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Several years ago, when people called Linux a fledgling operating system, I met Dave Whitinger, founder of Linux Today. Surprisingly, we both lived in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. We met in a cafe in McKinney, Texas and spent an afternoon discussing Linux. During the next year, we became friends. He introduced me to many of the people I know in the Linux community. We ran into each other at Linux events and spoke on the phone often.
Despite being the creator of what we think of as Linux news, Whitinger spent the last couple of years out of sight of the community. Dave took an imposed vacation from the moment-by-moment postings of his popular web site when he sold Linux Today to Internet.com. In retrospect, his timing looks impeccable. Soon after the sell, the NASDAQ took a deep plunge. Dave looked like a genius at financial management as well as web site development. Jupiter media now owns Internet.com and runs a tight ship. I have to wonder if Dave would have had the freedom to create his news site had he not started it himself.
Today, he's back and publishing another Linux news site. More competition exists now than when he was almost all alone in the field. Dave's re-entry into the community he never really left may be another example of good timing. Linux continues to gain momentum in every quarter and Whitinger knows that content is king. He's also adding new kinds of interactive technology to his site.
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Dave's return to the limelight started with his new site, LXer.com. After some preliminary catching up, he finally agreed to do an interview with me. Out of the Linux spotlight, he has created web sites such as Dave's Garden, the largest database of plant listings and images in the world. He admits his passion for Linux, though. Fortunately, we have him back.
Tom Adelstein: When I first met you in 1999 you had just started Linux Today. Tell us something about your start up--the beginnings.
Dave Whitinger: It goes back to about a year before Linux Today was founded, as I was working for Red Hat in their marketing department. One of my side projects was to publish an internal web page of Linux-related news announcements and links to news articles that mentioned Linux. News articles that mentioned Linux back in 1997 were a huge deal.
After leaving Red Hat in December of 1997, I continued to publish my news through an email list that was also mirrored on a small web page.
Around August of 1998, Dwight Johnson emailed me and suggested that we collaborate on a real Linux news web site financed with advertisements from companies who wanted to target Linux users and developers. Without thinking much about it, I agreed, and off we went. My little Linux news site got a new domain name, new code, and a new logo.
Clearly the time was right for a good hourly Linux newswire, as within three weeks we were sustaining around 30,000 page views per day. Of course, within a year, we were doing millions of page views and almost half a million readers per month. It was a fun ride.
TA: We could say you exemplified the success of the early Linux surge. What did you notice about the first round of IPOs?
DW: I joined the Linux community back in 1995, when I put away my OS/2 Warp desktop and gave Slackware Linux a try. I knew we had something special, and felt like it would be "the next big thing" in technology. I wanted to be a part of the best of the best, so I joined Red Hat in 1997.
I remember walking into Bob Young's office as he was literally giddy with delight that he had just obtained a million dollars from an investor. I asked what he had to give in return for the million, and Bob exclaimed: "Only one third of the company!" I nearly fainted with grief, that such a huge portion of such a promising and valuable company had been given away for pennies. At that point, Bob Young didn't know, but many in the Linux community knew, that there was some very serious money potential in Linux.
Just as Netscape launched the .com financial bubble, Red Hat launched the Linux financial bubble.
The time leading up to Red Hat's offering was fast and furious. Red Hat's investor portfolio read like a Who's Who of technology. When the IPO finally came, nobody was really surprised at its smashing success, although the mainstream press reported it as a real oddity.
It was a unique time that, in many ways, I am glad is finished. That pace can only be sustained for so long.
TA: How did your business reflect start-up qualities?
DW: We never borrowed or spent much money. What we did was work with the resources we had and did as good a job with what we had as possible. I continued to work at my corporate job during the first six months. We did no paid advertising. It was basically a typical organic-growth-oriented company that only grew fast because of the incredible demand, and lack of supply, for our product.
TA: I saw you in New York, right after you sold Linux Today, but I never got the scoop. Do you want to tell me now what happened?
DW: A variety of companies started approaching us at the end of the summer (1999) wanting to buy us. Being a father with a new child, I welcomed the security involved with selling the business and continuing to operate it, getting a steady paycheck.
We did finally sell to Internet.com, but I didn't stay with the company. Leaving Linux Today is in my top-three list of largest lifetime regrets.
TA: Now you have started LXer.com. Are you back for the next surge?
DW: The timing of the foundation of LXer wasn't based on so much a surge, as simply agreements expiring.
I had a three-year agreement with Internet.com that I would not start a new Linux news site. I also felt like I had a commitment to LWN.net that I wouldn't start anything until 2003 ended.
You know, Linux rocks. I think you and I are the types that are here for the love of the game (or computer system), not the money, per se. If there is another financial surge coming, that's fun, and it'll help us get even more work done. If not, then that's cool, too. I'm here because I have been waiting to re-enter the Linux community, making the kinds of contributions that I do best.
TA: What's different about the market now?
