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Bad Saturday, Matt lost a blue ? star I think shooting at hole 4, forgot to let go and went stright into the wood and deep weeds.
I lost a Champion Beast, Tie dye Red Blue and clear in the pond, 8 post past the deck 5 to 10 feet in (got some air for that throw).
Jeremy lost a Star Green Wrath to the right of the basket on hole 10 deep (we think) in the weeds or brush.
All disc are marked and lets see if Carma works here.........

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What $300,000 Buys You Around the World
The allure of a more laidback, lush lifestyle and lower cost-of-living are easy sells for popular expat destinations in Europe (which has a population of about 1.2 million Americans, according to the Association of Americans Resident Overseas). In Central and South America, warm weather year round and a low cost-of-living are big draws (InternationalLiving.com reports that 1 million Americans live just in Mexico). It's not only baby-boomers adding to the ranks of expats, either. As the world economy recovers from a global recession, companies are once again sending execs overseas, with families in tow.
So how much home can you afford abroad? Here are seven properties for sale overseas at prices around $300,000 (Note: We've done the currency conversion in U.S. dollars as of May 25). Before you consider permanently switching international time zones, you'll need to do some homework:
Contact the domestic branch of the international realty firm nearest you. They'll be able to connect you with real estate brokers in your desired country, who can explain local home-buying guidelines -- from property taxes to converting currency, says Rafaella Pace, a marketing executive with Coldwell Banker Italy. And when you're ready to seriously start looking at properties, take a couple of vacations to the destination you're interested in to make sure you actually like the lifestyle, suggests Audree Mevellec, a real estate specialist with RE/MAX based in France.
Here's a sampling of beachfront villas, downtown apartments and mountain-side homes. What $300,000 Buys You Around the World


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BERKELEY -- Realm Charter School, the city's only public charter school, opened its doors in fall 2011 to provide students in grades 6 through 12 with a program centered on project-based learning, with an emphasis on technology, research and action.
The program is designed to increase student achievement and social responsibility, and Victor Diaz, Realm's principal and executive director behind the idea, described "Love, Grit and Action," the three principles on which the school is built.
"Love allows us to engage in students' personal development, and that's critical to their intellectual development," he said. "Grit is the academic component that gives them problem-solving skills that they don't give up. And Action is for students to go beyond these walls to give what we're learning a greater purpose."
With an eye toward broadening the school's universe and sharing Realm's story, the school is hosting its annual "In Conversation" fundraiser Feb. 2, when Pulitzer Prize-winning authors Michael Chabon and Junot Diaz will read from their latest books and hold an unscripted conversation about writing, creativity and education, subjects integral to the school's mission.
As a charter school, Realm has no residence requirements and functions like any other public school as far as standards and testing.
Operationally, it is more like a private school, with decisions made by its board and executive director. At present, the school at Eighth and Browning streets in West Berkeley has 100 students each in grades six, seven, nine and 10, building the school one year at a time. If all goes as planned, it will eventually serve 700 students on each of two campuses -- a middle school and a high school.
The sixth through 12th grade, seven-year stretch is a definite attraction for parents and staff. "There's a lot we learn about the kids, behaviorally, psycho-socially and educationally. It gives us a lot of opportunities to engage them," Diaz said.
The school builds on the successful foundation principles of elementary schools, using project-based learning, integrated curriculum, enrichment classes and strong parent participation to give students a hands-on learning experience.
Along with teacher collaboration, the school uses activities that engage students in solving problems.
Each quarter, students spend two full days resolving a design challenge. The challenge "how to celebrate each others' differences" engaged the entire school and resulted in the formation of a school newspaper, student government and student-run organizations.
In the Studio H design and build program, ninth and 10th graders are answering a "How might we" question by designing and creating a technologically cutting-edge student game and hangout space from three 20-foot shipping containers, combining precedence studies with physics, chemistry, geometry and environmental concerns.
Parents have recognized the value of what Realm is doing and are choosing the school's small setting and vision as desirable, recognizing that the future for graduates will require a different skill-set.
"Colleges and professions will be looking for graduates with experience in ideation, collaboration and innovation," Diaz said. "Our program is designed to get kids into college, but we want them to get there with more creativity and self-awareness."
That students and teachers are staying with the program and that parents are involved in the school culture is Diaz's first indication of the school's achievement, as are the strength of API and test scores, and the financial growth of the organization.
The purpose of the Feb. 2 fundraiser is to share Realm with a community not normally reached and to celebrate two authors who exemplify the ultimate goal of creativity as well as represent using their gifts to work within the community; proceeds will be used to develop classroom reading libraries and to purchase more hand-held technology.
"For us, it was important to bring in Michael Chabon and Junot Diaz, who embody the spirit of love, of grit, of action, and their writing reflects that," Victor Diaz said. "They hold us to an exemplar, broaden the narrative and show our students and teachers what is possible."
For more information about Realm Charter, go to www.realmcharter.org or call 510-809-9800.
In Conversation with Michael Chabon and Junot Diaz: 6-10 p.m. Feb. 2, Berkeley High School Little Theatre, 1980 Allston Way. General admission $40, VIP tickets $250; include books, reception and priority seating. Purchase tickets through the website.


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The polio vaccine protects against poliomyelitis. This is a severe disease that leads to the loss of movement (paralysis).
Immunization - polio; Immunization - IPV; Vaccine - IPV; Inactivated polio vaccine; Salk vaccine
Polio is caused by the poliomyelitis virus.
The vaccine is called inactivated polio vaccine, or IPV for short.
The vaccine contains a dead (inactive) form of the polio virus. The vaccine cannot cause polio. After getting the vaccine, the body learns to attack the polio virus if the person is exposed to it. As a result the person is very unlikely to get sick with polio.
Polio no longer occurs in the United States. But it remains common in other areas of the world. Because global travel can spread the disease, getting vaccinated against polio is still important.
IPV is one of the recommended childhood vaccines. Nearly all states require proof that a child has received IPV before starting school.
Children should get four doses (shots) of IPV. One dose should be received at each of the following ages:
Children who have received three doses of IPV before age 4 should receive a fourth dose before or at the time they start school. The fourth dose is not needed if the third dose is received after age 4.
IPV can be given as a shot by itself. Or it can be combined with other vaccines and given as a single injection. Your health care provider can tell you which vaccine is right for your child.
Adults are not given a booster polio shot unless they are likely to be in places where the disease is known to occur.
Most persons who receive IPV do not have problems afterward. There may be mild soreness and redness where the shot was given. Serious problems from IPV are rare and are mainly due to allergic reactions to parts of the vaccine.
Tell your health care provider if you or your child had problems with the first IPV dose (shot) before scheduling the second one.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Recommended Immunization Schedules for Persons Aged 0 Through 18 Years and Adults Aged 19 Years and Older - United States, 2013. MMWR. 2013;62(Suppl1):1-19.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Vaccine safety and adverse events. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vac-gen/safety/default.htm. Accessed April 19, 2013.
Orenstein WA, Atkinson WL. Immunization. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Goldman's Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa.: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 17.
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I have downloaded several video clips from YouTube to play through PMS on the big screen I have previously watched all the clips on my MAC playing via both iTunes where the clips are stored as TV Shows and the Mac DVD Player and the clips play perfectly, I also have the clips in original Mpeg4 format in a folder on the MAC.
When I turn on my PS3 and play them via PMS to my Home Theatre system some clips the video images are breaking up and distored then picture comes back to normal and a few seconds later the distortion starts again, the sound is fine. This is only effecting certain clips and there is no real pattern other clips work just perfectly. I have DL'd the faulty clips again and the same thing happens i.e. fine on MAC and Windows computer DVD players as soon as they are accessed via the PMS, rubbish.
For iTunes I converted the clips via Toast Titanium to 'QuickTime Movie' format this method has previously worked fine, I also have a unconverted version Mpeg4 in a folder on the MAC that PS3 picks up via PMS and irrespective of where I play the clip from iTunes or the Folder it is the same clips that are failing.
