text: International Baccalaureate Rainier Beach High works to make elite IB program serve all students By Gabriel Spitzer • Apr 4, 2013 Gabriel Spitzer / KPLU An elite academic program developed at a Swiss private school is coming to a beleaguered Seattle high school where officials hope it will boost enrollment and attract high-achieving students. Now they face the challenge of making the program serve the whole school instead of just a privileged few. Seattle's most troubled high school gets elite academic degree program By Gabriel Spitzer • Mar 28, 2013 how3ird / Flickr Rainier Beach High School will become the third Seattle school to offer the International Baccalaureate program, district officials announced. IB was originally developed to educate the children of diplomats in Europe, but is gaining popularity as a way to help turn around struggling urban schools. And Rainier Beach is one of those, with chronic under-enrollment and the lowest test scores of any comprehensive high school in the district. Federal Way says putting more kids in advanced classes worked By Charla Bear • Sep 12, 2011 Charla Bear / KPLU Federal Way's attempt to push kids to the next level may have had some impact. Recent results of exams in advanced courses, the school district says, shows more kids did take the tests without lowering the percentage of passing scores. Bottom line: More kids in advanced classes + more kids taking the exams and passing = more students who can handle harder classes than they might have taken on their own. The district hopes that also means more kids will go to college. Who belongs in AP classes? In Federal Way, anyone who "meets standards" By Charla Bear • Apr 8, 2011 Charla Bear / KPLU Listen Listening... / Across the country, schools are trying to get more students to take classes that prepare them for college. Some offer special tutoring programs. Others just offer to pay students who do well. School officials in Federal Way say the trouble with those strategies is - it leaves is up to students or teachers to decide who's sharp enough to take those classes.

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This Hallmark Hall of Fame production is the sequel to the successful 1991 TV movie Sarah. Plain and Tall, in which Glenn Close played Sarah Wheaton, a Maine woman who in 1910 becomes the mail-order bride of Jacob Witting (Christopher Walken), a widowed Kansas farmer with two children.
This movie explores the blossoming of their contracted marriage. It's played out against the hardship of a drought on the prairie, which forces Sarah to take the children and return for a time to Maine. The story is told in the same modest hand-stitched wall-sampler poetry of the original, extolling hard work and devotion.
Close gives another luminous performance as Sarah. And Walken, usually such a disturbing, volatile presence" on the screen, is once again surprisingly warm and sympathetic as the laconic Jacob.
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CBNNews.com - PARIS, France - A few hours after French President Nicholas Sarkozy departed for Israel Sunday, a 17-year-old Jew was attacked and severely beaten up by a gang.
"There is no doubt that the nature of this attack was anti-Semitic," said Raphael Haddad, president of the National Union of Jewish Students (Union des Etudiants Juifs de France).
The attack occurred Saturday evening as the kippa-clad teen walked through a neighborhood in eastern Paris where many Jewish families reside.
The teen remains comatose in the intensive care unit of the Cochin Hospital in Paris.
A statement released by French President Nicholas Sarkozy said his country is "renewing total determination to fighting all forms of racism and anti-Semitism."
Sarkozy and his wife Carla arrived Sunday for a three-day visit to Israel. On Monday, the French president addressed the Knesset (parliament), vowing to stand by Israel against countries calling for its destruction.
"Iran's nuclear program requires a firm response on the part of the international community," Sarkozy said, adding, "Israel is not alone."
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KALAMAZOO, MI -- A Portage legislator is trying to help Kalamazoo recover $223,000 worth of state education-tax revenues the city is missed out on because of a filing error.
Downtown development authorities must seek approval of the state Department of Treasury to have the revenues retained by the local tax collecting unit and paid to an authority, according to an legislative analysis of the bill. That authority must apply for Treasury approval by June 1 each year. House Bill 5557, introduced last month state Rep. Margaret O'Brien, R-Portage, seeks to extend that deadline to June 15.
If the bill passes, Kalamazoo's Downtown Development Authority will receive $223,054 in State Education Tax revenues, according to Tom Skrobola, chief financial officer for the city. That money is specifically used to pay off DDA-owned outstanding debt from before 1994.
"If it doesn't pass, then this community has a situation where there's a ($223,000) shortfall," Downtown Development Authority Executive Director Ken Nacci said at a meeting Monday.
O'Brien introduced the bill April 24 and said Monday that she hopes to get it through the House and Senate before the state Legislature goes on summer recess.
Skrobola said the city's treasury was going through a move and a reorganization prior to the deadline and submitted the application seven days late. "We got really busy and just missed it," he said.
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I nearly missed the news that today is the second annual National Running Day, as decreed by some of the leading road racing and track and field organizations in the country.
The lack of fanfare suggests it may take a few years before National Running Day receives national holiday status, but there are clear signs that the U.S. is in the midst of a second running boom. More than 9 million people finished road races in 2008, and marathons continue to fill across the country.
Wisconsin alone now offers 26 marathons.
According to RunningUSA.com, "The goal of National Running Day is to get every American moving. Experienced runners may try running to work or invite a non-running friend to join them to see the benefits that can be gained from running. Less experienced runners can take part in the many group activities across the nation and enjoy the simplicity and cost-effectiveness of running.
"National Running Day was born out of a desire of the running community, nationwide and beyond, to come together and promote this amazing sport and activity of ours," said Mary Wittenberg, president and CEO of New York Road Runners. "We are so pleased to work together again to spread the word about the power and benefits of running. This is a grass-roots approach. EVERY runner can be a spark for getting another runner started. The timing couldn't be better as the nation rallies behind the First Lady's 'Let's move' campaign."
A couple highlights from today's running news include this piece on ChiRunning and the announcement that Dodge has signed on as sponsor of the Rock 'n' Roll marathon events owned by the Competitor Group. Drawing fields of up to 30,000, those events have been a part of the surge in running over the past decade.
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CUYAHOGA HEIGHTS, Ohio -- The Beachwood girls basketball team defeated Cuyahoga Heights, 26-22, on Saturday.
More than half of the cumulative points were scored in the fourth quarter when the Redskins tallied 14 and the Bison scored 13.
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The Jersey City Slam will be hosting a Halloween Madness fundraiser at Porto Lounge, 286 First St., Jersey City tonight starting at 8 o'clock.
There will be an open bar from 8 to 10 p.m. There also will be a 50/50 raffle and a costume contest.
All money collected will go toward sending the soon-to-be chosen representative to the Women of the World Poetry Slam in Denver, Colo., in March.
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IFAD Supports Adaptation Efforts in Central America
5 August 2010: On a recent visit to Guatemala, Kanayo Nwanze, President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), called attention to regional needs and approaches to fund green programmes to assist in climate change adaptation.
