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"A crass, purblind,....featureless heap of gangrened elephant's sputum." Who said that and about what? Linus Torvalds describing the state of Windows coding? No. The Samba team's opinion of the Microvell deal? Nope. Richard Stallman's view of patents and the DRM? Nope, not that either. Give up? Alright. It was that splendid old curmudgen Kingsley Amis venting his considerable spleen on the (approximately) Eleventh-Century heroic epic, Beowulf (which I managed to avoid in my three year English degree. Phew!). Apologies to any lovers of ancient epic literature out there.
Like squirrel nutkin, I stored that little misanthropic gem in my pouch and when I was reading a series of articles about climate change and global warming it came forcefully to mind. In particular, when I saw pictures of the Himalayas of electronic waste whose production has caused so much pollution, Amis' bile seemed to be a suitably repellant description. If that sounds like hyperbole then go here and view some of the PDFs detailing the toxic chemical substances in computers. Just to give you a flavour: based on a typical 60lbs desktop computer, lead content is 3.8 pounds, iron 12.3 pounds and plastics (from oil) 13.8 pounds and these documents detail these and other substances and their effect on the human body and the environment. They make for sobering reading.
Now, I'm not one of those naive, faintly embarrassing Linux evangelists, who is going to claim that Linux can cure piles, acne, hiccups or halitosis. But it strikes me that it does have a role to play in reducing the mountain of waste or, at least, postponing the evil day when another obsolete PC is tossed on the proverbial scrapheap.
As the upgrade cycle gets shorter and shorter, more perfectly usable PCs fall by the wayside and companies and private individuals feel constrained to purchase new machines as the current crop is deemed to be underpowered for the latest software. Leaving aside the imminent arrival of Windows Vista and its licencing arrangements, it will have many levels of choice and, if you choose the top of the range graphical option, you may well find that your hardware is underpowered in terms of processor, memory and graphics card. As regards Microsoft's recommended minimum requirements, this is clearly a case of caveat emptor. The minimum specification might run but it will run like a Citreon 2CV powered by a rubber band. The average Windows user, short either of cash or technical expertise, will be between a rock and a hard place. They cannot upgrade and are forced to stay with an earlier version of Windows (either no longer supported or about to be abandoned) at the whim of the corporate priorities of big business. They are well and truly stitched up.
Are Windows users, not by choice, the worst polluters of the planet relative to GNU/Linux? Well, not intentionally but the lifecycle of a machine running Windows must be shorter than that of a conscientious Linux user who can prevent that old 400MHZ Celeron PC with 128MBs of memory gathering dust in the corner from heading for the scrapheap. He or she can use it to try out new live CDs, especially the ones specifically designed for low spec machines. Damn Small Linux (DSL), Puppy Linux and Feather Linux spring to mind. The chances are that if you can't run one of them on your oldest computer then it has passed into the pages of digital history. RIP! There's a brilliant account by Howard Fosdick of digital CPR on an very old Thinkpad laptop which exemplifies this.
What if you don't like the windows managers or the software selection these parred down distros offer? No problem. If you are willing to invest in a learning curve you can remaster your live CD to include/exclude all the features you don't want from software to services. If this is not enough, you can always recycle an old PC as a non-graphical server on an internal network or a dedicated hardware firewall, which will require few processor or memory overheads, or use it as a base for learning about the innards of Unix (recompile that Kernel, build that RPM package you always promised yourself you would). Should you still decide to dispose of that old PC, the Linux community can help out here too.
There are many organisations and Linux Users' Groups (LUGs) around the world that will not only save your computer from a premature trip to the dump or a recycling plant in the developing world but will use it to train people to build machines and install a version of GNU/Linux on them. Not only will users get a cheap computer and an introduction to the benefits and advantages of GNU/Linux, they will have done their part—albeit a small part—for planet Earth.
The Chinese have a saying: the journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step. Reusing a puffing and wheezing old computer by installing a minimal GNU/Linux distro and staving off the day when it trudges forlornly to the scrapheap is at least a baby step in the right direction.
The First Step
Anyone who reads the Free Software Magazine knows _where_ the journey is headed. I believe the stumbling point is more a matter of 'how to take the first step'. It is all too easy for experienced GNU/Linux hands to say, "Just get yourself some [Distro of Choice] and start saving a bundle of money, not to mention trees and dying PCs."
Well, that just ain't so, as we say here in the wilds of western Kentucky. Follow the intricately interwoven plan to see how one instance of GNU/Linux was supported by Management...
1.) Demonstrate the need to upgrade an existing SQL server.
2.) Acknowledge that hardware costs are a constant (Server class machine, RAID 5 storage.)
3.) Acknowledge that Redhat Linux and Postgresql are very cost effective alternatives.
4.) Acknowledge that "we" can always pay full price for the BigNameSoftware (BNS) version of Server and SQL Server.
5.) Suggest that if the very low cost GNU/Linux alternative actually doesn't work then it is a simple matter to put BNS software on the same hardware and just 'pay the price'. (Special Note: Management is willing to take risks _if_ they can be assured that an iron-clad fall-back position is guaranteed.)
6.) Implement the GNU/Linux and Postgresql solution.
7.) Remind Management (gently) how really cost effective this solution is.
Practically demonstrating cost-effectiveness while maintaining a 'traditional' fall-back position is the key to convincing Management of the value of FLOSS. Let's face it, todays business environment is not resistant to change. It is however, very uncomfortable with the prospect of failure.
My next big 'problem' is getting Management to cut the 'voluntary donation' check to cover programming essentials (Pizza & Beer) for the good folks at Postgresql.
William "Papa" Meloney
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Not GNU/Linux Per Se...
I think that perhaps the savior in this situation isn't really GNU/Linux itself, but rather computer users who are technically savvy or have a desire to learn a bit more about computers. Sure, LiveCDs make it easy to make it all happen, but really, that old hardware finds itself being used by someone who had use for it (and who would be seeking it out) anyway. So yes, indirectly, GNU/Linux's increasing ease of use can help extend the lives of computers otherwise left for dead, but it's still going to be those people willing to go the extra mile that make it happen, and the percentage of those who both have the will and corresponding motivation to get it done are probably rather low.
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Beowulf is actually pretty cool.
Especially if you don't think of it as "literature".
I mean, come on, it's about where this monster is coming and killing people every night and it's, like, immune to weapons so it keeps on terrorizing the place for ten years until this hero comes and *wrestles* it, and he rips its arm off!
And then when the hero is way older and he's a king, someone steals something from a dragon's treasure, so the dragon gets pissed off and comes burning everything in sight. And so the hero (being older and a bit more careful and wily) figures that if he goes after it straight he'll get burned to a crisp--so he has a special big heavy all-metal shield made that he can hide behind. And so he goes with his top guys to kill it--but he tells them to stay back, because as the king it's his problem. And most of them do, they're like scared spitless of the dragon. But one of them says hey, I'm supposed to be this guy's warrior and protect him, no way am I going to hide while he gets himself killed. So he goes in there and helps out, and between the two of them they do in the dragon, but the king gets killed. The guy with guts enough to help inherits the kingdom. The end.
It's like a blockbuster ultraviolent movie from the ninth century. Sure, maybe the critics turned out to like it in the end too, but basically it's about totally kickass guys wrestling monsters.
Hey! I liked Beowulf too!
