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Her career led her to work in various kitchens in the South and Northeast, concentrating on pastry, and she has also taught culinary classes and given cooking demonstrations.
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Barbara was born Aug. 25, 1948 in Gonzales to Elmer and Wilma Taylor Freeman, who are both deceased.
Barbara is survived by her husband, Bill Brosh; daughter, Joan Behrens, and her husband, John, of Olivia; son, Kevin Peters of Hobson; two grandchildren, Holly and Brooke Behrens; and cousin, Mildred Davis Johnson, and her husband, Leroy, of Goliad.
Barbara was preceded in death by her parents.
A memorial service will be held at a later date.
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The 2012 regular-season opener was still a few days away as Dom Capers tried to predict the future.
As he stood in the hallway outside the Green Bay Packers locker room – a place he would hold court with reporters twice a week all season long – he knew what he would have to work with. The defense had added six rookie draft picks (plus two undrafted rookie free agents), had what he believed were two field-tilting stars (outside linebacker Clay Matthews and cornerback-turned-safety Charles Woodson), a shutdown corner he believed was regaining his pre-injury form (Tramon Williams), six defensive linemen with varying skill sets and some young cover men (third-year man Sam Shields, second-year man Davon House and rookie second-round pick Casey Hayward) who would potentially give him options in his sub packages.
But the 62-year-old defensive coordinator knew there'd be growing pains.
"We're going to have a lot of young guys out there playing," Capers said on Sept. 7, two days before what would be a 30-22 loss to the San Francisco 49ers at Lambeau Field. "I know our first two years that I was here, our defense got heck of a lot better the second half of the season. I think we played with anybody defensively in the league those first two years. Your team changes as you go through it.
"The one thing I feel good about stating is I think we will get better. As long as we stay healthy, and we can keep these young guys coming along, we'll get better as a defense just because of game experience. When you take young guys and if you feel they have good ability, what they have to do is they have to gain that experience and start to play with more confidence and you start to see them making more plays maybe they weren't making when you started out.
"You'd obviously love to get off to a good start. But I've felt all along that this defense will improve as the season goes on, as long as we can stay healthy."
It's been 130 days since Capers said that. In the interim, the defense did improve. What it did not do was stay healthy. And, in the end, it did not get the job done when it mattered most.
"It's important you play your best (at the end of the year). That's what we look for traditionally around here," Capers said on Dec. 28. "The first year I was here in 2009, we played good – we didn't play good in the playoffs – but we played good down the stretch and won seven of out of our last eight. Our Super Bowl year, we played outstanding down the stretch. There was a lot of confidence. Last year was the year that we didn't. We kind of limped into things last year on defense. … (This year), I think we've gradually improved."
On Tuesday, Capers will speak with reporters again, in that same hallway, in the wake of a historically bad defensive performance in Saturday night's 45-31 NFC Divisional Playoff loss to those 49ers at Candlestick Park. He'll do so amid speculation – or at least fan fury – about his job security.
Head coach Mike McCarthy will speak too, at his customary podium, although he may not shed any light on what the future holds for Capers, who four years ago brought his 3-4 scheme to Green Bay after McCarthy fired his predecessor, Bob Sanders. In the past, McCarthy has avoided painting himself into an on-the-record corner by saying anything about possible staff changes, so it's hard to predict if he'll say anything definitive Tuesday.
If McCarthy is mulling a change – and there are no telltale indications that he is – he must weigh a variety of factors, not the least of which would be the abominable defensive performance against the 49ers, as quarterback Colin Kaepernick rolled up an NFL single-game quarterback rushing record (181 yards, including a pair of touchdowns) and the 49ers finished with the fourth-most total yards ever gained in an NFL postseason game in history (579).
As has been well documented, the loss marked the third time in four years that the Packers exited the postseason with a poor defensive performance.
In 2009, the Arizona Cardinals scored 51 points (the final six on an overtime touchdown return of an Aaron Rodgers fumble) and rolled up 531 yards (mostly by quarterback Kurt Warner, who threw only four incompletions) in an NFC Wild Card Playoff victory over the Packers at University of Phoenix Stadium'
Last year, the defense gave up 420 yards – including a backbreaking Hail Mary touchdown at the end of the first half – as the New York Giants scored 37 points in an NFC Divisional Playoff victory at Lambeau Field.
And then came Saturday night, when the Packers were so inept at defending the read-option that according to ESPN Stats & Information, Kaepernick gained 178 of his 181 yards before contact – meaning the Packers never laid a finger on him most of the time – while running back Frank Gore ran for another 119 yards on 23 carries. Kaepernick also threw for 263 yards and two more touchdowns, more than making up for his pick-six interception to Shields on the opening series.
Afterward, Woodson said the Packers defensve "didn't make any adjustments" after Kaepernick began having success, suggested the Packers weren't prepared for the read-option ("Could we have done something differently as far as our gameplan was concerned?") and made sure he said the 3-4 was the proper scheme for the team without saying anything about Capers.
"I think it's the right defense. I just think when the game is going the way it is, you've got to try something different," Woodson said. "It's hard to just continue to do the same thing over and over again and continue to get burned. That's what I was talking about going forward."
Woodson also suggested that personnel was an issue, especially compared to the 49ers' bigger, faster, more physical defenders.
"I look at this team we just played and they're a big, fast team. I think as far as our team is concerned, and I don't know what happens here going forward, but we've got to get bigger and faster," Woodson said.
Asked what he meant, Woodson replied, "I don't think we have a problem toughness-wise. Watching them defensively, they were everywhere. It seemed like we didn't have a lot of holes there to make things happen. I know we're a team that prides ourselves in yards after the catch (on offense). There wasn't many of those. Then with the offense, what they were able to do with the plays they were running for the quarterback, him getting out of the pocket, him making plays with his feet and then making some throws. Like I said during the course of the game, it was hard to be a part of."
At the same time, given how McCarthy stood by struggling kicker Mason Crosby and how the organization stuck with players who struggled with inconsistent play (wide receiver James Jones, tight end Jermichael Finley) or injuries (defensive end Mike Neal) and reaped benefits this season, it's hard to picture McCarthy not taking the big picture into account.
During Capers' four regular seasons in Green Bay, the Packers have finished seventh in scoring defense in 2009 (18.6 points per game), second in 2010 (15.0), 19th in 2011 (22.4) and 11th this season (21.0). They've finished second in yardage allowed in 2009 (284.4 yards per game), fifth in 2010 (309.1), 32nd (dead last) in 2011 (411.6) and 11th this season (336.8). They were tied for 11th in sacks in 2009 (37), tied for second in 2010 (47), tied for 27th in 2011 (29) and fourth this season (47). They led the NFL in takeaways in 2009 (40), sixth in 2010 (32), tied for first in 2011 (38) and tied for 19th this season (23).
"One of the things that 27 years teaches you is you kind of focus on the things that you control and move on because there's normally a lot more said than is actually done, basically," Capers said the week of the Packers' Dec. 16 victory at Chicago, after Bears wide receiver Brandon Marshall had called him the Packers' MVP.
"I didn't know where we'd be or whatever. But you guys know with the number of rookies we've been playing and that type of thing, you kind of have that you hope as you through the season, these guys can gain experience. And you think about it now, most of these guys have never played this many games. … The exciting thing is I've seen growth and I've seen improvement in all those guys. They've really factored into our defense. So I'm hoping, and I think they understand the sense of urgency with which we have to play with now because it's all about momentum and making positive things happen. I think the experience they've gained is going to benefit us as we head into the playoffs."