I am using a wired USB connection via my Router to the PS3, I am not a techo inclinded person therefore I am challenged!!! I have looked at the information for a good clip and a bad clip on the PS3
Good =640-652, Mpeg2.2.1 Mbps
Bad = 854-480, Mpeg2.5.0 Mbps
Baffled and stumped I have uninstalled the Media Server and reinstalled it and as I mentioned recopied the videos etc.
Welcome any feedback or additional troubleshooting tips related to this issue that may assist me?


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Health Providers Optimistic
WebMD Feature
Drowning in a Sea of Medicare Paperwork
May 3, 2001 (Washington) -- In a newly sympathetic Washington, health providers are getting heavy in their calls for lighter Medicare paperwork requirements.
According to a new survey paid for by the American Hospital Association, every hour of patient care in the emergency department requires one hour of Medicare paperwork, with every hour of home health services requiring 48 minutes of paperwork.
Scores of new Medicare rules have hit the books since 1997, when a reform bill was enacted. The hospital group claimed that there are layers and layers of unnecessary and confusing bureaucratic requirements that are frustrating both caregivers and patients.
At the same time, the Bush administration has signaled that it views Medicare's paperwork rules as needing major streamlining, as lawmakers of both parties introduce legislation to similar ends.
Uwe Reinhardt, PhD, a Princeton University health economist, tells WebMD that hospitals and health professionals bring "a very legitimate claim." At the same time, he acknowledges, some paperwork is essential to medically document services and help prevent fraud.
At a "regulatory relief" press conference this week, officials with the hospital association dramatically unfurled a 100-question-plus form that patients must complete before they start receiving services from a home health agency.
The form can take a frail patient 90 minutes to complete, said Bruce Cummings, chief executive of Blue Hill Memorial Hospital, a small hospital in rural Maine.
Medicare patients must complete eight different Medicare forms upon arrival at the ER.
Additional documentation requirements placed on ER doctors can increase the length of stay and waiting time for elderly emergency room patients, Philip Strauss, MD, tells WebMD. "It certainly impacts patient satisfaction," he adds. Straus is an emergency physician at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Md.
Debbie Mansfield, RN, said that patients sometimes "cry" over the duplicative forms that they must complete and blame the paperwork on nurses or doctors. Moreover, she tells WebMD, all the forms that nurses must fill out leave them less time for compassion toward patients. Mansfield is a nurse manager at Methodist Hospital in Gary, Ind.
Industry officials also complained that patients are also required to fill out a 30-item Medicare form at every hospital visit. The form, which confirms that Medicare is the primary insurer, includes such detailed queries as whether patients are beneficiaries of a special federal Black Lung Disease program.


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Underneath all the ultra-wide, quad-HD, G-Sync and curved screen technology, this is one superb gaming monitor.
An affordable 4K monitor with superb picture quality at a great price? Looks like AOC just nailed it.
A curved screen and ultra-wide aspect ratio make Philips' latest display great for watching movies and gaming.
Acer has upgraded its H7 Series monitors to include a two-way USB-C port. Now you can enjoy premium content without powering down.
If you've got big workloads that require extra screen real estate, LG's newest ultra-wide WQHD display will make you smile.
CES 2016Although we don't know all there is to know about the Asus MX34, we're delightfully intrigued by its stunning good looks.


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San Antonio Rampage (10-12-0-3) at Oklahoma City Barons (11-9-1-2)
Barons Game 24 | Home Game 12 | AHL Game 362
Dec. 14, 2012, 7:00 pm CST | Cox Convention Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Radio: KXY 96.1 FM
TONIGHT: The Barons meet the San Antonio Rampage (Florida Panthers) in the first of back-to-back games at the Cox Center. The rematch is tomorrow at 7 pm CST. San Antonio has won 3 straight head-to-head meetings with the Barons, most recently 3-2 on Sunday at AT&T Center. The Barons took the opener of the 12-game season series 5-2 on Oct. 19. OKC has lost 4 in a row and is winless in its last 5 at 0-4-0-1. The Barons are 4th in the South Division with 25 points, 2 ahead of San Antonio. OKC is tied for 10th and San Antonio is tied for 12th in the conference.
WINS AND LOSSES: The Barons enter tonight's game 5 points back of the leader, Charlotte, in the South Division (with 2 games in hand) and 9 points behind Abbotsford in the Western Conference. Twelve of the 15 Western Conference teams boast a standing point percentage of .500 or better. OKC has lost a season-high 4 straight in regulation, all one-goal finals, or in the case of Tuesday's 4-2 setback vs. Peoria one goal plus an empty-netter. The 4-game losing streak matches the longest in club history, achieved once in each of the previous 2 seasons (per AHL statistical rules, only regulation and overtime losses count toward losing streaks. Shootout losses are "non-wins" and count only toward winless streaks). The Barons' 5-game winless drought, starting with a shootout loss Nov. 29 at Houston, is also a season high and follows an 8-game stretch (Nov. 10-Nov. 29) where they secured at least 1 standing point in each game. The club record for longest winless streak is 6, from Dec. 12-29, 2010.
NO RESPITE FROM TEXAS: OKC is in a stretch where 13 of 14 games are against teams based in Texas, spanning Nov. 29-Jan. 1. The only break was Tuesday's home contest against Peoria. Thirty-six of OKC's 76 games are against Texas-based teams. The Barons are a combined 4-5-0-2 against Texas teams, 3-1-0-1 at home. The Barons are in the midst of a stretch where 4 out of 5 games are against the Rampage.
POINT LEADERS: OKC has the AHL's top two point scorers in Justin Schultz and Jordan Eberle. Schultz leads the AHL with 34 points, on 11 goals and a league-leading 23 assists. Schultz has collected multiple points in 12 of 23 games played, including 9 contests with 2 assists. Schultz is almost halfway to the AHL rookie record for assists by a defenseman, 47, by Mike Gaul of Hershey in 1997-98. Schultz has at least 1 point in 20 of 23 Barons games and was held off the scoresheet on Sunday against San Antonio for just the third time this season, and the first time when OKC wasn't shut out. Jordan Eberle is second in the AHL with 30 points, 14 goals and 16 assists. Eberle is second in the AHL in goals with 14, one behind Syracuse's Tyler Johnson.
EBERLE, SCHULTZ RECOGNIZED: Jordan Eberle is the CCM/AHL Player of the Month for November, marking the second straight month a Baron has won that award. Justin Schultz took home the honor for October. Last month, Eberle led all November scorers with 10 goals, 21 points and a +13 rating in 13 games, including 7 multi-point games. Schultz is the CCM/AHL Rookie of the Month for November. He maintained his scoring lead last month with 5 goals, 14 assists and a +10 rating in 13 games.
MORE SCHULTZ: Justin Schultz saw a franchise record-equaling 10-game point streak snapped in the 3-2 defeat on Sunday at San Antonio, but rebounded with 2 assists in Tuesday's game. Schultz's 10-game streak remains the second-longest in the AHL this season behind a 12-gamer for Syracuse's Richard Panik. Schultz, who had a 9-game point streak to begin the season, matches Alex Giroux (Feb. 27-Apr. 8, 2011) and Josh Green (Dec. 27, 2011-Feb. 11, 2012) for the all-time club mark.
OPPOSITES ATTRACT: The Barons are No. 1 in overall power play percentage at 23.2, collecting 23 goals in 99 opportunities. They're also on top in home power play rate at 37.2 (16-for-43). OKC is No. 30 in overall penalty killing at 78.1 despite denying 44 of their last 51 times short spanning 12 games (86.3). OKC is last in home penalty kill percentage at 74.4, allowing 11 power play goals in 43 times short.
Last 5 Games:
Date Opp. Result OKC Goalie (GA,SV) Opp. Goalie Attn.
