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Seth MacFarlane not returning as Oscar host; Taylor disses Selena/Justin PDA; NBC wants Ann to land Angelina interview; Zach takes special date to Hangover premiere and Chad Johnson arrested.
Seth MacFarlane not returning as Oscar host; Taylor disses Selena/Justin PDA; NBC wants Ann to land Angelina interview; Zach takes special date to Hangover premiere and Chad Johnson arrested.
Simon Cowell made it official yesterday - Kelly Rowland and Paulina Rubio will join him and Demi Lovato on the X Factor judging panel. "It's taken more than a decade but I'm delighted to finally be on a panel with three girls (I think!)," said Cowell in a statement. "Paulina and Kelly both have great taste and massive experience in the music industry and together with Demi, this is going to be a fun panel. It just feels like the time to do something different." Both Kelly and Paulina have previous judging experience. Kelly worked with Cowell on the UK version of X Factor in 2011, while Paulina was a coach on Mexico's The Voice in 2012. The pair replace L.A. Reid and Britney Spears who left after last season.
Seth MacFarlane definitely won't be hosting the Oscars next year. The Family Guy creator announced on Twitter yesterday that he won't be back for a return engagement. "Traumatized critics exhale: I'm unable to do the Oscars again," MacFarlane tweeted. "Tried to make it work schedule-wise, but I need sleep." As for who should take the gig, he joked, "My suggestion for host is Joaquin Phoenix."
Q-Joaquin Phoenix has been nominated for three Oscars, but only once in the Best Actor category. For what film did he receive that nomination? Walk the Line [He received Best Supporting Actor nods for both Gladiator and The Master.]
Jay-Z has reportedly denied rumors that his wife Beyonce is pregnant with their second child. A New York radio DJ told his listeners yesterday the rapper had emailed their program director to say "the pregnancy rumor is false."
Ray Manzarek, keyboardist of legendary rock band The Doors, died Monday in Germany after a long battle with bile duct cancer. He was 74. Manzarek, who formed the band in 1965 with Jim Morrison, died at the RoMed Clinic in Rosenheim Germany, with his family by his side. "I was deeply saddened to hear about the passing of my friend and bandmate Ray Manzarek today," said Doors guitarist Robby Krieger in a statement. "I'm just glad to have been able to have played Doors songs with him for the last decade. Ray was a huge part of my life and I will always miss him."
Khloe Kardashian took to her blog yesterday to defend her sister Kim, who has been the subject of criticism because of her expanding baby belly, and lack of maternity style. "I find it disturbing that society loves to critique a woman's shape no matter how beautiful or happy she may be within herself," wrote Khloe, who adds that anyone who dares, "criticize a woman who is growing another life inside of her is true scum in my eyes." Khloe says her sister is "one of the strongest people I know," and wonders how she puts up with the abuse. "I commend you for not putting your head down and going into hiding like so many would," says Khloe. "I wish you could see how you have this pregnant glow and you sparkle everyday! I couldn't be prouder to be your sister!!!
Teen Mom Jenelle Evans was back behind bars yesterday, after skipping out on a court appearance. The 21-year-old was supposed to be in a North Carolina yesterday courtroom for a hearing regarding cyber stalking charges brought by her ex-boyfriend Gary Head. When she didn't turn up, a warrant was issued for her arrest. Jenelle eventually turned herself in and was taken into custody. She then paid $1000 bail and was released.
Looks like Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez are on good terms again, but their friend Taylor Swift may not be too thrilled about it. Cameras caught Justin and Selena getting close backstage at the Billboard Music Awards Sunday. Justin was seen putting his arm around his on-again/off-again girlfriend and then planting a kiss on her cheek. Well, not long after Taylor walked by and showed her disapproval by sticking her tongue out. Meanwhile, Justin may have been a big winner at the Billboard awards but he didn't get the audience reaction he expected. As he went up to accept the fan-voted Milestone Award he was booed by the crowd, and sources say it was much louder in the arena than it sounded on TV. In fact, it was so awkward host Tracy Morgan scolded the audience telling them, "Don't be booin' nobody, this ain't Showtime at the Apollo."
NBC execs treated Ann Curry like crap during the whole Today show debacle, but that's not stopping them from asking for a favor. Ann has a good relationship with Angelina Jolie, having interviewed her numerous times over the years, so NBC is pressuring Ann to get the first TV interview with Angelina since she revealed she had a double mastectomy. Execs want Ann to exploit her close relationship to convince Angie to talk to them, offering the Oscar winner a two-hour primetime special, along with segments on Today. "Her first television interview will be a ratings bonanza," said a source. But Ann isn't willing to abuse her relationship with the actress. "Ann just doesn't operate that way."
