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Top News Of 2012: Year of the Horse
By In-Soo Nam and Alastair Gale
With 2012 winding down, there's only really one choice for the top news of the year, as selected by the staff of the Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones in Seoul: the Gangnam Style explosion.
Ever since Psy released his goofy earworm song and video in July, barely a day goes past without hearing it – in shops, cafes, on video billboards and even at labor rallies — in Seoul. It feels like it's in South Korea's bloodstream.
We're glad we were among the first to grab Psy for an interview, before he got swept away on a global horse ride of prime time TV and YouTube clicks. On returning home, the portly singer's free concert in central Seoul felt like a wonderful national celebration.
The question now is of course: what's next, Psy?
On any other presidential election year, it's likely the once-in-every-5-years vote would've made top spot, particularly with South Korea selecting its first female president this year.
But Park Geun-hye has to settle for second place in our poll, no doubt consoled in knowing she'll be running the country come February. Beat that, Psy.
Third place in the survey went to North Korea's launch of a long-range missile, sorry, rocket+satellite. Or is it actually the world's first orbiting suitcase? As Pyongyang continues to high-five itself over the launch, professional and amateur boffins haven't been able to detect any signal from the space box.
Film director Kim Ki-duk's Golden Lion prize at the Venice Film Festival for "Pieta" came in fourth in our poll of the year. It marked the first time that a Korean film has been awarded the festival's top prize. It was also well deserved recognition of a director who had become something of an outcast in the Korean film community.
We particularly liked his decision to sing the folk song "Arirang" instead of giving an acceptance speech.
In fifth spot was the territorial dispute between South Korea and Japan, which was given a kick-start in August when President Lee Myung-bak—coincidentally flagging badly in his public approval ratings—became the first president to visit the South Korean-controlled islets known as Dokdo in Korea and Takeshima in Japan.
Cue a diplomatic fracas, including some bizarre attempts at sending letters of protest between the two sides.
A quick note for a couple of other stories that didn't make the top five but came close: at number six was the seemingly intractable problem of South Korea's power shortages during extreme weather. Or maybe removing the hefty government subsidies from electricity supply could help, if anyone was willing to take that step.
And finally, at number seven was the smartphone game called Anipang, which still causes people to miss their stop on subway rides. As of Friday, the game had been downloaded 21.3 million times.
Not quite Gangnam levels, but still stylin'.


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A former Diablo View Middle School student has filed a lawsuit against the Mt. Diablo school district, the school's principal and a teacher who was convicted last year of having sex with her while she was a minor.
The now 18-year-old woman living in Contra Costa County is seeking at least $25,000 in damages. She alleges in a lawsuit filed Monday in Contra Costa Superior Court that sexual activity and other acts between herself and former middle school math and science teacher Andrew Cottrell caused her emotional distress and physical and psychological injuries. She filed the lawsuit as "Jane Doe."
The girl's parents found out about the relationship in December 2011 and notified police, leading to Cottrell's arrest and conviction on multiple felony charges. He was sentenced last June to nine years in prison.
The abuse could have been prevented if Principal Patti Bannister and other district officials had investigated previous complaints and properly supervised the sixth-grade teacher, the lawsuit filed by Santa Cruz attorney David Fulton alleges.
Bannister said Wednesday that she was unaware of the lawsuit. She denied any knowledge of prior complaints.
"Since this is the very first I've heard of this," she said, "I'm not going to make any comment."
General Counsel Greg Rolen declined to comment, saying the district had not yet been served with the complaint, and he was not aware of any prior claim filed against the district.
Fulton could not be reached for comment. His court filing states that Cottrell began "grooming" the girl when she was an 11-year-old student, portraying himself as a "cool" teacher.
When she entered seventh grade, Cottrell kept the girl after school to clean his classroom, the lawsuit says. In eighth grade, she was his teacher's assistant during prep period, with no other students present. Cottrell began flirting with the girl and shared personal information, communicating with her via email, loaning her CDs and giving her gifts, according to the lawsuit.
When the girl started high school, Cottrell asked her to baby-sit for his children and expressed feelings for her in emails, court documents state. The relationship became sexual, including encounters in Cottrell's middle school classroom closet, according to the lawsuit.