Nov. 29 @ Hou SOL, 1-2 Danis (1, 32) Hackett (1, 23) 3,505
Nov. 30 @ Hou L, 3-4 Roy (4, 23) Hackett (3, 24) 8,755
Dec. 8 @ SA L, 3-4 Danis (4, 28) Markstrom (3, 26) 6,167
Dec. 9 @ SA L, 2-3 Danis (3, 27) Markstrom (2, 36) 8,435
Dec. 11 Peo L, 2-4 Roy (3, EN, 30) Allen (2, 26) 2,580
Next 5 games (all times Central):
Date Opp. Site Time Broadcast
Dec. 15 San Antonio Cox Center 7:00 KXY 96.1 FM
Dec. 16 Houston Toyota Center 5:05 KTOK AM 1000
Dec. 21 Texas Cox Center 7:00 KXY 96.1 FM
Dec. 22 Texas Cox Center 7:00 KXY 96.1 FM
Dec. 27 Texas Cedar Park Center 7:30 KXY 96.1 FM
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SUNNYVALE -- When the call came -- finally, after Anna Modlin had spent 119 days wondering whether she would live or die -- she was preparing to have her boyfriend pound on her. Again. He had already started the treatment when the phone rang.
Modlin had endured such pounding thousands of times -- sometimes as many as five hours a day -- since being diagnosed with cystic fibrosis when she was 1 1/2. "I would never skip a treatment," she says. "It was so ingrained in me that it took a good six months after that not to have the urge to do one."
But that November night in 2010, with new lungs being flown to Stanford Hospital for a transplant Modlin, now 32, had been uncertain she would survive long enough to receive, she decided she was done with the leathery gray lungs that had betrayed her for so long.
"I'm not going to do it," Modlin thought, defiantly giving the back of her hand to another pounding, and then began packing for a life she had never known before. One in which she didn't spend each moment gasping for breath. One her mother called a miraculous "reincarnation," in which she would become a gold medal-winning national and world swimming champion.
When Anna Modlin's parents were given the diagnosis of their child's disease, it was accompanied by a death sentence: The average life expectancy for someone born with cystic fibrosis in 1981, they were told, was 21. "That," says Anna's mom, Robin, "was devastating."
But even as a sickly little girl, Anna remained upbeat. "It wasn't in the forefront of my mind that CF was going to get me one day," she says. "You can't live like that, so you're in fighting mode all the time. Until you get to the point where it overwhelms you." That moment arrived in 2010, when she was close to drawing her last, labored breath.
Therapeutic pounding
For the first decade of Modlin's life, beating on a CF sufferer's body with cupped hands was the only way to loosen mucus that formed on the lining of the lungs -- the primary problem created by the genetic mutation that causes CF. These so-called "percussion treatments" continued until a mechanical vest took their place. Then, at age 29, when Modlin's condition grew so dire that she was put on the transplant list at Stanford Hospital, the only treatment that gave her any relief was the laying on of hands.
Modlin had been featured in "The Power of Two," a documentary about the importance of organ donation that focused on twin sisters Anabel and Isabel Stenzel, CF sufferers who have both received double lung transplants. Modlin is the sisters' younger friend from their days at CF summer camp, and throughout the film, she is seen spiraling toward death as she awaits her turn on the transplant list. Her struggle looked so bleak that at one point in the film she says of her illness, "No matter how hard I try, no matter what I do, it's still going to win."
But the disease didn't win. She did.
"I have always come across as strong," Modlin says, "as someone who's beating the disease. That was always what everybody thought of me. And then when it shifted to where the disease was overtaking me, I felt like I failed at what I was doing my whole life. I felt like I wasn't living up to what I should be. It took a while before I realized that wasn't really my fault. I kind of owned it after that."
Her condition was so grave even before she was accepted as a suitable transplant candidate that she had to be hospitalized. "That was the moment when I realized, 'We're not getting out of this,' " she says. "Transplant is this thing out there that you never want to get to, but you also know it's there to save your life."
Modlin's mom had pushed her to join a junior swim team at Greenmeadow pool in Palo Alto when she was 6, because exercise and being in the water were thought to help ease the coughing that is both bane and balm to CF patients. Coughing expels the buildup that makes breathing difficult, but it is often a painful, racking process.
Swimming definitely helped, and she quickly became an aquatic star. And yet, she often had to climb out of the water and sit at the edge of the pool just to cough. "It's so weird that I don't cough anymore," she says now. "I have to actually work on my abs. Back then, I had abs of steel from coughing all the time."
'ICU delirium'
A quarter-century since she swam there, Anna Modlin still holds the 6-and-under butterfly record at Greenmeadow. "Her father and I would be on the sidelines rooting for her," Robin Modlin says, "and no one else knew why it was so incredible that this little girl was swimming like that."
Anna Modlin became a lifeguard and then a swim coach, but as CF took control of her life, she had to retire from competition. "There was no way we thought Anna Modlin would ever compete in a pool again," her mother says. By the time of her transplant, it had been five years since she set foot in the water.
Her recovery from the lung transplant was slowed by temporary kidney failure, which prevented the massive doses of steroids and anti-rejection drugs from clearing her system. She developed what's known as "ICU delirium." At one point while still in intensive care, she ripped out her central IV line -- which was pouring powerful drugs into her jugular vein -- and nearly bled to death. "I went crazy," she says. "I thought it was a Post-it note."
The transplant, which began two days before Thanksgiving in 2010, cleared her lungs of CF -- although the disease remains in her pancreas and other parts of her body -- and within 4 1/2 months of surgery she was back in the pool, breathing freely for the first time in her life. To give herself a goal, she entered the U.S. Transplant Games, and won five gold medals. When she got home, she looked up previous winning times at the World Transplant Games, and thought, "Hmm, I could probably do this."
At this summer's World Games in Durban, South Africa, Modlin took two more gold medals, one silver and two bronzes. "Her journey from end-stage lung disease to her remarkable accomplishments at the World Transplant Games demonstrates what transplantation is ideally capable of achieving," says Steve Singh, the surgeon who gave her new lungs. Robin calls the surgery "a total reincarnation of life."
Lung transplants have the lowest success rate of any organ transplants, with only half of the recipients living for five years. "After that, there isn't really a statistic," Anna says. "The rumor is that once you get to 3 years with no rejection, the possibility (of rejection) goes down significantly." With two months until the third anniversary of her transplant, she sees her lungs -- and her life -- as completely full now, not half-empty.
Contact Bruce Newman at 408-920-5004. Follow him at Twitter.com/BruceNewmanTwit.
Potential organ donors can indicate their willingness to do so on their drivers license. For more information, go to www.donatelifecalifornia.org.


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ZS3 vs DataDomain for Database Backups
By mtriska on Sep 25, 2013
For those of you attending OOW13 this year, I am sure you are wondering what this ZS3 (ZFS Storage Appliance) platform is and what all the buzz about these phenomenal speeds that we can get out of it are all about. It excels at IOP's, low latencies and high throughput. It's primary storage and also a great target for RMAN backups. You probably also see our friends from EMC displaying the merits of the DataDomain box.
While I am a fan of deduplication technology, it's only good when its used in the right context and for the right workload / data type. We offer it in the ZS3 but rarely do we turn it on. Compression now that's another story, sure, turn it on and at least use LZJB compression, it's inline, virtually overhead free and it actually speeds up data transfers in most cases.
DataDomain; however, is not the right place to send your RMAN data. Don't get me wrong, DataDomain is a great box for disk based backups of unstructured data types and all the 20:1 things you hear are very relevant for this kind of data. Unfortunately, RMAN data streams are not dedup friendly. (Unless you, to quote a friend of mine, "de-optimize upstream in order to improve your backup performance").
What I am saying is, follow all the best practices to make your primary database go as fast as possible and use compression techniques like ACO and HCC and in 12c, use ADO (BTW, you need Engineered systems or Oracle storage for HCC). Run incremental or differential backups in addition to your weekly fulls. We want you to get the best possible query speeds etc. In turn, we also would like you to take a good look at what the current ZFS Storage Appliance line and now the next generation ZS3 platform can do for your RMAN backups. More importantly, what they could do for your RESTORES!
So backup that Exadata at full speed, restore at better speeds than any vendor can provide. Don't have an Exadata, fear not, we can backup/restore any Oracle Database faster than anyone else (provided you have a decent pipe like 10G or even better IB).
