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- Video: Phil Robertson preaches against gays and animal lovers in 2010
- 'Duck Dynasty' family supports Phil Robertson, questions show's future
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Phil Robertson has been suspended from A&E's "Duck Dynasty" after his anti-gay remarks to GQ magazine went public earlier this week.
I'm sure no one over there is enjoying the publicity or how this will likely send every one who shares Robertson's beliefs out to buy up DVD sets in a pre-Christmas show of support.
But never mind the cynicism. Here's what the network had to say in a statement, according to E! News: "We are extremely disappointed to have read Phil Robertson's comments in GQ, which are based on his own personal beliefs and are not reflected in the series "Duck Dynasty. His personal views in no way reflect those of A+E Networks, who have always been strong supporters and champions of the LGBT community. The network has placed Phil under hiatus from filming indefinitely."
The 67-year-old founder of the Duck Commander Co. shared a number of views that, according to E! News, may have shocked fans of the show, who watch it for the family's hijinks. The website said family members are generally congenial, which allegedly makes Robertson's remarks that much more surprising.
"Everything is blurred on what's right and what's wrong," Robertson told GQ. "Sin becomes fine. Start with homosexual behavior and just morph out from there. Bestiality, sleeping around with this woman and that woman and that woman and those men," he continued, going on to paraphrase Corinthians, from the seventh book of the New Testament.
"It seems like, to me, a vagina -- as a man -- would be more desirable than a man's anus," Robertson said. "That's just me. I'm just thinking: There's more there! She's got more to offer. I mean, come on, dudes! You know what I'm saying? But hey, sin: It's not logical, my man. It's just not logical."
There's not a lot about this whole fiasco that is logical.
Phil's son Jep Robertson told the men's mag: "We're not quite as outspoken as my dad, but I'm definitely in line. If somebody asks, I tell 'em what the Bible says."
This would be a great place to revive "Don't ask, don't tell."
Understandably, GLAD wasn't pleased, issuing a statement saying, "Phil's lies about an entire community fly in the face of what true Christians believe."
Previous reports apparently left out the part of the interview in which Robertson also talked race issues.
Regarding growing up near black farmers in the Jim Crow South, Robertson reportedly said, "I never heard one of them, one black person, say, 'I tell you what: These doggone white people' -- not a word!... Pre-entitlement, pre-welfare, you say, 'Were they happy?' They were godly; they were happy; no one was singing the blues."
Right. No black people in the South sang the blues ... I think the blues actually came from Scandinavia.
"I myself am a product of the '60s; I centered my life around sex, drugs and rock and roll until I hit rock bottom and accepted Jesus as my Savior," Robertson said. "My mission today is to go forth and tell people about why I follow Christ and also what the Bible teaches, and part of that teaching is that women and men are meant to be together. However, I would never treat anyone with disrespect just because they are different from me. We are all created by the Almighty and like Him, I love all of humanity. We would all be better off if we loved God and loved each other."
Wasn't that a Three Dog Night song?
Duck Dynasty's fifth season is scheduled to premiere Jan. 15.
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SAVANNAH RIVER SITE, S.C. -- There are almost a half dozen empty trucks, a visit from Santa and thousands upon thousands of toys.
"Photos just don't do it justice," said Dwayne Wilson.
They're all signs of yet another Toys for Tots drive at Savannah River Site.
"The employees at Savannah River Site are awesome. Every year they come together, and this is one campaign and charity that everyone loves to do," said Julie Kirby, chair of the drive.
Kirby is also a worker at SRS. It's the workers who make all of this possible.
This year, they collected 14,000 toys. In the 21 years they've collected toys, that makes a grand total of approximately 242,000.
"We're going to take those toys, count them, sort them and get them distributed out to the agencies that can help those families that need those toys," said Dwayne Wilson, president and CEO of Savannah River Nuclear Solutions.
Wilson was right there with the rest of the workers, loading the trucks with games, dolls and hundreds of bikes.
"We also have adopted 170, I believe, angels from the Salvation Army, so those are specific requests that kids or parents have made," he said.
After it's all said and done, the U.S. Marines pilot the trucks, and all the toys will eventually make their way under trees across our area.
"We're going to take those toys, count them, sort them and get them distributed out to the agencies that can help those families that need those toys," said Staff Sgt. Steven Reed with the U.S. Marine Corps.
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'Nashville,' Season 2, Episode 12, 'Just For What I Am': TV Recap
Last time on Nashville, there was hot water everywhere, mostly rising around Juliette's neck as the angry "home wrecker" and now "bible hater" crowds grow larger and angrier.
Scarlett screwed up her deal with a major recording star and broken up with Avery. Oh and she's still mad at Zoey for dating her ex. Now she's back on tour with Luke, bland and pouty as always. She's all complaining about radio shows and press talks – which is part of the job.
Rayna is struggling to write a song and she turns to Deacon. She's supposed to see Luke that night at Gunnar's big party. She tells Luke she's not ready to be his date. Mmmmhmmm.
Gunnar runs into the guy from Rascal Flatts who naturally asks if Gunnar wants to write a song together. He keeps canceling on Zoey and she's mad. Avery says that she should tell Gunnar how she feels.
Juliette has six shows canceled because of safety concerns and public crankiness. She is not having the best time of things. All she can do is go home. Jeff from Edgehill Records shows up to say it's not going to blow over and she's a mildly talented lie and needs to beg the public for forgiveness.
Scarlett doesn't want to go to the party for Gunnar because she's tired and feels sick. Her manager tells her to suck it up.
Rayna and Deacon are eating pizza and talking about sexy times. Interesting how at the beginning of the year Rayna couldn't sing and Deacon didn't think he'd play the guitar again. All forgotten now. As soon as Deacon's lawyer girlfriend gets home, Rayna flies.
Avery shows up to Juliette's hotel. But there's no answer. They break in and she's completely passed out on the bed. She's been drinking pretty hard. She's worried that it's all going away and Avery says he has faith in her.
Zooey tells Gunnar that she's tired of him blowing her off and he doesn't really understand and she gets mad. She tells him to take Scarlett to his party.
Teddy is gone off the cliff about his wife's shooting. The shooter is now dead, but the lawyer (Deacon's girlfriend) doesn't believe it was a suicide. Teddy thinks Wyatt Industries and Lamar had something to do with the shooter.
Luke really wants to be a couple with Rayna but she's not ready to go public.
Avery stands outside the party with Juliette, who is dressed in a black wig, glasses and bad hat so people won't recognize her. They busk enough money for burgers and beers.
Juliette prays about it and the next day, she shows up at Avery's house ready to write a song.
