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A Buffalo man involved in setting a Jack Russell terrier on fire last fall will be sentenced at 11 a.m. on June 27 by State Supreme Court Justice Russell P. Buscaglia.
The sentencing of Adell Ziegler was scheduled for Friday, but was postponed after a conference among the judge, the Erie County District Attorney's Office and Ziegler's attorneys.
Questions arose after the DA's office recommended that, as part of the sentencing, Ziegler be forbidden to own or harbor animals for a period of time.
Authorities last fall arrested Ziegler, who was 19 at the time, on felony animal cruelty charges for dousing the terrier with lighter fluid and setting it on fire. Police also charged Ziegler's nephew, Diondre Brown, 18, who was sentenced in May to six months in jail, but was released on time served.


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Wednesday, October 16, 2013
What do dolphins, baseballs and "wheeee" have in common? You can find them all at the 26th annual Town of Mount Pleasant Children's Day Festival presented by BI-LO at the Park West Recreational Complex on Sunday, Oct. 20, from noon to 5 p.m.
Families will enjoy various activities including live entertainment, giant inflatables, games, mechanical rides, face painting, pony rides, prizes, a petting zoo, reptile exhibits and a South Carolina Aquarium exhibit. As always, admission and all activities are free, and free parking is available next door at Cario Middle School where a shuttle bus will be running.
"Children's Day offers families the perfect opportunity to get outside and celebrate the arrival of our beautiful fall weather," said special events planner Nicole Harvey. "This year's theme is 'Under the Sea' and there will be lots of old-fashioned carnival games decorated and run by local schools."
Local mascots, balloon artists, clowns, Clyde the Cougar, Cool Ray and the BI-LO fruit and vegetable characters will roam throughout the day. Special performances will be given by local dance and gymnastics academies, karate schools and cheerleading squads.
Other entertainment highlights will include musical performances, unicyclist and juggler Mark Lippard, and King of Kazoo Rick Hubbard and special appearances including a magic show by Cupcake the Clown.
Returning partners include Mount Pleasant Waterworks and its annual obstacle course, the Mount Pleasant Fire Department's fire trucks and smokehouse and the Mount Pleasant Police Department.
We could never do an event like this without the support of our sponsors, who are truly to be commended for their participation in offering this family occasion to our community," said Harvey. "Of course, we are also grateful for the numerous children, parents, volunteers and vendors whose contributions make this event such a fall favorite for our children."
BI-LO is returning for its eighth year as presenting sponsor and East Cooper Medical Center is back for year nine as the stage sponsor. The Kiddie Korral is being co-sponsored this year by Art Buzz Kids and South Carolina BLUE. Media sponsors include WCBD TV Channel 2, Y102.5 FM and the Moultrie News.
Concessions will be available for sale to benefit participating East Cooper schools, including Jennie Moore Elementary School, Wando High School, Laurel Hill Primary, Pinckney Elementary School, Mamie Whitesides Elementary, Cario Middle School, East Cooper Montessori Charter School, Laing Middle School, James B. Edwards Elementary and the University School of the Lowcountry.
Animals, bicycles and skateboards are not permitted. For more information, visit www.ComeOnOverMP.com or like the event on Facebook.
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Lawyers for the woman suing Casey Anthony want to delay the upcoming defamation trial.
In a motion filed Tuesday, attorneys for Zenaida Gonzalez say they want to wait until the impending decision over Anthony's criminal appeal is handed down.
Currently, Anthony said she intends to plead the Fifth Amendment and not answer questions in the Jan. 2 civil trial.
Gonzalez' lawyers said they hope by delaying the trial, the appeal will be decided and Anthony will no longer be able to avoid answering their questions.
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The actress, joined by beau Tyler Hoechlin, rounded up a slew of her former big-screen costars on Saturday to help her celebrate another year.
Skylar Astin, Rebel Wilson, Kelley Jakle, Alexis Knapp and Adam DeVine were among the musical comedy's actors to attend Snow's glow-in-the-dark, rave-themed bash at the Mack Sennett Studios in Hollywood.
Other celebrities who showed up for the festivities included Nikki Reed and hubby Paul McDonald, Julianne Hough, Nina Dobrev and Rumer Willis.
"There was a deejay, soundstage, fog blowers and all," a partygoer tells PEOPLE. "Guests danced the night away while tossing their glow sticks in the air. Brittany was in great spirits and mentioned that she wished Anna Kendrick could have been there, but she was at SXSW."
During the party, which went from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m., guests sipped on drinks by Voli light vodka and watched a reel on the birthday girl's Love Is Louder charity. And the night didn't end without a special mini chocolate cake.
Thank you all for the sweet birthday messages. So honored & grateful. So funny #HappyBirthdayDJSnow is a thing. Haha.— Brittany Snow (@Brittanysnow) March 9, 2013
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Shortly after you start your descent you pass by some very impressive mountain scenery. Marvel at all the ice of the glaciers before enjoying some delicious refreshments at the Chalet Schwarzwaldalp. Then make your way down into the valley, and to the welcoming Alpine charms of the small town of Meiringen.
Starting point: Grosse Scheidegg (1,962 m.a.s.l.)
Starting point: Grosse Scheidegg (1,962 m.a.s.l.)
Accessibility of starting point: Post bus / bus
Finishing point: Schwarzwaldalp (1,454 m.a.s.l.)
Altitude difference: 508 metres
Length: 5.5 kilometres
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Wordless Wednesday: In Motion
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Those photos are too cute! Our boys are getting too big!ReplyDelete
Was he falling or jumping in the second shot? I love his face... eyes closed, arms in the air!
You had great shots, Stephanie!ReplyDelete
Don't you just love it when you can capture pictures like this? Mine's up!ReplyDelete
Love the action shots! And what a fitting title for this age. They are everywhere... it's hard to keep up!ReplyDelete
Very active!!! Yes, yes!ReplyDelete
Again -- is that Carter or Gray???? :)ReplyDelete
Great pictures! Action shots are the best! Happy WW! Mine is up too!ReplyDelete
So cute, I love action photos like this!ReplyDelete
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So cute! What adorable little guys. Happy Wednesday!ReplyDelete
I KNOW! Aren't they always moving?????? I have three little guys who never seem to stop. ;)ReplyDelete
I've posted my Wordless Wednesday, too. Enjoy!
Hee hee! Cute! Aren't they ALWAYS in motion?! ;)ReplyDelete
Happy WW to you!
he he he he...do they EVER stop moving? Just think what rokkin' bodies we would have if we did HALF the movements our kiddos do???ReplyDelete
It's hard to keep them still for a picture at this age. Is he falling in the one on the right? Or just moving THAT fast?ReplyDelete
I know all about the loco-motion of little boys. I never understood other moms of young boys until I had a boy of my own...nonstop energy!ReplyDelete
cute! I just downloaded about 50 of these same type of photos last night!ReplyDelete
How cute! Great action shots :)ReplyDelete
That second one makes you want to reach out and catch him. Busy, busy boys! :)ReplyDelete
Those are great...so preciousReplyDelete
Looks like he's about to take a nose dive! How cute.ReplyDelete
Oh My, we should hang out. Looks like our bosy would get along GREAT.ReplyDelete
Looks like someone is about to take off flying, lol. Great pics.ReplyDelete
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Report: Texas ranks No. 4 nationionally for cruise industry spending in 2011
Texas was the fourth largest U.S. cruise market last year, raking in more than $1.1 billion in direct spending, creating 17,316 jobs paying total wages of nearly $917 million, according to a report released today by the Cruise Lines International Association.
