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The Spinasse chef sheds the white chef coat in favor of bold color.
| June 2012
Occupation: Partner/chef at Spinasse and Artusi restaurants
Philosophy: When he emerges from behind the counter at his two Capitol Hill eateries, Jason Stratton, 32, sheds his white chef's coat and substitutes it with vivid color. "I really enjoy the transformative power of clothes," he says. "It's like putting on a personality, and my off-the-clock one is eccentric." His staples include a futuristic gold watch, abstract-printed tees and bold pocket squares.
Dream Christmas gift: "Every year, I remind people I love crushed velvet blazers."
Peeve: "I'm hating plaid right now; it's gotten too saturated. Someone asked if our restaurant uniform was a plaid button-up, I just cringed."
Shopping stops: A vintage devotee, Stratton pops into Capitol Hill shops such as Crossroads Trading Co. (325 Broadway Ave. E; 206.328.5867; crossroadstrading.com) and Pretty Parlor (119 Summit Ave. E; 206.405.2883; prettyparlor.com) to pick up clothes to rehab. "I love giving old clothes a new story. I often paint patterns or colorful stripes onto old polyester suit jackets."
What He's Wearing (clockwise from top left): Gotti metal frames, Hour Eyes on Capitol Hill; John Fluevog vintage black and pink saddle-style shoes, a Portland find; linen suit jacket hand-painted neon yellow by Stratton with acrylic paint, Zara.com; screen-printed T-shirt with Grace Jones image, an eBay find, with magenta and rose silk pocket square, Nordstrom Rack; Nooka brand gold "Zot" watch, Gilt.com; Adriano Goldschmied dark skinny jeans, also Gilt.com and Queen Bee leather tote bag, QueenBee-Creations.com; Nooka pink "Strip" snap belt, Gilt.com.


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Just a year removed from a 5-16 campaign, the Durango Demons are going back to the playoffs.
The Durango High School girls basketball team beat Palisade 44-29 to finish fifth at the Class 4A Southwestern League/Western Slope League District Championships in Grand Junction, and in the process, the Demons finished 13-9 overall and earned a postseason bid.
Emily McCue had a double-double for Durango � 15 points and 13 rebounds.
Molly Barnes, one day after her game-high 26 points in the consolation semifinals, scored 11 for the Demons.
Shanelle Bogus added eight for DHS, which rallied nicely after Thursday�s first-round loss by 24 to Glenwood Springs to work its way back into the playoff picture.
�They did a great job. We really rallied. ... We had a long talk about what we needed to work on, and we looked at that game a little bit and just saw we didn�t execute things we typically execute in,� Durango head coach Nancy Smith said.
�What I love about the past two games was the entire team was enthusiastic. I felt like what we had last game that was missing was energy.�
The Demons� postseason performance will be their first since making a run to the Class 5A second round in 2010. The schedule and seedings will be revealed today, and the now-4A Demons likely will open play Tuesday night.
But for now, they will enjoy this accomplishment, making state in the Demons� first full season under Smith and improving their win total by eight games over the previous season.
Smith inherited the girls basketball team midway through last season.
�They are thrilled,� Smith said. �I am, too, but just to see the look on their faces ... they were dancing and jumping and laughing and excited for this opportunity. Especially for the seniors, this means a whole lot.�


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In 1970, 300 people gathered in the basement of the US Grant Hotel for the first San Diego Comic-Con. More than 40 years later, the convention -- now called Comic-Con International -- draws more than 100,000 people to the San Diego Convention Center, overflowing into surrounding parks and hotels.
In the intervening decades, the superheroes, fantasy and science fiction stories celebrated at the convention have gone from the margins of pop culture to dominating it. Last year's $1.5 billion-grossing movie, "The Avengers," stars a group of Marvel Comics superheroes many in the audience likely couldn't have named before 2008's "Iron Man" movie hit theaters. On the smaller screen, AMC's "The Walking Dead," which was watched in numbers comparable to "American Idol" when 12.4 million people tuned in for its third season finale, started off in 2003 as a black and white comic book from indie publisher Image Comics.
In other words, what was once geek has turned chic.
"Back when I was reading comics, I would look at places like Japan with incredible envy: People could read comics and no one would look down their noses at them," said Joe Quesada, Chief Creative Officer of Marvel Entertainment. "A generation of readers grew up reading comics, then became established writers, directors and artists in other industries. The coolest people on Earth are saying 'this is cool stuff; you should check it out, too."
"I can give you endless stories of people who are fans of zombie culture, whether it's a managing partner at a law firm or a young 15-year-old girl," said Liam Brenner, whose company, Ruckus Runs, operates the Walking Dead Escape running event down the street from the convention center in Petco Park. "I'm shocked at how broad zombie culture really is."
And it's not just zombies.
"There are people who get geeky about movies or sports," said David Glanzer, director of Comic-Con International. "Comic-Con has things that anybody can geek out about."
Geek culture can be traced back as far as 1977, according to Jonah Weiland, owner and publisher of ComicBookResources.com, an online comics news site.
"It has its beginnings in the release of 'Star Wars.' If you're going to go back in history, that's when this began," Weiland said.
A year later, Superman flew onto movie screens.
"That's when geek culture started to get noticed by the mainstream, and that only started to grow when the Tim Burton 'Batman' came out in 1989," he added.
But it took the Internet and a British boy wizard for geek culture to really explode, according to Melissa D. Aron, a professor of English and Foreign Languages at Cal Poly Pomona.
"Harry Potter exploded more or less at the same time as the Internet did, so people could start to meet each other," Aron said. "I have some friends who met online at a Harry Potter site, met up offline and now are married."
Aron teaches a class on Harry Potter each fall at Cal Poly Pomona, which is always full, she said.
"My students are literally at the age where they grew up with Harry. They were 11 when Harry was 11," Aron said. "One of the sayings in my class is 'let your nerd flag fly,' because many of them are also nerdy about 'Hunger Games' or 'Lord of the Rings.'"
The mass popularity of such films has helped take away the negative sting from being called nerdy or a geek.
"It's becoming so normalized. Liking Buffy (the Vampire Slayer) doesn't make you a geek, because everyone likes Buffy," Aron said. "Harry Potter really made being a geek cool, or OK or not even visible in some ways."
Hollywood has taken note, both mining geek culture for blockbuster hits and marketing directly to the fans. Movie studios have a major presence on the convention floor and panels to show off new movie or television trailers can reach thousands of fans who line up for hours to get a first look.
"It might have to do with the current economics of making movies, where everyone's really scared to have a big budget movie flop," said Susana Polo, managing editor of TheMarySue.com, a website described as "a guide to girl geek culture." "(Comic-Con International) is much more about movies now than it is comics."
Complaints that the convention has drifted away from its roots as a comic-centered celebrationare as old as the convention itself, Glanzer said.
Among the guests of honor at the 1974 San Diego Comic-Con were film director Frank Capra and "Peanuts" creator Charles M. Schulz, which shows "the Comic-Con founders were ahead of their time" in recognizing that fandom crosses format and genre boundaries, Glanzer said.
