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Kansas City, Mo. Washington State guard Royce Woolridge, who transferred after playing one year at Kansas University, said he didn't have to work hard to convince his Cougars teammates they were facing a good team.
"It's obvious. It's Kansas. They're always a really good school," Woolridge said in a Sprint Center hallway outside the locker room following WSU's 78-41 loss to KU on Monday night.
Just after answering, Woolridge looked up, saying hello to KU staff member Brennan Bechard and shaking hands with KU assistant coach Joe Dooley as they passed by on their way to the team bus.
Woolridge, who played a team-high 33 minutes, finished with five points on 2-for-6 shooting with one assist and five turnovers.
Wearing a black backpack with white headphones around his neck, Woolridge couldn't hide his disappointment following the rout.
"I know we weren't expected to win or anything, but to get blown out by 40 ... that hurts," Woolridge said. "It doesn't matter if it's Kansas or anybody else. Just losing by a lot, it's going to hurt definitely."
The 6-foot-3 Woolridge did have one standout play, swishing a three-pointer with 10:31 left in the first half over KU guard Elijah Johnson.
"I should have hit a couple more," Woolridge said, "but it happens."
The Phoenix native met up with quite a few of his former KU teammates before the game. That included Johnson, who wished him good luck before asking him if he was ready to go.
Woolridge made sure to tell him that he was.
"Those are my friends," Woolridge said. "I miss them, so it was definitely good to see them and talk to them."
The sophomore admitted that he had looked forward to Monday's game for a while, even if it didn't turn out as he had hoped.
"Kansas came, and they played well," Woolridge said. "There's not really much I can say. I wanted to play (better), but their scout was really good. They knew where we were going and what we were doing.
"It was just hard to make things happen for all of us."
Glad KU put the wood to them and handcuffed Royce.
Now, I'm cool with Royce rallying back and WSU winning its league.
Sad thing is he could've really helped our guard play over the last 2 seasons. Oh well Royce. You're either with us, or you're going to get smoked by us.
Hindsight is 20/20. I'm sure Royce and Bill didn't expect KU to have the misses they've had the past couple of seasons. With Royce being the turnover machine he has been so far, even with the potential PT had he stayed I don't know how much he would've played last year.
After thinking about this quite a bit, I suspect Self and Royce probably did know it was going to go something like it went. Royce was going to sit for a season, like EJ and Trav did, and like Rio and AW3 are, and like RR did, and so on. What happened to a player of Royce's ranking is normal. To be expected.
So with this mutual knowledge, what shakes out is that Royce decided he didn't like that future and thought he could cut a better one elsewhere.
That Royce's right.
But its KU's right to say it wasn't what was best for KU.
And I'm unapologetically and unequivocally for what is best for the KU basketball legacy and each season's team.
I would like it if all scholies were 4 year guaranties and that was that.
But until its that way, we need guys that will fill the expected roles they are given and quit wet nursing them for doing what's right for them.
In this system, they don't need wet nursing to do what is right for them. They do it.
I'm too late so you'll probably never read this, but you left out one thing: Self and Royce probably knew how things were going to work out when he came, but not when he committed.
If Royce were a senior year commit, I would agree with you: he should have known the score. But he wasn't.
Self took a chance offering him early, and Royce took a chance accepting if he really expected to see the floor his freshman year. It didn't work out, but they both took a calculated risk, not just Royce.
Reminds me of fantasy football, where in the real world you have a team that faces a player on your fantasy team. You root for the player to do well, but for your own team to win. Id have been cool with Royce dropping 41 all by himself if the final score stayed the same. Of course if he could drop it like that Kansas would still have him on the roster.
jLost, jLost, jLost,
You're getting soft(er).
I would have been cool with Royce being held scoreless and being given a broken nose, with one of Thomas Robinson's patented fore arm smashes delivered by any one of our big guys on a drive by Royce.
Even though the guy was never destined for stardom, his selfishness left us short handed two seasons in a row.
He needed a good cracking and he got one.
There was no way this KU coach and team were not going to punish him for what he did.
They did.
And now its next.
Ouch! That was harsh!!
Didn't Royce transfer because he'd never see the floor? And didn't that free up a scholarship for one of the current players? The kid signed after his sophomore season in high school. Royce loved (loves) KU, but was shown the door. I wish him the best against any other team.
I believe Royce's scholarship went to Merv Lindsay.
I'm sorry, but that's just a little over the top. I've gotta believe (er, hope) your kidding, and that the vast majority of KU fans wish the kid well. He is, by all accounts, a class act who worked his butt off for KU. He had every right to transfer, and I think Kansas Basketball fared just fine in his absence.
Not joking. Losing these players, after we keep them around developing them for slots down the road, is costly to the program.
There just does not seem to be any reason to think that a player like Royce, with a dad who played the game professionally, could not have foreseen how his first few seasons were going to go at KU, once he did not blossum and grow as tall as expected after that early commitment to KU.
Royce came to KU and sat on the bench as he should have expected. If he had not been willing to sit on the bench for a couple of years, he should not have come to KU and wasted Self's time developing him for a rotation slot a couple of years down the road.
This is not pilotless drone science. If you enter as low ranked as Royce did, you're likely going to sit a couple of years. Self probably gave him a ride on that basis.
Self had a role for him last season, but he left.
Self would have had a larger role for him this season, but he left.
And he left, after coming to KU probably knowing the likely scenario.
That leaving created a hole in our back up depth last season and now again this.
I don't dispute that it was Royce's right to leave.
And if Self forced him out, then I'm glad he left Self high and dry to stew in his own juices of lack of depth.
But if Self brought him in with a pretty clear expectation of how it was going to go, and it was going that way, then he cost the program significantly and the least we could do was administer a good beating for payback.
Fair enough. I always admire your loyalty and dedication to our esteemed University. I guess it was the description of one of his former team-mates breaking his nose with a fore-arm smash that seemed a little over the top. I had visions of Jeff Withey as one of Tony Soprano's capo's, exacting justice on Royce for daring to want out of the family.
I remind myself that these guys are largely just kids who sometimes make bad decisions or don't know what they want or are simply getting railroaded by the people around them. Like all teenagers they occasionally make bad decisions they later regret.
But, as always, you make a compelling case. I often think about Conner Teahan, and how I would have bet anything he would never see meaningful playing time at KU, But he paid his dues and bided his time and was eventually rewarded for his loyalty and perseverance. I wish all our recruits, including Royce, were that dedicated to the team. I'm just not willing to bust their nose if they aren't.
Well said.
I with those wishing Woolrdige good luck in his future and I hope he excels at Washington State. When he left, he did so on good terms. He didn't blast the coaches, team, school, town, or anything. He left for a legitimate reason. Any kid who sees professional basketball may not be in his future likely wants to maximize his remaining playing time. Instead of pouting over playing time, he got up and went after it. Good luck to Royce. He's a class guy.
Agree that Bate's "being given a broken nose, with one of Thomas Robinson's patented fore arm smashes delivered by any one of our big guys on a drive by Royce post was over the top. I surely hope that similar comments or hopes aren't shared with the kids or grandkids or any kids. Rise above such notions.
Look like to me Royce lost some muscle mass since he left KU. When he came to KU, he had some pipes.
