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The League Park Society, a group of baseball fans dedicated to saving and preserving League Park, and the main sponsor of the Cleveland Blues Base Ball Club, will be hosting an event at League Park on Saturday, September 12, 2009.
The event, a series of four vintage base ball matches, is meant to bring attention to 3 major causes.
First and foremost is the preservation of League Park, the original home of the Indians, Spiders and Buckeyes. The park is in disrepair, and there is currently movemnet to renovate it in order to save it.
The Blues and LPS are also trying to bring exposure to reinstate Shoeless Joe Jackson into the Baseball Hall of Fame. At the event, fans will be able to view an exact replica of Joe's original "Black Betsy" baseball bat, and sign a petition to help reinstate the legendary player into the HOF.
Finally, the Cleveland Mounted Police will be on hand for security purposes. The CMP has been the recipient of massive budget cuts over the years, brining thier ranks down to a few officers and half a dozen horses. The Blues will "pass the hat" at the match to try and raise money for food and materials for the horses of CMP at the event.
The matches played will involve all three of Cleveland's vintage base ball clubs. Beginning at noon, Cleveland's newset club, the Whiskey Island Shamrocks, will play a 1/2 exhibition match against various vintage ball players. It's thier first official event and is meant to bring exposure to the club, and help with recruitment of ball players. The Shamrocks will begin play in 2010.
1:00 - 2009 Western Reserve Champion Cleveland Blues BBC v. Pittsburgh Franklins
1:00 - 2009 World Series of Historic Base Ball Reserve Cup Champion Forest City's (of Cleveland) v. Hoover Sweepers
2:30 - Blues v. Sweepers
2:30 - Forest City's v. Franklins.
Be sure to bring lawn chairs for the event. Local celebrities may be on hand, and food will be served at the event!


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Man gets prison for home invasion
December 27, 2013
ESCANABA — An Escanaba man was sentenced Thursday to up to 20 years in prison for stealing from a Ford River Township residence while the homeowners were sleeping in their bed last summer....
I guess I don't understand anything…
Someone said the poor guy was just looking for that meth-lab in Ford River…
I guess he heard that there were job openings at the lab, and wanted to be first to be interviewed.
Isn't that what republicans think is what entitles their businesses to tax breaks, tax abatement, and no-cost loans and the ability to escape paying taxes if they run their money to Ireland?
Evidently, republicans felt the lab should be shuttered because it didn't qualify as a home-grown republican business
in order to qualify for government loans, tax-abatement, and off-hore shelters for stash.
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SECAUCUS, N.J. -- Several retailers in the Northeast have enrolled their associates in safe food-handling classes funded by the New Jersey Department of Labor. More than 4,000 people have completed the class since the first Department of Labor grant was awarded a little more than two years ago, said Keith Wilson, assistant director, Rutgers University, Cook College's Office of Continuing Professional Education. Wegmans Food Markets, Rochester, N.Y.; Food Circus, Middletown, N.J.; King's ...
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Students from Martin Behrman Charter School won the first-place sweepstakes award at a citywide middle-school debate tournament recently, and students from Esperanza, Audubon and Lusher also came away with awards.
Behrman took the sweepstakes award with the highest percentage of victories, winning 75 percent of its total debates. The winning individual team, hailing from Lusher Charter School, included Ezra Remer, Tommy Rick and Miles Ballard. And judges named Michelle Byrnes from Audubon Charter School the top speaker.
More than 100 students from 12 schools gathered to compete, including Lusher, Benjamin Banneker Elementary, Sophie B. Wright Charter, Lafayette Academy, Audubon Charter, Esperanza Charter, Alice Harte Charter, Andrew Wilson Charter, Einstein Charter, Lake Forest Charter, Behrman and Schaumburg Elementary.
Isaac Watson, a Lusher student, won the Aristotle Speaker Award.
"I like that there are so many more teams than when we started two years ago," Watson said. "There is more competition, and that makes it much more challenging."
The program is sponsored by the Tulane Center for Public Service, which has partnered with several schools in the area to coach young debaters.
"There aren't a lot of extracurricular activities in middle schools that are intellectually stimulating and academically challenging," said CPS fellow Michael Maizel. "I think that the expansion of the debate league in the past two years is an indication of how worthwhile and rewarding this program really is."
Throughout the day, students debated for either the "proposition" or "opposition" side of four topics: that uniforms should be required in middle schools, debate should be a core subject, LEAP is an accurate measure of students' knowledge and the bombing of Hiroshima was justified.
During a particularly intense debate on whether debate should be a core class, Shondranell Brown from Esperanza Charter argued, "Debate supplies you with skills that are useful in real life. It expands your vocabulary, encourages teamwork and teaches you to argue in a healthy, more sophisticated way."
Her teammate, Marisa Demasiliere, continued with that line of reasoning, saying, "Debate is especially useful for people who used to get bullied -- it teaches you to use verbal communication, stick up for yourself and to be more assertive."
Two debates will be held by the program in spring. The first will be soon after Mardi Gras at Sophie B. Wright, and the final tournament will again be held at Tulane on April 28.
By Jessie Lingenfelter, contributing writer


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David Perlmutter, director of the University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication, announced to colleagues on Tuesday that he'd be stepping down from his position, effective June 30.
Perlmutter recently accepted the position of Dean of the College of Media & Communication at Texas Tech University. He'll start at Texas Tech on July 1 after he ends his duties at the UI on June 30.
"I believe that the School's momentum will continue, with or without the presence of any one individual," Perlmutter said in an email to J-School faculty and staff.
Perlmutter started his current position as director of the J-School in July 2009. He previously served as a professor in the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Kansas. He regularly writes columns for the Chronicle of Higher Education.
During his time as director, Perlmutter said he was proud of several achievements, including the building of the Moeller Research Lab; establishing the Master of Strategic Communication degree and the Philanthropy and Fundraising Certificate; extending doctoral funding to four years; and hiring new faculty.
An interim director has not yet been announced.
Read The Daily Iowan tomorrow for more information on Perlmutter's resignation and the future of the UI J-School.


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Children's Services
Opened in 1957 by our founders, Claire and Stan Haverkampf, the Marklund Philip Center in Bloomingdale is a licensed Skilled Nursing Facility serving 21 residents (clients) with profound developmental disabilities in a home-like, comfortable environment.
This residential facility is operated 24-hours a day by caring, professional staff members (ratio is 1:5 staff to client). Marklund has a Medical Director who oversees all of the medical care and doctors' orders. Additionally, one Qualified Intellectual Disability Professional (QIDP) is on-staff for resident case management.
The client rooms are situated in a pod-like environment that surrounds the nursing unit. Each bedroom at Marklund is outfitted with a TV/DVD player for the three to four residents to enjoy; each resident has a his or her own dresser and place for personal items. This facility also features a Snoezelen Therapy Room, developmental therapy room, as well as an outdoor park specially equipped for the clients' special needs. Clients take part in a number of therapeutic activities and outings on a regular basis.
The Marklund Philip Center is a cozy, loving, professional environment where our clients thrive. We are proud to have several staff members who have more than 25 years of service and dedication to Marklund, as well as dozens of volunteers who support our staff and clients.


