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WASHINGTON (WKOW) -- Many people take fish oil on a daily basis for a number of health issues; some because of claims that it can help you live a longer life. However, a new study says the daily supplement may not help you live longer after all.
The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, is the latest piece of research feeding the debate over whether regularly taking omega-3 supplements helps the heart.
A number of clinical trials have found that fish oil seems to lower risk of heart attack, sudden death, and even stroke. However, exactly how this works remains unclear.
In this study, researchers pooled results from 20 studies that included almost 70,000 adult patients. Through rigorous statistical analyses, they said they found no significant risk reduction in those getting increased omega-3 in their diet or through supplements.
Fish oil supplements are among the most popular dietary supplements among Americans. Though it is hard to pin down an exact figure for sales of such products, an article in Forbes magazine noted that, according to the Nutrition Business Journal, over-the-counter fish oil supplements accounted for $739 million in sales in 2009. Meanwhile, in 2010 Americans spent nearly $4 billion on products fortified with extra omega-3s, according to the market research firm Packaged Facts
While the news may be disappointing to many, it's not the first time such findings have been reported. In April, a South Korean study of 20,000 people found a similar lack of heart benefits, while a separate study released in June suggested that brain benefits may also have been oversold.
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Mongo is running for mayor.
Yes, it's true, he's the next candidate for Mayor of Romeoville.
Steve McMichael moved to Romeoville when he and his wife had their daughter. Now, he says he plans on running on the platform of school reform and bringing the Bears training camp closer to Chicago.
"It came up, what about you running for Mayor? And I started thinking, why not?" said Steve McMichael.
Steve "Mongo" McMichael is best known as one of the most ferocious defensive ends on the 1985 Super Bowl champion Chicago Bears. McMichael even made his way to the ring as a professional wrestler.
Mongo has been know as a "tough guy" with antics off the field as well. He was ejected after he sang during the 7th inning stretch at a Cubs game 11 years ago, when he made a threatening comment to the umpire.
"Don't worry," he told the crowd. "I'll have some speech with that home plate umpire after the game."
Now, Mongo is prepared to tackle a different role: Mayoral candidate. After thinking it over for the past year, he feels he's the man for the job.
"The things I've done in my life that have been successful, you just don't at the spur of the moment do something, you game plan."
Part of that game plan, he says, will be improving the education system in Romeoville, where one of his young daughters will soon attend. He had another reason too.
"Part of the Mayoral salary will go to charity, another reason to do that too, right? Getting the Bears to Lewis University in Romeoville, being the Mayor of Romeoville might better that along wouldn't it?"
We attempted to reach the current Romeoville Mayor John Noak for comment, but he did not return our calls.
As for McMichael, he says he plans on making his bid official when he signs paperwork in October. The election is next April.
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Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have faced each other 26 times before their semifinal Australian Open match.
There are no secrets. The former World No. 1 stretched and hustled like it was their first head-to-head match, making the match seem like there was more at stake then a trip to the finals Down Under.
Despite Federer jumping out to a 4-1 lead by stretching, bending and just plain finding the extra inch on the court, Nadal struck back by doing what one would expect of a former world No. 1 - he made the shots, the angles, the winners that seemed mathematically impossible to make. Nadal served four-straight points to tie the match at 4-4-.
After Nadal made a few unforced errors, Federer quickly made the match 5-4. He served out the game with the ace.
Then, the Spaniard breezed through four straight points to even the score again at 5-all.
Through solid and sound shots, and an unforced error by Nadal in the net, the Swiss raised the Spaniard one game, taking the match to 6-5 in Federer's favor.
In a crowd-roaring first point that brought Federer to his knees, Nadal began his rally to push the match to a tiebreak and he did.
The tiebreaker started with Federer being up 2-0 before Nadal's serve overpowered his backhand to make it 2-1. Nadal made an unforced error when he drilled the ball into the net to make it 3-1 in Federer's favor. The first challenge of the night came when Federer's first serve was called out. He won the challenge and then served an ace. 4-1 Federer. Nadal had Federer running corner to corner in the next point and won it with a forehand winner. 4-2 Federer. Nadal served again. Federer challenged it, thinking the ball was out. The ball just nicked the line of the T and Federer lost the point. Federer snuck in on both of the next points, reading Nadal's slide drops and pushed the tiebreaker to 6-3. Three set points were in Federer's favor. Nadal fought off two of those set points before he hit a backhand deep to give Federer the tiebreaker and the first set.
By the end of the first set, Federer had won 38 points to Nadal's 34.
Each ATP player had converted on their one break-point opportunity but Federer found the open court more with 15 winners to Nadal's 9.
Federer is in search of his 17th Grand Slam title. Rafael Nadal is in search of his 11th. And after the first set, Federer is one set closer to being one of two men remaining in the 2012 Australian Open.


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Shaun Simpson is one of the racers at day two of the Weston-super-Mare beach race tomorrow. He's been racing since he was four years old and competing since the age of thirteen. He's not the only one from his family to take part in the event, Shaun's dad won one of the races back in 1983.


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So i visited one of my favorite blogs on SBN, Bullets Forever. There one of the newer writers, Umair Khan (thats an awesome name by the way!), has been doing their draft analysis. He made a recent post talking about potential 2nd round picks. I checked it out (and so should you...HERE) and i was expecting to see some of the same articles ive already read. But then i found something i hadnt seen before. A Draft Analysis on a guy named Jackie Carmichael.
Ill let Umair explain who this guy is:
Jackie Carmichael, PF, Illinois State (SBNation.com scouting report): He immediately jumps out as someone who could start someday for an NBA team. The scouting report on him looks eerily similar to what was written about Boozer back in 2002. He establishes nice position down low, has soft hands, and displays a nice turnaround jumper over either shoulder. Illinois State used him a lot in the pick and roll game, and had no problem using these sets to free himself up on offense - whether it was via a quick hitting jumper or a roll to the basket. At 23, Jackie doesn't have the upside you'd want, but in a pick and roll heavy league, Carmichael could produce immediately for whoever takes him.
This guy sounds amazingly interesting. Even if hes not as good as boozer was back in 2002, hes probably just as good as boozer is...now. And hes literally going to cost a fraction of the price as what we are paying for boozer. I know a lot of people were contemplating taking the best wing with 20, and maybe thats actually a good idea, if you draft this guy. More importantly, im starting to feel more and more that the bulls should amnesty boozer this year, add players like korver, and maybe even bringing back nate. It also helps us set up for 2014 better. (Below ill post the scouting vid from draft express on him if you want to see how he plays).
Also, for anyone who would argue that the bulls wouldnt spend 15.3 and 16 million on nobody, there are two responses for me.
A) boozer isnt all that great, so keeping him is still essentially paying for nothing (thats the snarky answer)
B) the bulls, if they dont trade anyone and just sign a bunch of good veteran min contracts, will probably still be around 79 million. That is already 8 million over the luxury tax, plus considering the repeater penalties, its probably about over 10 million (fought the urge to write 9000). If you assume boozer could land with another team for about 5 million (mle) on the waiver wire (and i think thats fair) teh bulls are essentially paying almost the same amount. In fact, since they probably wont surpass 70 million in salary, overall they might actually be saving money by amnestying boozer.
So yea....amnesty boozer, draft his younger clone, get some solid depth, beat the heat and fuck rondo


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Watching college football bowl season pass by without a Longhorn squad playing somewhere for the first time in forever is beginning to sink in. With 70 teams getting extra time to play and excitement from the fans that follow them it's hard to believe Texas sunk as low as it did in 2010. While the coaching change carousal has consumed most of the attention of fans with recruiting news taking up the remainder I had another thought: What are the players who are returning thinking about and doing this longggg bowl season while they're at home?
My first hopeful thought is that some player, some leader is emerging behind the scenes who is going to use the loss, misery and uncertainty as a motivator for himself and his teammates to get through this unexpectedly difficult part of the year. Wouldn't it be nice to find out that someone has Vince Young-like leadership and inspiration to challenge and rally (Wanna win it all? I'll be practicing, who wants to join me?) his teammates to something better next year. Without knowing who will be coaching them at their positions it would be appropriate for the players to rally to each other, become closer, adopt a "it's on us now to pull ourselves together if we want to have good college careers and wash this taste out of our mouth's next year" attitude.