Florida was the top U.S. cruise market, followed by California and New York.
About 655,000 passengers and crew visited Texas last year, or 3 percent of all visitors to U.S. ports. The state accounts for 5 percent to 6 percent of the industry's direct expenditures, employment and economic impact.
Texas had benefited from the continued expansion of the cruise industry in North American cruise industry. The association expects steady growth this year and beyond as the industry introduces new products, especially new ships.
Nationally, direct spending by 26 cruise lines, their passengers and crews rose 4.8 percent to $18.9 billion last year from 2010. The total economic impact of $40.4 billion was up 6.8 percent. Industry employment grew by 5.4 percent to nearly 348,000 jobs and wages jumped 8.3 percent.
Still, only 3 percent of Americans took a cruise last year, which suggests a large untapped market of potential customers , according to the association.
Worldwide, 60 percent of all cruises sailed from U.S. ports, carrying 9.8 million passengers in 2011. The top 10 U.S. cruise ship ports, including Galveston, accounted for 86 percent of all U.S. embarkations.
The Port of Galveston saw its passenger embarkations rise by 5.5 percent to 459,000 last year, accounting for nearly 5 percent of all U.S. port embarkations.
Globally, 16.3 million people cruised on CLIA member lines in 2011, up 10 percent from 2010. U.S. cruise passengers accounted for 64 percent.


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Kan. judge rules for city in school water dispute
Judge says city no longer obligated to provide free water
A Kansas Court of Appeals judge said the city of Manhattan does not have to provide free water to the city's schools.
The Manhattan Mercury reported Monday that an appeals court judge upheld a lower court ruling in a case involving an arrangement between the city and school district that dates back to the 19th century.
In 1887, a couple deeded land to the city for operation of a public water supply, with the stipulation that the city would provide free water for churches and public schools.
The appeals court judge ruled that the city is no longer obligated to provide free water because the land is no longer being used for a public water works system.
The original water works facility was demolished in 1993.
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Why Study Earth Systems?
Earth Systems will help you understand the relationships between human culture's adaptation to various environments. You will also explore, among other topics, the "three big questions" of geology: How old is the earth? How have the earth's continents and ocean basis changed through time? What forces are currently acting to alter the surface of the earth?
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The Earth Systems Science Program consists of several courses in geography, geology, and physical/earth systems science. The primary focus is on gaining an understanding of earth systems and global change processes in an integrative and interdisciplinary manner--physical/natural and human/cultural dimensions. Directed studies can be arranged to allow you to explore topics of interest in more detail and cooperative education/internship opportunities allow you to gain valuable experience. Our small class sizes encourage discussion, interaction, and individual attention from our faculty.
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Earth Systems is a program, not an academic degree, at Westminster, and is a good companion program to anyone in the Environmental Studies minor or one of the science (biology, chemistry, or physics, for example) degrees.


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on December 4, 2012 - 9:02 PM
LOCKPORT – The plan to close three Niagara County senior citizen nutrition sites may be altered as part of the 2013 county budget.
Office of the Aging Director Kenneth M. Genewick said after Tuesday's public hearing on the budget that the three sites that were going to be closed completely as of Jan. 1 may now be kept open three days a week.
Rev. Bruce Points, pastor of St. John's African Methodist Episcopal Church in Niagara Falls, one of the affected sites, said Genewick at first offered to keep the service open five days a week in exchange for the church giving up the annual $2,431 in rent the county pays.
"That's not a discussion we ever had," Genewick said.
Points charged that Genewick then cut his offer to three days because his positions were being dictated by the Legislature's GOP majority. "It's not really him. He's a pawn in this and he's being used," Points said.
Majority Leader Richard E. Updegrove, R-Lockport, denied that.
"I'd believe a reverend before I'd believe a politician," commented Minority Leader Dennis F. Virtuoso, D-Niagara Falls.
"I think five days a week is sufficient," said Legislator Owen T. Steed, whose district includes St. John's. "It's fair if everyone takes a cut."
But Genewick's proposal, upheld by a Legislature committee in August, was to close the three least-attended of the 23 lunch sites: St. John's, Summit View Apartments in Wheatfield and the Tuscarora Nation House on the reservation.
Tuesday, Genewick said the three-day plan would enable him to cut a vacant part-time nutrition services assistant job, saving $12,000 plus benefits.
Points said during the hearing, "It is always unfair to balance a budget on the backs of the weakest members of a community. It is always unfair to balance a budget on those who can't fight back."
"We've been spending more than the state allocates [for the nutrition program]," County Manager Jeffrey M. Glatz said. "It's not like we're not spending money on seniors."
Genewick said efforts will be made to expand other county services at the sites, but if his department's budget passes unchanged on Dec. 18, lunches will be available Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday at St. John's; Monday, Tuesday and Friday at Summit View; and Monday, Wednesday and Friday at Tuscarora.
Genewick said the Office for the Aging will offer free van service to the John A. Duke Senior Center on Hyde Park Boulevard on the off days. "If [the customers] are eligible, we could offer home-delivered meals," he said.
Meanwhile, William Rutland, president of Local 182, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, denounced the proposed budget for omitting annual "step increases" for members of his blue-collar union for the second consecutive year.
"These dedicated workers will continue to come to work every day for the public who trusts them, regardless of the betrayal of this budget once again," Rutland said.
The $321.9 million spending plan contains a 3.7 percent increase in the property tax levy despite the elimination of 40 jobs, 14 of them filled. Those jobs are in non-mandated health programs for jail inmates and for home-bound seniors, both of which are being privatized.
"The county manager's proposed [tax] rate is not acceptable, and we will reduce it," Updegrove said, but details will be worked out in the next two weeks.
Virtuoso said the Democrats want to avoid any tax increase.
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I am having trouble making the home page show for non registered users. The point of this site will be to allow users to search for wineries, vineyards, etc in their area and those businesses will be the ONLY ones who actually register for a profile. Right now when you go to the site you are immediately redirected to the login page (no I did not set up a redirect). But I have a "home" page and it's set in reading settings to be the home page, but no luck. Any suggestions? This is my first time really working with buddypress so bare with me!
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on December 5, 2012 - 11:04 PM
April 18, 1965 – Dec. 4, 2012
Michael J. Gates, past chief of the Lake Shore Volunteer Fire Company, died Tuesday in his Hamburg home after a lengthy illness. He was 47.
A lifelong resident of Hamburg, he was a graduate of Frontier Central High School and Erie Community College. He worked as a printer for ElderWood Senior Care for more than 18 years.
Mr. Gates was very active in the volunteer fire service, starting as a junior firefighter in 1977 at the Lake Shore fire company. He became a firefighter in 1983. He founded the fire company's Exempt Sportsman Club in 1989 and the Exempt Drum Corps in 1991. He loved parades and Field Days, and he marched with the fire company and drum corps for many years.
