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Mitt Romney's presidential campaign this year has created a groundswell of interest in his Mormon faith. As a response to that increased public interest, the church organization has assigned its local officials to host outreach sessions inviting interested public to come and learn about what many people abbreviate simply as Mormonism or LDS.
Nicolas T. Taylor, president of the church's Montrose Stake, along with other church members, hosted two outreach sessions recently, one in Montrose and another in Delta. There, Taylor explained the basic elements of their faith, and just as importantly he showed how the beliefs held by members of the Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints impact the way they live their daily lives.
"Unfortunately, people often abbreviate more than just our name," Taylor said. "Sometimes they represent our beliefs and practices in ways that leave important gaps in understanding."
Most people are probably aware that their friends and neighbors of the Mormon faith are among the most reliable, friendly, social, and helpful people they know. Taylor asked his audience in Delta, "Do Latter-day Saints really make good citizens, and is there a causal link between what they believe and how they behave?"
He answered that question strongly in the affirmative. Most important and most basic to the faith is that Jesus Christ "is the central figure of our church and we worship God, the Father, through his name," Taylor explained.
"There are lots of commonalities with other Christian faiths, and lots of differences," he continued. "To some, our teachings are heretical, to others our doctrine is intriguing. To us, it's inseparably connected with how we interpret being followers of Jesus Christ — specifically with the way in which we live, with our sense of purpose in life, and our concept of service," Taylor told his audience.
"The link between what Latter-day Saints believe and what they feel impelled to do with that belief is an incredibly powerful force within our faith," Taylor said. "It is rarely discussed and even more rarely appreciated." Yet it is important for people wanting to understand Mormons to realize "what it is that triggers certain common behavioral characteristics among our members." It all stems from their basic belief in Jesus Christ, he said.
There has been a substantial body of independent research done on the positive effects of Mormon's beliefs and their resulting lifestyle choices. Those positive effects have been documented in the areas of good physical health and longevity, happiness and well-being, successful family life, and educational attainment, Taylor explained while citing extensive research results.
But beyond even the positive effects that Mormon beliefs contribute to members' personal lives, those same beliefs inspire and even compel church members to high levels of community work and social service activities that contribute unmeasured value to neighborhoods, towns, and to the nations of the world.
Taylor's presentation detailed the work that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its individual members do every day on a global scale in the areas of social engagement, volunteer work, charitable giving, and humanitarian efforts. "In addition to disaster relief, the humanitarian services arm of the Church sponsors ongoing worldwide initiatives including training local doctors and nurses to resuscitate babies who fail to take their first breaths, and to provide measles vaccinations, wheelchair distributions, vision treatment, and clean water."
And even accounting for all of that, Taylor noted, "Perhaps one of our greatest struggles is being properly understood. With a membership approaching 15 million and nearly 30,000 congregations across the world, the visibility of the church and its members is growing. But visibility does not always equate with understanding."
The church's Montrose Stake encompasses 10 congregations. Of those ten, two are Delta wards, three are Montrose wards, and Cedaredge and Paonia have a ward each. There are also smaller branch congregations in Montrose, Gunnison and Naturita.
The 10 congregations of the Montrose Stake consist of 3,773 total members, 1,624 of those members in Delta County, Taylor said.
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Atlanta police are preparing to welcome a mobile memorial to Georgia law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty.
The Georgia Law Enforcement Memorial Wall Tour will stop in front of Public Safety Headquarters in Atlanta on Thursday at 11 a.m. The 28-foot "moving wall" is pulled by a pickup truck and is escorted by more than 10 motorcycles.
The memorial features the names of the fallen officers. Family members of the three Atlanta officers who died in the line of duty last year are set to be on hand to unveil the names of their loved ones.
Chief George Turner plans to speak on behalf of the department.
The tour aims to raise awareness for the 22nd Annual Georgia Police Memorial Ride on April 26-27.
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None of these plants are hard to take care of, Lambton says. "If you're having coffee in the morning, just go out and dump a little bit of water in."
Flynn agrees, and also suggests using potted grasses, which are "low maintenance and, as they grow, they create a full wall of privacy."
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If you love plants but have minimal space, add a wall-mounted garden filled with succulent plants to one wall, says Schuneman: "It's a great way to add life and texture without actually taking any real estate up on your small balcony or patio."
He also suggests using narrow planters to create "long, narrow, raised flowerbeds that go the length of the space." They provide room for plants to grow, while also creating a ledge that's "great for coffee cups or a casual lunch," he says.
Flynn suggests playing up the height of your space by adding long outdoor curtains or hanging pendant lights.
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"I usually paint concrete slabs [on the floor] a bold color or an accent color carried out from an adjacent room," Flynn says. "This helps the patio feel like an extension when you look out to it through a door. On the flipside, when seated out in the patio looking inward, the consistent use of color flowing inside and outside makes the patio itself feel much more open."
Flynn also suggests using outdoor curtains for a burst of color, and to block an unattractive view or hide items like electrical boxes and storage bins. "Outdoor draperies are, hands-down, the easiest way to soften an otherwise all-concrete and stucco space, while also being able to control how much or how little neighbors can see."
Or, he says, order a basic trellis from an online retailer like hayneedle.com, then "paint it a bold color and use it to instantly make an outdoor space feel more roomlike."
And for a burst of natural color, Lambton suggests adding a small, tabletop fire pit for a golden glow at night. "Some are small enough, and they don't put off a lot of heat," he says.
Create your own art
"Most people don't think of using art outside, but it can be done, especially in a DIY manner," Flynn says. "My favorite trick is to use tent canvas and stretch it across a DIY frame made from pressure-treated lumber, and add some gesso to the surface for texture."
Once you've created your canvas, he says, "pick up some exterior latex paint, then get as abstract as you want to play with color shape and texture. Once the art is dry, add a sealer to protect it from moisture, then hang it up to create a focal point, and/or add another layer of privacy."
You can make any outdoor space more beautiful, Lambton says, with just a few hours of effort and a small investment.
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8:40 PM ET, August 26, 2013
Coors Field, Denver, Colorado
W: J. Nicasio (8-6)
L: B. Zito (4-10)
DENVER -- Juan Nicasio has figured out how to beat teams with his arm. He also showed he can do it with his bat.
Nicasio threw six shutout innings and added an RBI single to lift the Colorado Rockies over the San Francisco Giants 6-1 on Monday night.
Todd Helton homered to move within three hits of 2,500, and Charlie Blackmon also homered for the Rockies.
Buster Posey singled and reached base for the 49th straight game against Colorado.