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'Cash mob' hits Port Orchard businesses
He admittedly was uncertain of what to expect.
But, as customers continued to crowd the storefront before Saturday's event at his store, Matt Carter said he could not have been more pleased with the outcome from "Kitsap County Cash Mob" visit to his chocolate shop.
"It was crazy what we did here for two hours," said Carter, adding that revenue was about three times his normal amount on that day.
Debbie Doll, who works with the Kitsap County Cash Mob, said the organization was created by Poulsbo website designer Lisa Jachimowicz, who learned about similar projects elsewhere in the country. Those groups used social media sites, such as Facebook, to organize gatherings that would strike at once, infusing a local business with cash.
Carter said Jachimowicz showed up at his business, posted signs and served as a "hostess" while his staff took orders.
"She's just doing it as a community service," he said.
Doll said members spend an average of $20 at designated businesses before gathering elsewhere for a meal.
"The idea is to fund businesses that are struggling financially," she said.
Doll, a Port Orchard resident who works as a marketing agent at Barry Doll Agency and American Family Insurance, said they want to lend assistance without relying on government.
"I definitely don't believe in government handouts," she said. "People in the community and businesses need to work together."
Cash mobs are patterned after a "flash mob," where people gather briefly to entertain or perform a satirical act. These events, which are publicized through social media, included a Worldwide Pillow Fight Day in 2008.
Unlike flash mobs, Doll said Kitsap County Cash Mob checks with local businesses before they host an event. The organization worked at Carter's Chocolates from 2-6
p.m. They also were at Cosmos Ristorante & Delicatessen.
"It's a good way to boost sales," Doll said. "Hopefully it brought new people that haven't tried it before."
Carter said he noticed Kitsap County Cash Mob through Facebook working in other communities in the area and kept "pushing" for the group to come to Port Orchard.
"I hope it's like that for everyone," Carter said.
Doll said Kitsap County Cash Mob has a similar mentality as the "Shop SK First" program produced by the Port Orchard Chamber of Commerce.
"It all stays in our local community," she said. "If our businesses are thriving, its less of a burden on our community."
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Scuderi: no distraction from absence
For some final Kings-player thoughts on Drew Doughty's absence from training camp, here's Rob Scuderi, known around the locker room for his level-headed analysis of all situations. To clarify on Doughty's situation, he's not being docked $25,000 a day, or any amount, because he's not being paid. The idea of reducing Doughty's salary for every day he doesn't report is something Dean Lombardi publicly kicked around yesterday, but if he decided to do it, it would be reflected in contract offers. Anyway, here are Scuderi's thoughts on the situation and on the start of camp.
Question: Is it a distraction at all, not having Doughty here?
SCUDERI: "Obviously we all realize that he's not around, and it would be nice to have him here, but at this time of the season I think everyone has their own kinks to work out, so no one is really concerned about Drew and his business. It's a part of the game, having to go through the business side of it. Everyone in the locker room has had to do it at one time or another. Maybe not as lengthy, but everyone has had to do it. I don't think it's a real big distraction for anyone."
Question: But he's obviously a big part of the team…
SCUDERI: "If you want to argue for him as the face of the franchise, as far as a player, you're not going to find many arguments, I'm sure, within management or the team. Like I said, we miss him, we wish he was here. I think he misses out on a little bit of the preparation, but it's the business side of it, and sometimes it's a little ugly."
Question: Did you ever have a situation like this?
SCUDERI: "Not me, personally, but I don't think I'm as good as Dewey, so I don't see it being a problem for me now or in the near future. [smiles] Like I said, it is business sometimes. We would love to have him here, but hopefully it works itself out in due time."
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I am 10+ year Direct TV customer. with 3 standard receivers. 2 of the receivers I purchased 10 years ago, and remaining receiver is a 2 year old leased model. I decided to upgrade the leased receiver to an HD model, as I had replaced a standard analog large screen television with a current generation flat screen HD set.
Yesterday the installer came and after installing a new dish, he replaced all my receivers, not just the one I chose to upgrade to HD. He said the new SD receivers were needed to operate off the new dish. Ok so far. After he finished the install, he had to rework some errors, such as installing the wrong LNB for my channel lineup. I was randomly checking channels, and noticed one that was not available that I was receiving before he came and replaced all the receivers and installed a new dish and LNB. He said his work order told him which reflector/LNB combo to use, (which was incorrect) and it was my luck he had the correct LNB on the truck. He finishes his work and I QC his work a second time. All looks good. Then he collects up all the old receivers and takes them to his truck. I told him that 2 of the receivers he took were mine, that I had purchased them 10 years ago, and they were not Direct TV property. He told me that he has orders to take back all receivers, and that If I wanted my receivers back he would have to remove all the new equipment. I said he could have the security card, but I wanted my property back. He refused. I demanded he give me a receipt for what he took, and he refused, saying I would get a receipt in the mail. I did not want to waste more of my day with him reinstalling the old receivers and dish, so I submitted to the "theft" of my receivers. I have written to Direct TV- telling them what I have written here.....and I am still waiting for a reply.
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First, let's get one thing straight: I know absolutely nothing about hunting.
But, I do know a good hunting story when I hear one. And I'm smart enough to know that folks around here like sharing their tales from the great outdoors and listening to the exploits of others.
So, with another hunting season upon us in Michigan, I'm asking our readers to send in their best hunting stories, past and present.
To help wet your appetite and give you an idea of what we're looking for, let me share a quick story I heard this past week from my former neighbor, Mike Thelen.
Back in 1981, Mike's father, Tom Thelen — patriarch of the Thelen Auto Group — was hunting up north between Alger and West Branch when a 4-point whitetail came into view. Tom took aim and fired.
He hit the deer, but as he approached, the deer ran off, leaving behind one keepsake — its tail.
"He shot that deer's tail right off," said Mike Thelen, relaying the story.
Fast-forward two years.
Tom was back hunting when an 8-point deer came into view. Again, he took aim and again he was on target. This time his bullet killed the animal.
As Tom approached, he was surprised by what he saw — a deer with no tail.
"He shot the same deer two years later," said Mike Thelen.
The family ended up mounting the head and rear end of the deer on the wall of their cabin.
This is the type of story we'd like you to share in the comments below or by sending an email to firstname.lastname@example.com. You can also mail in your stories to The Bay City Times, 311 Fifth St., Bay City, MI 48708.
Bay City Times sports reporter Lee Thompson will go through the submissions and your story may be posted on MLive.com.
Here are a couple dos and don'ts:
DO include your name and telephone number when submitting your story.
DON'T begin your story by writing, "There I was, standing face to face with the biggest buck I'd ever seen."
DO include a photo with your story if possible.
DON'T write a 1,000-word story.
DO include details of when and where your story happened.
DON'T lie, but do feel free to embellish your story by making the deer just a little bit bigger or the shot just a little bit further away or the tracking just a tad bit more adventurous. You know, just pretend you're still at deer camp.
I'm really looking forward to reading your stories because, Lord knows, I have no good hunting stories of my own … except that one time I accidentally found myself at the outlet mall on deer widow's weekend.
That's a story for another day.
To all those at or heading to deer camp, good luck and happy hunting!


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Posted: Tuesday 22 November 2011
We still struggle with our jealousy that she?s dating David Gandy, but we chatted to The Saturdays star about babies and David?s best bits...
?On Your Radar is very personal to us because we?ve written half of it. It?s really fun to be all dancey now!?
How excited are you about bandmate?s Una?s pregnancy?
?So excited! We are all like expectant aunts and that baby will be so spoiled. We?ll all want to babysit, but then as soon as she cries we?ll be like, ?there you go, Una, you can have her back!? [laughs]?
Has it made you broody at all?
?If I went home and said, ?I?m feeling a bit broody,? poor David would run a mile! It?s a bit early for all that.?
Speaking of our future boyfriend, what?s your favourite bit of his bod?
?I would definitely say his lips!??
Have you been subtly hinting what you want for Christmas yet?
?Well, he did say the other day, ?We?re not really doing presents, are we?? and I was like, ?Are you joking? Have you met me?? I?m like a five year old, so it?s all about the presents!?
Do you have any weaknesses?
?Chocolate. I have some every night. And pretty much every day.?
What would you like to be, ahem, Notorious for?
?Very smooth! [Laughs]. An astronaut would be cool. I would love to go to the Moon. Just send me up there. And, obviously, bring me back down again, please!?
What gets you All Fired Up?
?Wow, you?re on fire! Tour rehearsals really get me going. Our national arena tour starts on December 2 and I absolutely can?t wait!?
Can we borrow David for a night?
?Of course you can. I?ll be up on the Moon, remember? [Laughs].?


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This is an update on the Emerging Worker Sub-Committee's progress in implementing its strategic plan, that was approved by the State Workforce Investment Board in January, 2002.
Mission and Priorities
The Sub-committee's mission, broader than required under federal legislation, is "to ensure that all New York's youth, under age 21, are better prepared for employment by:
The Sub-committee places a high priority on "at risk youth," including individuals with disabilities and out-of-school youth who are increasingly unable to participate in New York's workforce without skills and support.
Based on extensive discussion and listening (video-conference, survey, workshops with local youth council chairs and stakeholders), the Sub-committee has adopted two priorities to guide its work over the next several years:
Accomplishments and Directions
On November 18, 2002, the Emerging Worker Sub-Committee piloted a Hudson Valley Regional Business Forum. There were 140 participants, including business leaders, broad-based teams from seven local workforce investment areas in the mid-Hudson valley, Commissioner of Labor, and select members of the Emerging Worker Sub-Committee. The forum begins an intensive strategic planning process with the seven teams to further refine strategies to comprehensively serve area youth, in a manner consistent with employer expectations. The forum provides an opportunity to expand and deepen partnerships between workforce, education, business, and community organizations. If this pilot is successful, similar forums will be held across the State to shape programming in each local workforce investment area. The Sub-Committee will provide a full summary of the Forum and recommendations for future work in March.
The Sub-Committee received an overview of directions for serving in each of the two workforce investment areas.


