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Date: 1905 ca.
Description: View down Main Street from Five Points.
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Date: 1915 ca.
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Date: 1900 ca.
Description: View of the Soldiers' Monument in front of the Waukesha Public Library, in the center of Cutler Park.
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Description: Nashotah Mission, cloister about 1915-20(?) Four people gathered in entrance.
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Nyman, Jonna (2014) Energy and security: discourse and practice in the United States and China. Ph.D. thesis, University of Birmingham.
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MBB Draw Southeast Missouri for BracketBusters
MUNCIE, Ind. -- The Ball State men's basketball team will play a road game Feb. 23 at Southeast Missouri in the Ramada Worldwide BracketBusters. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. CT (8 p.m. ET) in Cape Girardeau, Mo.
ESPN, the organizer for the 11th annual event, announced the matchups Monday. This season, 122 schools from 13 mid-major conferences are competing. Ball State, which played at home for last year's event, was already guaranteed to have a road game this year.
Southeast Missouri is currently 11-13 overall and 3-7 in the Ohio Valley Conference. Ball State, which has participated in the BracketBusters event since its inception, sits at 8-12 overall and 2-6 in the Mid-American Conference.
The Cardinals face Ohio on Wednesday with a 7 p.m. tipoff at Worthen Arena.


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Thursday, July 24, 2014
Mount Pleasant Track Clubs Chloe Berda earned All-American honors Wednesday at the USA Track and Field National Junior Olympic Outdoor Championship.
Berda threw a new personal best 30.78 meters in the 11-12 year-old javelin to earn eighth overall in the 43-player field at Turner Stadium in Humble, Texas. Her throw was less than a meter from falling inside the top four.
Including Berda, Mount Pleasant Track Club (MPTC) placed eight athletes inside the top 30 of their respective events.
Colton Green placed 12th (2.55) in the 13-14 pole vault, Nick Welborn 12th (19.84) in the 8U javelin, Georgia Arnold 15th (23.96) in the 9-10 javelin, Jacob Wilkins 14th (36.19) in the 15-18 hammer throw, Kristin Fairey 23rd (2:24) in the 15-16 800-meter dash, Ginger Arnold 25th (16.77) in the 9-10 javelin, and Ethan Cocco 29th (9.09) in the 11-12 javelin.
MPTC returns to competition Thursday with a large number athletes still to compete in several age groups, including Liam Christensen in the 15-16 javelin and Omega Smalls in the 17-18 high jump. Both Christensen and Smalls are ranked No. 1 in the nation in their events.
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Richard Stallman: Cloud Computing a Trap
As an original founder of Open Source, Richard Stallman cautions in an interview with the British Guardian newspaper about the repercussions of cloud computing. His main objection: dependency and loss of control.
Just days after Stallman finished celebrating the 25th anniversary of his GNU Open Source project, the controversial free software activist was again making headlines. This time his diatribe was aimed at a current trend in the IT industry known as cloud computing. Through this service, which even Red Hat offers with its Jboss over the Amazon EC2, IT power such software, computing capacity, and even storage can be rented from external sources rather than being drawn from the desktop. The promise to users is the greater flexibility of paying only for what they need. Stallman doesn't trust this promise. He takes Google's Gmail service as an example and warns that such web-based programs force locked and proprietary systems on users, and can only become increasingly expensive.
Stallman's Guardian interview contains harsh words: "It's stupidity. It's worse than stupidity: it's a marketing hype campaign." He suspects a strategic conspiracy: "Somebody is saying this is inevitable – and whenever you hear somebody saying that, it's very likely to be a set of businesses campaigning to make it true."
The Open Source activist warns computer users to maintain control over their information instead of giving it away to outsiders: "One reason you should not use web applications to do your computing is that you lose control." To do so, he says, would be almost as bad as using a proprietary program. Stallman thereby sticks close to the mission of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) and its recent Statement on Freedom and Network Services. Through this statement, FSF and activist group autonomo.us came together to discuss issues of freedom for users under the concept Software as a Service (SaaS). The similarity in concept with that of Stallman's is no accident. Stallman was also the first president of FSF while he was helping develop the General Public License (GPL).
"Free Software" not "Open Source"Stallman hates the term "Open Source" and is not an advocate of "Open Source". The GNU project is certainly not an "Open Source" one either...
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All of these layouts are so nice, it is hard to criticise, but I know we are our own worst critic!
Thanks for the comments on my layout so far. Don't know if I will get it reworked by the deadline, but I definitely want to try all the suggestions.
Nanwu, I love the redesign you uploaded. You received good advice, but I still would like to see more of your father. Allow more empty space around his head inside the frame.
ValerieElaine, that area in the top left would be perfect for a journal, a second photo, or an embellishment. For your second layout, I agree that you might want to change the color of the inner frame. Could you coordinate with the flower colors? If you find a "metal tag", you could add the text to the outer frame. I love the background and the photo. A ribbon and bow that wrap the photo might also look nice.
Pickngrin, this is so lovely, don't know what to change. Maybe focus on only one picture in the lower right.
Sacannon, I love the snowflakes theme. The only change I would suggest is to remove the frames and use a blending circle shape for each photo.
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Imagine that you're standing at the front of a town hall, filled with everyone who has ever known you, friended you on Facebook or followed you on Twitter. You stand in front of all of these people and give your pitch for the crazy, brilliant and courageous idea that you've been dreaming of. If these people like your idea, they can invest in your company and benefit financially if you succeed or lose a few bucks if you fail. This is the power of crowdfunding, entrepreneurs harnessing the power of the crowd, increasingly through online platforms, to give wings to their ideas.
For far too long, antiquated laws and the ensuing red tape has severely limited the ability of entrepreneurs in the United States to crowdfund. Fortunately, there is now a bill in Congress to change that. The Crowdfunding Act, HR2930, eases that red tape and helps get capital flowing to community entrepreneurs so that we can create jobs.
Entreprenuers all over the country are ready to pick up the pieces where the banks left our economy. If you can, take 5 minutes to call your senator and tell them ,"I stand in unison with our nation's entrepreneurs, the job creators, who are looking to crowdfunding to solve the capital crisis facing them so they can innovate. Crowdfunding is legal in other countries. It should be here as well so that America stays competitive."


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step is one moment of time. Think of it as a second in time: everything on the planet is doing something every second. Everything in your game is doing something every step. The way you make things work in Project Heights is to tell every object what to do every step. Steps, by default, happen 60 times per second, but this can be changed to your liking.
drawObj function which happens on every step where you handle any kind of visual representation of your object. Most often, you will be using sprites for your graphics. Sprites are 2-dimensional images which you can place on the game screen and manipulate as your game runs. We won't go too much into sprites here, but you can look for more tutorials on sprites at the main tutorial page on the heightsjs.com documentation.
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Anne Hathaway's ex-boyfriend, Raffaello Follieri, pleaded guilty to all 14 counts against him Wednesday morning in a Manhattan federal court.
Dressed in a navy prison outfit, the Italian businessman looked calm as he told the judge, "I know what I did was wrong."
He then pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, eight counts of wire fraud and five counts of money laundering.
Judge John Koeltl initially planned to sentence him in December, but the hearing was moved up to Oct. 3 after Follieri's lawyer, Flora Edwards, said her client, unable to meet his $21 million bail, has been having a "difficult time" in the prison where he has been held since his arrest in June.
"It's very hard on him," Edwards told the judge. He added to reporters: "There's no outside time for him to really have any outside air. It's a very, very hard place to be."
He could be sentenced to up to 265 years in prison. Follieri, 30, agreed not to appeal a sentence less than 63 months in prison.
Follieri's plea agreement includes a stipulation that he forfeit $2.44 million dollars, representing money he obtained through illegal activity. He also agreed to forfeit 12 watches and nine pieces of jewelry, according to the U.S. Attorney's office .
Where the trouble began: Follieri bounces a $215,000 check!
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Manchester United have one of the strongest squads in the Premier League and one of the most potent attacks in the world.
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If Wayne Rooney departs Old Trafford for Stamford Bridge, as has been rumored all summer, then the manager could not be blamed for bringing in another body to compensate for the numerical loss. A more frugal club might be more reluctant to add to an already stellar corps, but Manchester United certainly have the resources to do so.
