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SPRINGFIELD - Another strip club, another courtroom.
The former owner of the Mardi Gras was back in federal court Thursday, accused of violating his probation by working at another downtown strip club - this one the scene of a fatal shooing last month.
John C. Verducci, 71, was ordered to appear Sept. 4 for a hearing on whether his probation should be revoked for taking a job at Club 418 after completing his 24-month sentence for tax evasion while running the Mardi Gras in the early 1990s.
Before he could be sentenced for the tax evasion charge in 1992, Verducci vanished for 12 years. He was eventually arrested in a Memphis motel with $750,000 in his suitcase. In March 2006, he received a concurrent 24-month term for his flight from justice offense.
Thursday in U.S. District Court, Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul H. Smyth said Verducci had been working at the Dwight Street strip club before it closed last month in the wake of a shooting that left one patron dead and four wounded.
Verducci took the job without notifying his probation officer, then denied it after questions arose following the shooting, according to Smyth. He also failed to make monthly reports with the probation office and flouted other rules of his release, the prosecutor said.
After visiting the club several times, Springfield police believed that Verducci was either the assistant manager or manager, according to Smyth. During a meeting in early June, Verducci denied working at the bar, but probation officers later obtained documents that contradicted that claim, Smyth said.
Defense lawyer Vincent A. Bongiorni said his client will stay out of any adult entertainment establishment until the hearing in September.
Club 418 agreed to close after the shooting to allow city officials time to conduct a licensing investigation and hearing that will determine its future.
Verducci was summonsed to court for Thursday's hearing.
Wearing a green sports shirt, he stood with his hands clasped behind his back while answering a series of questions from U.S. Magistrate Judge Kenneth P. Neiman.


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They have not said we will not have DLC, Wii-ware is going to work with a new compression software and will probably be used for other things aswell like DLC.
The new Pay-to-play is for DLC and Voice chat both have been annouced as comming ot the Wii! But they haven't said one way or the other if Rockband will or will not have DLC so don't jump to conclusions, my guess is it will based on time frame, probably why it took so long ot come out in the first place.They make huge bucks off the DLC compared to the game.
The only concern is if we have enough room to fit all the DLC with the new compression setup, or will they also release some type of additional storage via the SD slot , USB flash drive, or maybe even a USB HD for the download junkies.
GH3 is supose to get DLC still, we are just waiting on Nintendo to get the Wii-ware,Pay-to-play system in place over the next 3-6 months.
Alot will be happening on the Wii to match what the others offer, its a bit late but its comming.

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"And On The 310th Day…"
That, of course, references the speech given by new Ohio State football head coach Jim Tressel Jan. 18 at halftime of the Ohio State-Michigan men's basketball game.
"I can assure you," Tressel said, "you will be proud of our young people in the classroom, in the community and, most especially, in 310 days in Ann Arbor, Mich., on the football field."
Tressel later added that he didn't promise victory per se, but either way, the comment rang true as the Buckeyes built a 23-0 halftime lead and held on for victory. The win was OSU's first in Ann Arbor since the "EARLE" headband game of 1987 and ruined Michigan's hopes of claiming a share of the Big Ten championship.
"I haven't beat Michigan and now I've beaten Michigan," said safety Mike Doss, who had two of OSU's four interceptions. "To be here three years and finally get a big win like this, it feels good."
The defense did its job in limiting Michigan, especially during the first half when Ohio State held the Wolverines to 52 yards. The offense was led by tailback Jonathan Wells, who rushed for 129 yards on 25 carries. He had 122 in the first half but had to leave the game in the third quarter because of leg cramps.
Doss sparked Ohio State in the early going, ending Michigan's first offensive possession by intercepting a pass and returning it to the U-M 4-yard line. Soon after, Wells gave the Buckeyes an early 7-0 lead on a 1-yard touchdown run with 10:46 left in the first quarter.
The Buckeyes extended their lead early in the second quarter, reaching the end zone at the 14:07 mark after an eight-play, 85-yard drive – one that ended with another Wells score, this on a 46-yard run during which he squirted through the line of scrimmage and outraced Cato June to the end zone.
"The line did a great job," Wells said. "When I get to the line untouched, I have to make things happen. I've been playing hard all year. But as your confidence gets bigger and bigger, you can make some big plays."
Another Michigan miscue then led to another OSU score. U-M quarterback John Navarre had a pass picked off by Tim Anderson, who returned the ball to the Michigan 28. Four plays later, the Buckeyes were back in the end zone on thanks to an 11-yard TD run by Wells with 4:34 left before halftime.
A safety closed the first-half scoring. Michigan backup QB Jermaine Gonzales – inserted in place of an ineffective Navarre – was not watching when center Kurt Anderson's shotgun snap sailed over his head on a second-and-14 play at the U-M 16. Gonzales raced to the ball and batted it out the back of the end zone with 35 seconds left in the second quarter.
Michigan dominated the second half, outgaining the Buckeyes 271-76 after the break. The Wolverines got on the scoreboard after taking the second half kickoff. Marquise Walker caught a 21-yard TD pass from Navarre to make it 23-7 with 12:43 remaining in the third quarter.
The Wolverines missed a field goal late in the third quarter before narrowing its deficit again with just a little more than 10 minutes left in regulation. After blocking an Andy Groom punt, Michigan reached the end zone on a 2-yard touchdown run by B.J. Askew. The Wolverines attempted a two-point conversion, but a pass attempt from Navarre to Walker fell incomplete, keeping the score 23-13 with 10:02 left.
The Buckeyes closed their scoring output with 5:58 remaining thanks to a 33-yard field goal by Mike Nugent that came at the end of a drive that began when Doss intercepted another Navarre pass.
Michigan took the ensuing kickoff and drove to the OSU 14 on the next possession but was stopped on downs. The Wolverines did not quit, however, holding the Buckeyes to a punt and then marching for one final touchdown drive. Navarre found Walker again for an 11-yard TD connection to make it 26-20 with 2:26 left.
U-M attempted an onside kick after the score, but Ohio State's Chris Vance recovered it. The Buckeyes held the ball for all but the final nine seconds of the fourth quarter. Michigan's final possession lasted all of two deep passes – the last one intercepted by Dustin Fox to end the game.
Navarre completed 21 of 47 passes for 206 yards. His two TD passes were not enough to overcome his four interceptions. Walker caught 15 passes for 160 yards and two scores.
Craig Krenzel started in place of Steve Bellisari, who was reinstated after his suspension for drunk driving but did not play. He completed 11 of 18 passes for 118 yards with an interception.
Defensively, the Buckeyes were led Doss' four interceptions. Defensive end Will Smith notched a pair of sacks, and Kenny Peterson caused a fumble.
Ohio State ended the regular season 7-4 and 5-3 in the Big Ten. The Buckeyes would go on to accept a bid in the Outback Bowl, where they would fall 31-28 to South Carolina.
1990: No. 15 Michigan 16, No. 19 Ohio State 13 – Dreams of Pasadena were dashed when the visiting Wolverines – thanks to a field goal as time expired – spoiled Ohio State's Big Ten title hopes.
A late failed fourth-and-1 run by Ohio State quarterback Greg Frey at the OSU 29-yard line allowed Michigan to have enough time to get J.D. Carlson in position to kick a game-winning 37-yard field goal. Ohio State head coach John Cooper chose not to play for a tie because the Buckeyes needed a win and an Iowa loss to Minnesota to earn a Rose Bowl berth. At the time of Cooper's crucial decision, the Gophers held a 7-0 lead, and if Iowa lost and OSU tied, Illinois would get the bid with a win over lowly Northwestern.
"If I go for a tie and Minnesota beats Iowa, then I couldn't face our football team," Cooper said in the Nov. 30, 1990, edition of BSB. "I've been telling this football squad ever since the Indiana game that I really felt we had a chance to go ahead and win and go to the Rose Bowl.
"So why not go for broke?"
The gamble didn't pay off, thought it was arguably worth it because Minnesota did earn a 31-24 win in Minneapolis.
The Buckeyes led for much of the afternoon, holding a 10-6 advantage at the break thanks to a 33-yard field goal by Tim Williams and a 12-yard touchdown pass from Frey to Jeff Graham with 33 seconds left before halftime.
Ohio State extended its lead to 13-6 early in the third quarter on a 43-yard field goal by Williams. Michigan tied the game on the ensuing possession. After Derrick Anderson returned the kickoff 48 yards to the OSU 38, Michigan went on a scoring march that was capped by a 12-yard TD connection between U-M quarterback Elvis Grbac to Desmond Howard.
Other than those scores, much of the game was a defensive affair. Ohio State allowed a 128-yard rushing performance from Michigan freshman tailback Ricky Powers but held the rest of the run game in check. Grbac 8 of 16 passes for 104 yards to go with his TD pass.
"I thought we played awfully good on defense," OSU defensive coordinator Bill Young said. "I'm extremely proud of those guys. They fought their guts out, and we just came up a little bit short."
OSU's Robert Smith was held to 43 yards, the lowest output of his freshman season, on eight carries. Frey completed 13 of 26 passes for 157 yards with a touchdown and three interceptions.
Ohio State (7-3-1) would accept an invitation to play Air Force in the Liberty Bowl.
1973: No. 1 Ohio State 10, No. 4 Michigan 10 – In one of the most memorable games in the long history of the OSU-Michigan rivalry, the two longtime rivals fought to a tie at Michigan Stadium.
Both teams brought perfect 7-0 Big Ten records into the game and had Rose Bowl aspirations. It was presumed the winner would go to Pasadena, but the league was forced into a difficult situation with the teams finished knotted. Ohio State scored its points in the second quarter on a 21-yard Blair Conway field goal and a 5-yard touchdown run by Pepper Johnson.
Michigan answered in the fourth quarter. U-M got on the scoreboard with a 30-yard field goal by Mike Lantry, and then tied the game when quarterback Dennis Franklin rushed for a 10-yard touchdown on a fourth-and-inches play.
Momentum was with Michigan, but on the Wolverines' next possession Franklin broke his collarbone. Backup Larry Cipa was unable to move Michigan's offense, and Lantry missed a 57-yard field goal attempt.
Ohio State gave U-M another chance to score the winning points when OSU quarterback Greg Hare – who replaced Cornelius Greene because he was a better passer – had a pass picked off. The turnover at the OSU 33 set up a Lantry 44-yard field goal attempt in the final minute.
It missed, and the rivals tied.
The following day, Big Ten athletic directors met in Chicago to pick its Rose Bowl representative. The vote was not released by the league, but Ohio State was selected. According to the Detroit Free Press, OSU got votes from Illinois, Michigan State, Wisconsin, Purdue and Northwestern. U-M was supported by Indiana, Iowa and Minnesota.
The Buckeyes would go on to defeat USC in the Rose Bowl, 42-21, and finish the season 10-0-1.
1962: Ohio State 28, Michigan 0 – The Buckeyes closed out the season on an extremely high note by plastering the visiting Wolverines.
Ohio State (6-3) got big performances by seniors fullbacks Dave Francis, Dave Katterenrich and Bob Butts. The trio, in their final game at Ohio Stadium, combined to score all four of OSU's touchdowns. Kicker Chuck Mamula added four successful extra points. The Buckeyes led in first downs, 19-9, and outgained U-M, 337-142.
1956: Michigan 19, No. 12 Ohio State 0 – Needing a win to earn a share of the Big Ten title with Iowa, the Buckeyes fell short at Ohio Stadium.
Six turnovers helped send Ohio State (6-3) to a season-ending defeat. Michigan ended the first quarter with a commanding 13-0 lead and cruised from there. Iowa won the Big Ten and went to its first Rose Bowl, winning 35-19 against Oregon State.
1951: Michigan 7, Ohio State 0 – A second-quarter touchdown was all Michigan needed as the Buckeyes closed the '51 season with a 4-3-2 record. Halfback Don Peterson scored the only points on a 5-yard touchdown run that capped a 49-yard drive. The Buckeyes committed eight turnovers and rarely threatened offensively.
1945: No. 8 Michigan 7, No. 7 Ohio State 3 – The favored Buckeyes had their slim Big Ten titles hopes dashed with a loss to Michigan. Ohio State (7-2) needed a win and a Purdue loss at Indiana, but neither happened. Max Schnittker gave OSU a 3-0 lead with a 27-yard field goal early in the second half, but Michigan emerged with the victory thanks to a Hank Fonde TD run midway through the fourth quarter.
1934: Ohio State 40, Iowa 7 – The Buckeyes ended their season by thumping visiting Iowa. Six different players scored touchdowns for Ohio State, who finished the season 7-1 and placed second in the Big Ten.
1928: Illinois 8, Ohio State 0 – In the final game with John W. Wilce as head coach, the Buckeyes fell in Champaign. Ohio State had a chance to win a share of the conference title but was unable to get past the Illini. The Buckeyes ended the season 5-2-1.
1923: Illinois 9, Ohio State 0 – Red Grange scored the game's only touchdown as the visiting Illini spoiled homecoming and ended Ohio State's season with a loss. The game was scoreless through three quarters. Grange scored his touchdown on a 31-yard run. The unbeaten Illini were named national champions.
1917: Ohio State 0, Auburn 0 – In a game played in Montgomery, Ala., near Camp Sheridan, where a lot of Ohioans were training as part of the 37th division of the Ohio National Guard, the Buckeyes fought the Tigers to scoreless tie. A week after a nerve-wracking win against Illinois, Ohio State failed to muster much of an offensive attack. The tie moved OSU to 7-0-1 and the Buckeyes would end the season five days later with a Thanksgiving Day victory against Camp Sherman at Ohio Field.
1906: Ohio State 12, Wooster 0 – The Buckeyes set up a showdown with Ohio Medical for the state championship with a blanking of visiting Wooster. It was Wooster's first loss of the season and the first time it had given up points all season. The Buckeyes earned the state title days later with a Thanksgiving Day victory against the Medics and ended the season 8-1.
1900: Ohio State 0, Michigan 0 – At Regents Field in Ann Arbor, the Buckeyes and Wolverines battled to a scoreless tie in a snowstorm. The second half of the game was played in sloppy conditions, causing both teams to struggle offensively. Ohio State would end the season four days later with a Thanksgiving Day win against Kenyton, ending its season with an 8-1-1 mark.
1894: Ohio State 46, 17th Regiment 4 – The Buckeyes improved to 5-5 with a home win. On Thanksgiving, Ohio State ended its season by moving above .500 with a 20-4 win against visiting Kenyon.