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Buildings May Account for a Billion Bird Deaths Each Year
A new review of 23 studies on bird collisions with buildings has estimated that 365 million to 988 million birds are killed annually in the impacts.
By building type, low-rises account for about 56 percent of the bird deaths, residences for 44 percent and high-rises less than 1 percent.
The researchers found that most sampling has been done during migration in the eastern U.S., creating the need for additional research across seasons and in underrepresented regions.
Building collisions appear to be second only to feral and free-ranging cats as the leading human-caused source of wild bird deaths each year.
Pennsylvanian Shooting in World Cup
Brad Balsley, of Uniontown, Pa., will shoot the Rapid Fire event for the USA Shooting team at the World Cup March28-April 3 at Fort Benning, Ga.
More than 400 competitors from 50 nations are expected to compete in the opening event for the International Shooting Sports Federation season, being held at the home of the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit.
At the last Rifle/Pistol World Cup USA back in May 2013, the U.S. earned two medals. Will Brown, of Twin Falls, Idaho, won a gold medal in Men's 10m Air Pistol, and Dempster Christenson, of Sioux Falls, S.D., took a silver medal in Men's Air Rifle.
Perhaps the most "unique" competitor for the United States will be 2012 Olympian Nick Mowrer, of Butte, Mont.. Mowrer has competed in four World Cups throughout his career...as a member of the Pistol National Team. At this World Cup USA, Mowrer will be the first American competitor to compete in international competition in different disciplines, when he shoots Prone Rifle.
I have used prone smallbore (rifle) as cross training for pistol for years now and I am very excited to have the unique opportunity to represent the USA not only in pistol but rifle as well," Mowrer said. "I shoot multiple events, not only prone, but the reason is just the same. I use other shooting disciplines to be able to compete in more matches and gain more experience that I am able to then use in my pistol shooting. It also keeps shooting fun and exciting."
Build a Fishing Line Recycling Bin
Anglers anticipating the spring bite can make a difference with improving fish habitat this upcoming season by building a fishing line recycling bin with some help from the BoatUS Foundation for Boating Safety and Clean Water.
All of the instructions to build a line recycling bin from affordable and easy-to-work-with plastic PVC pipe are explained in a short video at BoatUS.org/monofilament/build-a-bin.
The line recycling bins are suitable for any location where anglers gather, such as ramps, piers, marinas, docks and popular fishing areas.
Bin builders can get free stickers to affix to the outside that identify and give instructions on how to use the bin, as well as bilingual "no trash" stickers, by sending an email to firstname.lastname@example.com.
"Once the weather warms up, you'll be ready to install the bin and can arrange for clean-outs with help from fishing buddies, clubs, marinas or local agencies," said BoatUS Foundation Vice President Susan Shingledecker.
As the bin fills up, discarded fishing line can often be dropped off at municipal recycling stations, or it can be mailed to the Berkley Conservation Institute where it will be used to make Fish Habs - artificial, underwater habitat structures that attract fish. Discarded line shipping instructions can be found at BoatUS.org/monofilament.
Outdoor Newsletter
Outdoor writer Marcus Schneck also offers a free, weekly, email newsletter covering even more outdoor, nature and travel topics, and providing links to many little known websites as well as contests.
To receive the newsletter, send your email address, name, hometown and phone number to Schneck at email@example.com. If you sent you information previously, you do not need to send it again. You will receive the newsletter soon.
Cover Crops Have More Value Than Previously Thought
Planting cover crops in rotation between cash crops -- widely agreed to be ecologically beneficial -- is even more valuable than previously thought, according to a team of agronomists, entomologists, agroecologists, horticulturists and biogeochemists from Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
"As society places increasing demands on agricultural land beyond food production to include ecosystem services, we needed a new way to evaluate success in agriculture," said Jason Kaye, professor of biogeochemistry. "This research presents a framework for considering a suite of ecosystem services that could be derived from agricultural land, and how cover crops affect that suite of services.
"Cover cropping is one of the most rapidly growing soil and water conservation strategies in the Chesapeake Bay region and one we are really counting on for future improvements in water quality in the bay. Our analysis shows how the effort to improve water quality with cover crops will affect other ecosystem services that we expect from agricultural land."
The research, published in the March issue of Agricultural Systems, quantified the benefits offered by cover crops across more than 10 ecosystem services, including increased carbon and nitrogen in soils, erosion prevention, more mycorrhizal colonization, and weed suppression.
Lead researcher Meagan Schipanski explained that commonly used measurements of ecosystem services can be misleading due to the episodic nature of some services and the time sensitivity of management windows.
"For example, nutrient-retention benefits occur primarily during cover crop growth, weed-suppression benefits occur during cash-crop growth through a cover crop legacy effect, and soil-carbon benefits accrue slowly over decades," she said.
"By integrating a suite of ecosystem services into a unified analytical framework, we highlighted the potential for cover crops to influence a wide array of ecosystem services.
"We estimated that cover crops increased eight of 11 ecosystem services."


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Freshmen help UCLA, Michigan
The play of Michigan and UCLA freshmen Steve Breaston and Maurice Drew is leading their teams.
Originally Published: October 27, 2003By Mel Kiper Jr. | Special to ESPN Insider
With the spectacular individual effort by Kansas City Chiefs kick returner Dante Hall this season, more attention than ever is being given to punt and kickoff situations.
A similar situation is brewing at the collegiate level with Michigan's brilliant redshirt freshman, Steve Breaston. Like Hall, he's a dual threat at wide receiver and in the return game. He scares the daylights out of opponents whenever he tracks a punt.
Against Illinois on Oct. 18, Breaston took a reverse 30 yards for a TD. Through nine games, he's also hauled in 24 receptions for a 12.8-yard average and three TDs.
Getty ImagesSteve Breaston is finally healthy and able to be a factor.
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|Does Faith Matter in Jurisprudence?
|Written by Michael Fones
|Thursday, 01 July 2010 16:04
Justice John Paul Stevens announced in April his upcoming retirement from the U.S. Supreme Court, prompting waves of speculation on whether the departure of the Court's only Protestant—six remaining justices are Catholic and two are Jewish—will matter. Elena Kagan, who has been nominated by President Obama to the open seat, identifies with Conservative Judaism, and has garnered at least some bipartisan support. Christianity Today posted an interesting series of comments on the issue of a Protestant-free Supreme Court. The responses given by a variety of what I presume are Catholic and Protestant (or possibly unchurched) members of academia speak, perhaps unconsciously, to the state of religion in public discourse.
For the most part the respondents thought, as far as I could tell, that it would not make any difference whether there were Protestants on the land's highest court or not, although Dr. Noll indicates that it matters that this could be the situation by the end of the month. He doesn't elaborate why he thinks it matters, although it could simply be a lack of diversity. Here are a few of their comments.
Mark Noll, professor of history, University of Notre Dame
"Who we are affects how we view things. In a small group like the Supreme Court, all of a person's identity features will affect how that small group of people makes decisions. But it's not clear if religion will be a principal motivating force in someone's time on the Court. Data from the lower court level suggests identity as a member of the religious right can affect decision-making on a fairly narrow subset of issues—capital punishment, gender discrimination, and obscenity. But the Supreme Court is small, and ideology and judicial philosophy play a very big role in guiding decision-making."
Stacey Hunter Hecht, professor of political science, Bethel University
"It's far less significant or important that there be a Protestant on the Court or a Catholic or something else, just by the identity of their ecclesiastical connections. I also think it's not very important there be someone on the court who is old, young, black, white, bald or not. It comes down to judicial philosophy, and at that point the question will be how well-formed and how critically thoughtful will a justice be in dealing with the responsibility they have."
James Skillen, senior fellow, Center for Public Justice
"The category of Protestant is so large that it's really not a meaningful barometer of judicial philosophy, just as the word Catholic is so large that it's not a barometer. Judicial philosophy is what's most significant. It's much more helpful to know whether a candidate for the Supreme Court believes the Constitution should be interpreted as it was written, or whether new meaning can be ascribed to the existing Constitution."
Tom Minnery, senior vice president, CitizenLink (formerly Focus on the Family Action)
What I find disturbing is that essentially what's being said is 'the faith of the judge is less important than his or her judicial principles'. But what forms those principles, if not faith? Politics? Legal theory? Philosophy? Personality? It's significant that, for example, 'judicial philosophy' seems to trump faith for Mr. Minnery, who is associated with the conservative Christian website CitizenLink. It seems our American society - even Christians within it - presumes that faith has no real impact in the way people - including judges - attend to their secular professions. In other words, we've internalized the so-called 'separation of Church and state' to such a degree that faith truly has no real role in the day-to-day lives of Americans. This is quite different from the perspective of the Catholic Church. For example, Pope Paul VI, wrote
"While recognizing the autonomy of the reality of politics, Christians who are invited to take up political activity should try to make their choices consistent with the gospel and, in the framework of a legitimate plurality, to give both personal and collective witness to the seriousness of their faith by effective and disinterested service of men."
Pope Paul VI, A Call to Action, 46
Recently, Pope Benedict wrote about the responsibility of the baptized in working to promote the common good and the correct ordering of society:
Deus Caritas Est, 29
I would welcome comments, particularly from people with a deeper understanding of our jurisprudence system.


