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RALEIGH — Gov. Bev Perdue, who will release her budget today, has reignited a long-running debate in North Carolina business and political circles - whether the state's corporate income tax is too high.
On one side are those who think the state can best promote economic development and encourage business activity by cutting taxes. But others say North Carolina needs to keep its corporate tax rate as it is, so the state can continue to invest more money than most Southern states in its universities and community colleges.
In her State of the State address Monday, Perdue surprised many when she proposed cutting the state's corporate income tax from 6.9 percent to 4.9 percent.
North Carolina's corporate rate now ranks 26th in the nation but the highest in the Southeast, according to the nonpartisan Tax Foundation, a conservative-leaning organization in Washington. But if Perdue's proposal were enacted by the legislature, North Carolina would have the third-lowest corporate tax rate in the nation - behind only Colorado and oil-rich Texas, which has no corporate or personal income tax.
"To cut to 4.9 percent to get us to the lowest in the Southeast, I believe, would be a great generator of inquiries for corporate expansion and corporate relocations," said David Hoyle, a former Democratic state senator who is now revenue secretary and a key adviser to Perdue.
'No evidence' of jobs
But Alexandra Sirota, director of the Budget and Tax Center, a nonprofit advocacy group working for low- and moderate-income North Carolinians, is skeptical that the tax cut would accomplish much.
"There is no evidence that will create the jobs we need," she said.
Business and Republican leaders have long called for reducing the corporate income tax, saying it is an impediment to economic development. During the last gubernatorial campaign, at least one Republican, Bill Graham, called for reducing the corporate tax to 5 percent. Senate Democrats considered abolishing the corporate income tax in the late 1990s, Hoyle said.
The corporate income tax generates about $1 billion a year for the state - or about 5 percent of the state's General Fund operating budget.
Hoyle said many corporations do not actually pay the 6.9 percent rate, because they can take advantage of a multitude of tax breaks and loopholes to effectively lower their rates. But corporations classified for tax purposes as "C corporations" would benefit the most from a reduction in the corporate tax rate, Hoyle added.
"Who it would help the most would be these C corporations - some are fairly good-sized companies - people who have their total income contained within the state of North Carolina," he said. "They have no way to get the loopholes and no way to get the special credits."
But cutting taxes is a public policy tradeoff, in which there will be less money to spend on the University of North Carolina, on the state's community college system and on other public services. This comes when the state is facing major budget cuts as it deals with a projected $2.4 billion budget shortfall.
The state Department of Revenue said it could not project how much revenue would be lost if the corporate income tax was cut. The Budget and Tax Center estimates that the cuts would cost $300 million in 2011-12 and $327 million in 2012-13.
"Businesses are often looking at more than just the corporate tax rate," Sirota said. "They are looking at infrastructure, an educated work force and other business costs associated with doing business."
Sirota cited a report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities that found that "cutting total state and local taxes paid by businesses in a state by 10 percent - a very large reduction - is likely to boost economic output and jobs by only 2 percent to 3 percent."
'On solid ground'
Michael Walden, an economist at N.C. State University, said the preponderance of research suggests that a high corporate income tax can negatively affect economic growth.
"I think the governor is on solid ground in that perhaps one thing that can be done in the tax schedule to attract more growth would be to lower the corporate income tax," Walden said.
But he added that most researchers would say that lowering the corporate tax increase is "not the magic slipper" that will cause a flood of business activity. Plus, there are many factors that go into the business climate, including the fact that North Carolina has the nation's lowest rate of unionization.
"The tax system is just one piece," Walden said. "Many economists would say it is a minor piece."
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Monday, January 21, 2013 —
Sessions on meditation and dharma are taking place at the Stanly County Public Library.
Guided by Mike Flaherty and David Heckle, the group meets at 6:30 p.m. Thursdays for about an hour in the community room of the library.
"We've had an exceptional turnout," Flaherty said.
They began having the sessions in December.
"Eight people showed up for the Jan. 10 meeting," Flaherty said.
"We're looking forward to meeting more regularly."
The sessions began with one a month, but they moved the meeting time up to once a week after meeting with enthusiasm from the community.
Flaherty described his purpose in forming this meditation group as "To establish a community of people who share a desire to meditate, to form a sangha."
"Sangha" is a Sanskrit word that literally means "community" or "assemblage." The term finds its roots within Buddhism.
"Eventually, we want to go into deeper discussions of dharma and teachings essential to meditation, or at least helpful to understanding meditation," Flaherty said.
"There is much to be derived from meditation, as far as living a better life and enriching the lives of those around you.
"Meditation gives you the ability to realize where emotions are coming from and to keep them in check, a cushion between emotion and reaction.
"Pause and think, breath and relax," Flaherty said.
He elaborated on some of the practices involved in meditation.
"The first part is observing the mind, breath and body, the idea of trying to let your mind relax," he said.
Flaherty talked about yoga "monkey mind," where the mind is wandering all over the place, unable to settle.
"You want to get away from this. Observe these things and bring yourself back to start," he said.
There are a number of reasons for one to practice meditation and Flaherty related the importance of meditating.
"People spend a lot of time working on their bodies and the mind is just as important, and I think it can be more important, because I believe the mind continues and the body doesn't," he said.
Flaherty spoke about his interest and history in meditation.
"It goes back over 40 years, when I studied under Alan Watts," Flaherty said.
"The Doors of Perception" by Aldous Huxley is another source Flaherty credits for gaining his interest in meditation and dharma.
Flaherty said that The Beatles involvement with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi was what initially interested him.
"I was 14 or 15 and that's where my interest started. My interest sparked in college with Intro to Eastern Thought. My studies evolved to going on retreats and gathering knowledge over the years," he said.
Flaherty has practiced meditation on and off for years and has paired it with yoga, as well.
"I've been involved with yoga practice for years. I hadn't practiced yoga until my wife and daughter got serious at it," he said.
His daughter is an instructor at Albemarle Pilates and Yoga.
"It's a wonderful thing what Cindy Brewer does with that studio and I'm grateful for what she does in the community," he said.
He discussed his plans for the meditation group.
"I would like to get to a different space and create an actual sangha for the community and have a scholarship, as well.
"We really appreciate the library for their purpose, as well," he said.
"If people are going to be consistently interested, this is something we want to get organized.
"We'll see where it grows from here or see how it continues with people who are interested.
"David and I are very pleased and optimistic about it and the potential for this to continue and flourish.
"This is good for physical and spiritual health, getting an understanding of the mind and de-stressing,"
The next meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 24 at the library.
For more information contact Mike Flaherty at (704) 322-6585.
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Group seeks sangha through meditation
Monday, January 21, 2013 —
Sessions on meditation and dharma are taking place at the Stanly County Public Library.
