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When the rainy season comes to Ixtapa in June, I look forward to nights of listening to the raindrops on my window. But most of all, I love the rainy season, because this is the time when turtles come to our beaches and lay their eggs. The best part of turtles nesting for me is from August till the end of December, when we all can be part of one of the most emotional events – release of baby turtles to the ocean.
In Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo we are very fortunate to have one of the preferred lands on the Pacific coast for the sea turtles to come ashore and lay their eggs. Our beaches are home mostly to the Olive Ridley turtles, but also to Leatherback and Hawksbill turtles.
Dedicated organizations, trained volunteers, and several employees from hotel industry all around the area, carefully "rescue" the eggs and place them in corrals where the incubation is monitored. Turtles come out of their eggs after 40-50 days.
However, the preservationists don't stop there! After hatching, the turtles are kept well fed and cared for in seawater tanks. Two to three weeks later the turtles are released into the ocean. With this, the endangered hatchlings are able to grow a bit more, protecting them from natural predators. Through this process, the specialized organizations in Ixtapa-Zihatanejo count more than 75,000 baby turtle released every year!
If you are planning a vacation between August and December, I suggest a trip to Ixtapa to partake in a turtle release. Your Capella Ixtapa Personal Assistant can arrange participation in a release. Speaking from experience it is truly a special experience. Hopefully this year we can cheer on the turtles together!


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The mission of JROTC – the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps – is to motivate young people to be better citizens. On Jan. 29, the Waynesville JROTC Program went to Waynesville Middle School to recruit eighth graders to join the JROTC program their freshman year.
Recruiting trips provide cadets with an opportunity to show off the many different programs that the local JROTC Program has to offer such as the Drill, Color Guard, and Raider Teams.
"The mission of JROTC is to motivate young people to be better citizens; therefore, the mission to motivate the eighth graders to join JROTC was indeed successful," says Mark Vanderson, Battalion Commander of the Tiger Battalion.
More than 400 eighth graders turned out for the event and many showed great interest and motivation to join not only the program, but to join the many clubs and programs the organization has to offer.
"The cadets put on an excellent, professional performance for the eighth graders", says First Sergeant Hildenbrandt, JROTC instructor.
One of the main aspects the cadets most wanted to portray is the versatility of the program. Also, the cadets emphasized the many different kinds of students and citizens in Waynesville's JROTC program: athletes, Student Government members, and many other members of all kinds of clubs and organizations.
"I believe the event went great. We got a lot of eighth graders motivated to join the program. I think we portrayed the JROTC program well, and I'm quite excited for the future of this program," says Devonte Baity, Battalion XO (Executive Officer). "Demonstrating to the eighth graders everything our program has to offer – and how our program can benefit them academically and physically – helps get them interested in all of the opportunities JROTC has to offer them and their future."
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Irish Americans have reacted with outrage and disgust to the Ryan Commission report on clerical abuse of children in Ireland.
The 2,600-page report concluded nine years of investigations into the claims by thousands of adults that they were abused for decades at reform schools and that the Irish government failed to do anything to stop it.
Over 30,000 Irish children, now between 50 and 80 years of age, were sent to industrial schools, orphanages and reformatories because they were deemed "dysfunctional."
Johnny Rush, from County Roscommon native, said the findings were "just disgusting."
Rush, 72, who attended Mass at St Barnabas church Sunday in the heavily Irish neighborhood of Woodlawn in New York said: "We knew it was going on for years, this sort of thing, but no one said a thing.
"I myself saw a lot of things that I will never repeat in the Christian Brothers School that I went to as a young lad, and it's just a shame that it took all these years for it to come out in the open."
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Rush, who said he is still a devout Catholic and will be until the day he dies, added that what angered him the most is that parents, other teachers and adults turned a blind eye to what went on.
"Kids would tell their parents, but sure what would happen then - they would get the beating at home for disrespecting their elders," said Rush.
"Back then that was how it was, you kept your mouth shut and it was supposed to all go away. Well, that report in Ireland proves that it never went away."
Rush tucked his rosary beads away as he left the steps of the church and blessed himself, a blessing he was giving up for the victims.
Fiona Brennan, who spent the first 10 years of her life in County Sligo before moving to County Derry with her family, said she wasn't surprised.
"The church has continuously moved priests around from parish to parish knowing that they had been accused of horrendous crimes," she said angrily. "Nothing will ever change unless prosecutions come from this."
Church 'no longer respectable'
Brennan, a niece of John Hume -- leader of the Catholic civil rights movement in Northern Ireland for over 40 years and winner of a Nobel Peace Prize -- remembers when she was growing up that it was forbidden to speak ill of a priest or say anything that would damage the reputation of the Catholic Church.
Brennan, 40, feels that it is now time, after the release of the Ryan report, for the hierarchy in the Catholic Church to realize that the church is no longer a "respectable institution."
Seeking punishment for all the physical and mental scars that have been left with the thousands of victims, Brennan said, "The priests should be treated the same as any other male that committed these crimes. It's disgusting that so many lives have been ruined by this."
Brennan, who has been living in New York for 20 years, said she was very close to a case where a priest was accused of abusing a four-year-old child in Ireland.
"The Catholic Church paid his bail saying he was innocent until proven guilty. Then my question to them was why if he was innocent did he skip bail, and why justice has since never been served?"
Maurice Brick, a devout Catholic from Dingle, County Kerry who now lives in New York, described the report as "devastating."
Brick, who attends Mass every morning of the week, said he was seriously shook up and would like to see the abusers accept responsibility.
"I hope they own up to it, to somehow assuage a fraction of the frustration and consternation they have caused for us throughout the world," he said.
"But they'll never erase the visions of children screaming in dank and darkened corridors. The fears. The shaking. The dread of day and night approaching."
Brick said his best friend, Brother Quinn, who passed away two years ago at the age of 93, would have been repulsed to discover what really went on in those reform schools.
"His passion was learning and teaching English and Irish literature. He just couldn't wait to impart his newfound knowledge to anyone. And he prayed a lot. I know, I caught him at it a number of times," said Brick.
Brick said he would try and focus on the good souls he knows in the church.
"There is Fr. Tom Lynch from Dingle who has spent almost all his life in India serving his people. The laws of the area prohibit him from spreading Christianity. He says Mass alone. But his life is the people he serves," he said.
"And there's Fr. Sean Myres in South America. Another local hero from Killarney who serves the poor. I will draw from them for now for hope and encouragement and a healing for the hurt I feel in the core of my soul."
Another Kerryman, Gerry O'Shea, 65, said that the report just corroborates the stories of abuse that were already out in the open.


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Geishas Are Here
We are really excited to announce a very limited run on two of the most incredible coffees in the world. We are offering Finca Los Lajones Geisha and Panama Elida Estate Green Tip Geisha for one day only. You can pre-order online now. All Geisha orders will roast and ship on Monday, December 19th, just in time to age out for your holiday festivities. These are half pound bags, and they will arrive in a custom tin specifically made for these 2 amazing coffees. Happy Holidays!
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Samson / Dec 21 2011 8:08 pm
Come on now, guys…$130/lb for these Geishas? Really?
I don't think any coffee is worth that price, let alone the $20-$25/lb usual price for any "specialty" coffee.
Thanks for the laugh and from keeping the little guy from being able to enjoy these coffees.
Yuppie coffee snobs:1, "Average" coffee lover: 0
Alex / Dec 22 2011 7:13 am
It's worth the price!
You can not sell Gold for the price of Iron, can you?
Alex / Dec 22 2011 7:10 am
Situated up in the heaven–Graciano's Los Lajones Geisha! I would love own one can🙂
I can't forget the incredibly mesmerizing flavor.
Thanks for making our day!


