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FORT COLLINS, CO – Fort Collins Utilities participates in the National Flood Insurance Program's Community Rating System (CRS). The CRS is an incentive program for communities to go above and beyond the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) minimum standards for floodplain management.
Based on this rating system, flood insurance discounts may be up to 30 percent for residents and businesses within Fort Collins' city limits. Fort Collins receives one of the largest discounts in the country.
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Oscar Wilde wrote, "The only good thing to do with good advice is pass it on; it is never of any use to oneself."
Good advice, bad advice, utterly useless advice — people love to pass it on.
In working with people and their dogs, I hear all kinds of "surefire" strategies for shaping canine behavior — tactics passed down from generation to generation, neighbor to neighbor, stranger to stranger. And there's little chance any of it ever worked for any of the people who so generously share it.
Recently I was talking with a woman who has an 11-week-old puppy who is nipping. She had something in the neighborhood of four family members and 20-something friends and acquaintances weighing in on what to do to curb this "behavioral problem."
"He's trying to talk to you."
Really? What's he trying to say? "Please don't listen to anything this person has to say"?
"Tap your dog on the nose and say 'bad bite.'"
"Bad bite"? I'm an English-speaking human being and I don't even know what that means. You might as well say "tuna on rye," because it's all the same to your pup. What's worse, "tapping" your dog on the nose — whether with your hand or the much-vaunted rolled-up newspaper — has a better chance of making your dog hand-shy, fearful or even aggressive than it does of curing him of any "problem behaviors."
"Turn your back on the dog."
So he can nip that booty? If anybody has a clue about this one, please be in touch.
And one of my all-time favorites:
"Ask him: 'Why are you biting your mother?'"
Did she give birth to this pup? Is something going on that I'm not aware of? And is someone out there waiting for their dog to respond to this question?
Besides the senselessness, the cluelessness, the dangerousness and the flat-out lunacy of some of this stuff, the real problem with all of this advice is that it's based on a fallacy.
A puppy's nipping isn't a behavioral problem; it's a physical problem. Just like babies, puppies teethe. They nip because the pressure provides relief from the pain. So the objective isn't to punish the dog or to deter the undeterrable. Your job as the pup's guardian and as someone who loves this little creature is to provide him with something that will offer even more relief than your fingers or the leg of that dining chair.
Ice chips and frozen treats help. But one of the most effective tools costs little to nothing and works beautifully: the frozen washcloth.
If you have a teething puppy in the house, wet a handful of washcloths and put them in the freezer. When your pup starts nipping — and he will because it's perfectly natural — give him a frozen washcloth to chew on. The cold will feel good against his sore gums as it works as a numbing agent.
If only there were something equally effective at silencing the passers-on of bad advice.
Dog trainer Matthew "Uncle Matty" Margolis is co-author of 18 books about dogs, a behaviorist, a popular radio and television guest, and host of the PBS series "WOOF! It's a Dog's Life!" Read all of Uncle Matty's columns at www.creators.com, and visit him at www.unclematty.com. Send your questions to [email protected] or by mail to Uncle Matty at P.O. Box 3300, Diamond Springs, CA 95619.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy is not the first President of the United States to be assassinated, but in this critical time - in the face of deep domestic and world tensions - it seems such a waste of young, competent talent that a deed of such enormity was committed and this courageous man removed from the national and world scenes. He had dedicated himself to the causes of freedom, justice and peace. His contributions to which as extolled by world statesmen."
- The Staunton News-Leader editorial, Sunday, Nov. 24, 1963.
The writers of the above editorial, in the wake of one of the saddest weekends in the nation's history, were correct about the waste of a great young leader. What they didn't know is that 50 years later the nation would still be looking for someone like John F. Kennedy to provide the next vision, the next goal, the next point on the horizon for the nation to aim toward.
In the three years JFK was in office, he accomplished more than many presidents have in eight. He set our course to the moon, reaffirmed that all men are created equal and likely saved the world by staring down a Russian tyrant in a game of chess on the Atlantic Ocean.
Today, we have no capability to get to the moon and our current president canceled plans for a manned mission to Mars. We are still struggling to assure that all people are assured equality. Now that the Russian threat has been greatly diminished, we spend our energy trying to keep two-bit dictators from acquiring weapons to blow up their neighbors.
We still miss John F. Kennedy.
We miss his optimism. We miss the hope for our country. We miss the vision for the future. We miss the challenge to be better than we think we can be.
American exceptionalism has been in the news and up for debate lately. Kennedy invented it. He took our momentum as a Superpower after World War II, told us we were great and we believed it. For a while, we were great. Then Vietnam and Watergate happened. Then the Iranian hostage crisis happened. Then terrorism happened and now it seems we are not so sure we are great anymore. And if we are great then somehow we feel guilty about being better than everyone else. It's no fun to cheer, "We're No. 1, but we apologize for that."
We are still looking for John F. Kennedy.
We are looking for someone to pull us out of the malaise and assure us again that our future is bright and that we are on the right track. A poll out Thursday said 75 percent of Americans say the country is on the wrong track. We are looking for someone to challenge us to advance technologically, to explore, to better educate our children and most of all to lead. We are looking for someone to stand up and tell us that if we want a better country then we all need to work to make it better, not that this party needs to do this or that.
Can a John F. Kennedy become president today?
