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JERUSALEM (AP) " A Jerusalem court on Monday convicted two Israeli youths in the grisly killing of a 16-year-old Palestinian boy whose slaying played into a chain of events that led to last year's Gaza war. The court at the same time delayed the verdict for the third and chief suspect in the case due to a last-minute insanity plea, sparking claims that Israel is too lenient with Jewish assailants.
MOSCOW (AP) " Russia will restrict imports of Turkish fruit and vegetables as part of a package of new sanctions following the downing of a Russian warplane by Turkey last week.
LE BOURGET, France (AP) " President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin (POO'-tihn) are meeting during global climate talks outside Paris.
LOS ANGELES (AP) " After 20 years in a Lakers uniform and a lifetime in basketball, Kobe Bryant determined that his aching body and his passion for the game had both grown weaker than his excitement about the future.
NEW YORK (AP) " New York City begins a new era in nutritional warnings this week, when chain restaurants will have to start putting a special symbol on highly salty dishes.
BALTIMORE (AP) " In Baltimore, this year can be divided into two parts: what came before Freddie Gray died and what happened afterward.
BEIJING (AP) " Beijing suffered its worst air pollution of the year on Monday, with monitoring sites throughout the city reporting extremely hazardous levels of pollutants.
NEW YORK (AP) " Donald Trump says he thinks a group of black pastors meeting with him Monday had planned to endorse him for president but were pressured out of it because he "believes all lives matter."
PARIS (AP) " The latest news from the U.N. climate conference that began Monday in Paris. All times local:
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) " A charter bus carrying college students to three Virginia campuses overturned, leaving one person seriously injured and 35 others aboard with minor injuries near the close of the holiday weekend.
LE BOURGET, France (AP) " Pushing for a powerful climate deal, President Barack Obama called the global talks opening Monday outside Paris an "act of defiance" against terrorism that proves the world stands undeterred by Islamic State-linked attacks...
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One year after The Keystone Center's inception in 1975, the Keystone Science School came into being. Starting as a science camp and school program, the school has grown to include a slew of educational programs, summer camp offerings and educator programs. Now, the school is taking the next step, separating from the Keystone Center to become its own independent nonprofit organization.
The Keystone Center's Board of Trustees recently approved the formation of a task force to assess its options. Citing divergent markets and business models, its top recommendation was to restructure the organization into two independent non-profit organizations: The Keystone Center and Keystone Science School.
"The Keystone Center and Keystone Science School have been formally linked for nearly four decades," Keystone Center president and CEO Gary Grappo stated in a written statement. "While our missions continue to be complementary and our goal is to continue working together as partners, moving forward independently, with focused attention on individual mission and markets, can ensure continued success for both Summit County-based organizations."
The school is currently in the process of becoming a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. In order to continue on in its current site, the school plans to purchase the land from The Keystone Center. Due to the center's need to meet certain obligations within the first and second quarters of 2013, the school needs to raise $2.5 million to buy the land by Jan. 31. The fundraising committee has already raised $1.4 million in pledges and has now opened the campaign to the public in hopes that community support will help achieve its goal.
Despite the changes, the school does not intend for this to affect any of its programs.
"We'll continue to offer the same strong suite of programs we've developed, remaining true to our mission and working on strengthening partnerships within the community," Ellen Reid, executive director of the school, stated in an email.
Currently, the school serves more than 5,000 students and several hundred teachers each year. Throughout the year, school programs give students the opportunity to learn more about the environment and methods of scientific inquiry. The goal is to teach students to develop critical thinking skills in a natural outdoor setting. Various community programs offer similar experiences to adults, both guests and residents of Summit County. Educator programs for teachers revolve around science, engineering, technology and math skills, with emphasis on such skills as critical thinking, teamwork and problem-solving. The trainings are free of cost to the teachers.
"I fully support this course of action as the best way to ensure that both The Keystone Center's work and the science school's excellent programs will survive and flourish," Bob Craig, founder of The Keystone Center, said in a written statement. "I and the staff of both organizations are very committed to preserving the important legacy we have built together over the past 38 years. It is urgent that we take action now to do so."
Though the school will no longer be a part of The Keystone Center, that doesn't mean the relationship is over, said Reid.
"Having worked together in tandem for nearly 40 years, we would love to continue to explore mutually beneficial ways to work with The Keystone Center wherever our missions intersect," Reid stated in an email.


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You probably know a guy like Billy Keenan and if you don't, you probably wish you did.
Some of you might know him as the lead singer of both the Summerwind Band and the Prime Time Showband, where he peeled off riffs and rock with a broad smile that lit up venues and wedding receptions throughout the tri-state area.
He's a proud Irish American and Fordham University grad who served his country overseas as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He's a high school teacher that scores of youngsters, including his sons Patrick and Kieran, look up to.
An avid surfer, the wave of fate came down hard on Keenan on September 14 of last year when he suffered a tragic accident in the water that left him with severe spinal injuries. He is now unable to use his arms and legs, requiring 24 hour care.
"I was going down the Jersey Shore for the perfect late summer day to surf and then see my good friends in Celtic Cross, who were playing the Irish festival down there," Keenan explains.
"My wife Noreen took the kids and went on the boardwalk and I took to the waves. Then this happened, and everything faded to black. I have no recollection, which is a tender mercy.
"I woke up 16 days later to this most grim reality. My arms and legs were useless to me and I was breathing on a ventilator. It's hard to tell you what that was like; it was just pure and utter devastation."
"We're still trying to get our heads around the fact that this has happened and what the long term effects might be," Keenan's sister Gerri Geoghegan says.
"We have no idea where this road is going and that can be overwhelming. We are trying not to look at it as victims. We're trying to navigate the kids toward that mentality. The kids are doing great now and we are just trying to keep that support for them going."
The months since then have been punctuated by grueling rehabilitation sessions in hospitals, and the progress has been slow.
"I have been getting stronger. By January I was off the ventilator and since then, I have been trying to focus on what I can do versus what I can't do," Keenan says.
"I have always been very athletic. Music was a huge part of my life and playing is something I can't do right now. There are days where I count my losses, and those days are hard. Now, I choose to count the blessings that I am alive."
One of the things that's gotten the family through has been the overwhelming support of family, neighbors and friends. Keenan's wife Noreen calls them the "army of angels."
Her parents have moved into her house so that the kids are cared for while she joins her husband in rehab. "I teach at North Rockland High School and that community has been amazing," Keenan says. "They are contributing their sick time into my bank so I can be on rehabilitation longer."
Maybe this is just an outpouring of love during difficult times, but perhaps it might be karma paying this kind soul back for his many years staging benefits for others?
"I've played benefits for the last 20 years since I left the army in 1993," Keenan says. "I never wanted to say no to a benefit because I know people need help. You never think you would be on the receiving end of these things, and I am really seeing the kindness and goodness of humanity show up on my doorstep on a daily basis.
"The friends we make along the way have come to my aide, and what they have done for us in our time of need has been humbling and overwhelming."
Indeed, the needs are great, including long term nursing needs.
"I desperately want to resume my teaching life but my injury was so bad that it is difficult to know if I will be back," Keenan says. "When you're the breadwinner of your family, that is a critical role."
You can imagine the crush of medical bills and how quickly they can overwhelm a young family. Now is the time to help, when the Keenans need it most.
The Irish American community around New York has heard the call for help and answered it with a series of concerts and records to benefit the family as part of the #KeenanStrong charity.
He is adored by fellow musicians in the tight-knit Irish American community, including Kathleen Fee and the lads in Celtic Cross. They have organized a series of rocking events in early May to help the family keep their head above water.
The list of artists who answered the call for help is truly jaw-dropping: Eileen Ivers, Jameson's Revenge, Joanie Madden, McLean Avenue Band, Girsa, Bergen Irish Pipe Band, Broken Banjo Strings, The Canny Brothers, Andy Cooney, Cunningham Brothers, Dennis Gallery and Celtic Justice, the Narrowbacks, NYPD Pipes and Drums, Primetime Showband, John Nolan, John Reynolds and Margie Mulvihill and the Verlin School of Irish Dance will all converge for the cause on the first weekend in May to make a difference in the lives of a family struggling to keep afloat in the face of these rough circumstances.
The concerts fan out over three venues. Saturday, May 3 finds Celtic Cross and the Narrowbacks headlining a show at Rory Dolan's on McLean Avenue in Yonkers while the Canny Brothers and Cunningham Brothers lead a pack at the Irish American Center on Willis Avenue in Mineola, Long Island at the same time.