Leave all those performance related settings on and go ahead and multiplex like crazy. Don't send 4 like they recommended in their session this week, send 16 RMAN streams at a time. Parallelism is the best way to drive up the aggregate throughput. The ZS3 platform, ZBA or the current ZFS Storage Appliance line can all deliver results up to 20TB/hr plus for backups and up to 15TB/hr restores. These numbers are repeatable and we, your local Oracle Storage Teams, are ready to demonstrate them for you any time in our solution centers.
I'll leave you with this thought, typical day to day operations - back up your current database, restore it to an alternate location, clone it, prepare it to be mounted on a different host, how long does that take you today with your current gear? This is something most of you do regularly so that you can mine that data, do some test and dev work on it etc. For a large database, this process will take several days with a DataDomain, our customers have told us this many times. Oracle ZFS based Appliances can reduce the time to complete that entire process to mere hours. I ask you, what can that ability do for your business?
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Barb McDowell recently received the 2013 INSPIRE Award.
McDowell, an employee of the Bath Central School District, was recognized for her work at the Dana Lyon Middle School and her commitment to the INSPIRE Adolescent Health & Wellness Task Force.
The award is given annually to someone living or serving in Steuben County who serves as a positive role model while encouraging others to live a healthy lifestyle. It is awarded by the Steuben Rural Health Network and the INSPIRE Adolescent Health & Wellness Task Force at the Institute for Human Services.
For more information, visit www.steubenrhn.org or www.ihsnet.org.
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Setting the stage for what could lead to another showdown in the U.S. Supreme Court, Gov. Jerry Brown this week moved to end federal court orders forcing California's prison system to shed thousands of inmates and improve medical and mental health care deemed inhumane just three years ago.
The governor declared the "prison emergency ... over in California," calling the once overwhelming prison overcrowding problems a "distant memory." In court papers, he urged a special federal court panel to set aside a sweeping August 2009 order that already has prompted the nation's largest prison system to release more than 30,000 inmates.
Brown and state prison officials argue that California has done enough to fix its prisons and bring inmate health care up to legal standards. They warned that keeping the prisons under court control threatens public safety and could cost the state billions of dollars more as it tries to emerge from its most severe budget crisis in recent history.
"California is a powerful state," Brown said Tuesday. "We can run our own prisons. And by God, let those judges give us our prisons back."
But the governor's legal maneuver, which he vowed to press to the Supreme Court if necessary, raised many of the same arguments that have fallen flat in previous attempts to avoid federal court intervention in the state prison system. The question now is whether California can prove prison overcrowding has diminished enough to persuade the courts to step aside and end a legal quagmire that has dragged on for decades.
Prisoner rights lawyers called the Brown administration's legal arguments frivolous and plan to challenge the request to dissolve the court orders. They argue that health care remains dismal in California's prisons as a result of continuing overcrowding.
"The problem is that rather than fixing the problems, the state is just playing a litigation game," said Rebekah Evenson, a staff attorney with the Prison Law Office.
A three-judge panel had given the state until midnight Monday to reveal how it would finish the task of reducing prison overcrowding. But in court papers, the governor's administration instead argued that "continued enforcement of the order is unfair, unnecessary and illegal."'
The court in 2009 found California's prisons were so overcrowded that they violated the constitutional rights of the prisoners by failing to provide adequate mental health and medical care for inmate population that at times exceeded 160,000. Federal Judges Thelton Henderson, Lawrence Karlton and Stephen Reinhardt found that inmates were regularly dying as a result of poor medical care.
The court ordered the state to reduce the inmate population to 137 percent of capacity within two years, a ruling upheld in 2011 by a sharply divided Supreme Court. That forced the state to slash the number of inmates in its 33 prisons to about 110,00 by this June, and California is about 10,000 inmates away from that target. The judges have rejected requests to raise the inmate population cap.
State officials say they've reduced the prison population by 26,000 inmates since October 2011, when the governor's realignment plan went into effect, shifting many low-level offenders, such as probation violators, to county jails, and by more than 36,000 inmates since lawyers on both sides presented their original arguments in 2008. Prison reports show the inmate population at its lowest level since May 1995.
As of two weeks ago, the prisons remained at 149 percent of its capacity, despite the reduction in the overall inmate population. But in court papers, state officials maintain they have spent hundreds of millions of dollars improving the prison health care system and reducing overcrowding, from an $840 million prison health facility in Stockton set to open in July to a $29.5 million treatment center at Salinas Valley State Prison.
And the governor indicated that county jails should not be asked to absorb any more inmates.
Jeffrey Beard, California's new prisons chief, has found the inmates now receive adequate medical and mental health care. Beard, former head of Pennsylvania's prison system, had testified as an expert on the inmates' side earlier in the legal battle.
In a recent interview with this newspaper, Henderson, one of the three judges on the federal panel, said he has met numerous times with Brown in the past year to discuss ways to settle the prison case. Henderson did not reveal specifics, other than to say the state was making progress but areas of disagreement remained.
"I said, "We have to agree to disagree on this,'" Henderson said, last month, well before the governor filed his latest legal arguments. "I believe my job is to bring the prison health care system back to a constitutional level, and that's what I intend to do."
Speaking to reporters Tuesday, Brown argued that California's prisons no longer need court-ordered population caps.
"I'm trying to find a balance point, a middle path that spends the right amount of money to achieve a decent amount of public safety," the governor said. "We can't pour more and more money down the rat hole of incarceration. We have to spend as much as we need, but no more, and I think we've hit that point."
Staff writer Steve Harmon contributed to this report. Howard Mintz covers legal affairs. Contact him at 408-286-0236 or follow him at Twitter.com/hmintz


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After studying Ryan Tannehill's 2012 game tapes, ESPN's Ron Jaworski expects Tannehill to make "significant improvement" and have a "big year" in 2013.
Free agent OLB Paul Kruger will visit the Saints Tuesday.
ESPN's Adam Schefter reports Kenny Stills' back "locked up" at Monday's practice, and the injury is "not considered serious."
Chargers released WR James Jones.
MMQB's Albert Breer believes there's a "realistic possibility" the 49ers put Colin Kaepernick "on ice" for all of the 2016 season.
NFL Network's Jane Slater reports the Broncos have contacted the Cowboys regarding a trade of Mark Sanchez.
Patriots waived C Bryan Stork.
NFL Network's Mike Garafolo reports Chiefs KR/RB Knile Davis is still available for trade.
USA Today's Tom Pelissero reports the Vikings are trying to trade C John Sullivan.
Jordy Nelson (knee) participated in his first full practice of Packers camp on Monday.
Seahawks released S Brandon Browner.
Panthers acquired P Andy Lee and a seventh-round draft pick from the Browns in exchange for P Kasey Redfern and a fourth-round pick in 2018.


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To the Editor:
I read in the paper that many churches are supporting the addition of "In God We Trust" to our courthouse. This reminds me of God's demand that his people not worship graven images. The words are a modern version of this worship of something other than God. Putting so much energy and importance into a public display suggests misplaced worship.
In the New Testament Jesus says "by their fruits you shall know them." I believe the emphasis in the New Testament is on carrying "in God we trust" in our hearts and living in relationship with our neighbors as Jesus has commanded.
Although this kind of misplaced religious fervor has resulted in religious slogans being placed on money or in the pledge, being true to the original intent of our Constitution would mean just leaving it off altogether and allowing our people of faith to pursue their religion, or lack thereof, without comment by our civil institutions.
Joan Nelson
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UPDATE: "The Flash" Hasn't Cast Savitar, Says Berlanti
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Greg McElhatton gives "Fables" #129 by Bill Willingham and Mark Buckingham 4 stars, saying of the current arc's conclusion, "With no easy fake-out up anyone's sleeve, it feels satisfying."
A recent feature in Game Informer magazine reveals new screenshots and details for "The Wolf Among Us," Telltale Games' upcoming video game based on the "Fables" Vertigo Comics series.
"Mouse Guard" creator David Petersen discusses the recently-announced second volume of the Eisner-winning "Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard" and what readers can expect from the series in May.
Vertigo has released a preview of "Fables" #128 by Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha and Andrew Pepoy. At Castle Dark, Bigby Wolf confronts Prince Brandish for the hand of Snow White April 17.
Telltale Games, the studio behind "The Walking Dead" game, has revealed "The Wolf Among Us," the final title for its "Fables" game that focuses on Bigby Wolf.