The current political environment, where moderation and common sense often go to die, is as challenging as ever. Still, one hopes exceptional leaders from either party with clear vision and goals would be able to make it through the process but it is much different and much more challenging for a leader like Kennedy to go to the forefront or want to be in that environment.
Much was lost on that day 50 years ago in Dallas. We will never know how this interrupted story would have ended. The Israeli deputy prime minister at the time, Abba Eban, summed up the thoughts of many then and today with these words, "Tragedy is the difference between what is and what might have been."


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Starfishman (Patrick) using this rocket to battle the Patty U.F.O. in the video game "Creature from the Krusty Krab." The first owner of the rocket was not Starfishman, but his arch-enemy, Dreaded Patrick. In the game, Dreaded Patrick ties Starfishman to his rocket after trying to save a civilian also tied to the rocket and blasts him into space in an attempt to destroy him. But the brave sea star did not give up his life for the world to become under the power of the evil Dreaded Patrick. The sea star unties himself, and saves himself and the world.defending the space station from asteroids and destroying the patty U.F.O and flew it back to earth falling asleep along the way but manage to press the panic button before crashing into a building. The color of the rocket is steel gray with green laser with a little window with a stick behind it. On bonus version the rocket color is pink with flame near a jet with pink color. One part of the rocket including panic button.


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Peggy Ann Souder, age 60, of Mechanicsburg, passed away on Thursday, November 8, 2012 at her home. Born September 6, 1952 in Mechanicsburg, she was a daughter of Dorothy (Brenneman) Souder of Mechanicsburg and the late Glenn L. Souder.
Peggy began working for Hall's Motor Transit before moving on to AMP, Inc. where she worked as a payroll associate from 1987 to 1999 and as an accounting associate in the tax department of Tyco from 1999 to 2011. She was a member of Otterbein United Methodist Church in Carlisle where she worked in the church nursery and more recently served as financial secretary. Peggy enjoyed traveling, was a great lover of cats, but most importantly took great pride in helping people in whatever ways she could.
Surviving is her husband, Donald L. Souder; her brother, Larry E. Souder and companion Luann Fry of Mechanicsburg; her sister, Debra M. Diehl and husband Stuart of Lewisberry; her brothers and sisters-in-law, Paul Souder and wife Alyene, Patti Fry and husband Bill, and Susan Souder and husband Tony Abata; as well as her nieces and nephews, Jeremy and Colleen Souder, Matthew and Tracey Diehl, and Jennifer Richards. In addition to her father, Peggy was preceded in death by her brother-in-law, Roger Souder.
Memorial services will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday, November 17 at Otterbein United Methodist Church, 647 Forge Road, Carlisle immediately followed by a visitation and time of fellowship in the church's social hall.
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The Iroquois people have a well-known saying: In every deliberation, we must consider the impact on the seventh generation. Sadly, generations of policy makers in industrialized nations have failed to heed this simple wisdom. The world's youth have the responsibility of fixing the mistakes made in the past. The more we do to prepare them now, the better-equipped they will be to clean up the mess.
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Already the country most affected by climate change, Bangladesh was ground zero for the tsunami of 2006, which left an indelible impression on the Bangladeshi people that climate change is not a theory but a reality wreaking havoc on their nation. Earth Day Network is proud to work with tens of thousands of organizations in places most directly affected by climate change, and hopes more will follow Ashrai's example and teach the children of the world how to create a sustainable future. Be sure to share with us what you're doing for Earth Day this year!


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I dont think that is confirmed yet... Last offical word from the team about Guy was that they had agreed terms, but nothing had been signed and it had been 6 to 10 weeks since they had last heard from him.
Agreed on the Connor front. He is a top rider, a real gent, and not to mention a true inspiration coming back from THAT crash in 2010. Although, personally i feel that the Kawasaki is a better Bike than the Suzuki (on the roads anyway) Factory backing should help solve that...


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In this special-edition LangaList Plus column, a half-dozen easily implemented settings can help make your Wi-Fi setup much harder to crack, snoop, or poach.
Plus: Scheduling Windows Defender malware scans in Win8, mirroring a solid-state drive, a DIY CPU-cooler repair, and recommending a free taskbar-tweaking utility.
Proven techniques to secure your Wi-Fi network
Information in a Microsoft TechNet article made Windows Secrets reader David Dooley wonder about some advice he'd read in Windows Secrets.
"In Fred's article, 'Routers using WPS are intrinsically unsafe' [Dec. 13, 2012, Top Story], he suggests disabling a router's service set identifier — in effect telling the device to not broadcast its SSID.
"However, one of the TechNet links in Fred's article states that some Windows computers will advertise the SSIDs of previously connected wireless networks.
"Doesn't this defeat the purpose of hiding or not broadcasting the SSID?"
A router's human-friendly SSID name can make connecting PCs, tablets, and phones to a wireless network easier — especially if there are numerous active Wi-Fi networks nearby. But SSID broadcasting is a convenience, not a necessity. Wi-Fi networks work just fine without it.
Disabling SSID broadcasting makes it harder for casual snoops and Wi-Fi freeloaders to find (and possibly attack or exploit) wireless networks. Invoking the theory that thwarting any attack — even casual hacks and amateur snooping — is a good thing, I think disabling SSID is worthwhile.