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Hello all. I cannot install the PS3 Media Server onto Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. I get the following error message.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
ps3mediaserver : Depends : ps3mediaserver-multiarch but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
The commands I used are:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:happy-neko/ps3mediaserver
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ps3mediaserver
I do not know what the "ps3mediaserver-multiarch" part is about at all. I have searched high and low but no one seems to really know. I have even posted on the Ubuntu official support site and no one there seems to know either. Anyone have any ideas on a way to get PS3 Media Server install on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS? O_o Any feed back is much appreciated.
EDIT: I also have installed mencoder, ffmpeg and other transcoding tools like VLC, ect. This did not assist in solving the issue.


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The NFTS is second to none. Producing a host of award winning students and graduates, and many of the UK's most noted contemporary auteurs as well as commercial filmmakers. It operates from its own historic studios running more specialist MA's than any other film school in the world. And you don't need a degree - you just need talent and a great portfolio!
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Fire Investigator, police chief testify about deadly 2010 explosion in Colebrook
Mr. Sanborn is charged with two counts each of negligent homicide and manslaughter, stemming from an explosion at his manufacturing facility in Colebrook that killed employees Donald Kendall and Jesse Kennett on May 14, 2010. The jury trial began with opening statements on September 30, and continued throughout the week with testimony from over 15 witnesses including various federal, state and local officials.
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BOSTON -- Yoenis Cespedes didn't help his injured hamstring by busting it down the first base line in the 10th inning Sunday. But that burst of speed helped the A's tremendously, providing the game-winning RBI on a ball hit less than 90 feet.
That salvaged a 3-2 win over the Boston Red Sox and averted a three-game sweep in the A's only scheduled visit to Fenway Park this season.
It was a victory that probably cost the A's the use of outfielder Josh Reddick, who suffered a sprained left ankle, for at least a day or two.
The club also has to be concerned about Cespedes, who has been hitting up a storm since missing four games on the 6-4 trip after his left hamstring started barking. Now it's barking again. Cespedes' run to first Sunday beat the throw by third baseman Will Middlebrooks with the bases loaded and two outs, allowing Jed Lowrie to break a 2-all tie.
Jim Johnson pitched a scoreless bottom of the 10th to secure the win after getting the A's out of a jam in the ninth by getting Jonny Gomes to ground into an inning-ending double play.
Cespedes said he didn't feel the hamstring while making his mad dash to first in the 10th. "It started to hurt a little when I stopped running," he said.
After the game, he had ice packs on both knees and hamstrings, one reason the A's are likely to bring an outfielder to Oakland before Monday's game with the Seattle Mariners.
Cespedes doesn't want to come out of the lineup when the A's (19-12) face Seattle in the first of four games, including a doubleheader Wednesday. He played in six games on the trip and went 7 for 21 with four doubles and six RBIs.
"I can play when it hurts a little," the left fielder said. "Why should I stop now?"
Reddick, who was getting his ankle iced after the game, doesn't want to come out of the lineup, either. But he had to be assisted off the field after grounding into an inning-ending double play in the ninth, completing a miserable weekend for the right fielder. He went 0 for 10 with five double plays against his old team, then suffered the ankle injury trying to get out of the batter's box.
"There was a nice big hole in the box," Reddick said. "I'm hoping it's not too serious."
Manager Bob Melvin, who likes to take it easy with ankle injuries, said he will wait to see how Reddick feels when he gets to the park Monday before deciding the next course of action.
As the A's left Boston, they knew they had come up big in what baseball types call "character wins." After losing two games and hitting not a lick, the A's survived bad calls, another challenged play that went against them and errors that could have crippled them.
"No question it was a character win," Melvin said. "We'd just had two games where we got it handed to us. And we win it in the end with a left fielder limping around and the bench empty."
Starting pitcher Sonny Gray was clinging to a 2-1 lead in the seventh when Boston catcher A.J. Pierzynski homered to tie it up.
Later in that inning, a windblown fly ball messed with Reddick, resulting in an error that put runners on second and third with no one out. But lefty Fernando Abad got two quick outs, then righty Luke Gregerson got Dustin Pedroia to ground out to preserve the tie.
The adventures in the outfield weren't over after the A's got the lead in the 10th. Johnson gave up a leadoff single to Middlebrooks, who advanced to second on an error by center fielder Coco Crisp. Jackie Bradley Jr. followed with a grounder to first, and Daric Barton, who had entered the game in the ninth, fielded the ball and fired to third, nailing Middlebrooks. Melvin called it "the play of the game."
"I was thinking about going to third before the play," Barton said. "I've done it before. My whole idea was to get the guy at third."
Johnson then induced a game-ending double play, allowing the A's to limp home for what will be a 10-game homestand against the Mariners, Washington Nationals and Chicago White Sox.
For more on the A's, see John Hickey's Inside the A's blog at ibabuzz.com/athletics. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/JHickey3.
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Sigourney Weaver Explains What Not to Do With a Hedgehog
If she were embarking on a serious role, such as a journalist in South Africa, Sigourney Weaver would do research for the part. But not when she's in a play by Christopher Durang, she said Thursday night in New York.
"For Masha, it's better for me to just be," said Weaver, who has known the playwright since they were students at the Yale School of Drama in the early 1980s.
She plays Masha in "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike," which continues at Lincoln Center's off-Broadway Mitzi Newhouse Theater through Jan. 20.
The play, which also stars David Hyde Pierce and Kristine Nielsen, debuted at the McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton, N.J., in September, then opened in New York two months later.
The three spoke during a panel discussion before the show.
Weaver recalled her role in an early play by Durang as a woman who had to feed a hedgehog who lived in her vagina. Her performance drew peals of laughter until one of her acting teachers came to see it, then told her that he did not believe she had explored her role sufficiently.
The Oscar-nominated actress said she spent much of the next day imagining how her character would feel. At that night's performance, the audience was silent and "horrified." She told Durang what her teacher had said and he replied, "I don't think that's a good idea."
Pierce pointed out that Durang, whose plays include "Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You," "The Marriage of Bette and Boo" and "Betty's Summer Vacation," wrote Weaver's and Nielsen's roles in "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike" specifically for them.
"We don't know how we feel about that," Weaver said.
She plays a rich, self-centered movie star who visits her childhood home in Bucks County, Pa., where her brother and sister still live, having cared for their parents until they died. Masha arrives with her latest boyfriend, Spike, who is much younger than she is.
The siblings are played by Nielsen, who is appearing in her fifth Durang play, and Pierce, who made his Broadway debut in a small role in Durang's "Beyond Therapy" in 1982.
The characters in "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike" share the names of those in works by Anton Chekhov because their parents were professors, Durang has explained, adding that audience members need not know much about the Russian playwright to understand the show.
Pierce, who won four Emmys for his work in the NBC sitcom "Frasier," has a long monologue near the end of "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike" in which he extols the glories of growing up in the 1950s and compares them unfavorably to the lives of young people today.
At discussions after the play during its Princeton run, high school students showed that they understood his character's point even though they have grown up with the social media that his character deplores, Pierce said. "The speech is about connection: the connection we have and the connection we lost. Social media serves to isolate us. These kids really got that."
Weaver said that while Masha "sometimes does things that aren't very nice," "she's very innocent."
"The innocence gave me wings," she said, adding that not until near the end of the play does Masha begin to put her feet on the ground.
Nielsen said her character, who takes much abuse from Masha, "always has hope" of being treated well. "You always have to present the cheek to get slapped."
Weaver said she thinks Durang is a less angry writer now than he was earlier in his career, when his plays dealing with the Catholic Church, child abuse and homosexuality were controversial.
By the end of "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike," "we find each other in the most breath-taking way," she said.
Dramaturg Anne Cattaneo, who led the discussion, praised the cast for being "happy, supportive, bonded."
"Relative to Congress, we seem very supportive," Pierce quipped.
In addition to the three veteran actors, the cast includes three younger actors. "We're learning as much from them as they do from us," Pierce said.
When asked whether the actors rely on technique to get a laugh in the play, Nielsen said, "You must always go for the truthful. You can lose a laugh very quickly if it's not vested."
Her character dresses as British actress Maggie Smith for a costume ball in one scene. "I bow to 'Downton Abbey,' " the PBS series in which Smith stars, because it has made more young people familiar with her, Nielsen said.
She also said she approaches Durang's work with deadly seriousness. "I approach him as a great truth sayer."
Pierce said, "There's a real music in his writing." "You see how far you can push the reality with the inherent hilarity," he added.


