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Completed conversion of Markus Schatzl's installation notes, plus additions from me. Also, some changes suggested by Matt Dillon. This section is now complete enough that it will take a user from end to end of the install process, in most cases. It does not touch upon the new installer work.
<!-- $DragonFly: doc/en/books/usersguide/installation/chapter.sgml,v 1.2 2004/06/01 20:00:04 justin Exp $ --> <chapter id="installation-cd"> <chapterinfo> <authorgroup> <author> <firstname>Markus</firstname> <surname>Schatzl</surname> <contrib>Written by </contrib> </author> <!-- firstname.lastname@example.com 05 May 2004 --> <author> <firstname>Justin</firstname> <surname>Sherrill</surname> </author> <!-- email@example.com 05 May 2004 --> </authorgroup> </chapterinfo> <title>Installation from CD</title> <sect1 id="installation-cd-synopsis"> <title>CD Installation Overview</title> <para>This document describes the installation of DragonFly BSD on a plain i386 machine. This process uses a bootable DragonFly CD, usually referred to as a 'live CD'.</para> <para>This CD is available at one of the current mirrors, which distribute the images by various protocols. The authorative list can be found at the <ulink url="http://www.dragonflybsd.org/main/download.cgi">DragonFly website</ulink>.</para> <para>This document may be superseded by the /README file located on the live CD, which may reflect changes made after this document was last updated. Check that README for any last-minute changes and for an abbreviated version of this installation process.</para> <para>The DragonFly development team is working on an automatic installation tool, which simplifies the partitioning and installation processes. Until this tool is in place, the manual process here is required. Some experience with BSD-style tools is recommended.</para> <caution> <para>While this guide covers installing to a computer with an existing non-DragonFly operating system, take no chances! Back up any data on your disk drives that you want to save.</para> </caution> <para>When installing to an old machine, it may not be possible to boot from a CD. Use a bootmanager on a floppy in those cases, such as <ulink url="http://btmgr.sourceforge.net/">Smart Bootmanager</ulink>.</para> <caution> <para>Always be sure of the target disk for any command. Unless otherwise specified, each command here assumes the first disk in the IDE chain is the target. (ad0) Adjust commands as needed.</para> </caution> </sect1> <sect1 id="installation-cd-preinstall"> <title>CD Installation - Making room</title> <sect2> <title>DragonFly as the only operating system</title> <para>If DragonFly is to be the only operating system on the target computer, preparing the disk is a short and simple process. Boot with the live CD, and log in as root to reach a command prompt.</para> <para>First, the master boot record (MBR) must be cleared of any old information. This command clears all old data off your disk by writing zeros (if=/dev/zero) onto the system's master ata drive (of=/dev/ad0).</para> <!-- put in big fat note about disk naming --> <screen> &prompt.root; <userinput>dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/<replaceable>ad0</replaceable> bs=32k count=16</userinput> </screen> <para>The now-empty disk must be formatted. </para> <important> <para>This will destroy any existing data on a disk. Do this only if you plan to dedicate this disk to DragonFly.</para> </important> <screen> &prompt.root; <userinput>fdisk -I <replaceable>ad0</replaceable></userinput> &prompt.root; <userinput>fdisk -B <replaceable>ad0</replaceable></userinput> </screen> </sect2> <sect2> <title>Multiple operating systems on one hard disk</title> <para>This example assumes that the target computer for installation has at least one operating system installed that needs to survive the installation process. A new partition for DragonFly needs to be created from the existing partition(s) that otherwise fill the disk. There must be unused space within the existing partition in order to resize it.</para> <important> <para>The new partition is created from empty space in an existing partition. For example, an 18 gigabyte disk that has 17 gigabytes of existing data in the existing partition will only have 1 gigabyte available for the new partition.</para> </important> <para>Partition resizing needs to be accomplished with a third-party tool. Commercial programs such as <ulink url="http://www.symantec.com/partitionmagic/">Partition Magic</ulink> can accomplish these tasks. Free tools exist that can be adapted to this task, such as 'GNU parted', found on the <ulink url="http://www.knopper.net/knoppix-mirrors/index-en.html">Knoppix CD</ulink>, or <ulink url="http://paud.sourceforge.net">PAUD</ulink>. </para> <para>Create a new partition of at least 5-6 gigabytes. It is possible to install within a smaller amount of disk space, but this will create problems not covered by this document. The newly created partition does not need to be formatted; the rest of the installation process treats that new partiton as a new disk.</para> </sect2> <sect2> <title>Multiple operating systems, multiple hard disks</title> <para>Installing DragonFly to a separate disk removes the need for partition resizing, and is generally safer when trying to preserve an existing operating system installation.</para> <para>This type of installation is very similar to installing DragonFly as the only operating system. The only difference is the disk named in each command.</para> </sect2> </sect1> <sect1 id="installation-cd-disk"> <title>CD Installation - Disk setup</title> <sect2> <title>Disk formatting</title> <para>The slice layout on the newly formatted disk or partition needs to be set up, using this command. </para> <screen> &prompt.root; <userinput>fdisk -u</userinput> </screen> <!-- reword --> <para>If there are multiple operating systems on the disk, pick the correct partition judging by what partitions were created earlier with a resizing tool.</para> </sect2> <sect2> <title>Boot block installation</title> <para>The 'ad0' here refers to the first disk on the first IDE bus of a computer. Increment the number if the target disk is farther down the chain. For example, the master disk on the second IDE controller would be 'ad2'.</para> <!-- write list here of adx to drive mapping, and scsi too --> <screen> &prompt.root; <userinput>boot0cfg -B <replaceable>ad0</replaceable></userinput> &prompt.root; <userinput>boot0cfg -v <replaceable>ad0</replaceable></userinput> </screen> <para><userinput>-s SLICE</userinput>, where SLICE is a number, controls which slice on disk is used by boot0cfg to start from. By default, this number is 1, and will only need modification if a different slice contains DragonFly.</para> <para>Use <userinput>-o packet</userinput> as an option to boot0cfg if the DragonFly partition is located beyond cylinder 1023 on the disk. This location problem usually only happens when another operating system is taking up more than the first 8 gigabytes of disk space. This problem cannot happen if DragonFly is installed to a dedicated disk </para> </sect2> <sect2> <title>Disklabel</title> <para>If DragonFly is installed anywhere but the first partition of the disk, the device entry for that partition will have to be created. Otherwise, the device entry is automatically created. Refer to this different partition instead of the 'ad0s1a' used in later examples.</para> <screen> &prompt.root; <userinput>cd /dev; ./MAKEDEV <replaceable>ad0s2</replaceable></userinput> </screen> <para>The partition needs to be created on the DragonFly disk.</para> <screen> &prompt.root; <userinput>disklabel -B -r -w <replaceable>ad0s1</replaceable> auto</userinput> </screen> <para>Using /etc/disklabel.ad0s1 as an example, issue the following command to edit the disklabel for the just-created partition.</para> <screen> &prompt.root; <userinput>disklabel -e <replaceable>ad0s1</replaceable></userinput> </screen> <informaltable> <tgroup cols="3"> <thead> <row> <entry>Partition</entry> <entry>Size</entry> <entry>Mountpoint</entry> </row> </thead> <tbody> <row> <entry>ad0s2a <entry>256m <entry>/ </row> <row> <entry>ad0s2b <entry>1024m <entry>swap </row> <row> <entry>ad0s2c <entry>leave alone <entry>This represents the whole slice. </row> <row> <entry>ad0s2d <entry>256m <entry>/var </row> <row> <entry>ad0s2e <entry>256m <entry>/tmp ! </row> <row> <entry>ad0s2f <entry>8192m <entry>/usr - This should be at least 4096m </row> <row> <entry>ad0s2g <entry>* <entry>/home - This holds 'everything else' </row> </tbody> </tgroup> </informaltable> </sect2> <sect2> <title>Partition Format</title> <para>newfs will format each individual partition. </para> <screen> &prompt.root; <userinput>newfs /dev/<replaceable>ad0s1a</replaceable></userinput> &prompt.root; <userinput>newfs -U /dev/<replaceable>ad0s1d</replaceable></userinput> &prompt.root; <userinput>newfs -U /dev/<replaceable>ad0s1e</replaceable></userinput> &prompt.root; <userinput>newfs -U /dev/<replaceable>ad0s1f</replaceable></userinput> &prompt.root; <userinput>newfs -U /dev/<replaceable>ad0s1g</replaceable></userinput> </screen> <note> <para>The -U option is not used for the root partition, since / is usually relatively small. Softupdates can cause it to run out of space while under a lot of disk activity, such as a buildworld.