Tim returns from Minnesota with tales of role-playing and camaraderie, stories of Mythic Fiction and the pleasures of good company. This is no mere convention report. This is Fabletown and Beyond.
ROBOT 6's Michael May recaps his experience at Bill Willingham's Fabletown and Beyond convention, calling the show "completely focused on comics and a uniquely intimate experience."
Vertical Inc. takes plunge into digital! Bill Willingham talks Fabletown and Beyond! Was Wertham right? Interviews with Joe Casey and Ed Piskor! Women bloggers and creators on the state of Marvel! Plus more!
Vertigo Comics has released a preview of "Fables" #127 by Bill Willingham and Mark Buckingham. Prince Brandish continues his ruthless act while Beast is forced to seek out unusual help March 20.
Vertigo has released an early look at Bill Willingham and Barry Kitson's "Fairest" #14, a special one-shot tale of love in Fabletown. Romance blooms on April 3.
Writer Sean E. Williams spoke with CBR about his Indian-Fables arc in Vertigo's "Fairest" and his just-announced at ECCC Monkeybrain Comics digital series "Artful Daggers."
Creator Bill Willingham revealed some of the fun âFablesâ fans can look forward to in 2013. Plus, find out how you can draw an issue of the series!
DC Comics kicked off its convention season with a Seattle panel featuring Scott Snyder, Joshua Hale Fialkov, Bill Willingham and more, and the panel promised a return of "100 Bullets" and changes to the DCU.
Vertigo expands its "Fables" franchise in the form of the "Fables Encyclopedia," written by Jess Nevins with an Adam Hughes cover, and a hardcover OGN featuring short stories written by creator Bill WIllingham.
A new image released by Vertigo and illustrated by Peter Gross and Mark Buckingham teases the upcoming crossover with Bill WIllingham's "Fables" in the pages of Mike Carey and Gross' "The Unwritten."
Creator Bill Willingham talks about the landmark 125th issue of his hit Vertigo featuring the start of a new arc, Snow White's secret origin and teases the possible death Bigby Wolf.
Vertigo Comics has released a preview of "Fables" #124 by Bill Willingham and Shawn McManus. The finale of Bufkin the flying monkey's adventures in Oz arrives December 19.
With Vertigo Executive Editor Karen Berger departing her position and the cancellation of "Hellblazer," CBR looks at the history of the acclaimed DC Comics' imprint and presents our picks for its top ten series.
Vertigo has released a preview of Bill Willingham's "Fables" #123, featuring guest artwork by Gene Ha. "The Destiny Game" conclusion starring Bigby Wolf goes on sale November 21.
Writer/Creator Bill Willingham, writer Matthew Sturges, Vertigo Editor Shelley Bond and many other creators in the "Fables" universe gather at NYCC to celebrate a decade of the beloved Vertigo series.
With the sixth collection hitting stores in October, CBR spoke with Mike Carey and Peter Gross about the growth of "The Unwritten" and Tom Taylor, plus a quick tease of the upcoming arc featuring the cast of "Fables."
At New York Comic Con, editor Karen Berger led the Vertigo Panel where Scott Snyder, Bill Willingham and others discuss an "unwritten"/"Fables" crossover and announce new Vertigo miniseries from Snyder and Jeff Lemire.
Creator Bill Willingham discusses the grim tale he and Mark Buckingham just completed in "Fables" and also revealed the title and storyline of the next major arc of the multiple Eisner Award-winning series.
Vertigo has released a preview of "Fairest" #8 written by Lauren Beukes with art by Inaki Miranda, which kicks off a new storyline for the "Fables" spinoff. Rapunzel's new adventure begins October 3.
Creator Bill Willingham spoke with CBR TV about expanding the "Fables" universe with "Fairest," defending "Once Upon A Time," the rise of creator-owned comics, and the odds of someday returning to "Elementals."
Greg McElhatton gives "Fairest" #7 by Matthew Sturges and Shawn McManus 4 stars saying the issue "has a strong twist at the end that has lasting ramifications for a 'Fables' character."
"The Dark Knight Rises" drives August bookstore sales! John Wagner talks Judge Dredd! Nick Spencer talks "Morning Glories"! Bill Willingham on Fabletown & Beyond! A look back at Mandrake the Magician! Plus more!
DC has released first looks at four major releases on sale this Wednesday including Scott Snyder and Becky Cloonan's "Batman" #12, "Batgirl" #12, "Batman & Robin" #12 and "Fairest" #6!
Writer Bill Willingham and a host of "Fables" creators officially announced a "Fables" convention, teased the franchise's future, and reminisced about favorite moments from the last decade.
Max Allan Collins returns to "Ms. Tree," the Fillbach Brothers illustrate Larry Young's "Hemogoblin," and Matt Sturges preps two new books as First Comics continues to expand its lineup.
Co-Publishers Chris Roberson, Allison Baker and the Monkeybrain Comics creators reveal their upcoming digital-first projects -- and attempt to convince Bill Willingham they're not crazy.
In a surprise announcement at its Friday panel at Comic-Con International, Vertigo revealed that Neil Gaiman announced will write a "Sandman" prequel, with art by J.H. Williams III. Click through for more from the panel.
Speaking at the Monkeybrain Comics press call, writer Chris Roberson announced plans to expand his publishing company, Monkeybrain Books, into digital creator-owned comics.
Jorge Solis gives "Fables" #117 4 stars calling the issue by Bill Willingham and Mark Buckingham "a superbly engaging fantasy adventure" that is "absolutely difficult to put down."
Remembering "Where the Wild Things Are" author Maurice Sendak. IDW President Ted Adams talks digital sales, more! Alex Ross honored by American Academy of Art! Bill Willingham talks "Fables"! Plus more!
Tim looks back on his comic book youth and wonders where he found some of the things that would be such a strong formative influence on him, like a little series by Bill Willingham and Mike Gustovich. Like "The Justice Machine."
Vertigo's C2E2 panel was packed with a who's who of its top talent, with Scott Snyder to Bill Willingham and more discussing upcoming twists and turns, plus the announcement of new ongoing series, "Collider."
First Comics, one of the pioneering indie comic book publishers of the 1980s, returns with an eclectic lineup of new works and collections of their original comics -- plus a bold plan to bypass Diamond.
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Once a Portland favorite, Taarka returns to Oregon from its new home in Lyons, Colo., to promote its January release, "Adventures in Vagabondia."
The acoustic string band — David Tiller on mandolin, Enion Pelta-Tiller on violin, Troy Robey on upright bass and Greg Ruby on guitar — plays at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 30, at Caldera Tap House, 31 Water St., Medford.
The album is Taarka's sixth and features its signature fusion of gypsy jazz and bluegrass, which the San Francisco Weekly calls "a collision of Django Reinhardt and David Grisman." However, "Adventures in Vagabondia" sets itself apart in that it is less instrumental and more "singer-songwriterish."
The band was formed more than a decade ago when husband and wife, David and Enion, transformed their New York busking act into a full-fledged touring band.
See www.taarka.com or call 541-482-4677.
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Newb here. This may have been asked/answered previously but here goes. I am having difficulty streaming these files to my ps3 from my pc. I have been ripping my blurays to my pc using AnyDVD HD then opening the largest file into TSmuxeR and selecting only the video and the HD audio file (DTS-HD) and muxing to an M2TS file. Getting rid of all the extra stuff that I don't need. I then stream these files directly to my PS3 using PS3MS. The problem that I am having is that there is no audio coming through at all with certain movies i.e. Street Kings. My amp currently doesn't support these HD audio formats but does support DTS however (I'm doing it this way so that when I get my next amp my library will be ready). Will PS3MS do what I'm trying to achieve? I am unsure whether its my network thats failing, or my pc not being able to transcode fast enough, or if I am asking too much of this program. I can successfully stream my 1080p mkv's with DTS to the PS3, I am just lost with the M2TS's and don't really want to convert to mkv.
Any help would be appreciated. I knew this could never be done with Tversity but PS3MS is opeing up a whole bunch of new doors.
