text: In trying to get the pam_cracklib module running on Solaris, I have encountered (and solved) a few problems, and would like to propose some upwards-compatible amendments. 1. One convention to assist stacking of modules is to have options called try_first_pass and use_first_pass. Together with the default behaviour, this creates a three-way switch for getting the old and new passwords: default: get from user, else fail use_first_pass: get from modules higher on stack, else fail try_first_pass: try from stack, then try from user, else fail I have implemented this and got it working nicely. Side-effect: the main loop of pam_cracklib was already getting unwieldy: because this change added yet more complexity, I took the opportunity to tidy it up. 2. The prompts for user-interrogation are hardcoded into the source. (The sys.admin. can adjust one detail.) I propose adding new options to allow all three prompts to be specifiable by the sys.admin. (The motivation for this is trying to get pam_cracklib to interwork with the "poppassd" program, which itself has hard-coded lists of possible prompts for use via "/bin/passwd". At present a sys.admin. trying to use both products is forced to adjust source code in one of the products. It would seem sensible to allow flexibility.) Comments, anyone? In looking at those issues, I notice that several modules seem to have much code replicated. A related exercise (though much bigger!) would be to try to abstract some common module functionality into a separate module library. (Recent discussion about syslog also relates to this.) Again, comments, anyone? It seems that, as a matter of high priority, we should think through such commonality issues (conventions such as "try_first_pass" and possibly propmt-specifications), and perhaps consequent library abstraction, and head towards a consistent method of module writing. Andrew Morgan's proposed "autoconf" work would be a good incentive for such rationalisation. But that seems to have dried up in recent weeks. Andrew, I think, wants gradual, cautious change (understandably, although development at "pam.sourceforge.net" seems to have stopped altogether). On the other hand, the above suggestions (augmented by some earlier discussion about the extent of autoconf) would indicate a more adventurous path. (Actually, I think we're both heading in the same direction, towards an "Open-PAM"-like philosophy, but with different ideas about how to conduct the journey.) In doing the Solaris/portability/autoconf work (those three areas overlap considerably) I am accumulating many changes, including the "pam_cracklib" ones. But how should I contribute these "to the greater good"? -- : David Lee I.T. Service : : Systems Programmer Computer Centre : : University of Durham : : http://www.dur.ac.uk/~dcl0tdl South Road : : Durham : : Phone: +44 191 374 2882 U.K. :


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Part for the Whole
When others run to windows or out of doors
To catch the sunset whole, he is content
With any segment anywhere he sits. . . .
When others run to windows or out of doors
To catch the sunset whole, he is content
With any segment anywhere he sits. . . .
Come live with me and be my love,
And we will all the pleasures prove,
That Valleys, groves, hills, and fields, . . .
They explained to me the bloody bandages
On the floor in the maternity ward in Rochester, N.Y.,
Cured the backache I acquired bowing to my old master, . . .
Remember when you love, from that same hour
Your peace you put into your lover's power;
From that same hour from him you laws receive, . . .
I collect them now, it seems. Like
sea-shells or old
thimbles. One for . . .
When despair for the world grows in me
and I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be, . . .
Today is a trumpet to set the hounds baying.
The past is a fox the hunters are flaying.
Nothing unspoken goes without saying. . . .
He was a mystery in smoke and flags
Saying yes to the smoke, yes to the flags, . . .
Once when I was harmless
and didn't know any better,
. . .
Softly, in the dusk, a woman is singing to me;
Taking me back down the vista of years, till I see
A child sitting under the piano, in the boom of the tingling strings . . .

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Writer-Director Leslye Headland wrote the story for Bachelorette in 2008, which is based on the sin of gluttony and explores the dark world of eating disorders, drugs and casual sex.
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Sneak peek inside latest edition.
Tonight's programme for the visit of QPR is as packed as ever.
Martin O'Neill reflects on Saturday's game with West Brom and the impact he expects Harry Redknapp to have on QPR. Former Sunderland striker Djibril Cisse looks forward to returning to the Stadium of Light, while there's a pull out poster of Danny Rose.
Goalkeeping coach Seamus McDonagh talks about Simon Mignolet and on the subject of goalkeepers Jim Montgomery remembers the famous meeting with QPR five days after the FA Cup was won in 1973.
We've also tracked down and spoken to Rangers' 'keeper that night, former England man Phil Parkes who recalls that infamous evening.
Jack Colback and James McFadden go head to head in Simon Mignolet's general knowledge quiz while David Vaughan has a go at Red and White's 'Good Finish' questionnaire.
We've also spoken to Lee Cattermole and John O'Shea as well as catching up with former player Gordon Chisholm who explains his new role back at the club.
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I know we have a couple debtates going, but this isn't really a debate. I read a comment from one of the parents that said there was still one group of children unaccounted for in the school and the second gunman was at large. I am so terrified for those students. The pictures are shocking and gut wrenching since you know those children were freightened. I still haven't found anything on why the shooting took place.
CT shooting
I can't stop thinking that these little ones won't see Christmas. Won't see summer. That it's so final, horrible, tragic.
My God.
Mom of two wonderful kiddos, turning the page and starting on a new chapter.
That is a good piece of information to pass on to our children in an even like this stay the hell in your classroom! I would hate for my child to be the one locked out in the halls
It was almost fucking winter break! I just am not handling this well at all
I know in the school I taught at students run to the nearest classroom when a lockdown is announced an adult sweeps the halls and gets the students, it isn't like the student is left to themselves.
Right; if they're close and it's within the five seconds of the active shooter being called before you've shut the door and you have eyes on them, sure. But once that door is shut it's shut and it's not being opened for anyone but law enforcement.
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"Oh simmer down ladies, whether or not someone does or does not enjoy sniffing panties is really not something worth arguing about."
What do they teach the child to do if he/she got locked out in this situation?
Like I said, coward motherfucker. You have a disagreement with the principal so you kill children? How the fuck do you even come to a decision like that as damn adult? I can almost understand when this happens and its a student with a diminished capacity and probable mental issues, but a fucking adult killing kids over an argument?
Jessie(30)+DH(31) Bailey 9/18/08 Oliver 11/23/09 Evelyn 2/5/13
" Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn"
What do they teach the child to do if he/she got locked out in this situation?
Find the nearest storage closet, etc. or bathroom and stand on the toilet with the door shut, crouched down.
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An outstanding conductor and exceptional musician, French-Canadian Jean-Michaël Lavoie is building an enviable reputation in Europe as well as in the US and Canada. Boulez protégé, he excels in contemporary repertoire, equally establishing himself in mainstream symphonic repertoire and in opera. Recent highlights include appearances with Los Angeles Philharmonic, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Toronto Symphony, Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken-Kaiserlautern, Edmonton Symphony, SWR Sinfonieorchester Freiburg, Aarhus Symphony and Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg as well as ongoing collaborations with Klangforum Wien, Ensemble Modern, Ensemble Resonanz and with Ensemble intercontemporain. Lavoie made his debut with Opéra National de Lyon conducting Kaiser von Atlantis and with Opéra National de Bordeaux with a new commissioned work by Christian Lauba.
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Jean-Michaël Lavoie conducts Ensemble Resonanz in performances of Claude Vivier 'Enlightened Child', choreographed by Natalia Horecna. The production, an on-stage interaction...
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Jean-Michaël Lavoie makes his debut with the Victoria Symphony Orchestra on April 12th conducting a programme of works by Mendelssohn, Schubert, Schumann and 20th century...
18 Feb 2015
Jean-Michaël Lavoie is currently working with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and Los Angeles Opera on a new and exuberant production of Unsuk Chin's opera, Alice in Wonderland. Jean-...
29 Oct 2014
Jean-Michaël Lavoie will make his debut with the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra in a programme of works by Martinú, Brousek, Barber and Prokofiev on November 10th in the beautiful...
29 Sep 2014
Jean-Michaël Lavoie returns to conduct Ensemble intercontemporain in October, at the 58th Festival Internationale di musica contemporanea, part of the 2014 Venice Biennale. The programme of...
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Jean-Michaël Lavoie makes his début with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg at the Festival Musica later this month, with soloist Pierre Etcheverry. The programme includes:
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Jean-Michaël Lavoie makes his conducting début with the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg on June 4th. The varied programme includes Paganini's Sonata per la Grand' Viola and Elgar's cello...
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Jean-Michaël Lavoie conducts the world-premiere of a new commission: La Lettre des Sables by Christian Lauba at the Opéra National de Bordeaux on April 25th, 27th, 29th and 30th. The...