Nicasio (8-6) struggled with his location early this season and was sent to Triple-A on June 28 to work on his command. He is 3-2 since rejoining the Rockies on July 12 but has pitched deeper into games.
"It's a hard slider that he's throwing that he's getting swings and misses," manager Walt Weiss said. "When he gets it near the plate, it's been effective. Early on, a lot of those sliders were a ball out of his hand and didn't really serve a purpose."
The Giants struggled against the righty, managing just four hits. Two came in the first inning when they loaded the bases before Nicasio struck out Pablo Sandoval to end the threat.
"First inning, bases loaded and no runs, I was feeling happy," Nicasio said.
Giants starter Barry Zito didn't share the feeling.
The Rockies began a nine-game, 10-day homestand with a strong performance against Zito (4-10), who has struggled away from home this season. His numbers didn't improve in his short outing at Coors Field.
Zito allowed five runs and nine hits and struck out one in four innings in his second start since being put back into the rotation. He is 0-8 with a 9.61 ERA on the road this season.
"I don't know about tonight," he said. "I thought I had good command."
He worked out of trouble in the first inning before the Rockies got to him in the second.
Nolan Arenado led off with a bloop single -- one of his three hits -- and Helton crushed a 1-1 curveball into the Rockies' bullpen to give Colorado a 2-0 lead. It was Helton's ninth homer of the season and the 363rd of his 17-year career.
Blackmon, who entered the game in the second inning for Dexter Fowler, led off the third with his fourth homer to give the Rockies a 3-0 lead. Colorado tacked on two more runs in the fourth on a bases-loaded single by Nicasio and a groundout by Blackmon.
"I looked the film on the home runs. Buster had his glove on the ground, and that's where the pitches were on the home runs," Zito said. "I wanted the curveballs down and away, and that's where they were."
The Giants got a scare when right fielder Hunter Pence crashed into the wall trying to track down Michael Cuddyer's triple in the first inning. Pence lay on the warning track before San Francisco's trainers came out to tend to him. After a brief examination, he stayed in the game.
"He hit the wall pretty good, I mean really good," manager Bruce Bochy said. "He got the wind knocked out of him. Once he got his wind back, he was all right. I'm sure he will be ready to go."
Pence and the Giants couldn't do much against Nicasio, who tied a season high with nine strikeouts. He finished his night by striking out Brandon Crawford with runners on first and third to end the sixth.
"He's come a long way minimizing damage," Weiss said. "The big one was the sixth inning. We really wanted him to get through the sixth without having to go to the pen. Our guys were pretty taxed so we didn't want to go there that early, so that was big for Juan to get through that sixth inning."
The Giants spoiled the shutout attempt on Joaquin Arias' two-out RBI double off Jeff Francis in the ninth.
Game notes
Rockies right-hander Rafael Betancourt has a torn elbow ligament, the closer said Monday night. Betancourt said he will have platelet-rich plasma therapy instead of Tommy John surgery in the hope of returning sooner. ... Fowler left with a left lateral knee bruise. He is day to day. ... The outfield sprinklers came on briefly while the Giants were in the field in the fourth inning. ... Colorado SS Troy Tulowitzki (sore oblique) sat out his second straight game. He is expected to be back in the lineup Tuesday. ... Rockies RHP Tyler Chatwood (elbow) will make a rehab start with Triple-A Colorado Springs on Tuesday. He is scheduled to throw 75 pitches and could be back in the rotation this weekend. ... Giants LHP Jeremy Affeldt (left groin strain) threw a bullpen session in Arizona on Monday. He next will go on a rehab assignment. ... San Francisco OF Andres Torres (left Achilles strain) flew to North Carolina to see a specialist. ... Giants RHP Yusmeiro Petit (0-0) will face Colorado RHP Chad Bettis (0-2) on Tuesday night.
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Scoring Summary
2nd | T Helton homered to right center (410 feet), N Arenado scored. | 0 | 2 | |
3rd | C Blackmon homered to right (383 feet). | 0 | 3 | |
4th | J Nicasio singled to shallow center, N Arenado scored, T Helton to third, C Culberson to second. | 0 | 4 | |
4th | C Blackmon grounded into fielder's choice to second, T Helton scored, J Nicasio out at second, C Culberson to third. | 0 | 5 | |
7th | D LeMahieu reached on infield single to pitcher, C Dickerson scored on throwing error by pitcher J Mijares. | 0 | 6 | |
9th | J Arias doubled to deep left center, F Peguero scored. | 1 | 6 | |
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Game Information
Stadium | Coors Field, Denver, CO |
Attendance | 30,364 (60.2% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
Game Time | 2:49 |
Weather | 86 degrees, partly cloudy |
Wind | 8 mph |
Umpires | Home Plate - Chad Fairchild, First Base - Jeff Kellogg, Second Base - Eric Cooper, Third Base - Paul Schrieber |
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The biggest news for this year's A3 is a minor interior and exterior facelift, with a new single-frame grille element, high-gloss black B-columns, chrome trim on lower air inlets, chrome strips in door handles, new rear diffuser insert, and updated alloy wheel designs. Four new paint choices have also been added: Volcano Red, Dakota Gray, Amethyst Gray and Scuba Blue. The interior now sees a new gray instrument background, a revised flat-bottomed steering wheel and a new gear shift lever for the S tronic transmission.
There are two Audi A3 engines available for 2011. Both are 2.0-liter 4-cylinders, but one is a TDI clean diesel engine, while the other is a direct-inject gasoline engine. The diesel engine can make 140 hp and 236 lb-ft of torque, plus a 30-mpg city and 42-mpg highway fuel rating. The turbo-charged gasoline engine trades some of that green credibility for performance, with 200 hp and 207 lb-ft of torque. It still manages 21 mpg in the city and 30 mpg on the highway with front-wheel drive.
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U.S. Navy Country Current to perform Sept. 28 at HCC
Submitted by Leigh-Anne Mauk on Tue, 09/16/2008 - 12:00am
The Hagerstown Community College Alumni Association will host the U.S. Navy Country Current as part of its annual Red, White and Blue Summer Concert Series, on Sun., Sept. 28, at 4 p.m., in HCC's Alumni Amphitheater.
The Country Current is a seven-member country-bluegrass ensemble originally formed in 1973 under the leadership of banjo player Bill Emerson. Currently, the group is under the direction of banjo instrumentalist Chief Musician Keith M. Arneson. In support of Navy recruiting, the Country Current tours the United States each year and has performed alongside a host of country artists including Brooks and Dunn, Charlie Daniels, Vince Gill, Toby Keith, Alison Krauss, Boots Randolph, the Statler Brothers, and many others. The group also features an acoustic bluegrass quintet that is often featured at many of the nation's prominent bluegrass festivals.
