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EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson has been ordered to sacrifice public health in service to the energy industry. Her only reasonable, conscionable alternatives are to disobey Obama's orders, or step down.
Need a job? Alberta's tar sands industry wants YOU. But if you want to stay in this country, never fear, the oil and gas industry wants to create jobs here. On the one hand: Yay jobs! On the other hand: Boo oil and gas industry! A European court put the kibosh on honey that contains even a tiny bit of pollen from GMO crops. If we know Monsanto, they're now working on a genetically modified bee that neutralizes evidence of genetic modification from the genetically modified pollen it collects.
A deeper look at the politics and maneuvering leading up to the most outrageous environmental offense of the Obama administration.
Obama is directing the EPA to withdraw standards that would have cut smog and asthma attacks, saved lives, and created jobs -- not a smart strategy for reelection.
President Obama has yanked back the EPA's proposed new restrictions on ground-level ozone (i.e. smog). That's a huge win for Big Business, which had claimed it couldn't weather an economic downturn AND keep from suffocating people at the same time. But it's an equally huge loss for everyone else -- especially since the reason the EPA was revising the smog standards in the first place was because the allowable limit was well above safe levels, according to the agency's science advisors.
House Republicans want to block "job-killing" clean air safeguards that every year prevent thousands of deaths, heart attacks, and asthma attacks, and millions of missed work and school days.
2011 is the International Year of Forests, and as part of their efforts to promote the sustainable forestry, the National Association of State Foresters, which represents state forestry agencies, and the National Network of Forest Practitioners, granted a fellowship to photographer Josh Birnbaum to document the state of the nation's forests. Birnbaum's first stop was in West Virginia, where he hung out with young foresters (pictured above), visited with the wood industry, traveled with researchers to a post-mining reclamation area, and documented blight fungus.
In DC, protests against the Keystone XL pipeline began this weekend. The first round of protesters that cops arrested sat in jail through the weekend, longer than police had said they'd be detained. The area around Fukushima has levels of radioactivity so high, it could be uninhabitable for decades. The U.K. cycling industry contributes more than $4.7 billion to the country's economy each year.
Actor Mark Ruffalo explains why you should join him and thousands of others in protesting the Keystone XL pipeline in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 20.


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The Slow Islands network of communities working to protect and promote their regional identities and cultures joined Slow Fish this weekend in Genoa. Representatives from some of Italy's small islands – the Tuscan Archipelago, Sicily's volcanic Aeolian Islands and the jewels of the Bay of Naples – shared their projects to promote not only their fishing cultures and sea cuisines, but to restore focus to the local area by uncovering all traditions and resources as opportunities for economic and tourist growth.
"The aim of the network is to regain the identity of our territories, which is really the true value of our islands," said Saro Gugliotta, coordinator of Slow Islands in Sicily. "We intend to do this through three tools: a mapping of local food resources to help ensure they are not lost and to identify new projects for the Presidia and Ark of Taste; the transmission of knowledge to young generations; and building relationships between farmers and fishermen with local restaurants in order to enhance the local economy and resist the globalized food model."
The Sicilian network has organized three events to take place this summer, including Taste Workshops and many other activities to discover the treasures of the islands. A three-day "Isola Slow" festival from June 7-9 on the island of Salina will be followed by an event on Ustica from June 14-16. The Gusta le Eolie event will be happening on Lipari in the first week of July and from September 9-15, with restaurants offering special menus showcasing local products.
Riccardo D'Ambra, leader of Slow Food Ischia and Procida, two islands in the bay of Naples, said that tourists struggle to identify with the culture of a place, and that they'd like to see people visiting the islands go beyond appreciating beauty to deepen their knowledge of the territory. "Unfortunately, most of the islands are plundered by mass "hit-and-run" tourism; vacationers using them as regenerative holidays before returning to busy urban lives. We also want to remind people that islands don't just mean fishing and the sea. Islands also mean agriculture, culture, traditions, and autonomy. Try to look at them through the slow lens."
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Updated: 05/20/2004 - A worker at a Chamber of Commerce office near Birmingham, Ala., was fired this week, allegedly for wearing a Ten Commandments lapel pin.
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Updated: 05/20/2004 - The president of the University of Southern Mississippi emerged from a meeting with the College Board promising improved communication.