DW: I really don't think we're heading back into a big Linux financial surge. My guess is that the industry around Linux is maturing and it is becoming a necessary piece of technology with which to conduct business operations. The Google IPO might re-ignite some activity, but I think it'll be muted.
Linux continues to make good business sense; in this regard, nothing has changed. There remains a virtually infinite amount of business possibilities in this industry.
TA: Dave, LT had some innovative technology that allowed you to create an hourly newswire for Linux. Please share with us how you created your site and the kinds of applications you used.
DW: The acronym CMS, for Content Management System, was basically unheard of at the time, so the only choice was the "roll your own" approach, and it's just what we did.
PHP wasn't really used much yet at that time, and the language of choice was
Perl. We examined a variety of different Apache-Perl tools and ultimately
settled on
mod_perl. To build Linux Today, I actually had to first learn how
to program in Perl. I read a Perl and MySQL tutorial at WebMonkey (I'm pretty
sure it was this one:
After studying the tutorial, I created a basic Linux news web site that had one table for stories and one table for talkbacks. I also wrote a few admin tools for posting stories into that table, and then wrote two or three scripts that would show the stories to the visitors. I remember the whole process taking about three days, from reading the tutorial to launching the site. It was a busy three days.
Three weeks after launch, I learned about the need for optimization when we had a big story that was linked from some big sites, including Slashdot. At that point, I implemented a caching system so that stories could be easily served without crashing the server each time we had 10,000 visitors in an hour.
Later on, PHP 3 was released, and I rewrote the entire site in PHP and implemented a much fancier system where users could log in and customize their own news. Perl is a great language and I still enjoy it, but PHP is the language of the Web.
TA: I remember you had a lot of volunteers. Can you explain how the posting system worked? Did the people posting to the site use HTML?
DW: The system was an HTML form that allowed one to insert stories into the database, edit them, and post them. We had a variety of volunteer posters helping us, and the system had built-in access levels.
Lower-level volunteers (those who needed some hand-holding) had access to insert stories into the queue, but a higher-level editor needed to actually approve their stories before they were actually posted to the newswire.
The form was pretty basic, including a headline, lead, body, category, etc.
There was a tool to find related stories and such-like, and the editor had to
write the HTML for the story (usually just
<p> tags to break
paragraphs, and the hyperlink text for the full story link).
It evolved into something pretty elaborate to suit our needs. Having a variety of editors working simultaneously needed some carefully written tools to prevent problems.
TA: How did you archive your stories?
DW: All stories went into a MySQL database and remained there for the life of the site. The stories we posted during the first couple of days are still at Linux Today.
TA: In some ways, Linux Today was like a blog--though that term hadn't been defined then. Do you see similarities in Linux sites today?
DW: I guess so. Linux Today was a simple content management system that allowed people to easily enter interesting data and present that data to the reader, and gave them the ability to post comments to the data. That's a basic blog, and it makes sense that the idea of a blog has caught on. Publishing on the Web has always been something of an art form and blogging software has made that easier.
Still, today the best sites are operated by custom-created software. One-size-fits-all isn't always optimal, and this holds true on the Web. Sites operated by Scoop (or whatever CMS software is out there) will be basically limited by whatever that CMS gives them.
For example, when LWN.net was working toward a redo of their site code, they reviewed CMS packages and decided that to get what they want, they'd have to start from scratch. That was a good move.
TA: Tell us about LXer.com.
DW: LXer is your basic bare-bones Linux newswire, with extra features available but not at all necessary for the reader. It is a lot like Linux Today was back in 1999.
The page is very light, with a minimum of graphics and features getting in the way. The home page is a straight running newswire with articles posted all day. The reader gets everything she needs on the home page, without having to dive into the site to find the rest of the article.
All of our content is available under an Open Content license and our RSS feed contains our entire newswire, including direct links to the external resource. We're the only Linux news site providing this kind of service. All other sites that I'm aware of include only their own URLs in their RSS feeds.
We're basically giving away our newswire to the community for them to do with it as they please.
We have other fun features that community folks enjoy, like discussion forums (each story is its own forum), voting on stories, Bayesian story selection for editors, private hidden email addresses for all members, nightly and instant (as it happens) email newsletters, etc. Anytime anyone wants a fun new feature, it's usually available within a day.
A Linux news site should first be the best for the user. My opinion is that the web site should be free of graphics and intrusive ads, and give the user the fastest access possible to the news.
Oh, lastly, we don't cover a lot of SCO or other negative stuff. People come to LXer to lower their blood pressure and maybe have a little fun. They can go elsewhere for the SCO garbage.
TA: That makes me want to ask: what lessons have you learned that makes LXer.com the state of the art in Linux sites?
DW: When I created Linux Today, I was a brand new coder and extremely inexperienced. It's astounding that I ever created it in the first place.
Since leaving Linux Today, I spent many years developing other web sites and I am much more experienced now. Features that in 1999 would have taken me two weeks to program today take a few hours and are much higher in quality. LXer is a more advanced system than what ran Linux Today back in the day.