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SALEM TWP. - Memories of the Mt. Ephraim Methodist Church and family members laid to rest in the adjacent cemetery keep many former members and descendants involved with the church nearly 60 years after regular services ceased.
But there are a couple of dark stories associated with the cemetery as well.
The original church was built in 1846 and given the name "Mt. Ephraim" after Ephraim Gould, who donated the land on what is now Hedrick Road, just off Ohio 145 nearly three miles north of Lower Salem. When a larger church was constructed around 1872, the graves at the cemetery had to be moved to their current location.
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Muskingum Township residents Jim, left, and Linda Boyce look at the headstone for her grandparents in the Mt. Ephraim Cemetery next to the former Mt. Ephraim Methodist Church off Ohio 145 in Salem Township Friday.
According to a history of the church written by the late Hilma True and posted at the entrance to the church, two men moving the graves were being a bit disrespectful as they worked.
"The man who was moving the graves said, 'I am going to be Jesus Christ and raise the dead!'" True's history says. "That night, he was taken sick and never left the house until he was taken to the cemetery. The other man who was helping him and (making) such remarks died that night."
It's a story that Carroll resident Daniel Smith, 33, remembers from his childhood.
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Mt. Ephraim Cemetery
Located on Hedrick Road off Ohio 145, about three miles north of Lower Salem.
Also known as Gould's Cemetery.
Adjacent to the former Mt. Ephraim Methodist Church, which was started in the 1840s and closed in the mid-1950s.
More than 180 people have been interred at the cemetery.
The Salem Township trustees maintain the cemetery.
The church is maintained by former members and their families, and a homecoming has been held there every year since 1947. The next one is scheduled for July 27, with lunch at 12:30 p.m. and the program at 2.
More information about the church and some of the people buried in the cemetery is available online at www.mt.ephraim.tripod.com and www.hallett.tripod.com
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"As a kid, you know, it kind of creeped me out," he said. "It really kind of gets your mind going."
Before the new church was dedicated, a funeral was held there for Henry Spencer, who shot himself, True's history says.
"In those days, the Methodist Church did not permit anyone who had committed suicide to be buried in the cemetery," it says. "So Henry Spencer was (buried) just outside what was then the potter's field."
Over the years, the cemetery expanded, and Spencer's grave is now within its borders.
Smith learned these and other stories of the cemetery while researching his ancestry.
"Half my family's buried in the graveyard," he said. "I just like knowing my family's history, where I'm from."
Mt. Ephraim Methodist Church ceased holding regular services in the early 1950s, but a number of people who attended or are related to members return to it each year on the last weekend in July for a homecoming celebration that first took place in 1947. Among them is Smith's second cousin, Muskingum Township resident Linda Boyce, treasurer of the group that continues to care for the church.
"I have only missed, I think, one" homecoming, she said. "We just all bring a covered dish, and at 2 o'clock someone rings the bell, and that's when to come into the church."
Boyce's grandparents, the late Carl and Minnie Hallett, lived just down the road from the church. She and her sister used to walk three miles to attend Sunday school at the church then spend the afternoon with their grandparents.
When her grandparents died, Boyce said, they wanted to "come home." Their visitations were held at the house, and then they were taken to the church and cemetery.
"I remember walking ... behind the hearse as they brought them up this road," Boyce said.
The church trustees turned the cemetery - and $1,367.22 for upkeep - over to the Salem Township trustees, who continue to maintain it. Over the years, the church trustees have continued to raise money, including through auctions at the homecomings, to repaint and repair the church. A new electrical system and meter were installed in 2011.
Last year, Boyce's daughter, Mindy Cayton, had a display built and installed by the front door. In it are posted two historical sketches of the church, including True's, and a listing of 180 grave markers that were read and recorded, although there are some additional ones that are no longer legible.
Minutes from past Mt. Ephraim homecomings reveal the United Methodist Conference indicated in 1976 that once there is no interest in the church and no trustees to care for it, it would be disposed of.
Boyce and others are determined not to let that happen.
"It's just been really important to me to keep this church going, because if we don't, it will be torn down," she said.
Although the homecomings of late have turned into something of a gathering for Boyce's extended family, she said they are open to anyone who wants to come.


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Houma man allegedly had over 3 pounds of drugs hidden
Published: Saturday, June 29, 2013 at 4:16 p.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, June 29, 2013 at 9:31 p.m.
A Houma resident who had about 3 pounds of marijuana hidden in his carport was arrested Thursday, police said. Nathan J. Voclain, 36, 2020 Slatter St., also had more than a dozen individual packages of marijuana concealed in an ice chest, Houma Police Chief Todd Duplantis said. The drugs have a combined street value of about $9,000, Duplantis said. A tipster led them to the home, which was searched after securing a search warrant, police said. Digital scales, shotguns, a .22 caliber pistol and $260 in cash were also seized, Duplantis said. Voclain is charged with possession with the intent to distribute marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of drug money and possession of a gun in the presence of illegal drugs.
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The Business 40 west ramp to US 52 north will be closed for part of Tuesday and most of Wednesday for construction.
The first closure will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, and the next closure will take place from 9 a.m. Wednesday to 6 a.m. Thursday, weather permitting.
NCDOT recommends drivers to take the ramp to U.S. 52 south, then immediately take the Business 40 east exit. Traffic can still access U.S. 52 north from Business 40.
Crews will be repairing concrete on the ramp. NCDOT expects the closure to cause some traffic congestion, especially during peak travel times.


text: SNOWMASS VILLAGE - The producers of the Snowmass Mammoth Festival have announced a beefed-up lineup of bands for the rebranded chili and beer festival in June. Headliners include Return to the Dark Side of the Moon, a group of all-star musicians collaborating to perform the Pink Floyd album in its entirety, on Friday night, and the group Awolnation on Saturday. The nine-concert festitval will take place in Town Park on June 7 and 8. Other bands include Karl Denson's Tiny Universe - saxophonist Denson also will join in the Dark Side showcase, which also includes singer Corey Glover and guitarist Blackbyrd McKnight - STRFKR, Fort Collins-based You, Me & Apollo, and Lord Huron. Steve Gumble, whose company has been hired to produce the festival this year, said he is flipping the focus of the event toward music - part of the reason for changing the name of the Chili Pepper and Brew Festival, now in its 10th year. "We sort of felt that was a limiting factor," he said. "We're flipping the focus to a music festival with some really cool components." Overall, the music is geared toward a younger demographic and focuses on indie acts, although with Denson and the Dark Side rendition, there should be something for everyone, Gumble said. Awolnation, which played in the Bud Light Hi-Fi series in Aspen last year, was an obvious choice for headliner because "they're just a great mountain-town band," Gumble said. In addition to the festival performances, there will be after-hours shows starting at 11 p.m. in Venga Venga on the Snowmass Village Mall and Base Camp Bar and Grill in Base Village. You, Me & Apollo and Fierce Bad Rabbit are slated for the first night, with STRFKR and Lord Huron on Saturday. The post-festival shows are a separate ticket, priced at $20. Ticket purchasers are free to roam between the two venues or stake out a spot at one. Gumble said that at the Telluride Blues and Brews Festival, also put on by Steve Gumble Productions, people tend to roam between the post-festival venues and that the late shows have become very popular. "It works here, and we're hoping it will work there, too," he said. Scheduling shows in the Village is also intended to address concerns about moving the festival from Fanny Hill to Town Park, a bigger space that's also farther away from Snowmass lodges and businesses. "We're concerned about it, as well, being new. ... We don't want to rip it out of the heart of Snowmass," Gumble said. "We know (Town Park is) where it really needed to be to grow. ... Give it a couple years to grow, and I think the village will really see that growth, as well." The biggest perk to moving to Town Park is the ability for the chili and beer tastings to take place concurrently with the music, Gumble said. All of the festival components will be on the soccer fields this first year, with 300 camping sites available on the softball fields. There also will be some food and craft booths on site, preferably from Roaring Fork Valley businesses, Gumble said. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. March 15. "Early bird" two-day passes are $60 each, Friday tickets are $35 each, and Saturday tickets are $55 each. Two-day camping passes are $30.For more information and to buy tickets, visit email@example.com


