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The value of free open source software and collaborative communities
Six misconceptions about open source software
In information technology (IT) and software development fields, there are a few fairly common misconceptions about the use of open source software. These misconceptions were debunked in a discussion at POSSE RIT 2012, and we'd like to share (and spread) that conversation.
Misconception: Free means there is no monetary cost
One common misconception that has existed since the beginning of open source software is the idea that free and open source software means that the software is free in price. The term 'free' in free open source software refers to freedom, not monetary cost. Though most free open source software is indeed free in price, the term 'free' is referring to the freedom to use the software and source code as you please, as long as you attribute copyright to the person (or group) that created the software and the software stays free and open source when it is distributed to others.
Misconception: Open source is free development
Another common misconception that is similar is the idea that free open source software is free (in price) development. Though much development in open source is done for no monetary cost, it is frowned upon to consider open source development as free labor. Open source development takes place in communities. A considerable amount of open source development is paid for by individuals and companies who are contributing back improvements that they made for their own benefit. They are sharing these improvements with the project's community.
One can think of it like sharing a recipe: You are given a recipe that you improve for your own benefit, but then you offer the changes back to others for their benefit. Other developers are much more selfless and contribute to projects they enjoy or projects that need help. These are almost always considered favors by developers and should not be considered free labor. In fact, referring to open source developers as free labor will often discourage further work on a project, as the term does not respect their time or contributions.
Misconception: Open source means poor quality
Many industry professionals believe that the majority of open source projects are poorly written and immature, and have few experienced contributors. However, for many open source projects--especially those that are well-established and are managed on a large scale--integration and maintenance of code is handled by a talented subset of project members. The code undergoes a thorough testing and review process to ensure quality and accuracy.
Misconception: Open source has no support
At POSSE we learned that while not all open source projects offer a department dedicated specifically to customer support, a vast amount of developers of open source projects are directly accessible. When asked nicely, most will offer help debugging a problem with the software or answering questions about how to correctly use the tool. The primary point of contact with these developers is on the Internet via mailing lists, discussion forums, and IRC chatrooms.
Some projects have multiple mailing lists dedicated to more specific purposes, such as a developer mailing list to discuss hacking on code, and an end user mailing list for leveraging the product functionality. Many projects also use a system for tracking existing software bugs. Users are able to submit bug reports and feature requests using this system and can often view the status of the submitted bugs as the developers apply patches to the project. To determine the potential for long-term support for a project based on its anticipated lifespan, the project should be analyzed in terms of usability and thoroughness of its documentation, developer team size, user-base size, and the strategies the project uses to introduce new developers to the project.
Misconception: Open source is bad for business
Open source software is found in nearly every area of today's IT industry. The misconception is that open source software can damage a business by giving away a product for no profit or by forcing a product to become open source itself. This is not true. Many open source licenses allow you to use the open source software with a proprietary product--only the open source software itself must stay open source. The open source code may not be used as a proprietary product and may not be included in the proprietary product as proprietary code. It is important to note that not all licenses allow linking to or use in proprietary products. This is usually done on purpose so that people can ensure that their projects are used freely and openly, without proprietary implementations that may hinder the project's success.
In our experience, many developers believe that using open source software within a business is advantageous. Open source software allows companies to build on other projects to create a better product, while improving a project that benefits development as a whole. Though other companies can begin to use the open source project as well, the improvements to that open source project can continually drive quality advancements and innovation in the industry while lowering development costs, and producing better products and services for consumers. The open source project itself may be beneficial for non-profit and personal uses, and can continually be improved by businesses contributing back.
Misconception: Open source does not generate business revenue
While it may be extremely difficult to profit directly from the sale of an open source product, many companies have been successful providing consulting and support for popular open source products. The owner of an open source project may also sell exemptions to the terms that the project is licensed under. Some products generate revenue by recommending products that complement the project in exchange for a portion of the earnings from the recommendation. Open source software can serve as a catalyst to other possible sources of income, by making it easier for consumers to access revenue-generating services offered by the business. Projects may also take a lower-revenue (and lower-effort) approach by simply requesting donations from users.
It is important that people realize how valuable free open source software is, and understand what it means for a project to be free open source software. If you ever get the chance to attend a POSSE event, we strongly recommend attending. You won't regret it.
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That all is true, but
> Open source is free development
is very important. I've seen many users coming to Open Source projects and complaining about the time that the dev team takes to implement some features, or release a new version of the software. Sometime they forget that some people work in Open Source Software during their free time :-)
> Open source does not generate business revenue
Red Hat is the best example that it is not true.
Nice article, thanks!
Opensource is a major aid to quality improvement and implimentation.
Good article, I think in the years to come open source software will be more common. Look at the new startups and their open source contributions.
As a side note: please increase the font size to 16px and user font-family: sans-serif instead of fant-family: "arial". Thanks.
To revive the hopes of the people, organizations and people ... Momentum to create effective solutions and employing information technology to solve problems and overcome the weakness of the financial allocations and get rid of the monopoly of large corporations.
Informative :)
Many thank to write a such a piece of information.
I would like to add one more point from a legal prospective. Many professionals are scared of using Open Source with their proprietary software because they think that copyleft requirement would obligate them to release their proprietary into Open Source. This is not true, it depends like what OSS is being used and in which manner it linked to proprietary.


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Quality Education in the Benedictine Tradition
October 4, 2012
Visitors to Saint Vincent College this weekend, including the hundreds of alumni and parents attending the annual Alumni Homecoming and Fall Family Weekend, have another reason to smile as they approach the campus since they will be entertained with poetic signs reminiscent of the signs used by Burma-Shave on country roads in the 1920s. "These signs are a way to extend our hospitality to visitors to make them feel more welcome," explained Don Orlando, director of public relations. "The first series of signs that were displayed during the Steelers summer training camp were very popular with visitors. These new poems were a collaborative effort designed to educate and entertain alumni and parents." The use of simple roadside signs was first introduced by the Burma-Shave Co. in 1925. Demand was sparse and the company sought to expand sales by installing advertising signs that were different from what others were doing. Sales took off and the signs were credited with making Burma-Shave the second-highest selling brushless shave cream in the United States. An example of the popular signs that were seen across the country for nearly four decades is this one: A PEACH LOOKS GOOD WITH LOTS OF FUZZ BUT MAN'S NO PEACH AND NEVER WUZ. BURMA-SHAVE. Saint Vincent College has six new series of signs along the main entrance drive as visitors arrive and depart. The signs are similar to the Burma-Shave signs which utilized white printing on a red background. But the College's signs are made out of corrugated plastic rather than wood and are rendered in the college's athletic colors of green and gold. If you visit the campus, here is what you will see: WHEN ALUMNI RETURN THEY ALWAYS EXCLAIM HOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED BUT ARE SOMEHOW THE SAME! SAINT VINCENT COLLEGE WELCOME BACK, DEAR ALUMNI! WE'VE CHANGED AND WE'VE GROWN BUT SOME THINGS DON'T CHANGE WHEN YOU'RE HERE, YOU ARE HOME. SAINT VINCENT COLLEGE LET'S RAISE A GLASS AND TOAST YOUR SUCCESS THANKS TO AN EDUCATION THAT WAS CLEARLY THE BEST. SAINT VINCENT COLLEGE AS THE SUN SETS OVER LATROBE, AND ITS LIGHT IS BUT A GLIMMER, LET US ALL REFLECT ON OUR FOUNDER, BONIFACE WIMMER. SAINT VINCENT COLLEGE YOU'RE LEAVING HERE AND HEADING HOME OUR PRAYERS GO WITH YOU WHEREVER YOU ROAM. SAINT VINCENT COLLEGE THANKS FOR YOUR VISIT WE'RE GLAD YOU WERE HERE MAY YOUR JOURNEYS BE SAFE ONES UNTIL WE SEE YOU NEXT YEAR. SAINT VINCENT COLLEGE The college welcomes amateur poets to submit rhymes for consideration for future campus signs. They may be sent to firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Apple Maps was Steve Jobs' idea, but that misses the point
0. phoneArena 03 Oct 2012, 23:09 posted on
There is a new report from Bloomberg that shouldn't surprise you in the least: the decision to build an Apple Maps app for iOS came from none other than Steve Jobs. Of course, what is interesting is that Bloomberg is still trying to push the narrative that the entire plan was put in place because of Jobs' hatred of Android...