That said, disabling SSID broadcasts will not stop attacks by knowledgeable, competent hackers who can sniff out Wi-Fi nets by various methods — regardless of whether a router is broadcasting its SSID.
So simply disabling SSID broadcasts is in no way a viable means of securing your router. But when combined with other security techniques, it can help protect your Wi-Fi setup from any level of hack attack — amateur to expert.
These four components are the heart of Wi-Fi security:
- Router-administrator password: Secure access to the router's setup menus with a long, unique, high-quality password. (For information on creating and testing strong passwords and passphrases, see the Jan. 10 Top Story, "Let your PC start the new year right!" Scroll down to "Do a thorough review of your PC's defenses" and review the section on passwords.)
- Wi-Fi security key: As with the admin password, use a long, unique, high-quality security key to prevent unauthorized connections to your router. (A tool such as Gibson Research Corporation's free Ultra High Security Password Generator [site] can help. Or see the aforementioned Top Story's section on passwords.)
- WPA2 encryption: Set the router to use WPA2 (currently the strongest encryption available) to prevent hackers from snooping data you send and receive over Wi-Fi. Don't use WEP, which today's hacker tools can crack in minutes, or WPA — which is less easily cracked but fell to hackers back in 2008.
- Wi-Fi Protected Setup: You should disable WPS, an automated setup technology included with many routers. As reported in the Dec. 13, 2012, Top Story, "Routers using WPS are intrinsically unsafe," hackers can use WPS as a back door into your setup.
Disabling SSID is one of two secondary techniques for adding small, incremental levels of router security. The other is to apply MAC address filtering (Wikipedia definition), which will make it harder for unknown or unauthorized devices to connect to your router.
Although neither method is proof against serious, competent hacks, both will hinder common drive-by snoops, simple connection-poachers, and other forms of casual digital attack.
Used together, these six techniques will make your router much, much harder to crack than most (often minimally configured) Wi-Fi setups.
And that's just what you want!
How to schedule malware scans in Win8
Reader Gerald Mingus noticed a missing feature in Windows 8's built-in anti-malware tool, Windows Defender.
"Over the past several years (actually, since it came out), you've recommended — and I've quite happily used — Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE). I was pleased when MSE went to Version 2.
"So I didn't mind that Windows 8 is also using a version of MSE (now called by the old name — Windows Defender).
"But I am wondering why there's no ability to schedule scans. Am I missing something?"
No, you're right; there's no setting inside Windows Defender for conveniently scheduling malware scans. Instead, you can control the timing and frequency of Windows Defender's scans via the Win8 Task Scheduler.
Here's how you set it up:
- Open Task Scheduler via Control Panel/System and Security/Administrative Tools/Task Scheduler or by opening the Charms bar; then search Settings, using the phrase: schedule tasks.
- When Task Scheduler opens, navigate down the leftmost pane to the setting for Windows Defender (Task Scheduler Library/Microsoft/Windows/Windows Defender).
At the top of the middle pane, right-click Windows Defender Scheduled Scans and select Properties, as shown in Figure 1.
- In the Windows Defender Scheduled Scans Properties dialog box, select the Triggers tab and then click the New button (see Figure 2). A New Trigger dialog box will open.
- Task Scheduler offers many types of task triggers. In this case, you want to select On a schedule in the Begin the task option, as shown in Figure 3.
- Adjust the On a schedule options as you wish. For Windows Defender scans, I suggest using Daily or Weekly scans. Select an immediate Start date and set a time when your PC is likely to be on but not in heavy use. (See Figure 4.)
When all the settings are to your liking, click OK and close Task Scheduler. You're done!
For more information on using Task Scheduler, see the Oct. 11, 2012, Top Story, "Exploring Windows' Administrative Tools: Part 4." Although that article focuses on Win7, Win8's Task Scheduler is nearly identical.
Note: As Gerald indicated, there are two totally different Microsoft products named "Windows Defender." To add to the confusion, Microsoft also offers four other desktop security utilities — though not all of them work on all versions of Windows. If you need a summary of Microsoft's anti-malware products, see the April 4 Top Story, "Microsoft's six free desktop security tools."
Pseudo-mirroring of a solid-state drive
Pierre Decrocq wants to undertake a form of disk-mirroring for his solid-state drive (SSD).
"I'd like to take advantage of the boosted performance of an SSD in my Win7 desktop system.
"I plan to install an SSD of the same size as my current system hard disk and mirror the system disk to the SSD — then subsequently use the SSD as the system disk.
"I will then apply updates (Windows and others) to the SSD instead of the now 'old' hard disk.
"What will happen in case of SSD failure? I'd like to keep the former system disk up to date and be able to use it again as the active system disk, if needed.
"What do you advise? Is there a way to mirror the SSD on the old hard drive?"
Disk-mirroring is a form of RAID setup (see Wikipedia article). It would work, but I think that's overkill for what you need.
(At this point, I think RAID is almost never justified on desktop systems. It adds lots of complexity for very little actual benefit — but that's another rant.)
Instead of mirroring (or any other RAID approach), I suggest simply imaging your SSD on a routine basis — weekly, monthly, or whatever — and saving the image file to your old, spinning-platter drive.
Then, if anything happens to the SSD, you can repair or replace the damaged drive, restore the saved image, and be back more or less where you were in one step. You'd then use your incremental backups to restore any files added or changed since the last full image was made.