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RIDGECREST — The Burros lost their dual meet on the very last match of the night.
The Burroughs wrestling team lost 36-33 to Barstow Thursday in the Burroughs Barn, but the Burros took the Aztecs to their very limit.
Barstow came up with the winning pin with 18 seconds left in the third period, which gave them six points. If Anthony Khoeun could have made it through those extra 18 seconds, the dual would have been tied at 33-all.
Don't blame Khoeun though, he fought as hard as he possibly could to finish the match against a wrestler with a lot more experience.
He scored two escape points and almost scored a two-point takedown that could have swung the deciding match completely in the Burros' favor.
"Anthony came to us after summer," BHS Coach Tyrell Blanche said. "One of his high school goals was to get a letter, so he gave wrestling a try. I've got about seven guys in that weight class, but he's worked his way to being the top wrestler in that class. The kid was just relentless tonight. I couldn't ask for more from a kid with less than 10 varsity wrestling matches under his belt.
"Hopefully, he feels good about that. That was good and worth waking up in the morning ready to go again."
The Burros weren't close to winning a dual meet a year ago, so Blanche sees thisl as progress in his program.
"We didn't come within 30 points of winning a dual meet last year, so to lose by three in front of the home crowd is a step in the right direction," Blanche said. "Hopefully, people start to catch on a little to what we're doing here."
Khoeun and the wrestler who stepped on the mat before him, Isaac Perez, both had exciting matches.
Perez went three overtimes, plus had to replay the third period in his tough, 8-6 win.
Blanche said he thought Perez benefitted from the third-period replay because Perez is in excellent shape after a hard week of workouts up in the loft where the Burros hold practices.
"The wrong guy got the choice after some blood was found on the mat, so we had to redo the entire third period," Blanche said. "I thought that benefitted us because Isaac is in such great shape. It makes me feel good because it tells me that our team can go the distance."
Perez, in the second of the two third periods, was down 6-4 with time ticking down under 20 seconds, but came up with a huge two-point takedown to push the match into overtime.
Perez stopped a takedown opportunity in the first overtime, didn't let his Barstow opponent score an escape point in the second overtime then won the match with a reversal in the third overtime to get the win.
Page 2 of 2 - "I love that," Blanche said. "It looked like it was a walk in the park. He never got tired. We've been really intense with our workouts over the last week. For the last 10 days of practice, we've been going extremely hard and that's what we do it for."
The last four wrestlers for Burroughs — Aaron Patin, Jake Farris, Perez and Khoeun — did their best to get the Burros a win, or at very least, a tie.
Farris, who wrestled at 126 pounds, gave up an early two-point takedown then gave up only one escape point in the rest of his match on his way to winning 8-3.
Patin wrestled after Farris in the 132-pound class. Patin jumped out to a 4-1 lead by the end of the first period, then got a pin to win the match with 43 seconds remaining in the second period, which tied the dual at 30-all.
Perez was next and gave the Burros a slim 33-30 lead, but Barstow's Gabe Rodriguez got the most crucial pin of the match to give the Aztecs the win.
"Burroughs isn't a traditional dual-winning team, so to lose by three the way we did, feels like things are moving in the right direction," Blanche said. "We performed well enough to bring everyone back to practice ready to make sure that scenario doesn't happen again."
Adan Pena won the opening match of the day 6-4 by getting a take down in each of the three periods. Ethan Haddock pinned his man in 1 minute and 35 seconds. Isaiah Ramon and Khaleel Snook both had wins because Barstow had open 195-pound and 220-pound classes to round out the team's scoring on the night.
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Torrington jumped out to 39-point lead midway through the second quarter and then held off a furoius Derby rally for a 52-44 victory in NVL action in Derby on Friday.
Devone Thomas scored on touchdown runs of 11, 8, 50 and 5 yards to lead Torrington.
Phil Bresson had three touchdown passes, including two to Desmond Langes and one to Nate Bresson. Edgar Gonzalez had a four-yard touchdown run for Torrington (4-3).
Mike Kreiger went 17-for-28-for 328 yards and six touchdown passes, and Dillon McMahon caught touchdown passes of 37, 95, 60, and 36 yards on his way to 10 receptions for 238 yards and the four touchdowns.
Jordan LaRue caught five passes for 73 yards and a score while Josh Russell hooked up with Kreiger on a four yard touchdown for Derby (4-3).
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After this documentation was released in July 2003, I was approached by Prentice Hall and asked to write a book on the Linux VM under the
Bruce Peren's Open Book Series
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Chapter 4501:3-2 State Organization
(A) The executive director for emergency management is hereby authorized, pursuant to the provisions of section 5502.22 of the Revised Code, to maintain the state emergency management agency adequate to the needs of the state, including appropriate staff by geographical locations, having due consideration for budgetary limitations and available funds.
(B) In accordance with the authority contained in section 5502.22 of the Revised Code, the emergency management agency located within the department of public safety shall have power and authority to receive and disburse state and federal funds for the purposes authorized for local emergency management agencies established under section 5502.26, 5502.27 or 5502.271 of the Revised Code.
(C) Each emergency management agency, established in accordance with sections 5502.26, 5502.27, or 5502.271 of the Revised Code and these rules, shall carry out the directions, orders, regulations, rules, and procedures promulgated by the executive director for emergency management, not inconsistent with the laws of this state, these rules, and applicable federal laws and regulations. Reports, as are called for at the time and in the forms established by the executive director for emergency management, shall be submitted.
(D) The officers and personnel of all departments, offices, and agencies of political subdivisions shall cooperate in emergency management and emergency preparedness with their respective emergency management officials and agencies, and shall extend their services and facilities to such emergency management officials and agencies upon request, insofar as possible, without withdrawing from the political subdivisions the minimum services and facilities needed by that political subdivision.
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In societies where modern conditions of productions prevail, all of life presents itself as an immense accumulation of spectacles. Everything that was directly lived has moved away into representation. The images detached from every aspect of life fuse in a common stream in which the unity of this life can no longer be re-established. Reality considered partially unfolds, in its own general unity as a pseudo-world apart, an object of mere contemplation . . . The spectacle is not a collection of images, but a social relation among people, mediated by images.
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The following counties are among the most widely visited in Ireland.
With their lively arts and culture attractions it's not hard to see why.
Here are IrishCentral's guide and recommendations:
Belfast City (in Irish, Beal Feirste) is the capital of Northern Ireland and is located in County Antrim, one of Ireland most visited counties. History and politics have always played a major role in the fabric of Belfast, and perhaps for that reason its citizens are among the most vivid and witty people you'll ever meet.
Unsurprisingly, Belfast is rich in culture, art, music, dance, sports, shopping, attractions and historical sites. City Hall, one of the main seats of power, is located on Donegall Square and dominates the area with its magnificent architecture of classical renaissance style and Italian marble interior. It was completed in 1903.
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The Linen Hall Library, located on Donegall Square, was established in 1788. It houses an Irish collection of over 20,000 volumes and a Robert Burns collection. Visit and you'll be keeping company with many noted Irish authors.
The Crown Liquor Saloon is the most famous pub in Belfast and - frankly - one of the most beautiful pubs in the world. Featuring Victorian architecture, with the outside covered in thousands of colorful tiles, the inside decor has stained and painted glass, carved oak screens and mahogany furniture. Don't miss it.
The Botanic Gardens, the rose gardens and herbaceous borders were established in 1920 are unmissable. Two greenhouses dominate the gardens and the Palm House has a conservatory containing tropical plants like coffee, sugar, and banana plants. The Tropical Ravine has a high walkway that provides a great viewpoint.
Overlooking the city, Belfast Castle was built in 1870 and was the former home of the Donegall family, who gave the main square in the city center its name. The castle offers a spectacular view of the city. There is also a heritage center, antique shop, and children's play area on the premise.
County Clare in the Republic of Ireland is steeped in history, and it offers beautiful seascapes, landscapes, lakes, cliffs, caves and music. Highlights include The Burren (an ancient perfectly preserved landscape), The CLIFFS OF MOHER (700 foot high cliffs facing the wild Atlantic), and Bunratty Castle and Folk Park (an impressive castle dating from the early Middle Ages).
The Burren is over 500 square miles of limestone located in the northwest corner of County Clare. The area is a haven for botanists and ecologists because of the unique flora and rock. The ground surface is a floor of gray rock with long parallel grooves, known as grykes. There is an amazing variety of flora with Arctic, Alpine, and Mediterranean plants growing in spring and summer. For that reason there's also an amazing range of color in the flowers, ferns and mosses.
Alwee Caves were discovered in the 1940s. There are caverns, underground waterfalls, stalagmite and stalactite formations and remains of brown bears, which have been extinct in Ireland for thousands of years. The caves are open for guided tours.
The Cliffs of Moher are one of the most spectacular sights of The Burren. These majestic cliffs rise more than 700 feet above the windswept Atlantic Ocean and stretch five miles along the west coast of Clare. Composed of shale and sandstone, the cliff's ledges make ideal roosting homes for birds. On a clear day you can see as far as the Mountains of Kerry, Connemara and the Aran Islands.
Bunratty Castle and Folk Park is one of the most complete and authentic medieval castles in Ireland. This being Ireland it also has a long and bloody history.
The castle is a combination of earlier Norman castles and the later Gaelic Tower Houses furnished with a fine collection of medieval furniture, artwork and ornate carvings. A four-course Medieval Banquet and entertainment with performers in traditional costume is offered in the evenings.
County Cork is the largest county in Ireland and Cork City is the second-largest city in the Republic. A unique and lively second capital, the distinctive people are as much an attraction as the place itself.
Saint Finbarr first built a monastery on the site that would later become Cork City in the year 650. The city grew along the banks of the River Lee at the point where it splits into two channels.