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Jean-Michaël Lavoie makes his debut with the renowned SWR Baden-Baden and Freiburg Symphony Orchestra on April 3rd, at the Franziskaner Konzerthaus, conducting Brahms' Variations on a Theme by...
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Jean Michaël Lavoie made his debut with Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken-Kaiserslautern on...
Wilhelm Sinkovicz, Die Presse - Apr 2014
Michel Le Naour, concertclassic.com - Apr 2014
Patrick Szernovicz, Diapason - Apr 2014
Le Dauphine - Nov 2012
Neues Volksbaltt: Klangforum Wien at Brucknerhaus, Linz - Sep 2012
Nchrichten.at: Klangforum Wien at Brucknerhaus, Linz - Sep 2012
Le Populaire du Centre: Orchestre de Limoges et du Limousin at Festival des Francophonies en Limousin 2011 - Sep 2011
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Ottawa Citizen - Jul 2011
Le Droit - Jul 2011
MusicalCriticism.com Interview - May 2011
Los Angeles Times - Nov 2010
Le Télégramme - Jun 2010
Jean-Michaël Lavoie is an outstanding young French-Canadian conductor who in recent seasons established an international reputation both in Europe and North America.
Assistant Conductor of Ensemble intercontemporain from 2008-2010, he frequently worked in association with Pierre Boulez, including the Lucerne Festival Academy. This collaboration lead to a series of contemporary music projects and an ongoing relationship with Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Klangforum Wien, Ensemble Modern, Ensemble Resonanz, and the Israel Contemporary Players. He made his American debut in 2010 with a residency at the Los Angeles Philharmonic as a Dudamel Conducting Fellow, making his Walt Disney Hall debut in the LA Phil's Green Umbrella contemporary main series.
In 2011 Jean-Michaël Lavoie made his debut at Teatro alla Scala, Milan, conducting together with Susanna Mälkki the world première of Luca Francesconi's Quartett and he collaborated on a revival of this same work at the Wiener Festwochen a year later. Recent highlights include recording with Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France for the radio series Alla Breve on France Musique, an operatic debut with l'Opéra de Lyon, conducting Der Kaiser von Atlantis in Valence and in Lyon, and conducting the world première of a new work by Christian Lauba, La Lettre des Sables, with l'Opéra National de Bordeaux.
Jean-Michaël guest conducted at the Berliner Festspiele, the Berlin Philharmonie and the Salzburg Biennale. and his symphonic engagements include concerts with BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Toronto Symphony, Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken-Kaiserslautern, SWR Sinfonieorchester Freiburg, Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, Aarhus Symphony and Edmonton Symphony.
Last season he made his debut with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg at the Festival Musica, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble MusikFabrik and Victoria Symphony Orchestra, he returned for further projects with Hamburg-based Ensemble Resonanz and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and conducted Ensemble intercontemporain at the Venice Biennale.
Future engagements include a return to Germany for the final part of a tour based on the work of Canadian composer Claude Vivier, with Ensemble Resonanz, Bundesjugendballett and choreographer Natalia Horecna, followed by debuts with the WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln and Deutsche Oper am Rhein and a Bowie/Glass project in France with the Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine.
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|The MP5/10 was the first attempt by HK to manufacture the MP5 in a more powerful caliber than 9mm. 10mm Auto, also called the Centimeter, is one hot caliber. At the time of the request for this new caliber, the FBI was hot on this cartridge, since the .40 Smith & Wesson had not yet been invented. It was the FBI that provided the substantial financial motivation for HK to retool for the more powerful caliber. FBI has about 1,400 of these MP5s in inventory, but aside from them, the 10mm MP5 has been eclipsed by the sale of the much more popular MP5/40.
In a concession to American preference, a bolt hold open device was added. The model above was photographed with the early translucent magazines reminiscent of the new G36 series magazines. MP5/10 and MP5/40 magazines are now light blue polymer, or flat black, and are not transparent.
HKPRO is a big fan of Tom Clancy, who is a big fan of HK. I was so disappointed when reading Rainbow Six, and Clancy's referral to the MP5/10 as the MP-10. It is still correctly called the MP5 or MP5/10, not MP-10 as in Rainbow Six. A small price to pay for the greatness of Clancy's work. Likewise, the MP5/40 is often referred to incorrectly as the MP-40. That is the name of a WWII era German submachine gun of completely different lineage.
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To purchase a permanent key for the globalSAN iSCSI Initiator, unlock the globalSAN preference pane and click the License button on the Initiator tab. Follow the on-screen instructions to purchase and retrieve the permanent key for your computer.
New! globalSAN v.5.0 installs a Beta for Xtarget. Xtarget allows your Mac to act as an iSCSI target. For example, you can turn FireWire, USB, eSATA, and other drives into SAN storage by using your Mac to act as the storage server. A timed trial of Xtarget is available. (To safely share Xtarget's storage with multiple computers, you must use SANmp/iSANmp or Xsan.)
globalSAN v.5 requires an Intel Mac running 10.6.7 or later, and a Gigabit Ethernet connection with Cat 5e cable or better. Check the installer's readme file for version history.
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Christians should be "luminous people" who carry the Light of Jesus Christ into the wider world, Pope Francis explained on Sunday in a reflection for his Sunday Angelus audience in St. Peter's Square. "We must carry the light of Christ with the witness of a genuine love," said the Holy Father. "The Christian must be a luminous person who carries the light, a light that comes from one that his not his own, but a gift of God, a gift of Jesus. We carry this light forward! If a Christian loses this light, his life doesn't make sense. He is a Christian in name only."
"I want to ask you now, how do you want to live? As a lamp that is lit, or one that is off," Francis asked the crowd directly, departing from prepared remarks. "I can't hear your response!" the Pontiff exclaimed, urging a louder reply. "A lit lamp! This is the Christian vocation!" The Holy Father was reflecting on the Gospel for Sunday, in which Christ told his disciples that they were "the salt of the earth" and "the light of the world."
"The disciples were mere fishermen, simple people, but Jesus saw them with the eyes of God. Christ wanted to say to them: if you will be poor in spirit, if you will be gentle, if you will be pure of heart, if you will be merciful, you will be the salt of the earth and the light of the world! All of us who are baptized are missionary disciples and we are called to become a living gospel in the world: with a holy life we will give 'flavor' to diverse settings and preserve them from decay, as salt does."
Pope Francis reminded the crowds to remember the dignity of sick and disabled persons on the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, which is tomorrow. "The dignity of of the person is never reduced to his faculties or capacities, and does not diminish when the person himself is weak, handicapped, and in need of help," the Pope declared. "So many write to me, and today I want to assure all of these families of a prayer, and I say to them: don't be afraid of frailty! Help one another with love, and feel the consoling presence of God."


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Firefighters are getting more control over the Web Fire burning in Butte County.
As of Wednesday morning, CAL FIRE said the fire had burned 375 acres and was 60 percent contained.
Fire crews made significant progress overnight in gaining containment. Work will continue to build and strengthen control lines in the steep terrain.
The fire was reported Monday at 1:11 p.m. in the Web Hollow area west of Highway 32 and northwest of Forest Ranch.
No structures are threatened.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
CAL FIRE said full containment of the fire is expected by Friday, August 1 at 8 p.m.
Some valley and foothill locations are currently being impacted by smoke from the Web Fire, resulting
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The major air pollutant of concern is fine particulate matter also known as PM2.5. The young, elderly and those with respiratory conditions may experience more serious symptoms which may include, but are not limited to coughing, watery and itchy eyes, and difficulty in breathing.
Wednesday's air quality index (AQI) level in Chico is forecast to be unhealthy for sensitive groups. People with heart or lung disease, older adults, and children should reduce prolonged or heavy exertion.
Web Fire update: 375 acres, 60% contained
Firefighters are getting more control over the Web Fire burning in Butte County.
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Type 2 diabetes may have finally met its match. A new study shows bariatric surgery is an effective treatment for type 2 diabetes, as many as three years after the procedure.
"We found that in the surgical patients you had much improvement in their blood sugar and reduced dependency on their medications," Dr. Phillip Schauer of the Cleveland Clinic said. "They had significant improvement in their overall quality of life, much more so, than folks who had medical treatment only."
Three years ago a team of researchers randomly placed 150 obese people into two groups: Intensive medical therapy or intensive medical therapy plus gastric bypass or sleeve gastrectomy. Results show three years later, those in the surgery group use fewer cardiovascular and glucose-lowering medications.
In fact, 90 percent of the people who had surgery are no longer taking insulin and many others are off all diabetic medications.
