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Mining for Clues
By Arup Nanda
Use Oracle LogMiner to recreate transactions and undo damage.
Paul is on the other end of the line and is irate. He had been the account manager for a customer named Ellen Smith for the past 20 years. But today, when Ellen walked into the bank, the system said Paul was no longer the account manager! Embarrassed and justifiably upset, he is screaming for answers.
John, the lead DBA at the bank, needs to act fast. He performs a quick query on the ACCOUNTS table, which shows that the value of the ACC_MGR_ID column for account number 4567 (Ellen's account) is 1, whereas Paul's ID is 5. The value of the column was definitely 5 before. Who could have changed it, and why? Furthermore, a separate query shows that Paul was assigned another customer (with account number 9876), whom he does not recognize. Why did this happen, and who is the real account manager for account 9876?
Digging Through the Archives
What options does John have for rectifying the situation?
Let's start by looking at Oracle's undo and redo logs. Note that Oracle Database generates an undo and a redo entry for each change made to the database. In simple terms, an undo entry provides the values of data stored before a change and the redo entry provides the values of data stored after a change. The redo entries are written to log buffers in the system global area (SGA) whenever a change occurs. The log writer (LGWR) process then writes the redo entries to the online redo logs, and, if the database is in ARCHIVELOG mode, the archiver process (ARC0) writes the redo entries to the archived logs. The purpose of the redo entries is to ensure that database activities can be replayed in case a disaster occurs in the database. In the event of a complete loss, a DBA can restore a previous backup of the database and apply all the archived logs generated since that time to roll it forward to the time of failure.
What about undo? According to Oracle's read consistency model, a user sees the value of a database change only after the change is committed; otherwise, the database returns the previous (unchanged) values. These previous values are retrieved from the undo segments. Furthermore, during data recovery after a disaster, Oracle Database must roll back all changes that were not committed, to maintain consistency and data integrity. These entries are also obtained from the undo segments. Because undo segments are also database changes, they generate redo entries as well, which go into online redo logs and then to archived logs.
As a result, online and archived logs contain both undo and redo information. DBAs can use them to see both old and new data values. However, online and archived logs have an unpublished format and are not human-readable. To read them, DBAs use a tool called Oracle LogMiner , which makes it possible to read and search both online and archived logs. It is implemented via a supplied package named DBMS_LOGMNR , introduced in Oracle8i. This article describes how to use this powerful tool to solve common and not-so-common problems involving changes made to an Oracle database.
Start Mining
Let's return to the issue of Ms. Smith's account. John can start looking for how and when the account manager was changed by using Flashback Query to select prior values of the record in this table. Flashback Query is an Oracle feature that lets a user see the value of a column at some point in the past, before that value may have been changed and committed.
However, the Flashback Query approach works only if a change occurred within the period specified by the UNDO_RETENTION parameter, which is often as short as 30 minutes for an OLTP database. In this case, there's a good chance that Flashback Query will not find the change.
John can find the answer to the question at hand by looking directly at the online redo log files, using LogMiner. Here are the steps for setting up and using LogMiner:
In the Listing 1 output, John sees that a user named Joe updated the table at 2:16 p.m. The SID and SERIAL# columns indicate those identifiers of the session in which Joe was logged in.
Code Listing 1: Retrieving information from V$LOGMNR_CONTENTS
SQL> select username, to_char(timestamp,'mm/dd/yy hh24:mi:ss') timestamp, 2 seg_type_name, seg_name, table_space, session# SID, serial# 3 from v$logmnr_contents 4 where table_name = 'ACCOUNTS' 5 and seg_owner = 'ARUP' 6 and operation = 'UPDATE'; USERNAME TIMESTAMP SEG_TYPE_N SEG_NAME TABLE_SPAC SID SERIAL# ___________ __________________ _____________ ___________ ___________ ____ ______ JOE 01/26/05 14:16:41 TABPART ACCOUNTS,P1 ACC_D1 532 62 JOE 01/26/05 14:16:41 TABPART ACCOUNTS,P2 ACC_D2 532 62 JOE 01/26/05 14:16:41 TABPART ACCOUNTS,P3 ACC_D3 532 62 ...
Another column in this view, SESSION_INFO , provides additional information on Joe's session. The value of the SESSION_INFO column for all the rows is
login_username=JOE client_info= OS_username=jsmoe Machine_name=ACMENTNY\JSMOE OS_terminal= OS_process_id=4080:3096 OS_program name=sqlplus.exe
Based on this information, John knows that Joe updated some records in the ACCOUNTS table from a client machine named JSMOE connected to the ACMENTNY network. The last piece of information, OS_program name=sqlplus .exe , provides another big clue. Because Joe was using SQL*Plus, he probably performed an ad hoc update, but because Joe is a developer, he is not supposed to perform updates to a production database except in a dire emergency. Why would he have made these changes?
In any event, John needs to know what Joe updated as well as the old values stored before the update. To find this information, John modifies the query in Listing 1 to select the two very important columns in the V$LOGMNR_CONTENTS view: SQL_REDO , which shows a statement that can be executed to cause the same change made by the user, and SQL_UNDO , a statement that can be executed to undo the changes. Listing 2 shows the output of this modified query.
Code Listing 2: Output of the SQL_UNDO and SQL_REDO columns
SQL> select sql_undo, sql_redo 2 from v$logmnr_contents 3 where table_name = 'ACCOUNTS' 4 and seg_owner = 'ARUP' 5 and operation = 'UPDATE'; SQL_UNDO SQL_REDO ____________________________-_______ ___________ _______________________ update "ARUP"."ACCOUNTS" set "ACC_M update "ARUP"."ACCOUNTS" set "ACC_M GR_ID" = '2' where "ACC_MGR_ID" = ' GR_ID" = '6' where "ACC_MGR_ID" = ' 6' and ROWID = 'AAOKdAALAAAGcEAB' 2' and ROWID = 'AAOKdAALAAAGcEAB' update "ARUP"."ACCOUNTS" set "ACC_M update "ARUP"."ACCOUNTS" set "ACC_M GR_ID" = '1' where "ACC_MGR_ID" = ' GR_ID" = '6' where "ACC_MGR_ID" = ' 6' and ROWID = 'AAAOKdAALAAAGcEAB0' 1' and ROWID = 'AAAOKdAALAAAGcEAB0' update "ARUP"."ACCOUNTS" set "ACC_M update "ARUP"."ACCOUNTS" set "ACC_M GR_ID" = '5' where "ACC_MGR_ID" = ' GR_ID" = '6' where "ACC_MGR_ID" = ' 6' and ROWID = 'AAAOKdAALAAAGcEAB5' 5' and ROWID = 'AAAOKdAALAAAGcEAB5' ...
When confronted, Joe admits that he made the changes. In his defense, however, Joe provides a strong rationale. A very important customer—Ellen Smith—had an unpleasant experience with her assigned account manager and demanded to deal with a new one. These changes are usually made by the general manager, but because he was away, the new account manager had called Joe and asked him if he could somehow "work his magic." Joe did so by issuing the following statement:
UPDATE ACCOUNTS SET acc_mgr_id = 6 WHERE first_name = 'Ellen' AND last_name = 'Smith';
Joe did not notice, however, that the above statement updated 340 records , each of which corresponded to a customer with the name Ellen Smith. Joe wanted to update the record of only one customer, but he inadvertently updated 340 records. Among those affected was Paul's customer, who clearly didn't want her account manager changed.
Note that in the above example, John mined the online redo logs. However, if the issue was old, the contents of the online redo log would already have gone to the archived log files. In that case, he could have mined archived logs as well. To use LogMiner against archived logs, he would simply have supplied the archived log file names in the call to the DBMS_LOGMNR.ADD_LOGFILE procedure. The rest of the tasks remain the same. He can locate the archived log file names from the V$ARCHIVED_LOG data dictionary view.
Undoing the Damage
John's next task is to update the other 339 records to their old values immediately. Note that in the output in Listing 2, the text under SQL_REDO shows what originally happened and the text under SQL_UNDO shows the statements that can be used to reverse those changes. Although Joe originally used a single statement, LogMiner reconstructs the statements to modify one record per statement, as shown. To reinstate the old account manager IDs, John can execute each of the statements listed under SQL_UNDO . This will undo the changes Joe made.