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TRUCKEE, Calif. — It's finally ready to ride!
That's right, the Truckee Pump Track Project is complete. After just one year of fundraising, organizing and construction the track is ready for riders to rip. On Sunday June 10, noon-4 p.m., the general public is invited to the TPTP grand opening at Riverview Sports Park. This family event will include a free barbecue and drinks, so drop everything, grab the kids and the bikes and get ready for an afternoon of summertime fun, Truckee style. -
Some readers may not be familiar with this type of biking so a little explanation is needed: A pump track is a compact skills building course that is designed to teach rhythm and the use of momentum when riding. The Truckee Pump Track links together berms (banked turns), whoops (evenly spaced bumps) and jumps in a circuit of continuous movement. Imagine a skate park built into a course in which the rider can propel his or herself forward using the built-in features. Serpentine by design, this pump track packs a lot of fun into a relatively small space.
The track's opening is not only a celebration of the joy derived from cycling, but it is also an affirmation of the community spirit and organization present in Truckee. From private donations of services, materials and money, to a multitude of biking organizations' support, this town came together and in short order the goal was achieved. That doesn't mean the job was easy — quite the contrary — but the biking community deserves recognition for making this pump track possible.
Additionally, special thanks to Brooks McMullin and Mark Featherstone are an order. Their consistent efforts and hours spent on the phone and out in the dirt digging have turned a "wouldn't it be cool" conversation into reality. Finally, the Truckee Sanitary District deserves a big thank you for allowing the track to be built on the land they manage.
Several sponsors, supporters and industry folks will be present for the grand opening including: Truckee Trails Foundation, Tahoe Area Mountain Bike Association (TAMBA), Clif, Cyclepaths Bike Shop, Tahoe Mountain Guides, Truckee Airport District, Truckee Donner Recreation and Park District, the Auburn Ski Club, Olympic Bike Shop, Gravity Shop, International Mountain Bike Association (IMBA) and track's builder, Randy Spangler. Plus many more. This party is a great way to learn a new style of riding and meet the people and businesses that help keep our butts in the saddle and on the trail. -
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Results of a national poll released Wednesday show that many Americans are opposed to the newly implemented Common Core standards, although their reasons reveal they don't understand them.
Similarly, the 46th Annual Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup Poll gauging public attitudes toward public schools and other education issues showed strong support for charter schools, even though many people surveyed had misconceptions about how they work.
"Given the increased media coverage this year, we were not surprised that an overwhelming majority of Americans have heard about the Common Core State Standards, but we were surprised by the level of opposition," said William Bushaw, chief executive officer of PDK International and co-director of the PDK/Gallup poll. "Supporters of the standards, and educators in particular, face a growing challenge in explaining why they believe the standards are in the best interest of students in the United States."
The results related to Common Core -- which are a state-led effort to create higher learning standards in kindergarten through 12th grade English and mathematics -- showed the most dramatic change compared to last year. California is among 46 states and the District of Columbia that originally adopted the standards, which have been criticized by opponents who allege they take local control away from schools.
Last year, nearly two-thirds of Americans surveyed said they had never heard of the new standards. This year, 81 percent said they had heard of them, and 60 percent said they opposed the standards, most saying because they believe they limit the flexibility of teachers to teach what they think is best.
Nearly three-quarters of those who supported the standards, on the other hand, said they "help more students learn what they need to know regardless of where they go to school."
Michael Kirst, president of the state Board of Education, said the poll results related to the standards did not appear to reflect what is going on in California. Contrary to the opinions stated, the standards actually allow teachers greater flexibility to communicate information in engaging and challenging ways to prepare more students for college and careers, he said.
"A lot of states, particularly with strong Republican and tea party roots, have had a lot of agitation about this, and we have not had as much," he said. "And some other states have rolled out Common Core in a very clumsy manner. ... They made the Common Core immediately accountable for schools and teachers."
California is phasing in the standards more slowly, allowing time for teacher training and pilot tests this year, he said.
Kirst was also surprised by the poll's results related to charter schools, which showed that more than 60 percent of respondents supported them but thought they were religious and that students had to pay tuition to attend them.
"They're badly misunderstood," Kirst said.
The results were based on telephone interviews of 1,001 American adults in May. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.6 percentage points.
The 46th annual PDK/Gallup Poll of the Public's Attitudes Toward the Public Schools is available by visiting www.pdkpoll.org. Click on "2014 PDK/Gallup Poll."


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Hey guys, love the app. I used it in Windows Vista for a while without issue. OSX, however, hasn't been so nice to me.
#1 - My mouse stutters / slows down while a video is wirelessly transcoding. My CPU usage is @ 90 %...so it's possible that my computer is simply "overworking", but I didn't experience this at all in Windows. After the video buffers, the problem is less severe, but still exists. Anyone else experiencing this bug or is there a way to correct this?
#2 - Whenever I try to wirelessly stream DVD ISO files, my video stutters. My audio doesn't skip, however. Again, is this a known issue? Can I edit settings to fix this? All of my .mkv files play without issue.
Settings I altered:
Enhanced Multicore Support Support
"Good" HD WiFi transcoding" = 25/5/2
Max Bandwidth = 15mbit
Def Disable Subtitles Checked
(I tried unchecking A/V sync alternate method, but that didn't work)
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In Case You Missed It: Innovation's Impact
In Case You Missed It: Innovation's Impact
02.15.13 | By Christian Clymer
On Tuesday during the State of the Union, President Obama said, "Now is not the time to cut…job-creating investments in science and innovation." Prior to the State of the Union, our President and CEO John J. Castellani also addressed innovation, noting that the decisions we make now as they relate to health care "will directly affect our ability to deliver a healthy and innovative future." This week on The Catalyst, we emphasized the kind of impact the biopharmaceutical sector can have on innovation.
Innovation Helps Patients
A post this week by Rick Smith discussed a recent study as just one example of the fast-paced science that is enabling cutting-edge biopharmaceutical innovation. The study unveiled the genetic mechanisms of a particularly challenging form of breast cancer that doesn't respond to available treatments. For many of those patients, the prognosis with existing medicines is grim. Identifying five new genetic markers holds promise for developing new medicines.
Another post on The Catalyst highlighted a new report on the positive impact biopharmaceutical companies and their local research collaborators in Virginia have on patients. The report found that 3,412 clinical trials of new medicines have been conducted in Virginia since 1999.Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell applauded the fact that 46 percent of those– over 1,500 –targeted the nation's six most debilitating chronic diseases – asthma, heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes and mental illnesses.
Innovation Creates Jobs
Additionally, Governor McDonnell addressed how the research and biopharmaceutical industries have helped the state's economy. He said clinical trials "support jobs and inject revenue into our communities," emphasizing that the biopharmaceutical sector supports approximately 76,000 jobs throughout Virginia.
The industry will continue to invest heavily in innovative R&D because it creates jobs and helps people live longer, healthier lives.
We look forward to sharing more stories about how innovation in the biopharmaceutical sector helps patients and creates jobs. We encourage you to leave your comments and check The Catalyst regularly for additional industry updates.