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It was a nip-and-tuck battle at the polls, but in the end, it was Withrow's Aaron Murray picking up the Cincinnati Bell Fastest Play of the Game for Sept. 14.
Voting ended Tuesday at 11:59 p.m., with Murray tallying 46 percent of the vote.
The senior's touchdown run helped seal the Tigers 33-12 win over rival Taft on Friday.
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Yeah, you got me. However, I made that promise before I got a job. And it's not like I'm just skipping the work days, I've missed Doom, dropped out of BWs, and will not be playing the Challenge.
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OAKLAND — In something of a surprise move, the A's made room for newly acquired right-handed starting pitcher Jeff Samardzija by optioning left-handed starter Tommy Milone to Triple-A Sacramento.
The surprise is seeing Milone sent down, as he's been perhaps the A's most effective starter in the last six weeks, going 6-0 with a 2.62 ERA in his last 11 starts, including six shutout innings against Toronto in a 1-0, 12-inning win over the Blue Jays Friday.
The second pitcher Oakland picked up in the Friday deal with the Cubs, Jason Hammel, also pitched Friday, and there would only be room for one of them to make a start Wednesday before the All-Star break rolls around. And Milone had an option available, while Hammel did not.
This move enables Milone to keep pitching regularly and, once the A's get the makeup of their starting rotation sorted out, he would be available to rejoin the rotation after the All-Star break. There is no guarantee the A's will bring him back right away, but given his success of late, it would seem to be a strong option.
Oakland will have to make another roster move Sunday when Hammel joins the team, a day later than Samardzija.
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1. Step out of your comfort zone: 01:00
Didith Rodrigo: Disturb Us, O Lord
However you want to refer to whatever makes you try to be greater than yourself, this prayer rings true.
2. My mom's blogging!: 01:31
And she writes better than I do... <laugh> She's totally awesome! I'm looking forward to reading more stories from her. I should ask her if I can link to her...
Okay, that's it, I'm spending all of Friday catching up with my blogging backlog. Promise! And then I'll get on the story-a-day wagon too...
Hooray! Finally! Network access from my laptop Just Works!
This means I can work on my research from my regular computer instead of cramming it into one day a week. I just need to figure out how I can free up more space on this system...
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4. Backlog: Software Freedom Day: 11:20
Goodness, I have *such* a blogging backlog. Here's a story about Software Freedom Day last 2006.09.16 that helped me learn a little bit more about what I love doing. =)
Jane Zhang e-mailed me the night before. The projector plans had fallen through. She asked me if I knew anyone with a projector or knew anywhere they could rent one on short notice. I remembered that Roger Yang brought a projector to a vegetarian food fair a few weeks ago, so I forwarded her request to him. I was glad to hear that it turned out well. Good karma points all around!
The funny thing about favors is that they draw people closer together. Who keeps score in these things, anyway? I get a warm and fuzzy feeling (hereafter abbreviated as WAFFy) about Roger for helping Jane out with this, and I look forward to, say, going rockclimbing with him this weekend. I get WAFFy about Jane for thinking of me and giving me this opportunity to help out. And I get WAFFy about being able to make that connection, too. They're both awesome people.
So that's story 1 for Software Freedom Day. More to follow!
5. Momblogging: 11:25
My mom would rather that I don't directly link to her blog, which is a pity because you won't get to read her totally awesome stories, but it's also good because embarrassing kid stories of mine would no doubt turn up as well. ;) <grin> So you'll just have to get to know my mom yourself, and ask her really really really nicely. ;)
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i miss perk .
if perk is out we're done
We're not done, but I miss Perk too. He's so valuable to us as our defensive anchor. So what if he's not great on offense? Pitchers can't hit well, but they're still key.
JR...didn't this game look familiar to you?
the guys on the court only trust perkins to protect the paint...when hes not on the court with his defensive presence, we collapse on the help defense inside, leaving the perimeter and a man unguarded....
(hint: perkins ejection in orlando series...this game brought me back to that. unpleasant memory)
Yes Sonya. I mentioned that during the game that the two times we've been without Perk in games in the playoffs, we've proceeded to have gotten blown out. With that said, I still think we can do it, especially when you consider that Bynum isn't healthy either.If we lose maybe people will finally realize how valuable Perk is, but losing would suck to the nth degree. I'd rather see a Rondo triple double, Ray hot from the 3, a classic Pierce 7th game, KG outplaying Gasol, and Rasheed earning his contract with a huge effort.
I wouldn't encourage you to bet money on the Celtics, but I wouldn't encourage you to on the Lakers either. Could very well be a classic.
Can't replace Perk's toughness inside but this is Sheed's ultimate opportunity to go from TLC to hero.
Agreed Thomas. A big game from 'Sheed in a victory on Thursday and he would be remembered as a hero and the sleepwalk regular season would be all forgiven. Go 'Sheed!
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Forget Sheed, now is SCAL'S time to shine! WOOOOOO.
Tough loss, but I choose to believe that this was a strategic move by Doc and the Celtics. Put in minimal effort in the game after the traveling, since they would be tired anyways, so they can start fresh AND DOMINATE THE TIRED LAKERS IN GAME 7 WHERE THE REFS WON'T BE TRYING TO EXTEND THE SERIES! BRILLIANT!
as a disclaimer, I am not saying the refs gave game 6 to the Lakers in any way. It was a very legitimate win for them. I'm saying they would have tried, had the game been close :P
As far as Perk is concerned, if we can convince Wallace to guard in the paint, not just slap at the ball as it goes by him like a blind kid playing tag, we should be OK without Perk Thursday.
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Strategic evil-mind genius 3 toe is.
At least that's the way I think Yoda would put it.
I don't know guys. Yes, they won by 22, but didn't we all talk about how Fakers "points allowed" declined with each and every game? Celtics only allowed Fakers to score 89 points last night, so with all due respect to Kobe and friends and how the media describes the humiliation that the Celtics suffered, we had a pretty good D. We sure missed some offense, but we had a good D. Mind you offense WILL show up tomorrow night.
anonymous is so right...i mean thing is: our defense was okay but still not as good as it usually is, but that was lakers offense doing well, along with the bench.
i don't have lakers bench doing that again, i don't think celtics starters are going to play the way they did yesterday and i hop sheed steps in and takes perks place...even if he doesn't wanna run all the way back on offense. hell, if he's hot, he can run till the 3 point line on offense and wait for an assist lol
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Ana Ortiz is returning to ABC.
The former Ugly Betty star has landed a guest-starring role on Revenge, TVGuide.com has confirmed.
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Ortiz, who currently stars on Lifetime's Devious Maids, will play Bizzy Preston, a confident, fearless public relations specialist who's brought in by Conrad (Henry Czerny) to do damage control for the Graysons. Latina magazine first reported the news.
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The Brookfield Bulldogs wrestling team hosted a tri-meet at BHS last night, squaring off against Centralia and Kirksville. The Dogs faced a stiff Clarence Cannon Conference contest, as well as a tough fight from the Class Two State Champions.
Against Centralia, neither team had a JV contestant. The night started at 106 with Matt Jackman winning by pinfall in 2:24. Garrett Zahner won in an open at 120. Blaine Sportsman lost by pinfall in 1:31 at 126.
Cody Niemeier won by pinfall in 3:20 at 132. Lucas Burns lost by pinfall in 1:13 at 138. Brookfield lost in an open at 145. Micah Blakely won a major decision 13-2 at 152.
The dual against Kirksville started with a JV bout at 195 and saw Furstenwerth win by pinfall in 3:14.
The varsity competition started at 120 and saw Zahner win by pinfall in 1:35. Sportsman lost by pinfall in 1:04 at 126. Niemeier won by a 6-0 decision at 132.
Burns lost by pinfall in 51 seconds at 138. The Dogs lost in a open at 145. Blakely won by pinfall in 46 seconds at 152. Cooper won by pinfall in 13 seconds at 160.
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- 12-01-2013
- By Cheryl Dorschner
We all can't help but wonder what's really in the refrigerators, pantries and lunchboxes of people who teach nutrition for a living. Do they practice what they preach when they're not in the front of the class?
So when I was invited to talk to Vermont's team of Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program educators at their fall meeting in Berlin, I was excited to introduce myself to the seven women who serve the whole state with nutrition programs and learn more about this venerable 45-year-old federal program operated by the University of Vermont Extension. I wanted to hear how they reach Vermont's eligible adults and children of low-income families and help them choose low-cost nutritious food, manage food budgets, become more self-sufficient and connect to other valuable service organizations. Learn more about the Expanded Food and Education Nutrition Program (EFNEP) at http://www.uvm.edu/extension/food/efnep. EFNEP's headquarters are in UVM's nutrition and food sciences department. The unexpected bonus was that when I arrived, they were eating their bag lunches. I knew immediately that my very first lesson was in the bag, so to speak.
Seven busy working women – nine actually, because the program coordinator and assistant were also on-hand – had made quick, easy, healthy lunches that were modest in portion size and affordability. Their lunch sacks revealed a nutritional balance of foods. I hope they'll forgive me if their first impression of me was of my looking over their shoulders, snapping photos and asking for chicken soup recipes. But so many good ideas converged in this one spot. Indeed, these women walk the talk, yet eat the treat.
"EFNEP educators do tend to routinely model good nutritional behavior without even thinking about it," says Amy Davidson, who coordinates the program's eight employees in as many offices that cover the state. "After all, every day they offer free programs, classes and individual visits tailored to qualified adults, youth and children on a wide range of food and nutrition topics, so they have delicious, inexpensive, simple, healthy menus and recipes at their fingertips. And when they get together conversation tends toward sharing ideas."
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Davidson is right. They weighed on who does and doesn't like kale chips and how to make them crisp and not too salty. The asked each other who still eats canned asparagus nowadays. They relaxed while eating, then got back to business.
Like all of us, for some people on demanding days the best choice for a packed lunch is from the supermarket salad bar, last night's take-out or homemade pasta or even a simple grab-and-go: yogurt, granola bar, in-season local apple and milk.
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• Most people included side dishes of in-season fruits and vegetables – usually about a cup – freshly sliced carrots, sweet peppers, apple, raspberries, banana, celery and the like.
• Several got a dose of calcium and that feeling of fullness that lasts from milk, yogurt, cheese or cottage cheese.
• Whether it's a salad, sandwich or leftovers, vegetables played the starring role in the main item – always more vegetables than any other ingredient.
• Chocolate! That's right, a small serving of dark chocolate was the sweet of choice for at least three of the women.
Susan Edwards, the EFNEP educator working out of UVM Extension's St. Albans office built a tall sandwich of cucumbers, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese and guacamole on whole wheat bread. Likewise, EFNEP program assistant Wendy Hull's vegetable and cheese sandwich was nested into a whole-wheat wrap cleverly pinned with what is usually a cob corn holder.
Sometimes nothing hits the spot like hot soup. Louise Brunelle, a 14-year EFNEP veteran who works from UVM Extension's Burlington office has made chicken soup so often that she doesn't use a recipe. This time, she says, "I used the chicken frame instead of also low-cost chicken necks and backs" to make a rich broth. She added an onion, carrots, celery, low-sodium bouillon and egg noodles. Yogurt and an apple polished off her lunch.
Frances Fleming employed her homemade chicken soup to combat a cold. She says she opts for "dark meat like legs and thighs, because they're juicer and cheaper." Her recipe also calls for an onion and carrots "and parsnip if I'm in the mood." She adds rice and brings out the flavor with whole peppercorns, a bay leaf and parsley. Pretzels and a hot cup of tea completed her lunch, plus a little dark chocolate. Fleming serves EFNEP clients in Washington County from the Berlin office.
Here's a hearty chicken soup recipe that combines the elements of both of their suggestions.
Easy, Affordable, Homemade Chicken Soup
Although it's delicious minutes after making it, the secret to the heartwarming flavor of chicken soup on a chilly day is to make it a day ahead to let the flavors of fresh vegetables develop. Refrigerate, skim off the fat and reheat. Some folks swear it's a cold remedy. Others say it's an act of kindness that makes the homemade soup "good for what ails you."
Total Preparation Time: 1 hour
INGREDIENTS1-½ lbs. chicken thighs and legs, including bones6 medium carrots, trimmed4 celery stalks1 large yellow onion quarteredBay leafFreshly ground black pepper to taste3 ounces egg noodlesFresh parsley, chopped, optional
Place the chicken in a large pot. Cut 3 of the carrots and 2 of the celery stalks in half cross-wise. Cut the onion in four pieces, reserving one quarter. Add the cut vegetables to the pot with bay leaf and ground pepper. Cover with cold water (about 8 cups).
Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, skimming any foam that rises to the top, until the chicken is cooked through, about 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, thinly slice the remaining carrots, celery and quarter onion. Set aside.
With a slotted spoon remove the chicken to a bowl to cool, and discard the cooked vegetables. To the broth, add the remaining cut carrots, celery and onions and simmer until firm tender, about 5 minutes.
Meanwhile, remove the skin and bones from the cooled chicken and discard it. Shred the meat.
Add the noodles to the soup and cook according to package directions, about another 6-9 minutes, until tender. Add the chicken back to the soup, and the parsley, if using.
Ladle into individual bowls.
Cheryl Dorschner writes for the University of Vermont about food, nutrition and food systems – from garden to plate and test tube to supermarket.
To find out if you're eligible for Vermont's Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program programs, contact an EFNEP educator (http://go.uvm.edu/at0fp) near you or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.