Win7/8 and Vista have all the tools you need, built in. The May 12, 2011, Top Story, "Build a complete Windows 7 safety net," has the specifics. (Vista's built-in disk-imaging tool is similar to Win7's, and Win8(.0)'s is essentially identical, as discussed in the March 28 LangaList Plus item, "Win8's built-in, hidden, image/backup tool.") Only XP requires use of a third-party disk-imaging tool.
With regular disk imaging, you'll always be able to get back to a full, ready-to-use Windows setup — no matter what happens to the original drive!
Repairing a CPU cooling fan and fins
Robert Platt's PC has suffered a dangerous hardware failure.
"I have a no-name, mongrel computer. Recently the CPU fan and cooling fins dropped off the CPU!
"I took a closer look and found that the little catch on the fan's side had broken off. I now have to lay the computer on its side to make it work.
"Could I just Super Glue the fan and cooling fins back as they were? Thanks in advance for the help."
No, adhesive won't work. But there are a couple of repair options that just might get you going again.
Here's why glue won't work. Generally, the upper surface of most CPU carriers is flat metal. It's mated to a similarly flat base of the cooling-fin/heat-exchanger/fan assembly. The flat, metal-to-metal contact lets heat flow from the CPU into the cooling fins, where the heat is carried away by the fan's forced convection. (Often there's a metallic paste to help the transfer; more on that below.)
The metal-to-metal contact is usually entirely mechanical: the cooling fin assembly is typically held firmly in place by springs, clips, or screws. No adhesives are used because they would act as an insulating layer between the CPU and the cooling fins, thus reducing the flow of heat out of the CPU and keeping the chip hotter than it should be.
If you've looked at the top of your CPU (or the bottom of your cooling-fin/cooling-fan assembly), you might have noticed a substance that looks like glue. It's emphatically not! It's thermal grease or paste (Wikipedia explanation) — a special-purpose, highly conductive goop that's applied to the top of the CPU before the fin assembly is clamped on. The thermal grease enhances the flow of heat between the CPU and the heat exchanger.
Your best repair option? If the broken part of the clamp is on the fin/fan/heat-exchanger assembly, you probably can buy an identical replacement part from any of the larger PC parts suppliers (e.g., newegg.com, tigerdirect.com, and others). Basic fans and fin assemblies are not expensive.
If the broken part is on the base — the CPU socket that's permanently mounted on the mainboard — your best option might be to gin up a nonadhesive, purely mechanical means to clamp the cooling fin assembly firmly to the top of the CPU.
As long as your CPU remains relatively cool, thin-gauge, lightweight plastic zip-ties might work. They're flexible, easy to work with, easy to pull tight; they're also nonconductive — safe to use around circuitry.
To maximize the heat flow through your jury-rigged setup, you might wish to purchase and use thermal grease in your new assembly, even if it wasn't used in the original setup. Thermal grease is inexpensive — a few dollars will buy a small tube from the same sources that sell PC fans and heat exchangers — and a little goes a long way.
For information on using thermal grease, see the Hardware Secrets (no relation to Windows Secrets) article, "How to correctly apply thermal paste."
Free taskbar-tweaking utility for Win7/8
Frequent contributor Douglas J. Ward wrote to tell us of a useful utility he found.
"In my daily grind, I edit multiple report files, compile them, and view the results. In no time, I have many windows open at once.
"My problem is with the Windows taskbar popups. They constantly get in the way, should I 'accidentally' leave the confines of a window and touch the task bar. I applied some well-known Registry patches to disable them, but the little demons persist in popping up, vexing me no end.
"The only other fix I could find was to increase the hover delay for all popup notifications. Unfortunately, it's a global change (that might be OK for some folks), and I am concerned only with the taskbar.
"An Internet search turned up 7+ Taskbar Tweaker (site).
"This free utility provides a raft of features not available from within Windows — in particular, a way to disable the pesky taskbar popups. I can also show the seconds in the clock and, if I double-click in an unused portion of the taskbar (sometimes hard to find), it sends a CTRL-WIN-TAB key press [displaying all open windows in a stacked view].
"It has many other features, but these three features are all I use. The first alone is enough for me to recommend this little gem to Windows Secrets!"
Thanks, Doug.
When you said, "many other features," you weren't kidding, as Figure 5 shows.
Thanks again, Doug!
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A locus is a set of points that meet a given condition. The definition of a circle locus of points a given distance from a given point in a 2-dimensional plane. The given distance is the radius and the given point is the center of the circle. In 3-dimensions (space), we would define a sphere as the set of points in space a given distance from a given point.