Scarlett goes to Gunnar's party and tells him she still feels that spark with him. He says he just doesn't feel anything. So – even though she broke up with him last time- she runs out and is all sad and full of woe and tells Rayna she has no control over her life and can't take it anymore. Then she shows up the next morning at Rayna's house to apologize. Rayna says Scarlett has got talent but she's got to really want it. Scarlett says she wants it, but didn't know how hard it would be or what it'd be like on stage. She says it's magic on stage and she loves it more than she hates it.
Have we seen that? Maybe we've missed that between all the complaining and whining tonight. I sure don't see that passion at all.
Oh, Deacon got offered a solo contract. Luke says it's good to see Deacon out there instead of being Rayna's support system.
Gunnar goes back and makes up with Zoey.
Rayna runs into Deacon and they say they shouldn't work together anymore because it's too easy to fall back into bad habits.
Luke comes on over to Rayna's and she invites him to meet the girls. Guess they are getting serious.
Next week: It's Brad Paisley and Nascar. And Scarlett seems to be taking some pills.


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Q&A: Microsoft's Spencer on Xbox One Demand
The introduction of Microsoft's next-generation game console has not gone smoothly.
Initially, the company upset some users by introducing new rules restricting the sale and trade of game disks, while requiring the new machine to connect to the Internet every day. Even though it reversed those policies,the perception that Microsoft had stumbled became a theme that echoed across the Internet months before the launch.
And then, Don Mattrick, the Microsoft executive running the Xbox business, left the company to become Zynga's CEO.
Sony helped its own cause by announcing that the PS4 would start selling at $399 when it becomes available on Nov. 15. That's $100 less than Microsoft's $499 price for the Xbox One, which launches on Nov. 22. Sony has said it has received more than one million pre-orders globally for the machine.
Phil Spencer, the head of Microsoft Studios and the person responsible for content on the Xbox One, said the company is in good shape with the Xbox One, which is now coming off the production lines. While he wouldn't specify a pre-order number for the Xbox One, Mr. Spencer said it could come up with a total that's "one more" if it wanted to get into the numbers game with Sony.
He spoke with the Wall Street Journal ahead of the Tokyo Game Show about how this holiday season was shaping up. Edited excerpts follow:
WSJ: There's a perception that Microsoft stumbled a little with the introduction of the Xbox One. Do you feel like you've been able to recover from that?
Spencer: If you look at the metrics that matter for the business like pre-orders, buzz around the launch portfolio and the content, we feel incredibly good. Our pre-order numbers are bigger than they were for the original Xbox, bigger than they were for the 360, and, frankly at this point, we're managing our pre-order number to make sure that we have availability in stores on day one.
Now you want to turn pre-orders into actual sales. I actually think this generation – and the fact that it's head-to-head competition this holiday – is probably going to play out more next holiday and beyond. We've been fortunate enough to have built a franchise around Xbox that has millions of fans worldwide. This holiday, I think you have a lot of people lining up, because they're fans of the franchises and the platform, but over a two- or three-year period, you start to get some of those swing consumers making decisions. I would take a longer term view.
WSJ: And Halo is coming next year, right?
Spencer: Yes, the journey begins in 2014. I like to say it's the reason why I still have a job, because, in many ways, the original Halo justified the original Xbox as a gaming platform. It became the breakout hit. It was foundational in creating Xbox Live when Halo 2 came out. I'm really excited to see what 343 does with Halo on Xbox One. I think that's going to be great. Coming out of Halo 4, the fastest selling videogame of all-time, 343 Industries team has done a great job with the first one and I think they'll do a nice job with the next one.
WSJ: Why not make it available at launch?
Spencer: Halo is our most important entertainment franchise at the company. It's a $3 billion franchise if you look at all the products that have been sold for Halo. As a standalone business, as a standalone entity, it's a really important franchise. You want to make sure you have the right product in market. There's the axiom that a game is only late once, but it's bad forever.
You want to make sure when that game comes out that it's true to the heritage of what Halo is. Halo's been a strong franchise for us for over a decade and I want to keep it that way. We've got 23 launch games this year, more launch games than we've ever had. It's an incredibly strong line-up of existing franchises and new things coming. There's also at some point more content than what people can consume.
WSJ: How do you see the standalone videogame device or traditional console affected by the changing videogame environment brought on by smartphones and tablets?
Spencer: A standalone gaming device could be seen as something from a previous generation. When we started with the Xbox One, it was about how do we design a device that integrates into the ecosystem that people already know and love, letting them bring their devices into the play experience with SmartGlass, letting me watch TV, play games browse the Web, Skype with my friends on an interface that feels very familiar to people. We're trying to turn that television sceen into an interactive screen like any other screen that I work with. I think it's important that consoles come up to speed with what these other devices do.
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An entry-level metal detector with multiple professional-quality features, the F2 from Fisher Labs® makes it easy to get started coin shooting, relic hunting, and beach hunting. Simple to operate, the F2 features a large control panel with seven big push buttons and big LCD display to make locating elusive targets easy in any environment. Packed with multiple top-of-the-line features, the F2 features an eight segment visual target display and audio features to help you differentiate desired targets from trash. This visual display includes a two-digit numeric target ID display to help you determine probable metal type. This display also includes a depth meter, target category readout, sensitivity bar graph, battery life indicator, and more. Programmed to automatically ignore most ground minerals, the F2 also features audio tone and vibration features when it locates metal, as well as a four-tone audio ID to indicate different target metals. This versatile, multipurpose detector also features a one-touch pinpoint option with numeric depth readout, coin depth indicator in motion search mode, and notch system for accepting or rejecting target categories to make your searching more productive. Weighing just 2.6 pounds (with batteries), this lightweight metal detector features an adjustable arm cuff on a well-balanced, ergonomic S-handle for greater comfort and less fatigue! Comes with all purpose 8'' concentric searchcoil and two 9V batteries. Operating frequency: 5.9 kHz. Manufacturer's five-year warranty.
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TUSCALOOSA | RiverWalk Place, the first development to combine residences with retail along Tuscaloosa's Riverwalk, was formally dedicated Tuesday afternoon.
The $14 million development consists of two three-story buildings with 22 luxury condominiums on the second and third floors and more than 16,600 square feet of retail space for shops and restaurants on the ground floor.
Located on 3.3 acres between Jack Warner Parkway and the Black Warrior River, RiverWalk Place was built by Bill Lunsford Construction and Development of Northport. Construction started in fall 2011, but development of the site has been in the works since 2004.