On the tour, Josefina Stubbs, the Director of IFAD's Latin America and the Caribbean Division, highlighted work with the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) to fund new systems for sustainable forestry and carbon sequestration in Mexico. She also described the Rural Development for Las Verapaces (PRODEVER) project in Guatemala, which is co-funded by IFAD. Stubbs explained that the project has strengthened soil conservation practices and included the distribution of energy efficient stoves and the planting of 50 hectares of fast-growing forests that will be used specifically as fuel. She also noted that every investment includes training components to help beneficiaries learn about conservation of water resources and reforestation. [IFAD Press Release]


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An online twist in a hotly contested race for mayor of St. Petersburg, Fla., could signal trouble for local politicians advertising on popular Web sites like Google, Facebook and Twitter.
The Florida Elections Commission has decided a mayoral candidate's ads on Google and Facebook appear to violate the state's election law because they don't include a disclaimer that indicates who bought them. Many other states, including Texas, Alaska, Connecticut and Ohio, also require similar disclaimers.
The candidate's campaign, however, argues that the messages in question aren't technically ads, but rather links to ads, and that it doesn't pay for them unless a Web user clicks on them. When that happens, it says, the person is taken to a Web site that provides the appropriate disclosures.
The online ads are modeled on those the presidential candidates ran last year. But, while both national and local politicians are stepping up their digital-ad spending, the overall sums remain minuscule: Of some $4.8 billion spent on political advertising in 2008, online media accounted for just $20 million, most of it going to search ads, according to research firm Borrell Associates.
But analysts say online ads could become a more crucial part of political campaigns, and the Florida dispute is likely to set a precedent for how state and local politicians advertise on the Web.
"It becomes a de facto restriction on political speech on search engines and things like Twitter and Facebook," says Mike Zaneis, vice president of public policy for the Interactive Advertising Bureau, an industry group that represents more than 350 online publishers, including Google, Yahoo, YHOO 1.25 % Time Warner's TWX 1.27 % AOL TWX 1.27 % and Microsoft. MSFT 0.35 % "It really becomes a scary precedent."
The Florida candidate, Scott Wagman, is in a 10-way race for mayor. A local businessman who hasn't held a political office in St. Petersburg, Mr. Wagman turned to the Web and social-networking sites to help boost his name recognition in the city by using cost-effective targeted ads, says Mitch Kates, his campaign manager.
The campaign bought ads on Google to appear when users searched for the names of his opponents and ads on Facebook to appear when users browsed the Web site.
State election regulators notified Mr. Wagman of the alleged violations last month. The campaign has pulled the ads and is considering its next step. It can either plead no contest to the violations and pay a minimal fee or risk going to a hearing and being found guilty, and face thousands of dollars in fines per ad, says Mr. Kates. He says the campaign also is wary of setting a precedent with its response, and is contacting Internet companies and lawyers for advice.
"There is too much unknown on our part right now," adds Mr. Kates. "The irony of it is that it feels like we are being punished for being an efficient and an effective campaign."
Simone Marstiller, executive director for the Florida Elections Commission, said she can't discuss a pending case "until the commission finds probable cause or, prior to that, the respondent waives confidentiality in writing."
A spokesman for Google declined to comment. A spokesman for Facebook said in a statement: "If an advertiser in Florida wants to run a political campaign on Facebook, they would need to abide by laws in Florida."
Among issues raised by the case is how to adapt rules established for traditional media to the online world. Federal election law requires candidates to disclose in their ads who is paying for them, and whether the candidate approved of the ad, so that voters know who stands behind it. Most states have similar laws.
The major difference lies in exemptions. Federal law says the disclosure requirements don't apply to bumper stickers, pens and other small items in which the disclaimer's inclusion would be impractical. The Florida law, which applies to state and local elections, has just two exceptions: campaign messages that are designed to be worn by a person and novelty items with a retail value of $10 or less.
"The comparison problem is that the federal law is flexible, and text messages which are 160 characters long or other online ads can be adapted to new technology," says Ronald Jacobs, a lawyer with Venable LLP in Washington, who specializes in election law.
The case comes as digital media face broader challenges in accommodating the same sort of disclosures required in traditional advertising. This spring, the Food and Drug Administration sent letters to major drug companies, telling them their search ads needed to include risk information about their drugs in the text of the ad. Separately, the Federal Trade Commission is reviewing whether bloggers and other Web publishers that receive products from marketers and write about it are doing enough to make those relationships known, under truth-in-advertising guidelines.
"Call them growing pains of applying traditional offline rules to the online space," says Mr. Zaneis of the Interactive Advertising Bureau.
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About $20 million was spent on online political advertising in the U.S. last year, according to the research firm Borrell Associates. A chart that ran with a previous version of this column incorrectly gave the figure as $4.8 billion, which was total political ad spending.


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Summer Camps Placed On Lockdown As Norwalk Police Search For Assault SuspectThe incident took place on Highland Avenue, near Roton Middle School, which also hosts summer camps.
Crews Caught On Body Camera Rescuing Driver In Norwalk RiverA body camera captured a daring rescue, as firefighters and police officers jumped into action when a car plunged down an embankment – and landed upside down – in the Norwalk River.
Norwalk Blames Squirrels For Chewing Christmas Tree LightsIt took someone in a bucket truck more than three hours to go up and down the tree to find and replace other chewed wires.
Driver Dies After Bus Slams Into Truck On I-95 In Norwalk; 18 Passengers InjuredThe driver of a coach bus died and 18 of his passengers were injured when the vehicle struck a tractor-trailer on Interstate 95 in Connecticut.
19 Injured When Bus Slams Into Truck On I-95 In NorwalkNineteen people were injured Wednesday afternoon when a coach bus slammed into the rear of a semi-trailer truck on Interstate 95 in Norwalk, Connecticut.
Connecticut Teacher Accused Of Taking 'Upskirt' Photos, Videos Of TeensFormer Brien McMahon High School world languages teacher David Marchetti was charged last week with voyeurism and risk of injury to a minor.
Good Samaritan Calls Police After Finding Baby Left Alone Inside Car In NorwalkThe Crunch gym is right next to a day care center, but police say 46-year-old Hiroko Kurihara left her 4-month-old in her hot car while she worked out.
Norwalk Mosque Dispute Prompts Department Of Justice InvolvementNorwalk, which engaged in a lengthy dispute over plans for a mosque, has been asked by the Department of Justice to review regulations related to religious institutions.
Quick-Thinking Norwalk Police Officer Saves Driver From Oncoming TrainJust before 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, traffic was backed up on Cross Street when Officer Neil Robertson noticed the SUV directly in the path of the oncoming train.
Long Island Is Most Expensive Place To Live In U.S., Website SaysStamford-Norwalk ranked third, Westchester County was fifth, and New York City eighth.