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Homeless man robbed in Bradenton, reports say
Published: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 at 3:20 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 at 3:20 p.m.
MANATEE COUNTY - A homeless man sleeping behind a Bradenton business was attacked by two men Tuesday morning.
The 41-year-old victim was asleep near Books-A-Million, 4225 14th St. W., about 1:30 a.m. when the two assailants woke him up, according to the Manatee County Sheriff's Office.
The unknown men, described as being 30 to 40 years old, took the victim's wallet, government-issued phone and bicycle, a report states.
Authorities were made aware of the incident at 10:50 a.m., when the victim called 911 from his stepmother's home.
The victim was taken to Manatee Memorial Hospital where he was treated for a cut on his knee, bump on his head and neck pain, according to the Sheriff's Office.
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Police are investigating a crash involving a police cruiser that struck a woman as she was crossing a Cincinnati street.
A preliminary Cincinnati police report says 36-year-old Natalie Cole was not in a marked crosswalk when she was hit Saturday night.
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports (http://cin.ci/1hAaHVm ) that investigators say Officer Orlando Smith was driving the cruiser with the emergency lights and siren activated while responding to a call for help from an officer holding two suspects at gunpoint.
Police Chief Jeffrey Blackwell said Monday that preliminary investigations indicate Smith was operating his cruiser in an acceptable manner.
Blackwell also said that Cole, of Dayton, Ky., was upgraded back to stable condition from critical condition Monday afternoon.
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The Marceline Tigers and Lady Tigers are on a winning streak with wins recently over Schuyler County and Paris. Over the course of these two games, the long journey to 1000 points for Tigers senior Brett McGlothlin came to an end on Monday night in front of the home crowd.
Monday night at home, the Lady Tigers opened the game against Lewis and Clark Conference rivals Paris with a 9-0 run that started with a three-pointer by Abby Gauthier. This run lasted just under three minutes in the first quarter. Paris made a run in the mid-quarter, but Marceline led 19-13 after one quarter.
Paris scored first in the second frame, but a pair of free throws by Sydnee Brooks responded for Marceline just under 90 seconds in. This set the Lady Tigers off on a 10-0 run that lasted for three-and-a-half minutes. A late 7-0 run would carry Marceline into the half with a 39-18 lead.
In the boys game, the Tigers opened up on a 7-0 run in the first 2:30 that all began with a three-pointer by Blake Linebaugh. Paris would get on the board, and the teams would score back-and-forth to close the opening frame. After one quarter, Marceline led 12-5.
The Tigers responded to an opening Paris hoop with a 13-0 run to further extend their lead. Marceline cycled in many of their players off of the bench with a large lead. At halftime, the Tigers led 27-9.
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The Arapahoe Community has been gathering to reflect, remember and mourn for Arapahoe High School shooting victim Claire Davis. The memorial is growing after people found out the 17-year-old died on Saturday.
Claire Davis was a senior at Arapahoe High School. A classmate shot her on December 13. Claire was in critical condition until she passed away with her family by her side.
Grief counseling from Littleton Public Schools this week hopes to help the entire community.
Wind chimes and a little traffic is all you can hear outside Arapahoe High School as group after group pays tribue to the school and one of its own, Claire Davis, who left this world too soon.
"I've been here every night since the shooting and it's a way I can make peace with it," said Arapahoe High junior Allison Bruhn.
Students and the rest of the community can begin to heal by talking with grief counselors at the Shepherd of the Hills Church 10 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. on December 23, 26, 27, 30, 31, January 2, and January 3. It's a place to share emotios and reflect on the girl who touched so many hearts.
"Everybody needs healing and everybody's going through something," said Bruhn.
"Whether you talk to the counselors or go there to see friends who've gone through the same situation and sharing stories. It can be really helpful," said Arapahoe High senior Anna White.
Other students from other schools feel the same way, especially Kiera Butler who lost her best friend two years ago.
"I know from my friend's passing it wasn't easy and having my friends there and the community, it made it easier to have the support of others," said Butler, a Chaparral High sophomore.
"What they need is a place to feel safe and feel like they can express their emotions," said Kent Denver School senior Julia Hickey.
If students and others don't want to talk to grief counselors, they can go to the memorial outside Arapahoe High School. It's a place for them to stand side by side and know that they are not alone.
"I can pray for my school and Claire's family," said Bruhn.
Students haven't been back to class since that horrible day.
"Even thought we didn't get to go to school and we didn't get to go to class, we still have a reason to come to school and to praty for everyone around us," said White.
They are all praying to stay 'Arapahoe Strong'.
"Warriors always take care of one another," said Bruhn.
Here's the grief counseling information:
LPS Counseling Center
Shepard of the Hills Church
Walk-in Counseling Center
7691 S. University Blvd., Centennial, CO 80122
December 23, 26, 27, 30, 31, January 2, January 3
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Netherlands, 2013, 118 Minute Running Time
Genre/Subjects: Crime, Cult, Dark Comedy, DramaLanguage: Dutch English Sub-Titles
What could be more ghastly than you and your loved ones metamorphosing into complacent apathetics? In most of American horror cinema the majority of the plot involves the principals trying to defeat the evil, or at least trying to resist it. In this subtly sinister Dutch production, humans are mere marionettes, completely willing to commit heinous acts they otherwise would never dream of. How can one combat the evil without even being aware of its existence? Using conventions prominent in the fantasy genre, Borgman's supernatural souls share a realm with mortals and play a hand in their fate without the latter ever being the wiser.
The picture begins with your standard monster-hunting fare. A priest takes the Eucharist and then grabs a shotgun to eradicate the pestilence afflicting the local country folk. But one may even develop sympathy for Anton and his friends, whose only offense seems to be living underground with amazingly stellar cellphone service. Anton escapes to the affluent suburbs and is refused a bath at Richard's state-of-the-art Northern Euro abode.
It is here that the nondescript forces (Are they vampires? Magicians? Shapeshifters?) infiltrate and infest the family as characters slowly transform. We don't blink an eye as a child becomes a killer, wife betrays husband, and innocent gardeners don Sicilian cement helmets. Eerie images will remain in viewers' minds: a naked Borgman hovering over Marina as she sleeps, maneuvering her dreams; his cronies landscaping their backyard in business suits; a macabre theater resurrected with a soporific anticlimactic performance.
This 2013 Cannes selection perfectly weaves sumptuous cinematography with hypnotic editing. Director Alex van Warmerdam does not seem to take a stance on any particular "moral," but many motifs can be extrapolated from circumstances and dialogue. Marina comments on not deserving the privileged life, and the impostor doctor diagnoses the children as ill from being overtired of the modern world of Internet, TV, school, and family stress. Class and racial issues mesh well in this contemporary folktale.
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Producer: Marc van WarmerdamEditor: Job ter BurgScreenwriter: Alex van WarmerdamCinematographer: Tom ErismanPrincipal Cast: Jan Bijvoet, Hadewych Minis, Jeroen Perceval, Alex van Warmerdam, Tom Dewispelaere, Sara Hjort Ditlevsen
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Okay everyone, first off, this isn't a fictional story thread, I'm looking for refrences that point to the orgins (the insparation) behind the Kongai characters.
Also: Keep in mind that Anex is more perfect of a match that most will be. Look for close simmilarities, not perfect matches. Gender, name, body features, they all might change, but a good example should be undebatable. It should be an Ah Ha moment.
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First off: Anex…
Anex is Xena, the Warrior Princess, from the television show of the same name.
Proof: Anex is Xena spelled backwards, both are warrior princesses, and both wield chakram (the circular blade.) Also semi proof is in their hairstyles and the scream that Anex seems to be in.
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Second off: Vanessa Voss
Voss is Blade, the Marvel comic and movie character.
Proof: Both Voss and Blade are called "Daywalker." Both are vampires, with uncharacteristic immunity to light. Both use light as a primary weapon, along with a katana. Both wear sunglasses. Other comparison that isn't PC: Both are black. (Sorry, its true, don't be angry with me)


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After a 32-year career in the Aurora Police Department and more than a year at the Colorado Attorney General's Office, new Dillon police chief Steve Neumeyer is settling into the slower pace of a small mountain town.
"I was kind of like a deer in head- lights," Neumeyer laughed of his first few days in Dillon. "What I found very quickly is that no matter where you go, your path crosses everybody's."
And while the experience is a contrast to living on the Front Range, for Neumeyer - who has been on the job since June 3 - it's a good thing. The Denver native built up his resume for years with the hope of someday becoming a police chief in a small community like Dillon.
"This is what I had dreamed about, so I was very fortunate to be chosen by the town of Dillon to be the police chief," Neumeyer said.
Neumeyer, who has a master's degree in homeland security from Northcentral University in Arizona, served in various positions over his 32-year tenure in Aurora, including his most recent, commander. He left in late 2010 for a position as the deputy director of police officer standards and training at the attorney general's office, something he called "a real educational opportunity" since it included meeting sheriffs and police chiefs from all over the state.
But Neumeyer, who grew up skiing in Summit County, jumped at the chance for the Dillon job. He was quickly welcomed by the county's other police chiefs - partnerships between the large neighboring departments on the Front Range isn't as common - and by the community. Neumeyer hosted morning coffee chats throughout his first few months as police chief, something locals got out of bed early for, he said. Neumeyer was ready for the hard questions, "but it was more like, 'hey, welcome.'"
"The community was very warm," he said. "You don't really have that opportunity a lot in law enforcement, where you have a social gathering and you talk about anything."
Those chats helped Neumeyer figure out what Dillon residents are concerned about, and identify three pillars - crime, quality of life and traffic - to focus on going into the future. Neumeyer believes in developing partnerships with the community, since police departments provide a service.
"A lot of times, law enforcement believes that we know what the community wants," he said. "The worst thing is to be an occupational police department, versus for the community."
Of course, working in a community like Dillon does differ quite a bit from a place like Aurora, where the police department has more than 600 officers, and there's more aggressive crimes.
"Up here, it's quality-of-life issues," he said.
Neumeyer loves his new place in life. He and his wife of 31 years, Audrey, recently moved to Summit, and like exploring the county in their time off. He likes Dillon itself - the marina, the amphitheater - and the town staff and town council - he was attracted to the job because he saw that council members really care about the community, he said. And of course, Neumeyer loves the people. He's a people person, and likes getting out for town events and introducing himself to the locals. The ability to really get out in the community and meet people is, in fact, his favorite part of the job.
"I feel like I'm very blessed being here," he said. "I'm hoping I can be here for a while."