Additionally, there's the human part of it. A good Linux news site will be run by someone who knows what the community wants. Some people are good at GUI design and others are good at kernel work. Folks like me somehow have a pulse on the community and know exactly what they want in an informational web site. I'm in that last category, and I think that's the biggest reason for the success of Linux Today as well as LXer.
TA: How do people join the community and how does it benefit them?
DW: Most of our readers don't log in; they simply access the home page daily (or hourly), read the newswire and click through to all of the stories, and off they go.
Others register for a username so they can vote on stories, mail other members, submit stories, and maybe even participate in the discussion forums.
There are a few who have taken on an editorial role by actively submitting stories into the queue. Many of these have been given full editor privileges (the same access that I have) and post stories directly into the newswire without my intervention.
As the Linux community operates, so does LXer. Anyone can join, participate in discussion forums, and post stories. As they prove to be effective editors, they are given more access privileges, until finally they are editors like me. It just makes good sense to give control to the community, where it belongs.
TA: What plans do you have for the future, and what's your ideal scene?
DW: For me personally? I'm continuing with what I've done for the past five years, which is a lot of Linux consulting and web site development. LXer continues to gain readership and I'm looking forward to continuing to guide that project along.
My ideal scenario is a future where I'm continuing to do exactly what I've been doing; using Linux to slowly and surely make a living for my family, and provide a good service to this community.
TA: With what impressions of the Linux business world should people walk away from this interview?
DW: That for the foreseeable future, Linux and related open source technologies will continue to be the driving force in the industry, and companies that are involved with it will prosper, if they work within the community correctly.
For the past 10 years, and looking forward indefinitely, Linux is the best industry in which to work. It's rewarding, enjoyable, and profitable.
TA: Dave, thank you for your time. And thank you for your commitment.
Tom Adelstein became an author in 1985 and has published and written non-fiction books, journalistic investigative reports, novels and screen plays prolifically ever since.
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from the Illinois Board of Higher Education
December 8, 1998
Contact: Ross Hodel, 217/782-2551
Don Sevener, 217/782-3632
SPRINGFIELD - A $2.4 billion budget that invests in the needs and aspirations of Illinois citizens - for jobs, for affordable college credentials, for high quality schools and colleges and universities - will be presented to the Illinois Board of Higher Education at its December 15, 1998 meeting at the Swissôtel in Chicago.
The IBHE staff budget recommendations target goals of the Citizens' Agenda for Higher Education, the strategic planning initiative developed with the aid of surveys of students, citizens, employers, and opinion leaders throughout the state. Budget priorities include promoting higher education's role in sustaining strong economic growth, improving teaching and learning at all levels of education, ensuring that college remains affordable, increasing the educational attainment of citizens, bolstering the quality of academic programs, and strengthening productivity.
"Education has never been more important to the well-being of our citizens than it will be in the coming century," Jerry D. Blakemore, chairman of the Board of Higher Education, said. "This budget recognizes that importance and propels us on a sensible but bold course."
The budget recommendations, which the Board of Higher Education will act on before forwarding to the Governor and General Assembly, call for spending $2.4 billion, an increase of $167.8 million in general revenue funds, or 7.5 percent, over fiscal 1999 appropriations.
"This fiscal 2000 budget is a commitment to the citizens of Illinois that we will be about their business," Keith R. Sanders, Executive Director of the IBHE, said. "We have sought the views of our students, those who employ our graduates, and those who pay the bill, and this budget reflects their goals for higher education in Illinois."
Highlights of the staff recommendations for the FY2000 operating budget include:
Responding to the needs of workers and employers
In a world of fast-changing occupational demands, few occupations have experienced the explosive growth as information technology (IT) in recent years. This budget will produce an additional 1,900 IT graduates over the next four years, beginning in fiscal 2000. To answer the economic needs of Illinois, the budget proposes spending:
Promoting partnerships: From preschool to grad school
When citizens and opinion leaders were asked to rate the importance of various goals for higher education, none ranked higher than "Improve the preparation of teachers." These budget recommendations promise to build partnerships between higher education and elementary and secondary schools to produce a system of schooling that is "seamless" from pre-kindergarten to college. To advance "P-16"; partnerships, as they are known, this budget recommends:
Ensuring that college remains affordable
When citizens were asked to rate the importance of college affordability, 79 percent said: "Very," a sentiment echoed in the survey of opinion leaders of Illinois. To honor the pledge that no Illinois citizen will be denied a college education because of financial need, the budget proposes to:
Improving quality in college classrooms
More than eight in ten employers say they are "satisfied" or "very satisfied" with the overall skills and knowledge of recently hired college graduates. But they also say they want improvement. Asked to rate the importance of various goals contained in the Citizens' Agenda, 86 percent of employers said graduating students better prepared for the workforce was "very important." The quality of undergraduate education has long been a priority for the Board of Higher Education. These budget recommendations reaffirm that commitment by proposing to spend:
Increasing access and success in college studies
Although the world increasingly demands college credentials for economic success, barriers to a college education remain for many people. Some cannot go to college because they are bound by employment, family obligations, or other responsibilities. Others find barriers to their success once they reach the classroom. This budget seeks to expand access and promote success by:
The budget presented to the Board also includes $320 million in capital improvements, also designed to promote the aims of the Citizens' Agenda. Prominent among the recommendations for capital improvements are:
"These budget recommendations will enable our colleges and universities to enter a new century armed with the tools and guided by the goals that will help us advance the economic well-being of our citizens," Sanders said.