But in the United States, comics haven't quite reached the popular acceptance that its characters and stories achieve when film or television bring them to life.
"It's strange. Hollywood has managed to mainstream these comic book characters but comics are still suffering under this 1960s idea that they're still for kids or immature men," Polo said. "And you look at countries like France or Japan and comics are just another way to consume stories."
Still, it's just a matter of time, according to many in fandom.
"The world has finally caught up to what the geeks and nerds knew 20 years ago," Weiland said. "Comics are awesome."


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if fireworks are actors, then Gary Caimano is their director, producer and most ardent fan.
During the past two decades, Caimano and his Oklahoma-based outfit Western Enterprises have turned the Avon fireworks show — officially known as FirstBank's Salute to the USA — into one of the country's most coveted.
Sure, it happens a day before the Fourth of July, but it's a fitting lead-in to the raucous holiday, drawing nearly 20,000 people to Nottingham Park for an aerial performance by Caimano's, um, explosive troupe. And sure, it's no longer the largest in Colorado as it was in the '90s and early 2000s, but the arsenal boasts 6,000 multi-hued shells, all choreographed to 23 minutes of music pumped across the valley via KZYR.
In other words, this is one show that almost can't — and seriously shouldn't — be missed.
"You have thousands and thousands and thousands of aerial bombs, and they need to work together to make a statement," said Caimano, who has choreographed the Avon show more than 20 times. "I see them as performing characters, thousands of them, and I put them together so they arrive on time, on stage, in the sky."
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Given his pedigree, Caimano is akin to an A-list film director — say, the Hitchcock of lush tableaux hits or the Scorsese of show-stopping mortars — and he knows how to coax the most from a sprawling cast of fireworks. Like all actors, they need proper motivation, so to speak, and the valley surrounding Avon is a pitch-perfect theater.
"It's just a gorgeous setting, like a cathedral there in the mountains," Caimano said. "It's picturesque, but those tableaux hits spread beautiful colors across the ground, and they're paired with the shells to all work together. You really want to knock the crowd out, let the music drive what's happening."
The music truly is a cornerstone of the entire night. Caimano, a self-professed literature fanatic who writes a full script for choreographed shows, works with every genre imaginable. He's timed fireworks to patriotic tunes from Neil Diamond, Bruce Springsteen, Coldplay, the "Star Wars" soundtrack — anything fit for those red, glaring rockets.
But the soundtrack isn't just wall-to-wall anthems — that would be too one-note for Caimano. The Avon finale is a full minute long, yet his favorite section is the lead-in with "Oh, America" by Celtic Women, an almost delicate tune he calls "the most beautiful patriotic song I've heard."
And Caimano samples dozens. Beginning in February, he buckles down and jumps headlong into the Avon choreography, spending a full week — usually 20 hours per day — pairing 18 different songs to the right pyrotechnics. It's a huge time commitment, but when working with actors that are on stage for only a few seconds, there's little time for rehearsal. Everything needs to click.
"These are bombs, of course," said Caimano, who also oversees the production of custom fireworks at his Oklahoma factory. "I may do the scripting and the choreography, but you have to drop and load and package these rockets the right way. It's a big operation from start to finish."
Behind the scenes
A vital cog in that operation is Paul Zoch. By day he's the director of engineering at the Park Hyatt Beaver Creek, but by night — well, more like nights around the holidays — he feeds a firework fetish more than four decades in the making.
While growing up in Chicago, Zoch joined a pyrotechnics club to learn the ins and outs of the industry, from show design to mortar construction. (Yes, it involved explosives.) He thought the hobby would fall by the wayside when he came to Colorado, but 25 years later, he's still in charge of the logistics for shows in Avon, Beaver Creek and elsewhere. Like Caimano, his passion for fireworks runs deep.
"I've loved fireworks for as long as I can remember," Zoch said. "Fourth of July was a more important holiday for me than Christmas — I was just always drawn to it."
Zoch is a consummate behind-the-scenes guy, charged with leading the crew of 20 operators who set up mortar racks on the backside of the lake. The rack itself is surprisingly small — just about 90 feet wide and 4 feet deep — but the mortars inside are hefty. Most weigh 5 to 10 pounds, and the largest look no different than softballs.
Barring any nature-based hiccups — the show was canceled in 2012 due to a woefully dry summer — Avon's display is known for going off without a hitch. The actors dazzle, the audience leaves stunned and the director lets out a sigh of relief. And yet, Caimano only hears about the oohs and aahs: In two decades, he's never seen the Avon show in person.
"It breaks my heart," Caimano said. "You have two things going here: People know this isn't a normal show, and it also kind of announces the holiday. That's really cool."
Marching on
Not to be upstaged by its downvalley neighbor, Vail puts on a show of its own with the Vail America Days parade, another long-running spectacle that could hardly happen anywhere but the town's cobbled streets. Call it the second half of a patriotic double bill, albeit on a ground-level stage.
And like the fireworks show, the parade is chock-full of colorful characters. Yet one is often overlooked: the crowd. Every year, the parade draws more than 35,000 people to Vail for a morning of patriotic floats and funky routines — think the near-legendary Vail Precision Lawn Chair Drill Team — not to mention loads of free candy for kiddos.
For Denver resident Eric Schmidt, the parade is a slice of childhood. His family has owned a home in town since the '60s, and he remembers marveling at by-gone floats like a three-wheeled motorcycle pulling daredevils on modified skis. A few years back, Schmidt and brood decided to take their seven-person bike — a 400-pound behemoth invented by installation artist Eric Staller — and enter it as a float, just because.
"We just decided three years ago to ride it in the parade, but we didn't even know if it was possible. I thought we had to be a company or a group to be part of it," Schmidt said, then chuckled. "When I filled out the entry form it asked for a spiel on our organization, so I just wrote something like, 'The Schmidt family wanted to ride a bike.'"
The bike has become a new favorite of the parade, thanks to three generations of costumed Schmidts just having a blast — and feeding off the crowd's energy. It's the same mentality shared by the folks from Trinity Church. For the past 15 years, about 25 church members have come together to perform a marching version of "STOMP," the kinetic Broadway show known for turning trash cans and pipes into instruments. The church group does a new version each July, complete with custom-made instruments and a drumline routine by Larry Dutmer, a local jazz drummer who's played with Vail Valley Theatre Company.
"It's so much fun to watch the people who watch them — they'll get really excited when they see the 'trash can band' come down the street," said Melinda Carlson, the church worship leader and float coordinator. "This is a fun, all-American parade, and the people who do this just love being in the middle of the action."


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12:00pm to 8:00pmSpirit Gallery Tattoo New Londons tattoo studio and art gallery presents "Chromaphilia," a collection of artwork by artist Ashleigh Kay. The show will open on Saturday, December 1, with an artists reception from 6-8 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
"Simply put, my newest work is about my obsessive love for color," said Kay. "The work shown is rather different for me than my usual abstract expressionist style of mark making, but it felt right to jump into something new and play with patterning and layers in a way that challenged me to achieve the same kind of depth as I did with splashes and drips."
For "Chromaphilia," Kay drew her inspiration from pop culture: music, movies, fashion, social media and literature.