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on Sep 15, 2013 at 11:31 am
I used to see these all the time when I lived in Portola Valley 10 years ago. Have they really disappeared since then?
on Sep 16, 2013 at 1:49 pm
I have watched for Monarchs in Woodside for 13 years without seeing one. They are up on the hill off of Skyline, but so far never down lower. This gives me hope that all the milkweed (fascicularis and curassavica) that I have planted will eventually lead to some Monarchs in Woodside too.
on Sep 16, 2013 at 5:42 pm
When we were kids, growing up in the West Menlo Park foothills in the 1940s, there were thousands of Monarchs. We used to bring them to school for Show-And-Tell time. Then, over the years, they began to disappear. Thanks to Anne for sharing the great photo and happy news.
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Oud Beersel Framboise - Brouwerij Oud Beersel
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Ratings: 273 | Reviews: 159 | Display Reviews Only:
Reviews by Smurf2055:
3.75/5 rDev -0.3%
08-08-2013 20:42:16 | More by Smurf2055
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North Carolina
3.65/5 rDev -2.9%
A beer my wife ordered at the Pizza Plant I tired it and liked it enough to get my own,poured into a small chalice a murky kind of brownish red with a well formed light pinkish colored head.Tart raspberry and oaky sherry notes mainly,quite tingly in the mouth maybe a bit much,decent sweetness upfront and flavors of raspberry puree a sherry vinegar-like sour note comes thru late along with a woody presence.At first its tasty but it seems to become a little less palatable after a bit the vinegar like sourness is annoying after a bit.If you dont drink much of this beer its great,all in all Iam glad I tried it.
01-08-2007 20:29:09 | More by oberon
4.1/5 rDev +9%
375ml corked and caged bottle. Best before 26.01.2009. Picked this up in Dayton, OH on my way back from Kentucky. Pours into my tulip glass a wonderful deep red with purple hues as well, after a nice pop from the cork. Half inch of light bubbly pinkish head atop the brew. Aromas start in with vibrant ripe raspberry tones alongside a big sour acidic twang. Touch of lemon zest with musty, funky yeast tones. Really draws you in with each inhalation.
First sip brings a wave of somewhat sweet raspberry flavors that meld into a nice sourness. Acidity is there but it's not overpowering. Lemon zested grains hit the roof of the mouth midway through each sip, along with mellow musty notes. Finishes with a nice sweet/sour infusion and a light lingering raspberry. This was a nice framboise, albiet a bit on the sweeter side.
Mouthfeel is smooth with plenty of bubbly carbonation that gives a creamy aspect to each sip. This one is quite drinkable as it lacks the strong acidity that some lambics tend to have. Not something I'd choose on a regular basis, but always a nice treat. I'll be looking forward to sampling the Kriek and Gueuze sometime soon!
04-14-2006 02:34:24 | More by orbitalr0x
4.15/5 rDev +10.4%
On tap at Max's in Baltimore for the "72 hours of Belgium" fest. $6 for a chalice.
Nice bright fruity red lambic color. No head at all.
Smell? Well, I was in a smokey bar. No real discernable scent. I'm sure it smells good in different circumstances.
Great, fascinating taste. Almost...grapefruity? Kind of has this grapefruit soda taste and mouthfeel to it. Very interesting. Not sour, mostly just tart. Extremely refreshing and invigorating.
I'd love to have it again! Hopefully next time out of a bottle, just to see what's different.
02-18-2006 06:13:33 | More by chOAKbarrell
3.85/5 rDev +2.4%
Best by 6 Oct 2013
A - Pours a clear pinkish brown with half a finger of white head. Very small spots of lacing. Also, even a gentle pour results in some suspended sediment.
S - Initial smell has no fruit, just some tartness and a bit of funk. However, subsequent whiffs are loaded with raspberry aroma, both tart and sweet. The funk and raspberry never seem to blend together, but appear as distinct aromas.
T - Nice amount of tartness makes the tongue tingle initially, followed by a rush of raspberry, some earthy funk. Finishes tart, oaky and dry.
M - Light and crisp, with nice carbonation.
O - A good framboise. Definitely in the middle of the sweet/tart spectrum compared to others of the style. While it didn't blow me away, I could see revisiting this one in the future.
12-02-2011 00:30:40 | More by warnerry
4/5 rDev +6.4%
Best by date of 2/13/11. I have no idea how old the beer is, but it tasted very young.
The beer pours an amber color with a few white bubbles. Not much of a head. The aroma is a mixture of raspberries and oak, with the fruit standing out. The flavor is very heavy on the raspberries with some light oak. There is very little tartness. Medium mouthfeel and low carbonation. In retrospect I should have let this beer age for quite a bit longer, but with no bottling date, I thought it was older than it was. Still, not a bad beer.
06-10-2010 01:37:28 | More by Mora2000
Yukon (Canada)
4/5 rDev +6.4%
04-02-2013 05:15:29 | More by jaminjohnson
4.6/5 rDev +22.3%
375ml corked & caged green bottle poured into a wine glass, best before 06/10/2013.
Pours a nice dark ruby red with a small very lightly pink head. Nose is sweet, fresh and fruity with a small tart funky note.
The fruitiness is so well done in this, it's fresh and sweet without being cloying, the raspberry is so brite and sharp. The finish is well balanced and a bit tart. This isn't "sour" so much as it's tart (think sweet tarts here), but not puckeringly so. I could drink this all night and at just 5% the only pain would be in my wallet, although its quite reasonably priced compared to other quality fruit lambics.
Easily one of the best Framboise I've had to date, and it's just as good in bottle as on draft.
02-04-2011 21:40:28 | More by kingcrowing
3.28/5 rDev -12.8%
Very pretty mostly pinkish with a slight purple edge to it, nice pink head, very frothy and big at over 1.5". Aroma was definitely sweet fruit raspberry forward.
While Oud Beersel makes great lambics and gueuze, I feel the framboise suffers the same problem that Lindemans framboise does. It forgoes a nice sour mouthfeel, for a balance of tart/sour and sweet. Too much sweetness here for my tastes. Its still good, but not as good as their other efforts.
Highly carbonated mouthfeel is nice, but I just can't get over the sweetness. Can't pull any oak out of this one.
12-13-2011 17:03:29 | More by Beerandraiderfan
3.43/5 rDev -8.8%
Had on-tap at Trappeze in Athens, GA.
Pours a dark ruby color with a one-finger pink head. The head recedes into a wispy layer on top leaving decent lacing.
Smells of fragrant berries - closer to berry preserves than fresh berries. There's not a whole lot of tartness in the nose.
Tastes similar to how it smells. Sweet berry flavors that border on being overly sweet but don't quite cross the line. As with the smell there's almost no tartness.
Mouthfeel is good. It's just a bit on the thin side with active carbonation.
Drinkability is OK. I finished my glass but won't be ordering another.
Overall this isn't cloyingly sweet but it's still too sweet for my liking. Worth a shot if you like framboise's on the sweeter side.