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1. bbblader (Posts: 590; Member since: 24 Oct 2011)
''But that misses the point'' with a few miles south from the real location
6. XPERIA-KNIGHT (unregistered)
hahaahaha^^ rofl....
25. cheetah2k (Posts: 1578; Member since: 16 Jan 2011)
Indeed. ROFL... Apple has resorted to blaming a dead person for their own woes.. Crazy isnt it....
9. phljcnth (Posts: 485; Member since: 30 Apr 2012)
I believe 10-mile error is not that few.
17. bayusuputra (Posts: 963; Member since: 12 Feb 2012)
10-mile error is insignificant in Apple Maps.. It's like the 20m accuracy in GMap when you are using GPS with a clear view of sky.. That's the best accuracy you can get with Apple Maps..
24. JonBjSig (Posts: 176; Member since: 17 Nov 2011)
20m is the best?
I get accuracy down to maybe 4 or 5 meters pretty often.
With just GPS, no GLONASS.
10. PersianHobo (Posts: 68; Member since: 29 Sep 2012)
"you have reached the city of your destination"
23. PhenomFaz (Posts: 1236; Member since: 26 Sep 2012)
RIP Steve Jobs (Respect!) but RIP Apple Maps as well (good riddence!)
35. CDGMobile (Posts: 29; Member since: 26 Sep 2012)
Yeah they need to stop looking for a scape goat. Just say that your app was whack like we know it is alright leave Steve in his rest
26. andro. (Posts: 1998; Member since: 16 Sep 2011)
Apple maps have an uncanny ability to find directions for its users to find the nearest apple store however
2. wendygarett (unregistered)
I always love Apple maps
Thank you Steve jobs :D
12. shayan (Posts: 159; Member since: 09 Sep 2010)
this is the kind of support that I hate. its not a football team that U love no matter what.
but apple is a compony working for us! customers! why would U love it if the product is bad?
22. rgxVOiD (Posts: 440; Member since: 30 Aug 2012)
I think you missed the sarcasm
29. Peter98 (Posts: 119; Member since: 01 Aug 2012)
U r right! Consumers one the best because we pay. My opinion, Steve Jobs won't release a failure products.
39. pkiran1996 (Posts: 166; Member since: 22 Oct 2011)
Wendy. On every article I read you seem to always post an irrelevant comment which doesn't even express a view. Sometimes I wonder if this is just a fake account to annoy people. A typical Wendy comment would be 'I love my iPhone' or 'Apple is so cool'.
Even iOS supporters admit iOS maps is a complete fail so I really can't understand how or why you are enjoying it so much.
3. rusticguy (Posts: 2828; Member since: 11 Aug 2012)
Shows where anything based on "Hatred" leads to. Apple should elarn instead of trying to push these stories through meida which of course would do anything for money. So what if SJ hated Android? With all the hate and money could he achieve what he wanted ... except for perhaps airingf same old rhetorics tirelessly?
4. PapaSmurf (Posts: 10456; Member since: 14 May 2012)
Lol I just had to.
27. Hammerfest (Posts: 383; Member since: 12 May 2012)
the sad part is that I can only give you one thumbs up...
5. bayusuputra (Posts: 963; Member since: 12 Feb 2012)
it's because of hatred, or simply because Jobs wanted to make everything himself. I am not surprised if he had plans to make apple search engine, apple video sharing site, apple map, apple mail, etc.. it's hatred, greed and selfishness..
7. XPERIA-KNIGHT (unregistered)
exactly which is the very essence of pride.........pride says "im better than you" and pride says "i dont care about you all i care about is me"...sorry but these are the main reasons why this company is being brought low......they have been on top for too long and now justice is being served......and not the kind of justice found in a court room either.. judgement is being passed over the apple corporation and it aint gonna be good for them...
8. frydaexiii (Posts: 1443; Member since: 01 Dec 2011)
Is the point of this article just to point out that "Hey! It's made by Steve Jobs, you all should love it cos the guy's a genius!". Because, no, Apple Maps still sucks...
11. infernal88 (Posts: 113; Member since: 08 Jun 2012)
exactly my idea ,, first came in mind that mostly apple now uses this " was steve jobs idea" as marketing technique ... thinking " and most probably right " that by this ,ppl will accept the product watever is the out come quality
31. jroc74 (Posts: 6006; Member since: 30 Dec 2010)
I think part of the article that doesn't get talked about more is that Google didn't want turn by turn with voice and vector graphics on iOS, and wanted that exclusive to Android.
Nothing wrong with that, but thats why Apple wanted to do their own thing. Maybe thats why Apple didn't wanna bother with Nokia....didn't wanna risk the same thing happening.
I also dont think Jobs woulda allowed Apple Maps in its current form to be released. To me...it seems like some or someone at Apple is trying to carve their own way after Jobs death and it might hurt them more than help them right now.
38. MichaelHeller (Posts: 2703; Member since: 26 May 2011)
That reminded me of a bit I forgot to add in the article. When I first read it, it seemed more like a push for "don't blame us, it was Steve's idea", which is still a terrible cop-out.
13. biophone (Posts: 1956; Member since: 15 Jun 2011)
In the long run apple having its own mapping solution will be beneficial to them.
14. good2great (Posts: 1042; Member since: 22 Feb 2012)
yeah this is absurd... the man is dead... sure he had projects in place to carry on after his death but Tim Cook or any other CEO will always have their own intentions with taking a project on to completion... I see "good business" in Tim, will it water down apple's exclusivity??? Yes! but like android's best accomplishment, it will be better for consumers in the long run... things are changing slowly but that horrible apple odor will leave in a few years...
16. ilia1986 (unregistered)
Even IF all of the lawsuits were initiated by Steve - Cook could have easily stopped them. But he didn't.
Good buisiness? No sir. No good at all.
18. XPERIA-KNIGHT (unregistered)
right! but they will have to go low before they can rise again...jus the way its gotta be
15. phil2n (Posts: 487; Member since: 30 Apr 2012)
the real point here is "FAILED"
19. tiara6918 (Posts: 2036; Member since: 26 Apr 2012)
ios maps is an ifail better go with google maps instead.
20. quakan (Posts: 1373; Member since: 02 Mar 2011)
People are making the maps app a bigger issue than it really is. iOS is still great and there are other alternatives to Apple Maps. You can't even call this a fail with the number of sales and revenue they're raking in not to mention that Apple is still on its way to being worth a trillion dollars. Soon enough this will all blow over and we'll be talking about how crazy it is that Apple's value will be over $800 billion.
33. Aeires (unregistered)
5 Sales were great but didn't meet expectations, and you obviously haven't been following AAPL. It's going to take more than the iPad Mini to really elevate them to the level you are thinking of, assuming the Mini doesn't take sales away from the full sized iPad.
21. RapidCat (Posts: 351; Member since: 12 Jun 2012)
iFail, because steve jobs make something base on hatred
30. kshell1 (Posts: 1143; Member since: 05 Oct 2011)
SO now they blame their problems on a dead man? now thats pathetic
32. Aeires (unregistered)
The release of Siri was a sign that things were starting to get derailed. It was Jobs who released Siri and it wasn't anywhere near being completed and ready for mainstream consumption. A year later and it still has a long way to go.
Apple making their own maps application was a logical move, anyone that creates the software and designs the phone should be thinking of having their own system in place. Unfortunately their implementation was far less than stellar.
When I look at Siri and Apple Maps, I see desperation. The 4S needed a final sales punch to set it apart from the 4 model and Siri was the answer. Thing is though, the 5 had 4G and a 4" screen, it didn't need a new mapping system. Why Apple was so set on forcing it out too early will probably remain a mystery for a long time.
34. maxican16 (Posts: 364; Member since: 29 Sep 2011)
Michael, I enjoyed your previous apple maps article. This one, eh... you give Jobs far too much credit as a human being.