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In the mid-'60s, roughly two decades after the end of World War II, there were a number of plays and movies that attempted to come to grips with various aspects of the actions of Nazi Germany.
There was "Judgment at Nuremberg," a historical epic of the trial of Nazi officials, the extreme personal look at the Holocaust in "The Pawn Broker" and "Incident at Vichy," Arthur Miller's tense study of a group of men awaiting their fate while held by Nazis in a room in southern France.
That one opens Oct. 19 in Danville's Village Theatre. The Role Players Ensemble production, directed by Eric Fraisher Hayes, is Miller's peripheral take on how a French government survived in the area "basically by kowtowing to German regulations," to the point of turning people over to the Nazis to whatever end they saw fit.
"I like a mystery thriller and, with a little history thrown in, even better," said Hayes. "The men thrown into the room during the early middle of the war had heard the rumors of what the Nazis were doing, but they were just on the cusp and had no confirmation of it."
So there they are, a random group that includes a painter, an actor who figures he'll act his way out of the situation, a businessman, a communist/socialist, a gypsy who was on Hitler's undesirable list and a boy who has no idea why he was brought to the room by French officials acting on the Germans' behest.
"It becomes a very suspenseful struggle as the instinct to survive is really strong in all of the characters and they find themselves playing a game about why they won't be chosen," says Hayes. "I've done something similar myself, say, when I read about someone who died and I look for an exemption like, 'Oh, he smoked. I don't smoke.' "
But as the incident plays out, only one of the men emerges from the interrogation room with a pass to the outside world, the rest are never seen and their fate is unknown but assumed dire.
"I know I've overheard audience members talking in the lobby about how one show or another isn't going to have a happy ending," Hayes said, fully aware of that being what patrons want, "and I know the Holocaust is not a happy subject, but Miller does give a ray of hope at the end in a way that is a surprise to both the characters and the audience."
He grinned, revealing no more, and talked about the author, rather than the tale.
"The quality of the writing and quality of the characters certainly make it feel like a Miller play, but the situation doesn't," he said. "I've told my actors this is a dream play for them because every character is facing life-or-death stakes, even the authority figures."
"Incident at Vichy," a rarely-done Miller work, has started getting a lot of revivals just this year, so it may become a much better-known work by the author, who is regarded as one of America's all-time best playwrights, with shows like "Death of a Salesman," "All My Sons," "A View From the Bridge," "The Crucible" and "After the Fall."
The show plays Oct. 19 through Nov. 10 at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays, in the theater at 233 Front St. in Danville. Tickets, at $20 to $28, may be reserved at 925-314-3400 or www.villagetheatreshows.com.
COMEDY AT THE FIREHOUSE: Comedians Greg Hahn and Marianne Sierk appear Oct. 10 in the Firehouse Arts Center at 444 Railroad Ave. in Pleasanton. Hahn, the headliner, has appeared on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien," Comedy Central, CBS, ABC, FOX, MTV and CMT, as well as clubs throughout the country.
Comedy is Hahn's second career. He served as a Marine Corps captain and buyer for Lockheed before beginning his trek down the road to comedy.
Opening act Sierk became a comic after realizing her dream of starring in the theater wasn't going to work out. So she found success in comedy as well as commercials and commentator gigs on such shows at NBC's "Comics Unleashed," the BBC's "The World Stands Up" and Comedy Central's "Live at Gotham."
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I am attempting to develop a "dxf2pdf" application (I guess I don't have to tell you what it does It is being written under Linux, but will eventually be ported to Windows.
Note on my background: Luckily, back in school I took a Master's level CS course, called "Computer Graphics" (which I finally get to put to good use!). The term project was an application that shifted, scaled, rotated and displayed a simple house, hopefully in real time. Due to the limited CPU power those days, it was mainly wireframe: since the hidden segment removal was too onerous, I ended up turning it off for a good show.
In short: I am familiar with the part about the 3 geometric transforms.
Having said that, we never covered things like "edges" or "extents". I am not fully clear on the concept of "polyline", as used in the DXF standard. In the textbook (authored by The Father of Computer Graphics himself), there was only one kind of entity: the line segment.
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Messer to give talk on Internet scams
Published: Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at 8:03 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at 8:03 a.m.
The American Association of University Women will meet at 10 a.m. Friday at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 900 Blythe St., Hendersonville. A presentation on Internet scams will be given by Norma Messer, president of the Asheville Better Business Bureau. Info: 828-697-2956 or 828- 698- 8083.
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she's in good shape, you did a great job repairing her. That is truly a treasure to cherish, and Im sure your boys would love it to have it passed down to them
Love your dad's fiddle ! I love your love to your dad !
i cant remember does billie play the fiddle?
I'm sorry, I do not know much English(((I know how to play the violin, soon I'll take the exam, still learning the guitar and piano. Violin very well preserved, despite the fact that she was 130 years old.
I'm trying to learn to play guitar, we play keyboard at school but I haven't a piano and I can't play green day songs because my keyboard is too small
nice fiddle, wish I could hear how it plays. bring it to the django et stéphane fest at the freight. what a dream come true that would be...
you play the violin!!!!!????
I've always liked this instrument, but it's so hard to play... But also drums are great!
i used to play that instrument its beautiful.
hope your doing good billie<3
It's just sooo beautiful *-* i have a fiddle too but it's not so that old! i wonder if you can play it, but i bet you can hehehe!!! I also hope that you're better now, Billie!!! <3 <3 <3
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SAN LORENZO -- A man who Alameda County Sheriff's investigators say killed his wife Christmas Day and then turned the gun on himself has been identified as Amerwinfino Lim Jr., 40.
An autopsy conducted Thursday on Lim showed that he died of a single, self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, according to the Alameda County Coroner's office.
A separate autopsy for Lim's 36-year-old wife -- who the Sheriff's Office identified as Violeta Aragon -- is slated to take place on Friday, a coroner's spokeswoman said.
Aragon was shot multiple times about 2 a.m. in the garage of a small yellow house on the 1800 block of Via Amigos. The shooting was likely sparked by some sort of "marital discord" between the couple, Sheriff's Sgt. J.D. Nelson said.
He declined to discuss details or elaborate on why the fatal shooting took place due to the sensitive nature of the case, but did say the couple did not have custody issues, had not filed for divorce and that no restraining order had been filed within the household.
The shooting occurred with three children ranging in age from 11 to 17 years and two grandparents home at the time of the shooting.
One of the couple's sons was inside the garage and witnessed the shooting, Nelson said.
Neighbors David and Ana Quon, who said they have lived next door to the family for 17 years, said their home was used by Sheriff's Office investigators to interview witnesses who were in the home at the time of the shooting. Ana Quon said in all the years she lived next door to the couple, she never heard any fighting.
The children are now staying with family members, authorities said.
Contact Natalie Neysa Alund at 510-293-2469. Follow her at Twitter.com/nataliealund.