Lunsford's partner in the development is Mike Chambers, who redeveloped the old Spiller Furniture building on Main Street in downtown Northport.
Last week, RiverWalk Place's first business, Orange Leaf America's Frozen Yogurt, had its grand opening. And on Monday, Dec. 17, its second restaurant, Another Broken Egg, will open, serving breakfast, brunch and lunch daily from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.
"We will have a lot of menu items you will not find in Tuscaloosa," said Sara DiPalma, regional manager for Another Broken Egg.
"It is a high-end, family-oriented restaurant," she said of the eatery, which is new to West Alabama. Its menu includes different types of omelets, different types of eggs Benedict, gluten-free and vegetarian items, burgers, sandwiches and salads, with all items available throughout the day.
The restaurant is a franchised operation. The first Another Broken Egg opened in Mandeville, La., in 1994, and its second restaurant opened a few years later in Destin, Fla.
The chain also has restaurants in the Birmingham and Huntsville areas.
Tenants for the additional retail space at RiverWalk Place have not been announced. The original plans for the development showed space for a third restaurant and four specialty retailers.
Brandon Clark, who handles the retail leasing for RiverWalk Place, said 16 of the one- and two-bedroom condominiums have been sold. The condominiums sell for $475,000 to $525,000 each.
Clark said RiverWalk Place was designed to set the bar for other mixed-use developments in the Riverwalk area. The city of Tuscaloosa has zoned the area for such developments, blending residences with commercial and retail shops.
RiverWalk Place is built on the site of one of the original locks on the Black Warrior River. That lock was built in 1880 and was in use until the new Oliver lock replaced it around 1960.
Some of the old lock is still visible along the property's riverbank, and some of the limestone blocks from the lock have been incorporated into a centerpiece in the courtyard at RiverWalk Place.
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NEW YORK (October 22, 2012)—President Barack Obama captured 65 percent of the vote to beat Republican Mitt Romney in the Nickelodeon network's "Kids Pick the President" vote, Nickelodeon's Linda Ellerbee said Monday.
More than 520,000 people cast online ballots through the children's network's website over one week earlier this month.
Since it began in 1988, the kids have presaged the adults' vote all but once, when more youngsters voted for John Kerry over George W. Bush in 2004.
Mr. Obama answered questions submitted by Nickelodeon viewers for a special earlier this month, but Romney didn't participate.


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Next Race: Sunday, October 11, 2015Race Day Registration 7 a.m.1/2 Marathon begins at 7:30 a.m.5K&10K begin at 8:30 a.m.1 or 2 mile Fun Run/Walk - 9:30 a.m.At Fort Keogh, 243 Fort Keogh Road, Miles City, MT
Spaghetti Dinner - Saturday, October 11, 2014Range Rider's Museum 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.Free for all race participants, packet pick-up will be available on site. Bring a friend too ... it's a freewill donation for guests.
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ONEONTA | When it comes to rockin' the SUNY (SOO'-nee) system, Oneonta tops the charts.
Somewhere Up There, a five-member rock band from the State University of New York College at Oneonta, has been named the winner of the first SUNY Music Madness contest. They beat out another band of SUNY Oneonta students — Hello, Seattle — for the top honors in a contest that collected votes from among the 64-campus SUNY system.
Somewhere Up There won by 31 votes when voting closed Wednesday afternoon. More than 10,000 votes were cast in three rounds of voting for the more than 12 groups that competed.
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Much of the storage on the market today is management-intensive—resulting in complexity, human error, and an inability to move data without downtime or service level impacts. As part of a dynamic and unpredictable virtualized or cloud environment, these complications start to look more like chaos.
HP Converged Storage makes storage management autonomic—replacing manual tasks with built-in automation and virtualization that responds instantly to demands placed on your array. It's storage provisioning, tiering and ongoing change management that happens intelligently, at a sub-system level and without administrator intervention. Autonomic management makes storage systems self-configuring, self-optimizing, self-monitoring and self-healing. It's storage that just works, so you can work on other things.
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After installing Ubuntu 10.10, I had a strange feeling I was seeing something that was already old. Yes, Ubuntu is a fantastic desktop system, and yes it's better than Windows. But today, in 2010, that's almost a given. And that's not enough. The IT world is changing, and PCs themselves as a whole are getting old. The mass is moving towards tablets, mobiles machines, and netbooks. Ubuntu, the way it is today, might be the best choice in a dinosaur world. I can't read Mark Shuttleworth's mind, but I can only guess this is exactly what he felt when he decided to switch to Unity (for the UI) and Wayland (for the graphics architecture). Let me explain what all of this means.
Unity and Wayland
When Ubuntu seemed to have reached a placid stability (which is not a good thing, if you ask me, when applied to software), Mark Shuttleworth came out with two incredible steps: the first one, was to switch to Unity. The second one was to abandon xorg and move to Wayland.
The switch to Unity is major. In fact, I would go as far as saying that it's the bravest thing a GNU/Linux distribution has ever done. Basically, with Unity you throw away the desktop analogy with your computer, and you embrace the "computer as a tool" analogy. The general feel you get is the same you have when you use your Android device, or your iPhone. A video is worth a million words: see The unity ad to get a better idea. I finally see Unity as something that anybody can use, which includes my grandfather. This move is going to be immensely controversial, but I think it will win in the long run.
Switching away from X (and xorg) and onto Wayland to manage video output is also an incredibly big step, which is probably going to be as controversial as the switch to Unity. Right now, when you see your graphical interface, you are actually running a server on your computer. Anybody with the right permissions can run a program in Africa, and display their output on your screen in Australia. In simple words, in order to display anything, programs "connect" to a X server and tell it what to draw, where, and how. 99.9% of the time, the program runs locally, and it connects to a local X server (xorg) which then draw things onto the local monitor (so much for Africa and Australia!). There are two problems with this: 1) There is a marked overhead for a feature, remote displaying, that is very rarely used 2) More advanced programs, like the ones that use 3D, will often have glitches with colours, effects, etc. Wayland is a software layer that sits right on top of the graphic card. An X server can then be run on top of it (unlike what happens today, where xorg also contains video drivers). With such a configuration, you will have some programs that display their output by talking directly to Wayland, and some other programs that will display their output connecting to the X server (which will then use Wayland to display things onto the local monitor). The whole idea of abandoning the X architecture is a scary thought for any Unix user. The main issue is that you miss out on "network transparency" -- with X, you can have a server without a monitor, and 30 clients displaying (thanks to their X servers) the output of the programs running on the server. Or, as I said, you could be in Australia and use a program that is running in Africa. But, I have to say that in my 15 years of using Unix, I only needed network transparency probably four times -- and I could have lived without it. However, big Edubuntu deployments are based on X's network transparency. If Wayland becomes very strong, and programs in 5, 10 years start talking to Wayland instead of X to draw their stuff, then the magic behind Edubuntu will become impossible. But, this is a big "if" -- programs are more likely to have the option to either display things by talking to X, or by using Wayland.