08-15-2009 22:01:52 | More by glid02
4.22/5 rDev +12.2%
(Served in a flute) best before 15.04.2014
A- The fizzy cranberry colored foam head sits on a deep red dense body with strands of racing microbubbles popping to the surface. The base of the glass looks like crystal clear grape jelly. S- The notes of dry tart fresh raspberries ends with a slightly green note. There is a jelly donuts filling quality with a full raspberry aroma and some dry dark fruit hints underneath.
T- The dry tart flavor leads to a softer but bright raspberry finish. There is a softer bretty grapefruit flavor underneath that lingers a moment in the finish.
M- This beer has a light mouthfeel with a fine scrubbing bubble fizz in the finish.
D- The full fruit is nice and not sweet with some soft lambic wild characters underneath. Easy to drink.
01-04-2011 03:25:55 | More by rhoadsrage
3/5 rDev -20.2%
Poured from a bottle into a snifter.
Appearance: a good color, dark red with little bits of black around the edges. No lacing, head disappeared quickly.
Smell: Currant, currant, and currant with some basil.
Taste: Some strawberry and currants, other small fruits. Very aqueous. Flavor starts off well, but soon turns into water. A bit disappointing really.
Mouthfeel: Too much carbonation. All the gas just made the beer feel, rough. That's the only way to describe it.
Drinkability: I didn't enjoy drinking the beer. The only reason I finished the beer is that I didn't want to throw it away. Part of my displeasure was from the carbonation and the fact that there was nothing really going for it.
A disappointing beer, not a bad one necessarily, but just, disappointing.
08-15-2007 03:49:16 | More by rugbyfan13
3.5/5 rDev -6.9%
12-24-2011 03:37:01 | More by SolarMikey
New Jersey
3.5/5 rDev -6.9%
02-15-2013 00:00:00 | More by acurtis
3.43/5 rDev -8.8%
This one is a thick red color, too thick to see through, with a vaguely orange tint. The head, just off-white with a slightly pinkish edge to it, is a little too spritzy but does stay for a long time; unfortunately, that's only as a foam that pretty much gives up on making an effort at lacing.
The nose is more lambic with less fruit to it, though raspberry tartness is throughout with the sourness. It needs the elements to come together a bit more and mingle properly; as such, it's almost enough of everything, but each note separates then comes back confusedly in an inconsistent manner. More raspberry overall would be good, and there's not quite enough sweetness to balance the tart. It's not bad by any stretch, just not up there with the really good ones.
The feel was too thin and, while the style is light, didn't have much keeping it interesting. Crispness is consistent enough but low, just enough to keep it from unpleasant.
08-17-2012 01:15:11 | More by Brenden
Alberta (Canada)
3.84/5 rDev +2.1%
375ml caged and corked bottle. Thanks once again to Phyl21ca for this Belgian offering not (yet, probably) available in my jurisdiction. Kind of unfortunate how they feel the need to proclaim "Real Fruit", in three languages, front and center on the label.
This beer pours a rather dark red brick amber hue, with fine pepper-flake sediment swirling lazily about, and one finger of weakly foamy, and mostly bubbly dirty pink head, which fizzes away in barely more than an instant, leaving little in the way of lace near the glass.
It smells of semi-sweet raspberry puree, a bit of acidic wild cherry, yeasty pale malt, and a very soft, green vegetal hoppiness. The taste is more fresh, and rather meaty crushed raspberries, a more muted sour, musty cherry fruitiness, some moderately gritty and grainy wheat malt, a tamed earthy, funky yeastiness, and low-key weedy, floral hops.
The carbonation is pretty well sublimated, and hard to really point out, the body on the pleasantly light side of medium weight, and smooth enough after the general tartness levels off. It finishes just off-dry, the combination of the lingering grainy malt and eviscerated fruit still holding out a ray of hope for sweetness.
While tasty, and mostly easy to drink, with a heady amount of veritable raspberry goodness, the overall complexity seems just a tad lacking. This is just in relation to other versions of the style, and meant solely as constructive criticism - always room to improve, no?
09-13-2013 23:59:12 | More by biboergosum
3.75/5 rDev -0.3%
06-27-2013 19:32:04 | More by prdstmnky
4/5 rDev +6.4%
04-24-2013 00:46:29 | More by DStoked
4.08/5 rDev +8.5%
Opens with a subtle 'pst'
A: Frothy white head and unpolished ruby body. Pieces of raspberry float about.
S: Overripe raspberries, and a touch of leathery funk
T: Big berrylicious blast, more sweet than tart. Funk and tartness pair off together but don't make much of an overall impact on the palate. Delightful berry finish starts off crisp but does not finish as dry.
M: Carbonation makes good play off of the fruit
D: A beautiful summer drink, but works just as well on a cool fall day.
11-13-2010 20:53:45 | More by Lazerlobe
Ontario (Canada)
3.63/5 rDev -3.5%
Certainly sweet and surprisingly not sour at all. Nice berry aroma and raspberry reddish blue colour. Smooth taste, aggressive carbonation. Not syrupy, not thin, not the real raspberry in there totally, not soda and pleasantly OK.
Sampled at Cole's Belgium fest.
05-01-2006 01:56:20 | More by Sammy
3.7/5 rDev -1.6%
Poured from a 375mL caged and corked bottle into my Drie Fonteinen tumbler. Best before June 10th, 2013.
A large active head fizzes down to a light covering of cherry blossoms, draping over the clear carmine body. Light sudsy lacing and a thin ring of tears appear when swirled.
Delicate raspberry jam makes up the bulk of the nose - though there are lightly acidic funky notes as well typical of a young lambic.
Fairly sweet palate entry, somewhat dull fruit flavors, though they are pure. There is a hint of ginger and hay leading into the "barnyard" tartness that recedes quickly into the finish which is largely dry. The raspberries return in the aftertaste - sweet and juicy.
Light bodied, low carbonation, smooth and vaguely creamy.
Not bad, and has a little more complexity than Lindemans for example, but there are better choices out there among those brewers still making a traditional framboise...
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01-31-2013 21:56:57 | More by emilylee
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$ 8.49 for 375ml
Pours a chablis tinged brown with minmal beige head. Below average head retention & lacing
S: Raspberries & a touch of sourness
T: Dry, tart, with nice berry accents up front. Woodsy dtyness & a hint of strawberries are there as this warms, plus some apricot. Finishes dry, tart & with a nice raspberry twang
MF: Light/medium bodied, minimal carbonation & much dryness
Drinks easy, but after a fe w the dryness would drive me in search of something cleaner or maltier. Very nice lambic
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Oud Beersel Framboise from Brouwerij Oud Beersel
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Like cleaning the windows, IT security can be a thankless task because they only notice when you don't do it. But to get the job done in the era of virtualization, smartphones, and cloud computing, you've got to avoid technical and political mistakes.
In particular, here are five security mistakes to avoid:
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1. Thinking that the business mindset of the organization is the same as five years ago.
It's not. Your power and influence are being whittled away as the organization you work for flings open the doors to allowing employees to use personal mobile devices at work, and pushes traditional computing resources and applications into the cloud -- sometimes without your knowledge. You have to be proactive in introducing reasonable security practices onto what are fast-moving technology choices which are sometimes made by those outside the IT department altogether. It's a "mission-impossible" assignment, but it's yours. It may involve developing new policy guidance to clearly spell out risk factors so there are no false assumptions.