PC Specs:
Gigabyte 965P-DS3P
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PC -- gigabit -- Linksys WRT610N ~~ 5Ghz wireless N ~~ WNHDE111 5Ghz (Bridge Mode) -- gigabit? -- PS3
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Share your experiences with the Marathon Runners Club 32nd ANNUAL 7-MILE BRIDGE RUN below Back to event details page.
I live in CA. We will be in Key West on April 13th. I thought running this race with my 9 year-old daughter, while we were on vacation in Key West, would be a great father/daughter experience. I got up at 2:45 AM PST to register for this event, preregistered on active.com and was registering myself at 3:00 AM on the dot. The race was sold out in minutes and now neither of us are registered. What's the point of holding a race if you can't even get registered? My 9 year-old daughter will be very disappointed. I'm going back to bed now.
Started registering at exactly 6 am EST and by the time I filled out all the information and read the extensive waiver and liability information that they said you HAD to read the registration had filled up (in less than 15 minutes)!
Pretty sure this race was filled before open registration even started, by resident registration which started last week. I understand giving residents a chance to register first but perhaps leave some registrations for non-local runners to have a shot at too? I was ready to enter at 6 am sharp and it was already closed. Last night it was open but marked as full. This is a race I would travel for, with my family of 5, bringing those tourist dollars to the Keys. It just makes economic sense to leave say 500 spots available for out-of-town runners. This is a bucket list race for me and I am pretty sure I should just give up on it unless that policy changes.
I live in North Florida. Was SO thrilled when I got in last year. Well...we all know what happened last year. SO disappointing!! Tried again this year, registration opened as advertised and I was able to register with no hitches. I run approx 20 or so races per calendar year (5ks on up to an Ultra and the Goofy this past Jan). As a result, I am very familiar with registering on Active. I had no difficulties and I am not a Keys resident. This is just one of those races that everyone wants to do, and I know why of course, so it fills up in minutes! Unfortunately everyone cannot be accommodated, but I appreciate the registration being open to everyone, and I am looking SO forward to the run. It is a bucket list run for me! It is possible to get in, just keep trying!! It has taken me two years! Thanks volunteers for putting this race on!!
We are NOT Keys residents. I had contacted Marathon Runners club last week to ask about resident registration and they told me no they do not have preference. Got up early, signed in to Active on two computers (one for me, one for spouse) went to registration page, kept refreshing as 6:00 approached, we both got in shortly after 6:00. Chose NOT to read any fine print just to make the process faster. I signed in for myself on one computer, hubby on the other. We both are registered!!!
I tried to register last year at 6 a.m. did not get in as I tried to register myself and my husband...this year I was ready at 6 a.m., got in as soon as registration opened. Completed my registration very quickly.....hurray...i am in.... tried to register my daughter, but was sold out..all in about 4 minutes.....takes fast internet and fast fingers.....NOT a keys resident!!!
I sympathize with the people who attempted to register and couldn't, but please realize: 1. There are a limited number of participants who are allowed to register.
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Pensacola, FL - Valdosta State struggled in its first day at the Gulf South Conference/Sunshine State Conference Crossover in Pensacola, Fla., hosted by West Florida. The Blazers fell first to No. 2 Tampa, 3-0 (25-16, 25-21, 25-10), then to Eckerd, 3-1 (25-17, 21-25, 25-19, 25-19). Valdosta State stands at 12-10 on the season.
Valdosta State struggled mightily against Tampa, ranked second nationally, in the team's opener of the tournament. In three sets, the best attacking percentage VSU put up was .114 in the second. In the first set, the Blazers hit .000 and finished the third set hitting -.162. For the match, VSU hit -.019 while Tampa finished at .280.
Katie Onushko led the team in kills on the day and did so against Tampa with eight. No other Blazer had more than five. Ashley Lala gave out 14 assists with eight digs and four kills. Krista Bradford led the team in digs with 15. Lala and Macy Markham were next in line with eight digs each. The Blazers put up four blocks to Tampa's 11. Tania Tauiliili had one solo and an assist while Destiny Berry had two solo blocks. Jennifer Beatty had the other block assist.
The Blazers put together a much better performance later in the day against Eckerd. After dropping the first set, VSU was able to take the second set from Eckerd before falling in the third and fourth by identical 25-19 scores.
Chelsea Logan led the team in kills for the match with 11, and Onushko was right behind her with 10. Beatty chipped in eight kills and three others tallied four each.
Lala gave out 29 assists and tallied nine digs. Meanwhile, Bradford did the heavy lifting for Valdosta State on defense with 22 digs. After Lala, two others had eight digs. The Blazers against put down four blocks while Eckerd had seven. Berry had two solo blocks again while Tauiliili also had a solo and an assist. Lala was able to get in on the other block assists.
Valdosta State held Eckerd to an attacking percentage of .218 but finished with just a .100 attacking percentage for the match.
Tomorrow, Valdosta State will look to bounce back against Saint Leo and Lynn at 12 and 4 p.m. respectively.


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Sage Francis wrote: A myspace comment left by Dave
"Saige what the hell man your playin in maine here and you got these prejudice bands(Jared Paul) against using maarijuana or alcohol but there idiots just cause they cant use it responsibly don't mean they gotta be prejudice against someone who does use it responsibly it dont get in the way of everyone. I never thought id say this but F U Saige for bringing them round my state. Now I cant go to your show and im pissed cause you put on a good show thanks a lot for bringing your prejudice friends around or if your just makin money off em i don't know. Next time come solo I got a group o cats that wanna see saige do dances but not with prejudice people around. Signed a long time fan"
Sage Francis wrote: thanks a lot for bringing your prejudice friends around or if your just makin money off em i don't know.
mzehe916 wrote: What is PFA's philosophy? I haven't heard or read anything about them being against the drinking or marijuana (besides JP's personal stance on it, which is fine). Is PFA sXe? I got me a marks-a-lot broad tip so i can fake the funk if they are.
Erich wrote: i can say that i've smoked cigarettes, drank alcohol and been high in the presence of jared on several occasions, and i dont think it was uncomfortable at all. for me, anyway. homie wasnt born yesterday. in fact, i could extend that to include basically every straight edge providence head i've met.
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Michael Marquardt of New Ulm won $100,000 by playing Lottery's Minnesota Millionaire Raffle game.
Marquardt claimed the prize on Jan. 8. His ticket number–529815–matched one of five winning numbers drawn in the raffle.
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Contractors: We're owed money for N.H. liquor store work
CHESTERFIELD, N.H. - Subcontractors who worked on the new state liquor store on Route 9 say they are still waiting to receive much of the money they are owed and their businesses cannot survive without it.
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Delay in closing date approved for hotel site
Published: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at 12:18 a.m.
TUSCALOOSA | The closing date for the sale of a key piece of downtown property was delayed Tuesday by the Tuscaloosa City Council until March 31.
The delay came at the request of Kemmons Wilson Cos. of Memphis, Tenn., which is purchasing the city-owned, 2.02-acre tract commonly known as the CityFest lot for the development of a $27 million Embassy Suites hotel.
The original closing date was Dec. 31. The developer said design details and the possibility of tax credit financing were the reasons delaying date of the closing, which triggers a contractually obligated 24-month construction window.
Wilson Hotel Management Group, a division of Kemmons Wilson Cos., is purchasing the northwest corner of the intersection of Greensboro Avenue and University Boulevard for $1.85 million.
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William Blum left the State Department in 1967, abandoning his aspiration of becoming a Foreign Service Officer, because of his opposition to what the United States was doing in Vietnam. He then became one of the founders and editors of the Washington Free Press, the first "alternative" newspaper in the capital.
Mr. Blum has been a freelance journalist in the United States, Europe and South America. His stay in Chile in 1972-3, writing about the Allende government's "socialist experiment" and its tragic overthrow in a CIA-designed coup, instilled in him a personal involvement and an even more heightened interest in what his government was doing in various parts of the world.
In the mid-1970's, he worked in London with former CIA officer Philip Agee and his associates on their project of exposing CIA personnel and their misdeeds. His book on U.S. foreign policy, "Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II", first published in 1986 and updated since, has received international acclaim. Noam Chomsky called it "Far and away the best book on the topic."