The reasons behind the switch
The switch to Unity came from the acknowledgement that the way people experience computing has changed. It is not "changing"... it has changed. Millions of people are getting more and more accustomed to using their Apple and Android tablets, and their phones. Computers are no longer boxes with programs, but tools to communicate. In an enlightening interview with Arstechnica, Mark explained why they switched to Unity. The reasons, in short, are:
- Dissatisfaction with GNOME's Mutter window manager (in terms of performance)
- Rejection of Zeitgeist by GNOME. from Wikipedia: "Zeitgeist is a service which logs the users's activities and events, anywhere from files opened to websites visited and conversations. It makes this information readily available for other applications to use in form of timelines and statistics. It is able to establish relationships between items based on similarity and usage patterns by applying data association algorithms such as "Winepi" and "A Priori". Zeitgeist was a high priority for Ubuntu, but the GNOME project rejected it for GNOME 3.0
- Differences in what the Ubuntu team thought the UI should look like, for example by GNOME's rejection of the global menubar.
Basically, Mark wants Ubuntu to have smooth and spotless effects; have applications that are aware of what the user is doing, and (more importantly) what he or she often does; have an innovative and simple UI that breaks away from the normal "desktop computing" interface.
The switch from X to Wayland is explained in Mark's blog entry about Wayland:
But we don't believe X is setup to deliver the user experience we want, with super-smooth graphics and effects. I understand that it's possible to get amazing results with X, but it's extremely hard, and isn't going to get easier. Some of the core goals of X make it harder to achieve these user experiences on X than on native GL, we're choosing to prioritize the quality of experience over those original values, like network transparency.
The future
The future is interesting. Before seeing Ubuntu's moves, I honestly thought that Ubuntu, along with the whole desktop computing world, was heading for extinction. This saddened me, but I thought that the steps needed to "save" Ubuntu would have been way too daring for anybody to make. I was wrong. It looks like in the future, as far as Linux is concerned, we might have Android tablets, along with Ubuntu ones. They will have different markets: the Ubuntu ones will target all those people who are moving away from desktop computing, but aren't willing to lose all of their existing GNU/Linux programs by moving to Android. One thing is certain: GNU/Linux is exciting again.
X future
I don't believe X will somehow become defunct and die because of Wayland. X.org improved upon XFree86, but as a natural evolution then a competitor. And many OSS Projects and forks have proven in my mind the benefits of competition. A disturbed X.org will improve it in the long run IMHO.
Ubuntu, Unity and Wayland
I don't think that the switch to Wayland will be as controversial as the decision to go with the Unity desktop instead of Gnome 3.
The case for Wayland is technical and it's not exactly unique. Who speaks now of X86? Technology evolves. However, the real problems will arise with Unity.
I'm not so sure that the desktop paradigm is dead in the water. Yes, it's true that people are increasingly using mobile phones and tablets to access the web but I'm not entirely convinced that if they still also use laptops too, they will want to replicate the GUI of smaller mobile devices. Eye candy is always fun of course but the more of it we use the more it obscures the underlying nature of file systems.
When Unity comes out it will be the Ubuntu default but this is GNU/Linux and it will still be possible to boot into a different desktop environment. We do this already. At boot time I have a choice of desktops to run: Gnome, KDE, Lubuntu and LXDE. I could add more. Hopefully Unity will be just another option.
Futurology is an uncertain business but I can predict one thing. Sooner or later people are going to fork the project and Gnome Shell 3 will be available.
It's clear that Shuttleworth's decision to go with Unity has been, as your article understands, a "commercial" one with an eye on the mobile/tablet market and Android. Fair enough but as he himself said, Debian is the rock on which Ubuntu has been built and that means that those users and developers who are happy with existing desktops can go their own way. It's happened with X86 and OpenOffice, get_iplayer and Songbird, to mention a few.
Things are about to get very interesting.
Network transparency
Network transparency is changing. The web is a giant network transparent app. HTML5 allow much better UIs to be built.
Maybe the question should be, why are you using gtk/qt instead of HTML5 to build your GUI?
Switching from X to Wayland
Switching from X.org to Wayland is hardly the same as switching from XFree86 to X.org. Both X.org and XFree86 are implementations of the X Window System, while Wayland introduces an entirely new window system that almost every graphical applications ought to be rewritten for.
Several projects have attempted to replace the X Window System, but failed in part because the proprietary Netscape browser for GNU/Linux wouldn't migrate. Proprietary graphical applications may be an issue for Wayland as well.
It would be possible to run a rootless X server as a Wayland client, allowing applications written for X be used inside a Wayland display. This owes in part to the fact that X is designed to be highly versatile, which arguably is one of the causes for its longevity.
I wish to correct myself
I wish to correct myself. Because the GTK+ and Qt toolkits are being ported to Wayland a simple recompile of many graphical programs will suffice.


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WASHINGTON -- The Warriors played poorly. They turned the ball over too much, settled for too many jumpers and had too many defensive lapses.
And none of it matters. Because with Saturday's 101-97 victory over the Washington Wizards, the Warriors are off to their best start since the 1991-92 season.
Golden State (13-7) has won six of its last seven games and improved to 3-0 on the seven-game trip. The last time the Warriors won seven of their first 11 road games in a season was 1993.
"We've got good momentum right now," point guard Stephen Curry said after totaling 22 points, five assists and four turnovers. "The team's playing well. We're finding all sorts of different ways to win."
Saturday's way was perhaps the least attractive this season. Warriors coach Mark Jackson said he expected a struggle because the Warriors were coming off an emotional, draining win at Brooklyn the night before.
Plus, the Wizards -- owners of the league's worst record at 2-15 -- were missing their best players, a cast of injured highlighted by point guard John Wall (left knee stress) and swingman Trevor Ariza (left calf injury). The Verizon Center wasn't as sparse as it has been over the years, but its atmosphere certainly didn't help boost the Warriors' energy.
Golden State's play reflected the circumstances. The Warriors committed 19 turnovers and took just 27 of their 81 shots in the paint (which led to a season-low 22 points in the paint). They didn't come close to matching the energy and execution exhibited in Friday's win at Brooklyn.