He served in many positions with the fire company, including chief, and he was a life member.
He was a member of the Hamburg Town Fire Council and Hamburg Town Chiefs, where he was a past fire coordinator. He also was a member of the Erie County, Southwestern, Western and New York State firemen's associations and was president of the Southwestern association. He was a past member of the Erie County Fire Advisory Board.
He also was a member of the Lake Erie Beach Fire Company Men's Auxiliary and a past member of the Pine Hill Hose Company Drum and Bugle Corps.He loved the outdoors and was an avid hunter and fisherman.
Mr. Gates is survived by his wife, Mary M.; three daughters, Kaelyn E., Leigh Ann and Allyson Tayler; his father, George C.; a brother, Melvin G., and a sister, Odella Madeja.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 10:30 a.m. Friday in St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Church, 4737 Lake Shore Road, Hamburg.


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Problem Solver: Column on disabled man upsets some readers, encourages others to help
Readers' responses to my columns often surprise me. Some of the writers are offended by my story choices, some are incredibly angry at the subject and me, some are so kind they make me cry.
I got emails that did all of the above on a story I wrote about a disabled man and his cats avoiding eviction after local charity Cat Matchers paid a pet deposit.
One writer was angry I wrote the story, saying that the resident did not deserve help due to his smoking, evident from an accompanying photograph.
"I am so embarrassed by this. And you should be ashamed for publicly assisting this travesty … 'nuff said," he said.
A second email was concerned about the household's health because of the cigarettes.
"Smoking isn't good for Mr. Smith's health and the smoke must adversely impact the health of the cats," he wrote.
Others offered help. One woman said she could provide healthcare for the cats; four people asked how to help the household; a third discussed housing discrimination against the disabled.
"I'd be happy to donate some cat food and litter to him. It's not very expensive but it can be challenging if he's on a fixed income," one reader wrote.
Different people, different reactions.
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4 tbsp. butter
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½ tsp. salt
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The World of Airports: No. 1 The World of Whiskies
February 2, 2013 - Ray Tsuchiyama
One airport I would never forget was in Milwaukee – I used to travel extensively between Tokyo and Boston, and since there was no direct flight (Boston, like San Diego, is off the airlines' Big City beaten track), I would always transfer somewhere in the northern Midwestern region, like Detroit (over a dozen times I never left the airport).
Milwaukee Airport had the usual restaurants and sundry shops, plus a used bookstore. I happily strolled between the walls of used books, and there was even a rolling ladder where I would climb up for an interesting title. I don't know whether this shop is still in business, since bookstores have disappeared throughout the world, and I always remember the incongruity of a used bookstore in an airport.
The other airport I recall distinctly was Heathrow, a rather chaotic and dilapidated place north of London. While I was walking slowly pass the electronics shop with my black trusty computer bag, I spotted a large sign: "World of Whiskies".
I then encountered an older gentleman with a tray with tiny plastic thimblefuls of Scottish whiskey – what a glorious sight! Yet what made this very English-looking salesman so extraordinary was that he spoke fluent Japanese and made his pitch quite eloquently. He would extol the virtues of several whiskies, emphasizing that "this bottle is NOT sold in Japan" and "this bottle is unique, and yes, NOT sold in Japan" – in pretty good Japanese, with correct intonations.
This salesman was quite famous, as a friend (a non-Japanese speaker) related how he engaged the individual in a long discussion about the merits of Talisker (with a familiar taste recalling Johnny Walker Black – and justly so, as Talisker is one of the key single malt whiskies in that latter iconic blend) and Bunnabhahain (with a lingering salty tang at the end). In fact, my friend was so engrossed in the conversation that he almost missed his flight.
I wonder if the Japanese-speaking Scotch whiskey salesman is still there at Heathrow . . .
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Black Sheep
In April, Josh Wharton and Mike Pennings completed The Black Sheep (5.12 A0), a new route in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Colorado. Originally Pennings' vision, the line took the two three years to finish. The seven-pitch route takes the prominent Plunge Pillar on the North Chasm View Wall, and went mostly at 5.10 to 5.11, with one pitch of 5.12 A0. In May, Wharton freed the A0 section at 5.13, establishing what is likely the Black Canyon's most technically difficult pitch.
The route is very good, said Wharton, and that's not just because I have first-ascent-itis. Wharton returned to the crux fourth pitch, and worked out a sequence for the steep crimpy climbing. He made five separate trips to try to redpoint the entire route, finally succeeding on May 10 with Jason Nelson. The two swung leads for a team-free ascent.There's a tendency to over-rate climbs that are done in adventurous places like the Black, said Wharton, not the case with this route. It required all the focus and attention to detail it takes for me to do a very hard sport route, something I'd never experienced beforein the Black.
Wharton lives in Rifle, Colorado, and has climbed over 60 routes in the Black Canyon.
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Hi trackerball,
Very interested in this subject. We have Catia and Citrix and we want to give access to external worker to Catia in our datawarehouse from WAN connexion. I have read a lot about Citrix virtual design studio (formely pictor project) but if you can tell me more about this don't hesitate I have applied for project appollo either but don't have answer yet.
We are also in aeronautical business and have heard about that boeing is using such technology but never had the chance to see it in live.
So now we are testing HP RGS solution which is doing quite good results but would prefer to stay in a citrix solution. The project has to be running for 1 february 2009 so don't have many times in front
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Traveling to work today will be tough for motorists across Western New York. Coming home might be downright treacherous.
That's because a widespread winter storm will impact the entire region. There could be up to a foot or more of snow from the City of Buffalo north, and a wintry mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain south of the metro area that could encase some areas in up to a quarter-inch of ice followed by 4 to 6 inches of accumulating snow.
Budgeting significantly more time for travel to arrive safely and on time at your destination will be essential throughout the day, according to National Weather Service forecasters and area law enforcement officers.
"The heavy snow is really going to be beginning right about commute time. It's a really close call," Jon Hitchcock, National Weather Service meteorologist in Buffalo, said late Thursday. "During the morning, travel conditions will deteriorate significantly and the afternoon drive will be a very, very slow one.
"People will need to allow extra time."
Meteorologists were desperately trying late Thursday to pin down the exact time the storm, located in the Plains states Thursday, would trek across the region. The weather service projected that the heaviest snow will fall from mid-morning through early this evening for areas including Buffalo and northern Erie County along with Niagara, Orleans and Genesee counties.
A mixed bag of snow, sleet and freezing rain was expected "mainly south of a line from Buffalo to Batavia," where there will be a warm layer of air aloft, according to weather service forecasters.
The heaviest amounts of sleet and freezing rain will fall further south, with the best chance in the Southern Tier, and along the Lake Erie shoreline, including into the Southtowns through the morning hours before becoming all snow by midday. The freezing rain could result in ice accumulating between one-tenth and one-quarter inch.
Although it is unlikely that the wintry mixture will be heavy enough to bring down trees or power lines, it could lead to even more hazardous conditions later on.