Police: Man Caught At Norwalk Auto Yard Really Was Just Checking LocksPolice said it appears a Norwalk man was being truthful when he insisted he was just checking the vehicles to make sure they were locked.
Conn. Police Stymied Finding ID Of Man In Casino Bus StabbingsConnecticut State Police are stymied as they try to identify the man who slashed two passengers in a box-cutter rampage aboard a bus on Interstate 95 before he was fatally shot by a trooper


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Dr. David Fenema
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For the past 28 years, Dr. David Fennema has impacted the lives of countless Cameron University students. He joined the faculty at Cameron University in 1983 and teaches numerous classes pertinent to the theatre. He has been called a "teacher's teacher" and is known for his enthusiasm, whether teaching a class on multiculturalism or directing a theatrical production.
Dr. Fennema received the Harold and Elizabeth Hackler Teaching Excellence Award in 2009 and was heralded "as a noble example of what every other educator should aspire to be" by one of his colleagues, Dr. Justin Walton.
The results of his ability to bring student actors to their highest possible level of performance can be seen this February when his production of Moliere's classic comedy, "Tartuffe," comes to the University Theatre.


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Carlisle victim thought men asked for cigarettes
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Carlisle police are looking for two men who assaulted a woman early Monday.
Crystal Meeker, 29, told officers the men approached her while she was sitting on a wall in the first block of Alexander Avenue.
The victim said she thought they asked for cigarettes and when she reached into her pocket, they grabbed her. She managed to break free and the two men ran off.
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UAlbany Research Aims to Open Doors to Therapies for Hepatitis CALBANY, N.Y. (June 12, 2013) -- University at Albany researchers have focused on a specific cellular protein that may hold the key to combatting the Hepatitis C virus (HCV).
Led by biological sciences Professor Cara Pager and supported by a three-year, $225,000 Liver Scholars Award from American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) and American Liver Foundation (ALF), researchers will investigate the process in which HCV exploits liver cells and manipulates a host protein called RCK, to build new viruses.
HCV and the Hepatitis B virus (HBV) are widespread risk factors for developing liver cancer, the most common cause of cancer-related deaths. While a vaccine is available for HBV, there is no viable vaccine and limited treatment options for the 200 million individuals worldwide infected with HCV.
Cara Pager and her team have focused on a specific cellular protein that may hold the key to combatting the Hepatitis C virus (HCV). (Photo Paul Bukowski/Times Union photo used by permission.)
"Thanks to the AASLD we have an exciting opportunity to increase our understanding of the biological mechanisms this formidable virus," Pager said.
Scientists know that HCV exploits the host cell protein RCK, which "untangles" RNA. Research shows that HCV prompts the RCK protein to first help the virus bind tiny liver-specific RNA molecules and, second, to build new virus particles. By blocking the action of this "Untangler" protein we may be able to prevent HCV from building new virus particles and could hold the key to a break-through drug therapy, said Pager.
The Liver Scholars Award was established for researchers in the early stages of their career with the goal to promote research in liver physiology and disease, as well as enable young scientists to successfully compete for national funding.
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Quarterback Patrick Ramsey, Washington's first-round draft pick, signed with the Redskins yesterday, ending a 16-day holdout.
Ramsey agreed to a five-year, $5.7 million deal, according to the Associated Press. It includes a $3.1 million signing bonus.
The pace of negotiations so frustrated the Redskins that they contemplated trading Ramsey's rights to the Chicago Bears, with discussions extending well into the night Tuesday.
Ramsey's agent, Jimmy Sexton, said he had a contract agreement with the Bears in anticipation of a trade. Also, defensive lineman Santana Dotson was scheduled for surgery on a ruptured left Achilles tendon that could end his career.


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Porting Python 2.5 on Solaris 10 X86
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Python is a basis for many software developers and the latest versions should configure correctly on Solaris10 X86. If
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I am using the SunStudio12 or later compiler release, normally installed under
Download and untar the Python file.
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by Francesca Yazbek
Early in November I had the opportunity to spend a day in Venice, Italy. A few friends and I took a train in the morning from Milan, where we had spent the previous day, to spend the day in Venice and return to Rome that night. Being completely surrounded by and made up of water, the last few miles before arriving at the train station in Venice were spent on a bridge that led directly to the station. We got off the train, checked our luggage for the day, walked through the station to the exit at the opposite end, and what we found was Venice.
The city of Venice is made up of 118 small islands, separated by canals and connected by foot bridges, so it's no surprise that upon leaving the train station the first thing you run into, aside from all the information desks selling tours of the city, is the Grand Canal. As one of our main reasons for traveling to Venice was to experience a gondola ride, that was the first thing we set out to do. My friends and I eased our ways into a gondola and we were off! Starting in the Grand Canal, we worked our way through smaller ones, seeing some of the islands and foot bridges of the city, before arriving back in the Grand Canal to finish our tour….and yes, our gondolier sang to us! We spent the rest of our afternoon roaming around Venice, deciding to forego the map and allow the foot bridges to take us to whichever islands they pleased. We ended the day with an appertivo ( Italian happy hour) before catching our return train to Rome.
There are many things that I have done throughout this semester abroad that have made me feel almost like I was outside of myself, probably as result of disbelief at the experience I was being given, and this trip was one of them. It was so incredible, as we made our way through the canals, to see houses and businesses with doors directly on the water, accessible only by boat. Or to see marks on buildings where the water had risen, sometimes to cover doors of buildings and wonder how people there deal with these fluctuating levels. If the culture of Italy is completely different from that of America, the lifestyles of Venetians is even more difficult, if not impossible, to understand. With this being said, Venice is by far one of the most unique places I have had the opportunity to visit.


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The executive director of a Hoboken homeless shelter said the organization served more than 1,000 Christmas meals on Wednesday.
Jaclyn Cherubini said the meals, served by 50 volunteers including some from Jersey Cares, consisted of turkey, mashed potatoes, mixed vegetables, chicken noodle soup and dessert, along with bread and butter.
In addition, each homeless person was also provided with canned and boxed goods of food.
Cherubini said in 2013 the shelter has helped 123 people get off the street and each day the shelter serves about 400 meals.
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Great. Taking you at your (poorly written) word, you are technically
competent and polite, and claim to have read and understood all of this
discussion. Therefore it was obviously an oversight that you forgot to
answer the technical question:
How can missing security certificates be identified (and replaced)?
I forgive you your unfortunate lapse, and look forward to your enlightening
answer. We're heard the talk, now let's see the walk.
By the way, the problem is rather more serious than I initially thought.
Turns out that all of the other Windows 2000 machines I was able to test
also have the problem (of apparently missing security certificates). I gave
up counting after 30 unverified files on the last one. The Windows XP
machines don't reveal the problem when running SFC, so I'm not really sure
what it means, apart from the obvious inability to know if the Windows 2000
is running valid files or has been hacked. That isn't a very large sample,
but perhaps this post may elicit some other reports?