"I knew the guys were tired because I was tired this morning," Jackson said. "At the end of the day, they made plays, they made shots. But we found a way to put together a string of stops, a string of possessions offensively where we executed and made plays. Just another big-time victory for us."
David Lee had 24 points and 17 rebounds for the Warriors, and Klay Thompson chipped in with 23 points on 8-of-14 shooting, including 5 for 9 on 3-pointers.
In what's becoming a characteristic of this team, the Warriors buckled down when they had to and made the necessary plays to win.
"We definitely knew what was at stake," said backup guard Charles Jenkins, who scored six of the 29 bench points. "These are normally the games that slip away coming off big games. ... I think we did a good job collectively of making great plays at the end even though we didn't do so well in the beginning."
Things got interesting down the stretch. The second of two consecutive Jordan Crawford 3-pointers cut the Warriors' lead to 95-92 inside a minute left. The lead was down to a point after rookie guard Bradley Beal nailed a 3-pointer with 8.8 seconds left. Curry responded with two free throws to push Golden State's lead back to three.
Golden State fouled intentionally to prevent a game-tying 3-pointer, sending Beal to the line with 4.2 seconds left. After he made the first one, he missed the second one intentionally. Somehow, he got his own rebound and, with two seconds left, had a good look at a game-tying layup. But rookie center Festus Ezeli got a piece of it.
Carl Landry came up with the loose ball and sealed the game with two free throws. Once again, the Warriors had done what victory required.
The Warriors now head to Charlotte (7-12) with a chance to secure a winning trip. Victory would also give them eight road wins, equaling their total from last season.
"Our team is going into these games and believing we're going to win," Lee said. "We just have to see how the game shakes out, and different guys are stepping up every single night. We're trying to just believe in one another, get stops and get rebounds. It's working out well so far."


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Oklahoma faces Texas in the annual AT&T Red River Rivalry on Saturday, while Kansas is home against Oklahoma State. The Sooners are currently ranked No. 13 in the latest AP Poll and are ranked No. 10 in the USA Today Coaches'
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My CPU seems to be 'peaking' at 70% which I think is the problem. I have tried a number of encoder options without no notieable change. If I pause the movie for 20 seconds and then hit play it runs for about 15 seconds then starts stuttering again.
I also tried running PS3 Mediaserver from my Vista PC which is a Q6600. The streaming was slightly better although I noticed stuttering above 100Mb/sec.
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Legislature Failed to Help the Many Who Need Health Insurance
Published: Saturday, May 25, 2013 at 12:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, May 24, 2013 at 8:37 p.m.
While the Florida Legislature probably thinks it deserves a pat on the back, I would say its accomplishments at the very least fell short of helping less fortunate people, the middle class and those with no health insurance.
It is mind-boggling that those elected by the people of Florida to serve our best interest would deliberately do just the opposite.
By blocking Medicaid expansion, the Legislature is playing politics at the expense of health care for more than a million Floridians. These same Legislators are potentially costing Florida businesses as much as $150 million a year in tax penalties by failing to accept federal funds to expand Medicaid.
So what has our governor done? Stood on the sideline and watched it happen and allowed them to go home.
If he were an effective governor, he would demand that they return to Tallahassee and do the job they were elected to do.
Florida stands to lose $51 billion in federal funds if we don't implement the Medicaid-expansion component of the Affordable Care Act. That would be a foolish decision and an irreversible mistake. Those funds (which are our tax dollars) will find their way to other states if we don't use them.
Shame on the Republican leadership that has refused to take a dime of federal funds to pay for health care, yet it continues to give away tax dollars for corporate tax breaks.
All of us should be writing to the governor and demanding a special session in which lawmakers are required to do their job.
I would remind everyone they should remember those elected officials who wasted their time (which is money) with inconsequential bills instead of doing the right thing for the majority of Floridians.
Vote them out the next time.
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The time for talk is over. The time to go full speed and really hit someone in another colored jersey is finally here. After a successful summer season of 7-on-7 championships and team-building activities, the Marceline Tigers will take Black Rage football to the field this Friday night.
The Tigers open at Chester Ray Stadium against the Knox County Eagles in a non-conference battle. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
"We had a good practice and film study," said Head Coach Paul Thomas. "We are ready to go for the regular season. Many times your biggest improvement as a team is between week one and week two. I am hopeful we have that kind of improvement between the jamboree and this week.
The Eagles are long-standing members of the Tri-Rivers Conference, and are no strangers to local football fans.
Last season, Knox County went 7-4 (3-2 in the TRC), and lost to Westran in the regional playoff round. The Eagles took third place in the Tri-Rivers one year ago.
Tigers fans can expect to see a Wing-T offense from Knox, with a lot of misdirection and a run-first attack. "They run a lot of no-huddle out of the Wing-T and some pistol," said Coach Thomas. "We are going to have to be ready at all times defensively. They run the football really well. Their quarterback is really good, and can run and pass equally well."
Defensively, the Eagles will attack Marceline's offense from the base 4-3 defense. Last season, Knox County allowed 20.8 points per game last season. "They run a Cover Two behind a 4-3," said Coach Thomas. "This is different than they ran against us last year. They are going to be aggressive and have some size in the middle. We are going to have to block better than we did at the jamboree."
In their last match-up, week one of last season at Edina, the Tigers won in a 35-0 blowout to start their campaign off on the right foot. Fans of Black Rage football will be hoping for a similar showing to thrill the home crowd this Friday night at Chester Ray Stadium.
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Bearded poets return for annual reading
Published: Sunday, February 3, 2013 at 3:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, January 31, 2013 at 8:28 p.m.
There's a history of beards and bearded poets in Spartanburg, and the Hub City Bookshop is celebrating this tradition with the second annual Bearded Men poetry reading at 6 p.m. Friday.
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When: 6 p.m. Friday
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Former Hub-Bub writers-in-residence Eric Kocher and Patrick Whitfill will read alongside resident Spartanburg poet John Lane. They all just happen to have beards, and they all just happen to write poetry. Local historian Brad Steinecke, also bearded, will give an introduction about the history of bearded men in Spartanburg.
Kocher received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature from Binghamton University and a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Houston, where he was an assistant poetry editor for Gulf Coast. Some of his work has appeared or is forthcoming in Boston Review, DIAGRAM, Octopus, The Offending Adam and Washington Square Review.
In 2011, he was named one of the 50 Best New Poets in America. Kocher teaches writing at the University of South Carolina Upstate and the Boys & Girls Club of the Upstate.
Whitfill was Hub-Bub's 2008-09 writer-in-residence and a Best New Poet in 2009. He holds a Ph.D. in poetry from Texas Tech University. He teaches writing at USC Upstate and Wofford College and sells books at the Hub City Bookshop when he's not writing poetry.