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success no one questions, was
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About the Book
With her book Mind Whispering, Tara Bennett-Goleman, the New York Times bestselling author of Emotional Alchemy, draws on the the fields of cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and Eastern traditions to present a workable means to overcome the negative patterns in our lives.
Mind Whispering is a new map of the emotional mind. This groundbreaking approach shows us that we have a choice of our moods, emotions, actions, and reactions. Mind Whispering teaches how to manage our brains, and incorporate the timeless wisdom of mindfulness into everyday situations.
Ultimately, Mind Whispering exposes the modes of being that act as obstacles in our lives and relationships, and shows us how we can choose to improve our relationships and free ourselves, living with a lasting sense of happiness. With a foreword by the Dalai Lama, Bennett-Goleman's Mind Whispering: A New Map to Freedom from Self-Defeating Emotional Habits gives you the keys to lasting emotional freedom.
"The road in life forks in every moment, with one path leading toward confusion, separateness, and entanglement, and the other toward clarity, connection, and mental freedom. With mind whispering, the choice can be ours."
Why sometimes do even the smallest events send us into a downward spiral? Whether we're aware of it or not, our feelings and outlook are constantly shaped by learned patterns, or habitual modes of being. These have the power to dictate our sense of wellbeing and our very perceptions of our lives and the world around us. These modes—distinct orchestrations of how we think and feel, how we act and interact—can open us up to delight and wisdom or preoccupy us with fear and despair, driving and distorting our experiences like invisible puppeteers of the mind.
In this engaging and insightful work, New York Times bestselling author Tara Bennett-Goleman offers us new ways to cut the strings of our self-defeating habits and find emotional freedom.
By bringing together the latest in cognitive psychology, the neuroscience of habit change, Eastern philosophy, and her experience with horse whispering, Bennett-Goleman helps liberate us from our most challenging mental roadblocks so we can identify emotional triggers and dysfunctional habits in ourselves and our relationships and begin to build new positive patterns in our lives and our world.
A groundbreaking map of the emotional mind, Mind Whispering helps transform our emotions, improve our relationships, connect us with a wise and compassionate heart, and finally live with a more lasting sense of happiness.
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Critical Praise
"Tara Bennett-Goleman's Mind Whispering furthers the dialogue of psychology east and west. She is truly a pioneer in the integration of Cognitive Therapy and mindfulness. This book is not only useful for clinicians, but for people in their everyday lives." — Dr. Aaron Beck, Founder of Cognitive Therapy
"In weaving together so many different strands of wisdom and compassionate response, Mind Whispering creates a striking and inspiring tapestry of engaged understanding. Tara Bennett-Goleman draws on an amazingly rich and varied life and in so doing illuminates our path of love and freedom." — Joseph Goldstein, author of A Heart Full of Peace, and One Dharma
"Bennett-Goleman has written a book of exquisite sensitivity and wisdom, in which she invites us to cultivate a healing relationship to the deepest aspects of ourselves and the world, through 'mind whispering'. Brilliantly synthesising the ancient wisdom of Asia, with modern psychology, she offers a lasting source of nourishment." — Mark Williams, Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Oxford, and author of Mindfulness
"Mind Whispering is the connection between thought and action, leading to a paradigm shift in consciousness. Tara Bennett- Goleman's poetic story telling is addictive, mesmerizingly beautiful and meditatively calm. Mind Whispering is a little gem, a story of conscious evolution." — Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne, Founder and President of the Sarvodaya Movement, also known as "Sri Lanka's Gandhi"
Product Details
- Imprint: HarperOne
- On Sale: 04/23/2013
- Pages: 336
- List Price: 7.99 USD
- BISAC1: SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / Self-Esteem
- BISAC2: PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / General
- BISAC3: BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Inspiration & Personal Growth


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- Dec 19:
- Big Sur wildfire now 79 percent contained
- Dec 18:
- Spare the Air streak continues for record 11th day in a row
- Dec 17:
- Big Sur fire: Late season blaze destroys 17 homes on California's iconic, parched coast
- Air pollution soars across Bay Area as fires, dry weather create perfect storm of smog
- Redwood City fire under control, but smoke spreads down to South Bay
- Big Sur fire grows slightly to 550 acres; 5 percent contained
- Dec 16:
- Big Sur residents fearful, confused about fire's damage
- Live blog: Big Sur fire 100 percent contained as of Friday evening
- Big Sur fire: 15 homes destroyed, 500 acres burned
It was business as usual in the Big Sur village on Monday, except for the smoke.
As the fire at the nearby Pfeiffer Ridge area burned out of control, the businesses in the village were able to continue operating. Service employees were mostly hoping the fire would not close the road and force them to go around through Nacimiento Road to get home to Carmel or Monterey — nearly a five-hour drive.
Two of the families who had evacuated from their homes found temporary lodging at the Big Sur River Inn, manager Rick Aldinger said.
"We got a couple of calls from a couple of properties in Carmel or Monterey offering low rates for people evacuated," he said.
The Big Sur River Inn is allowing the evacuees to stay free of charge.
"We just learned," Aldinger said. "It's a small, rugged and sometimes unforgiving geographic area. We have to stick together."


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By Dana Hull
MILPITAS -- View, a startup that makes "dynamic glass" for commercial buildings, is set to announce Tuesday that it has secured $100 million in venture capital funding -- all from Madrone Capital Partners of Menlo Park.
The huge funding round is remarkable because the venture capital industry is shrinking, and some VC firms have soured on cleantech. Madrone Capital Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm that largely manages the investments of the Walton family of Wal-Mart fame.
"Companies go public to raise $100 million," View CEO Rao Mulpuri said in an interview. "It's a big endorsement of the space, and a big endorsement of the company."
Milpitas-based View, which previously operated under the name Soladigm, manufactures "intelligent" windows with glass that can react to external conditions -- tinting to reject unwanted heat and glare, or lightening to let in winter sunlight.
"This product saves a significant amount of energy consumption in buildings," Mulpuri said. "You can call it cleantech, energy tech or infrastructure tech -- we're seeing traction in the marketplace."
View has installed more than 50 projects at corporate campuses, educational institutions, government buildings, hotels and hospitals, including NASA's offices in Palo Alto and the W hotel in San Francisco.
The company has 300 employees. The headquarters, along with research and development, is in Milpitas; its windows are manufactured in Olive Branch, Miss., a suburb of Memphis.
Madrone declined to comment for the story but general partner Thomas Patterson, who will take a seat on View's board of directors, said in a prepared statement: "We have been closely following View for the past few years, and we are impressed by Rao and the View team's tremendous progress.
"This investment represents a high growth opportunity, enabled by a game-changing product in a very large market," he added. "After thoughtful product development and scaling of operations, View is now poised to make a broad impact in the industry."
Contact Dana Hull at 408-920-2706. Follow her at Twitter.com/danahull.