Q-Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt began dating after starring together in what 2005 film? Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Zach Galifianakis is certainly an odd personality, but it turns out he's a really nice guy too. According to the New York Daily News, the actor was expected to take 87-year old Elizabeth "Mimi" Haist as his date to last night's Los Angeles premiere of The Hangover Part III. Zach has known Mimi for almost twenty years, after meeting her at the laundromat around the corner from his old apartment. About two years ago he discovered she was homeless, so he found her an apartment in Santa Monica and pays her rent and utilities. And his generosity doesn't end there. Mimi has been a constant guest at Zach's premieres. He always arranges for a limo to pick her up and take her to the events, even if he doesn't attend. "If he's in town, he takes me. Otherwise he lets me take a friend. I dress up nice and a friend helps me with my makeup," she said. "It's fun, not something I've ever dreamed I'd experience."
Q-In 2002, Galifianakis hosted his own talk show on VH1. What was it called? Late World with Zach
Real Housewives of New York's Ramona Singer helped catch a nanny who stole jewelry and other items from one of her Park Avenue pals. According to the New York Post, Lucia Hwong Gordon suspected her live-in nanny Raquel Santos had been stealing from her and when she questioned Santos, the nanny admitted she took the items and pawned them. Lucia wasn't sure she wanted to press charges, but Ramona talked her into it. "Ramona said she needed to speak up before the woman victimized another family," said a source. Ramona then suggested Lucia offer to buy back the stolen goods, and when Santos showed up with them, cops were there to nab her. "I'm thrilled justice was served," said Ramona. "My friend showed strength and perseverance."
Although Jason Sudeikis has not confirmed the rumors that Saturday was his last Saturday Night Live, his co-star may have. Bill Hader and Fred Armisen previously announced this was their last season, and on Sunday, comedian Jay Pharoah seemed to add Sudeikis to that list, tweeting "Hader, Armisen & Sudekis (sic) the talent of those three and just them as people in general will be missed but we will be strong and carry on." Oddly, the tweet was quickly taken down. So far there has been no official word from Sudeikis.
Chad "Ochocinco" Johnson was arrested in Florida yesterday for violating his probation from his 2012 domestic violence bust. Johnson appeared in court after a warrant was issued for his arrest. He reportedly failed to report to his probation officer on two occasions and failed to prove he had enrolled in a domestic violence education class. He was immediately taken into custody. Johnson was convicted last year of attacking his now ex-wife Evelyn Lozada.
Q-Although Chad Johnson is a football player, Evelyn Lozada appeared on what VH1 reality show? Basketball Wives [She previously had a ten-year relationship with NBA star Antoine Walker]
Although there have been reports that Porsha Williams and Kordell Stewart are faking their divorce for the Real Housewives cameras, it sure sounds like the split is real. According to new court documents filed by Porsha, things are getting so nasty that Kordell has actually changed the locks on their Atlanta family home to keep her out. She's had her lawyer try to get the key from his people but they won't budge. They even tried to set up a mediation session, but Kordell said it was a "waste of everyone's time." Porsha is trying to get a judge to force Kordell to let her stay at the home, or make him pay for her to stay at a "suitable alternative residence." Porsha is said to be living with her mother while they try to work things out.
Eva Longoria had a big wardrobe malfunction at the Cannes Film Festival Saturday. The actress was picking up her gown to keep it from getting wet, when she accidentally lifted it a bit too high while passing in front of photographers. What made it doubly embarrassing – she was going commando NOTE CONTENT]. But the former Desperate Housewives star was a good sport about the snafu. On Sunday she posted a picture of her new outfit writing, "here's my dress for tonight! No wardrobe malfunctions tonight."
The Tudors' Jonathan Rhys Meyers is reportedly in talks to join J.J. Abrams' new Star Wars flick. If the Latino Review report is true, it would make Meyers the first new cast member of the upcoming Star Wars movies. There's no word on what role he'll be playing. Meanwhile, the Disney Channel announced yesterday that Star Wars Rebels, an animated series set 19 years after Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, but before Episode IV: A New Hope, is due to premiere in the fall of 2014.
Q-Meyers played a girls' soccer coach in what 2002 film? Bend It Like Beckham
Former Chuck star Zachary Levi will make his Broadway debut this summer. The actor will star in the "romantic musical comedy" First Date, which will open August 8th at the Longacre Theater. Previews begin July 9th.