Read it in the Seamas Heaney translation (actually, by the middle I was reading it in the Olde English-- even though it initially seems even more foreign than Latin). I'm looking forward to the upcoming movie version, written by Sandman's Neil Gaiman.


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text: I need all the prayers I can get and without stopping too. I had a beauty family and the devil does what he does best. After couple of years of being divorced, God told me one day to show my light and to make sure it is very bright. So I did and my child is also. The father is seeing that God has changed me for the better and he is scared because of past stuff in the relationship. My child cries to have one home and to be honest i do too. Please pray that he will be brave and strong as my child says. She is only 5 however the things she says to me are of God because she just lays it on the line. She told me out of the blue that the devil is trying to keep us from being a family again and for me to fight even when i get weak. Wow i was speechless at first but she made me promise to keep seeking Gods help for us and she prays for our family at night also. I hear her at church on the altar and i just cant control the tears. God has done amazing things for me and has made me a better person and mother. I know he has great things in store for my child and thats way the devil is working overtime on it. please pray for him to see like me and my child does. this is our hearts desire and i feel like i just need extra help. Her dad knows God and at one time had a light and i see it getting dimmer by not going to church like i do(if the door is open im there and helping out in events etc) thank you so much for all your prayers in advance. if you are a lost sheep please seek your shepard because he does love you no matter what and he will never leave plus he died already for you....that my friend is worth more than anything on this earth.


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- Mar 7:
- Thousands mourn, celebrate slain Santa Cruz police officers
- Live blog recap: Slain Santa Cruz police officers' funeral service
- Huge turnout, long procession expected for Santa Cruz officers' memorial in San Jose
- Mar 6:
- Hundreds pay respects at casket viewing for Santa Cruz's fallen officers
- Former Portland probation officer feared Santa Cruz cop killer
- Mar 5:
- Man who allegedly stole flowers from fallen officers memorial appears in Santa Cruz courtroom
- Public casket viewing Wednesday for fallen Santa Cruz officers
- Mar 4:
- Santa Cruz police shooting: Wearing badge is never routine
- Mar 2:
- Why did Santa Cruz shooter, with so sketchy a background, have registered handguns?
- Mar 1:
- Memorial for slain Santa Cruz police officers moved to HP Pavilion
- Feb 28:
- Santa Cruz Sheriff: Two cops had 'no chance to protect themselves' in shooting
- Getting honest about Santa Cruz's story
- Court martial of Jeremy Goulet following alleged rapes in Hawaii was dropped
- Teacher of Hawaiian healing arts, chanted prayers as Santa Cruz police chased, shot down suspect
- Feb 27:
- Santa Cruz officer slain was mother of two served 'the community in the best way '
- Santa Cruz fallen officer: Sgt. Loran 'Butch' Baker always wore shorts -- and a big smile
- In confronting suspect Jeremy Goulet, Santa Cruz police officers found a troubling history
- Coastal town Santa Cruz reels from shooting deaths of police officers
- Sister says slain Santa Cruz police detective Elizabeth Butler loved her job
- Santa Cruz sheriff: Killer shot two plainclothes officers at his doorstep
- Father of California police shooting suspect says son was 'ticking time bomb'
- From the archives: Santa Cruz Sgt. Loran 'Butch' Baker has hands full patrolling main downtown drag
- Fallen Santa Cruz officer saw policing like parenting, public relations
- Santa Cruz police officer killed is a 28-year veteran who leaves a legacy
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SANTA CRUZ -- The motorcade of 200 Santa Cruz County law enforcement vehicles will begin at 8:45 a.m. Thursday for the 33-mile trek to a location large enough to handle the thousands expected for the memorial service honoring two fallen Santa Cruz police detectives.
Santa Cruz Police Chief Kevin Vogel, returning from his second walk-through of the HP Pavilion in San Jose on Monday, said the arena, which can seat up to 18,000, was chosen because the family wanted an indoor location where mourners could be together.
"As chief, my responsibility first and foremost is to my fallen officers," Vogel said. "It was important to the families to have it in one spot versus satellite locations via live television feed. And unfortunately, we don't have an indoor venue in Santa Cruz that would accommodate all those people."
He said City Council members and others received emails questioning the venue change. Others said officers had been stopped on the street and questioned about why the service wasn't being held in town, or in the county.
For Sgt. Loran "Butch" Baker, the Pavilion, home to the San Jose Sharks, was like a second home. A season ticket holder, he spent a lot of time there.
Baker and detective Elizabeth Butler were gunned down in an ambush on the afternoon of Feb. 26. Suspect Jeremy Peter Goulet, 35, was shot and killed by officers 30 minutes later.
As many as 15,000 are expected at the noon service with an estimated
6,000 of those being uniformed officers from across the country, county Supervisor Zach Friend said. Gov. Jerry Brown and other elected officials are expected to attend as well as a special musical guest.
To accommodate local residents who cannot make the trip, the three-hour memorial will be webcast at Kaiser Permanente Arean, which holds about 4,000, at 140 Front St. and at the Del Mar Theatre, which seats about 500, on 1124 Pacific Ave. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.
People are expected along the processional route, which will leave from the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk on Third and Beach streets about 8:45 a.m. and head up Ocean Street to Highway 17.
The procession will travel about 30 to 40 mph, in the fast lane on Highway 17. The California Highway Patrol advises that people will not be able to pass in the other lane.
"There will be full traffic control in place," CHP Sgt. Kevin Enox said. "In order to control traffic around the procession, we have to keep that lane open. We will try to minimize the impact on our local traffic and do all we can to get people where they need to go, but there will be delays."
The service is expected to last about three hours, with family members, dignitaries and fellow officers addressing the crowd. A small processional will return to Santa Cruz for a private reception at the Cocoanut Grove.
The service originally was set for Kaiser Permanente Arena with a live feed broadcast at the Civic Auditorium. Announcing the switch to San Jose last week, Deputy Chief Steve Clark said local venues had been "incredibly generous in offering services and location" and that the department was grateful for those offers but the space just wasn't big enough.
Some local residents wish it had been possible to realize those offers.
"I'm not going to be able to go now," said Stacey Lake of Santa Cruz. "I'm not going to be able to take time off of work to drive over the hill."
Lake, a county worker, said she had planned to go on her lunch break and regrets she won't be able to see it live.
Mikol Garcia of Santa Cruz said he wished the memorial service could be held at Cabrillo College.
"The people of Surf City are mourning, too," he said.
Vogel said he understands residents' concerns but said the move was necessary.
The city is providing some free Metro bus service for those who need it, Vogel said. More details on that will be forthcoming.
"We all wish we had the local capacity to serve the thousands of people throughout the country that have said they want to attend," Vogel said. "This simply wasn't possible, so we're asking that people either commit to driving less than a mile for every year that Butch and Elizabeth served our community and join us at the HP Pavilion or participate in the simulcast at the Kaiser Permanente Arena.
"These past few days have been very difficult and organizing a memorial that honors Butch and Elizabeth and accommodates the large-scale interest has been challenging. But we are pleased to offer a local option as well."
Friend said Monday he hopes those in the community complaining about the San Jose venue might not know all the work that went into finding a suitable place for the service.
Friend said he believes the memorial planning team has done a "phenomenal job" under the circumstances and that the families have been remarkably strong.
The questioning of officers about it has been disappointing, he said.