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Oracle Enterprise Gateway As Kerberos Service
By Prasad Bopardikar on Feb 04, 2012
This article explains how to configure OEG as Kerberos Service for authenticating requests using SPNEGO tokens.
For the purpose of this article, I will demonstrate a use case that involves the following 3 machines:
DC-SERVER.WINDC.DEMO.ORACLE.COM (Windows 2008 Server R2)
This server is the Active Directory Domain Controller and also acts as the Kerberos KDC.
The name of the domain is WINDC.DEMO.ORACLE.COM.
OEG-SERVER.ORACLE.COM (Windows 2008 Server R2)
This server hosts the Oracle Enterprise Gateway (version 220.127.116.11)
This server runs standalone, and is NOT part of the Windows Domain WINDC.DEMO.ORACLE.COM.
WIN7-CLIENT.WINDC.DEMO.ORACLE.COM (Windows 7)
This is a Windows 7 machine that is client to the Domain Controller DC-SERVER.WINDC.DEMO.ORACLE.COM.
Any user defined in Active Directory can log into this machine to the domain WINDC.
For the purpose of this demo, there are two user (DemoUser1 and DemoUser2) created in Active Directory that can log into WIN7-CLIENT.
How to configure a Windows Domain Controller and How to add a Windows client to the Domain?
If you are planning to create this setup using local VMs, here's an excellent guide (Youtube video) to configuring a Windows Domain Controller, and adding a Windows client to the Domain: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4rjlD_Mx0w
In the context of this Blog post, the video can help setting up the Domain Controller on DC-SERVER.WINDC.DEMO.ORACLE.COM, and adding WIN7-CLIENT.WINDC.DEMO.ORACLE.COM to the Domain.
This article will demonstrate that requests coming from
WIN7-CLIENT (either via Web Browser or a Web Service client) that will call an
end point defined/registered on OEG (running on OEG-SERVER) will be successfully
authenticated by OEG Kerberos Service.
The credentials used to authenticate the user will be the Windows credentials of the user logged into the machine.
Note: The requests could come from any machine so long as it is a client to the Domain Controller.
The Screen shot below shows the users DemoUser1, DemoUser2 created in Active Directory on DC-SERVER.
Now begins the Kerberos Configuration....
Step 1 is to create a user account in Active Directory for OEG-SERVER.
The below screenshots show a user named OEG-SERVER created in Active Directory on DC-SERVER.
Step 2 is to create a Service Principal Name (SPN) on the Domain Controller (DC-SERVER) for OEG-SERVER
Run the following command to create the SPN that is mapped to the user account OEG-SERVER.
ktpass -princ firstname.lastname@example.com -pType KRB5_NT_PRINCIPAL -mapuser OEG-SERVER -pass Password1 -out c:\temp\oeg-server.keytab -crypto RC4-HMAC-NT -kvno 0
NOTE: The password in the above command must be the same as the password for the user account OEG-SERVER in Active Directory.
The below screenshot shows the command and its output.
The above command will output a keytab file (c:\temp\oeg-server.keytab).
Copy this keytab file inside some folder on OEG-SERVER.
Once the SPN is successfully created, you will notice the change in User Logon Name for the user OEG-SERVER. (see the screenshot below)
Now let's begin the configuration in OEG...
Launch the Policy Studio, and under "External Connections", right-click on "Kerberos Principals" and create a new Kerberos Principal. (Screenshot below)
Now, under "External Connections", right-click on "Kerberos Services" and create a new Kerberos
Service. (Screenshot below)
Click on the "Load Keytab" button to load the keytab file that was copied from DC-SERVER.
Now, let's create a Kerberos Authentication Policy...
Create a new Policy (let's name the policy "Kerberos
Authentication") and drag the "Kerberos Service" filter, and configure it as
shown below.
Select "SPNEGO over HTTP" as the Kerberos standard. Leave all the other tabs with default configuration.
Add a "set message" and "reflect message" filter to complete the circuit. (see screenshots below)
Now, create a relative path "/kerberosauth" under "Default Services" (port: 8080), and make it point to the Policy created above.
Now, create a file called "krb5.ini" and configure it as shown
Copy the krb5.ini file inside C:\Windows on OEG-SERVER.
Please note that if you are using OEG 126.96.36.199, you need not create the krb5.ini file. You can do this configuration in the krb5.conf file inside OEG.
Finally, Deploy the configuration in the Gateway.
Now, we are almost ready to run the test case from a web browser running on WIN7-CLIENT, but first we need to configure some settings in the Browsers:
Firefox Settings:
Enter "about:config" in the address bar and hit enter,
and then click on the "I'll be careful, I promise" button.
Right-click on the preference name "network.negotiate-auth.trusted-uris" and select "modify", and add the following URL: "http://oeg-server.oracle.com"
Note: You may also need to add an entry for OEG-SERVER.ORACLE.COM inside the "hosts" file on WIN7-CLIENT.
Finally, enter the URL: http://oeg-server.oracle.com:8080/kerberosauth,
and hit enter.
Note: The user should NOT be prompted to enter username/password. The underlying Windows credentials of the user logged into the machine will be used for authentication.
In the example screenshot below, DemoUser1 is logged into WIN7-CLIENT, and hence you see this message.
Internet Explorer Settings:
- Under Tools > Internet Options > Advanced, make sure the option "Enable Integrated Windows Authentication" is selected.
- Under Tools > Internet Options > Security > Local Intranet > Advanced, Add this URL: "http://oeg-server.oracle.com"
- Under Tools > Internet Options > Security > Local Intranet > Custom Level, Make sure that under "User Authentication > Logon, the option "Automatic Logon only in Intranet Zone is selected.
You may need to restart I.E.
Finally, enter the URL: http://oeg-server.oracle.com:8080/kerberosauth,
and hit enter.
Note: The user should NOT be prompted to enter username/password.
In the example screenshot below, DemoUser2 is logged into WIN7-CLIENT, and hence you see this message.
When a browser acquires a service ticket from the KDC, it presents a service principal name (SPN) for the service that it wants to connect to. This SPN is computed from the host name in the URL entered into the browser. For example if the user enters http://oeg-server.oracle.com:8080/kerberosauth, the SPN that the browser passes to the KDC in order to acquire a service ticket is firstname.lastname@example.com.
If the host name is defined in the DNS as "A-name" or
host, the SPN is directly resolved from the host. For example:
On the DNS server, the following DNS record is defined:
HOST(A): oeg-server.oracle.com
On the client browser, the following URL is entered:
URL: http://oeg-server.oracle.com:8080/kerberosauth
The requested SPN is:
Kerberos Authentication for Web Services
To configure Kerberos Authentication for web services, just plug in the "Kerberos Authentication" policy created above (minus the "Set Message" and "Reflect" filters) under the "Message Interception Points" > "Request From Client" > "Before Operation-specific Policy" tab in the Service Handler for the registered Web Service – just the same way you would intercept with a HTTP authentication policy.
Note: The WSDL url used by the web services client must contain the fully qualified name of the gateway server so that it matches the SPN.


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- Overview
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LATINA, Italy – Zane Knowles had a monster game with 30 points and 14 rebounds, but the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi men's basketball team was done in by tremendous shooting, as Latina Basket topped the Islanders 103-96. Latina went 16-for-30 overall from beyond the arc, using a 7-for-8 mark in the fourth to pull out the victory.
John Jordan scored 27 points with nine assists and five rebounds for the Islanders in the loss, while Rashawn Thomas posted a double-double with 13 points and 14 boards. But no other player had more than six points for the visiting team.
The Islanders went 39-for-72 (.542) overall from the field, buoyed by Knowles' 15-for-16 shooting night. But A&M-Corpus Christi was just 2-for-7 from beyond the arc, compared to Latina's .533 percentage from downtown. The Islanders outrebounded their opposition 43-21.
The two teams came out of the gate even, with the Islanders jumping out to an early 10-5 lead on the strength of three straight baskets by Knowles. But the visitors went cold and Latina caught fire, unleashing a 14-2 run to take their largest lead of the game at 19-12. The Islanders were able to stem the tide, getting a huge four-point play from Brandon Pye to end the first quarter down 25-18.
In the second quarter, Jordan and Knowles took over, combining to score 14 of the Islanders' 21 points in the frame. But for every shot A&M-Corpus Christi delivered, Latina had a counter, and held a 43-34 lead with 2:32 left. The Islanders got a three-point play from Jordan with 1:17 left, and Joy Williamson added a layup of his own to cut the deficit to just four, 43-39, at the break.
The third saw A&M-Corpus Christi erase the deficit completely in the opening minute, and from there things went back-and-forth for the remainder of the quarter. Back-to-back jumpers by Jake Kocher put the Islanders ahead 49-48 at the 7:05 mark, but thereafter, neither team led by more than three for the rest of the frame. Jordan's jumper in the closing minute put the Islanders ahead 66-65 heading to the final 10 minutes.
But Latina scored the first 11 points of the final stanza and started things on a 21-6 run to pull out to an 86-72 lead. The Islanders got the lead down to eight on several occasions, but couldn't get over the hump as Latina emerged with the win.
The Islanders will play the final game of their 10-day Italian tour on Thursday, Aug. 29, against Stella Azzura at 7 p.m. The team will then return home on Friday, Aug. 30, as they wrap up their trip overseas.
For all the latest on Islanders Basketball, be sure to follow the team on Twitter and Instagram (@IslandersMBB) and like the Islanders Men's Basketball Facebook page (Facebook.com/IslandersMBB).


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Orexo announces Canadian market launch for cancer pain drug
Uppsala/Tokyo – Orexo AB's cancer pain treatment Abstral has reached the Canadian drug market. The Swedish drugmaker confirmed yesterday that Paladin Labs Inc have launched marketing of the sublingual formulation of fentanyl in breakthrough cancer pain, a global market worth US$1.5 billion. The distributor of pain killers had already gained a licence to market the drug in the Canadian market from UK-based Prostrakan Group plc in 2008. By February, the Canadian regulatory authority Health Canada had given marketing approval to the Scotland-based company which held the global distribution rights for Abstral until its recent acquisition by Japanese drugmaker Kyowa Hakko Kirin.


