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Today the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), annual video game expo and conference, kick started in Los Angeles and the show will continue for three-day. The show is an important event for the gaming industry and this time Microsoft Corp, Nintendo Co. Ltd. and Sony Corp. are expected to dominate it with their new gadgets and games.
On Monday, ahead of the event, Microsoft showed a glimpse of its "Halo 4" in a pre-expo press. The game is a new interface for Xbox 360 and second wave of Kinect games. In the preview of the game, a damaged space ship was shown. Halo 4 is set to be released in 2012's holiday season.
Sony unveiled the PlayStation Vita, the NextGen portable gaming device, which is a response to Apple's iPod touch and iPhone. PlayStation Vita will go on sale later in 2012.
It is learned that PS Vita will be partnering only with AT&T in the U.S. and it will allow access to the 3G Internet along with Wi-Fi hotspots. According to sources, it will cost $249 for the Wi-Fi model and for a model with AT&T 3G access it will be price tagged at $299.
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I have PMS running on a headless server running Fedora 16.
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from a terminal, tsMuxeR won't run unless I put the full path. In my case:
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I tried copying the /PMS/Linux directory to my home directory, but that didn't work either
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The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reports Tonie Rosales appeared in court Thursday for the Sept. 18 crash on U.S. Highway 50 that killed 25-year-old Eunjey Cho, who was riding from Seattle to Princeton, N.J.
Arrest records say Rosales told police she was running late for a court hearing in Delta related to a previous DUI arrest when she fell asleep at the wheel and hit Cho's bicycle. Prosecutors haven't said what substances she is accused of having in her system.
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As a former founder/CEO of a paranoid technology company developingproprietary enterprise software, one would think "free" software and Iwouldn't mix any better than wax and water. After fighting lawsuits torecover my "stolen" software, the idea of ownership is etched into mypsyche. Hence the paranoia in my company... NDAs, trade secrets andpatent interests. The business models around giving software away havemade me confused. Funny though what time spent curled up withfreesoftware magazine will do. I have recently become a strong convertand advocate for the free software movement.
I have now seen the light and call it Ubuntu and it fits quiteironically with my previous career. (Of course, I sold the company;but that's a different blog entry.)
Prior to developing technology I was a social worker developing socialprograms to help disadvantaged people. I strongly believed in thespirit of community and service to others; and therefore it was odd Ideveloped a proprietary technology for this community marketplace. Butthis started pre-2000 before the great cataclysm of the tech meltdownwhen software-for-free wasn't exactly a recognized concept in thefinancing circles. I was building software for non-profits on asoftware for service (ASP) model, which I thought was better than thetraditional COTS approach, affordable for the sector and far moreegalitarian... it never occurred to me to seek investors who would behappy if I gave the software away.
The non-profits I previously worked for purchased DOS and thenWindows. We also purchased office suites from Corel or Microsoft, andexpensive products like Accpac. How many non-profits still do this?Many, and with public charities in the US reporting nearly $1.1trillion in revenues and over $1.0 trillion in total expensesaccording to the National Center for Charitable Statistics, they areprobably spending a chunk of that on software. Maybe it would bebetter to spend it on direct services and reduce the dependence.
If you are a non-profit today, or just a human being, there is noreason to be buying most of the software you will need. In futureentries, I will explore free software for various aspects ofnon-profit services, including donation tracking, memberships, website development and maintenance, case management systems, clinicalassessments, and electronic health/medical records; but for thedesktop I want to talk about the most exciting thing to hit thecomputer since the Macintosh—Ubuntu. In fact, if Steve Jobs was asocial entrepreneur I'm sure he'd have invented Ubuntu!
Ubuntu is a GNU/Linux based operating system for the desktop. I recentlydropped Windows and installed Ubuntu on my laptop. That's right... amore than complete replacement operating system for the desktop forfree. I haven't looked back and every day I relish using the system.Ubuntu is sponsored by Canonical Ltd., a private company funded bySouth African entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth who has a mission tobring this software not only to the regular and sophisticated computeruser throughout the world, but to those who are more disadvantaged aswell. Ubuntu means "humanity towards others" and this of course hitsthe nerve of my social work paradigm and has overridden my sense ofproprietorship.
The Ubuntu Philosophy promotes these core philosophical ideals whichI've pulled from their website:
- Every computer user should have the freedom to run, copy,distribute, study, share, change and improve their software for anypurpose, without paying licensing fees.
- Every computer user should be able to use their software in thelanguage of their choice.
- Every computer user should be given every opportunity to usesoftware, even if they work under a disability.
The Ubuntu philosophy and the philosophy of the non-profit world match!
Non-profits should be embracing this technology and investigating freesoftware systems... many of which come with Ubuntu. I don't have roomto describe how Ubuntu works, I'll do that in my next entry. Freesoftware for non-profits... there is more than you can imagine andusing Ubuntu is "almost" as easy as Windows and in some respectseasier; more on that later. For now... install it.
Free beer; free speech
I read this article and I'm not totally sure if you mean free as in beer or free as in speech (or both). You make a couple of references to "non-profit" and "giving away" and "for free".
When we say free software, we do not mean we mean ``no charge software''; we mean software that will give us the liberty to:
- Use the software for any purpose
- To study how the software works and improve it
- Redistribute copies of the software
- Publish improvements of the software
Any software that does not give us all four of these freedoms are non-free software. When talking about free software, it is best to avoid using terms like ``give away'' or ``for free'', because those terms imply that the issue is about price, not freedom.
We need to be able to have all these freedoms so that software can be as good as possible. We need to have the freedom to change the way software works to improve the way it works for us. We also need the freedom to distribute our changes so that everybody can benefit from our work. We should have the freedom to distribute modified and unmodified software.
Having the freedom to redistribute software does not mean we have to ``give away'' copies of our work for no charge. Such a requirement can potentially drain money from our pockets. Having the freedom to redistribute other people's work results in people making money with other people's work. This is all right as long as no plagiarism is involved. This freedom results in multiple vendors that drive down the cost of software and keeps the price of software at a sane level.
If anyone can make money from redistributing improvements to free software, then anyone can make a business in improving and distributing free software. In fact there are businesses around that do exactly that. One example is Red Hat - their business model revolves around providing support for free software. People pay Red Hat money to support them with installation and maintenance. The money that Red Hat receives goes into pay programmers that work on improving free software. Red Hat's improvements get integrated into the free software community. The end result is better free software for everyone.
So once again, when we talk about free software think of free as in free speech NOT free as in free beer. With free software, everyone can win.
--Jisaku Jien
Free beer is best, but freedom is good too
I appreciate the sentiments around your concepts of free and to be honest I am thinking of "free" as in free beer as well as the freedom to change the recipe. However, I am not advocating that all software should be given away, but I would like every non-profit to have access to free software that they can change and make work for themselves. Is there a business model in this? I am sure there is? We just need to work it out. Thanks for commenting.
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Hi Chris:
I enjoyed reading your post. I also am an Ubuntu enthusiast and spend a fair bit of energy trying to convince people to use free and open source software. It seems to me that many of the use models you mention would be well served by Open Office. It has a wordprocessor, spreadsheet and database that are very powerful and well integrated. For electronic medical records, I recently tried installing (a beta version of) OSCAR. It looks like a useful system but the beta was kind of unstable. Anyway, I will look for future posts on this.