In other matters at its December meeting, the Board will act on a plan for establishing the University Center of Lake County. Board members will review recommendations concerning the University Centers mission, governance, facilities and operations, and programs.
The Board also will hear presentations on the Citizens' Agenda, in preparation for action on the strategic plan at its February meeting. Executive Director Sanders will brief the Board on progress in refining goals and strategies for the Citizens' Agenda. In addition, Board members will receive reports on surveys of citizens, employers, and opinion leaders that were undertaken to assess their satisfaction with higher education and solicit their views on future directions for colleges and universities. A report on a survey of students will be presented to the Board in February.


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This way, there should be ample room in the 80,000-seat facility for their fans, and there'll be no need to worry about whether the Bobcats will cause delays in the other three games.
Bobcat contested games, the ones that are not pushovers, they usually last for about three hours of total clock time; the Waskom game went three-and-a-half.
This rematch of the 2011 championship, if need be, could extend close to Cinderella's midnight deadline, with every bit of the same anxious anticipation about the outcome.
And need there may be. For 24/7 over two years now, ever since their 36-35 loss to the Bobcats in the 2011 title match, the Cisco Loboes have been plotting their revenge and drawing up diagram after diagram on how to defend against the Flingling Brothers of Refugio, the three ring aerial circus of Texas high school football.
There's no telling in advance as to how long it will take for the multiple Cisco diagrams and the Bobcat counterattacks to unfurl.
At center ring, of course, will be Refugio's Travis Quintanilla and his acrobatic receivers, who've taken to super record levels their assigned task of providing aerial transportation for an oval-shaped piece of inflated pig skin to arrive safely at least one inch beyond its destination.
In a second ring will be director Jason Herring and his very able assistants, arguably the most successful cadre of Texas High School football coaches over the past seven years.
Then, to complete the Refugio side of events, there will be the third set of Bobcat performers, the supporting cast of young linemen and backs, in particular Jim LeFond and his wrecking crew, which has risen to unprecedented defensive heights in the second halves of their last two games.
Cisco, on the other hand, is more of a War Machine than a circus ensemble.
From the air and on land (from the sea, too, if one were available) they attack and defend with a vengeance, scoring at a little under a 51 points-per-game pace, while allowing just under 12 ppg.
The Loboes narrowest margin of victory in their 15-0 season has been their 27 point win (41-14) over Abernathy in the regionals round.
Five Star Lobo General, quarterback Colton Kent, has not been intimidated by Quintanillas's record-setting year. Indeed, he has amassed his own set of impressive 2013 statistics: 24 touchdowns rushing, 26 passing, with a 71.7-percent rate of completion.
Then there's Four Star Lobo General Mason Reed. Refugio fans remember him all too well.
He almost single-handedly brought Cisco from behind to grab the title in 2011. Reed is Captain of the Loboes defense, but he also provides offensive punch, having rushed for 973 yards, second only to Kent's 1,616, and just ahead of the 823 yards tacked on by Landon Lewis.
If both teams come close to matching the scoring ability they have shown to date in the time usually required, the game's length could set a championship record..
And if that's the case, and you arrived before 10 am. to watch the first game and stayed for the rest, you will have witnessed what undoubtedly will have been the longest-ever day of championship football in Texas.
In Bobcat land, there's only one way, of course, for it to be the perfect day, when it's the Fat Lady in Orange and Black who sings the day's last song.


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March 14, 2011
CONTACT: Jessica Mikulski
St. Patrick's Day Luck May Play a Role in Medical Students' Futures
Countdown to "Match Day" as Penn's Medical Students Await Residency Placements
PHILADELPHIA – On March 17, people all over the world will take part in the international celebration of St. Patrick's Day. But this year, for fourth year medical students at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, March 17 will forever hold a whole new meaning for "luck" and "celebration." At the stroke of noon on Thursday, 147 University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine students (75 women and 72 men) will gather in an emotion-filled ceremony to open their "residency placement" envelopes and learn where they will spend the next few years receiving their advanced medical training.
Known as "Match Day," the annual ceremony is the culmination of a process that began in the fall through the National Residency Matching Program, which helps pair graduating medical students with the hospital or medical center of their choice. For many students, it will be a very "lucky" day when they match to their chosen residency program and they will "celebrate" the culmination of years of hard work with family and friends.