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Boston Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts is one of the best young players in baseball and enters the 2014 season with a starting job to lose. He paid his dues last season and got valuable at-bats in the playoffs, earning experience and showcasing his abilities on a grand stage for the World Series champions.
In fantasy baseball leagues, Bogaerts is a poorly kept secret as a player who should qualify at both shortstop and third base. His offensive game is still developing, but he has key intangibles — patience, maturity, polish — to think he can make a big splash in 2014. Is Bogaerts worth the asking price in fantasy drafts?
Overview: Talented and mature rookie set to become starting shortstop for World Series champion Red Sox.
Background: Signed with Boston as a 17-year-old amateur free agent from Aruba in 2009. … still just 21 years old, projects as a shortstop over the long term with a 6-3, 185-pound that should fill out as he matures. … has steadily risen the prospect ladder since beginning his minor league career, rising from Baseball America's No. 58 prospect in 2012 to No. 8 prior to last season. … has consistently hit in four minor league seasons while earning praise for his maturity and poise. … became a key cog in the Red Sox' run to the World Series, shifting from shortstop to third base and hitting .296 in the postseason.
2013 stats: .250 avg., 1 HR, 5 RBI, 7 runs, 1 SB in 18 games.
Numbers and trends: While hitting just .130 in spring training (3 for 23), he's doing fine and has five walks to five strikeouts. … hit at least 15 home runs in each of his last four minor league seasons … blew teammates away with his poise in the World Series, when he went 5 for 21 with a triple and two RBIs in six games. … is an average runner who was just 17-for-33 in stolen base attempts in the minors. … played sparingly in the regular season for Boston, but held his own with a .250 average in 18 games.
Strengths: Has an advanced approach at the plate that should make for a smooth transition to a full-time starter. … he walks, sees pitches and makes hard, consistent contact. … adjusted to each stop of his minor league career as he steadily advanced from rookie leagues in 2010 to the majors last season. … is consistently praised for his poise and maturity, which should be key in his rookie season. … has real skill at the plate and enough power to hit at least 15 homers with a competitive average as a rookie. … will have eligibility at shortstop and third base in most standard fantasy leagues.
Risk factors: Is still a great unknown, even as a hot prospect who has all the skills and intangibles. … rookies tend to fall short of the hype more often than not, which is the ultimate variable in assessing his value for 2014. … still hasn't fully matured, which could keep his power in check this season. … won't steal many bases and won't likely put up a big home run total, putting an added emphasis on his run production. ... might not have a long leash if he struggles out of the gate.
Average draft position: 164.7 ESPN; 180.6 Yahoo!
Verdict: Proven or unproven, Bogaerts is widely recognized as the kind of special talent who can transcend typical rookie trends. Even with all the hype, he still looks undervalued as a qualifier two of the most offensively-challenged positions in fantasy baseball.


text: Handicapped parking New Disabled Parking Rules For 2014 By Mike Moen • Dec 19, 2013 Sec. of State Illinois wants to crack down on those who abuse the handicapped parking system. A new state law that takes effect January 1st creates tougher requirements for free parking in spots that have meters. No Excuse For Parking Abuse: Not Even Black Friday! By Susan Stephens • Nov 23, 2012 The shopping malls are packed already this morning: Black Friday has been underway for hours. Temperatures are short and patience is thin, so be careful where you park.


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Debbie Curtis claims Jimmy Savile once tried to rape her. Channel 4 News obtains an audio recording of the two of them from 1986 and talks to her about it.
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Debbie Curtis says that Savile sexually assaulted her at a room in the nurses' quarters at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in the late 1980s.
Ms Curtis was a 22-year-old at the time (pictured right) and claims Savile invited her for a coffee during a visit to spinal patients.
He then allegedly groped her and blocked the door to the room and she was forced to knee him in the groin to escape. Savile had told her "just think of me as good old uncle Jim".
In the bizarre radio interview above, Savile declares: "Meow, meow, I'm a stray cat, I have no home to go, you don't look very sorry for me" and then adds "haven't I seen your face before on a record label...let me put a name to the face, it's difficult to put a name to the face because of the legs."
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Savile then plays the song You're the First, the Last, My Everything by Barry White before asking an audibly nervous Debbie Curtis "Is that a good chat line, Mrs stray cat Debbie?".
In an interview with Channel 4 News, she said: "There's a difference between right and wrong, and in his case wrong.
She said she told people about her assault but there was an attitude of brushing it under the carpet.
She said: "There was an attitude of because he was Jimmy Savile, how the hell are you going to confront someone like that? Everyone looked up to him and from a child's point of view he was what dreams are made of and from an adult's point of view he was a vary good employee."
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Preventing web browsers from doing what attackers tell them to
Security Headers
Kurt explains how using security headers can provide extra protection from malicious content and web attacks.
If you remember when web apps were simple and hosted on a single site, you are by definition old; however, you probably also know that when apps are networked, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
For example, suppose you have two separate web apps, such as your retirement fund web site and a mortgage calculation web site, that are useful apps on their own. However, if you link these apps together, allowing users to specify their income and how much they currently pay for rent/mortgage and then calculate what kind of mortgage they can afford, then the whole thing is much more useful because they can figure out whether it's better to put money into their retirement fund or their mortgage payments and test various financial scenarios. You could also tie these into additional applications and sites, like your mutual funds, your tax calculations, and so on for even more functionality.
Of course, all this functionality comes at a cost: complexity. And, this added complexity gives attackers more avenues of approach. For example, an attacker could embed a copy of your bank's website using an
iframe within a hostile site that they control. This hostile site could have JavaScript that records all your key presses, so when you log in to your bank site, the password is sent to the attacker. Within an application, an attacker also can exploit cross-site scripting (XSS) to embed malicious JavaScript or content into a page to redirect the form data when you hit Submit. So, what's the solution? Layering more security (and complexity) onto the whole mess, of course!
Strict-Transport-Security is one of the simplest and most effective of the new security headers. HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) allows you to specify that a domain (and optional subdomains) should only be served over HTTPS instead of HTTP. The idea is that when a user accesses your website from a safe location the first time (e.g., they register from home), you send them an HSTS header saying "user HTTPS for at least the next year." Then, when the user accesses your site from a coffee shop, for example, their browser only allows access to it via HTTPS, preventing man-in-the-middle attacks. In Apache, you can add the following header to serve HSTS headers for this site and all subdomains that are valid for 180 days:
Header set Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=15552000; includeSubDomains"
HSTS headers should only be served over HTTPS; so, to get people from your HTTP site to your HTTPS site, I recommend using a redirect. Alternatively, you can get whitelisted in some browsers (well, in Google Chrome [1]), which is ideal because then clients will always be protected.
To prevent framing by hostile sites, you can specify which sites are allowed to put your content within an
iframe. The problem is that this action is handled on the client side, and not all browsers support
X-Frame-Options or all the capabilities they provide [2].
X-Frame-Options has three settings:
Deny, which means no framing is allowed at all;
Allow-From, which lets you list specific sites and URLs that can embed the page in an
iframe; and
SAMEORIGIN, which allows anything from the same origin (basically the same domain) to embed it within an
SAMEORIGIN makes it easy to protect the content but still allow embedding by other pages on your site. This occurs at the risk that a page that doesn't need to embed the content has an XSS vulnerability that can be tricked into doing so. The XSS can then be used to inject JavaScript that copies the keystrokes, for example. If possible, you should use
Deny for any content that should never be embedded and use
Allow-From specifically to allow resources to be embedded as needed.
Access-Control-* Headers
With the modern tendency to combine web applications across multiple domains and organizations, you need to allow a web page on site A to trigger a request to site B (e.g., for an image or form). Traditionally, this behavior has led to a lot of security problems. For example, attackers can get users to visit a hostile site or load hostile content (e.g., by serving it over an ad network) and then trigger their web browser to load elements from another site, such as their bank, or their email service. Here, however, you run into a chicken-and-egg problem.
If you visit site A, and it tells you to load a resource from site B, how does your web browser know whether this action is allowed? Even if site B has a security policy with data served via HTTP headers that will let you know whether your browser is allowed to make the request, how do you know whether you are supposed to do so? The solution is that your web browser makes a "preflight" request, using the
OPTIONS request method (as opposed to
TRACE, and so on) for the resource, at which time site B's security policy is served via HTTP headers. Your web browser then processes these headers and decides whether or not it is allowed to make the request.
A large number of
Access-Control-* headers [3] are available that you can send (Table 1). Basically, you can control which URLs are allowed to make requests, how the request can be made, whether the client can send credentials when making the request, which headers the client can use, and more.
Table 1
Various Access-Control-* Options
Access-Control-* Header
URI that may access this resource (e.g.,
Headers the browser is allowed to access
How long it can be cached by the browser
Whether or not credentials can be used in the request
Methods allowed to be used by the browser (e.g., GET, POST, etc.)
Which headers can be used when making the request
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MARQUETTE - A USA Hockey Tier III Junior hockey team is reported to be coming to Marquette this coming season.
According to the Minnesota Junior Hockey League website, the Marquette Royales will be coming to Lakeview Arena for the 2013-14 season.
The Royales of head coach and Marquette product Mike Stanaway will be one of eight members of the Great Lakes Division within the 16-team MnJHL.
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Top: The logo for the new Marquette Royales junior hockey team.
Bottom: The logo for the Minnesota Junior Hockey League, a USA Hockey Tier III league.
The other divisional teams are the Central Wisconsin Saints (Stevens Point, Wis.); Fort Wayne (Ind.) Federals; Illiana Blackbirds of Dyer, Ind.; St. Louis Frontenacs; Tri-City Blackhawks of downstate Bay City; Wisconsin Rampage of Pleasant Prairie, Wis.; and the Wooster (Ohio) Oilers.
"We couldn't be happier to add Marquette as an official league member," MnJHL vice president Cal Ballard said in a news release.
"Expanding our footprint into Michigan's Upper Peninsula is an exciting move for the league and we couldn't be more proud to see this come together."
Stanaway could not be reached for comment Tuesday.
He said, however, in the MnJHL news release "Marquette is home to me. This town loves this game and we're confident we will give them something to be proud of."
Stanaway added in an interview on juniorhockey.com: "We have two goals here in Marquette. The first is to help players advance to prominent NCAA Div. III schools. The other is to compete for league and national championships."
The Royales will consist of players with birth years between 1993-95.
The team has been sanctioned by USA Hockey, according to the MnJHL, after originally committing to play in the Midwest Junior Hockey League.
Stanaway is a former Finlandia University hockey player who spent the last two seasons coaching on the West Coast.
The first was with the New Mexico Renegades and the second with the Southern Oregon Spartans.
With the Spartans last season, Stanaway went 40-9 during the regular season and took his team to the Tier III USA Hockey national tournament, according to the MnJHL.
The last junior-level hockey team to occupy Lakeview Arena - former home of Northern Michigan University's NCAA Div. I hockey program - was the Marquette Rangers, who played four seasons from 2006-2010 in the Tier II NAHL before moving to Flint and bring renamed the Michigan Warriors.
Craig Remsburg can be reached at 906-228-2500, ext. 251.