A term in Geometry that's a little bit confusing is Locus and we're not talking about one of the plagues here. we're talking about a set of points that meet a given condition, so to examine what this means let's look at 2 examples, first one says draw all the points 5 centimeters away from point p in the plane. So here's point p the plane would be the plane of the board. Remember planes are 2 dimensional and they extend infinitely in every direction. So if I start to think about well 5 centimeters you know just probably about right there and a point 5 centimeters away from point p could be right there. I can also have a point on the other side of point p and I can continue finding points that are about 5 centimeters away from point p until I'm blue in the face.And as you're going to see eventually if I did this for long enough I would have a circle. So a locus is all of these points that meet a specific condition in which case this one said 5 centimeters away from point p in that plane. Which leads us to our definition of a circle, which is the locus of points at given distance away from a given point in a plane. So it's kind of a long way of saying if I give you a point a circle by definition is all those points that are certain distance away from that point that I gave you.Let's go back to the second example, second example says draw all the points 5 centimeters away from point o in space. So we've got point o and obviously I won't be able to draw space which is coming out at you and it's going into the board but I can kind of make a guess. Well what it's going to look like is we're going to have all of these points o that'll be in the plane of the board and then we're going to have points that are going to come out of the board so I guess what I can do is I can draw a kind of a curve here which will show all the points that are coming up and I'm going to draw a dotted line for all the points that go into the board back into the board that are 5 centimeters away. So what we've drawn here is a sphere so that's the definition of a sphere which is related to a circle plus spheres talking about 3 dimensions. So it's the locus of points that are a given distance away from a point in space. So we're talking about 3 dimensions which is the space that we live in. So the key concept there is that a locus is all of the points that meet a given condition.
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Ohio Farm Bureau recently held an online food preservation meeting discussing freezing and water bath techniques. Joining me during the meeting was Linnette Goard, food specialist, food safety, Ohio State University Extension.
As an enthusiastic home canner, Im always up for a conversation on food preservation. But you may wonder why Farm Bureau, an organization known for its policy development process, held a meeting on home canning? As it turns out, people are really interested in learning how to preserve food. I mean, home canning is HOT! (Pun intended.) And members have expressed an interest in learning more about how to preserve the food they grow.
I enjoyed visiting with Linnette and sharing our conversation with attendees. For many participants, the event was their first interaction with Farm Bureau.
Im excited that Farm Bureau wants to engage more members with topics that are important to them. That's why weve developed two new online communities around food where participants can find answers to their questions, talk with other enthusiasts and share ideas (including online meeting suggestions). You can check out these groups by visiting the Our Ohio Gardening Group and the Our Ohio Cooking Group to join in the conversation.
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Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians was written during a difficult period in his relations with the church at Corinth. Some members of the church had evidently made strong attacks against Paul, but he shows his deep longing for reconciliation and expresses his great joy when this is brought about.
In the first part of the letter Paul discusses his relationship with the church at Corinth, explaining why he had responded with severity to insult and opposition in the church and expressing his joy that this severity had resulted in repentance and reconciliation. Then he appeals to the church for a generous offering to help the needy Christians in Judea. In the final chapters Paul defends his apostleship against a few people at Corinth who had set themselves up as true apostles, while accusing Paul of being a false one.
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Introduction (1.1-11)
Paul and the church at Corinth (1.12—7.16)
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Paul had personally helped found the church in Corinth, a bustling Greek port city. The letters Paul wrote to this church are evidence that Paul cared deeply about the way the believers there lived out their faith. In 2 Corinthians, Paul again addresses a number of disputes on religious and ethical matters. He also defends his right to be considered an apostle, warns against the teachings of false apostles, and asks the Corinthians to give money to support the struggling church in Jerusalem.
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By Evan Brunell
Isn't it high time to send Kyle Drabek back to Triple-A?
Manager John Farrell is adamant that won't happen, as the Blue Jays feel the right-hander needs to develop in the majors.
"I just want to cut that off right now," Farrell said before Drabek's start on Sunday to the National Post. "There's been no discussion of sending Kyle to Triple-A or to suggest that what he's dealing with, in his own maturity right now, is leading to that. So that needs to be squelched right now."
Sorry, John, but there's no squelching to be had after Drabek's brutal outing against the Red Sox, lasting just four innings (and not registering a single out in the fifth, facing five batters) and throwing 91 pitches, just 49 percent for strikes. He gave up eight earned runs with an eye-popping three home runs allowed. He did strike out five, but his control issues continued unabated with four walks, pushing his season total to 52. Compare that with 48 strikeouts, and you have a beyond-awful K/BB rate. His 0.92 ratio is last in baseball among qualified starters, with the Angels' Tyler Chatwood second-worst at 1.01. Compare that to MLB leader Roy Halladay and his 7.57 mark.
"I'm very frustrated right now," the 23-year-old said. "I couldn't tell you the last real quality game I've had. It's frustrating walking people and giving up hits, not giving your team a chance to win."
No one, not even Drabek, knows why he's so erratic with command. Drabek claims he is fine between starts when he tosses bullpens, but once the game starts, he can't throw strikes. That was particularly evident in the third inning when Drabek fell behind the final five batters of the inning by throwing 13 balls and six strikes.But a demotion? Nope, Farrell says. Again, why?
"He's learning as he goes," Farrell said before the game. "And we are fully accepting of the growing pains that he is going to be better for in time. He may walk out today and throw seven shutout innings, and now all of a sudden he's overcome all his issues."
This is all the more confusing given the Jays demoted another struggling young starter, Brett Cecil, to the minors where he is working on regaining his lost velocity and spotting it. It seems as if Farrell's reasoning is based solely on Drabek suddenly figuring things out, but couldn't you say the same of Cecil? Even if Toronto contends that Cecil needed work beyond just suddenly figuring it out, like they seem to feel Drabek can do, couldn't Drabek benefit from rediscovering his lost command in the minors where he would have a chance to boost his overall confidence, which could lead to improved pitching?