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"I started listening to Catholic Answers Live when I was struck down by an illness that basically left me bedridden. This left me questioning my faith and mortality, and my son introduced the Catholic Answers Live podcast to me. Listening to all the guests explain and defend the Catholic Faith has been instrumental. Has Catholic Answers made a difference in my life? It has become part of my life!"
"We run no risk of deceiving ourselves in considering a Superior Intelligence the author of all things, in referring to it those splendors of the heavens which aroused our thoughts; and finally we are ready to understand and accept the traditional formula: God, Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth."


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STOCKTON - A robber shot a 56-year-old in his knee during a gold chain theft Saturday in south Stockton. The Stockton Police Department said the victim sustained a nonlife-threatening wound in the attack that took place about 1:30 p.m. near Baja Court and Granada Street.
The victim was washing a dog kennel in his driveway. Police say the suspect is a 5-foot 8-inch tall Latino with a thin build. He possibly fled in a gray Acura TL made in the late 1990s or early 2000s, police said.
A man who lives across the street from the victim said the attack symbolizes how dangerous the city has gotten.
"Something needs to be done," Al Rash said. "I feel like I need to have a weapon on me whenever I leave the house. I'm looking at getting a permit to carry a concealed weapon."
Rash said the victim has been his neighbor for roughly three years.
STOCKTON - An elderly man found unconscious during a house fire Friday evening died Saturday afternoon, according to authorities.
The man, whose name will be released once his family is notified, was trapped inside a burning home in the 1800 block of Anita Street about 8:15 p.m., according to the Stockton Fire Department.
Fire officials say the man in his 70s likely succumbed to injuries related to smoke inhalation.
An investigation into the fire is under way, but preliminary findings point to the flames being sparked by a cigarette, said Art Ray, chief's operator for the Stockton Fire Department.
A den toward the back of the home sustained the brunt of the damage, Ray said. The man was found near the front door as fire crews forced the locked door open. It's likely the man was disoriented trying to escape, Ray said.
ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) - Authorities in Douglas County, Ore., say they arrested a man who escaped from a San Joaquin County prison.
A sheriff's office spokesman said 31-year-old Brian Delsie of Stockton was taken into custody Thursday night after a deputy in the Oregon town of Oakland discovered a vehicle in a ditch.
The plates showed it had recently been reported stolen in Stockton.
The deputy canvassed the area and spotted Delsie, who allegedly had the keys to the stolen vehicle.
A records check revealed he was wanted as an escaped inmate from the San Joaquin Correctional Facility.
Delsie was booked into the county jail in Roseburg. He was charged with possession of a stolen vehicle and possession of burglary tools.
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Turned Forty in November and quit smoking as a present to myself. I started walking the day I quit, and for the last 6weeks I've been training for my first 5K which I finished today.I'm at the walk/run stage and I'm Looking for Friends/mentors interested in showing a "newbie" the ropes and to offer advice and support.
Congrats on your first finish! I ran my third 5K today (in Nashville) and have decided to try to run at least one race a month for now. I am already signed up for one March 19th...Maybe that way I will stay focused and try to get better at just running the whole distance, and cutting my time down. Seeing that finish line was great, huh?
Fiddler 5k - July, 2008
Relay 5k - May, 2009
Fangstastic 5k - February, 2011
Diamonds in the Rough 5k - March, 2011
Purity Moosic City Dairy Dash - April, 2011
Thank You !!!! It was WONDERFUL!!!! I plan to do a 5k every month until the end of the year, by then I hope I'm running the entire race. I was a little intimidated upon arrival, but by the end of the race I knew this was something I will make a permanent part of my life. There just seems so much to learn about and injuries seem to be a big problem for alot of runners, so I want to learn as much as I can BEFORE I make injury causing mistakes...:)
congrats to both of you on your running. This site has a lot of active threads that offer support & encouragement. The penguin thread is one that you might want to join in. http://community.active.com/thread/91142/calling-all-penguins-slow-runners/0/0
Lots of supportive ppl there.
Marie from Tennessee
Training for Disney 2013 Goofy Challenge.....Yes, I'm certifiably CRAZY!
61 year olds must be out of their minds to run a half marathon followed by a full the next day!
Disney Half Marathon 1/7/2012 2:37:59
Bear Hunt 5K 9/24/11 28:28 pb
Trojan Trek Trail 5K 8/6/11 31:45
Expo 10K 5/28/11 1:01:28,
Expo 10K 5/26/12 1:05:39
Eastman 10K 9/8/2012 1:01:11 pb
"Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us." Hebrews 12:1
It's so awesome to learn about new runners and their sucess stories. I bet you could train for a half marthon continuing the run-walk method. I would encourage you to google: Jeff Galloway and see if there is a training group in your area. It's an amazing program with supportive people that run-walk. I have complete 5 marathons in the past 2 years using this method. I run injury free and had quick recovery.
Try it you might like it!
Gotta Run!
Congrats on not smoking anymore... it's tough but you will be glad you did. I followed the c25k, then I went on to the One hour runner and now I'm training for my first Half Marathon! Good Luck
Thank You for your response, I will definately check the Penquin thread out, sounds like that is a great place to start. Thanks again
Thank You all for taking the time to respond and for the encouragement !!!
Congrats on your recent race success. Hopefully that's the first of many!! I just joined this board a couple weeks ago and everyone here is awesome and is really great at giving feedback and keeping you motivated. Keep coming here and you'll see the benefit.
WOW you could me by twin :-)
I was smoking a pack a day and have since quit, run in one 5K, and am currently training for a mud run in September. I think the key to sticking with it is finding support from friends and family. I've found that the online communities (active.com, facebook, twitter etc) have all been a great means for finding supportive friends to cheer me on. Get some online buddies with the same or similar goals and hold each other accountable. I've also enjoyed reading blogs of others that are training for a race.
Feel free to follow mine by clicking the link below. I'd love another accountability partner!!
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Scheduled Races 2011
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Friday, December 14, 2012
Time: 6:00 PM
Admission: Free and open to all
Description: The Trinity Youth Chorus performs its annual concert of Benjamin Britten's Ceremony of Carols, and leads holiday caroling with the audience after the concert. Melissa Attebury conducts.
The Youth Chorus is the voice of youth in Lower Manhattan, providing a unique musical environment for young singers. A collective of community choirs, the chorus offers music education and performance opportunities for girls and boys, ages 5-18.
Composer: Benjamin Britten
Performers: Trinity Youth Chorus; Melissa Attebury conducts


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Hudson Heat Gold has 2 roster spots left for our 2013 season. We are looking for 2 Players that are solid, experienced and competitive. For information and a tryout contact the coaches below.
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Please visit our website at hudsonheatsoftball.com
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OAKLAND -- Draymond Green should be starting for the Warriors. As a matter of fact, the second-year guard out of Michigan State should never come out of the game unless he taps his head for a breather. At least until Andre Iguodala gets back.
Because where the Warriors are now, struggling to stay afloat through injuries, Green has what they need. He showed as much in Wednesday's thrilling 95-93 win over visiting Dallas. He had five points, two assists, two rebounds and a steal in the fourth quarter.
It was just enough to set up Stephen Curry's heroics. He scored 16 points in the fourth quarter and finished with 33 points, 10 assists, three steals and one of the most clutch performances of his career. So clutch -- a four-point play with just over a minute left, the game-winning 19-footer -- his eight turnovers will be an afterthought.
None of it happens without Green. In times like these, potential takes a back seat to intangibles like toughness. Statistical prowess is trumped by the little things. Defensive skill is preferred over offensive firepower.
Green hangs his hat on winning. It's why Michigan State coach Tom Izzo, despite all the talent he's coached, still holds a special place in his heart for the scruffy bearded kid from Saginaw. Winning is how he balances out the scales from not being the most athletic, not being skilled like the elite. His resolve is to exact revenge by winning. Let everyone else get stats and highlights. He's going to do what it takes to get the win.