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2. Failing to build working relationships with IT and upper-level managers.
IT security divisions are typically small in relation to the rest of the IT department. IT security leans on IT staffers to get basic security jobs done. The security professional may have specialized knowledge and a pocketful of certifications like the CISSP, but that doesn't mean he or she is necessarily admired or liked because of that -- especially as security people are usually the ones saying "no" to other people's projects.
Moreover, don't think the power structure is always pointing toward the chief information officer as top decision maker. A fundamental shift is occurring in which the traditional role of the CIO as commander of IT projects is declining in favor of the rise of the chief financial officer having the final say on IT projects. Some evidence shows the CFO doesn't even like the IT department. The CFO's ideas about security may only go as far as the general legal idea of "compliance." The job for the security professional must be to communicate, communicate, communicate.


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A 23-year-old local man was arrested and charged with sexual assault for a relationship he was having with a girl in her mid-teens.
Keyshun O'Neal Russell was charged with sexual assault and sexual assault of a child by Waco PD for incidents that occurred in March and April. Russell was charged because the female victim is too young to legally give consent.
Russell also faces one count of sexual assault of a child filed by Hewitt Police. That charge involves the same victim, but the incident occurred in Hewitt.
The Waco cases were investigated after the parent of the victim became suspicious. Forensic interviews were conducted with the victim as part of the investigation.
Police say, it appears Russell lied to the victim about how old he was.
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Attorneys for the defendant called the bond excessive and asked that the judge reduce the bond to $150,000, with behavioral provisions including surrendering his guns. They also cited the support of family, community and church members in court and his lack of a prior felony record as reasons to consider the reduction. The attorneys also said the defense will be based on their belief that this was an accidental shooting committed under the influence of alcohol, rather than an intentional shooting.
The prosecution opposed bond reduction on the grounds that, based on his statements to police, he was inclined to "commit suicide by cop."
Lapkovitch said he found sufficient probable cause to bind the case over to the grand jury before denying the bond reduction.
On May 5, James Stephens, 52, and his son, Blake Stephens, 26, went on a fishing trip together. That trip would end at the home of the senior Stephens on Doliska Road in Dora.
There, the men reportedly argued over possession of a .32 caliber revolver before Blake Stephens was shot in the chest outside the home. Dora Police Chief John Duchock testified the preliminary autopsy report indicated the fatal shot was fired from a second gun, a .30-30 rifle.
Blake Stephens' common law wife, Mandy Mickel, took the stand Thursday, and said she heard three shots. She was in the house and did not see any of the shooting.
She said that James Stephens then came into the house where she was and told her that he had shot his son. She testified that she went outside to the back, where her husband's body was, then called 911 and hid in the bushes until police arrived at the instruction of the dispatcher.
According to Duchock, who arrived on the scene after other Dora officers secured the scene, alcohol was involved in the incident. He also called the defendant combative and incoherent after the incident.
The prosecution called two witnesses, Duchock and Mickel, during the hearing. The defense questioned both witnesses, but did not call any of their own.


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Two injury accidents investigated
Scottsbluff Police and Fire units responded to a reported injury accident in the Western Travel Terminal parking lot Thursday afternoon around 3:30 p.m. after receiving a report of a vehicle striking a child.
Scottsbluff Police Captain Brian Wasson says the investigation identified that an 11-year old male who was southbound on Avenue I while riding a bicycle was struck by a pickup as he crossed a driveway to the business.
The injuries to the child were minor and he was transported to Regional West Medical Center by Valley Ambulance. The driver of the pickup, 30 year old Christopher Davis of Lyman was not cited.
Then this morning at approximately 7:00 a.m., Wasson says Scottsbluff Police and Fire responded to a reported injury accident at the South Beltline Highway and Broadway intersection.
Wasson says this investigation determined that a southbound vehicle driven by 62-year-old Delbert Johnson of Scottsbluff failed to stop for a red traffic signal before entering the intersection, where an eastbound motorcycle driven by 52-year-old Rick Gilbert of Mitchell collided with the Johnson . Gilbert was transported to Regional West Medical Center by Valley Ambulance and was believed to have minor injuries. Johnson was cited for a stop-light violation.
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The Freestore Foodbank will receive a generous donation from Aunt Millie's on Wednesday.
Aunt Millie's will donate 2.400 loaves of Butter Top White Bread to the Freestore Foodbank's Mayerson Distribution Center, located at 1250 Tennessee Avenue.
"This is the time of year when need is often at is highest," said Kurt Reiber, CEO of the Freestore Foodbank. "A generous donation like this from Aunt Millie's goes a long way in helping to feed out neighbors in need."
The Freestore Foodbank is the largest emergency food and services provider to children and families in the Tri-State. They are also a trusted partner to more than 315 nonprofit member agencies and distributes over 16 million meals annually.
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Euchre Fellowship Group, 6:30 p.m., The Barn, Odon.
Narcotics Anonymous, noon to 1 p.m., Christ United Methodist Church, 104 N. Meridian St.
Washington High School NJROTC garage sale, 8 a.m. to noon, junior high gym.
Washington Catholic schools Scholastic Book Fair, 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., middle/high school library.
Washington Carnegie Public Library One Book One Community, author book signing, 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Washington High School auditorium.
Wheatland Lions Club ham and bean supper, 5 p.m to 7 p.m., Small Town Crossing building.
Haunted High II: Terror on Main Street, 6 p.m. to 11 p.m., 607 E. Main Street.
Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., Central Christian Church, 10 W. Van Trees St.
Lighthouse Recovery Center, Harvest Community Fellowship, 9:15 a.m., Storehouse, 200 W. Main St.
Lighthouse Addiction/Recovery Worship Services, noon and 7 p.m., Victory Tabernacle, 1419 W. Walnut St.
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Welcome to The Murphy Auto MuseumThe Murphy Auto Museum, located in Oxnard, California, is a collection of over 45 beautiful vintage automobiles and Americana housed inside an 30,000 square foot facility. Our unique collection spans from 1903 to present day.
We are also home to one of the largest H/O scale train layouts, with many scale miles of track. Enjoy watching passenger and freight trains as they wind their way through cities, towns and the countryside.
We are open on weekends and during the week, Wednesdays 6-10pm and Fridays, or by appointment for special groups. We have exciting new exhibits planned each quarter in our main showroom and various community activities throughout the year. We hope you come visit us soon!
Car Spotlight
1963 Studebaker Avanti R2
With it's fiberglass body and futuristic grille-less nose, the Avanti (Italian for "forward") epitomizes American automotive enthusiasm. It's rumored the coke bottle body styling was inspired by the four man design team's interest in the bikini-clad girls seen at nearby Palm Springs resorts. Peer inside to view Andy Granatelii's signature on the glovebox. Andy helped race the Avanti early on in order to get much needed publicity for Studebaker.Car Spotlight »
Current Exhibit
Modernism at the Murphy July 5 - September 28
The spirit of Modernism means a culture of experimentation with new materials leading to innovations in form and function for transportation, architecture and design. We'll have historically significant cars from this mid century era as well as contemporary furniture on display. Two beautifully restored Studebaker Avanti's are on exhibit, plus exquisite Lincoln's from the late 1950s, a Holiday House mobile mansion, the holy grail of contemporary design.