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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Police seek the public's help identifying a person wanted for questioning in connection with a burglary last week in St. George.
At approximately 1:10 p.m. Sept. 23, a person entered a residential location, removed property and left through the front door, according to a written statement from the NYPD's deputy commissioner for public information.
Police said the person entered the Fort Place residence through a ground-floor window that appeared to be unlocked.
A laptop computer, some jewelry and $240 in cash were among the items taken from the home, police said.
The NYPD distributed a surveillance photo showing a male wanted for questioning. He is described in the deputy commissioner's statement as a suspect in the crime.
The NYPD is asking anyone with information about the suspect to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers hot line at 800-577-TIPS (8477); visit nypdcrimestoppers.com or send text tips to CRIMES (274637), then enter TIP577.
Police say all calls are strictly confidential.
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Unusual Violin oil painting by A. Zafehlisky. I am not sure of the age of this painting, it is on Masonite and is marked 73 , but it appears older than 1973 as it has a nice patina and it is on a heavy masonite board. Lots of detail with the man on the scroll, the world with names that are unreadable, the violin and sheet music. 8 x 10. I consider this mint condition, but it has light edge wear and a shine 1/4 inch on edge that is probably a light glue residue from framing at one time, but I still consider this mint condition.
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GENESEE COUNTY, MI – A man who was one of five family members charged in a massive robbery and racketeering case was arraigned earlier this week, while a fifth man still has not yet been arrested.
Ardis Read, 43, faces 40 charges from robberies over a four-year period in Flint, Flint Township and Mt. Morris Township. Read, Albert Read Sr., Albert Read Jr., Thomas Gatica III and another man were all charged last week in the crime.
Prosecutors allege combinations of two or three of the family members took part in each of at least 17 robberies of businesses and banks from 2009 to 2013.
Ardis Read already is in prison for the Oct. 13, 2010, robbery of Citizens Bank on Beecher Road. He was sentenced earlier this year to 15 to 30 years in prison.
In all, prosecutors doled out more than 120 robbery charges, claiming more than $100,000 in cash was stolen.
Ardis Read has a court date scheduled for next month.