Right now, Drabek is 4-5 with a 5.70 ERA. That's not a major-league pitcher, and Toronto needs to re-evaluate its stubborn decision to not keep Drabek down on the farm. Drabek's next start comes against the Reds on Saturday. If he's not able to turn in a quality start, Farrell needs to rethink his position on sending Drabek down.
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EAPrep Student Wins Scholastic Art and Writing Gold Medal For Video Game Design
East Austin College Prep 8th grader Michael Alvarez won a Gold Medal and Game Changer Award at the 2012 National Scholastic Art & Writing Awards held by the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers in New York City. Created in 1923, the awards are the longest-running, most prestigious recognition program for creative teens in the U.S., and the largest source of scholarships for young artists and writers. Micheal's Gold Medal win at the National Level in the Video Game category is an incredibly prestigious honor and EAPrep is over the moon for him and his accomplishment. Just look at this list of noted winners from the past:
Andy Warhol, Sylvia Plath, Truman Capote, Richard Avedon, Robert Redford and Joyce Carol Oates. That's pretty incredible company!
The Alliance partners with more than 100 visual and literary-arts focused organizations across the country to bring the awards competition to local communities. Teens in grades 7 through 12 can apply in 28 categories of art and writing for the chance to earn scholarships and have their works exhibited or published.
Submissions are juried by luminaries in the visual and literary arts, some of whom are past award recipients. Panelists look for works that best exemplify originality, technical skill and the emergence of a personal voice or vision.
National Medalists, like Michael, are celebrated at a prestigious Carnegie Hall ceremony and have their work showcased in reputable galleries in New York City. Of course, we will be celebrating here at EAPrep, too. Congratulations to Michael and all those who helped him get his work ready for competition.
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Always-On With Amazon S3
Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) continues its steady growth, attracting storage users from the startup to the enterprise. But many are concerned about putting all their eggs in the S3 basket, and other companies are rising to the challenge. Recently, Nasuni and Gemini briefed me on products that might ease the concerns of Amazon S3 users. Although they take very different approaches, each allows enterprise cloud storage customers to balance their storage between multiple providers.
Gemini recently introduced Cloudian, a cloud storage software product that is intended to be API-compatible with Amazon S3. This product enables service providers to deploy cloud storage services that can easily be used by existing Amazon customers. Gemini intends to keep up with Amazon's development of S3 and be as feature-complete as possible.
A service provider would deploy Cloudian to create its own cloud storage service offering. Customers could then point any Amazon S3-compatible application to this cloud storage solution. Although Gemini suggests customers will use this as an alternative to Amazon S3, I suspect many will see it as a high-availability or disaster recovery solution, using it alongside S3 for production or development.
But how would a customer use multiple cloud storage platforms at once? Some could code their applications to point to both, and S3 compatibility makes this much simpler to implement. Off-the-shelf applications could also plug into Cloudian service providers, assuming they allow customers to plug in proper credentials.
Although other cloud storage enablers exist, Cloudian is the first I have heard of that mirrors Amazon S3 so closely. Solutions like Mezeo, Scality and Cleversafe include their own APIs, as well as a connector with S3 compatibility. OpenStack is perhaps the closest alternative, implementing a subset of S3 functionality along with compute and disk image storage. But the prospect of an alternative service that implements the entire S3 solution is intriguing.
However, not all applications are coded to use cloud storage at all. For them, the Nasuni Storage Controller is a good alternative. An on-site, scale-out NAS appliance, Nasuni uses cloud storage for high-availability and disaster recovery behind the scenes. It can transparently mirror local data to a number of cloud storage solutions, including Amazon S3.
Nasuni can already mirror data to multiple cloud storage providers, regardless of their API. This has proven popular with enterprise users who are unsure of the long-term viability of their vendors, as well as those who inherently mistrust the cloud. Nasuni's built-in encryption helps add peace of mind, too.
Things certainly get interesting when a cloud service provider is no longer available for use. In the event of a disaster (or even if a service provider exits the business), Nasuni can redirect data access to another provider. This is possible because its Storage Controller maintains the "mapping" between local data and the cloud. Some have even used Nasuni to migrate data from one service provider to another using this capability.
After all, customers are not so concerned about Amazon that they're willing to put all their eggs in someone else's basket. Rather, they want to balance their risk by using multiple providers, and Nasuni and Gemini could become components in just such a solution.Stephen Foskett is an active participant in the world of enterprise information technology, currently focusing on enterprise storage and cloud computing. He is responsible for Gestalt IT, a community of independent IT thought leaders, and organizes the popular Tech Field Day ... View Full Bio


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Alex Butler, Founder KindredHQ: From Disrupting Companies to Starting Her Own
six years working in government, Alex Butler is this month launching KindredHQ, a
new service for freethinkers and doers inspired by her fascination with the
evolution of the collaborative working economy,
Alex has over 20 years of experience in creative businesses – small start-ups to large multinationals – advertising, branding and in technology companies.
Constantly stimulated by the ideas she hears, Alex is at her best when she's helping some of those ideas become reality, by linking people up, inspiring them to continue, and by using her knowledge of how to get things done in complex organizations. Part of this is advising companies and individuals how to make the right connections and get onto the same wavelength. Alex is a passionate campaigner for simplicity wherever she sees unnecessary complexity.