Barbara Samson
Hi Barbara
Thanks for the comment and you are correct about Open Office which is fantastic. I'll have a look at Oscar.The biggest issues concerning free software and electronic health records are security, privacy and data ownership. Thanks
Free Software programmers do *not* "give away" their programs
Hello Chris, and welcome to the world of Free Software. I'd just like to clarify the issue by repeating my Subject line: Free Software programmers do not give away their software. I'd like to look at it as subjecting their code to audit and their software to wide-betas. For more, see this essay on the FSF site.
As an aside, albeit related: I've been debating with myself whether software freedom *necessariy* leads to free-as-in-beer.
As to a revenue model -- training and other services may cost. I know of a consulting company that helps customers in migrating from proprietary to Free Software, and their fees are hefty. Also look up the story of the Free snort and its commercial counterpart SourceFire. I can't find prices on their site, but I remember them to be in the low-to-mid five-figures.
Daniel O. Escasa
independent IT consultant and writer
contributor, Free Software Magazine (http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com)
personal blog at http://descasa.i.ph
Appreciate the perspective and the links, thanks.
free and free
With all due respect to the whole "free as in speech" argument, two practical points need to be acknowledged:
1) Free-licensed software becomes zero-cost software in practice. Even if you charge at the initial point of distribution, somebody will almost certainly provide free hosting at some point. Free software companies don't usually sell software, they sell consulting or support.
2) Non-profit charity organizations are usually cash-poor and labor-rich. This means they care a lot about that $0 price tag, and not so much about difficulty of use, because they're probably going to get the consulting for free (pro-bono), anyway, from one of their many supporters.
I for one think we should all be okay with this. We're talking about people whose business is supporting the public good. We benefit in the same ways that everyone benefits from these organizations.
Most of the "free beer/free speech" arguments make loads of sense when dealing with for-profit businesses, where "time is money", but for non-profits, the world works a little differently. And I think we have to remember that's the PoV of this article.


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LOS ANGELES -- The Clippers took Stephen Curry away for an entire half, took away all the energy, and took away most everything the Warriors could want or hope to do on Monday.
What was left of the Warriors then? Nothing, there was nothing but a crumpled pile of blue uniforms.
No Curry magic (until a too-little-too-late third-quarter flurry), no grand Warriors strategies, no push-back, no chance.
Two days after Mark Jackson, David Lee, Curry and the Warriors pushed and powered their way to a Game 1 victory at Staples Center, all the mojo went away in the Clippers' 138-98 Game 2 victory.
"We got drilled," Jackson said solemnly afterward. "We got thoroughly outplayed.
"Nothing you can do about that. This is on us."
Now the Warriors have to get it back, starting with Game 3 on Thursday at Oracle Arena, or else this series could get real ugly, real fast.
That is, if the Clippers let them get any of it back.
Point made: The Clippers, at their best, are much better than the Warriors, who are without starting center Andrew Bogut.
Which leads to the question: Did the Clippers just knock the Warriors into submission for the rest of this series?
Though this was a debacle, Jackson said it's important to keep this in perspective -- this series is tied now his players can find strength in returning to their home arena and home fans.
"One thing I will not do, I will not act like I've never seen playoff basketball before," Jackson said. "This happens ...
"But I will say this, just like I told my team, for 82 games we earned the sixth seed. We came here and earned home-court advantage.
"So we will not over-react ... Now we go before the best fans in the business and we look forward to it."
After this performance, the Warriors will need every jolt of electricity that Oracle can give them, that's for sure.
From the start of Game 2, the Clippers did a lot of hammering and the Warriors went to the canvas quickly and seemed woozy the rest of the way.
When Chris Paul, Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan play as shakily they did in Game 1, the Warriors have a chance--and the Warriors took advantage of it on Saturday.
But when Paul, Griffin, Jordan and their supporting players play as passionately and effectively they did in Game 2 ... they get up by 30 in the third quarter.
And the Warriors are almost an afterthought while Griffin and Jordan soar to the rim and the Clipper Highlight Reel unspools.
For the most important parts of Game 2, the Clippers swarmed Curry, who made only one basket and scored four points in the first half.
"I think it was a little bit of us, yeah," Clippers coach Doc Rivers said of Curry's invisibility. "But he also was trying to get his teammates involved."
But it didn't work that way for the Warriors, and then the Clippers used that energy to blast through the Warriors' defense.
Just like in Game 1, the Clippers bolted to an emotional early lead right off the bat on Monday.
But unlike in Game 1, on Monday the Clippers kept charging and charging and the Warriors never mustered a significant counterattack.
Big difference: Griffin, who was limited to 19 minutes and 16 points in Game 1 due to foul trouble, had 20 points in 21 minutes in Game 2's first half alone.
"Anybody who knows basketball knew he was going to come out more aggressive," Warriors forward Draymond Green said of Griffin.
Bigger difference: After his overwrought and out-of-control effort in Game 1, Paul was in total control in Game 2.
Meanwhile, Curry struggled against the Clippers' double-teams, Klay Thompson got into early foul trouble, and nobody else on the Warriors roster was up for the test.
By halftime, the Clippers were up by 26 points, Curry had only one made basket, and the game was essentially over.
By early in the third quarter, the lead was 30 and thoughts were already turning to Game 3, which now shapes up as the pivotal moment in this series.
Can the Warriors get Curry free? Can Thompson stay out of foul trouble while defending Paul?
Will Lee, Andre Iguodala, Harrison Barnes or anybody else step in and give the Warriors what Danny Granger (15 points) and Matt Barnes (13 points) gave the Clippers in Game 2?
That's up to coach Mark Jackson and it's up to the Warriors players.
They don't have a lot of time to figure this out, and they certainly know that the Clippers have more talent and made the right adjustments on Monday.
The series got real for the Clippers in Game 2, and it suddenly got into serious danger territory for the Warriors.
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Bobby is back!!!
Nortled wrote: Aww shit Sage, now you have to write another track called "Misguided Patriot" just to match up to this article. Seriously though, the daps are overdue: these songs (Makeshift Patriot and Hey Bobby) will stand the test of time, because they don't have the same old cliches.
Sage Francis wrote: With tough acts to follow, musicians tackle the war
Artists like the Beastie Boys, R.E.M. and more have come up short with their Iraqi war-inspired songs.
By Robert Hilburn, Times Staff Writer
"War ... what is it good for?" the late Edwin Starr asked in his 1970 hit single.
The famous answer: Absolutely nothing!
You could say the same about most of the Iraqi war-inspired songs that are circling us with the speed of the troops around Baghdad.
There was just a ripple of musical commentary after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, partly because the experience was so new for Americans that it was hard to know just what to say.
But war we know -- and musicians are responding.
The 24-hour cable watch had barely begun when pop-rock figures including the Beastie Boys, R.E.M. and Lenny Kravitz checked in on their Web sites with their views. The best that can be said about most of these songs is they remind us of how difficult it is to express political feelings effectively in pop music.
The new tunes take stands, but they lack the thoughtfulness and grace to be anything more than predictable sloganeering. Lacking the craft that made these artists successful in the first place, they sound like political speeches from campaigns past.
The most memorable protest music, from John Lennon's "Imagine" (a Top 10 single in 1971) to Starr's hit, steps beyond rhetoric to touch us in some special way.