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11 Most Endangered Historic Places
Over-the-Rhine Neighborhood
Year Listed: 2006
Location: Ohio
Threat: Public Policy, Deterioration, Neglect
The dense, compact urban environment known as Over-the-Rhine is just north of Cincinnati's central business district. Starting around 1830, a large number of German immigrants settled in an area to the north and east of the Miami and Erie Canal where land was readily available and affordable for working-class families. The Canal came to be referred to euphemistically as the "Rhine," and the area on the other side, "Over-the-Rhine." The architecture in the area reflects the diverse styles of the time -- simple vernacular, muted Greek Revival, Italianate and Queen Anne. The buildings range from row houses to mixed commercial/residential structures and free-standing commercial, industrial and institutional structures including churches, a music hall, beer gardens and breweries. The district's Findlay Market is the only historic public market building still open in the city. The distinctive mid-to-late-19th-century urban architecture in Over-the-Rhine is in danger due to a combination of inadequate planning, low levels of home ownership and a reduced business presence because of rampant crime, reluctance of investors to commit to renewal and renovation, and an increasing pattern of demolition as authorities seek to address public safety concerns.


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Saturday, July 25, 2009
Believe in Material [Poster]
The image comes from a free image bank of an underground community. I translated it into English.
Use and share it!
3 comments:
- 1Humano said...
Cool, but isn't that the symbol for 'Handle with Care" you see on the side of boxes?
- July 25, 2009 at 10:25 PM
- BlindW@cher said...
It's designed in a Muslim country and the hands depict the prayer gesture of Muslims.
- July 25, 2009 at 11:29 PM
- Ateizam said...
Hehe, I have it on my desktop (-:
- August 11, 2009 at 6:43 AM
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Here are the top stories from Monday, April 21:
'The moment they found out I was trans': Delta College student shares her story
Cristy Valeur, a student at Delta College, is a transgender woman.
She said she came out to herself as a female at a very young age.
"I was 6 years old when my second sister was born," Valeur said. "I remember my mother telling me why I couldn't be a mommy when I grew up. And it broke my heart. I remember crying myself to sleep."
Vassar pilot killed in Shiawassee County plane crash started flying at young age, retired from U.S. Air Force
Richard Kenneth Hayward and Mark James Kozan, 49, of Caro, were flying Hayward's single-engine plane when it went down about 2:15 p.m. near the intersection of M-13 and Cronk Road, the Shiawassee County Sheriff's Department reports.
Authorities have not confirmed who was piloting the plane at the time of the crash.
Police pull man and his cat from burning apartment in Saginaw Township
Police in Saginaw Township arrived just before firefighters at the scene of a burning apartment. When they saw heavy smoke coming from the unit, they smashed through a sliding glass door and pulled a 62-year-old man and his cat to safety.
The fire happened just before 11 p.m. on Easter Sunday, April 20, at a unit in Lakeside Village Apartments, 4395 W. Lakeside Drive.
Gift of Life Michigan sues Saginaw County medical examiner over handling of 6-year-old Elijah Dillard's organs
The Gift of Life Michigan and Organ Procurement Agency has filed a lawsuit against Saginaw County and its medical examiner over the handling of the autopsy and organs of 6-year-old Elijah Dillard.
In a complaint filed March 18 in Saginaw County Circuit Court, Ann Arbor attorney Thomas Bourque claims Medical Examiner Kanu Virani violated state law that required him to perform an autopsy on Elijah "in a timely manner" that permitted his organs, tissues and eyes to remain viable for transplant.


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10 Eco-Friendly Crafts for Earth Day
Commemorate Earth Day on April 22 by creating some environmentally-friendly crafts that celebrate Mother Nature. They're all made out of recycled materials you can find at home or in nature, making them the perfect activity to teach your little nature-lover about Planet Earth.
Terrific Twig Vase
Help your child collect some twigs in your backyard, and then get to work creating this cute vase. The best part? It doesn't even require glue, making it an easy and mess-free project.
Fork Flower
Who knew a fork and some yarn could make such a cute flower? This activity is easy enough for little hands, and only requires four materials.
Nature Bracelet
Help your child create a one-of-a-kind bracelet by wrapping a piece of masking tape around his wrist and having him collect and stick colorful leaves, flowers, and other natural objects to it.
Wind Sock
Crepe paper and a leftover oatmeal container are all you need to make this colorful windsock. When you're done, hang it outside a prominent window so your child can watch his masterpiece blowing in the wind.
Eggshell Mosaics
Paint leftover eggshells and crush them up to create a spring-inspired picture that makes a great decoration for your fridge.
Newspaper Leaf Prints
Leaf prints are a great way to learn about different types of trees, and your child will have a blast collecting all the different shapes and sizes found in your yard.
Rock Necklaces
Your child will love creating and showing off her handmade jewelry. All she needs is some string, colorful rocks, and beads!
Wiggle Worm
Painted paper towel rolls and egg cartons make an adorable worm that doubles as a homemade toy.
Potpourri Pinecones
Cinnamon, nutmeg, and other spices make these pinecones smell good enough to eat. Add a little glitter for an extra special look.
Painted Nature Pictures
Take a walk with your child and collect some twigs, feathers, leaves and anything else you can find. When you're done, paint what you've found and use your colorful objects to create a scenic landscape.