Useful Output
The output in the SQL_UNDO and SQL_REDO columns in Listing 2 is not very easy to read, because everything is on one line. John can use the print_pretty_sql option to solve that problem. He also wants to execute the SQL statements in a PL/SQL loop, using dynamic SQL, and this approach requires that the semicolon at the end of each statement be removed. The no_sql_delimiter option handles that task.
John decides to start a LogMiner session, using the options as follows:
begin dbms_logmnr.start_logmnr( options => dbms_logmnr. dict_from_online_catalog + dbms_logmnr.print_pretty_sql + dbms_logmnr.no_sql_delimiter ); end;
After this command runs, the output for the SQL_UNDO column from the query in Listing 2 against V$LOGMNR_CONTENTS will look like the following:
SQL_UNDO ______________________________ update "ARUP"."ACCOUNTS" set "ACC_MGR_ID" = 2 where "ACC_MGR_ID" = 6 and ROWID = 'AAOKdAALAAAGcEAB' ...
Selective Correction
The previous sections discussed a way to retrieve the SQL statements to undo all the update operations made to the ACCOUNTS table. Of course, many other users may have updated the table as well, and John would not want to undo their changes. John can filter the contents of the V$LOGMNR_CONTENTS view to show only the pertinent ones, as shown in Listing 3.
Code Listing 3: Selective output from V$LOGMNR_CONTENTS
select acc_type, first_name, last_name, dbms_logmnr.mine_value(redo_value,'ARUP.ACCOUNTS.ACC_MGR_ID') new_value, dbms_logmnr.mine_value(undo_value,'ARUP.ACCOUNTS.ACC_MGR_ID') old_value from v$logmnr_contents l, accounts a where table_name = 'ACCOUNTS' and operation = 'UPDATE' and dbms_logmnr.column_present(undo_value,'ARUP.ACCOUNTS.ACC_MGR_ID') =1 and dbms_logmnr.column_present(redo_value,'ARUP.ACCOUNTS.ACC_MGR_ID') =1 and a.rowid = l.row_id; A FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME NEW_VALUE OLD_VALUE ________________ _____________ _____________ _________ D Ellen Smith 5 6 M Ellen Smith 5 10 D Ellen Smith 5 7 ...
Review this SQL carefully. It uses additional functions provided in the DBMS_LOGMNR package. The first function, MINE_VALUE , selects the value of the specified column as recorded before or after the change. For instance, DBMS_LOGMNR.MINE_VALUE (UNDO_VALUE, 'ARUP.ACCOUNTS.ACC_MGR_ID') shows the value of the ACC_MGR_ID column before the change. If the UNDO_VALUE parameter is changed to REDO_VALUE , the statement will instead return the value after the change.
Furthermore, the COLUMN_PRESENT function returns 1 if the column is present and 0 otherwise. When joined with the ACCOUNTS table, it shows other pertinent details of the account.
The output of Listing 3 shows the old and updated values of ACC_MGR_ID , the ACC_TYPE , and the name ( FIRST_NAME and LAST_NAME ). This output helps John assess, in one glance, the overall damage done and provides a way to correct it. Using the SQL statement in Listing 3, John can write some simple PL/SQL code to update the ACC_MGR_ID values to their original values selectively after checking other columns such as ACC_TYPE or FIRST_NAME , as shown in Listing 4.
Code Listing 4: PL/SQL for executing SQL_UNDO values
SQL> begin 2 for undo_rec in ( 3 select sql_undo, row_id 4 from v$logmnr_contents 5 where table_name='ACCOUNTS' and seg_owner='ARUP' and operation='UPDATE' 6 and dbms_logmnr.column_present(undo_value,'ARUP.ACCOUNTS.ACC_MGR_ID')=1 7 and dbms_logmnr.column_present(redo_value,'ARUP.ACCOUNTS.ACC_MGR_ID')=1 8 ) 9 loop 10 begin 11 execute immediate undo_rec.sql_undo; 12 exception 13 when no_data_found then 14 dbms_output.put_line('RowId '||undo_rec.row_id||' Failed.'); 15 end; 16 end loop; 17 end;
Remote Mining
The foregoing discussion showed how to use LogMiner on the source database in the production environment. For increased security, John may want to transfer the archived logs to a different database and perform the mining there. Because this remote database would not be accessible to the DBAs of the source database, this approach minimizes the chances that a malicious DBA will remove his trail of commands. Another motivation behind remote mining is to limit the performance impact on the source database by offloading mining activity to a separate database.
With the present setup, however, there is one minor issue John must first address. In the scenario above, John used the online data dictionary as the dictionary for translating the redo log object names from hexadecimal values to readable names. That approach works fine for using the source database, but when the mining is performed on a remote database, the online dictionary of the source database is not available.
If John uses remote mining, he has two alternatives for solving this problem:
Both options require downloading the online data dictionary, as either a redo log or a flat file. This task can be performed with a supplied package called DBMS_LOGMNR_D . If the package is not already present, John can create it by running the dbmslmd.sql and prvtlmd.sql scripts in the $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin directory.
If John chooses the first option (extracting the source data dictionary to the redo logs), he will execute the following command:
begin dbms_logmnr_d.build ( options => dbms_logmnr_d.store_in_redo_logs ); end;
Note that the database must be in archivelog mode to enable this option. Archivelog mode adds the dictionary information to the online redo logs, which, in turn, go into the archived logs. When he is ready to mine, John will transfer these archived log files, using a file transfer utility such as FTP, and include them for mining in the add_logfile procedure in the dbms_logmnr package.
After that, he starts the LogMiner session, but with a slightly different parameter:
dbms_logmnr.start_logmnr( options => dbms_logmnr.dict_from_redo_logs );
If John chooses the second option (storing the data dictionary in a flat file), he will specify a file where the new dictionary should be generated. Oracle Database must be able to write to the directory, using the UTL_FILE package, so the file location must be specified in the UTL_FILE_DIR initialization parameter. If it is not set already, John will set it to a directory such as /tmp (in UNIX):
utl_file_dir = '/tmp'
John will then restart the source database instance for this change to take effect and will then generate the new dictionary by executing
begin dbms_logmnr_d.build ( dictionary_filename => 'ora_dict.txt', dictionary_location => '/tmp' ); end;
This command generates a file named ora_dict.txt in the /tmp directory. John will then transfer the /tmp/ora_dict.txt file from the source to the remote database server in the /tmp directory and start the LogMiner session by executing
dbms_logmnr.start_logmnr(dictfilename => '/tmp/ora_dict.txt');
Note the new dictfilename parameter, which points to the dictionary file created earlier. There is no need for the OPTIONS parameter, because John is not reading from the online dictionary or the redo logs. He can still use the OPTIONS parameter for other things such as formatting the SQL, removing semicolons at the end, and so on.
Which approach is better? With the first approach, the redo stream contains the dictionary, so those redo logs must be available during mining. When you are mining a small set of log files, it may be inconvenient to keep those redo logs in the set as well. With the second approach, the flat file can be made available regardless of the number of redo log files to manage. If the UTL_FILE_DIR initialization parameter is not set, however, the flat-file option becomes unavailable; the only option is to use redo logs.
Supplemental Logging
Let's look at a slightly different scenario for the "Ellen Smith Account Manager" story. Suppose that the ACCOUNTS table is range-partitioned on the column ACC_MGR_ID , where one partition is created for each value of the ACC_MGR_ID . In this case, when Joe updated the ACC_MGR_ID column, the rows moved to a different partition. For instance, a row with ACC_MGR_ID = 6 was in the sixth partition, but when Joe updated the column value to 3, the row moved to the third partition. Because ROWID is based on the physical location of the row, this physical movement changed the ROWID of the row.
In this case, how would you proceed?
If you execute the following undo statement retrieved from the LogMiner session (and shown in Listing 2)—
update "ARUP"."ACCOUNTS" set "ACC_MGR_ID" = '6' where "ACC_MGR_ID" = '3' and ROWID = 'AAAOKeAAcAAAH8MAA7';
—it may not update anything, because this ROWID may not correspond to any current ROWID in the table. Worse, it may correspond to an actual ROWID , but it will be the wrong row to update, because the ROWID has definitely changed for the row in question. So you cannot depend on ROWID to get to the changed row.