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Stanly County Senior Center has many activities
The following is activity information from the Stanly County Senior Center 283 N. Third St., Albemarle.
SCC Chorus to perform free concert
Stanly Community College (SCC) Chorus will perform at 7 p.m. May 2 in Dennis Auditorium in the Kelley building on the Albemarle campus.
Locust to observe National Day of Prayer
There will be a National Day of Prayer observance at 12 p.m. May 2 at Locust Town Center.
Red Cross launches 'Heroes' Campaign
The American Red Cross, Stanly County Chapter, will conduct its 10th "Heroes" Campaign with individuals who sign up to be Heroes for the American Red Cross by raising $1,000 for the local chapter.
SNAP holds fundraiser for Newspapers In Education Program
The Stanly News & Press will hold a call in auction tonight from 5pm to 7pm.
Esther House promotes No More Abuse Bike Tour
Cyclists have an opportunity to bike for a local non-profit April 27.
- Big Al's Pub and Grubberia may open by late spring
Chamber will host Legislative Breakfast
Stanly County Chamber of Commerce will have a Legislative Break-fast from 7:15-9 a.m. April 15 at Stanly Re-gional Medical Family & Education Center.
Forrest Oakes to host luncheon
Forrest Oakes will host a free chicken 'n dumpling luncheon at 11:30 a.m. March 25 for the elderly.
The event will take place at Morrow Chase Apartments in Albemarle.
Egg hunt at Locust Town Hall
Mission Baptist Church, Stanfield and First Baptist Church of Locust will sponsor a egg hunt at 10 a.m. March 23 at Locust Town Hall in Locust. Rain date will be March 30 at 10 a.m.
Children 1 year to fourth grade are invited to participate. Bring a basket and a friend.
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Friday night, the Henderson County Sheriff's office found 35 year old Jamie Vanover at the Holiday Hotel.
Along with the two felony warrants, she was also charged with first degree possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine) and possession of drug paraphernalia.
She is lodged at the Henderson County Detention Center.
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CLAYTON — The Clayton Police Department is training the newest member of its force, a K-9 unit.
Two-year-old Major is a German shepherd, originally from Germany, training with Officer Justin Vause.
The two will hit the streets as a team in May.
"He's going to be doing searches for people and protection work," said Vause.
"He'll be doing anything from searching for a missing child, to finding a missing person from a nursing home, or finding subjects who fled on foot after a bank robbery."
The department's former police dog, Justice, retired in October, after a couple months out of commission during the summer because of a medical condition.
Training for the job
By the time Major starts his duties, the department will have been without a police dog for almost a year. In some cases, the department has called in canines from other departments to perform searches.
That was the case in January, when the Clayton Police Department called in the Wake County Sheriff's Department's K-9 Unit with about six dogs to help search for a man who fled on foot after stealing a television from Walmart on U.S. 70. Major would help with those kinds of searches in the future.
Major and Vause have been training together for about 40 hours a week for the past month in Wilson at Enforcement Canine, a K-9 law enforcement training center.
Vause said he has been able to observe one of the dog's specialties during training.
"He's really good at article searches such as, if a suspect were to run from an officer and drop a gun," said Vause.
"Every time in training, he's found an article in less than a minute or so."
Vause was one of three officers from the Clayton department who applied to be a K-9 officer. K-9 handlers from other police departments reviewed and interviewed the applicants and found Vause was the best fit.
"It's always been one of my career goals, and I saw how much fun the other K-9 officers had," Vause said.
Not only did the department get a new officer, but Vause's family also got a new member.
The dog is already living with Vause and his wife and daughter. Vause said they are all excited about the new dog, but while Major is in training, Vause has to limit the dog's social interaction.
A 'Major' purchase
Major cost about $7,000. His additional equipment – cages, leashes, a kennel, handling gear – cost between $5,000 and $6,000, according to town spokeswoman Stacy Beard.
Much of the equipment used with former police dog Justice needed to be replaced after five years, Beard said.
Vause's police cruiser will be upgraded to accommodate the dog.
The patrol car will be equipped with an automatic door that Vause can open remotely.
In somewhat of a Batman, high-tech fashion, if Vause is doing a traffic stop and gets uncomfortable with the person he's pulled over, he can hit the remote on his duty belt to open the cruiser door and let Major come to his aid. Dogs in K-9 units are trained for officer protection.
The new features also will help protect Major. The car will have both an automatic fan and an alarm wired to go off if the car overheats.
An overheated car would trigger the sirens, horns and lights to signal that the dog needed help.
24/7 K-9 unit to come?
Police Chief Glen Allen is considering putting a request for a second police dog in the budget for next year.
"Every K-9 handler can do the functions that every other officer does, and if we put the two K-9 officers on opposite shifts, we could readily have a dog available if needed 24 hours a day," Allen said.
It is uncertain how long Major will serve with the department.
Previous dog Justice was with the Clayton police for five years, but Allen said he has seen dogs serve 10 years with a department.
In the past, police dogs have helped their human partners track suspects and detect illegal drugs.
One high-profile case involving Justice occurred when the recently retired police dog helped detectives locate 86 pounds of marijuana in packages that came through the mail at the UPS store in Clayton.
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Musical instrument identification: A pattern-recognition approach (1998)
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A statistical pattern-recognition technique was applied to the classification of musical instrument tones within a taxonomic hierarchy. Perceptually salient acoustic features--- related to the physical properties of source excitation and resonance structure---were measured from the output of an auditory model (the log-lag correlogram) for 1023 isolated tones over the full pitch ranges of 15 orchestral instruments. The data set included examples from the string (bowed and plucked), woodwind (single, double, and air reed), and brass families. Using 70%/30% splits between training and test data, maximum a posteriori classifiers were constructed based on Gaussian models arrived at through Fisher multiplediscriminant analysis. The classifiers distinguished transient from continuant tones with approximately 99% correct performance. Instrument families were identified with approximately 90% performance, and individual instruments were identified with an overall success rate of appr...


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With San Onofre's nuclear power plant sidelined for the summer, Gov. Jerry Brown and other officials welcomed the Sunrise Powerlink into service Thursday, calling it a "green energy superhighway" and dismissing protesters who said it destroyed public land in East San Diego County.
Brown said clean energy trumps land preservation in the area.
"We all love the backcountry, but we love the planet more," Brown said as part of a 16-member group of federal, state and local officials gathered at the new Suncrest Substation in Alpine.
"If we don't get off of gas, oil and coal, you're going to have heat waves and extreme climate events," Brown said. "These installations are absolutely necessary for the transformation in our energy supply that global warming requires."