"It's a misguided frustration and we need to turn that into something positive, into support for the families and the department," he said.
Police have readily acknowledged and expressed appreciation for the huge groundswell of community support, evidenced by a lush garden of flowers, letters, cards, candles, mementos, gifts and other items left in the past week in a courtyard in front of the police department.
Those items include a Purple Heart left last week, anonymously, and a second left there Monday, Clark said.
"What an honor," he said.
As for the memorial planning, Clark said many have been working tirelessly, including former officers who have taken time off of their jobs to help. That includes retired Santa Cruz Police Chief Steve Belcher.
"I've been so amazed of their spirit and drive," Clark said of the help they've received.
"I'm fearful that the real work will start once this is over," he said. "What's going to happen next week when this isn't here to help us focus. We have a lot of work ahead of us."
Staff writers Stephen Baxter, Jessica M. Pasko and Julie Copeland contributed to this report.
Follow Sentinel reporter Cathy Kelly on Twitter at Twitter.com/cathykelly9
Bay Federal Credit Union is accepting donations for the families of Santa Cruz police detective Sgt. Loran 'Butch' Baker and detective Elizabeth Butler.
Checks should be made payable to the Santa Cruz Police Officers Association and mailed to 3333 Clares St., Capitola, CA 95010. Donations also can be made at any Bay Federal branch.
The Police Officers Association and Police Department have set up a 'Baker/Butler Scholarship Fund' with Wells Fargo. Donations are accepted at any Wells Fargo branch nationwide to account No. 999 245 1154.
The city of Santa Cruz is accepting credit card donations to the Baker and Butler families on the city's website at www.cityofsantacruz.com. Checks to the attention of the Baker/Butler Scholarship Fund also can be mailed to 809 Center St., Room 101, Santa Cruz, CA 95060. Credit card donations also will be taken during normal business hours at 831-420-5070. Several Santa Cruz businesses contributed $125,000 to the fund on Friday as a joint donation.
Police say 100 percent of donations through the city website will go to support the families. Money from all the funds is expected to be handled by the Santa Cruz Police Officers Association for distribution to the Baker and Butler families.
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CORPUS CHRISTI –Trevor Belicek has been named the GoIslanders.com Student-Athlete of the Week, presented by Pepsi. Belicek earned the award after his impressive performance on the mound against Central Arkansas on Saturday.
Belicek threw a complete-game, one-hit shutout on Saturday, carrying a no-hitter into the top of the ninth where he gave up a leadoff single before getting the final three outs for the complete game shutout. Belicek sat down the first seven hitters in a row before hitting the next batter. He allowed a walk each in the fourth and fifth innings, and then got 10 straight outs before giving up the long single in the ninth.
The sophomore struck out four of the first seven batters on his way to a 10-strikeout performance, the most in his Islanders career. He improved to 6-1 on the season with the win on Saturday.
Belicek and the rest of the Islanders Baseball team will be in action tonight when they take on Houston - Victoria at Chapman Field. First pitch is set for 6 p.m.
Keep up-to-date with GoIslanders.com each week to see who is named the GoIslanders.com Student-Athlete of the week, presented by Pepsi. Also, for the latest information, follow Islanders Athletics on Twitter (@Go_Islanders) and Facebook (Islanders Athletics).
2012-13 GoIslanders.com Student-Athlete of the week, presented by Pepsi Weekly Winners:
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9-11-12: Ivy Baresh, Volleyball
9-18-12: Tyger Holt, Volleyball
9-25-12: Peter Nagy, Men's Tennis and Maider Martin, Women's Tennis
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1-29-13: Maider Martin, Women's Tennis
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2-12-13: Joy Williamson, Men's Basketball
2-19-13: Trevor Foss, Baseball
2-26-13: Meagan McKinney, Softball
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Telecommuters Have Highest Job Satisfaction Levels
By Nicholas Solter on Sep 17, 2007
It's not just my opinion anymore. Although I've previously believed this correlation to be true, my sample size of one (myself) doesn't really prove anything. But today the Wall Street Journal reports on a recent survey that corroborates my view. In summary, 73% of folks in the survey who work at home are "satisfied" with their jobs compared to 64% of office workers. Unfortunately, the article doesn't give enough information about the survey methodology to fully judge the accuracy of the results. For example, were the work-at-home folks and the office folks doing the same types of jobs? However, based on my experience, I'm inclined to believe the results.
From the article:
"When companies allow employees to work remotely or from home, they are explicitly communicating to them that 'I trust you to be dedicated to the accomplishment of the work, even if I'm not able to observe you doing it,' " says Jack Wiley..., "It boils down to respect," he says. "I respect you and I have confidence in your commitment to the work -- to do this under the conditions and at the time you feel will be most productive for you."
I agree wholeheartedly!


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SAN JOSE -- Shayla Cypriano had finally found her way.
After spending her youth struggling through one foster home after another, the 23-year-old mother had earned her high school equivalency, landed a job and was moving toward her dream of providing a happy and stable life for her 2-year-old daughter. That all ended Thursday when she was killed in a freak accident. She was riding her bike to her new job at a pet grooming shop and was a half block away when a dump truck and delivery truck collided on the corner of Lincoln Avenue and Auzerais. The delivery truck toppled on its side, pinning Cypriano underneath.
After all Cypriano had endured and all she had overcome, her death simply wasn't fair, said her mother, Erin Altadonna of Hayward.
"She had a tough road and she struggled to get started, but she did it. She did it," Altadonna, 43, said. "She got her GED. She was moving forward. I was so proud of her. That's why I don't understand.''
Katie and Jeff Senigaglia were equally devastated. The Willow Glen couple took in Cypriano three years ago when she was three months pregnant and had just started dating their son. When the couple broke up, the Senigaglias and their son knew they couldn't turn out this young pregnant woman.
She had already bounced among foster homes through part of her life and had only recently aged out of the system. So they let her stay.
"I just thought, I'm just going to do it, because this is helping," Katie Senigaglia said. "She was really trying. When you see a person try, you gotta throw 'em a rope."
That's what Senigaglia's grandmother had done some 40 years earlier when, at age 65, she put off her retirement plans to be a missionary in India to instead raise the two adolescent daughters of a friend who was killed in a horrific car crash in 1970.
"My grandmother is my hero, and I thought this is my chance to make a real difference in someone's life," Senigaglia said. "It's not giving money to an organization. It's actually climbing in the trenches and doing it."
Senigaglia was proud of the young mother as she earned her high school equivalency and got a job at Grooming Extraordinaire. Cypriano loved animals and dreamed of opening her own grooming business one day. She road her bike four miles to work each way.
"She was so excited," Senigaglia said. "I took her out to dinner at the Pruneyard to celebrate."
Cypriano was also a good mother, Senigaglia said, and had enrolled her daughter, Olivia, at a parent participation preschool, where she volunteered.
The Senigaglias felt like grandparents to the blonde-haired baby. They took her for walks and read books to her.
They wanted the child to have a stable life, and they all pledged to "work together to raise this child and get her off to a really good start so it breaks a pattern, so it just busts up the whole foster care pattern."
Cypriano was pronounced dead on Lincoln Avenue Thursday morning. Within hours, Child Protective Services had taken her child into its care overnight while it evaluates the fitness of the Senigaglias and reaches out to the child's relatives. They interviewed the Senigaglias on Friday and, for now, have returned Olivia to their home.