This year, three of Penn's medical students will share their thoughts and perspectives during this exciting week of their lives – in their own written words, and on video – via a special Match Day blog and live tweets throughout the day. Family, friends, and news media can follow the excitement via the blog and by using the #PennMatch hashtag on Twitter.
Held each year on the third Thursday in March, Match Day was established in 1952, at the request of medical students, to provide a fair and impartial transition to the graduate medical education experience.
Penn Medicine is one of the world's leading academic medical centers, dedicated to the related missions of medical education, biomedical research, and excellence in patient care. Penn Medicine consists of the Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (founded in 1765 as the nation's first medical school) and the University of Pennsylvania Health System, which together form a $4.3 billion enterprise.
The Perelman School of Medicine has been ranked among the top five medical schools in the United States for the past 17 years, according to U.S. News & World Report's survey of research-oriented medical schools. The School is consistently among the nation's top recipients of funding from the National Institutes of Health, with $392 million awarded in the 2013 fiscal year.
The University of Pennsylvania Health System's patient care facilities include: The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania -- recognized as one of the nation's top "Honor Roll" hospitals by U.S. News & World Report; Penn Presbyterian Medical Center; Chester County Hospital; Lancaster General Health; Penn Wissahickon Hospice; and Pennsylvania Hospital -- the nation's first hospital, founded in 1751. Additional affiliated inpatient care facilities and services throughout the Philadelphia region include Chestnut Hill Hospital and Good Shepherd Penn Partners, a partnership between Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network and Penn Medicine.
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Mike McCarthy was on his way into the office bright and early Friday morning when his iPhone rang. At the other end was one of the Green Bay Packers coach's friends, who just like the rest of the team's fan base, is hoping that the latest outbreak of significant injuries is a sign of a Super Bowl XLV redux.
"(He said), 'Hey, man, your team looks a lot like that 2010 team,'" McCarthy recounted Monday afternoon, one day after his team's hard-earned, adversity-laden 19-17 victory over the defending Super Bowl-champion Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium. "And I said, 'This team is nothing like the 2010 team.'
"Then when I got to work and saw the injury report, I wanted to call him back."
Yes, it's déjà vu all over again for McCarthy and the Packers, who for the third time in four years are facing a health-care crisis. Unlike the U.S. government, however, they're not about to be shut down.
On Monday, McCarthy met with the team's medical staff and learned that wide receiver Randall Cobb will miss "multiple weeks" with what is reportedly a fractured fibula from a hit to his right knee by Ravens safety Matt Elam Sunday; that wide receiver James Jones escaped with what is reportedly just a posterior cruciate ligament sprain in his left knee; and that outside linebacker Nick Perry, the team's 2012 first-round pick who was just starting to round into form at the position, suffered what is reportedly a broken foot that McCarthy confirmed will keep him out of this Sunday's game against Cleveland, at minimum.
The news on Perry was the unexpected blow, as the team is already without four-time Pro Bowl outside linebacker Clay Matthews (broken thumb) for at least another two to three weeks; could be without starting inside linebacker Brad Jones (hamstring) for another week; hasn't had second-year cornerback Casey Hayward (hamstring) all season after he finished third in the NFL defensive rookie of the year balloting last year; played the first three games without safety Morgan Burnett, the team's defensive quarterback; and lost starting left tackle Bryan Bulaga and incumbent starting running back DuJuan Harris to season-ending knee injuries in training camp.
Just as the 2010 team never threw a pity party after losing starting running back Ryan Grant, tight end Jermichael Finley – the focal point of the offensive scheme to start that season – or veteran inside linebacker Nick Barnett to season-ending injuries early in the year, McCarthy insists that this year's group remains resolute, too.
In 2010, the Packers lost a league-high 91 games from their preferred starters due to injuries – and still won Super Bowl XLV. Last year, they again led the league with 83 games lost by starters to injuries, and reached the NFC Divisional Playoff round, where they lost to the San Francisco 49ers – the team which, coincidentally, lost the fewest games to injury.
Among the injuries suffered to key players last season were Matthews (hamstring, four games); wide receiver Greg Jennings (torn abdominal muscle, eight games), wide receiver Jordy Nelson (hamstring, four games), Bulaga (hip, seven games), running back Cedric Benson (Lisfranc foot sprain, 11 games), safety Charles Woodson (broken collarbone, nine games), cornerback Sam Shields (ankle, six games), Perry (knee/wrist, 10 games), inside linebackers D.J. Smith (knee, 10 games) and Desmond Bishop (hamstring, 16 games) and fullback John Kuhn (hamstring, two games).
But while McCarthy's oft-cited next-man-up mantra got a lot of pub since the team's six-game winning streak in 2010 to turn an 8-6 regular-season record into the franchise's 13th world championship, McCarthy said Monday that it's not really his credo when it comes to injuries.