"I feel it is only right to play up on the things that I find intriguing, a reflection on the contemporary, the here and now, the things that surround us. And while my interpretation of these influences may be more on the subtle side, such as diamond patterns to represent opulence, bubbly patterns to represent champagne and my own self-made logo used repeatedly to represent narcissism, I find it leaves it more open to my audience for their own interpretation. I never want to tell my audience what to think or experience, rather I like to guide them half way and leave them to make the own conclusions, and always leave them guessing."
"Chromaphilia" will feature 18 new works created by Kay in 2012 and will hang until January 19, 2013. Viewing hours are 12-8 p.m. Tuesday Saturday at Spirit Gallery Tattoo.
For more information, call (860) 443-0484 or visit www.spiritgallerytattoo.com. For more on Ashleigh Kay, visit www.AshleighKay.com.
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Published: Thursday, June 19, 2014 at 4:06 p.m.
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Emergency personnel responded to multiple reports of downed trees and power lines Thursday afternoon, and Duke Energy showed 2,573 power outages in the area at 5:45 p.m. That number had dropped to 293 by 11:30 p.m.
In downtown Hendersonville, a power line was reported down on a truck and a fence behind Maple Street at the Rescue Mission just before 4 p.m. Power lines were also reported down at 5th Avenue West and North Oak Street.
Trees were also reported down on Finley Cove Road and Finley Brook Way at about 4 p.m.
Power lines were reported down on a house on Stepp Street at about 4:05 p.m., and a tree and power lines were down and blocking the road at 398 Highland Park Drive at 4:10 p.m.
At 4:17 p.m., power lines were down on Rogers Road off of Spartanburg Highway, partially blocking the road. A minute later, a power line was reported down and on fire at the intersection of Kanuga Road and Thornhill Lane.
At 4:22 p.m., dispatchers received a call about a possible structure fire after lightning struck near a home on Crest Hill Road. Authorities on scene canceled a request for mutual aid.
A few minutes later, a tree was reported down on Brookgreen Lane near Finley Cove Road.
A mudslide was reported at the intersection of Crab Creek and Jeter Mountain roads at 4:30 p.m., partially blocking the road. An emergency responder also said a drive had washed out and was spilling into the lake on Blue Ridge Road.
At 4:31 p.m., a tree was reported down on West Blue Ridge Road at Roper Road.
Just after 5 p.m., a tree was down on Adams Street near Jefferson Street in Hendersonville, blocking the road. A few minutes later, a caller reporter a transformer on fire on West Blue Ridge Road near Preston Lane.
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Microsoft Windows Shakeup 'Clear Negative' for Shares
Steven Sinofsky, Wall Street misses you already.
Microsoft is the worst performing Dow component on Tuesday, following the departure of Sinofsky, president of Microsoft's Windows division and a 23-year veteran of the company.
He is leaving the software giant less than three weeks after the release of a revamped version of Windows he spearheaded, sparking questions about Windows 8′s early results.
"We view the unexpected dismissal of Mr. Sinofsky as a clear negative for the stock," says Israel Hernandez, managing director at MKM Partners, who holds a neutral rating on the stock.
Shares recently dropped 2.7% to $27.22. The stock is down 10% throughout the last three months, although it remains up about 5% for the year.
In today's paper, Shira Ovide reported Sinofsky was widely seen as a polarizing figure at Microsoft:
Mr. Sinofsky won plaudits for leading complex software projects and delivering them on schedule, first at the division that includes the Office suite of software and later at Windows. But his critics say Mr. Sinofsky ran roughshod over some employees and executives; relied on a small coterie of executives in his inner circle; and never formed relationships with crucial Microsoft partners such as computer-hardware makers.
"He has been known for making decisions that are controversial internally at Microsoft," said Al Hilwa, an analyst with IDC, a market-research firm. "Some of that was necessary. Some of it was probably unnecessary."
The resignation suggests there's a "high probability" that Windows 8 and the Surface tablet may not be meeting the company's early expectations, according to Hernandex, while noting early channel checks also suggest lukewarm consumer responses to the new products.
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Hernandex notes Sinofsky was well regarded among top-level executives and potentially considered a heir to CEO Steve Ballmer.
"Any negative newsflow from this announcement may also contaminate consumer perceptions regarding Windows 8, contributing to delayed upgrades," Hernandez says.
In a statement last night, Ballmer said: "I am grateful for the many years of work that Steven has contributed to the company." He also noted the need for the company to "drive alignment across all Microsoft teams."
In that same press release, Sinofsky said: "It is impossible to count the blessings I have received over my years at Microsoft. I am humbled by the professionalism and generosity of everyone I have had the good fortune to work with at this awesome company."
Other analysts also expressed concern about Sinofsky's departure: "We think this is a clear blow to the company," says Brad Reback, an analyst at Stifel Nicolaus. "We believe the shares will likely come under pressure in the near-term."
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Mortgage Foreclosures Filed June 6-July 5
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These are mortgage foreclosures filed with the civil division of the Circuit Court June 6 to July 5. Names in bold are the subject of or have an interest in the foreclosure action. Lighter names filed the foreclosure action.
Rossi, Dina, Richard A. Rossi, et al.; 1829 Hudson Court, Poinciana; Bank of America, N.A.
Rouxel, Eleanor, Michael W. Rouxel, et al.; 403 High View Lane, Lakeland; Bank of America, N.A.
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Anti-fracking activists protest outside New Matamoras business
February 20, 2013
NEW MATAMORAS—Ten people were arrested during a Tuesday anti-fracking protest at a New Matamoras business, including a man who spent nearly five hours chained to a 30-foot-tall structure he erected......
The sheriff's office will continue to keep a presence at the New Matamoras facility for "quite some time," said Warden.
who foots the bill for this?
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out of state tree-huggers go home! DRILL BABY DRILL
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Un-informed tree huggers, imagine that.
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canniballoe; The sheriff should chain the tree-huggers to the fence, then go about doing their daily responsibilties. Let the idiots protest as long as they want about "fracking" and how cold it is chained to a fence in New Matamoras in February.
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Just got a report that a few of these tree-huggers trashed a hotel in Marietta overnight and two were arrested there. Fact. So much for the peace loving left whacko's
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Gorilla, after they chain them to the fence, they might want to turn some sprinklers on and water the lawn.
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i agree with how most of you all commenting seem to feel - this is absolutely ridiculous.. especially considering these idiots aren't even from around here
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The waste is highly radioactive and toxic. It is deemed "non hazardous" only because the Halliburton loophole declares it legally exempt from hazardous waste designation and other federal regulations( Clean Water Act, Safe Drinking Water Act and others). The waste dumped into the Mahoning has been tested and found in fact to be highly hazardous. The waste is 3,000 x federal drinking water standards for radioactivity and 300x federal standards for industrial discharge. This stuff is dangerous guys!
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Oneearthforever - There are other products locally transported in trucks, railcars, and barges that is exceedingly more hazardous than this stuff.