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By octav on Nov 22, 2009
Most people get a virus/cold during the winter since they spend more time indoors interacting with each other. One could validate this fact by doing a study where introverted folks are compared with the ones that are more social. Anyway, during the cold (relatively since I live in California) season I got a case "slow context menu" any time I right-mouse-click in a Windows folder. My computer has been socialized with a bunch of 3rd party software, in addition to its native Vista OS. The kind of software I've installed tends to be geeky: Visual Studio.NET, NetBeans, Eclipse, SmartSVN, cygwin, Filezilla, Java, Mercurial, SQL Server, RealVNC, etc. So which software has been causing me the ... ailment.
At first I searched the registry for "contextmenu". I found lots of entries and gave up after inspecting about a dozen. The internet came to rescue, once again. I found a great utility from the folks at NirSoft. Their utility (ShellExView) helped me to rapidly analyze the shell extensions on my system and I started to turn off the ones which did not come from Microsoft. I rapidly found the cause: SmartSVN (I've been using SVN for zembly and the Java Store). Once I've disabled the extension name every started to work fine (pop-up menus are snappy once again). I'll have to default to the client that NetBeans installs.
Many thanks for the folks at Nir Sofer for making the software available for free.


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Jennifer Baker is in her fourth year at the Island University. She serves as Director of the Center for Athletic Academic Services (CAAS). CAAS provides services to student athletes that will enhance their academic experience, assist in their retention and development as students as well as promote the CHAMPS/Life Skills program and the five commitment areas (Commitment to Academic Excellence, Athletic Excellence, Personal Development, Career Development & Service).
Services include supervised study hall, a computer lab, individual and group tutoring sessions as well as the availability of learning assistants. Scholastic Supervisors work with the athletic department, students, coaches, faculty and staff to coordinate athlete's schedules, determine academic eligibility and provide necessary support to the athletes.
She is responsible for the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi women's basketball and baseball teams.
Baker's previous work experience includes 10 years at Texas A&M in College Station serving as Senior Academic Advisor, Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences (2003-08), and Rangeland Ecology & Management (1998-2003). She served as an Associate Account Executive for Travelers Property Casualty from 1996-98.
At Texas A&M, she was awarded the 2006 Presidents Award in Academic Advising and also the AGWAFS Outstanding Staff Award in Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences. In 2003, she received the Diversity Award from the Office of Executive Vice President & Provost.
Baker is a 1996 Texas A&M University graduate with a degree in genetics and received her master's in 2000 in agricultural education.
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The nationally-ranked Texas A&M – Corpus Christi's men's tennis team and the Islanders women's tennis team will face challenging 2012 schedules, including home openers at the Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center against national-powerhouse opponents, it was announced today by Director of Tennis Steve Moore.
The men's team will open play at home against Texas, who spent most of last season in the top 10 rankings, while the women host Rice, a team that was ranked for all of last season, in their home opener. Texas has made the semifinals or finals of the NCAA Championships in three of the last five years, and been ranked in the top 10 for five years in a row.
"I think two of the greatest days of Islanders Tennis will be the first-ever matches at the Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center where Rice comes to play the women and Texas comes to play the men," said Moore. "These will be two incredible events for this great University and this great tennis community. We're hoping to pack the place in our first home matches ever at the Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center.
"We're very excited about this year. These teams are working extremely hard and have very good character, leadership and culture. We're looking forward to competing with all our hearts for this great tennis community at our new facility. I think our teams have earned the reputation for competing with great spirit and we will certainly bring that spirit."
After playing at venues such as the Corpus Christi Country Club, Corpus Christi Athletic Club and the HEB Tennis Center the last several years, the Islanders will finally have a home facility to call their own during the 2012 season.
"The new facility has been an absolute blessing, it's really uplifted the spirit of the teams practicing there," said Moore. "We are also grateful beyond words at the way this tennis community, which I believe is the best in the United States, has reached out to support our teams with facilities, donations and support. I could go on forever on that topic."
The Texas A&M – Corpus Christi men's team is coming off of a fourth-straight Southland Conference Championship and the third NCAA Championships appearance in four years. The team has reached the top 50 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's national rankings each of the last four seasons.
For the season opener, the Islanders men will travel to New Mexico for four dates against tough competition. On Jan. 19, the team will open at New Mexico State and follow with a match against Utah State the next day in Las Cruces, N.M. Once those matches are complete, the team will make a trip inside the state to Albuquerque where they will face Nevada on Jan. 22 and New Mexico on Jan. 23. After the trip out west, Texas A&M – Corpus Christi will return to Texas for a Jan. 25 match against TCU in Ft. Worth.
The men's team will have one of the top tennis teams in the nation for their home opener, with perennial power Texas playing at the Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center at 2 p.m. on Feb 12. The Longhorns have been in the ITA rankings for 21-straight years, including finishing the season in the top 10 on 11 different occasions.
After the home opener against Texas, the Islanders play matches against Louisiana – Lafayette on Feb. 15 in Lafayette, and against Prairie View A&M (Feb. 19) and St. Mary's (Feb. 23) in Corpus Christi, before hosting the 46th Annual HEB Tournament of Champions.
The event, which will be hosted at both the Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center and at the HEB Tennis Center, will feature national programs BYU, Oklahoma State, DePaul, South Alabama, Middle Tennessee and Western Michigan in addition to the Islanders. Play in the tournament will be from March 2-3 in Corpus Christi.
The rest of the schedule features Southland foes Nicholls, UT Arlington, UTPA and Lamar, and non-conference action against UMBC, Prairie View A&M and Rice.
The Islanders women's tennis team completed the greatest season in school history a year ago to finish fourth in the Southland Conference, the highest-ever finish in school history. The women knocked on the door of the ITA rankings all year, barely missing the coveted Top 75 ranking published by the organization.
The women's team opens the season with a Jan. 26 match on the road against Prairie View A&M before coming home for the Jan. 28 match at 2 p.m. against Rice at the Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center. The Owls were ranked as high as No. 44 last year and finished in the ITA rankings for the past two years.
After the opener, the Islanders travel to Dallas for a neutral site match against Southland Conference member Central Arkansas on Feb. 4. The final three matches in February come on the 15th, against Louisiana – Lafayette on the road in Lafayette, and a pair of home matches in Corpus Christi. A return match against Prairie View A&M falls on the 19th, while a match on the 23rd against St. Mary's completes the month.
In March, the Islanders play Southland foe Nicholls on the 11th and UTSA on the 14th, before hosting South Alabama, Sam Houston State and Texas – Pan American on the 16th and 17th in the Islanders Team Classic at the Tennis Center. UMBC visits the Coastal Bend on March 22, while Texas State makes the trip on the 31st.
Texas A&M – Corpus Christi will finish the season with matches at home against UT Arlington (April 1), McNeese State (April 14) and Lamar (April 15), and one on the road against Stephen F. Austin (April 5) and Sam Houston (April 7).
For the latest on Islanders Tennis, like the team on Facebook (Islanders Tennis) and follow them on Twitter (@IslandersTennis).