We spoke to Alex about her three golden rules of brand development; what
she most enjoys about running her own company; and why she wants to reclaim
the phrase 'make a living'.
TNW: What was the inspired moment that led you to leave your post in government and launch KindredHQ? Was it difficult to summon the courage to strike out on your own?
AB: To be honest, I'd been toying with the idea of working for myself and exploring my inner entrepreneur for some time. My role in the UK government involved lots of contact with the UK digital technology and social entrepreneurs, and I'd been involved in innovation within the delivery of public services, so it was hard not to see the opportunities.
In fact, it's true to say that I have a love/hate relationship with large, complex organisations. I have sometimes been taken into these jobs specifically to disrupt and bring about change.
I enjoyed doing this in government, but after 5 years, I took advantage of a large-scale reduction in the UK public sector to leave, move on to new things and take that great experience with me.
TNW: KindredHQ launches in January. How are your launch plans coming along?
AB: Generally in the right direction! I've been overwhelmed by support and help from friends, colleagues and Twitter and I'm concentrating on delivering great content for the launch including some very interesting video interviews with some unlikely stars. I'm learning so much about my market by doing this myself. The extraordinary generosity of others, the importance of authenticity and also how important it is to have other people around you.
TNW: After working in the Public Sector for six years, what are you most enjoying about running your own business so far?
Without a doubt the best thing about running my own business is being able to deliver things the way you want to, without having to compromise to mediocrity.
And because you do it all yourself, you learn new things all the time. And you can get things done quickly!
TNW: What has been your biggest challenge in these early days of your company, from planning to funding and execution, and how could others learn from it?
AB: Getting from great content and nurturing a solid online community is relatively easy. What's been hard is working out how to bring in revenue fast enough to make sure that the business remains viable. I'm self funding this right now, and that's a finite resource. I soon learnt that this isn't a linear process and I've got to do everything all at the same time. If I were starting this process again, I'd have been tougher with myself on my time management in the early days.
I've also learnt that it's important to just get started with something. It's easy to go around in a big circle as you get overwhelmed. I'll be launching with a simple blog. Easy (and cheap!).
TNW: How important is technology to the
success of your company? How do you see technology as a key growth driver?
AB: Technology is hugely important to the business, although it isn't a technology business if that makes sense. It is a critical enabler of the connections and the infrastructure that will make the business fly. It is certainly a driver of growth, whether that's the ability to be able to develop tools and services cost effectively or a way of growing our community.
TNW: How has Dell or the Dell Women's Entrepreneur Network enabled you to launch your business? What do you see as the benefits of all-women networks such as DWEN?
AB: Where do I start? I was introduced to DWEN by Judith Clegg of the Glasshouse Network in London and I joined the 2011 DWEN conference in Rio., meeting amazing women from across the globe. That really made me re-evaluate the direction that I was taking. The case studies, and the women I met really did restore my own confidence in my idea.
Generally speaking, whilst I know many fabulous women, I'm not concerned with all women networks, but this one works really well.
Dell is absolutely the right partner for a group of women entrepreneurs too, and I was impressed that they are genuinely interested in helping open doors and help you make the right contacts. And no hard sell.
TNW: You've been quoted as saying "I'm constantly stimulated by the ideas I hear. I think I'm at my best when I'm helping some of those ideas become reality". What has been the most exciting idea that you have helped to realise in your career?
AB: There are so many, but perhaps one of the most recent was something I developed whilst in the UK government. It struck me that the entrepreneurs that I'd met had a very different take on life to those who choose a career in public service, and yet they all want to change the world in their own way. So, I delivered a 6-week programme of digital innovation with groups of civil servants, in effect asking them to take a digital idea to market in that time, with business plans, funding etc. The results were extraordinary and some of those ideas are infinitely bankable, not to mention the life long experience of having been involved for those individuals.
TNW: Which three golden rules of brand development would you advise entrepreneurs to follow?
AB: Wow. I'm supposed to be an expert in brand development, but my answers have changed now that the boot is on the other foot. Firstly, grab the very best domain name that you can, and pay for it if necessary. Secondly, embrace your audience in developing your brand and being part of it and the values that it represents, after all they are your customers.
Lastly, you are the brand, so remember that everything you contribute on the web is brand development. That can be both a positive and a negative.
TNW: What form does your campaign for simplicity take?
AB: Reclaiming the phrase 'make a living'. I genuinely think that people who work at doing the things they enjoy will contribute more to society and value other people who do the same.
TNW: Do you have a motto which sums up your approach to business, and to life?
Maya Angelou famously said 'I've learnt that making a living is not the same thing as making a life'. I can't sum it up better than that.
TNW: Is there anything we haven't asked you, but you'd like to share with our community?
AB: Well, the most obvious thing to share is the website address, which is kindredhq.com. It would be great to see you there.
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Rick Van Glahn, pictured here, has announced he is running in the Republican primary for the 11th District seat in Congress.
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Sam (Stephen ManganGreen Wing) is a fantasy novelist who is whisked off to a Tolkien-style parallel universe by a noble elf, a sexy warrior princess (Sophie WinklemanPeep Show, Red Dwarf) and a feisty dwarf called Dean. Why? Because Sams dog is the Chosen One who is destined to save Lower Earth from the evil Lord Darkness (Alistair McGowanAlistair McGowans Big Impression). Also stars Darren Boyd (Saxondale, Smack the Pony) as Vidar the Elf Lord, Kevin Eldon (Hyperdrive, Big Train) as Dean the Dwarf and Dave Lamb (Moving Wallpaper) as Amis.