And the Warriors need victories.
"Draymond Green was spectacular," coach Mark Jackson said.
To that end, Green needs to be on the court at the beginning of games, while Iguodala recovers. He will bring the defensive intensity the Warriors seem to lack until they get behind double digits. Wednesday marked the seventh time in the last eight games Golden State lost the first quarter.
Green needs to be on the court at the end of games. He has the IQ to know his limitations and stay in his lane, which is vital since execution is the difference down the stretch of ball games. And he can guard four positions on the court.
Wednesday, he went back and forth on Monta Ellis and Dirk Nowitzki. Sometimes on the same possession. He was able to stay in front of Ellis, whose go-ahead jumper rimmed out after his lane to the basket was cut off by Green. He was able to contest Nowitzki's teardrop jumpers without fouling.
"He's definitely shown how valuable he is to the team," Curry said of Green. "We saw it last year, but he's better this year. The way he impacts the game is definitely noticeable and puts us in position to win games. Like Draymond is ready every time his number's called, everybody on the team has to be ready."
Green needs to be on the court in the middle of games. He can help keep guys from getting going. He can inject some toughness and physicality. He keeps the star players honest, as its clear when he is the hardest working player on the court.
What really has made Green so valuable is the vast improvement of his jumper. He finished with nine points on 4-of-5 shooting on Wednesday. He is sticking the open 3 well enough to aptly play the role of the stretch four (outside shooting power forward) Golden State needs to open the court.
Marreese Speights is barely seeing action and isn't giving the Warriors much when he is on the court. Harrison Barnes is hot and cold despite the increased minutes. The Warriors have no other options.
Green played shy of 28 minutes on Wednesday. He should have played 40. The Warriors outscored Dallas by five when he was on the court.
As long as he's sticking that jumper, and playing defense the way he is, how can you keep him off the court?
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Macintosh, Apache, MySQL and PHP.
MAMP PRO is the commercial, professional grade version of the classic local server environment for Mac OS X: MAMP. Designed for professional web developers and programmers, MAMP PRO allows easy installation and administration of their development environment under Mac OS X.
As a professional web developer you have to test your programs in detail. In addition, you need a highly configurable developing environment with all the components also used by most ISPs: Apache, MySQL and PHP in the latest stable versions. No matter whether you want to test your latest Ajax creation, or realize a new page with a Content Management System (CMS): MAMP PRO supports you during the tests of your developments.
You can set up any number of servers to carry out tests without danger for your live system. Besides, the local name resolution is performed by MAMP PRO. To simulate a very authentic environment, the MAMP PRO also switches on the local mail server, so that dispatching mails by PHP scripts is possible.
Required OS: not specified
Tags: development , database , php , web , server , apache , mysql , webserver
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Yes, unfortunately this program turned into abandonware.
I found the virtual host management stuff quite useful.
MAMP Pro seems to have turned into abandonware. I also recently discovered a HUGE system speedup after disabling the autostart server.
Leopard actually has a really well organized Apache installation. After installing mysql from mac ports, everything is set up nice and clean, and it runs much much faster than MAMP.
XAMPP is not as good as MAMP Pro. Been using it for a while and really like its simplicity.
I wish they'd update it to act more like a normal mac os x application (enable the close button to hide the window). Also, its lame that they hard coded all their paths to /Application/MAMP so you can move it where you want.
But overall its a nice interface and has been very useful for me as a PHP hater who needs to host an occasional application locally every once in a while.
Indeed, whoever is thinking of actually buying this please dont, just download the free and equally functional software from
It's amazing that someone dares to ask $49 for a wrapper around a free product, but hey, you can always try...


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- Enroll in one or more home repair plan(s). (Currently available to customers in North and South Carolina only.)
- Call us when you need a repair any time, day or night.
- We'll schedule a professional, qualified service technician to come to your home.
- The technician will repair or replace anything covered under your home repair plan(s).
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We offer three Home Repair Plans program options:
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Our water heater repair and replacement plan includes electric and gas water heaters, and protects against common problems like:
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The Plans cover only repair or replacement of the covered item to the extent due to normal wear and tear beginning 28 days after the enrollment date and while coverage is effective. The Plans do not cover any other loss, cost or damage, and Duke Energy shall have no additional liability or obligation under the Plans. Other requirements apply, including credit restrictions. All services will be performed by Duke Energy authorized service technicians. A complete set of Plan Terms and Conditions will be mailed to you upon enrollment.
Home Repair Plans is not part of the regulated utility services offered by Duke Energy Carolinas ("DEC") and is not in any way sanctioned by the North Carolina Utilities Commission or the Public Service Commission of South Carolina. Purchasers of this product will receive no preference or special treatment from DEC. A customer does not have to buy Home Repair Plans from DEC in order to receive the same safe and reliable electric service from DEC. Home Repair Plans may also be available from other non-Affiliated suppliers. THIS MESSAGE IS PAID FOR BY THE SHAREHOLDERS OF DUKE ENERGY.
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In most cases, water heaters fail gradually. And the results can be damaging. Our Water Heater Repair/Replacement Plan will get your water heater working again, all in a matter of hours.
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On the front page of the Devils Lake Journal for Tuesday, July 30 you will find what's "Coming in print," what's only found on our website today and a whole lot more.
Coming in print: Paddling on the Tolna Coulee . . .
On the web: Take a look at a new poll question
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The first All Day Quilting class for this calendar year will be on Saturday. Sewers begin coming at 8 a.m. and some stay until 4 p.m. Many bring a project that has been started and work on it for the day. As with many quilters, more than one project may be going at one time, so many begin a new project with plans to finish it on their own time.
The participants bring an item to share for morning or afternoon coffee time or the noon meal. It is best to bring a portable sewing machine as the stitches and seam allowances will be the same when you work on your project at home. In case a machine is not available, we have access to a couple that can be used for the day. Other classes during the winter-spring sessions will be on the fourth Saturday of the upcoming months.
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A first time eight hour class for 55 Alive is scheduled for Monday, Jan. 28 and Tuesday, Jan. 29 beginning at 5:30 p.m. both evenings. Taking the first class allows one to receive a discount on vehicle insurance for three years before taking a renewal class. Renewal classes will be on Monday, Feb. 11, 5:30-9:30 p.m. and Wednesday, Feb. 27, 1-5 p.m.
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The nine and eight week sessions of ECFE classes began this week with many families returning from the fall session plus a number of new faces. Parents and children can join the classes at any time for some great parent-child time, circle times and parent discussions. The Babies classes will be the fourth Saturday 9:30-10:30 a.m. beginning on Jan. 26 for four sessions.
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The Computers 4 Life class is meeting on Mondays and will have a new series starting on Feb. 4, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Contact Nicole Dummer, 507-354-6750, if you want to take these free classes. Her phone number was wrong in the Brown County Reminder edition of Community Education offerings so use 507-354-6750. Nicole works at the Workforce Center on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and offers the same classes.
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The Life-Living Series is held at the DAC Auditorium, 15 N State Street in New Ulm. Each program begins at 7 p.m. The last program is on Monday, Jan. 28. Maria Willits will share her personal story "Shatter the Silence."
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There has not been any interest in our outing on Wednesday, Jan. 30 to the NWA History Centre so it is canceled. The next outing scheduled is to "Mahalia" at the Old Log Theatre on Thursday, Feb. 21. It is a musical tracing the life and career of the gospel singer. Dinner choices are requested as well with sign up due Feb. 13.
An early deadline is in place for "Bye Bye Birdie" at the Chanhassen on Wednesday, March 13. To keep our reservation, sign up is due Feb. 13.