"Snow on top of that could be treacherous," said meteorologist Tom Paone.
The National Weather Service has posted a winter storm warning for the Niagara Frontier from 1 a.m. today to 5 a.m. Saturday.
Travel throughout the Northeast will be treacherous all day, with the most severe effects of the storm in New England where the weather service is projecting a "potentially historic winter storm." Thursday afternoon, the National Weather Service posted a blizzard warning for New York City, Connecticut and the Boston area.
In Western New York this morning, snow could fall at a rate of about one inch over three hours, and the snow will continue throughout the day. The Buffalo area can expect 6 to 12 inches of snow, with higher amounts to the north and in Niagara and Orleans counties.
Today's high projected to be near 32 in metro Buffalo, with temperatures expected to dip below freezing this afternoon.
Because temperatures will be in the 30s, the snow will be heavier than the light, fluffy lake-effect snow, forecasters added.
Snow is expected to start tapering off tonight and be done falling by midday Saturday, according to the weather service. There's a chance of flurries and freezing drizzle before 11 a.m. Saturday, but the rest of the day should be partly sunny, with a high near 23. Mostly sunny skies are forecast for Sunday.
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Patricia Krentcil, the slender, leathery New Jersey mom who's pleaded not guilty to bringing her 6-year-old daughter into a tanning bed with her, is heatedly lashing out at those who may criticize her look.
"They're jealous, they're fat and they're ugly," Krentcil, 44, told TMZ, after saying that "there's somebody out there my whole life who doesn't like me."
She agreed with the reporter's suggestion that she is the victim of a witch hunt, and once again proclaimed her innocence in the matter that has gained national attention.
"I'm a great mother, and I would never do that to my child," Krentcil said while loading her shopping into a car.
Krentcil's daughter, 6, apparently showed up to school one day with a sunburn, telling friends she went tanning with her mom. But Krentcil – whose skin is an unnatural shade of dark brown as a result of bronzing under lights – says the whole thing is "preposterous."
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Calving heifers earlier no guarantee for more milk
Calving heifers earlier no guarantee for more milk
Rearing costs are high, but calving heifers too early may adversely impact lifetime milk production.
by Abby (Huibregtse) Bauer, Hoard's Dairyman Associate Editor
The earlier a heifer enters the milking string, the more milk she will make in her lifetime, right? Not necessarily, explained Pat Hoffman during a 'Dairy Heifer Management: Pitfalls and Paradigms' webinar hosted by the Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin. Hoffman, University of Wisconsin Extension heifer management specialist, shared new data that showed cows entering the herd sooner might also leave the herd sooner, lowering both lifetime days in milk and lifetime production.
A study of 69,145 Holstein heifers that calved in 2005 evaluated the effects of age at first calving and twice per day (2x) or three times per day (3x) milking on lifetime milk production. For cows milked 3x, both lifetime days in milk and lifetime milk production rose as age at first calving was reduced.
However, for 2x herds, lifetime milk actually peaked when heifers calved at 23 months of age. There was no added benefit in lifetime days in milk or milk yield when these heifers calved younger than 23 months.
Age at first calving is probably not the only factor contributing to overall lifetime production for the 3x cows in this study. Farms milking 3x are more likely to use bovine somatotropin, feed TMR and have sand bedding, all potentially contributing to more days in milk and lifetime milk yield. Herds milking 3x are also more commonly housed in freestall barns, which allows for a fluctuating herd size by overstocking. On the other hand, cows milked 2x are more likely to be housed in tie stall barns with limited space. If a new heifer calves, an older cow is more likely to be culled to make room, shortening her lifetime days in milk.
Calving heifers earlier is appealing from a heifer raising cost standpoint, but Hoffman said there is not a universal ideal age at first calving in regards to maximized milk production. A farm milking 3x with freestall facilities will more likely find benefit calving heifers at 22 months of age, while 2x tie stall herds may see no milk production advantage from earlier calving.
The study found that calving heifers older than 24 months did not improve first lactation yield, longevity or lifetime milk production in either group. Therefore, the long standing goal of freshening heifers by 24 months is still relevant, with opportunities to calve heifers sooner depending on a farm's management situation.
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Was it torture or enhanced filmmaking?
After paying $14 for a movie ticket, I settled into my seat to finally see "Zero Dark Thirty," the Academy Award-nominated film about the decade-long efforts to find Osama bin Laden.
I entered the nearly-full theater aware of the controversy that had accompanied the movie since its release: its depiction of torture as part of the process that resulted in the killing of bin Laden.
Politicians and intelligence folks railed against its inclusion, saying it was overstated if not an outright lie. Others railed against it because the movie did not offer a rebuke of torture on moral grounds.
Sen. John McCain was asked by CNN what he thought of the movie and its depiction of torture at the hands of CIA agents. McCain, because he was tortured as a POW in Vietnam, has become our de facto national conscience on torture.
"It is hateful. It is harmful, incredibly harmful to the United States of America," he said. "And to somehow make people believe that it was responsible for the elimination of Osama bin Laden, is in my view, unacceptable."
Filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow countered in a Los Angeles Times opinion piece: "I think Osama bin Laden was found due to ingenious detective work. "Torture was, however, as we all know, employed in the early years of the hunt. That doesn't mean it was the key to finding Bin Laden. It means it is a part of the story we couldn't ignore. War, obviously, isn't pretty, and we were not interested in portraying this military action as free of moral consequences."
Yep. It certainly wasn't ignored. The torture scenes took up much of the first hour of the movie. As a result, Bigelow's whole "torture was…employed in the early years of the hunt" angle was lost. It just seemed to be an ongoing, and ongoing, and ongoing part of the hunt for bin Laden. Bigelow could have made the point that torture was "part" of the story by inserting a scene or two. Fifteen minutes would have gotten that point across. But a third of the movie? That implies much greater importance. But it sure kept the tension going in the movie.
I don't see how anyone watching the movie could have left the theater without believing torture was key toward tracking down bin Laden.
It didn't help that "Dan," the chief torturer, was a complex, sharp-witted character who used his expertise in psychology and desire to catch bin Laden as excuses for his brutality. He may be the most likeable torturer to ever grace the screen.
After the movie, I called my 19-year-old son who's in college to tell him I had finally seen the movie. He had too. "I really liked it," he said.
That's one of the concerns I have. For people too young to remember the national soul-searching over things such as "enhanced interrogation," the movie becomes a too-convenient historical record.
Perhaps an even greater consideration is how it will play when it starts getting global distribution – not just in Europe, but Africa and the Middle East. Areas where many people were already convinced Abu Ghraib was part of an American story they couldn't ignore.


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Ken Lewis of the 21st Century Sky Diving Team lands a Dallas Cowboys flag as the Dallas Cowboys started their first afternoon practice at training camp in Oxnard, CA, on Monday, July 30, 2012.
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5 medium bell peppers, red, orange, yellow or green
1 medium onion, diced
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1/2 cup organic sweet corn, fresh or frozen
1 cup Eden Diced Tomatoes w/Green Chilies, drain well and reserve 1/2 cup tomato liquid
1 cup Eden Crushed Tomatoes with Basil
3/4 cup cold water
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Place the rice and beans in a mixing bowl. Remove the tops from the peppers and discard the seeds. Blanch the whole peppers and tops in a pot of boiling water for 5 minutes. Remove and drain.