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Yes We Can
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It's a time of great upheaval and nobody at this stage can predict what the world will be like when it all settles down. The only certainty is that nothing will ever be the same again.
The banking sector will never again have the same freedom from state supervision. Even right-wingers or very moderate social democrats are nationalising banks, sending in government monitors to keep tabs on their activities, or otherwise exerting controls that would have been unthinkable and laughed uproariously out of court only months ago.
Amid the maelstrom and out of the myriad conflicting theories and analyses, a few other certainties emerge. Irresponsible lending practices and greed on a global scale played a major role getting us into this mess.
The globalisation of the world economy and the increasing interaction of its components through the internet and improved communications meant, for example, that if a bucket-load of sub-prime mortgages went haywire in the American Midwest, the shockwaves were felt right throughout the international system.
The financial institutions – or some of them – were throwing money at people who would never be able to pay it back. The term NINJA, for "No Income, No Job, No Assets", is one of the more haunting acronyms to surface in the media.
In 1929 and the early Thirties the world economy collapsed and the masses were thrown into poverty, confusion and political extremism of left and right varieties. Can this be prevented from happening again? Nobody really knows. The stock exchanges as I write are still rocky. Everyone's future now has a cloud over it.
At a period in history when the nation-state was increasingly being dismissed as an anachronism, this very entity has dusted itself off and taken centre-stage. Our own wee state in Ireland has been more active than most in seeking to preserve the banks and, by extension, the entire economy including the jobs and pensions of ordinary people from collapse.
This is being written in China, a country that has so far been to a great extent immune from the storms and buffeting that have marked the international economic scene. Taoiseach Brian Cowen arrived in Beijing yesterday and your humble scribe is part of the media contingent who travelled here to cover his activities.
It hardly needs saying that, when he concludes today's programme, which included a meeting with Premier Wen Jiabao in the Great Hall of the People, a lot of the media questioning will be focused on events thousands of miles away back home. And it won't be just the usual Irish media provincialism for a change.
The Grey Rebellion against the cutbacks in provision for the over-70s continues. Reports from Dublin that Michael Lowry voted for the Government's response to the Fine Gael private member's motion on the issue would seem to indicate that the ruling coalition may have weathered the storm – albeit with a lot of damage to the hull and other critical parts of the ship.
It's a test of a society that it can compromise and even muddle its way out of difficulties and, with a lot of hard work and political skill, it just may be the case that the issue of medical cards for the over-70s can be dealt with in a way that means reduced expenditure for the state whilst preserving a substantial amount of the support previously afforded to our older citizens. Personally I would prefer free universal health care but the Government has set its face against that apparently.
The cost of the scheme as currently structured is probably unsustainable but the insensitivity of the initial Budget cutback could have been avoided if our political masters possessed a greater quantity of those two great essentials – common sense and the common touch.
Eamon de Valera said that, if he wanted to know what the Irish people were thinking, he only had to look into his own heart. His opponents turned it against him and portrayed him as a kind of dictator but what he meant was that he regarded himself as one of the common people and therefore understood how ordinary folk think and react.
The extent to which Dev was typical of the common man is a matter for the historians to debate but the fundamental point here is that, in his time, the political class were less remote from the people than they are now. They did not earn as much, in relative terms, and were not gifted with the same perks and privileges that now pertain.
One suspects that many Irish people, as they look at the political scene, will ask where is the party that will forswear the massive salaries and emoluments that go with high political office: not just ten per cent but, say, fifty per cent. As the writer Jack London once said, when he came into money, "You can only eat one porterhouse steak a day."
One example – and only one – is the plethora of junior ministers. Time was they were known as Parliamentary Secretaries and there was only a half-dozen or so. Now the number has trebled and currently stands at 20 (for analysis of the issue, click here) and, although there is no identifiably clear task for a lot of them to do, the public purse has been forced to take the strain. It would perhaps be invidious to name names but few of them will take up much space when the history-books are written, to put it very charitably.
Fine Gael has called for the latest three such appointments (including a Green Party appointee) to be done away with but, if memory serves, a previous FG-led administration increased the numbers as a way of ensuring stability in the coalition government of the day – it was the FG-Labour-Democratic Left dispensation of the mid-90s.
Why stop at three? Cut it back down to what it was before: half-a-dozen. That would be a start in restoring public faith in the political system. The amount of money saved would be significant and there would be more funds available for cancer services and care of the elderly. But more important would be the signal that would go out, that the spoils of office come second after the public welfare. This would impress the sceptical public as a real example of the patriotism Brian Lenihan spoke about in the Budget. Someone needs to say, "Yes we can."


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Cherry Zinfandel Wine
Well, I never planned to be a place to go to for recipes for anything. But this recipe deserves to be out there on the internets! It's a lovely wine and you can get all the ingredients and equipment on the internets, too. :)
This makes a 3 gallon batch. Although you may end up with a bit more than 3 gallons to start out. That's good, that gives you extra to top off when you rack it to get rid of sediment. Just be sure to have suitable containers to hold it all. If you need to know what all you need to start out you can check with your local home brew or wine making store.
So, are you ready for the recipe? The most awesome homemade wine recipe ever? You are? Great! Keep reading!
Vyxxan's Original Cherry Zinfandel Wine Recipe
1 can Alexanders Sun Country Zinfandel Blush
1 can Vintners Harvest Cherry Puree
5 lb sugar
1 teaspoon acid blend
1 cup strong tea
1 tablespoon yeast nutrient
2 campden tablets, crushed and dissolved in 1/2 cup water
2 teaspoons bentonite (see how to use below)
1 pkg Pasteur Red Wine yeast
Good water. I use tap water, but sometimes you need to use bottled water. If your water stinks, use bottled water, okay?
Put the 5 lbs of sugar into a clean and sanitized food grade 6.5 gallon bucket. Mix in the bentonite, dry. Yes, I know this is against directions, but trust me, it's easier. Add in the other dry ingredients, too, except for the yeast. When the bentonite is well mixed with the dry sugar, go ahead and add the juice and puree out of the cans. Keep mixing and add the water. You probably want to add water until you have about 4 gallons worth of mix. Stir, stir, stir, and dissolve that sugar. Add the crushed campden tablets in their water and the cup of tea, too. Keep stirring. It takes a while to dissolve that much sugar. Everything in the list above should be in the bucket now, except for the yeast! Keep stirring, I know that sugar isn't dissolved yet! :)
Once the sugar is really dissolved, you can put a clean towel over the bucket. But I actually just put a lid on with an air lock. I do not like to take chances. You need to let the campden tablets do their work for 24 hours or so… not only do they kill wild yeasts, but they get rid of the chlorine in the water. This is good for your wine, so remember this step!
The next day you can pitch the yeast. Maybe you don't need to wait 24 hours, and with this recipe I don't actually wait that long, but I want to put it out there for your next wine that may need it. I do a lot of wines with home grown fruit and that all needs the 24 hour wait period. Using sanitized and sulfited juices is different. (augh, is that spelling right?)
Once your yeast is pitched you need a cover again… I still use a bucket lid and airlock. With this recipe you probably don't need to stir it every day because you used juice and puree and there is no floating fruit cap. It can still have a vigorous ferment! After 24 hours past pitching the yeast you should see a VIGOROUS bubbling out of the airlock and if you don't it might be in too cold of a place. I just ferment this stuff in the house. In the kitchen, actually, where it's nice and warm. I only move to a cooler room after the first rack. You do want to see bubbles after 24 hours, though. And you should probably see bubbles for at least a week, okay? AT Least a Week! :) Don't try to hurry stuff!
After the must (the wine juice we've been talking about) has calmed down we need to rack it to a carboy for clearing. I've found making wines that most of the fermenting happens in the first week or so… everything after that is just clearing. But sometimes wines will still be foamy when you want to rack. Let them wait until they are ready. You don' t want to rack a foamy wine into a glass bottle just because you won't be able to get enough in there. Trust me on this, you can have gallon jugs and wine bottles ready for that extra… but when it comes time to combine all those it's a PITA! You can't get the auto siphon into a regular wine bottle so that is a waste of resources. You can try to use a regular siphon and then realize fast why you don't use that any more. The whole point of siphoning is that you are leaving crud behind that you don't want in your bottles, or really even in your secondary fermenter. I let the most recent batch of Cherry Zin ferment for 2 weeks before racking again. And most of it was nice and clear except where I bumped the bucket and sucked yeast and such out into my gallon jug.