Come celebrate Modernism at The Murphy Auto Museum.
Friday Night Cruise-In
August 29
Cruise into the Murphy in your classic car or hot rod on Friday nights for a casual get together in our parking lot to kick tires with local car enthusiasts. Get in free from 5-7pm and check out the cars inside and our exhibits too, then stay for the movie at 8pm.
Movies at the Murphy
Friday, August 29, 8-10pm
Hot Rod Girl, 1956
Calling all Rockabilly Rat Rodders, Pin Ups and nostalgic Hotrod Fans, this movie is for you! Hot Rod Girl is packed with wild hot rods burning up the streets in 1950s suburbia with thrill-seeking teens terrorizing locals with old school horsepower. With a cool jazz-flavored score and all your favorite 50s cars, you can't miss this classic vintage hotrod movie!
Start your engines and cruise down to catch Movie Night at the Murphy in our outdoor courtyard, bring your own chair and blankets. See all our cars and vintage trailers inside the museum and the massive train display. Something for everyone! Donation is $10 for adults; kids 12 and under get in free. Movie night walk-ins are okey-dokey but we would appreciate a RSVP.
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You will find information on foreign cultural and educational policy on the internet site of the Foreign Office.
As a research institution, the DAI is directly subordinate to the Foreign Service. The Institute, which has branches in four German and eleven foreign cities of the Mediterranean region and of the Near and Middle East, has its headquarters in Berlin (departments). The work of its employees not only serves scholarly interests and the reputation of German research, but also contributes to the development of the cultural heritage of other countries, which in turn plays an important part in dialogue and exchange within the scope of the foreign cultural and educational policy of Germany.
The DAI has experienced some changes during its existence, with an especially trend-setting one involving German unification. In 1991, the archaeological research area of the Central Institute for Ancient History and Archaeology of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR was joined with the DAI. This signified a substantial increase in academic potential. Scholarly relationships exist today with countries of the Mediterranean area as well as with the countries of the former Soviet Union, Asia, Africa as well as South America (projects). It is also especially gratifying now that academic relations with Iran have been revitalized after decades of stagnation and the DAI, as the only foreign Institution there, carries out archaeological excavations together with Iranian colleagues in this Middle Eastern country of cultural heritage.
The DAI generally enjoys a special reputation abroad and with its international peer group. Beneath the official diplomatic level, friendships grow and trust develops from personal encounters in joint work on the site, in the library and in academic discussion. This foundation is not created in a moment and for all time, but must be constantly reacquired and cultivated.
The energy for this is especially in demand today in dialogue with the Islamic world. The Institute, together with local scholars, performs important research work in several countries of the Near and Middle East, which contributes to the preservation and to the understanding of the cultural heritage and of the cultural identity of these peoples. In the summer of 2002, the Institute had already started excavations in Afghanistan, with the expulsion of the Taliban just a few months previously (Fig. 1: Bagh-e Babur).
How dependent archaeological research is on political situations is currently shown in the direct example of Iraq, which as the heartland of the ancient Near Eastern cultures has always occupied a key position in archaeology. After the Gulf War, the Orient Department soon reestablished contact with Iraqi archaeologists, conducted an archaeological survey with them in the western desert and began a limited degree of research of the old excavation site, Uruk, again (Fig. 2: Uruk (Warka) in Iraq).
These hopeful approaches, which above all have the sense of releasing the country from academic isolation, are being challenged again. The Institute is following the present political development in this region very carefully.
Further information on this subject can be obtained from the website of the project "Kulturerhalt des Irak".
The knowledge of the history of one's own existence as well as the nature and achievements of foreign cultures form an important foundation - even if it not the only one or one with a guarantee - for inner freedom and critical tolerance.
The German Archaeological Institute (DAI) is a »scientific corporation« of the Federal Institution under the auspices of the Foreign Office. The staff of the Institute carries out research in the area of archaeology and in related fields and maintains relations with international scholars.
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What the mainstream press won't report: Gamers are everywhere, and we're doing fine
It was odd to watch Vice President Joe Biden place his hand on the shoulder of EA CEO John Riccitiello to assure him the video game industry was not being singled out and stated they met with the law enforcement community, the National Rifle Association, the medical community, at-risk groups, gun safety groups, and more. Biden said that there was some question about whether these conversations were an attack on the cultural norms of rural communities and gun ownership. These meetings were a far-reaching attempt to speak to people about violence in general and guns in particular. The press reacted in the expected way by trying to drum up controversy. "Makers of Violent Video Games Marshal Support to Fend Off Regulation," the New York Times wrote, including a picture of the Vice President surrounded by faceless, imposing figures, the "video game industry executives." "There exists in this country, sadly, a callous, corrupt and corrupting shadow industry that sells and sows violence against its own people," NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre stated during a press conference. "Through vicious violent video games, with names like Bulletstorm, Grand Theft Auto, Mortal Kombat and Splatterhouse." In his world video games were the problem, and more guns were the solution. These conversations have a nasty sense of paternalism to them. They want the kids to leave the room while the adults figure out what to do with these terrible games we're all playing. The problem is that the dialog, at least so far, ignores the most important people in the equation: Those who actually sit down and play the games.