I think Bloomberg is much more accurate; he wanted to oust Google Maps (or anything Google related for that matter) from his phone. The man doesn't come up with the (stupid) "go thermonuclear" on android quote without utter hatred.
Bloomberg called it for what it was, and I'm not buying your "data mining" reason. Was that a bonus? Sure.
But it all stemmed from Steve Jobs' ENORMOUS ego. End of story.
36. intos (Posts: 90; Member since: 06 Jan 2012)
its stills an idea...
37. downphoenix (Posts: 3165; Member since: 19 Jun 2010)
I think Jobs would have let Maps bake for another year and wait to launch it until their Google deal ended.


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The Pirates were heavily criticized for many things at the end of the season, including the fundamental struggles of young players during their collapse and for the unorthodox tactic of sending minor leaguers through Navy SEAL-type training.
Team president Frank Coonelly believes much of the criticism was "overblown" and also gave a vote of confidence to assistant general manager Kyle Stark, who has come under heavy scrutiny for his handling of the minor league system.
"When we struggled at the end of last year, there were a lot of things that were overblown, in my opinion, because people were rightly frustrated and disappointed in the major league team's play over the last two months," Coonelly said Tuesday before the Curve Booster Club's annual members-only dinner at the UVA Club.
Pirates broadcaster and former pitcher Steve Blass was the featured speaker at the event, which drew about 150 fans, and broadcaster Greg Brown also attended.
Coonelly made one declaration that pleased the crowd.
"[In] 2013 we are going to play meaningful baseball, not only in September, but next year we plan to do it in October," he said.
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The Bucs finished 79-83 to endure their 20th consecutive losing season, and Coonelly said that even if the club had won 84 or 82 games, "The season would have been a disappointment" because it wouldn't have been enough to reach the goal of winning the NL Central.
One of the Pirates' biggest problems was poor fundamental play down the stretch, especially in key situations. In numerous instances, the culprit who failed fundamentally was a young player who had come through the minor league system.
"Every time a player didn't get a bunt down in a situation or didn't get from first to third, there were claims that players didn't understand the fundamentals of the game," said Coonelly, who added that all teams deal with players who make those type of mistakes.
He went on to proclaim, "I don't think that there's a team in Major League Baseball that has its minor league players working more hours on the field on very specific baseball drills, getting runners from first to third, moving runners over, getting sacrifice bunts down, hit-and-run situations. ... So it's not a lack of effort, it's not a lack of focus on those skills."
So what's the real problem?
Coonelly suggested it's more mental than anything else.
"We're getting the job done in the minor leagues," he said. "So now, why doesn't it translate in the majors?
"The fact of the matter is, young players, when they get to the major leagues, it's a different atmosphere, it's a different environment. There's adversity that they're not used to facing that they're now facing for the first time, and this year any young player in our system who came up to the major leagues came up in the middle of a pennant race."
Then Coonelly addressed what he thinks is the issue, and his words sounded at least in part like an explanation for Stark's highly unusual implementation of a military-type training regimen for minor leaguers after the season.
"It's mental conditioning," Coonelly said, "the mental toughness that is more of an issue than the player hasn't been drilled, hasn't been trained on these things, doesn't know how to do them.
"It's performing the fundamentals of the game in the highest pressure situation, and so we continue to work with our players throughout our system ... teaching them how to perform well under pressure situations, how to control their emotions, how to be mentally and physically tough so that when they face the adversity, whether it be in the minor leagues or when they come up to Pittsburgh, they're prepared."
The Pirates' late-season collapses the past two years, however, indicate that many of their young players aren't prepared to meet the challenges for the full 162-game season.
When the organization's top young players get to the major leagues and struggle in fundamental areas, it leads to losing. Coonelly, though, said that's one area that has been overblown.
"I know that there was one occasion when Brock Holt didn't get a bunt down, and all of the sudden there was a claim that the Pirates don't teach their minor league players the fundamentals of the game," he said. "Well, nothing could be further from the truth."
Coonelly said every aspect of the organization - including execution at the major league level, player development, scouting, free agency and everything in between - will be evaluated this offseason and appropriate changes will be made in certain areas. There don't appear to be any changes coming, however, with the top two developmental people in the system, Stark and player development director Larry Broadway.
"I will tell you," Coonelly said, "that Kyle Stark and Larry Broadway, in my opinion, do a terrific job of developing our young players and work extraordinarily hard on developing first their baseball skills and then also developing them so that they can be good teammates and teammates that have each other's backs so that they develop a winning mentality as a team as opposed to just individually."


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SALEM - For some, Christmas isn't the jolly "Joy to the World" kind of holiday it is for others, so an area church plans to minister to those people dealing with sadness by hosting a Blue Christmas Service.
The service will begin at 7 p.m. Sunday at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, featuring periods of quiet reflection, singing of hymns, reciting of scripture and lots of prayer.
"This service acknowledges loss and loneliness and brokenness," Holy Trinity Pastor Connie Sassanella said.
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Pastor Connie Sassanella of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Salem poses next to the blue-themed Christmas tree in the church sanctuary in preparation for the Blue Christmas Service scheduled for 7 p.m. Sunday, aimed at acknowledging the losses some people are coping with during the holiday season. The service is open to anyone needing some quiet, reflective time with others. (Salem News photo by Mary Ann Greier)
This will be the second year the church has hosted a Blue Christmas Service. Sassanella said she heard about other communities doing the service and decided to have one here last year with Salem's Emmanuel Lutheran Church and St. Paul Catholic Church participating.
This year the church will fly solo, with participation by Pastor Aimee Raymond of St. John's Lutheran Church in Petersburg and Emmanuel Lutheran Church in New Springfield and Pastor Bill Wilkins, retired pastor of Emmanual Lutheran Church in Salem and camp manager for Camp Frederick.
"The idea is that for so many people, Christmas is not the cheerful, joyous, child-oriented Christmas that it once was, and for many, it is a sad and depressing time," she said.
Four blue candles will be lit to represent the losses people may have experienced. Sassanella explained that losses can include not only the death of a loved one, but a job loss, family problems, concerns over children, health issues or community issues, including some of the recent tragedies affecting the community.
According to the program, one candle will be lit to represent grief, with a reader noting,"We own the pain of losing loved ones, of dreams that go unfulfilled, of hopes that evaporate in despair."
Another will be lit for courage, "to confront our sorrow, to comfort each other, to share our feelings honestly and openly with each other, and to dare to hope in the midst of pain."
The third candle will represent memories, "for the times we laughed together, cried together, were angry at each other or overjoyed with each other."
The final candle will be lit for love, "the love we have given, and the love we have received. The love that has gone unacknowledged and unfelt, and the love that has been shared in times of joy and sorrow."
Throughout the service, people will be invited to come up and light candles in respect of a loss in their life or in memory of a loved one. Readings will be relevant to the theme and music will be provided by Doug Falk, Butch Hallewell and Sue Deutschlander, with prelude music 15 minutes before the service and music throughout the service.
If weather permits, blue and white luminaries will be lit outside. Refreshments will be served after the service.
"In the busyness of our lives in preparation for Christmas, we need a quiet pause to acknowledge the pain and loss in our lives and in our community and the hope of Christ that is our only hope," Sassanella said.
The public is welcome to attend. The offering will be donated to the Banquet in Salem.
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For Penn State fans, the last eight-plus months have been a sickening whirlwind of one piece of bad news after another.
The charges against Jerry Sandusky followed by the charges against Tim Curley and Gary Schultz.
The firing of Joe Paterno and Graham Spanier and subsequent rioting.
Paterno's death.
Sandusky's conviction on 45 counts of sexual abuse of children he groomed from The Second Mile.
The damning Freeh report, which implicated Paterno, Spanier, Curley and Schultz for "failure to protect against a child sexual predator harming children for over a decade. These men concealed Sandusky's activities."
Now that the Freeh report has been released - delivering a body blow to the Paterno legacy and the further damaging the Penn State brand - focus is shifting to NCAA sanctions that will likely follow.
NCAA president Mark Emmert said Monday he doesn't want to "take anything off the table," including the death penalty, if the NCAA determines penalties against Penn State are warranted.