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MANTECA - Emmanuel Elijah converted a four-point play for Sierra to give the Timberwolves an eight-point lead with less than 4 minutes remaining in their 62-56 win over Merced-Golden Valley on Friday.
"I was in a rhythm with my shot," Elijah said. "And after that four-point play we got the momentum and kept it the rest of the game."
Elijah scored a game-high 21 points and Eric Melgar made four 3-pointers and scored 17 points for Sierra (6-3).
"Eric Melgar and Emmanuel played very well tonight," Sierra coach Scott Thomason said. "In that second half we played some good basketball. We found ways to win an ugly game that we didn't play great against a good team."
Golden Valley (10-4) led 37-30 early in the third quarter, but playing their fifth road game in five days, the Cougars appeared to wear out down the stretch and Sierra went on a 15-2 run.
"It was a long week," Eagles coach Keith Hunter said. "But it was a fun week."
The game was tied five times and there were six lead changes before the Timberwolves' decisive third-quarter run.
Elijah flirted with a triple-double, grabbing nine rebounds and making five steals. Jonnythan Munkholm had eight rebounds, Justin Patton seven and D'Ari Allen and Melgar five apiece, as Sierra outrebounded the Cougars 38-17, including 19 on the offensive glass.
"There was a stretch where we held them to one shot and out," Thomason said. "We were getting some rebounds and getting out there and running."
Evan Stillahn scored 16 points for Golden Valley and Joshua Sykes 14.
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July 12, 2006
Eight years in prison and nearly half a million dollars in restitution...those are the orders of a federal judge for former state school superintendent Linda Schrenko.
Schrenko had already agreed to an eight-year prison sentence, but what she may not have been expecting was to lose something she's held dear for 34 years: her teaching certificate.
Schrenko arrived at the federal building in Atlanta Wednesday with a cast on her arm.
"I managed to break it," she said. "I was clumsy, fell down and broke it."
Before sentencing, Ms. Schrenko told News 12 she hopes to continue in prison something she's been involved with for three decades.
"If there's an opportunity to help them learn to read to get a better job when they get out, that'll keep me busy," she said.
But less than one hour later, the Georgia Professional Standards Commission served Ms. Schrenko with papers saying they intended to take away her teaching certification, something she'd held since 1972.
When Judge Cooper sentenced Ms. Schrenko to eight years in federal prison, he tacked on more than $400,000 in restitution, chastising her for violating the trust the people of Georgia had placed in her.
That sentiment was echoed by US Attorney David Nahmias.
"Any violation of public trust has serious consequences," he told News 12.
Ms. Schrenko wrote a letter to the judge about her role in the scheme to steal money meant for Georgia schoolchildren.
"I basically told him that as I learned and heard testimony coming in, I realized things were going on that shouldn't have been and I had responsibility for that," she said. "Your name's on the ticket, you're responsible."
However, prosecutor Dan Caldwell characterized Ms. Schrenko's involvement this way: "Ms. Schrenko entered a plea of guilty and was actively involved in conduct as evidenced by testimony, and it was far more than Ms. Schrenko relying on others."
Ms. Schrenko, the first woman elected to statewide office in Georgia, said this was the hardest lesson of all: "I'm most sorry for getting into politics in the first place. I don't advise anybody poor get in."
Ms. Schrenko is likely to be poor after serving her eight years in federal prison.
She declared bankruptcy in 2003, and part of her small hourly wages from her work in prison will go to victims--in this case, Georgia schoolchildren.
Investigators took her Toyota Rav 4 after she arrived for court. They will auction the vehicle, and the proceeds will also go to the victims in this case.
And News 12 has learned Merle Temple's wife bonded him out of jail for $55,000 in cash. He's due back in less than a month for his sentencing.
Former federal prosecutor Jerry Froelich told News 12 Temple had cut a deal with prosecutors and is now facing the possibility of more prison time with Schrenko.
It's not the end for the other players in the Schrenko conspiracy case.
Temple will be sentenced on August 10.
South African businessman Stephan Botes, who was convicted during the trial, will be sentenced on August 22.
Miller Finley, another former deputy superintendent for Ms. Schrenko, will be sentenced July 21. He pleaded guilty to lying to investigators.
Former campaign manager Richard Leonard will be sentenced for his misdemeanor charge of criminal information on August 24.
And Johnny Turner, Botes' company controller, will be sentenced on September 7.


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EAGLE COUNTY, Colorado - Are you looking for ways to reduce your carbon footprint? Help power the valley with your soles by joining the Sole Power Green Commuting Challenge.
Bike, run, walk or skate to work to not only eliminate your CO2 emissions but also save money and stay in shape in the meantime.
After hearing about the challenge in Jackson, Wyo., town of Vail Environmental Sustainability Coordinator Kristen Bertuglia wanted to bring it to the valley.
"This challenge is to save carbon emissions, money and the planet," Bertuglia said.
There are currently 222 contestants involved with a total of 12,348 miles tracked so far. You can choose to track your miles individually or as a team.
"In this area, everyone is all about a healthy community, so I think that is one of the most important things," said Bertuglia. "People can be green and enjoy the outdoors at the same time."
Last year, they tracked 25,000 miles and are hoping to have at least 30,000 this year. As of Friday, the top three groups that have clocked the most miles are the teams from West Vail Liquor Mart, The Kind and Eagle Valley Library District.
"We're trying to be more conscious of the amount of fossil fuels that we would burn in the course of a year," said Tom Mullen, a member of the West Vail Liquor Mart team. "We are looking for ways to displace those with commuter miles either by biking or walking to work."
The challenge is a good incentive for the participants because they are really conscious of their miles and how much carbon they are offsetting.
According to Bertuglia, the contestants get very competitive while really enjoying the challenge at the same time.
"Even though we have so much winter, it does not seem to bother a lot of people," Bertuglia said. "A lot of people ride when it snows."
You do not have to be a hard-core biker to participate.
"Commuting by using your own 'sole power' has added health benefits," Mullen said. "Part of achieving a healthy lifestyle can be attained by getting from Point A to Point B by simply using your own two feet."
Organizers also are working on creating an iPhone application that will track and clock your miles automatically.
"I hope to really grow it beyond my department," Bertuglia said. "This year, we had a little workshop, and people from Eagle County, Avon and all up and down the valley were involved, so I would like to keep expanding that."
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AVON, Colorado - The local Democratic faithful gathered at Cafe de Luna Wednesday to cheer on their candidate. But there was also at least one undecided voter in attendance.
Marnie Pistole is a business owner and Edwards resident. She's a college friend of Debbie Marquez, a longtime local Democratic activist and owner of the cafe. She came to see her friend, and listen to the candidates. But, Pistole said, she remains undecided who to vote for.
"I'm afraid if we don't vote the right way, it may be a long time until we recover," Pistole said.
Pistole said she came to Marquez's place with her 12-year-old son to give him a bit of exposure to the political process.
While Pistole came, and left, an undecided voter - "I just don't know who to believe," she said - the rest of the crowd was unequivocal in their support.
"Events like this bring people together - it helps build community," Diane Mitsch Bush said.
Mitsch Bush, a Routt County commissioner and a candidate for the Colorado House of Representatives, said she came to Avon to better get to know local Democrats - and to socialize with those people during a big event.
"It's kind of like watching a game together," she said.
And the crowd at Cafe de Luna was a little like a sports crowds, cheering their candidate and scoffing at his opponent.
When Republican Mitt Romney repeated his assertion that federal health reform had cut $716 billion from Medicare, Mitsch Bush shouted loudest:
"Get a grip - they're not cuts!" she said.
That's the kind of atmosphere Marquez likes to foster when she plays hostess to these events - as she's done for years.
"I love hosting Democratic events," Marquez said. "It's like having family here."
And the festive atmosphere was what Jessica and C.J. Tenner came for.
"Politics should be a social event," Jessica Tenner said.
"I'm tired of sound bites - Americans should talk to each other face to face," C.J. Tenner said.
But sound bites got the partisans going, with applause for President Obama and catcalls for Romney. If it had been church, there would have been plenty of calls of "amen!"
And the partisans were happy with their candidate's performance.
"I enjoyed it," Gladdie Funke said. "I think (Obama) hands-down presented a factual plan going forward. He tried to avoid (Romney's) generalities.
While Funke's an unaffiliated voter, she's an Obama supporter. She came to the event with a Mia Tucholke, a partisan enthusiast.
Tucholke said she's been volunteering for Democratic in phone banks, voter registration drives and other work.
"I'm fired up," she said.
And that was another reason for the party, as Democratic volunteers encouraged those who came for the debate to stay involved in the process.
"It's been escalating," Techulke said. "It's going to be very exciting."