Lane has written more than a dozen books of poetry and prose, including "Abandoned Quarry: New and Selected Poems." Among his many awards, he has received an NEA Poetry Apprenticeship Grant and a Hoyns Fellowship in Poetry from the University of Virginia.
He is a co-founder of the Hub City Writers Project and teaches environmental literature and creative writing at Wofford.
For more information, call 577-9349 or visit hubcity.org.
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- Nov 18:
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- Vernon Davis, Eric Reid active for 49ers
You're going to be tempted to blame the 49ers' 23-20 road loss to the New Orleans Saints on the momentum-changing personal foul call on Ahmad Brooks. Resist the urge. That's just the illusion talking.
It may try to soothe you with hopes of Michael Crabtree coming back, of Colin Kaepernick returning to sensational, and everything will be fine. The illusion is tricky that way.
Suck it up and face reality: These 49ers are NOT who you thought they were.
If you still think this team is a contender in the NFC West, the illusion has you captured. If you're still mentioning San Francisco and Super Bowl in the same sentence, blow your nose and check for pixie dust.
The 49ers, losers of two straight for the second time this season, are 6-4 after Sunday's loss at New Orleans. Formerly a popular pick as the league's best team, Jim Harbaugh's crew is stuck in the mire of NFL mediocrity with the likes of Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia and Arizona.
Catching Seattle for the division title is pretty much a pipe dream. Home-field advantage in the first round is looking like a reach. At this point, talk of playoffs requires faith.
Who's got it better than us? Um, half the NFC.
"Our ultimate goal is to find a way to get into the playoffs," All-Pro linebacker Patrick Willis said. "The last two years we've been able to control our own destiny. I think It's a little bit harder now. If we just stay together and continue to fight, we have the team to get in there. That's the key, to get in. Once you get in, anything is possible."
That's where the 49ers are, hoping to get in and get hot. The difference between 7-3 and 6-4 is the difference between confidence and panic.
Confidence was almost on the 49ers' side. Up a field goal late in the fourth quarter, Brooks came with a clutch third-and-2 sack on Saints quarterback Drew Brees, his jarring hit popping the ball loose. Willis recovered the fumble, which would have given the 49ers the ball.
But Brooks was flagged for a personal foul, his hit deemed too close to the head and neck area. The forced turnover was erased, leaving the 49ers an easy target for their second disappointing loss at The Superdome in 2013, the other being the Super Bowl.
"That was the game, basically," Brooks said. "At the last second, (Brees) ducked his head."
That illusion again.
The 49ers didn't lose this game because of that play. They seemed discombobulated most of the game. They committed enough slapstick plays in the fourth quarter alone to make Jim Carrey giggle.
Running back Frank Gore, whose name is sacred among scarlet and gold faithful for all the times he's come through, dropped a gimmie though untouched and no one between him and the end zone.
The 49ers had it first down in the red zone after the second critical reception of the drive for Anquan Boldin. But for some reason, they never looked his way again and wound up settling for a field goal.
There's more. Jon Baldwin had no idea where the ball was on a critical third-down play, leading to an incompletion and a punt. Kassim Osgood had no idea a fair catch was called, giving Brees a 15-yard head start on the game-winning drive. The offensive line blew assignments twice on the 49ers' last drive (or maybe they thought it was a good time to run the ball and eat clock).
Harbaugh wasted his two challenges in the first half. The noise and poor play management had Kaepernick burning timeouts like he bought them in bulk from Costco.
The 49ers are just a mess right now. They are not the juggernaut of physicality who bullied teams into submission. They're no longer explosive on offense, their double-threat quarterback reduced to a dink-and-dunker. They're scarcely even disciplined.
In that respect, maybe Sunday's loss is a good thing. Maybe it prompts a trip back to the drawing board or stirs up some urgency from a team playing like the light bulb will go off any second.
Certainly, a turnaround is possible. The schedule is favorable even if you count the Seahawks rematch as a loss. Crabtree's return figures to help unshackle the 49ers offense. And the defense, while not as dominant as the recent past, is holding its own.
But that's what it would be -- a turnaround. Because these 49ers are not a Super Bowl contender. Don't believe the illusion.
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SAN JOSE -- Police are seeking the public's help in identifying the driver of a car that struck a pedestrian and sped away Wednesday morning, leaving the man in the roadway to be hit by a second car.
The victim, who has not been identified pending notification of next of kin, was pronounced dead at the scene near Alum Rock and Jackson avenues around 6:15 a.m. An official at the Santa Clara County coroner's office said he appears to be a transient.
The car that first hit the man is described only as a dark-colored sedan.
"We don't have a lot to go off," said San Jose police Officer Albert Morales. "We can't even pinpoint the make of the vehicle."
Morales said they hope someone will see a car with recent front-end damage or have other knowledge about the crash.
"The driver might tell a friend, who will tell another friend who might tell us," Morales said. "Some people brag about things for some reason."
The driver of the second car who hit the victim immediately stopped and has cooperated with police. The man was about 30 feet from a crosswalk, police said, and had just crossed the median on Alum Rock when he was struck.
Anyone with information about the crash is asked to call the police department's traffic unit at 408-277-4654. Those wishing to remain anonymous can call Silicon Valley Crime Stoppers at 408-947-7867.
Contact Eric Kurhi at 408-920-5852. Follow him at Twitter.com/erickurhi.


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(NEWSER) – Any old bullet can kill an Islamic terrorist, but is that enough? The people at South Fork Industries in Idaho don't think so, so they've created what they're calling "Jihawg Ammo," bullets coated with paint that has been infused with pork. The airtight logic is that hitting Muslims with the bullets will make them unclean under Islamic law. "With Jihawg Ammo, you don't just kill an Islamist terrorist, you also send him to hell," the company boasted in a press release.


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Middle-schoolers in Columbia County are learning all about the birds and the bees.
Keith Deltano was in the gym at Columbia Middle School the afternoon of April 24 talking to students about abstinence.
Deltano says he brings the real facts about teenagers and sex, but packages it in comedy so the kids will be more receptive.
The former teacher says he wants to bust some of the myths kids believe: like everyone's doing it, and oral sex isn't dangerous.
"The comedy is kind of a left jab to set them up for the facts and the facts are that sex in high school and middle school is a risky proposition," Deltano says.
He'll also speak to parents at a dessert reception at 6:30 p.m. April 27 at the Savannah Rapids Pavilion.
Deltano says parents are often in denial, and the point of meeting with them is to tell them what's actually happening and what they can do.