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Updated: 05/18/2004 - Mississippi's college desegregation case has dragged on more than 30 years. What is the effect on the universities involved? A settlement is also being appealed now to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Updated: 05/18/2004 - Mississippi Sen. Trent Lott said U.S. bases overseas should be closed before any more are shut down stateside.
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Earlier this week, the British government authority entrusted with making security recommendations for government agencies, recommended that agencies avoid allowing users to bring their own devices.
According to Molly Bernhart-Walker, editor at FierceMobileGovernment, the US has a similar although less well-defined BYOD policy. Some agencies have begun to pilot BYOD programs, but for the most part the US is discouraging BYOD.
It may sound like a slow-to-adopt kind of approach, but Benjamin Robbins, who is founder at Palador, a Seattle-based mobile consulting firm, says in the context of a government, it makes sense to go slowly with BYOD.
"Given the relative immaturity of popular mobile platforms I can understand why a government agency would make recommendations that are cautious and/or seen as a defensive position. Part of a government's role in society is to provide social consistency. If that stability is thwarted via technological means it affects not only the agency but societies' confidence in their founding platform."
Nor does he believe that it's necessarily wrong for the British security agency to take a stance like this. He says that each organization, whether a government or a business needs to establish a BYOD policy according to their own organizational needs and BYOD isn't always going to be appropriate.
In fact, Robbins says if he were in charge, he might have come to a similar conclusion. "I think models of device procurement need to be evaluated on a case-by-case and role-by-role basis. Sometimes BYOD makes sense and sometimes it does not. I think governments are wise to be cautious when it comes to electronic security. Mobile devices are dispersed endpoints that need to be evaluated on a holistic security perspective," Robbins told me.
But Robbins parts ways with the report when it states, "True security can only be ensured when device management is applied at the time of provisioning." Robbins says that's a narrow and constrained way of looking at security. He says, in his view, "True security must be intrinsic and pervasive, and not done just at the time of provisioning. Security is not something you do at one point of time and are then done. It is not a fix it and forget it problem. Security must constantly be re-evaluated and appropriate measures taken as conditions changes."
Brian Katz who manages mobile initiatives at pharmaceutical company Sanofi, and is a CITEworld contributor also thinks the policy makes sense in the context of a government entity. "For their use case it is understandable that they want to control the device through it's entire lifecycle," Katz said, but he pointed out a phone can be compromised anywhere in the lifecycle --even between the time it leaves an OEM and arrives at an operator. He also believes just managing the device itself is not the best approach saying, "Looking at it from controlling the device ignores aspects in relationship to the apps a user can access and how they actually access those apps." Ultimately these policies could mean employees carry two devices and there could be security issues with that approach as well. He believes the best approach is working from the data, up through the applications and then the device to enable those initiatives.
As far as the US goes, Walker thinks that eventually someone's got to take charge. For now, agencies are doing a lot of pilots, but no one wants to take the risk and be the first one. She says if an agency with a high security threshold--like DoD--just bit the bullet and tried it, every agency would start doing it, but until then no one wants to fail.
Governments are even more reluctant than business to take risks and they often see the BYOD approach as a risky proposition, but as more large businesses take the plunge and do so successfully, it should give government agencies like those in the US and Great Britain the ammunition to move forward with policies of their own. For now though it seems, both governments are going to take a cautious approach and see how it works out.


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A computed tomography (CT) scan is an imaging method that uses x-rays to create pictures of cross-sections of the body.
Related tests include:
CAT scan; Computed axial tomography scan; Computed tomography scan
You will be asked to lie on a narrow table that slides into the center of the CT scanner.
Once you are inside the scanner, the machine's x-ray beam rotates around you. Modern "spiral" scanners can perform the exam without stopping.
A computer creates separate images of the body area, called slices. These images can be stored, viewed on a monitor, or printed on film. Three-dimensional models of the body area can be created by stacking the slices together.
You must stay still during the exam, because movement causes blurred images. You may be told to hold your breath for short periods of time.
Complete scans usually take only a few minutes. The newest scanners can image your entire body in less than 30 seconds.
Certain exams require a special dye, called contrast, to be delivered into your body before the test starts. Contrast helps certain areas show up better on the x-rays.
Let your doctor know if you have ever had a reaction to contrast. You may need to take medicines before the test in order to avoid another reaction.
Contrast can be given several ways, and depends on the type of CT being performed.
If contrast is used, you may also be asked not to eat or drink anything for 4-6 hours before the test.