"I would never walk away from her," Katie Senigaglia said of little Olivia. "I want what's best for her. However it works out, I hope we stay in her life."
On Friday, both families came together at the Senigaglias' Willow Glen home, trying their best to mask their grief as Olivia bounded around the yard in pink play clothes and Hello Kitty sneakers.
Even Trudy Karl was there. She was one of the survivors of that 1970 accident on the Benicia-Martinez bridge when a drunken driver crossed the median and crashed head-on into a camper carrying a South Bay Girl Scout troop, killing her parents. Senigaglia's grandmother, Adele Charlson, helped raise her as one of her own.
"There can be grace that can come out of this,'' Karl said. "It's just tragic right now.''
Altadonna, the toddler's grandmother, was there too. She said she re-entered Cypriano's life about five years ago after locating her daughter and son on MySpace. For years, she said, she had been searching for the children that she was forced to leave behind in Hawaii, fleeing what she called an abusive relationship.
She is grateful to the Senigaglias for all they have done for Cypriano and Olivia. The Senigaglias say that Altadonna is a good person, too, and has kept in close touch with her daughter and granddaughter. Altadonna recently bought Cypriano a dog grooming kit to help her get started, and Cypriano, just last week, took her mother out to lunch.
"She was a beautiful person," Altadonna said. "She was taken right as she got started. It's just not fair."
Staff writer Tracy Seipel contributed to this report. Contact Julia Prodis Sulek at 408-278-3409. Follow her at twitter.com/juliasulek
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A memorial fund for the benefit of Shayla Cypriano's daughter Olivia Cypriano
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The family has also created an online fund seeking donations for Olivia: www.gofundme.com\helpolivia


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It's a dangerous crossing that's a hazard to drivers, but no one seems to be willing to take permanent responsibility for it.
The city, the railroad company, even the Department of Transportation all say the little crossing is not their problem.
We told you about this dangerous railroad crossing Monday night on News 12 at 11, and Tuesday night new signs were up.
It's located on Mike Padgett Highway just before the Burke County line.
There's a lot of finger pointing going on.
The city says they understand the safety concerns, but there was nothing they could do about it--even though they own the road, they don't have jurisdiction to go in and put extra barriers up until the street has been re-named.
A new sign sits at the ungraded crossing on Mike Padgett Highway.
News 12's story on this part of the tracks showed how dangerous this is--with a big drop-off where people's cars had gotten stuck on the tracks.
But just one day later, we found a truck adding an extra barrier to the crossing, with a crew rushing to get the job done.
"The dump truck that was dumping pieces of asphalt here, I guess that was their way of saying, 'Well that'll work just as good'," says Alesia Logan, who lives nearby.
But will it?
Neighbors don't think so.
"They need to have a sign with a flashing yellow light that says 'caution, road closed'," says Logan.
"All that's going to do is get somebody hurt," says neighbor John Jenkins.
But it wasn't until News 12 investigated that the city finally put up a sign. Neighbors say they'd gone without one for almost a year.
Diane Cho asked Jenkins, "Were you surprised they came out here so quickly after we were out here?"
"No," Jenkins replied. "Somebody's trying to C.Y.A."
"What do you mean?"
"Cover your..."
So what took them so long?
How did something this dangerous fall between the cracks?
Both the Department of Transportation and City Engineering tell News 12 that Norfolk Southern took out the crossing...but they didn't put up any permanent barriers.
The city needs a petition from neighbors in order to put up a barrier.
People who live here say they'll do it if that's what it takes.
"Even though I have trouble sometimes walking, I'm willing to walk, up the hill, up and down, house to house to get signatures," says Logan.
A city traffic engineer we spoke with says he'd like to go straight to commissioners himself to ask them to put something permanent up.
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POSITION: Right Wing
SHOOTS: Right
BIRTHPLACE: Edmonton, AB, CAN
DRAFTED: undrafted
|Signed as a free agent by San Jose, September 19, 2005. Traded to Minnesota by San Jose for Minnesota's 5th round pick (Freddie Hamilton) in 2010 NHL Draft, June 21, 2010. Claimed on waivers by Montreal from Minnesota, February 27, 2012. Signed as a free agent by Anaheim, July 1, 2012. Missed majority of 2012-13 as a healthy reserve. Traded to Toronto by Anaheim with Peter Holland for Jesse Blacker, Toronto's 2nd round pick (Marcus Pettersson) in 2014 NHL Draft and Anaheim's 7th round pick (previously acquired, Anaheim selected Ondrej Kase) in 2014 NHL Draft, November 16, 2013. Signed as a free agent by Landshut (German-2), October 21, 2014.
|2012-13: Appeared in his fifth NHL season, his first with Anaheim…scored 1-1=2 points with an even plus/minus rating and 41 PIM in 15 games…scored his first goal as a Duck and fourth career GWG in a 3-1 victory, Apr. 25 @ VAN…earned his first point of the season with an assist on Sheldon Souray's goal, Mar. 8 vs. CGY…ranked tied for fourth on the club with 41 PIM…was twice charged with a season-high 17 PIM, including Feb. 12 @ CHI and Feb. 8 @ DAL…was credited with a season-high five hits, Apr. 21 @ EDM…logged a season-best 9:56 TOI in a 3-0 victory, Feb. 6 @ COL…went scoreless in his Anaheim debut, Jan. 26 vs. NSH…suffered a facial laceration on Mar. 8 vs. CGY and missed four games, Mar. 10-16.