Meanwhile, of the Packers' defensive starters or key reserves, starting inside linebacker Desmond Bishop missed all 16 games and landed on season-ending injured reserve with a ruptured hamstring tendon suffered in the preseason opener; Matthews missed four games with a pulled hamstring; Woodson missed nine games with a fractured collarbone; first-round draft pick Nick Perry missed 10 games and wound up on IR with a wrist injury; B.J. Raji missed two games with an ankle injury; Shields missed six games with an ankle injury; D.J. Smith, Bishop's replacement, missed 10 games and landed on IR with an Oct. 14 season-ending knee injury; run-stuffing defensive end C.J. Wilson missed four games with a knee injury; Neal missed five games with a four-game PED suspension and one game with a shoulder injury; House missed seven games with shoulder and hip injuries; and rookie defensive end Jerel Worthy missed two regular-season games before a season-ending knee injury in the regular-season finale.
"You know, once those (injuries) happen, you don't even think about them because you know if you don't have them, you've got to focus in on the guys you have to go out there," Capers said in early December. "As we've talked about many times, we talk in that defensive meeting room, you've got to be ready to step up and I think you've seen it all season. To me, that's the benefit of having that mentality. You can't sit around and invest a lot of time in guys that you're not going to have out there. You've got to focus all your attention on the guys you do have.
"That's what you have to have to be a good football team, and fortunately we've been able to do those things to win the games. The one game we haven't been able to do it on defense was the Giants game (on Nov. 25). Other than that, I think we've been able to make some impact plays to change course (of games).
"They know there's an expectation level with that, that they've got to be not only accountable to themselves but accountable to everybody in that room. So if their number's called, then they owe it to the guy sitting next to them to be ready to go out and do their job."
That's true of the coordinator, too. The biggest area of frustration last year was tackling, as the Packers had 109 missed tackles in 17 games, among the worst in the NFL. This year, they had 80 missed tackles in 18 games, and 27 of them came in their three games against Minnesota and NFL MVP-favorite Adrian Peterson.
"I think that, obviously, it was a glaring need a year ago. You can't play defensive football if you can't tackle. That's where everything has to start," Capers said on Nov. 23. "We weren't very good a year ago. In our offseason study, we talked about, 'What are we going to do to improve it?' It influences the kind of guys you take, too. Some people are termed just 'cover guys' or whatever, but in this day and age, good offenses are going to make everybody on that field tackle and they're going to try to go at your weakest link tackling. You've got to put guys out there that they all can tackle. I think we've made good strides. We're not where we want to be yet but we're a lot better than we were a year ago, I know that.
"I've always believed this: As a coach, if you believe there's a deficiency, then you need to emphasize it in any way that you can because my experience tells me that you normally get what you emphasize."
Listen to Jason Wilde every weekday from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. on "Green & Gold Today" on 540 ESPN, and follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/jasonjwilde.


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While the first two days were full of PowerPoint there was some fun in training.
Day 1
Mission: Scope out hotel without being located by patrols.
Everyone scattered around the hotel. Some hide in plain site on benches right by the front door while others milled across the street in a restaurant and gas station. All of them were caught. Everyone but your's truly. I ran nearly half a mile to the top of hill in a Byzantine Catholic nunnery campus. People avoided this spot because the hill was hard to see because of a line of trees. However, the hill gave me an excellent hidden spot to watch the patrols pick off the team one by one.
Day 2
Mission: Drive around the hills and mountains spotting "hostile" followers
Some were good. Some were bad. But if there is one thing that can defeat a well planned stragegy it is incompetence. The last quater of the 90 minute journey we managed to lose all our tails because we got lost. Another team had fun messing with some of the less experienced tails but forcing them into "Do Not Enters" and following the followers. The organizers of the training did not appreciate that.
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Mission: Learn Krav Maga - The IDF Martial Art
A bloody hand and aching muscles did not help Catholicgauze defeat the ex-Navy Seal instructor but they are the price I paid for a oh-so-brief training lesson on self-defense. So in the event when I am in Iraq and away from help and away from a gun (a disaster which probably would not end well) I stand a chance at still winning.
Iraq News
When I am in Iraq blogging will be less frequent and subject to "review" by others. However, while anything I create due to my experience over there has to be reviewed as well, expect a book about the how geography helps out in the War on Terrorism! The book will be finished after my time in Iraq is over.
The Geography Blog focusing on all things geography: human, physical, technical, space, news, and geopolitics. Also known as Geographic Travels with Catholicgauze! Written by a former National Geographic employee who also proudly served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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3 comments:
- Ben said...
A book! Awesome, I look forward to it.
War on Terrorism? In Iraq? What a Farce!
- Catholicgauze said...
Thanks. I'll have more later.
al Qaeda in Iraq, enough said.
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- The 2007 Australian election: blue-collar voters, migrants and the environment
- Author(s)
- Betts, Katharine
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- The 2007 Australian Election Study shows that many blue-collar voters, the so-called Howard battlers, returned to Labor. Combined with earlier surveys it also shows that non-English-speaking-background migrants have consistently been more likely to vote Labor than the Australia-born. They were particularly likely to do so in 2007, especially if they were in blue-collar occupations. The Howard Government's Work Choices legislation probably played a role in these outcomes. However, the data also show that Labor's environmental policy also played an important part. Thirty five per cent of voters were influenced by an environmental issue during the campaign, more than were affected by any other set of issues. Concern about the environment is spread across all occupational groups, though it is rather more pronounced among professionals.
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- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Life and Social Sciences
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- People and Place, Vol. 16, no. 2 (2008)
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- 2008
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- ALP; Australian; Australian Labor Party; Elections; Environmental policy; Federal government; Howard Government; Migrants; Occupations; Perceptions; Surveys; Work
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- Monash Centre for Population and Urban Research
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- Copyright © 2008 Monash University and Katharine Betts. Published version of this paper reproduced with the kind permission of the publisher.
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- 1. Teaching Learning: Improved Performance by Enhanced Student Learning Strategies.
Sun., 18 May, 15 p.m.
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- 2. Making and Interpreting Geologic Maps with Mobile Devices and Google Earth.
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- Scientist-communicators who can present messages clearly and foster respect between science and the lay public are essential for true public engagement with critical scientific issues, but traditional scientific training typically does not prepare scientists to be effective public communicators. This workshop, modeled after an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) training course, will give you guidance on how to hone your public communication and outreach skills and the opportunity to practice in a safe and comfortable setting. Continental breakfast included.
- 4. GSA Geoscience Career Program Workshop.
Mon., 19 May, 25 p.m. Max: 30.
Free — must register to attend. Jennifer Nocerino, The Geological Society of America, .
- Are you about to embark on the search for a job? Or are you currently in the job market and want in increase your chances? Would you like some feedback on your résumé and some pointers on approaching your interview? The new GSA Geoscience Career Program Workshop is designed to help you begin this process. We will discuss cover letters, CVs/resumes, job hunting skills, and job market statistics.


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Teen Book Club: The Fault in Our StarsJuly 18, 2013 | 7:00pmCreekside Room
Chosen by Time Magazine as the #1 book of 2012, John Green's The Fault in Our Stars is a unique and moving story. Hazel and Augustus meet in a support group for teens with cancer and the result is...hilarious? It's also heartbreaking, joyful and tragic in ways one must read the novel to understand. Comforting cookies provided.
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Doherty Marine Postdoctoral Scholar
I am primarily interested in visual-based behavior in marine systems, with a particular focus on bioluminescence. The question I find most fascinating is 'why do animals luminesce?' Although much is known about the physiology and chemistry of luminescence in many systems, much less is known about how it is used in nature. I use low-light videography, night vision, and other technologies to explore the ways organisms utilize light for various purposes such as courtship and predation defense. I, along with an honors student, am currently working on describing how scale worm luminescence affects survivorship when being attacked by predators. You can see a recent article at the link:
I am also interested in the role of anthropogenic light (light pollution) on the behavior of marine animals, from the individual to the community level. I am concurrently working on a project, starting in the spring, where I will be studying the effects of light pollution on fouling community structure.