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Find out if the CT machine has a weight limit if you weigh more than 300 pounds. Too much weight can cause damage to the scanner.
You will need to remove jewelry and wear a hospital gown during the study.
Some people may have discomfort from lying on the hard table.
Contrast given through an IV may cause a slight burning feeling, a metallic taste in the mouth, and a warm flushing of the body. These sensations are normal and usually go away within a few seconds.
A CT scan creates detailed pictures of the body, including the brain, chest, spine, and abdomen. The test may be used to:
Results are considered normal if the organs and structures being examined are normal in appearance.
Abnormal results depend on the part of the body being studied. Talk to your health care provider about questions and concerns.
Risks of CT scans include:
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Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius was charged with the murder of his girlfriend on Thursday after she was found shot and killed inside their South African home.
Pistorius, who was dubbed "Blade Runner" for running on his high-tech artificial legs, apparently thought that his girlfriend, model Reeva Steenkamp, was an intruder inside his gated community home in Pretoria, reported the Afrikaans language Beeld newspaper. She died at the scene, suffering gunshot wounds to the head and arm, according to police, who also described Pistorius as shocked by the incident.
However, a police spokesperson told the South Africa-based News24 website that officials were surprised when they heard reports that Pistorius thought his girlfriend was an intruder. They said that Pistorius in the past had encounters with local authorities over domestic disputes.
Police spokeswoman Brigadier Denise Beukes told the website that there had "previously been incidents of allegations of domestic disputes at the home of the accused."
"This is a fairly secure estate," she said. Beukes said that neighbors also "heard things" that evening before the shooting took place. "The state will be opposing bail," she added.
Police as well as Pistorius's family confirmed that only Pistorius, who made history for being the only double-amputee to compete in the London Olympics in 2012, was the suspect in the death of his girlfriend. "I can confirm that a suspect has been charged, he has been charged with murder," police lieutenant colonel Katlego Mogale told News24.
"He is with the police and the matter is in the hands of the authorities," his father Henke Pistorius told the website. "Obviously we are shocked. Our thoughts are with the family of the woman involved in this tragedy," he added.
Steenkamp was a model who appeared on the covers of FHM magazine, a law school graduate, and was described as a women's rights advocate, Publicist Sarit Tomlinson told The Associated Press.
Tomlinson said she was "the sweetest, kindest, just angelic soul" but was also "a very inspiring individual, very passionate about speaking about women and empowerment."
Last year, Pistorius was named as one of Time Magazine's 100 most influential people. "You're not disabled by your disabilities, but abled by your abilities," Pistorius was quoted as saying in 2011 by News24.
He also told AP that he was a "speed freak," and had a love for motorcycles and firearms. "Had a 96% headshot over 300m from 50shots! Bam!" he tweeted in November 2011.
Former coach Andrea Gianni told AP that the shooting was "just a tragic accident."
"No matter how bad the situation was, Oscar always stayed calm and positive," said Giannini. "Whenever he was tired or nervous he was still extremely nice to people. I never saw him violent."
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March Madness pools give some Monday blues
PHOENIX -- That's it. It's over. After a weekend of March Madness, your bracket is a mess.
Now, it's Monday and you have to face all the bragging by your coworkers who are doing great in the pool. How are you going to handle it?
"If, at this point, you're spent, you're done, maybe you're better off just putting some blinders on, focusing back on your work, and channeling your energy that way," said Tom LaVecchian.
If you're doing great in your pool, LaVecchian said it's fine to gloat...a little.
"But the key is to always remain professional," he said. "Even if you win the pool, it's not life-changing money, so you've got to kind of get over that. Just get back to business and back to work as usual to foster a high-performing team."
Valley sports psychologist Dr. Ellen Williams said if you're doing well in the office pool, you might want to be careful about how you act at work today.
"If your boss is in the pool, gloating is probably not a good idea," she said. "Congratulating him or her that their team did will probably go much farther for you than the $20 bucks would have. If you're doing poorly, my thought is that it's just a game. If that's the worst thing that happens to you on a Monday, you're going pretty well."
Williams said if you've already lost $10 in the pool, look at this way: You've only lost a couple of lattes.
She joked that if you lost and still can't face your coworkers, "you can always call in sick today, and just stay home and watch more basketball!"