Emmert said he's "never seen anything as egregious as this in terms of just overall conduct and behavior inside a university. What the appropriate penalties are, if there are determinations of violations, we'll have to decide."
Penn State president Rodney Erickson conducted media sessions on Tuesday, and in one, he told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "There will almost certainly be some sort of action of some kind that's taken by the NCAA."
Erickson is bracing himself. So should everybody else.
National pundits have been split between extending Penn State the death penalty - which would suspend the football program for at least a year - and saying this is not an NCAA matter.
Clearly, this is uncharted territory for the NCAA, which typically addresses rules violations such as illegal recruiting and improper inducements.
Penn State's case, of course, goes way, way beyond a rules infraction: Penn State's judgment was a gross violation of human life, and it's therefore impossible to criticize whatever punishment the NCAA hands down.
The penalty, whatever it is, will not exceed the crime.
The balancing act is that Penn State has already paid in blood. Of the four administrators criticized in the Freeh report, Curley and Schultz could well be headed to jail, Spanier should be, too, and Paterno is dead.
The entire case could cost Penn State, in one form or another including civil suits, $100 million or more.
A university that allowed the football program to operate independently for so many years moved quickly once all it was exposed and now has established the necessary priority.
New coach Bill O'Brien and his staff, other than holdovers Larry Johnson and Ron Vanderlinden, never met Sandusky. The current players had nothing to do with the scandal and have already suffered.
Further, an entire region that has come to rely on Penn State football - hotels, shops and restaurants throughout central Pennsylvania - would be unfairly darkened by a death penalty.
The NCAA most often punishes by implementing bowl or TV bans and scholarship reductions. Of those, knocking the Nittany Lions off TV, particularly for longer than a year, would hurt the worst because it would negatively affect recruiting.
When Ohio State ran into trouble last year with a few of its high-profile players caught trading memorabilia for tattoos, Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany advocated for the Buckeyes, whose culprits were permitted to play in the 2011 Sugar Bowl.
Will Penn State get similar internal support? Here is the statement the Big Ten Council of Presidents released in December:
"It has been approximately one month since the initial release of the Grand Jury report in the Penn State matter and a number of federal, state and institutional investigations have been launched. While it is premature to reach any conclusions regarding civil or criminal liability arising out of these events, there does appear to be sufficient information to raise significant concerns as to whether a concentration of power in a single individual or program may have threatened or eroded institutional control of intercollegiate athletics at Penn State."
That lack of institutional control - or total institutional control, as a Pitt fan reminded me - has left Penn State at the NCAA's mercy.
All it can do it now is beg and then hope for forgiveness.
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A Depew man who was in the Erie County Holding Center on burglary charges died late Friday afternoon after being transported to Erie County Medical Center for a mental health evaluation Wednesday night.
Officials said the cause of death was not suicide, but were still investigating. An autopsy is being conducted Saturday.
Richard A. Metcalf, 35, of Marrano Drive, formerly of Lancaster, was arrested Tuesday on burglary charges by Depew Police. Because Metcalf was exhibiting strange and combative behavior, Depew police took him to ECMC with an elevated heart rate. He was evaluated, then released back to the custody of Depew Police for arraignment on Tuesday.
Depew Police Chief Stanley Carwile said Saturday that Metcalf was "acting strange" when he was arrested, but he calmed down and was released back to his department after he was determined to be OK.
After he was arraigned in Depew, Metcalf was taken by a Depew officer to the Holding Center.
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LEWISTOWN - The United Methodist Men are gearing up for their 60th annual rally, which welcomes men, women and children of all ages.
Historically, the rally brought men together and spread the message of Christ to the public, said event organizers Kraig Kratzer and Tom Heckman. But the interdenominational event now is open to the entire community.
"It's not just for Methodists ... it's not just for men, either," Kratzer said.
The rally is held annually at First United Methodist Church in Lewistown and has featured guest speakers including Jerry Dunn, former head coach of the Penn State Men's Basketball team; Jimmy Carter, 39th president of the United States; Jackie Robinson, American baseball player; and Tony Campolo, former spiritual advisor to U.S. President Bill Clinton.
This year, the rally will feature Jon Kolb, a former Pittsburgh Steelers offensive tackle and Super Bowl IX, X, XIII and XIV champion. A poster created for the rally states that Kolb is one of nine Steelers to play in all four Super Bowls won in the 1970s. He was named to the All Time Greatest Steelers Team in 2007, the poster states.
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The 60th annual rally will kick off with a turkey dinner from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. April 4 at First United Methodist Church in Lewistown. Cost for the meal is $4 for children ages 6 and under and $8 for adults. To reserve seats, call 248-4618 by March 30.
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Heckman said the church once welcomed crowds of hundreds of guests, but the rally has seen smaller gatherings in the past three years. Event organizers are hoping to grow the event back to its original size, they said, and provide an uplifting evening for people traveling from all over the state.
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CHESTER - The city of Chester wants to facilitate the sale of Newell Memorial Field to the Chester Volunteer Fire Department, Mayor Ken Morris said Monday.
Chester City Council voted unanimously Monday to authorize the mayor to make an offer of $250,000 for the stadium at the next meeting of the Hancock County school board on Oct. 8.
Morris said the money would come from a private donor who wishes to remain anonymous. "The party that wants to finance it wants (the stadium) to stay in community hands and for community use," he said. "If we run this through the city, there's a chance (the school board) may take that offer."
Morris said the city would act as a "middle man" in the sale, paying the school district with privately donated funds. The fire department would then reimburse the donor in installments, he said.
"These people have indicated that they will take payments," Morris said.
A similar offer, made by Chester Fire Chief John Hissam in July, was rejected by Superintendent Suzan Smith, who said the district can't negotiate with non-governmental entities. At that time, Hissam said the fire department was willing to pay $300,000, in three installments, to keep the stadium property in community hands.
Officers of the Chester Volunteer Firemen's Association are scheduled to meet on Wednesday to vote on the latest proposal.
The proposed sale of Newell Memorial Stadium, former site of the Oak Glen Golden Bears' home games, has been a source of controversy ever since the school board declared the facility surplus property in June. The stadium no longer is needed, now that the Oak Glen Multi-Sports Complex has been built next to the high school.
The school board has been preparing the Newell stadium for sale according to state guidelines, which say that school property must be sold at public auction to the highest bidder. The auction, originally scheduled for Oct. 5, has been postponed to give the district more time to work out the legal details of the sale.
West Virginia Code also allows for the disposal of school property through a sale to the state or one of its political subdivisions, to the federal government, or to a non-profit, tax-exempt organization.
Morris said he believes such a sale, with the city acting as a go-between, would be permissible under state law.
The Hancock County school board met in executive session Monday night to discuss the sale but took no action. Smith declined comment when asked about the Chester proposal.
"I'll just wait until Monday and let the mayor show up," she said.
At its Sept. 10 meeting, the board voted 3-2 against Smith's proposal to sell the Newell facility at public auction. Board members cited the proposed auction rule that the winning bidder pay 10 percent of the purchase price up front and the balance by Oct. 12.
Board President Jerry Durante and board member John Manypenny said such a requirement, for a lump-sum payment, unnecessarily narrowed the field of potential buyers. The board now is awaiting a new recommendation from Smith.
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An FDA advisory committee will convene on August 13 to discuss, what is considered by some, Amgen's fate as a biotech giant. The panel will vote on recommending approval of the firm's osteoporosis drug, denosumab. With product sales taking a hit due to labeling constraints and the entrance of biosimilars, denosumab is pegged as Amgen's nearest shot on goal to bolster its position as a leader in the biopharmaceutical industry.
Phase III trial results, however, showed side effects such as serious infections requiring hospitalization. Despite its clear superiority in preventing fractures, relatively convenient dosing regimen of bi-annual subcuteanous injections, and concerns about long-term side effects of bisphosphonates, this side-effect profile could hinder physician acceptance and the drug's market penetration.
Roger Perlmutter, M.D., Ph.D., head of Amgen's R&D, commented in a webcast during the Goldman Sachs healthcare conference on June 10 that while he does not expect the drug's efficacy to be questioned, safety issues with the antibody would come under scrutiny during FDA review.