To uniquely identify the row, you would use the primary key of the table. But the primary key is not recorded in the redo log files, by default.
The way to get to the primary key information in the log files is to enable supplemental logging , which records additional column values in the redo logs. You would issue the statement
alter database add supplemental log data (primary key) columns;
to begin supplemental logging. This statement causes the primary key values to be recorded, along with the other changes in the redo logs. Note that the above statement takes effect for changes occurring only after the statement is issued, not retroactively. If you had issued the above statement before the original changes were made, you would have been be able to mine the logs and see the contents of the SQL_UNDO column in the Listing 2 output as
update "ARUP"."ACCOUNTS" set "ACC_MGR_ID" = '6' where "ACC_NO" = '5720' and "ACC_MGR_ID" = '3' and ROWID = 'AAAOKeAAcAAAH8MAA7';
Note how this SQL_UNDO column output now lists the primary key, ACC_NO , in addition to ROWID , which makes it possible to identify the correct rows.
With supplemental logging, John can get the primary key values from LogMiner, which helps him uniquely identify a row. If a table does not have a primary key, John can use supplemental logging of all columns, which makes the row unique. On the other hand, recording this extra information places an additional burden on the database server, affecting performance, and should be evaluated carefully.
Oracle redo logs are literally a transcript of what goes on inside the database and contain a mine of information. LogMiner is the tool for retrieving the information from these log files and applying it to identify user transactions or even undo them.
Arup Nanda (email@example.com) is the director of Database Engineering and Operation at Starwood Hotels and Resorts in White Plains, New York. The recipient of Oracle Magazine's 2003 DBA of the Year award, Nanda is the coauthor of Oracle Privacy Security Auditing, from Rampant Press (rampant-books.com), 2003.


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If you're not seeing the fat loss results from your diet and workouts, think of sleeping! Find out how more quality sleep can help you succeed. Katherine Helen Watkins gives us some great information regarding sleep and how sleep affects our fat loss goals.
So why is sleep so important for fat loss?
When you sleep less, you take in more calories!
- Lack of sleep decreases your levels of leptin, a hormone produced in fat cells, which signals to the brain when you are full. When you have low levels of leptin, you won't feel as satisfied after you eat. Lack of sleep also causes levels of another hormone called grehlin to rise, which means your appetite is stimulated, creating the desire to eat more. Combined, these effects on leptin and grehlin can lead to overeating, and subsequent weight gain
- Poor sleep also causes your body to produce more of the stress hormone cortisol, which in turn spurs your appetite. High cortisol levels are associated with weight gain, paticularly around the midsection.
- Sleep deprivation leads to changes in glucose metabolism which will cause your body to store the calories you consume as fat rather than burning them for energy.
When you sleep less, you burn less fat!
- A sleep-deprived body burns fewer calories than a well-rested one. The body burns more calories during REM sleep than at any other time. Our body experiences longer periods of REM sleep as we move further into our sleep cycle over the course of a night. So by not sleeping enough you are cheating your body of the REM sleep that is prime calorie-burning time. Research shows that even if people still manage to lose weight whilst sleeping less, they are still losing less fat (and more muscle mass).
- Poor sleep leads to increased inflammation which makes it more difficult to burn fat
- Exercise performance will be reduced due to lack of energy, leading to less fat burning
Are you sleep-deprived?
A lot of us are sleep deprived without even knowing it. Researchers say that 7 hours' sleep is the very minimum you need to be healthy and well-functioning (except for the very young and the elderly). Besides looking at the numbers, ask yourself these questions to find out if you might be sleep-deprived.
- Are you drowsy during the day, especially the morning and/or around 4 pm?
- Do you rely on coffee to get going in the mornings?
- Do you suffer from sugar cravings, especially in the late afternoon
- Do you fall asleep exhausted in just a couple of minutes at night, or alternatively lie awake for a long time before you fall asleep?
- Are you tired in the evening only to have a second wind just before bedtime?
- Do you you often wake up in the night to go to bathroom (or for any other reason?)
If you answered yes to any of these questions, you may not be getting enough good quality sleep and your waistline may be suffering as a result!
Fix your sleep and prime your body for maximum fat loss!
Here are a few of my strategies to fix your sleep and turn your body into a fat-burning machine.
- Keep a gratitude log. This will create a positive and relaxed state of mind before you go to bed. Before you go so sleep, write down what you are thankful for; what did you learn and what goals did you meet for the day?
- Aim for 7-9 hours of sleep each night
- Increase your exercise level, but try not to exercise within 3 hours of bedtime
- Don't ingest caffeine or alcohol near your bedtime - caffeine can keep you awake and alcohol can disrupt the normal stages of your sleep
- Do some light stretching in the evenings to calm down an overly excited nervous system
- Minimize electrical fields around your bed when you sleep by turning off and unplugging all electronics
- Keep the clock away from your view. If you have difficulty falling asleep, watching the clock will only make it worse!
- Sleep in as close to total blackness as possible using blackout blinds or a sleep mask if necessary. Even the smallest amount of light can disrupt your circadian rhythms and throw all those important fat burning hormones out of whack
- Take a quality magnesium supplement or have an epsom salt bath to put you into a relaxed state
- Utilize some of nature's most calming ingredients to help you nod off. Valerian root, Californian poppy, passion flower, l-theanine and lemon balm are particularly known for their positive effects on insomnia anxiety and stress

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A catcher at East Central University, Christopher Lane, was shot and killed Friday in the town of Duncan, Oklahoma.
Lane, a 22 year old man from Melbourne, Australia, was out for a run while visiting his girlfriend and her family.
Lane apparently ran by three boys, ages 15, 16 and 17, who then followed him in a car, shot him an unknown number of times and drove away.
A woman saw Lane stumbling in the road and called 911.
The shooting is said to have been completely random; the boys were simply bored and needed something to do. All 3 are currently in custody.
Reports indicate the murder weapon has not yet been found but the 17 year old boy gave the police a detailed confession.
It is not yet known whether the boys will be charged as adults or juveniles but first-degree murder charges are expected.
First-degree murder convictions can yield a maximum sentence of life in prison. They are not eligible for the death sentence because they are all under 18.
Christopher Lane attended East Central University, in Ada, on a baseball scholarship and was well liked among family, friends and coaches.
His baseball coach, Dino Rosato, was quoted in the school's statement, "He was an absolute joy to coach. Chris was an extremely well-respected teammate. He set a great example for all of his teammates, but more importantly for the younger players. He was a mature student-athlete who his teammates could look to for advice and support."
Lane and his girlfriend, Sarah Harper, had been in Australia the previous week. She told the Australian Broadcasting Corp, "He didn't deserve any of this. It's heartbreaking that it was such a random choice those guys made that drastically altered so many lives in the process.
Also in communication with the Australian Broadcasting Crop, Lane's father commented, "It is heartless and to try to understand it is a short way to insanity."


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Speaking to a Congressional panel, Jonathan Turley, a man described as the "foremost liberal Constitutional law professor" in the country, warned that President Obama is set to become a "government unto himself" unless Congress takes immediate action to rein him in, Fox News reported Thursday.
Turley, a professor at the George Washington University Law School, told members of Congress that their body has lost the most power under the Obama administration, which has determined to rule by fiat, bypassing Congress whenever it can. He went so far as to call the current administration an "uber presidency" that threatens to remake government by trampling Congress.
"When a president can govern alone, he can become a government unto himself, " Turley warned. "Which is precisely the danger the framers sought to avoid."
Turley wasn't finished, warning members of the dangers that lie ahead: "What we're witnessing today is one of the greatest crises that members of this body will face."
Obama -- who has repeatedly told American he would act on his own -- says he has issued fewer executive orders than George W. Bush. Turley, however, dismissed that argument as silly.
"Counting executive orders is a silly business," he said. "It has no relevance at all. You could have a single executive order that guts the government or you could have a thousand that do nothing."