Rivers, T.J. and J.G. Morin. (In Press). The relative cost of using luminescence for sex and defense: light budgets in cypridinid ostracods. Journal of Experimental Biology
Rivers, T.J. and J.G. Morin. 2009. Plasticity of male mating behaviour in a marine bioluminescent ostracods in both time and space. Animal Behaviour.78(3):723-734
McGraw, K.J., Massaro, M., Rivers, T.J., and T. Mattern. 2009. Annual, sexual, size- and condition-related variation in the colour and fluorescent pigment content of yellow crest feathers in Snares Penguins (Eudyptes robustus). Emu109: 93-99
Gerrish, G.A., Morin, J.G., Rivers, T.J., and Z. Patrawala. 2009. Darkness as an Ecological resource: the role of light in partitioning the nocturnal niche.Oecologia, 160:525–536
Rivers, T.J. and J.G. Morin. 2008. Complex sexual courtship displays by luminescent male marine ostracods. Journal of Experimental Biology. 211: 2252-2262
Haddock, S.H.D, T.J. Rivers, and B.H. Robison. 2001. Can coelenterates make coelentarzine? Dietary requirement for luciferin in cnidarian bioluminescence. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 98: 11148-11151
Rivers, T.J. and J.G. Morin. Female tracking of complex intermittent luminescent mating displays in a marine Caribbean ostracod.
Rivers, T.J, Sirota, M.G., Guttentag, A.I., Ogorodnikov, D, and I.N. Beloozerova. Where do cats look when they are walking? Patterns of gaze behaviors during locomotion.
Rivers, T.J, Sirota, M.G., and I.N. Beloozerova. Correlation between gaze behavior and step pattern.


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Bibler is a graduate of Valparaiso University and has been a financial representative with the Houston Bay Area Group of Thrivent since 2000. He is active in supporting Central American Lutheran Mission Society and Lutheran Inter-city Network Coalition. He and his wife have four children and four grandchildren.
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A: My freshman year, I went to a concert with some of my friends and decided it would be fun to be in a mosh pit! (due to our love of rock music) We couldn't get out for a while, and I lost a contact for my eye. In conclusion, there will be no more mosh pits for Alexis Duprey!
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A: Unfortunately, I have had some disastrous experiences with cooking! Maybe one day I will grasp the concept, but until then, I am stuck with the microwave!
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A: Jewelry and purses! A girl cannot have enough!
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Our boys at RESQWATER, the anti-hangover drink hooked us up with a case of product, and that got us thinking about all the times sports fans across the globe could have put the stuff to good use. Here are our top 10 drunkest moments in sports fan history starting with number one, which we just happened to be at in person.
#1 2008 Preakness horse race in Baltimore
The second stop in horse racing's Triple Crown hit all time level of drunkenness in 2008 (the last year that fans were allowed to BYOB). The infield was a debaucherous zone filled with vomit, frat bros, people drinking until passing out and people jumping running across porta potties.
#2 Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park in Chicago 1979
In a ploy to boost attendance, White Sox hoped to draw a crowd of 20,000 (vs the usual 5,000) for a special 'Disco Demolition Night' where local disc jocky Steve Dahl planned to blow up disco records before the game. The stunt drew 90,000 fans loaded up on natty light who stormed the field and had to be kicked out by riot police.
#3 Soccer Fan Aussults Goalie
No drunken sports list would be complete without at least some hooliganism from our friends playing soccer (sorry football) across the pond. One rowdy Leeds fan ran out on to the field of a game in 2012, and shoved the Sheffield Wednesday Goallie. The man only realized what he had done when he saw himself on TV later, admitting to police that he had drunk ten pints of lager, followed by three-quarters of a litre of vodka – all before he got to Sheffield by train.
#4 Hockey Fan Steals Helmet At Blackhawks Game
At a 2013 Hawks vs Jets game a rogue Blackhawks fan grabs Winnipeg Jets forwards Adam Pardy's helmet off his head after being checked through the glass.
#5 Phils Fan Busted For Vomiting On Girl
In 2010, one die hard Phillies Fan, Mathew Clemmens was arrested after he allegedly vomited on an 11-year-old girl on purpose at Citizens Bank Park.
#6 Eagles vs Cowboys
In 1989, after rumors spread that Eagles coach Buddy Ryan put a bounty out on players during their first meeting two weeks earlier, the Eagles fans were more than rowdy when the rematch was held in Philadelphia.
A volatile mix of beer and snow led rowdy fans to batter the players and sporstscasters alike with snowballs. ice, and beer as he was hastily escorted off the field by Philadelphia Police. Consequently, beer was banned from games for the rest of the season.
#7 10-cent Beer Night riot
In 1974, The Cleveland Indians hoste $.10 beer night in an effort to boost ticket sales. Who thought this couldn't go well? The night drew nearly twice as many fans as usual and resulted in an unusally high amount of nudity – a woman flashing in the second inning, a streaker in the 4th, and two men mooning the crowd in the fifth. The crowd eventually grew to a full scale riot – throwing chairs and storming the field eventually leading to the game being forfeited.
#8 Philly Fans Booing Santa Feature
Drunk, cold and unforgiving Phillies fans pelted a 19 year old dressed as Santa during an eagles game in 1968. Unhappy with their performance, the poor excuse for a Santa Claus, became a sitting duck as he was paraded across the field – pelted with snowballs by fans with the half foot of snow that had fallen the night before.
#9 Bruins fan hits the ice
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Clint Eastwood's Daughter Francesca Lands Beauty Campaign
Clint Eastwood's actress daughter has landed a beauty campaign.
Francesca Eastwood is the new spokes model for cosmetics brand Too Faced and will appear in advertisements for the company's upcoming autumn range.
Too Faced co-founder Jerrod Blandino says, "When looking for the perfect girl to represent our brand, I couldn't think of anyone more quintessentially Too Faced than Francesca Eastwood. She's bold, takes chances, and isn't afraid to be herself."
The 19-year-old blonde beauty adds, "I love to play with all the colors they offer and I'm always finding new favorites to wear."
Francesca, who appears in her family's reality show Mrs. Eastwood & Company, has been named Miss Golden Globe 2013, and will be making her debut on the Golden Globes stage during the Hollywood ceremony on Sunday.


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(NBC News) In what President Barack Obama called "a special day for our democracy," the nation's former living presidents gathered with the current commander in chief to honor one of their own at Thursday's dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum in Dallas.
Obama joined with George H.W Bush, Bill Clinton, and Jimmy Carter in toasting the 43rd president.
The ex-presidents' remarks shied away from the bitter controversies of Bush's presidency such as the invasion of Iraq.
Carter, the first former president to speak, praised Bush for appointing a special envoy to help end a prolonged war between north and south Sudan.
Clinton called Bush "disarmingly direct," lauded him for helping Haiti, and joked that Bush had beaten him in first becoming a grandfather.
The dedication of the Bush library has spurred a wave of retrospective analyses of his presidency, reviving the debates over his leadership after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the United States and his decision, with a congressional vote of authorization, to invade Iraq in 2003.
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McAfee has a map of computer virus infections around the world. The map is surprisingly customizable as it can depict the number of infected files, infected computers, infected files per million citizens, and infected computers per million citizens.
The Western Hemisphere and most of Europe are full of viruses while
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Monday, July 24, 2006
Computer Virus Map
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Might the patterns of infection have something to do with the number of computers and/or number of isps more so than cyberterrorism or Fatima? Most human geography books have maps of the spatial distribution and density of computers and internet access that look a lot like these maps. This seems a more common-sense line of thought than terrorism and/or porn.