Q-Levi sang a duet with Mandy Moore for what 2010 animated film? Tangled
Comedian Sinbad has filed for bankruptcy for the second time since 2009. The 90s comedian, who starred in movies like Houseguest and Jingle All The Way, claims he owes over $10 million, but only has $131,000 in assets. In his Chapter 13 filing, Sinbad says he owes $374,979 to American Express, $32,199 to Bank of America and $2.3 million to the CA Franchise tax board. He also owes $8.3 million to the IRS for taxes from 1998-2006. He claims he only earns $16,000 a month which isn't enough to pay his bills.
Q-In the late 80s, Sinbad had a co-starring role on what NBC Cosby Show spinoff? A Different World
œ Chinese actress Li Bingbing has joined the cast of Michael Bay's Transformers 4. The flick, which also stars Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci, Kelsey Grammer, Jack Reynor, Nicola Peltz and Sophia Myles, is due in theaters June 27th, 2014.
œ Last night's season finale of Mike & Molly was pulled at the last minute out of respect for the victims of the recent tornadoes in the Midwest. The episode centered around a tornado descending on Chicago. A rerun aired last night in its place, and the season finale is expected to air at a later time.
œ The BBC has renewed Doctor Who for an eighth season, with current star Matt Smith expected back. The series will be celebrating its 50th anniversary with a special airing November 23rd, featuring Smith, plus former Doctor Who stars David Tennant and Billie Piper.


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Michigan Head Coach Lloyd Carr
On the Central Michigan defensive line ... "I think Central Michigan is very physical. We got a lot of yards rushing, but they weren't easy yards. I am pleased with a lot of the things that we did. We had a good scheme offensively. I do give Central Michigan credit, they had a very well designed pass rush scheme using (Daniel) Bazuin to come around what we call a grand twist, it creates pressure for them in passing situations. All total, we did a lot of good things. We gave up another big play for a touchdown that we shouldn't have done. But defensively I thought we did a good job against the running game."
On facing a spread offense... "Every week when you get a spread offense, there are so many different variations. Central (Michigan) did a very good job of using the quarterback. At the end of the half they ran a quarterback draw, we had a guy free, we just missed the tackle. The biggest disappointment in this game for me was the first half and the first kickoff of the second half. Our kickoff team's coverage was not very good. We were not staying in our lanes and we gave up some great field position, which is what led to the last three points of the half."
On punter Zoltan Mesko... "Sometimes you don't want your coverage out-kicked, but he gets the ball so high that he can still kick it deep and give you time to get down there. He had one punt there today, where people got the chance to see what he is capable of doing. But certainly we have some work to do in the kicking game, but I think overall, we had a game here today that can help us get better. "
On ball security ... "We all understand those guys have been around enough, Mike (Hart) probably has fewer fumbles per carry then any player in Michigan history. I certainly have not been around anybody that has fumbled less, but he did take a good shot today and we got away with one. Tyler (Ecker) had a fumble that he got back. You look back at these games and most of the time, if they're close games, the turnover is the difference. So we have to do a better job of protecting the ball."
On the passing game... "I thought there was a stretch where we threw the ball very well, most off of play action. What I do like, with the exception of some penalties, we stayed out of third and long. We made some good runs on third down to get the first downs. That in my judgment will make it easier for us to make some big third downs on play action passes. Carson Butler and Mike Massey had a couple catches today; we're trying to spread the ball around a little bit. We didn't throw the ball many times, 21 times, we're used to throwing that many in the first half."
U-M Junior Tailback Mike Hart
On if he feels that U-M can run at will ... "I don't know about run at will, but we think we can run against any team. We try to prepare all week for that team and what looks they're going to give us."
On what he wanted to do better after last week ... "Personally, I was working on hitting the holes a little harder like when I made my cuts on the run plays. Besides that, we were working on pass protection a lot this week to protect Chad (Henne) so he could get the ball out. There were some mistakes last week in pass protection that we tried to fix this week."
On his thoughts about the improving running game ... "I think we did a better job. We still have a lot of improvement to do once we get to these great teams. Notre Dame is a great team. Their defensive line is going to be really good. We definitely made an improvement from last week to this week."
On what he knows about the team after two games ... "I think we're a focused group. It's easy to say before the season and say we're going to be focused and win. But I think this team is focused. We know what we have to do every week to come out here and win. We know it's going to be hard. We're going to have to have a great week of practice to prepare for Notre Dame."
