for their ads.
Republicans say their bill, which awaits McCrory's signature, protects election integrity without depriving voters of their rights. Parts are similar to GOP-sponsored initiatives in other states.
"There are those out there that want to demagogue the issue," says Rep. David Lewis, a Harnett County Republican and a chief architect of the measure. "We think of it as a bill that will improve the overall election process, making it easier for the voter … (and) improve the integrity of the system."
Like abortion, criminal justice and unemployment benefits, the elections bill was one of the session's most contentious. And like the others, it passed along party lines. No Republican voted against the final version. No Democrat voted for it.
Thomas Mann, a senior fellow at the liberal-leaning Brookings Institution, calls it "the most ambitious effort to suppress the voting of those likely to vote against the party in power in the country." One liberal pundit said the bill "reads like a parody written for Stephen Colbert's show."
N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper, a Democrat, has called on McCrory to veto the bill.
"North Carolina for years has taken steps to encourage people to exercise their fundamental right to register and vote," he said. "And this law makes registering and voting more difficult for many people."
But Cooper, as the state's chief lawyer, could find his office in the position of defending the bill in court.
Legal challenges
The Advancement Project already has represented groups challenging voter ID laws in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. Laws in both states are on hold.
Attorney Hair says her group is working with the NAACP on a possible lawsuit in North Carolina. "Our preliminary analysis is that this bill is full of legal holes and that a fair court would strike it down virtually in its entirety," she says.
Anita Earls, executive director of the Durham-based Southern Coalition for Social Justice, says her group believes the law is unconstitutional and would disproportionately hurt African-American voters.
According to state election officials, nearly 319,000 North Carolina voters – more than 40,000 in Mecklenburg County – lack a state-issued ID. Blacks make up 23 percent of voters and 34 percent of those without an ID.
The N.C. legislation came up last week at a White House meeting that brought civil rights activists together with President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder. Since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down part of the Voting Rights Law this summer, Holder has pledged that he would try to block new state laws his department sees as discriminatory.
"All of a sudden it appears that Mr. Holder and the Justice Department are trying to find another way of taking honesty and integrity out of the voting system," says GOP Sen. Bob Rucho of Matthews, a chief author of the N.C. bill. "But that's up to the courts to decide. …We believe this law will withstand any legal challenge."
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Rucho says the bill is not designed to keep people from voting. He and other Republicans say it standardizes rules throughout the state, makes it easier for local elections officials, and gives voters more options.
Though it cuts the early voting period from 17 days to 10, it requires county elections officials to maintain the same total of early voting hours that they have had in recent elections. In 2016, for example, they would have the same number of hours as they did in 2012.
That could mean expanding the hours that polling sites are open, adding more voting machines or both.
"It actually opens up more opportunities for voting in terms of the number of machines and sites," he says. "There is no advantage of having 17 days. You can have 10 days before the election and accomplish all you want to accomplish."
Lewis, the House member most involved in the legislation, says some provisions were in response to changes made by Democrats over the past decade, including same-day registration, which he argues complicate the process for local elections officials.
"If our motives were partisan, … they were to fix partisan actions (Democrats) had taken," he says.
Though Democrats have benefitted from practices such as early voting, Rucho disputes those who argue that Republicans drew the bill for partisan advantage.
"How can we be doing that when everybody is living by the same rules?" he says. "There's aren't any special rules for Republicans and antagonistic rules for Democrats. I can't understand how they can make that statement."
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---- — NORTH ANDOVER — For some local folks, the results of Tuesday's election signals a shift in the country toward an "entitlement society."
"There are more people in the United States who lean on the government and fewer people who want to be independent," said Leo Jesudian, 61, of North Andover. "I moved here in 1971 from India and I didn't come here to get a job or go to school. I came here to be an American."
Others, however, say the election is an affirmation of President Obama's policies over the last four years.
"I voted for Obama," said Militza Rivera, 32, of Lawrence, who works at Panera Bread in North Andover. "He's done a lot for kids who are trying to make a better future."
The mother of four children, she said she likes Obama's health care plan as well as Michelle Obama's emphasis on children's health and nutrition.
"She's been a good role model," she said.
Nationally, interviews with voters leaving polling places on Tuesday showed the president with a 10-point lead over Romney on the question of which candidate is more in touch with people like them. Of those holding that view, 91 percent voted for Obama.
If nothing else, Tuesday's election showed that the country, and even people right here in the Merrimack Valley, are politically divided.
Not only did Obama win the national vote, but he won big in Massachusetts, and took every community in the Merrimack Valley except for North Andover.
Perhaps riding his coattails were people like Elizabeth Warren, a first-time candidate for elected office who defeated incumbent Republican Sen. Scott Brown of Wrentham. Brown won every community in the Merrimack Valley, except for Lawrence, where he lost by nearly 10,000 votes.