CAREER: Signed by Anaheim as a free agent, July 1, 2012…claimed off waivers by Montreal, Feb. 27, 2012…acquired by Minnesota from San Jose in exchange for a fifth-round selection in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, Jun. 21, 2010…signed by San Jose as an undrafted free agent, Sep. 19, 2005…2011-12: Split his fourth NHL season with Minnesota and Montreal…scored one goal (1-0=1) with 121 PIM in 62 games with the Wild and Canadiens…began the season with Minnesota, going scoreless with 73 PIM in 43 games…was claimed off waivers by Montreal, Feb. 27…appeared in 19 games with the Canadiens, collecting his first goal in a 4-1 season-finale win on Apr. 7 vs. TOR…logged a season-high 10:40 TOI in the 4-1 victory...was charged with a season-high 17 PIM in his Montreal debut, Feb. 28 @ TB...2010-11: Appeared in his third NHL season, his first with Minnesota…played 71 games, earning 4-5=9 points with 173 PIM…established career highs in goals, assists, points, games and PIM…ranked ninth in the NHL in PIM and tied for 10th with 15 majors…the 173 PIM was the fourth highest in Wild history…ranked tied for fourth on team in hits (133)…recorded his first career multi-point game (1-1=2) and set a career high in shots (5), Apr. 3 @ DET…collected his third career GWG in a 4-2 win, Mar. 31 vs. EDM…collected an assist on Mar. 6 vs. BUF to set new career high for assists in a season with four…was charged with a career-high 19 PIM, Jan. 18 @ EDM…appeared in his 100th career NHL game, Nov. 20 vs. NYR…2009-10: Appeared in his second NHL season with San Jose, scoring 3-3=6 points with 110 PIM in 47 games…ranker d second on the Sharks in PIM…recorded his first career power play point with an assist, Jan. 18 vs. CGY…tallied his first career GWG, Nov. 1, 2009 @ CAR…missed 19 games due to a facial injury, Nov. 17-Dec. 31…2008-09: Made his NHL debut with San Jose, collecting 1-2=3 points with 76 PIM in 35 games…ranked third on San Jose in PIM…logged a career-high 13:25 TOI, Mar. 22 vs. COL…scored his first career NHL goal, Jan. 9 vs. EDM…registered his first career NHL point (assist), Nov. 17 @ NSH…made NHL debut and picked up a fighting major in his first shift (Nathan McIver), Oct. 17 @ ANA…also appeared in 38 games for Worcester (AHL), earning 0-5=5 points with 130 PIM…added two assists (0-2=2) and 15 PIM in 10 Calder Cup Playoff games…2007-08: Appeared in his third professional season, his second with Worcester…scored 6-14=20 points with 195 PIM in 73 games…set professional career highs in goals, assists and points…ranked second on Worcester in PIM…2006-07: Appeared in his second professional season with Worcester, netting 1-4=5 points with 137 PIM in 51 games…scored his first professional goal, Jan. 24 vs. Houston…made his Calder Cup Playoffs debut in 2007, appearing in five games…2005-06: Made his professional debut with Cleveland (AHL), scoring 0-6=6 points with 245 PIM in 71 games…ranked fourth among league rookies in PIM…registered his first professional point with an assist, Nov. 3 vs. Rochester…made his professional debut on Oct. 8 vs. Rochester…Miscellaneous: Appeared in 236 career OHL games with Sault-Ste. Marie and Ottawa from 2001-05, scoring 15-46=61 points with 230 PIM…co-led OHL defensemen in playoff scoring (6-14=20), ranked second overall in PIM (70) and third in plus/minus (+14) in 2005…finished tied for ninth among league leaders in PIM (181), while setting OHL career highs in goals (7), assists (19), and points (26) in 2004- 05 with Sault Ste. Marie and Ottawa.
PERSONAL: Resides in Sarnia, Ontario during the offseason…lists boating, fishing, golfing and reading as his favorite hobbies…first job was as a pizza deliveryman…would be an entrepreneur if not playing hockey…listens to hip hop music before games…favorite food is barbecue steak with goat cheese…lists "Seinfeld" as his favorite television show and water sports as his favorite sports other than hockey.


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With the San Francisco Bay Bridge as a backdrop, skateboarders in the October Dew Tour city stop took to an urban jib and grind environment that spanned three city blocks.
It was a first for the tour, and it was so well received by athletes and spectators, the powers that be decided to duplicate the competition.
Tonight, with the mountains and quaint town of Breckenridge as the backdrop, athletes will compete for the best run in streetstyle, an urban-inspired course with authentic street features.
"We wanted to do something downtown and connect the town to the event," said Chris Prybylo, vice president of events for Alli Sports, adding that because the skateboard event was successful in San Francisco, event executives wanted to do something similar in Breck. The idea was born about a month ago, and with the minds of Breck resort, Keystone Resort and Snow Park Technologies, the urban environment was born.
It all happens at 7:30 p.m. on Washington Street, starting just west of South Ridge Street and ending at Blue River Plaza. Imagine a flatbed truck, wall ride, jersey barrier rail and a Dumpster feature situated among Breckenridge's Christmas flair for an evening under the lights - all followed by in-town fireworks.
"It's a really cool design," Prybylo said. "It's an authentic, urban environment."
Athletes are still unconfirmed, but Prybylo said, "From all the buzz, it seems the athletes are excited" to participate.
Streetstyle pushes the athletes' creativity and encourages each rider to show off his or her personal style. It's a new, progressive discipline that had athletes intrigued in San Francisco, with each bringing something unique to the table.
"This [course] is like Tony Hawk the game, it is absolutely crazy," skateboarder Milton Martinez said immediately after finishing the San Francisco course. "I had a good time skating but it's not easy, it's gnarly. I'm stoked. I want to say thank you for building this as this is the gnarliest [course] ever!"


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Longitudinal Studies of HIV-Associated Lung Infections and Complications (Lung HIV)
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HIV Infections
Behavioral: Smoking Cessation
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|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Longitudinal Studies of HIV-Associated Lung Infections and Complications (Lung HIV)
- To develop and evaluate a specialized smoking cessation intervention for the treatment of nicotine dependence in HIV-seropositive smokers. [ Time Frame: 5 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- To examine the effects of smoking cessation on the course of lung function decline, the prevalence of respiratory symptoms and the occurrence/progression of emphysema in a cohort of HIV-seropositive individuals. [ Time Frame: 5 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
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|September 2007
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|June 2012
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|June 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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Experimental: Medication
Patients will be offered medication and lifestyle counseling to assist them with smoking cessation
Behavioral: Smoking Cessation
The smoking cessation treatment will include 12 weeks of varenicline treatment and proactive telephone counseling.
Other Name: Bupropion SR, Chiantix
Detailed Description:
The Lung HIV Study was established to examine a broad range of separate yet overlapping pulmonary complications being studied at eight separate Clinical Sites. A collection of datasets and biological specimens will be created for use during this project as well as for future investigations. The program is structured to facilitate both the development of these shared resources and the completion of the individual projects. Results of these efforts will be disseminated through publication in leading medical journals.
The concept of the Lung HIV study was developed by NHLBI to efficiently support multiple R01 efforts while simultaneously creating a shared database and specimen repository. The Lung HIV program will build on the knowledge and experience from existing studies and facilitate the start-up of new studies to further the understanding of the relationship between pulmonary disease and HIV infection. The Lung HIV mission is to achieve a clear understanding of the clinical manifestations of HIV-associated pulmonary complications by fostering multidisciplinary research collaboration and establishing a high quality centralized specimen repository with an associated clinical dataset based on shared definitions. All but one study are cross-sectional or cohort designs. One clinical trial is listed below.
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|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
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Inclusion Criteria
Men and women at the ACTU will be eligible to participate if they meet four criteria: (a) 18 years of age and older; and (b) diagnosis of HIV; and (c) self-reported smoking on a daily basis; and (d) provide informed written consent.
Exclusion criteria
Persons who meet one or more of the following criteria will be excluded from the study: (a) persons with active psychosis or impaired mental status as judged by the clinic staff and confirmed with a Mini-Mental Status Exam); (b) unable to understand spoken English; (c) age less than 18 years.
Rationale: Persons with cognitive impairment may participate in the study if they are able to provide consent and answer questionnaire questions. No reason is identified to exclude persons with this characteristic. No special risks are posed to cognitively impaired persons who are able to provide consent. Persons who have active psychoses or impaired mental status as judged by the clinic staff and confirmed with a Mini-Mental Status Exam are not able to provide informed written consent and are unlikely to benefit from the treatment. These persons will be referred to appropriate mental health services and invited to participate when their mental status has improved.
Persons who are unable to understand spoken English would not be able to complete the assessments or benefit from the treatments. Less than 1% of the clinic population will be excluded on this basis. However, persons excluded from the study on this basis will be referred for standard smoking cessation treatment delivered in their native tongue. These community resources may be identified through the Ohio State University Nursing Center for Tobacco Intervention.