The surgery group also showed higher quality of life scores, improved cardiovascular risk factors, like cholesterol and blood pressure, and improved kidney function compared to those on medical therapy alone. It appears the benefits of the surgery far outweigh the risks.
"There are 22 million Americans with Type 2 diabetes and 80 percent of them are either overweight or obese and we know that obesity is a major factor in the development of this disease, so if we can control the body weight we can definitely improve the diabetes," said Schauer
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Probably the most bizarre-looking extinct mammal ever, this ancient relative of the horse and the rhino resembled a cross between a bear, a tapir, and a moose, but walked on its knuckles like a gorilla. See also Ancient.
Instrument of choice for sprites, satyrs, and kids in college who wear shorts throughout the winter. See also Ancient.


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Intervideo has released WinDVD Platinum. It includes all the great features included in previous versions with the addition of DivX playback, Dolby Virtual Speaker which uses advanced algorithms to replicate 5.1 surround sound over two single speakers and more, if the latter was not enough for you.
WinDVD Platinum is InterVideo's latest version of WinDVD which is a simple-to-use DVD player that combines all the features of a standard consumer DVD player and offers much more. WinDVD Platinum is the ultimate DVD player with advanced audio and video functions, not found anywhere else.More information @ Intervideo


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Mary Valle: Fr. Marcel Guarnizo, the priest who denied Barbara Johnson (also known as the "lesbian Barbara Johnson") communion at her mother's funeral, has been put on administrative leave for having "engaged in intimidating behavior toward parish staff and others that is incompatible with proper priestly ministry."
Said move has been interpreted by some as a swipe at clerical overreach. Whatever the trajectory of poor Fr. Guarnizo–who, based on this photo, may wish to pursue an acting career playing evil-seeming Holy See bureaucrats who turn out to actually be on the side of good (Good, that is) — may all players in this traumatic scene find the peace they deserve, including Ms. Johnson's mother, who was surely not pleased to see the goings-on at her funeral from heaven. It seems obvious, but, at a funeral, perhaps the deceased should be kept in mind?
However, this just came in from Rome wire, today, via the Pope's Twitter feed.
@Pope2YouVatican BXVI: The Church's tradition has included "admonishing sinners" among the spiritual works of mercy. #Lent
Fr. Guarnizo, Rome may have a desk for you yet!
Editor's Note: For more on Fr. Guarnizo's behavior read here, here and, for the hell of it, here.


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Fitness Mistakes
Exercise goofs vary. Some people put the treadmill WAY too high and others SQUEEZE into tight workout clothes and some do both!
But seriously, Parade magazine points out 3 more fitness mistakes. Have a look:
- Forgetting to warm up or cool down
- Not cross-training
- Ignoring proper form
I'm a stickler for all three, especially the last one—my motto is slow and steady. Actually, give the U.S. Navy SEAL workout a try, seems like a pretty inclusive routine to me.


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I have multiple 3G data Cards as well as a wired connection to the Internet. I can connect each of them separately and access the internet. Is there any way i can aggregate the bandwidth of these cards to enjoy the combined speed? What i mean is simultaneously plugging in all the cards and getting the sum total of the bandwidth.
You could do this. Network Manager can do one connection per device just fine. But even with network-manager connected to multiple things, outbound traffic will only chose one gateway. You need to bridge these gateways into a virtual tunnel and use that as the gateway.
The problem is all the machinery is there (iptables, ipchains, iproute2, etc) is somewhat lower-level than network manager. You can try and follow a guide showing example configuration to split traffic over multiple gateways but network-manager might end up getting in the way.
It might not. It might work out just fine. You won't know until you've poked it ;)
No, you can't aggregate multiple data cards out-of-the-box.
You need to buy a device that does link aggregation(802.3ad protocol).
In my opinion you cant.Because you can not make your network manager connect to multiple lines at the same time..
You need to "bridge" multiple connections into one. While I've never done it on Ubuntu myself, the following guides seem to have directions for it:
You can configure Linux routing to use more than one gateway easily. The more problematic part is that if one of the gateways is down, you want your machine to stop using it and start again once it's up. I have once written a script that does it (only for wireless connections). You can see torrent working and utilizing 3 different wifi internet connections here:
If you want to see the script to understand what commands I used see: http://www.x-kent.com/powernet/
The first versions have just the configuration commands, the later versions stop using a connection if the gateway of that connection cannot be reached and retry after some time.
Expect newbie coding quality., I was just studying bash at that time.


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UPDATE — BPA restores electrical power after outage in east Clallam County
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The Clallam County Public Utility District has been restoring power to those who lost it because of fuses blown or other issues, said PUD spokesman Mick Howe.
SEQUIM — Most customers who lost power at about 9:30 a.m. today were back on the grid by 10:30 a.m., said a Clallam County Public Utility District spokesman.
The outage affected all of Sequim and Blyn, said Mike Howe, PUD spokesman.
It was caused by a problem on a Bonneville Power Administration transmission line between the Fairmont and Happy Valley substations, Howe said.
Power remains out for some customers, he said, adding he didn't know when power would be restored for them.
He did not know how many were initially affected nor how many still lack power.
Electrical power flickered at 9:30 a.m. in Port Angeles, and shut down computers in some homes and businesses.
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Miami Dolphins: Projected seven-round mock draft
Most people expect the team they love to go wild and crazy in free agency.
But truth is being a big spender during this process is the easiest way to put a franchise on the fast track to mediocrity because most of the free agents that hit the open market are either overpriced, or damaged goods.
However, a fan base's myopic view doesn't stop them from thinking (insert name here), an aged and expensive veteran at (insert position), is the answer for (insert team here).
The problem these fans have is they can't see the full portrait of a team's thinking. They don't understand the best way to build a team is through the draft, where players are younger, cheaper and have more upside.
Smart teams – look at Pittsburgh, Green Bay, Baltimore, San Francisco – use free agency to fill the needs the draft can not. Miami's done that so far retaining a Pro Bowl nose tackle in Paul Soliai, re-signing Lydon Murtha, who they envision as the starting right tackle, a nickel cornerback in Richard Marshall, and a veteran offensive lineman in Artis Hicks.
Add Patriots defensive end Mark Anderson, who visited on Friday, to that list and the Dolphins have a pass rusher to put opposite Cameron Wake.
To provide an assist for what the entire offseason can look like I've produced a seven-round Miami Dolphins mock draft.
This is a list of players I've personally examined, and suspect the Dolphins have on their draft board based on the team's criteria, and remaining needs when quarterback Matt Flynn, who is visiting with the Dolphins this weekend, finally gets signed.
Miami Dolphins' seven-round mock draft
Round 1 – USC pass rusher Nick Perry
Perry has the size and athleticism General Manager Jeff Ireland likes. He comes from a big name program, and produced 21.5 sacks. It's possible the Dolphins could trade down a few spots and still get him.
Round 2 – Wake Forest receiver Chris Givens
There are three things a receiver needs to have in Joe Philbins' offense: quick feet, sure hands and body control. Givens, who caught 83 passes for 1,330 yards and scored 9 touchdowns in his junior season, has all three.
Round 3 – Georgia cornerback Brandon Boykin
Boykin has the best feet in the draft. He's chiseled and bigger than advertised. It doesn't hurt that he's a dynamic returner. In today's NFL you can never have too many good cornerbacks.
Round 3 (from Chicago for Brandon Marshall trade) - Missouri tight end Michael Egnew
The Dolphins need to find a seam threat tight end to pair with Anthony Fasano and Charles Clay and Egnew is productive, and surprisingly athletic. He's caught 147 passes for 1,332 yards and scored nine touchdowns during his career at Missouri. The Dolphins could also trade a draft pick for one of Green Bay's five tight ends.
Round 4 - UM pass rusher Oliver Vernon
Vernon left UM before his time, and his production isn't sensational, but his physique and athleticism are off the charts. Vernon could blossom in a 3-4 scheme as a pass rushing specialist. If Vernon had stayed at UM he probably would have been dominant.
Round 5 – Iowa offensive guard Adam Gettis
He's quick to the second level and is athletic and lean. The fact he weights about 285 pounds might turn off some teams, but the Dolphins are looking for more athletic offensive linemen. Only problem is he's only started for one season. He played for Dolphins receiver coach Ken O'Keefe, which means the Dolphins should have a competitive advantage on his skill set.
Round 6 – California (Pa.) Offensive offensive guard Rishaw Johnson
This former SEC recruit is athletic and has good feet. He has tons of upside, but there are some character concerns which will make his third-round talent drop into the later rounds. But if Miami does their homework he could be one of the draft's biggest steal. I've personally watched him workout and his footwork blew me away.