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Robinson's stunning and erudite explorations of Ireland's Aran Islands show what travel writing at its very best can do: inform, inspire, and transform our ideas of place and history. "Robinson has done for the west of Ireland what Ruskin did for Venice, Proust for the voids and vasts of time." —Telegraph
Mapmaker Tim Robinson moved to the Aran Islands off the west coast of Ireland in the 1970s and fell in love with their geography and history. In Pilgrimage, he walks the perimeter of Árainn, its largest island, and the result is "a loving anatomy…in which the point where nature and culture meet in the island is observed with great beauty and precision." (Colm Tóibín)


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National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW) is April 16-22, 2000; this year's theme is "You Gave Them Life...Protect It." This week emphasizes the importance of timely infant and childhood vaccination. Vaccination is one of the most effective ways to protect children, especially infants and young children, from potentially serious diseases. Because of increased vaccination efforts in the United States, eight vaccine-preventable diseases are at or near record low levels. In 1999, 86 measles cases, eight congenital rubella cases, one diphtheria case, and no wild poliovirus cases were reported (1,2).
Approximately 11,000 babies are born each day in the United States; they need 16-20 doses of vaccine before age 2 years. Although vaccination coverage levels are high for preschool-aged children, approximately 1 million 2-year-old children are missing one or more of the recommended vaccine doses (3).
During NIIW, states and communities will sponsor activities designed to highlight the need to achieve and maintain high childhood vaccination coverage rates. In addition, CDC will launch a new television public service announcement (PSA) and two radio PSAs in Spanish. Additional information about NIIW and childhood vaccinations is available from CDC's National Immunization Program World-Wide Web site, http://www.cdc.gov/nip or the National Immunization Information Hotline, telephone (800) 232-2522 (English) or (800) 232-0233 (Spanish).
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Spirit and Love For Norfolk… and Uncle PeteMay 10th, 2012 at 11:33 pm by Nicole Livas under News, Personalities, Uncategorized
Another year, another spirit filled day in Norfolk!
Thousands of hospitality workers were honored at the Half Moone Cruise and Celebration Center on the downtown Norfolk waterfront on May 8, 2012.
Its all part of National Travel and Tourism Week.
Stephanie Harris, Bruce Rader, Tom Schaad and I, along with O-D-U Football coach Bobby Wilder, judged the most spirited organizations.
Visit Norfolk and the Norfolk Tourism Research Foundation organized the event to honor the best hospitality associates in the mermaid city.
Once again, the band and cheerleaders from
Booker T. Washington High School entertained us.
Erin Filarecki from Visit Norfolk told us: "We have over 7,000 employees in the travel and tourism industry.This is there special day to honor them…everything that they do behind the scenes that visitors don't necessarily see."
But something was clearly missing this year, lawyer and philanthropist, Peter Decker, Jr.
"Uncle Pete" as he was affectionately known by many passed away in February.He had served as emcee of this event for several years. This year's event served as a special tribute to him. A special video highlighted his contributions to the rally over the years.
His three sons- Pete, Paul, and Phil took over those duties.
The Downtown Norfolk Council won for most spirited small group.
The Norfolk Airport Hilton won for large group. They wrote and performed special songs in memory of Uncle Pete. That caused many of us to tear up.
Here's the complete list of winners:
Admissions: Gay Jones, Norfolk Scope
Assistant: Mary Ellen Fournier Virginia Arts Festival
Audio Visual: Mike Villare with Ted Constant Convocation Center
Banquets: Sheneda Latham-Hollis with Courtyard by Marriott Downtown Norfolk
Bartender & Overall Winner: Joe Allen with Norfolk Airport Hilton
Corporate Liaison: Rita Super with Norfolk Southern Corp.
Docent: Hunt Lewis with the Hampton Roads Naval Museum
Driver: Mark Lett with Orange Peel Transportation
Front Desk: Cheryl Mathis with Residence Inn by Marriott – Norfolk Airport
Hostess: Tierra Jones with Shula's 347 Norfolk Waterside Marriott
Housekeeper Aimee Vidal with Navy Gateway Inns & Suites
Maintenance (co-winners): Orlando Baskfield with Navy Lodge Norfolk
Red Harris with Quality Inn Norfolk Naval Station
Mascot: Rip Tide (Bill Caruso) Norfolk Tides Baseball Club
Parking Attendant: Bee Sutton with MacArthur Center
Public Service Ambassador: Dave Walker with Downtown Norfolk
Reservations: Sabrina Thomas Sheraton Norfolk Waterside Hotel
Retail: Patricia Dunn Nauticus
Server: Chris John with Byrd & Baldwin Bros Steakhouse
Tour Operator: Amanda Wells with Norfolk Botanical Garden
Valet: Yar Khan with Norfolk Plaza Hotel
Volunteer: Carolyn Papafil with The Norfolk Grille
Zoo Ambassador: Chai and Thai with Virginia Zoological Park
For more pictures, check out The Norfolk Tourism Research Foundation's Facebook page.