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Shell's biggest oil platform heads for deep-water Gulf (via Houston Chronicle)
Alaskan voters will weigh in on tax cut for oil industry (via Stateline)
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Daggers boss John Still has made his 2nd signing of the summer after snapping up young defender Andy Burns on a free transfer.
Andy has been on trial with the club over the summer and has impressed the coaching staff enough to earn a one year deal.
The Liverpool born 19 year old has been on the books of both Bolton Wanderers & Bradford City and John Still sees him as one for the future:
"We've taken Andrew Burns who is a young defender from Bradford, he's been here for a few weeks and we've liked what we've seen.
We will be loaning him out where he'll be getting some regular games, but as I say I think he's got something about him and we think he might be able to push on like a lot of the players we have here.
He's young, he's ambitious, he's worked and his working extremely hard to make a career for himself and his attitude has been first class. We wish him the best of luck here.
Andy will wear the number 25 shirt for the Daggers.
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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - Looking at this year's UAB football team, it's hard to make some predictions.
The Blazers went 3-9 last year, but head coach Garrick McGee and players are overwhelmingly positive, especially due to the chemistry of the team.
Everybody knows what McGee wants, and it's clear his stamp is on the program. UAB returns eight starters on both sides of the ball and an excellent kicker and punter. Read practice reports all over Conference USA and coaches are boasting about team speed and players "flying to the ball."
But looking at UAB's opponents, everybody else seems to return seven or more starters on both sides of the ball. For instance, UTSA is picked last in the Conference USA West. The Roadrunners are a fourth-year program (third year playing games) that returns double-digit starters and a kicker. UTSA plays in probably the most raucous home atmosphere in the league. So, they're supposed to lose to UAB and Tulane at home?
I wouldn't be so sure about any of the Conference USA polls. I think they'll look different in several places at the end of the season.
Here are some predictions:
• Darrin Reaves tops last year's marks in both rushing yards and touchdowns. He'll have a big season.
• Kennard Backman is either a first or second-team all-conference tight end.
• Chris Rabb leads UAB with six sacks.
• UAB quarterbacks will take fewer sacks than last year's 42, but still too many.
• Marshall over Rice in a blowout in the Conference USA title game. Rice loses to Tulsa, but Tulsa loses to East Carolina and Marshall in the regular season while Rice is 7-1 in league play. Marshall runs away with it.
• UAB's offense will rack up plenty of yards regardless of who the quarterback is, but turnovers will be in issue in some close losses.
• UAB goes 5-7, which is right along the lines of where the Conference USA Coaches Poll predicts them. Four losses are by single digits.
Some of those will be right and some will be wrong. Or, all will be wrong. That's the fun part about making predictions. The best part is that football is here for all of us to enjoy.


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Crockett Elementary School Teacher Retires
Encouraging students to read is what Lynda Petty has loved about teaching at Crockett Elementary for 21 years. The Archer City native has taught in Wichita Falls for 40 years ... at Hirschi High School, Kirby Junior High, with the last stop being Crockett. After graduating from Midwestern State University, the former basketball coach began teaching in 1972, where her life long adventure of being a teacher began. She says the lack of school funding was a factor in her decision. Despite retirement, Petty plans to come back as a substitute teacher when she's not gardening, fishing and as she calls it "having a good time at life". Along with a retirement parade, Petty received a certificate from the Mayor of Wichita Falls declaring today Lynda Petty Day.


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In response to Cindy Chang's report on NOLA.com, "Relatives identify Mid-City murder victim," reader roach-leg had this to say:
"I walked with friends to see Oshun last night. The entire time I was there, I just couldn't have a good time. In the back of my mind all night I was almost waiting to hear shots fired. Even with all the cops that were around and all the Coast Guard helicopters flying over...I still was waiting for the other shoe to drop. That's not a healthy way to be mentally ....what's REALLY sad is everyone around me was feeling the same way. "
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Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What can I do with a degree in French?
A: There are many options, including secondary teaching, translation, international business, international law, NGOs (non-governmental organizations such as Oxfam), federal employment (the State Department, Homeland Security, etc.), and the travel industry.
Q: What degrees are offered?
A: We offer a major in French and a major in French and Secondary Education.
Q: How many courses are required for a French major?
A: Twelve. An additional four courses in a second language and/or area studies (related subjects in other departments) are required. The French and Secondary Education Major requires additional courses in Education.
Q: Whom do I speak to for more information?
A: Talk to Dr. Banu (x0632, firstname.lastname@example.com).
Q: How many courses are required for a French minor?
A: Six: 203/209, 204, and four 200-, 300- or 400-level courses.
Q: What course should I take now?
A: Take 203/209 and 204 first (and perhaps 200 at the same time). Then you have a variety of choices. Many students start with 300 (Civilization) followed by 301 (Intro to Literature). Others take Business French (309) or French Phonetics (330). Or you could try one of the advanced literature/civilization courses: 315, 317, 321, 322, 323, 341, 342 or even 535.
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One happenstance I enjoy when gathering Adirondack tales is a unique or unknown connection, that is, some single bit of vivid information connecting the Adirondack region with the "outside world." It often arises when I find some national story of importance that connected itself to the Adirondacks, in one way or another. Some of our nation's rich and famous got their start in Adirondack country while others became connected in obtuse ways.
I grew up in Giffords Valley (Johnny Cake Hollow) on the Adirondack Trail Byway, Route 30, never knowing the Jell-O connection. Don Woodward from Leroy, N.Y., heir to the Jell-O fortune, had purchased some 15 Giffords Valley farms and put in Woodward Lake, later Winne's Pond, to land airplanes. My hobby of airplanes had led me to collect much of what was written about Amelia Earhart, first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. Hence, I came up with the Adirondack connection.
Recently, I read a report that Don Woodward, back in his day, had purchased "Friendship," the Fokker Trimotor airplane in which Amelia Earhart had become the first woman to fly across the ocean. The "Friendship" became the starship of his fleet of airplanes, therefore, in a roundabout way, he connected my airplane interest with the Adirondacks. It gave me another reason to follow the Earhart story.
For years, I re-enacted Joseph Henry at the Joseph Henry Elementary School in Galway. Joseph Henry, a Galway native, went on to become one of America's number one inventors, and the first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institute. His pioneering work on electricity and communications led to many of our nation's successful inventions. He worked at Albany, Princeton and Washington, D.C., and, sure enough, with a little research, up popped the Adirondack connection.
Irondale, in the Adirondacks, is known as the "Birthplace of the Electric Age." The Penfield Homestead Museum in the Ironville section of Crown Point houses an exact replica of a large electromagnet. The original, now in the Smithsonian, was made by Joseph Henry, who began experimenting with electric current at the Albany Academy in the 1820s. Allen Penfield, ironworks owner, bought the first electromagnet from Henry. It led to the development of the electric motor. The same mine was connected to the Civil War ironclad ship, the Monitor, and the steel cables for the Brooklyn Bridgemore Adirondack connections.
When William West Durant developed his Adirondack lands, he built a special railroad to transport the luggage of vacationers from Raquette Lake to Blue Mountain Lake on the Marion River Carry. It became the world's shortest standard-gauge railroad, 3/4 of a mile long. The Board of Directors consisted of several of the richest men in America, thus giving them an Adirondack connection.
Other "connection stories" come up in Adirondack country. There was NASCAR at Warrensburg, the heavyweight prize fighters at Speculator, Melvil Dewey of the Dewey Decimal System at Lake Placid, Leonard Wells Volk, Abe Lincoln's sculptor at Wells, the Seabiscuit Inn, American Boy Scout beginnings, Teddy Roosevelt becoming President, the Winter Olympics, twice, rustic Adirondack architecture, "Silver Threads Among the Gold," the Munchkins...


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Syracuse, NY -- Eight friends from Syracuse will play a three-day video game marathon to raise money for a charity that gives toys and games to children staying in hospitals across the country and around the world.
Adelle Starr, who organized the event with her husband Daniel Fecteau, said the three-day marathon, Benefit Evil, will begin at 1 p.m. on Friday and end around 10 p.m. on Sunday. The eight friends will play 13 versions of the Resident Evil video game series for the Nintendo's Wii console, Nintendo GameCube and Sony's PlayStations 1, 2 and 3.
"Gaming is a hobby of ours and we thought this would be a great way to give back to the community," Starr said.
The marathon will be broadcast live at www.benefitevil.com. Viewers will be able to watch the game action and donate to the cause on the website. There will also be a Web cam set up in Starr's living room so viewers can catch all the action of the marathon. Fans can also chat with players and discuss the games.
"We are hoping our entertainment will provided a little extra incentive for people to donate to Child's Play," Starr said.
The Seattle-based charity, Child's Play, is a non-profit organization that gives toys, video game systems and games to about 70 hospitals, which are mostly in the United States.
"We can all remember being home sick from school and playing Nintendo," Starr said. "It just made you feel better."
That same concept was the foundation for Child's Play. Kristin Lindsay, the foundation's coordinator, said video game marathons are a very popular way to hold a community fundraiser for Child's Play.
"We see several dozen of them each year," Lindsay said Tuesday in an e-mail. "It's a great way for gamers to give back and raise money for children's hospitals across the nation and the world."
In the Resident Evil video game series players kill zombies and unravel the mysterious story lines, which involve corruption and conspiracies.
The other players for Benefit Evil are Logan Bretschneider, Jason Weeks, John Fecteau, Tim Jones, Chris Corp-Myer and Amanda Kane.
"We hope people will donate and tune in," Starr said.