So, at this point we should have nice clear wine, right? This recipe, well, it clears fast because of not a lot of fruit pulp and that bentonite. But we will wait another few weeks to see if it spits down any more sediment. Rack again if needed, and top off with saved stuff (I've got a wine bottle full in the fridge). If you can put the almost ready to bottle wine in a cooler area, that helps with clearing, or so I've heard. This is my clearest wine to make so far, so I like it for that AND the flavor.
Now when we are ready to bottle, I like to sweeten this up a bit. But I'm not going to do that again. I can add sugar when I drink it… and that's nicer for people that like dry wines. This wine is plenty nice dry… it's awesome dry. But it's also nice sweetened a bit, too.
Questions on how to do this actual recipe are welcome by email or the comment form. Anyone else, do some research. :) Snarky, aren't I?
Apple Pom Cranberry Hot Pepper Jelly!
A good friend of mine bought some jelly somewhere and she loved it… and she wanted to clone it. Well, she asked me to do it and I never even tasted the jelly but I thought I'd give it a go.
So, here is what I did:
5 cups fresh apple juice (although they call it cider, because it's not filtered or preserved in any way)
2 cups Pomegranate juice (store bought: Pom Juice with no additives or sugar)
10 oz dried cranberries (I used two 5 oz pkgs of Craisins)(they have added sugar and oil, so not a good diet food)
1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
10 cups sugar
1 pouch liquid Certo
Put sugar in pan and then added the craisins, pom juice and apple cider. Start stirring and then bring to a boil and cook until all the dried cranberries have plumped up. Add Certo and boil for another 3 min. I wanted to make sure it would set up, and I was worried so I checked it twice by dribbling a bit on a cold saucer. It sets up just fine. Just cook it plenty to plump up those dried cranberries.
Ladle into prepared jars etc, like you normally would do with jelly or jam. The cranberries will float, so the last few jars may not have any in. This recipe made 12 half pint jars and a little left in the pan!
How I would change this recipe:
Use more cranberries! And chop the heck out of them first. Oh, and then soak them in apple juice overnight to plump up. Then I would measure the juice and cranberries to get a better idea of how much I was making. I think I'd water down the fresh apple juice by about 1/3 and use more pomegranate juice, too. Plus, because I didn't know this was a Hot Pepper Jelly… I'd put in way more hot pepper flakes…. or just go down to my garden and get a couple red jalapenos. I'd up the dried pepper flakes to at least 1 teaspoon, though.
When or IF I try this again, this is what I will do:
Big bag of generic dried cranberries, chopped (I don't remember the size but it was a nice big bag)
Apple juice to cover those and soak overnight, but no more than just to cover and soak. Measure this and make sure it's about 4 cups. Then add a cup of water to thin out the apple juice a bit.
16 oz. Pom juice
1 teaspoon or more of red pepper flakes.
Sugar and pectin. Sugar should be about 9 cups to 7 cups of fruit mix. You can adjust but if you go way over it may not set. If you use too much pectin with too little fruit mix, your jelly will be hard as a rock. This is general for anything with apple juice, which has plenty of pectin. I never do things in a small way… so this recipe will probably be a full case of half pints.
Measure apple/cran mix to be about 5 cups and add pom juice. Add sugar to equal 2 cups more. (9 cups) Bring to boil, cook until full rolling and add certo. Boil until it tests to set, and then fill canning jars as usual and process etc.
Oh, and if you make this you HAVE to post back here how you liked it, if you liked it or not. :)
Your mileage may vary, this may not pertain to you… but if you make this and hate it, don't come crying.
Oh, PS! I think this will make a lovely ham glaze!
Grape Stomping!
Finally something new!
Quick, before I head to bed. :)
I made a clock for my MIL Patsy back in May, and took it to her when I visited June 1. But I had a hard time with it… I got carried away with stickers and it looked like something a child would do. I had to do it over before it was acceptable to be a gift. Patsy still has the little CD dragonfly clock I made her years and years ago… it no longer works, but it goes with another wall decoration so well that it still is hanging. I was going to just replace the clock works, but I decided to make her a new clock.
Anyhow… photos please! This is of the first version, and missing quite a few stickers because I forgot to take a photo before starting to take it apart. Ugly!
Some bits I liked… like the one multi butterfly stamp I've had for years. I have LOTS of ink colors and how about just a giant flock of butterflies? So that's what I did.
The whole clock set up was from a framed and glassed in clock that didn't work… I repainted the frame and cleaned the whole thing up nice and replaced the clock works. On the back now is the stamping from the first version along with my little printing along the bottom with names and dates.
Oh, and I did the stamping on white mulberry paper with Brilliance ink and then adhered it to white painted fiberboard with Golden Gel Medium. That gel medium was the perfect thing to glue the paper down with.
Sorry I forgot to take any photos of the completed clock in the frame and all… but at least you get to see my infantile efforts at being an artist. :)
Spring Snow!
Crazy. Just absolutely crazy. Yes, it's been some odd weather patterns this year, but still… not THIS odd. Hard freeze in early April after everything is growing? Yes, had that happen a few years ago. All the tree leaves turned black that year, and every wild animal that eats leaves was VERY hungry that spring. It all came back, though. Most trees can make a second set of leaves.
But snow in MAY? Not ever that anyone can remember, not here. Well, we got some. 2 to 3 inches in some places, and we were closer to 3. 8 miles south they barely had a dusting. I drove to work with snow all over my car and they had no snow at work.
I posted a photo similar to this on FB, but here for blog readers… :)
I was absolutely disgusted this morning. I was worried about my flowers: Peonies and such, I'm thinking they are gonna get clobbered by this wet heavy snow. But by afternoon only some patches of grass were still flattened. Everything seems fine, even my geranium in a pot by the front porch. Nothing really froze like if we had a week of that sub zero north wind.
Other news: the pink dogwood tree is DEAD. It was fine, with buds opening and now it's just dead. The lady at one nursery told me they won't sell them any more because they die… but I've seen mature ones around here in all their pink glory. We take good care of newly planted trees so I dunno what is up. Can't find the receipt of course… or a replacement, either, from where we bought it. Dang it! If I can find one I'll just put in another white dogwood I guess… but I really wanted a pink one for Sadie.
BunBun has tick fever, but good antibiotics will take care of that. It's amazing how even just one dose of some doggy pain reliever and antibiotic will make a dog feel better. It's like a different dog the next day… and yes, we know to give her all her meds. I was going to switch the dogs to a pill for fleas and such, but I didn't know about a newer med that applies like TopSpot and also keeps all the internal vermin away. Plus that Trifexis stuff doesn't do anything about ticks and that IS a bigger problem here than fleas or anything else. I'm not letting the dogs run off into the woods for hours anymore, either… never liked them to do that before and the cure is to leash one of them. The other dog gets to run free, but won't go far without a partner in crime. :) Alternate them, so one pup gets a bit more exercise.
Anyhow. I blogged on my birthday but no one commented… which makes me think no one saw it, lol! Had a nice day, too, even if I was up early cleaning and cooking. Off now to find some dinner before I'm back here for chat in an hour or so…


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Take care of the following and you've got very little to be afraid of.By Amy Rose Spiegel
Who says women can't have it all?By Mandy Stadtmiller
The two students were prominent campus conservatives, both members of Yale's Party of the Right.By Nathan Pemberton
This week's sex diary.By The Cut
It seems a third person forces the other two to realize exactly how much — or little — they have in common.By Maureen O'Connor
They may have been having a threesome when they crashed into a pier at La Guardia.By Caroline Bankoff
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We were raised strictly to believe that a threesome had to include pantsless thrusting in two separate vectors.
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The movie's threesome-publicizing marketing staff scores a decisive victory over its threesome-nixing director.
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Lighten up and check the ditches
We often forget the small pleasures of life and the unique quirks of our training and jobs that are odd, but fun. One such example is the use of roadside and windshield cruises. I have a "dinger" that I actually use as a "moving" survey technique to detect developing grasshopper populations in areas of historic outbreaks.