Appearing on Fox News Wednesday night, Turley told Megyn Kelly Americans are seeing an "emerging dominant presidency." Making matters worse, Democrats welcome and applaud what amounts to an imperial presidency that rules as it sees fit while picking and choosing what laws to uphold. Republicans, on the other hand, threaten to sue and files articles of impeachment, but end up doing nothing.
Some Democrats have even stated that Americans want Obama to act like a dictator. Senior adviser Valerie Jarrett, for example, said in January that Americans are "hungry" for Obama to rule like an imperial president. Other Democrats, like Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., have repeatedly demanded Obama rule like a dictator on illegal immigration, granting amnesty with a stroke of his pen. The left-wing Daily Kos has also called for a "benevolent" Obama dictatorship.
Turley wasn't just picking on Obama, telling Congress that it doesn't matter if every other president has violated the Constitution. If the president is allowed to continue ruling on his own, he said, Congress will eventually become a "discretionary" body.
"This president did not start this trend," he told Kelly. "But when you look at the actions he's taken, they have gotten to a very dangerous point."
He concluded by telling Kelly that before America allows a one-man government, the country needs to have a serious debate. "In my view, the matter needs to get to the courts," he added.
Video of Turley's comments can be seen above.
Suggested Links
- Liberal Daily Kos diarist calls for 'benevolent' Obama dictatorship
- Obama Executive Order would seize US infrastructure, citizens for nat'l defense
- Harry Belafonte: Obama should work like third world dictator and jail GOP
- Valerie Jarrett: Americans 'hungry' for Obama to act like an imperial president
- Liberal think tank says President can use military to push progressive agenda


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Andrew Cyr of the Daily Collegian staff spoke with head coach Greg Cannella, senior midfielder Matt Whippen and redshirt-sophomore goalie Zach Oliveri as the UMass men's lacrosse prepares to face Towson at home on Saturday, April 5. Read his preview ahead of the contest below.
"It's crunch time for the Massachusetts men's lacrosse team.
With only four games remaining on its schedule, No. 12 UMass (7-2, 1-0 Colonial Athletic Association) looks to make one final push toward having the CAA championship come through Amherst.
However, the Minutemen aren't looking that far down the road just yet. Instead they are focusing all of their attention to Saturday's matchup against Towson after a 14-day layover between games.
'It's been a while since we've played,' senior Matt Whippen said. 'These past two weeks we took a step back to focus on our individual skills, but now we are getting ready for Towson because they're going to be a good team (and) ready to play us.'
The Tigers (7-3, 1-1 CAA) are one game behind UMass in the standings, so Saturday's game has the potential to shake up the landscape in the CAA..."
More on UMass men's lacrosse can be found here. The conclusion of Cyr's preview is available on the Daily Collegian website.


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Place a Hold on a Book that is Checked out
- Select the Request tab in MERLIN or the Request link in MOBIUS to place a hold on a book that is currently checked-out
- The hold will alert library staff that you want the book after the other person has finished with it.
- You will be notified by email when the book is returned. It will be held for you for one week.
- Recalling a book is a faster process than waiting for the person to finish with the book and return it. See the procedure below.
Procedure for Recalling a Book that is Checked out
- Go to the Ellis Library Circulation Desk or at any branch library circulation desk with your MU ID card.
- Have the author, title and call number of the item ready to give to staff at the Circulation Desk.
- We will recall an item if there are no available copies in any other MERLIN/MOBIUS Library.
- If there is an available copy at any other MERLIN/MOBIUS library, that copy will be requested rather than recalling one that is already checked out to a patron.
NOTE: Books that you have checked out may be recalled
- The Library reserves the right to recall all books after two weeks of use if requested by another MU borrower.
- Materials needed for reserve may be recalled at any time. Students, staff, faculty, and courtesy borrowers are charged fines for overdue recalled books at the rate of $2.00 per day.
- To avoid fines, please return recalled items by the new due date on the e-mail notice that is sent to you.


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Leading the way at the par-71, 6,108-yard track was USC (+1), who finished ahead of second-place Oklahoma State (+3) and the Cardinal among the 15-team field.
"This was a terrific event for us. We played consistently from start to finish," said Anne Walker, Stanford's Margot and Mitch Milias Director of Women's Golf. "We posted the low score today in very trying conditions. USC is arguably one of the best teams women's golf has ever seen; to finish only four back of them gives us a ton of confidence early in the season."
Lauren Kim (75-68-69) tied for fourth with a 1-under 212. Kim entered the third round tied for 14th and moved up 10 spots with a 2-under.
"Lauren Kim was our star this week," Walker said. "She was 4-over for her first nine holes and then 5-under for her final 45 holes. She finished with three straight birdies today on holes 14 through 16, and that was clutch play."
Kim, who double bogeyed the second hole in her opening round, birdied the 150-yard, par-3 in the second round while going on shoot a team-low 68. Kim was 1-over during her final round before collecting three straight birdies after a bogey on the par-3 13th to finish 2-under at 69, 10 strokes below the tournament's third-round average.
Kim tallied 10 birdies over her final 45 holes.
Mariko Tumangan (70-73-72), whose 2-over 215 was good for a tie for seventh, started the tournament 2-under through three holes and was even heading into the turn. She went on to shelve an opening-round 70. Tumangan was 2-under on the tournament on both the par-5 third and par-4 10th.
Mariah Stackhouse (71-71-74) tied for ninth at 3-over (216). Stackhouse followed two even rounds with a 3-over third circuit.
"Mariko and Mariah showed that once again they are the core of our lineup," Walker said. "Both finished in the top 10 and played very well from tee to green."
Freshman Casey Danielson (71-72-78) tied for 29th with a 221. Danielson was 1-over heading into the final round but could not overcome a 6-over on the front nine of her third round, with five-straight bogeys before the turn.
Danielson's classmate, Quirine Eijkenboom (82-69-75) tied for 47th (226). Eijenkenboom responded from an opening-round 82 with a stellar 69, staying even in the second round until dropping birdies on the 12th and 18th holes. Eijkenboom birdied the par-5 18th three times in as many tries.
"It was great to have two freshmen in our young lineup," Walker said. "Each of them contributed at a high level and will give us a great outlook for the future."
Stanford resumes action next week at the Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational (Oct. 8-9) in Redmound, Wash.
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Following a gallery tour across the US, Dust La Rock's "Occult Of Personality" video project finally makes it's way home to BK (along with the rest of Scion's Installation 6) launching at Eastern District on Friday, June 4th. Full details here, and for a taste of what's in store check this teaser / interview vid.


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Once loves putting a twist on beloved stories -- and what could be more twisted than having Bell, who played Elsa's sister Anna in the movie, take on the role of the ice queen?
Currently starring on Syfy's Bitten, it's possible the former Smallville star could squeeze a Once arc between seasons, TV gods willing.
The former Gossip Girl star has been out of the TV game for far too long. Plus, who knows more about being an ice queen than one of "Manhattan's elite"?
The Once EPs have a habit of hiring actors they worked with on Lost, and we don't think they should let that go before bringing Grace into the fold.
Another Lost grad, Mitchell has a wide-open schedule now that NBC has decided to cancel Revolution after two seasons. Next stop: Storybrooke!
No stranger to the supernatural -- she's played a mermaid and a vampire thus far -- Holt has some free time in her schedule now that she's no longer a series regular on The CW's The Originals.
Should the residents of Storybrooke demand an impromptu performance of "Let It Go," we're pretty sure Hilty could come through in a pinch.
A gorgeous young woman who sets out to defy society's expectations of her? Elsa sounds a lot like Glee's Quinn Fabray -- but with even more magic!
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Transforms Your Room Into a Starry Night Sky To Help Children SleepProven to help ease Fear of the Dark
Twilight Ladybug helps ease children's fear of the dark with a starry projection modeled after the night sky.
Embedded in the star pattern are seven constellations including Leo the Lion and Pisces the Fish. Children can gaze into the starry sky as they drift off to sleep.
Float away in peaceful slumber under a beautiful star-filled sky. Twilight Ladybug helps children sleep easier by projecting a starry night sky on bedroom ceiling and walls.
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Twilight Turtle, part of the award-winning Sleep Sheep & Friends™ Collection, is designed to help children sleep easier by soothing their sense of sight.