After the kind of season we had with the player personalities we were introduced to in 2010 I'm honestly at a loss as to if that kind of camaraderie exists in the locker room we currently have. Where would it come from?


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A gunman shot a Hood County Sheriff's deputy and a Granbury officer in a Lake Granbury neighborhood before being gunned down in a shootout at a second location near City Hall on Friday morning.
He shot Hood County Deputy Sergeant Lance McLean in the head, seriously wounding him. Sgt. McLean died Saturday morning from his injuries.
Granbury Police Officer Chad Davis was shot in his shoulder. He was released from the ICU Saturday.
The gunman, Ricky Don McComas, 49 was supposed to be in a Johnson County court on Friday to face a charge sexual assault of a child from July 2012.
According to an arrest warrant affidavit McComas was smoking K2, synthetic cannabis, with a 16-year-old girl and her younger sister last year. The warrant indicates the 16-year-old woke up to McComas raping her.
The Hood County Sheriff's office got a disturbance call around 10:50 a.m. in a neighborhood near Lake Granbury and responded to the scene.
McComas opened fire on Sergeant McLean and Davis.
McCommas fled the scene, but officers caught up with McCommas a short time later in front of City Hall. Witnesses said he came screeching down the street in a white van that already had a window shot out.
The gunman jumped out of his van and started spraying bullets. He was killed by return fire, the witnesses said. Hood County deputies said he was wearing camo and bulletproof vest. Witnesses said he pulled out a semi-automatic rifle with a high capacity magazine and opened fire on deputies and police officers.
"A guy jumps out and he's got and assault weapon in his hand. He gets out and he turns it this way and he looks at us just for a blink of an eye and then turns and all the gunfire began," said witness Gary Farina.
Video from SKY 4 showed dozens evidence markers along a sidewalk and in a parking lot. Officers could be seen searching the white van and an assault rifle was on the ground nearby.
Police in Joshua taped off an area around McCommas' house on Friday afternoon. Authorities were concerned about possible devices left behind in the home and said they were taking extra precautions.
Chief Galvan said though Sergeant McLean and Officer Davis were a part of two different departments, they are part of the same family.
"I've still got officers over there with Lance and his family, we're a very tight knit group of people when you work together everyday of the year you get close and they're just like family to us as we are to them, so when something like this happens it's a hit on both departments," said Chief Galvan.
Sgt. McLean was a 5-year veteran of the Hood County Sheriff's Office. He leaves behind a wife and two special needs children.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with Roger Deeds and the rest of the Sheriff's Department, Lance and his family we just wish and one that everybody join us in those prayers for Lance and his family," said Granbury Police Chief Mitch Galvan.
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I couldn't get the init.d script from the site working on my Debian server. I wrote one form scratch to manage starting and killing the process. It should be fully LSB-compliant and working with update-rc.d.
Let me know if it does or doesn't work for you.
I love this software so much I'm starting to worry, when are you going to grow tired of maintaining it? Thank you!
My problem is lack of time, not lack of enthusiasm.
Worked as a charm for the development version.
For the current release version (0.19.6) the bundling is successful but when I tried to run instiki this is what I got:
/home/xabier/instiki-0.19.6/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:184:in 'require': cannot load such file -- zip/zip (MissingSourceFile)
from /home/xabier/instiki-0.19.6/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:184:in 'require'
from /home/xabier/instiki-0.19.6/app/controllers/file_controller.rb:3:in '<top (required)>'
from /home/xabier/instiki-0.19.6/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:184:in 'require'
from /home/xabier/instiki-0.19.6/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:184:in 'require'
from /home/xabier/instiki-0.19.6/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:291:in 'require_or_load'
from /home/xabier/instiki-0.19.6/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:250:in 'depend_on'
from /home/xabier/instiki-0.19.6/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:162:in 'require_dependency'
from /home/xabier/instiki-0.19.6/vendor/rails/railties/lib/initializer.rb:414:in 'block (2 levels) in load_application_classes'
from /home/xabier/instiki-0.19.6/vendor/rails/railties/lib/initializer.rb:413:in 'each'
from /home/xabier/instiki-0.19.6/vendor/rails/railties/lib/initializer.rb:413:in 'block in load_application_classes'
from /home/xabier/instiki-0.19.6/vendor/rails/railties/lib/initializer.rb:411:in 'each'
from /home/xabier/instiki-0.19.6/vendor/rails/railties/lib/initializer.rb:411:in 'load_application_classes'
from /home/xabier/instiki-0.19.6/vendor/rails/railties/lib/initializer.rb:197:in 'process'
from /home/xabier/instiki-0.19.6/vendor/rails/railties/lib/initializer.rb:113:in 'run'
from /home/xabier/instiki-0.19.6/config/environment.rb:14:in '<top (required)>'
from /home/xabier/instiki-0.19.6/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:182:in 'require'
from /home/xabier/instiki-0.19.6/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:182:in 'block in require'
from /home/xabier/instiki-0.19.6/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:547:in 'new_constants_in'
from /home/xabier/instiki-0.19.6/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:182:in 'require'
from /home/xabier/instiki-0.19.6/script/server:92:in '<top (required)>'
from ./instiki:6:in 'load'
from ./instiki:6:in '<main>'
Of course I'm more than happy to run the development version. I've copied this chunk of code just in case you wanted to know the outcome.
I love this software so much I'm starting to worry, when are you going to grow tired of maintaining it? Thank you!
You can try replacing
gem "mongrel", ">=1.2.0.pre2"
gem "thin"
in the
Gemfile and see if that allows a successful
bundle install.
I'm afraid I need more dumb-proof directions… or maybe I need to convince myself that I shouldn't be trying this installation without knowing some Ruby basics.
Well, I'm thinking of ditching
mongrel in favour of
thin, which is being maintained.
You might try changing that line in the Gemfile and seeing if that fixes your error. It would be one more motivation for making the switch.
I'm trying to install Instiki (both current and development versions) on a machine that runs Linux Mint Debian Edition LMDE 201403. This distribution is based on Debian, so I guess I'm running into Debian-based errors too. This is part of the output of the bundling command I get:
Installing mongrel (1.2.0.pre2) with native extensions /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/installer.rb:562:in 'rescue in block in build_extensions': ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. (Gem::Installer::ExtensionBuildError)
/usr/bin/ruby1.9.1 extconf.rb
checking for main() in -lc... yes
creating Makefile
compiling http11.c
http11.c: In function 'http_field':
http11.c:193:3: error: format not a string literal and no format arguments [-Werror=format-security]
VALIDATE_MAX_LENGTH(flen, FIELD_NAME);
http11.c:194:3: error: format not a string literal and no format arguments [-Werror=format-security]
VALIDATE_MAX_LENGTH(vlen, FIELD_VALUE);
http11.c: In function 'request_uri':
http11.c:235:3: error: format not a string literal and no format arguments [-Werror=format-security]
VALIDATE_MAX_LENGTH(length, REQUEST_URI);
http11.c: In function 'fragment':
http11.c:246:3: error: format not a string literal and no format arguments [-Werror=format-security]
VALIDATE_MAX_LENGTH(length, FRAGMENT);
http11.c: In function 'request_path':
http11.c:257:3: error: format not a string literal and no format arguments [-Werror=format-security]
VALIDATE_MAX_LENGTH(length, REQUEST_PATH);
http11.c: In function 'query_string':
http11.c:268:3: error: format not a string literal and no format arguments [-Werror=format-security]
VALIDATE_MAX_LENGTH(length, QUERY_STRING);
http11.c: In function 'HttpParser_execute':
http11.c:439:5: error: format not a string literal and no format arguments [-Werror=format-security]
VALIDATE_MAX_LENGTH(http_parser_nread(http), HEADER);
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
make: *** [http11.o] Error 1
I understand that there are issues with Debian's Ruby packaging. Or at least there were the last time this webpage was updated, but that was long ago. Any updating on this? Is it a stupid error? Thanks a lot.