Amgen reports that the denosumab program is "the largest ever initiated by Amgen" with nearly 20,000 patients participating in clinical trials for multiple indications worldwide. The company is seeking approval to market denosumab under the proposed brand name Prolia to treat or prevent osteoporosis in postmenopausal women as well as treat or prevent bone loss in patients undergoing hormone therapy for breast or prostate cancer. The scheduled PDUFA date for this humanized mAb is October 19.
Slowed Growth for AmgenAmgen's key product sales from Aranesp and Epogen have slowed due to safety-related labeling updates and reimbursement changes. Also the specter of biosimilar versions for Neuopogen and Neulasta (a longer-lasting Neupogen) looms; these drugs stimulate production of white blood cells in chemotherapy patients and lose patent protection in 2013 and 2015, respectively. In February Sandoz' version of Amgen's Neupogen obtained EU approval.
Insmed has geared up to produce alternate versions of Neupogen and Neulasta. The company has already faced competition in Europe for Epogen from Hospira's biosimilar epoetin, Retacrit™. In March 2009 Merck & Co. purchased all Insmed's biosimilars-related assets for $130 million. Merck has its own osteoporosis bisphosphonate drug called Fosamex, which now has generic versions sold by Teva Pharmaceuticals, Barr Pharmaceuticals, and Watson Pharmaceuticals.
Amgen CEO, Kevin Sharer, previously commented that he does not believe biosimilars will have the impact that generics have had on branded chemical drugs. Traditional small molecules can quickly lose 80% or more of their sales when faced with less expensive alternatives.
All Eyes on DenosumabAll this puts denosumab under huge pressure and at the same time has created great expectations; the antibody has the potential to deliver on part of the $7 billion osteoporosis market. J. P. Morgan analyst Geoffrey Meacham upgraded Amgen shares to overweight from neutral because of denosumab's potential to become the market-leading osteoporosis drug, saying that "while Amgen's revenue growth hit a trough in 2008, up only 1.6%, denosumab data was the driver of share performance."
A June 1 study from Decision Resources says that denosumab along with Eli Lilly's parathyroid hormone (PTH) analogue Forteo/Forsteo will drive the 4.3% annual growth in the U.S. osteoporosis drug market from 2013 to 2018. Denosumab could reach blockbuster sales of $2 billion by 2018, according to the report.
Amgen's pivotal Phase III study consisted of approximately 7,800 women with osteoporosis, and patients received either denosumab or placebo. Treatment with denosumab resulted in a statistically significant reduction in the incidence of new vertebral fractures compared with placebo treatment. Women receiving denosumab also experienced a statistically significant reduction in the incidence of new nonvertebral and hip fractures (each secondary endpoints) compared with those receiving placebo.
Side-Effect ProfileThe incidence and types of both adverse and serious adverse events observed in this study, including serious infections and neoplasms, were similar between the denosumab and placebo groups. A previous late-stage study in 332 participants, however, showed that some serious adverse events occurred in 18 women in the denosumab group and nine women in the placebo group. Overall, Dr. Perlmutter says that, although clinical trials had indicated similar side effect rates for both denosumab and placebo patients, denosumab patients had a higher rate of serious skin infections that required hospitalization.
The question remains whether, in a chronic disease setting such as osteoporosis in otherwise reasonably healthy individuals, this constitutes acceptable risk. Donny Wong, Ph.D., director of metabolic diseases at Decision Resources and author of the report previously mentioned, worries more about the risk of infection with denosumab use in immunocompromised cancer patients with already weakened immunity due to both disease and chemotherapy.
In that case he says, "The risk of infection may result in a black box warning and can potentially restrict the drug's use in oncology. Right now the standard of care to slow bone metastases in cancer patients is relatively high-dose bisphosphonate drugs. But with higher bisphosphonate doses, osteonecrosis of the jaw is a complication. Denosumab's premise is that it has a significant safety advantage over high-dose bisphsphonates."
Patricia F. Dimond, Ph.D. ([email protected]), is a principal at BioInsight Consulting.
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LISBON - Columbiana County Common Pleas Court Judge C. Ashley Pike ruled Wednesday a copy of an affidavit, which the defense for rape suspect Anthony Mehno claims recants the story of his teenage accuser, will not be allowed to be used during the ongoing jury trial.
The affidavit allegedly signed in July 2012 by the teen came into question outside the jury's ears on Tuesday with conflicting testimony about the contents and how it was created.
The teenager, Mehno's wife Ashley and an investigator of the Columbiana County prosecutor's office all provided different stories on Tuesday, with the investigator relaying information she had learned by talking to a man named John Woody Horvath, who had been asked to witness the signature of the affidavit.
Assistant County Prosecutor Timothy McNicol claimed there is no original copy of the affidavit, only a poor quality copy so it should not be allowed. Defense attorney Kenneth Lewis was not representing Mehno at the time and had noted the copy should be allowed because the original is lost and it was not in his client's best interest to destroy it. Therefore, he believed the affidavit should be allowed.
Without the jury in the courtroom Wednesday morning, additional testimony was heard about the affidavit, including from Youngstown attorney Rhys Cartwright Jones, who reportedly took the statement in his office.
Cartwright Jones, who appeared with an attorney of his own, said he met that day with Ashley Mehno, the alleged victim and the teenager's cousin, although he did not know the woman's name. He said he created a header and footer with signature lines for the document, then the teen sat down and typed a statement saying she could not identify the face of her attacker. He then asked her some additional questions, he typed the questions and she typed the responses. The entire affidavit, he said, was created on his Macintosh laptop.
Cartwright Jones denied there was a handwritten document, which the teen had testified to a day earlier. He also denied the document was signed with an electronic stylus, as Ashley Mehno had said on Tuesday. He claimed the content of the document has not been altered. The teen had testified that what she signed was about her concerns about whether Anthony Mehno would sexually assault Ashley Mehno's child from another relationship, not about the rape case.
Cartwright Jones said he turned over the entire file on the day he stepped down from the case this February. He believed the original, as well as a copy of the teenager's school identification card, should have been in the file. He acknowledged the affidavit was not notarized until after he received a fax of the identification card. Both the original and the identification card fax are no longer in the file.
With such an important piece of evidence as the affidavit, McNicol questioned why Cartwright Jones allowed his client to plead guilty to sexual battery on Jan. 25 when McNicol was recommending the maximum sentence and a 25-year sexual offender registration requirement. That plea was later withdrawn by Mehno, who obtained new counsel in February.
Cartwright Jones claimed he "did not make much of the statement" and that it was consistent with what he already had heard. Additionally, he claimed he was holding it to use in the event there was a jury trial. McNicol said he believed Cartwright Jones is required to turn over any witness statements he obtains to the prosecutor's office.
Cartwright Jones also noted on the day of the plea he had approached McNicol offering an Alford plea, one in which they would acknowledge the extensive evidence, but not admit guilt. McNicol had declined the offer.
"Did you have any questions about the voracity of the statement or the circumstances about how it was obtained?" questioned McNicol. The question was met with more than a minute of silence by Cartwright Jones, who appeared to be thinking carefully how to answer the question.
Eventually he responded he has always had questions about several statements in the case, including that the rape allegedly occurred in her sleep and that she never saw who it was.
McNicol asked Cartwright Jones if he knew the teen was only 17 years old when she came to his office without her mother. Cartwright Jones said he "was or should have been" aware. He then said when Ashley Mehno contacted him to set up the appointment, he had asked them to bring one of the teen's relatives with them and that is why the cousin was there.
However, when Ashley Mehno retook the stand later on Wednesday, she claimed the girl with them was the teen's stepsister and only 14 years old, leading McNicol to ask if the girl's parents knew she was in Youngstown.
At one point during questioning by McNicol, Ashley Mehno broke down claiming the teen has come to her, assaulted her and the police refuse to do anything about it. Additionally, Ashley Mehno accused Cartwright Jones of drinking alcohol when they were at his office and offering some to both her and the teenage girls, although she said they did not accept it.
When asked if she thought the attorney was drunk, Ashley Mehno responded she did not.
"I think he was trying to cover his own behind," she said. "He was not a good attorney from the get-go."