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Remove old batteries and replace with new batteries. Be sure to insert batteries correctly with adult supervision and always follow the toy and battery manufacturer's instructions. Do not mix old and new batteries. Do not mix alkaline, standard (carbon-zinc), or rechargeable (nickel-cadmium) batteries. Rechargeable batteries must be removed from toy before being recharged. Non-rechargeable batteries are not to be recharged. Rechargeable batteries are to be charged only under adult supervision. Use AA batteries (1.5v) or equivalent only. Do not short-circuit battery terminals. Always remove weak or dead batteries from product. Remove batteries if product will be stored for an extended period of time. If sound box stops working or volume decreases, replace batteries by using a small Phillips screwdriver to remove the screw on the battery door. Open the door and remove the dead batteries. Be sure to insert the new batteries correctly according to (+) and (-) symbols located on the battery compartment. Snap the door back into place and retighten the small Phillips screw. Batteries provided are for display use only.
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The ladybug nightlight is very attractive. The hard shell is colored to look more like a real, natural ladybug, rather than a chintzy, cutesy cartoon ladybug, making it more appropriate for many settings...Read complete review
The ladybug nightlight is very attractive. The hard shell is colored to look more like a real, natural ladybug, rather than a chintzy, cutesy cartoon ladybug, making it more appropriate for many settings. While the ladybug is cute, it is not cartoonish, which I feel makes it more versatile in use. It is the type of quality I would expect to see in a nature center. The picture really doesn't do it justice, as it is much cuter. It is NOT designed to be a cuddly buddy, but a nightlight that glows softly. It is very soothing. The stars do not move or change color, which is especially good for a sick child who might become nauseated at the movement. The buttons are easy to find and turn on, even in the dark, for "scary dream emergencies" or bathroom breaks. This provides an advantage to other nightlights because it can be set on the bed next to the child or on a night stand. Even if the ladybug falls off, no damage is done. The light can be switched to display blue, red or green. The hard shell is smooth to the touch and the fabric of the ladybug is soft to the touch, making it completely friendly to fumbling hands in the dark. I do hope the company comes out with additional designs, perhaps a lightening bug or something
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I bought this as a gift, for my niece who is expecting her first child and decorating the baby's rom in primary colors.This ladybug has an ugly dark red plastic shell with ...Read complete review
I bought this as a gift, for my niece who is expecting her first child and decorating the baby's rom in primary colors.This ladybug has an ugly dark red plastic shell with huge black dots. The rest of the toy is soft plush, but the shell is very unattractive. The stars on the ceiling are nice, though.
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"Still enjoying it after 3 years"
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After three years my granddaughter is still enjoying the "Ladybug". She falls asleep looking at the stars and moon. It makes a wonderful nightlight and puts a beautiful glow over the room.
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Makes bedtime easy!
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My 3 and 6 year old love their Twilight pets! It's a great substitute for the flashlights they were sneaking into bed because they are still "scared of the dark". This product is great because it has an automatic 45 minute sleep timer and a low energy LED lightbulb, so the batteries last a long time. This is better than the imitation "Dream Lites" that Pillow Pets has come out with because Twilight Ladybug (and their other animals) project real constellations onto the ceiling and walls.
I would buy this product again and again
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Great use for Kids to see the ceiling light up. Helps if they don't like the dark and they get to see the different shapes on the wall.
Great for children
By Viv
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It is great to place children in bed to go to sleep.They love looking and counting the stars.
Had to Buy a Second One
By ButterPat
from KY
Bought one for 2 year old granddaughter's birthday. She and her 4 year old sister fought over it every night. The 4 year old is now 5 and has one of her own. No more fighting.
Grandson loves it!
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from Findlay, Ohio
My grandson, who is 2 1/2 now, loves it! His mother wants me to buy the turtle for their new baby for Christmas this year, so I am ordering it now!
Fantastic get-to-sleep toy.
By Marsha
from Chelsmford, MA
My grandson now announces he wants to look at the moon and stars and peacefully falls asleep by himself. A major breakthrough.
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By Baby Mamma 8
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I bought from drugstore.com because I wanted the ladybug with the "black" head. There are two kinds on the market, a "light gray" head and a "black" head. Because of the picture on the website I thought I was getting the darker one which was more "ladybuggish" to me but received the gray. Not a big deal I suppose or enough for me to not buy from here again but the picture implies something else and they really need to change it. The product itself is very, very cute, works well and the batteries last a long time. I would definitely recommend it to someone else as long as color doesn't bother you.
Great for toddlers!
By RDHandMomOf2
from PA
I just saw this at [...] for [$]!...Drugstore.com really has a fantastic price on this Twilight Ladybug. This is very soft plush with the exception of the attractive shell, which is firm, sturdy plastic. My 3 and 5 year old girls love their ladybug and turtle. The new ladybug shines a bit brighter and can be pushed on/off from the button on the top of shell, vs. our older turtle which the light sometimes seems a bit dim and to turn it off before it's 45 min, you have to reset the switch under the velcro compartment on the belly. So potentially improvements over the last several years. The ladybug also shines a cresent moon on the ceiling, which our older turtle does not. The colors it shines are RED, BLUE and GREEN. All very nice and soothing. I can't recommend these Twilights enough, especially at this drugstore.com price!!!


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PolyMedix Engages Investment Banker, Amends Credit Facility
RADNOR, Pa., Jan. 23, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PolyMedix, Inc. (OTCBB:PYMX), a biotechnology company focused on developing innovative therapeutic drugs intended to treat patients with serious acute-care conditions, today announced that it has engaged Canaccord Genuity Inc. as its financial advisor to review and assist with the company's strategic and financial alternatives, including a licensing transaction around its lead antibiotic compound, brilacidin, or a potential sale of the company or its assets. PolyMedix continues to work with its financing advisors on a financing transaction that could permit the company to remain independent and continue the clinical development of brilacidin. As previously reported, the company's cash and investment balances are not sufficient to fund any new clinical trials and the company has implemented a plan to reduce costs and resulting cash outflows, including scaling back operations, personnel reductions, and deferrals and reductions in compensation.
PolyMedix also announced that it has amended its loan and security agreement with MidCap Financial SBIC, LP. Primarily, the amendment provides for a forty-five day fundraising period in consideration for the provision of additional collateral to MidCap. PolyMedix will file a current report on Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission which will include a brief description of the material terms of the amendment.
About PolyMedix, Inc.
PolyMedix is a clinical stage biotechnology company dedicated to transforming the treatment of infectious diseases. PolyMedix is developing a new class of antibiotics – defensin-mimetics – for the treatment of serious, life-threatening infections which often develop resistance to currently available antibiotics. PolyMedix's compounds are designed to imitate the mechanism of action of host defense proteins, which contribute to natural human immunity. In contrast to existing antibiotics, PolyMedix's lead antibiotic compound, brilacidin (formerly PMX-30063), was designed to exploit a method of bacterial cell killing, via biophysical membrane attack, against which bacteria have not shown development of resistance in multiple preclinical studies.
PolyMedix has internally developed an extensive pipeline of compounds, including other defensin-mimetic antimicrobial compounds for other infectious diseases, such as Gram-negative pathogens, fungal infections, and malaria; PolyCides®, antimicrobial additives to materials to create self-sterilizing products and surfaces; and delparantag (formerly PMX-60056), an anticoagulant reversing agent. PolyMedix's compounds have been internally discovered using a proprietary drug design technology.
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The Red Badge of Courage
by Stephen Crane
The Red Badge of Courage Theme of Duty
In The Red Badge of Courage, duty is very much a source of conflict. A young Civil War soldier struggles between his duty to himself – the need to stay safe and alive – and the duty to his cause – fighting in the war. The novel raises some interesting questions about the motivation for this soldier's eventually commendable action; is he compelled by duty to act, merely out of obligation? Or does he really believe in this cause? More interestingly, does merely acting out of obligation undermine the young soldier's valor?
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Michelle's appearance on the show was rumored back in April. No confirmation was forthcoming at the time. Sutter tweeted prior to Comic Con that there was a casting announcement coming but shared nothing more. Michelle's announcement appears to be the news he was referring to.