Thank you for your help, it works now!! Ruby 2.0.0-p353 is the version of Ruby I got, and then everything ran smoothly as promised on the website, in stark contrast to previous attempts. I was even contemplating learning Ruby to try and understand what was going on.
As you can probably tell, I have been attacking this problem in my spare time, so the replies are a bit distant in between.
Googling around, that sounds like an antiquated version of
RubyGems. If so,
gem update --system
should fix it.
On the other hand, since you have
JewelryBox, you could just use it to install Ruby 2.0 or 2.1 (both of which should work with the development version of Instiki), which come pre-installed with a more modern version of
Sorry for getting back so late, only just had time to come back to this.
The latest development version does not make a difference, exact same error message. I've tried
git pull https://github.com/parasew/instiki.git, downloading the tarball linked, and also from the Instiki website. None have worked so far. The
ruby bundle install --path vendor/bundle command worked fine, but running
./instiki spits back the above message.
Any ideas?
Heterotic Beast is now a Rails 3.2 application. (There's an updated
acts_as_state_machine gem, among other things which make this transition smooth.)
This forum is currently running on Rails 3.2.16.
The current development version of Instiki runs (and the next release will run) just fine on Ruby 2.0 and 2.1.
This is important for (among others) MacOSX Mountain Lion users, whose default version of Ruby is 2.0.
I'm working on updating my branch of Maruku, to incorporate various improvements from trunk. In particular, there are improvements to the table code. So you should check it out…
There's a bug with maruku's table handling: it doesn't like whitespace at the end of the line (a previous version did, and it would seem to me that whitespace here should be fine). This causes tables that used to render to no longer do so.
The fix is to modify the regexp for splitting cells: line 515 of
lib/maruku/input/parse_block.rb should read:
if (/^[|].*[|]\s*$/ =~ s)
(I notice that this isn't the same as the version of maruku on github, so don't know if this would be superseded by updating to the latest version from there.)
Hello there, I'm having the same problem with my installation. The default Ruby that came with my iMac is 1.8.7, but the gem
nokogiri needed >=1.9.2, so I got Ruby 1.9.3p484 using JewelryBox. This time the bundler installed, but running
./instiki comes back with
/Users/tans/Downloads/instiki/vendor/rails/railties/lib/rails/gem_dependency.rb:21:in add_frozen_gem_path': undefined method
source_index' for Gem:Module (NoMethodError)
from /Users/tans/Downloads/instiki/config/boot.rb:62:in load_initializer' from /Users/tans/Downloads/instiki/config/boot.rb:126:in
from /Users/tans/Downloads/instiki/config/boot.rb:26:in boot!' from /Users/tans/Downloads/instiki/config/boot.rb:139:in
<top (required)>'
from /Users/tans/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p484/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in require' from /Users/tans/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p484/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in
from /Users/tans/Downloads/instiki/script/server:3:in <top>'
from ./instiki:6:in `load'
from ./instiki:6:in `<main>'
How did you manage to get it up and running? Thank you.
I followed the instructions given on the instiki.org and this is what I get:
C:\instiki-0.19.6>ruby instiki C:/instiki-0.19.6/vendor/plugins/bundler/gems/bundler-1.0.18/lib/bundler/source. rb:571:in
load_spec_files': http://github.com/distler/file_signature.git (at ma
ster) is not checked out. Please run bundle install
from C:/instiki-0.19.6/vendor/plugins/bundler/gems/bundler-1.0.18/lib/bu
ndler/source.rb:385:in local_specs' from C:/instiki-0.19.6/vendor/plugins/bundler/gems/bundler-1.0.18/lib/bu ndler/source.rb:554:in
from C:/instiki-0.19.6/vendor/plugins/bundler/gems/bundler-1.0.18/lib/bu
ndler/definition.rb:356:in converge_locked_specs' from C:/instiki-0.19.6/vendor/plugins/bundler/gems/bundler-1.0.18/lib/bu ndler/definition.rb:345:in
from C:/instiki-0.19.6/vendor/plugins/bundler/gems/bundler-1.0.18/lib/bu
ndler/definition.rb:345:in converge_locked_specs' from C:/instiki-0.19.6/vendor/plugins/bundler/gems/bundler-1.0.18/lib/bu ndler/definition.rb:143:in
from C:/instiki-0.19.6/vendor/plugins/bundler/gems/bundler-1.0.18/lib/bu
ndler/definition.rb:90:in specs' from C:/instiki-0.19.6/vendor/plugins/bundler/gems/bundler-1.0.18/lib/bu ndler/definition.rb:135:in
from C:/instiki-0.19.6/vendor/plugins/bundler/gems/bundler-1.0.18/lib/bu
ndler/definition.rb:124:in requested_specs' from C:/instiki-0.19.6/vendor/plugins/bundler/gems/bundler-1.0.18/lib/bu ndler/environment.rb:23:in
from C:/instiki-0.19.6/vendor/plugins/bundler/gems/bundler-1.0.18/lib/bu
ndler/runtime.rb:11:in setup' from C:/instiki-0.19.6/vendor/plugins/bundler/gems/bundler-1.0.18/lib/bu ndler.rb:107:in
from ./config/../config/preinitializer.rb:18
from ./config/boot.rb:28:in load' from ./config/boot.rb:28:in
from ./config/boot.rb:10:in boot!' from ./config/boot.rb:124 from ./script/server:3:in
from ./script/server:3
from instiki:6:in load' from instiki:6
I tried different versions of Ruby but with no success. Please help!
Up and running again… Awesome! Thank you so much
Well, that was fun…
I think I have instiki now running successfully on
It was quite a juggling act getting it to work on all three. But I think I've succeeded.
Let me know if you encounter further problems.
(In an attempt to eat my own dogfood, I have switched this forum and the copy of Instiki running on Golem, to run under Ruby 2.0.0.)
In this case the bundle gets installed (…). But when I tried to run instiki I got this: /Users/Xabier/Documents/Trabajo/Investigacion/instiki-svn/vendor/rails/railties/lib/rails/gem_dependency.rb:21:in 'add_frozen_gem_path': undefined method 'source_index' for Gem:Module (NoMethodError)…
I'm running into the same error with Ruby 1.9.3-p448 and the development version of instiki.
Please try again.
I did! That output is from a few hours ago :)
I'll try with 1.9.x and post the results.
I actually had tried the development version, too…
Please try again.
The relevant feature of the development version is that it changes.
(only I was prompted to update Ruby when I first tried to run the bundler; which I did; my current version is 2.0.0)
I haven't tested Instiki on Ruby 2.0. Works fine on 1.9.x, but there may be issues with 2.0.
Thank you Jacques! I actually had tried the development version, too, but I didn't remember the outcome -only that it didn't work either. In this case the bundle gets installed (only I was prompted to update Ruby when I first tried to run the bundler; which I did; my current version is 2.0.0). But when I tried to run instiki I got this:
/Users/Xabier/Documents/Trabajo/Investigacion/instiki-svn/vendor/rails/railties/lib/rails/gem_dependency.rb:21:in 'add_frozen_gem_path': undefined method 'source_index' for Gem:Module (NoMethodError)
from /Users/Xabier/Documents/Trabajo/Investigacion/instiki-svn/config/boot.rb:47:in 'load_initializer'
from /Users/Xabier/Documents/Trabajo/Investigacion/instiki-svn/config/boot.rb:111:in 'run'
from /Users/Xabier/Documents/Trabajo/Investigacion/instiki-svn/config/boot.rb:11:in 'boot!'
from /Users/Xabier/Documents/Trabajo/Investigacion/instiki-svn/config/boot.rb:124:in '<top (required)>'
from /Users/Xabier/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.0.0-p247/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:51:in 'require'
from /Users/Xabier/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.0.0-p247/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:51:in 'require'
from /Users/Xabier/Documents/Trabajo/Investigacion/instiki-svn/script/server:3:in '<top (required)>'
from ./instiki:6:in 'load'
from ./instiki:6:in '<main>' I'm afraid I don't understand what is going on here. Sorry for my illiteracy, I'm just a devoted Instiki final user …
Hi, I'm running into problems when trying to install Instiki on my Mac (OS X Lion). Ruby version seems to be 1.8.7. A previous version of Instiki (I think it was 0.19.4) worked fine. This problem appeared when I re-installed the developer tools from the App Store, but this might as well be a coincidence. I'm trying the three last versions and in every case I get this output when I try to run
ruby bundle install --path vendor bundle:
Fetching http://github.com/distler/file_signature.git
remote: Counting objects: 339, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (241/241), done.
remote: Total 339 (delta 128), reused 279 (delta 68)
Receiving objects: 100% (339/339), 218.79 KiB | 289 KiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (128/128), done.