In a surprise to many people, another winner was John Tierney, the embattled Salem, Mass., congressman whose wife spent time in jail. His opponent was moderate, gay Republican Richard Tisei. In the Merrimack Valley, Tisei won every community that is in that congressional district.
"Tierney winning is a sad commentary on the electorate," said Jesudian, sitting with some friends at Panera.
"Tierney is a disgrace," agreed his friend, Charles 'Chuck' Papalia, 76, of North Andover.
Even worse, he said, Obama won because "there are more people in the wagon than outside pulling the wagon. Food stamps, welfare, entitlement programs. If you were on any kind of entitlement program, you voted Democrat."
The vote for Warren over Brown was also hard for many people to understand yesterday.
"I was really surprised about Scott Brown," said Brian Bartlett, 52, an Andover resident who was having lunch at Borelli's Italian Deli on Merrimack Street in Methuen yesterday. "I liked him a lot. I guess the Democratic machine is far from dead in Massachusetts."
Ralph Basiliere, 46, of Haverhill, said that while he liked Brown, he was happy that Warren won.
"Scott Brown is a good man," said Basiliere, a veteran who was in the U.S. Marines from 1984 to 1988. "But I'm pleased with Warren and I'm pleased the Senate stayed Democratic and the House remained Republican. It's good for checks and balances."
He added, however, that he hopes to see Brown again soon — perhaps making a run for U.S. Senate in a special election if Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., becomes Secretary of State under Obama, as some have predicted.
"He's a quality guy no matter how you cut it," said Basiliere, as he ate lunch at a booth in Mike's Deli in Haverhill.
His lunch companion, Corey McClintic, 29, of Somerville, said he voted for Obama because of Romney's stance on veterans issues.
An Army veteran, McClintic said he feared a Romney presidency would "gut the Veterans Administration," which he works for, and "privatize all government agencies."
Several women interviewed yesterday said they were happy Obama won because of women's issues.
"He's not trying to take away health care and women's rights," said Tamarah Pinto, 31, of Lawrence, standing outside the A-1 Deli in downtown Haverhill. "You can do what you feel is right and your views count as a woman."
Her friend, Mirca Rivera, 29, of Haverhill, said she liked Obama because "he has consideration for people with low income and he's willing to help us."
Inside the restaurant, Georgette Moysenko, 68, of New Hampshire, said she went for Obama because he was in favor of equal pay for equal work for women.
"We're still not earning the same amount for the same jobs unless we're in a union," said Moysenko, who works at a career center. "It's a struggle for women. We have to work twice as hard in the same job as a male, and we do free overtime just to keep the job."
Romney, she said, "still lives in a cave. He doesn't realize women can make decisions and think for themselves."


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Muddy Creek Artists Guild's Senior Show
The South County Senior Center at 27 Stepney's Lane, Edgewater presents the Muddy Creek Artists Guild's "Senior Show" of 2-D artwork. All artists are over age 55 and members of both the Muddy Creek Artists Guild and the South County Senior Center. The Guild's mission is to encourage, support and promote original art of southern Anne Arundel County artists. All work is for sale.
The exhibit runs from November 5 through December 21. An opening reception on Thursday, November 15th will be held from 1:30 to 3:30. The Senior Center is open Monday through Friday from 8 am to 4:30 pm.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The eastbound lanes of Interstate 24 at James Robertson Parkway have re-opened Tuesday morning, nearly 12 hours after a tanker leaked thousands of gallons of sulfuric acid onto the road.
The roadway re-opened just before 5:30 a.m., but traffic remained slow. Exit 48 remained closed as crews continue their cleanup.
It began Monday evening when a truck driver picked up a load of sulfuric acid in Clarksville and made on his way south.
The man noticed the tanker leaking around 6:10 p.m. and pulled over on Interstate 24 near the James Robertson Parkway exit just east of LP Field.
Officers with the Metro Nashville Police Department and hazardous materials crews from the Nashville Fire Department were called to the scene.
Eastbound lanes of Interstate 24 were closed while crews worked to contain the spill. Witnesses said the acid could be seen leaking down the interstate embankment and pooling on the side of the road.
The interstate was immediately closed, causing several traffic problems for evening commuters.
Officials with the Metro Publics Works department were also called to the scene in case the contents leaked into the sewage system.
The driver of the tanker was injured after trying to stop the leak and was transported to a Nashville-area hospital to be treated for burns on his hands.
A person driving in a vehicle behind the tanker was also treated for eye irritation and fume inhalation.
Both were expected to recover from their injuries.