With "Imagine" as with Bob Dylan's earlier "Blowin' in the Wind," there was the caress of the melody and the idealism of the words. Though they were political statements, both songs looked beyond headlines and politics to dream of a better world.
By contrast, "War," written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong, invited us to dance. The lyrics were pointed -- "It ain't nothing but a heartbreaker / War / Friend only to the undertaker" -- and some embraced them. But the relentless beat and Starr's explosive vocal would have made the song a hit even if the lyrics went, "Peace, what is it good for?"
The song has enough lingering punch that grunge rockers Pearl Jam used it last week in concert to express their opposition to the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
Trust me, there's little on the Internet that will make you either think or dance -- at least not the songs by the most high-profile artists.
Here's a survey of their offerings:
The Beastie Boys' "In a World
Gone Mad." This New York hip-hop/rock outfit showed social conscience in the '90s by sponsoring the inspired Tibetan Freedom Concert series, but this is a lazy mix of politics and playfulness. Sample line: "Now don't get us wrong 'cause we love America / But that's no reason to get hysterical / They're layin' on the syrup thick / We ain't waffles, we ain't havin' it."
If the goal is simply to go on record about the war, the Beasties and other artists could simply put a statement on the Web and then refer fans to truly memorable music. The referral here could have been to John Lennon's "Give Peace a Chance."
R.E.M.'s "The Final Straw." Even fans of this great band know Michael Stipe can sometimes be oblique, and he's never been more so than here. The song is a plea for forgiveness rather than revenge, but it seems adrift in space.
Better referral: the Beatles' "All You Need Is Love."
Zack de la Rocha's "March of Death." With Rage Against the Machine, De La Rocha made some of the most politically charged music of the modern pop era, but his sense of outrage sometimes outdistances his artistry. The only thing promising here is the power of the music itself, a collaboration with DJ Shadow.
Referral: Dylan's "Masters of War."
Lenny Kravitz's "We Want
Peace." The inspiration here was in Kravitz's teaming with Kazem Al Sahir, a major pop figure in Iraq. Their song, however, is limp.
Better referral: Cat Stevens' "Peace Train."
John Mellencamp's "To Washington." This tale of political disillusion is a major step up, but it is so tied to the Woody Guthrie folk tradition that it ends up a bit anonymous.
Referral: Steve Earle's "Christmas in Washington."
The pro-invasion contingent comes chiefly from the country side of pop.
Darryl Worley's "Have You Forgotten?" You don't have to search the Web for this tune because it's already a pop and country hit -- a companion piece, in a way, to Alan Jackson's "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)." It's heavy on the corn: "Have you forgotten how it felt that day? To see your homeland under fire / And her people blown away."
Referral: Merle Haggard's "The Fightin' Side of Me."
Clint Black's "I Raq and I Roll."
The veteran country star certainly gets the nod for cleverest song title, but the tune itself (co-written by Hayden Nicholas) is full of macho bluster. "It might be a smart bomb / They find stupid people, too / And if you stand with the likes of Saddam / One just might find you."
Referral: again, Haggard's "The Fightin' Side of Me."
Not all Iraq commentary sounds tired. The seriousness of the issue is encouraging lots of singer-songwriters to share their feelings, and there is likely much of value to come from that.
Sage Francis' "Makeshift Patriot" is one sign that artists can step beyond the obvious. Francis is a Rhode Island rapper who has been building a wider underground following, thanks in part to songs with the freshness and insight of "Patriot."
Written shortly after Sept. 11, the song is finally surfacing outside clubs and the Internet. It will be released commercially on a "Punk-O-Rama" sampler by Los Angeles' Epitaph Records.
In "Makeshift Patriot," Francis (who released an album last year on the independent anticon label) expresses sympathy for the victims of the terrorist attacks, but also warns about the nation's response. In a provocative line, Francis declares, "There's a desperate need for blood for what's been uncovered under the rubble / Some of them dug for answers in the mess . . . but the rest were looking for trouble."
You also feel a creative spark in the socially conscious music of Stephen Smith, a New York singer-songwriter whose "New World Order" album has just been released by Smith's Universal Hobo label. Smith, whose father is Iraqi, wrote the album before the conflict in Iraq, but he is wrestling with issues that define the times.
Given the flood of social commentary on the Internet and elsewhere, Francis and Smith are not isolated voices. Once we are past the flood of quick, celebrity responses, we may have music strong enough to stand up to the protest music of the past, not simply pale alongside it.
Quote: The Beastie Boys' "In a World Gone Mad."
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All over Summit County, businesses are waiting to see if increased lodging numbers and additional snowfall will result in some good numbers for the upcoming months.
According to the occupancy report put out by the Mountain Travel Research Program (MTRiP), Breckenridge saw an increase in lodging occupancy for the month of January. The positive trend continued into the first weekend of February, which also showed an increase over numbers from last year.
"The first quarter of 2013 has finally brought true growth to the lodging sector, with rates and occupancy climbing simultaneously, giving us the first period of solid and sustained growth we have witnessed in many winters," Toby Babich, president at Breckenridge Resort Managers, stated in an email. "I hope to see us close out this season by maintaining this trend through April."
Although Presidents Day weekend looks to be behind last season, the report stated that roughly 90 percent occupancy should still be expected, with the following weekend showing strongly compared to 2012. Though early March may be a bit softer, the rates should increase later in the month.
The positive trend in lodging and occupancy should begin to correlate with increased business for the towns, said Corry Mihm, executive director of the Summit Independent Business Alliance (SIBA).
"Occupancy numbers are the No. 1 driver of what business and retail and restaurant and service industries will be," she said. "Any time you see occupancy numbers on the upswing and being positive, that's gong to drive business, particularly in retail and restaurants."
Once visitors get to town, they'll spend their money there, said Rachel Zerowin, public relations manager at the Breckenridge Resort Chamber. "Whenever we see strong overnight visitation or multi-night visitation, those people are in town - they're eating, they're drinking, they're shopping and they're doing activities."
One of the biggest factors in occupancy reports is snow. While last year's dry season and this year's slow start negatively impacted lodging and business within the county, the storms that have come in already are helping to turn that around.
"It seems that it's been a little touch and go," said Sheri Shelton, owner of Hand and Glove in Breckenridge. "It's a lot dependent on the snow. Now that it's snowing it will be a lot better because it will drive traffic from down in the Front Range."
Shelton estimates that her business is about "neck in neck" compared to last year, which isn't a band thing, she said, but she hopes it will start to follow the increasing positive trend.
This is a sentiment shared throughout the county, including at the Dillon Dam Brewery.
"We're very happy with the amount of business we have," said Barb Richard, marketing manager for the brewery. "It's trending similar to last year, but last for us was not a bad year. Things are going well for us and we're hopeful with the new snow that it will continue."
The Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory in Silverthorne, with its location close to Interstate 70, said that while the numbers have been about the same, it has noticed an increase in customers
"We've been busy," said co-owner Kelsey Lyons. "We feel like people are spending money."
Others have said that they've already started to see an upswing in their business.
"It's better this year, it's definitely better," said Mary Elaine Moore, owner of Around the World Toys and Stork and Bear Company in Frisco. "They're skiing but they're also shopping and enjoying other activities as well."