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So here we are, mid January. The holidays are behind us and the race season is 30 to 60 days in front of us for most. Now is the time to start to make that final push to your desired racing weight or if you don't race, just your desired weight for riding. I usually don't try to stay on any structured eating plan during the holidays because it usually just leads to frustration and guilt, so i don't even try. However, as we get into January, all of that crazy binge eating is behind us and it is a time where you have much more control over what goes into your mouth. Lightweight bicycle parts can only do so much, you are going to have to help by dropping some poundage.
Being able to control what you eat is a big factor in dropping those last few pounds. I am a firm believer in the "you cant manage what you cant measure" way of thinking. So, in order to manage your weight you need a way of measuring what goes in your mouth. There are thousands of crazy weight loss plans out there that claim all types of miracle foods or magic pills will make you lose weight, but weight loss is really pretty simple. It really just comes down to that dreaded word, calorie. Yes there are factors like the glycemic index of food and the actual nutritional value of stuff and what your body does with the food. Those are all factors in the food cycle but the bottom line of weight loss is calories in versus calories out. Yes it is the dreaded calorie. That word that no one wants to talk about. No one wants to measure them. No one wants to count them. They are the truth of all food. Calories are nothing more than a measure of heat units that a particular food generates when consumed. When calories are stored by the body to create heat units in the future there are about 3500 calories that equal one pound of body weight. This is pretty common knowledge. So, in order to induce weight loss there is only one sure fire way to do it, and that is to create a calories deficit on a regular basis. Wait! Don't leave! I know no one like to count calories. I used to hate to count calories, i still do. But the truth is, if you can handle the truth, until you measure you will not be able to manage.
Look, i hate counting calories as much as the next guy. You are not unique in this. But if you are serious about losing those last few pounds, you are going to have to face the truth some day, and it might as well be today. The good news is that there are some very good tools out there nowadays that make calorie counting breeze. I tried a lot of them but the one i found that works the best is:
Let me state right up front. I am in no way associated with myfitnesspal.com i do not receive any commissions or compensation of any kind from them. I just think they have a great little app and it is free and it makes counting calories at lot less painful than it used to be. the app lets you set up a profile with your current weight and your desired weight and it figures out how many calories you need per day as a base rate, and keeps track of everything you eat to calculate the surplus or deficit at the end of the day. It has a built in food database that is simply amazing and if you use the smartphone app, you can just scan the barcode on many foods and it will automatically add the food to your daily log. The app also includes a database of exercises that you use to plug in your ride or run for the day. Calorie counting couldn't be easier. I use this app everyday during my weight loss periods and find that it really encourages me to stay on target. Try it out, and tell me what you think.
In the next part i will share with you some of the foods that i use to control the amount of calories that i take in per day. And i will share with you some of the methods that i use to determine how many calories i am going to consume that day. Now go burn some calories and let know how its going.


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About the Book
Tutu: Authorized is a celebration of the life of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, an icon whose humanity and compassion has touched millions of lives around the world. Born in Klerksdorp, South Africa, Desmond Tutu was ordained as an Anglican priest in 1960. He vigorously opposed apartheid and has dedicated his life to fighting all forms of oppression, advocating nonviolence, peaceful reconciliation, and social justice for all.
This extraordinary book features an authorized biography by legendary South African journalist Allister Sparks and includes never-before-seen interviews by Archbishop Tutu's daughter, Reverend Mpho A. Tutu, with historical figures who witnessed Tutu's life and worked alongside him, such as Nelson Mandela, Bill Clinton, the Dalai Lama, Kofi Annan, Bono, and Sir Richard Branson, as well as intimate and poignant interviews with his wife, family, and closest friends. Complemented by an unprecedented collection of images and unpublished artifacts drawn from Tutu's private files, this is a phenomenal story of one man's extraordinary life and work and will be treasured by all who read it for years to come.
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Critical Praise
"The history of the long fight to end apartheid in South Africa had many heroes but none quite like a 5-foot-4 Anglican archbishop with an impish sense of humor who became a giant irritant to the white authorities. . . . Tutu was the moral voice of South Africa's anti-apartheid movement. He held no official position with any party and still doesn't. With flowing religious robes as his only shield, he bluntly challenged successive white governments to end apartheid, skillfully led the nation's post-apartheid efforts at reconciliation and later stood up to black leaders when they edged away from the democratic principles they purported to espouse. . . . Those and other moments in the life of the anti-apartheid crusader and 1984 Nobel Peace Prize recipient get heroic treatment in Tutu: Authorized, an unapologetic fan book . . . a high-gloss keepsake filled with historical photographs, pages of Tutu's quotable quotes and dozens of vignette-style remembrances from the global luminaries." — Nelson Mandela
"Archbishop Tutu has the ability to see our shared humanity in each person he meets, and to get us to do the same." — Bill Clinton
"One thing I have learned from him . . . is that he has that constant and persistent faith that things can be better and we can do something about it. We should not find excuses not to act or not to speak out." — Kofi Annan, former secretary-general of the United Nations and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2001
"Emotionally and mentally Bishop Tutu and I are very close. I call him my spiritual older brother. . . . He is a freedom fighter, but the fight is carried on with compassion, forgiveness, and a commitment to nonviolence. He is a wonderful person." — His Holiness the Dala i Lama
"He has become a symbol of kindness and hope far beyond the borders of his native land." — President Barack Obama
"He was not just an anti-apartheid worker. . . . He was somebody who had thought very deeply about spiritual values and had applied them to what he was doing. In some ways that reminded me of Gandhi." — Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
"Moments in the life of the anti-apartheid crusader and Nobel Peace Prize recipient get heroic treatment in Tutu: Authorized, . . . a high-gloss keepsake filled with historical photographs, pages of Tutu's quotable quotes and dozens of vignette-style remembrances from the global luminaries" — L.A. Times
"A wonderful scrapbook of the incredible life and ministry of the Anglican Archbishop and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Desmond Tutu, prepared in celebration of his 80th Birthday." — Spirituality and Practice
Product Details
- Imprint: HarperOne
- On Sale: 10/04/2011
- Trimsize: 6 in (w) x 9 in (h) x 1.17 in (d)
- Pages: 368
- List Price: 29.99 USD
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Seib & Wessel: What We're Reading Tuesday
Recommended reading from around the Web:
By Gerald F. Seib and David Wessel
Former U.S. ambassador to Azerbaijan (and former Bush defense official) Matthew Bryza recalls his displeasure last year with State Department skimping on security for overseas outposts. [WSJ] | [Earlier WSJ story]
Berkeley's Brad DeLong puts the odds of recession next year at 36%, figuring there is a 60% chance that Washington will go over the fiscal cliff and a 60% chance that'll provoke a recession. "The reason is entirely political: partisan polarization," he writes. [Project Syndicate]
Boston's mayor writes from a hospital to urge President Barack Obama and Speaker John Boehner to avoid the fiscal cliff and avoid talking about "austerity." [Huffington Post]
Veteran China watcher Jim McGregor writes that he when he first went to China in 1985, it was a closed system with rapidly opening minds. Today, China is a much more open system with some purposely closing minds. [Quartz]
David Weigel reports on a gathering of the computer geeks who helped President Barack Obama's campaign outsmart Mitt Romney's. [Slate]
Republican pollster David Winston, in his post-election analysis, writes that Mitt Romney focused too much on attacking President Obama's record, failing to give voters "a clear understanding of his economic vision for the country" and how it differed from the president's. [The Winston Group]
Richard Florida says economic growth (with some stats to back him up) is faster in metro areas where population density is more concentrated. [The Atlantic]
Gallup conducts surveys in more than 140 countries to compare how people feel about their lives. Singapore ranks as the most emotionless society in the world, beating out Georgia, Lithuania, and Russia. The most emotional of all? Philippines. [BusinessWeek]
A Third Way post-election poll of Obama voters finds 42% identify themselves as moderates, 40% as a liberals, and 14% conservatives. [Third Way]
Council of Foreign Relations' Steven Cook says the biggest miscalculation made by new Egyptian leader Mohamed Morsi and his Brotherhood was to think that everyone understood the results of the Egyptian elections the way the Brothers did. [Foreign Affairs]
Sign of the Times
Minor milestones We've spotted:
A Business Roundtable/U.S. Council on International Business survey of 114 big U.S.-based multinationals finds 80, or 70%, forecast that the U.S. will be the place generating the most revenue growth over the next five to ten years. [Survey]
In first nine months of 2012, shipments of French champagne fell 5% as recession spread across Europe. [WSJ]
Pope Benedict XVI, @Pontifex on Twitter, had 359,868 Twitter followers as of 7:24 a.m., and has yet to tweet once. [WSJ]
The accident rate per 10,000 drivers for drivers 85 years old and older is 263, about one third the rate for 20- to 24-year-olds (748)—and about the same per 100 million miles driven (745 vs. 797.) But the rate of driver fatalities in accidents for the older drivers is triple that for the younger ones. [AAA]
Gallup asks the public to rate honesty and ethical standards of 22 occupations. Members of Congress (only 8% rate them high or very high) do only slightly better than car salespeople (8%) at the bottom. Nurses, pharmacists and doctors are the top (70% or above). Journalists (24%) are in the middle, below bankers (28%) but better than lawyers (19%). [Gallup]
For all the angst about the euro, the currency has lost only 2.6% against the U.S. dollar over the past 12 months.
Doha, site of the latest round of U.N. talks on climate change, has the largest carbon footprint per person in the world, five times Britain's. [Business Insider]
Fifteen percent of the world's population, about 1 billion people, live with some type of disability, according to World Health Organization. [WHO]
@dkberman: Oracle boss Larry Ellison to receive $198,942,224.40 dividend check after company decides to speeds up 2013 dividends.
For critical perspectives on politics and the economy from Jerry Seib & David Wessel, visit Seib & Wessel.