U-M Senior Offensive Tackle and Co-Captain Jake Long
On if he's concerned about the penalties being committed ... "You know that in the first two games you're always going to have a couple penalties and mess ups. We try every day to get rid of those. We'll make corrections and get rid of those."
On facing CMU's defensive end Daniel Bazuin ... "It was a great test. He's a great player. He has a bunch of accolades. Going against him gets our whole line better and more prepared. He's a great player and he had a great game."
On if the passing game can be proficient ... "I think so. Our passing game is getting better. We just had a few things to get corrected, a few mistakes. Once we get those corrected I think we're going to do well."
On being the underdog against Notre Dame ... "We don't mind being the underdog. They're a great team. We're going to go out there and play our game and hope we have a good game."
U-M Senior Inside Linebacker David Harris
On the defense's performance through two games ... "I think we're doing pretty well. We still have a lot of stuff to fix. We gave up an early touchdown on the pass play. But other than that we were running to the ball. They were making a few plays here and there, but as a defense we didn't break."
On if defensive coordinator Ron English has them playing more aggressively ... "Yes, a lot more. If you talk to coach English then you know he's a very passionate and aggressive guy. That comes out through the defense."
On if there has been an emphasis on forcing turnovers and how the defense has done so far ... "We're always trying to get the ball back for our offense so they can put points on the board. We're trying to get off the field as quick as possible. We just go out there and execute as best we can and get of the field. We're doing pretty well (forcing turnovers). We dropped a lot of interceptions. We've gotten a few fumbles so we're doing pretty well."
U-M Senior Defensive End and Co-Captain LaMarr Woodley
On how he rates his play so far this season ... "So far I think I've been playing pretty well, as far as putting pressure on the quarterback. The real test will come next week."
On if he'd like to continue his success against Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn ... "Definitely. They're a team that does pass a lot so we want to put pressure on the quarterback. We don't want to give him time in the pocket to sit back there and think. There will definitely be a great opportunity to do that."
On if Notre Dame will be a measuring stick for this team's season ... "I don't think it labels us. This is a big challenge. Where is Michigan I think this is a chance for Michigan to come back and prove itself."
"Every guy on the team knows what this game means to us. I'm going to do what I normally do before I became captain. Everyone knows how big this is to us. We have a lot of older guys on the team who were on that 7-5 team from last year."
"We just have a lot of experience. I feel that the experience on both sides of the ball, the guys who have been playing for a number of years and who have played down there in that stadium are not going to be shaken by the crowd. They'll know what to expect."
Central Michigan Head Coach Brian Kelly
On the effect of the running game ... "I thought Michigan displayed a physical style of play today that obviously dictated the flow of the game. They were able to control the football running it. The real story was up front we felt like physically if we were to have a chance in this football game, we were going to have to do a very good job against the run and find a way to get our running game going. That was not able to come together today. (Michigan) controlled the line of scrimmage today and Central Michigan's mistakes just made it insurmountable."
On Central Michigan's mistakes ... "If I start out with 'We made a lot of mistakes today,' it would not give Michigan due credit because they certainly had something to do with it. But as a football team, we started the game off with a 15-yard penalty and if we can make them go 80 yards instead of 70 or 75 and we have a fourth down offsides -- we cannot make the kind of mistakes we made today and expect to win against a top 10team. Having said that, Michigan was still able to physically control the football. That made it difficult for us given that we made so many mistakes on our own end."
On the lightning delay ... "Michigan had the same situation. I have been a coach for 16 years and I have never had a lightning delay. I do not know what that means other than that I have never had to design a lightning script or scenario timeout. Maybe I need to be better prepared. You lead up to that kickoff with a week of preparation. When you have got that delay you really have to marshal those forces again. I thought we got out of it 24-10 at the half. If we could come back in the third quarter and make a catch it is 24-17. Who knows what could happen"
On Michigan senior defensive end LaMarr Woodley ... "We knew where (LaMarr) was, believe me. He is just a great player. There were a couple of schemes where we were supposed to push out to him and we did not get to him. If you let him go without blocking him, he is going to kill somebody. He made some of his plays just being a great player, and we made some mistakes as well."
CMU Senior Linebacker Doug Kress
On defending the run ... "Really, the difference was our physicality. I didn't feel as if our defense was playing as physical as we did last week. Michigan rushed for well over 200 yards. And if a kid is going to rush for over 200 yards, you're not going to beat many teams, let alone Michigan."