As I travel the back roads of central and western Minnesota, en route to the inevitable team meeting, I stay close to the grassy roadside and count the number of dings bouncing off the front right fender of the bugmobile. So far, no thumps; and who said DOT maintenance cuts were without benefit? A constant one ding per second for greater than a minute prompts me to stop, safely park, and then dash through the ditch swinging a survey net to capture the elusive orthopterans! So far, no witnesses.
I take my catch and sort to see the mix of nymphs to adults. Have I stumbled upon a scattered few adults almost done with feeding, or a mixed generational swarm of biblical proportions that could ravage trees and shrubs in the adjacent area? If the location has both the hazard (high numbers with lots of nymphs) and the target (grassed-in plantations of less than ten years in age), I'll stop in and talk to the local landowner (especially if there is a tree farm sign) to alert them to the potential problem. We'll talk about the importance of timing the haying and how grasshoppers will move to leave strips of vegetation that can then be sprayed. It doesn't happen very often, but it does work.
What was that in the ditch Martha? I don't know Fred, but lock the doors and keep going. It's that darn DNR again!


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FRED CHARLES SCHUSTER, Appellant, v. ELIZABETH RICHTER, Appellee.
1. At all times relevant to this case, Done Right, Inc., d/b/a Done Right Construction, was a Nevada corporation registered in Alaska to transact business as a construction contractor. Done Right's registered agent in Alaska was Fred Charles Schuster. Schuster was not an officer, director, or shareholder of Done Right, nor was he personally a registered contractor.
2. In April 2006 Done Right, through Schuster, contracted with Elizabeth Richter for remodeling work in the amount of $11,714. The contract contemplated Richter might request additional work or modifications to the contract, and provided that such changes must be in writing. Sometime after the work was completed, Schuster claimed Richter owed him, personally, nearly $19,000 additional compensation for labor. Richter refused to pay.
3. Schuster sued Richter in August 2008, seeking $17,040 in compensatory damages for labor, $20,000 in consequential damages, and $51,120 in punitive damages. Richter moved to dismiss the lawsuit, arguing that the real party in interest to any contract claims was Done Right and that to the extent Schuster was suing for his own account his claims were barred by AS 08.18.151.1 The superior court granted the motion in part, ordering substitution of Done Right as the plaintiff 2 and giving Done Right 20 days for an attorney to enter an appearance on its behalf.3 Schuster objected, claiming the damages were owed to him personally through his own relationship with Richter. Done Right did not appear in the lawsuit through counsel, and the superior court dismissed the lawsuit for lack of standing. The superior court later clarified that it would likely grant a motion to amend the complaint if Done Right sought to be substituted as plaintiff and was represented by counsel. After final judgment was entered, Schuster appealed.
4. To the extent Schuster was attempting to enforce and recover under
the contract between Done Right and Richter, the superior court correctly dismissed the lawsuit under Civil Rule 17.4 To the extent Schuster was attempting to enforce and recover under a putative contractual or quasi-contractual relationship with Richter, the superior court correctly dismissed the lawsuit under AS 08.18.151.5 Because the superior court correctly dismissed the lawsuit on the ground that Schuster had no enforceable claims, Schuster's argument that the superior court wrongfully denied him a jury trial is without merit.6
5. The superior court's dismissal of Schuster's claims against Richter
is AFFIRMED.
1. FN1. AS 08.18.151 provides, in relevant part, that an unregistered contractor "may not bring an action in a court of this state for the collection of compensation for the performance of work or for breach of a contract for which registration is required."
2. FN2. See Griffith v.Taylor, 937 P.2d 297, 309 (Alaska 1997) ("before dismissing an action pursuant to [Alaska Civil] Rule 17(a) the court must first enter an order identifying the real party who must ratify the action or join it within the reasonable time given") (citing KOS v. Williams, 616 P.2d 868, 870 (Alaska 1980)).
3. FN3. AS 22.20.040(a)(2) provides, in relevant part, "a corporation ․ shall appear by an attorney in all cases."
4. FN4. Cf. Rule 17(a) ( "Every action shall be prosecuted in the name of the real party in interest.").
5. FN5. The facts of this case do not implicate the question of substantial compliance with the contractor registration statute. Cf. McCormick v. Reliance Ins. Co., 46 P.3d 1009, 1012 (Alaska 2002) ("[S]ubstantial compliance involves conduct which falls short of strict compliance with the statutory registration requirements, but which affords the public the same protection that strict compliance would offer.") (quoting Jones v. Short, 696 P.2d 665, 668 n.10 (Alaska 1985)).
6. FN6. See, e.g., DeNardo v. ABC Inc. RVs Motorhomes, 51 P.3d 919, 927 (Alaska 2002) (holding proper Rule 37 sanction dismissing claim not a violation of right to jury trial); Christensen v. NCH Corp., 956 P.2d 468, 477 (Alaska 1998) (holding proper Rule 56 summary judgment dismissing claim not a violation of right to jury trial).


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"What's the Formula" is the second song we've released from Scotty ATL off his upcoming EP Scion AV Presents: OTR2SJ produced by Childish Major, "What's the Formula," is a haunting cut that find Scotty ATL explaining what gives him the advantage over his rivals. Pay attention.
Scotty has been a humble force brewing within the rap scene of New Atlanta. His recent project, F.A.I.T.H. (Forever Atlanta In The Heart) burned up the streets, taking Scotty ATL from a local hustler to a nationally renowned up-and-comer. It was voted "Mixtape of the year" in Atlanta by Creative Loafing. His video featuring Big Krit and Trinidad Jame$ was in rotation on MTV, Revolt, 106 & Park, and he has been featured by a multitude of respected publications including Complex, Fader, Nahright , and XXL. Through close relationships with notable artists like Big Krit, Killer Mike, BoB, DJ Scream, DJ Burn One, and the fast-rising fellow ATLien Trinidad James, Scotty continues to push further into the public eye.
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Learning Objectives: Describe the student-identified most effective strategies for preventing tobacco use among minors.
Abstract: Young people are routinely surveyed regarding their health behaviors, including their use of tobacco products. However, the opinions of young people regarding the approaches they believe to be the most effective methods to deter youth smoking have not routinely been incorporated into the design of tobacco-control programs. This is the case despite the fact that research has found that school-based anti-tobacco programs are more effective when young people are involved in their design and implementation.
In this study, 577 Knox County, Tennessee middle and high school students were surveyed to discover which policies young people believed would discourage them from smoking. Their perceptions of the effectiveness of a variety of approaches were evaluated, including: financial disincentives; information deficit- and social influences-based educational approaches; punishments for smoking; and incentives for not smoking.
Significant majorities of nonsmokers asserted that all of the proposed strategies would prevent them from smoking. A majority of smokers indicated that they would abstain from smoking only if the most severe punishments were imposed, if they had access to nicotine replacement products, or if they were involved in incentive programs that reward not smoking. Particularly in areas where youth smoking rates remain high but state and local governments are devoting little or no financial resources to solving the problem, it becomes critical to target any available monies to those anti-smoking efforts that are most likely to be successful. As the focus of these efforts, young people can offer policymakers important insights.
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What materials did you use? Polymer clay, amethyst and rose quartz beads, copper tubes and findings.
What are you most proud of? I am getting the technique down using the buffer. I am finding the amount of contact that really creates a high glass shine. The caning techniques are a real art. I am just beginning that process so I need a lot of work there yet!
Bravo. You made a gorgeous bracelet. I'm just a beginner making polymer clay beads. Have you seen Donna Kato's wonderful illustrated book on millefiori? Love her book.
I haven't seen her book. Our bead society hosted her classes a couple of years ago and people loved them. We hosted Karen Lewis (Klew) last year and that is the class I took. She has some great DVDs as well. Thanks. Clay is a very versatile medium. It will take years to learn it all!!!
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ARLINGTON — Ian Kinsler and the two-time defending American League champion Texas Rangers certainly don't seem affected by their disappointments.
After being unable to reach a deal on a new long-term contract before his self-imposed deadline of opening day to end negotiations, Kinsler homered, had a double and scored twice for the Rangers in a season-opening 3-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Friday.
"You come in here and you play for your teammates, you don't play for yourself. This is a very selfless team," Kinsler said. "That's something outside the clubhouse. ... My main focus is to play hard for my teammates and do what I can to win a game."