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Lisa Reinertson, known both for her large scale figurative ceramic sculptures and for her significant public memorials in bronze, including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the UC Davis campus and Cesar Chavez, in Sacramento's Chavez Plaza Park, has returned to working primarily in clay to produce a new body of work on view in Lisa Reinertson: Edge of Extinction, at the Pence Gallery from April 26 through June 14.
In this exhibition, Reinertson explores our relationship with the animal world, driven by her awareness of the crisis of so many animals on the verge of extinction. Human figures are portrayed in relation with animals, such as a bear, wolf or gorilla, reminding us that under our manmade world is the primal natural world that sustains and supports us. Exploring the meanings behind the associations we attach to animals, Reinertson's animals are intimately attached to the human presence they define. Resonating in myth and poetry, her sculptures express an awareness of our responsibility of stewardship for life on this earth, which is ultimately interlinked with our own survival.
Reinertson's work has been featured in exhibitions and museums both nationally and internationally, including the Crocker Art Museum, Oakland Museum, Arizona State University Art Museum, and the International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza, Italy. Reinertson completed her master's degree in fine art at UC Davis, studying with Robert Arneson and Manuel Neri. She has completed over 20 public commissions, has held professorships at several institutions of higher learning and is Adjunct Faculty with the San Francisco Art Institute.
Public Reception and 2nd Friday ArtAbout: Please visit us on Friday, April 26 and Friday, May 10 from 6-9 PM for receptions to meet the artist and view the exhibit. FREE.
Artist Social: Saturday, April 27, 4-5 PM. FREE. Come by the Pence during the 25th Annual California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art to meet Lisa Reinertson, view her ceramic sculptures, and enjoy casual conversation on ceramic art.
Hope for Endangered Animals: Lisa Reinertson and Dr. Kirsten Gilardi, Saturday, May 18, 7-8:30 PM. FREE. Join artist Lisa Reinertson and Dr. Kirsten Gilardi, Co-Director of the Gorilla Doctors, for a discussion on the organization's work with endangered mountain gorillas in Rwanda, and how the crisis of endangered animals has influenced Reinertson's sculptural work. The Gorilla Doctors organization was formed by the UC Davis Wildlife Health Center and The Mountain Gorillas Veterinary Project, which was founded to realize the vision of American researcher Dian Fossey to save the gorillas from extinction.
This exhibit is sponsored by Jim and Sue Smith. The artist is represented locally by the John Natsoulas Gallery.
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My ideals are challenged, I'm not the mature person I thought I was. I'm in Europe. I ponder on a place where I can be alone, but not lonely. I put myself in that place. But it doesn't quite work.
I seek approval upon every stage of my life. I reject notions of my inadequacy, regroup and fight for another day. I'm in Europe, the mirror that plays with my self concept and my image. How have I grown after being away for a whole year, my friend?
I search back on my art, my past up until now and I see that I did well not to rush too much. I did a lot and I see the products of these but now I am very different. Imagine if I'd rushed, I would see more of these flaws that represent stages of growth. I would laugh at myself then curl up and die. But no, I created just enough to represent myself at a given space of time.
Art is like an anecdote of an expression in a given time. If I do it, I can look back on it perhaps and wonder who it was that did it.. like it wasn't the person I am now.
If I didn't do it, it is like losing this part of myself that once was. One must if they are an artist, there is no why. And now I juggle this thought as I write, wondering who I am and who I will become, what will I be thinking when I read back on this piece of writing.
I've often stated that travel gives me a sense of perspective. But this is only valid for the present time. The future will forget because of its irrelevance and will then make up some other story, and I would have forgotten all that I did. But the feelings will stay strong and I will yearn to have these again. I will want to return again. And my anguish when I can't, will then become the inspiration for my writing, my art, the way I see the world. It is the part of Europe I take with me, and it becomes a part of me. But this is false, Europe is my friend.
I have written a novel and I continuously go back to it and change it, but it doesn't work. This is my anecdote in a particular place in time. The time I was in Europe. It's hard to write about a lifetime, and I did it in the best way I knew how. I wrote it like a dance, reflected in a piece of writing that is much like a poem, that jumps from moment to moment without one realizing, and expresses emotions and not compact events.
I think about whether anyone would want to read it, and cringe at the thought. It's not really for an audience. I don't think they'd get it or perhaps they'd be bored by it, think it outdated. Who knows. But I want it to be available, just so that this part of me, is preserved because it was so beautiful. I can hear the words in my mind.
My past writing is like a mirror I don't want to look into at first but when I do, I am pleasantly surprised. I can't imagine doing it all again. It would be impossible, and it wouldn't be the same. And how wonderful to look into it and play!
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Benedict Arlen Spector, Dead at 82
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Benedict Arlen Spector, Dead at 82
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Well, I don't have anything nice to say about one-time Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania. He was a terrible RINO, never did the GOP much good, and ultimately ended up acting the traitor by jumping parties to become a Democrat at the end of his career. He's dead at 82.
I have to admit that the sole reason I am even posting about it is so that one last time I can use the above photoshop image I made. That is all he was worth to me, anyway.
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