For the moment, I suspect this is a typical Microsoftian
security-by-obscurity-whoops problem. That explains why the visiting
Microsoftian had no technical contribution to the thread. He probably knows
the answer, but he doesn't want to talk about it in public. Or perhaps it's
just yet another example of Microsoft's forced migration/upgrade strategy?
We can even dream that one of this week's numerous security patches will fix
Yet again by the way, I find your (Mr. Dilley's) projection on the "lack of
maturity" issue so funny that I'm reposting this reply in a few other forums
for wider amusement. Given the state of the newsgroups these days, I have
little hope of a technically accurate answer, but at least you're
entertaining. Your advice to the project managers is especially hilarious
and amusingly timed, but I'm not actually interested in playing your pro/ad
hominem games.
[And how about using a spelling checker? I'm not making an issue of it, but
it's yet another matter of politeness to the readers.]
Rick Dilley <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:[color=blue]
> Shannon,
> I have read this entire thread with great interest.
> Unfortunately I find you lacking in class, maturity, and common
> courtesy...possible technical competence as well.
> I did not see any mention of your technical background and level of
> responsibility for your "own" computer, but you did mention that
> your company's IT department MAY have caused or contributed to the
> problem.
> In every installation that I have consulted at over the last 23
> years and the preceeding 12 years in corporate IT, there were
> always users that wanted to delve deeply into technical problems
> and assist in the solutions.
> Unfortunately those same pseudo-technologists had other corporate
> responsibilities that they ignored to "fiddle" with their
> computer...
> SO.... in my , occasionally humble, opinion you probably should
> have had the corporate IT department fix your self-created problem
> and gone about selling life insurance or whatever it is that you do
> to create profit for your company.
> Your drum-beat of criticism of the MVP's personally and as a group
> is NOT shared by the MSNG community.
> As in all things published here, a reader MUST:
> 1. read
> 2. understand
> 3. formulate a plan
> 4. provide a fall-back option
> 5. finally, implement at you own risk
> I believe that my 35 years in this IT merry-go-round qualifies me
> to say that you did not follow any of those 5 steps.
> Stand up, be a man , and take your beating...you messed up and
> really do not seem qualified to be doing anything but USING a
> computer....
> If you were on any of the networks that I currently support, your
> desktop would be "locked-down" tight specifically because you seem
> to think a lot of your abilities.
> To the MS NG community, I humble appologize for Shannon and the
> rest of us mere mortals, I have personally used the MS news groups
> for many and varied issues and am very pleased with the information
> I receive here.
> Please continue to receive our stupid posts and be patient with the
> loud-mouth idiots like Shannon.
> RickD
> "Shannon Jacobs" <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote in message
> news:firstname.lastname@example.com...[color=green]
>> Actually I read so many of Microsoft's articles that I cannot
>> swear for certain whether or not I read that particular one.
>> However, I do remember doing the steps that were recommended
>> there, though they may have been from another similar article. I
>> did find a solution, though not from Microsoft. Here it is:
>> [url]http://www.beginningtoseethelight.org/patches/2kpro.php[/url]
>> As already noted, I can only congratulate Microsoft for their
>> success in destroying yet another free support resource (the MVP
>> program of some years ago) and I continue to wish I had the option
>> the abandon Microsoft.
>> Phillip Windell wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> "Shannon Jacobs" <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote in message
>>> news:email@example.com...
>>>> This is exactly the level of "support" I have come to expect from
>>>> MVPs. Does Microsoft have some sort of incentive program that
>>>> requires you to say something even if you have no idea what you
>>>> are talking about?
>>> The incentive is that we get to do this for free and get the
>>> benefit of putting up with a thankless public in the process.
>>>>> Anyways, I would try restoring those certificates and possibly
>>>>> rebooting. See the "Method 8" section of this KB article.
>>>>> [url]http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/822798?[/url]
>>>> Done that. Didn't work. "Possibly rebooting." Damn. Why didn't I
>>>> think of that? Especially with regards to a boot-related problem.
>>>> Shucks, still didn't work.
>>> Did you actually read the article?[/color][/color][/color]


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The full refund offer will be pitched in a series of television commercials featuring new GM Chairman Edward Whitacre Jr. In the first series of ads, he tells viewers that he too had doubts about the company when he joined this summer. Now, he likes the cars he's seen, and consumers should too. If they don't, they can have their money back.
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Tiffin reports
A woman reported Wednesday night her purse was stolen from a parking lot in the 1700 block of West Market Street.
Martin L. Elrod, 30, of Oak Harbor, was cited with driving under suspension Wednesday night.
A caller in the 300 block of East Perry Street reported Wednesday night a man was cussing and kicking construction barrels.
A caller reported Thursday morning two men sitting on a porch in the 200 block of Gross Street were rolling and smoking something.
A window on a vehicle was reported to have been shattered Thursday morning in the first block of West Market Street.
County reports
Anthony C. Ward, 27, of Tiffin, was charged with forgery for an incident Aug. 22.
A first-block South CR 43 woman reported Wednesday evening she found her swing turned upside down when she arrived home. A shepherd's hook also was found bent.
A 22000-block East US 224 man reported early Thursday morning someone just took gasoline from behind his barn. The incident occurred in Hancock County, but the caller followed the person, who was driving a truck, into Seneca County with his vehicle. Deputies were unable to locate the truck.
A 3000-block North CR 33 man reported Thursday afternoon someone had been stealing his aluminum cans.
Fostoria reports
A 600-block Stinchcomb Drive woman reported Wednesday afternoon her son's bike had been stolen.
A 400-block College Avenue man reported Wednesday evening his neighbors have broken his porch light on multiple occasions.
A theft was reported Wednesday night at Kroger, 126 W. High St.
A gasoline drive-off was reported early Thursday morning at Circle K, 1245 N. Countyline St.
A 500-block West Fourth Street man reported Thursday morning someone stole checks and cashed more than $1,000.
A vehicle break-in was reported Thursday afternoon in the 700 block of Hart Avenue.
State Patrol
Larry Nye, 50, of Tiffin, was cited with operating a vehicle without reasonable control following a one-vehicle accident Wednesday afternoon on CR 592. A State Highway Patrol spokeswoman said he had been eastbound on CR 592 when he went off the right side of the roadway into a ditch and struck a sign. His vehicle then rolled. Nye, who was wearing a seatbelt, was transported to Fostoria Community Hospital.
A vehicle struck a deer early Thursday morning on North CR 15. One person was transported to Mercy Tiffin Hospital, according to reports from the Seneca County Sheriff's Office.
Tiffin fire
Firefighters were called to 458 Second Ave. Wednesday afternoon for a carbon monoxide incident.