Co-sponsored by the Hagerstown-Washington County Convention and Visitors Bureau, this concert is free and is open to the public. For more information, contact HCC Alumni Coordinator Lisa Stewart at 301-790-2800, ext. 346. To learn more about the U.S. Navy Country Current, go to www.navyband.navy.mil/countrycurrent.shtml.


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The Bolivian government has approved a US$ 126 million 14-year loan from Andean Development Cooperation (CAF) for water and irrigation project (PROAR) as part of a five-year programme. Over 600,00 people will get new (400,000 people) or improved (200,000) access to drinking water.
The projects, involving the Ministry of Environment and Water (MMyA) in coordination with municipal governments, will serve rural scattered populations and small towns. Implementation will start in January 2011.
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Serena Williams, Victoria Azarenka advance, but Venus doesn't
Azarenka practiced her backhands and serve while Hampton was in the locker room, but the break didn't help her immediately. Hampton returned and held in the next game and needed more treatment in the break at the end of the set.
Even with the pain of two herniated disks, the 23-year-old Hampton, from Auburn, Ala., went down swinging — making 47 unforced errors to go with the winners that caught Azarenka off guard and had her asking, loudly at one point, what she could do to counter them.
If results go according to rankings, Azarenka and Williams will meet in the semifinals. Williams has won the Australian Open five times and is on a 19-match winning streak — and she has lost only one match since her first-round exit at the French Open last year.
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Redesigned container for allograft tissue addresses usability issues
"Part of the design process for the MTF packaging was understanding how the tissue was used in the operating field," Kapec says. "For hospital personnel pouring the tissue out from the container, we recognized that because the previous glass and plastic containers were cylindrical, it made them more difficult to handle. We added dimples in the sides and had the container shaped as a rectangle to make it feel more secure in the hands of the scrub nurse who empties the tissue into the basin in the surgical theater. Not only is this a practical approach, but it also creates an experience for them when handling and opening
The original cylindrical glass or plastic containers posed packaging difficulties that extended beyond handling. Explains Kapec, "The first thing that occurred to us was that the cylindrical packaging could not be used because there was no way that we could increase the size of it to accommodate the additional tissue volume MTF wanted to pack in the container, and still fit it into the outer blister. We had to get involved in the technology, the blister forming, to understand the maximum draw and width."
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Quotations about Liberty and PowerAbout this Quotation:In this passage Plato asks us to compare a soul or mind which is "pregnant" with new and creative ideas with a women who is pregnant with her child. Both "offspring" are dearly loved and both will preserve the memory and thus create a kind of immortality for the parent. Plato also uses this idea to suggest that a similar motivation drives teachers to impart their knowledge and wisdom to their students. The ideas they impart are like little "offspring" which take root in the minds of their pupils. Other quotes from this week:
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Read the full quote in context here. In the Symposium, Plato argues that ideas such as wisdom and virtue and temperance and justice have their own offspring and that the great poets like Homer or legislators like Solon have "children" which are worthy of admiration and emulation: The full passage from which this quotation was taken can be be viewed below (front page quote in bold):
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UP: To the people participating in this weekend's Relay for Life at Parkersburg City Park and Belpre's Civitan Park. The annual event, with its carnival-like atmosphere, ends this morning. Relay is a fundraiser for cancer research, a way to celebrate those who have survived it and as a moving way to remember those who lost their fight with this deadly disease. The Relay's motto is the race won't end until a cure is found and with the help of money raised from the relays all over the United States during the past 20-some years, more people are surviving cancer every year.
DOWN: To the vandals responsible for two break-ins this week at the Worthington Little League baseball fields. The incidents, which occurred on Tuesday and Wednesday morning, caused several hundred dollars worth of damage and the loss of nearly $1,200 worth of property. Worthington, like all athletic facilities for area youngsters, exists because of the hard work of volunteers. This type of senseless vandalism has to be discouraging to those volunteers, but we are happy to hear the games will go on because of individuals and businesses who have stepped forward to help recoup the lost funds. We hope those responsible for these thefts will soon be caught.
UP: To Major Vernon Dolby of the Salvation Army who will be transferred from Parkersburg in June after four years of selfless service here. Dolby and his wife Vicki will begin a tour in Huntingdon, Pa., about 30 miles south of Penn State where he will lead the local Salvation Army chapter. Dolby has been an asset to the Mid-Ohio Valley, and he will be missed. We wish him well on his new assignment.
UP: To all of the high school students who are graduating this weekend and in the coming days. We hope all are able to follow their dreams to their fulfillment.
UP: To members of the West Virginia Good Sams Camping Organization who are in Mineral Wells this weekend for the annual campout, or "Samboree," being held at the Wood County 4-H Campground on Butcher Bend Road. Approximately 150 recreational vehicles and 400 people are expected at the event, now in its 35th year.


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Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0: New calendar, better search
A new Mozilla Foundation effort to improve its Thunderbird open-source e-mail software now has an official name--and its first public goals.
Thunderbird 3.0 is due to ship by the end of the year with a more comprehensive search feature and official integration of the Lightning calendar add-on, said David Ascher, chief executive of the newly named Mozilla Messaging subsidiary. The first alpha release will come sooner, though, for those who want to test the software.
"I'm expecting we'll have some public releases probably within three months," Ascher said.
Mozilla is best known for its success with the Firefox browser, which has dented Microsoft Internet Explorer's dominance and sparked programmers to build a rich selection of extensions. Now the group is trying to apply the formula to e-mail software. Even though many rely on Web-based services for the chore, e-mail software is still widely used, and Thunderbird could open another major beachhead for open-source software in mainstream computing.
Although Mozilla Messaging's priority is to produce good software, not specifically to dethrone Microsoft's dominant Outlook software, the new calendar ability makes Thunderbird a more viable competitor, particularly in corporate environments.
Adding a third Mozilla group can be confusing, so let me spell out the distinctions for those of you who haven't scrutinized every development in the last 10 years since Netscape and its acquirer, AOL, spun off the Mozilla project in 1998. The Mozilla Foundation, a not-for-profit group, is in charge overall; for-profit subsidiaries Mozilla Corp. and Mozilla Messaging run the Web browser and e-mail projects, respectively.
Mozilla Messaging also has named a three-person board of directors: Ascher; Chris Beard, general manager of Mozilla Labs; and Marten Mickos, CEO of MySQL, the open-source database company Sun Microsystems has just agreed to acquire for about $1 billion. More are likely to be added later as the organization grows, Ascher said.