Utility officials because the behemoth San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station is
The high-voltage power transmission line was completed and put into service June 17, but Brown, former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and other luminaries "lit" it up Thursday under the hum of the power lines.
"The snap, crackle and pop is the sound of success," said Mike Niggli, president and chief operating officer of SDG&E.
The $1.9-billion project is 117 miles long and will carry "clean" energy from future solar and wind farms in the Imperial Valley to San Diego, according to SDG&E. Although the clean energy sources are still in the works, Brown said the line still provides immediate vital electricity to San Diego.
"They're going to benefit now," Brown said. "The San Onofre nuclear power plant is closed and ... unless we have transmission lines to bring the power from far away, the electricity won't be there."
San Onofre shut down in January because of a steam generator. A retired Huntington Beach power plant had to be turned on to make up for the lost electricity.
Sunrise Powerlink protesters gathered near the station Thursday with signs claiming that public land, and beauty, was lost.
Among those opposed to the line and substation is East County Supervisor Dianne Jacob. In a written statement issued Thursday, Jacob criticized the transmission lines and the increased chance of fires in the rural area of the Cleveland National Forest, where the substation is located.
She said anyone who supports the new line is indirectly contributing to the next major fire disaster in East County and beyond.
"Any policymaker attending this 'celebration' needs to justify the line in the face of documented evidence warning of its extreme fire dangers," Jacob said. "SDG&E brushes off concerns about fire safety by claiming that the utility has a fire plan. The line traverses some of the most fire-prone terrain in the world. It will impede firefighting efforts from the air because firefighters cannot make water drops on energized lines."
Jacob also noted that public safety was one of the reasons two PUC judges recommended the line be rejected back in 2008.
Chris Wurzell—division chief of information, education and engineering at CalFire—agreed with Jacob, saying the Sunrise Powerlink sits too close to a parallel power line.
"Introduction of electrical transmission lines into the wildland adds to potential ignition and sources that can ignite wildfires," Wurzell said in a letter to Aspen Environmental back in May of 2008.
"From a fire control viewpoint, the transmission line that parallels I-8 on the proposed southern route of the Sunrise Powerlink Transmission project will constitute a hazard to fire suppression crews attacking fires near the transmission lines."
At the dedication, officials said the new line provided three very important R's for San Diego—reliability, renewables and rates.
"Without the largest power plant in our area, San Onofre, 'no Sunrise' would have meant limited access to additional power for the summer and possible service interruptions," said Debra Reeds, CEO of Sempra Energy. "Without Sunrise, the governor and state's aggressive renewable energy goals would be tougher to achieve."
Reeds also said that, according to the California Public Uitilies Comission, the Sunrise Powerlink will save Sempra Energy customers $115 million in net benefits annually.
SDG&E said more than 350 environmental measures were observed and enforced during construction of the substation and line, including special construction schedules to avoid bighorn sheep lambing and more than 2,400 golden eagle nesting seasons.
SDG&E CEO and Chairman Jessie Knight said such precautions showed the company's "deep commitment to the environment."
The company also said helicopters were used to set nearly three-quarters of the tower structures, reducing the need for more access roads and that the project was constructed without any major safety incidents.
"During the building of this project, our crews adhered to some of the most rigorous environmental requirements ever placed on a transmission line project in California history," Knight said. "We purchased more than 10,000 acres of sensitive habitat and scenic lands for future generations to be able to enjoy in our regions."
Many of the 16 speakers at the dedication ceremony emphasized Sunrise Powerlink's reliability and importance in our future as a green state.
"We were determined to go and make a commitment to reduce our greenhouse gases by 25 percent by the year 2020 and 85 percent by the year 2050," said Schwarzenegger. "All of this can only become a reality... if you have a green energy line like this."


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Extell is also seeking a controversial 421a exemption — a tax break given to developers who include affordable housing in their market-rate buildings.
In October, The Post reported that five of the luxury firm's towers cost the city $21.8 million in tax revenue in their first year alone.
Together, the buildings paid just $567,337 in annual taxes. Without the 421a program, they would have paid the city $22 million, according to appraisal firm Miller Samuel Inc.
Extell declined to comment."
Critics blasting Upper West Side luxury building for planning separate entrance for affordable-housing units - NYPOST.com
It gets worse when you read the actual article. The low-income units would also have a separate elevator and maintenance company!
The Internal Revenue Service's screening of groups seeking tax-exempt status was broader and lasted longer than has been previously disclosed, the new head of the agency acknowledged Monday. Terms including ''Israel,'' ''Progressive'' and ''Occupy'' were used by agency workers to help pick groups for closer examination, according to an internal IRS document obtained by The Associated Press.
…Rep. Sander Levin of Michigan, top Democrat on the Ways and Means panel, said he was writing a letter to J. Russell George, the Treasury Department inspector general whose audit in May detailed IRS targeting of conservatives, asking why his report did not mention other groups that were targeted.
''The audit served as the basis and impetus for a wide range of congressional investigations and this new information shows that the foundation of those investigations is flawed in a fundamental way,'' Levin said."
Documents show IRS also screened liberal groups - Taxes - Boston.com
"Each and every year corporations and the wealthy are avoiding more than $100 billion in U.S. taxes by sheltering their income offshore.
Pharmaceutical companies like Eli Lilly and Pfizer have fought to make it illegal for the American people to buy cheaper prescription drugs from Canada and Europe. But, during tax season, Eli Lilly and Pfizer shift drug patents and profits to the Netherlands and other offshore tax havens to avoid paying U.S. taxes.
Apple wants all of the advantages of being an American company, but it doesn't want to pay American taxes or American wages. It creates the iPad, the iPhone, the iPod, and iTunes in the United States, but manufactures most of its products in China so it doesn't have to pay American wages. Then it shifts most of its profits to Ireland, Luxembourg, the British Virgin Islands and other tax havens to avoid paying U.S. taxes. Without such maneuvers, Apple's federal tax bill in the United States would have been $2.4 billion higher in 2011.
Offshore tax schemes have become so absurd that one five-story office building in the Cayman Islands is now the "home" to more than 18,000 corporations.
This tax avoidance does not just reduce the revenue that we need to pay for education, healthcare, roads, and environmental protection, it is also costing us millions of American jobs"
- Bernie Sanders newsletter
Ohio really did go for President Obama last night, and he really did win. And he really was born in Hawaii. And he really is, legitimately, President of the United State - again.
And the Bureau of Labor Statistics did not make up a fake unemployment rate last month. And the Congressional Research Center really can find no evidence that cutting taxes on rich people grows the economy.
And the polls were not skewed to oversample Democrats. And Nate Silver was not making up fake poll numbers about the election to try to make conservatives feel bad; Nate Silver was doing MATH.