"When injuries happen, I look at it as you have to flip the page. It's like anything in life, are you going to cry about it? Or are you going to look at it as an opportunity to improve?" McCarthy said. "Really, these injury situations are opportunities for our younger players, or any player on our roster, to jump up and take the rope. We don't really look at it as, 'The guy in front of you goes down, now it's next man up.' That next man needs to be ready just as much as the guy in front of him.
"That's where the competition comes from. That's where the growth comes. That's why you draft and develop. The development of these players to get ready to play in these games doesn't start this week because the guy in front of him went down. That started the day they walked in here April 15 (for the offseason program). That's always been our plan. That's our program. It's worked and it will continue to work. This week we have to go out and do that against the Cleveland Browns. That's just who we are."
Just who they will have in the lineup is another matter. While neither Brad nor James Jones has been ruled out for Sunday, the Packers know they'll be without Matthews, Perry and Cobb.
That means at outside linebacker, converted defensive end Mike Neal will make his third straight start; undrafted rookie free agent Andy Mulumba, who played 39 of the team's 66 defensive snaps against the Ravens, will start on the other side; and rookie sixth-round pick Nate Palmer, who had been inactive for three of the team's first four games before playing seven defensive snaps Sunday, will be the top backup.
The loss of Perry is doubly painful because, after playing in only six games as a rookie because of a wrist injury that wound up requiring season-ending surgery, he was starting to look the part at the position the last two games, recording three sacks – including one Sunday on which forced a fumble but was injured when Ravens lineman Marshal Yanda fell on him.
"I thought Nick has stepped up and had two of his better games. That play at the end of the half there was big because we got three points out of it," defensive coordinator Tom Clements said. "It's just like with Clay. Mike Neal and Nick had to step up. Andy Mulumba played 30-some plays (against Baltimore). So now Andy will get his shot to go out there. And we've got to continue to develop Nate Palmer."
Inside, if Brad Jones can't play, Jamari Lattimore will make his second straight start next to A.J. Hawk, with rookie seventh-round pick Sam Barrington as the lone backup with No. 3 inside linebacker Robert Francois on season-ending injured reserve after rupturing the Achilles' tendon in his right leg against Detroit eight days ago.
"I'll tell you one thing it does do, is you find out a lot about your young players, and I think in the long haul, it can help you a little later on because of the experience these guys are gaining now," Capers said. "We're just going to prepare for Cleveland with that in mind. We've got to elevate some of those younger guys and get them more reps because they're going to be playing a lot of football for us."
On offense, the Packers didn't announce any additions to the roster at wide receiver, but they have Myles White on their practice squad and could elevate him as late as Saturday if James Jones is a no-go. With Cobb ruled out – the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Monday afternoon that Cobb will miss six to eight weeks, while ESPN reported that he could be back in four weeks but could be out as long as eight – second-year man Jarrett Boykin will see more snaps. Boykin, who played 58 snaps on offense Sunday after playing only 10 in the first four games combined, dropped two of the six passes thrown his way against the Ravens and appeared to be on a different page than quarterback Aaron Rodgers on two others. But he also had a 43-yard catch-and-run on a wide receiver screen that set up a field goal.
"Jarrett did some good things. He had a rough start but I thought the big play that he had was one of the spark plays in game," McCarthy said. "A lot like Andy and Palmer, he will have a lot more responsibility and probably more opportunities this week."
That will be the case for others as well, which McCarthy believes his team can handle.
"I think everything in the game of football is about managing the components in the game that you can control, and injury is probably at the forefront of that list," McCarthy said. "Your attitude, your outlook, your approach, your training – everything goes into that. Injuries are clearly the toughest part, I know particularly in my job.
"It is a component of our game that you can't control. I've never let it bog me down. But when sit there and you're trying to get from a 53 to a 46, which you do every Monday and Tuesday as you go into your game plan meetings, there's some guesswork to this and this is definitely one of those weeks."
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His 13-year-old daughter gave testimony that contradicted the star witness. His fellow paramedics testified that he was a caring professional, and that the star witness was cruel and spiteful. Ultimately, however, the jury believed the star witness and the version of events she provided. The jury found Paul Novak guilty of the murder of his wife on December 13, 2008 in the tiny hamlet of Lava, NY. The verdict was delivered on September 27.
The star witness was Michelle LaFrance, who was Paul's girlfriend during the time that Paul's wife, Catherine Novak, was killed. Paul and Catherine were going through a divorce and LaFrance testified that Paul mixed up some chloroform before driving from Long Island to Lava, intending to use it to knock out Catherine. But, LaFrance said, the chloroform didn't work and Paul had to strangle Catherine instead.
LaFrance said that at one point Catherine said to Paul, "Why are you doing this?" and Paul's answer was "for the children." LaFrance said Paul lured Catherine to the basement and that after struggling on the floor for a time, he strangled her.