- Catholicgauze said...
I thought about this yes. But looking at raw statistics and computers per so many people the amount of viruses seems unusually high.
Cyberterrorism and porn were just two possibilities. The virus could be programmed by regional people with skills but no opportunity to put them to positive use. The use or lack their of software protection like Norton are also real possibilities.
- Catholicgauze said...
Also, many of the viruses in the US are because of pornographic and other related websites. Viruses are created by those who wish to cause havoc.


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The Phillies (26-27) broke out the power bats on Wednesday, slugging four solo homers in their 4-3 victory over Boston (32-22) at Citizen's Bank Park. With the win, the Phillies are guaranteed at least a split in their four-game, home-and-home series against the A.L. East leading Red Sox.
Four runs seems to be the success marker for the Phils this season. When they score four runs or more in a game, they are an incredible 18-5, as opposed to just 8-20 when scoring three runs or less.
Kyle Kendrick did not have his best stuff, but was strong throughout six innings as he earned his fifth win of the year. He allowed just two runs on four hits in his six innings of work, and was backed by a rare power display from the offense.
Brown continues surge, now among league leaders
Left fielder Domonic Brown took home his first ever National League Player of the Week award last week, so what does he do to start this week? How about four home runs in three games, including two solo bombs to right field today. His first home run gave the Phillies the 2-1 lead in the fourth inning, and his second, which came in the eighth, proved to be a crucial bit of insurance for the team come the ninth.
Brown now has five home runs in his last five games, giving him 13 on the season to go along with 32 runs batted in. He has eight homers in the month of May, and all of the sudden he sits in a tie for second place in the National League in round-trippers (with Carlos Gonzalez), and is just one longball behind Justin Upton for first place. Tonight was Brown's second career two homer game, with the other coming in June of 2011.
Solo shots aplenty for Phils
In addition to Brown's two solo home runs in the game, Ryan Howard and Erik Kratz also went yard in the win. Both of their home runs were of the solo variety as well. Howard took a ball just over the flowerbed in left in the second inning for his seventh of the year, and Kratz homered right after Brown did in the fourth. It was the second time Brown and Kratz had gone back-to-back since Saturday, when they did it against Washington.
Of the Phillies' 25 home runs in May, 23 have been solo.
Kendrick provides another quality start
Kendrick may not have dazzled tonight, but he was certainly solid against a tough A.L. team, and pitched in stark contrast to his previous two outings. The 28-year-old worked through six innings and gave up just two runs on four hits while walking three and striking out three. He threw exactly 100 pitches in the game, 66 for strikes.
The right-hander faced trouble in only a few innings tonight. He did allow Jacoby Ellsbury to score right off the bat in the first after a leadoff triple, but kept the Red Sox out of the run column until he gave up a solo homer to Daniel Nava in the sixth. His only other threatening inning was the third, but he was able to strand runners on the corners to end the frame unscathed. Kendrick did walk three men tonight, and has walked 11 in his last 17 innings, but today it did not come back to haunt him.
Kendrick now has eight quality starts this season, to go along with a 3.27 ERA. His first start of the year and his last two before today were the only ones in which he did not go six innings and allow three or fewer runs.
Howard continues to struggle, Papelbon continues to soar
Despite clubbing his seventh home run of the season, Howard continued what has been a truly dismal stretch. He ended the night 1-for-4 with the home run and three strikeouts, including a three-pitch strikeout with the bases loaded and one out in the seventh. He left a team-high five men on base.
Howard has now struck out in 12 of his last 19 at bats, giving him a total of 60 this year. That is good enough (or bad enough really) for third most in the National League.
The home run broke a 16 game, 61 at bat homerless drought for the Big Piece, who is in grave danger of having his worst home run total through the end of May in his career (he had eight in 2010, seven this year.)
Howard might be pretty cold, but Jonathan Papelbon is as hot as any pitcher on the team, and continued to get the job done in the ninth inning on Wednesday. For the second straight day he saved the ballgame for the Phillies against his former club, making him 11 for 11 in save opportunities this season. He did allow a run in the ninth on a bloop RBI double to left, but worked his way out of the two on, two-out jam to preserve the second straight win for the Phillies over the Red Sox.
Up Next…
The Phillies will look to sweep their brief, two-game set with Boston, and take three of four from the Sox on Thursday night at Citizen's Bank Park. They will send Jonathan Pettibone to the hill, who is looking to continue his great start to his major league career. Pettibone will enter Thursday's game with a 3-0 record and 3.21 ERA. He will be opposed by the southpaw Franklin Morales, who is making his first start of the season for Boston. The Phillies catch another break with Boston's pitching, as Morales was moved into the rotation in place of Jon Lester, whose start was moved back to Friday against the Yankees.
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I'll go ahead and play semi-devils-advocate here on Dom. He's still not there yet, in fact, he has a long a way to go to reach his potential and to be moved up in the order. His OBP is only .294, which is awful. He still shows no patience at the plate, he hasn't walked AT ALL in May. Not once. He is also a huge liability in the field, nearly costing us the game in the final inning. He looks lost out there sometimes.
All in all, thing are looking up for Dom power wise, which is great because this team could use some power, but he still has the same fundamental problems that lead to him staying in the minors for so long.
That is a semi devils advocate?
The ONLY bright spot for this Phillies Noffense this year and you're dissing the man? Get a grip big fella – I have waited and waited and cursed the ground this guy walks on for a few years now. It tickles me silly to see him doing this well and enjoying the game.
I'm looking forward to people getting on base in front of him, moving him up in the lineup just a tad (like hitting 3rd!).
Him being the only bright spot is more of a reflection on the team and not on Dom. He still needs work. No one with a .262 avg and .294 OBP hits third. I'm glad he's got the power, and hopefully it will translate into more confidence, but he needs to work on his patience at the plate.
right Jimbo, look at the team – who should be batting third?
Michael young until Utley gets back.
@Jimbo, depends on how you measure discipline. One way is to compare the % of balls in the strike zone that he swings at, with the % of balls outside the strike zone that he swings at.
When I checked yesterday, he had swung at 76.3% of balls in the zone, and 33.7% of balls outside the zone. The bigger the difference between the better, and that 42.6% difference was the 27th biggest in baseball, out of 171 qualifiers.
He's being aggressive, but still relatively selective.
Which is no surprise, we know from previous years that he has a good eye. He's still seeing 3.77 pitches per PA, not far from the MLB average of 3.82.
Pretty soon now, pitchers will adjust and pitch around him more. I expect the walks will return then. In the meantime, finding fault with a 120 wRC+ from a 25 year old is just looking for negatives, IMO.
@schmenkman , if I'm looking for negatives your looking for positives. His UZR is -4, dwar is -0.3, overall war is 0.8. Hitting 13 home runs before june will certianly bumps some stats up, like woba and wRC but the proof really is in the pudding for Dom when you look at his raw stats combined with his uncomfortableness in the field.
As for MYoung, if the April version somehow returns, he'd be fine in the 3 spot. But for the year so far, he's now down to .258/.347/.354, for a 95 wRC+ overall.
So if the objective is to have the best overall hitter at 3, based on the season so far that would be Brown until Utley comes back.
I thought the topic was Brown's hitting with respect to the lineup.
No argument on his defense.
Cholly has been using the piss poor combination of Rollins, Utley, Young then Howard – it has not been working.
Regardless of Young's stats in April, and I do mean only his batting average, there was very little production which indicates the man is not hitting with men on base (how many DP's now? 14??).
I'm old enough to remember seeing an accomplished hitter back in the 70's (maybe earlier) who had over 200 hits but only 1 maybe 2 homeruns and only 60 some rbi. Maybe it was Al Oliver but how innefective! I guess I'm too old to remember exactly who. Perhaps if he could score while on base but that figure too was below 90 runs. Lefty, Chuck – this guy was a National Leaguer – any ideas?