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Slimy post sex residue that leads to vaginal squelching for a short time afterwards. Can also be used as a derogative term for anyone you dont like. Can also be pronounced "booergooer Peerst". Rt.Hon Sir Toby and Miklitoris
Did you just follow through dear? Oh no, its just bugger paste darling.
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Systemwide Events Calendar
La StradaMarch 8, 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Manoa Campus, Prime Time in the Earle Ernst Lab Theatre
March 6, 7, 8, 9 at 8pm; March 10 at 2pm
Based on the film by Federico Fellini Stage adaptation by Tullio Pinelli and Bernardino Zapponi, translated by Josephine Calvo and Benjamin Sota
Directed by Benjamin Sota, MFA Directing Candidate
La Strada (The Road), set in 1940 Italy and translated from Federico Fellini's film masterpiece, will be an English language debut. The performance encapsulates feelings of a vagabond life on the road. Using mask, physical theatre, pantomime, street theatre, circus skills, and inspired by this amazing film, the production explores the range of human emotion.
Post-Show Rap: Fri March 8
Ticket Prices: $13 to $16; UH Mānoa
Students with valid ID: $5
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$13 to $16; UH Mānoa Students with valid ID: $5
Event Sponsor
Kennedy Theatre, Manoa Campus
More Information
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|Friday, March 8
|The Wellness Center - Fitness Class Schedule
Maui Campus, Pilina Bldg., Wellness Center
|Call for nominations of Honors faculty
Manoa Campus, 2425 Campus Road
|Second Language Acquisition Final Oral
Manoa Campus, Moore Hall 155A
|Cooking With Greens
Harold L. Lyon Arboretum 3860 Manoa Road Honolulu, HI 96822
|Entomology Final Offer
Manoa Campus, Gilmore 306
|Study Strategies for College Success
Hawaii Campus, Manono Campus, Bldg. 379 Rm. 1
|Linguistics Final Oral
Manoa Campus, Moore Hall 575
|Modern Day Slavery? Race and Gender in the Trafficking Protocol
Manoa Campus, Saunders Hall 637
|Using Program Assessment Results to Improve Student Learning Workshop
Manoa Campus, KUY 106
|Historical Legacies of Violence
Manoa Campus, Sakamaki A201
|German Club - Stammtisch
Manoa Campus, Manoa Gardens
|Education Final Oral
Manoa Campus, Center for Hawaiian Studies: Halau Haumea
|"Just like Vegas" Monte Carlo
Manoa Campus, Campus Center Ballroom, 3rd Floor
|The Vagina Monologues at UH Manoa 2013
Manoa Campus, Art Auditorium 132, Art Building
|La Strada
Manoa Campus, Prime Time in the Earle Ernst Lab Theatre
- Highlighted dates have scheduled events.
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Ongoing Events
- Lineage : A Family Tree of Printmakers
- The White Rose : nonviolent resistance against the Nazi regime
- Arts Exhibition: Ainu Treasures: A Living Tradition in Northern Japan
- Biggest Loser Challenge
- Phoebe Cummings: Cella
- L. Stephen Lau Water Research Endowed Scholarship 2013
- 11th Annual Temple Emanu-El Kirk Cashmere Jewish Film Festival
- Liminal, an MFA thesis exhibition by Jessica Orfe
- Richard Royal, Visiting Glass Artist
- Uehiro Graduate Philosophy Conference


text: Everybody knows about AirPlay Mirroring. It lets your show your iPhone or iPad's display to your HDTV via an Apple TV. But not everyone knows that Apple has an SDK for dual screen mirroring from iOS device to Apple TV. Yes, dual screen AirPlay! Basically, it helps to output different content on your iDevice and Apple TV. For instance, take a look at the AirWeb browser. It shows the webpages on your TV while you can use your iPhone or iPad as the touch pad and keyboard, to browse.


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"Have you heard this song before?" My wife asks as she turns up the radio a little for me to hear the lyrics. "It's so weird."
"No, I've… Wait… What's he singing?"
"I'd catch a grenade for ya."
"Really? Wow. Why?"
"I don't know but it sounds like a nice song until you listen to the lyrics. Then it just gets creepy."
"Why would he… Oh my god! What was that one? I'd jump in front of a train for ya? Take a bullet straight through my brain?" I say, repeating the words I have just heard. "Under what normal daily circumstances does he expect he would need to do all this?"
A few moments later we have pulled into a petrol station and are crowded around the car radio, analysing the lyrics.
"For the sake of argument, if we said he was catching grenades and taking bullets to save the one he loves I still fail to see how jumping in front of a train would accomplish anything. At that point he really is just committing suicide."
"And then complaining that she won't do the same for him." My wife adds.
"Yeah. Maybe he just really desires a girlfriend who lacks even the most basic of self preservation and survival skills. I think he should lower his expectations a little. He needs to come up with some more reasonable and realistic things to do for love, stuff like; I'd make a midnight snack for ya. Put the toilet seat down for ya."
"You are such a romantic."
"Wait… What was that one? I'd throw my head on a plane for ya?"
"No. I think it's put my head on a plate for ya."
"Well that's just stupid. How is that going to help anything?"
(We later found out the line was in fact; I'd throw my hands on a blade for ya… which is still stupid.)
"He sounds a bit stalker-ish if you ask me," I inform my wife "I bet he is the weird silent one at the office. I bet you it's three in the morning and he's just suddenly shown up on the doorstep of a girl from accounting who he's never spoken to and started singing this stuff."
"Are you trying to say you would not catch a grenade for me?"
"Er… well…"
"I'd catch a grenade for you."
"I'd throw it away again quickly of course. I'm not stupid."
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PHILIPPI - Philippi Mayor Jerry Mouser's questioning whether City Manager Karen Weaver should be permitted to serve on the Philippi Building Commission has sparked a debate among city officials.
Mouser told The Inter-Mountain a letter he wrote to the West Virginia State Ethics Commission on Nov. 17 addressed an issue he has regarding Weaver's alleged double role as the treasurer and secretary of the Building Commission. Mouser claims that Weaver's involvement as both the secretary and treasurer of the Building Commission is against a city ordinance.
"The city clerk shall serve as secretary/treasurer of the Building Commission," Mouser read aloud from the 1970 Philippi ordinance.
"Under the law 'shall' is a mandatory term," Mouser said.
Mouser did not attend the joint meeting between City Council and the Philippi Municipal Building Commission on Nov. 17. Mouser did attend City Council's work session and regular meeting, held after the join session.
During the joint meeting, Howard Swick, the chairman of the Building Commission, said Weaver was only serving as the secretary, and not the treasurer, of the Commission. He said the city finance officer is always the treasurer of the Building Commission, and that Weaver was selected four or five years ago to perform secretarial duties for the Commission by a unanimous vote of City Council.
"Instead of coming to us or a Building Commission meeting and saying, 'Why is Karen the secretary?' - we could have told him - he fires off letters to the Ethics Board," Swick said.
Mouser said Ethics Commission representatives informed him there is nothing in the law that specifically prohibits a city employee from serving on the Building Commission. However, he said Weaver's participation could be considered a conflict of interest because of the 1970 city ordinance.
Swick and Councilman Ed Larry said Weaver's participation on the Building Commission could benefit both entities because she can provide a link between the two and be able to answer any questions raised between by either entity about the other.
Mouser said he received a response from the Ethics Commission, which he said brought up a few "interesting" points.
"They go on to say that the Ethics Commission also recognizes the doctrine of inescapable conflict which arises when two positions are so intertwined they would be impractical for a person to hold both at the same time," Mouser said.
Mouser said the State Ethics Commission also advised him that a municipal employee is not permitted to have overlapping work hours between the two duties.
"I note, however, that your letter states that the elected city clerk shall serve as the secretary/treasurer of the Building Commission," Mouser read from the Ethics Commission's response. "Even if the Ethics Act were to approve the city manager to serve, dual service appears to violate the city ordinance."
Swick said he believes the mayor could be misinterpreting the ordinance. He said codes can be read and interpreted differently by different people.