On Michigan's offensive line ... "Yeah, they fired off the ball C that's the tradition of Michigan. They wanted to establish the run early, and they did that. They're big up front, and they're powerful."
CMU Sophomore Quarterback Dan LeFevour
On mentally preparing for teams like Boston College and Michigan ... "I knew I was starting, but same as last week, I knew I was going to play, so mentally I was prepared the same. I think just playing two great teams like these, it just shows me things that I need to work on to get better heading into Akron and other teams in our conference."
On the effect of having the one hour rain delay ... "Well, you know what, you've got to be mentally tough to play this sport, especially my position. So that's not an excuse. I really don't think so. You've got to be ready to go whenever the bell has rung."
On getting that second touchdown ... "You know I think from a mental standpoint, it's good to do well every series just because I don't have a lot of experience. I've got to build on things so I can get better every week. So as far as the touchdown goes, I don't think so. I'm just trying to play hard every time I'm out there."
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Hundreds in Redmond brave cold for 'fun run'
Polar Bear Fun Run also included Wellness Expo
REDMOND, Ore. - Hundreds braved the cold temperatures Saturday morning for a fun run in Redmond.
The third annual Polar Bear Fun Run was held at St.Thomas Academy.
The run kicked off at 10 a.m. and nearly 200 people took part.
The start and finish of the race was at the academy -- but the trail went all the way through the Dry Canyon.
One runner told us they were participating for the first time because she was just going to embrace winter and be at peace with it.
"It's just an awesome event -- I love running," said Linda Fisher-Berlanga. "I love being with the community, and it's a challenge to be out here in the zero degrees."
While the sign at the Redmond Bank of the Cascades said 18 degrees at 10 a.m., it sure felt like zero to many participants.
The run is a fundraiser for St. Thomas Academy and goes to educational materials.
The event raised more than $13,000 -- which is about the same amount raised last year.
Those participating in the fun run were also treated to a Wellness Expo inside St. Thomas Academy.
Runners, walkers and the general community met with local health, fitness and beauty experts from our area. And there was a variety of different professionals.
Organizers said it was a great way to kick off a healthy new year if people haven't already, as well as to meet businesses or organizations they may not have known were available in the community.
"Meeting new local vendors and just awareness of what's available in our community," said Anna Contreras, the expo organizer.
Organizers said it was nice having the new space at the academy available to host the expo, and they wanted to tie-in the health aspect with the fun run.


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A classic holiday trip, the Göta Canal is 190 km of experiences! Anything could await on the famous canal. What we can promise is an adventure full of gorgeous countryside, small-town idylls, great food, new encounters, peace and quiet and teamwork. Share it all with people you love. Do the whole Göta Canal Classic, or try the Mini Trip – 3 days for just SEK 750.
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Michael B. Sporn, MD
Emeritus Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology
Emeritus Professor of Medicine
Pharmacology & Toxicology
Harvard University, AB 1952
U. Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry, MD 1959
Norris Cotton Cancer Center
Pharmacology and Toxicology Graduate Program
Program in Experimental and Molecular Medicine
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Dept. of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Geisel School of Medicine
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Chemoprevention of cancer, especially by retinoids, rexinoids, and other ligands of the steroid receptor superfamily; peptide growth factors, especially transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) and its mechanism of action; development of new natural products for prevention of cancer. Synthetic triterpenoids and rexinoids (RXR ligand) as anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidative, and anti-carcinogenic agents.
Dr. Sporn completed his undergraduate studies at Harvard College, majoring in biology, in 1952. He received his M.D. at the University of Rochester in 1959. Dr. Sporn then began his research career at the National Institutes of Health, where, in 1970, he was made the Head of the Lung Cancer Unit. In 1978 he became Chief of the Laboratory of Chemoprevention, where he remained until 1995, when he came to Dartmouth Medical School as the Oscar M. Cohn '34 Professor of Pharmacology and Medicine.
Triterpenoids of an ursane or oleanane structure are widely distributed in nature, occurring in hundreds of plants all over the world. Many such structures have interesting biological, pharmacological, or medicinal activities, similar to those of retinoids and steroids, including inhibition of carcinogenesis and induction of differentiation in leukemia or teratocarcinoma cells. Ursanes and oleananes belong to a larger family of related terpenoids, many of which are ligands for the steroid receptor superfamily, such as retinoids and classical steroids.