LaFrance said Paul used one of Catherine's own hoodies to do the deed. According to LaFrance, Paul then torched the house, and it burned to the ground. He received $800,000 in insurance money for the house and two insurance policies.
The broad outlines of the crime were confirmed by the testimony of Scott Sherwood, Paul's former paramedic partner who said he went to Paul's and LaFrance's home and picked up Paul in 2008 with the specific intention of driving him from Long Island to Lava. On the way, they stopped at Wal-Mart so Paul could buy a plastic bag, and maybe duct tape and a rope.
Elsie Hanlon, who was Sherwood's girlfriend at the time, and now his wife, also said during testimony that she was aware that Paul had murdered Catherine. Phone records revealed that she tried to reach her boyfriend by phone on December 13, 2008, but couldn't because Sherwood and Paul had left their phones on Long Island so they could not be traced. Then Hanlon called LaFrance.
When she learned that Catherine had died a few days later, she said she knew that a murder had been committed, but she never went to police because she said on the stand she was protecting Paul and Sherwood.
The fire was intense and left very little evidence about what took place that night, and the trial might never have taken place had LaFrance decided to stay silent. But at the urging of a new boyfriend, in September 2012, LaFrance decided to go to police and set things straight.
According to her testimony, she did so fully believing she would be arrested on the spot for not reporting the incident earlier, and because she knew of Paul's plan to murder Catherine in advance. Also, she initially lied to authorities and told them Paul was with her when the house burned down. After coming clean, however, she was not charged with a crime.
After LaFrance came forward, authorities contacted Sherwood, who almost immediately pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges.
Now Novak has been found guilty of first and second degree murder, burglary and charges related to insurance fraud. He could be sentenced to life without parole.


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Sports: JCC Men Lose 10 In A Row
Jefferson Community College's mens' basketball team went into Saturday's game against Broome hoping to break a nine game losing streak.
Instead, Broome rolled to a 64-51 victory over JCC, in a game played at JCC.
The college's women fared better, beating Broome 63-38.
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Dishes for Seasonal Entertaining 4 – Autumn
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We run a series of four seasonal entertaining courses throughout the year, ideal for dinner parties, lunches and suppers. Each course makes the most of delicious, local produce that is redolent with the flavours we associate with each season.
Our seasonal entertaining courses will teach you how to prepare your menu ahead of time and cook multiple portions together, to enable you to spend less time in the kitchen and more time with your guests. Steve will also talk through variations for the dishes featured on each course – suggesting alternative fish, meat, vegetables, nuts, spices and herbs – to give you an even wider selection of recipe ideas.
Seasonal Dishes for Entertaining – Autumn
Chorizo & Gruyère Bread
Jerusalem Artichoke Soup
Fricassée of Wild Mushrooms
Pumpkin & Mustard Fruit Tortelloni with Sage
Roast Pheasant with Lentils & Pancetta
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Colonial Country Club â Jackson Course
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Harter survives a rollercoaster round to lead the girls division
JACKSON, Miss. â Lion Kim of Lake Mary, Fla., played more like a tiger in the first round of the Nike Golf Junior at Colonial presented by the Mississippi Farm Bureau, firing a 2-under-par 70 to take a one-stroke lead over Spencer Cole of Greer, S.C., and Austin Quinten of Sand Springs, Okla.
Courtney Harter of Clearwater, Fla., overcame two double-bogeys to shoot a 2-over-par 74 and take the lead in the girls division. Sakurako Mori of Ibaraki, Japan, is one shot back at 75.
The Nike Golf Junior at Colonial presented by the Mississippi Farm Bureau is a 54-hole stroke play event conducted by the American Junior Golf Association at Colonial Country Club, Jackson Course. The tournament features 84 of the nationâs premier junior golfers, ages 12-15, from 17 states, Japan and China.
âI got it going,â said Kim, who matched a front-nine 35 with a 1-under-par back nine. âI hit something like 16 greens, but my putting was off. I just couldnât read the greens.â
The 15-year-old Kim had three birdies and a bogey across the soggy Jackson Course, where rains swept through Mississippi overnight and caused a 30-minute delay to open the tournament. Still, standing water couldnât stop Kim, whose only bogey came on the par-5 18th, his ninth hole of the day.
âI was just trying to hit the greens,â said Kim, whose plan for attacking the course was to leave himself short par putts. âI was really focused on my distance control.â
Despite missing just two greens in regulation, Kim said he could have played better. Part of that had to do with the conditions.
âThe ball just sits, and thereâs a lot of standing water out there,â he said. âI usually play better with better conditions, but I was pretty happy with my shots.â
The 15-year-old Harter had four birdies, but finished both her front nine and back nine with double bogeys on each hole. To improve on day-two, Harter pointed to consistency.
âI had good course management today,â she said, âbut I just had two bad holes. I had some problems with my short game a little bit, and that was mostly consistency.
âThere are two days left and anything can happen. I just have to keep playing like I did today.â
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The waters around the Cape Peninsula are not only home to many species of shark, but also a wide variety of whales and dolphins.