"He shouldn't be hitting third because his defense is terrible!" – jimbo
He shouldn't hit third because his avg is .262, OBP is .294 and his OPS+ is 108
Brooks, It wasn't Al Oliver, he had good doubles power, and over 200 HR's. I'm not sure who you mean. Any idea what team, or division?
James, his season numbers don't tell the story. His last six games are his trending numbers and they are ridiculous. 5 HR's, 8 RBI, .364 OBP and… wait for it … a 1.091 Slugging % for an OPS plus of 282!
282! Will it last forever, of course not. But IMO recent trends are the way to properly set a lineup, not what the season stats tell you. You need to win now, take advantage of the hot hand.
This is scarin me – we could be tied for second place in the NL East after tomorrow night but wait, I'm going to the game… sorry guys.
Everybody likes to complain about Ryan Howard's defense …I've even heard that he has "old man skills" out in the field… but even I, one of his biggest supporters, was amazed that his error last night was his first in something like 70 some games dating back to last year.
And while we're on the topic of defense AND Domonic Brown…. he should have caught that ball in the 9th last night. Yeah …he was in the "no doubles defense" and had to come a long way…but it really was a pretty catchable ball.
All in all, though we got a W against a very good team. KK showed a lot of grit out there as well. Let's nail down this series tonight…we catch a break (hopefully??) by missing Lester.
I have noticed that Brown sees balls that he has to range to his left to get, much better than to his right. I think it's a peripheral vision thing, I really do. He didn't break the wrong way, he did everything right, but when he got there, for at least the second time this year that I remember, he just flat out missed it. Overall I've been very pleased with his play out there, he may never be the greatest, but he's exceeded my expectations from a couple years ago.
Go Phils!
The only problem I ever had with his defense was his throw to second base – has he had the occasion to be part of that double play setup yet? I know when Michael Young played first the other day there was a perfect toss to second then back again for the DP – good stuff.
Actually Chuck, I can foresee a GG in Howards future
Howard sucks.
That was informative, frank. Tell us, in your opinion, exactly WHY he sucks.
Seriously? Does he really need to expain himself? It's pretty obvious if you're watching the games. He looks lost at the plate and shows it 75% of the time. He doesn't walk. Forget baserunning and throwing because he can't do those either. Last night he showed that he can't catch. Anything left? The only bigger dud in the lineup is Delmon Young, but he's making 1/25th of what Howard is making.
Terrence: If anyone said "Terrence sucks," you'd probably want an explanation. If we're going to have a serious discussion here, opinions should indeed be explained so that a legitimate debate can occur. There's no point to just saying "X sucks." That's like yelling down a bottomless pit; you don't even get an echo.
Go with confidence Brooks! Bring us home a winner pal. And even if they lose, don't fret.
I got news for everybody- For all the problems this team has, we're still in this thing!!
5.5 games back, with 109 games to play, and plenty of head to head match ups. The Bravos above us are the same team that fades toward the end every year, and then there are those "on paper best team in baseball" Gnats whose offense is WORSE than ours. Who cares if 1/2 of our fan base doesn't think we're that good compared to other years, we're IN this divisional race. It doesn't matter how good or bad we are, it only matters how good we are relative to the competition.
And they haven't shown us anything special. The big bad Nats, meh, they hit worse than we do, I see a .500 team. The Braves have their share of injuries too, and they strike out like they're trying to set a record or something, they'll fade. Only one team in the last 20 years has struck out 1500 times, one- the 2010 Diamondbacks, (65-97 record) and the Braves are well on their way to at least 1480.
9.1 K's per game is their average, think about that. They will fade.
I have a great feeling about the energy and youth that is starting to show through for the Phils, Galvis, Mayerry, Pettibone, DeFratus and Stutes, and Mr. Brown. Heck even Revere is playing tougher now. And I think Hernandez could be a heck of a player. A mix of old vets and youngsters = good recipe for success.
Once you make the playoffs it's a crapshoot, and all teams have a chance to win it. Old Tugger used to say, "Ya Gotta Believe" and his teammates did, and the fans did, and glorius things happened.
Lefty, you're like a breath of … well, you get my drift!
Tell you what, I am going with an open mind and some (dare I say it) hope. It would be cool, after all the duds we've seen to take 3 of 4 from the AL East leading Red Sox, regardless of who is pitching. Missing Clay B meant absolutely nothing, missing Lester I hope will bring some good tidings.
I liked what I saw from Adams last night, he looked full in command. Paps on the other hand, lets just hope this was his dud for the week as perfection goes, he slipped up but not too much (thanks Dom).
Any chance Delmon is on the bench? I'll take Nix at this point over Delmon.
I'm pleased with Brown's defense as a whole and compared to a few years ago, too. All I'm saying is that he should have caught that ball. He was the Player of the Game….and should have been… but those two HR could have very easily been negated if Paps wouldn't have shut the door when he did.
Brooks – Delmon needs to be on the bench or better yet, off this roster. Plain and simple. Can we all just start a petition for his release and take it to RAJ's desk??? Seriously…this dude is a waste of space.
Lots of comments on how great Dom Brown is preforming but this is what has been expected of him for years!!! I think a bigger note from last night was the middle infield of the future was on display in the late innings Galvis and Hernandez!!!! I really hope thats our starting 2B&SS next year cause Hernandez can really hit and field!!!!
I'm trying to temper my excitement over Brown. Let's see if he can keep it up for a full season. He's been the only bright spot this year. We've gotten next to nothing from the 5 acquisitions that Amaro brought in…Young, Young, Revere, Adams, Lannan and we're still right around .500. If they even start to contribute something along with Howard….hmmm. Just trying to stay semi-positive.
Imagine where the team might be if not for the empty suit in the GM's office. Actually, since baseball-reference.com shows that those 5 players have combined to total -0.4 WAR, the team might be better off with an actual empty suit serving as GM.
Lol. Sad but true.
We both overlooked Amaro's off-season acquisition of Chad Durbin. When you add Chad to the mix, the players RAJ acquired have cumulatively been worth -1.0 WAR so far this year. Amazing.
You can't fault Amaro for Lannan's or Adams' injuries, and they were at least decent when on the mound.
Revere should probably be blamed on the scouts. But he's also starting to show a little bit of hitting ability, finally.
Of course, that still leaves the two Youngs. In the case of M, there really wasn't much else available, although the job could possibly been split between Galvis and Frandsen. In the case of D, Amaro definitely made a pathetic decision which we all hope he'll very shortly rectify.
If Amaro doesn't get rid of Delmon soon….as in NOW or very close to now….he will lose any credibilty he still has with me. I've supported his decisions over the years and I will STILL stick to some of the unpopular ones. I even sort of endorsed the Delmon experiment…with the caveat that if Delmon didn't produce that he'd be cut loose. Well… that time has come and I wonder just what it's gonna take for him to make that decision.
Chuck A.,
I suppose you won't be happy to hear that Delmon is batting clean-up tonight.
hk – WTF ???!!!
Guys just enjoy Brown and think about the possibilities with Chase in the lineup with the new Dom. I'm going Sunday and I'm thinking about a W.
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Discussion in 'The Practice Squad' started by TrueBeliever, Apr 1, 2014.
List is current as of today, April 1, 2014.
Bill Belichick
the rest
Rod Rust
Given Belichick is the greatest coach in the history of the NFL I would have to say he is the #1 Patriots coach.
Well there's only one Super Bowl Champion on that list... so the answer is obviously Carroll......