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Though an official date has not been set, BCI Broadband has announced acquisition of Allegiance Communications.
Allegiance Communications is a broadband systems company with holdings in Shawnee, as well as Arkansas, Kansas, Texas and other parts of Oklahoma.
After the sale is complete, BCI Broadband plans to expand and upgrade equipment, according to a statement.
The equipment and service upgrades are expected to bring new jobs, as well as maintain many of the current jobs Allegiance created.
"Historically when we have purchased cable systems and invested in upgrading to the latest technology in markets like Shawnee, that has inevitably led to more customers and the need for more staff," Shawn Beqaj, vice president of public and government affairs for BCI Broadband, said.
Beqaj said he does not know what date the service will change because the company is working with several communities, as well as the Federal Communications Commission, to finish the sale.
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17 August 2006
All the Kinds of Yes
I grabbed a copy of the book and all but threw it at Eric, insisting he buy it, not just because it's brilliant, but also because his father is mentioned in passing on page 20. Eric waffled a bit, saying he might wait for the paperback, but I can be tremendously intimidating when I want to be, and he gave in.
Then we were all looking at magazines, and I saw the new issue of the New York Times Book Review, and lo and behold, what is the cover review -- "Alice's Alias", a review of the biography by none other than Dave Itzkoff, whom I have said a few things about previously. I think I might have uttered embarrassing squeals of joy when I saw the Book Review, a joy elicited by seeing a book I treasure receiving such prominent notice. Itzkoff does a good job of summarizing the major points of Bradley/Sheldon/Tiptree's life, and offers praise for the biography in a way that people not familiar with the material will probably find intriguing. (The Times previously ran a review by Janet Maslin [which spawned a poll].)
I thought for a day or two that I might review the biography, but one of the nice things about the book is that it has inspired thoughtful reviews, and I don't really have anything to add to things already said by Nisi Shawl, John Clute, Justine Larbalestier, Mely, Gavin Grant, Laura Miller, and John Mark Eberhart, among others. (I will say that the only recent literary biography I've found as absorbing for its own merits, rather than simply out of curiosity about the writer, is Reiner Stach's Kafka: The Decisive Years.) Phillips's achievement is that she has found a subject that lets her explore not merely the life of a writer (though she does that well), but a whole tapestry of ideas and experiences of 20th century gender roles and prejudices, and she shows how those ideas, experiences, roles, and prejudices molded, deformed, and inspired one woman's life. The book shows what the best biography can be: a portrait of one person that opens into an epic depiction of personal and cultural life within particular places at particular times.
I also want to note that the September issue of F&SF is essential reading, because it contains selections from letters between Tiptree/Sheldon and Ursula LeGuin. They are entertaining, insightful, affecting, marvelous letters, some of which are excerpted in the biography, but there's lots of new material in the magazine.
[This post was originally titled "Matt & Meghan & Alex & Eric & Njihia & the Book", until the author decided to abjure esoteric allusions.]
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Huh. My copy of the Phillips *and* the September F&SF are stuck in the transatlantic mails. Grump grump.ReplyDelete
By the way, on behalf of the bigblogofcheese groupmind, thanks for the link!
- Anonymous8/18/2006 1:17 AM
Also worth noting that _Entertainment Weekly_, no less, reviewed the Tiptree bio and gave it an A. I can't recall the last time a book won such universal and unqualified praise.ReplyDelete
Glad to see the ranks of northern New England sf writers continue to swell.
I'm probably going to snag the Tiptree/Alice Sheldon bio today. I read the letters in F&SF and was completely blown away.ReplyDelete
Another enthusiastic review going online Sunday, assuming that the Finns stop entertaining me long enough for me to cut the HTML version of the magazine.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous8/18/2006 2:44 PM
Glad you at least footnoted the "esoteric allusion" so I could let my Tiptree-loving geek fetish bloom into a mad cackle of foot-stomping spittle-flying laughter of recognition.ReplyDelete
I started half way through the book, like you mentioned doing yourself, to gain insight into the era that I already knew, seeing which stories got more than a passing mention and the stories behind those stories. After that I'll go back to read the first half, where I will be truly entering unknown territory. Although, I will confess to reading page 20 out of order.
I was throttled to see so many piles of the book around the bookstore. It didn't seem possible and I tend to think that I must have wondered by accident into an alternate reality, which differs from ours only in that writers I care deeply passionately about have more than a cult following and may, perhaps one day, dream of being on the lower end of the best-seller list.


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John Muir Health is selling its MuirLab clinical lab business, largely concentrated in Contra Costa, Alameda and Solano counties, resulting in the loss of 540 jobs, company officials said Thursday.
The company expects about 150 of those laid-off workers, maybe more, to be hired back by MuirLab's buyer, Laboratory Corporation of America, known as LabCorp. But MuirLab's 56,000-square-foot main lab in Concord, opened in 2008 at 5003 Commercial Circle, will close its doors, spokesman Ben Drew said. The sale is expected to be completed in early November.
Operation of 26 MuirLab "draw stations" throughout the three counties and other parts of Northern California will be transferred to LabCorp. John Muir, which operates hospitals in Walnut Creek and Concord, will continue to own and operate its two hospital-based labs, Drew said.
"Our MuirLab employees have been valuable members of the John Muir Health family, and we will do everything we can to help those not offered a position to find a new job," said Cal Knight, president and CEO of John Muir Health. "Our decisions are not a reflection of their work; rather they are driven by the realities of the lab services market and the broader health care industry."
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
John Muir Health will offer severance packages to laid-off employees even if they accept a job with LabCorp, Drew said. The system also has plans to assist workers in finding new employment.
The lab services industry has seen significant competition among large companies offering "a broader array of services at a much cheaper price," Drew said.
"Physicians and patients have frequently complained about MuirLab's pricing," Knight said. "This agreement will lower patients' out-of-pocket expenses and advance John Muir Health's efforts to deliver high-quality care at an affordable cost."
In 2012, MuirLab processed more than 2.7 million lab tests.
LabCorp, which has more than 1,800 draw stations across the country, processes about 470,000 patient tests each day and already has infrastructure in place in the Bay Area, Drew said.
Contact Matthias Gafni at 925-952-5026. Follow him at Twitter.com/mgafni.


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Christening Escape
A LIMERICK man who escaped from custody twice in 12 months absconded to attend his child's christening, Limerick Court was told.
Christopher O'Donnell, 25, pled guilty to escaping from lawful custody at the Regional hospital on August 29, 2011.
Last month, O'Donnell was sentenced to six months in prison for escaping from custody outside the gates of Limerick Prison on August 20, 2012.
Sergeant Morgan O'Donoghue said that in 2011 while detained in prison, O'Donnell was taken to the Regional to receive medical treatment.
"He made good on his escape from three prison officers. He did not return to Limerick Prison by his own volition," said O'Donoghue.
O'Donnell's solicitor, John Herbert, said at the time his client was serving a 13 month sentence.
"While in custody his wife gave birth to his child. He asked to be released but it was not entertained," said Herbert.
On this occasion O'Donnell's child was being christened, said the solicitor.
"He was in the Regional undergoing a small operation. He saw an opportunity and made good his escape. He was arrested six days later. He was in Limerick city when he was re-arrested, he hadn't left," said Herbert, who added that O'Donnell had been punished within the prison regime.
"For three months he was confined to a strict regime with no privileges," said Herbert.
Judge Eugene O'Kelly said if a prisoner is taken to hospital it is for medical treatment, and not to afford them an opportunity to attend the christening of their children. He handed down a five-month prison sentence.
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90-Year-Old Robbed
A 90-YEAR-old woman living alone was robbed in the middle of the night at her home in a Listowel estate in a callous incident that has left the town shocked and disgusted.
The pensioner is in deep shock following her terrifying ordeal at her Ballygologue Park home.
She woke to find a burglar or burglars prowling in her bedroom. They demanded money from the terrified pensioner and then fled with an undisclosed quantity of cash. She had attended bingo in town earlier that night and neighbors fear she may have been watched as she returned home.
The robbery was discovered when the pensioner was found lying in a confused state on the floor of her bedroom.
Residents of the Ballygologue Park estate in which she lives are seething over the callous robbery of their elderly neighbor. Gardai in Listowel have launched a major investigation into the incident.
While the details of the burglary are not clear, it appears she was woken when an intruder or intruders broke in through the window of her downstairs bedroom. It does not appear that she was physically assaulted in the course of the incident.
The pensioner recalls someone repeatedly asking her to "give me the money." Neighbors say she has been so traumatized by the incident that she has vowed never to leave her home again.
She had been provided with a panic alarm by Community Watch in recent years, but this was not set off during the robbery.
Neighbor Jackie Barrett said people are deeply shocked. "For something like this to happen someone in their own home is shocking. She has said that she will never go out again, the poor woman," he said.
Gardai described the incident as very alarming.
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Scum for Rude Tenants
THE government should consider introducing legislation whereby anti-social tenants could be housed in a "scum town," a Clare local representative has suggested.
The mayor of Amsterdam revealed plans last month to move those engaged in intimidating or violent behavior towards neighbors to new housing units, made in some cases from converted shipping containers. The areas in which these would be located were subsequently dubbed scum villages, where the worst offenders would spend a minimum of six months. Those who remain unreformed would face eviction.
Fine Gael Councilor Joe Arkins mooted the idea of creating scum towns in Ireland at a county council meeting last Monday.
"It sounds drastic but we are at a stage where something drastic must be done in this country," Arkins said.
"Anti-social behavior in estates, whether private or local authority, is destroying people's lives and needs also to be addressed by a range of effective legislation including terms of access or withdrawal of state benefits and so on,
Councilor Johnny Flynn said there are people in his constituency who are suffering from "neighbors from hell."
Arkins suggested the creation of a scum town be considered because "there are landlords not managing their tenants but there are some tenants that neither God nor man could manage," adding "this is something that the government needs to address."
Meelick Councilor Cathal Crowe said he believed a "surcharge" on rents should be investigated by the council in the case of people who "breach the code of conduct in local authority housing." He called on the council to "hit them where it hurts, in the pockets."