</para> </note> <note> <para>The command listing skips directly from ad0s1a to ad0s1d. This is because /dev/ad0s1b is used as swap and does not require formatting; ad0s1c refers to the entire disk and should not be formatted.</para> </note> </sect2> </sect1> <sect1 id="installation-cd-to-disk"> <title>Installing to Disk</title> <para>Since the Live CD contains all needed data to create a running DragonFly system, the simplest installation possible is to copy the Live CD data to the newly formatted disk/partition created in previous steps. </para> <para>These commands mount the newly created disk space and create the appropriate directories on it.</para> <screen> &prompt.root; <userinput>mount /dev/<replaceable>ad0s1a</replaceable> /mnt</userinput> &prompt.root; <userinput>mkdir /mnt/var</userinput> &prompt.root; <userinput>mkdir /mnt/tmp</userinput> &prompt.root; <userinput>mkdir /mnt/usr</userinput> &prompt.root; <userinput>mkdir /mnt/home</userinput> &prompt.root; <userinput>mount /dev/<replaceable>ad0s1d</replaceable> /mnt/var</userinput> &prompt.root; <userinput>mount /dev/<replaceable>ad0s1e</replaceable> /mnt/tmp</userinput> &prompt.root; <userinput>mount /dev/<replaceable>ad0s1f</replaceable> /mnt/usr</userinput> &prompt.root; <userinput>mount /dev/<replaceable>ad0s1g</replaceable> /mnt/home</userinput> </screen> <para>cpdup duplicates data from one volume to another. These commands copy data from the Live CD to the newly created directories on the mounted disk. Each step can take some time, depending on disk speed.</para> <screen> &prompt.root; <userinput>cpdup / /mnt</userinput> &prompt.root; <userinput>cpdup /var /mnt/var</userinput> &prompt.root; <userinput>cpdup /etc /mnt/etc</userinput> &prompt.root; <userinput>cpdup /dev /mnt/dev</userinput> &prompt.root; <userinput>cpdup /usr /mnt/usr</userinput> </screen> <note> <para>Nothing is copied to the /tmp directory that was created in the previous step. This is not an error, since /tmp is intended only for temporary storage.</para> </note> </sect1> <sect1 id="installation-cd-postinstall"> <title>CD Installation - Post-install cleanup</title> <para>/tmp and /var/tmp are both often used as temporary directories. Since use is not consistent from application to application, it is worthwhile to create /tmp as a link to /var/tmp so space is not wasted in duplication. </para> <screen> &prompt.root; <userinput>chmod 1777 /mnt/tmp</userinput> &prompt.root; <userinput>rm -fr /mnt/var/tmp</userinput> &prompt.root; <userinput>ln -s /tmp /mnt/var/tmp</userinput> </screen> <note> <para>/tmp will not work until the computer is rebooted.</para> </note> <para>The file /etc/fstab describes the disk partition layout. However, the version copied to the target disk only reflects the Live CD layout. The installed /mnt/fstab.example can be used as a starting point for creating a new /etc/fstab.</para> <screen> &prompt.root; <userinput>vi /mnt/etc/fstab.example</userinput> &prompt.root; <userinput>mv /mnt/etc/fstab.example /mnt/etc/fstab</userinput> </screen> <para>A corrupted disklabel will render a disk useless. While this is thankfully very rare, having a backup of the new install's disklabel may stave off disaster at some point in the future. This is optional. (Adjust the slice name to reflect the actual installation.)</para> <screen> &prompt.root; <userinput>disklabel <replaceable>ad0s1</replaceable> > /mnt/etc/disklabel.backup</userinput> </screen> <note> <para>Nothing is copied to the /tmp directory that was created in the previous step. This is not an error, since /tmp is intended only for temporary storage.</para> </note> <para>Remove some unnecessary files copied over from the Live CD.</para> <screen> &prompt.root; <userinput>rm /mnt/boot/loader.conf</userinput> &prompt.root; <userinput>rm /mnt/boot.catalog</userinput> &prompt.root; <userinput>rm -r /mnt/rr_moved</userinput> </screen> <para>The system can now be rebooted. Be sure to remove the Live CD from the CDROM drive so that the computer can boot from the newly-installed disk.</para> <screen> &prompt.root; <userinput>reboot</userinput> </screen> <note> <para>Use the reboot command so that the disk can be unmounted cleanly. Hitting the power or reset buttons, while it won't hurt the Live CD, can leave the mounted disk in a inconsistent state. </para> </note> <para>If the system refuses to boot, there are several options to try:</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem> <para>Old bootblocks can interfere with the initialization-process. To avoid this, zero-out the MBR. "of" should be changed to the correct disk entry if ad0 is not the targeted installation disk.</para> <screen> &prompt.root; <userinput>dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/<replaceable>ad0</replaceable> bs=32 count=16</userinput> </screen> </listitem> <listitem> <para>It is possible that the DragonFly slice is beyond cylinder 1023 on the hard disk, and can't be detected. Packet mode can fix this problem.</para> <screen> &prompt.root; <userinput>boot0cfg -o packet <replaceable>ad0</replaceable></userinput> </screen> </listitem> <listitem> <para>If you can select CHS or LBA mode in your BIOS, try changing the mode to LBA.</para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> <para>After a successful boot from the newly installed hard drive, the timezone should be set. Use the command <command>tzsetup</command> to set the appropriate time zone. </para> <screen> &prompt.root; <userinput>tzsetup</userinput> </screen> </sect1> <sect1 id="installation-system-setup"> <title>CD Installation - New system setup</title> <para>Once the new DragonFly system is booting from disk, there are a number of steps that may be useful before working further. The file /etc/rc.conf controls a number of options for booting the system. </para> <sect2> <title>Setting up rc.conf</title> <para>Depending on location, a different keyboard map may be needed. This is only necessary for computers outside of North America.</para> <screen> &prompt.root; <userinput>kbdmap</userinput> </screen> <para>Pick the appropriate keyboard map and remember the name. Place this name in /etc/rc.conf. For example:</para> <screen> <userinput>keymap="german.iso.kbd"</userinput> </screen> <para>The file /etc/rc.conf matches the one on the Live CD. Since it is now on an installed system are no longer running in a read-only environment, some changes should be made. Changes to this file will take effect after the next boot of the machine.</para> <para>These lines can be removed.</para> <programlisting>syslogd_enable="NO" xntpd_enable="NO" cron_enable="NO"</programlisting> <para>For a system which uses USB, this line will need to be modified to a value of "YES":</para> <programlisting>usbd_enable="NO"</programlisting> <!-- link to man pages for this--> <para>inetd controls various small servers like telnet or ftp. By default, all servers are off, and must be individually uncommented in /etc/inetd.conf to start them. This is optional.</para> <programlisting>inetd_enable="YES" # Run the network daemon dispatcher (YES/NO). inetd_program="/usr/sbin/inetd" # path to inetd, if you want a different one. inetd_flags="-wW" # Optional flags to inetd</programlisting> </sect2> <sect2> <title>Network Setup</title> <para>For acquiring an IP address through DHCP, place this entry in /etc/rc.conf, using the appropriate card name. (ep0 is used as an example here.)</para> <screen> <userinput>ifconfig_<replaceable>ep0</replaceable>="DHCP"</userinput> </screen> <para>For a fixed IP, /etc/rc.conf requires a few more lines of data. (Again, ep0 is used as an example here.) Supply the correct local values for IP, netmask, and default router. The hostname should reflect what is entered in DNS for this computer.</para> <screen> <userinput>ifconfig_<replaceable>ep0</replaceable>="inet <replaceable>123.234.345.456</replaceable> netmask <replaceable>255.255.255.0</replaceable>"</userinput> <userinput>hostname="<replaceable>myhostname</replaceable>"</userinput> <userinput>defaultrouter="<replaceable>654.543.432.321</replaceable>"</userinput> </screen> </sect2> </sect1> </chapter>


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Control and How to Prevent Attacks
A bobcat - a consummate predator and a bold raider - can become a nuisance that has to be controlled. Its screams in the night can frighten youngsters. If rabid, it can pose a serious threat to humans. Deprived of natural prey, it may turn to livestock and pets for food.