And climate change is real. And rape really does cause pregnancy, sometimes. And evolution is a thing. And Benghazi was an attack on us, it was not a scandal BY us.
And nobody's taking away anyone's guns. And taxes have not gone up. And the deficit is dropping, actually. And Saddam Hussein did not have weapons of mass destruction.
And the moon landing? Was real. And FEMA is not building concentration camps. And UN election observers are not taking over Texas. And moderate reforms on the regulations on the financial industries and the insurance industries in this country are not the same as communism.
Listen. Last night was a good night for liberals and for Democrats, for very obvious reasons. But it was also possibly a good night for this country as a whole.
But if the conservative movement and the conservative media and the Republican party is stuck in a vacuum-sealed, door-locked, spin cycle of telling what makes them feel good, and denying the actual lived truth of the world, we are all deprived, as a nation, of the very debate between competing, feasible ideas about real problems.
Last night the Republicans got shellacked, and they had NO idea it was coming. And we saw them in real time - in real, humiliating time - not believe it even as it was happening to them. And unless they want to secede, they will need to pop the fictional bubble they have been so happily living inside, if they do not want to get shellacked again."
Rachel Maddow (via seriouslyamerica)
She knocked it straight out of the park.
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Speaking Monday night at a campaign event in Connecticut, Obama said the GOP plan "is like Robin Hood in reverse."
Obama says Romney's tax plan would give tax breaks to the wealthiest Americans while forcing middle-class families to pay up to $2,000 a year in additional taxes.
The president cites a study by the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center that says millionaires would receive a tax cut of approximately $250,000 a year if the former Massachusetts governor gets his way.
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In Indiana and other states, religious schools are demanding taxpayer support and an absolute right to be free from any government oversight or regulation – even rules designed to protect employees. This goes too far.
…Private religious schools may have the right to engage in open forms of discrimination and run roughshod over employee rights. They have no right to expect all Americans to pay for it."
— Taxpayers And Discrimination: Why Religious Schools Should Get No Public Funds | Americans United
It is astounding how significantly one idea can shape a society and its policies. Consider this one.
If taxes on the rich go up, job creation will go down.
This idea is an article of faith for Republicans and seldom challenged by Democrats and has shaped much of today's economic landscape.
But sometimes the ideas that we know to be true are dead wrong. For thousands of years people were sure that earth was at the center of the universe. It's not, and an astronomer who still believed that it was, would do some lousy astronomy.
In the same way, a policy maker who believed that the rich and businesses are "job creators" and therefore should not be taxed, would make equally bad policy.
I have started or helped start, dozens of businesses and initially hired lots of people. But if no one could have afforded to buy what we had to sell, my businesses would all have failed and all those jobs would have evaporated.
That's why I can say with confidence that rich people don't create jobs, nor do businesses, large or small. What does lead to more employment is a "circle of life" like feedback loop between customers and businesses. And only consumers can set in motion this virtuous cycle of increasing demand and hiring. In this sense, an ordinary middle-class consumer is far more of a job creator than a capitalist like me."
— Nick Hanauer, a venture capitalist whose TED talk about inequality was deemed "too political controversial" to publish. (via theatlantic)
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Build a robust Network Operations Center to optimize monitoring and graphing of data using Packt's new Cacti book
Cacti 0.8 Beginner's Guide is a new book from Packt that will help readers to setup a Network Operations Center and utilize all the features of Cacti for maximum effectiveness. Written by Thomas Urban , the book is a practical guide that helps readers gain a solid understanding of the basics of Cacti, its plugin architecture, and automation concepts.
Cacti 0.8 Beginner's Guide book starts off with the basics of installing and using Cacti, and advanced topics that will show how to customize and extend the core Cacti functionality. This book will help Network developers to set up Cacti on Windows and Linux, build custom plugins, use SNMP, SSH, and WMI to retrieve remote performance data and enable mobile access to their Cacti installation for their end users. It offers essential tutorials for creating advanced graphs and using plugins to create enterprise-class reports to show to customers and colleagues.
Further reading will help them create their own customized plugins and automation system to build a professional performance measurement system. The step by step instructions and hands on tutorials make it very easy for readers to gain a solid understanding of the basics of Cacti, its plugin architecture, and automation concepts. Overall, this book will help the reader implement and extend Cacti to monitor, display, and report the performance of their network exactly the way they want.
This book is ideal for network operators who want to use Cacti for implementing performance measurement for trending, troubleshooting, and reporting purposes. The reader is expected to have basic knowledge of network management and SNMP. To learn more about the book, please visit http://www.packtpub.com/cacti-08-beginners-guide/book
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I have no problem admitting my BlackBerry PlayBook is used mostly for movies and games, especially since I found the game Azkend by 10tons Ltd. Azkend is the first release in the series (Azkend 2: The World Beneath is coming soon) and is sure to be a hit with a lot of you out there who enjoy puzzle games!
Unlike some of those other tile matching games out there, Azkend goes above and beyond just a basic tile game. Gameplay is actually quite easy so different age groups will enjoy it (my five year old plays it with very little help from me). All you do is drag your finger on the board to make matches and destroy the tiles.
The backstory of the game is that you and your archaeological team found an ancient relic in Asia. As it turns out, the relic was more powerful than you thought and is protected with a curse. Now your mission is to reach the Temple of Time and return the relic to lift the curse. Earn all the powerful talismans and unleash their powers to aid you in your quest. With breathtaking sceneries along your journey, the rich and relaxing atmosphere will draw you in and immerse you in another world.
I seriously can't stop playing this game! Azkend is available on other platforms as well as for Macs and PCs (check out some of their other games here). You will be hooked the very first time you play it. Azkend is available for the BlackBerry PlayBook (running OS 2.0 or higher) in App World for $2.99. While some may think that's high (I was one of them till I played it), the graphics in this particular game make it an easier pillfor me to swallow.
BruvvaPete Jul 31, 2012 at 9:39 am
I didn't get anything out of that video when I played it on YouTube. Unusual that it played with better graphics just through CB mobile
velociraptor89 Jul 31, 2012 at 12:34 pm
Great time waster, i've played a lot of games on my PB and this one is worth more than its price. Tired of straining my finger out of mushy controls. I have sparkle and joining hands too, their games are polished.
Don't mess with raptors.
SteelGreek Jul 31, 2012 at 3:59 pm
I haven't played the PB version but I got it for free for iOS one weekend when it was on sale... one of the few games I played repeatedly and still will go back to. It's a lot of fun and a great time waster on the sofa or during your commute (I take a long subway ride).
Definitely worth the price if it is anywhere near what I've already experienced!