Younger adolescents (<18 years) will not be invited to participate in the study because we believe that they require treatments that are qualitatively different from those designed for older adolescents and adults. The treatments that will be evaluated in the proposed research are well suited to older adolescents and adults, but not developmentally tailored to younger adolescents. Less than 1% of the clinic population will be excluded on this basis. Most HIV+ children living in Columbus, Ohio receive HIV medical care through the F.A.C.E.S. outpatient clinic at Columbus Children's Hospital. Standard, age appropriate, smoking cessation treatment is available through the Health and Wellness Center at Columbus Children's Hospital. In the unlikely circumstance that a child <18 years of age wishes to participate in the proposed study, s/he will be referred to Health and Wellness Center at Children's Hospital for treatment or the Ohio State University Nursing Center for Tobacco Intervention for age appropriate smoking cessation community resources.
Pregnant women may not be included as subjects. While smoking during pregnancy is an important modifiable cause of poor pregnancy outcomes, little information is available on the safety or efficacy of varenicline. Therefore, participants who are pregnant will be excluded as subjects. Also, women who are breast-feeding will be excluded.
Other persons who are unable to use varenicline will be allowed to participate in the study but will not receive the varenicline component of treatment. A history and physical examination will be conducted as a component of the baseline evaluation.
People that have kidney problems or undergo kidney dialysis will not take the study drug, but will be given the option to take nicotine replacement therapy.
All persons excluded from the study will have the opportunity to receive smoking cessation treatment. We will provide referrals for treatment as clinically indicated.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00933595
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HIV Infections
Communicable Diseases
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
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The PFCD's Mission – Improved Health, Lower Health Care Costs
PhRMA Actively Supports the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease
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In a blog a couple of weeks ago, I summarized the many anti-chronic disease efforts PhRMA supports and explained why we've made those commitments. High on the list of programs we back is the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease (PFCD) and a recent statement by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention explains why:
"The United States cannot effectively address escalating health care costs without addressing the problem of chronic diseases (http://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/pdf/2009-power-of-prevention.pdf)."
The fact is, chronic diseases, including cancer, diabetes, heart disease and stroke, account for more than 75 percent of the nation's total health care costs.
That's why a broad base of patient, provider, community, business and labor organizations – including PhRMA – joined together to form the PFCD, which seeks to improve the awareness, prevention and treatment of chronic diseases.
The mission of the Partnership is to:
- Educate the public about chronic diseases and potential solutions for individual patients and entire communities.
- Mobilize Americans to push for change in how governments, employers and health institutions approach chronic conditions.
- Challenge policymakers and legislators to enact health policy reforms that are necessary to effectively fight chronic diseases.
In a nutshell, the PFCD is promoting policies that improve our ability to detect, prevent and manage chronic diseases and encourage healthier living. Those fundamental steps are sorely needed at a time when cancer, diabetes, heart disease, stroke and other chronic conditions are responsible for seven out of 10 American deaths – killing more than 1.7 million people every year. In Medicaid and Medicare, chronic diseases are responsible for over 85 percent of the costs.
To dramatically reduce those numbers and help improve health, the PFCD works with communities all over the country to conduct health care forums and events, localized chronic disease research efforts, consumer education campaigns and briefings with policymakers.
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Landrum celebrates Senior Night with rout of Pendleton
Published: Thursday, February 7, 2013 at 3:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, February 8, 2013 at 12:07 a.m.
LANDRUM — Thursday was a night for celebration for Landrum.
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The Cardinals recognized seven seniors prior to their game with Pendleton and their third straight region championship afterwards. In between, Landrum took care of business to close out the regular season with an 80-57 victory.
Landrum (22-2, 13-1) had already claimed the Region I-2A title going into Senior Night. It had previously won back-to-back Region II-1A championships.
"We're real excited to win the conference for the third year in a row," Cardinals coach Lyn Smith said. "It's good for these guys. A lot of my seniors have started for three years. They are going to be missed. This is a great way to finish the regular season for them."
Senior forward Daniel Bridges got Landrum off to a fast start with a pair of 3-point plays and a dunk to take a 23-8 lead after one quarter.
Senior guard Mark Wilson knocked down a 3-pointer to give the Cardinals a 39-17 advantage with 1:15 to go in the half. They led 45-20 at the break.
Pendleton (8-13, 5-9) pulled within 46-36 midway through the third quarter behind 13 points from Colin Brady.
However, Bridges, along with senior guards Chris Schulman and Truston Whiteside, helped end the run and take a 58-40 lead into the fourth quarter.
"We've got seven seniors and got to start five of them," Smith said. "We got the other two in early. We played well in the first half and came out real flat in the third. We pulled back on top late. It was a good win on Senior Night for our guys."
Bridges led all scorers with 25 points, while Schulman added 14. Aaron Bryant netted 12 points, and Whiteside scored 10.
"I'm glad everybody got to play, not just the seniors but the underclassmen," Bridges said. "It's all great and everything but now we have to look forward to the playoffs and get ready for that."
"It feels real good," Schulman said. "This is a great group of guys, great coach and a great community. We play hard as a team, and it leads to stuff like this."
Landrum will host either Batesburg-Leesville or Saluda in the first round of the 2A upper state playoffs on Wednesday.
GIRLS — Landrum 40, Pendleton 35: Becca Burress got the perfect present for her 18th birthday with a victory on Senior Night.
The senior forward scored 11 points to help the Cardinals (14-7, 9-5) head into the playoffs with a win. Landrum will travel to Newberry in a first-round contest on Tuesday.
"It couldn't have been any better whatsoever," Burress said. "I'm glad we finally pulled it together as a team. I'm really proud."
Taylor Jenkins led all scorers with 13 points for the Cardinals.
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First of all, thanks for PS3 Media Server, it's a great piece of software.
Now on to my "problem". I am trying to stream MKV with DTS to my PS3, and PS3MS transcodes the DTS audio stream into a low (350ish kbps) AC3 stream. I want to keep the DTS, since my A/V receiver is DTS compatible. On the other hand, this same file remuxed into VOB with MKV2VOB and with the DTS stream converted into AC3 has a 640ish kbps AC3 stream. Still I am grateful for being able to properly stream MKV files now, no stuttering, working like a charm. No need for me to remux them into VOBs any more.
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SANTA CLARA -- Coach Jim Harbaugh literally offered up some fighting words to Green Bay Packers linebacker Clay Matthews on Monday, a day after Matthews delivered a late-hit tackle on Colin Kaepernick that sparked a sideline scrum.
"If you're going to go to the face, come with some knuckles, not an open slap," Harbaugh said. "That young man works very hard on being a tough guy. He'll have some repairing to do to his image after the slap."
Harbaugh was referring to Matthews' tussle with 49ers left tackle Joe Staley immediately following the second-quarter hit on Kaepernick in Sunday's 34-28, season-opening win over Green Bay.
While Matthews drew a personal foul for his hit on Kaepernick, Staley got penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct in the ensuing melee. The league said Monday that Staley shouldn't have been penalized for his actions, which included no punches.
Matthews, meanwhile, drew the ire of Harbaugh on Monday for how he attacked Staley's helmet. Said Harbaugh: "I could see two punches thrown to Joe's head. Well, one punch and one open slap."
The league has not announced yet what fines will be issued from Sunday's scuffle, which drew a handful of players from both teams, though no major blows were struck.
As for the more physical shot Matthews dealt Kaepernick after a 6-yard scramble, Harbaugh took exception to that, too.