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Picture Perfect
Stunning images from the winners of our 2nd annual Ducks Unlimited magazine photo contest
by James Card
"Photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth which can make them come back again," said Henri Cartier-Bresson, the man considered to be the father of modern photojournalism. Waterfowlers are always witnessing ephemeral scenes. Ducks and geese are only momentary visitors. Wetland landscapes transform and change over time, and hunting dogs, sadly, live much shorter lives than people.
Photographers refer to the first and last hour of daylight as the "golden hours," when the lighting is warmer and softer and colors take on an added glow. It is a magical time to shoot photographs. As waterfowling is an endeavor undertaken against a backdrop of sunrises and sunsets, duck and goose hunters have the perfect opportunity to capture fleeting images in the finest light available during days spent afield.
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Best Overall Winner
Scott J. McWatty
Scott McWatty had a problem. As a waterfowler and amateur nature photographer, he always liked pictures of hunters silhouetted against a rising or setting sun. He wanted to take one of these striking images himself, but he often hunted alone. Ultimately, he had to take one of himself.
He captured this winning image at dawn while duck hunting in his home state of South Carolina. "When the sunlight began to crack the horizon, I began goofing around with my camera, trying to get a good shot of the scene and then it hit me! I had my tripod and remote wireless shutter release, so I set up the camera to attempt the shot I have always wanted to capture, me and my decoys silhouetted against the rising sun."
The photograph required a long exposure, and McWatty remained perfectly still as the camera absorbed the scene's faint light. "I ended up with a pair of drake buffleheads and a wigeon that morning, but the real prize was this image," he says.
Best Overall Runner-Up: Chris Knight
Waterfowl Winner
Robert Whitney Jr.
Last spring, Rob Whitney waded chest-deep through a flooded slough on CRP land near Devil's Lake, North Dakota. He stowed his camera in a waterproof plastic container. Wearing a camo ghillie suit over his chest waders, he hid among a stand of bulrushes with the sun and wind at his back.
"Waterfowl photography is very much like hunting. I will scan the horizon to pick up ducks flying toward my position. Since the ghillie suit gives me great camouflage, I get my camera up and try to focus on an incoming duck as soon as I can. I then follow the duck until it gets close enough to photograph. I locked onto this redhead at about 50 yards and took a series of shots as he flew right past me," Whitney says.
Waterfowl Runner-Up: Larry Hitchens
Waterfowl Hunting
Waterfowl Hunting Winner
C. Edmund Connelly
Ed Connelly has been a Ducks Unlimited member for the past 38 years. He is also a member of a group of duck-hunting buddies who call themselves the "Worn-Out Waterfowlers." While hunting in southern Saskatchewan last fall, Connelly captured this image of his friend Tim Conaway just after sunrise. "As he stepped out from the grass, I told him to slow down while I grabbed my trusty pocket camera to snap some shots," he says.
Waterfowl Hunting Runner-Up: Mark Brendemuehl
Retrievers Winner
Joe Pope
Pintails are Joe Pope's favorite duck. In fact, he was once nicknamed "Pintail Pope" by his hunting partners. While duck hunting last season in South Carolina at a place he calls Hay Hill, he was accompanied by Pearl, a four-year-old yellow Lab that belongs to one of his good friends. He and a hunting partner had already taken a nice mixed bag of wigeon and gadwalls when a pair of pintails suddenly cruised into the decoys.
"My friend shot the drake and I grabbed my camera as Pearl went racing out to get the duck. I knew the light and angle were going to be just right for a good picture. She made a great retrieve pounding through the water. She isn't big enough to clear a coffee table with her tail, but she has the motor to get after it. She is really coming into her own," Pope says.
Retrievers Runner-Up: Justin Tangeman
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The state Attorney General's office announced that 12 State University of New York campuses will receive naloxone kits. The kits contains the antidote used to reverse a heroin overdose.
The 12 SUNY campuses that will receive state funds for the kits include: Geneseo, Buffalo and Oswego where a student died from a heroin overdose on campus this past May.
The cost of the kits are $60 each. According to News10 NBC the money seized from drug dealers and other criminals around New York will be used to help pay for the kits.
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Ricardo Quaresma is a quick-footed winger for the Portuguese national side. Quaresma is known for his impressive footwork and finesse when he's blazing down the sides of the pitch. Keep and eye Quaresma when you're looking to see some great tricks on the ball.
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Evolved construction and materials significantly reduce weight. Dri-FIT moisture control. Nike's new Portugal home jersey is made of recycled plastic bottles and have serial numbers for authenticity. 100% recycled polyester.
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Extremely useful shortcut system for Safari allowing shorthand searches and features like man page viewing.
Downloads page has separate intel and ppc downloads.
Required OS: not specified
Tags: plugin , safari , shortcut , productivity
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Not sure if Safaristand has man page search, but there's always Bwana.
Want to search Google for "iPhone release date"? Bypass the google homepage and just type the following into your Safari address bar:
g iphone release date
You can do the same thing for any site on the internet. It works extremely well, and it's FREE! You could be saving yourself a lot of time.
The new "man:" protocol feature is excellent. Just enter "man:grep" into Safari, or man on anything else you want to check, and Safari will open the page via man2html.
on second thought, i now realize this is redundant in relation to safari stand.
even better idea than having the search box have a drop down for different engines.. plus you can add your own. for example, i added my blog's own google custom search. how cool is that???


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"Don't undersell it before you drive it, keep your mind open, pay attention to what you're doing, follow the signs and the stripes, follow the signals and you'll be fine," said Rickman.
The Stadium Blvd. bridge over I-70 will close to all traffic Friday at 7 p.m. and remain closed through the weekend. When it reopens by Monday morning, the interchange will look much different.
The project is not done, though. MoDOT still needs to widen Stadium Blvd. south to Broadway and add sidewalks and signals. Those projects will take about another year to complete.


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CCC Muse of Fire Theatre Company will present 'The Crucible' at 7 p.m. Nov. 14-17 in the science building on the Spencer Hill Campus, 1 Academic Drive.
The Arthur Miller play takes place in 17th century Salem, Mass. and won the 1953 Tony Award for Best Play.
Tickets are $10; $5 for students and seniors over 65. For more information or ticket reservations, call 607-962-9448 or email email@example.com.
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Now Oprah is telling Justin Bieber what to do.
In a recent interview with the pop star, which will air Nov. 25 on "Oprah's Next Chapter," she asks Bieber if he really intends to be married by 25, as he has stated. When the 18-year-old reveals that he does, Oprah offers some words of wisdom.
"I think 25's too young, actually. I really do -- and particularly for you," Oprah said. "Your whole 20s is about discovering who you really are, and you owe that to yourself, particularly because of the business that you're in (where there's) not a lot of self-discovery time because so much is already defined for you."
In other words, you have a lot of groupies you still need to get out of your system.
"You are Oprah and you're telling me to not get married when I'm 25, so I should probably listen to you," Bieber responded.
That crash you just heard was the sound of Selena Gomez throwing one of her shoes through her television.
Contact Tony Hicks at firstname.lastname@example.com or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/BayAreaNewsGroup.TonyHicks.


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City Council moves forward with city manager search
Published: Thursday, November 29, 2012 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at 9:03 p.m.
Hendersonville City Council members will meet tonight in closed session to interview a candidate for an interim city manager position.
No decisions are expected to be made during the session.
City Manager Bo Ferguson is leaving at the end of the year to serve as deputy city manager over operations in Durham.
Mayor Barbara Volk said she expects the council to discuss the search process for Ferguson's replacement during their next meeting on Dec. 6.
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It's no small matter to be invited to Carnegie Hall in New York City to sing under the direction of the world-renowned composer and conductor, John Rutter, which is why members of Summit Choral Society have already begun working on Brahms' Requiem for the May performance.
The group was invited to perform alongside other ensembles with their conductor, Jill Schroeder-Dorn, by MidAmerica Productions, a 30-year-old organization that brings together conductors, choruses, orchestral ensembles and soloists for performances at venues like New York's Isaac Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall and Avery Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center.