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All Henderson County local government offices and agencies and the Henderson County Courthouse will be closed Thursday.
The main branch of the Henderson County library will close at 5 p.m., and all other branches close at 5:30 p.m. All branches will be closed Thursday.
The Henderson County Visitor's Center will remain open on Thursday, operating under holiday hours from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Henderson County parks are open 365 days a year. The delivery of emergency services will not be disrupted.
Municipal offices for Hendersonville, Flat Rock, Fletcher, Mills River and Laurel Park will be closed Thursday. In Hendersonville and Laurel Park, garbage collection will remain on normal schedule.
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While most of us try to think outside of the box, Cat Bordhi prefers to think outside of the loop.
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CORPUS CHRISTI – Johnathan Jordan's runner in the lane with four seconds left proved the difference as the Texas A&M – Corpus Christi men's basketball team posted a 67-65 win over Central Arkansas on Saturday night at the American Bank Center. Playing in his final game in an Islanders uniform, senior Chris Hawkins-Mast delivered a career-high 25 points in the victory.
Junior Terence Jones had his second career double-double, scoring 15 points and snaring a career-high 10 rebounds in the victory. Jordan scored 10 points to go with four assists, and Hameed Ali added nine points for the Islanders. A&M – Corpus Christi shot 54.5 percent in the game, including a 12-for-17 (70.6 percent) performance in the second half.
UCA had three players finish in double figures, with LaQuentin Miles' 18 leading the way. Jarvis Garner added 15 and Mark Rutledge scored 12 for the Bears.
The Bears started off the game with an 8-4 lead early on. But a jumper by Hameed Ali jumpstarted the Islanders to a 14-2 run to open an 18-10 advantage of their own. The Islanders stepped up their defensive effort to key the rally, slowing the Bears' fast-paced attack and neutralizing their press defense at the same time. After a Rutledge three trimmed it to 18-13, the Islanders ran off nine straight points to push the advantage to 27-13, with a Hawkins-Mast fast-break dunk capping it off.
But the Bears battled back at that point, using their press to halt the Islanders momentum. UCA embarked on a 16-2 run of their own to draw even with the Islanders, as they held the home team without a field goal for a span of 8:36. A&M – Corpus Christi was able to head into the locker room with the lead, as a Hawkins-Mast free throw and a jumper by Jones with 30 seconds left put the team up 32-29 at the break.
At the start of the second half the Islanders and Bears went back-and-forth, keeping the score close over the next several minutes. Down 36-32, the Bears put together a 10-1 run over the next 3:30 to build a 42-37 lead over the Islanders for the first time since the opening minutes. The Islanders fought back with a 12-2 run of their own, though, with two layups by Hawkins-Mast and a three-ball by Jones the key plays.
From there, the two teams traded points over the next several possessions, with most of the damage both ways being done at the free-throw line. UCA continued to chip away at the lead, and a Robert Crawford three drew them even, 58-58, and two free throws by Rutledge pushed them back to the lead.
The Islanders came right back, though, with Maxey and Hawkins-Mast combining for three free throws to put the home team back ahead, 61-60. Rutledge followed by hitting 1-of-2 from the line to knot the score at 61-all once again. After Jones hit a huge jumper with 1:50 left, the Bears drew even, with Jarvis Garner's jumper from the left side making it 63 apiece. Hawkins-Mast put the home team ahead on the ensuing possession with a spinning layup inside, putting the home team ahead with 52 seconds to play.
The Bears drew up a play for Crawford on their next possession, and his three-point attempt sailed short, but right into the arms of Miles, who put it back to knot the score at 65-65 with 25 seconds left. After an Islanders timeout, Jordan held the ball at the top of the key, drove right and let loose a floater from just outside the lane, and it rattled home to give the Islanders a two-point lead. UCA got the ball into the hands of Rutledge for the win, but his three from the left corner came up short and the Islanders pulled out the victory.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- The Giants hardly needed the recovery of Hunter Pence's stolen scooter to stay on their major roll Wednesday.
When things are falling into place like they are right now, though, a happy ending to the scooter caper was a fitting postscript to a superb six-game homestand. The Giants shut out the Chicago Cubs for the second straight day, this time 5-0, and concluded their latest AT&T Park run with five victories in six games.
Lots of good baseball stuff happened on this day for the Giants, who climbed to a major league-best 15 games over .500 at 34-19. Pablo Sandoval continued his torrid streak with an RBI hit in his eighth straight game and it broke a 0-0 tie in the sixth inning. Despite a 32-pitch first inning, Tim Lincecum tight-roped his way through five no-hit innings, and the bullpen carried that no-no into the seventh. Hector Sanchez engineered the two-hit shutout behind the plate, then whacked a game-breaking two-run double in the seventh.
In the aftermath, though, Pence's scooter stole the show. A horde of cameramen and photographers surrounded the now-famous two-wheel vehicle in the clubhouse after the game to grab a shot of it, and Pence drew the biggest media crowd among the many Giants heroes.
"We can all sleep tonight, he got his scooter back," said manager Bruce Bochy. "I think whoever took it felt the pressure and said, 'I'm out of here. I'm getting rid of this thing.' "
The scooter turned up in the middle of the game, just before the Giants finally broke a scoreless tie.
"I was running in from the outfield and (reliever Juan) Gutierrez had this huge smile on his face and he high-fived me," said Pence. "I said, 'What just happened?' and he said, 'They got your scooter!' It was pretty exciting."
The scooter was parked next to Lincecum's locker and he had to share the spotlight with it. But after laboring through five tough innings and 96 pitches, he was in good humor about things considering how the game turned out.
"Three cops brought it in," Lincecum said. "We don't even get that kind of chaperone to the airport."
It was another messy but admirable performance by the Giants right-hander, who walked four and hit a batter but managed to keep the Cubs off the scoreboard with the help of a spectacular first-inning play by Sandoval and a couple of breaks in a duel with former Giant Nate Schierholtz. Schierholtz hit a screamer to right that was inches foul, then hit a liner to first baseman Buster Posey to end the inning.
From that point, Lincecum settled in and pitched much better until a small blister developed on his right middle finger that kept him from extending his no-hitter beyond five innings.
"I'm starting to make a habit of taking out guys with no-hitters," said Bochy, who had to remove Matt Cain with one after three innings last week because of the pitcher's hamstring problem. "(Lincecum's) pitch count was up there pretty good, he'd worked hard even though he had great stuff. He was starting to develop a little blister, but even with that, it was time."
Lincecum said he didn't expect the blister to impact his next start. He was more upset with the start Wednesday, even though he was generally happy with the end result.