Fostoria fire
Firefighters were called to the report of an open burn Wednesday afternoon in the 400 block of West Tiffin Street. Nothing was found.
County fire
Bascom firefighters were called to West Axline Street Wednesday afternoon to help locate a missing child.
Kansas firefighters were called to CR 592 Wednesday afternoon for an accident.
Old Fort firefighters were called to North CR 15 early Thursday morning for an accident.
Fostoria Municipal Court
Daniel R. Wright, 211 E. North St., pleaded no contest to failure to yield right of way, $132.
Montrice D. Coleman, 400 N. Main St., Apt. 1, pleaded not guilty to possession of marijuana, six-month license suspension, $323.
Nathan A. Parker, 1037 N. Main St., pleaded no contest to domestic violence, 60 days jail, 52 days suspended, eight days credit, one year community control, counseling First Step, $278.
Sarah R. Mason, 818 E. Fremont St., pleaded not guilty to disorderly conduct, $300; pleaded not guilty to prohibitive use of ATV, $274.
Carl A. Porter, 218 E. Crocker St., pleaded guilty to public nuisance charge, $168.
Gary E. Brown Jr., 233 E. North, Apt. B, pleaded guilty to open container violation, $142.
Ryan D. Steward, 316 W. Jackson St., pleaded no contest to domestic violence, 90 days jail, 75 days suspended, two years community control, counseling First Step, $284.
Michael D. Vanhoose Jr., 1113 S. Main St., pleaded no contest to driving under suspension, $705.
Joseph A. Kelley, 603 W. Tiffin St., pleaded no contest to operating vehicle impaired, 30 days jail, 30 days suspended, one year community control, complete/pay for driver intervention program, $573; operating vehicle impaired case dismissed, $18; tag/sticker violation case dismissed, $18.
Cassandra N. Roy, 1205 Peeler Drive, Apt. H, pleaded guilty to assured clear distance, $196.
Dennis L. Satterfield, Lima, pleaded no contest to speed, $223.
Jennifer A. Yonikus, 244 Sycamore St., pleaded guilty to assured clear distance, $155.
Roger Kummerer, Galloway, pleaded no contest to driving on closed road violation, $122; pleaded no contest to tag/sticker violation, $43.
Bruce A. Bowers, Fostoria, pleaded guilty to seat belt violation, $96.
* Lazaro M. Perez, 518 Maple St., Apt. B, fugitive from justice, to be returned to Florida.
* Jessica N. Poole, 224 E. Jones St., pleaded not guilty to two charges of driving under suspension, $337, $233; pleaded not guilty to two charges of child restraint violation, $139, $48; pleaded not guilty to driving under Financial Responsibility Act suspension, $261.
* Joshua D. Finsel, Risingsun, pleaded not guilty to assured clear distance, $197.
Pamela S. Panuto, Tiffin, traffic control device violation, $125; Habib M. Shakkour, Amherst, speed, $132; Norman E. Phillips, Forest, driving on closed road violation, $125; Leeanne Cook, Findlay, driving on closed road violation, $125; Thomas L. Bailey, Clyde, driving on closed road violation, $125; Dennis A. Brown, Tiffin, driving on closed road violation, $125; Rickey J. Shroder, Findlay, driving on closed road violation, $125; Mackenzie L. Blechinger, Howard, changing lanes without regard to safety, $125; Merle F. Litton Jr., 430 Columbus Ave., overload violation, $321; Mark A. Notter, Toledo, changing lanes without regard to safety, $125.
Danilo A. Tiu, Madison Heights, Mich., driving on closed road violation, $125; Joshua A. Mattoon, Rawson, speed, $123; Robert D. Harmon, 633 Columbus Ave., assured clear distance, $125; John H. Mosley, 920 S. Main St., speed, $120; Rita L. Sheeran, 852 N. Main St., stop sign violation, $155; Kevin R. Shank, 1123 Francis Ave., speed, $120; Rosemary D. Villarreal, 1209 Van Buren St., start/back violation, $125; David L. Pool Jr., Tiffin, driving on closed road violation, $125; Brandon R. Hemminger, Findlay, driving on closed road violation, $125; Matthew A. Sands, Clyde, driving on closed road violation, $125.
Austin J. Bentz, Tiffin, driving on closed road violation, $125; Alden D. McBride, Tiffin, driving on closed road violation, $125; Eric W. Brickman, Tiffin, speed, $166; Roger A. Breidenbach, Tiffin, assured clear distance, $125; Sharon L. Roush, Burgoon, speed, $117; Darius M. Pullom, 144 Taft Blvd., expired operator's license violation, $125; Kyle M. Harber, Fostoria, driving on closed road, $125; Richard Knight Jr., Kennedy, Ala., failure to control, $125, driving on closed road violation, $65.


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Well, we'll all be getting a letter in the mail in a few days, and even though it'll look like those nonsensical letters you get from politicians in Washington who are writing to tell us they're doing a good job, and their letters should be thrown in the outside trash can and not even make it inside your house, because you don't know where it's been before they sent it to you, this time you need to check the postmark, and if it says it's from the Weld County Election Office, you need to keep it, and take it inside and open it.
It's a bill from me for your subscription to the paper!
Ha. Ha. No, it's really an election ballot, and as a good American and a good Coloradan, and a good Weld Countian, and a good Greeleyan, you need to vote.
And I'm not gonna tell you how, in most cases, because most of the questions on the ballot are for sincere, dedicated, hard-working citizens who need your vote, and if they don't get it, they'll throw a tantrum and cry their little eyes out.
No, the only one I'm worried about is on the second page, down near the bottom, and it's not the Roy Otto question, because he HAS to stay as city manager, because who else could I make fun of all the time, and get away with it?
No, the one I'm looking at is the one about making us a state.
Yes, I know many of you can't believe it, but it made it onto the ballot!
You'll notice it gives the Weld County Commissioners the right to "pursue" becoming the 51st State of the United States of America. Do you know what "pursue" means here?
» Spend money.
» Make us even bigger jokes on the late-night national talk shows.
» Spend money.
» Make the rest of the country think we're a bunch of goofball rebels.
» Spend money.
There you go. You might notice I emphasized "spend money" in my five reasons.
That's because it will likely take a lot of dough for us to become the 51st state, with the County Commishes having meetings in Denver and all over the state and probably going to the Broadmoor Hotel for a few nights to argue with bar patrons over the 51st State, and going to the Brown Palace in Denver for several nights to argue with downtown Denver people who will want us to name the 51st State "West Kansas," and sending out expensive brochures and fliers and mailings that show how nice it would be for us to break away from Colorado, which we all love, but can't get along with Boulder, which is a great reason to form our own state. That's what they'll say, and it'll cost us to advertise it.