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Flashback Friday: Bulls signed Michael Jordan 30 years ago todayContinue reading.
Michael Jordan was drafted by the Bulls 30 years ago today
Thirty years ago today, Sam Bowie became the most memorable No. 2 pick in NBA Draft history.
After winning a coin flip with Portland, the Houston Rockets drafted first in the 1984 NBA Draft and, despite having 7-4 Ralph Sampson on their roster, they wanted to go big. Akeem (later Hakeem) Olajuwon, a 6-11 center from Houston, was the consensus best player. They couldn't pass on "The Dream." In addition, the Rockets already had an up-and-coming 6-6 shooting guard on their bench—Craig Ehlo. Ha!
Portland selected next and was in dire need of a center. The Blazers filled their void at shooting guard in the 1983 draft with Clyde Drexler. Bowie, a 7-2 oft-injured player from Kentucky, was the next-best center after Olajuwon. It was surprising the Blazers even considered gambling on Bowie after their injury-filled years with Bill Walton. But they did.
Bulls general manager Rod Thorn (pictured above) had talked extensively with North Carolina coach Dean Smith about Jordan, but the Bulls never brought him in for a pre-draft workout. The Bulls also liked Jordan's North Carolina teammate Sam Perkins.
Then a young, mustachioed David Stern, in his first year as NBA commissioner, went to the podium and said the words that changed basketball, sports, fashion and the world: "The Chicago Bulls select … Michael Jordan of North Carolina."
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As he watched a throw-in sail over his head, Gaetano Panuccio did what his instincts told him to do: Get in position for a rebound or a fortuitous bounce.
Since the ball hopped his way, we'll let him describe what happened next.
"I just stuck my right foot out and tried to smack it in there," Panuccio said.
"Luckily, it went in."
Panuccio's goal with 11:26 gone in overtime, his third of a wonderful game, lifted Mechanicsburg to a 3-2 victory over Cumberland Valley in the quarterfinal round of the District 3-AAA boys' soccer tournament Saturday night at breezy Landis Field.
Up next for Panuccio & Co. is a date with second-seeded Red Land in the back end of a twinbill Wednesday night at Hersheypark Stadium.
Niko Corado and Jeff Gring collected second-half scores — the latter with 17 minutes gone in the second half — as CV (11-10-2) valiantly rallied from a 2-0 deficit for the second consecutive 3-AAA outing. Unlike Thursday at Warwick, this time the Eagles fell short.
"To get back to this game, with everything we went through this year, I'm just very, very proud of our seniors," CV coach Matt Billman said.
"This is arguably the most determined, resilient group we've ever had. … They left a great legacy. A lot of teams would have folded when we were 4-7-1."
A lot of teams would have folded down 2-0, but after surrendering Panuccio's two first-half scores Billman's hustling Eagles scrapped back to pull even.
Using some nifty dance-step moves, Corado rolled in CV's first score before Gring followed with his tying penalty kick.
Once Mechanicsburg's Sam Burkholder (6 saves) covered Colby Zeger's rip with just over 18 minutes left in the second half, a well-paced game with plenty of end-to-end action and timely defensive plays began to swing back to the Wildcats (16-5-2).
Panuccio unleashed four terrific chances before regulation ended, but three sailed high or wide. The other was denied by keeper Vish Arya (6 saves).
Guy was just … we chased him a lot of the evening," Billman said.
"[Panuccio's] been fantastic [the last two games]," said Mechanicsburg coach Tony Lougee. "He played with a lot of determination and a lot of confidence.
"I can't say enough about him."
Or, for that matter, his whole team.
Though Greg Bretz could have won it early in extra time, his effort whistled wide of the left post.
Panuccio might have won it a short time later, but his bicycle kick split the football uprights.
Then, when Will Laubach's throw from the right boundary sailed into the heart of the penalty area, a hustling Arya tried to punch the ball away. Instead, it went right to Panuccio.
Soon, it was resting in the net.
"This is pride," Panuccio said. "It's not only to make it to states or anything, it's for pride."