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Thevoiceofreason- That is certainly a horrible realization isn't it. Frack waste is being dumped into our land in injection wells that are not contructed for toxic waste. They are not monitored for leaks. No groundwater testing by ODNR. Period. You have toxic frack waste being stored in your back yard from PA & WV to be dumped into injection wells in OH. OHIO a dumping ground for toxic waste.
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Although I agree with the anti-fracking protesters point of view,their forceful demonstrations should be dealt with by heavy fines as well as incarceration. Peaceful protests folks will achieve positive results!!!
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Was Wayne Dunn there to protest?
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I kinda like the idea of chaining them to the fence so they can make their point. It might take as long as a month. These kids don't have enough to do.
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The protesters in Ohio should come and protest at CES Central Environmental Services in Lubeck, WV. Afterall CES is dumping their sludge into Washington County.
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Smokemifyagotem: Health issues are the next step in this process, that's why you have local attorneys salivating waiting for the fallout before they do anything. Your buddy Jeff Harper and John "not so bright" Kiger of Central Environmental Services are dumping their Brine sludge in Washing ton County. When the health issues begin to develop these two quick buck artist will be nowhere to be found, and we the tax payers will be stuck with the clean up bill.
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CORPUS CHRISTI – The Texas A&M-Corpus Christi women's soccer team will recognize breast cancer awareness during Friday's contest against the University of the Incarnate Word. As part of the event, $1 of every ticket sold on game day will be donated to FIRST FRIDAY to go toward breast cancer awareness and detection.
"Almost every one of us has some kind of personal connection to breast cancer, whether it be through a friend, family, or one's own struggle," head coach Shanna Caldwell said. "I think FIRST FRIDAY is a great program that helps women of all ages with early detection through mammograms and I'm excited for the chance to help support their organization. With that being said, the more fans we have in attendance the greater our contribution can be to 'Kick Cancer!'"
The Islanders will also wear pink shirts during warm ups and all fans are encouraged to wear pink to the game. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which is an annual campaign to increase awareness of the disease. While most people are aware of breast cancer, many forget to take the steps to have a plan to detect the disease in its early stages and encourage others to do the same.
This is one of several breast cancer awareness events associated with Islanders Athletics this month. The volleyball team will host its annual Dig Pink match on Thrusday, Oct. 17, against Stephen F. Austin, and student-athletes and staff in the athletics department are slated to once again take part in the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk on Saturday, Oct. 19.
Friday's game will kick off at 3:30 p.m. at the Dugan Family Soccer and Track Stadium. It is a pivotal Southland Conference matchup for the Islanders, who are looking to climb into the race for a spot in the 2013 Southland Conference Tournament in their first year as a program. The team is coming off a momentous 1-0 win over McNeese State last Friday.
For all the latest on Islanders Soccer, be sure to follow the team on Twitter and Instagram (@IslandersSoccer) and like the team's official Facebook page (Islanders Soccer).
FIRST FRIDAY was created in 1994 by a small group of local women who came together to fight breast cancer in South Texas. FIRST FRIDAY has held annual fundraising events featuring breast cancer survivor celebrity speakers. The Fashion Show and Luncheon has gained popularity each year and occurs on the second Saturday of October. A prayer breakfast is also held each year.
Proceeds from these events, along with CHRISTUS Spohn Health System's annual contributions, have underwritten thousands of screening mammograms for the women of South Texas.
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Bill and I don't often have the opportunity to go out for a leisurely lunch. With Thanksgiving next week, typically this is a quiet week at the bed and breakfast so we took advantage of our time. We arranged to have lunch with Glenna and Frank, old friends of ours who we haven't seen in a very long time and met in the middle at a new restaurant. It was well worth the drive as you can see in the photos. Bill and I love dessert, especially chocolate and beautiful presentations.
The Hart Mansion Restaurant is located in Minerva, an easy 40 minute drive from the Inn. It was a bit chilly today, but otherwise a beautiful sunny day. The mansion was built in 1869 and it took three years of renovation, inside and out to open resulting in a very inviting and lovely atmosphere.
Bill had pork tenderloin medallions in a demi-glace that was outstanding. I ordered the lemon shrimp lightly sauteed in a lemon wine sauce served over rice. We both ordered a side of fried green beans. The green beans were lightly coated and fried to a golden brown – absolutely delicious.
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Paul Wyett's been through a rough couple months.
"I was fine. Healthy. Then all of a sudden I was in a surgery room for the first time in my life," said Paul Wyett.
Last August, he was diagnosed with oro-pharynx cancer. It's a type of throat cancer experts say may double in 10 years. Doctor Ron Karni knows what to look for.
"You can actually grow quite a large tumor, even the size of a golf ball or bigger in the back of your tongue or in your tonsil and not know it," said Ron Karni, M.D., UT Health/Memorial Hermann.
And now - it's popping up in patients without warning.
"We see them in people who don't have any risk factors in regards to smoking or alcohol."
Experts are now blaming part of the cancer's rise on human papilloma virus - or HPV.
"We're certainly seeing the evidence of some of the changes that that virus causes to the cell in patients who have HPV-related cancers."
As a result, experts hope the Gardasil vaccine - which protects younger people against HPV - may prevent oro-pharynx cancer, too. In 2009, about 70 percent of oro-pharynx cancers were HPV positive. In 2003, it was just 35 percent.
"We'll probably have to wait almost a whole generation before we can look back and say that we've seen a marked reduction in head and neck tumors because of the vaccines we're giving today."
Paul had robotic surgery, chemo and radiation for his tumor.
"This was just a little speed bump in the road that you just deal with and you go on."
Hopefully science will keep his child from fighting the same battles.
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BACKGROUND: The oropharynx is the middle part of the throat, and includes the base of the tongue, tonsils, the back of the mouth, and the walls of the throat. When cancers form in these areas, they are usually squamous cell carcinomas. When left untreated, oropharynx cancer is usually fatal.
Symptoms of oropharynx, or oropharyngeal, cancer can be difficult to detect, but they include a chronic sore throat, unexplained weight loss, voice changes, difficulty swallowing, ear pain, and lumps in the neck, mouth, or the back of the throat. However, lumps in the neck, mouth, or back of the throat usually mean that the cancer has already started to spread to the lymph nodes. (SOURCE: www.clevelandclinic.org)
RISK FACTORS: The risk factors for oropharyngeal cancer include excessive drinking and tobacco use. Doctors have also found links between oropharyngeal cancer and the human papilloma virus, or HPV, which is usually associated with cervical cancer. Increasing numbers of oropharynx cancer patients also test positive for HPV. (SOURCE: www.mayoclinic.org)
TREATMENT: Treatment for oropharyngeal cancer usually includes radiation, chemotheraphy, or surgery. Due to the nature of the symptoms, oropharynx cancer is often detected late, and therefore it's important to get started on treatment as soon as possible. In the past, surgery for oropharynx cancer was extremely invasive and had significant negative impact on a patient's ability to speak and swallow: the procedure involved splitting the jawbone in order to gain access to the tumors and lymph nodes.
However, newer treatments are far less invasive and have shorter recovery times. They include laser therapy, which uses beams of light to shrink tumors, and robot assisted surgery, in which the surgeon remotely operates hand controls that hold surgical instruments. This procedure allows the surgeon to operate on areas that are usually harder to reach.