Just more than five months after they twice came within one strike of a World Series championship before losing in seven games to St. Louis, the Rangers opened the new season on a picture-perfect day — 75 degrees under blue skies — and played the game exactly how manager Ron Washington prefers.
It is a familiar and successful script.
Colby Lewis (1-0) struck out nine in his first opening day start. Three relievers then worked scoreless innings, with new closer Joe Nathan working a perfect ninth.
And the offense manufactured the needed runs against White Sox starter John Danks (0-1).
"A well-played game," said Michael Young, the longest-tenured Ranger in his 12th season. "The first inning was perfect."
Kinsler had a leadoff double in the first for Texas, before a sacrifice bunt by Elvis Andrus and a sacrifice fly by Josh Hamilton. Kinsler's homer in the third made it 2-0.
After Chicago tied the game by scoring twice in the sixth, including Adam Dunn's record-tying eighth opening day homer, Hamilton led off the bottom of the frame with a single and scored on a single by Young.
The loss spoiled the managerial debut of Robin Ventura, who before the game had his first meeting with Nolan Ryan since charging the mound 19 seasons earlier against the Hall of Fame pitcher. Ryan is now president, CEO and part-owner of the Rangers.
"We just talked. I congratulated him on the last couple of years. He's done a great job," Ventura said.
Ventura, a surprise hire by the White Sox after Ozzie Guillen went to be Miami's manager, was a 26-year-old third baseman for the White Sox when he charged the mound against Ryan on a hot August night at old Arlington Stadium in 1993. Ryan, 20 years older and in the last year of his playing career, got Ventura in a headlock and landed several blows.
The two hadn't spoken until Ryan went to the White Sox clubhouse before the opener.
As for his first game as a manager, Ventura said, "I figured we'd lose a game at some point this year."
Lewis walked only one over six innings, throwing 70 of 100 pitches for strikes. The only other Rangers pitcher with nine strikeouts in a season opener was Ryan in 1991.
"Colby threw extremely well, and it was great to get Joe out there on opening day, get the first one of a big crowd, with a one-run lead," Young said. "We knew it we'd chip away and push one more run across, we'd have a chance to win."
Alexi Ogando, an All-Star and 13-game winner as a starter last season, is back in the bullpen and struck out all three batters in faced in the seventh after Texas regained the lead and Lewis left. Nathan, the former Minnesota Twins closer, got a strikeout in the ninth.
Dunn pulled a ball into the second deck of seats in right field to start the sixth. Frank Robinson and Ken Griffey Jr. are the only other major leaguers who have eight homers in openers.
"It would've been a lot sweeter if we'd pulled it out today and we could talk about the win instead of that," Dunn said. "When I stepped in, he was ready to go. Luckily I didn't have time to think. If I had, I probably would have done something bad."
Dunn batted third in the White Sox lineup. Last year, the highly paid slugger hit .159 with only 11 homers while striking out 177 times in 415 at-bats.
Alex Rios was hit by a pitch with two outs in the White Sox sixth, and the speedster was on the run when Alexi Ramirez singled to left. Rios scored to tie it at 2.
Danks' first opening day start came in the stadium he visited often growing up in Austin about three hours away and where he always expected to pitch an opener after being drafted ninth overall by Texas in 2003. But he was traded to Chicago in December 2006, and got a new $65 million, five-year contract from the White Sox this winter.
"This was a fun game, it really was," said Danks, who struck out six with no walks in six innings. "All in all, it was disappointing to get beat, but I feel like I'm where I need to be. That's a good lineup over there. ... If I can be this good or better, it should be a good year."
NOTES: It was the sixth time Dunn had homered in the first game of the season. He twice had two homers on opening day, in 2005 and 2007 while with Cincinnati. ... The 13 strikeouts by Texas pitchers were a record for opening day. The previous record was 11, in that 1991 opener when Ryan had nine.
■ Rockies 5, Astros 3: At Houston, the Houston Astros made the fewest errors of any team during spring training.
It was hard to tell in the regular-season opener.
Pinch runner Eric Young scored the go-ahead run on one of the Astros' four errors and Troy Tulowitzki homered in the ninth to lift the Colorado Rockies to victory.
The Astros committed only 13 errors in spring training, and manager Brad Mills was concerned about the number of mental lapses in the first real game.
"Those things we're going to address and move on," Mills said. "They did a great job of that in spring training, but we're going to work on those and move on."
Houston left-hander Wandy Rodriguez made his first career opening-day start and allowed three unearned runs and six hits in 6 1-3 innings. Fernando Rodriguez (0-1) yielded a hit and an unearned run in 1 2-3 innings to take the loss.
Carlos Lee and Brian Bogusevic hit back-to-back homers for the Astros, who lost for the sixth straight time on opening day.
Lee put Houston up 1-0 with a two-out RBI single off Jeremy Guthrie (1-0) in the first inning.
The Astros' defense started bumbling in the third, after Marco Scutaro led off with a single to left. Dexter Fowler bunted, Rodriguez threw wildly to first and the Rockies had runners at second and third with no outs.
Rodriguez earned the error, though second baseman Jose Altuve was late getting to the bag.
"It was a tough play," Rodriguez said. "I picked up the ball and threw to first, but there was nobody there."
Tulowitzki tied it with a deep flyout to right, and Fowler scored on Todd Helton's double to the left-field corner. Michael Cuddyer then singled to right, scoring Helton and prompting a mound visit from Houston pitching coach Doug Brocail.
Rodriguez said he struggled with his control early.
"I missed my location in the first inning. Later in the game, I felt good," he said. "I didn't have my second-best pitch, my breaking ball, but I used my changeup and my two-seam (fastball)."
Lee and Bogusevic started the Houston half of the fourth with solo homers. The Astros last hit back-to-back home runs Sept. 7 against Pittsburgh.
Rodriguez allowed only one hit, a two-out single by Cuddyer in the fifth, after Colorado's three-run third. Fowler led off the seventh with a walk, and Rodriguez struck out Carlos Gonzalez before he was relieved by right-hander Fernando Rodriguez.
The Rockies capitalized on another Astros mistake to take the lead for good.
Ramon Hernandez led off the eighth with a single. Young came in to run and stole second on a close call.
Houston catcher Jason Castro then bobbled a pitch, and Young broke for third. Castro threw to shortstop Marwin Gonzalez, but the throw was high and carried into center field, allowing Young to sprint home.
"I was trying to get him at second and unfortunately, we didn't get him there," Castro said.
A total of 10 Astros were on an opening-day roster for the first time. Lee, starting his sixth season in Houston, acknowledged he was nervous before the game, but Castro shot down the notion that the miscues were the result of first-game jitters.
"It's the first game. Obviously, everyone's excited," Castro said. "I don't think it was a nervous energy, or anything like that. We had a couple of things that just didn't go our way."
Guthrie allowed three runs and four hits over seven innings in his first start with Colorado. He threw 103 pitches.
Tulowitzki crushed a solo homer onto the railroad tracks in left field in the ninth inning against left-hander Fernando Abad.
In the bottom of the ninth, pinch hitter Travis Buck doubled and Castro walked with two outs against Rafael Betancourt. Pinch hitter Matt Downs struck out swinging to end it.
NOTES: The Astros have an average age of 27.82. Only the Royals have a younger team with an average age of 27.42. ... Helton has started the last 15 opening days for Colorado, which is the longest active streak in the majors. ... The Rockies are opening on the road for the fourth time in five seasons. ... Former President George H.W. Bush and wife Barbara attended the game. They weren't in their customary front-row seats behind home plate, instead sitting in the second row near Houston's dugout. ... Former Texas quarterback Vince Young also attended the game and was on the field for batting practice. ... The teams continue the series on Saturday with 49-year-old Jamie Moyer pitching for the Rockies against Houston's Lucas Harrell.


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On Wed, 12 Mar 2008 03:17:46 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> Life after Windows, Day 1
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>| This last weekend I wiped the second half of the laptop hard drive and
>| installed the IBM internal Open Client for Linux. It has everything I need
>| for work: Lotus Notes, Lotus Symphony, Lotus SameTime, and a couple of ways
>| to get through the firewall. The Windows partition remains on the machine,
>| for now, but I plan to live on the Red Hat Linux client as best I can (see
>| below).