Fetching http://github.com/distler/maruku.git
remote: Counting objects: 6916, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (3505/3505), done.
remote: Total 6916 (delta 3472), reused 6758 (delta 3331)
Receiving objects: 100% (6916/6916), 2.37 MiB | 330 KiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (3472/3472), done.
Fetching source index for http://rubygems.org/ /Users/Xabier/Documents/Trabajo/Investigacion/instiki-0.19.6/vendor/plugins/bundler/gems/bundler-1.0.18/lib/bundler/source.rb:253:in 'fetch_all_remote_specs': undefined method 'list' for #Gem::SpecFetcher:0x10dff3b98 (NoMethodError)
from /Users/Xabier/Documents/Trabajo/Investigacion/instiki-0.19.6/vendor/plugins/bundler/gems/bundler-1.0.18/lib/bundler/source.rb:234:in 'remote_specs'
from /Users/Xabier/Documents/Trabajo/Investigacion/instiki-0.19.6/vendor/plugins/bundler/gems/bundler-1.0.18/lib/bundler/source.rb:231:in 'each'
from /Users/Xabier/Documents/Trabajo/Investigacion/instiki-0.19.6/vendor/plugins/bundler/gems/bundler-1.0.18/lib/bundler/source.rb:231:in 'remote_specs'
from /Users/Xabier/Documents/Trabajo/Investigacion/instiki-0.19.6/vendor/plugins/bundler/gems/bundler-1.0.18/lib/bundler/source.rb:165:in 'fetch_specs'
from /Users/Xabier/Documents/Trabajo/Investigacion/instiki-0.19.6/vendor/plugins/bundler/gems/bundler-1.0.18/lib/bundler/source.rb:70:in 'specs'
from /Users/Xabier/Documents/Trabajo/Investigacion/instiki-0.19.6/vendor/plugins/bundler/gems/bundler-1.0.18/lib/bundler/definition.rb:159:in 'index'
from /Users/Xabier/Documents/Trabajo/Investigacion/instiki-0.19.6/vendor/plugins/bundler/gems/bundler-1.0.18/lib/bundler/definition.rb:158:in 'each'
from /Users/Xabier/Documents/Trabajo/Investigacion/instiki-0.19.6/vendor/plugins/bundler/gems/bundler-1.0.18/lib/bundler/definition.rb:158:in 'index'
from /Users/Xabier/Documents/Trabajo/Investigacion/instiki-0.19.6/vendor/plugins/bundler/gems/bundler-1.0.18/lib/bundler/index.rb:7:in 'build'
from /Users/Xabier/Documents/Trabajo/Investigacion/instiki-0.19.6/vendor/plugins/bundler/gems/bundler-1.0.18/lib/bundler/definition.rb:157:in 'index'
from /Users/Xabier/Documents/Trabajo/Investigacion/instiki-0.19.6/vendor/plugins/bundler/gems/bundler-1.0.18/lib/bundler/definition.rb:151:in 'resolve'
from /Users/Xabier/Documents/Trabajo/Investigacion/instiki-0.19.6/vendor/plugins/bundler/gems/bundler-1.0.18/lib/bundler/definition.rb:90:in 'specs'
from /Users/Xabier/Documents/Trabajo/Investigacion/instiki-0.19.6/vendor/plugins/bundler/gems/bundler-1.0.18/lib/bundler/definition.rb:85:in 'resolve_remotely!'
from /Users/Xabier/Documents/Trabajo/Investigacion/instiki-0.19.6/vendor/plugins/bundler/gems/bundler-1.0.18/lib/bundler/installer.rb:43:in 'run'
from /Users/Xabier/Documents/Trabajo/Investigacion/instiki-0.19.6/vendor/plugins/bundler/gems/bundler-1.0.18/lib/bundler/installer.rb:8:in 'install'
from /Users/Xabier/Documents/Trabajo/Investigacion/instiki-0.19.6/vendor/plugins/bundler/gems/bundler-1.0.18/lib/bundler/cli.rb:220:in 'install'
from /Users/Xabier/Documents/Trabajo/Investigacion/instiki-0.19.6/vendor/plugins/bundler/gems/bundler-1.0.18/lib/bundler/vendor/thor/task.rb:22:in 'send'
from /Users/Xabier/Documents/Trabajo/Investigacion/instiki-0.19.6/vendor/plugins/bundler/gems/bundler-1.0.18/lib/bundler/vendor/thor/task.rb:22:in 'run'
from /Users/Xabier/Documents/Trabajo/Investigacion/instiki-0.19.6/vendor/plugins/bundler/gems/bundler-1.0.18/lib/bundler/vendor/thor/invocation.rb:118:in 'invoke_task'
from /Users/Xabier/Documents/Trabajo/Investigacion/instiki-0.19.6/vendor/plugins/bundler/gems/bundler-1.0.18/lib/bundler/vendor/thor.rb:263:in 'dispatch'
from /Users/Xabier/Documents/Trabajo/Investigacion/instiki-0.19.6/vendor/plugins/bundler/gems/bundler-1.0.18/lib/bundler/vendor/thor/base.rb:386:in 'start'
from /Users/Xabier/Documents/Trabajo/Investigacion/instiki-0.19.6/vendor/plugins/bundler/gems/bundler-1.0.18/bin/bundle:13
from bundle:21:in 'load'
from bundle:21
Any ideas? Many thanks!
With the above changes, then
expire_caches triggers an error when renaming a page. I think it is due to expiring pages that redirect to the given page. This is called in
expire_caches in
after_save. If the page name has changed, then the function
self.pages_redirected_to in
wiki_references.rb is called with the old name but that no longer exists in the database. So the
page = web.page(page_name) returns null. I've put in a conditional to test for this which at least removes the error but I don't know if there are some caches that aren't now being expired that ought to be - I'll check the logs to trace this.
def self.pages_redirected_to(web, page_name)
names = []
redirected_pages = []
if web.has_page?(page_name)
page = web.page(page_name)
redirected_pages.concat page.redirects
redirected_pages.concat Thread.current[:page_redirects][page] if
Thread.current[:page_redirects] && Thread.current[:page_redirects][page]
redirected_pages.uniq.each { |name| names.concat self.pages_that_reference(web, name) }
I've put those changes in place and will keep an eye on what happens.
Incidentally, when manually clearing out the cache I note that
/ in page names gets translated into subfolders. So a page name
Sandbox/Set creates a folder
Sandbox with a file
Set.cache. Should the page name be completely sanitised under such circumstances?
Since I've not had much success reproducing your bug, why don't we see whether implementing your suggestion fixes it for you?
Apply the following patch:
=== modified file 'app/controllers/revision_sweeper.rb'
--- app/controllers/revision_sweeper.rb 2011-09-21 04:46:36 +0000
+++ app/controllers/revision_sweeper.rb 2013-05-30 05:11:33 +0000
@@ -7,15 +7,15 @@
observe Revision, Page
def before_save(record)
- if record.is_a?(Revision)
- expire_cached_page(record.page.web, record.page.name)
- expire_cached_revisions(record.page)
+ if record.is_a?(Page)
+ expire_cached_page(record.web, record.name)
+ expire_cached_revisions(record)
def after_save(record)
- if record.is_a?(Revision)
- expire_caches(record.page)
+ if record.is_a?(Page)
+ expire_caches(record)
Spoke too soon. The cache bug is not dead.