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By Tim Nesbitt
Next week's special session of the Legislature can produce far more than additional revenue for schools in this biennium and pension savings in future budgets. Impressive as they are, those are just the short-term benefits of the deal that Gov. John Kitzhaber has engineered. Its greater impact arises from the space it creates to avert a civil war between business and labor that would have set back the project of overhauling our tax code and rebuilding our education system in the remainder of this decade.
The past two decades taught us that shortsighted, tax-cutting politics can turn a growing economy into a fiscal failure -- and that chronic fiscal crises can beget a dysfunctional political cycle of backward-looking grievance and lost opportunity. A successful special session can break this cycle; a failure may well perpetuate it.
It's worth remembering that Oregon's economy boomed in the 1990s, while the state and local governments reeled from one fiscal crisis to another. Tax-cutting ballot measures diverted what would have been healthy revenue dividends for schools and the state budget to taxpayers generally and to business property owners and corporations disproportionately. Oregon's public sector unions led the campaigns against these measures, which motivated anti-government forces to attempt to negate the right of unions to use their resources in the political arena.
By the end of the 1990s, Bill Sizemore had built a business on sponsoring ballot initiatives that forced the unions to divert their resources into one defensive campaign after another. But the tide turned when the unions' fight-back campaigns developed to the point that they could keep Sizemore off the ballot, tie him up in court and take back the initiative process. Since 2000, there has been only one (unsuccessful) threat to union rights on the ballot, and public unions were able to lead new campaigns that rebalanced the tax ledger with higher taxes on corporations and the wealthy.
It would be a mistake to view the politics of the past two decades as a battle between business and labor. Rather it was a battle between certain right-wing, privately owned businesses and wealthy individuals in Oregon on the one hand and the labor movement and its progressive allies on the other. But once the unions helped shape and then defend the tax increases contained in Measures 66 and 67 in 2010, the larger business community reacted badly. Many business leaders continue to feel that they were unfairly singled out by the unions' tax measures. For their part, the unions felt that they were simply taking an opportunity to restore a little fairness to our tax system.
One would hope that these experiences would have set the stage for a détente in Oregon between a union movement now dominated by resurgent public unions and a business community that devotes much of its annual summit meetings to promoting education, health care and even criminal justice reform. Yes, PERS reform has become contentious, but it is not as partisan as it once was, and it is certainly not an existential issue for the unions.
Now, as potential ballot initiatives stack up for 2014, it appears that another fringe element of the business community is gearing up to challenge the rights of public unions to collect fees from the workers they represent, while the public unions are sharpening their initiatives for another round of redistributive tax justice for the business community. This portends a new version of the dysfunctional politics of the past two decades -- an existential contest over union rights, an attempt to rebalance the budget on a volatile corporate tax base and the likelihood of exhausting fights to a draw on both issues.
We can be better than this, especially when there is a growing consensus on the right and the left about the importance of public education for both individual opportunity and societal progress.
Now that the special session is coming to fruition, a deal between Democrats and Republicans on taxes and spending is exactly what we need to get business and labor to stand down on another ballot measure shootout. A successful special session can set the stage for a new commitment to strengthen our economic recovery, stabilize and improve our tax system, and create a world-class education system for our people. That would be the biggest deal of all.
Tim Nesbitt writes on public affairs, has served as an adviser to Govs. Ted Kulongoski and John Kitzhaber, and is past president of the Oregon AFL-CIO. He writes an opinion column for The Oregonian on Tuesdays.


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Loved this line from a piece by my colleague Rick Haglund, who was writing about Bob Bowman, who considered running for governor for all of one week:
"Bowman said there were "many reasons" why he couldn't commit to running for governor this year. Could they have included Michigan having a worst-in-the-nation 14.6 percent jobless rate, a looming $1.5 billion budget deficit and a state Legislature that's as dysfunctional as Ozzy Osbourne's family?"
Nah. I'm sure none of those things had anything to do with it. Ahem.
It'll take a true optimist - or a fool - to run for governor this year. I wish all those intrepid enough to try good luck and God speed.


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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called Wednesday for a diplomatic solution to the conflict in Syria and asked that more time be given to the U.N. inspectors examining the alleged use of chemical weapons by the Assad regime.
"Give peace a chance, give diplomacy a chance," the U.N. secretary-general said in The Hague, where he attended a ceremony marking the centennial of the Peace Palace.
The military option is not the way to go in Syria, Ban said.
Syria, meanwhile, said it presented evidence to the U.N. Security Council that links rebel forces to the chemical attack on the outskirts of Damascus last week.
"We have given the United Nations all of the evidence and documents that show it was the opposition, not the state, that used chemical weapons," Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal al-Miqdad said after speaking with U.N. officials.
A U.N. team is in Syria to determine whether chemical weapons were used in the rebel-controlled Ghouta area outside Damascus, where the opposition alleges the Assad regime staged a chemical attack that killed more than 1,000 people last Wednesday.
More than 92,000 people died in Syria's internal conflict between March 2011 and April 2013, according to a report released in June by the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. EFE


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13 posts tagged with newyork by netbros.
Displaying 1 through 13 of 13.
The Urban Ballerina
Ballerina Project — Nine years ago, young photographer Dane Shitagi walked up New York City's Broadway towards the highly patronized and well known STEPS dance studios in search of a ballet dancer who could help him begin his project: to capture images of ballerinas in urban environments. Those images first started appearing on Blogspot, but have since migrated to Facebook. [via]
Your Guide To Living Out The Don Draper Dream
One of the best parts of watching Mad Men is the perfectly recreated world of 1960s New York. Who doesn't wish they could simply step into their tvs for a moment and experience the romance of sipping a cocktail in an elegant 60s bar? Guest of a Guest put together a list of Mad Men inspired locales, consisting of places that have been around since the 1960s as well as their modern counterparts. Here's everything you need to know to dress, drink, eat, and live like a character out of Mad Men.
Safe Bike Routes Made Easy
Ride the City maps the best or safest urban bicycle route from point A to B. Presently featuring multi-lingual maps from New York, Chicago, Austin, Louisville, San Diego, and Seattle. Their blog posts updates about new cities added to the grid, or other topics relating to urban bicycling.
More Web Magazines
The New York Review of Ideas is a web magazine reporting about New York commerce, literature and politics. The Manzine is actually £2 for the print version, but some of the its best is also online.
Discover, Explore and Document
NYC Grid is a photo blog dedicated to exploring and discovering The City of New York block by block and corner by corner. Updated every weekday, each post covers a new block with a focus on the mundane and ephemeral. An optimistic snapshot of New York as it is now. [more inside]
400 Years Ago
Have you ever wondered what New York was like before it was a city? Find out at The Mannahatta Project, by navigating through the map to discover Manhattan Island and its native wildlife in 1609. [more inside]
Making Policy Public
Urban Omnibus is an online project of the Architectural League that explores the relationship between design and New York City's physical environment. They are featuring Making Policy Public, a program of The Center for Urban Pedagogy, through their articles about Vendor Power and Predatory Equity. [more inside]
Subway Time Maps
Triptrop NYC: Subway Time Maps — Plug in an address in New York City, and Triptrop generates a super slick looking map of how long it takes to get anywhere on the subway. And maybe you're moving? Then plug not one but two addresses into the comparison version and see which one gets you where you want to go. [via mefi projects]
MoMA Redux
The Museum of Modern Art began working in late 2007 to renovate its Web site substantially for the first time since 2002. It knew that it wouldn't be just updating a few pieces — it would be entering a whole new era. Earlier this month, the new site launched, and is an almost complete reconstruction of how the museum presents itself online. It features livelier images from its collection and exhibitions, increased use of video and the new interactive calendars and maps.
Open Platform
Somewhat quietly within the past couple weeks, two major newspapers, on each side of the Atlantic, have opened up their data and content APIs. Last month, on their Open blog, the New York Times introduced their Developer Network. Then just yesterday, on their DataBlog and OpenPlatformBlog, the Guardian launched Open Platform. [more inside]
Someone's Mama Made This
In Mamas Kitchen was born in the experience of living in New York where a bodega exists within blocks of a Jewish deli which is around the corner from an Italian salumeria which shares space with Chinatown which abuts Soho's gourmet stores. While this speaks of the legendary variety available in New York, it also tells of similarity, for in every bodega, every salumeria is someone shopping for the food that sustains physical life with a recipe that nourishes our hearts.
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Signs that point to both a tenuously emerging future, as well as the dusty fingerprints of the neglected past. Brooklyn Signs.
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It's rare for a predatory form of low-stakes gambling that feeds primarily off of the nation's poorest citizens who can least afford to play, and who are often willfully ignorant of the disastrous odds stacked against them as they pursue the American dream of fabulous, transformational wealth with little to no effort, to be so damn cute.
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I do like the idea of the lottery as being a form of philanthropy. "Oh, if I could only win the jackpot then I could finally open that charitable cigarette butt recycling facility I've always talked about, where they would take the last little bits from every butt and reconstitute them into new, whole cigarettes, which I would sell at no profit, like Paul Newman with his salad dressing. Living the dream. What's that? No, that will be all thanks, just the thirty tickets, this bottle of bleach, and pack of Newport Ultra-lights." I also like that there is finally an ad that directly targets the millionaire-widows-who-leave-their-fortune-to-their-cats and says "Hey, don't be selfish. You can squander all your money helping unappreciative animals right now, while you're still alive." Besides, what's the point of even doing that if you're not alive to see the disbelieving looks of betrayal and revulsion on your loved but not loved enough one's faces?