Round 7 – Michigan receiver Junior Hemingway
This big player producer is competitive and sure-handed. The buzz on Hemingway, who averaged 18.5 yards on 43 catches, will soon build because the Wolverines didn't properly showcase his ability. He has the potential to become the next Stevie Johnson, a seventh-round pick who takes the league by storm.
If you put this draft class with what the Dolphins have done on defense, and are patient with the rebuilding that's taking place on offense, you'll clearly see the Dolphins are positioning themselves to become more competitive in the AFC.
Now…of course I can't guarantee you this mock draft. But I can tell you that WE don't know the full scope of what Miami's doing. But free agency and the draft is a two-pronged approach.
My hope is I've helped you see the full portrait.


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Veterans' health care in crosshairs of privatization forces
A blue-ribbon commission is set to recommend that private health companies take over from the federally-run VA. Yet no one has asked veterans what they think.
Bernie Sanders applauds Greeks for rejecting IMF demands
"I applaud the people of Greece for saying 'no' to more austerity for the poor, the children, the sick, and the elderly."
Report refutes Emanuel's austerity agenda for Chicago
Proposals for getting Chicago's finances back on track without unconstitutional grabs at retiree pensions, cuts to vital services, and toxic bank fees.
Walmart worker explains why she shut down Park Ave.
"One week, after I paid rent, I only had $6 leftover for groceries and bills; that is no way to live."
Proposition 2: A bad idea for California
Prop 2 sets aside a percentage of the surplus billions in unexpected tax revenues, without restoring the $15 billion in brutal budget cuts beginning in 2008 .
GOP-Ryan budget slashes Medicare, college aid and stirs voter anger
It would slash non-defense spending in the coming decade by $5 trillion, cutting to the bone every vital human needs program while increasing Pentagon spending by $500 billion.
Official unemployment rate drops to 6.6 percent
The Economic Policy Institute, a progressive economic think tank, issued a statement that was positive in tone and substance about some aspects of the Labor Department's report but negative about others.
Marxist economist Richard Wolff draws overflow crowds
They flocked to hear the unapologetically self-avowed "Marxian economist" who has long toiled in the obscurity of academia and left circles.
Medicaid fight in Virginia takes off
The new Democratic governor of Virginia, Terry McAuliffe, is pushing hard for Virginia to sign onto the Affordable Care Act's (ACA's) Medicaid Expansion Program.
Philly coalition demands quality education for all
They came to deliver a message to the School Reform Commission (SRC), the mayor and governor: "Restore funding for Philadelphia schools!"


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Skyfire browser for Android coming soon, alpha testing starts now
While Android users are (probably) expecting Mozilla's Firefox to be available to them as soon as possible, here's another third-party browser that's coming to Google's mobile OS: Skyfire – which is already available for Windows Mobile and Symbian S60.
The Skyfire team is currently looking for users to test the Alpha version of Skyfire for Android.
Those interested in participating need to have an Android phone with Android 1.5 or higher, and provide their handset's IMEI number. More info can be found at the Skyfire blog.


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We spend gobs and gobs of money hitting up the smoothie and juice bars in the gym/mall/farmer's market/anywhere with a blender that accepts debit. We honestly wish someone would just plop one down on our desk at every lunch hour. Organic Avenue LoveCleanse ($inquire) is basically just that: a delivered-to-your-door juice detox cleanse that flushes you out and boosts you back up in a matter of days. And "Love" is more than a benefit to embarking on this diet, it is a motto: Live Organic Vegan Experience. Sounds delish to us.
(As if to snub their noses at us fatties across America, the majority of their programs are available only in New York City but LoveDeep ($250) is a three to five day program that is available nationwide.)
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LOS ANGELES - (AP) -- Microsoft has its head in the cloud with Xbox One. The company focused on how cloud computing will make games for its next-generation Xbox One console more immersive during its Monday presentation at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, the gaming industry's annual trade show. Microsoft announced last week that the successor to the Xbox 360 must be connected to the Internet every 24 hours to operate, and the system would ideally always be online.
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In 10 years, over 40 percent of the Fortune 500 will no longer be around. By 2020, more than three fourths of the S&P 500 will be organizations that we have not heard of yet. Predictions like these are common these days. What if they turn out to be correct?
The Five Technology Megatrends summarized below are creating winners and losers faster than ever before. Whether you work at a small or mid-sized business or a huge multinational, the discoveries and decisions you make in response to these trends will determine not only future prospects, and quite possibly even survival in the years ahead.
1. Big Data Will Transform Healthcare, Government and a Host of Industries
Everybody knows that data is expanding exponentially, but here's how much: Ninety percent of the world's data was created in just the last two years alone. The only limitation is that 80 percent of that data is still "unstructured" – meaning it's not fully digitized and therefore inaccessible. Big Data is the technology that allows more people to analyze more information from more sources in more ways than ever before.
Organizations that embrace Big Data will discover ways to make sense of the new information at their fingertips, and derive new strategic benefits: New ways to cut costs, increase sales, personalize product offerings, and enter new markets. Since 2005, IBM has invested $24 billion in their data analytics business, including $17 billion in 30 acquisitions. And they are hardly alone. Key question: what are you doing to exploit Big Data in your company? (See further questions at the end of these five trends.)
2. A Supercomputer Will Appear in Every Purse and Pocket
In just the past two years alone, the smartphone has become an essential mass-market device used by two billion people around the world. Qualcomm predicts that by 2017, seven billion smartphones will be sold. Soon, you won't even be able to purchase a basic cellular phone. "We're just now starting to live in the world where everybody has a supercomputer in their pocket and everybody's connected," Netscape inventor and tech investor Marc Andreessen told the Wall Street Journal. "For a lot of people, their smartphone will be the first computer they ever have, the first phone to connect to the internet, first way to learn online and organize politically and get accurate information and access to global markets."
The way Andreessen is thinking about mobile technology is the way all of us should be thinking. The fact is, we're just starting to glimpse the implications of five billion people having a supercomputer in their purse or pocket every hour of every day. To get your creative juices flowing, try this exercise: ask your kids (or grandkids) to think out into the future 10 years. Then have them speculate on what new things the smartphone will be able to do? Have pen and paper handy, and take notes!
3. The Internet of Everything Will Usher in a Major Productivity Boon
There are already more things connected to the Internet (and soon to your smartphone) than there are people in the world, according to Cisco research. This is the Internet of Everything (IOE) megatrend and it too is gaining ground at lightning speed. General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt calls IOE "tying together the physical and analytical worlds," and he's empowering his 315,000 employees to get busy doing just that. Since GE makes everything from power plants to locomotives to hospital equipment, IOE is a definite game-changing opportunity to differentiate offerings and add unique value to customers seeking greater productivity.
Already, GE's sensor-empowered machines kick out data about how they're operating, where they're in need of attention, and how they can be run more productively. GE's analytics team crunches the data (See Trend #1, Big Data), and helps customers adjust machinery to be more efficient. By the company's estimates, data of this sort could boost productivity in the USA alone by 1.5 percent, which over a 20 year period could save enough cash to raise average national income by as much as 30 percent!
Internet of Everything innovators are busy connecting not just machines, but buildings, factories, even cities. The Spanish city of Barcelona is already using IOE to operate more efficiently and offer its citizens new services. Through connected water management, the city already saves $US58 million a year. Connected street lighting saves $37 million. And an estimated 47,000 new jobs have been created over the past seven years. Some observers, such as Cisco CEO John Chambers, predict IOE will have a much bigger impact on the world than the first 20 years of the Internet. Question: How can the Internet of Everything Megatrend work to your advantage? Check out the questions at the end of this article for more innovation-spawning prompts.
4. 3D Printing Will Change the Game in Manufacturing
While much of 3D printing's early days were confined to making small plastic items for giddy hobbyists, these are no longer early days. This fall, 3DP innovator Jay Rogers, CEO of Local Motors, will print an entire car!
Practical uses of 3DP are exploding. NASA uses 3DP to rapidly prototype at lower cost. Stage set designers on Broadway are using 3DP to churn out sample sets overnight. Ships at sea are using 3D printers to make replacement parts, doing away with costly backup inventory. Just this month, a group of volunteers from around the globe have teamed up to form a charity that creates 3D-printed prosthetics for those who could never afford them otherwise. And 3DP evangelists like Bre Pettis, CEO of MakerBot Industries, believe 3DP will ultimately transform manufacturing. Bre cites wages in China doubling every two years, and global supply chains interrupted in recent years by natural disasters, to argue that manufacturers will soon turn to the new make-on-demand technology en masse.