I voted for Rod Rust as well. Nobody else even comes close. He had the greatest football mind imaginable, only to be screwed over by poor ownership and management. :rocker:
I love how most do not notice it is April fool's day and say Belichick
Well it's not 4/1 anymore where I am right now. Been April 2nd for 9 hours now
Your posting from the future!? :rocker:
Where's Raymond Berry (other than BB)? He'd get my vote.
LOL, I did not see this poll until April 2nd and wondered why it was even here. Of course, I am the same dolt who fell for one brother calling me last night to tell me the other was getting a divorce. That would be the same brother whose children called me last year and told me he fell down the stairs and was talking funny and they did not know what to do. I always tell my kids that I have the word SUCKA tattooed in invisible ink across my forehead...
Never forget one year when I was 5 or 6 years old. We were living in Maine... I woke my dad up at 5:30am and told him there was a moose in our backyard. He came rushing into my bedroom to the window, and I said, "April Fools!"
I thought he was gonna kill me. LOL
I agree with whoever mentioned Ray Berry... also, what about Chuck Fairbanks?!?! He actually transformed the Pats in the 70's from pretenders to contenders.
No Bill Parcells on that list either....
Big omission
Well you see, Sparky, I was hoping more people would catch on it was a joke since not only did I leave out Belichick, but the other two coaches who took the team to the SB, as well as Mike Holovak who got us to the '63 AFL title game. I left off Fairbanks too since he was arguably the team's best coach of the '70s.
Admittedly I should've done this right away yesterday morning to emphasize the April Fools thing, but then I decided to not do it after all. But then I decided to do it after all. But not until last night.
I've been thinking about doing this prank for years; and in fact I think one year I even announced a few days after 4/1 that I had plotted it but never actually carried it out. But this weekend I heard a blip on BSPN Radio about how the kids today have no idea how one team that is awful now used to be really good (can't remember who he was talking about,) and then he said too, kids today have no idea that the Patriots and Colts used to be awful. He then mentioned how in '91 both teams went 1-15. Though I think that's not right because two teams in the same division could not both have that record in the same year.
does this question even need to be asked? Its Clive Rush hands down
You're sort of the John Kerry of pranksters, then. LOL
Since you left out Mike Holovak, Parcells, Fairbanks and Berry, I'm going to consider that a bizarro list and select Clive Rush.
Clive Rush was headed to the Hall of Fame before he was electrocuted
or before he drafted a dead guy with his first first round pick. I don't know if he was electrocuted before or after the draft though
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Roundup: Buchholz encouraged by session
TORONTO Boston right-hander Clay Buchholz says his latest bullpen session was probably the best day so far in his recovery from neck and shoulder ailments.
Buchholz has been sidelined since June 9. He threw nearly 50 pitches Wednesday.
He got up and down three times to simulate inning breaks, and said his final 10 to 15 pitches were thrown at approximately 85 percent effort.
Buchholz will throw a similar session on Saturday, then pitch with batters standing in the box in his following stint.
Id rather have some guys stand in, he said. You know, its been a while. Instead of just going out and throwing in a minor league game, itd be better for me to just see the hitter and be able to throw my pitches doing that.
Buchholz was 9-0 with a 1.71 ERA before he hurt himself fielding two grounders on June 8 against the Angels.
Boston was in Toronto playing the second game of a three-game set. Boston won the series opener on Tuesday night, 4-2.
Tigers 6, ChiSox 4
CHICAGO Miguel Cabrera hit a towering three-run homer and the Detroit Tigers ended a three-game skid, beating the Chicago White Sox 6-4 Wednesday.
A year after winning the Triple Crown, Cabrera has 38 homers and 114 RBIs and is hitting .360.
The AL Central-leading Tigers had lost four of five following a 12-game winning streak.
Despite surrendering a season-high 11 hits, Tigers starter Rick Porcello (9-6) allowed just three runs in six innings.
Taking no chances, Tigers manager Jim Leyland brought in closer Joaquin Benoit with one out in the eighth. Benoit struck out Adam Dunn and Avisail Garcia, the worked out of another jam in the ninth inning for his 15th save in 15 chances.
John Danks (2-10) pitched into the eighth.
Porcello surrendered three runs and four hits in the first, needing 40 pitches to get the first three outs of. Garcia and Conor Gillaspie had RBI singles and the other run came on a sacrifice fly by Jeff Keppinger.
Thats where the score stayed until the top of the third when Cabrera launched a majestic drive that sailed high above the left-field fence to tie the score at 3.
The Tigers then broke the game open with three more runs in the sixth. Omar Infante drove in the go-ahead run with a single and two more scored on an error at third base by Gillaspie.
Reds 5, Cubs 0
CHICAGO Bronson Arroyo pitched seven crisp innings, Todd Frazier homered and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Chicago Cubs 5-0 on Wednesday to complete a three-game series sweep.
Arroyo (11-9) allowed two hits, struck out seven and walked none in his second straight win. The crafty right-hander retired his first nine batters and faced the minimum through six innings.
Frazier also had one of Cincinnatis four run-scoring doubles as the Reds (68-52) earned their fourth consecutive win to move a season-high 16 games over .500. They improved to 13-3 against the Cubs this year, including a 9-1 mark at Wrigley Field.
The Cubs wasted a solid start by Chris Rusin (2-2) in their fourth straight loss. The left-hander allowed two runs and three hits while throwing just 76 pitches over six innings.
Marlins 5, Royals 2
KANSAS CITY, Mo. The Miami Marlins took advantage of an error by the Kansas City Royals to score the go-ahead runs in the seventh inning Wednesday, then turned to their bullpen to wrap up a 5-2 victory.
The Royals were leading 2-1 when Koyie Hill doubled off reliever Tim Collins (2-6) to start the seventh. Christian Yelich then hit a grounder toward third that utility man Elliot Johnson let through his legs, putting runners on second and third with nobody out.
Donovan Solano and Logan Morrison followed with RBI groundouts to give the Marlins the lead.
That was enough for the Marlins bullpen. Dan Jennings (2-3) got through the sixth, A.J. Ramos worked the seventh and eighth, and Steve Cishek handled the ninth for his 26th save.
Cishek struck out Alex Gordon with runners on first and second to end the game.
Tribe 9, Twins 8
MINNEAPOLIS Michael Brantley hit a sacrifice fly in the 12th inning and the Cleveland Indians rallied to beat the Minnesota Twins 9-8 Wednesday.
Joe Mauer tied a career high with five hits for Minnesota.
Carlos Santana and Jason Giambi homered for the Indians, who won for just the third time in 10 games.
Nick Swisher and Jason Kipnis singled off Ryan Pressly (3-3) to open the 12th. Swisher moved to third on a fly out and scored easily on Brantleys fly out to center field.
Chris Perez (5-2) blew a save but got the win. Joe Smith earned his second save.
Rockies 4, Padres 2
DENVER Jorge De La Rose pitched seven solid innings, catcher Yorvit Torrealba completed a remarkable double play by tagging out two runners and Colorado Rockies hung on to beat the San Diego Padres 4-2 Wednesday.
Corey Dickerson doubled twice, tripled and drove in two runs. Troy Tulowitzki had two hits and a pair of RBIs as Colorado completed a 5-1 homestand.
De La Rosa (12-6) allowed two runs on eight hits in running his record in eight day-game starts this season to 6-0 with a 1.57 ERA. He struck out six and walked one.
Rex Brothers pitched a scoreless ninth for his 12th save.
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For a year or so now, the town's planning board has been re-working what is allowed and what isn't for sign owners in Sylva. The final product was passed by town board members this month. It expands the range of sandwich board signs, increases the size of wall signs and gives the OK to moving images on signs and accent lights punctuating buildings.
It's been 15 years since Sylva overhauled its sign ordinances. After the changes were approved, town board member Lynda Sossamon joked that "maybe this one will last another 15 years."