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Found this project on Pinterest from one of my favorite boards -- Trash Backwards. It's a rug made from potholders.
Here are the supplies you'll need:
10-20 potholders, any size
4-8 fabric coasters or trivets
Half a yard of cotton (or smaller), plain is fine, as no one is going to see it
Roll of rubberized shelf/rug liner
Sewing machine
Super strong glue such as E-6000
This post is really helpful and she lays out each step complete with step by step photos.
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The big, bad Yankees are flexing their mighty checkbook, and the rest of baseball isn't happy.
While the recession has many teams cautious about spending, the Yankees remain in a Gilded Age, dropping more than $400 million on high-profile free agents, including an eight-year deal Tuesday with first baseman Mark Teixeira. The Mets have lavished big money, too, and other teams are jealous.
"This year they just both went crazy," San Francisco Giants pitcher Barry Zito said of New York's teams. "All these people are going East now. It's crazy."
The Yankees tend to let criticism bounce off their pinstripes.
"I've got enough things to worry about and think about," co-chairman Hal Steinbrenner said. "I try not to concentrate on any of that."
Across a city where cocktail party talk centers on the Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme and the demise of Bear Stearns and Merrill Lynch, the two baseball teams have grabbed attention with their dazzling deals during a time of retrenchment.
How in the world can they afford this?
Well, the Yankees already own about one-third of their own regional sports cable network.
They've started their own concession company in conjunction with the Dallas Cowboys.
And now they have a new, $1.3 billion ballpark opening in April.
The top ticket at the new Yankee Stadium goes for $2,500 next season. The best seat at Citi Field seems like a discount, averaging $495 (the Mets have five different price scales, depending on the opponent and day).
"We are very sensitive to the economic conditions, to people's concerns," Yankees president Randy Levine said. "We monitor it very closely and, if necessary, can made adjustments. But as we stand today, we believe strongly that our fans and customers appreciate that we continue to reinvest in our product."
The Mets, whose owners also own a share of their own network, made the first big free-agent move. They struck a $37 million, three-year agreement with closer Francisco Rodriguez.
But that was a pittance compared to the nearly quarter-billion dollars -- $243.5 million to be precise -- the Yankees committed on a single day last week for a pair of starting pitchers: CC Sabathia got a $161 million, seven-year contract and oft-injured A.J. Burnett was enticed to the Bronx with an $82.5 million, five-year deal. New York followed that up by striking a $180 million deal with Teixeira.
After the Yankees' streak of 13 consecutive postseason appearances ended, you could count on them to set the top of the market. Around the rest of baseball, the highest free-agent contract belongs to Chicago Cubs pitcher Ryan Dempsey, who will receive $52 million over four seasons to remain at Wrigley Field.


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People packed the King County Council meeting on Monday to speak, mostly in favor, of a $20 car-tab fee to help avoid cuts to Metro Transit. The council is debating whether to enact the fee and, if so, putting it into effect now or putting it on the November ballot. After hours of testimony, the council postponed any decision until Aug. 15. Residents carried "Save My Bus" signs and the testimonies lasted nearly two hours. Those with sight and hearing disabilities told council members that cuts in transit service would force them to walk — driving vehicles would not be an option — risking injury in the process. Metro is facing a $60 million deficit and has said it would have to cut service by 17 percent to close the gap. A $20 car tab fee would make up $50 million of the loss with other efficiencies contributing to the rest. County Executive Dow Constantine said he appreciates the willingness of council members to take more time to carefully consider the merits.
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On Sunday Afternoon, July 15th, the Pluckemin Inn, Bedminster, New Jersey, will host another in its popular series of walk-around wine tastings.
With the passing of the summer solstice, the Pluckemin Inn will again feature wines appropriate for summer quaffing. Participants will enjoy 40-50 wines with refreshing flavors and textures that are perfect for the summer season. Hors d'oeuvres will be served, and guests will have the opportunity to purchase these wines on a first-come, first-served basis. There will also be special offers for those who elect to stay for dinner following the tasting.
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Ansemil, José María M. and Taskinen, J. (1990) On a problem of topologies in infinite dimensional holomorphy. Archiv der Mathematik, 54 (1). pp. 61-64. ISSN 0003-889X
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The authors solve an interesting open problem concerning the equivalence of the compact-open topology τ0 and the Nachbin ported topology τω on spaces of holomorphic functions. (See, for example, the book by S. Dineen [Complex analysis in locally convex spaces, North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1981; MR0640093 (84b:46050)] for background.) Let H(U) denote the space of complex-valued holomorphic functions on an open subset U of a complex Fréchet-Montel space F. Ansemil and S. Ponte [Arch. Math. (Basel) 51 (1988), no. 1, 65–70; MR0954070 (90a:46109)] showed that these two topologies agree on H(U) for balanced U if and only if, for every natural number n, P(nF) is a Montel space. Using this result, they showed that for balanced open subsets U of certain non-Schwartz, Fréchet-Montel spaces, τ0=τω. Earlier, J. Mujica [J. Funct. Anal. 57 (1984), no. 1, 31–48; MR0744918 (86c:46050)] had shown that τ0=τω for Fréchet-Schwartz spaces. It is not hard to see that the two topologies differ if F is not Montel.
The authors' counterexample is the Fréchet-Montel space F of Taskinen [Studia Math. 91 (1988), no. 1, 17–30; MR0957282 (89k:46087)]. The authors observe that the complete symmetric projective tensor product Fs⊗ˆπF contains an isomorphic copy of l1. Consequently, P(2F) cannot be Montel, and the result follows.
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S.Dineen, Complex analysis in locally convex spaces. Math. Studies57, Amsterdam 1981.
G.Köthe, Topological vector spaces I-II. Berlin-Heidelberg-New York 1983 and 1979.
J. Mujica, A Banach-Dieudonné theorem for germs of holomorphic functions. J.Funct. Anal.(1)57, 34-48 (1984).
R. Ryan, Applications of topological tensor products to infinite dimensional holomorphy. Thesis, Trinity College, Dublin 1980.
J. Taskinen, The projective tensor product of Fréchet-Montel spaces. Studia Math.91, 17-30 (1988).
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I love this lower-carb, lower-calorie lasagna by Sodexo Executive Chef Marc Gilberti of Ochsner Health System's Cafe Zucchini.
Eggplant Lasagna
Makes 12 servings
2 medium eggplants, peeled, sliced 1/4-inch thick
2 cups lowfat cottage cheese
2 cups part-skim ricotta cheese
1 medium onion, diced
1 pound ground beef, at least 93 percent lean
2 cups shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
Salt and pepper
16 ounces jarred pasta sauce (such as Sal and Judy's Heart Smart Italian Sauce)
1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9- by- 13-inch casserole dish with cooking spray. Place a layer of eggplant covering the bottom of the dish.
Layer 1 cup ricotta cheese, 1 cup cottage cheese, half of the diced onion, half the ground meat, 1 cup of shredded mozzarella, and salt and pepper to taste. Repeat layers. Finish with a third layer of eggplant slices.
Top with jar of pasta sauce, spreading evenly over the dish. Sprinkle with parmesan. Bake at 350 degrees for 90 minutes, until golden brown.
Per serving: 210 calories, 8 grams fat, 2 grams saturated fat, 9 grams carbohydrates, 2 grams fiber 25 grams protein.


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The Shield was one of the most powerful factions ever created and when it ended, I think the WWE Universe expected both Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns to take vengeance against the traitor, Seth Rollins.
But when only Ambrose pursued his former cohort, it left many fans wondering if Reigns even cared.
We got that answer on Raw, Monday night and it is this week's Moment of the Week, as Reigns appeared out of the crowd to crash the "eulogy" ceremony for his former brother. It was a great scene that saw Rollins take a podium to the skull. Enjoy!