"No more making and shipping and storing" is the new mantra. Not when you can customize and deliver instantly. Sales of 3D printers, materials and associated services was only $2.5 billion worldwide last year, according to market research firm Canalys. But that figure is expected to grow to $3.8 billion this year and soar to $16.2 billion by 2018.
Suggestion: Even if you're not a manufacturer, how might 3DP become an innovation machine in your world?
5. Cloud Computing Will Disrupt and Enable Businesses
Since the dawn of the computer age, companies have purchased their own equipment and installed their own software inside on-premise data centers. But those days may be ending. Over the next six years, 90 percent of new tech spending will be on cloud-based technology, according to tech-tracker IDC. Some companies are poised to ride this wave towards new capabilities and profitable growth.
One such company is SynapDx, a 22 person startup in Lexington, Mass, that uses cloud computing to search hundreds of thousands of genetic markers, looking for patterns in 880 autistic children it is studying for a research project. A few years ago this would have been impossible. But thanks to Cloud Computing, SynapDx is able to bid on research projects that previously only large research institutes or corporations could have managed.
Lanspeed, a 15 employee IT services firm in Santa Barbara, California, recently shed its last remaining on-premises server. The firm has fully embraced Cloud Computing, which CEO Chris Chirgwin reports is paying off in improved performance, greater reliability, at lowered costs. Lanspeed is hardly alone in taking advantage of this tech-megatrend — to serve customers differently, and to serve different customers. The cloud is both a disruptor and an enabling force of change. At IBM, The Cloud had the potential to displace big parts of the company's business of selling hardware, software, and services to data centers worldwide. The company is now embracing "Cloud DNA" with gusto with the goal of having 40 cloud-dedicated centers in 15 countries operational by the end of 2014.
Since their near-death experience in the 1990s (when the market for mainframe computers suddenly shifted and the company was caught flat-footed), IBM has done an exemplary job of embracing marketplace shifts. They sold off their PC division. Most recently they sold off their server division. At the same time, they have intensely focused on higher value work such as Big Data, the Internet of Things, and related software and services. Clearly, IBM's shedding and embracing will become a critical core competency that all organizations will need to master in order to sustain themselves over time.
Applying the Five Megatrends to Your Organization
Awareness of these powerful forces of change is not enough. Established companies are notoriously bad at finding new ways to take advantage, partly because they are so busy managing the day-to-day business. The key is to make these trends come to life for you and your colleagues, and then use them to disrupt your company.
Use the questions below to jumpstart your session. Look for ways to unlock new business value from the five megatrends – and avoid being late in .
- Regarding Big Data: what data can we access that we're not capturing now? Can we deliver one of our capabilities as a digital service?
- Brainstorm: What possible new uses for the smartphone might we be missing that could benefit our customers? Hint: After you've surveyed your kids on this question, try to come up with at least 10 additional wacky and far-fetched possibilities that your organization might pursue. Have fun.
- Ask: what do we need to shed (stop doing, sell off, close down, abandon, etc.) in light of these trends?
- Consider: What do we need to start embracing (consider, purchase, investigate and research, etc.) to capitalize upon each of the Five Megatrends?
- How do we need to position ourselves differently in our markets?
- What new capabilities or services might we start offering customers (internal and external) to ride these tidal waves of change?
- Which of the five have the most promise/potential for our organization and why?
- What startups should we consider purchasing to jumpstart our embrace of these five megatrends?
- How can we innovate to take full advantage of these driving forces of technological and social change?
The Five Technology Megatrends will create new winners and take out laggards faster than ever before. The discoveries and innovations you develop in response to these trends could change your game, but only if you seize the day.
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Face Off--Ferrari 288 GTO vs. Porsche 959
This isn't exactly news to long-time readers, but we at Car Lust enjoy our cars a little on the offbeat side. Sure, we like fast, beautiful, and competent cars, but unlike many sites and most car magazines, we give at least as much love to the lumbering land barges, wheezing econoboxes,French oddities, and Eastern bloc agricultural implements.
I'm proud of the diversity of the cars we highlight, but after last week's Jellybean Quasi-Sportsters Face Off, which featured six brightly painted, 130-horsepower, economy-car-based, quasi-sports coupes, I feel as if I owe the long-suffering readers of this blog something just a tiny bit more traditionally lustable. Hopefully high-performance homologation specials from Ferrari and Porsche will do the job.
More detail follows after the poll and the jump.
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Ferrari 288 GTO
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"This latter-day 1980s GTO just happens to be that rarest of breeds--a limited-production, hyper-exotic Ferrari supercar that, due to a strange combination of circumstances, has remained far more obscure than its nameplate and performance would indicate. ...
[Compared to economy-car-based Group B cars], Ferrari started with something infinitely more exotic--the long, low, and swoopy mid-engined 308 sports car. To that promising beginning, Ferrari added a twin-turbocharged V-8 that cranked out 400 horsepower. The result was the 288 GTO--a scarlet supercar that exploded from 0-60 in 5 seconds flat and topped out at 190 mph--serious speed in the mid-1980s. A competition background, a gorgeous body, world-class speed, and of course the instant cachet of the Ferrari badge--this car had everything needed for lasting fame. Everything, that is, but an identify of its own, because against all odds the 288 GTO was completely overshadowed by its contemporaries.
"As a street car, the GTO suffered in comparison with its Group B cousins. With relatively conservative engineering and without AWD's game-changing traction, the street-going GTO couldn't keep pace with cars like the Ford RS200 or the Peugeot 205 T16. ... That doesn't fully explain the GTO's lack of fame, though. After all, in the flashy world of the mid-1980s, Americans should have been worshiping at the altar of a sexy, high-performance Italian car. Well, they did; the problem is that they were adoring other sexy, high-performance Italian cars.
"The GTO never had anything like enough visual horsepower or notoriety to displace the Lamborghini Countach as the teenage dream machine of choice. And even within the Ferrari lineup, the GTO was overshadowed--its stablemate, the Ferrari Testarossa, was nearly as fast, far more distinctive, and had a starring role in Miami Vice that turned it into a lust object for millions. ... I don't mean to claim that the 1980s Ferrari 288 GTO was completely ignored or overshadowed; it is a Ferrari. But I've always found it remarkable that Ferrari produced a pretty, low-production, high-performance special that, somehow, never really impacted the public consciousness."
Porsche 959
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"I always respected the 959 for two reasons--because it was a thinking man's exotic, and because it was the supercar epitome of speaking softly while carrying a big stick. Oh, and what a stick it was.
"In a straight line, on dry pavement, the 959 ... was in an entirely different zip code (from the Italian exotics). Its all-wheel-drive traction helped it sprint to 60 in 3.6 seconds, and it rocketed up to the very verge of 200 mph. That's stunning, heroic performance for 1986; even two decades later, that 0-60 time is incredible. Only the outrageous Ferrari F40 could run with the 959.
"Ah, but that's on straight, dry pavement. The 959 was outstanding on straight, dry pavement, but it was otherworldly when the road turned curvy or wet. The 959 excelled in real-world conditions that would cause a Testarossa, Countach, or even an F40 to run and hide.
"Most supercars depended on brawn, but the 959's genius derived from its brainy technology. Rather than the huge V-8s or V-12s favored in other performance cars of the time, the 959 made do with a 2.85-liter flat six similar to the engine that appeared in plebeian 911s. Similar, that is, but for two sequential turbochargers that pumped the output to 444 horsepower. Few exotic car manufacturers used turbochargers at teh time, but those that did tended to use large turbochargers. That's not surprising, as large turbos provide amazing boost--albeit at the expense of jerky, delayed response. Porsche's sequential turbocharging system, on the other hand, paired a small, responsive turbo with a large, powerful sibling--providing both smooth, immediate power delivery and tremendous top-end thrust.
"The 959 put that power to the ground through a sophisticated all-wheel-drive system, one of the very first to be installed on an ultra-high-performance car. The system could alter power delivery to each wheel depending on available traction--technology available to the most humble compact SUV today, but exotic stuff indeed in 1987. As a bonus, the 959 was relatively easy to drive slowly and smoothly; it wasn't quite a grocery-getter, but neither was it a snorting, ill-behaved brute like a Countach."
My Opinion
Both the Ferrari and the Porsche were exotic evolutions of their company's bread-and-butter sports cars (the Ferrari 308 and the Porsche 911, respectively), though heavily enhanced with much more exotic hardware. Both the GTO and 959 were built to help homologate race cars for the planned but ultimately abandoned Group B asphalt racing series. Both street cars were hugely rare, obscenely expensive, and among the fastest street cars available in the mid-to-late 1980s.