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Found at: Lenny's at the Beach (Old Lyme)
Are people more careful what they drink being at the beach, in the hot sun?
No, people drink what they want to drink, it doesn't matter how hot it is. As far as shots go, I feel I serve more Patron than anything else.
So what are people drinking this summer?
Fish bowls, it's a combination of flavored rums and juices. People can share them and take the fish bowl home with them. Pina Colada' and mudslides are popular as are loaded Landshark's, which is a bottle of Lanshark beer with a shot of guava rum on top.
What will people do to get free drinks?
Pretty much anything: girls kissing other girls, topless beach volleyball. It doesn't always work though.
What's the vibe like here?
For the most part, this is a laid back bar; weekends are when it gets a little crazy. We never have to throw people out mainly because we have a mixed crowd. We do cater to a lot of locals. People here are very nice and it's a very chill bar. We have foam parties on the patio which are successful.


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St. Mary's City, Md. – Marymount University's men's soccer team dropped a 1-0 decision on the road at St. Mary's (Md.) in Capital Athletic Conference action on Saturday afternoon. The one goal game is the 12th this season for the Saints.
A scoreless game turned to the Seahawks (7-8-0, 3-4-0 CAC) favor in the 74th minute with the lone goal of the contest. St. Mary's outshot the Saints 19-8 in the game but only five were on target for the home team and four for MU.
In goal, Daniel Keefe collected four saves for the Saints (4-9-3, 1-4-2 CAC) in the loss.
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Nov. 4, 2013
Natalee Holloway
In 2005, 18-year-old Natalee Holloway was in Aruba on a high school senior trip. On the last night of her vacation she took a late-night ride with islander Joran van der Sloot and two of his friends, brothers Deepak and SatishKalpoe. She was never seen again.The author took it upon himself to try to find her body.
by Ken Close
I like cruising because you only unpack once, then your hotel takes you to different vacation destinations each day. In May 2012 my family and I booked a Caribbean cruise which would take us to three islands we had not yet visited: Grand Turk, Aruba and Curacao. When I noticed we'd land on Aruba on May 30, something compelled me to check Google. I quickly discovered that May 30th marked the seventh anniversary of the disappearance of Natalee Holloway. I didn't know Natalee or anyone in her family, but I remember reading about her disappearance.
In 2005, 18-year-old Natalee Holloway was in Aruba on a high school senior trip. On the last night of her vacation she takes a late-night ride with islander Joran van der Sloot and two of his friends, brothers Deepak and SatishKalpoe. She is never seen again.
July 22, 2013
A Polaroid photo found in a busy parking lot in Florida gave two families in New Mexico hope that their children were still alive.
by Paul Buchanan
On June 15, 1989, a woman in Port St. Joe, Florida pulled off Route 98 into the parking lot of a Junior Food Store. She parked next to a white Toyota cargo van and entered the air-conditioned market. Moments later, when she emerged, the white van was gone, but in the vacated space beside her car, she found what appeared to be a Polaroid photo lying face down on the asphalt. She picked it up, and turned it over. The image she found was harrowing.
In the photo, a young woman and a younger boy lie on their backs on a rumpled pile of mismatched sheets and pillows. Both look directly at the camera with expressions of tense resignation. Their mouths are covered with duct tape, and their postures suggest that their wrists are bound behind them. The space they occupy is cramped and poorly lit. The only source of light seems to come from behind the photographer. The photo could well have been taken in the back of a windowless van with its side door pulled open.
The woman who discovered the photo immediately notified local police. Roadblocks were hurriedly set up, but they failed to snare the van or the mustached man who had been in its driver's seat.
June 6, 2013
Ariel Castro
Update: Ariel Castro was sentenced to life plus 1,000 years by Judge Michael Russo on August 1, 2013. To avoid facing the death penaly, Castro pled guilty to 937 counts, including murder and kidnapping. On September 3, 2013, Castro was found dead in his cell, hanging from a sheet. Attempts to revive him failed. Franklin County Coroner Jan Gorniak said that an autopsy had determined the death a suicide. His body was discovered about 9:20 p.m. in his cell at the Correctional Reception Center in Orient, Ohio, near Columbus. He was being held there temporarily in protective custody, but was not placed on suicide watch.
The field of abduction provides a fascinating if complex area of study. The individual who seeks to kidnap and then enslave the subject in question is treated as a creature lacking human traits. It is not merely anti-human but non-human, a figure of fantasy, who conceals his quarry. With frequency, the term "monster" is used. It took a matter of hours for the term "monster" to be employed in the context of Ariel Castro.
by Binoy Kampmark
Absentees occupy a distinct part of human consciousness. They are suspended, either alive or dead, often both. They might appear at any given moment, or they might never do so. There is contingency about their existence, qualified, uncertain, and tortured.
For three missing women in Cleveland – Amanda Berry, 27; Georgina 'Gina' DeJesus, 23; and Michelle Knight, 32 – not to mention a 6-year-old daughter born to Berry – hope had been suspended. They were never struck off the "missing list" – faith prevailed that they were still alive.
May 14, 2012 Special to Crime Magazine
This is an excerpt from The Kalinka Affair by Joshua Hammer. The full ebook single is available for sale from The Atavist, through Kindle Singles, iBooks, The Atavist app,and other outlets via The Atavist website. When André Bamberski's daughter died 30 years ago, he was helpless to save her. Suspicions of murder began to surround her stepfather, a German doctor named Dieter Krombach, but Bamberski could only hope the truth would prevail. But when the authorities gave up their pursuit, he knew he had to act. So against the odds, Bamberski embarked on an obsessive quest to capture and punish his daughter's killer.
by Joshua Hammer
The abduction of Dr. Dieter Krombach began in the village of Scheidegg, in southern Germany. His three kidnappers punched him in the face, tied him up, gagged him, and threw him in the back of their car. They drove 150 miles, crossing the border into the Alsace region of France, with Krombach stretched out on the floor between the seats. The car stopped in the town of Mulhouse. An accomplice called the local police and stayed on the line just long enough to deliver a bizarre instruction: "Go to the rue de Tilleul, across from the customs office," the anonymous caller said. "You'll find a man tied up."
A few minutes later, two police cars arrived at the scene, their red and blue patrol lights illuminating the street. Behind an iron gate, in a dingy courtyard between two four-story buildings, Krombach lay on the ground. His hands and feet were bound and his mouth was gagged. He was roughed up but very much alive. When the police removed the covering from his mouth, the first thing he said was "Bamberski is behind it."