Though the newer treatments for oropharyngeal cancer are vast improvements over older procedures, the link between the HPV virus and oropharynx cancer suggests that the cancer might actually be preventable-- if the relationship between HPV and oropharyngeal cancer is causal, the HPV vaccine, Guardasil, would be an effective tool in curbing the rise of oropharynx cancer.
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The term "final but unofficial results" has taken on special meaning for two opponents in Tuesday's vote for Washington County commissioner.
Democrat and incumbent commissioner Cora Marshall received 13,448 votes from the county's precincts. Her opponent Ron Feathers' vote count was 13,769.
For Marshall, the race remains too close to call, since there are still 742 provisional votes and 480 absentee votes in Washington County to be counted.
"The official (count of provisional votes) will be held Nov. 19," reported Peggy Byers, deputy director and trainer for the Washington County Board of Elections.
Absentee votes postmarked Nov. 5 have 10 days to be received, she added.
"There's still hope," said Marshall. "Every vote is important, and we'll know on Nov. 19 what the final outcome is."
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Final but unofficial results
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Ron Feathers: 13,769.
Cora Marshall: 13,448.
David White: 15,540.
Peg Littler: 11,673.
Feathers seemed assured of that outcome, saying he thought his campaign "gave out a message that resonated with voters."
He has already made plans for when he assumes his seat as county commissioner.
"I want to make sure that we're extremely fiscally responsible with people's money," Feathers said.
"We'll need to look at funding of the infrastructure in the townships," he added. "And there will be challenges with the defeat of the Washington County Children Services levy."
In the second race for Washington County commissioner, Republican David White defeated Democratic opponent Peg Littler, 15,540 to 11,673 votes.
"I think the campaign went very, very well," said White.
He also gave kudos to his supporters.
"They're the best. The support that I got was unbelievable, financial, going door to door and walking the parades," he added.
Before he starts his position, White said he has more work to do.
"I will go to sit in on the (county's) budget process," he said.
"It will help me hit the ground running," he added. "The budgets are what we have to work with next calendar year."
Campaigning was a positive experience for Littler, she said.
"I learned a lot. I met a lot of wonderful people...and it was an enjoyable and enlightening experience," she said.
Before heading in to vote at his precinct at the Washington County Fairgrounds, Mike Offenberger of Marietta talked about the lack of negative campaign ads from all four county commissioner candidates.
"I thought their ads were pretty to the point," he said. "They didn't really throw a lot of trash at each other."
The negativity of national political ads was a turnoff for Littler, and she said she refused to engage in it at the local level.
"I am so disheartened by the negative mud slinging at the national level," she said.
Marshall intentionally kept her campaigning positive, she said.
"I kept it focused on what I've done in the last four years," said Marshall. "I let my record speak for itself."


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Green Day kicked off a special week of live performances on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on Monday, rocking through cover of "Rip This Joint," off the Rolling Stones' 1972 benchmark release, Exile on Main St. Watch it here.
The week-long streak of cover performances -- also featuring Sheryl Crow (May 12) and Phish (May 13) -- is in honor of Exile's reissue on May 18. The song selection was appropriate for Green Day, who flaunted their classic rock influences on their latest album, 2009's 21st Century Breakdown. "Rip This Joint" is one of the Stones' faster, more frenetic jams, and the


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LAFAYETTE -- Half a lifetime ago, Francesca "Simone" Boszormenyi was a 10-year-old child, seated between her parents in a darkened theater and bawling.
A single bluesy note from the guitar of Carlos Santana had temporarily sent her heroes, Kathleen Battle and Andre Bocelli, flying out the window of her imagination.
"I realized I loved the guitar," the Bentley School senior said in an interview.
Seven years later, the Grammy Foundation loves Simone, awarding her a prestigious Grammy Combo position at the 2013 Grammy Band — Jazz Session.
The one-week camp brings 30 of the nation's top high school-age musicians to the host city of the Grammys. There, they participate in workshops, rehearse, hang with their idols, attend the award ceremony and, best of all, perform with a bona fide Grammy winner at a post-Grammys performance.
"It's Juanes this year," Simone announces, as if the Latin music star's name is fanfare enough. Realizing there's more to say, she adds, "I've known of him since sixth grade. Every year our Spanish class would sing a Juanes song, 'A Dios le Pido,' in front of the entire school."
Bentley Jazz Band teacher Brian Pardo said Simone has the perfect fundamentals for becoming a mature, singular jazz and funk guitarist -- parents who exposed her to diverse musical genres, artistic sensibility from a "good ear" and thousands of hours of tedious repetition.
"Many people think music comes to you in a divine moment of inspiration," Pardo said, dismissing the theory as pie-in-the-sky. "And nowadays, everybody teaches jazz theoretically."
Because early jazz was aural-based, Simone's ability to listen to a piece of music, hear the pitches and time phrasings and it pick up makes her playing style a unique throwback to the genre's origins. She learns quickly and connects viscerally.
"She's open to making connections," Pardo said, "and she can change quickly to match the environment."
Nimble adaptability is the critical difference between classical music -- in which a musician is putting out someone else's interpretations -- and jazz, in which presenting one's own ideas is dominant.
"I like transcribing (picking up) solos and imitating the intonation of guitarists I admire," Simone said. "Playing by ear, choosing everything from jazz to funk to rock--that's shaped me as a musician."
Listing some of her favorites (George Benson, Pat Martino, various funk artists and "James Brown band filtered down through generations"), and her four guitars (a Fender Stratocaster, two Ibanez models and a Luna Guitar acoustic), the 17-year-old Simone said being selected for the Grammy Combo is thrilling.
"It makes me feel I've accomplished a lot. I remember seeing the Combo two years ago and thinking, 'I'll never be up there, but that's so cool.' "
With only four instrumentalists in the Combo, she was counting on solo time.
"The way I play is different; there's less focus on how fast I can play or how many licks I can get into one measure. I play every note with meaning," she said. "And with the ensemble, it's not just knowing the notes, it's playing cohesively with musicians, understanding who you are playing with. You have to find the right way to fit in."
Fitting in on the local music scene means making a recording, and Simone is just a hop, skip, mix and master jump from releasing her debut DVD, "Playground."
Working with a high-pedigree mix of professional musicians (they've played with Carlos Santana, Sheila E. and Lauryn Hill, according to her Kickstarter campaign notes), the band laid the basic funk, jazz, rock, Latin and R&B tracks in two sessions. She's hoping donations will help her complete her first all-originally-composed album.
"I've always encouraged her to be proactive," Pardo said. "The other piece is to have fun. Students get driven and they sound technical, without spark and soul. I want to hear musicians being human with each other."
Still waiting to hear from several colleges, Simone has been offered entry -- and a scholarship -- to her current number one choice, Berklee College of Music.
But before that came walking the red carpet and, oh yeah ... Juanes.


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South Sydney centre Kirisome Auva'a has been suspended from the NRL indefinitely.