Moore cited the pull of unique town main streets as one factor she believed pulled visitors in, which the Breckenridge Welcome Center confirmed.
"A lot of people are coming in looking for activities to do, especially activities other than skiing," said Kate Christopher, information specialist at the welcome center.
Upcoming events will likely increase the number of visitors walking around town, Zerowin said. "Those are going to give some good reasons for some last minute fill."
"That really helps drive interest in Summit County as compared to other places," Mihm agreed. She added that an improving economy may also be a contributing factor in local business growth.
"We had some very strong summer months, so if that is part of a broader trend, (if) our areas are recovering to pre-recession levels, then that really helps."
"Though increased and sustained growth may yet fluctuate, to this point, the trend is something everyone in Breckenridge has been hoping for since 2008," Babich stated. "Excitement is in the air and winter has brought all of us a welcome increase in tourism to Breckenridge. Trending positive, and we are loving it."


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Let the card dry and fold it horizontally in the middle.
Cut out the pavilion, the figures, and the greeting banner along their dashed outlines.
Fold accordion-style inward along the solid lines and outward along the dashed lines.
Glue the pavilion and the greeting banner at the designated spots on the inside template. Glue Kai-lan and YeYe to the bottom of the banister from behind.
Show your kids how to tell time with this paper plate peek-a-boo clock!
Make a simple decoration that's SUPER cute
Use words--and make a face--to explore feelings together this no-sew pillow
An imaginative stage for your kid's imaginative mind
Say "ni hao" with the el-egg-ant springtime craft from Kai-lan
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Nothing says "Gong Hay Fat Choy" more than these hand-made money envelopes!
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Kai-lan and friends are preparing for spring. Watch their garden grow!
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Turn a "roarrr!" into a "purrr" with this cuddly pillow
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Kate (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) is a bright, pretty primary school teacher who is devoted to her students. She also likes to have a good time and get drunk with her husband Charlie (Aaron Paul) who has a less responsible job as a songwriter. Through a series of mishaps and an increasing need to drink most of the time, Kate hits rock bottom and realises that she has an alcohol problem. With the encouragement of her stiff but well-meaning colleague (Nick Offerman) she goes to an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting and finds a sponsor (Octavia Spencer). But she struggles to convince Charlie of the seriousness of her situation, and begins to wonder if they are soul-mates or just addicts who enable each other.
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BERKELEY -- Pac-12 Networks analyst Yogi Roth watched tape of Cal's 41-24 loss at Colorado and realized he had seen it all before.
"If you don't look at the score, it's like the offense is putting up numbers but not converting when they need to," he said. "That's kind of what happens every Saturday."
The Bear Raid offense, which was expected to rack up points, win games and sell tickets for Cal football this fall, hasn't done any of that.
"We're a teaser offense," Cal offensive coordinator Tony Franklin said. "We show signs, tease people, and they go, 'Why can't they do that all the time?' "
Coach Sonny Dykes and Franklin ran the same spread offense a year ago at Louisiana Tech, which led the nation in scoring (51.5 points per game) and total offense (577.9 yards). Dykes' ability to field an explosive and entertaining team was the biggest reason he was hired to replace Jeff Tedford.
It has been a different story so far in Berkeley. While the Bears rank fifth in the Pac-12 at 460 yards per game, Cal's 23.9 points per game is last in the conference.
Combined with an injury-ravaged defense that has been one of the nation's worst, the equation has added up to a 1-10 record heading into Saturday's 116th Big Game at Stanford.
"I've been disappointed," Dykes said. "You can throw out the (win-loss) record -- I'm disappointed because we haven't improved."
Things appeared promising early. The Bears scored 30 points against Northwestern in their opener. Two weeks later, they put up 34 against Ohio State, the second-most allowed this season by the unbeaten Buckeyes.
Since then, the Bears' weaknesses have become evident: A young offensive line that isn't physical enough, the lack of a power running back, trouble on third down and in the red zone and, recently, a diminished downfield passing game.
Pac-12 opponents have exposed and exploited those flaws.
"People have a catalog on us," Franklin said, "and we have not been able to be as effective as we were."
Cal's solution has been to let freshman quarterback Jared Goff throw the ball. Over and over. He threw 64 times against Northwestern and has topped 50 attempts in six games.
"I'm embarrassed to throw the ball the way we have," Franklin said. "It's not championship football. You're too predictable, and we're not good enough."
The Bears pile up huge passing numbers between the 20-yard lines, but the fast-paced offense, which relies on developing a rhythm, can't consistently finish drives.
"Where you struggle in this offense, in my opinion, is in the red zone and on third down," Roth said.
The numbers bear it out. Cal is 10th in the Pac-12 in third-down conversion success and last in red-zone efficiency, scoring touchdowns on only 20 of 41 trips inside the opponent's 20-yard line.
"The field shrinks," Franklin said, "and if you can't run the ball in the red zone you can't win."
Third-down problems have their roots in first-down failures. Cal threw incomplete on first down seven times at Colorado last Saturday, and punted three plays later each time.
The Bears' speed-based run game has improved the past two weeks but doesn't scare opposing defenses.
"Everybody figures they can play five in the box against us and not worry about (us) running the football," Franklin said. "To throw the ball deep, you have to be able to create something which forces them to bring their safeties down to get involved in the run game."
Up front, the Bears shuffled their offensive line at midseason and start three freshmen. They're paying a price for it now, but Franklin called their development the season's biggest positive.
"Those guys are more physical, they're much tougher," he said. "They're talented, but they need to get stronger. They'll be a different group this time next year."
Compounding the problems is a late-season hip injury that has slowed Chris Harper, the Bears' fastest receiver, and blunted their ability to throw deep. Over the past three games, Cal has completed only nine passes that gained at least 20 yards, and Harper has been ruled out of Saturday's game.
Roth doesn't think the Bears need to be in "freak-out mode" about the Bear Raid offense. They need to develop better rhythm and need to recruit a power back.
Roth also said the Bears could use a break, after games played in a monsoon rainstorm at Oregon and amid 35 mph winds at Colorado.
Dykes would like to agree. "Good football teams make their own breaks," he said. "Right now we're not a very good football team."
How Cal's Bear Raid offense produced against its two FBS nonconference opponents and its average against eight Pac-12 foes:
Opponent Points Yards
Northwestern 30 549
Ohio State 34 503
Pac-12 20.3 424.0
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Interview with Izzy Sanabria, album cover designer, cartoonist, emcee, televison host, magazine publisher, journalist, stand-up comedian.
The Return of Izzy Sanabria, or A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Rumba
/ Interview by David Carp (
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Latino renaissance man,
Izzy Sanabria
, who has been an album cover designer, cartoonist, emcee, televison host, magazine publisher, journalist, stand-up comedian, etc. "My son is studying at the Police Academy, right? So they take him to one of the jails for something or other. The first thing is that you do not in any way fraternize with any prisoner or you'll be written up. So right away this guy comes up to my son, 'Hey, vaya, man, are you Izzy Sanabria's son?' Now, Sanabria is not a very common name. 'Vaya! What's with your father, man? Is he dead? Is he in jail? What's happening with him?' He's trying not to talk to the guy and the guy turns around, 'Dig it, this is Izzy Sanabria's son!' Now he's surrounded by prisoners asking him all kinds of questions about me, so right away he gets written up. Now he has to face a Board of Inquiry. To show you where the Police Department is at, here's the question he had to answer. 'How come your father knows these criminals?' Not, 'How come these criminals know your father?'"