In 1999, he was one of the recipients of Project Censored's awards for "exemplary journalism" for writing one of the top ten censored stories of 1998, an article on how, in the 1980s, the United States gave Iraq the material to develop a chemical and biological warfare capability. Blum is also the author of: "Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower" (updated edition 2005), "West-Bloc Dissident: A Cold War Memoir" (2002), and "Freeing the World to Death: Essays on the American Empire" (2004). His books have been translated into more 15 foreign languages.
During 2002-2003, Blum was a regular columnist for the magazine "The Ecologist", which is published in London and distributed globally. In January 2006, a tape from Osama bin Laden stated that "it would be useful" for Americans to read "Rogue State", apparently to gain a better understanding of their enemy.
Blum currently sends out a monthly newsletter, the Anti-Empire Report. To be put on Blum's mailing list, send him an email. Previous issues of the report can be read on his website. www.killinghope.org
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- "Our elder chief, Taha Aki, was the only spirit warrior left to save the tribe after his son was killed."
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Yaha Uta was the eldest of Chief Taha Aki's children with the Third Wife, and the younger half-brother of Taha Wi. He is mentioned by Billy Black at the bonfire during which Bella Swan hears the Quileute legends.
After the disappearance of several Makah girls from their homes, Taha Wi and five other wolves, including Yaha Uta, went in search of their kidnapper, and happened across a strange, sickly sweet stench that burned their noses. Their search led them so far north that Taha Wi sent the younger wolves, Yaha Uta and another of his brothers, back to the Quileute village to report to Taha Aki. Taha Wi and his two other brothers never returned.
Two years later, two more Makah maidens went missing, so Yaha Uta and his pack followed the sickly sweet stench that filled the Makah village until they happened across the Cold Man, standing over the body of one of the girls who had been drained of her blood, and drinking the blood of the second. They underestimated the creature's strength and speed, and one of the wolves was killed. The Cold One was crushing the second wolf when Yaha Uta, the youngest member of the pack, managed to rip its head off and tear the creature to shreds. Then he took the pieces of its body back to the harbor, where they were laid out for the tribe to inspect. The Cold One tried to reassemble itself though, so the pieces of its body were burnt and scattered, a bag of his ashes worn around Taha Aki's neck so that the chief would be warned if it ever tried to reassemble itself again.
Then, the Cold One's mate, the Cold Woman, came to the village, seeking revenge for her husband's death. Yaha Uta, the only remaining shape-shifter, attempted to kill her and almost succeeded, but he was alone and had no one to distract her, so died in the effort. Enraged, Taha Aki phased into an ancient, white-muzzled wolf and fought the Cold Woman, but the Third Wife could see that he was failing. She took a knife from one of her younger sons and plunged it into her heart to distract the vampiress. Taha Aki was able to finish her, with the help of several of his younger sons, who were so distraught by the sight of their mother dying that they phased though they were still only boys.
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It's finally a wrap for this year's Nov. 6 election, as the Washington County Board of Elections committee met Monday and tallied final votes including remaining absentee and provisional ballots.
In the close Washington County commissioner race between Ron Feathers (R) and Cora Marshall (D), Feathers emerged as the winner with 14,069 votes. Marshall had 13,757 votes.
For his part, Feathers said he and fellow new county commissioner David White have been attending budgetary meetings "to see what's in store for us in 2013."
"We'll have to stay focused on Children Services, a state mandated program. We'll move forward with the townships as far as looking at their funding for 2013 and beyond," he added.
Feathers said he understands that he will face challenges as a Washington County commissioner.
"In January when the governing begins, it's gonna be an eye opener I'm sure," he said. "Overall I'm looking forward to the challenge."
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Final numbers
Washington County election 2012 results:
Mitt Romney (R): 17,284.
Barack Obama (D): 11,651.
U.S. Senator
Josh Mandel (R): 15,904.
Sherrod Brown (D): 11,464.
U.S. representative, 6th district
Bill Johnson (R): 16,652.
Charlie Wilson (D): 11,845.
State Senator, 30th district
Shane Thompson (R): 16,920.
Lou Gentile (D): 10,993.
State Representative, 94th district
Charles Richter (R): 6,936.
Debbie Phillips (D): 6,753.
State Representative, 95th district
Andy Thompson (R): 8,438.
Charlie Daniels (D): 5,965.
Washington County commissioner
David White (R): 15,871.
Peg Littler (D): 11,961.
Washington County commissioner
Ron Feathers (R): 14,069.
Cora Marshall (D): 13,757.
Judge, Common Pleas Court
Randall G. Burnworth: 12,898.
Mark Kerenyi: 11,610.
Lowell village tax levy, 2-mil
For: 157.
Against: 84.
Warren Local School District bond issue and tax levy
For: 2,909.
Against: 4,572.
Washington County tax levy Children Services
For: 14,210.
Against: 14,553.
Washington County voter statistics
Voter turnout: 69.9 percent.
Votes cast on Election Day: 19,529.
Absentee ballots: 9,801.
Provisional ballots: 657.
Feathers thanked his opponent Marshall, a current commissioner, for her service to the county.
"I'm sure it's not an easy job for anyone to step up and try to serve the community, he said. "She's got to be commended for doing that."
Marshall said it's too soon to say if she'll run for a county commissioner seat again, although she noted that a seat will be available in two years.
"It's been a rewarding experience for me. We've been able to move the county in the right direction as far as cutting out some wasteful spending and bringing the county into the 21st century as far as technology," she added.
Marshall offered her congratulations to Feathers and White.
"I wish them well and that they work with commissioner (Tim) Irvine in the coming years because there will be financial challenges for the county, " she said.
In a levy vote that went down to the wire Monday, the Washington County Children Services tax levy was defeated, with 14,553 votes against the levy and 14,210 for it.
The result was disappointing for Ginny McVey, chairwoman of the Friends of Children Services committee.
"I'm so concerned about what's going to happen to children in our county, and I just want them to all be taken care of," said McVey.
The final vote was not a surprise for Alice Stewart, children services supervisor.
"We did the math and the math to me (spoke) volumes. The likelihood of us gaining enough votes was very slim," she said.
At this point, no decision has been made about any possible cuts or changes at Washington County Children Services, said Stewart.
"We have a (Friends of Children Services) levy committee meeting at the end of November to go over everything," she added.
Stewart said she doesn't see a way to further cut services and staff.
"There's no way for us to keep up with the amount of calls and the seriousness of the calls we get if we were to cut any more case workers. There's no way we could safely take care of the kids in this county," she said.
In the meantime the agency has had its budget hearing with the Washington County commissioners, asking for $1.2 million for next year, according to Stewart.
"Everything is going to hinge on what the commissioners do basically," she said.
The 10-year, 1.46-mill Children Services levy would have raised $1.6 million a year to supplement the agency's budget, restore an abuse and neglect prevention program and increase pay for foster families.
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Domestic violence is a problem that crosses all socio-economic, racial and ethnic boundaries. Once a woman is battered, she may bear the scars of her abuser for life. Now, there's a program that helps erase those physical and perhaps emotional scars as well.
A program sponsored by the Coaltion Against Domestic Violence and the American Academy of Facial and Reconstructive Surgery called Face to Face takes a comprehensive approach to erasing both the emotional and physical scars of an abusive relationship.
Doctors say patients will spend at least a year in counseling helping extricate themselves from the abusive relationship. It's only after they've been out of the relationship for that amount of time when doctors address the surgical needs.
Doctors hope surgery will further restore faith and hope in other people as well as the patients'.
All of the work, counseling, surgery and hospital stay is donated by the participating doctors and medical centers.
Face to Face is a national program. For more information, call 1-800-842-4546.
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To enhance school safety, the Department of Homeland Security offers funding, training, and resources for efforts such as providing money for emergency preparedness, training school bus drivers in security and hardening school buildings' vulnerability.
Grant Funding
- Search for school security grants at www.grants.gov.
- FEMA's Homeland Security Grant Program can be used for planning, purchasing equipment, training, and other efforts to support school security.