The gamers don't need to be protected
The conversation about video games and their place in pop culture usually hinges on children, and what they should and shouldn't play. There have been attempts to subvert the First Amendment and force certain games to carry warning labels, and a multitude of laws about mandatory ratings and retailer punishments for selling certain games to underage children. The Supreme Court finally acknowledged that video games are protected speech, so those laws are all but off the table now for anything except political points. Even the New York Times hints that these are solved problems. "Executives cite 2009 research by the Federal Trade Commission crediting game makers for going further than any other media group to shield children from inappropriate material," the article stated. "Major retailers like GameStop consistently refused to sell 'mature' rated games to minors, the commission found, and game makers usually did not market them to children."So we can say, with much evidence from the FTC and the Supreme Court, that these issues are all but handled. Adults may still buy violent games for their children, just as they may buy guns for their children, but there's very little one can do in terms of legislation. Pretending otherwise is both counter-productive and expensive. The reality is that video games aren't only for children, and haven't been for quite some time. I attended a LAN party over the weekend and everyone who played games, including violent titles, were married, had children, professional careers, and no criminal records. When the host's little girl toddled into the room to say goodnight to her father everyone dutifully paused the game and made a conscious effort to watch their language. This is the reality of modern gaming: there are just as many responsible adults who see gaming as a hobby as there are children playing games in the basements and bedrooms of their homes. You never hear about the lawyer who wears a suit to work and then comes home to unwind with a few rounds of Battlefield 3, although I know him. I've talked to doctors who are Devil May Cry fans. My wife enjoys when I come with her to parties thrown by the accounting firm she works for; her co-workers love to talk about video games and my slightly unusual job. These are men and women who handle millions, if not billions, of dollars in their day-to-day job, and they play video games. The media wants to portray gaming as an anti-social activity. The articles always seem to imply that it is slightly wrong to enjoy and play games, and the hobby may point to problems with the mind of the gamer. Playing online games is seen as a reason you shouldn't hold public office, when in fact many people who work in government already play and enjoy games of all types. EVE Online held a memorial for a player who lost their life overseas. He worked for the U.S. State Department. The New York Times won't write about NFL players who try in vain to describe miniature war games to Salon. "Yeah, they're little miniatures that you assemble, paint 'em, and then battle against other people. It's kind of like Risk and chess mixed together, only a lot more intricate," Viking punter Chris Kluwe told the incredulous interviewer. "That's your main hobby outside of football?" she asked in response. The interview was for the "Sexiest Man of 2012 article." Kluwe talked about Fallen Enchantress, and listed Borderlands 2 as a more "mainstream game." The writer of the article may have been surprised to find that she was talking to a gamer, but I wasn't. We're everywhere. I've included what may be my favorite Penny Arcade strip, because it's one of the few representations I've ever seen about what it's really like to be a gamer these days. It's not a matter of basements and pizza, it's happy, well-adjusted adults talking about games during a backyard barbecue. It's an image and a situation that's incredibly common, but almost never talked about. The reality is much less sexy than the scary headlines. You don't have to be a professional athlete or a politician to prove how off-base the gaming stereotype has become. Those of us who grew up playing games are now the majority. I go to cookouts and talk to teachers and professionals managing major construction in my city about their Dungeons & Dragons campaigns. During my wife's last pregnancy I had long conversations with our midwife about her gaming habits, and I admired the exclusive Comic-Con action figures in her office. These people aren't special in the scheme of things, nor are they rare. I just know how to pick up the signs and begin the conversation. Many adults who play games don't have a strong support structure or community of other gamers, and the relief of having another adult who takes games seriously can be seen on their faces. I've talked to truck drivers who play their Vita when they spend the night in their vehicles. I notice the Triforce earrings on the cashier at the grocery store and I talk to her about growing up while playing Zelda. Many people won't realize the "N7" logo embroidered on a shirt is a video game reference. Most gamers won't wear or show their fandom in any way; they simply play games in the evening to have fun. We've been told by the media that our hobby is somehow different and other in some unspoken way, as though it's okay to have a drink after work and watch a football game, but playing XCOM is somehow wrong. They are only looking out for us, you see. As if people playing games need help figuring their lives out. Once you understand the many versions of the secret handshake you begin to see gamers everywhere. We're already running the country. We treat you when you're sick. We help you fill out forms for your home loan. We protect you in court, and we may arrest you when you break the law. We send our children to school and we raise them well. We pay our taxes. If you don't play games you may not notice us, but we're everywhere. Gamers are as common as people who listen to music or go to see movies, and we don't need politicians or laws to tell us how to raise our children or what games are okay for us to play. You may not be paying attention, but we're everywhere already, in all walks of life, in every profession. And we're doing fine.


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hella fun album.
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In my previous posts, I covered basics of JSON hypermedia APIs using Hypermedia Application Language (HAL), and methods for reporting errors, including API-Problem and vnd.error.
In this post, I'll be covering documenting your API -- techniques you can use to indicate what HTTP operations are allowed, as well as convey the full documentation on what endpoints are available, what they accept, and what you can expect them to return.
While I will continue covering general aspects of RESTful APIs in this post, I will also finally introduce several ZF2-specific techniques.
In my last post, I covered some background on REST and the Richardson Maturity Model, and some emerging standards around hypermedia APIs in JSON; in particular, I outlined aspects of Hypermedia Application Language (HAL), and how it can be used to define a generic structure for JSON resources.
In this post, I cover an aspect of RESTful APIs that's often overlooked: reporting problems.
RESTful APIs have been an interest of mine for a couple of years, but due to circumstances, I've not had much chance to work with them in any meaningful fashion until recently.
Rob Allen and I proposed a workshop for PHP Benelux 2013 covering RESTful APIs with ZF2. When it was accepted, it gave me the perfect opportunity to dive in and start putting the various pieces together.


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Garrett R. Cobb of Plainfield died Friday. He was 62.
Born Aug. 12, 1950, in Frankfort, Ky., he was the son of Raymond Jr. and Gwendolyn Cobb.
Mr. Cobb was a graduate of Ben Davis High School and ITT Technical Institute. He retired from Duke Energy, having served as a senior engineering technologist.
Survivors include his wife, Cynthia; children Cameron (Joey) Cobb of Carmel and Travis (Erin) Cobb of Noblesville; grandchildren Jenson, Nolan, and Nora; and his mother, Gwendolyn Cobb.
A private service will be conducted. Indiana Funeral Care and Crematory is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials may be made to the Indiana Parkinson Foundation online at IndianaParkinson.org.


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Between winning scores of races, riding the morning line Kentucky Derby favorite I Want Revenge and starring in the popular TV show, "Jockeys," Joe Talamo enjoyed a banner 2009. The teenage riding star hopes to enhance that success in 2010 starting Saturday when he rides Nownownow in the Grade II $150,000 San Pasqual Handicap.
Talamo won the Grade II San Fernando Stakes aboard the 5-year-old horse trained by Patrick Biancone last year. He rode the son of Whywhywhy for the third straight time in the Strub Stakes last Feb. 7, but missed the ride in the Mervin Muniz Jr. (Memorial) Handicap at the Fair Grounds last March 14, the last time the bay horse started.
"I was supposed to ride him in the Muniz but I had to stay here to ride Santa Teresita, the mare I won the Santa Maria Handicap with last year," Talamo recalled. "She hooked up with Life Is Sweet the same day, March 14, and finished second, which was no disgrace (Life Is Sweet went on to win the Breeders' Cup Ladies'' Classic on Nov. 6).
"For me and my agent, Scotty McClellan, it was a good year overall. November was a good month, and we had an unbelievable finish at Hollywood Park after I got back from Hong Kong (riding in a Jockey Challenge)."
"He's a great kid, he works hard, he's here every day and he's 19. How can you beat him?" McClellan said. "He's going to be 20 in a week (Jan. 12). He's riding for the right people and he's got his whole future ahead of him. We've just got to get lucky and win some big races." The San Pasqual would be a good start.
"As for Nownownow, he's a nice horse," Talamo said. "I worked him his last few times and he's definitely fit. He seems to love the track. He's run some nice races over it, and if he has some pace to run at, it will help."
Nownownow, owned by Fabian Ouaki (Fab Oak Stable) of Versailles, Ky.; Richard Giacopelli (Kona Stables) of Woodcliff Lakes, N.J.; and Robert Trussell of Lexington, Ky., has a 3-3-2 record from 15 starts, with earnings of $836,024. Most of that came from his victory in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf on Monmouth Park's yielding course in 2007.
The field for the San Pasqual: Cherokee Artist, Rafael Bejarano; Bold Chieftain, Russell Baze; Nownownow, Talamo; Goldsville, Alex Solis; Neko Bay, Mike Smith; Spurrier, Joel Rosario; and Furthest Land, Garrett Gomez.
Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith and trainer Bruce Headley hope to continue their winning ways together in Saturday's $65,000 Paseana Handicap for older fillies and mares at 1 1/16 miles on Pro-Ride.