As the cliché goes, Izzy Sanabria's reputation has preceded him. Rather than ask what he's done, it might be simpler to ask what he hasn't done. He has been a cartoonist, illustrator, designer, television host, emcee, magazine publisher (
Latin New York
), editor, journalist, stand-up comedian, bon vivantbut this is beginning to sound like bragging and Izzy will not stand for bragging. Verdad!
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is disregarding his wishes that his story be told in the third person. You see, he feels that the usual first person-oriented interview format would be somewhat less than modest. Nevertheless, Izzy's actions do speak louder than his words (although his words speak pretty loudly). Said words were recently recorded by David Carp and Bruce Polin.
David Carp:
Can you tell us how you got your first album cover assignment?
Izzy Sanabria:
Johnny Pacheco and I had gone to the same junior high school in the Bronx. When he started working as a sideman at the Palladium, I came up to him, "Hey, how are you?" He was glad that somebody recognized him and I felt great knowing somebody on stage. I used to run into him at the Tritons, a club in the Bronx where I was a waiter, at times a bartender, and I also emceed there. Well, Johnny Pacheco would actually pick me up at my house. I traveled around with Pacheco different places, they thought I was a singer or something. So one day I told him about this idea for an album cover. He says, "I just recorded for Al Santiago." And then he tells me that the album cover had already been ordered. Most people would have said, "OK, maybe next time," but I said, "Give me the guy's name anyway, let me present it to him." So he gave me Al Santiago's number and I called him up. I went to see him and I showed him the piece of art and he said, "THAT'S IT! I LOVE IT!" I said, "What about the other album cover?" "Forget it!" This is still one of my best covers because it captured Johnny Pacheco and all that energy that he had as a flute player in those days. Now, he was hot as a pistol, he was funny, he would move, he was dynamic. So I came up with this African figure playing the flute as a woodcut, black against yellow, which is really a one-color job except you put yellow in the background and with all the little imperfections of a woodcut you get that movement. So I created that imagery for Pacheco.
Bruce Polin:
What was your most controversial album cover?
Willie Colon's
Wanted by the F.B.I.
By saying "Wanted," by putting out a cover that says "F.B.I.," Fania was giving the impression that this production was sanctioned by the F.B.I. What happened was that the F.B.I. became aware of it because a bunch of people were turning Willie in (laughs). That's why it's a collectors' item. The only ones on the market now are the ones that just say "Wanted!" The [edited] cover still says "Wanted!" but "by the F.B.I." is taken out and also the part where it says "Freaks Bureau of Investigation" and signed by J. Edgar Gonzalez. This was the cheapest photograph that I ever put on an album cover. I took Willie to a machine and the photographs were four for a quarter. So I spent fifty cents 'cause I wanted it to be a bad quality photograph, you know? I used it on the back and I imitated a Daily News headline, you know, with the big dots and everything. His prison number was really his previous LP numbers and the fingerprints are who knows whose. I went to the post office and picked up a "Wanted" poster and cut out some criminal's fingerprints and pasted them down. See, what happened is, I was influenced by the hippie movement from the '60s. They were selling posters, you know, F.B.I. "Wanted" posters of Bobby Seale and people like that. Now those are real posters so they were only helping the F.B.I. perpetuate their publicity. But if you put anything on the market that isn't true then, yeah, it's against the law. So in Puerto Rico they made them turn the albums around [so that only the back cover was displayed] in all the stores and all that kind of stuff. And then there was a story about Willie Colon's grandmother getting hysterical because people were calling and telling her that the F.B.I. was after Willie. Because the posters that came inside the album were being plastered throughout the city, the promotion was really funny.
How often did you have conflicts about basic concepts with producers or record company operatives?
IS: All the time. I'll tell you about one. I've never said this publicly because I never wanted to put Jerry Masucci downbut it was a Pupi Legarreta album where I did an illustration with him playing the flute and it used very hot colors and a very tropical green background. Now the colors in my work are very bold, I've never been very subtle. I remember interviewing Ann Saxon on my television show and I asked her how she felt as an Anglo-Saxon editing this Latin thing and she's talking about what she's learned. She said that, for example, the way Latinos look..."I went in with a beige outfit and I was trying belts with different shades of brown. I went to a salesgirl who happened to be Hispanic and I said, 'Which of these do you think I should have?' and she goes, 'Oh, none of them, you need a little color!'" So there's an example of the Anglo-American taste being more subtle. Back to the album cover [record producer] Jerry Masucci wanted a Gatsby look, so the end result is that he's paying for it and the final fight is I had to walk out of there and eat the illustrations I had already finished or make the changes he wanted. So I had to change the background to a subtle green. OK, so it didn't have the same impact, but it didn't look that terrible. But the problem there was that he said to me, "It looks too Puerto Rican," or something to that effect and I told him, "Fuck you!" Now that was another problem with me in this business, I have never been an ass-kisser. I've never been very subtle or diplomatic and I just told Masucci, "Fuck you, how dare you? You're selling to Hispanics and you're telling me that it's too Puerto Rican?" But Jerry Masucci called me up a few days later to apologize. I still did what he wanted, but he also realized that at that time I had a certain amount of power as publisher of Latin New York magazine. But, again, he had his own particular way of seeing things. He may have thought that looking "too Latin" was a problem. But I really felt that you could still design well and make it look Latin, make it look authentic, and yet be sophisticated. That's what I always try to do, you know?
You began your career emceeing big shows during the 1960s period of Spanish variety theater. Anything that you remember about this period?
I don't remember where, it may have been El Teatro Puerto Rico, but one of my greatest moments as a performer was getting a standing ovation in a theater after doing a whole comedy monologue. They had never really seen that in Spanish theater. During this period I was wearing my hair long, for lack of a better word, in the Afro style. I was influenced by the blacks, you know, "Black is beautiful." They're wearing Afros, so I was saying, "Well, why can't Hispanics be doing something?" I was working with Joe Quijano, who always had a classy-type band, all the guys were dressed up. His band goes onstage, then he brings me on and I'm supposed to dance with this girl and everything else. But the minute I came on the audience went into this disarray, you know? Quijanoagain, he's got this imagehe tried to get me off the stage and he's telling me, "Izzy, get off, get off!' and I insisted on getting in front of that microphone. Coming from the audience are comments like, "You look like a broom," you know, "the barber's gotta eat," all of this stuff because of the way my hair was, you see, they had never seen this! So I got up there and I knew instinctively that if you stand up there long enough they've got to quiet down sooner or later. When the crowd quieted down a little, I found an old lady in the front that I related to like my mother and I would direct my comments to her. "You see, ma'am, bald people are always attacking me." So, immediately I got a laugh. Somebody in the balcony would make another comment and my next thing was, "Shut up, baldy," another laugh. Then I would come back and say, "Ladies and gentlemen, let me tell you the reason my hair's like this. You see, for many years I've been trying to be white Anglo-Saxon. But I finally realized that, hey, I am a Puerto Rican and if I got curly hair, let it be shown." The audience applauded me like crazy and after that I had the audience in my back pocket and no matter what I did after that, it went over great. Ralphie Mercado has used me as a pivot man, to introduce the other Masters of Ceremonies. He knew that people would boo me and everything else and I would play with that and, you know, all of these things that nobody else could really deal with.