Yet, interestingly, the two cars present completely different personalities. Just look at the pictures in this post; the Ferrari's achingly emotive lines are highlighted in blood-red paint, while the Porsche's arodynamically sculpted profile is painted in a more dispassionate silver. The Ferrari looks like a barely restrained beast; the Porsche resembles scientific equipment. This impression is carried through to the engineering--the Ferrari was a cramped, hot, snorting beast; the Porsche was relatively civilized and used all-wheel-drive to put power to the ground with a minimum of fuss.
My vote is for the Porsche 959, and it's not particularly close. While the GTO is a compellingly unique Ferrari and a bona fide object of lust, the 959 speaks to my imagination in a much more direct way. As I said in my original post, "in a decade that celebrated excess and extravagance, the 959 was a Porsche that was excessive in its technology and extravagant in its intelligence." That still sums it up for me. The GTO was an adolescent's fantasy car; by contrast, the 959 was a grown-up's exotic. As evocative as the Ferrari is, the Porsche is faster, subtler, and boasts more innovative and, ultimately, more influential technology. And, perhaps paradoxically, that makes me want it all the more passionately.
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The Bruins posted their best team score of the tournament – a two-under par 278 – and placed third with a 72-hole total of 1,145 (+25).
"I'm proud of this team," said Head Coach Carrie Forsyth. "We played well today – too little, too late for us – but we fought and hung in there all week."
Duke won its sixth NCAA crown in women's golf with a four-round total of 10-over par 1,130 after recording a final round team score of 274 (-6). USC was second at 1,132 (+12) following a round of 270 (-10) on Friday. Oklahoma placed fourth at 1,147 (+27) and Arizona State was fifth at 1,150 (+30).
Sophomore Louise Ridderstrom led the UCLA lineup with a strong seventh place finish, posting an even par 70 in the final round. She recorded a 72-hole total of 828 (+2).
"I started off a little bit rough today," said Ridderstrom, who played the outward nine in two-over par 37. "I felt like the conditions were a little bit easier. I was able to play better on the back nine."
She responded with birdies at the 10th, 12th and 13th; only a bogey at the last kept her from going under par.
Freshman Alison Lee had the team's best score, firing a three-under par 67 to finish in a tie for 38th at 10-over par 290. Like Ridderstrom, hers was a tale of two nines. She played the outward side in one-over 36, but blistered the homeward side in four-under 31 where she birdied the 10th and 18th, and made an eagle at the 16th.
Junior Erynne Lee posted a 73 (+1) and tied for 43rd at 291 (+11). A birdie at the ninth gave her a 34 on that side, but a triple bogey at the 14th and a bogey at the 16th gave her a 39 coming home.
Freshman Bronte Law and senior Ani Gulugian tied for 50th at 13-over par 293. In her final collegiate round, Gulugian posted an even par 70.
"I fought so hard today," said Gulugian. " I couldn't have hit it any better, and I was making putts left and right all day."
Law posted a score of 71 (+1) in her final round as a freshman.
"It was a pretty boring round. I didn't make my first birdie until the 13th hole," she said. "I played pretty solid; I just didn't hole many putts."
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May 2, 1997
Texas Tech Softball Eliminated from Big 12 Tournament
OKLAHOMA CITY - The Texas Tech softball team lost to Baylor by a score 1-0 Friday at Oklahoma City, eliminating it from the Big 12 Tournament.
The Lady Raiders managed more hits (5) than Baylor (4), but stranded five runners. The game was tied a zero heading into the bottom of the fifth inning. However an RBI double by Bears' third baseman Hill broke the tie and gave Baylor the only run it would need.
Tech starting pitcher Emily Hayes took the loss, going the distance and surrendering that sole run on four hits in six innings of work.
Baylor moves on to face Missouri Saturday, while the Lady Raiders are eliminated from the tournament.
TTU: Hayes and Karenke. BU: Allison and Chambliss. 2B: Hill (BU).


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Former Wildcat Brigetta Barrett is one of seven women to be named a finalist for The Jesse Owens Award, presented annually to the outstanding U.S. male and female track & field performers.
The men's and women's cross country teams competed at the Thunderbird Classic on Saturday in Mesa, Ariz.
The men's and No. 3 women's cross country teams will compete on Saturday in the Thunderbird Classic. The men's 8K is set for 7 a.m. and the women's 5K will begin at 7:45 a.m.
Elvin Kibet took second place in the women's 6,000-meter race and led the women to a first-place finish at the Roy Griak Inviational.
The men's and No. 5 women's cross country teams will compete in the Roy Griak Invitational on Saturday.
Collins Kibet and Maria Larsson each earned first-place finishes at the 2013 Dave Murray Invitational on Friday.
The University of Arizona track and field program has hauled a strong group of new student-athletes for the 2013-14 season.
The men's and women's cross country program host the Dave Murray Invitational on Friday at 5 p.m., the only home meet of the season for the Wildcats.
Kayla Beattie and Maria Larsson of the UA women's cross country team led the Wildcats to a first-place finish at the George Kyte Classic.
The men's and No. 7 women's cross country team have their first meet of the season on Saturday in Flagstaff, Ariz.
Former Wildcat Brigetta Barrett is one of 30 women to be a nominee for the 2013 NCAA Woman of the Year award.
Former Wildcat Brigetta Barrett earned a silver medal at the 2013 IAAF World Championships.


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When someone tells you that you should check out an album by Tanya Morgan, most hip hop heads would respond "I don't wanna hear no R&B music! I want Hip-Hop!" Well fortunately Tanya Morgan isn't an R&B singer, but an actual group comprised of three emcees. Their back story can be rather confusing, but in a nutshell it goes a little something like this. Two different acts (Von Pea and Ilwil) linked up back in 2003 (a la Phonte and Nicolay's Foreign Exchange effort), exchanging files via AIM and email, and together chose the name Tanya Morgan. The name is supposed to be a pseudonym for a group of three male emcees. Too confusing? Whatever? It's no big deal because their debut album, Moonlighting, speaks for itself.
Moonlighting is an interesting album tied together by skits of the tape being passed off to different people with an absolute misunderstanding of what Tanya Morgan is. No matter the confusion, Tanya Morgan lays it on real heavy in an era where rap music and garbage have become synonymous for over half the artists out here making money. To get an idea where Tanya Morgan stands in this sea of aspiring hip hoppers, check out "Ode To Tanya" where the three emcees (Von Pea, Ilyas and Donwil) are homies, but incessantly dis each other to win the allure of Ms. Tanya Morgan. It's quite humorous, but incredibly dope in both concept and execution. And that's pretty much what Moonlighting is all about.
From the production side of things, Brickbeats and Von Pea do a stellar job of providing everything from soulful ("Ode To Tanya") to boom bap ("Pretty") backdrops. The production does exactly what it was supposed to do; it lends the perfect setting for Tanya Morgan to act out their brand of Hip Hop. "Take The L (Get It)" is a barnburner of a beat as the three emcees trade rhymes and just seem like they have a great deal of fun doing it.
As emcees, it's easy to see that Tanya Morgan don't take themselves too seriously, which definitely does today's "I'm harder than you" Hip Hop some justice. When you hear joints like "Cause I Got Locks" where Ilyas tackles the numerous stereotypes that come with having dreads amidst a reggae track, you know that these guys are on some off brand humor shit. As a matter of fact, it seems that the trio loves to poke fun at everything. "Rough U Up" is a comical stab at emcees who are just too damn tough for their own good. These dudes can spit though. "Hooks" and "Paper Thin" provide just enough lyrical punch to ensure that their madness is defined by a method.
Moonlighting is just one of those albums that are needed in a time where the world is just too damn serious. Some hardcore heads may not receive the wit and humor of Tanya Morgan as they would the constant hugging the block of Young Jeezy, but that's expected. Some folks just can't crack a smile within their stone face and there are tons upon tons of hip hop out there for them. But for those of us who like to lighten up after catching a few episodes of The Boondocks, Robot Chicken and Family Guy, this album is for you.
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Here I go again, trying to teach a pig to sing.
It all started with this lovely little piece of 100% factual objective reporting.
It was posted with the comment:
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I have to agree with the author of the piece to a large extent. I can't believe we actually let people do things like this legally.
The article immediately begins with an appeal to emotion, a sort of "plain folks" argument if you will. Many of us have an older relative with medical problems who we cherish dearly, and he is using this classical propaganda element to appeal to our feelings.Quote:
Recently, I had to rush my elderly mother to emergency at William Beaumont Hospital early one Sunday morning.