March 14, 2011
John Paul Getty III
By the time John Paul Getty III died on February 5, 2011 – at age 54 – he had lost far more than the ear his Italian kidnappers had sliced off when he was 17 years old.
by Denise Noe
The old saying that "money can't buy happiness" may never have been more dramatically illustrated than by the life of the recently deceased Jean Paul Getty III, grandson of the wealthiest man on earth. His father was scion Jean Paul Getty II and his mother was former actress Gail Harris. Paul, as Jean Paul Getty III would be called, was the oldest of four children.
It was quite unlikely that when he was born in England on November 4, 1956 that he would become best known for a crime committed against him. Grandfather J. Paul Getty, a billionaire oil tycoon, described Paul during his early boyhood as "a bright, red-haired little rascal" and called him "most cheerful and cute." The Los Angeles Times reported that as a toddler Paul "was said to be one of his grandfather's favorites."
J. Paul Getty was often described by the moniker of The Richest Man in The World. Despite his vast fortune, he continued being a workaholic into his elderly years, putting in hours each day to try to make his almost unimaginable wealth even larger. He was also known for certain eccentricities such as an intermittent phobia of the telephone.
Nov. 19, 2009 Updated Nov. 7, 2011
André Bamberski
For 27 years the heartbroken André Bamberski kept an eye on the fugitive serial rapist who murdered his 14-year-old daughter. Then he arranged a vigilante kidnapping to deliver the murderer to the police.
by Marilyn Z. Tomlins
In the early hours of the morning little happens in the town of Mulhouse.
Mulhouse, of slightly over 110,000 inhabitants, is geographically in eastern France, in the region of Alsace, but it is often said by skeptical French that the Mulhousiens and the Mulhousiennes, as the inhabitants are called, have German hearts. The reason is that Germany starts just a few miles east of Alsace, and indeed of Mulhouse, and the Germans have therefore annexed the region three times. The first annexation had been after France's defeat in the Franco-Prussian war (July 1870-May1871), the second, during World War 1 (1914-1918), and the third in World War Two, after France's June 1940 capitulation to Adolf Hitler's Nazi army. This third annexation had lasted until the end of the war in May 1945. Since, Alsace has remained French.
During the early morning of Sunday, October 18, 2009 Mulhouse was again silent, but the silence was disturbed when the computer screens in front of the officers on duty in the police's emergency call room flashed an incoming call.
The caller, a male, speaking with a marked Russian accent despite his flawless French, gave the cop who took the call the name of a local street: Rue de Tilleul. On that street, said the caller before he rang off, the fugitive, Dieter Krombach, could be found.
Robert Cosgrove "Bobby" Greenlease, Jr
A sensation of 1953, $300,000 of the $600,000 paid in ransom has never been recovered. Two police officers and a gangster are commonly thought to have stolen the money -- but did they?
by J. J. Maloney
One of the more tragic and fascinating crimes of the mid 20th century was the kidnapping and murder of 6-year-old Bobby Greenlease in 1953, and the subsequent disappearance of half the $600,000 ransom his family futilely paid for his release.
Bobby was the son of Robert C. and Virginia Greenlease. His 71-year-old father was one of the largest Cadillac dealers in the nation. The Greenleases lived in Mission Hills, Kan., the most elite suburb in the Kansas City area.
The kidnappers – Carl Austin Hall and Bonnie Brown Heady – had both known privilege earlier in their lives. In fact, it was at military school that Hall met Paul Greenlease, the older, adopted brother of Bobby Greenlease. Hall later inherited a substantial amount of money from his father, but blew it failing at a number of business ventures. For robbing a number of cab drivers – his total take was $38 -- Hall was sent to the Missouri State Penitentiary. In prison he dreamed of making "the big score" – a score that would allow him to once again live in luxury.
He later said that kidnapping was the only crime where he could strike once and retire for life.
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Leonard Cohen's back, still doing his thing, at which he is still good.
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Aetna Scores with Interactive Patient Engagement Game
I would have finished writing this column much earlier if I hadn't gone online to do a little first-hand research and clicked on an online personal wellness game created by Hartford, CT-based health insurer Aetna in partnership with Seattle-based social media company Mindbloom.
I have to admit I spent a little bit longer on the site than I probably should have been during work hours.
Then again, that's the whole idea.
The platform takes advantage of the science behind social gaming and blends technology, art, and behavioral psychology to engage users in achieving personal health and wellness goals, according to the two companies.
"I'm very passionate about personal development," Mindbloom co-founder Chris Hewett said in an interview. "I'm a big believer in small steps every day and the key is every day. So how do you get someone to change their life one small step at a time? It's about engagement. The idea was to tap into game elements, inspirational content, and social to make this a very powerful way for people to grow the life they want."
The site relies in part on gamification to increase and sustain engagement. Each user has his or her own tree with leaves that represent different areas of life, including health, finances, and spirituality.
Users keep the tree healthy by scheduling and performing tasks. So, for example, one of my goals is to drink more water. When I meet that goal I'll earn sunshine and water to keep my tree healthy. If I don't, my tree will wither and die.
I can add inspirational quotes, personal photos, and music. And I can invite friends to join and share my progress on the site or via other social media sites such as Facebook.
When you set goals, accomplish tasks, and perform other actions, your tree produces seeds that can be used to send a little burst of rain to a friend (200 seeds per shower) or to upload 50 additional images (1,000 seeds per upgrade), for example.
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But based on www.compete.com, they only have 5,800-ish unique users as of last month and it worries me that all this talk about gamification and engagement is a little bit of a hype / bubble for consumer health apps.
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Biltmore job fair to be held Monday, March 11, 2013Food and beverage positions are available
Asheville, N.C. – Representatives from Biltmore's award-winning food and beverage team will be on-site at Asheville Buncombe Technical Community College to interview applicants for various job openings at the estate's restaurants including cooks, servers, hosts, supervisors, bussers and more. No appointment is necessary, and walk-ins are welcome. Applicants are encouraged to bring copies of their resumes to share with Biltmore staff.