"You talk about launching. You talk about a clothesline to the neck area when our quarterback's six, seven feet out of bounds," Harbaugh said. "I was standing there and was kind of struck. It was like, 'I've seen this play before.' I thought Emlen Tunnell."
History lesson: Tunnell was a hard-hitting, Hall of Fame safety for the New York Giants and Green Bay Packers from 1948-61.
"Back when that was legal, he would stand in the middle of the field and wait for a receiver to cross and clothes line them," Harbaugh said of Tunnell. "Their feet would fly in the area. Their backs would hit the ground. I was struck, 'I'm seeing Emlen Tunnell here.' "
Kaepernick's feet indeed flew in the air and his back hit the ground. But Kaepernick responded by passing for a career-high 412 yards and three touchdowns.
Matthews has earned Pro Bowl honors through each of his first four seasons in the league. Asked if he respects the Packers' defensive mainstay, Harbaugh declined further comment.
Harbaugh said he "would expect" teammates to rush to Kaepernick's aid like Staley did.
"We're not going to back down and just get pushed all around after the whistle," Harbaugh said. "When it's not being called after the first offense, you have to have a plan, and for us, it's not to go pushing and throwing punches. It's to lock up and protect yourself. Joe did that as well as you could do it."
Back when he was playing for the Indianapolis Colts in 1997, Harbaugh reportedly broke his hand throwing a punch at NBC analyst Jim Kelly for calling him 'a baby.' Asked if he'd ever gotten in any fisticuffs on the field, Harbaugh replied: "I don't know. That's so long ago."
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Always Verona is considered the city of love. Thanks to the most famous of all the love stories Romeo and Juliet, which dates back to 1300 and that takes place right in the medieval town of Verona. The story was then taken over the centuries by many important international writers increasing its notoriety including the famous […]READ MORE


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NYPD Twitter campaign backfires big time
(NEWSER) – A New York City Police Department campaign to get Twitter users to share photos of themselves with officers got a massive response—but not the kind the department had in mind. Instead of citizens posing with friendly cops, the #MyNYPD tag became the top trending hashtag on Twitter with thousands of photos of police brutality, Occupy Wall Street arrests, and headlines about unarmed citizens being shot, reports the New York Daily News. (See plenty of examples at the Daily Dot.)
Free Massages from the #NYPD. What does YOUR Police Department offer? Tweet at #MyNYPD pic.twitter.com/IFWr8exuqH— Occupy Wall Street (@OccupyWallStNYC) April 22, 2014
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I had an inkling that setlist-wise the band might pull out a greatest-hits style show for the local crowd, and in some sense that materialized. But as usual with this band, if you judge by the cover you'll likely to miss a few things. So that said, don't miss this:
The Carini>Down with Disease pairing was 25 minutes of off the hook Phish. Towards the end of summer the band pulled out a few jams that likened back to some of their slightly ambient but nevertheless driving millennial grooves, and funky dance action. Mike was on fire all night, and when Trey locked in for the early part of the second set, they were off and running. Hear this pairing, please.
The Bathtub, Wolfman's and yes, the jazzzzzy Julius all had lots to like in the first set as well. Although Gin has seen its jam take a more straight-ahead trajectory in the 3.0 years, this one was no basic tension and release wankfest. It built to some pretty satisfactory peaks and begs re-listens, particularly for its groovy and locked in Mike/Fish foundation. The Wolfmans was built on similar if less incendiary ground, and hinted at what was to come in set two, with Mike and Trey kind of wrestling over the melodic direction of the jam. But it was the Julius, oddly enough, where they found initial resolution. Maybe channeling the late 80s Vermont jazz-quartet days, the band chilled out in the Julius jam instead of going off, and laid down a really slick patient little jam that built back up to the blues finale. No complaints there, either.
The execution of the Slave coming off of the Carini>Disease combo was pretty poignant. Trey put a lot of emotion into the build and the solo and hit some incredibly rewarding notes. One of the better versions in recent memory to be sure. This was the case for most of the night, actually, with extra mustard on a lot of songs. The second set didn't really pick back up post Slave, jam-wise, with the Rock n Roll and Twist both more or less staying in the box. But it didn't matter much at that point. I got my money's worth, and what's more is that it went to a seriously noble cause.
Phish blew off some long-time-coming steam last night in Vermont. We rolled out as smoothly as we rolled in, and I was in my bed in Montreal, limbs well danced, well before 2am. Nothing wrong with that.


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Pocono Township police have identified cousins Daniel Davidson, 27, and Treyvon Samuel, 22, both of East Stroudsburg, as the men involved in a Thursday theft at the Crossings Premium Outlets that led to a car chase on Interstate 80.
Officer Chris Gupko said Davidson and Samuel were not arraigned by a district judge when found Thursday afternoon and that they instead will receive summonses in the mail to appear for future district court hearings.
Gupko said Davidson and Samuel confessed to being involved in the incident, giving the following account:
Shortly before 1:30 p.m. Thursday, the suspects stole hats from a Crossings store. Police got a call and Gupko responded, encountering the suspects getting into a red Hyundai in the Crossings parking lot.
They refused Gupko's orders to stop and almost ran over his feet while backing out of the parking spot.
Gupko broke the driver-side window in efforts to stop them, but they fled.
Police chased the car on I-80 East, but lost sight of it. Police traced the license plate obtained by Gupko to the suspects' aunt in East Stroudsburg and learned of other relatives living in Penn Estates.
Penn Estates security assisted by being on the lookout, while Stroud Area Regional Police helped by locating the aunt's address.
When police arrived and found the suspects there, the aunt reported her car had been "vandalized" with the window broken out.
Police told her what had happened and the suspects then confessed.
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Opentext released the Opentext Archive Storage Server 10.5 on Solaris 11 (SPARC).
Please find the details in the document "OpenText Archive Server Release Notes 10 (2013-05-13). The document is available through the OpenText customer Knowledge Center.
The Sun QFS WORM file system is certified for compliance archiving by the OpenText Archive Server 10.5. See document " OpenText Archive Server Storage Platforms Release Notes 10.5 (2013-05-15)" in the OpenText customer Knowledge Center for more information.


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Ticket prices climb for SEC Championship Game
Published: Monday, November 26, 2012 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, November 25, 2012 at 11:21 p.m.
ATLANTA | Prices for tickets to the SEC Championship football game in Atlanta next weekend continued to climb as Georgia and Alabama each demolished their archrivals.
By early Saturday evening, after Georgia's 41-10 win over Georgia Tech and with Alabama leading Auburn 42-0, the cheapest ticket on StubHub.com was $324. That doesn't include shipping and handling. Those add-ons would push the price closer to $400.
And don't think that would get you nice seats, either. That's for seats just a few rows from the top of the Georgia Dome in the corner of the end zone.
Upper deck seats on the 50-yard line ran $500. Lower level seats close to midfield topped $1,000.
The game will be a de facto national semifinal, with the winner advancing to the BCS National Championship game in Miami.
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What Would You Resolve To Do If The World Were To End In 2012?
Countdown to 21.12.2012. It is called the end of time; the end of the world, a.k.a. the end of Mayan Long Count. Whether you call it that or just the apocalypse, some say that all of us have less than two years to live. That's when the Mayan calendar runs out.