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In any article concerning the Devils it is easy to focus on the following: Kovy and Parise's production, Henrique's maturity and contribution, Elias finding the fountain of youth, Clarkson's development as a two-way player, or Ponik paying fantastic dividends since coming to New Jersey.
Well, look who the Devils featured in beating the Toronto Maple Leafs in their last victory: Peter Harrold, Steve Bernier, Matt Taormina. All three players played at least 14 minutes in the overtime victory, including very important crunch-time minutes.
Here is a quick recap of these players' career trajectories before New Jersey. When the Devils signed Harrold, it was off waivers; he had played only 19 games with the Los Angeles Kings the previous season. A few times this season, he has stepped in when the Devils' defensive depth has suffered due to injuries. (He was called up from the AHL on Sunday to replace Foster.)
Steve Bernier was signed in late October to an AHL contract, having bounced around the league since starting out with San Jose. He is now playing major minutes for the Devils.
Matt Taormina, Harrold's linemate Wednesday night (they went up against Toronto's ace line of Phil Kessel, Joffrey Lupul, and Tyler Bozak with regularity), finally cracked through into the NHL this year, and the undersized, puck-moving defenseman has been a revelation for New Jersey. He has played big-time minutes as the Devils back-line has struggled to stay healthy, and faced off against opponents' top lines and held his own.
So this recap of the past two games is appropriately titled after the brilliant Will Ferrell movie "The Other Guys."
Peter Harrold: If you heard someone fidgeting nervously in the background during the Devils' games against Montreal and Toronto, that was Kurtis Foster whose back stiffness injury (causing him to miss both games) opened the door for his getting his job taken from him.
Harrold skates well, plays with a high hockey IQ, and makes the tough plays along the boards when necessary. He is very careful not to turn over the puck, and will skate it to the red line and dump it into the offensive zone if the Devils' forwards are covered in their breakout. Harrold has also shown he can excel at getting into the passing lanes and blocking shots. Taormina likes to pinch and jump into the play offensively, and when he does, Harrold will hang back and protect the long stretch transition pass.
Before the trade deadline, the popular hockey sentiment "You can never have too many defensemen for the playoffs" is used to death. Nevertheless, it is refreshing to see Harrold step up and play big minutes because the Devils will need defensive depth in the postseason.
Foster will likely get time when he returns, but his problems with routinely causing turnovers, failing to mark his man while physically separating him from the puck, and getting beaten regularly by anyone with a whiff of speed, could potentially kill the Devils in the playoffs. While there is a much smaller sample size, Harrold so far seems to play the position with much more grit and acumen.


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July 7, 2015
Some words of advice from local gas station owners are "fill up now." They are not sure where their next shipment of fuel is coming from or how much it will cost.
The rumor mill began with Frances. Since then two more hurricanes have slammed into the state, fueling the fire when it comes to hearsay about gas shortages in the Panhandle.
You may have to make a few stops before finally being able to fill up your tank.
Steve Daoud has been on a waiting list since Friday to get his store's tanks filled up. The wait has cost him thousands of dollars.
"The supplies we had barely lasted a few hours. We have been out for the last two days. We just got our shipment an hour ago," said Daoud.
Still, others say the crunch has not affected them yet and they don't think it ever will.
"There's been lots of hardship, as you can expect. They'll get the gas here. I'm not worried. They want to make money," said Jerry Baldwin of Panama City Beach.
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When you run an antivirus program, you may receive a report that indicates that one or more files in the _Restore\Temp or the _Restore\Archive folders contain a virus or are infected with a virus. Also, your antivirus program may indicate an inability to remove the virus from the file or files.
This behavior occurs because the System Restore feature in Windows Millennium Edition (Me) protects all folders and files in the _Restore folder on the Windows Me system partition. This folder and all of its subfolders are the data store that the System Restore feature uses to restore your computer's operating system to a previous state from a previous point in time.
Although some antivirus programs may have the ability to work with files that have been compressed or stored in .zip or .cab file format, the System Restore feature does not permit these utilities to manipulate these files within the data store. The data store is protected for data integrity purposes, and the System Restore feature is the only method you can use to obtain access to the data store. Because of this, the antivirus program is unable to remove the virus from the file or files in the data store. The files in the data store are inactive and can be used only by the System Restore feature.
To work around this behavior, use the appropriate method.