The "glee" star will join Courtney Love, Marilyn Manson and Walter Goggins as guest stars in the series seventh season. Love will play preschool teacher Ms. Harrison. Manson plays prison inmate Ron Tully. Goggins is reprising his role as Venus Van Damme.
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Staff Picks: Henry Darger's Room, Shelley's Ghost
March 2, 2012 | by The Paris Review
"The dustbin of history was, to the revolutionary of the thirties, what Hell was to the Maine farmer. To fall out of history, to lose your grip upon its express train, to be buried in its graveyard—the conflicting metaphors descriptive of that immolation recurred again and again. But who could have believed that it could happen to so many so young?" So writes Murray Kempton in A Part of Our Time, his series of biographical essays on radicals of the 1930s. First published in 1955, the essays have lost none of their sparkle, and as a great newspaperman (who just happened, sometimes, to write like Lytton Strachey) Kempton can dash off a portrait or render an absolute judgment or paint the entire sweep of the New Deal in a matter of column inches. —Lorin Stein
I was at the New York branch of the Japanese bookstore Kinokuniya over the weekend, perusing their extensive selection of art publications, and I came across the 2007 book Henry Darger's Room. The outsider artist's work will be familiar to most people, but if you haven't seen images of his tiny Chicago apartment—left intact for twenty-five years after his death and partially reassembled in the Intuit Museum—then have a look at this volume, by his former landlords. The book is somewhere between creepy and magical. —Sadie Stein
The New York Public Library's exhibition "Shelley's Ghost" is a pleasant place to spend an hour after lunch if you happen to be in midtown. You can examine "Ode to the West Wind" and "Ozymandias" as well as Laurence Olivier's copy of The Cenci (he once contemplated a production). There are also a few Shelleyean relics, some cute and some a little bizarre: the poet's gold-chased baby rattle, his Neapolitan guitar (see "With a Guitar, to Jane"), and some fragments of skull that survived his cremation near Viareggio. —Robyn Creswell
Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber, a collection of dark and sensual feminist fairy tales based on traditional legends, has me spellbound. —Elizabeth Nelson
The entire collection of love letters between Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning were put online earlier this month. They aren't exactly tied in a pink ribbon, but they are fascinating to browse. —Deirdre Foley-Mendelssohn
This Is Not a Film, a collaboration between Iranian filmmakers Jafar Panahi and Mojtaba Mirtamhmasb, opened this week in New York. Made right before Panahi was sent to an Iranian prison on a six-year stint for antigovernment propaganda, the movie is a portrait of a filmmaker in crisis, a yawp over the roofs of the world. —Josh Anderson
I'm just saying: The Room is playing this Saturday at Landmark Sunshine. Get your spoons out. —S.S.
Staff Picks: 'Bunting's Persia,' Dickinson's Manuscripts
February 17, 2012 | by The Paris Review
In you're in the New York area, tomorrow is the last day to see the unmissable exhibition of rare Emily Dickinson manuscripts and letters at Poets House. This is the first time much of this material has been on view; who knows when it will be again. It's also worth making the trip to see poet and artist Jen Bervin's striking quilts, which are stitched according to the symbols and corresponding variant words in Dickinson's fascicles. —Nicole Rudick
In the early 1930s, the young English poet Basil Bunting taught himself Farsi with a dictionary and a copy of the Iranian national epic, the Shahnameh, given to him by Ezra Pound. ("It's an easy language," Bunting explained, "if it's only for reading you want it.") The translations he made are collected in Bunting's Persia, a slim book, including excerpts from the Shahnameh and lyrics like this one by Sa'di:
Without you I've not slept, not once in the garden
nor cared much whether I slept on holly or flock,
lonely to death between one breath and the next
only to meet you, hear you, only to touch ...
I read it on Valentine's Day. —Lorin Stein
This week I found myself fascinated by the New York City Graffiti & Street Art Project, an experiment by the library of Lewis & Clark college that charts the most interesting examples of street art across the city, sorted by neighborhood, media type, subject, and more. —Deirdre Foley-Mendelssohn
I just stumbled upon this breezy interview with cartoonist Lee Lorenz from last year. Part of The Comics Journal's "Know Your New Yorker Cartoonist" column, the conversation is an endearing remembrance of a life in pictures, with the added pleasure of some insider gossip. —Josh Anderson
Try Pär Lagerkvist's The Dwarf for a healthy dose of fiery medieval homuncular misanthropy. Great reading material for long, slow queues, crowded subway rides where even the conductor is exasperated, and angry times in general. —Emma del Valle
Seventeenth-century love letters, Latin bibles, a Shelley manuscript, and English children's stories: I've suddenly discovered the Morgan Library's blog. —D.F.M.
It's official: I have an extreme case of Linsanity. —Natalie Jacoby
Cosmic Geometry
November 17, 2011 | by Lauren O'Neill-Butler
Born in a small town in northwest Iran in 1924, Monir Farmanfarmaian studied fine arts at the University of Tehran for only six months before deciding to move to Paris. But, with World War II raging, the ambitious young artist was denied entry in France; she opted instead for the United States, landing in New York City in 1944. "She traveled to the right place at the right time," argues her old friend Frank Stella in Cosmic Geometry, Farmanfarmaian's first and much-anticipated monograph, a testament of her continuing importance to contemporary Iranian art. Stella goes on to describe her facility with Abstract Expressionism's "flatness" and "imagelessness"—her childhood home was filled with stained glass and wall murals—but neglects to mention all the other juicy details of her first decade in New York: how she rubbed elbows with the great artists of the day, including Pollock, de Kooning, and Rothko, at the Cedar Tavern and at the Arts Students League; how she worked as an illustrator for Bonwit Teller under Andy Warhol. "I wasn't bad looking," she says, "so everyone invited me to their parties."
In 1957, she moved back to Tehran, married a young, American-educated lawyer named Abolbashar Farmanfarmaian, and began working with broken glass and mirrors in her studio—materials that became her hallmarks. She recounts traveling in 1966 to the Shāh Chérāgh mosque in Shiraz, Iran, a shrine "filled with high ceilings, domes, and mirror mosaics with fantastic reflections." "We sat there for half an hour, and it was like a living theater," she notes. "People came in all their different outfits and wailed and begged to the shrine, and all the crying was reflected all over the ceiling … I said to myself, I must do something like that, something that people can hang in their homes." Read More »
Islamic Art at the Met
November 7, 2011 | by Robyn Creswell
Last week, the Metropolitan Museum of Art opened its renovated and newly enlarged wing of Islamic art, now called Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia. The new space, which is gorgeous, is entirely redesigned. The galleries are now organized by theme and material as well as period. There is more figurative art—paintings, illuminated manuscripts, glazed pottery—and greater geographical breadth. Many of the pieces displayed in the old galleries are also here, newly contextualized. Others, never displayed, have been taken out of the museum's twelve-thousand-object collection. And some pieces were acquired over the past eight years, while the wing was closed to the public. Among the most seductive of these new objects is a zoomorphic dagger (pictured above) from sixteenth-century Deccan India. I recently took a tour of the galleries with curator Navina Haidar, who talked to me about some of its treasures, new and old. Read More »


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Liverpool Football Club has received an allocation of 2,935 stand tickets for the all ticket fixture against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday, November 11 at 4pm.
Ticket prices
Adult - £56/59
Over 65s - £25
Under 18s - £25
Ticket dates
Tickets will be available to season ticket holders, official members and fan card holders based on attendance at Barclays Premier League away fixtures during 2011-12 on the following days:
Attendance at 12 or more games - Friday, October 19
Attendance at 8 or more games - Monday, October 22
Sales channels
Online at www.liverpoolfc.com/tickets - on sale from 8.15am. Tickets will remain on sale until sold out or otherwise advertised.
Call 0843 170 5555 (overseas +0044 151 907 9399) between 8.15am-5.45pm (Mon-Fri) or 9.15am-3pm (Sat).
Ticket Office, Anfield between 8.15am-3.45pm (Mon-Fri) or 9.15am-3pm (Sat).
Please note: concessionary tickets can now be purchased online. Supporters can purchase tickets for up to four qualifying fan cards and a 90p booking fee per ticket will be applied across all sales channels if paying by credit/debit card.
Executive box holders, centenary, premier and executive members should contact the hospitality sales department.