Minimize Encounters
Should you encounter a bobcat, you should keep as much distance between you and the animal as possible:
- Immediately protect children and pets
- Back away from the bobcat slowly and deliberately
- Avoid running away because that could trigger a pursuit response
- If possible, spray the animal with water
- When possible make a lot of noise (banging pans, for instance, or blowing an air horn)
Attacks by bobcats on humans are rare. Normally if a bobcat approaches a human or seems aggressive towards you it is most likely sick or rabid. If a bobcat tries to attack you do whatever you can to defend yourself. If attacked, seek medical care promptly. If the bobcat is killed during the attack, make sure you have authorities examine the carcass of the bobcat for rabies or other diseases.
If you see a bobcat hanging around a populated neighborhood or where people frequently hang out, notify animal control authorities immediately. They can observe the bobcat and remove it from the area if it seems to be a threat.
Protect Livestock
A bobcat that preys persistently on free-ranging livestock may require relocation or extermination, probably by a government agency or a commercial trapper. Contact your local Department of Fish and Game for assistance with removing bobcats or other predators from your area.
A bobcat might also be discouraged from attacking livestock by a fence, if practicable. The Los Angeles Animal Services, on its Internet site, suggests that the fence should be at least 6 feet high, with the bottom extended some 6 to 12 inches below ground and the top protected by an outward-facing 16-inch wide-angle extension. (Without the wide-angle extension, the bobcat could likely jump the fence.)
Protect Your Yard
If bobcats begin to appear in your neighborhood, you can take several precautions to discourage visits and protect pets:
- Trim back excess vegetation that might otherwise provide cover
- Do not feed birds or other wildlife, which might attract bobcats
- Do not feed the bobcats
- Do not leave pet food or water outdoors
- Vaccinate your pets
- Keep pets indoors or in secure, protective cages or pens
- Consider a deterrent that generates electronic sounds that mimic the calls of bobcats' enemies, for instance, the hiss of a cougar
Common Questions About Bobcats
Do bobcats attack people?
How can I protect my dog or cat from bobcat attacks?
What do bobcats look like?
If you can discourage bobcat visits and predation, you could not only increase the security for you and your family as well as for livestock pets, you could very well save a bobcat's life.
by Jay W. Sharp
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Where In the World Is Kim Kardashian? Reality Star Helps Women in Haiti
She's no Angelina Jolie, but brunette beauty Kim Kardashian is doing her best to give back this holiday season.
In the wake of her divorce filing, Kimmy K cancelled most of her remaining social engagements for 2012. However, the celebutante did leave one thing on her calendar: a charity trip to Haiti with the organization We Advance. According to its website, We Advance is "a movement to advance the health, safety, and well-being of women throughout Haiti."
A source for People says Kim's "intention was always to take the end of the year to focus on some of the other things that are important to her, and this trip was one."
While we're not exactly sure exactly what Kim is up to down there, we do know she has Momager Kris Jenner in tow – which gives us inkling there might be more going on than just charity work. We wouldn't be surprised if a camera crew accompanied the reality stars on their philanthropic mission.
And while it's her take-charge mother by her side this trip, the source says it was more Kim's father, late attorney Robert Kardashian Sr., who "instilled in her and her siblings that every little bit counts."
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Manute Bol fighting for his life with kidney failure
May 18, 2010, 2:58 PM EDT
Popular former NBA player Manute Bol is currently in a northern Virginia hospital fighting for his life.
Dan Steinberg at The Sports Bog (part of the Washington Post) reports that Bol had been hospitalized after a return from his native Sudan with Stevens-Johnson Syndrome — a life-threatening skin condition — as well as kidney failure.
Tom Prichard, who has worked with Bol on building a school in Sudan through the group Sudan Sunrise, said that Bol was returning from several months in Sudan, where his health had deteriorated. Prichard said Bol flew into Dulles and had to stay overnight near the airport before a flight back to his family in Kansas; after friends asked the hotel manager to check on Bol, he was rushed to a local hospital.
Prichard said that Bol has undergone three rounds of dialysis, and that the Stevens-Johnson Syndrome might necessitate a move to a burn unit.
"He's at great risk," Prichard said. "He's in a bad way."
Bol at 7'6″ was a bit of a sideshow at times, but he lasted for a decade in the NBA starting in 1985. He played for what was then the Washington Bullets as well as Golden State and the Sixers. He was a fan favorite everywhere.
In recent years he has focused a lot of work on reforming the politics in southern Sudan and helping people there — a Herculean task. He has done a lot and stayed on in the Sudan recently when he started to get ill. By the time he returned to the United States and was taken to a hospital, it was almost too late.
There is a Facebook page set up for those that want to wish Bol well with his recovery.
- James Whitaker - May 18, 2010 at 7:34 PM
I certainly wish you a speedy recovery, you are a true ambassador for the NBA, past and present.
- andrew - May 18, 2010 at 10:22 PM
He has my thoughts & prayers. What an generous angel of a person.
- Eric Watson - May 18, 2010 at 11:46 PM
Stay Strong and Fruitful, you were great then and you are great now.
- Steve - May 19, 2010 at 2:28 AM
Great to hear of his work in Sudan. He shows himself to be among the class of people who are in sports. Manute, I will pray for your strength and recovery. Your works show you to be a great and caring human being.
- Sheila - May 19, 2010 at 7:58 AM
May God bless you and keep you in his care. I am praying for your recovery.
- JoeBob - May 19, 2010 at 11:15 AM
Yeah his work in the Sudan has been amazing, current players need to look at his life's work outside of basketball and dedicate themselves appropriately.
- Pokey Okie - May 19, 2010 at 12:47 PM
Great man, used all of his wealth to help poor! Could you give us that Facebook link?
- Maureen Goddard - Jun 5, 2010 at 9:08 PM
Mr. Bol,
I am praying for you- you are a great man, and have done much good in this world.
God Bless.
- Adam - Jun 19, 2010 at 6:47 PM
Manute Bol was a great man.
I learned from him.