I shoved in a load of
logger.info statements to the
revise method of
page.rb and to the
before_save and
after_save methods of
revision_sweeper.rb to see what was happening. I noticed that the cache sweep only happens when a revision is saved, not when a page is saved. At least, that's how I interpret the
if record.is_a?(Revision) conditional.
Anyway, what I found was interesting. I got different behaviour depending on whether I was creating a new revision or updating an old one (to switch between the two I used two author strings).
Here's the "same author" sequence of events:
Processing WikiController#edit (for 127.0.0.1 at 2013-05-29 21:56:25) [GET]
Cache Bug Log: Before save page called for previous name.
Cache Bug Log: After save page called for previous name.
Processing WikiController#save (for 127.0.0.1 at 2013-05-29 21:56:32) [POST]
Cache Bug Log: Renaming 'previous name' to 'current name'.
Cache Bug Log: Updating previous revision.
Cache Bug Log: Before save revision called for previous name.
Cache Bug Log: After save revision called for previous name.
Cache Bug Log: Saving new page.
Cache Bug Log: Before save page called for current name.
Cache Bug Log: After save page called for current name.
Cache Bug Log: Before save page called for previous name.
Cache Bug Log: After save page called for previous name.
Processing WikiController#show (for 127.0.0.1 at 2013-05-29 21:56:33) [GET]
As I said above, only the
Before save revision and
After save revision actually seem to do any cache sweeping. So in this sequence, the previous name and only the previous name gets swept. This is okay, but not optimal: if there is a stale cache file then renaming a page to the name of a stale file means that the stale file doesn't get swept (I checked this).
But here's what happens when I change the author name to force a new revision:
Processing WikiController#edit (for 127.0.0.1 at 2013-05-29 21:57:34) [GET]
Cache Bug Log: Before save page called for previous name.
Cache Bug Log: After save page called for previous name.
Processing WikiController#save (for 127.0.0.1 at 2013-05-29 21:57:45) [POST]
Cache Bug Log: Renaming 'previous name' to 'current name'.
Cache Bug Log: Creating new revision.
Cache Bug Log: Saving new page.
Cache Bug Log: Before save page called for current name.
Cache Bug Log: Before save revision called for current name.
Cache Bug Log: After save revision called for current name.
Cache Bug Log: After save page called for current name.
Cache Bug Log: Before save page called for previous name.
Cache Bug Log: After save page called for previous name.
Processing WikiController#show (for 127.0.0.1 at 2013-05-29 21:57:45) [GET]
Notice that the
Saving new page message now occurs before the
save revision steps. The
Saving new page message was inserted just before the
save statement in the
revise method. So this ought to happen after the new revision is created. However, it would appear that the new revision is not actually saved until the page is saved.
With this sequence then the
before_save and
after_save functions for the revision are called with the current name meaning that the old name does not get swept. This is "the cache bug".
Looking at the two different sequences of events, it would seem that the safest place to sweep the cache is when
before_save is called when saving a page, not a revision. Moreover, as the
before_save and
after_save are always called with the same page name then it seems overkill to put the sweep in both.
Of course, my analysis may well be incorrect as instiki (well, ruby-on-rails) is very much a black box to me so I have no idea as to what's going on under the bonnet.
Incidentally, the above was carried out using sqlite as the database, but I got the same results with mysql with the updated gem.


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The results are in Illinois Burr Oak Cemetery Scandal and Illinois Governor's race. "Il Gov declares victory challenger vows fight." In the Burr Oak Cemetery situation the lady who wrote the 2003 Burr oak Cemetery Scandal "cover up" Memo vowes to fight as well.
The results in Each matter is unclear.
There may be a recount of the Illinois Governor's race but there will be a recounting of the Burr Oak Cemetery Scandal at this blog because the Perpetua CEO has vows a fight about her memo. The CEO has come out fighting in a news report and started a fight about the memo with with Your Funeral Guy 0n the Burr Oak Cemetery Disaster 2003 coverup.
The close Governors race was reported at the Huffington Post.
With just about 5,000 votes separating incumbent Governor Pat Quinn and state Comptroller Dan Hynes in the race for the Illinois Democratic nomination for governor, Quinn claimed victory early Wednesday while Hynes said it's not over yet.via www.huffingtonpost.com
The Fighting 2003 Perpetua CEO came out Fighting About her "2003 cover up"memo revealed in the Governor's Race was revealed Tuseday night by an ABC Reporter Chuck Goudie:
"I just returned last night from a two week vacation in Dubai and Uganda," Ms. Edmonds Cotton told the I-Team Tuesday afternoon. "I never expected to be in the middle of a primary race in Illinois. I am disappointed that my Memo (sic) has been used as political fodder" she wrote in an email response to our request for an interview last week.via abclocal.go.com the words of Slivy Cotton
A Video of this report can Be Viewed Here.
Former Burr Oak Cemeterry Former CEO Fight your Funeral Guy E-Mail.
From: "firstname.lastname@example.com " <email@example.com>
To: email@example.com
Sent: Tue, February 2, 2010 11:12:54 AM
Subject: Do You Ever Read The Background Information on The "News" You Pass Along?
The Memo Clearly points to a Perpetua INC, cover up of known Grave desecration with an effort to hide the info from ILLINOS COMPTROLLER OFFICE EMPLOYEE DAVID FOLEY. Perpetua is a Funeral and cemetery company owner the of Burr Oak Cemetery (Scandal).
THE LATEST INFORMATION REVEALS PERPETUA INC AND SILVY EDMONDS COTTON ATTEMPTING TO COVER UP GRAVE DESECRATION, AND POSSIBLE GRAVE ROBBING at BURR OAK CEMETERY.
Astute lawyers and victims have included Perpetua Inc and Silvy Cotton in their lawsuits.
The 2003 Memo related to possible desecrations of graves that I uncovered which I believed to have occurred over decades; a point that would be clear to anyone who read the complete files I submitted to the FBI several months ago, but should be clear to anyone who can read the Memo that was posted online. Since it was I who investigated the finding in 2003, and it was I who contacted our attorney to find out who in the Comptroller's office we should report the incident to; and it was I who was told to contact David Foley in the Comptroller's office; and since it was I who contacted David Foley and set up the meeting that the Comptroller's office confirms did occur; and since it was I who provided the Memo to the FBI several months ago who the hell are you to even suggest that I hid any information from David Foley or the Comptroller's office? Did you read any of the information? I have consulted with a couple of people in the industry who told me to just ignore you since you are viewed as somewhat of a hack, however, my attorney is concerned that you are slandering my name and character. If it doesn't stop I WILL take legal action against you.
If you were anything of a Consumer advocate you should be questioning whether there was a scandal in July 2009 at all. Does it seem strange to you that the crime scene and the area I identified in 2003 are one and the same? You should be questioning why Burr Oak Cemetery was INVADED with the entire cemetery turned upside down, when a cemetery with almost twice as many allegations in California during the same timeframe didn't suffer a similar approach. Find the answer to those questions and then you can consider yourself relevant. Otherwise, stop trying to turn facts into gossip.
Slivy Edmonds Cotton (This is my correct name)"
THE MEMO IS A COVER UP BECAUSE COTTON AND PERPETUA WENT TO THE COMPTROLLER WHO HAD NO AUTHORITY IN THE MATTER. The memo or memos should have gone to Law Enforcement.
The Long Answer will follow.
Funeral Industry|Funeral Blog By Your Funeral Guy.
Nice to be complemented by some in a failing Funeral Industry as a hack.
Your Funeral Guy's e-mail from Cotton Original To this post.
The memo from the Capitol Fax Blog can be viewed here:


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Kate Middleton: Hospital confirms crank call to Kate Middleton's ward
LONDON - Pregnant Kate Middleton's personal health details were given to prank callers from Australia by one of the hospital nurses, Yahoo reports .
Two radio personalities from Australia reportedly called the hospital and impersonated Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles, but expected to be hung up on right as they called.