Schroeder-Dorn, who has directed the choir for a year and a half, recently defended her dissertation on "The Development of Mennonite Music in the Congo: A Study of Musical Thought" at the University of Northern Colorado, from which she will graduate with a Doctor of Arts degree in December. She comes up to Christ Lutheran Church on Monday nights for rehearsal.
"Jill is so enthusiastic and so wonderful that she brings out the best in everybody," said Joni Thieme-Weinberg, member of the Summit Choral Society board of directors. "She's wonderful at picking out what we need work on and figuring out what techniques to use to get us where she wants us to be. I've sung off and on for 12-14 years, and she is by far the best director we've every had."
On the secret to her success, however, Schroeder-Dorn remained silent. "I think I'm still in the early chapters of my career, and I hope to always strive to improve in the craft of conducting," she said. "I was halfway through my master's degree before I felt comfortable in front of a choir."
"We have singers with various levels of experience," Schroeder-Dorn said. "I enjoy our status as non-auditioned; it gives us the opportunity to have experienced leaders help train less experienced singers. Choral singing is a great opportunity for many people to actively participate in music, rather than just listen to it."
While 20 people are currently signed up for the May trip to New York, where they will spend five days and four nights enjoying various activities in addition to the Carnegie Hall performance, there is still room for a few more "serious musicians," said Thieme-Weinberg, who hopes a total of 26 people will be able to attend.
"The choir received this invitation ... because of the quality of musicianship demonstrated by the performers - a clear reflection of their exceptional director, Jill Schroeder-Dorn," Mid-America conductor-in-residence Dennis J. Loy stated in a press release. Invitations to participate are extended after a recommendation by music colleagues; the Summit Choral Society was last invited 14 years ago.


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STOCKTON – Police are searching for more suspects in a shootout near August Knodt Elementary School that occurred around 6:20 this evening.
Police were trying to make a traffic stop of a Nissan Altima when the occupants got out of the car and shot at them with a high-powered assault rifle, according to Officer Joe Silva, a spokesman for the police department.
Police pursued them onto the campus and returned fire, wounding at least one suspect, who has been transported to an area hospital with undisclosed injuries. A condition is not known. Two other suspects are in custody. Police think there may be at least one more in hiding.
The Stockton SWAT team is staging at the school, and police are focusing on a rooftop on campus near William Moss Boulevard and Violet Cheng Place.
A Sheriff's Office helicopter is aiding the search, and dozens of emergency vehicles from Stockton Police, the Sheriff's Office, Stockton Fire Department and American Medical Response are on the scene.
Read Thursday's Record for more on this story by staff writer Jason Anderson.
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Residents of two area counties have more incentive to meet a $15,000 match which will provide permanent charitable resources for them.
Two $15,000 pledges for the Palmyra State Bank/Bank of Hannibal Fund and the Bank of Quincy Fund were announced Friday. Those funds will serve the respective counties in which the banks are located—Marion County and Adams County.
Last month, the Community Foundation of the Quincy Area announced a match initiative for the 13 counties in its tri-state service area. Each county that raises $15,000 to establish a county endowment qualifies for a one-to-one match of up to $15,000 for its endowment.
For Marion and Adams County residents, that essentially became a two-to-one opportunity with the announcement of these additional funds with the Community Foundation. Once the goals have been met, the Palmyra State Bank/Bank of Hannibal Fund and the Bank of Quincy Fund will also serve as permanent resources benefiting the respective counties. Grants from the funds will support charitable organizations, projects and programs in the respective counties.
Counties will have their own Fund Councils. Each County Fund Council will help secure donations to build the County Endowments to earn the match. The Councils will also review grant applications for their counties.
Counties that decide to establish an endowment have three years, until November 1, 2015, to raise the $15,000 needed to secure their match.
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Ashley Ann Pittman, daughter of Alan and Saundra Pittman of Warsaw and Jacob Daniel Knierim, son of Russel and Sheila Knierim of Stover, announce their engagement and upcoming wedding.
The bride is the granddaughter of Larry and Doris Carmichael, of Laurie and the late Darrell and Janet Pittman, formerly of Independence.
Ashley, of Sedalia is a 2005 graduate of Warsaw High School and a 2010 graduate of Central Missouri University, Warrensburg. She is employed by Heber Hunt Elementary, Sedalia, as a teacher.
Jacob is the grandson of Jack and Joyce Ellison, Houston, Ella Ann Knierim, Stover and the late Eckhardt Knierim.
Jacob, of Sedalia,, is a 2008 graduate of Morgan County R-1, Stover and a 2011 graduate of University of Missouri, Columbia. He is employed as paramedic for Warsaw/Lincoln Ambulance district, Cole Camp Ambulance and APSI Ambulance, Sedalia.
A June 22 wedding is planned at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Stover.
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WASHINGTON (November 27, 2012)--President Barack Obama plans to make a public case this week for his strategy for dealing with the looming fiscal cliff.
On Friday he'll travel to the Philadelphia suburbs as he pressures Republicans to allow tax increases on the wealthy while extending tax cuts for families earning $250,000 or less.
Mr. Obama's visit to a small business in Hatfield, Pa., that makes parts for a construction toy company will cap a week of public outreach as the White House and congressional leaders negotiate a way to avoid tax increases and deep spending cuts scheduled to being taking effect Jan. 1.
At the White House, the president will meet with small business owners on Tuesday and middle-class Americans on Wednesday.


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The United States needs to have a serious discussion about Mexico and spillover violence from its war with drug cartels. Here's why it matters and what can be done.
Mexican president, Felipe Calderon, announced a war on Mexico's drug cartels in late 2006. Since that time, at least 35,000 (and probably more) people have been killed. Corruption remains rampant, with the cartels often recruiting directly from police forces. A recent Time article by Tim Padgett reported that:
The corruption watchdog Transparency International estimates that Mexicans paid $2.75 billion in bribes to police and other officials last year. Meanwhile, 95% of violent crimes in Mexico go unsolved.
Drug thugs killed by their competitors are easily replaced. In a country where most workers earn less than $10 a day, the cartels have little difficulty recruiting new legions. The Chihuahua state attorney general estimates that close to 10,000 Mexicans work for drug cartels in Juárez alone, not least because even foot soldiers can earn hundreds of dollars a week as sicarios, or triggermen. It isn't just the unemployed who get sucked into the war. If you have a pilot's license, for example, you're useful to a cartel, which makes you a target for rival gangs.
But the crisis is not confined to Mexico. Violence has spilled over into U.S. border states. An ABC article from March notes that:
The ambush of two U.S. special agents in Mexico last month, the December murder of a Border Patrol agent in Arizona by Mexican bandits and the beheading of a Phoenix man in October by Mexican cartel members are the latest signs that the drug-fueled violence has even become a direct threat to Americans.
Additionally, American drug, gun and immigration policy directly affects to both the cartel war in Mexico and the spillover violence in the border states. Guns smuggled in from the United States arm the cartels, with "70% of the guns seized in Mexico in the past two years" coming from the U.S. Drug use in the United States fuels demand for the cartels' product, sustaining them and ensuring that they continue to operate in their U.S. market.
And defective U.S. immigration policy forces many regular, non-threatening Mexicans who are desperate for jobs to immigrate to the United States illegally. Previously, immigrants would turn to "coyotes" to help smuggle them across the border, but cartels have since gotten into the human trafficking business themselves. They charge illegal immigrants huge sums of money for a journey many immigrants don't survive — often because the cartel members rape and murder them along the way.