"I found the zone more like I wanted to, but 30 pitches in the first kind of gets to you," he said. "Pablo made that great play down the line that kept everything where it needed to be, and I just went to work after that."
George Kontos (1-0) wound up getting the win when he extended the no-hitter for another 11/3 innings into the seventh, but the Cubs -- who own the longest streak of having not been no-hit, dating to 1965 -- finally broke through when former De La Salle High standout John Baker singled off Jeremy Affeldt with one out in the seventh. Jean Machi ended the threat by getting two groundouts with just three pitches, and the Giants broke it open in the bottom half.
Sandoval, meanwhile, had another banner day with two hits and a walk to hike his average to .246 after being at .167 three weeks ago. He also has driven in 13 runs during his current eight-game RBI streak.
His RBI hit in the sixth was a beauty, a liner up the middle with two strikes. When he was going bad, he was almost an automatic out when he had two strikes -- 2 for 61 at rock bottom.
"I just tried to play pepper with the pitcher, not do too much," Sandoval said.
As for the end of the scooter affair, Pence said he's thinking about auctioning the recovered machine for charity since he's already ordered new wheels.
"Maybe we have it do something good in the community since this was like a together-we're-Giant-type story," the outfielder said. "Everybody had my back, so maybe we can use the scooter to raise some money for charity."
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Giants (Ryan Vogelsong 3-2) at St. Louis (Jaime Garcia 1-0), 5:15 p.m. CSNBA
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Tim Lincecum's no-hit bit Wednesday was cut short because of a high pitch count and a small blister on his right middle finger. In his past four starts he's walked 17 but allowed only six earned runs. A look at those starts:
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Wednesday CHC W, 5-0 5.0 0 5 4 96
Friday MIN W, 6-2 6.0 2 4 6 112
May 17 MIA L, 0-5 6.0 3 6 3 114
May 12 ATL W, 4-2 7.2 1 11 4 113


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The introduction of new technology often means a significant step forward in the performance of one subprocess, but only an incremental improvement in the full product development process. In the case of Next Generation Genomics (NGG) Technologies, a series of incremental technology advancements has brought about the ability to radically change the way bioprocesses are developed and optimized. Bioprocessing in pharmaceuticals and in industrial biotech have significantly different economic drivers, but both can realize significant economic benefit from the application of these new technologies. Pharmaceutical applications are driven foremost by the cost of development, regulatory approval, and compliance, and only secondarily by process productivity. In contrast, the primary market driver of industrial bioprocesses is productivity, particularly in commodity and biofuel applications. In this paper, we focus on the practical application to biopharmaceuticals, which need to increase emphasis on productivity of manufacturing due to the continual rise in health care costs, and the expansion of access to pharmaceuticals in developing countries. In addition, there is the potential for significant impact of NGG in the emerging FDA initiative, known as quality by design (QbD).
For new biologics to be profitable, they must be developed in a cost-effective manner and optimized to produce the highest possible titers. For existing biologics to remain profitable, especially with the emergence of biosimilars, they must be efficiently optimized in order to improve productivity and scales, with the resultant lowering of cost–of–goods. Remarkably, most of the research currently conducted uses outdated tools and is performed generally on model cell lines that have been subjected to numerous population doubling events that, over time, induce extensive genetic polymorphisms, ultimately decreasing product quality and process stability (1). When it comes to production of these newly developed biologics, total economic pressure is a key driver of success. Aside from the inherent complexity (structural, glycosylation, folding, stability, etc.) of the biopharmaceutical products themselves, bioprocess engineers are also faced with the intricacy of the production process itself. For each product, a cell line with sufficient production phenotypes has to be developed. Current strategies involve time consuming, labor–intensive steps, from the introduction of the product genes to the isolation and characterization of candidate clones. Cell-line development spans several months, or in some cases, years, and involves the screening of several hundred cell clones for high productivity before a few dozen are selected as candidate production lines. The process typically lasts for up to six months for each candidate before it can enter the evaluation phase, where its efficacy and safety in animal and human subjects are determined (2). Once the process has been established and approved, follow–on improvements become very costly, each of which must address FDA's requirements for quality and safety. In the past, insufficient knowledge of the biology of the production organism and the impact of the conditions it is grown under made it difficult to maintain stabile product quality attributes when variables had changed. We believe that NGG provides a modern and comprehensive approach to address this gap.
There is also a regulatory benefit to implementing NGG techniques. In an innovative and forward–thinking move, FDA's QbD initiative emphasizes the achievement of product quality by thorough process understanding, monitoring, and control. The approach allow manufacturers to identify critical process parameters (CPPs) and the direct effects they have on product quality. Adopting QbD principles and process analytical technology (PAT) guidelines, can help ensure an overall understanding of the bioprocess, ultimately assisting manufactures to achieve process robustness, stability and quality. PAT has been defined by FDA as a mechanism to design, analyze, and control pharmaceutical manufacturing processes through the measurement of CPPs that affect various critical quality attributes (CQA). The belief is that with more complete understanding comes the ability to not only develop products more quickly, but also to knowledgably and safely optimize products and processes downstream, while continuing to maintain higher levels of quality control than previously achievable.


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Ray Stadium might be quiet now, but a week from tonight it will be packed for Meridian High's first football game of the season. The question on everyone's mind is will the stadium renovations be completed by next Friday?
Guin Kendrick, vice-president of marketing for EnviroTurf, says, "My guys are working as hard as they can to get everything ready and in time, and so we're staying on our knees praying and installing the turf at the same time."
Kendrick won't commit to a hard timetable, but believes everything will be done before the game against Clinton. Once the turf is installed, the Wildcats will have a state-of-the-art playing surface.
"They'll never miss a game because of rain. Lightning will stop you, but our fields are built to drain. They'll drain about 10 inches of water an hour. The average front yard is about 7 percent permeable. This is about 22 percent," Kendrick describes.
The same company that is installing this turf here at Ray Stadium also installed the turf at the University of West Alabama and also at East Mississippi Community College. Both have gone on to win championships since their turf was installed. Now the turf is only part of the equation. You also need the support from the community.
Craig Houston, secretary of the Meridian Alumni Football Club and former Wildcat player, says "When I came through - 84, 85, 86 - we have a lot of backers. I mean, we had people that did things for us. And you know, as times have gone on, as financial times have hardened, we just wanted to give back and give the kids some of the things that we had, some of the support that we had."
The Meridian Alumni Football Club supports the team with pre- and post-game meals. The club meets every first Wednesday at 6pm at Beef O'Brady's.