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August 25, 2010
CONTACT: Vaishalee Raja, Equality California
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Sacramento - The State Senate today approved the U.S. Blood Donor Nondiscrimination Resolution (AJR 13) with a bipartisan vote of 22-8. The resolution calls on the Federal Drug Administration to repeal its outdated and scientifically unnecessary rule prohibiting healthy gay and bisexual men from donating blood. AJR 13, sponsored by Equality California and introduced by Assemblymember Tom Ammiano (D-San Francisco), puts the State of California on record in support of updating rules for blood donation, which would increase the number of life-saving blood donations with no increase in risk of disease.
"Our nation lacks a sufficient blood supply due in part to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's antiquated policies preventing healthy gay and bisexual men from donating blood," said Equality California Executive Director Geoff Kors. "We thank the California legislature for passing this important resolution calling on the federal government to repeal this harmful ban immediately."
Current federal rules prohibit any man who has had a sexual relationship with another man in the past 31 years from donating blood at any facility, regardless of personal health. The law prevents innumerable gay and bisexual men who are otherwise healthy from contributing to the nation's blood supply, which faces chronic shortfalls due to a lack of donations. In 2007, the Red Cross reported that Southern California's blood supply had reached critical levels, resulting in a record low four-hour supply of type-O negative blood. More recently, the New York Blood Center began rationing its supply to hospitals in and around New York City because of a shortfall there.
Adopted in 1983, the rule targeted gay and bisexual men due to fear of HIV/AIDS transmission, when little was known about the disease or how it is spread. Today, a better understanding of the disease and significant innovations in blood screening technology make the fear of HIV/AIDS spreading through the blood supply nearly nonexistent. Despite significant technological advances, the current federal policy remains.
"Blood has no sexual orientation, and the FDA should have no discrimination," Assemblymember Ammiano said. "I hope President Obama hears our call to change this shameful and discriminatory practice immediately so we can save more lives."
For more information about Equality California's other legislation, please visit us online at www.eqca.org/legislation.
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If this is your first time, you MUST try the Burrito Martin with shredded beef. It arrives in 1/2 a Corona on a big oval platter. HUGE, smothered with killer-good green chili, tons of melted cheese, and accented by sour-c, guac, lettuce n' tomato. The shredded beef inside is prime, and the green-c has chunks of tender pork. You can try the rest of the superb menu next time. Bring your friends, share a bit of everything.
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Higher Ground (film)
|Higher Ground
Theatrical release poster
|Directed by
|Vera Farmiga
|Produced by
|Screenplay by
|Based on
|This Dark World
by Carolyn S. Briggs
|Music by
|Alec Puro
|Michael McDonough
|Edited by
|Colleen Sharp
|Distributed by
|Sony Pictures Classics
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|United States
|$2 million[1]
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Higher Ground is a 2011 American drama film directed by Vera Farmiga in her directorial debut.[2] The film is an adaptation of the 2002 memoir This Dark World: A Memoir of Salvation Found and Lost by Carolyn S. Briggs, who co-wrote the screenplay. The film follows Corinne Walker (Farmiga) and her vacillating relationship with religion. The cast also includes Joshua Leonard, John Hawkes, Donna Murphy, Norbert Leo Butz, and Bill Irwin.
The film opened at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2011, where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize. The distribution rights were acquired by Sony Pictures Classics shortly after its premiere, and the film was released in a limited release in the United States on August 26, 2011.
Corinne Walker is a young girl who is skeptical about God. After the stillbirth of her brother, her parent's marriage disintegrates over the course of several years. As a teenager (Taissa Farmiga), she meets Ethan (Boyd Holbrook), a budding musician in local rock band The Renegades. They get married after Corinne becomes pregnant, and have their daughter Abigail. While touring with Ethan's band, their bus crashes into a river. Ethan rushes to save Abby, and Corinne pleads with God to save her. Abby is pulled out of the bus before it sinks into the water, and Ethan believes that God wanted them to live. Ethan and Corinne grow more and more interested in Jesus, eventually giving themselves over to a radical New Testament church.
As adults, Corinne (Vera Farmiga) and Ethan (Joshua Leonard) are living with their children Abigail and Lilly amidst a community of self-described "Jesus freaks". Corinne's daily life consists of hours of Bible study, alternative family practices, and bracing for the oncoming Rapture. The husbands are told by Pastor Bill (Norbert Leo Butz) that they should pay more attention to their wives' sexual needs after a fellow husband's indiscretions caused his wife to leave with their children. Corinne's closest friend Annika (Dagmara Domińczyk) also warns her about keeping the marriage alive by trying new things, such as drawing their husbands penises. One day, Corinne's younger sister Wendy (Nina Arianda) shows up on her doorstep after ending yet another bad relationship. Abby and Lilly say they pray for Wendy every day since she hasn't given herself over to Jesus, and therefore, will go to hell. Their father comes over for dinner, and says that children are the most important things in life. He also takes responsibility over how losing their baby brother caused him to wreck his marriage.
When Annika attempts to teach Corinne how to drive, they get pulled over by a policeman who Annika is able to charm by pretending to have a heavy accent. She explains that knowing how to flirt is key when dealing with men. As time passes, Corinne gets pregnant again. During a group meeting, Corinne tries to express her thoughts on what they can and cannot see. She gets shut down by Pastor Bill and his wife, but they say that they know about how badly she wants to submit to God. Ethan then finds Lilly playing with cocaine that she found in Wendy's suitcase. He and Corinne flush the drugs down the toilet, and Wendy storms off. The pastor's wife tells Corinne one night that she should not wear a particular dress again since a male member of the church complimented her on it. While looking in the mirror, she then sees herself wearing sexy lingerie. Corinne soon has a baby boy named Gabe. She gets a call one day, and finds out that Annika has a brain tumor. The community prays for her, and she survives risky surgery. However, she is also mute and confined to a wheelchair. This leads Corinne to question her faith, and her overall belief in God.
- Vera Farmiga as Corinne Walker
- Taissa Farmiga as Teenage Corinne
- Donna Murphy as Kathleen Walker
- John Hawkes as CW Walker
- Joshua Leonard as Ethan Miller
- Boyd Holbrook as Teenage Ethan
- Nina Arianda as Wendy Walker
- Dagmara Domińczyk as Annika
- Norbert Leo Butz as Pastor Bill
- Bill Irwin as Pastor Bud
- Michael Chernus as Ned
- Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Luke
- Sean Mahon as Liam Donovan
- Molly Hawkey as Molly
In April 2010, it was announced that Farmiga would make her directorial debut with the film.[3] Higher Ground is loosely based on the memoir This Dark World by author Carolyn S. Briggs, who then co-wrote the screenplay with Tim Metcalfe. The film was produced by Carly Hugo, Renn Hawkey, Jon Rubinstein and Claude Dal Farra, and executively produced by Matt Parker, Lauren Munsch, Brice Dal Farra and Jonathan Burkhart.[4] Hawkey also served as the film's musical director, as stated in the DVD audio commentary. Farmiga's cousin Adriana Farmiga served as the film's artist.[5]
In June 2010, it was reported that Farmiga would also be starring in the film, and that she would be joined in the cast by Joshua Leonard, Norbert Leo Butz, John Hawkes, Dagmara Domińczyk, Bill Irwin, and Donna Murphy.[4] Farmiga persuaded her younger sister Taissa Farmiga to portray Teenage Corinne Walker by offering her a Toyota Tacoma pickup truck as payment.[6] Farmiga stated that she asked Taissa to play the younger version of her character because of the genetic and physical similarities, and the relationship she had with her nephew Fynn, who played baby Abigail.[7]
Principal photography took place in June 2010 in Kingston, Kerhonkson and Ellenville, New York.[8]
Higher Ground premiered on January 23, 2011 at the Sundance Film Festival, and was screened at the Los Angeles Film Festival on June 25, 2011. The film was bought by Sony Pictures Classics following its opening at Sundance.[9] The film then received a limited release in the United States by Sony Pictures Classics on August 26, 2011.[10] The film also received a limited release in Canada on September 23, 2011, and was screened at Edmonton International Film Festival on September 27, 2011.