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Enhancing Public Access to Online Rulemaking Information
Cary Coglianese
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Michigan Journal of Environmental & Administrative Law, Vol. 2, p. 1, 2012
U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 13-03
One of the most significant powers exercised by federal agencies is their power to make rules. Given the importance of agency rulemaking, the process by which agencies develop rules has long been subject to procedural requirements aiming to advance democratic values of openness and public participation. With the advent of the digital age, government agencies have engaged in increasing efforts to make rulemaking information available online as well as to elicit public participation via electronic means of communication. How successful are these efforts? How might they be improved? In this article, I investigate agencies' efforts to make rulemaking information available online. Drawing on a review of current agency uses of the Internet, a systematic survey of regulatory agencies' websites, and interviews with managers at a variety of federal regulatory agencies, I identify both existing "best practices" as well as opportunities for continued improvement. The findings of this research suggest that there exist both considerable differences in how well different agencies are making rulemaking information available online as well as significant opportunities for the diffusion of best-practice innovations that some agencies have adopted. This research also provides a basis for seven recommendations that I offer for enhancing both the accessibility and quality of rulemaking through online technology. A commitment to well-accepted democratic principles applicable to regulatory agencies should lead federal web designers to strive to create websites that are as accessible to ordinary citizens, including individuals with limited English proficiency, vision impairments, and low-bandwidth connections, as they are to the sophisticated repeat players in Washington policymaking circles.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 67
Keywords: administrative law, federal rules and regulations, promulgation of new rules, proposed rules, electronic notice and opportunity to comment, agency practices and innovations, democratic principles of web design, e-rulemaking, social media, information technology
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Hide captionNellie McKay has visited Mountain Stage seven times, and no two performances have been the same.Brian Blauser/Mountain Stage
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Nellie McKay appears on Mountain Stage, recorded live at the Culture Center Theater in Charleston, W.Va.
McKay has appeared on the show seven times since first visiting in 2004, and it's no exaggeration to say that no two performances have been similar. At times, she evokes cabaret crooners, but she can also channel eccentric singer-songwriters and Doris Day. McKay's latest performance finds her playing a vibraphone for nearly her entire set — perhaps a Mountain Stage first.
Here, she plays songs from an upcoming project that remains unreleased. As she often does when she visits, McKay is backed for the entirety of her set by the nimble Mountain Stage house band, led by guitarist Ron Sowell and featuring the backing vocals of Julie Adams.
Set List
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- "Baby Watch Your Back"
- "Alabama Song"
- "Heartaches By The Number"
- "Oh Worthless Mother"
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MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- Alabama law enforcement agencies will step up their presence on state roadways this summer to help keep graduating high school students and others safe.
Alabama's Integrated State Law Enforcement Task Force held a press conference today at Garrett Coliseum to promote public safety through the Memorial Day weekend and graduation festivities.
Task Force partners will kick off its May Safety Initiative at 12:01 am Friday, May 17, which will run through midnight Tuesday, June 4.
During this initiative, there will be as many troopers, Alcohol Beverage Control officers and Marine Police as possible working additional shifts and increasing traffic enforcement on state roadways, the Alabama Department of Public Safety released. Troopers will look for speeders, those following other vehicles too closely and motorists driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol.
Alabama State Troopers investigated three fatal vehicle crashes during three-day Memorial Day weekend in 2012, which was down from seven in 2011.
Members of the Task Force are asking everyone to safe this summer by preventing teens from consuming alcohol and for everyone not to drink while driving or boating. Everyone is also asked not to text and drive, to buckle up, slowdown in construction zones, keep an eye out for weather conditions while on the water and be careful when cooking out on the grill.


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I've long believed that in-flight cellular phone use was a certainty. Perhaps that's because I'm naive. The thought of a cellular phone bringing down a 777 jumbo jetliner strikes me as silly.
What isn't silly -- "chilling" might be a better word -- is the thought of being seated next to some terminally connected moron on a transcontinental flight as he screams into his cell phone. Sleep? Who needs that?
Not me, apparently. Nor you. That's roughly the conclusion of European Union regulators who, on Monday, decided to lift the ban on cellular use in-flight in European airspace before the year is out.
There's a part of me that nods in agreement at the idea of in-flight connectivity. Carriers are struggling to see profits, especially here. Just ask the good folks running US Airways (NYSE: LCC ) .
We're not alone. Air France-KLM and Alitalia are nearing a deal, for similar cost-cutting reasons as those expressed by domestic carriers Delta (NYSE: DAL ) and Northwest (NYSE: NWA ) .
And let's be honest: The idea of snagging a few hours of writing time while crossing the ocean makes sense, and would be made easier by having some connectivity. Boeing (NYSE: BA ) knows this and fills the need for some carriers -- UAL (Nasdaq: UAUA ) partner Lufthansa is one -- via its on-board Connexion service.
But I don't need a cell phone to write. And other knowledge workers don't need a phone to be on email. The only reasons to have cellular service in-flight would be for (a) emergencies or (b) terminally connected morons who really believe it'd be worthwhile to suffer through the muted whine of jets while listening in on a conference call.
Welcome to the sleep-deprived new world of international travel, Fool.
Taxi toward related Foolishness:
- United could be flying higher with added services of its own.
- The FAA should have known better. Southwest (NYSE: LUV ) , too.
- Anyone else wondering how big the FAA's flyswatter will get?


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A stay at Dashwood Manor Seaside Bed & Breakfast places you in the heart of Victoria, convenient to Beacon Hill Park and British Columbia Parliament Building. This romantic bed & breakfast is within close proximity of Cook Street Village and Emily Carr House.
Make yourself at home in one of the 11 individually decorated guestrooms, featuring refrigerators and flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with showers feature designer toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include separate sitting areas and coffee/tea makers, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Take advantage of recreation opportunities such as bicycles to rent or take in the view from a terrace and a garden. Additional amenities at this Tudor bed & breakfast include complimentary wireless Internet access, concierge services, and a fireplace in the lobby.
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This doesn't seem to qualify as an emergency. ...
According to a report from the Tampa Bay Times, police said a 34-year-old Florida man allegedly called 911 approximately 80 times last Sunday and asked police to bring him Kool-Aid, hamburgers and marijuana.
The man was arrested and charged with misuse of the 911 system, according to the Tampa Bay Times report.
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The Syracuse Crunch is starting to look like, well, the Syracuse Crunch.
Columbus returned seven players to Syracuse on Monday: defensemen Nick Holden, Jonathan Sigalet, Grant Clitsome and David Liffiton and forwards Derek MacKenzie, Tom Sestito, Maxim Mayorov and Stefan Legein.
Sigalet and MacKenzie must clear waivers first.
I'd love to tell you if any of these players will be in the lineup in Tuesday's home exhibition game vs. Rochester, but wily Crunch coach Ross Yates refused to reveal his lines or pairings for this clutch showdown. So pay your money for a ticket and take your chances.
It seems that Dan LaCosta will get the start in the game.
Defenseman Libor Ustrnul has been nursing a leg injury and his status is questionable. Forward Chris Higgins, too, is banged up.
The Amerks dressed ruffians Mike Sgroi, Trevor Gillies and Jimmy Bonneau for Sunday's practice game. Syracuse's Jon Mirasty did not play in that contest. It will be interesting to see if Yates dresses Mirasty and gives him the green light on Tuesday to protect what could be a more skilled Crunch lineup. Sgroi won't be an issue - he was released on Monday.
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Interesting gesture. I guess they can cover the cost of online passes, since Gamestop pockets 100 percent of the profits with their used games and such.
Will publishers respond in kind? Super inconvienent online passes?
Be sure to check your receipt for the code!
Online passes have become something of an inevitability in the gaming industry as of late. Just like home console titles, PlayStation Vita games include the infamous passes solely within new copies of the game. Or so you'd think. After recently picking up a used copy of Unit 13, PixlBit discovered that Gamestop is providing its consumers with a free online pass with a purchase of the game.
Counteracting the effort to penalize players for purchasing used, Gamestop is including the code right on the receipt and even pointing it out and explaining the process to consumers to allow them to painlessly get online. As you'd expect, the included code can be redeemed straight on the PlayStation Network and works just like the code normally included in the box.
At this point it's not clear if Gamestop will carry this policy to other used titles on the PlayStation Vita, but in the past Gamestop did something similar for Batman: Arkham City. We'll be reaching out to Gamestop for comment on their plans going forward in dealing with online passes for pre-owned titles.
I'm willing to bet Gamestop and the publishers came to some sort of an arrangement over this. Perhaps Gamestop gets the pass at a discounted rate as long as they purchase it for every used copy sold, or something like that.
This isn't the first time this happened either. The Catwoman DLC for Batman: Arkham City also came with used copies of the game sold at Gamestop for a little while.
After almost a year long hiatus Backloggers Anonymous returns with a game to get you back into the Halloween spirit: Castlevania. Casey, Catherine, and Blake all tried to finish off Dracula before they got 25 Game Overs. Did they succeed? Did they fail? Check in to find out then try the challenge yourself! Then give Super Castlevania 4 a try for when the three of them return next time!