The looser sign rules are aimed at giving local businesses a bit more leeway in advertising themselves and attempts to get with the times in regards to advances in sign technology, digital displays and animation, said John Jeleniewski, the code enforcer for the town of Sylva.
"People need this because they feel it will help their business," he said about the updated regulations. "It's just keeping up with evolution of signs and technology and things."
Jeleniewski said the hampered economy was weighing heavy on the minds of planning and town board members when both bodies passed the new regulations anonymously.
"When things are going strong in the economy, it's easier to enforce these things," Jeleniewski said. "As long as people and businesses are doing well and are successful, there is no reason to buck what's there."
But with businesses feeling a slowdown, loosening some of the sign rules was seen as a way to help.
He said that was some of the reasoning to expand the use of sandwich board signs around town. Under the old laws, the folding, upright signs were only permitted in the downtown area where storefront signage is much smaller and more limited. But now they will have free rein throughout all the commercial districts.
Businesses will also be able to string up banners and flags advertising special deals and sales — and can hang up to two banners at a time. Considered "temporary" signs, however, they can only stay up a month at a stretch and for no more than five months of the year.
"I got a lot of feedback from business owners really wanting to put out something to draw people in," Jeleniewski said.
When it comes to blinking lights and changing digital displays on signs, they will now be allowed, but there will be restrictions on frequency of flashes and animations, although they will continue to be banned in the downtown area.
The nights could get bright in Sylva as well, with the addition of accent lighting trimming the outlines of buildings to help create an ambience to attract customers in the evening.
"It gives it a little bit more of a glow," Jeleniewski said. "And it's a little bit more pleasing at night for people driving by."
Despite the past ban on building accent lights, several businesses in Sylva already had accent lighting, like Speedy's Pizza. Dunkin' Donuts along N.C. 107 had also broken the barrier and put up a sign with changing digital displays, even before the ordinance was changed. Since it would soon be an outdated law, town leaders looked the other way for the time being.
"We just left it alone until the adopting of the new ordinance," Jeleniewski said.
Another business already reaping the benefits of the town's updated sign ordinance was Walmart. While looking to re-do the façade on its storefront and flagships sign, the company ran into the part of the old ordinance that limited the amount of square footage it wall signs could be.
The new regulation, rather than placing a maximum limit on wall signs, uses a calculation based on the size of the wall. So, the bigger the wall of the building, the bigger the sign can be.
"It's easier to figure out and brings the sign in scale with the building," Jeleniewski said.


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Skillet Beef Steak with Avocado Sauce:
Prep Time: 1 hr 10 min
Total: 1 hr 10 min
Servings Total: 8 servings
What you need:
½ cup KRAFT Zesty Italian Dressing, divided
8 boneless beef sirloin steaks (2 lb.), ¼ inch thick
3 small tomatillos (about ¼ lb.)
1 onion, sliced
2 fully ripe avocados, cut in half
1/3 cup finely chopped fresh cilantro, divided
3 cloves garlic
½ cup BREAKSTONE'S or KNUDSEN Sour Cream
Make Skillet Beef Steak with Avocado Sauce :
POUR 1/3 cup dressing over steaks in shallow dish; turn to coat both sides of each steak. Refrigerate 30 min. to marinate. Meanwhile, cook tomatillos in 2 cups simmering water in saucepan on low heat 15 min. or until tomatillos are softened and skins are tender. (Do not let tomatillos boil.)
DRAIN tomatillos, reserving 1/2 cup cooking liquid; place tomatillos and reserved liquid in blender. Add avocados, 1/4 cup cilantro, 1/2 cup onions and garlic; blend until smooth.
HEAT remaining dressing in large skillet on medium-high heat. Add onions; cook on medium heat 5 min. Remove from skillet; cover to keep warm. Remove steaks from marinade; discard marinade. Add steaks, in batches, to skillet; cook 2 min. on each side or until medium doneness (160ºF). Return steaks and onions to skillet. Top with avocado sauce. Cook on low heat 1 to 2 min. or until sauce is heated through. Serve topped with sour cream and remaining cilantro.
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Pad Thai with Prawns
Green Thai Chicken Curry
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A man who was injured Sunday while hiking in a rocky area in Princeville was transported to Wilcox Memorial Hospital for treatment, according to Kauai officials.
Personnel from the Hanalei Fire Station responded to the 10:59 a.m. call and located the man, a 25-year-old visitor from Florida, in a remote rocky area below the Pali Ke Kua condominiums. The man and his wife had reportedly been hiking and taking pictures in a remote area when waves thrust the victim against the rocks.
Rescue personnel determined that the victim was injured and could not be evacuated safely on foot, so a fire department helicopter was called in to airlift him to a landing zone in the vicinity of the condominium complex, where an ambulance transported him to Wilcox.
The victim was reported to be in stable condition at Wilcox Memorial Hospital.
Kauai is under a high surf advisory for north and west facing shores through 6:00 p.m. Monday. The National Weather Service cautions that dangerous, battering waves will hit the shoreline resulting in dangerous swimming conditions and deadly rip currents. Current weather information can be found at http://www.prh.noaa.gov/hnl/watchwarn/.


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These are NASA Hubble Space Telescope natural-color images of four target galaxy clusters that are part of an ambitious new observing program called The Frontier Fields. NASA's Great Observatories are teaming up to look deeper into the universe than ever before. With a boost from natural "zoom lenses" found in space, they should be able to uncover galaxies that are as much as 100 times fainter than what the Hubble, Spitzer, and Chandra space telescopes can typically see. The gravitational fields of the clusters brighten and magnify far-more-distant background galaxies that are so faint they would otherwise be unobservable. The foreground clusters range in distance from 3 billion to 5 billion light-years from Earth.
Object Names: Abell 2744, Pandora's Cluster, MACS J0416.1-2403, MACS J0717.5+3745, MACS J1149.5+2223
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Frederick A. VahleMay 20,2013Frederick A. Vahle
Frederick A. Vahle, 66, of Orlando, Fla., and formerly of Rutland, died May 15, 2013, in Orlando.
He was born March 21, 1947, in Rutland, the son of Frederick E. and Anna Chamberlain (Cook) Vahle.
Mr. Vahle grew up in Rutland and was employed by his father at Rutland Window Cleaning for several years prior to enlisting in the U.S. Marines. He served several tours in Vietnam where he was awarded several medals for valor prior to his honorable discharge.
Survivors include his son, Christopher Vahle of West Rutland; a sister, Sheila Bruno of Hydeville; his former wife, Barbara (Ashlin) Vahle of West Rutland, and a nephew.
He was predeceased by his wife, Lynn Vahle, in 1995.
Burial with military honors will be held at a later date in St. Bridgets Cemetery in West Rutland.
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Athlete Of The Week: Skylar Pastor
Ask Skylar Pastor how she does it and she'll tell you "just train hard."
What Skylar does is run, very fast. So far this year, The South Jefferson standout is unbeaten in 200 and 400 meter runs, and has had strong showings in several competitions.
The best news for her coach and team? She's only a sophomore.
With all that in mind, Skylar is this week's Watertown Savings Bank - 7 News Athlete Of The Week.
To see Skylar in action, and hear from her and her coach, click on the picture to watch Mel Busler's report.


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First, a disclaimer and a claimer: I have never actually written a scripted sitcom that has aired on television, but for over a decade I have been leading increasingly expensive workshops for the youth, and you can't do that without picking up a few tricks along the way. Also, and this may seem like bragging, but each of the rejections I've received from major networks has virtually begged me to submit again at a later time. Legally, they can't say that unless they mean it. Am I crazy to just give away all of my secrets to writing sitcom scripts? Or maybe not so crazy?