No crew members assisting with the clean-up were injured. Officials said they responded quickly and efficiently.
"It was a very, very risky maneuver that the HazMat team made," said Assistant Fire Chief Charles Shannon with the Nashville Fire Department. "Certainly credit goes to them even though they would look at this as just doing their job."
Officials with the Tennessee Department of Transportation said it was a major spill. It was unclear how the tanker lost part of its load.
Crews estimated up to 5,000 gallons of acid spilled from the tanker.
Officer Jim Knoll with the Clarksville Police Department said someone reported seeing a questionable substance Monday evening on Cumberland Drive near Zinc Plant Road and again on Highway 48/13 in Montgomery County.
When police in Nashville alerted their counterparts up north about the possibility of a leak, HazMat crews were called out to investigate. The substance was confirmed as sulfuric acid.
Cumberland Drive was shut down between Hawkins Road and Hillwood Drive due to leak, as well as a bridge on Zinc Plant Road. Both were re-opened late Monday night.
The tanker was owned by Palm Trucking out of La Vergne.
Officials said anyone who may have driven through the affected area in Clarksville should check their tires for possible damage.
The eastbound ramp to James Robertson Parkway was expected to re-open noon Tuesday.


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By JOE MAHONEY
The Daily Star
---- — COOPERSTOWN — In response to the shooting rampage taking 26 lives in Newtown, Conn., state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, said Monday he favors having a national blue ribbon commission set up to suggest solutions for addressing "the culture of violence" that has spawned such mass killings.
Seward called the push for tighter gun control laws "a knee-jerk reaction" that he argued sidesteps the "highly complex and complicated societal issues" that underlie the tragic massacre of 20 schoolchildren and several school staffers in Newtown.
"There is no easy answer to this when you're dealing with such disturbed and deranged individuals," the senator said.
He suggested that mental health experts and those who have studied the psychological effects of viewing violent video games ought to be included in a national study.
In Albany, Gov. Andrew Cuomo told reporters that he wants to see a federal ban on assault weapons reinstated.
"The most efficient, effective vehicle is a federal law," Cuomo said. He also said his office would review current state laws, but did not specify how he would change them.
Seward said he believes the vast majority of gun owners are law abiding and store their weapons in safe and secure locations.
"We just have this segment of our society that falls into this culture of violence," he said. "I think that is the issue rather than the weapons."
Assemblyman Pete Lopez, R-Schoharie, echoed Seward's remarks, saying he wants to see a "thoughtful" investigation that would shed light on the "root causes" behind Friday's massacre that police have said was carried out by 20-year-old Adam Lanza.
The Hartford Courant reported over the weekend that law enforcement sources in Connecticut revealed that Lanza, who lived with his divorced mother, was a fan of graphically violent video games.
"The big issue is to understand why this happened," Lopez said.
Otsego County Democratic Chairman Richard Abbate said he expects public support for a ban on semi-automatic weapons will grow in the wake of the killings at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
"We don't need these types of weapons on the streets," he said.
In Albany, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D-Manhattan, told reporters he supports a ban on assault rifles and the magazines that accompany them, but it is unclear whether the coalition controlling the state Senate — Republicans with an amalgam of five breakaway Democrats — would support such prohibitions.
In Washington over the weekend, long-time gun control advocate Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said he expects the Sandy Hook killings will be the "tipping point" that will nudge lawmakers to ban assault weapons. He advocates reinstating the assault weapons ban and restrictions that would prevent mentally unstable people from acquiring guns.


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INDIANAPOLIS — Broncos head coach John Fox made at least one revealing statement in talking to the media on Thursday: Kyle Orton is his starting quarterback, and Tim Tebow is the backup.
At least that's how it stands now.
"Kyle Orton is first, followed by Tim Tebow and then (Brady) Quinn," Fox said after leaving the podium.
Earlier, Fox had said the position remain flexible but that Orton would start on top. There has been talk that he could be used as trade bait and that the Broncos are seeking a second-round pick.
"I don't think we'll really figure it out until we start competing. It's a group of three that is very capable," Fox said, then adding, "Kyle Orton's our starter."
Fox added that Tebow "did an outstanding job and has some of those intangibles you're looking for."
When asked if Orton, the assumed starter, could be on the trade block, Fox smirked and said, "I don't know how he could be both."
As many Panthers fans and media can attest, Fox rarely says much publicly. He's closely guarded and often vague when talking about players, tendencies and team strategy.
But he did offer one more specific: Elvis Dumervil, who became a sack artist as a stand-up linebacker in the Broncos' former 3-4 defense, will be a defensive end. Fox has been almost exclusively a 4-3 coach in his career and sees Dumervil as having his hand in the dirt, which is how he played in college.


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