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McKesson Practice Choice is a fully integrated EHR and practice management Web-based software program designed specifically for small, independent, primary care practices. The selected physicians will receive free 26-month licenses to the software.
To qualify for the software, physician practices must be either primary care, internal medicine, family practice, gynecology, or pediatric practitioners; be in a solo private practice or a physician practice with no more than 10 physicians; have a demonstrated history of providing unreimbursed care to the low-income community for six months or more; and have broadband or high-speed Internet connectivity in the location where the physician expects to use the software. The physicians must be located in greater metropolitan Buffalo, NY; Cincinnati; Cleveland; Detroit; Miami; Milwaukee; Newark, NJ; Philadelphia; or St. Louis.
McKesson is calling upon other corporations to help by providing free hardware, Internet services, office furniture, and other necessary technology and supplies to the program.


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Military action on Iran would be 'catastrophic': El Baradei
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UN nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed El Baradei on Thursday urged an end to talk of a military solution to the Iran nuclear crisis, saying any strike against Tehran would be "catastrophic".
"I hope we will stop talking about military action," El Baradei said during a discussion on nuclear proliferation at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
"Military action against Iran would be counter productive and catastrophic," he said, stressing that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was unaware of any facility in Iran capable of producing nuclear weapons.
"Do they have the knowledge? Sure, they have the knowledge. Are you going to bomb the knowledge?" he said.
The UN Security Council passed a resolution last month imposing sanctions on Iran for its repeated refusal to cooperate fully with the Vienna-based IAEA or to suspend uranium enrichment.
Iran insists that its nuclear programme is solely aimed at meeting peaceful energy needs, but the West fears it could be diverted towards building an atomic bomb.
In Vienna on Thursday, IAEA spokeswoman Melissa Fleming said the agency had asked Iran to "to reconsider their decision" to ban 38 IAEA inspectors from working in the country.
IAEA inspectors regularly visit Iranian nuclear sites under the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, to which Iran is a signatory.
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During the summer and fall seasons, take a scenic gondola ride up the mountain for a panoramic view of the High Peaks, Lake Champlain, and north to Montreal. Drive up the Whiteface Mountain Veterans Memorial Highway to the amazing castle and summit observation deck. There's also mountain biking on Whiteface, with additional hiking and bicycling trails throughout the valley.
The Whiteface region offers some of the best fly fishing in the Adirondacks on both the West and East branches of the Ausable River. The river also offers outstanding whitewater kayaking and canoeing, and a series of waterfalls and large flat rocks provide perfect spots for picnics and photographs.
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For family fun visit Santa's Workshop in North Pole, N.Y., a fairyland of activities, rides and shows. At spectacular High Falls Gorge take a nature walk alongside granite cliffs and waterfalls that tumble over 700 feet.
Stop by regional craft centers and art galleries to view local artisans' pottery, artwork, and native wares. Superior camping facilities, comfortable bed and breakfasts, traditional lodges and inns, and great restaurants provide Adirondack hospitality at its finest.
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Building solutions using model-driven architecture (MDA) methods requires changes to the development process. While our experience has been that many of the current best practices for enterprise software development are still applicable, a model-driven approach to the development process requires some important changes to those practices.
In this article, the third and final installment in a series of articles on MDA, we will explore those changes and MDA's application within a modern software development context. In Part I of this series, published in the February 2004 issue of The Rational Edge, we discussed how modeling is used in industry today and the relevance of MDA to today's systems. In Part II, published in April 2005, we examined model-driven development approaches from the perspective of the design and use of a toolkit for MDA at IBM. As we conclude this series with a focus on the development process, we will examine a well-known development process, the Rational Unified Process®, or RUP®, and consider the way that process is interpreted and executed on an MDA project.
A RUP overview
The Rational Unified Process is the de facto standard software engineering process in use today.1 The goal of RUP is to ensure the production of high-quality software that predictably meets the needs of its end users on schedule and within budget. It provides a disciplined approach to assigning tasks and responsibilities within a development organization and has been applied to projects of varying size and complexity, with small teams and large, and with durations lasting weeks to years.
Figure 1 illustrates the overall architecture of the RUP in two dimensions. The horizontal axis represents time and shows the lifecycle aspects of the process. The management perspective of lifecycle phases is shown across the top, and the software engineering and project management perspective of iterations is displayed along the bottom. The vertical axis represents disciplines grouped logically, showing the static aspect of the process -- how RUP is described in terms of process components, disciplines, activities, workflows, artifacts, and roles.
Figure 1. The RUP concepts of disciplines, phases, and iterations
At any point in time during a RUP-based project, there is activity taking place in a variety of disciplines. What distinguishes one lifecycle phase from another is not the total absence of a discipline, but the relative amount of contribution that discipline is making in the overall work streams. The mix of activities varies over time as the emphasis and priorities of the project change. For example, in early iterations you spend more time on requirements; in later iterations you spend more time on implementation.
RUP phases and iterations
From a management perspective, the RUP software lifecycle consists of four sequential phases, each concluded by a major milestone. An assessment is performed to determine whether the objectives of the phase have been met. A satisfactory assessment allows the project to move to the next phase. Briefly, the phases of a RUP lifecycle are:
- Inception: The goal of the Inception phase is to reach agreement among all stakeholders on the lifecycle objectives for the project. Typically, there are significant business and requirements risks that must be addressed before the project can proceed. For projects focused on small enhancements to an existing system, the Inception phase is more brief, but is still focused on ensuring that the project is both worth doing and possible to do. The Lifecycle Objectives Milestone is the primary exit criteria of Inception. It evaluates the basic viability of the project.
- Elaboration: The goal of the Elaboration phase is to baseline the architecture of the system to provide a stable basis for the bulk of the design and implementation effort in the Construction phase. Elaboration produces an executable system that marries the essential business requirements with the technical architecture and demonstrates the viability of the technical approach chosen. The architecture evolves out of a consideration of the most significant requirements (those that have a great impact on the architecture of the system) and an assessment of risk. The Lifecycle Architecture milestone establishes a managed baseline for the architecture of the system and enables the project team to scale during the Construction phase.
- Construction: The goal of the Construction phase is clarifying the remaining requirements and completing the development of the system based upon the baselined architecture. The Construction phase is in some sense a manufacturing process, where emphasis is placed on managing resources and controlling operations to optimize costs, schedules, and quality. In this sense, the management mindset undergoes a transition from the development of intellectual property during Inception and Elaboration to the development of deployable products during Construction and Transition. The Initial Operational Capability milestone determines whether the product is ready to be deployed into a user acceptance environment.
- Transition: The focus of the Transition phase is to ensure that software is available for its end users. The Transition phase can span several iterations; it includes testing the product in preparation for release and making minor adjustments based on user feedback. At this point in the lifecycle, user feedback should focus mainly on fine-tuning the product, as well as configuring, installing, and addessing usability issues; all the major structural issues should have been worked out much earlier in the project lifecycle. The Product Release Milestone is the point at which you decide if the objectives of the project were met, and if you should start another development cycle. From a software engineering and project management perspective, things happen day-to-day based on iterations. Phases consist of multiple iterations -- distinct sequences of activities with a base-lined plan and valuation criteria resulting in a release of artifacts (internal or external). Every phase of the lifecycle consists of a series of iterations and the character of the iterations differs depending on where you are in the lifecycle.
RUP and MDA
Currently, RUP provides no specific guidance on how to integrate an MDA style of software development into the overall process. This is not surprising; RUP reflects current industry best practice and typically does not codify approaches until they are well established within the field. MDA is a new and emerging approach, and significant best practice with MDA as applied to RUP projects is only now becoming available.
Our experiences, however, indicate a number of important ways in which we can enhance RUP with best practices for MDA projects. In particular, the backbone of RUP, an architecture-centric and iterative development process, is highly consistent with MDA concepts and offers an excellent basis for succeeding with MDA.
However, there are some areas where additional guidance on MDA is appropriate. Here, we indicate a number of the important aspects to consider in applying RUP to an MDA project.
- Elaboration is the main phase impacted by an MDA project. It is important to look at Elaboration activities and briefly describe MDA modifications.
- The Architect role is the main role in Elaboration that requires additional consideration. As a specialization of "Architect," the MDA Architect role is appropriate to many MDA projects. Essentially, this role defines specific MDA activities and artifacts, creates the transformations, and so on. Hence, the primary MDA artifacts from this role are mapping documents, transformations, and UML profiles.
- MDA is as much about model-driven automation as it is about model-driven architecture. This provides some guidance as to how to view MDA and RUP. Typically, MDA automates activities within RUP. Rather than change RUP activities, MDA augments them with additional tasks aimed at supporting automation of a number of the primary RUP activities.
- The application of MDA involves many RUP roles, but they typically will not require additional activities. Rather, the standard activities in each role will require details to be added regarding how those activities are automated using the specific tools and MDA techniques chosen. In RUP, we call these additional details RUP Tool mentors. For example, a team working on object-relational data mapping may be using a modeling tool with a set of MDA transformations. But at a high level their workflow related to "define design classes" will largely remain the same.
- More pervasively, the primary changes to RUP consist of a more subtle change of perspective on the development process. MDA encourages architects and developers to work at higher levels of abstraction than typically expected in non-MDA projects. This is most apparent during construction where the code automation aspects of MDA significantly change the emphasis of the implementation tasks. Developers are able to continue to work with more abstract analysis and design models as inputs to MDA transformations. They find that they work less with actual implementation models and source code, and more with designs for the appropriate business-focused workflow of the solution. A smaller subset of developers will be implementing the model-to-code transformations themselves.
- MDA transformations are frequently constructed around pre-built solution frameworks (also called "Reference Architectures" or "Application Frameworks"). The MDA transformations augment these frameworks with domain-specific business logic. This approach of coupling MDA and solution frameworks makes a great deal of sense since the entire MDA approach is centered on automating a set of repeatable techniques and assets. However, it further changes the development process toward greater emphasis on reuse, management assets, and incremental delivery of solutions.
Using MDA to customize a solution framework
Today's enterprise software systems are rarely (if ever) developed from scratch, line-by-line, in an IDE. Rather, they are created by extending an existing solution framework with domain-specific business logic, by connecting to (and manipulating) information from different sources, and by designing context-rich user display and interaction services. Hence, the development approach that is followed is not the classic "waterfall" scenario, where requirements gathering is followed by analysis and design, leading to the implementation of the system. Rather, it is one of continual extension and refinement of an existing partial solution toward a desired goal through a set of iterations that add value to the solution.
These partial solutions that form the heart of a new system may come from one of several sources:
- An existing set of applications. The primary approach may be to take an existing solution and extend it in useful ways, as dictated by the business need. Hence, much of the design work involves understanding how those existing applications are architected, and where meaningful extensions can be added without compromising the qualities of the existing applications. In most cases, the process is complicated by the fact that the original applications were not designed with the goal of reuse in mind.