Home media[edit]
The film was released on Blu-ray and DVD on January 10, 2012.[11] The film was released in New Zealand on March 1, 2012, and had its television premiere in Germany and Japan on January 7, 2013 and May 1, 2013, respectively.
Box office[edit]
Higher Ground made $21,495 in its opening weekend. The film was shown in three theaters in the U.S. for a per theater average of $7,165. The film's widest release was in 81 theaters. It made a further $820,238 in box office sales for a total domestic gross of $841,733.[1]
Critical response[edit]
Higher Ground received positive reviews from critics. The film received an 81% approval rating and was "Certified Fresh" by review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes. It was also given a score of 74 out of 100 on Metacritic indicating "generally favorable reviews".[12][13] A. O. Scott of The New York Times also gave a positive review, stating: "There is something remarkable – you might even say miraculous – about the way Higher Ground makes its gentle, thoughtful way across the burned-over terrain of the American culture wars. The film, directed with disarming grace and sharp intelligence by Vera Farmiga (who also stars in it), is about the conflict between skepticism and religious faith, but it does not treat that battle as an either/or, winner-take-all proposition. Movies about belief and believers frequently succumb to woozy piety or brittle contempt, but Higher Ground belongs, along with Robert Duvall's The Apostle and Michael Tolkin's under appreciated Rapture among the elect. Focused with sympathetic intensity on the ordeal of a single soul, it illuminates, as though from within, a complex spiritual struggle. I don't mean to make it sound as if the movie, which was written by Ms. Briggs and Tim Metcalfe, were preaching or making an argument. Nor does it aim for a soft middle ground of nervous tolerance. Instead, it presents the subjective facts of Corinne's life as precisely and clearly as it can, refusing to condescend or sentimentalize anyone, and inviting you to sift through the nuances and find the answers for yourself."[14]
Roger Ebert gave the film a positive review, awarding it 3.5 stars out of 4, writing: "Vera Farmiga's Higher Ground is the life story of a woman who grows into, and out of, Christianity. It values her at every stage of that process. It never says she is making the right or wrong decision, only that what she does seems necessary at the time she does it. In a world where believers and agnostics are polarized and hold simplified ideas about each other, it takes a step back and sees faith as a series of choices that should be freely made. I would like to say Higher Ground, which marks Farmiga's directorial debut, never steps wrong in following this process, but it does. Sometimes it slips too easily into satire, but at least it's nuanced satire based on true believers who are basically nice and good people. There are no heavy-handed portraits of holy rollers here, just people whose view of the world is narrow. There are also no outsize sinners, just some gentle singer-songwriters who are too fond of pot and whose lyrics are parades of cliches."[15] David Edelstein of Vulture wrote: "Actress Vera Farmiga's directing debut, the religious drama Higher Ground, is amazingly graceful. The movie centers on Corinne (played by Farmiga), who joins and, a decade later, breaks away from a fundamentalist religious order, but the tone isn't irreverent, exactly. The movie is flushed with hope, wonder, heartbreak. In the memoir on which it's based, This Dark World, Carolyn S. Briggs (who co-wrote the screenplay with Tim Metcalfe) rejects God but can't stop longing for Him. And Farmiga frames the film version as a kind of love story, beginning with Corinne opening her eyes underwater, at the moment of her baptism, seeing men smiling down like heaven's welcoming committee. She doesn't ever want to come up for air."[16]
|Alliance of Women Film Journalists
|Best Woman Director
|Vera Farmiga
|Gotham Awards
|Breakthrough Director
|Satellite Awards
|Best Actress – Motion Picture
|Sundance Film Festival
|Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic
|Artios Awards
|Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Low Budget Feature
|Kerry Barden, Paul Schnee
|Central Ohio Film Critics Association
|Best Overlooked Film
|Higher Ground
- ^ a b c "Higher Ground". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
- ^ "Review: 'Higher Ground' - This portrait of a Christian community marks a startlingly bold directing debut for Vera Farmiga". Variety. January 24, 2011.
- ^ "Vera Farmiga to Direct 'Higher Ground'". /Film. April 9, 2010.
- ^ a b "Vera Farmiga starts shooting directorial debut Higher Ground". Screen Daily. June 3, 2010.
- ^ "Interview between Adriana and Vera Farmiga". Stoic & Baby. December 1, 2013.
- ^ Fitzsimons, Amanda. "Taissa Farmiga on Sister Vera". Teen Vogue. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
- ^ "Interview: Vera Farmiga, Joshua Leonard, and Taissa Farmiga Find Higher Ground". VeryAware.com. August 24, 2011.
- ^ "Higher Ground (2011) - Filming Locations". Internet Movie Database.
- ^ Fleming Jr, Mike (February 14, 2011). "Sony Pictures Classics Acquires Vera Farmiga's Sundance Debut 'Higher Ground'". Deadline.com.
- ^ "Higher Ground Trailer, News, Videos, and Reviews". ComingSoon.net.
- ^ "Higher Ground DVD Release Date January 10, 2012". DVDs Release Dates.
- ^ "Higher Ground". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
- ^ "Higher Ground Reviews". Metacritic. August 26, 2011. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
- ^ "Navigating Between Faith and Skepticism". The New York Times. August 25, 2011.
- ^ "Higher Ground Movie Review & Film Summary (2011)". Roger Ebert. August 31, 2011.
- ^ "Movie Review: Higher Ground, Vera Farmiga's Amazingly Graceful Directorial Debut". Vulture.com. September 2, 2011.
External links[edit]
- 2011 films
- English-language films
- American films
- 2010s drama films
- American drama films
- Films about religion
- Films about Christianity
- American independent films
- American biographical films
- 2010s biographical films
- Directorial debut films
- Films set in the 1960s
- Films set in the 1970s
- Films set in the 1990s
- Sony Pictures Classics films
- Films directed by Vera Farmiga
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Illustration: Hilarious monochrome imagery from the excellent James Graham
James Graham has been a fully-fledged freelance illustrator for going on two years now. The RCA graduate has built up an extraordinary portfolio of sharp editorial illustration that can transform the most mundane of subjects (home insurance, tax returns, reliable computer hardware) into witty, brilliant imagery that grabs you by the retinas and holds you there. Since we last checked in with him it seems he's been reducing his practice into even simpler forms, boiling his image-making down into a simple graphic language of monochrome perfection.


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Even during his college career at Kentucky, Marlon McCree heard the doubters.
When McCree moved from the secondary to middle linebacker before the 1998 season, he knew what outsiders were saying about a 6-foot-1, 198-pounder playing the position in the Southeastern Conference.
"Everybody said, 'you're too little, you're going to break your neck, you're going to hurt your shoulder,' " McCree said in a phone interview on Thursday.
Three seasons later, there wasn't anyone left to prove wrong.
McCree overcame any size disadvantages he may have faced to start all 33 of UK's games over his final three seasons as a Wildcat. He led the team in tackles each year, finishing with 219 for his career. He helped lead Kentucky to back-to-back bowl appearances for the first time in 15 seasons and tallied 14.5 sacks and 37 tackles for loss.
"I always had to be an overachiever playing middle linebacker at 190 pounds in the SEC," McCree said. "That's not a very easy task so I always had to do extra to get myself prepared to play Florida, Georgia, Alabama and LSU."