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PITTSBURGH - It's been a challenging year for a lot of Pittsburgh Steelers, and you can put Mike Tomlin's name at the top of the list.
There wasn't anything good about last Sunday's meltdown against San Diego. It's a long season and an unexpected stinker now and then is inevitable. (New England lost to Arizona earlier this year.)
But the Chargers debacle was the Steelers' second lousy game in three weeks. Before a feel-good win at Baltimore, the Steelers blew a slam dunk in Cleveland.
This has been an unusual Steelers season because it's a year of transition. They're at a point where some past draft mistakes are biting them.
But that's no excuse for the apathy the team showed for most of the day against San Diego.
The effort has to be a lot better to claim the playoff spot that's sitting on a tee for the Steelers. It's up to the head coach to make sure that happens.
Finder's keeper
Generally speaking, the world needs another Steelers book like it needs another Kardashian.
That said, former newspaper reporter Chuck Finder has come up with a solid effort in "The Steelers Encyclopedia," published by Temple University Press.
Rather than rely on previous histories, Finder interviewed more than 100 people and came up with fresh material. It's an informative book that any Steelers fan should appreciate.
Fried Rice
Rutgers basketball coach Mike Rice, a former Pitt assistant who also served as head coach at Robert Morris, got into some trouble.
Rutgers suspended Rice for three games without pay, and fined him $50,000. The university said Rice was in violation of department policies, specifically exhibiting inappropriate language and behavior during practice.
Good for Rutgers. Coaches routinely get away with verbal abuse that would never be tolerated in a classroom setting. You can argue that sports aren't the same as the biology lab, but they're both under the supervision of a university.
A lot of bad coaching behavior is rationalized as "intensity" and "competitiveness." Yet if someone tried those antics in the real world, they'd at least be ridiculed and probably reprimanded.
Imagine the salesman who makes his pitch, but gets turned down by a potential client. Is it OK if he tosses his briefcase, swears loudly and kicks the desk? Of course not.
Yet Bob Knight's "competitive nature" is celebrated when he throws a chair across the court because an official's call has displeased him.
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Earthquake Diary: 29 May
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by Liu Hui
Sichuan Province, China: Ms. Liu Hui and Mr. Gao Wei were originally serving with the Beijing Youth League on the joint project with UNV and UNDP, 'Strengthening Volunteerism for Development through the Beijing Olympics'. They were selected by the Youth League to participate in a relief mission (which will include 25 doctors and medical staff) led by Guo Xinbao, Director of the Beijing Volunteer Association.
Liu Hui helped deal with communications while Gao Wei was tasked with equipment supply. Here are some photographs of them interacting with people in the earthquake zone.


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Eli Lilly, Baxter International, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Novartis, and Roche are among the pharma giants disclosing job cuts in 2013 through June 13. [© Karen Roach - Fotolia.com]
The overall U.S. economy may be limping back into shape, but the biopharma employment market appears to be another story, as continued consolidation and patent-cliff losses by big pharma have prompted drug and diagnostics companies to step up job reductions.
This month alone, Endo Health Solutions said it would shrink its workforce by 15% or about 700 jobs worldwide, while Aveo Oncology sliced 140 jobs or 62%. Aveo and Endo join at least 15 other biopharmas in announcing, disclosing, or confirming workforce reductions this year, according to a GEN spot check of company announcements, news reports, and regulatory filings.
U.S.-based employers revealed plans between January and May to cut 6,389 jobs—up nearly 27% from 5,042 jobs the same period last year, according to Challenger Gray & Christmas. The largest single job cutter of 2013 so far is U.K.-based AstraZeneca, where CEO Pascal Soriot announced plans in March to eliminate 3,900 positions—1,600 in R&D, 2,300 in selling, general, and administrative (SG&A) operations.
Pharma giants disclosing job cuts in 2013 through June 13 include Eli Lilly (1,000 sales reps), Baxter International (400 in Puerto Rico), Bristol-Myers Squibb (about 400 in San Diego), Novartis (300 jobs over two years in Lincoln, NE) and its Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (about 120 in Fort Worth, TX), and Roche (170 jobs in the U.S. and Germany).
The sobering numbers reverse last year's encouraging trend, when the number of announced job cuts by U.S.-based employers fell more than one-third to 14,150 jobs from 21,580 jobs in 2011. That year, Challenger Gray & Christmas calculated that 297,650 biopharma jobs were lost between 2000 and 2010, when consolidations and layoffs began reshaping the industry.
Since then, big pharma has continued to consolidate far-flung workforces, cut R&D, and slash salesforces as blockbusters leap off the patent cliff. By GEN's count, the 15 job-cutting employers have revealed they'll shed a combined nearly 7,800 positions. That number includes both big pharma and smaller biotechs such as Alkermes (130 jobs in Ireland), Mylan (nearly 120 from Basking Ridge, NJ, to near its Pittsburgh headquarters), and Impax Laboratories (about 110 jobs).
Those biotechs are unlikely to make up for the jobs being slashed by big pharma for several reasons. One is that they're being pressured by risk-averse investors to pull the trigger on layoffs, often after clinical or regulatory failure. They don't need the glut of researchers being downsized out of pharma giants because they're cutting R&D. Even if they needed those researchers, biotechs don't have the money to offer pharma-sized compensation.
"We need more scientists in development, people that understand pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, toxicology, pharmacology, process development, process chemistry, biomanufacturing, those kinds of people," Clifford S. Mintz, Ph.D., founder of BioInsights, a biopharmaceutical education and training organization, tells GEN.
Those professionals, he said, are a better fit with biopharmas' shift away from research and toward drug development and commercialization. The shift also reduces the need for salespeople, given fewer blockbusters and tightening regulation on how reps can sell drugs to doctors.
Unfortunately for industry, much of academia hasn't responded to the change. "The Ph.D.s that are being trained at academic institutions are being trained to do discovery research. The amount of people you need these days to do basic R&D is so small," adds Dr. Mintz, who follows biopharma employment news and trends as publisher of BioJobsBlog. "I think we've entered into a new world."
As a result, many of the senior researchers losing their jobs will find it difficult to land similar positions, let alone similar positions at comparable pay. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the median salary for medical scientists was $76,700 in 2010, while biochemists and biophysicists earned a median $79,390 ($81,791.50 and $84,660.07, respectively, in today's dollars as projected by BLS' inflation calculator).
"If you've got two or three years of pharmaceutical experience, and you're in an area where there are smaller biotech companies, or you're willing to relocate, or you're willing to work outside the United States, you could find positions because experienced R&D scientists, in terms of the biotech industry, are valuable," Dr. Mintz says.
Also valuable to industry are professionals with business as well as research skills—not only Ph.D.s and candidates, but bachelor's and masters' degrees commanding lower pay: "They fare a lot better as research techs or doing quasi-research or quasi-project management, manufacturing stuff, quality control, quality assurance. Those people are easily retrainable," he adds.