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During the June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division landed at Juno Beach. The Allies there had to contend with submerged beach obstacles as well as heavy gunfire that came from seafront houses converted into enemy fortifications. The 3rd Division's 8th Infantry Brigade, commanded by Brigadier General Kenneth G. Blackader, which included the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada Regiment in the first wave, suffered heavy losses. They had inadvertently arrived ahead of the supporting armor. Supported by specially equipped tanks designed by the British Major General Percy Hobart, the Canadians were able to secure their beachhead. By nightfall Canadian troops had finally made the deepest penetration into occupied France. The "Canada" shoulder flash insignias, worn proudly on their jackets, were one of the few items that distinguished their uniforms from those of the British.
Shortly after D-Day about 100 unarmed Canadian and British soldiers who had been captured in Normandy were massacred in several separate incidents by members of the infamous 12th SS Hitlerjugend Panzergrenadier Division. The best known of these atrocities happened on June 7 and 8, 1944, at the Abbey Ardennes outside the city of Caen, and involved the deaths of dozens of Canadians. It is a tragic fact that in World War II there were a number of POW massacres committed by both sides. Often these were perpetrated as retaliation for losses of comrades in battle. However, the Waffen SS has the greatest stigma as having had a hand in most of these war crimes.
Canadians in Montgomery's 21st Army Group became the First Canadian Army and were commanded by Lieutenant General Henry D.G. Crerar. Crerar's Army included the 2nd and 3rd Canadian Infantry Divisions, 4th and 5th Canadian Armored Divisions, 49th British Infantry Division, and the Polish Armored Division. The First Canadian Army liberated much of northern France and Belgium.


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We have a plethora of baby bunnies at the animal shelter and they are very lovable and friendly! They like to be held and the mom is very amicable as well, indicating good personalities with her babies. She has about seven of them and they are all ready to go to their forever homes.
Not to be overlooked, we have some other critters as well, including a very nice teddy bear hamster that enjoys being brushed with a toothbrush and some adult bunnies as well. Come visit our critters at the , call 203-315-4125 or visit us online for more information on how to adopt a new friend from the shelter.


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Hilton Cartagena
Hilton Cartagena in Tierra Bomba
Hilton Cartagena
Hotel Guest Rating: 9.3/10
Avenida Almirante Brion, Carrera 1, El Laguito
Cartagena De Indias 130015
Hilton Cartagena
Featuring private access to an exclusive beach, Hilton Cartagena has panoramic views of the Caribbean Sea. It offers large outdoor pools, a fitness center, a spa center and water sports facilities.Each air-conditioned room comes with a fully equipped marble bathroom. There are tea and coffee amenities in every room along with a minibar.The choice of restaurants and bars includes Las Chivas Restaurant, which overlooks the sea and serves regional and international cuisine. The beach-side Tibabuyes Kiosk offers grilled meats, ceviche and light snacks in a laid-back atmosphere.Hilton Cartagena has 3 tennis courts. For relaxation, guests are welcome to visit the on-site spa center offering sauna, Turkish bath and massage treatments.Hilton Cartagena Hotel is a 10 minute drive from the historic center of the city. ...read more
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- Business Center
- Pet Friendly
- Restaurant
- Free Parking
- Room Service
Hilton Cartagena Amenities
- 24-Hour Front Desk
- Air Conditioning
- All Spaces Non-Smoking (public and private)
- ATM on site
- Baggage Storage
- Bar
- Beachfront
- Breakfast in the Room
- Business Center
- Convenience Store (on site)
- Diving
- Dry Cleaning
- Elevator
- Facilities for Disabled Guests
- Fax/Photocopying
- Fishing
- Fitness Center
- Free Parking
- Game Room
- Grounds
- Hair/Beauty Salon
- Internet
- Ironing Service
- Kids' Club
- Laundry
- Massage
- Meeting/Banquet Facilities
- Newspapers
- Non-smoking Rooms
- On-site Parking
- Outdoor Pool (all year)
- Pet Friendly
- Ping-Pong
- Playground
- Restaurant
- Room Service
- Safe
- Sauna
- Shops (on site)
- Skiing
- Snack Bar
- Snorkeling
- Solarium
- Soundproof Rooms
- Souvenir/Gift Shop
- Spa
- Tennis Court
- Ticket Service
- Tour Desk
- Turkish/Steam Bath
- Valet Parking
- VIP Room Facilities
- Water Sports Facilities (on site)
- Wi-Fi
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Please note, Colombian residents living abroad and foreign guests are tax-exempt when buying a tourist package (accommodation plus service).
Hotel Guest Reviews of the Hilton CartagenaOur hotel ratings and reviews are from real hotel guests. Priceline.com ensures that its reviews are guests-only by proactively sending hotel surveys to customers after they've completed their hotel stays. In the post-stay surveys, priceline.com hotel customers are asked a number of questions about their stay and the hotel. On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being the best, the survey asks guests to rate their overall experience and specifically rate the hotel's cleanliness, staff and location. Priceline.com does not allow site visitors to post unsolicited hotel reviews.
April 20, 2013
Overall this really is a nice hotel. Some of the nicest staff I've interacted with at a hotel. They take your security seriously, so be ready (not a bad thing). There have been recent improvements in the guest areas and you can tell. The linens were fresh but the beds themselves may be a bit old (odd smell). By American standards, it's not quite a 5-star resort level place but definitely 4. It's difficult to grab a late night snack but room service is always there. Always a cab on hand, so transportation was no issue. I didn't feel particularly unsafe at any time in or around the hotel, but I grew up in a rough neighborhood, so maybe that's just me. The local vendors can spot foreigners quick and many speak some English, so be ready. I also went during peak travel season (Easter, 2013), so I won't comment about the room rates as they were likely adjusted heavily upward given the timing. Overall, good experience, nice place, nice amenities. Would I stay again, if the rates are less than
XXX or so per night...definitely! ...
March 3, 2013
Family Traveling with Teens
Great place to stay. Definitely go for the Executive Lounge rooms so you won't have to buy breakfast and dinner at the pricy restaurants. We saved a lot of money upgrading to an Executive Room. Chrystian was great to work with and all the staff was exceedingly friendly, though we wished they all spoke good English. Beds and pillows were AMAZING and the view was excellent.
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Syndicate: weapons gameplay trailer
A brand new Syndicate trailer has been released by EA. This one focuses on the weapons players will be using throughout the game. As you know, Syndicate (2012) is actually changing genres from a tactical shooter, to a regular ole FPS. The original game was released on multiple platforms back in 1993. Have a peek at the weapons below.
Syndicate currently has a February 21, 2012 release date in North America, and will be available on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC.


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Men's Soccer
SASS Academic Excellence Gala Celebrates MSU Student-Athletes
17th annual gala honored student-athletes success in the classroom and community.