All of these factors sustain demand for the cartels, and keep them economically strong: heightening demand for drugs and trafficking services, as well as producing a steady supply of weaponry. Stronger cartels keep Mexico mired in a state of corruption, violence and dysfunction that contributes to lower economic growth, which further contributes to higher levels of illegal immigration. It should be noted that Mexico has huge potential for growth, as a result of free trade agreements (NAFTA), and attracting foreign investment. But violence caused by the cartels creates a volatile atmosphere that is not attractive to investors or conducive to business.
So far, the United States has taken some steps to address this issue. President Obama has expanded the U.S. border patrol and provided more funding for Mexican law enforcement, but these address mostly consequences, not causes. The administration did, in 2009, launch an initiative ("Operation Fast and Furious") to track guns purchased in the United States back to the cartels. But it ended up losing track of many of these weapons, leaving them still in the hands of gangsters.
The Economist also notes several steps the Obama Administration has taken:
The administration has stepped up security co-operation with Mexico, deploying drones and American agents south of the border and allowing Mexican police to use American territory as a launch pad for surprise raids southward. It helped to organise a donor conference in June aimed at improving security in Central America. It is paying Colombia to provide training for helicopter pilots and police from Mexico and Central America.
The United States and Mexico are also working more closely together to speed legal trade across the border. Earlier this year Mr Obama at last allowed Mexican trucks to operate north of the border. And the two countries work together on many world issues at the United Nations, says Arturo Sarukhan, Mexico's ambassador in Washington, who says the relationship is closer than at any time in the past 15 years.
Admittedly, addressing the sources of this problem does not seem politically viable in today's partisan atmosphere — especially considering the issues at stake (guns, immigration and drugs). Nevertheless, I will present several brief policy options I think could help in the war against the cartels.
- Gun Control.
- Immigration Reform.
- Reassessing Drug Policies
Let me preface this section by saying that I support the right to bear arms — but that I do believe that it is within the government's purview to regulate gun ownership. In the same way, government regulates automobile travel for the purposes of public safety. Especially when discussing spillover violence from Mexico, there is a direct correlation between firearm availability in the United States and the arming of cartels.
Several gun control measures might help on this front:
- Strong background checks, to prevent guns from being sold to people who will funnel them to the cartels. Of course, I should note that this is not without its own limitations — one of which being the simple fact that cartels will try to enlist people who will pass such checks. Background checks may make it more difficult (or costly, if they are forced to pay more for agents who can pass such checks) for cartels to acquire weapons, but it will by no means make it impossible or implausible.
- Requiring gun permits or licenses, and registering transactions at gun shows. Again, these measures would make it more difficult for cartels to acquire guns, and will provide law enforcement with more information with which to track guns that do find their way to the cartels, and gun traffickers. But they will not stop such purchases fully, either.
- Assault weapons ban. This is a measure for which President Obama has voiced support. As a 2009 State Department travel advisory noted: "Some recent Mexican army and police confrontations with drug cartels have resembled small-unit combat, with cartels employing automatic weapons and grenades." [emphasis mine]
Such measures seem to have had an effect in California, which accounts for only 3 percent of guns smuggled to Mexico (and later recovered).
As noted earlier, cartels thrive on the demand for human traffickers from illegal immigrants. Immigrants that, it should be noted, are willing to face potential raping and death at the hands of their cartel traffickers in order to find employment opportunities and a better life in America. Comprehensive immigration could, among other things:
- Streamline the immigration process
- Strengthen border patrol and law enforcement to crack down on cartels
- Provide guest worker program
The guiding principle of immigration reform, as it relates to the cartel problem, should be to make the immigration system in America more responsive to changes in supply and demand for immigrant workers, as well making it more streamlined and efficient. This should lower the incentive for illegal entry to the United States.
And lowering incentives for illegal immigration could help focus law enforcement on fighting cartels, instead of draining precious time and resources to track and deport illegal immigrants — immigrants who, as workers, are adding to economic activity.
Also, reform can help lower illegal immigration by including immigration policies that promote Mexican economic development. (It should be noted that the number of illegal immigrations has decline recently, for various reasons including the recession, fallen Mexican birth rates, and economic development in Mexico). An Economist blog post advocates
…an EU-like common North American labour market, as well as expanded Mexican access to American colleges and universities. But I would happily settle for a large guest-worker programme that would make it much easier for Mexicans to legally live and work in America, as well as taking the risk out of cycling back home.
With incentives for illegal immigration lowered, a strengthened border patrol could focus their energies on violent criminals smuggling drugs into and guns out of the United States.
U.S. demand for cartel-provided drugs obviously helps keeps the cartels in business. The main policy options I would advocate here are drug prevention and rehabilitation programs.
They would relieve our overburdened court systems and overcrowded prisons. Such measures would approach drug use as the non-violent, or "victimless crime" that it is, rather than focusing on jail time and harsh punishments. For drug users, prison is not a huge deterrent anyway. A March 2009 report by the Berkley Foundation Drug Policy Programme in London notes that:
For problematic drug users, it is perhaps not surprising that the threat of
punishment will have a limited effect. Many suffer from other serious
problems and it can be argued that being punished is not an over-riding
concern for them. For example, according to the US government's
Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration, 53% of drug
users have a diagnosable mental disorder. Many hard-core users in
inner cities already lead such high-risk lives on the streets that prison
is not perceived as a much riskier or more threatening alternative.
Shifting focus from punishment to treatment would not disrupt deterrence, because current prison sentences do not do much in the way of solving drug issues anyway. The report also says that "many users have been led to control or give up their drug use because the toll on personal relationships and home and work lives was too high and the rewards for quitting were attractive." Supporting these factors with better treatment programs would help address drug issues and, in turn, decrease the demand for cartels' services.
The Mexican government's war with drug cartels should concern all Americans. Violence from the drug wars spills over the border into the United States, while U.S. drug and gun policy figure prominently into the supply and demand of cartels. Smart policy options work to decrease the supply of guns to the cartels while simultaneously working to decrease demand for the drugs and illegal immigration services cartels provide.
A stable and successful Mexico is in America's best interests — both from a security perspective, and an economic one. And working to systematically weaken its drug cartels should be a priority for the United States going forward.


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Americans may seem obsessed with animals, with day care for dogs and TV therapists for cats, not to mention the hours we spend looking at photos of cute critters on the Internet. But it's generally the conventionally adorable ones that get our attention. On a recent trip to Japan, I immersed myself in a culture that shares my appreciation for more unusual creatures.
Mermaid lookalike?
One of my lifelong dreams was to see a dugong, a relative of the manatee. There are only a handful of these sea mammals in captivity, none in North America. One of them is in the Toba Aquarium (www.aquarium.co.jp/english/index.html) in Mie Prefecture, about three hours by train from Tokyo.
The legend of the mermaid is supposedly based on sailors' sightings of dugongs. Only someone who'd been at sea and hadn't seen a woman in an extremely long time could mistake this animal for a human beauty, with its tiny eyes, large floppy lips and almost rectangular bald head.
But the Japanese clearly appreciate an animal that's so ugly that it's cute, and Serena, at the Toba Aquarium, is the star of all the signage and publicity, as well as the model for toys and treats at the gift shop (more on that later).
I was rewarded for sharing my obsession when my Japanese friend mentioned to a staff member that I'd come all the way from America to see the dugong. A couple of hours later, she flagged us down in the hallway and gave me an impromptu behind-the-scenes tour.
Two tons of fun
Most visitors don't get to meet the dugong, but anyone at the Toba Aquarium can get up close and personal with an enormous sea mammal: Just go to the regularly scheduled walrus show.
Unlike seal and sea lion performances at U.S. parks, these animals weren't on a distant stage. The audience sat on benches around a floor covered with a wet tarp, with no barrier between us and the blubbery 2-ton critters. Though I couldn't understand the trainers' patter, the slapstick humor of the routine needed no translation. Afterward, anyone could give the performers a pat and have their picture taken.