Having proven his point at the college level, McCree looked to the NFL for his next challenge. A seventh-round pick by the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2001, McCree would return to his natural safety position, but he didn't abandon the mentality that made him a success at linebacker in college.
"Coming from that underdog situation gave me the right mind frame," McCree said. "I always played in the NFL like I had a lot to prove, and that came from me having a lot to prove there at Kentucky."
He wouldn't waste any time making an impact.
By the end of his rookie season, McCree had solidified himself as a starter and was among the league leaders with six interceptions the following season. He had to cope with the same adjustments as any first-year player, but his unique experience at playing linebacker in the nation's toughest conference positioned him to make a splash from the moment he arrived at training camp.
"Coming from the SEC, I was used to seeing quality talent week in and week out so I was ready from a competitive standpoint, even making the transition from linebacker to safety," McCree said. "I was also able to quickly grasp the playbook because of having the responsibility of knowing the playbook and being the captain of the defense at Kentucky."
McCree would go on to successful stints over the coming seasons with the Houston Texans, Carolina Panthers, San Diego Chargers and Denver Broncos. He earned starting roles at each of his stops, but accompanying his underdog mentality was a lingering awareness his playing days would eventually come to an end.
He would pick the brain of almost anyone he came across ranging from coaches to businessmen to ministers looking to gain some insight into how he should occupy himself once his career was over. The idea of using his finance degree from UK (which he earned in just three years) had crossed his mind, but he ultimately couldn't ignore the nearly unanimous advice he received.
"They all said the same thing: 'You've got to do what you love. You've got to do what you're passionate about,' " McCree said. "When I stepped out and made my list of pros and cons, the one thing that kept coming up for me was that my passion was in football. This is where I belong."
After being cut by the Jaguars before the 2009 season, McCree retired. Once that decision was made, there wasn't a moment's hesitation as to what his next step would be: he would become a coach. With the same tenacity that had made him successful in his four years at UK and his nine years in the NFL, McCree pursued his goal.
Where there was coaching help needed, McCree was there. He worked for his former Charger head coach Marty Schottenheimer at the East-West Shrine Game, which is where he first began coaching the secondary. He took unpaid internships with the New York Giants and Denver Broncos in an effort to gain experience and notoriety. Putting away his pads and helmet in favor of a clipboard and whistle wasn't always easy, but he never questioned his decision.
"Transitioning from playing into anything has a set of obstacles," McCree said. "You have to understand there are going to be good days and bad days, but what kept me going was my passion."
Just over two years later, his dedication paid off. This week, McCree was named assistant secondary coach by the team that first drafted him.
"I started my playing career there and I'm about to start my coaching career there," McCree said. "Being a Florida native, it's going back home for me and there's nothing I would want to do more than help bring the city of Jacksonville a Super Bowl.
"I've always wanted to coach and football has always been my passion. Now I finally got my opportunity and it's like a dream come true."
The Orlando, Fla., native played in an NFC Championship game, an AFC Championship game and was a part of a 14-win team with San Diego, but football's ultimate prize eluded him. That's something he intends to change in his life's next path.
"I don't think there's a better feeling in the world than to go out there and help a team win a Super Bowl," McCree said. "I've come close to playing in the Super Bowl, but I fell short a couple times and I'm looking forward to getting my chance as a coach to win one."
In his 13 years around professional football, McCree has noticed a trend. Every year, more of his fellow UK alumni are reaching the summit of the game.
"It brings a smile to my face to see the younger guys that came after me make it to the NFL because they've made a tremendous sacrifice to make it and I know what they've gone through," McCree said. "It makes me very happy and it makes me very proud."
He played with a pair of former Wildcats in Wesley Woodyard and DeWayne Robertson as a Bronco in 2008. McCree also noted the accomplishments of Randall Cobb in his rookie year with Green Bay and Stevie Johnson's emergence in Buffalo, which he believes can only help the UK program under Joker Phillips.
"We've got guys scattered all over the NFL," McCree said. "We've got guys in front offices like Quentus Cumby in the front office for the San Francisco 49ers. Anthony 'Champ' Kelly, he's in the front office for the Denver Broncos. I'm now an NFL coach. You're starting to see some assets that belong to Kentucky that can really help the football program."


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LED display tipped to be with us in the very near future
Apple could be preparing to ship its 27-inch Cinema display after details were spotted on its online store.
Announced along with the company's new Mac Pro, iMac and Magic Trackpad back in July, configuration pages on the Apple online store which have since been taken down, had been updated with information regarding the new monitor.
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The product description stated, "Supersize your view with the stunning 27-inch Apple LED Cinema Display. It offers an incredible 2560-by-1440 resolution for viewing high-definition (HD) content with room to spare."
It goes on to mention LED backlighting, a Mini DisplayPort cable, a built-in iSight camera, and a 49-speaker watt system amongst the notable new features.
The 27-inch Cinema display could be available as soon as this week, but we'll keep you posted as soon as it pops back up on the Apple online store.
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While Twi-hards are trying to wrap their heads around the devastating possibility that Kristen Stewart would ever THINK of looking at another man other than Robert Pattinson, we decided to turn our attention to the other couple at the center of this rumor: Rupert Sanders and his wife, Liberty Ross. Here's what we know about these two:
- The 41-year-old director and 33-year-old model/actress have been married for seven years. They have two children, Skylar and Tennyson. The Brits moved to L.A. seven years ago for the sake of Rupert's career.
- Snow White and the Huntsman is Sanders' directorial debut. He earned his rep as a director of commercials, earning an award for his Halo 3 ad. This story from the Guardian details how he very creatively snagged the SWATH gig.
- Liberty's got a strong career in high fashion, with spreads in Vogue, Elle, I-D and the like. She also makes avant-garde films. Here's one of her blogs for Vogue U.K.
- Liberty reportedly posted an Instagram pic showing Disney's Snow White drunk, with the caption "Not so pretty and pure." She also reportedly retweeted a quote from Marilyn Monroe that said, "sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together." Her accounts have since been deleted.
- Liberty's brother is Atticus Ross, Trent Reznor's collaborator on The Social Network and The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo soundtracks.
- Liberty not only played the role of Snow White's ill-fated mother, Queen Eleanor, in SWATH, she felt very involved in the whole production, based on what she wrote on her site after the premiere. "We have lived and breathed this project every day now for 2 years so releasing it to the world was extremely exciting. I remember a couple of summers ago looking at a script, lying on our bed in Malibu that had 'SNOW WHITE' written down the side of it. I immediately thought 'wow, that would be incredible.' … We are so happy and excited today to share this with you and we really hope you enjoy the movie."
- After the SWATH press tour, Rupert, Liberty and the kids went to Hawaii to recover. She posted pics from their vacation on her Vogue blog July 4.
- We can kind of see a resemblance between Liberty and KStew. They're both fine-featured brunettes with a taste for edgy fashion. This either supports the theory that the alleged makeout photos are actually of Rupert and his wife, or it confirms the rumor that Rupert has a very particular type. Either way, you can see from our interview with the director below that he really admires his young star.
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Today's cyberattacks aren't the smash-and-grab tactics used in the past. Attackers are increasingly focused on acting on good intelligence for well-planned attacks – and Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) is a favorite tool.
Browser security flaw could put passwords at risk
Browser security is one key to protecting an organization's network, since the majority of security attacks come from the Internet. But security experts recently uncovered a flaw in a popular browser that could leave users open to a different kind of threat.
4 keys for secure web browsing
There's a lot of debate about which is the most secure web browser. Conventional wisdom says that Microsoft's Internet Explorer, the most popular browser, is also the least secure because of the attention that hackers pay to it.