Men's Soccer Wins Overtime Thriller in NCAA Tournament Second Round
Kreutz' header in double overtime accounted for the lone goal of the day.
Men's Soccer Falls To Indiana, 1-0 in Big Ten Championship
Alashe and McIntosh named to All-Tournament Team.
MSU Men's Soccer To Face Indiana in B1G Championship
Spartans to play the Hoosiers in tournament championship on Sun., Nov. 17 at 11 a.m.
No. 20 MSU To Play Northwestern in B1G Tourney Semifinal
Spartans face the Wildcats in tournament semifinals on Fri., Nov. 15 at 2:30 p.m.
Michigan State 2 - Michigan 0
Impact Players for 2012
Michigan State Soccer Coach Damon Rensing discusses the top players for the 2012 Michigan State Men's Soccer team.
MSU Men's Soccer vs. Notre Dame - NCAA Elite Eight
MSU vs. Notre Dame NCAA Elite Eight game, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013, in South Bend, Ind. (Photo credit: Joe Raymond).
2013: Big Ten Distinguished Scholar... Started in 21 games and was as a key member of the Spartans defense that finished the season as the Big Ten leader in goals allowed (17) and a .70 GAA ...Helped the Spartans earn a program-tying 13 shutouts on the season... Headed in the second goal of a 2-0 win over Northern Illinois after leaving the game twice to receive stitches for a gash above his left eyebrow on Sept. 28...Picked up an assist on Kevin Cope's goal against Western Michigan on Sept. 1...Recorded an assist in the only goal of a 2-1 loss to Valparaiso on Sept. 8...Assisted Tim Kreutz on his double-overtime winner against Indiana on Nov. 1...Took nine shots and earned four assists on the season.
2012: Served as a stalwart defender for the second straight season , helping MSU to a team GAA of 1.09 ... Recorded the game-winning goal against Indiana in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament (11/9) ... Tallied an assiston Nick Wilson's goal against Providence (9/9).
2011: Named to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team ... Named one of Top Drawer Soccer's Top 100 Freshmen ... Stepped in to play a significant role on the back line after injuries deeply affected the Spartan roster ... Appeared in 15 games, starting 11 and playing 90 minutes or more on 10 occasions ... Scored MSU's lone goal in a tough 2-1 overtime loss to Georgetown (9/9), scoring on a header off a restart ... Assisted on Adam Montague's game-tying goal at Indiana (10/23), as the Spartans rallied from a 2-0 deficit to settle on a 2-2 deadlock ... Headed in the game's only goal against Michigan (10/30), securing the Big Bear Trophy for the Spartans ... Named Academic All-Big Ten and to the list of Big Ten Distinguished Scholars.
2010: Redshirted.
Prior to MSU: Two-time First Team All-State honoree at Grand Blanc High School where he helped lead the team to three consecutive conference championships and a state semifinal in 2008...Team captain in 2009 Keener scored 15 goals and had 11 assists as a defender...Won a national championship with his club team the Michigan Wolves Soccer Club in 2007.
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An important hearing in the Antinette "Toni" Keller murder trial has been postponed because accused killer William "Billy" Curl has an earache, according to attorneys.
Thelma Holderness, a friend of parents Diane and Roger Keller, said the family was told a hearing set for Tuesday, Nov. 13 was cancelled because Curl, 36, has an earache and may have difficulty hearing in court.
Curl is charged with five counts of first-degree murder in the death of Keller, 18, a Plainfield resident and Northern Illinois University freshman.
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He is also charged with one count of criminal sexual assault, one count of arson and one count of concealing a homicidal death in the 2010 murder of Keller.
The teen's remains were discovered on Oct. 16, 2010 — two days after Toni told friends she was going for a walk in DeKalb's Prairie Park to take photos for an art class assignment, then vanished.
Last month, Curl's attorneys filed a motion seeking to dismiss the murder charges because they "do not specify what acts caused Keller's death," which prevents the accused killer from adequately preparing a defense, the DeKalb Daily Chronicle reported.
Stuckert was slated to rule on that motion at the Nov. 13 hearing, along with interviewing a psychiatrist who had evaluated Curl for the defense.
"The hearing Tuesday was pivotal," Holderness said, adding the DeKalb County State's Attorney also told Roger Keller to "not count on Dec. 3 for trial."
If the proceedings are delayed, it will be the third time the trial date has been pushed back. It was initially slated to begin in May. That same month, it was delayed to allow additional time for psychological evaluations of Curl.
"[I'm] saddened and sickened," said Holderness, who founded the Summoning of Yellow Facebook page in support of the Keller family.
A new hearing date has yet to be set, according to Holderness.
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- Keller's Memory in Bloom at NIU
- Fund Established to Purchase Bench in Honor of 'Sunflower Girl' Toni Keller
- Toni Keller Murder Trial Delayed Until December
- Public Defender Resigns in Keller Murder Trial
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Southern Gardening: Choose color for containers
Ambitious gardeners and their beautiful, themed gardens amaze me every year with their creativity. With the Independence Day holiday upon us, the most popular theme right now is red, white and blue plantings.
I have always wanted to do one of these themed landscape displays, and in my line of work, you would think it would be no problem and assume I've done several. But like the shoemaker's kids who run around barefoot, sometimes my own landscape suffers during the busy seasons.
I decided this past weekend that, by golly, I was going to have a themed red, white and blue display of my own.
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By Nita Johnson
Staff Writer
LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. —
Two men were arrested last week for domestic violence in separate incidents.
Laurel County Sheriff's Senior Sgt. Greg Poynter went to Laurel Lake Road North, 13 miles south of London, around 7:45 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 13, regarding a female being held against her will. When deputies arrived at the scene, no one would come to the door.
The deputies gained entrance to the home where they found 44-year-old James R. Dinkins of Laurel Lake Road North standing over a woman who had been assaulted. The female had cuts on her arms and face and a bruise on her chin.
Dinkins was arrested and charged with fourth-degree assault, domestic violence and taken to the Laurel County Detention Center. He remains incarcerated on a $2,500 cash bond.
Just an hour after dealing with that situation, Deputy Greg Turner and Deputy Robbie Grimes responded to a second domestic incident in which 36-year-old Roger Abner of Braxton Lane in London was arrested.
According to a press release from the sheriff's office, the deputies answered a call of a domestic dispute on Braxton Lane, four miles south of London, around 9 p.m. In that incident, a female arrived home from work to find Abner in her bed. The woman allegedly had a domestic violence order against Abner, prohibiting him from being at her residence, around her or her children.
After confirming the EPO, Abner was arrested and charged with violation of a Kentucky DVO. He reportedly was intoxicated at the time of the arrest. Abner was lodged in the Laurel County Detention Center but was released the following afternoon.