Smith and Headley won Sunday's $60,000 Kalookan Queen Handicap with 4-5 favorite Free Flying Soul, who now has designs in the Grade I $250,000 Santa Monica Handicap on Jan. 31. Smith rides Silver Swallow for Headley in the Paseana.
"I worked her about two weeks ago and she went dynamite," said Smith, who finished second aboard the 6-year-old gray daughter of Alphabet Soup in the Grade II Bayakoa Handicap Dec. 5 at Hollywood Park. "She's really doing well. I look for her to have a big year this year. She's coming into her own. I know she's an older mare, but she really seems to be good right now, so we'll see what happens."
Silver Swallow has a 3-8-5 record from 21 starts, with earnings of $371,038. She worked four furlongs on Pro-Ride Tuesday in :48.40.
The field for the Paseana: Briecat, Martin Garcia; Devine Actress, no rider; Cherryblossommiss, Tyler Baze; Silver Swallow, Smith; Made for Magic, Omar Berrio; My Baby Baby, Garrett Gomez; St Trinians, Joel Rosario; You Lift Me Up, Rafael Bejarano; and Floating Heart, Joe Talamo.
Longtime Angels' broadcaster Rory Markas, who died unexpectedly at his home in Palmdale Monday night at the age of 54, will not only be missed by Angel fans and family throughout Southern California, he'll be missed at Southern California's racetracks as well. "Rory loved the races," said Santa Anita Director of Publicity Mike Willman. "He loved the characters, the athleticism involved, and like so many of us, he liked picking winners as well."
Willman, who first met Markas when the two were plying their respective trades in the Pacific Coast League in the early '80s, (Markas as a play-by-play broadcaster for the Seattle Gulls and Willman as an umpire) had developed a close friendship with Markas over the years. "Like everyone else, I was just absolutely stunned to get the news yesterday," Willman said. "It's just a tragedy on so many levels. I told my kids this morning that if there is one thing we can learn from this, it is that life is precious and we should never take it for granted.
"Rory worked so long and so hard to get to where he was. He was just now reaching his peak. Believe me, the upbeat, positive guy you saw and heard on the air was the way he was in life. He loved to come out here on occasion and he stayed in touch with the sport year 'round. I'll never forget back in 2005 when Afleet Alex overcame what was nearly a catastrophic spill to win the Preakness, Rory wove that story into a live call of an Angel game. I believe Chone Figgins was going from first to home on an extra base hit and Rory said . . . 'and Figgins is rounding third like Alfeet Alex turning for home in the Preakness!!'
"His love for racing was genuine and so was his passion for baseball and for the way it should be played. Anytime you're working for a ball club, as Rory did, you have to be diplomatic at times when it comes to player performance or lack thereof—I think anybody who listened to Rory over the years knew where he stood and he let you know in an objective, light way. Beyond baseball, he was a tremendous broadcaster who could handle any assignment, including horseracing, as he did on KCBS Channel 2, in the mid '90s at Hollywood Park.
"The last time I spoke to him was a couple weeks ago. He called to tell me he liked the picture of my kids and a horse on our Christmas card, and we made a tentative decision for him and his girlfriend, Armie, to get together and ride one day in January. This is just a huge loss for so many people and it's very difficult to process."
Added HRTV's Kurt Hoover, another of Markas' many cohorts: "Rory was a great broadcaster and a real professional who loved horse racing. But most importantly, he was a real good guy."
FINISH LINES: Agent Ron Anderson and jockey David Flores have parted company. "I'll have him through Sunday, then he'll be on his own," said Anderson, who represents Garrett Gomez . . . Gary Stevens remembers Cotton Tinsley with great respect. The veteran trainer was found dead early Monday more than three days after he was missing from his home in Arcadia. He was 81. "He was a super guy," the Hall of Fame jockey and current trainer and HRTV analyst said. "He was a great horseman, old school, and always in a good mood. He told it like it was and didn't pull any punches." A Celebration of Life will be held for Tinsley on Monday, Jan. 11, 5 p.m., at Arcadia Golf Course, according to Tinsley's wife, Pat . . . Misremembered, third in the Grade I Malibu Stakes on opening day, worked four furlongs on Pro-Ride Wednesday in a bullet :47.60 under Joe Steiner. "We're pointing to the Strub (Stakes, Grade II $200,000, 1 1/8 miles on Feb. 6) and the Big 'Cap," Bob Baffert said . . . Baffert, John Shirreffs and Steve Asmussen are the finalists for an Eclipse Award among trainers; Gomez, Ramon Dominguez and Julien Leparoux are finalists among jockeys; and Christian Santiago Reyes, Luis Batista and Luis Saez are finalists in the apprentice jockey category . . . Agent Vince DeGregory reports seven-pound apprentice rider Alex Gonzalez will invade from Golden Gate and begin riding at Santa Anita next Wednesday. The 18-year-old from Miami tacks 104 pounds and carries his seven-pound allowance until Nov. 1. He won his first race on his first mount, at Calder Race Course in Florida . . . Mike Machowsky said Sunland Park Derby winner Kelly Leak is back galloping after a possible bleeding issue following the Oklahoma Derby last October, and could surface in a turf sprint. "He may go somewhere down the hill," the trainer said. "It would be a good spot to try off a layoff." Undefeated Caracortado, winner of the California Breeders' Champion Stakes on opening day, will go for his fifth straight win in the Grade II $150,000 Robert B. Lewis Stakes on Feb. 6, Machowsky said. "Paul (Atkinson) will stay on him. They're perfect so far." . . . Friday is the first Free Friday at Santa Anita this meet. General Admission is free, as are box seats, while supplies last. Hot dogs, beers, sodas, popcorn and coffee are only $1 . . . Trainer Gary Sherlock will be Jerry Antonucci's guest at the Today's Racing Digest seminar, Saturday, 11 a.m., in the East Paddock Gardens . . . Entering Wednesday's races, there were 1,039 contestants alive in ShowVivor and 624 in WinVivor.


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COLUMBIA, SC — More deputies were deployed at some Midlands-area public schools Monday as concerns about school safety rose in the wake of Fridays elementary school slaughter of 20 children in Connecticut.
At other schools, security procedures were being reviewed.
But as interviews with spokesmen for most of the seven public school districts showed, none of the 43 elementary schools in Lexington County or 52 elementary schools in Richland County has a full-time, armed school resource officer because districts and law agencies say they dont have the money.
Officials estimated it costs from $50,000 to $100,000 to deploy one full-time school resource officer. They not only are trained armed guards but teach children about the dangers of drugs, gangs and other youth hazards.
In Richland County, Sheriff Leon Lott said each elementary school shares a school resource officer with another elementary school. The deputy bounces back and forth from school to school at unscheduled times, so a deputy is either on one of two elementary schools premises or could show up at any moment, Lott said.
So well have an armed deputy to confront them not an unarmed teacher, not an unarmed janitor with a mop, Lott said of possible armed school intruders.
Moreover, Lott said, each Richland County elementary school has emergency security procedures that Lott didnt specify but said would allow school officials to quickly summon help in an emergency.
Were not doing anything differently, because weve been prepared for something like this for 16 years now, Lott said. Kids are used to us being there.