According to Yahoo, the DJs said that they were "surprised" to get so much information and that they didn't mean to cause any harm. They told reporters that they weren't expecting to obtain any information to begin with because of their "terrible accents."
A nurse reportedly told the callers that the duchess was stable and doing well, sleeping on and off and that they could come visit her at a certain time once she was freshened up, Yahoo says.
The callers reportedly apologized and said they were pleased to hear that Middleton was doing well.
Middleton was hospitalized a few days ago for a case related to severe pregnancy morning sickness.
Reports say that the duchess is still in the hospital for treatment and that Prince William has been visiting her throughout her stay.
Yahoo says the hospital is going over protocols to determine what happened with the prank call incident.


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Minnesota Vikings
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|Chicago, IL
|Texas State
|Years played
|2006, 7th round, 4th pick by Dolphins
Harvin misses practice with another migraine
Vikings head coach Brad Childress said WR-KR Percy Harvin was not at the team's Winter Park, Minn., facility as he is dealing with another bout of migraine headaches.
Vikings' rookie report: Week Nine
Here's a look at how the Vikings' rookies fared in the Week Nine win over the Cardinals in overtime.
Vikings-Bears matchup of the day: Tuesday
It's Israel Idonije, not Julius Peppers, who is leading the Bears in sacks with five, and he should face the banged-up Phil Loadholt one-on-one in pass-rush situations consistently on Sunday.
Week Nine: Did Brett Favre earn his money?
Each week we examine whether Vikings QB Brett Favre, who is being paid more than $1 million per game this season, earned his paycheck. Let's take a look at the Week Nine win over the Cardinals.
Former Packer Harris clears waivers
Former Packers CB Al Harris has cleared waivers and can sign with any team.
Vikings MVP Meter: Week Nine
Let's look at how the Vikings' team MVP candidates for the season shape up following their 27-24 overtime win over the Cardinals.
Childress: Vikings will look at CB Harris
Vikings head coach Brad Childress said Monday he anticipates looking at tape at CB Al Harris, who was just cut by the Packers.
Favre proves the tank isn't empty yet
Just when it looked like this would be a lost fantasy season for Brett Favre, he went out and proved everybody wrong yet again.
Vikings They Said It: Postgame version, Week Nine
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Evans received a two-game suspension Tuesday from the NFL for violating the league's personal conduct policy during a pair of offseason problems.||||||| Evans was arrested twice this summer while he was on Miami's roster, for marijuana possession in Texas and for fighting with police in Florida. He will not be paid and is required to sit out this week and next, before he's eligible to return to the active roster on Monday, Dec. 10. Evans has been active for eight of the Vikings' 11 games, recording five tackles, one sack and two quarterback hurries.
The Vikings signed Evans on Sunday.||||||| Evans, who appeared in one game for the Dolphins as a rookie in 2006, was waived after he was arrested on June 23 for allegedly refusing to leave a taxi on South Beach and fighting with officers. Evans pleaded not guilty to multiple charges last month. He was on probation for a marijuana possession arrest when he was arrested in June, meaning he could face discipline under the NFL's conduct policy.
Evans, arrested over the weekend for refusing to leave a taxi on South Beach and for fighting with officers, was released by the Dolphins on Thursday.||||||| Evans played in one game as a rookie last season with the Dolphins. Evans was charged with multiple counts of battery on a law enforcement officer and resisting with violence, along with single counts of disorderly intoxication and trespassing. One officer was allegedly bitten on the wrist, and a female officer sustained scrapes on her left knee, police said.


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How can we use awkward pauses (which could be good) to generate creativity?
Stefon Harris's presentation, for me, was a revelation about the inhibitor of creativity, which is the fear of making a mistake. I think this is the dominant model where children loses their courage to be creative, especially in Asian culture where there is a mental disease of The One True Way of doing things.
In my presentations, I realize I have been interrupted by other people's cell phones a few times. Looking back on it, I react badly by calling attention to the person rather than being mentally flexible and use those unwanted and unplanned interruption as a way to re-engage the audience after the mental break off.
My idea is to ask TEDsters to contribute a list of professional interruptions or professional "mistakes" and how we can use those awkward pauses (which could be good) to generate creativity?
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Dec 15 2011: My philosophy professor anecdotally pointed out that there is a growing fad amongst job interviewers to purposefully create awkward pauses during interviews. The objective is to have a measure, albeit a subjective one, of how confident the candidate is.
I wonder if this could be expanded to see if there is a creative or unique way that the candidates would respond to such pauses?
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In Nashville episode 220 "Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad," Scarlett's breakdown is driving everyone to point fingers at who might be responsible for her condition. Deacon is blaming Rayna for pushing her too fast, Rayna is blaming Juliette and for forcing her on stage and Beverly thinks Rayna is only interested in seeing her label succeed. It always feels like everyone has an axe to grind with Juliette so she turns to Avery, only to find him preoccupied with Scarlett. During her moment of weakness, she is driven right into the hands of her nemesis. Meanwhile, Layla tries to convince Will to join her in a reality show.
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One institution's trash is another's energy source. Several small colleges in Virginia are switching to landfill gas as their source of electricity. Emory & Henry College, Hollins University, Lynchburg College, Randolph College and Sweet Briar College are partnering with landfill gas energy operator Ingenco. Ingenco captures methane generated by landfills, converts the gas to electricity and sells the electricity back to utilities. The switch is expected to save Emory and Henry between $500,000 and $1 million over the 12-year contract's life. It also could potential cut the school's carbon footprint in half, Jesse Freedman, the school's energy manager, told the Bristol Herald Courier (http://bit.ly/1e7D7Cn ). "As far as we know, we're the only small liberal arts colleges who banded together to buy renewable electricity," Freedman said. "It saves money and helps us do some good." Freedman said the college is expected to make the switch within the next two months. The electricity will come from a pool generated from landfill gas states across the state. Ingenco is working to establish a facility at the landfill in Bristol, Va. The electricity that is generated will be sold to the Tennessee Valley Authority, which provides power to the city. "To a landfill, landfill gas is a problem," Alan Petersen, vice president of development for Ingenco, told the newspaper. "It's an expense, and they're regulated to capture and dispose of the gas. To us, it's a product." Bristol also is expected to benefit from the partnership, receiving revenue from a product that's available but being wasted, Allen Morris, the city's director of public works, told the newspaper. Ingenco's facility will be located near where the city already flares off the landfill's methane. Landfills can produce methane for years after they are capped, Morris said. Petersen said the company is expected to be on site later this year. ___ Information from: Bristol Herald Courier, http://www.bristolnews.com(Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)
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The Placer County Board of Supervisors honored several outstanding community activists Tuesday by presenting them with commemorative coins created for a county citizen-recognition program.
The board created the program in 2002 to recognize acts of heroism, longstanding community service and exceptional acts that dramatically improved or impacted people's lives.
Tuesday's coin recipients were:
At Tuesday's meeting, District 2 Supervisor Robert M. Weygandt announced he will present his district's commemorative coins early next year to two long-time Rocklin City Council members and former mayors: Peter Hill and Kathy Lund. Hill currently is Vice Mayor and Lund left the council about two years ago.
The commemorative coins feature the county seal on one side. On the other side are the word "hero" and the image of an eagle with a star and sun rays in the background. The second side of the coin was designed by J. Randal Smith, an Auburn native who is a nationally known artist. His design won a competition coordinated by the Arts Council of Placer County.
District 1 – Liz and Gregg Goldthorpe
Over the last 22 years, the couple has started several other newspapers: the Woodcreek News, the Sun Senior News for Sun City Roseville and the Sun Senior News for Sun City Lincoln Hills.
"Their publications are an integral part of the communities they cover, and there are thousands of readers who wait to receive these papers so they can stay informed," explained 1st District Supervisor Jack Duran. "To understand how dedicated the Goldthorpes are, we need to only look at the fact that in producing community newspapers for more than two decades, they have never missed a deadline."
Publishing community newspapers also has kept the Goldthorpes busy helping raise funds, volunteering for worthy causes and logging countless hours at community events and meetings.