A rodent belly-rub
Although I went to Toba to satisfy my dugong dream, when I walked into the hotel, I was greeted at the front desk by a photo of another one of my other favorite animals: It was an ad proudly touting the aquarium's recent acquisition of capybaras.
Most people in the United States are unfamiliar with the world's largest rodent, but capybaras are highly appreciated in Japan. There's a cartoon character called Kapibara-san, with a small store devoted entirely to its products in Tokyo Station. The products are also available at other shops, such as the well-known Kiddyland.
And my next dream Japan vacation? It'll be to Nagasaki Bio Park, which has a large enclosure for capybaras, where visitors can wander among the 100-pound rodents and give them belly rubs.
Beetles are big
So-ugly-they're-cute animals are big in Japan, but there's also an appreciation of animals that are not cute by any definition.
The Tama Zoo in Tokyo, about an hour from the city center by train, has an enormous free-flight butterfly exhibit and a large insectarium, its entrance adorned with statues celebrating insects, including a dung beetle.
But more unusual to a foreigner is the tradition of keeping insects as pets, in particular, huge beetles with frightening-looking horns.
I didn't attend an organized beetle-wrestling tournament, but I did visit a tiny, perfectly clean shop that sells them as pets. One particularly large specimen -- if you didn't run away screaming first -- would set you back 3,980 yen, about $50.
Pandas and sweets
As a resident of the Washington, D.C., area, I thought I knew something about panda obsession. That was before I stayed for two weeks near Ueno Zoo (www.tokyo-zoo.net/english/ueno/), which is Panda Central for Tokyo.
Local entrepreneurs compete to celebrate the adored beast. Sweet bean-paste buns are already round, so it's simple to decorate them to look like panda faces. But why stop there? An art museum in Ueno Park had an exhibit of Egyptian art, so one bakery featured a bun where the panda wears an Egyptian headdress.
Similar souvenirs were available at other zoos and aquariums. At Toba, you can buy at least two dozen kinds of stuffed dugong and several varieties of dugong-themed cookies. I also bought a capybara-shaped box of crunchy strawberry chocolates.
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SAN JOSE -- San Jose State's chances of winning a Western Athletic Conference title will be a lot clearer by the time the Spartans kick off Saturday at 7:30 p.m. against BYU.
The game of the week in the WAC is at 1 p.m. when Louisiana Tech hosts Utah State. A win by the visiting Aggies likely delivers a knockout blow to SJSU's title hopes.
"We'll watch with anticipation," Spartans coach Mike MacIntyre said of the matchup of WAC unbeatens. "We want both teams to play well, but of course, we would like Louisiana Tech to win."
If the No. 19 Bulldogs (9-1, 4-0 WAC) beat Utah State (8-2, 4-0), SJSU could earn a share of its first WAC title with a victory over Louisiana Tech on Nov. 24.
But a win by the Aggies would almost assuredly give Utah State the outright title. The Aggies close the regular season the following week against woeful Idaho.
"We'll be thinking about it, but we'll have our minds set on the BYU game for sure," MacIntyre said.
The game with BYU was pushed from 1 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. three weeks ago when ESPN announced it would broadcast the game. It will air nationally on ESPN2 and MacIntyre is hoping for a big crowd.
"We'd love all of our people to be here and be here in full force," he said. "We expect our whole student body to be here loud and cheering."
"He is a great athlete," MacIntyre said of Otten. "I haven't been around anyone in college as good as him ever. He has the ability to catch the football and run and do all the things he can do."
Benwikere and quarterback David Fales also earned recognition from the College Football Performance Awards. Both were named honorable mention performers of the week at their positions.
Fales completed 12 of 18 passes for 276 yards and four touchdowns. His 25 touchdown passes this season ties an SJSU school record. He also leads the nation in completion percentage at 72.4.
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CALEA (Computer Assistance Law Enforcement) is quietly in the background of current news again, because the FBI is pushing congress to mandate that all future routing equipment manufactured will include back doors for law enforcement. Like in CALEA mandates for telephone switching equipment, such back doors require no warrant to activate, and hence can be secretly enabled at will. Some vendors have already eagerly embraced CALEA inspired backdoors to internet routing equipment in anticipation of future intercept mandates, thereby already compromising the integrity and security their current and future customers. This approach of using backdoors on Internet connected systems, even more so than the original CALEA mandates for wiretapping backdoors in telephone switching centers, is a danger to both our infrastructure and our society.
CALEA has required that all telephone switching equipment manufactured since 1994 must include backdoors to enable wiretapping. While the need for lawful legal intercept is estimated to be in the range of 1000 or so wiretaps per year, and past practices have required not only warrants but also physical access to switching centers, these requirements were neither unduly burdensome, nor unduly expensive for the limited number of lawful investigations normally engaged in per year, whether back then or today. What these historic pre-CALEA limitations did assure is that the cost of mass privacy invasion would be far too expensive to ever effectively undertake.
By contrast, CALEA mandated backdoors allows one to activate wiretaps remotely on any scale desired, and to do so entirely in secret. Indeed, the NSA wiretapping scandal is an example of how CALEA can be misused. That the huge volume of information being collected, and the fact that most of the older telephone switching equipment does not normally support true network remote access, had forced the NSA to co-locate facilities in a number of switching centers to collect their data. Applying CALEA backdoors to distributed and even end-user deployed routing equipment that is already Internet connected of course eliminates the need to co-locate facilities, and hence would make it much harder to detect or determine the scope of any future illegal government activities, in regard to misusing Internet wiretapping.
While these mandates may be only originally intended for spying and use within North America, clearly, with proprietary telephone switching systems, such equipment was often also sold overseas. As the Greek prime minister discovered in 2004, when he and 100 other governmental officials were tapped for over a year by someone making use a CALEA mandated backdoor, "source secret by obscurity" backdoors often do not remain secret. Of course this is not the only incident where CALEA backdoors have been used for espionage purposes by others. Such systems are hence inherently insecure by design.
When one deliberately builds in government mandated backdoors that can be opened in secret and without notice, one is opening such systems to undetected access by anyone who can discover and operate them, including those who may be deemed even more undesirable than national governments spying on their own citizens. Even, as noted in the case of the Greek Government, the security of government facilities themselves may be compromised by outside parties. Such information may be used to blackmail individuals, to acquire identity information for theft, or to acquire passwords and information that could be used to compromise the underlying security of key infrastructures and safety systems, like for example power generation systems.
Personally I do not feel any "safer" in a state that requires the infrastructure for enabling or engages in mass surveillance of it's own citizens, or that practices guilt until proven innocent while claiming to do so in the name of my "protection" and safety. Indeed, I find that such a state is in fact a far greater danger to the safety of myself, my children, and the people as a whole, than the potential threats I am supposedly being protected against, whether real or imagined.
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CALEA does not provide free all-hands backstage passes for law enforcement. In the U.S. the same processes hold true--the LEA provides a hardcopy of a warrant (typically a fax) and the service provider executes the warrant. No differently than is done today. There is not a single point in this article that seems to have been researched effectively--rather, you're pointing to other people's blogs (read:opinions) on CALEA. Try going to the source and reading a bit, hell, you provided a link to http://www.askcalea.net/, how's about reading what's there.
I think you missed the point...
First of all he's not wrong, it does make it easier to wiretap, especially on a large scale. Second of all the main point seems to be the large gaping security holes that CAELA opens up. Remember kids, reading is FUNdamental!