- A proprietary application framework used by the organization. Having built many kinds of similar solutions in a particular domain, some organizations have extracted core application capabilities as reusable proprietary services to be employed in future solutions. These services help to improve productivity of a family of systems that share common characteristics, and increase the predictability of future system development. An example is Accenture's General Reusable Netcentric Delivery Solution (GRNDS) Framework2 .
- An acquired application framework, whether open source or commercial in origin. Recognizing the consistent architectural patterns that are used in designing certain kinds of applications has led to a number of technologies to help organizations create solutions conforming to those patterns. The resulting application frameworks are available both commercially and in the open source community, and are delivered as standalone frameworks or bundled with tools that help create, manage, and extend those frameworks. Examples include the Struts and JSF frameworks for creating certain kinds of n-tiered J2EE solutions.
- A set of extensions and customizations to packaged applications. Many organizations acquire comprehensive solutions for key business processes from packaged application vendors. However, organizations typically need to customize those solutions to meet their needs. As a result, the packaged application vendors 1) have structured their solutions to support different kinds of extension and customization, 2) offer well-defined APIs to access internals of the packaged application, or 3) augment the packaged applications with detailed design documents, extension examples, and package-specific tools.
Given these possibilities, the primary task faced by many IT project managers is to create a clear understanding of their domain, to express that understanding in a platform-independent domain model supporting various kinds of analysis to ensure its correctness and consistency, and to map that domain model to a platform-specific implementation realized by extending the solution framework. Model-to-model transformations help in refining the domain, while model-to-code transformations map the domain model to the specific solution framework.
In model-to-code transformations, the solution framework plays a key role, because it constrains and guides the kinds of transformations that are meaningful. For example, if you're using a Struts-based application framework, the application being created has a well-understood structure, including well-known extension points where business logic will be realized. You can create a set of transformations based on that knowledge. Indeed, you can created wizard-driven tooling to automate creation of those transformations for domain models containing appropriate kinds of information. This is the way, for example, in which tools, such as IBM Rational Application Developer®, use domain-focused visual design tooling to automate code generation for Struts or Java ServerFaces (JSF)-based application frameworks. More generally, by using a solution framework as the basis for a system, the task of writing model-to-code transformations is significantly eased, and we gain greater efficiency, predictability, repeatability, and manageability of the resulting solutions.
In summary, we reiterate that software is rarely created from scratch, and that model transformations (to another model or to code) help leverage existing solution frameworks. As this approach of building on existing software increases, the role of MDA and its value increases by helping to automate how we extend and customize those frameworks. Some view this "custom automation" as the only viable option for creating systems of increasing complexity, and in response to the constraints placed on us by the components and technologies we deploy.
Summary and future directions
Model-driven approaches to software and system development have been in use for some time. More recently, the focus of attention has been on how to increase automation of model-driven technologies based on the OMG's MDA approach. MDA techniques enable organizations to construct custom automations for model-to-model and model-to-code transformations. Using these transformations, technical experts can share their expertise across a large development team. In particular, MDA offers a number of advantages over other approaches:
- Productivity of development is increased by helping to insulate a majority of developers from technical details that they do not need to consider to carry out their task of designing enterprise solutions to meet a business need. More time is spent focusing on their task at hand: implementing the business capabilities of the system.
- MDA improves quality by encouraging reuse of known patterns of behavior, building on existing architectural designs, and leveraging expertise more effectively. The use of automation also promotes consistency and improves the quality of the system design and implementation, particularly as the solution evolves through maintenance and upgrade.
- MDA's repeatable set of practices is well-suited to today's iterative development requirements, because MDA enhances predictability of the development process and the delivered solution itself. The use of automation speeds up development, particularly when many of the tasks of the developer are repetitive and cumbersome.
In this series of articles, we have explored many of the practical aspects of realizing an MDA approach based on our use of modeling techniques in general, and the design and use of a specific MDA Toolkit for IBM Rational XDE for Java. These experiences reveal that, while traditional design and implementation practices are relevant to MDA projects, there are a number of additional requirements that must be addressed to ensure that the approach is optimally applied. We have described many of these requirements and illustrated them with practical examples.
In Part 2, we distilled our key findings into 12 lessons for practical application of MDA. These lessons, however, are not specific to a single set of technologies. They have also been applied within other IBM Rational tools. Based on our experiences with existing technologies and practices, including those reported here, the latest set of solutions from IBM Rational support MDA development projects by providing capabilities we believe are essential. As a result, IBM Rational Tools provide a rich set of functionality for all types of automation, including predefined out-of-the-box transformations and tools for customizing transformations.3 The latest example of this support for MDA is seen in the IBM Rational® Software Architect product. This is an extensive workbench of design and construction services supporting various aspects of analysis, design, and implementation of enterprise systems, including sophisticated model authoring and management capabilities to support visual modeling in UML. Specific to MDA projects, the IBM Rational Software Architect product contains an extensive custom pattern authoring environment, and supports authoring of model-to-model and model-to-code transformations in several ways (depending on preferred style and design goals):
- Generic plugins (using the Eclipse plugin development environment)
- Pluglets (small, easily installable automation assistants useful for quick one time automation tasks)
- Transformations (a rules-based framework for structuring large and complex transformations)
Supporting these technologies is a set of best practices that assist organizations to adopt model-driven approaches. Integrated with the IBM Rational Software Architect product is context-specific process guidance for development using techniques based on RUP. Furthermore, this guidance can be augmented with project-specific additional practices and reusable assets available from online sources (such as IBM developerWorks).4
The work reported in this paper has been carried out by a number of people, and it is our pleasure to acknowledge their contribution. The ideas discussed here reflect the thinking of a broad team at IBM, including Grady Booch, Gary Cernosek, Jim Conallen, Pete Eeles, Sridhar Iyengar, Simon Johnston, Grant Larsen, Martin Nally, Jim Rumbaugh, and Bran Selic. We also thank Mike Perrow for his helpful reviews of the paper.
[1] J. Rumbaugh, G. Booch, I. Jacobsen, "The Unified Modeling Language Reference Manual," Second Edition, Addison-Wesley, 2004.
[2] P. Kruchten, "The Rational Unified Process: An Introduction," Addison-Wesley, 1998.
[3] P. Kroll and P. Kruchten, "The Rational Unified Process Made Easy: A Practitioner's Guide to the RUP," Addison-Wesley, 2004.
[4] Evans Data Corp., "North American Development Survey: Volume 1," Response to question on "Use of UML in Application Design," Fall 2003.
[5] Codagen, www.codagen.com.
[6] ArcStyler, www.arcstyler.com.
[7] AndroMDA, www.andromda.org.
[8] openMDX, www.openmdx.org.
1 See, for example, P. Kruchten, "The Rational Unified Process: An Introduction," Addison-Wesley, 1998.
2 See http://www.accenture.com/Global/Services/By_Subject/Enterprise_Integration/Services/ArchitecturesIntegration.htm
3 For more details, see http://www.ibm.com/rational/mda.
4 For more details, see http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rational.
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Someone used a chair to break a first floor window and one of the men then fired a shot through the window. The shot struck someone inside the home.
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JACKSON, MI – Winter is not over yet.
Jackson County can expect 6 to 8 inches of snow by Wednesday afternoon, the result of yet another potentially powerful winter storm system.
The National Weather Service said rain and snow can be expected to start in the evening Tuesday, March 11.
The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning from 11 p.m. Tuesday, to 3 p.m. Wednesday. At times, the snowfall rate could be an inch an hour.
Around midnight, the temperatures should drop below freezing and the precipitation should change from rain to snow, National Weather Service Meteorologist John Kowaleski said.
As of 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, the anticipated snowfall for Jackson County was 6-8 inches, Kowaleski said.
The Snow will continue to fall into Wednesday, and begin to taper off by noon.
"The heaviest (snowfall) will be in the southern part (of Jackson County)," Kowaleski said.
With rain falling before the snow, Jackson County Undersheriff Christopher Kuhl said residents need to be cautious of ice on the roadways and low visibility during the morning rush hour commute.
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John C. Cummings & Jane Blair
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John C. Cummings Jane Blair
Born ca. 1742 Born 20 Aug 1746
Birthplace: Probably PA Birthplace: At Sea
Death date: Unknown ca. 1800-1816 Death Date: 21 Apr 1839
Burial place: Unknown, NC Burial Place: Round Hill Cemetery
Military Service: RW CPT, NC Milita, near Belfast, Marshall Co TN
John C. Cummings & Jane Blair Were Married after Aug 1778
But before 9 Feb 1779
Probably in Surry Co. NC
1. M. Hugh Cummings* ca. 1779-before 4 Jan 1847
2. M. George Cummings* ca. 1780-before 6 Feb 1843
3 M, Thomas Cummings 15 May 1781-18 Oct 1868 m. Isabel Lowry
4. F. Sarah Cummings 1 Oct 1782-21 Sep1853 m. Samuel McCuiston
5. M. John Blair Cummings ca. 1790-after 16 Mar 1861 m. 1st Martha Miller
2nd Eunice Hunter
Parents of John C. Cummings: Parents of Jane Blair:
Father: John Cummings Father: Hugh Blair
Mother: Unknown Mother: Mary Dawson
· The placement of Hugh and George Cummings is not proved, but highly likely.
The genealogical record of their Mother, Jane Blair (Endsley) Cummings is well known
And so is that of her Cummings children, Thomas, Sarah and John Blair Cummings. That there was a son, George Cummings, is proved by his being named a
co-executor of Andrew Endsley's will in Stokes County, NC in 1816 and by his being
referred to as "my brother, George Cummings" in Andrew Endsley's will. What is not
generally known is what became of George Cummings after he completed his duties
as co-executor of the will in Stokes County, NC.
Hugh Cummings has never been mentioned in any Family Group Record of the John C.
Cummings & Jane Blair known to date, yet close study of the 1830 Bedford and 1840
Marshall County Censuses, coupled with land plat maps of the area settled by other
members of the extended Cummings/Endsley/Lowry families present an overwhelming
amount of circumstantial or indirect evidence supporting the inclusion of Hugh Cummings within this Family Group Record.
An article researched and written by Donald C. Jeter with an accompanying land plat map also prepared by Mr. Jeter was especially helpful in understanding the relationships, both proved and probable among these extended families. The article is "Land Between Head Springs and Petty's Cave - Mt. Zion," beginning on page 36 of the Summer 1986 issue (Vol. XVII, NO. II) of the MARSHALL COUNTY HISTORICAL QUARTERLY Published by Marshall County Historical Society, Lewisburg, TN 37091.
Hugh, George and John Blair Cummings all died in Marshall County TN. Their exact death dates and burial places are not known. There are records of estate
settlements for Hugh and George Cummings in Marshall Co, TN. There are
deed records of two deeds of gift from John B. Cummings to his sons in Marshall
County TN deed records.
Thomas Cummings and his wife, Isabel, were buried at Round Hill Cemetery.
Sarah (Cummings) McCuistion and her husband, Samuel, migrated from Bedford Co TN to Ray Co, MO.
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I have the L2461xwA Lenovo Widescreen Touchscreen display. When I set the resolution to 1680x1050, it is full screen as expected. When I set the resolution to 1920x1080, which is the native resolution, it is NOT full screen. There is about a 1 inch black border on the left and right sides and about a 3/4 inch border on the top and bottom when in 1920x1080 resolution. How do I make it full screen?
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MUSKEGON, MI -- Muskegon County's two parochial high schools far outperformed public schools on the Michigan Merit Exam, state results show.
Western Michigan Christian posted the highest percentage of students passing reading -- 84 percent – while Muskegon Catholic Central High School had 56 percent of students pass math portions of the test, the highest in the county.
The highest test scores posted by a public school in Muskegon County came from North Muskegon, where 68 percent of student passed reading and 39 percent passed math. Spring Lake High School in Ottawa County had an 84 percent passing rate for reading and 54 percent passing rate for math.
Statewide averages were 55.9 percent for reading and 29.1 percent for math.
Scores released by the state Thursday were for the test taken in the spring by high school juniors. The test also includes the ACT college prep test.
WMC had 52 percent of its students pass math and Muskegon Catholic had 78 percent of students pass reading.
Average ACT composite scores were 22.9 for MCC and 22.3 for WMC. The 21 posted by Mona Shores and North Muskegon students was the highest among Muskegon County schools. Spring Lake's was 22.8.
Muskegon Area Intermediate School District Superintendent Dave Sipka acknowledged that public schools have more work to do to align curriculum to expectations. He also noted that test scores tend to follow socio-economic trends.