How do you write comedy?
I haven't written comedy. I do characters, you know, certain things that I observe, ironies. I'll start with something like, "Ladies and gentlemen, do you realize that bartenders are getting away with an unconstitutional act and yet they're within the law to do it?" I say, "If you walk into a bar and you've had one too many he can refuse to serve you. We have to stop this because it could spread to other professions." I say, "What happens if you're a little bit overweight and and you walk into a restaurant'I'm sorry, sir, you're too fat, we can't serve you.' What happens if you're a woman, you're not too attractive and you walk into a beauty salon'Lady, with that face ain't shit we can do for you.'" Then I do little things like, "Every Puerto Rican neighborhood's got a junkie by the name of Tito, you know, the kind of guy that walks up and says, 'Hey, babe, what's happenin', man? Dig it, you got a dollar?' 'No.' 'Oh, man, what you mean, you ain't got no dollarshit, you got a job.' 'I'm sorry, I don't give money to junkies.' 'Oh, man, I ain't no junkie, I'm on Methadone.' 'What do you want a dollar for?' "I'm gonna get some bottled water, you don't expect me to put tap water in my system, do you?'" I mean, with the tap water, if you see a company that's gonna start selling air, buy in, because who would have thought ten years ago that anybody has to buy water? So I thought that was great, a junkie not wanting to put tap water in his system, it's ironic. That's what I like about comedyit's like Oriental writing. A symbol gives you a whole story. A symbol could mean "a house burned down," so you put "Joe" in front of it, it says "Joe's house burned down." When I say, "I'm not a junkie, I'm on Methadone," for me to explain why that's funny, I have to go into paragraphs to explain that [taking Methadone] is just a damn substitute, and the establishment's making money, that you're still a drug addict and that it's worse than heroin.
Your magazine,
Latin New York
, had an unmistakable impact in the Latino community and beyond from its founding in 1973 until folding in 1985. How is Latin New York remembered today and how would you like it to be remembered?
You know, there are Hispanics here who went through the world as empty shells. I was like that myself to a certain point. You go into the world to be white American and you get out in white America and then you find that you're an empty shell without substance, and then some of them start finding themselves. And so I get some of these letters, people are telling me, "I read
Latin New York
magazine. Then all of a sudden I started to find myself reading other people's letters, reading those articles, things I wasn't even aware of and yet I was either missing or I suddenly connected to." Here's onea woman writes to say that her mother always tried to keep her away from being a Puerto Rican and she should marry a white guy. So she married a white guy who moves to a white suburb, has children, and now she discovers her roots and she starts reading
Latin New York
. And it blows her mind away and now she is stuffing rice and beans down the throats of her kids and her husband and driving them crazy playing salsa music, and she's not gonna stop until they accept her for what she is because now she doesn't want her children to be deprived of the culture she was deprived of. It's stuff like that, you know, the doubts, the rediscovery. All those things that appeared in
Latin New York
are indicative of that.The other thing that
Latin New York
has is its uniqueness as documentation of the '70s and '80s. There's the photographs, there's all this stuff that could be made into several books. Like these letters I told you about. These letters should be compiled even if it's only on microfilm and made available for college students or other people to do research. None of this stuff is even on microfilm and if it's destroyed, then it's destroyed forever. I mean, first of all, it's printed on shitty paper. It's only gonna last a certain amount of time and then if I'm gone somebody's gonna throw all this stuff in the garbage. In the meantime, every now and then, every now and then somebody calls me, "Oh, man, you have no idea how I reached you, how many phone calls I made around the country until somebody told me that you're the source of this." And right now I can't help anybody 'cause I'm not gonna send them originals. "Are you willing to come to New York and read through my stuff?" And why should I even have some stranger come to my house and read through all my stuff?
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PixelJunk SideScroller is the latest PS3 title from Q-Games. The Kyoto-based game studio continues to churn out high quality digital games for the PS3 under its PixelJunk banner. SideScroller is a vector-infused side-scrolling shooter.
You shoot at enemies with one of three weapons you have, which you can upgrade through power-ups. The game scrolls as you play. You shoot. If you've played classic side-scrollers like Gradius, you'll be on familiar ground. That's doesn't mean this game is a retro rehash—not at all.
Brian Ashcraft, who has found his new favorite shooter:
Man, this is a good game. PixelJunk continuously surprises and delights as it effortlessly leaps from genre to genre, producing not only incredibly polished, but wonderfully inventive takes on familiar favorites. Yes, this is a sidescroller, but it's unlike any sidescroller I've ever played.
There are the obligatory giant bosses and haze of projectiles, but the game incorporates elements like solids and liquids, fire and ice in a compelling and interesting way that makes the game more than simply shooting at something and having it blow-up.
Yet, even just as a pure shooter—and I love these types of shooters—SideScroller delivers and dazzles. The enemies are familiar, but still fresh. And the giant bosses are...giant.
My favorite thing about Q-Games is the obsessive attention to detail and the way they make everything just so. These titles are made by people obsessed with making high quality games. It's at a level that's rarely seen outside of Nintendo games, and every PixelJunk game I fire up, I can't help but think that I'm playing something special.
The flourishes, from a retro arcade monitor to the "Insert Coin" prompt, create an arcade experience you never had, but only wish you could have. All this, and it's set to some truly chill music. I've always enjoyed unwinding to shooters, and PixelJunk: SideScroller is my new relax remedy. So is it worth picking up? Yes.
This is the total package of retro-chic style and substance. I only needed to play three levels to fall for what is now one of my favorite PlayStation 3 games of the year. Plus: it passed the wife test. My wife thought it was cool, and doesn't think that many games that I play are cool. She played it and wants to play it more. Should you buy it? Yes.


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CORPUS CHRISTI – Head Baseball Coach Scott Malone has signed a contract extension with Texas A&M-Corpus Christi through the 2015 season, Director of Athletics Scott Lazenby announced today. Malone is currently in his sixth season at the Island University.
"Scott runs his program with a tremendous amount of class and integrity," Lazenby said. "In his time here, he has elevated our baseball program to a new level of success on the field while also raising the quality of his student-athletes off it. We always preach the importance of having Islanders student-athletes as well-rounded ambassadors for our university, and our baseball program has lived up to these standards in Scott's tenure."
Malone and the Islanders sit in second place in the Southland Conference with two weekends remaining in the regular season, the closest the team has been to a conference title in program history. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi has already clinched a spot in the Southland Conference Tournament, slated for May 22-25 at Constellation Field in Sugar Land, Texas. Malone has led the Islanders to three consecutive appearances in the Southland Tournament, a first in program history.
"I'm so grateful to Scott Lazenby and the University administration for the commitment they have shown to our baseball program," Malone said. "With the improvements that our program has experienced to Chapman Field, our locker rooms and many other areas, we can now compete for the top players in the state of Texas. I'm honored that they have expressed their continued faith in me to lead the Islanders to new heights on the diamond."