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Laurie Frank
Laurie Frank is the owner and curator of Frank Pictures Gallery in Los Angeles which specializes in contemporary painting and photography. She believes a room is a conversation of walls and has spent her life giving those walls plenty to talk about, not only with works on paper and canvas, but as an avid and educated collector of objects large and small. Sharing her discoveries and unlocking their secrets is her passion.


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A jasian is a person who has one asian (form the continent asia for all you douches who don't know what an asian is) parent and one jewish parent. These types of people are very rare and Hitler would have a field-day with them.
Tim: "Look at that fucked up jasian kid!"
John: "Why do Jews like asians so much?"
John: "Why do Jews like asians so much?"
ayon kay alabama ika-18 ng Pebrero, 2006
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Nickname given to someone of Asian origin who's name is Jade.
Jade + Asian= Jasian
Jade + Asian= Jasian
Dilan: Hey Jasian, wasssup?
Jasian: Sup
Jasian: Sup
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A combination of the work "Jacked" and Asian. Jacked referring to one's strong physical appearance.
"Look at the Jasians hogging all the freeweights"-Studly Irish roommate
"Yeah, its pretty embarrassing"-Mild mannered Chinese student
"Yeah, its pretty embarrassing"-Mild mannered Chinese student
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Nickname for Pittsburgh Penguins forward GARY ROBERTS, who is just plain bad ass 24/7, even at 42 years of age.
Scary Gary will end the Ottawa Senators playoff run... again.
Scary Gary beat the shit out of Ben Eager, who is young enough to be his son... BAD ASS!
Scary Gary beat the shit out of Ben Eager, who is young enough to be his son... BAD ASS!
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sticking pinky finger up your partner's butthole
when your partner during sexual intercouse (sex) sticks their pinky up your bum hole it is called a "scary gary"
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Gary, Indiana. Referring to the more crime-ridden areas downtown near Indiana Harbor. Gary once held the distinction of being the murder capitol of the nation.
Don't go out at night in scary Gary.
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When the shady awkward asian kid at the party ends up raping the passed out drunk girl by the end or even middle of the night depending on ms "I can drink more than any dude here's!" tolerance level.
Hey man, are we talking about Gary, or "scary gary?"
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The weird guy that lives next door
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KAPALUA - One more day, and several more times, it was hurry up and wait for the Hyundai Tournament of Champions at the Kapalua Plantation Course.
The first round of the tournament was delayed three times by weather on Saturday before being postponed to today - first shots are slated for 7:10 a.m. off of the first and 10th tees. That was after action was called off Friday, when competition was to have originally begun, and the holes that were played ultimately did not count.
Winds gusting more than 40 mph have been the main problem.
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Zach Johnson heads to the Kapalua Plantation Course practice range on Saturday after inclement weather prevented the PGA Tour's season-opening Hyundai Tournament of Champions from getting under way.
The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo
Golf Channel cameraman Joe Ferlic protects himself and his gear from the elements.
The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo
Hunter Mahan, one of the 30 players waiting to begin the Hyundai Tournament of Champions, is interviewed Saturday.
The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo
Paul Eagles of Cosmetic Car Care wipes raindrops off a Hyundai Equus on display by the first hole.
The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo
Jason Dufner, Keegan Bradley and Matt Kuchar see who can drop a golf ball into a bucket first while waiting to see if play will begin.
The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo
A rainbow arches over the spectator village as fans head for the exits after play was canceled.
The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo
Jonas Blixt works on his sand game.
The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo
The event has been trimmed to 54 holes, with plans for 36 today and 18 on Monday, though a Tuesday finish is possible.
None of Maui's previous 14 PGA Tour events had been forced to wipe out a round. Before Friday, no round had started and then been scrubbed on tour since 2005 at the Players Championship.
"Yeah, obviously a difficult situation," said Hunter Mahan, one of 30 winners from 2012 in the field. "But you know, with these gusts in excess of 40 miles an hour, the ball is basically just moving on its own with the wind and a certain few holes being exposed as they are and the slope on the greens and everything, it would be difficult for some of the balls to stay on the green at a certain time.
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Today At Kapalua Plantation Course
Hole 1
7:10 a.m.-Rickie Fowler, Jason Dufner.
7:20 a.m.-Keegan Bradley, John Huh.
7:30 a.m.-Marc Leishman, Ted Potter Jr.
7:40 a.m.-George McNeill, Ryan Moore.
7:50 a.m.-Johnson Wagner, J.J. Henry.
8 a.m.-Zach Johnson, Hunter Mahan.
8:10 a.m.-Bill Haas, Nick Watney.
8:10 a.m.-Brandt Snedeker, Steve Stricker.
Hole 10
7:10 a.m.-Matt Kuchar, Webb Simpson.
7:20 a.m.-Ian Poulter, Jonas Blixt.
7:30 a.m.-Kyle Stanley, Scott Stallings.
7:40 a.m.-Ben Curtis, Mark Wilson.
7:50 a.m.-Carl Pettersson, Scott Piercy.
8 a.m.-Charlie Beljan, Tommy Gainey.
8:10 a.m.-Bubba Watson, Dustin Johnson.
"And that doesn't make for good golf for anybody to be out there right now."
On weather.com, the forecast for today has a 20 percent chance of rain - Slugger White, the PGA Tour's vice president of rules and competition, called it "more like pineapple showers than these downpours that we have had" - with winds of 21 mph.
"You're going to just play the same," Mahan said. "It's going to be difficult no matter what. The wind is going to be up and it's going to be gusty, so you have to be patient and pick your spots to be aggressive at. But I don't think it really changes anyone's kind of frame of mind right now."
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The last time the tournament was reduced to 54 holes was 1997, when it was played at La Costa Country Club in Carlsbad, Calif.
"The guy that kind of gets hot tomorrow is going to be (at) a big advantage because you have 36 holes out here tomorrow where if you get on a roll, you can make a lot of birdies and hopefully get things going in the right direction," said 2012 FedEx Cup champion Brandt Snedeker. "So tomorrow is going to be a really big day."
Dustin Johnson, who is in the field, has won the last two tour events shortened to 54 holes - The Barclays in 2011, and the 2009 Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.
Several players spent time on the practice range Saturday, and were watching their shots fly a lot differently than they normally would.
A volunteer tent was uprooted overnight, and blew on top of an adjoining tent. Nearby, a light tower was knocked over by the wind and volunteers who arrived before dawn had to use their car headlights while the tent was replaced.
The parking lot near the spectator village was closed, and rocks were trucked in to battle the muddy conditions.
Snedeker expects the wind will be a factor again today.
"Just going to affect the way you play the golf course a little bit," he said. "The direction can change - I doubt it will, but it can. And you try to get out there and just take advantage of the holes that are downwind, kind of get by the holes that are into the wind and really plot your course that way."
The decision to call off the round was made just before 10:30 a.m., after play had been postponed each hour from the original 7:30 start.
Snedeker agreed with the move, although clear skies returned in the early afternoon and the winds receded.
"They did do the right thing," he said. "It's just a little too windy out there for us to play. If the course wasn't so exposed, it wouldn't be a problem, but you have a lot of greens exposed to 40-mile-an-hour wind gusts.
"It's tough to make that call. We had to try to play today if we wanted to get 72 holes in. Unfortunately a short day, but hopefully we get out there tomorrow and get some golf."
White said the main problems came on the back nine Saturday. The trouble on Friday was at the second green.
"Went out there this morning about 6:30," he said. "I dropped a ball on the 10th green, on the back of the green just dropped it and (it) rolled off, 20 yards off the front of the green. We did have balls that were going uphill on 10 a foot and a half."
White added that a Tuesday finish "is not out of the realm as yet, but let's get through (today) first."
Caddies who face a 36-hole loop around the undulating 7,411-yard Plantation layout may get some relief today.
"We are thinking about adding a couple more shuttles out there for them," White said. "We haven't put that to rest yet, but probably will do that. So, we'll do the best we can for them."
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Fifth Third Bank's Empowerment eBus Stops- Lansing
Fifth Third Bank's Empowerment eBus, a 40-foot mobile meeting place that takes financial services directly into low to moderate income communities, will be in Lansing to discuss financing, housing and banking needs with members of the community on June 12 and 13.