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United States Senator Mr. Chairman, thank you for holding this hearing today. We are at a pivotal time for competition in the video industry. The decades-long control by local cable monopolies is may finally be shaken by the promised entry of the giant telephone companies into video. But whether we are about to witness the birth of a new world of expanded choices for consumers will depend to a large extent on the policies adopted in the months ahead. So today's hearing will address several topics crucial to the development of a truly competitive video market. First, what will be the impact for consumers of the acquisition of Adelphia by the nation's two largest cable competitors? Second, what are the policies we can adopt to ensure that important new competitors in the video market such as the phone companies are given a fair shot to compete? And, third, how can we assure that independent voices have room to be heard in today's media world? We continue to witness increased consolidation in the industry. The latest deal is the purchase of Adelphia by Comcast and Time Warner. Once the acquisition is complete, Comcast and Time Warner intend to swap local cable systems to significantly expand their regional presence. This clustering will lead to very high market shares in several regions of the nation - as high as 70% -- from the East Coast to California. Such clustering greatly increases the ability of the local cable franchise to gain exclusive rights to must-have programming -- effectively freezing out competitors. Increasing concentration also makes it much more difficult for independent programmers like our witness from the America's Channel to obtain carriage. Our democracy depends on the ability of independent voices to be heard. We should be deeply concerned when only programmers affiliated with cable companies or the broadcast networks seem to get carried on the cable giants. But there is one significant piece of good news - the entry by the regional Bell companies into the video market. By challenging the cable monopoly, the efforts by companies like SBC and Verizon creates the exciting prospect of a real new competitive choice for millions of consumers. But we must ensure that undue roadblocks to the entry of the phone companies into video are removed.
First, a careful review of the Adelphia deal by the Federal Trade Commission and FCC to ensure that it does not lead to excessive market concentration in local geographic markets. Central to this review should be a serious consideration of conditions to ensure that competitors have access to programming that consumers demand, as was done in NewsCorp/DIRECTV; Second, closing loopholes in the program access law to ensure that competitors have access to essential programming owned by the cable incumbents; and Third, revising the existing rules so that independent programmers have a fair shot at getting carried. These and other similar ideas should be on the agenda as Congress looks to re-write the landmark Telecom Act of 1996. These measures will help assure that consumers see the benefits of increased choice by giving new entrants the breathing room to compete. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. |


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London's 300th hybrid bus has entered service. It is an ADL Enviro400 running with Abellio. Taking count of orders already placed, Transport for London says there will be 400 hybrids in service by 2013. And mayor Boris Johnson used the arrival of the 300th bus to reiterate his commitment to having 600 Borismasters in service by 2016, out of a total of 1,000 hybrids to be purchased over the next four years.Says Johnson: "I am determined to clean up London's buses to improve quality of life. We are pioneering new technology to do so, including through the wider introduction of these greener hybrid vehicles and my brand new bus for the capital. This is all part of my plans to cut pollution across the city."Mike Weston, London Buses operations director, adds: "Bus operator confidence in hybrids has increased immensely which, alongside reductions in the capital premiums and increasing fuel prices is making this technology increasingly attractive."TfL says that the hybrids are delivering fuel savings of 30 per cent, and reducing NOx emissions by 20 per cent.www.tfl.gov.ukLondon's 300 hybrid suppliersADL 180Volvo 77Wrightbus 32Optare 11Total 300
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Volvo this week formally handed over its first hybrid double-deckers, six B5Ls, to Arriva London.
FIRSTGROUP has confirmed that it is taking nine of the new Wrightbus integrated double-deck buses, launched in London last month.
The latest round of London tender awards will see five operators taking delivery of just over 200 new buses by the end of this year, including 31 hybrids for operation by London Central on two services currently operated by Citaro artics.
WRIGHTBUS has secured an order for a second hybrid double-deck bus, to be built for Dublin Bus.
Arriva London loses two routes operated by 38 vehicles in the latest London tender awards.
Transport Malta has published an Expression of Interest for the provision of bus services on Malta and Gozo, following the departure of Arriva at the start of this year. Issue 328
Marama Tours of Tahiti has purchased two 10. Issue 328
UITP this month launched a programme to promote electric buses, ZeEUS, the Zero Emission Urban Bus System. Issue 327
Buenos Aires is the 2014 winner of the Sustainable Transport Award for its work in improving urban mobility, reducing CO2 emissions, and improving the safety of pedestrians and cyclists. Issue 327
One of the biggest orders for battery electric buses outside China looks set to be agreed in Bogota after operator Cobus and manufacturer BYD signed a Memorandum of Understanding this month for the supply of 260 vehicles. Issue 327
Stagecoach is investing $10. Issue 327
Reading Buses is the latest municipal company to opt for Voith bus transmissions with the DIWA 824. Issue 327
Lothian Buses reports that it has sold more than 100,000 m-tickets since launching its mobile ticketing and RTI app in November 2013. Issue 327
BLM and Lloyd Morgan Group are hosting a seminar for operators focusing on licensing and environmental regulation. Issue 327
A new messaging system that claims to herald the arrival of "true real-time communication with bus customers . Issue 322
Nottingham City Transport has developed a new website that it claims will make travel and journey planning even easier for all passengers. Issue 322
Hydrovane has won the order to supply compressors to power the pneumatic systems on all 600 of the next batch of Borismasters being manufactured by Wrightbus. Issue 322
CHRIS OWENS, managing director of Alpine Travel of Llandudno, has been appointed CPT president for 2014. Issue 327
Phil Baker, managing director of Bakers of Biddulph, has stepped down. Issue 327
While Passenger Focus chief executive ANTHONY SMITH takes a career break in California, passenger team director DAVID SIDEBOTTOM has taken on the role of acting chief executive for a few months. Issue 327
BEN COLSON, former managing director of Norfolk Green, is this year's president of the Omnibus Society. Issue 327
The Bus Appeals Body has made two new appointments. Issue 327
After some 18 months in the post, JAN AICHINGER, chief executive officer of EvoBus UK has left the company. Issue 324
A total of 49 people, projects and organisations in 16 categories have been short-listed for the 2014 UK Coach Awards.
The O-licence of Ebdons Tours of Sidcup has been suspended for ten days by south-east traffic commissioner Nicholas Denton after he warned the company's transport manager, Peter Lewis, that his repute was unlikely to survive another appearance at public inquiry after he was reported for neglecting his O-licence duties and was disqualified from carrying out MOTs.
A case involving Howard Snaith Coach Travel of Otterburn and 18 of its employees has been referred to Newcastle Crown Court after an initial hearing at the city's Magistrates' Court last week.
Stagecoach has placed record orders for almost 570 new buses valued at over £100million.
Faced with cuts in funding from central and local government East Yorkshire Motor Services has announced plans to close its depot at Driffield to reduce its overheads.
Wrightbus International, in partnership with Volvo Bus, has secured orders from associated Hong Kong operators New World First Bus Services and Citybus for 51 new double-deckers.