"If you're a straight-up discovery research scientist, and all you've done is work in discovery labs for most of your career, you may be out of work for a while," Dr. Mintz cautions. "But if you're a Ph.D.—or even not a Ph.D.—with experience in business development, regulatory affairs, project management, medical writing, those kind of things, those people can find employment pretty quickly at the end of the day."
Regulatory affairs pros are especially sought after given FDA's shift starting in 2007 to risk-benefit analysis for evaluating new drugs, followed by last year's FDA Safety and Innovation Act (FDASIA).
"Certainly regulatory specialists are needed. It is definitely a skill that we have to look for quite often, with the changes there. Someone who can deal with the FDA is always in need," Barbara Gebhardt, president and CEO of life science staffing agency Opus Scientific and its nonbiotech counterpart, Opus Staffing, tells GEN.
Also remaining in demand are bioinformaticians: "With the emphasis on patient outcomes, and even just for the company to maintain good data to stay agile, bioinformatics is an area where we're seeing some growth," adds Gebhardt, author of The Essential Career Guide for the Scientific Professional.
She says displaced workers can position themselves better for new jobs by learning new skills and networking, particularly in smaller groups focused on a niche field where they can stand out.
Both Gebhardt and Dr. Mintz foresee fewer layoffs next year, when the patent cliff is finally expected to peak and pharma giants are imagined to stop consolidating.
But several additional significant job reductions are in the works.
Merck KGaA plans to chop 1,100 German jobs by 2015. Indian news reports, citing unnamed sources, say Ranbaxy plans to cut its salesforce of about 14,600 by one-third (eliminating around 4,867 jobs). Patent-cliff losses expected for TriCor, TriLipix, and Niaspan may cost several hundred AbbVie sales reps their jobs, though the company has declined to comment on a Bloomberg news report that said as much. And corporate cost-cutting goals—$2 billion at Teva; £1 billion (about $1.6 billion) annually through 2016 at GlaxoSmithKline—may bring pink slips to more employees yet.
Even if only some of these layoffs happen, they will likely further swell the ranks of unemployed biopharma professionals, especially investigators, forcing many to scramble for academic or nonprofit research institute jobs. Such prospective reductions-in-force are in addition to those that can be expected from biopharmas forced to contract due to clinical or regulatory failures. And with the industry increasingly carrying out more work through cheaper labor overseas, it's safe to say those who lose jobs in the near future will find it harder to land back on their feet in biopharma.
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Way to go Bucky! Ya can't win them all, if you don't win the first. So much for the BB pundits who rated Belmont as an upset over Wisconsin in Round One of the NCAAs.
The Badger team free throw percentage is almost a high as to odds of my sticking my foot in my mouth on the TLB. (Or that of Catfish posting a "groaner of a joke"!)


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what do you think about the anime.I just finished it and it was echhie
sorryhellsing/vampire princess miu
I think it's a cute anime. I really like this anime it's really good. Moka is just plain out awesome."If you can fool your friends,you can fool your enemies".Education well never be as expensive as ignorance.
I collect the manga of it and I do watch the anime too. I love it! =3
what is it like to have that which is most important to the collection if it doesn't get made
Enough said.... "Thou art I. I am thou. Thou shalt be blessed when creating Personas of the Headphones arcana....."
well i think its a great anime capu2 was even better i agree though mizra ( yes i cannt spell) jas got to be my fave with moka a close second oh and the manga is pretty good i would recomend reading it befor you watch capu2 it explains a lot the first part of the anime leaves out I am serching for the one that is just for methe one thats just for chi
the female characters are hot
still haven't read it
Well I have read the manga before I actually had watched the anime. I am planning on watching the whole first season soon, I already finished the second season. I have watched a few episodes from the first season though and I have to say the animation is epic and smooth and the backgrounds are beautiful. Overall I find the anime-manga cute although there is alot of blood XD The only thing I dont like is all the underwear ^^'
I agree the season is nice but i like it alot and i've only read 2 of the manga
its cool i just wish that it was dub thout i like the books they are very very good.
I just started reading the manga and it is hilarious!
(If you cry,smile,then cry harder. its good for u.)
i haven't seen it.
it shows girls items but it was pretty good.
4th Wave!!!
i loved this but i think the manga is better
there are a ton of manga out there but which would u chose as your only reading material?(general)
there are a ton of manga out there but which would u chose as your only reading material?(general)


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Windows Azure is a flexible and open cloud platform for a wide variety of applications ranging from web sites to enterprise and mobile applications. In this foundation session Scott Guthrie will demonstrate how to quickly build and deploy applications using the new Windows Azure features and services including Windows Azure Web Sites, Virtual Machines, and new developer tools and SDKs.
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I am working in education. I teach parallel computing. I have a class 2 times per week. I would like to create a little compute cluster on windows azure. I would like to use it only during my class which is 4 hours per week.
If I activate my virtual machines 4 hours per week, then I will pay only for these 4 hours or there are other costs for keeping inactive virtual machines on the Windows Azure?
@Jedrek:You only pay for what you use. You don't pay when you're VM's are off.
Anyone tried the VM/MVC sample in the training kit? Everything goes ok except the last part where something is missing in the folder AzureStore.
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Cleanup on aisle four.
Officers are looking for a gold Honda Accord with three women inside, two of whom reportedly urinated on the floor in the middle of a Ceres grocery store, police said Wednesday.
The Ceres Police Department sent out a Facebook post this afternoon about the incident, which took place at a store in the 1600 block of East Hatch.
The car officers are seeking is an early 90s model, last seen heading north on Richland, police said.
The two women in question appear to be between the ages of 18 and 20.
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BERKELEY SPRINGS - Rarely is the ball going over the fence a bad thing in baseball. You'd have a hard time convincing Berkeley Springs of that.
When Jared Spielman's drive to center skipped off the wet grass and into the stands beyond the center field fence, resulting in a ground-rule double in the bottom of the seventh against Petersburg in the Class AA, Region II, Section 2 tournament Monday, it prevented Kyle Appel from scoring what would have been the winning run.
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Berkeley Springs' Preston Hovermale races toward third base as the ball bounces into the Petersburg outfield Monday evening during the?Class AAA, Region II, Section 2 tournament.
Petersburg (21-8) scored three runs in the top of the eighth to win the game 7-4, and take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three series.
"That's a tough way to lose," Berkeley Springs coach Jeremy Brock said. "It was just one of those freak plays, because we are scoring if that ball doesn't bounce over the fence."
Berkeley Springs (12-14) still had its chances loading the bases with one out and the score tied at 4-4.
Petersburg reliever Chad Pool settled down, however, registering two of his eight strikeouts to end the inning, and send the game into extra innings.
Brock was hoping to win it with cleanup hitter Scotty Hessler at the plate with runners on second and third.
Pool never gave him anything to hit, though, and he drew a walk.
"We were taking our chances that Scotty would hit a fly ball to win it," Brock said. "I thought about a suicide squeeze, but there is always a chance of popping it up and running yourself out of an inning with a double play. Scotty's our cleanup hitter and he's going to hit fly balls. But Pool never gave him anything to hit."
Pool struck out eight after relieving Brandon George in the fifth.