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Limestone women advance to regional title game
Published: Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 3:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, March 17, 2013 at 12:08 a.m.
Maria Young became the all-time leading scorer in Limestone women's basketball history on Saturday and helped the Saints make it to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Division II tournament.
NCAA Division II basketball
Southeast regionals
(In Morrow, Ga.)
No. 2 Limestone 64, No. 7 Barton 59
No. 2 Limestone 67, No. 6 Pfeiffer 52
Regional championship
No. 2 Limestone vs. No. 1 Clayton State, 7 p.m.
(In Aiken)
No. 4 Wingate 65, No. 5 Limestone 60
Limestone, behind 25 points from Young, got past Pfeiffer, 67-52, in Morrow, Ga. The ninth-ranked Saints (27-3) on Monday night will face top-ranked and undefeated Clayton State on its home court for the Southeast Regional championship.
"Making the Sweet 16 is a tremendous accomplishment," said Limestone head coach Corey Fox, whose team also won its first-round game on Friday. "We'll enjoy this tonight and then think about what we can do against Clayton State."
The men's team from Limestone, however, came up short Saturday night in its opening game of the Southeast Regional, falling to Wingate, 65-60, in Aiken.
Young hit three straight shots from 3-point range and scored 19 in the first half to push Limestone out to a 17-point lead. The Asheville, N.C., native's jumper with 9:13 left before intermission moved her past Felicia Hallums on the all-time scoring list.
"Maria really came on tonight when we needed her," Fox said. "She was outstanding."
Pfeiffer had a 15-5 run to cut Limestone's lead to 39-27 at the break, but the Saints stayed in control.
"It was the exact opposite from Friday's game (in which the Saints rallied to win in the final minutes against Barton)," Fox said. "We got ahead of them early in this one. We were really happy with the start. Once we got in front, the lead pretty much stayed between 10 and 18 points. It was a little more comfortable."
Tia Williams had 15 points, seven steals, six rebounds and four assists for Limestone. She scored 27 in the 64-59 win against Barton.
Limestone's men, which won a share of their first Conference Carolinas regular-season championship, finished the season at 21-9 and made a second trip to the Division II tournament in three years.
Senior forward Charles Blue had 17 points and nine rebounds in the finale. Mike Barrett and P.J. Foster each scored 14, while Phillip Moultrie added 10 points and six rebounds.
The Saints went on a 7-0 run to take a 60-58 lead with 2:22 remaining, but Wingate tied it at the two-minute mark and Limestone went scoreless on its next two possessions. The Bulldogs made foul shots to seal the victory.
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Whether it's elation, anger or neutrality, the Thursday announcement that the bulk of the Affordable Care Act - or "Obamacare" - was upheld by the Supreme Court drew reactions from all sides, including those who say it's just not enough, and those who think there's more education to be done.
Local retired physician and health care activist Don Parsons thinks that overall, it's great news - although, not a complete solution to the country's problems.
"There have already been some very important elements that have been introduced," Parsons said. Among those, he counts the elimination of pre-existing conditions exclusions, insurance coverage for those up to age 26 on their parents' plans, and the requiring of for-profit insurance companies to comply with medical-loss ratio rules (80-85 percent of consumers' premiums must be spent on care).
That said, Parsons thinks the for-profit health insurance system is one of the biggest problems. He's in favor of a single-payer model, something that doesn't require physicians like Dr. Marc Shiffman - who is closing his Summit County practice due to the "actions and mandates of private, for-profit insurance companies" and low Medicare reimbursement rates - to spend the bulk of their time on billing and collecting and contracts.
"It's just a terrible misuse of resources," Parsons said. "It takes doctors' attention away from taking care of patients."
Dr. David Gray of High Altitude Mobile Physicians concurs with that sentiment, but says the Affordable Care Act will impose even more unnecessary regulations on doctors. And, it doesn't address the real catalyst behind medical costs, he said: the practice of defensive medicine, and the high cost of insurance for physicians.
"We continually feel like we have to cover our butts, and that was not addressed. To me, that's the biggest driver of cost," Gray said.
Gray is also worried people will wait until the last minute - like when they're lying in a hospital bed - to purchase coverage, since pre-existing conditions have to be covered.
Over at High Country Healthcare, CEO Rhonda Koehn said there are still details to be ironed out that will determine how it affects physicians, but "we will continue to work very hard to meet our community and patient needs."
From groups around the state, there was both applause and sneers.
A statement from Colorado Attorney General John Suthers said the decision was extraordinary and unexpected, and is a blow to the constitutional system of federalism.
"The court has endorsed Congress's unprecedented decision to mandate that individual Americans buy a particular product or service or pay an economic sanction," Suthers said in a statement. "Whether Congress does so under the commerce clause or the federal tax power, the result is the same - an unprecedented expansion of federal power."
The folks over at the Colorado Children's Campaign - a nonpartisan, nonprofit research and advocacy organization - celebrated the decision.
'We've fought hard for the protections and security this law guarantees and we must stay committed to connecting Colorado's children and families to the affordable health coverage they need to thrive," a press release from the organization said. "Working together, we can move Colorado closer to the common sense goal that all Coloradans get the care they need, when they need it."
Colorado union Colorado AFL-CIO also applauded the decision.
" ... This ruling is a huge victory for working families in Colorado and working families across the nation," said Mike Cerbo, executive director.
In a Thursday statement, Gov. John Hickenlooper said the ruling keeps Colorado on the path to reform it has been on since the Affordable Care Act became law.
"We must also remember that controlling costs across the entire health system is a critical component of expanding coverage," he said. "We remain committed to doing everything we can to improve the health and health care of all Coloradans."
A call out for opinions from the Summit Daily News Facebook community drew opinions, and personal stories.
Susan Bibeau Bauer is currently attending medical school in Denver, and hope to practice someday in Summit County.
"I sincerely hope this bill offers the citizens of Summit County the ability to have real health coverage and the ability to afford it on the incredibly low salaries earned," she said.
Elan Sprouse works seasonally, "like perhaps the majority of otherwise healthy 20- and 30-year-olds living in Summit," which does not lend itself to any sort of affordable health care, she said.
"I truly hope that it will benefit those that need it, without changing taxes too much," Sprouse said.
Melodie Wantuch and her husband used to buy insurance just for him because of pre-existing conditions. But after doing the math, they realized it was cheaper to go without and pay out-of-pocket for individual doctor visits and procedures.
"I don't know how I feel about Obamacare as I haven't had time to gain a decent understanding of it, but I hope it's significantly better than what's in place and doesn't place further stress on already stretched budgets," Wantuch said.
Julie Stromwall wrote in to say her self-employed father, who needs new hips, was finally able to get coverage under Obama's plan after a few attempts.
"I am so very thankful it is there for those who need it (much like CHP+ and Medicaid)," Stromwall said. "Though I do not qualify for anything, I will gladly pay the extra taxes just to see my dad walk again and live a healthy life."
But, there's still more education to be done. Parsons said people like small business owners are worried about what it will cost them, "because they don't understand what the requirements are."
"A lot of people have misinformation about what this new law requires," Parsons said. "But as time goes on, those factual elements will be clarified and people will be more comfortable."


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Cleaning validation provides assurance that the quantity of residual substances collected from equipment surfaces are within permissible limits, helping to ensure quality control and safety in pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities. Three different cleaning validation methods for measuring the carbon in residual samples of various pharmaceutical substances were compared.
For cleaning validation using a TOC analyzer, the following types of sampling methods are available:
Preparation of residue samples
The carbon contents of tranexamic acid (C8H15NO2), anhydrous caffeine (C8H10N4O2), isopropylantipyrine (C14H18N2O), and nifedipine (C17H18N2O6) were estimated by molecular formula. Carbon contents of Gentashin ointment (aminoglycoside antibiotic) and Rinderon ointment (corticosteroid) were determined with the TOC analyzer by adding samples of the ointments directly into a solid-sample combustion unit (SSM-5000A, Shimadzu) since molecular formula for these compounds are unknown.
Each residue sample consisted of a 5-cm2 area on the surface of a pot to which 100 μL of each solution was applied and dried. Thus, there were 200 μg carbon in the sample at each application site.