And right away, he assumes that the rent a cop represents some kind of divine authority from on high, a fleeting appeal to authority.Quote:
I dropped her off and scuttled off to park. When I returned, I was promptly stopped by a beefy security guard.
He wanted to know if I was packing a weapon.
I gave him a look. I was wearing my usual baggy gray suit and was obviously about as paramilitary as an eggplant. He apologized, but said he had to ask, thanks to Michigans spiffy new concealed weapon law.
Also, inherent in this argument is the implication that anyone who would carry a concealed weapon must have some kind of wanna be military mindset.
He is quite correct in that appearance is meaningless in considering who may or may not be armed, but what he is actually trying to point out here is that in his mind, this means everyone walking down the street is a personal threat to him simply by virtue of the fact they might be armed and they might do this that or the other.
Is it healthy, or even logical, to spend one's energies worried about that people might do? I read into this the author has some sort of paranoia delusion in his mind that every other person on earth is out to get him because they might be carrying a weapon and they might do this that or the other.
This quite frankly scares me. All he can think of to do with a gun is kill an innocent person. Let's keep him away from sharp objects for heaven's sake!Quote:
Naturally, I blew him away.
"Comrades"? Is this Stalin-esque reference some kind of 1950s style jab at those who might practice the carrying of a concealed weapon, or is it him showing his true colors about where he stands on the nature of government? Either way I don't appreciate it.Quote:
Just kidding, comrades, but I didnt blame him for asking.
Once again, we see that all the author can think of is how he wants to use a handgun to commit murder. Let's add baseball bats to the list of objects we need to keep away from him. On top of that he is making a sweeping generalization that everyone will carry a concealed gun and that everyone is so fixated on this idea of killing someone like him.Quote:
Eventually, some hothead ticked off about his hernia may damn well do just that, now that we all can legally dress up like Chicago gangsters all the time.
Two classic proganda elements here: Our benevolent and all knowing author can tell us the whole story because he says he can, and our elected/appointed officials have screwed up again because after all, everything the government does has always been 100% wrong every time ever.Quote:
Now, as devoted readers of this column know, I always try hard to see all sides to every issue, and there is, indeed, something good about the new concealed weapons law Michigans Supreme Court forced on us in January.
Now I am even more deeply disturbed, as not only is he fixated on committing murder and projecting that desire onto everyone, he seems to think we have surplus population that doesn't deserve to live.Quote:
It will certainly work toward keeping down the surplus population by contributing to the death rate.
Nice use of quotes and language (homicide) to imply that 193 people who were actually murderers somehow got off scot free.Quote:
And to be sure, somewhere along the line, somebody will use his or her concealed weapon to stop a bad guy about to commit an awful crime. Why, across the nation, there were 193 of these so-called justifiable handgun homicides in 1997 alone.
To be sure it is also a wonderful use of a single statistic to give an incomplete and innaccurate picture of how often a handgun is used to protect and save lives, many times even without so much as a shot fired.
I wonder if our all knowing author is aware of all the university research that went into compiling this list of statistics.
And hey you know what? I have presented a handgun once in my own defense. It does happen all the time.
I too can rattle off all the statistics I need to prove my point, but more important than that, I can provide their origins. But to be brutally honest, I don't need a stastistic to understand that I am safer armed.
Oh now this is classy. I will remind the reader to check the statistics I myself just provided, which once again have sources credited to them while these do not.Quote:
Thats more than reason enough to OK a concealed piece for everybody except John Hinckley, isnt it? Unfortunately, there were also 8,503 nonjustifiable handgun homicides and something like 11,000 handgun suicides, but hey. As Timmy McVeigh used to say after he blew up the day care center, if you want freedom, you gotta expect a little collateral damage, like a lot of dead children.
Tim McVeigh has so much to do with second amendment issues. This is an utterly tasteless and irrelevent reference meant to appeal to your sense of outrage.
If the article had been published a month later he could just as easily have made some kind of 9/11 quip, and it would have been just as tasteless and nonsensical.
Subtle. Really. I am glad this brilliant man is here to call people names. This is very clever and I've never seen anyone use the very idea of calling a group they were opposed to Nazis.Quote:
Naturally, weve been down this road before. Despite the lies from the enormously well-funded Nazi oops National Rifle Association,
P.S. Look up the history of Nazism and you'll find little gems like this. The author of this piece clearly doesn't know who his friends are. Oops did I just make an illogical implication of my own? You be the judge.
polls always show huge majorities for tax cutsQuote:
polls always show huge majorities for gun control.
polls always show huge majorities for term limits
polls always show huge majorities for giving me a million dollars
I can do it too when I don't have to cite sources either. Note the use of "always".
Like the Nazis right? Back that statement up.Quote:
Almost always, however, the will of the people is thwarted, mainly because the NRA has bought so many congressmen.
Once again, every politician to ever exist is always and completely wrong and incompetent. This is an emotional appeal to your sense of frustration with the government.Quote:
But what happened in Michigan this summer takes things to a new level of obscenity. The Michigan Supreme Court, long mostly a holding tank for hack politicians, intervened to prevent the people from even voting on the outrageous concealed weapons law a lame-duck Legislature crammed down our throats late last year.
There is hope, however; People Who Care is mounting another effort to get another kind of vote on the November 2002 ballot. They need 242,169 valid signatures before February, and you can bet the merchants of death will do all they can to challenge every last one, so they need even more signatures, just in case. To his credit, Wayne County Prosecutor Mike Duggan is on the side of the angels this time. For years, Marj Levin, a classy former Free Press reporter, has waged a fairly lonely battle as president of Michigan Citizens for Handgun Control (MCHC).
The fact is that these "corrupt" officials were voted into office. Notice that the non elected special interest group is the good guy here, because they're not Nazis like the NRA.
I love how he wavers between implying that the officials who put this into law are simultaneously malevolent and benevolent. The people who oppose it are principled, those who do not are growling monsters with green skin and long pointy teeth.
Notice how the appeals of special interest groups the author agrees with are legitimized, how politicians he agrees with are begrudgingly given the nod to, and how all the other forces at work are "shoving the law down our throats".
Read it very carefully paying attention to the connotation of the words he chooses, and note that many of them are misused to create hyperboles when synonyms of the same word could probably be used more appropriately. For instance see where he uses the words and phrases like "obscenity", "merchants of death", "lonely", "crammed", "angels", need I go on?
A ridiculous claim which is not verified to credited sources, and even if were true, it would mean nothing. Would it be preferable children be killed by poison? The implication here is than a specific inanimate object produces an undesirable behavior. Does your toaster cause you to start fires?Quote:
Of all the children killed by firearms in the world, 86 percent take place in the United States, Levin told me, presenting an impressive battery of statistics to back up her claim.
Sources man, where are the sources of this information?Quote:
What is clear is that anyone who allows a gun, especially a handgun, in their home is an unfit parent. Sorry, but thats the way it is. A person living in a home with a gun is three times as likely to be shot to death (142 of them being children under 14 in one recent year) and five times more likely to commit suicide with that gun.
My parents must be unfit then. I'm so sad that those bad old guns in the house are going to force me to shoot someone or be shot or commit suicide. I'm also sad my bar of soap is going to force me to shower, clean my hands, or create soap scum.
Most of those kid victims met their death at the muzzle of a handgun. Indeed, handguns cause the vast majority of firearm deaths in the United States and that doesnt even consider the billions of dollars spent on medical care for those only maimed.
Finally! The source of all this wonderful information, a special interest group which unlike the NRA are not associated with the Nazi party.Quote:
For the full story, go to the Violence Policy Centers Web site (www.vpc.org) and read their highly researched Unsafe In Any Hands: Why America Needs to Ban Handguns. Thats not likely to happen for a while. But I cant imagine a goal more worth fighting for in George Bushs half-asleep, illegitimate era.
Wait, what policy was that the historical Nazi party favored?
Well never mind that. Thank goodness we have this impartial, objective association of plain folks to set us all straight.
And we conclude with a touch of humor, wherein it its once again reinforced that the government is evil when it doesn't agree with him, the author is all knowing and impartial, and that the author is fixated on the idea that if he could but obtain a handgun he would commit murder.Quote:
First things first, however. If you think we should have the right to decide whether everyone needs a killing machine secretly tucked into their underwear, contact MCHC at 801 S. Adams, Birmingham 48009 (248-540-6868). Ol Charlatan Heston wont like that, but hey. As Ben Hur knew, Rome didnt fall in a day.