"He did a great job mixing his pitches, and keeping us in the game," Petersburg coach Bobby Jack Harman said. "Baseball is a funny game. Sometimes you get strange bounces like that. That was a big play in the game."
Of the hook, Petersburg bounced back in the eighth, when George and Justin Smith led off the inning with walks.
George scored when Colton Turner reached on a throwing error and No. 9 hitter Brian George followed with a two-run single to ice the win.
Berkeley Springs brought in Tyler Holt, who will likely start today's game, to finally bring an end to the inning.
"We tried to give it away," Harman said. "To battle back like that and win, hopefully we can carry that momentum over into tomorrow's game (at Petersburg). I thought we did a good job of hitting Spielman (who started for Berkeley Springs) who is a good pitcher, and then (Preston) Hovermale came in and did a good job for them. We were able to put the bat on the ball and get some runs off him."
The Vikings took a 4-1 lead, reaching Spielman for four runs in the fourth, after the lefty had successfully battled out of trouble in the second and third innings.
As they would later do, Brandon George and Smith both reached to lead off the inning. A wild pitch moved them up, and George scored on a ground out.
Josh Inskeep and Brett Reel had RBI singles and Trevor Harman finished the uprising with a RBI triple.
Hessler made it 4-3 in the fifth, with a two-out single scoring Zach Wise (who had walked) and Appel (who singled).
That chased George, and Harman turned the ball over to Pool, who at one point struck out four straight.
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This week I wrote about how to maximize your entertainment dollar [3] and all the comments seemed to center around our favorite board games. So it seemed like the perfect Friday Your Take post would be if everyone shared their favorite games!
Our latest favorite is Dominion [3], as I mentioned in that post, because it's a different game each time. We've been mostly playing the "scenarios" in the instruction books, just to get a better understanding of the game; but the game lets you randomly select cards so each game is different.
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TWC9: WP7 gets multi-tasking,NuGet 1.1, MJPEG Decoder, Reflector
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[18:14] Dan's pick: Black Wasp - Extension Method using LINQ that checks for anagrams via Alvin Ashcraft
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I realize it's *Lt.* Commander Data. Apologies to all Trekkies.
While I agree that Reflector has all the right reasons to become a payed app I don't believe the comparison with Visual Studio Express is justified. The Visual Studio vendor (Microsoft) owns the ecosystem and charges for the operating system AND for servers like SQL Server. It also charges for other products which Visual Studio supports development for like Office and Sharepoint. It is not hard to realise that Windows-only programs (the kind developed with Visual Studio) strengthen the MS ecosystem and thus increase profits from Windows, Office and other products. This is how all other developer tools nowadays are financed. This is how Oracle makes NetBeans free for example. That being said "at the end of the day you have to eat" is not valid argument for Visual Studio (but it is for Reflector).
As a developer I would like to see Microsoft practicing what they preach ("Developers! Developers! Developers! Developers!" anyone?) and give us (developers in the MS ecosystem) more and better free tools than other ecosystems instead of exactly the opposite. Of course this is MS's decision to make. As developers (or decision makers) ours decision to make is to choose development platform and the availability of free tools is surely a part of this decision.
Reflector killed themselves. They canablize their own pro product by making the feature rich free version. They should have make the free version crappy enough to stand out their pro products. Tons of businesses does that to make sure their higher end prodect did not get killed by cheaper one.
Their feature rich free version made them popular, but, at the same time, that's how they fall.
When is secure Hotmail/Messenger IM/presence getting integrated into the WP7 People Hub?
Any news on homebrew support for the new WP7 update? What will happen if I DON'T decide to upgrade to the new firmware? Will certain features of the phone stop working, will it force an automatic upgrade?
I disagree somewhat with the assertion that people are annoyed about Reflector just because it used to be free and now won't be - there's a bit more to it than that. The extra hate comes from the fact that it was a personal project of one person who gave it away for a long time. To a lot of people it's like a park that the owner used to let the public use for free has been sold off to a corportation and now they're charging people to go play there.
When Lutz decided he didn't want to manage Reflector any more he could have open sourced it, but he sold it to RedGate instead. That's his right of course, but by the same right, people should be just as annoyed at Lutz for selling it to RedGate as they are with RedGate for charging for it now. Of course they're not attacking Lutz, partly because it's not directly his decision to start charging for it (even though this is the inevitable consequence of selling it to corporation), and partly because they're still grateful to him for making available for free for all those years.
Thinking about Dan's suggestion that companies should charge for software if they ever plan to charge for it in the future, I tried to think of examples of where this has been a PR problem in the past and I can only think of situations where an existing product or company was bought by a much larger corporation that then discontinued the free version. When Autodesk acquired Alias, they discontinued the free learning version of Maya. They later acquired Softimage and while the free 'modtool' verison of Softimage remains available, it's frozen at the version it was at when they where were acquired. I wonder if anyone has got counter-examples?
If a company wants to charge money for a product; they should do it, because they have to make money in order to continue their operations. As an independent developer of both 'free' and proprietary software, I often get criticized for charging for my software, and refusing to open-source it by the open-source community, and get criticized for not charging for software that I choose to open-source by many of my peers. It's often difficult to decide whether a product should be free or proprietary. In the end, there is room for both 'free' software and proprietary software.
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Banker Chris Latham is seeking a protective order against his estranged wife, Nancy, claiming she and her half-brother, a convicted triple-murderer, wish to harm him.
The motion, filed late this afternoon, came one day after Nancy Latham filed her own request for a protective order against Christopher Latham, saying she is fearful for her life after a plot to kill her was foiled earlier this month, according to court documents.
Her filing alleges Chris Latham was involved in or "at a minimum had knowledge of the plot and plan to kill" Nancy Latham and "did nothing to stop it," the document stated.
Christopher Latham, who has not been charged with a crime, countered with allegations that he'd been stalked by his wife and her half-brother, John Hall Cannon, who killed three family members in 1971 and is now out on parole. Chris Latham said in an affidavit that his wife threatened on numerous occasions to "do anything necessary to 'destroy me' and my career."
Her attorney, Timothy Madden, said he had not seen the filing and could not comment on its contents.
The Post and Courier was unable to reach Cannon today or determine whether he is represented by legal counsel.
Stephen Schmutz, a criminal defense attorney advising Chris Latham, said he has never seen a case play out in the media the way this one has, with his client being unfairly maligned in the process.
"There are so many unfounded allegations being made by Miss Latham, all in an effort to publicly trash Chris Latham," he said. "It's shameful and it's wrong."
A Family Court judge had already ordered Nancy Latham and her husband to stay away from each other. An October order in their bitter divorce case restrains them from having physical contact with each other or being at each other's homes, as well as from harassing, threatening, interfering with or bothering the other in any way.
Her attorney, Madden, said the order requested Monday would provide an extra level of protection, with an added request that Christopher Latham be ordered to surrender any firearms in his possession.
"She is very concerned for her safety," he said.
On April 5, Charleston police found out Nancy Latham was the intended target of a murder-for-hire plot. The information was volunteered by Russell Wilkinson, 39, of Louisville, KY, after he and his wife, Bethany, were pulled over in downtown Charleston.