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Police said Tuesday that 16-year-old Nazir Williams is charged as an adult in the death of 15-year-old Deontae Smith. Two others were also stabbed.
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North Kitsap High School athletic medicine students competed in the Washington state Sports Medicine Competition on April 29 and 30. The team placed second overall; six varsity students placed individually.
Sports medicine students from North Kitsap High School placed second at the Washington State Sports Medicine Competition, April 29 and 30 in Spokane.
Of the field of 500 competitors, six NK students placed as individuals. The North Kitsap team was also named Washington State Sports Medicine Academic State Champions, with a cumulative GPA of 3.78.
Students took two, 100-question written tests. An oral test was included if they were on the varsity team. Questions included topics on injuries, anatomy, physiology and medical terminology.
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BIG RAPIDS, MI -- Gary Granger has been selected as the new chairman of Ferris State University's Board of Trustees.
The board voted to appoint Granger to a two-year term as chair at its annual meeting late last month. Granger was first appointed to Ferris' board in 2001 by former Gov. John Engler.
"There has been such good leadership ahead of me in so many areas," Granger said in a statement. "That makes it much easier for me to jump right in. I'm looking forward to helping continue all the fine work that has been done so far."
Granger replaces Ronald Snead, of Greenville, as chair. His appointment becomes effective on Jan. 1, 2013.
"I've worked with nine of the 18 presidents at Ferris. I was even on the search committee that hired President (Robert) Ewigleben," Snead said in a statement. "I've worked to support the university since 1969, and it has always been a goal of mine to serve on this board. As we move forward, I believe Ferris is well positioned to be one of the leaders in higher education in this country."
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The Residential Life Department at Westfield State College will offer its 23rd annual Haunted House and Fun Stop for area families from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 29, at Juniper Park Elementary School, 715 Western Ave., at the west end of the college campus. A $2 admission to both events will benefit the Discover Westfield Children's Museum.
The Haunted House in the school cafeteria will be "haunted" by the Residential Life staff. As in previous years, the staff accommodates the ages and interests of area children by offering a "scary" or "not so scary" experience. This year, there will be a 50-cent re-entry fee for second trips.
The Fun Stop in the gymnasium offers refreshments and games. Students from the First Year Experience program, which matches students with community service projects, will staff the Fun Stop.
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Unresolvable Dependences
I have just done a fresh install of 64studio. I'm a KDE person so I installed kdebase. I tried to install adept as my package manager and I can't. I am told that adept depends on other packages which in turn have "unresolvable dependencies". When I track this through it seems that libapt-pkg-libc6.3-6-3.11 is the package that can't be installed. The thing that I don't get yet is that, when I was running Debian Etch this wasn't a problem, and I still have deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ etch main contrib non-free enabled in my /etc/apt/sources.list file. If that was enough to satisfy the dependencies before, why won't it do it now?
http://packages.debian.org/en/etch/libapt-pkg-libc6.3-6-3.11 Maybe you need to use apt from the Etch repository. There's also one in the repository for 64 Studio that might be the wrong version. Disable all repositories, but Etch and reinstall apt.
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>I don't know adept. Is there the need to have it? >Cheers, > Ralf >By Icemouse at 06/06/2008 - 11:19 No It's not absolutely necessary. I just prefer it as I've got good with it. >Maybe you need to use apt from the Etch repository. There's also one in the repository for >64 Studio that might be the wrong version. >Disable all repositories, but Etch and reinstall apt. > By Icemouse at 06/06/2008 - 12:00 I think there will be a reason that 64studio have gone to the trouble of replacing Debian's apt with one of their own. I imagine that if installing apt & adept from Debian worked it would break dependencies in 64studio. Regards, Rob
Virtual package
The package seems to be in /usr/lib/, provided by the package apt, but I'm also not able to install adept to my 64 Studio 64bit upgraded to Lenny. I don't know adept. Is there the need to have it? Try to search the net for virtual packages, resp. check out how to use update-alternatives. Sorry, I have no experiences with Debian, so I can't help, but there seems to be the need to use a command like update-alternatives. Cheers, Ralf
That's it...
I forward this thread to Free... Cheers,
To keep some of the audio packages fresh, Free had to do some backports. Please enable the 64studo etch-backports repository as well.
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I already have this line in /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://apt.64studio.com/backports etch-backports main Is that what you mean and have I got the syntax right?


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IRONDALE, Alabama – An Irondale firefighter who collapsed while battling a house fire May 31 was released from the hospital today.
Irondale Fire Capt. Brad Doss said the firefighter, whose name the family requested not be released, was discharged from Trinity Medical Center. He will remain off duty for several more weeks while his doctors complete further testing. "We are being told that he is expected to make a full recovery and could possibly return to work soon,'' Doss said.
The fire broke out that Saturday morning inside a house at 5th Avenue South and 18th Street. Firefighters had put out the main body of the fire and were scanning the house for any other flare-ups when the man collapsed.
Firefighters on the scene started CPR and advanced life support, then took him to Trinity Medical Center. He was in critical condition for about a week before he was upgraded to stable, and then released.
"We are extremely proud of our firefighters, Northstar Ambulance Service, and the nurses and doctors of Trinity Medical Center for the care and professionalism that each have shown during this moment of crisis,'' Doss said. "To the public - especially the citizens and businesses of the City of Irondale - the Irondale Fire Department would like to express sincere appreciation and gratitude for the outpouring of support we received during this recent event. We, as a department, were truly humbled by the tokens of concern and appreciation that each of you have shown us during the past 12 days. For this, we say a heartfelt thank you."


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A 40-year-old Staten Island man was charged with DWI and leaving the scene of an accident night after crashing into a fence in Bayonne on Saturday, authorities said.
Jose Morales, who allegedly struck a fence in Bayonne near Fifth Street, registered a blood alcohol content of .245 -- or three times the legal limit -- when a Port Authority police officer stopped him on Route 440 in Staten Island about 10 minutes after the accident, said Joe Pentangelo, a spokesman for the Port Authority Police Department.
According to police, Morales admitted to drinking three or four beers, was unsteady on his feet when he was pulled over. He responded to questions with slurred speech and told the officer, "I have to stop drinking."
The arrest was made shortly after Bayonne police alerted Port Authority of the accident, which occurred at around 8:20 p.m., Pentangelo said.
A Port Authority police officer, who was near the Bayonne Bridge, spotted Morales' vehicle and pulled him over just after the Bayonne Bridge toll plaza in Staten Island, authorities said.No one was hurt in the accident, Pentangelo said, adding that Morales is due in court on Wednesday.