Their efforts have been recognized by organizations from local school boards and community organizations to the California State Legislature, which honored Liz Goldthorpe in 2000 as "Women of the Year." She was one of 113 women in California to receive the honor that year.
District 3 – June Stewart
"June has been a long-time Placer County 4-H leader," explained 3rd District Supervisor Jim Holmes during the awards ceremony. "It has been a way of life.''
Stewart considers 4-H a family affair where youth participants are supported by other family members and everyone learns together. It allows all participants to gain knowledge and experience in such fields as science, engineering and technology that can be applied to future endeavors.
Stewart has attended the Placer County 4-H summer camp each year for the past 28 years and currently manages the camp facilities. She also developed an embryology program that reaches more than 6,500 students each year.
June and her husband, Jim, have raised four daughters and four sons while being active in volunteer leadership roles in youth organizations such as 4-H, the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Camp Fire Girls, and church youth groups.
District 4 – Sandy Harris
A Placer County resident since 1977, Harris settled in her community even before it was known as Granite Bay.
She participated in a petition drive that led to the community being officially named Granite Bay in 1987 and was a founding member of the Granite Bay Community Association.
She participated in development of a Granite Bay Community Plan that the Board of Supervisors adopted in 1989 and was on a subcommittee that helped with a community plan update that was finalized in February 2012. She did not miss any of the subcommittee meetings.
Sandy has participated frequently in meetings of the Granite Bay Municipal Advisory Council. She served on the advisory council's Safety Committee and on a Parks Subcommittee that was involved in development of Granite Bay Community Park, Ronald L. Feist Park and other parks in the area.
In 1994, she was on a Friends of the Library Committee that brought the Granite Bay Branch of the Placer County Library to its current location at 6475 Douglas Blvd. She also served on the Place County Grand Jury in 2001-2002.
District 5 -- Dave Wiltsee
"David, as you can see, has a lot on his plate," explained 5th District Supervisor Jennifer Montgomery, adding, "He manages it all with a smile."
As a member of the advisory council, he helped create a committee in 2010 that became the Senior Living Group of the Sierra Foothills, the grassroots group committed to making the foothills senior-friendly. The group brings together local seniors, service providers and other organizations to identify and meet community needs.
Wiltsee's long track record of community involvement includes service on the Placer County Planning Commission from 1989-91, the Placer County Board of Zoning Appeals from 1989-1990 and the California County Planning Commissioners Association from 1989-1991.
He had a long, distinguished career as a planner and planning consultant in both the public and private sectors. From 1986-1995, he owned a consulting business.
During Tuesday's awards ceremony, Supervisor Montgomery recalled that one of Moonshine Ink's associate editors described Elegado
"She is absolutely inspirational to those of us who know her," Supervisor Montgomery said.
Though her official titles are owner, editor and publisher, Elegado has several informal titles given to her by the associate editor: seller of ads, bookkeeper, chief cheerleader, graphic designer, and extinguisher of fires.
Moonshine Ink recently celebrated its 10-year anniversary. "Congratulations on that. It is quite a feat," Supervisor Montgomery told Elegado.
The print edition of the newspaper comes out monthly and publishes its articles in both English and Spanish. Supervisor Montgomery applauded Moonshine Ink's decision to be a bilingual publication, emphasizing that the area has a large Spanish-speaking population that was largely underserved before Moonshine Ink came along.
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As she walked, she caught sight of a familiar plume of smoke, curling through the air in the distance. Soon she came to the ruins of a crumbling stone tower. Moss covered it in splotches of dark green, and vines snaked across its surface like a nest of snakes. A solitary raven perched atop it, pecking ruthlessly at a snail. The bird regarded Siobhan with a solemn expression, not used to many visitors through these parts, then turned back to its meal. She kept walking, and turning round a boulder, she came to the edge of the bog.
There were wooden planks strewn here and there in the filthy water, if it could be called water, it had the consistency of a thick soup that made soft sucking sounds as air bubbles rose slowly to the surface and popped with a wet "splat" that sounded most unpleasant. A thick layer of mist rose a few feet from the ground, making it difficult to see where to place her next step. She moved hesitantly onto the meager pathway, often having to jump from one plank to the next, then having to catch her balance to avoid falling face first into the putrid muck all around her. Suddenly, something moved, slithered across her boot. Siobhan gasped in fright, hastily giving her foot a slight shake to shoo away whatever repulsive thing had crawled out of the murky depths. There was a hiss, and after hesitating nervously for some time, she looked down to meet the cold gaze of a deadly bog viper, its diamond shaped head swaying back and forth, dangerously close to her leg. She didn't move, afraid to give the slightest provocation for an attack. After standing deathly still for what seemed like forever, she was relieved when the snake slithered away into a clump of reeds, its smooth black body glistening with slime.
Shuddering with disgust, Siobhan hopped quickly to the next rotting board, hoping that the other, more dangerous inhabitants of the mire would pay her no notice. The mist parted, and she saw solid ground once again. Smiling, she stepped from the desiccated walkway onto the firm rocky earth. There stood a massive hedge of brambles, almost obscuring a crude wooden shack. A crow flew past , its harsh cries echoing in the thin air.
She walked right up to the hedge, and began to search around, until her hand came to rest on a particularly thick vine that had coiled loosely into a small spiral. It had no thorns, but a smooth, almost polished surface. There was a small word engraved on it, the letters so thin she had to squint to see it. Entris. She smiled to herself, knowing the meaning of the word. Enter. It was High Elvish, a language which, like its people, had been lost to the centuries. She knew then that she had come to the right place. She closed her eyes and spoke softly but clearly, "Melonnadris." Nothing happened. Siobhan frowned. Had he changed the password? Was that even possible? She was so puzzled, she didn't see the figure lurking behind her with a wooden club in hand. She turned around, just as the dark shape delivered a smashing blow to her head. Pain exploded inside her skull, and she knew no more.
When Siobhan came to,she wasn't quite sure what had happened. Her head was spinning, and she found it difficult to stand. As dazed as she was, she struggled stubbornly to her feet, and looked around. She was in the middle of a campsite in a small glade, just on the edge of the bog. There was a campfire burning, and there were charred bones just on the edges of it, smoking from the heat of the coals. Around the fire she could see a number of meager tents, but she could not see anyone who could tell her what was going on.
"Your awake, I see." She turned around. There behind her stood a man clad entirely in leather, with a wide brimmed hat on his head, two gray eyes shining from beneath its shade. He had a short pipe in his mouth and was chewing the stem absently. "I trust you are not uncomfortable.. "
"I"m not exactly sure whats going on." said Siobhan nervously, not knowing what to make of this man, and whether or not he would try to harm her.
"Would you like to know?" he replied. His gray eyes studied her for a moment."We, meaning my companions and I, are hunters by trade, and this is our camp. We"ve had little luck it seems, of late, for all the animals seem to have gotten more cunning, and have avoided our traps . Murtoll, our look-out man , saw you wandering about by the bog. I apologize for his.."methods" in bringing you here, but we cannot be too careful. You"re not that dangerous, are you?" he said with a grin, revealing a set of perfectly white teeth.
"No, I don't believe so." said Siobhan, responding with a grin of her own. "In any case, I"ll be on my way."
"Are you sure? It will be dark soon, and the Bogwood is not a place to wander alone at night. We have an extra tent somewhere I believe, and we have plenty of food. Stay the night, and you can start off early in the morning. And don"t worry about being harassed. My companions may seem rough at first, but they"re as harmless as fawns. Well, grumpy fawns with an attitude and a bit of a drinking problem, but you get what I mean. So, what do you say? Will you join us for supper?"
"I shall. One moment though, if you please. I don"t think I know your name."
"Then I shall give it you. My name is Cyrus."
" I"m Siobhan."
"Well then, Siobhan, it is a pleasure to make your acquaintance."
"Cyyyrus!" came a call from a campfire nearby. He smirked.
"That"ll be Jayden I"ll bet, drunk again, the poor sod. I"ll see you tomorrow, I hope." And with a nod, he strode off toward the other campfire, from which more inebriated reveling could be heard.