Disabled supporter applications
Liverpool Football Club has also received an allocation of 5 wheelchair and carer tickets, and 6 ambulant and carer tickets.
Please visit www.liverpoolfc.com/accessibility for how to apply for tickets, or for further information, telephone one of our specialised advisors on 0843 170 5555 and select the disability option.
Liverpool Football Club will be operating a coach service for this fixture departing at 9am. Tickets are priced at £26.50 each. Coach tickets can be purchased online by visiting www.liverpoolfc.com or alternatively, please telephone 0843 170 5555. There are no booking fees for any coach tickets purchased.
Additional information
We would emphasise to all eligible applicants that tickets are subject to availability for as long as supplies last and no guarantee can be given that tickets will be available to all who apply.
Should there be any tickets remaining following the initial sale, LFC will make a further announcement.
Please note: if collecting or purchasing tickets on the day of a home game, we advise that you arrive as early as possible to avoid unnecessary queuing.
Refund requests will not be considered after Monday, October 29.


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GM's Mark Reuss Responds to Dealers Regarding Rollout of the 2014 Corvette Stingray
In a video posted on Automotive News, GM's North American President Mark Reuss responded to several questions posed from dealers, one of whom asked about the rollout strategy limiting allocations of the new 2014 Corvette Stingray to a select group of 900 dealers instead of opening it up for all dealers. As we've discussed here
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Chevrolet just gave enthusiasts of the 2014 Corvette Stingray yet another reason to pull the trigger and place that order. Starting now, customers who purchase or lease an eligible new 2014 Chevrolet, Buick or GMC will be covered by a new maintenance plan that includes certain scheduled services for two years or 24,000 miles, whichever
49ers Coach Jim Harbaugh Pacing Indy 500 in the 2014 Corvette Stingray
Earlier this month we learned the 2014 Corvette Stingray would be pacing the 97th running of the Indianapolis 500 and now we know who will be driving the Laguna Blue Stingray. Jim Harbaugh, coach of the NFL's San Francisco 49ers has been named the official pace car driver and will lead the 33 Indy Cars
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The latest Faces of GM video focuses on the 2014 Corvette Stingray's aerodynamic performance. Aero Performance Engineer John Bednarchik discusses the design features they learned from testing with Corvette Racing and why working on the new Corvette is so special to him. Growing up, John worked on restoring old Corvettes with his dad and that
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One of the most remarkable transformations that Chevrolet has made with the new Corvette is the completely redesigned interior. Premium materials and lots of technology will surely quiet the detractors from previous models. Here is the interior design seminar held by Ryan Vaughan and Lucy Lahood at the 2013 National Corvette Museum's Bash in Bowling


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whole wheat goldfish crackers
But lo and behold, recently we were at the park and a kid was eating goldfish crackers and shared some with Jacob, who proceeded to go nuts for them. We decided not to tell him there was (a nominal amount of) cheese in there, in the same way that we don't tell him what's schmeared on his beloved whole wheat bagel or stuffed in those blintzes he enjoys. I mean, he's going to eventually think we're killjoys either way, no need to rush his disdain.
And look, I know I've made Pop-Tarts. And Oreos. Graham crackers, marshmallows and even the wafers that you use to make icebox cakes. I know I do crazy things and then I have the nerve to call them a good time. But I understood at the very pit of my gut that I should not indulge the urge to make goldfish crackers at home, that ordering a cookie cutter for the sole purpose of satisfying this curiosity was taking things one step too far and that someone needed to stop me.
But nobody did. Had they, however, I had my rationale all prepared anyway, which was that I wasn't going off the deep end, I had already been there as a little over a year ago, I discovered cheese straws and proceeded to have my mind blown by their uncanny flavor resemblance to Cheez-Its and other so-called cheese crackers. Basically, I already knew how to make them, it was just a matter of when. Turns out it only took one dreary day, two pudgy forearms and a very loud block of orange cheddar to make it happen.
One year ago: St. Louis Gooey Butter Cake and Warm Mushroom Salad with Hazelnuts
Two years ago: Steak Sandwiches and Crispy Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
Three years ago: Big Crumb Coffee Cake and Alex's Chicken and Mushroom Marsala
Whole Wheat Goldfish Crackers
Adapted in ways they probably hadn't planned from The Lee Bros.
I swapped most (but not all, because I copped out) of the all-purpose flour in the original recipe for whole wheat flour, suspecting that we wouldn't miss a thing and indeed, we did not. Should you make these with a full amount whole wheat flour (or any other mix of flours), please let us know how it went in the comments as I'm sure many will be curious.
I'd intended to make the eyes with a wooden skewer but couldn't find one and used a drill bit instead (hi, honey!). Go ahead and press right through the cracker with the point; the "docking" will keep the cracker from puffing too much. I used the end of a grapefruit knife (the only thing I could think of that ended in a curve) to make the mouth.
I spied onion powder on the ingredient list of the original crackers and included it because onions and cheddar are a fantastic combination. You'll barely taste it, so if you wish get more of a hint of onion, use 1/4 teaspoon instead.
Finally, the higher amount will give you a familiar level of saltiness, i.e. almost as salty as the original cracker. Understandably, many will probably prefer the smaller amount.
Yield: About 100 1 1/4 inch goldfish
6 ounces (1 1/2 cups coarsely grated) sharp cheddar, orange if you can find one you like
4 tablespoons (2 ounces or 57 grams) butter
1/2 cup (2 1/2 ounces or 62 grams) whole wheat flour
1/4 cup (1 1/8 ounces or 31 grams) all-purpose flour
1/8 teaspoon onion powder
1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon table salt
Preheat oven to 350°F. Combine all ingredients in a food processor, running the machine until the dough forms a ball, about two minutes.
If the dough feels warm or worrisome-ly soft, wrap it in waxed paper or plastic wrap and chill it in the fridge for 30 to 45 minutes. This also makes it easier to transfer shapes once they are rolled out.
On a lightly floured surface, using a lightly floured rolling pin, roll the dough out 1/8-inch thick. Form shapes with a cookie cutter, dipping it in flour from time to time to ensure a clean cut. Gently transfer crackers to an ungreased (though mine were parchment-lined, because they are in despicable shape) cookie sheet with a 1/2 inch between them. Bake the crackers on the middle rack for 12 to 15 minutes, or until they are barely browned at the edges. Remove from the oven and set the cookie sheet on a rack to cool.
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Peter Green: Descending Scale
Descending Scale
Peter Green (guitar)
The End of the Game (Warner 926758)
Peter Green (guitar), Zoot Money (piano),
Nick Buck (keyboards), Alex Dmochowski (bass), Godfrey Maclean (drums).
Composed by Peter Green.
Recorded: London, mid-1969
Rating: 93/100 (learn more)
While there isn't much of a descending scale to speak of on this experimental piece by ex-Fleetwood Mac guitarist Peter Green, the musical chaos and concurrent deconstruction into freeform noise, volume swells, and subtle feedback provides more thrills than the story behind the music's creation would lead you to expect.
While Green was considered an acid casualty by many (his music began to reflect spacier influences such as the Grateful Dead), his playing was actually stronger on this cut than on anything he had done before. By assuming a clear leadership role, the music sounds spontaneous and refreshing given that most contemporary album releases never dare to venture into such challenging territory.
Just as no one was expecting much from Peter Green (and, subsequently, nothing was heard from him for several years following this release), his talents as an improviser became more apparent. This track and its respective CD are essential, as the music is so freeform that it classifies as "jazz" by a wide margin and owes much of its appeal to the likes of John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, and Miles Davis (despite defying the track's title, the ascending, dissonant piano scales sound like staples from the Herbie Hancock/Miles Davis Quintet bag of riffs and fills).
Reviewer: Marcus Singletary
Tags: guitar
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President Barack Obama, in a visit Thursday to Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla., joked it was nice to meet a world leader "who has bigger ears than me."
With Cinderella's castle as a backdrop, Obama spoke to an audience of about 150 people, including Disney employees, members of several unions and local politicians on Disney's Main Street.
"It's always nice to meet a world leader who has bigger ears than me," said Obama, of a planned meeting with Mickey Mouse.
He added it was rare for him to do something that would make his daughters jealous.