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DES MOINES, Iowa - Potter-Randall Special Crimes Unit is investigating whether a cold case involving a strangled woman might be connected to a Davenport, Iowa, runaway.
Amarillo police are analyzing DNA from a couple in Iowa's Quad Cities. Officials want to see if there is a link between the couple's daughter, Bambi Lynn Dick, who disappeared Sept. 29, 1983, and a young woman found strangled in a culvert in early October of that year.
"There's a good chance it could be her," said Lt. Gary Trupe, who leads the special crimes unit. "I'm not sure enough to open a full-fledged investigation."
Trupe said distinguishing characteristics from Dick matched the unidentified murder victim in Amarillo. But Trupe also said that Dick's parents listed other characteristics for their daughter that did not match.
Trupe said Amarillo police were contacted earlier this week by the Jane Doe Network, which asked whether they had considered Dick as a match for their cold case.
Trupe said Dick's brother had recently posted a missing person report for his sister. Trupe had not spoken to the brother and said he did not know why the report was only recently filed.
Dick's parents indicated they had filed a missing person report in 1983, but that it expired on Dick's 18th birthday, Jan. 4, 1984.
Iowa Department of Public Safety spokeswoman Jessica Lown said Thursday that investigators have been helping Amarillo police gather information in Iowa.
Trupe said DNA results may take up to six months.
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Randolph Beats Ridge in Field Hockey 3-2 on strokes in North Jersey, Section 1, Group 4 semifinal
Monday, November 12, 2012 6:08 PM
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By Kurt Damrow
Just six months into this session, the House of Representatives has hit the ground running by passing the earliest budget this state has seen in 30 years, and making sweeping changes to our tax structure to build jobs and create a solid financial foundation.
I am confident these changes will kick-start Michigan's economic recovery, help families find work and keep our residents here.
I have also learned much during this first half of the year, especially from the people of the 84th District. I appreciate every resident who has taken time to contact me with questions and concerns, or explained to me how certain legislation affects our community.
Together, we have tackled many difficult challenges; but as you know, there are many more to come.
One of the most challenging issues we are wrestling with this year is education funding. Throughout the process, I have heard from many parents, teachers, superintendents, principals and school board members who are concerned about the future of our children.
Although our local schools are doing a great job educating students on an already tight budget, we cannot ignore the tough financial situation of our state.
Stuck between the rock of not having enough money in state coffers, and the hard spot of wanting to educate our children to the best of our ability, we were able to find a compromise by cutting around $1.7 billion in spending, while keeping per-pupil reductions to 3.5 percent, which is one of the smallest cuts in the state budget.
Along with the budget, we have passed several school reforms. I met recently with several local school administrators to explain these reforms and gather input. My thanks to state Rep. Bill Rogers, who has pushed for many of these reforms and joined us at the meeting.
These educational reforms focus on things we all want for our children — excellent teaching, curriculum and programs. Above all, our financial situation makes it even more imperative we ensure our students are the priority and that we're going for quality education, not quantity spending. As a parent and a legislator, protecting our children is very important to me as I make these tough decisions in Lansing.
I also find it important to defend the military personnel and veterans who risk their lives to protect ours. I am pleased the House has passed two of my bills this year that are designed to support military families during their darkest hours.
By making sure a soldier's last wishes for funeral arrangements are followed, and refining the guidelines and penalties for protest rallies at military funerals or memorials, we are working to honor those who have given so much.
Lawmakers came in this year serious about transforming Michigan. Although we have asked for many shared sacrifices as we tackle our budget situation, we are also looking for ways to make our own contributions.
We took the first step in the right direction by taking a 10 percent pay cut at the beginning of this year.
The second step will involve ending the lifetime health insurance coverage that lawmakers currently receive after only serving for six years in the Legislature. Seeing this bill through will save Michigan taxpayers money when they need it most.
Eliminating our health insurance benefits will help reduce government expense and bring legislators' benefits in line with the private sector. Giving up this benefit sets us on a new path toward responsibility and common sense.
We are doing what we can to put our fiscal house in order for the long haul. This budget, and reforms like the ones mentioned, are just the beginning.
I invite Tuscola County and Huron County residents to contact me to discuss these important issues. Please call 888-254-5284 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
– Kurt Damrow, a Port Austin Republican, represents the 84th District in the Michigan House of Representatives.


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EIR Series: What is an Executive in Residence (EIR)?
This is the first post of a multi-part series on being an Executive in Residence (EIR). The initial post outlining the full series can be found here.
One of the first things I learned when I accepted the role of Executive in Residence at Greylock Partners was that almost no one actually knows what that means. (I can hear my father asking me now, "You're a resident now? Like a doctor?")
In fairness, the role is rare enough that, outside of the Silicon Valley venture community, you might never run into it. It's almost pathologically designed to be cryptic. Not only is it rare, but it's also designed as a short term role, not a permanent one. If that wasn't tricky enough, it turns out that there are a few flavors of "EIR" just to add a good dose of acronym confusion to the mix.
So before discussing the details of the Executive in Residence role, let me clarify the three different types of EIR you may come in contact with. (As a side note, the following definitions and examples are certainly biased towards my recent experience at Greylock Partners.)
- Entrepreneur in Residence. The original EIR role, the Entrepreneur in Residence role is designed for entrepreneurs who are actively working on both the conception & execution of their next company. These roles are generally structured as 3-6 month engagements without compensation, but the entrepreneur is given resources & a place to work, and significant time & exposure to the investment team at the venture capital firm. The entrepreneur benefits from the constant challenge & framing of world-class investors, and a higher than average likelihood of funding from the venture capital firm. The firm, on the other hand, gets a significant degree of proprietary access and influence over the new company.
Notable recent examples: Nir Zuk, co-founder of Palo Alto Networks (PANW, $3B+), Josh McFarland, founder of TellApart.
- Executive in Residence. Sometimes referred to as an XIR, the Executive in Residence role is designed for executives, typically CEOs, who are in between companies. These roles are typically structured as 6-12 month engagements with limited compensation (well below typical executive salaries). The executive is given an office, with an expectation that they will split their time between working with portfolio companies, helping with due diligence on potential investments, and completing their own search efforts for their next role. The executive gets a platform for broadening their strategic thinking, networking and inside access to a number of extremely promising companies, while the firm gets inexpensive support for their portfolio companies and disproportionate access to top executive talent.
Notable recent example: Jeff Weiner, CEO of LinkedIn (LNKD, $20B+)
- "Something Else" in Residence. Behold, the age of the SEIR. In recent years, there have been a few top venture capital firms experimenting with other "in residence" roles. There have been designers, engineers, data scientists and even growth strategists in residence. The basic proposition for this role is similar to the traditional executive in residence role, with a notable tilt towards work with portfolio companies and PR to help build the reputation of the individual and the firm.
Notable recent examples: DJ Patil, Data Scientist in Residence, Andy Johns, Growth Strategist in Residence.
There have been quite a few good blog posts on the pros & cons of the Entrepreneur in Residence role. On the other end of the spectrum, it's probably too early to talk categorically about the plethora of new "in residence" variants as a class.
Going forward in this series, I'll be focusing on the Executive in Residence role. My next post will attempt to answer the question: "Should I be an Executive in Residence (EIR)?"
Thanks for sharing this, Adam. With so many people (including my mom, most likely🙂 ) having wondered what I did during my 2 EIR stints, it's helpful to get the word out about what's involved. I did an Exec-in-Residence most recently at Accel and 6 years ago did an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Trinity. I'd add a few nuances from my POV:
1. Distinction Between Roles. I think some people come in knowing which path they want (XIR or EIR) but many come in undecided. Case-in-point is when I did my first EIR at Trinity, I wasn't sure whether I was going to start something or run an existing company.
2. Compensation. I've actually found that there's a lot of variance – some Entrepreneurs-in-Residence are paid positions and some Execs-in-Residence are not. So that line hasn't been as clear from my experience.
Regardless, I think we should all count ourselves lucky for living in Silicon Valley and getting to have a role for a brief period of time that involves meeting interesting people, working out of nice offices and drinking lots of coffee!
NickJuly 7, 2013
Good post about a not so well known subject. Executive in Residence is a rare and tricky position for both companies and employees. It can be a great role, but must be handled with care in finding the right person and setting the right expectations.November 11, 2013


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OH NO! Not my ipod.............
IPOD DIPLOMACY [yeah, that ought to do it]
The Bush administration wants North Korea's attention, so like a scolding parent it's trying to make it tougher for that country's eccentric leader to buy iPods, plasma televisions and Segway electric scooters.
The U.S. government's first-ever effort to use trade sanctions to personally aggravate a foreign president expressly targets items believed to be favored by Kim Jong Il or presented by him as gifts to the roughly 600 loyalist families who run the communist government.
Kim, who engineered a secret nuclear weapons program, has other options for obtaining the high-end consumer electronics and other items he wants.
I'm sure. We are all well aware of Jong Il's patron, China's, respect for intellectual property. The got Kim covered.
But the list of proposed luxury sanctions, obtained by The Associated Press, aims to make Kim's swanky life harder: No more cognac, Rolex watches, cigarettes, artwork, expensive cars, Harley Davidson motorcycles or even personal watercraft, such as Jet Skis
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A New York man who was arrested by local police after a robbery at a Mechanicsburg-area Arby's last year was indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday for robberies at 10 midstate fast-food restaurants.
U.S. Attorney Peter J. Smith said Maurice Lebron Davis, 39, could face up to 20 years in prison if convicted of the crimes.
In addition to the Arby's robbery, Davis is charged with robbing or attempting to rob the following eateries between December 2011 and February 2012:
- Chick-fil-A on Carlisle Pike in Silver Spring Township
- Five Wendy's in Camp Hill, Dillsburg, Shippensburg and Carlisle
- A Burger King on Cameron Street in Harrisburg
- A McDonald's on Harrisburg Pike in Middlesex Township
The charges against Davis stem from an investigation by the FBI, state police and police in Upper and Lower Allen, Middlesex, Carroll, Swatara and Silver Spring township and Harrisburg, Smith said.