Seize a rare opportunity to encounter two of the world's most charismatic sharks when you go pelagic diving with mako and blue sharks.
As with Great White shark diving, you'll be safely tucked away in a cage, but on this occasion you will venture into the deep open ocean off the Cape Peninsula.
Pelagic diving with mako and blue sharks is a fascinating and thrilling experience that few people have the chance to experience. Both sharks are denizens of the open ocean and it's out there that you'll get to see them, some 15 to 30 nautical miles from iconic Cape Point.
The cobalt blue and silver mako is the fastest shark in the sea and is sometimes called the Great White of the open ocean, although it's not as bulky. The blue shark is long and slender, a deep indigo blue on its back that changes to bright blue on its sides and then to white underneath
It's not only deep underwater that you'll meet these magnificent creatures, but also on the surface as they are inquisitive creatures and may swim up alongside the boat. You could also see huge Yellowfin tuna, distinctive Hammerhead sharks and many other species of marine life.
If you're a birder there's an additional bonus as the shark-diving area is among the best in the world for spotting pelagic birds, including six species of albatross.
Your adventure begins when, after a two-hour boat ride, world-famous shark expert Chris Fallows finds the warm Agulhas Current that attracts huge numbers of fish and their predators – the mako and blue sharks. First you'll fish for tuna as fresh shark bait and as soon as the first shark arrives, and after a detailed safety briefing, down into the depths you go.
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Rapper 2 Chainz, previously known by a different stage name that can't be printed here, is the latest go-to name when it comes to making guest appearances on albums.
The Georgia native has appeared on tracks from Nicki Minaj, Kanye West and others. Now those names join an all-star roster for 2 Chainz's debut studio album, "Based On A T.R.U. Story."
Check out the track listing and you can pretty much figure out what this story is about. The album includes track titles such as "Crack," "I Luv Dem Strippers" and "Dope Peddler." There's also "Birthday Song" on which 2 Chainz lays out his birthday wish with the line "all I want for my birthday is a big booty girl."
For most of the album, the accompanying beats are just as generic as some of the lyrics about having an excessive lifestyle. "Extremely Blessed" is one of the better songs on the album thanks to a guest part from The-Dream. But lines about "big face Rolexes" and "22s on the Lexus" don't really translate given the current economic climate. Where were these songs when Jay-Z was "Big Pimpin'" in the early 2000s?
Other quick guest spots from Drake and Kanye are a little more effective as they mostly keep the spotlight on 2 Chainz. Then again, is that really a good idea when he's spitting lines such as "when I die, bury me inside the Gucci store"?
"Based On A T.R.U. Story" isn't exactly the album you want to listen to between working your two jobs in order to make your rent payment for your cramped one-bedroom apartment.
Also out this week: Michael Andrews, "Spilling a Rainbow"; Blackberry Smoke, "The Whippoorwill"; Black Pistol Fire, "Big Beat '59"; Spencer Breslin, "Labor Day"; The Classic Crime, "Phoenix"; Dead Can Dance, "Anastasis"; Insane Clown Posse, "The Mighty Death Pop!"; In This Moment, "Blood"; Korpiklaani, "Manala"; Loudness, "Eve to Dawn"; Loverboy, "Rock 'N' Roll Revival"; Corb Lund, "Cabin Fever"; Michael Maricle, "The Heart Found You"; Charlie Mars, "Blackberry Light"; Daniel Powter, "Turn On the Lights": Shoes, "Ignition"; Slightly Stoopid, "Top of the World"; Twitch the Ripper, "Colorblind"; Steve Vai, "The Story of Light"; Various artists, "Just Tell Me That You Want Me: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac"; Yellowcard, "Southern Air".
Out Aug. 21: Bloc Party, "Four"; Ry Cooder, "Election Special"; The Darkness, "Hot Cakes"; Dispatch, "Circles Around the Sun"; Eyes Lips Eyes, "What You Want (If You Want)"; Fallulah, "The Black Cat Neighbourhood"; The Heavy, "The Glorious Dead"; JT Hodges, "JT Hodges"; The Kennedys, "Closer Than You Know"; Dustin Lynch, "Dustin Lynch"; Lynyrd Skynyrd, "Last of a Dyin' Breed"; George Michael, "White Light"; Ombre, "Believe You Me"; Owl City, "The Midsummer Station"; Gregory Pepper and His Problems, "Escape From Crystal Skull Mountain"; Plan B, "Ill Manors"; Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, "Mature Themes"; Selah Sue, "Selah Sue"; Trey Songz, "Chapter V"; Sunflower Dead, "Sunflower Dead"; Tenth Avenue North, "The Struggle"; Van She, "Idea of Happiness"; Matthew E. White, "Big Inner"; Yeasayer, "Fragrant World."
• Rob Carroll writes about pop culture and entertainment for the Northwest Herald. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. You can also follow him on Facebook and Twitter.