Kevin Proctor insists the Kiwis won't be lacking for any confidence ahead of Saturday night's Four Nations final in Wellington.
A freak hailstorm dumped several inches of ice on top of Wellington's Haywards Hill this afternoon.
Maori Party co-leader Te Ururoa Flavell's appointment to head the newly rebranded Maori Development portfolio reflects a new focus for what used to be Maori Affairs, Prime Minister John Key says.Mr Flavell was appointed as Maori…
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Prime Minister John Key has praised Paula Bennett as "a big asset" for National, but will not go as far as tipping her to succeed him.Mrs Bennett is one of several MPs who are seen as potential leaders of the National Party when…
A freak hailstorm dumped several inches of ice on top of Wellington's Haywards Hill this afternoon.
As he was handcuffed by Brazilian police, Kiwi fugitive Phillip Smith begged: "Please, don't hurt me."
We gave the world Lorde, Russell Crowe, Ernest Rutherford, Sir Edmund Hillary, Bruce McLaren, the All Blacks, Peter Snell, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, and UN power broker Helen Clark – to name just a few.
Philip John Smith's escape has raised plenty of questions, and Prime Minister John Key's attempt to answer them with a joke fell completely flat.
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Definición de circulation en inglés:
(abbreviation cir. or circ.)
1Movement to and fro or around something, especially that of fluid in a closed system: an extra pump for good water circulation
Más ejemplos en oraciones
- If any aspect of city life offers an opportunity for 'reading the city', it is the systems of movement and circulation which constitute urban transport.
- What could have caused deep waters to form in the low latitudes and so markedly disrupt the usual system of deep water circulation?
- Under the newly funded project, scientists have designed a system for monitoring coastal circulation and movement of distinct water types.
flow, motion, movement, course, passage
1.1The continuous motion by which the blood travels through all parts of the body under the action of the heart.
Oraciones de ejemplo
- Fluid and proteins leak out of the blood vessels during blood circulation in the body.
- Physically, it is thought to improve circulation and stimulate red blood cells.
- This improves circulation, relieves pain, and relaxes tension in the muscles.
1.2The movement of sap through a plant.
2The public availability or knowledge of something: his music has achieved wide circulation
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- Academic science depends on the public circulation of knowledge and research.
- The province is halting the production of any new books-on-tape for public circulation, while existing material is still available libraries.
- I believe he has undermined the participatory principle of democracy in calling for the draft gender policy to be withdrawn from public circulation.
dissemination, spreading, communication, transmission, making known, putting out/about;
broadcasting, publication, propagation, promulgation;
distribution, diffusion, issuance
2.1The movement, exchange, or availability of money in a country: the new coins go into circulation today
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- That's just a small amount of extra money that came into circulation.
- This money would re-enter into circulation as financial institutions invest it in other capitalistic ventures.
- The gang plotted to put drugs money into normal circulation through betting.
2.2 [in singular] The number of copies sold of a newspaper or magazine: the magazine had a large circulation
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- Newspaper circulations everywhere have been falling for decades.
- But now the three newspapers with the highest circulations in the country are USA Today, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal, all publications that are distributed nationally.
- Magazine circulations are either static, growing for some newer titles, or slowly sliding.
distribution, readership
in (or out of) circulation
- Available (or unavailable) to the public; in (or not in) general use: there is a huge volume of video material in circulationMás ejemplos en oraciones
- In normal circumstances, the amount of money in circulation should have gone up by about £400m since this time last year.
- Tickets are now in circulation and are available from any committee member.
- The scheme has taken more money out of circulation than I expected.
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Traditional methods of spam protection involve using Bayesian detection rules (usually via SpamAssassin) on messages after they have been accepted by your server. Most mail sysadmins may have encountered the constant cries from their users asking "can't you stop them sending it?". Of course you can't stop somebody sending a message but you can stop accepting them in the first place. Enter greylisting.
These two articles are kind of follow-ons to my previous article on spam prevention in exim mail servers. Think of it as an appendix. If you are starting from scratch you might find is useful to go and read that first.
What is greylisting?
Traditional spam techniques employ the concepts of blacklists and whitelists. The former being a list of senders that the server will always refuse to accept mail from, the latter being the opposite. Both lists are generally managed manually at user or sysadmin level.
Greylisting inserts a third list which is more temporary in nature. When a sender attempts to deliver a message to the server they temporarily refused with a request to try again later. The sender is then added to the greylist. The theory is that legitimate mail servers will try again after a set period of time. Spammers tend to use their own servers or have one installed as part of a botnet. These are more "hit and run" delivery agents and are unlikely to attempt delivery to the same recipient again. Greylisting as a concept has been bounced around for a while but most modern implementations follow Evan Harris' white paper on the subject.
The greylist method I am concentrating here (greylistd) also has two time-out settings. Any sender who attempts a retry too son will still be refused, any sender who does not attempt a retry within the second period will be moved from the greylist to a blacklist. Any sender that retries successfully will be added to a whitelist and on their next delivery will not be refused at all (by greylistd). Figure 1 includes a diagrammatic summary of the process.
Note that there is another form of spam-prevention which is sometimes called greylisting. This involves a challenge-response process where new senders (e-mail address only in this case) are sent an autoreply asking them to either go to a web page or reply to the autoresponse in order to confirm they are a real sender. I am not talking about that here nor do I advocate it does not allow for spoofing and in that context is little better than those "You sent us some spam!" warning/advertisement autoresponders.
A word about "senders"
When I say "senders" here I am not referring to just the sending e-mail address. Spammers have long used e-mail spoofing to disguise themselves and will rarely send "from" the same address twice. Thus any filtering attempts made on the sending address only will ultimately give false negatives. Modern methods of identifying a sender will link the sending host and address. Greylistd maintains its lists using sender triplets of sending host+sender address+recipient address. This further adds the dimension that because a sender/host combo has successfully delivered to one of your local users, it does not necessarily mean you should allow them openly send to all your users. If you permitted this then all a spammer would need do is make sure they had sent successfully to one local address.
Setting it up
I'll assume you have Exim installed and running by now and also note that I am referring to a Debian (Etch) system running Exim 4 here to keep it consistent with previous articles. If you use Postfix then take a look at the
postgrey package. Here's the process for greylisting with Exim 4 on Debian:
Backup your Exim configuration Back up your exim config files (
cp -R /etc/exim4 /etc/exim4.pre-greylistwill do the trick on a Debian system). Don't skip this step no matter how experienced you are.
Install greylistd Install greylistd with your preferred package manager (
apt-get install greylistdin my case).
Configure greylistd Configuring greylistd is, unsurprisingly, a case of editing the
/etc/greylistd/configfile. You won't need to change too much so just pay attention to the [timeouts] section particularly retryMin. You want to ensure that spammers sending multiple messages in one session to the same local address are continually rejected but if you set it too high the legitimate mail may be delayed too much for your users' taste. I would say 300 seconds (5 minutes) is a reasonable setting.
You may also need to add the Debian-exim user to the greylist group:
useradd Debian-exim greylist. This may have been done when greylistd was installed though - debconf should have told you if it was. Don't forget to restart the greylistd daemon after you are done editing (
/etc/init.d/greylistd restart).