And do you know where the Commisshes will get the dough to spend on this campaign? Our tax money, of course. As long as the voters give the Commishes the right to "pursue" becoming the 51st State, it's gonna cost us.
It's not a joke, folks. It's the real thing. Vote, and send that ballot in.
Because if the Commishes and their friends win, we'll become the biggest joke in the country.
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I'm desperate for people, for the whole world, to extend mercy on each other before judgment, but I find I can't even afford it for my ownself.
I have four kids. I repeat: I have four kids. I am still breastfeeding. A lot. Kids have homework. I keep track of where they are. I cook all our meals. I have no dishwasher. My husband works late more often than not. I'm still figuring out who I am and who I want to be while at the same time raising four other human beings. (Um, that's wild.) I'm tired. Really tired.
Do I want your sympathy? No. But maybe I do want it from myself.


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National, racial, ethnic, and social identities have complex connections to and relationships with religion and spirituality, particularly through the material trappings and sensory cultures of churches and institutions. This panel explores how the sensory cultures of Eastern Christianity (Orthodox and Catholic) construct, enforce, reinforce, and fracture the cultural poetics of identity, calling attention to discourses on race, ethnicity, and nationalism occurring within and between the various groups, jurisdictions, and archdioceses that make up Eastern Christianity. In the vein of theoretical ethnography, the papers presented in this panel combine on-the-ground observations and one-on-one interviews with theories of race, ethnicity, and identity. While scholars of religion have begun attending to vernacular practices, sensory cultures, and discourses on race and ethnicity in a variety of Christian traditions, studies of race and ethnicity in Eastern Christianity have been overlooked in favor of institutional Church practices, histories, and accounts. Yet, archival research and ethnographic, on-the-ground conversations and interactions with the laity offer insights into the complexities of identity in the various constituencies of Eastern Christianity. This panel helps address a void in studies of race and ethnicity in Orthodoxy and Eastern Catholicism, while adding to the corpus of literature on material studies, conversion identity, and nationalism within contemporary Christianity. The questions raised in the papers should have larger implications in terms of global Christianities, ethnic immigration and assimilation, religious pluralism, conversion, and attitudes and discourses on race and ethnicity in relation to group culture and identity. Therefore, we invite paper proposals on issues of race, ethnicity, and identity in relation to material and sensory cultures within the context of the Eastern Christian experience. Studies involving ethnographic methods for a significant portion of the work are highly preferred.


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Scenic drive through the Loire Valley
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Enjoy the wonder of travel, crisscrossing the globe through the seasons. On effortless adventures in breathtaking new horizons, forge lifelong friendships and memories. Our lovingly crafted itineraries are a fascinating mosaic of cultures, flavours, festivals and local stories. We're with you all the way, guiding you and ensuring you experience the real thing: the sheer love of travel, entirely hassle-free.
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Meet warm-hearted locals and like-minded travellers. Along your journey of discovery, stop to share stories and flavours with local farmers, chefs and winemakers. Pause to admire the handicrafts and rich traditions of amazing artisans. Explore the essence of Europe through captivating accounts shared by expert historians and savvy local guides.
Travelling with your tastebuds, treating them to new flavours, spices and textures along the way. From the very first breakfast to the last nightcap, travelling through Europe indulges your palate, with every meal an opportunity to discover regional fare. Savour each new flavour, try the local tipple and take home fresh culinary inspiration. Let us share our love for food and hospitality with you.
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Service rating : We received excellent service at all times, Marie really was a wonderful guide and so knowledgeable, it was a joy to be on tour with her.Product : We did enjoy the surprise treats from our guide along the way.
Service rating : Marie was a walking encyclopedia and gave us so much information on the places we visited.She was very well organised and made sure everyone knew what time to be ready and meeting points etc.Product : The high light for me was the optional visit to Saint Paul Vence,perfume
Service rating : The driver Mario was professional and a great driver. Marie our Tour Director was fabulous at providing details we needed to know, as well as great information on the areas and history of our tourist stops.Product : This tour included the best of France and Barcelona in about 10
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Service rating : the tour director and driver were brilliant. good local knowlegeProduct : too many optional extras needed to be purchased to give a good overall experience. Cost my partner and I an extra 860 plus euros for what the opposition company included.All the hotels except Nice were well
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Sanyo Xacti HD2000 Review
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The Sanyo Xacti HD2000 is the first camera in the world to shoot progressive, Full HD 1920x1080 video at 60fps. This dual stills / video model also features a flip-out 2.7-inch LCD screen, 8 megapixel CMOS sensor, 10x optical zoom, 12fps burst mode, and Face Chaser technology, all in a pocketable up-right body. The Sanyo HD2000 is the most advanced offering in the new Xacti range, and has a launch price of £549. Gavin Stoker braved the deep snow and arctic conditions of the wintery UK to bring you our 315th review.
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First, you are very thorough and precise with your review. Well done and thank you. I noticed that the clip you provided was recorded at the 16 mbps rate and it seems to be interlaced and without the image stabilization engaged. Considering that one of the primary advantages of this camcorder is that it can shoot 1080 progressive at 24 mbps with stabilization. I know that the file size will be larger and it will take longer to upload, but a clip at the higher quality will go a long way towards giving a more precise impression of the video quality. Thanks for considering this.
What a useless review. The strengths/appeal of this camera is that it can do full HD recording at many different frame rates, yet you barely even give it's video capabilities a nod.
The weakness of it's predecessor was it's low data rate and mediocre lens. Any review of the 2000 should have addressed these issues and done a direct comparision with the HD1010.
Please don't review the most significant feature of this product, you blockhead!
No other company has come forth with a 60p consumer camcorder, much less at a price, half of the best 60i units.
How did you even get a job doing this?
Good detailed job. Can u tell me what the difference in specs are for the FH1 - like why is it cheaper? What's been left out?
Specifically, does the FH1 have aperture and shutter priority modes or only program AE?
Really confusing. You have dinged the camera on image quality.
this other review say it shines:-
What would you suggest a consumer should do ?
I think either you got a bad model or they got an exceptional one.
Your review is not focussing on the really important issues with this type of portable hybrid cameras - the 1080p at 60fps, what it can do for motion recording, the really important issue of low-light performance, how well it does its job as both a digicam and a HD camcorder, rather than comparing it apparently only to top one-purpose digicams in quality. The camcorderinfo report seems to cover those issues and have detailed test figures to support their claims.
I purchased one of these cameras from Plemix (Hong Kong) for shipment to Portland Oregon(USA). On the second day of shooting footage, I had a failure of the power adaptor. Lucky I'm an electrical engineer and I had a DVM, and determined that the Sanyo AC/DC power adaptor had failed.
This unit is labeled SANYO Model VAR-G9.
Input AC100-240V~
50-60 Hz
Output DC5V
I ran to a local Radio Shack and purchased a universal adaptor for $35.00US, and I'm back up and running.