The Financial Empowerment eBus offers a wide selection of services, including health education, home energy consultations, homebuyer assistance and foreclosure prevention assistance, career exploration and credit reviews, all free of cost to members of the Mid-Michigan community. To increase the variety of services offered at the events, Fifth Third has partnered with nearly a dozen Mid-Michigan organizations, including:
· Asset Independence Coalition Capital Area Michigan Works!
· Capital Area Transportation Authority (CATA)
· Center for Financial Health, Central Michigan 2-1-1
· Greater Lansing Housing Coalition
· Ingham County Land Bank
· Ingham County Treasurer
· Lansing Community College
· Lansing Financial Empowerment Center Lutheran Social Services of Michigan
· Michigan Benefits Access Community Resource AmeriCorps Program
· NorthWest Initiative, Veterans Services Division
The eBus and community partners will be in Lansing at the following times and locations:
· June 12 from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at Capital Area Michigan Works, 2110 S Cedar St. in Lansing
· June 13 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. CATA Transportation Center, 420 S. Grand Ave. in Lansing
The eBus is part of Fifth Third Bank's mission to ensure all members of the community have access to financing, housing and banking assistance. The eBus provides underserved individuals access to Fifth Third professionals to discuss their financing, housing and banking needs.


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Weld County commissioners are asking the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission to dismiss the rule on setbacks it gave preliminary approval to last week.
The new rule requires that well sites locate at least 500 feet from any building — a distance commissioners said will affect the value of agricultural land and create extra costs for governments to provide public utilities.
Commissioners passed a resolution Wednesday that asks the COGCC to reconvene a hearing process to establish a different set of rules, according to a news release.
Commissioners state in the resolution that Weld County will not comply with the new setback rules because they have no scientific or technological basis. They also cite a lack of outreach to Weld County and suggest the COGCC violated state laws in its rulemaking process.
"County government, our municipalities and the oil and gas industry have worked together for decades to develop setback regulations that work for Weld County," said Weld County commissioner Doug Rademacher in a statement. "The proposed change, which is not based on science, will have a substantial negative impact on our farmers, our ranchers, our schools, our fire districts … These changes will negatively impact the entire state of Colorado."
The city of Greeley passed a resolution earlier that opposed similar setback limits.


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Saturday, February 1, 2014
When I was growing up there was a picture of my great-grandmother hanging in my grandparents house. I never paid much attention to it, but one day I found a copy of her obituary and that piqued my curiosity, and I began a life-long search to find my ancestors. Who were they, what were their professions, where did they come from, and why and when did they immigrate to America? How did historical events affect their lives?
Genealogy is one of the most popular hobbies in the world. It is thought to be second only to gardening. According to an article on the website www.archives.com, about 87% of American adults are interested in learning about their family history.
When I first started my search there was no Internet. Hard to imagine, isnt it? I lived in the Washington, D.C. area and was able to use microfilm records at the National Archives. Ill never forget the thrill the first time I saw my great-grandmothers name in a census record. I visited North Carolina local libraries and courthouses to look at records. I sent countless letters and made many long-distance phone calls to people who shared surnames of my ancestors. I tramped through cemeteries hunting for tombstones. At the end of a long dirt road I found the abandoned farmhouse where my grandmother was born. I even discovered that a long-time friend and I are related.
After the airing of the mini-series Roots (based on the book by Alex Haley), genealogy became extremely popular, and there were lines of people waiting to use the microfilm readers at the National Archives. People were able to find more and more information about how to trace their family history.
Today with new technology, millions of records are being preserved and digitalized. Ancestry.com has volunteers around the world helping to find and preserve records, making them available online. Currently there are millions of records available for viewing online, and most people begin their search on the Internet. Some genealogy websites charge a fee, but there are many that are free. Its almost a necessity to be computer-literate to search for your ancestors.
Are you interested in learning about your familys history? The most important thing to begin with is interviewing your relatives to find out as much as they can remember.
Next, a visit to your library is essential. The Charleston County Public Library has many how-to books to help you get started. There are two important databases that we offer: Ancestry.com Library Edition and Heritage Quest. Heritage Quest can be accessed from your home computer and Ancestry.com is available on the librarys public computers. Federal Census Records (1790-1940) are available on both of these databases. The South Carolina Room at the Main Library has many genealogy books and resources. Items must be used in the South Carolina Room.
If youve been bitten by the Genealogy Bug, well be glad to help you get started by showing you our books and databases. Let us help you start the climb up your family tree.
Mt. Pleasant Regional Library Programs:
Great Decisions Group I (adults)
Thursday, Jan. 30 from 2 - 4 p.m. - Israel and the United States
Thursday, Feb. 6 from 2 - 4 p.m. - Turkeys Challenges
Read the briefing materials and come prepared for a good discussion. For more information, contact the Reference Desk at 849-6161 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Do-It-Yourself Arts and Crafts with Ms. Grace (all ages)
Saturday, Feb. 1 from 1:30 - 3 p.m.
Create an awesome craft with Ms. Grace.
Stretching with Dr. Erikka for Parents and Tots (all ages)
Monday, Feb. 3 at 10:30 a.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 18 at 11:30 a.m.
Parents and children of all ages are welcome to join Dr. Erikka Curia, Chiropractor at ChiroLife, for a brief morning session of stretching for good health.
Reel Club: Book/Movie Discussion Group (adults)
Wednesday, Feb. 5 at 2 p.m.
Read the book, watch the movie and then participate in a lively discussion. Book: The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Movie: Easy A. Rated PG-13; 92 minutes.
Second Saturday Writing Critique Group (ages 16 and older)
Saturday, Feb. 8 from 3:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Open to all writers. For more information, call the Reference Desk at 849-6161 or email email@example.com.
Monday Book Discussion (adults)
Monday, Feb. 10 from 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls
Start Your Garden Now (all ages)
Tuesday, Feb. 11 from 2 - 3 p.m.
Join Master Garden Darren Sheriff as he walks you through the first six months of a Charleston growing season.
Story times
Babygarten (0 18 months with adult)
Wednesdays, Jan. 29 - March 5 at 10:30 a.m.
Fridays, Jan. 31 - March 7 at 10:30 a.m.
Baby Bumblebees Story time (ages 6-24 months with caregiver)
Thursdays, Feb. 6 - 27 at 10 a.m.
Twos and Threes Story time (for 2- and 3-year-olds with caregiver)
Tuesdays, Feb. 4 - 25 at 10:30 a.m.
Fours and Fives Story time (for 4- and 5-year-olds)
Thursdays, Feb. 6 - 27 at 11:30 a.m.
Saturday Story time (planned for ages 2-6; all ages welcome)
Saturdays, Feb. 1, 8, and 22 at 11 a.m.
Saturday, Feb. 15 at 1 p.m.
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WENTWORTH, N.C. -- A Rockingham County Superior Court Judge sentenced a man convicted of setting an apartment on fire.
On Friday, Charles Jacob Rumley, was sentenced to 64 - 89 months in the North Carolina Department of Corrections. Rumley received the maximum sentenced for First Degree Arson after being found guilty by the jury.
Fire investigators say Rumley confessed to setting a fire at the Lassiter Square Apartments in Madison on September 11, 2012. He told them he poured gasoline in the corner of a bedroom and lit a cigarette. At the time of the fire eight people were inside including a child. They all got out safely but they lost all their belongings.
Rumley was also ordered to pay $59,026.13 in restitution.
WFMY News 2/Rockingham County District Attorney's Office


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the name 'hasoon' usually derives a person who has near god-like abilities and a great personality. They have come from a line of different race ancestors and therefore are known to be the most multi cultural people to walk on the earth.
That hasoon kid is really awesome
Anonymousderplol tarafından 14 Mayıs 2011, Cumartesi
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A slang term for small cock.
when i went to give him head i noticed he had a hasoon
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A face that is intangible; the Asian version of a white person.
Lorelai and Rory from Gilmore girls are blockfaces, due to their faces' intangible features.
di redjaywatcher 11 gennaio 2011
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To look serious so you appear intimidating in the hood
I had my block face on when I was in the other part of the hood.
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