- Reconfigure Exim
You need to re-configure Exim to use greylistd as well. If you have used Debian's default Exim4 setup you can use the script supplied as part of the greylistd package.Running
greylistd-setup-exim4 addwill add the relative config options to the correct ACL.
If you don't use the default Debian multi-file Exim setup (or you don't fancy trusting your MTA config to a script) you can read the files in
/usr/share/doc/greylistd/examples/ for guidance on what to add and where. They are quite straighforward.
- Restart Exim
/etc/init.d/exim4 restartwill do the trick there.
Tailing your exim mainlog (
tail -f /var/log/exim4/mainlog) will tell you if it all worked. You should start to see log entries like this..
2008-09-11 06:25:59 H=([184.108.40.206]) [18.104.22.168] F=<[email protected]> temporarily rejected RCPT <[email protected]>: greylisted.
Eventually these will be added to by entries with the same host, sender and recipient address but this time delivered as normal.
If all goes according to plan you'll see fewer SPAM messages arriving in your users' mailboxes. Your users' may see a short delay in mail being delivered but not too much. Just remind them that e-mail was never intended to be an instant delivery medium anyway. Greylisting may also become less effective as spammers start to find ways around it but for now it works and -- on free platforms at least -- is fairly simple to setup.
Next time I'll look into maintaining a greylist installation and how to keep track of the items on the lists.
another method
"any sender who does not attempt a retry within the second period will be moved from the greylist to a blacklist."
This is inconvenient. I'd hate to be left wondering if my important email got through, or having asked for their confirmation in my email, being left wondering if my contact knows to send it twice because the first confirmation may get stuck. Which may lead to an impetus to resend more than twice, out of sheer worrying.
Having asked my prof once about getting my email, he told me, "Yes I got all __five__ of them. Now I don't know if he actually got five, but he didn't like getting multiple emails, and I don't either.
And I don't like the idea of having my emails put in a limbo state of a grey list, and then possibly thrown into a black list based on a certain period of time I don't know of. The user shouldn't have to worry about these things. It makes for an inefficient and unreliable mail delivery, and has a lot to desired in terms of public confidence.
I attended a presentation held by a local UNIX users group where an entirely new model was proposed. I don't have the technical expertise to describe in it precise terms, but after receiving mail your mail delivery service prodded the sender's IP (something like pinging, not an email) --this after a certain amount of time has passed. If the sender was still there (meaning the IP was valid and there), the mail was delivered, if not ... no-go.
This was based on two assumptions, the first that grey listing isn't full proof, or so he'd have us believe. He mentioned the listing methods always are needlessly restrictive on some incidents --creating false positives-- and insufficiently so in other cases.
And second that spammers are never going to be located at the same IP for long. They do their business as quickly as possible and get out before getting tracked. Thus the need to wait the time period, followed by the prodding.
The presenter suggested this method did away with complicated listing methods or using multiple methods, was almost completely full proof and would diminish false positives too, meaning you're getting to get your --sometimes badly-- needed email. And in my case of a few days ago, I wouldn't have gotten that early morning weekend call --interrupting my sleep-- asking, "Where's my document!!??".
Honestly in my layman's view, I can't think of a better way to do this.
"Sender" not "sender"
Read the section called "A word about senders" again. "Sender" in this case is not you, it's your outgoing/relaying server trying to deliver a message from you to your professor - the sending triplet. So you send a message to your professor and your outgoing/relaying server is asked to try again - which it does after a short period and the message is delivered.
Any relay server will encounter delays with delivering messages to remote hosts. Properly configured servers will try again after a short while. In fact most have a series of retry attempt periods before giving up entirely. The "try again" mechanism is already in place across the Internet and no user has to worry about it. Greylisting simply employs this - it places no further demands on either user.
Remember that it's only the first e-mail that is delayed (not the first attempt for each message you are trying to send). All subsequent ones are let through because the sending triplet is whitelisted.
The method you describe would fail in a lot of cases because a lot of servers reject such lookups. for example I run a relaying server which cannot be pinged and will not accept inbound SMTP except from my public MX server. It has reverse DNS set on it but any attempt to connect to it by something other than an client within my LAN or my MX server will be dropped by my firewall. Thus delivery from me to you would not happen.
Greylisting is not fool-proof (no anti-Spam solution is) but in combination with spam scanning (e.g. SpamAssassin), reverse DNS lookups and sender (e-mail address) verification, it helps.
thanks for explaining
Thanks for patience and explaining the pertinent details.
About dropping any prodding, yeah ... come to think of it, that's how I configure my firewalls.
no problem
You're welcome. To be honest it's a complex subject to describe. Familiarity with SMTP procedures helps of course and it is a lot simpler to use than write about.
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I've included a great picture of Robin – in the middle – Rachel, the producer and Herb, the camera man. This was after they had indulged in a terrific breakfast of Lemon Ricotta pancakes.
The night before we all visited AlBi Winery, located on the lake where Bill, the owner, poured wine and chatted with Robin. I'm sure it was a very funny segment. They walked right next door to have dinner at Casablanca where Jim and Karen entertained them and fed they quite well. The following day they were going to visit the Resort, Warther's Museum and possibly a tattoo studio.
We enjoyed the experience as Robin really has a magnetic personality, making everyone feel very comfortable in front of the camera.
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Saints coach Sean Payton, who announced the additions to his staff on Saturday, says the Saints found Ryan's defenses challenging when they played his previous teams. In 2010, Ryan was Cleveland's defensive coordinator when the Browns beat the Saints in the Superdome, 30-17, intercepting passes by Drew Brees four times.
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Franklin Thursday Interview | Black and Gold Spring Game April 14
Last week, Vanderbilt Head Coach James Franklin challenged his squad to be more violent on the practice field.
Franklin was thrilled with the Commodores' results Thursday evening, calling it the best spring practice in his tenure on campus.
"We competed, we had fun, they were flying around, there were a couple of fights and we made plays," Franklin told reporters following the two-hour, 40-minute practice. "That's my expectation on how we should practice. I'm very, very pleased."
The Commodores spent the majority of their time in thud drills until a brief skirmish between two linemen during 11-on-11 work changed the tempo for the remaining 10 plays. Franklin stopped the session and altered the last two periods to full contact to increase the intensity.
The defense responded to the test first with linebacker Archibald Barnes getting an interception and defensive end Walker May registering a sack. The offense fired back behind a pair of completions by quarterback Jordan Rodgers to receivers Jacquese Kirk and Trent Pruitt, the latter going for 80 yards and a touchdown.
Franklin capped off the live session with a one-play, goal-line situation in which the offense faced fourth-and-one and could only run the ball. After a penalty negated tailback Zac Stacy's score, Wesley Tate scampered six yards for the touchdown to give the offense the victory.
"If we can find a way to compete like that and have fun while we're doing it, we'll be ready when we need to be ready," Franklin said.
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For the second consecutive outing, post-practice conditioning depended on the legs of the placekickers. And Franklin did everything he could to distract his specialists.
"We poured water on the back of their necks, threw it in their faces and hands," Franklin explained.