As the night slowly fell, the stars twinkling into view in the dark expanse of the evening sky, Siobhan sat against a rough hewn chair, enjoying the warmth of the fire, not to mention the delicious rabbit stew that had filled her (and her stomach) with contentment. She could hear the trappers and hunters speaking to each other in low, tired voices, about strategies to escape a charging bear, or what herbs and potions to use to treat the bite of a bog viper. She smiled, her mind finally put at ease about them. She was among friends.
She could not get Cyrus out of her mind however, nor could she bring herself to trust him. He was handsome to be sure, as ruggedly handsome as only woodsmen can be, but whenever she saw him flash that disarming grin, it made her think of the bared fangs of a hungry predator, waiting for the perfect opportunity to strike. What is he hiding? she wondered as she crawled into an empty tent one of the woodsman had set up for her. Soon though, sleep came, and she worried no more about Cyrus as she drifted slowly into peaceful oblivion..
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Ben Hill County- Two weeks ago, Jimmy Merritt was home alone when he was shot in the head during what authorities say was an attempted robbery. He's in critical condition in a Macon hospital.
Sheriff Bobby McLemore says a friend is offering five thousand dollars to anyone who furnishes information leading to the arrest and conviction of the shooter.
"We've been working around the clock on this since it happened. We've got a team of investigators working on it, and right now he was progressing somewhat until last night he had a blood clot from what I understand and it went to his heart and lungs and they lost him about three times, but they got him stabilized again," says Ben Hill County Sheriff Bobby McLemore.
If you have any information about the shooting contact the Ben Hill County Sheriff's Office.
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In February, the New Milford Board of Education voted to move their board elections to November, effectively ending the annual public vote on their base budget.
These changes arise out of a law signed by Gov. Chris Christie in January that overhauls a century-old system on how communities vote for school board members and budgets.
Under the law, districts that opt to move school board elections to the general election date in November must stay within the state's 2 percent cap on property tax increases and, in doing so, they do not need to hold budget votes. If the budget exceeds the cap, only the specific spending above the cap would be put to a public vote.
Still, Superintendent Michael Polizzi, along with his administrative team Michael Sawicz, Business Administrator; and Danielle Shanely, Director of Curriculum and Instruction; want to inform taxpayers on the budget and the short-term and long-term goals of the district.
Polizzi said that within the confines of the 2 percent cap, the Board of Education is ensuring that the district maintains the current level of programming as well as the growth of the academies.
"We are extremely sensitive to the community and what taxpayers can afford," Polizzi said.
A little over two years ago, Polizzi inherited a fractured school district emerging from a decade of administrative instability —five superintendents in ten years. His first mission was to set forth progressive goals that would change the face of education to reflect the real world that these students will be entering upon graduation.
"For the first time there is stable leadership that has the support of the Board of Education to move a cohesive improvement agenda forward," Polizzi said.
The primary goals of the district are as follows:
Focus on technology: Computers are the 21st century's primary learning devices and Polizzi is committed to increasing the ratio of computers to student.
"If you're going to talk about 21st Century learning environments, then you have to put your money where your mouth is," Polizzi said.
Polizzi said that as a result of the recent acquisition of 210 new computers, the total is 857 computers for the entire district K-12. The 210 new laptops have been placed in the elementary schools and the middle school. Two laptop carts of 30 computers each have been designated, and are being used for each of the elementary schools. A laptop cart of 30 computers has been designated for each grade level at DEO Middle School.
Investing in teachers: Polizzi said that it is vitally important that the teaching staff be provided with the tools that can help them do their job. "The district is committed to providing professional development for the teachers," he said. Because despite all of the technology that is available in the classroom, the teacher is still the centrifugal learning force in the classroom, he said.
"Through grant funding and local funding we will have almost doubled our professional development budget from $63,000 last year to $139,000 this year."
Professional development includes Professional Learning Communities (PLC's) and core learning workshops. PLC's consist of groups of educators committed to working collaboratively to research a subject and develop a class or program targeted towards both the students and the teachers area of interest.
The underlying assumption of PLC's is that continuous "embedded" learning for teachers is the key to improved learning for students. Polizzi says that PLC's are a way to respect the voices of "our experts, the teachers."
Grant money for professional development is available through Title II of the Higher Education Act—Preparing, Training, and Recruiting High Quality Teachers and Principals.
In addition to grants, Polizzi said the district is also looking into partnerships with universities.
"We have also provided the district with wifi, allowing the teachers to utilize their own technology within the district," he added.
A little over two years ago, Polizzi came to New Milford and inherited a school district with little focus towards the future.
"Among other things, there was no grant writing process," Polizzi told Patch.
Currently, the district is focusing on, and has applied for, grants for physical fitness and nutrition.
Additionally, the district has applied for the National Science Foundation grant. This grant is an inquiry based science grant that partners the New Milford School district with a school district in New Mexico. The grant is designed to cultivate teacher leaders.
The district has also applied for the Kessler Institute grant for stand alone greenhouses and gardens that would create outdoor science centers. These centers would serve to introduce students to the world of inquiry-based science.
Polizzi said that he and his team are also focusing on renovating the high school library to turn it into a 21st century center that will serve as the intellectual hub of the school.
The difference a year makes: Polizzi said that the New Milford school district looks very different today than it did one year ago.
"Last year we received $280,000 in restored state aid and we had seven retirements. This allowed for 28 new hires without any increase to payroll," hew said.
"We also established the Inner Bridge Crossing (IBC) Program, an in-district program servicing children with autism and developmental delays."
"Prior to establishing the IBC program, the district was spending approximately $55,000 per child per year to send them to a specialized school out-of-district," Polizzi said. By establishing an in-district specialized school for children with autism and developmental delays, the district is not only realizing a permanent cost savings, but now other school districts are paying tuition to have their children schooled at IBC.
The district also received a one-time payment this year of $160,000 in extraordinary aid based on the number of special needs children in the district. This is money that was put right back into the district.
Global Leadership Room: The centerpiece of the high school is room 336, also known as the Global Leadership room.
Equipped with 29 state-of-the-art computers, modular work and study tables, ergonomic chairs, a smart board with dual screen capacity and a computerized world map clock that is normally found in the higher offices of government and scientific labs, this room is as far away as you can get from the traditional white-walled classroom that once uniformly defined the learning environment.
Polizzi said, "[When people see that room,] the question becomes 'Where did you get the money from?'"
Polizzi explained that all of the labor was done in-house by the maintenance staff, staff electrician, technology workers and volunteers. The entire school needs new windows, but the Global Leadership room was the starting point. "Since we were renovating the room, it made sense to start the window replacement with this room," Polizzi said.
The cost of replacing those windows was $109,000 because they are "window walls" and cover not only that floor, but the floor below it that includes other adjacent offices and two bathrooms.
"The two biggest expenses in Room 336 were furniture and computers," Polizzi said. "There was money in the budget to do this based on the extraordinary aid the district received."
Polizzi said that one of the district's goals is to have more rooms like the Global Leadership room.
One tenth grader told Polizzi, "We need more rooms like 336 because when we graduate and go out into the world, we need to be in the game."
The Master Plan: One of the first priorities Polizzi had upon arriving in New Milford was to create a master plan for reinvesting in the infrastructure. For too long, the infrastructure had been neglected and repairs made only as emergencies arose.
Upon taking the helm as Superintendent, Polizzi said, "We immediately identified the roof on the high school as needing to be replaced."
A new roof is going on the pitched areas with a product that is not only "green," but has a 75-year warranty with a life expectancy of 125 years.
"The cost is not much more than the cost of an asphalt roof," he said, adding that the money for this is coming from the capital reserve and not the operating budget.
Going Forward: It is the commitment of Polizzi and his staff to create a learning environment that reflects the ever-changing world that the students will be graduating into.
Polizzi said it is the goal of his team, along with the board, to design an effective learning experience that will take students into the global forum of the 21st Century. "We're constantly looking at ways to creatively accomplish this at little to no cost to the taxpayers."