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Hello everyone, I'm new to AutoCAD administration so please let me know if I should be posting this in a different forum. I have recently been put in charge of integrating another company into our infrastructure so I'm moving their computers from their old domain to ours. One of the things I know I need to do is move the AutoCAD license server. They are currently using AutoCAD 2010 and will eventually upgrade to 2012 once some new computers come in. In the meantime though I need them running across the proper license server. I received the new license file from Autodesk and intalled that on the new server and have the new server running. I've followed the information here http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?si
You must not be setting the system environment variable correctly.
Under Environment variables, choose new (on the bottom half of the window) and make the variable name ADSKFLEX_LICENSE_FILE and make the value @SERVERNAME. You need to have the @ symbol and the servername is the hostname of your server. Make sure the DNS resolves to the correct IP address and that it is an IPv4 address and not an IPv6 address. You also need to make sure that ports 2080 and 27000 are open.
Post any errors that you receive.


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Rydell High's spirited class of 1959; gum-chewing, hubcap-stealing, hot rod-loving boys and their wisecracking girls in bobby sox and pedal pushers capture the look and sound of the 1950s in a rollicking musical. While hip Danny Zuko and wholesome Sandy Dumbrowski resolve the problems of their mutual attraction, the gang sings and dances its way through such nostalgic scenes as the pajama party, the prom, the burger palace and the drive-in movie.
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By Alex Lippa and Jo-Anne MacKenzie
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---- — ATKINSON — There are a few coyotes hanging around the Bryant Woods Condominiums — and residents are happy about it.
In fact, residents moved the coyote decoys in, all in hopes of scaring off the unwelcome Canada geese, which foul the grass all around the neighborhood.
So far, it's working.
The population swelled to more than 100 earlier this summer, according to Peter Gargas, a resident and chairman of the condominium finance committee.
Now, there are about seven stubborn geese left.
"We had a number of ideas of things we could do to keep them out," Gargas said.
First, they tried letting the grass close to the pond higher, but that proved no obstacle to the nuisance fowl. Then they looked into installing a fountain in the middle of the pond, but it proved too pricey at $30,000.
They settled on three coyote decoys. Two look fairly realistic from a distance. They're about 3 feet long and made of polypropylene. The decoys are attached to stakes in the ground. When there is a breeze, it looks like they are moving.
But the third decoy is less realistic.
"It basically looks like a piece of cardboard with a picture of a coyote on it," Gargas said. "We thought about returning it, but we decided to just put it up anyway."
Since he put them up two weeks ago, Gargas said, he has noticed fewer geese near the pond.
But some geese aren't as easily fooled.
"There were about seven geese in the pond who saw us putting them up," Gargas said. "I still see them around the area, so I think they may have figured it out."
In order to keep them on the geese on their webbed toes, Gargas said, they move the coyotes to a different location every three or four days.
It's not just the geese who have been fooled.
"A few people's dogs got startled," he said. "One dog even bit part of the tail off of one of them. We were able to reattach the knob of the tail."
But it seems people haven't been as easily fooled.
"We let everyone in the condo know that we were putting them up," he said. "It seems people are getting a kick out of it."
They weren't getting a kick out of the geese.
"We've had a bad goose problem," board member Dick Forgione said. "There are goose droppings all over the place and it is making the pond smelly."
Bryant Woods residents aren't alone.
The number of nuisance geese complaints is growing, along with the resident Canada goose population, according to Carrie Stengel, acting state director of USDA Wildlife Services.
She said coyote decoys can be effective — to a point.
"Geese are very smart and you need to use an integrated approach," Stengel said.
That can mean habitat modification, including not cutting the grass, fencing, and auditory and visual harassment, she said.
Harassment can include pyrotechnics, scary-eye balloons, Mylar balloons, air horns.
Most complaints come in June and July, Stengel said, when the geese physically can't fly. The goslings haven't developed enough and the adults are molting, she said.
"People should start harassing as soon as they show up," she said. "In summer, when geese can't fly, you're stuck with them."
Temporary fencing — netting, plastic fencing, snow fence — can work because the geese can't hop over it.
Starting Sept. 3, Canada geese can be hunted. If local regulations allow, Stengel said, property owners can encourage hunters to set their sights there.
"In the fall, they'll leave because they're migrating or because of hunting pressure," she said. "The resident Canada geese head to the seacoast for the winter."
She encourages people to call (603) 223-6832 for more information.
"We do site visits to help people assess and mitigate problems," Stengel said."We loan out some equipment, including some fencing."
As for Bryant Woods, residents are taking a wait-and-see approach. They may need to bring in more coyotes, but of the decoy variety.
Forgione said he was hoping to evaluate how it worked at the end of this summer, before deciding what to do for next year.
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By Wanda Billbe
The Moore American
MOORE — The Arts Festival was held outdoors under a scorching sun. Booths had been set up for artists to share their talents with "at-risk" teens.
Taking shelter from the sun, two teens slipped into a pottery booth. They sat down at the wheel and looked at the lump of clay.
"This looks like me — a worthless piece of dirt," the boy said.
"Well if anyone thinks I can make something out of this — they're nuts," the young girl said.
In walked an overweight, elderly woman who was clearly overcome with heat. She sat down on a little stool and waited a few minutes before speaking.
"Bet I can help you make this into a beautiful work of art if you'll let me," she said after expelling a huge breath.
The boy was the first to respond. "What are you betting — even though we both know it ain't gonna happen?"
"Don't be too sure, my friend, but I'm so hot and thirsty and would love a cold soda, but the tent for refreshments is up that large hill over there." The woman pointed to a tent about 200 yards away. "If I help you, then you get me a soda and we'll call it even."
"Give it your best shot," the girl quipped. "Everyone says I'm a failure, I might as well hear it from you, too."
"We'll start with him. Then you'll see how easy it can be to work with clay. The trick is to let me guide you. Relax your hands. Together, we can make something worth keeping."
The boy snorted but, surprisingly, let her take control. Within minutes a vase took shape and the wheel stopped.
"Here, let me take it off and we'll set it on the counter to dry. You can pick it up in a few hours."
With deft hands, the elderly woman lifted the vase and smoothed out a few rough edges.
"I made that?" he squeaked, totally amazed that he could make something worthwhile.
"You sure did. All you needed was someone to guide you. Now, young lady, it's your turn and then off you both go to fetch me a cold soda."
Excited fingers itched to touch the clay.
"I want to make one with a long neck, like the pink one over there." The girl said as the woman guided her hands.
"That's one of my favorites and it's very easy to make. You have a good eye for art," the woman said.
"Dude, look at what I made," the girl shouted when she finished. "It's beautiful."
"Told you both you could do it — now off you go to fetch my soda."