This season has seen A&M-Corpus Christi post series sweeps of Nicholls and McNeese State, as well as a non-conference trifecta against Dallas Baptist. Sophomore Jacob Dorris has already broken the school record with 11 saves on the season, while on the offensive side, five regulars in the lineup are hitting .307 or better. Cody Stephens has also broken the Islanders' all-time mark with 19 stolen bases this year.
Malone's marquee season came in 2011, when the Islanders went 37-24 and earned the third seed in the Southland Tournament. The squad opened the season 20-8, including a win over No. 6 Texas. The Islanders then heated up again at the close of the season, finishing with 12 wins in its last 13 games to head into the tourney with momentum.
The Islanders followed that up with a solid 2012 season, as Southland Newcomer of the Year Daniel Minor led the team back to the postseason and a first-round upset of top-seeded Sam Houston State in the conference tournament. Minor went on to become the highest draft pick in Islanders history, as he was chosen with the first pick in the ninth round of the MLB First-Year Player Draft to the Houston Astros.
Malone came to the Island University in 2008, and led his first team to the Southland Tournament, the first postseason appearance in program history. He saw Coastal Bend products Trey Hernandez and Jeramie Marek earn Freshman All-America honors in back-to-back seasons (2008 and 2009, respectively). In 2010, the Islanders were one of the top offensive teams in the conference, led by Hernandez, who hit 17 home runs and slugged .707.
Prior to arriving at the Island University, Malone spent three seasons at UNLV, overseeing the team's recruiting efforts and hitters. He also spent two seasons each at UTSA and UT Arlington, coaching First Round MLB Draft Picks (UTA's Hunter Pence and UTSA's Mark Schramek) at each stop. Before beginning his coaching career, he was an All-American at TCU, and was recently inducted into the school's Hall of Fame.
The Islanders will play host to their final home series of the year this weekend, as Lamar comes to town for a pivotal three-game series. Friday night's contest will start at 6 p.m., with a Saturday contest slated for 4 p.m. and the Sunday finale at 1 p.m. Tickets are available for just $5, with Islanders' staff, military personnel, youths and seniors receiving admission for just $3. Students of the Island University are admitted free of charge.


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In the spirit of full disclosure I report that I feel like the Susie Lucci of Oak Ridge Council appointees. Ms. Lucci was nominated 21 times before winning her first daytime Emmy award. In the past few years I believe that I have harvested a forest to provide paperwork detailing why I would make a good appointee. Each time my name is presented I do get votes — not enough to be selected. Such is the case of offering one's self for service in a city that is blessed with citizens equally or imminently qualified for appointment. Using Ms. Lucci as inspiration, I shall continue to apply.
Why do I put my name in nomination? In the 10 years I've lived in Oak Ridge I have come to appreciate the accessibility of our local government. I have had ample opportunity to personally witness each of our elected officials strive to make the best decisions to benefit us, the citizens and businesses of the city. Because they make personal sacrifices, we live in a locale that is seeing a sunrise not a sunset. If appointed I feel that my past experiences in local, state, regional and national governance would be utilized, not kicked to the curb. Above all, I would like to be a part of what our City Council is leading us into.
We are now in the process of electing members of City Council. Three incumbents are standing for re-election: Ellen D. Smith, Chuck Hope and Charlie Hensley. They are joined by several hopefuls, all vying for three open positions. However, in my opinion there is no need to change horses in midstream. I support the incumbents, especially Charlie Hensley.
Charlie was one of the first individuals I got to know when I moved to Oak Ridge. I appreciate his quiet demeanor, his sincerity, his honesty and his helpful manner. And I have come to respect Charlie's love and dedication to Oak Ridge. Taking a ride around town with Charlie is to see first-hand businesses, parks, educational facilities and residential communities he has had a hand in bringing to fruition — some with the sweat of his brow and a shovel in his hand. Above all, one is struck by how modest the man is: I have been surprised when Charlie points to, say, a scoreboard at Blankenship Field, and relates how he helped get it erected. No public display of his involvement. Charlie Hensley just makes it better.
I have recently witnessed Charlie's sense of fairness. He is a member of the church that is being sold for the Kroger Marketplace development. A "politician" would have been outspoken in favor of selling — for the good of the city, don't you know. But not Charlie. He was low-keyed, offered his viewpoint when asked, and was sensitive to the needs and desires of the congregation. He did not put himself, as a City Council member, between the church and the real estate developer. Charlie acted like a gentleman because he is a gentleman.
Page 2 of 2 - Charlie is retired from a 9-to-5 job. But he is on the job for Oak Ridge, 24/7. Charlie Hensley has earned re-election. We should continue to give him the opportunity to represent our city.
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Summit County water districts are preparing early for possible drought conditions this summer, implementing voluntary water restrictions, while the Summit Board of County Commissioners considers implementing a stage-one fire ban.
"I think it's very likely that we'd recommend the stage one," Commissioner and wildland firefighter Dan Gibbs said. "All the indicators reflect that it's time to have a county fire ban."
The ban would apply only to unincorporated parts of Summit County, but Gibbs said the U.S. Forest Service is also considering a stage-one ban for the entire White River National Forest and it wouldn't be unusual for the towns to follow suit.
The ban would likely prohibit backcountry fires, but could make allowances for fireworks over the Fourth of July.
The commissioners will vote on the ban at their meeting Thursday.
Meanwhile, as dry conditions persist and the last of Summit County's snowpack disappears, the Town of Frisco and the East Dillon Water District already have voluntary water restrictions in place.
"We entered the year in our aquifer with higher than normal levels," East Dillon Water District administrator Bob Polich said. "But they have dropped rapidly."
Voluntary water restrictions mean conservation is strongly encouraged, but restrictions are not enforced and violators won't be cited.
The restrictions could be tightened depending on the weather over the next few months.
"In our case, we're purely talking speculation because we're in the peak of our aquifers right now," Polich said. "We have to monitor when it gets to the end of July and August. There're so many factors that are going to be involved (including) whether monsoonal flows come in July."
The Town of Breckenridge has not implemented voluntary water restrictions yet, but continues to encourage customers to be water conscious.
"We're not there yet, but we're closely watching it," Breckenridge spokeswoman Kim Dykstra-DiLallo said. "We would encourage people to conserve as much water as possible."
The Snake River water district is currently not under any kind of water restriction, although the policies are in place to implement restrictions if it becomes necessary.
Water for the Snake River district is drawn from an alluvium and connected to a system of wells. Water levels have remained high enough to avoid restrictions.
"All our water comes from wells, it does not come from something that's going to dry up," Snake River Water District executive director Barbara Mertus Munyon said. "We have lots of water that's going to run through."
It is unlikely the district will enforce restrictions this summer, she said.
Snake River District officials guess the continued healthy flows may stem from last year's mudslide, which knocked out a significant number of trees that would have otherwise been competing for the same water.
Most of Summit County saw less than an inch of precipitation through the first three weeks of May, and some parts received less than half an inch.
Recent drought maps put the better part of the county in the "severe" drought category, the third highest of six categories, according to data from the Colorado Water Conservation Board.


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In other Thibodaux City Council action: Jan. 4, 2013
Published: Friday, January 4, 2013 at 7:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, January 4, 2013 at 7:30 a.m.
The following is a rundown of action taken by the Thibodaux City Council Thursday night. All members were present and all votes were unanimous.
Action: Introduced an ordinance providing for the redivisioning of property located in Phase One, Village One of Project "B" of Acadia Plantation.