Use the First In First Out (FIFO) FeatureThe FIFO routine purges the oldest restore points so that newer, more current restore points can be added to the data store. FIFO starts automatically when the files in the data store reach 90 percent of the maximum size of the data store. System Restore purges the oldest files first until the files in the data store occupy no more than 50 percent of the maximum size of the data store.
For example, if the maximum size of the data store is 400 megabytes (MB), 90 percent of this is 360 MB and 50 percent is 200 MB. If the data store is 200 MB when you view the properties of the _Restore folder, it is 50 percent of the maximum size. If you adjust the size of the data store to the minimum size of 200 MB, FIFO occurs when you click Apply.
NOTE: If the data store is less than 90 percent (180 MB) of the minimum (200 MB) value, adjusting the size does not have any effect in purging restore points. In this scenario, you must carefully consider the use of the methods that are described in this article.
Over a period of time, the data store purges restore points on a FIFO basis as the maximum size of the data store is reached. There are a few scenarios in which FIFO can be used to purge older restore points to retain more recent restore points on the computer.
FIFO Method 1No action is required if the system has been cleaned and only the data store is reported by the antivirus tool to have suspicious files. Until all infected files are processed out on a FIFO basis, the antivirus tool may still report that there are infected files that it cannot obtain access to within the data store.
FIFO Method 2You can trigger the FIFO feature to remove older restore points from the data store by resizing the data store. To use the System Restore feature to adjust the size of the data store:
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THE NHL LOCKOUT is now more than 100 days old and fans are growing even more restless.
In its latest hockey commercial, Nike gives a voice to those fans, allowing them to remind the NHL that hockey will go on, with or without them.
The NHL assumes that their core fanbase will be there no matter when the sport returns. But that fanbase is growing angrier by the day. And for a sport that already struggles against the other major North American sports leagues, the last thing they need is to tick off the one group on which they can usually depend.
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Plague could worsen with global warming
By James Kilner, Reuters
November 14, 2005
OSLO (Reuters) - Warmer, wetter weather brought on by global warming could increase outbreaks of the plague, which has killed millions down the ages and wiped out one third of Europe's population in the 14th century, academics said.
Migratory birds spreading avian flu from Asia today could also carry the plague bacteria westward from their source in Central Asia, Nils Stenseth, head of a three-day conference on the plague and how it spreads, told Reuters on Monday.
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The potential economic cost of a pandemic of human influenza -- which the World Health Organization (WHO) now says is "inevitable" -- would top $800 billion according to a World Bank report released today.
Global warming to fuel rise in asthma, malaria
November 2, 2005
The Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard Medical School, along with co-sponsors Swiss Re and the United Nations Development Programme, today released a study showing that climate change will significantly affect the health of humans and ecosystems and these impacts will have economic consequences.
Climate change could have significant impact on health of Australians
September 22, 2005
The Australian Medical Association (AMA) and the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) are calling for a national response to one of the world's most significant environmental threats climate change and its effect on human health.
The European Union-funded group has just finished analyzing Soviet-era data from Kazakhstan which show a link between warmer weather and outbreaks of the plague.
This analysis was important as it had not previously been clear whether warmer conditions encouraged the bacteria, fleas and rats to grow or killed them off, Stenseth said. Plague bacteria are often carried by fleas on rats.
"But if it becomes too hot it would kill off the fleas and rodents," he said.
Many scientists say a build-up of heat-trapping gases from burning fossil fuels is pushing up temperatures around the world and changing Earth's climate.
The plague -- caused by the virulent, aggressive and mutating Yersinia Pestis bacteria -- periodically breaks out in Kazakhstan and other Central Asian countries and has been carried around the globe by fleas on the back of rats, birds and in clothing for centuries, Stenseth said.
"If you treat it with antibiotics in a few days it should be all right, but if you leave it any longer there is a 60 percent chance of death."
In the 14th century the plague killed around 34 million people and some academics believe it reappeared every generation, including the Great Plague of London in 1665-66. The link is very important and it is also important to link it back to the Black Death in the 1300s because there were the kind of weather conditions then -- warmer and wetter -- that we predict for the future," Stenseth said.
"After 1855, when it (plague) reappeared again, there were once again similar weather conditions."
Scientists are still unsure why the plague originates in Central Asia. It has spread throughout the world, including recently to east Africa, and this is due at least partly to birds.
"Many, many bird species are spreading bacteria from one place to another, from one rodent to another, by carrying fleas," Stenseth said.