DHS: New Java security attacks mean it's time to kill the platform
The latest round of critical Java security bugs and new attacks has IT pros asking a familiar question: Is it time to kill the software platform for good?


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Last night on Love & Hip Hop Atlanta, Benzino warned his buddy Kirk that when you meet girls on social media, all you're left with in the end is "a handful of silicone and a broken heart." Wise words from Mr. Raymond Scott, for sure, but we know that he and his fiancee, Althea, technically met on Instagram, as Althea explains in the clip above. So how did Benzino avoid the fate he warned Kirk about? We asked him.
In episode two, you actually age Kirk some advice that I think people will come back to you and be like, "what's up with that?" You told Kirk that "with girls you meet on social media, you'll end up with a handful of silicone and a broken heart." That didn't happen for you though.
Benzino: "You know, I'm saying its like this: social media has made it to where just everybody in general is putting themselves on display. And with Instagram and Facebook, it's all about your pictures and how your image is looking, I think you just gotta be careful and you know, nothing will ever take the place of meeting somebody in person. Just organically meeting somebody somewhere where you can actually see them in person. I'm old-school like that."


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Foundation for the Blind expands Huntington office
HUNTINGTON -- The American Foundation for the Blind is getting ready to unveil its new expanded office for AFB TECH in Huntington.
The new 6,000-square-foot office and optics lab will have a ribbon-cutting ceremony with AFB leadership and Gov. Joe Manchin at 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 16. AFB TECH is now located at 1000 5th Ave., Suite 350, in the Chase Bank building.
"West Virginia has been instrumental in helping us expand possibilities for the 25 million Americans with vision loss and we are extremely proud to be a part of the wonderful community in Huntington," Carl R. Augusto, AFB president and chief executive officer, said in a press release. "We have an impressive team working for us at AFB TECH, and we've been welcomed with open arms by the leadership and people of this great state."
AFB TECH is the technology arm of the foundation and first opened in Huntington in 2001 with three staff members. It now has almost 20 employees and interns from Marshall University. AFB recently located its finance department and other key positions from its New York headquarters to West Virginia.
AFB TECH makes technology such as lifesaving diabetes equipment and smart phones accessible to people with vision loss. AFB TECH evaluates mainstream and assistive technology products and collaborates with companies such as Apple, Canon and Whirlpool to ensure their latest products meet the needs of blind and visually impaired consumers.
It also has done product research in making small display screens, such as those used on handheld mobile devices, easier to see and has successfully competed for federal research dollars to advance this work. Also located at the Huntington office is AFB CareerConnect, a Web-based program for blind and visually impaired students, job seekers and potential employers that works to combat the high unemployment rates among people with vision loss.
Learn more about AFB TECH at www.afb.org/afbtech.
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Next week, the city known for high-rolling gamblers, world famous entertainers, and The Mob Museum will host another fascinating and diverse group of people – librarians. Librarians serving students, scientists, historians, the military and communities across the country will be at the American Library Association's 2014 Annual Conference at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Come on, admit it: Ever since you saw Mission: Impossible, you've wished you could send messages that self-destruct. Then Snapchat came along, and suddenly the impossible seemed easy. Adding a twist to photo- and video-sharing, Snapchat allows users to snap a picture, send it to a friend, and choose how long it lasts, from 1 to 10 seconds after it has been viewed. Then, poof. It disappears. Or does it?
Last Mother's Day, my kids "helped" serve me breakfast in bed. No sooner had the word "surprise" left their lips than they were scrambling onto the bed to see what they could eat. After all, moms are always going on about sharing, right?
Why not show off some of your own sharing skills this Mother's Day when you talk to the kids in your life? Net Cetera: Chatting with Kids About Being Online is a free guide from the FTC that has some important information and terrific tips to share with your kids, grandkids, nieces, and nephews.
Thanks to a settlement with the FTC, Apple is refunding more than $32 million to people for in-app charges made by kids without their parent's permission. Apple also had to change its billing practices to make sure it now gets express, informed consent from people before charging them for in-app purchases.
It's been 42 days since New Year's. Have you broken any resolutions? Safer Internet Day is the perfect day for a "replacement" resolution.
This just in: The revision of the FTC's free guide, Net Cetera: Chatting with Kids About Being Online, is hot off the press. The booklet has updated tips for parents, teachers, and other adults to use when talking with kids about online safety and digital citizenship.
Data Privacy Day is just around the corner — January 28. What a good time to do something about protecting your personal information, online and off.
Quick: name a way your kids could rack up hundreds of dollars in charges in under 15 minutes without you being the wiser.
One answer: through an app on your iPhone or other Apple device.
Today, the FTC announced that it has reached a settlement with Apple, resolving allegations that the company didn't get parental consent for many of the charges racked up by their children in kids' games.
North of the border, it's Media Literacy Week. This year's theme is "What's Being Sold: Helping Kids Make Sense of Marketing Messages" – which, of course, is a theme that makes sense in the US, too.
When the White House proclaimed October 2004 to be National Cyber Security Awareness Month, the Internet looked very different than it does today. Smartphones and social networks are just two of the dramatic changes of the last decade. Americans are communicating more frequently, with more people, and sharing more personal information than ever.


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Early Childhood and School Education Group, Higher Education and Skills Group, Regional Services Group, Strategy and Review Group, Infrastructure and Finance Services Group and People and Executive Services Group, each group is based in the Department's central office, for more information, see: Groups
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August 2, 2015
WASHINGTON (AP) U.S. employers added 204,000 jobs in October, an unexpected burst of hiring during a month in which the federal government was partially shut down for 16 days.
The Labor Department says the unemployment rate rose to 7.3 percent from 7.2 percent in September, likely because furloughed federal workers were counted as unemployed. The report noted that the shutdown did not affect total jobs.
Employers also added 60,000 more jobs in the previous two months than earlier estimated.
The figures suggest hiring has picked up in the fall. Employers added an average of 202,000 jobs from August through October, up from 146,000 from May through July.
The percentage of Americans working or looking for work fell to a fresh 35-year low. But that figure was likely distorted by the shutdown, too.
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It was Senior Night for the Diamond Devils as the team took another tough defeat as they lost to the North Oconee Titans 13-7 on Monday, April 22.
Steven Webb would get the start on the mound for the Diamond Devils and only allow one run in the 1st. The Devils would be held scoreless.
The 2nd inning would be a long one. The Titans would drive in six runs. Caleb Norman would come in for Webb in that inning and Coach Evens would later bring in Senior Wesley Dunn to close out the 2nd. Going into the bottom of the 2nd the Titans would have a 7-0 lead.
In the bottom of the 2nd the Devils would battle back scoring six runs. Senior Warren Naggie would score on a pass ball and Senior Elliot McAlarney would bat in Blaze Bruce with a single. Wesley Dunn would follow Elliot with a single of his own driving in Caleb Norman. With the bases loaded Jacob Smith would hit a standing double batting in three runs to take the score to 7-6 after two innings.
Unfortunately, the Titans would not stop and would continue adding runs in each inning except the 5th. The Devils would only be able to add one more run which would come in the bottom of the 6th when Senior Brett Mills would single into shallow right to drive in Dunn.
The Devils would fall 13-7. Blaze Bruce, Brett Mills, Warren Naggie, Elliot McAlarney, Wesley Dunn, and Caleb Norman are the Tri-County Technical College Player of the Game; the five seniors who persevered throughout the tough season.