I don't give a whole lot of weight to the Mayans and their calendar, even if they did build a great empire. If they really had a crystal ball you would think they would have been forewarned that the Spaniards were bringing smallpox to the Yucatán in the 16th Century and they wouldn't have let themselves be enslaved to relatively few soldiers wearing funny hats and riding strange animals.
Still, there are books out there, along with text and video on the Internet, that claim we are counting down towards destruction worse than Noah faced.
I don't know much about the Mayans or how good they or other ancients were at prophesying the future. But after almost 30 years in the business, I know a thing or two about publishing. Frankly, doom sells. After I worked as a reporter in Calgary for a year I came to work for my dad's newsletter in 1980. I was, as he said, a dumb college kid and ill prepared to be a contributing writer to his newsletter. So I started off reading everything that came into my office. That included almost every newsletter that was published at that time.
One of those publications was The Granville Letter, written by Joe Granville, who knew my dad. Granville had a huge following at the time. In January of 1981, he had become extremely bearish. His office made 3,000 phone calls to clients urging them to sell everything. Granville didn't make this prediction because he foresaw the Federal Reserve increasing interest rates or a sneak attack by some foreign power. Instead, he said the Dow Jones Industrial Average was going to collapse because California was going to be struck by an earthquake measuring 8.3 Richter in Los Angeles in May.
Here is the really interesting part. Some people actually believed his prediction. You don't have to take my word for it, just Google, "Joe Granville earthquake."
On the day of Granville's dire forecast the Dow Industrials actually fell 24 points, or almost 3 percent, in what was then the heaviest volume in the history of the New York Stock Exchange. As it turned out, Granville had it dead wrong, and not just about the earthquake. Eight months following his prediction the Dow hit its final bottom and started an 18-year bull run which would take it from 777 to 11,750.
My doom and gloom research culminated 11 years ago this month when I was an editor for Mark Skousen's newsletter, Forecasts & Strategies. I was reading what some others were predicting about Y2K and what they said would be the ensuing economic collapse. Over the years I have read much about coming calamities. I have even been accused of being a doomster myself. (For the record, I have never predicted an earthquake for L.A. or anyplace else, and I really don't think the world is going to end on Dec. 21, 2012.)
I am not suggesting that you should become like Pollyanna. Like Bob Livingston, I too think we are in for some hard times. That is mostly what I write to you about. But as the clock is set to strike 2011 I thought: "How would we want to live if we thought the world was going to end in 2012?"
I don't want to touch on pop culture, such as books like On the Beach, or movies like Armageddon, and speculate as to how society would act (probably not very well). Instead, I am interested in how you think you might act. I have a feeling it might make for some interesting New Year's resolutions.
What Would You Invest In?
If you simply knew the world was going to end in December 2012, I have a feeling not many of you would be too worried about how your portfolio was doing. All the gold King Midas ever touched is not going to do much good in a little more than 100 weeks, and I don't believe that the person with the most toys wins. So you wouldn't have to buy any more gold. Finally! And you sure as heck wouldn't be buying Treasury notes or bonds (although if you are buying them now you just might continue because you are probably crazy).
So there goes one of your biggest worries — investing — out the door.
What's next? Living here in cold Canada, I can tell you that I might like a warm vacation; perhaps a trip to Las Vegas or someplace less glitzy. But if you are like me you probably wouldn't want to travel much, unless it was to visit a loved one. I think I would stick close to home.
Of course you are going to still want money. It will be fun to buy things you can share. And you will feel a lot better spending it without as much worry or guilt.
I drive an older car I like, so I would probably just keep it. Perhaps larger vehicles might come in handy, but I don't think I would get much enjoyment out of a fancy new Cadillac or Mercedes-Benz. I also think I might want to read more. I thought back to the last time I saw something really good on television and that was 21 years ago when I watched the mini-series Lonesome Dove. (Even though the world probably isn't ending I recommend you rent it, but be sure to get the original co-starring Robert Duvall.)
I think reading would be comforting. I don't believe I would delve into what the great philosophers had to say. I could hardly understand them when I was in college so I am quite certain I can't now. It would be a relief not to have to read the next stupid thing politicians are doing. I would probably turn to the Bible. And I might like to read fact, and even some fiction, about family, friendships and sacrifice.
At the end, that is what it would come down to; the family and friends we care about and letting old grudges subside — that, as well as spending less time worrying about what is going to happen tomorrow. After all, we would know what's going to happen; if not tomorrow, then at least in 700 tomorrows. Hopefully, that is enough time to come to peace with God, ourselves and the people we love. And I think that is a resolution worth making regardless of the future.
Yours For Many Happy New Years,
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U.S. to Resolve Investigation of Infosys
The U.S. is expected to announce a resolution Wednesday to the visa fraud investigation against mega outsourcer Infosys, according to a Justice Department official.
For more than two years, the Justice Department and the Homeland Security Department have investigated Infosys's visa practices, prompted by allegations that the company had improperly used business travel documents to place Indian employees in long term positions in American companies. An official with the U.S. attorney's office said the office is finalizing a civil agreement with the Bangalore-based firm.
The allegations came to light in February 2011 after Infosys employee Jack Palmer sued the company for harassment and breach of contract. Mr. Palmer alleged that managers retaliated against him after he raised concerns that the company may have violated immigration laws.
Mr. Palmer said the company improperly used business travel documents, known as B-1, to get its employees into the country and place them for longer term work with clients. The federal judge dismissed that case in August 2012, saying that Infosys's treatment of Mr. Palmer did not reach the threshold for harassment and contract breach under laws in Alabama where he worked.
For more than two years, investigators have probed the company for possible criminal charges. And a federal grand jury in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas subpoenaed the company in May 2011, according to company filings.
Mr. Palmer's attorney, Kenny Mendelsohn, said he couldn't comment before an announcement is made, but added that the long investigation "has been a rollercoaster ride" for his client.
The official would not comment on what penalty the case may carry.
In an emailed statement, Infosys said it was engaged with the U.S. Attorney's office, "regarding a civil resolution of the government's investigation into the Company's compliance with Form I-9 requirements and past use of B-1 visas." The company said it reserved $35 million including legal costs. A company spokesman told CIO Journal that the fact that Infosys had set $35 million aside "is a good indication" that fines would not be higher than that.
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STOCKTON – A 26-year-old man selling an iPhone through Craigslist was robbed of the phone by his presumed buyer around 8 p.m. Thursday in the 600 block of West Flora Street, police said.
The suspect, who reportedly pulled out a gun and took the phone, was last seen going into the apartment complex at the site of the sale.
He is described as a black man, 20 to 25 years old, 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighing 100 pounds with a dark colored beanie and a dark blue Cookie Monster T-shirt.
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What Men Really Want in a Woman
Lesson: Learn to love yourself.
After Carrie was left at the aisle by Big (we knew he would do this), she was able to re-evaluate who she truly was. Having that time alone from Big gave her a chance to make over her apartment, get a new hairdo, and even build new friendships. Don't underestimate the time you have to yourself, because once you discover who you are, you can finally let in and accept the love you really deserve.
Lesson: Keep the spark going.
When shit hits the fan in Emily (Julianne Moore) and Cal Weaver's marriage, Cal (Steve Carell) re-stages a date he and his wife had earlier in their relationship. You two should always make the effort to keep "dating" each other. Treat date night like it's a fifth date and all you want to do is go out, have fun, and be all over each other afterwards.
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