The government's backdoor
The government's backdoor operates on UDP ports 1025-1031. The key to this backdoor is disguised as MS IM spam.
actually the first person realy did get it right...
speaking as someone who has had to babysit a dms-250 CO switch for sprint
I did* get shown where the wiretap access was :) It was implemented as
a conference bridge with one set of wires cut (duh) they could dial in
and IF THEY HAD AUTHORIZATION could identify who was on and listion in.
actually anyone on the console can log in and find out where a cell phone is (ok, on what sector of what cell site) and even listion in on a conversation if they felt like it. You of course have to have a few passwords to do this but if your authorized to be at a console terminal, you generally have the passwords to do that.
also there was some hardware by that terminal to let me listion in/talk if
I felt like it.
morals to the story:
If big brother wanted to listion in, he would have to have a way to get the audio back to home base (ie the phone lines where they dialed in).
the ability to set up that conference bridge to monitor is behind a password or two, that means that they eather have to give it to big brother or they have to set it up.
I have no idea what the case is, personally I suspect big brother just has the password and they have a computer monitor whos on and pull what they are interisted in. just monitoring any and all conversations would
require a lot* of people listioning in and very little to show for it.
wait a minute, isnt that what echalon is for?
never mind...
it was a number of years ago (ie more than 10) since I did this and i only have expierience on one model of CO switch.
The key question becomes,
The key question becomes, does Microsoft really need Novell anymore, or is it ready to try its luck with Linux directly?
Anyways i have made some stationery logo design & website logo so i can better understand the main problems of this issue.
The central
The central question turns, causes Microsoft truly want Novell anymore, or is it quick to try its luck with Linux immediately?
Anyways I've attained a few stationery logo design & website logo so i could better empathise the important problems of this issue.


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Summit County voters sided with the incumbent, re-electing Karn Stiegelmeier to the Board of County Commissioners.
Stiegelmeier, a Democrat, beat out Republican Kevin Mastin with 59 percent of the vote Tuesday night.
"I'm so thrilled with the support that I've received and I'm excited to move forward here in Summit County," Stiegelmeier said. "I'm in the middle of a lot of projects currently, and my goals are to continue in the direction of protecting the environment, open space, improve our recreational paths and my biggest passion of protecting our community's water sources."
With the loss, Mastin said his campaigning accomplished speaking for the county as a whole.
"I think it's a good thing for the county commissioners to be challenged," Mastin said. "There are other voices to be heard in Summit County."
Campaigning for the commissioner seat, mostly a polite race, became more heated late in October.
During the campaign, Mastin challenged the county government for imposing hefty permit fees, approving a nearly $3-million library project during tight budget times and failing to create a local economic development council.
Stiegelmeier defended her record throughout the campaign, saying she didn't want to create a "redundant" organization focused on economic development.
Still, Stiegelmeier said the dynamic of the race remained mostly positive.
"I appreciate that he (Mastin) ran a positive campaign and kept the focus on the issues," she said.
Running on a platform to better represent the diversity of the county, Mastin said the race was a difficult one.
"Honestly, I am disappointed of course, but I'm very happy with the campaign that I ran. I wouldn't have done anything differently," Mastin said. "I knew that running against an incumbent would be difficult and I knew that running against a Democrat in Summit County would be difficult. Those things turned out to be true but I'm happy with the support that I had throughout the campaign and with my final vote count."
Stiegelmeier's first term as county commissioner began in 2009. She was previously the director of the Friends of the Lower Blue River, chair of the Blue River Group of the Sierra Club, a Continental Divide Land Trust board member, was the director of the Alpine Charter School and a science teacher there as well.
She has also been involved in the Colorado River Basin Roundtable, Northwest Colorado Council of Governments executive board, Summit Water Quality Committee, Water Quality and Quantity Board, Blue River Watershed Group Advisory Board and the economic development district council, to name a few.
Stiegelmeier and her supporters gathered at Backcountry Brewery in Frisco to celebrate the results.
"It was deafening when the results on the presidential election came in," she said. "Everyone was thrilled to see President Obama get re-elected."
Mastin, too, gathered at the brewery to congratulate his opponent.
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December 04, 2013
December 04, 2013
The pillar of journalism himself—Ron Burgundy—choked back tears at the Semel Theater on December 4, as Emerson President Lee Pelton officially renamed the School of Communication to the "Ron Burgundy School of Communication."
Ron Burgundy (actor Will Ferrell), second from left, with Emerson President Lee Pelton, Phillip Glenn, interim dean of the School of Communication, and Journalism major Muna Moushien '14 at the dedication of the "Ron Burgundy School of Communication" at the Semel Theater on December 4, 2013. (Photo by Michelle Kwong '15)
"I said I would not get emotional. I'm literally a glass case of emotion," said Burgundy, in seeming disbelief about the recognition of his work as a journalist. "Of all colleges to give me this esteemed award, to have me be recognized by the Electoral College, it's extraordinary."
"I thought you guys only met once every four years," he said.
An emotional Ron Burgundy. (Photo by Michelle Kwong '15)
Burgundy accepted a plaque of recognition during a press conference packed with journalists and Emerson students. The award was presented to him by Pelton, Phillip Glenn, interim dean of the School of Communication, and Journalism student Muna Moushien '14.
Ron Burgundy and President Lee Pelton shake hands. (Photo by Kelsey Davis '14)
Pelton reminded Burgundy (actor Will Ferrell) that the renaming of the school would be for one day only "and not a minute longer."
But Burgundy, who later told a student journalist in the crowd, "You have to report the facts, unless it's too hard to find the facts," thanked Pelton and Glenn for allowing the Ron Burgundy School of Communication to "stand here for the test of time."
"A thousand years from now, when the world is controlled by robots and mutants from the X-Men series, one thing will be standing: The Ron Burgundy School of Communication," Burgundy said.
"Uh, is that true?" he asked a moment later. "Oh, just one day? Not a minute more? I'll take it."
Alex Morand '16, Guerin Morissette '16, and Xavier Garcia '15 pose with their Ron Burgundy mustaches for the Ron Burgundy Press Conference. (Photo by Michelle Kwong '15)
During his one-day reign of power, Burgundy pledged to build a campus pool, bowling alley, and Jacuzzi—and later said he would fill the Jacuzzi with baked beans in honor of his visit to Boston.
Ron Burgundy hugs President Lee Pelton. (Photo by Kelsey Davis '14)
Several well-known journalists in the crowd asked Burgundy some hard-hitting questions.
Jon Keller of WBZ-TV asked Burgundy what he thought of young people getting most of their news from Comedy Central.
"I don't know what Comedy Central is," Burgundy responded. "I still read the paper. I still get my news from carrier pigeons."
When a British journalist from Sky News asked a question, Burgundy replied, "First of all, I appreciate your fake accent."
Emerson students in the audience of the Ron Burgundy press conference. (Photo by Michelle Kwong '15)
When alumnus and WGBH-TV reporter Jared Bowen '98 asked about blurring news and entertainment, Burgundy said, "It's nice to spice things up. It's nice to show puff pieces of kittens water skiing."
Jackie Bruno, anchor at New England Cable News, approached Burgundy to sign her T-shirt, then asked how she could be a great anchorwoman.
"Well you're already hogging the stage," Burgundy said.
NECN-TV anchor Jackie Bruno was chided by Ron Burgundy for "hogging the stage." (Photo by Michelle Kwong '15)
Also in attendance was State Representative Kathi-Anne Reinstein (D-Revere), who is a part-time faculty member in the Communication Studies Department. She presented Glenn a certificate on behalf of the Massachusetts House of Representatives—signed by House Speaker Robert DeLeo (D-Winthrop).
Ron Burgundy places chairs on the table as the press conference ends. (Photo by Kelsey Davis '14)
The State House congratulated the College and Burgundy for "always stayin' classy."
Ferrell, whose publicist is alumnus Matt Labov '90, is using his Burgundy character to promote the release of the movie Anchorman 2 later this month.
There will be a screening exclusively for Emerson students tonight at AMC Loews on Tremont Street. Students had to obtain tickets yesterday.
Ron Burgundy (actor Will Ferrell) signs copies of his book in the green room of the Semel Theater before the December 4 press conference. (Photo by Kelsey Davis '14)