David Morris of DRM Bus has taken delivery of a three-axle Scania OmniLink, able to carry up to 102 passengers, with 53 seated and a maximum of 49 standing. Issue 327
Six new ADL Enviro400s entered service with Nottingham City Transport this week, the first of 40 new buses due for delivery between now and April. Issue 327
Stephensons, which operates services in Essex and Suffolk, has taken delivery of two Scanias with ADL Enviro400 bodies costing over £200,000 each. Issue 327
Two contrasting ADL products have entered service with Acklams of Beverley. Issue 324
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Delivery by Optare of a second Solo SR to Ross Travel Group brings the Yorkshire company closer to achieving an all low-floor fleet ahead of the 2015 deadline. Issue 324
Heritage line Llangollen Railway runs from Llangollen station, located beside the River Dee bridge in the town, and continues seven and a half miles upstream to the village of Carrog. Issue 327
Speyside is one of the hidden tourist gems of the UK, a quiet area, full of history and renowned for the friendly welcome given to visitors. Issue 327
The West Somerset Railway has been welcoming coach company customers to its trains between Bishops Lydeard, which is just four miles from Taunton, and Minehead for a quarter of a century. Issue 327
The RDA is hosting a Commonwealth Seminar entitled 'Doing Successful Business in the German Coach & Group Travel Market' on Thursday 20 February 2014 in EdinburghThe meeting is free and RDA members and those involved in the coach tourism business across the UK are welcome to attend. Issue 324
The Canterbury Tales visitor attraction has launched a new group package with Shepherd Neame Brewery visitor centre. Issue 324
The EACT European Alliance for Coach Tourism annual meeting took place at Busworld Kotrijk last month and included discussions on a Taxation Working Group synopsis on the fiscal discrimination and the administrative burdens for coach tourism operators in Europe. Issue 323


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Kahn Can't Win, and Neither Can the Wolves as a Result
David Kahn's joking comments regarding the NBA's "habit" of producing good storylines during the draft lottery was met with fairly harsh criticism across the board. As very eloquently detailed in the post below, the TWB crew (not fans of the front office by any stretch), are backing Kahn on this one as he was clearly joking. The real controversy here is not Kahn's joke, but how members of the media are so quick to take a quote out of context to create false drama.
Here's my quick take on Kahn...
- The guy has gotten a dealt a merciless hand by the media. Rubio/Flynn back-to-back wasn't ideal, but it was far from the biggest Wolves draft day debacle (see Foye for Roy, Marbury for Allen, Ndudi Ebi - all products of Kevin McHale). Everyone assumes that Rubio balked at coming to the Wolves because they drafted Flynn, but in reality, his shot at coming over right away due to his big buy-out were slim at best. If Ricky was that dead-set on coming to the NBA, he would have come regardless. Furthermore, if Johnny Flynn really was the thing that tilted the scales to send Ricky back to Spain, how was Kahn supposed to know that Rubio would be such a primadona and react that way? The way I see it, the Kahn Man gets next to zero credit for actually swinging the deal that allowed the Wolves to pick Ricky in the first place, and all anyone focuses on is how he "drove Rubio back to Spain".
Also, the Darko deal is ridiculously overblown. Even if it was a "bad" deal, there were so many more ridiculously bad contracts signed last summer that Darko's deal should be an afterthought. I'd much rather have Darko at $4M per year (pretty decent actually for a starting center) than Joe Johnson's insane contract.
Basically, no matter what Kahn does, it's always getting blown way out of proportion. The guy simply can't win in the eyes of the media.
- However, and this is a big HOWEVER, David Kahn has now been the Wolves' GM for two years and has to have realized that the media loves ripping him to shreds. Yet somehow, he keeps giving them more and more ammunition. If I knew that the press was going to pounce on every little thing I said, I'd probably refrain from hinting that the lottery might be rigged, that Michael Beasley smokes too much weed, that Darko Milicic was "manna from heaven", that Ricky Rubio was absolutely going to come over in two years when in all likelihood there would be a major lockout that co-incided with his opt-out period, that I was going to make all of these "huge" moves in the summer of 2010 when the list of free agents looking to take up residence in Minnesota was all but non-existent, that I was trading Al Jefferson for eight cents on the dollar to set my team up for a big deadline move that I knew my cheap owner would never let me make... And the list goes on and on...
- My final point is that David Kahn has got to go. He hasn't done a great job as the team's GM, but he hasn't submarined the ship either like McHale did on multiple occasions. However, his continued presence is just a PR nightmare. The T-Wolves are considered to be the joke of the entire league, in large part because of Kahn's buffoonery. Teams aren't going to want to make legit deals with us and players aren't going to want to come here as long as the Wolves are viewed as one step above the D-league. Multiple times this season, "Minnesota" has been used by somebody as a derisive term. LeBron James wants to contract our team. Mike D'Antonio said that Rondo wouldn't be a good player if he was a Timberwolf instead of a Celtic. There is a pervasive negative opinion about the Timberwolves' franchise, and it starts with the man who is the head decision-maker for this team.
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Yeah, I'm done. If there was a better country to move to, I'd go there. Sadly there isn't. Apparently my countrymen want to live in a socialized state and not a republic anymore. So yeah, I'm done. Click Here if you Like this Comment
So I guess the GOP has not moved Left far enough to win? Good grief, if the Republicans move any more to the Left they will be Democrats, not simply RINO's. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
Can't wait to hear Rush. He used to be pretty good at calling these things but this isnt the land of Reagan anymore. He was so wrong about the polls. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
Like that old Brit said 200 or so years ago, once the electorate finds out that it can vote itself funds from the public treasury, it's over. It's over.Except for the shooting. That will come soon. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
Fine. That's cool. Today my husband, normally 'the calm one' informed me he wouldn't be working as much, b/c what's the point? We're probably going to sell our whole 401k portfolio in the next couple of weeks. We'll pay a big penalty, but we both know that money will be taken from us by the 47% in the taker class b4 we get it. Might as well fix up our modest home & buy a car we need. We've saved and lived within our means. We stayed married, are raising our kids, and this immoral country has left us behind. Our Catholic church in NC is kicking off a huge drive for the victims of Sandy. Won't be donating to that, let those two Democrat voting states depend on the government they deserve. Let Chris Christie and Bruce Springsteen dry their tears. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
Yep, the bottom line here is that the "TAKERS" have "TAKEN OVER".ps. This country is totally dead, it will have to go through years of death throws but it is dead! Click Here if you Like this Comment
I disagree. A Ronald Reagan type would have won. Romney's mouth provided the fodder for the MSM. Some of us told you so!He represented what people don't like about Republicans. Rich and clueless. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
The Greatest Generation is all but gone and the lessons they left to their children have been lost to the forces of evil and weakness."Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free."Ronald Reagan40th president of US (1911 - 2004)We are there folks. It's happening now and we tried to stop it, but have failed. Our country is now at the point where things will have to get really bad (and they will) before they can get better. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
Rush's harangue of Sandra Fluke was a disaster for Mitt and GOP because it allowed, as planned, Obama to be the protector of women's right to choose. While Fluke may not be able to draw crowds, her symbolic value for Obama was far better than the vagina costumes his feminist supporters donned. Same message from Fluke & vaginas, but one was more presentable on stage at the DNC. Click Here if you Like this Comment
Apropos of #1's comment on where to go:NOWHERE is safe any longer.The only reason that some countries were able to shake off the shackles of dictatorship was because of big Uncle Sam.Yesterday, the Country voted to let the world BURN.Electing Leftists ALWAYS results in ever growing numbers of dead black, brown, yellow and white people.EVERY TIME. Click Here if you Like this Comment 2 persons like this.