Elementary schools are soft targets, Lott said, particularly for terrorists or those who want to hurt young children because of the shock value. Lott said he was particularly alarmed by the 2004 takeover of a Russian school by Islamic terrorists in which 186 children died.
However, an armed guard is both the best deterrent and the best way to offer serious resistance to someone bent on harming children, Lott said.
Lexington County Sheriffs Department spokesman John Allard said his department stations armed school resource officers at each middle and high school, but not at elementary schools.
However, beginning Monday, Sheriff James Metts dispatched deputies to all Lexington County elementary schools, Allard said.
We had directed patrols at all the schools today, Allard said, adding that deputies went into each school.
Allard said the school-oriented patrols will continue as long as citizens and school administrators ask that we continue to do it.
Both Lexington and Richland counties have full-time school resource officers at all middle and high schools, Allard and Lott said.
Lexington County school officials estimate it would cost more than $4 million to put an officer at each of the 43 elementary schools in Lexington County.
Wed like to have them at all our schools, Lexington 2 assistant superintendent Jim Hinton said. Its very successful.
The focus has been on having such officers at middle and high schools, where discipline problems tend to be more frequent, educators say.
About half of the schools with officers are near elementary schools, doing unofficial double duty by covering both sets of classrooms.
Some educators are starting to look at the idea of putting officers in the lowest grades, asking law enforcement officials for advice.
If that is the answer, well do it, Lexington-Richland 5 spokesman Mark Bounds said. But we dont want to rush into a knee-jerk reaction.
County Council members are waiting to see if educators feel its imperative to add the officers, a cost shared with the sheriffs staff.
Its got to be a school-driven decision, council chairman Bill Banning said.
Lexington 4 superintendent Linda Lavender said the presence of deputies at her small district in the Gaston and Swansea communities was welcome Monday.
We just wanted to have a heightened level of security for peoples peace of mind, she said.
Currently, for her 3,500 students in seven schools, she has two school resource officers, but she would like one more, she said.
Although older students have been targeted in mass killings, Lavender said, last weeks massacre in Connecticut was the first such incident she knew of that took place in a U.S. elementary school.
This changes the landscape, she said.


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A report into the former consultant who delivered David Cameron's youngest baby at a Cornish hospital will be published next week.
Dr Rob Jones, an obstetrician and gynaecologist, resigned from the Royal Cornwall Hospital after being suspended from clinical duties last year following complaints from patients.
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The roots of health literacy can be traced back to the national literacy movement in India under Gandhi and to aid groups working in Africa to promote education and health. The term health literacy was first used in 1974 and described as "health education meeting minimal standards for all school grade levels". From that first use the definition of health literacy evolved during the next 30 years with official definitions promulgated by government agencies and large programs. Despite differences among these definitions, they all hold in common the idea that health literacy involves the need for people to understand information that helps them maintain good health.
Although the United States produces a majority of the research on health literacy, Europe has strong multinational programs as well as research efforts, and health literacy experts in developing countries have created successful programs implemented on a community level. Given these distinct strengths of efforts worldwide, there are many opportunities for collaboration. International collaboration can harness the United States' research power, Europe's multilingual and multinational experience, and developing nations' community-based programs to create robust programs and research that reach people—not based on language or nationality but on need and value.
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A soldier from Northamptonshire who died as he protected the lives of his comrades in Afghanistan is to be awarded the Victoria Cross.
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The Victoria Cross, the country's highest award for gallantry, has been awarded just 10 times to UK soldiers since the Second World War.
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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- New Year's Eve has already stolen the country's attention from the so-called fiscal-cliff story that has flooded readers of business and political news since the election.
But with just a few hours from a likely U.S. Senate vote on a deal and a couple of days from a House vote, Americans may take solace that specifics don't matter in the final agreement so long as it passes into law.
"I don't think what is in the agreement is as important as that an agreement is being made," said Sam Stovall, chief equity strategist at S&P Capital IQ. "Nobody wanted to play when there were no rules. Now I guess it doesn't matter what those rules are because people will know how to play."
Company management sat on cash throughout 2012 as an acerbic presidential election unfolded about the economic direction of the country. Capital investment by businesses stalled as a lack of direction on the future of individual and company taxes cloaked CEOs and others.The fiscal cliff -- when automatic spending cuts and tax hikes go into effect, unless Congress averts the crisis -- had been on the minds of investors for much of the year, but the issue reached full throttle after President Barack Obama's re-election in November. Reported details of the possible Senate plan include a tax increase -- which may have been the biggest issue of the 2012 election -- to 39.6% from the previous 35% on individuals earning more than $400,000 a year and families making more than $450,000 a year. The payroll tax cut -- which engendered a struggle between the White House and the Republican Congress in the early part of 2012 -- will be allowed to expire. The alternative minimum tax (AMT) -- a bout of contention addressed by Obama and Mitt Romney during the 2012 campaign -- will maintain a permanent patch to keep more citizens from being taxed at the new level. Stovall said the decision to address the AMT could be a good move as a failure to have it rise each year and Congress' lax from upping the threshold would have put middle class earners in a tough position. The president had repeatedly called for an extension of unemployment insurance for long-term unemployed as the national unemployment rate remained near 8%. The Senate deal would extend those benefits through 2013. Business tax credits and stimulus tax credits would be extended. "I think that what this is going to turn out to be is ultimately another round of [quantitative easing] or stimulus, just in a different form," said Tom Power, senior commodities broker at RJO Futures. What many market analysts agree on is that if a deal passes -- regardless of what legislators agree to on the final specifics -- it will be positive for the economy and for equity markets. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 1.28%, or 166 points, to 13,104. The blue-chip index gained 7.26% in 2012. The S&P 500 surged 1.69%, or 24 points, to 1426. The S&P gained 13.41% in 2012. The Nasdaq spiked 2%, or 59 points, to close the year above 3,000 points at 3019. The tech-heavy index gained 15.91% in 2012 to post the largest increase among the major U.S. equity indices. "What are you going to do? You have to go into equities," said Michael Gayed, chief investment strategist at Pension Partners LLC. "I always said if Europe didn't bring us down how could the fiscal cliff? It's a smaller number. This is a resilience of the stock market in the context of these incredible negatives." Gayed said he believed Friday's loss across the major U.S. equity indices had to happen in order to scare legislators enough for them to consider failure to pass a deal as another "TARP reaction" -- a reference to the selloff that followed after Congress initially failed to pass the massive stimulus plan at the outset of the financial crisis in 2008. Gayed also argued we may have gotten closer to a deal on Monday because the realization of a market collapse would have been more damaging to Republican constituents and not the Democrats. "The rich are not rich because of income; it's because of assets," Gayed said. The ability by the Senate and House pass a plan this week may signal for the first moment in a couple years that leaders can pass major legislation through bipartisanship. Though investors may have viewed the negotiations as protracted and difficult, it's a sign of certainty. "It's going to continue to be a very eventful couple months for the fiscal outlook here," said Robert Tipp, chief investment strategist at Prudential Fixed Income. "Passing a minimal package at this point would be a relief and the markets would be buoyed by that." Pop a bottle of Champagne; it appears Congress finally may have something for us to celebrate other than the New Year. -- Written by Joe Deaux in New York. >Contact by Email. Follow @JoeDeaux
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