What he neglects to tell you is that the current officially supported
platform for IBM'ers is Windows XP and that the Linux platform is "as is".
He's also not telling you how much software does NOT work with the Linux
Actually he does, see the part about the Windows partition remaining?
That's so he can use all the *other stuff* that the Linux version doesn't
IOW more half truths from the Linux camp.
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Dunkin' Donuts IPO vs. Krispy Kreme IPO: Bubble-icious
With today's IPO filing of Dunkin' Donuts, we're reminded of Krispy Kreme, which went from IPO success story to a scandal-ridden penny stock.
Let's dial the wayback machine to April 2000, when Destiny's Child "Say My Name" was burning up the Billboard music charts. And Krispy Kreme, a North Carolina-based doughnut chain tracing its roots to 1937, made its stock-market debut.
Krispy Kreme shares soared 76% on the first day of trading, and more than quadrupled in the first five months in the public markets. The company, once a regional favorite, became a national, bubble-icious cultural phenomenon. Night owls trolled the highways seeking out the Krispy Kreme "hot" sign that signals freshly made treats.
Then, in 2004, Krispy Kreme landed in hot water with the SEC over how it accounted for repurchases of franchise stores. Accounting restatements and executive departures soon followed. From an all-time stock high of $49.75 in August 2003, Krispy Kreme shares slid all the way to $1.01 in February 2009.
Krispy Kreme shares have staged a mighty comeback since then. From the low in early 2009, the stock price has clawed its way back, to $5.46 in recent trading — still, that's one-quarter of the 2000 IPO price of $21 a share.
Here's hoping Dunkin' Brands — the owner of Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin-Robbins– has sweeter success.
(READ MORE: Dunkin' Donuts IPO: 5 Things You Didn't Know)
This post has been corrected. Earlier, we incorrectly said the Usher song, "Yeah!" was popular in April 2000. While "Yeah!" is a ridiculous catchy tune, it was released in 2004.


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I've noticed lately that my rat Mouse is really starting to get big. I don't know why it is, but rats seem to reach a certain stage and stop growing for a while, and then have a sudden spurt — though this could be related to how much food they're eating. Dumbo started putting on weight after Fidget died though, so Mouse has no excuse, because Dumbo is hardly eating any less than before! Dumbo now has a bald patch from playing a little too roughly with Mouse, but I'm happy to see she's actually fighting back even though Mouse is getting closer to her size.
Irritatingly, I made the mistake of leaving my Nintendo DS charger plugged into the wall while my rats were running around. The plug, of course, wasn't switched on (I make a point of switching everything off out of sheer paranoia), so it was obviously the perfect target for chewing. Dumbo and Mouse chewed the wire completely in half.
Aside from me being a little miffed that I would have to buy a new charger, it made me wonder what on Earth they do it for. Of all the things for rats to chew, why does it have to be expensive electrical goods? Either that, or clothes.
Now, I've been told on a few occasions that rats chew things to keep their teeth trim, but I'm certain there are more efficient items that would do a much better job. I also heard that it's something to do with the warmth given off, which wouldn't surprise me, because rats do like to cuddle into comfortable, warm places.
I'm concerned about my rats chewing through more important wires now, though. I know the wires won't do them any harm when they're not even plugged in, but replacing things because of rat chewing damage could get expensive! But I don't want to stop letting my rats have the freedom to run around.
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Endless Ocean
Deep in the sea, deep in sea, lalalalalaaa. Oh the joy of being a virtual deepsea diver. All the pleasure of swimming around with our very ancient cousins without the dangers of a shark needing to taste your whole leg to find out he doesn't like human flesh to begin with. Endlees Ocean is one of those well chosen titles of Nintendo, just like Donkey Konga. Endless Ocean is one of those non-game games meant to appeal to the widest market possible, also called the Blue Ocean strategy. A strategy that Nintendo has proven to have endless potential if applied right.
Is Endless Ocean a game? Well, what is a game? A game, in my modest opinion, is the following:
1) a software application that
2) generates a virtual world on a electronic device trough
3) an input device a user interacts with, with the results being perceivable by a certain output device whereby
4) The goal is delivering a certain amusement value to the user.
So is Endless Ocean a game? Well, are there people who enjoy diving? I think so. And these people will really appreciate a piece of software like Endless Ocean. Endless Ocean has been defined as a game. But is it a good game? That depends, what do you like in a game?
Do you like shooting down aliens, conquer worlds, beat hard nail end bosses or make your brain hurt with puzzles, then this is a very bad game for you (stop reading this review now and get on with your life).
Now that we got rid of that bunch, I can get to the point that really counts: dolphins! Endless Ocean gives you the opportunity to have a dolphin friend! And you can train him and pet him and feed him and make him do tricks! Why the excitement, blame Nintendogs. It has single tracked my mind on one thing: Nintendolphins! Endless Ocean is probably the closest thing to it yet.
But Endless Ocean isn't only good for reminiscing fond youth memories about Flipper. It's also the most relaxing game without reference to any kind of narcotic out there. There's even an option to make your character lie down on a chair and enjoy the view while you can listen to your favorite mp3s (trough the SD-slot of the Wii). Now you'll only need a good book and hello vacation mood! But besides this and a dolphin friend there is the diving part.
Now, I have never dived before but this game really makes you want to do it. The floating feeling, the very natural moving creatures to discover, the very varied environment including a cave with pillars of sunlight coming through holes in the ceiling. Breathtaking. Now we only have to wait for the first reports about the huge therapeutic effect of this game on the mentally impaired or the mentally disturbed serial killers.
You control the game only trough the Wiimote where you point on the screen where you want to go and that's that. Go get yourself a drink, lie down on the couch, eat some pizza, play your favorite mp3 and be blissfull. Visually the game does create a very realistic world. If you stop thinking like a gamer for one second, you'll be convinced you're watching a documentary on the Discovery Channel. If you do start to think like a gamer, you'll see the repetitions in the very fluid animations. The human characters got the least attention with also some minor clipping problems. Also the textures could have used a slight notch in its richness but if you don't focus on it, you won't see it anyway. What more, you can also dive online with a friend.
This game is perfect for your mother and your grandmother or anyone else that hasn't played a game before. No goals, time limits in terms of hours, and they aren't cynical technogeeks like us.For the older gamer I can also recommend this title, just so you can have something different to do. Some classic music, a full moon night and a big whale just swimming by you which you can pet also. Bliss…
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Man facing DUI with child endangerment charge
April 1, 2014
ELKINS — An Elkins man was arrested Sunday on multiple charges, including DUI with child endangerment, police said Jeremy Lynn Huffman, 32, was arrested on one count of third offense driving under......
This is his third offense and he's only 32 years old, I don't feel sorry for him at all. You think he would've learned his lesson. I feel sorry for the child and the rest of the family.
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Maybe he should've jumped out and rolled around on the ground, swatting, and yelling BEES!
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I know its not funny drinking and driving especially with kids , but It made me think of Fred Sanford faking a heart attack. What! Too Soon?
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Oh! This is the big one! Oh! I'm coming to see you Elizabeth! Ohh!
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Developers' Favorite: RText in Version 1.0.0
The Java, cross-platform RText editor has achieved version 1.0.0. It recognizes numerous programming languages and otherwise preserves most of its usual features.
The first stable version of the RText Java editor is now available as version 1.0.0. The program provides syntax highlighting, does content auto-detection for filenames without extensions, processes multiple documents simultaneously and knows all the popular programming and scripting languages. Among them are C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, XML, HTML, PHP, Lisp and perl, but also Lua, Assembler, Groovy and Fortran.
RText resolves parentheses, records and plays macros, marks vital places in the code with bookmarks, recognizes shortcuts for code stubs, allows code shifting per drag-and-drop and supports various encodings.
New in version 1.0.0 is integrated syntax detection and highlighting support for Delphi, Scala and BBCode. The editor now also resolves ending tags in XML and file selection is available via breadcrumbs. Finally, bugs were resolved and the graphical interface was updated.
The new RText is under GPL, with optimum download from Sourceforge. After unpacking the software, start it using java -jar RText.jar, which requires Java.
Rtext vs. jEditHas any reader out there used both Rtext and jEdit? What does Rtext do that jEdit does not? What does it do differently?