They brought back two sodas and watched as the elderly woman made another vase. A few hours later they came back to get their pieces of art.
"Thanks, lady," they said and surprised her with a hug. "You're the first person to make us feel like we're good for something in a long time."
If you're having a difficult time and nothing seems to be working out like you planned, let the potter take control and you'll be surprised at what happens.


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Persephone's Rebellion
by Rebecca L. Hodder '11
Before I went walking in the meadow,
we fought over boys, clothes, the way
I wore my hair. I said I hated you
and kicked my way through the tall grasses,
scattering cicadas on both sides.
I heard the car approach, its rumble
thunderous, the sides black, shining with no trace
of my reflection. A cigarette sparked from the window,
a falling star, extinguished on the cracked pavement.
I'd seen the driver around before,
one of the older boys, who made us breathless with
nerves as he walked by, tall, of course, and dark,
and almost handsome , but too thin - skeletal -
still, the smell of his cologne drew us in - night
and myrrh and old money.
He gave a crooked smile, corners stretching slowly
like a wakening cat. His silent laugh showed teeth as perfect
as the pearl onions you harvested every year.
With a wink, he opened the passenger door,
one pale hand - no, his whole body - inviting
me in. The leather seat stuck to the back of my legs,
and I winced at the pull of skin, and the feeling
that I wasn't cool enough.
His house was huge, the grounds shaded
by willow, hemlock, yew,
that rose like statues from the stony ground.
Somewhere, from out of sight, I heard a stream,
not laughing, like the one behind the school,
but sighing, longing, lonely. When I asked,
he said we'd walk there later, together.
Inside, the cool halls echoed the uncertainty
of my step. Don't be shy, he said, and led
me toward his room - the high white ceiling
yawned above me, as the black comforter drew me down
into nothing - void - his voice like new suede boots,
soft lips against my ear. His hands were cool and certain.
Afterward, he kissed my eyelids, trembling white moths,
and wrapped me in a soft gray blanket. Wondering
what you would think, mother, what lectures
I would have to endure later, I dozed, then woke
to him bringing in a tray. Coffee, black,
and toast, and fruit I'd never seen before.
He cut the fruit, light glinting off the knife and sending circles
bouncing around the room, flashing from painting
to painting, a portent, a comet blazing doom -
the sort of thing you believed in, ghosts
and visions, horoscopes and tabloid magazines.
The juice ran down his wrist, dropped, left stains like blood
on the plush white carpet. Ignoring them,
he pulled out the seeds, discarded the flesh
on the tray, where it lay looking bloodied, savaged.
I gaped at such wastefulness. He laughed and explained
that only the seeds were good to eat. Try one,
he whispered, sitting on the bed. His eyes were shining,
plum-dark sweetness. I closed my eyes
As he slipped the seed into my mouth.
Bursting, tart - my eyes flew open. It's alright
if you don't like it, he said. You don't have to
eat more. I grabbed his hand as it pulled away, and sucked
the juices from each long finger. We had nothing
like this at home - all safe and wholesome fruits,
oranges, tomatoes - everything high in vitamins.
I thought of your face falling, crumpled and pale
with anger, mouth puckered like an unripe blackberry,
eyes narrowed into shriveled raisins of disapproval.
Leaning across him, I reached for the seeds.
I ate five more. I thrilled. I craved.
Soft as the skin of a peach, slow as apples ripening,
he kissed the juice from my stained lips,
and still I yearned for more, the taste of freedom.


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|Wait Times for Mohs Micrographic Surgery in Ottawa, Ontario.
MedLine Citation:
|PMID: 23149193 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher
|Background:The Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, in coordination with Cancer Care Ontario, records and analyzes wait times for cancer surgery in the province of Ontario. However, this strategy does not include wait times for skin cancer surgery.Purpose:The wait times and referral patterns of patients undergoing Mohs micrographic surgery at The Ottawa Hospital (TOH) were examined to better assess the adequacy of access to skin cancer treatment in Ontario.Method:The records of 101 Mohs surgeries (96 patients) consecutively performed at TOH between June 14, 2010, and October 19, 2010, were reviewed. The interval between the date the referral for Mohs surgery was first received and the date of surgery was calculated for each case. The specialty of the referring physician and the postal code of each patient treated were also recorded.Results:The average wait time between the date of referral and the date of surgery was 122.6 days or 17.5 weeks (median 124 days, 17.7 weeks). Over 75% of patients waited over 12 weeks (84 days) for cancer surgery. All Mohs surgery patients treated at TOH resided within postal districts in eastern and northern Ontario.Conclusion:The current wait time for Mohs surgery in the Ottawa region is beyond the standard for cancer treatment. Improving access to care and incorporating Mohs surgery into the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care's Wait Time Strategy might significantly improve this.
|Lauren Laberge; Julie Lacroix; Adam J Mamelak
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anySIM: iPhone Unlocking for Dummies
We really need to pool our money and buy the guys (and gals) of iPhone Dev Team a free round of drinks; they never stop coding! The team is now offering a GUI solution (that's graphical user interface to you newbs out there) to its former iUnlock solution, called anySIM, making the process painless and tolerable. If this solution works as advertised, as it appears to, unlocking your iPhone can be done with just a few mouse clicks. I like the sound of that.
I plan on testing this out myself later today. Keep you posted.
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Can you undo a iPhone software unlock, i.e. reverse the anySim process?
I ask since this is "supposed" to be protected against firmware updates via iTunes (which I am aware will most likely not be the case in the future).
A good scenario for wanting this would be say, a new firmware update starts bricking people's iPhones who have been unlocked. Re-locking/Restoring the firware to it's original state prior to anySim (or iUnlock) would then allow you to update your firmware via iTunes without bricking it.
i wanted to know can you receive and send video on the i phone? Also if you get your i phone unlocked what plan your supposed to use for example t mobile do i use the sidekick plan for the i phone please email me with answer if have it..
i cant unlock my iphone 3g someone changed the password can anyone help me?
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The University of Arizona will lead a group of researchers that includes some at Arizona State University to work under a $5 million, five-year grant to find new solutions for concentrated solar power.
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Two recently-issued federal studies underscore the dramatic growth in electrical generation from geothermal, solar, wind, and other renewable energy sources during the first three and one-half years of the Obama Administration.
US Solar PV Installations Grow 120%; US Poised to be World's 3rd-Largest Market
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Solar photovoltaic (PV) installations in the Americas more than doubled in the first half of 2012 (1H 2012) and will reach nearly 4.3 GW for the year. Solar PV installations rose more than 120% in the Americas in the first six months of 2012, according to IMS Research's latest quarterly report, to reach 1.7 GW. That compares to 750 MW in the 1H 2011.
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