Thankfully we called the Violence Prevention Center and had this man arrested and detained, because there are handguns in every police officer's duty belt, and he had seen one he might have accidentally touched it, setting off a wave of murders. THAT is Violence Prevention because after all he might have done something violent.
I will conclude by encouraging the reader to visit this website or one like it:
Pay special attention to the Name-calling, Glittering generalities, Euphemisms, False connections, Transfer, Testimonial, Special Appeals, Plain Folks, Bandwagon, and Fear sections.
Hey didn't the Nazis use a lot of propaganda?
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An Ethical and Moral Response to the Destruction of the Environment
Mark Johnson, Director of FOR USA, the United States Fellowship of Reconciliation, recently mentioned to me that they are thinking of initiating a Campaign around the moral and ethical issues related to destroying the environment. At the time, I said nothing. The thought took me to the source of the painfully fragmented, deeply interconnected peace and justice movement. If I were a more socially responsive individual, I would have asked how they planned to frame the campaign. In fact, I wished after I got off the phone, that I had asked. But I was overwhelmed by my own reaction, and thoughts on the subject continue to disrupt my peace.
An Anecdote: I was talking one day with an associate who is deeply involved with the Catholic Church and the Interfaith movement to the extent that he as written books on topics in that area. We were at a weekly antiwar vigil that has been ongoing here for at least 10 years thanks to a few diehard individuals who persist through all circumstances. I asked him what he thought was going to do us in first (war or economic failure) and, to my surprise, he replied 'global warming'.
I guess I really shouldn't have been surprised as his answer reflects the perception that nature (god) will draw the line rather than any inter-human fabrication. Really, that is the point. environmental destruction is a place where it all meets. All the horrific implements of human destruction, also destroy most other life forms. I myself think there is a high risk of a global famine that might be triggered by Monsanto products. I think we can expect some interesting (if not pretty) evolutionary side trips due to the unrestrained use of chemical weapons and depleted uranium by our own military, though even the psychopaths who run the world are not likely to start a full scale nuclear war. And then, of course, there is carbon dioxide and global warming. Although, I honestly think China is going to save us from that one. The Chinese are heavy users of coal, but because they having trouble getting enough gas and oil to maintain growth, so they are also the biggest sponsors of research in solar power.
I wonder how one would constructively approach the idea of ethical and moral care of the environment. More demonstrations. Protest the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. More lobbying. Fight fracking. People want to do those things anyway. But I often feel a wave of grief wash over me when I am washing a metal can or plastic bottle for recycling, because I know that it is mostly a nice gesture. Five different garbage companies drive through my suburban neighborhood each week. Four of the five have 2 big heavy trucks going by, 1 for garbage, 1 for recyclables, spewing carbon dioxide and wearing out the pavement. It's crazy. But, its true in all the local suburbs. Only the city provides garbage collection as a service. In the city, they don't even pick up recyclables in poorer areas of the city. They don't figure drug addicts and ghetto queens have the bandwidth for recycling.
There are many folks around who eat only organic foods. I prefer them, but they are expensive and not always easy to obtain or verify. Purchasing only organic foods at the super market is very much a pursuit of the middle class. There are others who try to grow all of their own food (organically, of course). I'm a gardener, so I can resonate with that solution. It's an admirable practice, but I really believe that, like it or not, we are going to have to solve societies problems with social solutions. It would be great if we could just quit, and then all that nastiness would just implode and leave us in peace. It's kind of like focusing on the Church, and waiting to be 'Raptured'. I believe that it is too late for dropping out. We created this mess together and we are going to have to solve it together.
Everything comes down to the environment. The environment is everything that is not me. Or maybe, it is everything that is alive but not human. But then, what is it that poisons you and not me? What can be the outcome of sacrificing the earth for you and me? We can't survive the loss of our mother earth. And any toxin or war that kills one human can surely do the same to another. Ultimately there is no way to separate oneself from the environment. We are part of it. At least we are part of someone's environment. We belong to a fractal ecosystem of overlapping environments. There is no escape and nowhere to hide.
Some dictator is 'killing his own people'. A town is poisoning it's own ground water. A corporation is impoverishing and undermining the very society it depends on to do business. The CEO makes 300 x the income of his workers. What can he hope to spend it on? A parasite that kills it's host is out of business. We are all immersed in a society composed of humanity and our creations. If our creations consume us, our fellow humans, our environment, then I propose that we have lost our way. Water is never truly isolated. It fills oceans and lakes, flows under the ground and permeates the air. There is no killing one's own people. There is only killing people. Every individual killed in war is a human like me and like you. Every well poisoned, every forest razed, every genetic chimera is a blow to life and to our own survival, just as every civilian killed in war, by a gun or a bomb or poisoned water or untreated disease is one of our own. Every animal starved into extinction and driven from it's habitat represents the curtailment of a unique design in the fabric of life.
When the environment, the earth is violated, the poor are the first humans to suffer. When society is out of balance such that aggression and violence become the preferred methods of communication, of operation, then the environment will surely be debased. Then more people will suffer. When intellectual constructs like capitalism, communism, socialism; like Catholicism, Protestantism, Islamism, Judaism become more important than life, more important than any individual life, more important than the welfare of a single individual, is that 'freedom'? Intellectual constructs of this kind do not provide a basis for society. Society provides a basis for these thought forms, and perhaps a context for experimentation with ideologies of this kind. However, it is no more appropriate to give these ideologies life and death power over society than to give robots the power of life and death over men.
I belong to numerous organizations opposing the use of drones for targeted assassinations, for killing 'terrorists' without risk to the pilot, for killing human beings without anyone holding a clear and immediate responsibility for the consequences of these actions. There is talk about the development of drones that will choose a target and kill a human being without even a remote pilot. We cringe at the thought. But, corporations are the social drones that treat humans as pawns in their gigantic struggles for power. No one is responsible for the violence and destruction they cause. 'Isms' are intellectual drones that feed societies, and when their governance is strong enough, feed wars. All sides become blinded by righteousness. No one is wrong.
Somehow, we have to chose life as a society, not just as individuals. Somehow, we have to come to terms with the fact that are own designs may be inferior to those of nature. Artificial intelligence cannot, at least at this point, measure up to the multiple intelligences of life. Science is about observation. Technology is about imitation and ultimately, about control. Will we hand over our humanity to the tools? If we stop sensing, observing, will the tools continue to function on our behalf ? Do they have a purpose of their own that transcends life? Process is a tool. Law, social services, religion, all processes, process bound. Or not. Where can we intervene with our humanity in the great social, economic and political forces that we have created, and allow life to restore balance. Is it already too late?
I don't have a detailed solution, but I think I see the problem. What I see is that we have to stop striving to implement social political and religious paradigms and we have to give up blind reliance on them to provide the infrastructure of our lives. Revolution does bring about a change of infrastructure, often at great cost. But, swapping out one paradigm for another is a costly, and at best a temporary solution. Instead we have to build a new society one relationship at a time, by learning to see ourselves in every other human being, and treating every living thing with compassion and respect, understanding that all life is interwoven into a single entity. Until we can do that, the wars and the famines and the destruction of the environment will continue. As long as our goals and the processes that govern our actions are solely the creations of our own minds, we will not be able to uphold our responsibilities to one another and to the earth.


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Originally Posted by TruClone
Happy Joe's is VERY overrated.
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Originally Posted by longtimeclone
I would say they are pretty pricey before I would say they are overrated.
That too.
I loved Happy Joe's but it didn't love me back (gave me gas). Now we've gone our separate ways. Ahh the sweet sorrow.
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Originally Posted by Bret44
**** that ****. IF I WANT HAPPY JOES TACO PIZZA BY GOD I WILL GET IT!
Also, I am a Dothraki Khal.
Well, there's always mail order brides......
Originally Posted by oldman
I loved Happy Joe's but it didn't love me back (gave me gas). Now we've gone our separate ways. Ahh the sweet sorrow.
Small price to pay for glory. As for it being overrated, not all HJ's are equal. Lol. I think the Ames store made some damn good pizza.
What I remember from making HJ pizza through college was that the Refried beans were the only difference from the regular sauce, we used the three cheese blend exclusively (cheddar, provolone and ???) rather than the usual mozzarella with just sprinkling of blend and it was indeed a taco seasoned beef. The crust, both original and pan were the same as any other HJ pizza.
Other innovative HJ pizzas that maybe didn't get the attention they deserved were the BBQ pizza (BBQ - not pizza- sauce and BBQ shredded beef) and nacho pizza (taco pizza made with nacho cheese sauce rather than the Refried bean pizza sauce).
Damn, I've got a craving now!
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