After Ryan Fowler and Carey Spear combined to hit 6-of-8 field goals, the team had a choice: run gassers for each miss or take Franklin up on his "double-or-nothing" offer to eliminate sprints.
Spear gladly accepted the challenge and drilled his field goal through the middle of the uprights to end the day. Franklin even used an air horn to affect the final kick, but to no avail.
"We're trying to create as much adversity and they are handling it well," Franklin added.
More Highlights from Thursday's Drills
Offense: Big gains through the air included Rodgers to Jonathan Krause, Austyn Carta-Samuels to Chris Boyd, and Patton Robinette to Steve Monk ... Boyd had several catches on the day courtesy of all three QBs ... Rodgers split defenders with a bullet to Kirk on a slant ... Robinette hit Kris Kentera over the middle on a nice route ... Carta-Samuels found Daniel Hagaman and Steven Scheu for decent yardage ... Lafonte Thourogood had the longest rush of the day ... Stacy delivered a crushing block in the backfield to give Carta-Samuels time to find Boyd.
Defense: Archibald Barnes had two interceptions, and also recovered a fumble for a touchdown... May contributed two sacks ... Steven Clarke collected two interceptions in 1-on-1s and just missed another during 11-on-11s ... Andre Hal picked off a pass in goal-line work ... Kenny Ladler and Eddie Foster were credited with pass breakups.
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Also, a variety of activities are scheduled on April 14 for the second annual Black and Gold Game (6 p.m.). Fans can also enjoy a fireworks display following the spring game.

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HOUSTON – The Texas A&M – Corpus Christi women's tennis team picked up its 10th win of the year on Monday, taking down Southeastern Louisiana 5-1 at a neutral site on the University of Houston campus.
"We're very grateful to the University of Houston, their coaches and administration for allowing us to play here today," said Director of Tennis Steve Moore.
In a match that was rescheduled from an earlier date due to weather, the Islanders and Lady Lions started singles play first and agreed to only play doubles if the score was tied after all six singles were complete.
The Islanders are now 10-2 on the year, including a 3-1 mark in Southland Conference play. The Lady Lions fall to 8-7 on the year, 1-5 in league matches.
"This match was a great battle, it was much closer than the score indicates," said Director of Tennis Steve Moore. "Our girls had to really fight to make this happen today.
"I'm very proud of how tough these girls were, along with the grit and tenacity they showed in winning this match."
Sandra Burges picked up the quickest win of the day, dominating in a 6-1, 6-1 final over Adriana Castillo at the No. 3 singles position. Stefania Nicolae earned a 6-1, 6-2 decision at No. 4 over Margane Dadot.
"This was our kind of day, it was extremely hot and I felt like our fitness really helped us today," said Moore. "I thought that Sandra and Stefania played incredibly focused matches.
"Everybody else was in a battle, but those two put us up very early. I really like character and the toughness of these girls, and I feel like that even more after today."
At No. 1 singles, Mirna Cicak won by identical scores against Audrey Chelini, taking a 6-4, 6-4 final over the top player from SELA.
Mia Matuszak won 6-3, 6-2 at No. 6 singles against Isabel Brito, and Chelsea Horan gutted out a tough 3-6, 6-4, 10-5 final over Morgane Charpenne at the No. 5 position.
Doris Kuselj suffered the only loss of the day for the Islanders, falling in a gritty 6-7, 6-4, 11-9 final against Laura Verges at No. 2 singles.
"Southeastern Louisiana is a team I always have a lot of respect for," said Moore. "I feel like they have one of the top coaches and they are always a tough team to play.
"We knew they were going to battle us hard today, having just beaten McNeese the day before, but I felt good about the way our girls rose up today when they needed to. They showed a lot of character and toughness."
Next up for Texas A&M – Corpus Christi will be a pair of Southland matches this weekend at the Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center. On Saturday, the Islanders face Texas State in a 12 p.m. match, while UT Arlington visits for another 12 p.m. match on Sunday afternoon.
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Texas A&M - Corpus Christi vs Southeastern Louisiana
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Texas A&M - Corpus Christi 5, Southeastern Louisiana 1
Singles competition:
1. Mirna Cicak (AMCC) def. Audrey Chelini (SLU) 6-4, 6-4
2. Laura Verges (SLU) def. Doris Kuselj (AMCC) 6-7, 6-4, 11-9
3. Sandra Burges (AMCC) def. Adriana Castillo (SLU) 6-1, 6-1
4. Stefania Nicolae (AMCC) def. Morgane Dadot (SLU) 6-1, 6-2
5. Chelsea Horan (AMCC) def. Morgane Charpenne (SLU) 3-6, 6-4, 10-5
6. Mia Matuszak (AMCC) def. Isabel Brito (SLU) 6-3, 6-2
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Texas A&M - Corpus Christi 10-2, 3-1 SLC
Southeastern Louisiana 8-7, 1-5 SLC
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Howard Benjamin Midboe, 57, of Wood Lake passed away on Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at the Granite Falls Hospital surrounded by his family.
Services were held on Saturday, April 21, 2012 at the Assembly of God Church in Granite Falls, with burial in the Hillcrest Cemetery in Granite Falls.
Howard Benjamin Midboe was born on September 27, 1954 to Morris and Alvina (Wigand) Midboe in Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County. He was baptized on December 5, 1954 and confirmed on April 26, 1970 at the Granite Falls Lutheran Church. He attended Granite Falls public schools graduating in 1973. On October 29, 1973, Howard enlisted in the United States Army and was stationed at Fort Dix in New Jersey. He was honorably discharged on October 28, 1979 and returned to the Granite Falls area. He then attended Southwestern Vocational Technical Institute and graduated in May of 1986 with a degree in Machine Tool Technology.
On May 19, 1979, Howard married Glenda Schrupp at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Granite Falls. Over the years, they lived in Granite Falls, Elk River and Lynd. In 1995, Howard moved to the Cottonwood area and in 1996 he met his companion of 16 years, Debra Jones, and they moved to Wood Lake. Howard worked for Schulte Line Clearing Tree Service in Hazel Run and provided tree service to all of Kandiyohi County. Howard enjoyed going to different church services in the area. He also had a passion for sending money to the Martyr's and bibles to third world countries every month.
Howard enjoyed walking, riding bike, exercising, lifting weights, martial arts, watching the UFC and boxing matches, fishing, hunting, throwing knives and cooking. Listening to spiritual music and reading the bible daily was also a passion of his. Most importantly, Howard loved to spend time with his grandchildren and family.
Howard is survived by his children: Wendy (Michael) Kuehn of Echo, Daniel (Cynthia) Midboe of Dawson; grandchildren, Brianna and Bailey, Dayton, Carmen and Peter; his companion of 16 years Debra Jones; her children; Shanda (Himal) Barooah of Ledgewood, NJ, Brittny (Cody) Vollmer of Ghent and Lance (Brooke) Jones of Cottonwood; grandchildren; Brandon, Ethan, Gavin, Ian, and AriBella, one sister, Louise (Riad) Chehlaoui of Houston, TX; aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins.
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