1My Five Tricks for Setting Up a Comedy Writing Area
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I. Take everything you hope to use for writing comedy out of the room. Sit quietly (or lie down if you have health issues) in the center of the room and visualize the saddest thing you can think of. Dwell on it. Then, willy-nilly, just yell out any kind of furniture without censoring yourself. Write it down. The next day, put the opposite of that kind of furniture in the room and then make all of your design decisions based on that.
II. Install bamboo wind chimes and a strategically placed low-voltage computer fan somewhere near your desk. Keep the fan going night and day.
Just jack the one off of your processor. Modern computers don't generate heat.
III. Sponge-paint the walls. This might seem optional, but it isn't. Sponging works on virtually any surface. Make the base coat darker and the next coat lighter. Stick with satiny and faux glaze textures. Or any texture, really.
IV. Use a Dell computer model I15RV-477BLK SKU: 8786054. And get plenty of extra memory, but not too much. Ask your Dell support person what I mean.
V. Buy a mechanical egg timer that can be set for seven-minute intervals. Time yourself constantly until you can get it down to five minutes.
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In a pinch, sand will do, but you'll need a second timer to make sure it's correct.
2My Four Go-To Comedy Philosophers -- Choose at Least One
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Additional Disclaimer: This is the 21st century, and MRI techniques have now cleared up any remaining questions about the nature of comedy. Therefore, some of my essential go-to philosophers listed below may no longer be useful.
I. FREUD: He said, "The pleasure of humor ... comes about ... at the cost of a release of affect that does not occur: It arises from an economy in the expenditure of affect." Plus, "The energy released in laughing at a joke is the energy normally used to repress hostile and sexual feelings." You can't read that and not laugh.
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II. ARISTOTLE: He hints that incongruity is the basis for humor, and thus his favorite example of comedic writing is this story excerpt: "... and as he walked, beneath his feet were -- chilblains (a painful, itching swelling on the skin, typically on a hand or foot)." Although the comedy is a tad on the nose, his explanation is the special sauce.
III. KANT: He explains that "Laughter is an affection arising from the sudden transformation of a strained expectation into nothing." As an example, Kant provides this cute bit: "An Indian at the table of an Englishman in Surat, when he saw a bottle of ale opened and all the beer turned into froth and overflowing, testified his great astonishment with many exclamations. When the Englishman asked him, 'What is there in this to astonish you so much?' he answered, 'I am not at all astonished that it should flow out, but I do wonder how you ever got it in.'" As we say in the business, "You can't write shit that good."
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Feel free to use that one to impress your friends. They will appreciate your wit.
IV. ME: I once said, "All comedy is anger -- essentially just people yelling at each other." As I like to tell my students, "If they ain't screaming at each other, fix it!" But at the same time, let me add a caveat: Make sure that if you don't have something nice to say, then say nothing at all. Humor is not about poking fun. Just think about that word: "poking." Suddenly it's not so funny, is it?


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Relay for Life Nothing surprises these cancer survivorsJeb Wallace-Brodeur / Staff Photo
Richard Swenson and Jade Johnson embrace after Swensons surprise marriage proposal during the Relay for Life at Montpelier High School.
MONTPELIER Its hard to be taken by surprise at the Central Vermont Relay for Life. When youve got participants in purple tinsel wigs, full-on firefighter rigs, and dragonfly wings fluttering behind their backs, the unusual can start to seem commonplace.
And thats before the dunk tank, theme laps, midnight games and karaoke.
So when Jade Johnson and the rest of the Weasels crew headed into the backstretch of the track at Montpelier High School, only to find their passage blocked by a phalanx of official orange T-shirted committee members, she figured it was just another prank.
You could see the confusion on her face when the line suddenly broke and boyfriend Richard Swenson, co-chairman of the American Cancer Society fundraiser, started to dance towards her with a wide grin.
Johnson busted out a million-watt smile in return as she walked towards him. And then she noticed the box in his hand.
Before she could wipe the shock off her face Swenson had dropped to one knee in front of her. There was a whispered question...and a resounding Yes, as the surrounding crowd burst into whoops and cheers.
Ive been planning this for the last three months, said Swenson, a two-time cancer survivor, as he and Johnson were squeezed by an onslaught of well-wishers. Im amazed that we were able to keep it a secret.
The event where cancer survivors, caretakers, friends and families gather to celebrate those who have survived and remember those who have gone discourages secrets by its very existence, say organizers.
Instead there is a an openness and common understanding that is held by all who participate. Survivors and caregivers proudly wear banners proclaiming their status and everyone walks together.
Cancer touches everybody said Charlie Litchfield, a co-chairman of the event, explaining the expansive camaraderie. I first did this because someone I know was walking during the luminaria lap and asked me if I would come down and walk with her. The spirit of Relay is hope. Its a family.
The Montpelier event is one of more than 2500 nationwide that have raised more than $4 billion dollars for the American Cancer Society since 1985 when Dr. Gordy Klatt decided to boost the coffers of his local cancer society office in Tacoma, Wash., by spending 24 hours running and walking around a track near his home. Friends and colleagues paid $25 each to spend a half-hour with the doctor. By the time the 24 hours had passed Klatt had raised $27,000 and the event that would become the Relay for Life was born.
Today its a worldwide phenomenon following a winning formula thats made it a central Vermont tradition for more than a decade. It works like this: Prior to Relay night individuals and teams pick a name and set fundraising goals. The event itself takes place over 12 hours, during which time team members, alone or together, will walk around the track.
Teams hold bake sales and raffle off everything from quilts to gift baskets before and during the event, all to raise funds to help in the fight against cancer. Tents and campers line the infield to offer respite for walkers who need to catch a few Zs during the event.
That is, if they can sleep during the raucous Rio Carnivale lap scheduled to begin at 1 in the morning.
Weve got light-up braids that were going to attach to our hair, said Deborah Lamoy, a nurse with a team called the Eradicators. It really cools off when the sun goes down. Weve got our costumes and were ready to go.
The relay manages to segue seamlessly from joyous celebration to heartfelt longing and sadness in the space of a lap. One lap encourages participants to dress as Disney characters or famous sports figures; another lap calls for teams to represent different countries.
But if there is a single walk around the track that defines the relay, it is the luminaria lap. Prior to the start of the relay people can make a small donation and be given a luminaria to be lit during the walk.
The paper bags with candles inside are often decorated with photos and other remembrances In honor of Memere, For Betty with love, Grandpa, We Miss You. As the sun sinks and the lamps are lit, a hush falls over the participants as the teams slowly walk the track now lighted like an outdoor cathedral. Emotion swells in the crowd.
The Relay for Life is also a family event in the traditional sense, with plenty of multi-generational teams lining the field. Theres the Ella-vators, the team led by survivor Richard Pitonyak and his daughter Ella, a can-do kid who on her own raised more than $5,000 towards her teams goal of $10,000, making them one of the top teams in the event.
Weve raised a lot of money, she said proudly of her teams VIP status. While shes not yet in high school, shes been participating in the relay since 2004. Weve been doing the relay since I got my first diagnosis, said her dad.
First-time participant Maddie Audy provided the impetus for her familys involvement. Her team, Berts Troops, was assembled to help commemorate her grandfather, Bert Tremblay. Her grandmother, mother, and a posse of cousins and friends are all doing the walk. But, says her mother, it was Maddies idea. She created a website and went out on her own and solicited funds.
I really wanted to honor my grandfather, she said. I know that hed be really proud of us today.
By the crack of dawn 57 teams and more than 400 people will have taken at least one turn around the track. Theres been joy, tears, laughter, and fun. All the effort has raised $113 thousand dollars toward the ongoing fight against cancer andall in a nights walk.MORE IN News
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