Action: Adopted a resolution authorizing the mayor to sign a change order form with LA Contracting Enterprise for the 2011 Community Development Block Grant project.
Action: Passed a resolution authorizing the mayor to retain the law firm of Phelps-Dunbar as special legal council for the city in the lawsuit filed by police officer Calvin Cooks.
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Tulane to play final season in Superdome
Published: Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at 3:00 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at 11:37 a.m.
NEW ORLEANS — Tulane's 2013 football schedule will feature contests against six 2012 bowl teams, six home games and a trip to New York to battle Syracuse.
Director of Athletics Rick Dickson said in a news release Tuesday Tulane will set sail on a historical season in 2013 that will feature several milestones, including the Green Wave's final campaign as a Conference USA member and its final season in the Superdome. Tulane is set to become a member of the Big East Conference, beginning with the 2014-15 season.
The Superdome has been home to Tulane football since it opened in 1975 and the Wave will play its 39th and final season in the dome in 2013. Next season, Tulane will move into its new on-campus, state-of-the-art facility, Yulman Stadium, which will mark its first game on campus in 40 years.
Tulane will open its football season on Aug. 31 against Jackson State at the Superdome.
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Quarterback Carson Palmer blocked Terrelle Pryor's path to the playing field in Pryor's first two NFL seasons. Now that Palmer is gone, Pryor is doing everything he can to show that he is worthy of being the Raiders starter in 2013 and beyond.
"I'm trying to find a way to get better every day, through mechanics, through being sharper on pinpoint accuracy," Pryor said Thursday in Alameda, where he took a break from the team's offseason workout program. "I take those things serious to get better and just for the team overall. I haven't taken a break and probably won't."
Pryor is regarded as one of the hardest workers on the Raiders roster. As evidence, he routinely gathers some of his receivers and works out with them at Laney College in Oakland on off days.
He also has spent considerable time during this offseason working with quarterback coaches in an attempt to refine his footwork, reads and accuracy.
It's all part of Pryor's quest to go from a third-round pick in the 2011 supplemental draft to a starter in the NFL.
The Raiders traded Palmer to the Arizona Cardinals earlier this month. At the same time, they traded for sixth-year quarterback Matt Flynn.
Yet, coach Dennis Allen and general manager Reggie McKenzie are hesitant to anoint Flynn the unquestioned starter, even though they invested two draft picks and $6.5 million in Flynn for 2013.
"Whether Carson was going to be here or not, it doesn't matter," Pryor said. "I have to battle."
Allen and McKenzie said there's an "open competition" at quarterback, which makes sense given Flynn started only two games his first five seasons and Pryor one.
Pryor is taking those words to heart.
"Like coach says, 'Cream rises to the top, no matter what. No matter what the position, everyone is going to battle.' ... We need to compete. By competing, you bring out the best in everybody."


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ASHLAND — Investigators are looking into the "suspicious" death of a person found inside a home at the Bear Creek Mobile Home Park in Ashland.
Jackson County sheriff's deputies were performing a welfare check at the residence at 4:30 p.m. Thursday when they found a body inside the home, sheriff's officials said in a news release.
The residence sits just off Corral Lane, between Interstate 5 and South Pacific Highway.
Detectives from the Major Assault and Death Investigation Unit (MADIU) are investigating the case. Officials have labeled the death suspicious, but have not determined how the person died.
Investigators plan to release more information as it becomes available. However, this is predicted on locating and notifying the victim's family, according to Jackson County sheriff's Detective Julie Denney.
"We are not ready to release the subject's identity at this time," Denney said.
Officials said they know the person's identity. Denney did not comment on whether the person was a long-time Rogue Valley resident or a visitor to the area.
Law enforcement spent Friday afternoon searching the area surrounding the trailer park.
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Community need has prompted the Eagle County Sheriff's Office to present a free substance abuse prevention workshop from NotMYkid. The workshop will take place today, Jan. 17, at Homestake Peak School, located at 750 Eagle Road., Eagle-Vail. The presentation begins at 6 p.m.
Workshop attendees will learn about drug issues, trends, terminology, see photos of paraphernalia and be given tips for talking to their kids about drugs and establishing a proactive drug prevention plan for their families.
A limited number of First Check in-home drug test kits will be available for families to take with them. The kits check for seven illicit and five prescription drugs. Quite often just having the kit in the home is enough of a deterrent for middle school students.
Kids are susceptible to peer pressure and drug experimentation during the transition years, fifth through ninth grades and into high school. The average age for first-time drug use is 13 years old, which is why the Eagle County Sheriff's Office and NotMYkid believe it so important to educate parents before their kids are teens.
Parents need to understand what their kids face every day, in order to protect them. Teens ages 12-17 say that prescription drugs are easier to get than beer. Of those who use or abuse prescription drugs, 65 percent are getting them from home or a friend's house. Additionally, 50 percent of teens who come home after 10 p.m. on school nights report marijuana or other drug use occurring, according to the 2008 Center for Addiction and Substance Abuse report (CASA).
"The NotMYkid program is unique because it encourages proactive, two-way communications between parent and child to prevent drug use before it happens," said Julie Shockley, Manager of Adult Educational Services for NotMYkid. "We provide resources so parents can develop a substance abuse prevention plan that works for their family, and offer home drug test kits which offer kids an easy way to say no to peer pressure."
NotMYkid was founded in 2000 and is dedicated to helping parents, teens, educators and communities with adolescent behavioral health issues.
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Archbishop Mitty's Aaron Gordon, one of the nation's most coveted high school basketball players, doesn't intend to sign a college letter of intent until the April signing period.
The early signing period ends Wednesday.
Last week, Gordon trimmed his final schools to Kentucky, Arizona and Washington.
"Aaron is in a unique position," said Mark Olivier, executive director of the Oakland Soldiers, Gordon's AAU team. "He's a program-changer. Most kids can't wait like he can. They've got to sign when offers are made, because they might not be there later. Not Aaron."
The 6-foot-8 Gordon is rated among the nation's top 10 prospects and has led Mitty to two consecutive Division II state titles. He can make an oral commitment at any time, but it won't be binding until he signs in the spring.
College football
The 49ers' new stadium in Santa Clara will be host to a bowl game starting in 2014, it was announced Tuesday.
The Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, which has been played at AT&T Park in San Francisco, will move once the new stadium is ready.
The bowl pits an at-large team against a team from the Pac-12. This year's game will be played Dec. 29 and features Navy against an opponent to be determined.
College golf
Stanford sophomore Patrick Rodgers, competing against 22 of the best collegiate golfers in the nation, tied for 12th at the Western Refining Sun Bowl All-American Golf Classic in El Paso, Texas. Rodgers finished eight shots behind UNLV's Kevin Penner.
Rodgers carded rounds of 70-69-68 (207) at the 54-hole event.
San Jose State senior Julia Craddock was named Western Athletic Conference Swimmer of the Week. Craddock set school records in the 200-yard individual medley (2:01.91) and the 400 I.M. (4:17.55) last week in the Arena Invitational in Long Beach.
The San Francisco Bulls got third-period goals from Sacha Guimond and Dylan King and defeated the host Bakersfield Condors 4-2 in an ECHL game.
Staff writer Mark Emmons and wire services contributed to this report.