I was panicked for a bit that I would have to return the entire setup to Hong Kong for refund after only three days of use.
I'm not too happy about the failure of such a simple unit as the AC/DC converter. Someone at Sanyo quality control needs to make sure no one else gets this problem.
Symptoms were, with the camera in the dock:
"Low Power", and the unit powered down. No attempts at disconnecting/connecting the AC power adaptor would bring the unit back to life.
Things are fine now with the replacement adaptor.
Good camera but WATCH OUT to the 'red line bug'
Poor service... a real nightmare ...good camera but if anything goes wrong SANYO won't help you...
This is the second time I have to ship back my Xacti to SANYO...
What's the use of a 3 years waranty if after sales is that poor ?
Interesting review, but it almost completely misses some of the most important features that distinguish the Sanyo from it's competitors. These are - the dock, and ability to run a hard drive library from it. In camera editing - very, very useful for making memory space when in the field. Good low light ability - when compared to the Sony TG and others at the same price range the Sanyo has the best colour rendition.
Further curious feature that makes me wonder if the reviewer really knows his stuff - repeatedly referencing that the camera uses Mpeg4 and not AVCHD, without realising that AVCHD is almost identical, using Mpeg4 and H264 encoding. the Sanyo is alsoready to load straight into iMovie with the iFrame format, also completely ignored in the review...


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Here we are again, summer is ending and the fall season beginning, and as always there is much to be done in the garden. Most of the jobs are pleasant, although there is a wistful feeling about the harvesting and cleaning up, knowing winter days are approaching.
The beans are finished, even the long-lasting pole beans, and the last few that cling to the vine seem to be extra tasty. But there is the tedious job of cutting and tearing down the vines that cling with such tenacity to their structure as if they are reluctant to go. The corn stalks are drying up, and the last few ears are ready to harvest.
I am going to be gone for a while this month, and it is always nice to come home to a tidy garden. Things need to be done in order. The compost bins have to be emptied to make room for the garden refuse, but the beds where that life-giving compost needs to be spread still are full of the fading plants.
Where to begin?
I have been gradually digging out a few potatoes at a time, but now is the season for the final "treasure hunt" - and Noah and Owen like to be here for that job. At ages 4 and 5, they are in pre-school and kindergarten, and so their time is limited.
There are plenty of turnips and parsnips for the winter, and they will stay in the ground for a while yet. The broccoli is long gone, a miserable failure again, but every time I vow not to waste the space for it, I decide to have just one more try.
I did something this year I have been recommending to other people for a long time ("Do as I say, not as I do!"): I went outside on a sunny day and took pictures of all the flower beds.
I put each snapshot on a sheet of paper and made copious notes with arrows, so in the spring when those first shoots appear I will know what they are.
I hate to think how many perennials have perished because I thought they were weeds.
I wish I had done an earlier round while the daffodils and tulips were blooming, then I would know where to plant a few new bulbs. A number of my pink tulips have reverted to red, and anyone who knows me will understand they
have to be picked and taken inside.
The flowers still are colorful and bright. I replaced a lot of elderly mums in the front bed with several thread-leaf and regular coreopsis, and they have done very well with the salmon geraniums that are 5 or 6 years old by now, some green coneflowers, two new Knock-out roses, pinkish osteospermums, a couple of monkshood, and a ring of Misty Mauve impatiens around the cherry tree. That sounds like an awful mixture, but the bright colors bounce off one another, and I have enjoyed them all summer.
The Russian sage on either side of the porch are reliable and beautiful as well.
I never have much luck with hanging baskets, due to the erratic care I give them. Watering is difficult, and the only survivors of my springtime enthusiasm are some Dolcissima petunias and a basket of gaura.
I grew the petunias from seed as usual, and it took three consecutive packets of seeds until I finally got them to germinate well.
Because each packet has to be mail-ordered and costs more than $5, I did give this eventual basket good care and they have rewarded me for it.
There still is a lot of work to be done outside, but there's no real urgency about it, and if the weather is good, it is a pleasure to be in the garden.
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NEW YORK -- A New York City man, after reciting verses from the Quran rather than expressing remorse, was sentenced Friday to life in prison in a foiled 2009 plot that authorities labeled one of the closest calls since the 9/11 attacks.
Adis Medunjanin, a 28-year-old U.S. citizen from Bosnia, had faced a mandatory life term following his conviction in 2011 of conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction and several other terrorism charges stemming from the al-Qaida-sanctioned scheme hatched with two former high school classmates.
Appearing in federal court in Brooklyn, Medunjanin read from the Quran in Arabic for several minutes before U.S. District Judge John Gleeson interrupted and asked him if he intended to say anything in English.
The defendant asked for more time to finish one verse, then shifted into a critique of American society and foreign policy.
Cops: Man plotted attack during 'Twilight' movie
BOLIVAR, Mo. -- A southwest Missouri man is accused of plotting to open fire inside a movie theater during a screening of the new "Twilight" film.
Twenty-three-year-old Blaec Lammers, of Bolivar, was charged Friday with three felony counts, including making a terrorist threat.
Bolivar police said his mother contacted authorities Thursday, saying she was concerned her son had purchased weapons similar to those used in the movie theater shooting in Aurora, Colo.
Investigators said Lammers told authorities he was planning to attack the theater and a Walmart store Sunday. Police said he'd bought movie tickets, two assault rifles and 400 rounds of ammunition.
Prosecutors said they'll seek a mental examination.
4th-graders who flunked reading had faces marked
DECLO, Idaho -- A fourth-grade teacher in southern Idaho is being criticized after having her students use permanent markers to draw on the faces of classmates who failed to meet reading goals.
Some parents and administrators said the punishments given to nine students in Summer Larsen's class were inappropriate and left the children feeling shamed.
Cindy Hurst said recently her 10-year-old son came home from school Nov. 5 with his entire face -- including his eyelids -- scribbled on with green, red and purple markers.
"He was humiliated, he hung his head and wanted to go wash his face," Hurst told the Times-News of Twin Falls. "He knows he's a slow reader. Now he thinks he should be punished for it."
Larsen, who has taught at the school for six years, didn't respond to requests for comment. But Cassia County School District Superintendent Gaylen Smyer confirmed what took place in her classroom, though he didn't name Larsen.
Driver who killed 4 motorcyclists gets 26 years
PHOENIX -- An Arizona dump truck driver convicted of numerous charges for the 2010 deaths of four motorcyclists was sentenced to 26 years in prison.
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Joseph Welty handed down the sentence Friday. Jurors returned guilty verdicts against Michael Jakscht on charges of manslaughter, aggravated assault and endangerment after an August trial.
Jakscht plowed his 12-ton truck into a group of motorcyclists stopped at a north Phoenix traffic light on March 25, 2010. Four motorcyclists died and five others were injured in the fiery accident.