Wilkinson told investigators he was hired to kill Nancy Latham and had been conspiring with Wendy Annette Moore, 37, and Moore's ex-husband Samuel Yenawine, 38, of Louisville, KY. All three were arrested and charged in federal court and currently remain behind bars.
The motion in the Latham's divorce case alleges that Moore is Chris Latham's live-in girlfriend and that he conspired with her to kill Nancy Latham. Nancy Latham made similar allegations in a civil lawsuit she recently filed against her husband and the three defendants behind bars.
According to the protective order filing, Nancy Latham believes that she was supposed to be killed before she and her husband's scheduled divorce hearing in April. Before that hearing, Chris Latham insisted on knowing her current address, the document states.
It also states that Chris Latham regularly communicated with the Town of Sullivan's Island in an effort to have Nancy Latham go to the island's police department on certain dates and times. That information was communicated to the hired killers, the document stated.
Nancy Latham had been fighting a trespass notice filed against her by Chris Latham, who alleged she had snuck into his Sullivan's Island home, according to an incident report. Chris Latham also has accused his wife of adultery.
The protective order filing also lists the reasons Chris Latham would benefit from his wife's death. For one, the divorce hearing would have revealed the relationship between Moore and Chris Latham, which violates Bank of America U.S. Trust policy, therefore possibly leading to Chris Latham's termination. Before her arrest Moore worked as Chris Latham's assistant at the bank, according to the document.
The motion also stated alimony was a reason Chris Latham would want Nancy dead. Chris Latham had already been ordered to pay nearly $8,000 a month to his wife for housing, health insurance and other items. It also lists avoiding prison and contempt of court as ways Chris Latham would benefit from Nancy Latham's death by preventing a divorce hearing from ever happening.
The document also details why Nancy Latham still fears her estranged husband, including his ownership of several firearms. The documents states that Chris Latham owns handguns, rifles and possibly a shotgun, "none of which were found when law enforcement officials searched the Sullivan's Island residence." The home on Brownwell Avenue was searched by federal agents on April 11. Latham had lived in the home, which he had leased, for at least a year.
"Plaintiff (Nancy Latham) and her daughters are under police protection and in fear of their safety," the document stated.
Her attorney, Madden, would not say where Nancy Latham is staying or whether she is still in the Charleston area.
He has asked the court to approve a restraining order that would keep Chris Latham from communicating with Nancy Latham and their children. The request will be heard during a scheduled hearing in Family Court in May.
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Thirty-three Geneseo High School seniors were honored as Illinois State Scholars at a reception breakfast on Dec. 13 at the high school.
Illinois State Scholars are determined by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission. Students are recognized for their outstanding academic achievement. They rank in the Top 10 percent of the state's high-school graduating seniors.
Rankings are based on a combination of ACT and/or SAT test scores and class rank at the end of their junior year.
Illinois State Scholars from Geneseo High School include: Donald Alexander, Kirsten Backes, Corbyn Beck, Jeni Bergles, Samantha Borkgren, Emily Buzard, Lindsey Clementz, Gabriella Cooney, Megan Cordes, Alec Damitz, Michael Daniels, Emma Evans-Peck, Emily Ford, Rachel Ganson, Michael Keener, Evan Koisti, Dugan Kuffel, Hunter Kuffel, Danielle Manna, Garrett Mannon, Madison McDonald, Sean Miller, Kimberlee Moore, Jayde Rose, Sydney Rusk, Jessica Schaumburg, Margaret Schlindwein, Daniel Sears, Richard Snell, Jacob Stimes, Luke Widger, Allison Yerkey and Ryan Zum Mallen.
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Town of Tonawanda police Monday identified the woman stabbed to death over the weekend as 34-year-old Jennifer Sacaridis, who was assaulted in her Blackmore Street apartment early Sunday morning.
Police have charged Edmund M. Serwinowski, 22, with second-degree murder in her death.
Top police officials Monday said that the couple had been dating for about a month.
"A dispute between the two of them erupted during the night, and he reacted by stabbing her," Town of Tonawanda Police Lt. Nicholas A. Bado said.
Police were called to the scene at about 4:55 a.m. Sunday. Sacaridis was pronounced dead in Kenmore Mercy Hospital at about 5:25 a.m., police said.


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A Jackson County jury convicted a Kansas City man in the shooting death of his wife.
The prosecutor's office said Robert L. Washington was found guilty of first-degree murder and armed criminal action on Wednesday.
Police said Robyn Hamilton, 42, was shot to death in her home in the 5000 block of George Avenue early on the morning of Oct. 26, 2010.
According to court records, Washington shot his wife in front a child, who was awakened by their argument.
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This is a great event for Connecticut basketball fans! Since the Whalers left (hockey), the UConn basketball teams and the Mohegan Sun ladies team are the closest thing we have to major sports here.
Geno Auriemma of the UConn ladies team is the coach!
And Maya Moore & Diana Taurisi (formerly Lady Huskies) are on the team.
And Tina Charles and Asjha Jones of the Connecticut Sun on the team.


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Proponents of religious freedom in America have long recognized that
government and religion make poor bedfellows. As Justice Hugo Black
observed, "a union of government and religion tends to destroy government
and degrade religion." In recent years, however, legislators at both
the Federal and state levels have been proposing initiatives that fly
in the face of this hard-earned lesson. Like many bad ideas, these initiatives
often have names that offer no hint of their real impact. One such bad
idea has been dubbed "charitable choice" by its supporters.
The Federal "charitable choice" measure, which was first adopted in
1996 as part of the welfare reform bill, mandates that whenever the
Federal Government allows private organizations to assist in the distribution
of welfare benefits, the Government must also allow religious organizations
and sectarian institutions, which integrate religious practices into
their programs, to have an equal opportunity to participate.1
If the Federal Government decides to let a private organization provide
counseling services, for example, then the Government must also consider
the bids of religious institutions when deciding with whom to contract.
A growing number of politicians currently favor an expanded church-state
partnership in a wide range of social welfare activities. Some who support
"charitable choice" do so in an effort to downsize the Government's
commitment to anti-poverty programs or as part of an effort to shift
the cost of providing such services to faith-based organizations. Legislation
has been introduced in Congress to extend the "charitable choice" concept
beyond welfare programs to such areas as job training, juvenile delinquency
prevention initiatives, and drug rehabilitation programs. Further, numerous
similar programs, also calling themselves "charitable choice," have
been introduced in state legislatures across the country.
Even in these days of unprecedented prosperity, millions of Americans
live in poverty and must meet the challenge of getting by -- not to
mention moving up in the world -- with little assistance from the Government.
ADL recognizes that, while state and Federally funded programs like
food stamps and welfare provide much needed assistance to the nation's
poor, many families rely on charities -- including those affiliated
with religious organizations. In many inner cities, some of the most
effective groups making a real difference in the lives of the community
are religious institutions, whose outreach programs provide food, shelter
and counseling to even the most destitute.
Nonetheless, ADL opposes "charitable choice" initiatives because we believe
that they are unconstitutional, bad public policy and fundamentally bad
for religion.
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