Issue 192/2016
Buy this issue as a PDF
Nextcloud Announces Raspberry Pi-Powered Home Cloud Box
Innovative system adds a hard drive and Ubuntu Core to the RPi for an IoT hub.
Linus Torvalds Confirms the Date of the First Linux Release
Linux is two weeks younger than we thought!
End of OpenOffice?
The Apache Software Foundation considers retiring OpenOffice
Adobe Gives New Life to NPAPI Plugin for Linux
Adobe won't kill the plugin in 2017
LinuxCon North America Convenes in Toronto, Canada
Linux Foundation's big event celebrates the 25th anniversary of Linux
Linux Turns 25
Linux has evolved from "won't be a professional" project to one of the most professional software projects in the history of computers.
Mirantis Joins Hands with SUSE To Offer RHEL Support; Red Hat Not Happy
Competitors get in the game with RHEL without Red Hat
Linux on Windows 10 Poses a Security Risk
Security researchers have already notified Microsoft; some fixes are available
Mirantis to Refactor OpenStack Fuel for Kubernetes
The company is collaborating with Google and Intel to use Kubernetes as an engine for Fuel
Canonical Joins Document Foundation Advisory Board
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text: From Gizmodo via the Daily Dish: "Mark Rober placed some rubber animals on the side of the road to see who would swerve out of their way to kill it: He found out that 94 percent of drivers did what anyone in their sane mind would do: keep driving on their lane. Remember that the animals were on the road's shoulder, way outside their driving path. They didn't pose any danger whatsoever to the drivers' safety. On the other hand, six percent went out of the driving lane to run over the animals. Think about that: sixty out of one thousand drivers actually went out of their way to kill a living thing that didn't represent any danger to their lives—and risking their own lives in the process, no less. Six percent were just cruel because they could be. And of that 6 percent? 89 percent of them drove SUVs." http://gizmodo.com/5927083/roadkill...ercent-of-drivers-are-sadistic-animal-killers Personally, I always feel worried for turtles that wander too close to roads.


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When/Where: Three-game series. Friday (6:30 p.m.); Saturday (2 p.m.); Sunday (noon)
Records: Tulane (3-1); Notre Dame (2-1).
Radio: WMTI 106.1 FM
Probable starting pitchers
Friday: Tulane RH Tony Rizzotti (1-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. RH Sean Fitzgerald (0-0, 9.00 ERA)
Saturday: Tulane RH Alex Byo (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. RH Adam Norton (1-0, 3.86 ERA).
Sunday: Tulane RH Kyle McKenzie (1-0, 3.60 ERA) vs. RH David Hearne (0-1, 5.40 ERA)
Top hitters
(Name, pos., batting average, RBIs)
Briggs Barrios LF .286 1
Brennan Middleton SS .235 0
Tim Yandel 2B .214 1
Notre Dame
Eric Jagielo 3B .545 8
Ryan Bull OF .500 0
Frank Desico 2B .467 3
Notes: Tulane has carries a two-game winning streak into its first home weekend series. Notre Dame lost last to Mercer on Sunday, 5-4. The Fighting Irish hit .324 as a team and have a team ERA of 3.86. Notre Dame Friday night starter Sean Fitzgerald had a rough first outing of the season against Florida Gulf Coast. He went five innings, ceded seven hits and five earned runs, striking out one and walking one. The Fighting Irish have defeated Ohio State and Florida Gulf Coast so far this season. Tulane has wins against Sam Houston State, Missouri State and Southeastern Louisiana.


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Alejandro González Iñárritu on Donald Trump and Immigration at the DGA Awards
"Viva Mexico! That's not the people Donald Trump has described at all, let me tell you."By Carita Rizzo
"Viva Mexico! That's not the people Donald Trump has described at all, let me tell you."By Carita Rizzo
Recognition also went to Game of Thrones, Ex Machina, and Veep.By Jackson McHenry
Here's a full list of winners.By E. Alex Jung
The Gravity director's Oscar chances don't look bad.By Delia Paunescu
So, Argo's Oscar chances are still looking good.By Caroline Bankoff
David O. Russell = snubbed.By Jesse David Fox
And now he's up for an award!By Julie Gerstein
'The Hurt Locker' director's win was nearly eclipsed by the apparent refutation of all those break-up rumorsBy Dahvi Shira
Exes square off in final battle before Oscars.By Josh Duboff
Despite last week's invented controversy, Danny Boyle won top honors from the Directors Guild on Saturday.By Lane Brown
Are these the front-runners for Best Picture?By Lane Brown
'Wall-E' helmer Andrew Stanton has been inexplicably ruled ineligible for a DGA Award on the count that his movie is animated.By Lane Brown
Does this mean it's all over for Atonement?


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- California pesticide use swings up after four-year decline
- Greatest pesticide use
- As in previous years, sulfur was the most highly used pesticide in both pounds applied and acres treated. By pounds, sulfur accounted for 27 percent of all reported pesticide use. Its use grew by 4.4 million pounds, or 10 percent, and 141,826 acres, or 9 percent.
- Overall, most of the growth in pesticide use was in production agriculture, where applications increased by 12 million pounds.
- The greatest pesticide use occurred in the San Joaquin Valley.
Greatest pesticide use
The greatest pesticide use occurred in the San Joaquin Valley. The top five counties in order of most pesticide pounds applied in 2010 were Fresno, Kern, Tulare, San Joaquin and Madera. All are major producers of agricultural products.
Pesticides with the greatest increase in pounds applied included 1,3-dichloropropene (1,3-D), a fumigant whose use went up by 2.4 million pounds, or 37 percent. It is used on strawberries, almonds, sweet potatoes, carrots, and table and raisin grapes. This fumigant is an alternative to methyl bromide, which is being phased out under an international treaty to protect the ozone layer.
Other pesticides that showed growth in pounds applied were metam-sodium, a fumigant used on carrots, processing tomatoes and potatoes; glyphosate, an herbicide used on orchard floors, rights of way and preplanting for row crops; metam-potassium, a fumigant used to prepare fields for processing tomatoes, sweet potatoes and carrots prior to planting; and kaolin, a clay-based fungicide and insecticide commonly used on organic crops.
Major crops that showed an overall increase in pounds of pesticides applied over the previous year included wine grapes, carrots, cotton, almonds, and table and raisin grapes. The data indicated declines in pounds applied to rice, processing tomatoes, alfalfa, peaches, nectarines and applications to fields before crops are planted to control pests.
DPR has the most extensive pesticide use reporting system in the United States and oversees one of the most comprehensive pesticide regulatory
programs in the world. These data support a variety of regulatory efforts, including compliance efforts for clean air and water laws, continuous evaluation to determine potential risks to human health and the environment, estimating dietary risks, protecting workers in the field, preserving endangered species, assisting product registration and review and helping local pesticide law enforcement.
Reported pesticide applications are only a portion of the pesticides sold each year. Approximately two-thirds of the pesticides sold, including chlorine used primarily for municipal water treatment and home-use pesticide products, typically are not subject to reporting.
Total pounds of pesticide active ingredients reported in each county and rank during 2009 and 2010 are posted at http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/pur/pur10rep/lbsby_co_10.pdf.
One of five departments and boards within the California Environmental Protection Agency, DPR regulates the sale and use of pesticides to protect people and the environment.


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Biker Boyz
This is the kind of movie that's one step removed from an actual idea. That idea was another movie, "The Fast and the Furious," whose box-office success inspired this particular crew of hack filmmakers to say, "Hey, let's make 'Fast and the Furious,' but with racing bikes!" If this movie now manages to make one penny of profit, a new crew of hacks will be along in six months to say, "Hey, let's make 'Biker Boyz,' but with midgets!"
Apparently there's a thriving California subculture of black motorcycle gangs with a taste for Japanese racing bikes. And who in Des Moines is going to know better? However, this is about the sorriest group of "Boyz" you ever saw. The racers spend an inordinate amount of time hugging and saying things like "why can't we just talk?" and "burn rubber, not your soul." Further emasculating the experience is the fact that the whole thing is scored to a soundtrack straight out of Adult Alternative Radio. (You know the format: KWUS 97.3, "the Wuss," with Sweater and Vest in the morning and a playlist full of soulful ballads sung by overly sincere white guys). If I wanted to kick the ass of every street-racing gang in this movie, I'd just have Donahue, Alan Alda and Dr. Phil fit for leather jackets.