Phoenix police said toxicology tests showed Jakscht had methamphetamine in his system. Jakscht's attorneys had argued that he had taken diet pills and that the brakes on his truck weren't working well.
New Mexico coyote hunting contest sparks protests
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The terms of the competition are simple: Hunters in New Mexico have two days this weekend to shoot and kill as many coyotes as they can, and the winners get their choice of a free shotgun or a pair of semi-automatic rifles.
But the planned two-day coyote hunting contest has sparked an online petition that has generated tens of thousands of signatures worldwide. The FBI is investigating a death threat to the gun shop owner who is sponsoring the hunt. One protester has vowed to dress like a coyote to trick hunters into killing a human.
But none of these episodes will likely stop the owner of Gunhawk Firearms from holding the coyote hunting race this weekend, despite the international attention the idea has garnered.
"I'm not going to back down," said Mark Chavez, 50, who has faced two weeks of angry phone calls and protests -- and even a threat to his life. "This is my right to hunt and we're not breaking any laws."
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Two local schools were singled out for high honors in a state Education Department report.
Education Commissioner Tom Kimbrell announced Wednesday that the schools earned "exemplary" status.
Local schools earning top honors are Haas Hall Academy in Fayetteville and Helen Tyson Middle School in Springdale.
Other schools in the state named exemplary are Brookland Elementary, Smackover Elementary, Marvin Primary in Mulberry, East Junior High in West Memphis, Newport Junior High, Des Arc Elementary and Wilson Elementary in Little Rock.
To earn top status, the schools had to demonstrate high levels of progress by students, including those from families living in poverty, disabled students and children with limited English proficiency.


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WASHINGTON - Former astronaut Charles Bolden, picked by President Barack Obama to become the next NASA administrator, told lawmakers Wednesday that the agency must re-ignite American interest in the space program, akin to the excitement over the moon landing and even the initial shuttle years.
During his confirmation hearing Wednesday, Bolden said the key would be finding ways to get young students interested in science and engineering.
"If I go to a classroom today, it's different than when I went as an astronaut in 1980," he told members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation.
"I could ask, 'How many of you want to be an astronaut?' Every hand went up in the class. When I go to a school today and ask that question, I may see three hands. All of them want to go into business."
Bolden received widespread and effusive support from lawmakers, indicating an easy confirmation for the retired Marine Corps general.
He also had a large cheering section in the audience and in a nearby hearing room set up to handle the overflow: Several dozen of Bolden's friends and family members traveled by chartered bus to attend the confirmation hearing.
Although he now lives in Texas, Bolden was introduced by the two Republican senators from his home state of South Carolina.
"The president of the United States has chosen very wisely," said Sen. Lindsey Graham. Bolden "is the right man at the right time, with the right skills it takes and character."
Bolden, 62, would become NASA's first black administrator.
He said that as he was being raised in the segregated South, his race initially hindered his ability to attend the Naval Academy because his congressmen refused to appoint anyone who was black. Ultimately, Bolden met a retired federal judge who was recruiting minorities for military academies. A lawmaker from Chicago eventually nominated Bolden.
"If anyone represents a characteristic that we admire - that being the characteristic of an overcomer - Charlie is that," said Sen. Bill Nelson, the Orlando Democrat who flew with Bolden on a 1986 shuttle mission. Nelson also lobbied the White House to pick Bolden.
Bolden's nomination comes at a critical time for NASA. The shuttles are scheduled to be retired next year, and a White House panel is reviewing the Constellation program, which is slated to replace it.
"Does NASA really have a future?" said the committee's chairman, Sen. John "Jay" Rockefeller, D-W.Va. "People refer to what has been done. Very few refer to what might be done.
"I need bolstering on NASA, personally," he said. "It's drifting. I think that's indisputable. So what do you plan to do to change this?"
Bolden said he wants the agency to pour more resources into research and development.
The committee must still vote on Bolden and Lori Garver, who was nominated to be Bolden's deputy. Their names would then be forwarded to the full Senate for a confirmation vote.
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Firefighters battled a blaze at a home near Woodinville High School.
by Jeff Switzer
The wood frame or combustibles near the fireplace vent caused a fire that turned half of a three-bedroom rambler into cinders.
At 7:12 p.m. on Nov. 18, the Woodinville Fire and Life Safety District responded to a call at 13144 NE 195th St. near Woodinville High School.
En route and still minutes from the fire, fire crews could see the flames and smoke of a "well-involved structure," and called for backup.
In all, 32 fire personnel were at the scene, with aid from Bothell, Kirkland and Snohomish County District 7.
The two adults and two children living at the house were not home during the blaze, but returned while firefighters battled to control the fire.
No one was injured in the fire, and investigators estimate the damages to be $75,000.
According to Woodinville Deputy Fire Chief Ed Nelson, the materials near the fireplace were repeatedly exposed to a heating and cooling process that ultimately lowered the flashpoint which started the fire. The fire then spread to the garage and the rest of the house, which is about 29 years old.
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knitting for baby, part oneFriday, January 7th, 2011
this past summer i posted about by love for knitting and a few projects i was working on. we also had a joyababy giveaway contest where one lucky person received a joyababy lux blanket and a set of hand knit booties to match. we are considering adding an heirloom hand knit item to our bgenerous joyababy sets in the future. i continued to knit off and on throughout the summer and fall. i started a few ambitious projects like a pram blanket and footed leggings. i also did a few easier ones including a matching grey hat and booties to be worn home from the hospital by the baby. i can be completely honest and say, i was not able to find the time (or comfort level or quiet) at the end of my pregnancy to finish the more complex knitting projects. because i am relatively new to knitting, any pattern where i have to count and remember where i am at, was impossible with two little boys running around playing. after the baby was born, my mom suggested that a friend of her's finish the blanket for me (she's a knitting pro!) and that way the 6 x 18 inches of work that took me hours and the beautiful yarn from purlsoho would get used by the baby! because we all know that if you thought you had no time at the end of your pregnancy with two little ones, adding a third, a newborn, was not going to free up any more quiet time. i just received it back over the holidays and it turned out beautiful. i will share photos of it in a future post.
but here are the sweet grey booties and hat that i knit for my baby. these photos are great aren't they? at the hospital i delivered at, they use the photography company bella baby for their newborn shots. so no newborn baby photo under a bright light in a hospital cap and onesie. they welcomed photographing the entire family too. amazing work in a hospital room! you can see i ended up purchasing the entire set and rights to print- perfect for birth announcement & christmas cards.
all images are copyright of joyababy 2011
the pattern for the knit hat and booties is from "vintage knits for the modern baby". the pattern for the hat runs small so if i did it again i would size up. it did fit my baby, weighing eight pounds at birth, for a few short weeks.