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KINGSTON, R.I. -- Oct. 24, 2000 -- Sod and soil will be flying when the
University of Rhode Island breaks ground Friday, Nov. 17 on the $10.6 million
project to transform Ballentine Hall into a state-of-the-art business education
University officials, prominent alumni and students will start the celebration
at 10:30 a.m. on the lawn in front of Ballentine Hall, the home of URI's
College of Business Administration, the oldest nationally accredited business
college in the state. The groundbreaking program and a panel discussion
at 1:30 p.m. on "The Business of Business, Challenges and Issues Facing
business in the 21st Century" will feature URI graduates who have become
leaders in the global economy. The panel discussion will be held in the
Galanti Lounge of the University Library.
The project involves the rehabilitation and improvement of Ballentine
Hall, a 46,750 square-foot, three-story structure built in 1967 on the northwest
corner of the Kingston Quadrangle. The current structure will be stripped
to its steel frame, and a new facility will be constructed. A 10,000-square-foot
addition is also part of the project. The addition and other improvements
are being funded through a combination of state, University and private
dollars. As of early fall, URI had raised $5.3 million or 95 percent of
the $5.6 million Shareholders Campaign goal to renovate the building.
Speakers for the groundbreaking ceremony will be Robert L. Carothers,
URI president; Richard Harrington, chairman of the Shareholders Campaign
and chief executive officer of the Thomson Corp., a leading information
provider, both online and in print in the areas of legal, regulatory, financial
services, scientific and health care; Edward R. Mazze, dean of the URI College
of Business Administration and the Alfred J. Verrecchia- Hasbro Inc. Leadership
Chair in Business; Robert M. Beagle, vice president for University Advancement;
and Alfred J. Verrecchia, president and chief operating officer of international
toy giant, Hasbro Inc., Pawtucket. Harrington will provide an update
on the Shareholders Campaign and Verrecchia will give a keynote talk on
the "Importance of Business Education." Harrington and Verrecchia
are both graduates of URI's College of Business Administration.
The panelists for the 1:30 p.m. program will be Sid Cohen, former president
of domestic television distribution, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.; Cynthia
Deysher, vice president of finance administration and chief financial officer,
ArrowPoint Communications, Canton, Mass., which provides web switches
and web network services software that allow customers to optimize the use
of the web; Wendy P. Field, executive director of Warburg Dillon Read LLC,
which is a division UBS, the second-largest bank in Europe and one of the
top 10 in the world; and Harrington. All are graduates of URI's business
The moderator will be Frank Budnick, former dean and URI professor of
management science.
The panel discussion and groundbreaking ceremonies are all designed
to highlight the critical role of business education in today's business
climate and the need for a building that will have a new look and feel,
both inside and out.
Interior improvements will include tiered classrooms, small conference
and lounge areas for group study and seminars, ports for computer connections,
a new atrium and improved office space for faculty and staff.
A new 10,000-square-foot addition will be three stories high and will
house various administrative offices, the College of Business Administration
Executive Conference Room and classrooms and offices on the two lower floors.
The goal is to create a center for the College of Business Administration
and the businesses of Rhode Island that meets and exceeds the needs of demanding
students and the business world for the decades ahead.
The architectural and engineering contract was awarded to Saccaccio Associates
of Cranston, in conjunction with Goody Clancy Associates of Boston.
Schematic design is complete, and plans are being made to vacate Ballentine
Hall. The faculty and staff will be relocated to a temporary facility being
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Southern Highlands house catches fire Monday night
Las Vegas, NV (KTNV) -- Firefighters responded to a house fire at about 10:30 p.m. Monday in the 3800 block of Glasgow Green Drive in the Southern Highlands community.
The fire department was called after neighborhood security noticed smoke coming from the home and heard smoke alarms.
Upon arrival, firefighters with the Clark County Fire Department discovered the second floor of a 7,000-square-foot house filled with smoke.
The fire was determined to be burning in concealed floor and wall spaces in, around, and under a second-floor bathroom. It appeared the fire had been smoldering for several hours.
The fire was difficult to extinguish because drywall and flooring had to be removed. It was declared knocked down at 10:44 p.m.
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Derek Coleman: Cheddar cheese has come a long way since its English origin
I drive into Charleston each morning during the week and to pass the time on the journey I listen to the radio. This morning there were three ads in close succession and all of them mentioned one of my favorite foods, cheese. Not just any cheese but more specifically Cheddar cheese.
This is the cheese I grew up eating, the cheese that forms a little over half of all the cheeses consumed in Britain and the cheese that is America's second favorite cheese after mozzarella. It's a cheese with a long history and, from what I have discovered, some of the American versions are very close to the British one.
Originally Cheddar cheese came from the vicinity of the village of Cheddar near the city of Bristol in southwest England. The village is situated close to the mouth of a gorge in the Mendip Hills that also bears the name Cheddar. Tradition has it that to be genuine Cheddar, the cheese had to be made within 30 miles of Wells Cathedral in the county of Somerset.
Man has lived in this area for a long time. The oldest complete skeleton discovered in Britain is from a man who lived in a cave in the gorge some 9,000 years ago. Odd bones show that his ancestors were there long before that and recent DNA tests on two of his teeth exactly matched the DNA of people currently living in the village.
The cave in which old time Cheddar Man lived is only one of many in the gorge and centuries ago it was discovered that the caves on the edge of the village have an ideal microclimate with just the right humidity and a constant temperature for maturing the cheese.
No one knows for sure how the making of cheese started in the area. There is a theory that the Romans may have brought the recipe with them from what was then Gaul some 2,000 years ago, but we do know for certain that it has been made since at least the beginning of the 12th century. A written account belonging to King Henry II from the year 1170 lists him buying 10,240 pounds of Cheddar. He paid a farthing, which was a quarter of an English penny, per pound and had a total bill of around $16! It is not quite so cheap 950 years later.
You would think that a cheese with such a long history, which comes from a specific region would have its name protected by law but that is not so with Cheddar. Anyone can use it, anywhere, and some of the products that are sold under that name are far from the original concept. The European Union has, howeve,r granted "protected designation of origin" status to the name "West Country Farmhouse Cheddar," which can only be made in and around the original village these days. That means no one else in the world can use that name.
According to the experts, real Cheddar should be pale yellow to off-white in color, firm to the touch with a slightly crumbly texture. A dairy farmer, Joseph Harding, who lived near Cheddar village described the cheese in 1864 as "close and firm in texture, yet mellow in character or quality; it is rich with a tendency to melt in the mouth, the flavor full and fine, approaching to that of a hazelnut."
Harding knew a lot about Cheddar making. He introduced better hygiene into the process as well as mechanizing some of it and he and his wife were chiefly responsible for introducing Cheddar cheese into Scotland and to North America, too. His son, Henry, later continued the tradition by taking the recipe to Australia.
As I said at the beginning of this article, I have found some very acceptable Cheddars here in the United States. I have also found some products that I hesitate to call cheese and would never dream of calling Cheddar, despite the name being on the label. When all of these products are lumped together they account for some three and a quarter billion pounds of Cheddar produced in America each year.
This massive amount does not always come in small packs. President Andrew Jackson served a 1,400-pound block of Cheddar at the White House, but even this is tiny compared to the Wisconsin cheese weighing 34,951 pounds that was produced for the 1964 New York World's Fair and this in turn was over shadowed by the Federation of American Cheese-makers, who, in Oregon in 1989, made a colossal cheese weighing 56,850 pounds.
I don't buy it in those quantities of course, but I will confess my ideal of a quiet supper at home is fresh French bread with creamy butter, a few crackers, a plate with a good Cheddar, maybe a few grapes or an apple, a good book and a glass of Merlot or Premier Cotes du Rhone. Absolute bliss!
Derek Coleman is a part-time writer who is a native of England and who now lives in Hurricane, W.Va. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.