Young protégé Kid (Derek Luke) yearns to be a force on the street bike racing scene and before you can say "father killed in tragic street bike racing accident," he's founding his own club, taking unnecessary risks, and having people grab him by his jacket and say things like, "What are you running from, man?" His chief mentor and nemesis is the leader of the Black Knights club, Smoke (Laurence Fishburne), and soon their respective gangs are dancing around each other like the Sharks and the Jets. I would have thought Fishburne's success in "The Matrix" would have bought him the freedom to decline these kinds of roles, but money can't buy you brains, and the shots of him leering at soapy bikini-clad hotties during the bike-washing scene are career-damaging enough to make his agent commit suicide. Also appearing in this film is Lisa Bonet, whose role is so tangential, you just know she's cashing in her last favor. Let's just say that whatever's been ravaging Lisa Bonet appears to be just about done. Sweetie, take Lenny back, because in another couple of years, even that's not going to be an option.
The movie implies that there's going to be hot street-racing action, but some of the stunts, such as bikers doing the splits during a wheelie, are just downright silly. Also, assuming that we might get bored with donor bikes after a while, director Reggie "Rock" Blythewood throws in some Harleys, monster trucks and ATVs just to keep things fresh. ATVs pulling donuts? Wow, if that's not action, I don't know what is! In the end, the only real rubber burned during "Biker Boyz" was off of my sneakers as I sprinted out of the theater.
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Save gun rights
President Obamas big plan to curb gun violence is more of a wish list of things he would like to see than an actual plan to stop the violence. He pawned it off on members of Congress, stating that it is up to them to do something about it. Obama should be ashamed of himself for exploiting children to promote his agenda. He and his ilk want to disarm law-abiding citizens while ignoring the fact that only criminals will have weapons.
I may not be an educator, but I am educated. As a Marine Vietnam vet and cop in Connecticut, I was considered a weapons expert, but I didnt learn what I knew there. My father, who was also a cop, pounded gun safety into my head at young age and taught me to respect weapons.
If you tell kids that guns are dangerous, you are asking them to see for themselves. If you show them the dos and donts, it takes the mystery away.
If children are taught safety and respect for weapons, then gun violence could be nipped in the bud long before it happens.
Gregory J. Topliff
Glenwood Drive Warrenville
Parkway needed
I am very distressed about a Jan. 9 letter against the proposed Johns Island Parkway.
I, too, worked at MUSC and have been a resident of Johns Island for over 15 years, enjoying the rural beauty and the tunnel of trees on both Bohicket and River Roads.
Living directly on Bohicket Road, Ive observed that rush hour traffic goes toward the barrier islands in the morning and away in the afternoon people who work at Kiawah/Seabrook but live in West Ashley, North Charleston, James Island, even Mount Pleasant. These are the people who will benefit most from a restricted parkway (leaving the slower, scenic roads to us locals).
The argument that a parkway will only encourage more growth is specious; we already have For Sale signs all over the island for vast acreages that when developed will only add to our crowded roads.
I would love to see this island remain rural with vegetable and horse farms, but change is already here and we must deal with the need for improved infrastructure and the inevitable development without destroying our scenic highways. And the non-rich folks, whose employment is vital to the barrier islands, need a safer and more timely way to get to work.
Kathleen McGreevy
Oak Branch Drive
Johns Island
Shameless Sanford
I found it interesting, but not surprising, that former Gov. Mark Sanford hopes voters will overlook his infidelity as he runs for the congressional seat vacated by Sen. Tim Scott. However, that is not an issue for the voters. Thats between him and his ex-wife. At issue with the voters is trust at a different level. He swore to perform the duties as governor of this state but deserted his post and did not allow for a second-in-command to be in position to make decisions in event of an emergency.
If Lt. Sanford instead of Gov. Sanford had deserted his post he would have paid a significant penalty. But he does not seem to get it.
Bill Parnell
Rivers Point Row
Limit deduction
Its time to limit the deductibility of interest on home mortgages. The original purpose of these deductions was to promote home ownership, not promote luxury.
Heres my suggestion: Allow 100 percent of the interest to be deducted on primary dwellings for the first $200,000 of mortgage principle, and a 50 percent interest deduction on the second $200,000 of mortgage principle.
These would be very easy for the lender to calculate. Even under my arrangement a person with a $500,000 house and a $400,000 mortgage would still retain 75 percent of the present day deduction, and a person with a $250,000 house and a $200,000 mortgage would see no change.
If someone wants to live in Downton Abbey, well, he should pay for it. Uncle Sam cant afford to help any longer.
William A. Johnson
Serotina Court
Mount Pleasant
Teacher quality
Your Jan. 11 editorial on teacher evaluation was a good one. The idea that excellent teaching produces excellent students is accurate.
Is it done in public schools as a norm? No.
Schools are funded in large part by real estate taxes in their districts, legalizing segregation between counties and school districts throughout the state. This also pushes teachers with poor academic performance to low-paying districts just to get a job. Strike two against excellent teaching.
Districts with low tax bases are lucky to fill their need for teachers, who after one year will try transferring to greener, better-paying pastures.
Lets compare regular public schools with the magnet schools, darlings of S.C. Superintendent of Education Mick Zais. Their teachers are hand-picked from several districts according to experience and performance, the result being better-educated students. What a wonderful surprise, but already known to our Northern states and Northern European countries. They have nothing but excellent teachers. To reward them salaries corresponding to their stature and performance, they are paid by the state not to rely on district tax bases.
Because it would be impossible to provide all magnet students with public transportation from wherever they live, there is another legalized segregation. Generally, only one parent works while the other serves as a chauffeur every school day. That requires two cars, as we have no mass transit. And that eliminates students from financially limited homes.
In progressive states and countries, a logical measure is taken to ensure only excellent teachers: Teacher education institutions admit only the creme de la creme, based on scholastic performance.
In addition, applicants are interviewed as to their desire to teach children, so that typically, only 10 to 15 percent of applicants are admitted.
To remunerate excellent teachers corresponding with their talents, in a non-wealthy country with about the same population as South Carolina, the mean income is about $40,000 per year, with lower and higher ends depending on time served. And, of course, paid by the state. A bachelors degree is required, followed by compulsory masters degree focused on teaching.
Compare this with charter schools in South Carolina. In a logical system as I described, there are no magnet schools, charter schools or vouchers to private schools. They are not needed. We have a long way to go. Are we up to it?
Auvo Kemppinen
Lake Moultrie Drive
Faulty aim
Sheriff Al Cannon recently held a news conference to announce he would ignore new gun laws that he decided were unconstitutional.
The National Sheriffs Associations website makes it very clear that sheriffs have no higher powers or special dispensations than any other elected officials. It further states that sheriffs take an oath of office to enforce the U.S. Constitution as defined by the U.S. Supreme Court.
As he was sworn in for his seventh term earlier this month, Cannon joked he had the oath memorized. He may want to check it again unless there are parts he has determined he will ignore.
As a private citizen, Al Cannon can speak or act to rescind laws he disagrees with. As an elected sheriff, he cannot ignore laws nor encourage anyone else to do the same.
If he cannot carry out the duties he was elected to perform, he should step down.
Deborah Akins
Towne Street
Johns Island
Raise gas tax
Gov. Nicki Haleys intransigence on increasing the gasoline tax is baffling. This would appear to be one of the few taxes that targets only the beneficiary, and is the most logical way to provide funds for bridge and highway maintenance and repair.
She appears to support bringing South Carolina into the 21st century in other respects, so why not do the same with the gasoline tax?
Harriet Little
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Ralph Kent Cooke, the eldest son of Washington Redskins and Los Angeles Daily News owner Jack Kent Cooke, died yesterday in a Lexington, Ky., hospital. He was 58.
Cooke was executive vice president of Elmendorf Farm Inc., a thoroughbred horse racing and breeding farm in Lexington. He also served as an officer and director of Jack Kent Cooke Inc., Pro Football Inc., Cooke Properties Inc. and Redskin Properties.
Born in Toronto on April 29, 1937, Cooke previously worked in the broadcasting, marketing and advertising fields.