Obama spoke about tourism and travel initiatives he planned to implement by executive order to make the United States "the top tourist destination in the world" and to signal "America is open for business."
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Before and After: The Move that Changed Childhood Forever
I remember one move as a child. I was five. We'd been living in a tiny green house in a tough neighborhood in Denver. My five older brothers and sisters and I were doubled and tripled up in bedrooms, and the sole bathroom was the only privacy you could find.
The new house, 20 minutes away, was a palace by comparison. With six bedrooms, every kid could have their own, except one sister and me. The neighborhood was much nicer, with a park half a block away and better schools. The obvious plusses of this move helped my older siblings who otherwise didn't want to leave old friends.
Two years after I moved my family from Colorado to New York City, the plusses are not so obvious. We left a sunny, spacious home in a wilderness setting for a cramped apartment on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Yes, delicious Pakistani food is just steps away, but so is the homeless amputee living in his battered van parked on the corner.
As I wrote this week, the reasons we did this were compelling – the professional upside for me was evident, as was the chance to help our kids better prepare for the real world. We brought them to a more competitive place, and each one of them raised their game academically. But the guilt over taking them away from everyone and everything they knew still bothers me. From Easter egg hunts to trick-or-treating, childhood is lived very differently in the big city. Our kids had to grow up sooner than we might have wished.
While the schools we found for them do a great job, there are rats in the classroom. A typically morning involves a wake-up call from car alarms. While amazing theater, music, and arts are all around us, we can't afford to avail ourselves of it as often as we would like.
The guilt is pushing me all the time. It pushes me to find free and inexpensive activities we can do here that we never could have done back in Colorado. It pushes me to work hard to keep my family secure. It pushes me to be even more ambitious professionally, in hopes of giving my family a better lifestyle and more chances to enjoy all that New York has to offer.
Jugglers, what kind of parenting guilt have you experienced? Does it motivate your actions? Have you been able to find ways to make it go away?


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By Elise Franco
YOUNGSTOWN — Two men accused of defrauding local Giant Eagle stores of thousands of dollars are charged with several felonies.
Anton Pyateysky, 19, of Austintown, and Mureed Amireh, 26, of Youngstown, pleaded innocent Tuesday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court to charges of theft by deception, criminal simulation and criminal tools.
Austintown Detective Dan Kosco said the two men had been reproducing bar codes from activated Giant Eagle gift cards and then distributing them.
They were using gift cards that had balances, "and then making duplicate bar codes," he said. "They sold them for less than the face value of the gift card."
Kosco said the bar codes were printed on heavy paper, much like the type used to make business cards.
"It was clear that they weren't real gift cards," he said.
The fake cards were used at self-check-out registers and Get-Go pumps at Giant Eagles all over the Mahoning Valley, all the way to Hermitage, Pa. Kosko said a total of $46,022 was stolen.
Kosco said the Austintown Police Department, along with the Mahoning Valley Criminal Task Force and Giant Eagle loss prevention, investigated the pair for eight months.
"I had an informant who called in a tip and told me what was going on," he said.
Police said Pyateysky is a computer expert and owner of Anton's Computer on State Street in Hermitage, which is how he was able to reproduce the bar codes.
Both men are free on bond and set for pretrial hearings at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Mahoning County Common Pleas Court.
A jury trial court date has been set for 10 a.m. May 11 in front of Judge Lou D'Apolito.
Nows that funny.....go figure these 2 eggheads firgured a way to scam G.E......lol. Smarts overtook their common sense though!
Giant Eagle deserves it for the ripping off and deomographic collecting schemes they conduct anyways. It's more funny that two near teenagers outwitted them I personally think.
I don't know who's more stupid.
These two men, or the people that bought them.
probably sent their profits to bin-Laden
hey everyone, i recently read that the youngstown court is going to drop over 500 warrents on people that HAVE COMMITED CRIMES AGAINST YOU OR A FAMILY MEMBER. i guess that is going to make youngstown a crime haven. why dont we all stand together and protest against this and make these punks be punished for what they have done. in cleveland we have on our local newsstation which is a wkbyn ownd a thing called the wheel of justice and every thursday the euclid co.sherrifs spin the wheel and whoevers name it lands on gets posted. the show the name and the pictur and the crime that was commited. they ask the viewers to turn the person for a cash reward. and in turn the crimminal has to pay that cash reward back to the courts along with hai or her fines.
I think all of these comments are for the most part very unfair. These are two young guys that made a mistake. Unless you know these men you should not judge them. They got caught and will do there time for it. I have known one of these men for 5 years and he is a great guy. This is not a issue that has anything to do with their race so no one should make it into that.


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Kevin Thomas Donnalley
Position: G-T
Height: 6-5 Weight: 310 lbs.
Born: June 10, 1968 in St. Louis, MO
High School: Athens Drive
College: Davidson, North Carolina (school history)
Drafted by the Houston Oilers in the 3rd round (79th overall) of the 1991 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 52 (1335th overall since 1950)
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|Charlston Signs Pro Contract
MOSCOW, Idaho—Former women's basketball standout, Alyssa Charlston, will continue her basketball career in Europe after signing her first professional contract. Charlston will join Amicale Steinsel, located in Steinsel, Luxembourg.
"I am really excited to continue my basketball career at the professional level while getting to explore Europe," Charlston said. "I'm so grateful to my coaches, teammates and entire Idaho basketball family for pushing me so I could get this opportunity."
Amicale Steinsel finished the 2013-14 season sixth in the Luxembourg Total League. The roster is composed of mostly Luxembourgers. Each of the eight teams in the league boast two to three North American players. Charlston will join Lindsay Laur, who played her collegiate basketball at Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Canadian Katie Donovan who played three seasons at Illinois State.
"I am absolutely thrilled for Alyssa that she has achieved her goal of playing professional basketball," Idaho head coach Jon Newlee commented. "Nobody deserves this more than she does, spending the last four years dedicated to becoming the best player she could be. I know she will do great in Europe and continue to represent the Vandals with all the class and style we are accustomed to. I could not be prouder."
Terms of her contract include housing, transportation, select meals and an undisclosed salary. Luxembourg is a small European country bordered by Belgium to the west and north, Germany to the east and France to the south. Steinsel is located north of Luxembourg City and is two hours from Paris.
"I have always dreamed of playing overseas since I was younger," Charlston added. "Now that I have signed a contract and it is a done deal it makes it a little easier to accept the fact that I do not get to keep playing at Idaho."
Charlston finished her career at Idaho after playing in a record 130 consecutive games. She finished fifth all-time in scoring with 1,587 career-points. The Sammamish, Wash., cemented her name in the Idaho record books with 128 blocks (fourth), 855 rebounds (fourth), 601 field goals (fifth), 429 free-throws attempted (seventh), 290 free-throws (ninth), a 36 percent three-point field goal percentage (ninth) and 95 three-pointers (t-10th).
Charlston will join the team in September for the start of the preseason. Amicale's first regular season game is Oct. 4.


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Wensleydale with Cranberries
Wensleydale cheese is well known for its white crumbly texture and a clean, fresh flavor. In this cheese, it is tastefully enriched with a flavorful punch of cranberries. Exquisite for entertaining when paired with fresh fruits and nuts, Ilchester® Wensleydale with Cranberries also adds zest to salads and dessert platters. A true delight!
- Crumble over salads and drizzle with balsamic vinegar and extra virgin olive oil
- Slice and serve with fruit cake
- Perfect for entertaining when paired with fresh fruits and nuts
- Makes a unique addition to pasta dishes and bread recipes
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Our Latest Jewellery Brand Crush: Bill Skinner
Love statement cocktail rings but hate grubby green fingers? Then you'll love our latest online jewellery crush, Bill Skinner, which is available right now at fashion go-to ASOS.
Combining fun designs (have you seen the leopard bangle?) with an 18ct gold finish, Bill Skinner's pieces are the perfect investment costume jewellery, because sometimes simple bands and stones just aren't enough are they?
With prices from £60 they're the perfect me-treat, but they make the cutest birthday gifts too. We'll be scooping up the pretty floral ring with our next pay cheque, and maybe that bangle and this honeycomb ring... HG
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