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Michigan Population by Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 2010
Chart 1 shows that Non-Hispanic whites account for 89 percent of Michigan's population at age 90. Another 9 percent of Michigan residents at that age are non-Hispanic blacks, leaving only 2 percent in other categories. Those percentages reflect the race distribution of Michigan's population when these people were born ninety years ago.
The percentage of Michigan residents who are non-Hispanic whites falls progressively for younger ages to only 65% for infants under 1 year of age. Blacks account for 17 percent of infants and other categories account for the remaining 18 percent.
Chart 2 shows similar data for Hispanics, Asians, and people for whom more than one race is reported. All three of these categories account for very small percentages in the oldest age groups, but they comprise much higher percentages of the total as age decreases. Hispanics account for 9 percent of Michigan's infants while non-Hispanics for whom more than one race was reported account for nearly 6 percent and non-Hispanic Asians account for nearly 3 percent.
The smooth exponential change for the multiracial category reflects increasing rates of intermarriage as well as possible changes in patterns of data reporting. For Asians and Hispanics, however, there is a notable bulge from the ages of 20 to 35. This reflects high levels in immigration by young adults, including a substantial number of Asian students who are temporary residents of Michigan. The high number of Hispanic children relative to other age groups reflects high fertility rates among Hispanics while the low number of Asian children relative to other age groups reflects very low fertility rates.
Each of the race categories shown in Chart 3 represents less than 1 percent of Michigan's population. Native Americans represent about 0.6 percent of Michigan's population below age 50 but a progressively smaller percentage for older ages. The difference between the older and younger ages largely reflects differences in racial identification rather than patterns of fertility or migration.
Although the Census Bureau's race categories are intended to encompass the entire population, an "Other Race" category is provided to accommodate individuals who feel that they do not fit into any of the other categories provided. A portion of Michigan's Arab population may be reported in this category. The rapid growth of this category with decreasing age suggests high levels of immigration and fertility.
Pacific Islanders represent a very small percentage of Michigan's population at all age levels.
CHARTSAge Distribution by Race: Michigan, 2010
Chart 1: Non-Hispanic Whites and Blacks
Chart 2: Hispanics and Non-Hispanic Asians and Multiracials
Chart 3: Other Races
TABLESPopulation by Single Year of Age, Race, Sex, and Hispanic Origin: Michigan, 2010
(Each table includes population counts and percentage distribution by race)
Pt. 1: Total by Age and Race
Pt. 2: Males by Age and Race
Pt. 3: Females by Age and Race
Pt. 4: Total by Age, Race and Hispanic Origin
Pt. 5: Males by Age, Race and Hispanic Origin
Pt. 6: Females by Age, Race and Hispanic Origin
Pt. 7: Total Hispanics by Age and Race
Pt. 8: Male Hispanics by Age and Race
Pt. 9: Female Hispanics by Age and Race
Data for additional levels of geography in Michigan or other states can be obtained from Table PCT12 of Summary File 1 through:
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