"That birds spread the bacteria is not in question but how important that is in the big picture is not yet clear."
Unlike the bird flu virus, which infects and kills domestic birds, plague-carrying fleas do not harm the birds that carry them.
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An even greater majority of people are using non Trident based browsers. Around 62% of all users now use non Trident based browsers,(so Microsoft's argument that the web should be tailored to suit their browser is still silly). a higher percentage than those not using Webkit based browsers. Isn't it great when we skew stats to fit our agenda?
What's Trident got to do with anything? Microsoft's request is to follow standards which will benefit Firefox, Opera and ultimately webkit-based and any other browser users as well.
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Next Monday, I'll be going to my first Opening Day in Baltimore to cheer on our beloved Devil Rays.
(And since I'm going with Smitty, I'll be able to gloat in person).
Two players who will be keys to this year's Rayvolution won't be there. Ace Scott Kazmir won't be ready, and top prospect "The Dirtbag" Evan Longoria was sent down to AAA Durham on Monday.
These setbacks can't dim my excitement, nor should there be any doubts in any minds anywhere in Devil Ray Town.
I am rather glad that I decided to cancel my first order from The Rays Index Store and go for the El Gato Del Crimen Carlos Pena shirt instead of The Dirtbag one. It just seems a little more appropriate for the rightfield seats in Camden Yards. The future is now for the Rayvolution, so it's important that everything I wear to Opening Day be representative of the Devil Rays past and present.
(I also don't want to buy anything with the new logo since I still have issues with the absurd name change.)
Besides my wardrobe, our Devil Rays still have a huge advantage on Opening Day as we send out co-ace The Master Of The Modified Circle Change James Shields to face second-year righty Jeremy Guthrie. Guthrie is being rewarded for accomplishing the herculean task of posting a winning record for the terrible Orioles last year, but hardly belongs in the same sentence as TMOTMCC.
There's sure to be much speculation about The Dirtbag not being on the Opening Day roster after all the hype, especially that the decision was based on dollars and not baseball.
Maybe it was, maybe it wasn't — but I'm going to give the Devil Rays organization the benefit of the doubt and believe Devil Rays executive vice president Andrew Friedman.
To The Times:
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"It's one of the things of erring on the side of caution," Friedman said. "It's focusing on his development, first and foremost. And that was the decision we made in a vacuum, just focusing on Evan himself."
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As for the thought that the only reason the Rays would send Longoria down is to delay his arbitration and free agency clock, Friedman dismissed it.
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The organization may be being overly cautious with Longoria, but I do see how it may make sense to take the pressure off the boy wonder and wait until late May to bring him up.
There's been a lot of gloom and doom talk about starting the season with a Kaz-less rotation of TMOTMCC, Garza, Sonnanstine, Jackson and Hammel — from such leading literary luminaries as Professor Pessimism ("car wreck"), Devil Ray Guevara, Jacob Larsen and R.J. Anderson.
As good as Longoria will be, I can't see him being that crucial of a difference maker the first two months. As long as our Devil Rays can stay somewhat competive though, a late May callup might be a huge shot in the arm. We are talking about a franchise that has shown in the past that it can climb back into a playoff chase after a slow start.
There is no reason for pessimism. Our Devil Rays should get off to a fast start nonetheless because after the first week on the road in Baltimore and the Bronx, our Devil Rays play 17 of their next 19 at The Trop.
And not only will I be bringing the home field advantage to Baltimore for Opening Day, I'm also headed to two of the games in the Bronx next weekend. Of our 11 April road games, 5 will be in Baltimore. Sounds like a recipe for a winning April to me.
The Rayvolution will not be delayed.
Thank you for the optimism! Aybar can get a .345-.360OBP while Longoria ruins a bunch of AAA pitchers dreams for a month or two down in Durham, he will mean one win at most during that time period, we should be more concerned about Floyds K rate, Gomes ability vs. RHP, and Joe Maddons glasses frames. Jamie Shields will hold his own against any current AL East #1 and Garza will give Traschel a run for his money (insert huge sarcastic LOL)
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A subcommittee of the S.C. Impaired Driving Prevention Council unanimously passed a DUI bill on January 22nd which would up the ante for a South Carolina breathalyzer refusal from the current penalty of a 90-day license suspension to a one-year suspension. If the bill passes the full council, it could be introduced to the state legislature by early February, according to an online story of The State.
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