The electorate can shift back, but people need to be convinced. The Republicans--or a third party--need to stick to their principles, which are backed by facts and logic. The Democrats are all about outcomes and emotion.The Republicans also need to continue to be the party of moral values. Values voters--ie, evangelicals and other conservative Christians--were ignored this time around. That was a mistake. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
Facts and logic have got the way of the buggy whip in this country #11. The last couple of generations have been indoctrinated by the public schools and liberal christian 'churches' that logic and fact is subjective, its more important to have good self esteem and to 'feel good'.We are following an all to familiar pattern of a once great nation now in decline. We have failed to heed the lessons of history and we are repeating them. Click Here if you Like this Comment
Sorry don't agree with you #7, people now just want free stuff and someone else to do the work. Romney was just fine he was not clueless, the clueless ones are the people that elected Obama. Click Here if you Like this Comment
Election campaigns provide an opportunity for a political party to make its case and educate the electorate. It's not that the majority of voters are corrupt; it's that they are ignorant of what's going on. That is the GOP's fault, LSM notwithstanding. Just where did all that PAC money go? Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
The GOP is stupid. They will either wake up or die. You cannot appeal only to old white men and win. Click Here if you Like this Comment
The nation is past the tipping point anticipated for years. When voters realize that they can vote themslves the public purse (they do) when those so inclined exceed half of the electorate (they do), and when an administration is in power that promotes such distribution (just renewed for at least four years), the nation's freedom is at an end. No tweaking of the political message can defeat human selfishness. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
It's called 25 million illegals being here. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
As many have said, the takers outnumber the makers. There are two ways to reduce the number of takers, 1) reduce/eliminate gov't handouts or 2) an improvement in the jobs market. We know that neither of those options are possible in the next 4 years so the GOP, and the nation, is sunk. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
The worst part (or one of the worst parts) is that James Carville was 100% correct. The takers have a lock on the country for the next 40 years, although if you subtract Obama's first 4, it is only 36 years. Which will steal the remaining years of my life. Yep, America as we knew it is gone. Click Here if you Like this Comment
Most great empires lasted maybe 200 years. The United States made it beyond that number just a little, but even as we speak, it is coming to an end just a surely as Rome did. Click Here if you Like this Comment
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The Sysadmin's Daily Grind: Uptimed
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Who has the longest uptime? Linux systems used to win hands down when it comes to maximum uptime without rebooting. Today, uptime statistics help admins with monitoring tasks and discovering tricky bugs.
The times when I showed off servers with 1,000 days of uptime to make my colleagues from the Windows team jealous are long gone. If I get caught with a Methuselah like this today, I can expect to answer embarrassing questions about whether I am afraid of kernel updates. (The answer to this is: Yes! I use some fairly exotic RAID controllers now because I shot myself in the foot when I updated to 2.6.27 – ouch!)
Security freaks tell scary stories about the exploits they guess will work on systems that nobody has bothered booting for a year or so. Bragging can't be the only reason why so many admins use Uptimed [1], a daemon that logs a system's uptime over an extended period of time. It makes sense for devices that are not otherwise accessible for monitoring, for reasons of location or security – you get to know exactly when the power supply last failed, or a hardware component died on you.
You can use the /etc/uptimed.conf configuration file to control Uptimed's behavior. The entry
tells the tool to restrict the list of saved uptimes to 20 readable entries.
lets me tell the daemon not to start writing entries until the computer has achieved at least 12 hours of uptime. This makes sense to suppress the intermezzi between two successive reboots, as would be the case if you need to repair or rebuild and try out a new kernel module (you guessed it, my RAID controllers…). You can also define milestones in the configuration file, and have the software notify you by mail when the server reaches one.
The Uptimed package includes the Uprecords client, which exhibits the acquired data in a nicely formatted list on the console. To keep things readable, I restricted the uprecords -s -m3 output to the last three entries. There is a reason I choose my video disk recorder for this – it freezes from time to time, and I wanted Uptimed to help me discover some method to the madness of these crashes. Unfortunately, there wasn't one: I guess the hardware is broken, just as I suspected.
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Tweets allow peek at life in North Korea in real time
Even during the days when no mobile data was available, Guttenfelder figured out a way to activate wifi sharing between his laptop and iPod touch and iPhone, and began posting geolocated pictures to Instagram. Using Loopcam, I began uploading small GIF videos that have the feel of an old-fashioned flipbook, giving movement and life to the scene on the street.
These are snapshots captured as we go about our daily life working in North Korea: a man getting a haircut at a barber shop, traffic cops lacing up ice skates, a villager hauling a bundle of firewood on her back as she trudges through a snowy field. Some are quirky, unexpected things that catch our attention: a blinking Christmas tree in February, the cartoon "Madagascar" showing on state TV, a basket of baguettes at the supermarket.
And some are politically telling: the empty highway from Pyongyang, people piling onto trucks for transportation, postcards showing soldiers attacking Americans, banners praising the scientists who sent a rocket into space. Despite the new construction, gadgets and consumer goods, North Korea is still grappling with grave economic hardship. It's a society governed by a web of strict rules and regulations, a nation wary of the outside world.
Often, they are images, videos and details that may not make it onto the AP's products but provide a behind-the-scenes glimpse of a country largely hidden from view even in our this globalized, interconnected world. They help give a sense of the feel, smell and look of the place away from the pomp of the orchestrated events shown by the state media. It is a way for us to share what we see, large and small, during our long stays in a nation off limits to most Western journalists and still largely a mystery, even to us.
On Monday evening, while discussing how to cover the arrival of ex-NBA star Dennis Rodman and describing his array of tattoos and nose rings, we did what wasn't possible in the past: we Googled him from a local restaurant.
Twenty-four hours later, Rodman himself appeared to be online and tweeting from North Korea.
"I come in peace. I love the people of North Korea!" he wrote.
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