Planning and Training
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) assistance includes funding, training and exercises, equipment testing, and Citizen Corps. FEMA's Emergency Management Institute offers free online courses to train school officials to prepare for and manage emergencies:
- National Center for Biomedical Research and Training (NCBRT) courses help U.S. citizens prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from acts of domestic and international terrorism, weapons of mass destruction (WMD), and high-consequence events through teaching, training, technical assistance, and research.
- Protecting Our School's Infrastructure is featured in the Department's National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP), which has Characteristics and Common Vulnerabilities, Potential Indicators of Terrorist Activity, and Protective Measures reports for public and private schools (K-12) and higher education institutions. These resources are available to local law enforcement and school officials to help identify site-specific vulnerabilities, anomalies, or incidents that may precede a terrorist attack or other kind of harmful incident, and certain measures that can be taken to better protect and create a safer environment.
- The Safe School Initiative (SSI), established by the U.S. Secret Service and the Department of Education, focuses on prevention and behavior of students who commit acts of targeted violence in our nation's schools.
- School Transportation Security Awareness, designed by TSA for school bus drivers, administrators, and staff members, focuses on terrorist and criminal threats to buses.
- Understanding and Preparing for School Bomb Incidents, available online from the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, provides awareness-level training to firefighters, law enforcement officers, emergency medical technicians, and school employees.
- Building a Disaster-Resistant University is FEMA's guide to making colleges more resistant to disasters.
- Citizen Corps is the nationwide grassroots effort to provide all Americans with the knowledge, skills, and capability to take responsibility for their own safety and for that of their families and neighbors.
- Emergency Planning page for School Leaders, published by the U.S. Department of Education, provides information that can help school leaders plan for any emergency, including natural disasters, violent incidents, and terrorist acts.
- Lessons Learned (PDF, 148 pages - 6.73 MB) from the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA) helps enhance campus public safety agencies' capacity to prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from catastrophic events.
- Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, published by the U.S. Department of Education, lists a number of reports, white papers, and programs.
- Practical Information on Crisis Planning: A Guide for Schools and Communities, published by the U.S. Department of Education, provides general guidance to be adapted as appropriate to each district's or school's circumstances.
- Preparing Your School for a Crisis, published by the U.S. Department of Education, is designed to assist schools and communities with either creating a new or updating an existing crisis plan.
- Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools (REMS) Technical Assistance Center supports schools and school districts in crisis management, including how to develop and implement comprehensive emergency and crisis response plans. Resources include guidance documents, Web-based training sessions, updated information on the Department of Education's REMS discretionary grant program, and newsletters addressing key issues.
- Ready.gov for Kids is the Department of Homeland Security's national public awareness campaign.
- Resources for Keeping Schools Safe and Drug-Free lists clearinghouses, online workshops, publications, conference materials, and more from the U.S. Department of Education.
- Threat Assessment in Schools: A Guide to Managing Threatening Situations and to Creating Safe School Climates (PDF, 99 pages - 755 KB), includes suggestions for developing a threat assessment team within a school or school district, planning steps to take when a threat or other information of concern comes to light, considering when to involve law enforcement personnel, resolving issues of information sharing, and sharing ideas for creating safe school climates.
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Every day, the Devils Lake Journal publishes a selection of stories both in print and on the web you can't find anywhere else.
Today, Tuesday, November 13, 2012, found only in print in the pages of the Devils Lake Journal will be Lisa Jager's column on page 4, Time to talk turkey by Brenda Langerud on page 3 and Catholic Church and gay marriage on page 11.
Found only on the web will be Today in History - Nov. 13, a second video from the CMS Veterans Salute.
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Two new restaurants recently opened in Gypsum - Tu Casa Mexican Restaurant and Strecker's Market and Cafe.
Besides the usual Mexican cuisine, Tu Casa specializes in seafood dishes and also offers a full breakfast menu that includes stuffed French Toast.
Tu Casa is at 10663 U.S. Highway 6, the former location of The Dog House Grill. It is open from 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. every day.
Strecker's Market and Cafe is at 925 Green Way, basically on the other side of Highway 6 from Tu Casa.
Strecker's offers European food, wine and beer. German sausage is Strecker's specialty, as the market is an extension of O.W.'s Heritage Sausage company. Patrons can buy a variety of gourmet items there - including locally made sausage and imported balsamic vinegar reductions and cheeses - and they may also sit at a table and consider an array of menu items.
Strecker's hours are currently 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. Soon there will be a happy hour on Fridays from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday will also be Ladies Night. Women will receive discounted wine and a free order of garlic bread.
Ruben Chagoya opened Tu Casa Sept. 7 after working as an executive chef at The Dusty Boot in Eagle for 14 years.
"I saw an opportunity," he said.
He has been in the restaurant business a total of 24 years, starting in New Jersey at age 14.
"I came from Vera Cruz, Mexico, so we are very seafood oriented here," he said of his restaurant. "I learned cooking from working in restaurants on the East Coast as a boy."
Chagoya's wife, nieces and nephews help him run the place, which he co-owns with his sister.
Tu Casa's menu is extensive.
A house margarita costs $6.
Some specialty appetizers include Campechana for $13.95, Oysters on the half shell topped with ceviche at $10.95 for six or $20.95 for 12, and chipotle shrimp for $11.95. Campechana is a tangy tomato sauce with shrimp, octopus, oysters and jalapeno, cilantro, onion and avocado slices served with saltine crackers. The chipotle shrimp is served with blended chipotle chiles and garlic cream sauce over tortilla chips and avocado slices.
A plate of two Baja-style breaded shrimp tacos topped with cabbage, pico de gallo and house white sauce, served with rice and beans, is $10.95. Plates of fish or carne asada tacos are $9.95.
A Caribbean salad is $8.95. The salad features mixed greens with fresh pineapple, cranberries, dried cherries, red bell peppers, green onions, sesame seeds, cilantro and honey lime dressing.
Breakfast items include classics like biscuits and gravy, and chicken fried steak with two eggs, hash browns and sausage gravy for $9.95. Plates of stuffed French toast or huevos rancheros are $7.95.
If you're looking for a fancy snack or meal, or some imported European ingredients, Strecker's Market and Cafe is the place to go.
Strecker's is an extension of O.W.'s Heritage Sausage company, which opened last February and was a vendor at this year's Eagle Flight Days.
Rick "Cotton" Juedemann owns the business with his son and had a soft opening for Strecker's Market over Labor Day Weekend. O.W. is Cotton's grandfather, who passed on the German family's recipes.
The Juedemanns are still fine tuning the venue and the menu. They are also busy preparing for Gypsum's Oktoberfest on Sept. 29.
"We'll probably have a grand opening after that," Cotton said. "Right now we have to make enough sausage to feed 400 people."
Meanwhile, people have been dropping in for lunch and dinner, and they've been impressed.
"We had a table of five who came in after a camping trip and were amazed to find something like this here," Cotton said. "They said the nearest place like this is in Vail and we're cheaper."
The menu ranges form meat and cheese sampler plates to sandwiches, pizzas and various combinations. Imported beer and wine is also available.
"We're looking into getting a local brewer to make some beer for us as well once we figure out what is selling," Cotton said.
One of the cafe's specialties is a two-cheese grilled cheese sandwich with sliced short ribs on it for $7.
Cotton is also proud of his flatbread pizzas, which are $12 or $13. The Caserta has prosciutto, goat cheese and fresh melon topped with a balsamic reduction. The Tuscan Garden has tomato, spinach and artichoke hearts.
A meat and cheese sampler includes grapes and a balsamic dipping sauce for $15. There are also German, Italian and Spanish (not Mexican) theme plates for $14. An Around the World Plate includes all three and is $25.
"We use a lot of special olive oils and reductions, so it's been tough to train employees," Cotton said.
As implied by the name, patrons may also buy a variety of gourmet food items and ingredients.
"We ordered an Italian balsamic vinegar reduction that cost $175 for a 6-ounce bottle," Cotton said. "We thought we were ordering a big bottle! I doubt we'll order more but we've got it for now."
Perhaps the bottle will be included in one of the Christmas baskets they'll offer, which will include cutting boards.
"We'll do some dinner specials this winter, too," Cotton said.