In collaboration with Professor Gordon Gribble in the Department of Chemistry, we are studying ursanes and oleananes that are more polar than the common parent substances, ursolic acid and oleanolic acid. The goal of these studies is to understand the mechanism of action of triterpenoids, and also to develop new agents for prevention of cancer and other degenerative diseases. One of the new synthetic triterpenoids that has been made for the first time in the Department of Chemistry is now in clinical trials for the treatment of advanced diabetic kidney disease. Karen Liby, Associate Professor of Pharmacology, is a key collaborator in the Sporn Lab
Selected Publications:
Bromodomain inhibitors, JQ1 and I-BET 762, as potential therapies for pancreatic cancer.
The triterpenoid CDDO-imidazolide reduces immune cell infiltration and cytokine secretion in the KrasG12D;Pdx1-Cre (KC) mouse model of pancreatic cancer.
Commentary on Eagle and Foley: "Cytotoxicity in Human Cell Cultures".
The Rexinoids LG100268 and LG101506 Inhibit Inflammation and Suppress Lung Carcinogenesis in A/J Mice.
Novel synthetic pyridyl analogues of CDDO-Imidazolide are useful new tools in cancer prevention.
Dimethyl fumarate and the oleanane triterpenoids, CDDO-imidazolide and CDDO-methyl ester, both activate the Nrf2 pathway but have opposite effects in the A/J model of lung carcinogenesis.
PARP inhibitors for chemoprevention--reply.
A synthetic triterpenoid CDDO-Im inhibits tumorsphere formation by regulating stem cell signaling pathways in triple-negative breast cancer.
An efficient synthesis of methyl 2-cyano-3,12-dioxoursol-1,9-dien-28-oate (CDDU-methyl ester): analogues, biological activities, and comparison with oleanolic acid derivatives.
The PARP inhibitors, veliparib and olaparib, are effective chemopreventive agents for delaying mammary tumor development in BRCA1-deficient mice.


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The son of former Queensland premier Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen has resigned from the Liberal National Party in protest at what he sees as the state government's lack of support for regions.
There is growing speculation that
Mr Bjelke-Petersen, who has a string of failed attempts to follow his father into state Parliament, said his resignation from the LNP would take effect immediately in protest at jobs being cut in regional Queensland.
"In centres such as Mount Isa, Roma and Kingaroy and throughout regional and coastal Queensland, there are people suffering as a result of the government's neglect," he said.
"Jobs are being lost and essential services are being withdrawn. The policy of decentralisation has been thrown out into the rubbish bin."
Mr Bjelke-Petersen, who has previously run as a National candidate in his father's old seat of Nanango north-west of Brisbane, said existing LNP policies only paid "lip-service to help get the government re-elected".
Last year, he threatened to challenge Deputy Premier
His father, Sir Joh, was Queensland premier from August 1968 until December 1987 and state leader of the then-National Party.
His mother Florence was a Queensland senator from 1981 to 1993.


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The truth is out there … and now a close encounter with the MoD's X-Files reveals details of UFO sightings over Scotland
• Sketches of a 40ft 'Toblerone-shaped' UFO, allegedly spotted hovering over a Scottish field in 2004, one of the previously top-secret files released by the Ministry of Defence today. It was 'emitting a humming noise'
A TOBLERONE-shaped craft hovering silently over a field and reports of thousands of UFOs spotted from one Scottish town are among "alien" encounters revealed in previously top-secret files released by the Ministry of Defence today.
More than 6,000 pages of material gathered between 1994 and 2000 reveal details of hundreds of other-worldly experiences with UFOs and apparent aliens across the UK.
One of the most striking encounters was described by a Midlothian electrician, who spotted a Toblerone-shaped UFO in 2004. He included a sketch of the craft with a letter to the MoD's UFO desk.
The man from Glencorse, Penicuik, said the 40ft-long craft had "two very bright lights at the front" and was hovering at a height of 50ft. It was "emitting a humming noise, moving at only walking pace".
He goes on to say: "It is very clear to me that something solid, something real is visiting this area, and if not investigated at a high level might very well pose a threat to our national security."
However, a reply from the MoD on 1 November, 1994, dismissed the sighting. It said: "I have consulted my colleagues in the RAF low-flying department and have ascertained that on the evening concerned there were three RAF Harrier aircraft operating in the Blackridge (West Lothian] area.
"As you may be aware, Harrier aircraft can hover stationary or creep forward slowly close to the ground."
The UFO files published today are the fifth instalment released under a three-year project between the MoD and The National Archives. They consist of 24 files of sightings, letters and Parliamentary Questions. Claims of 600 sightings in Bonnybridge, near Falkirk, feature heavily in the files.
Enthusiasts today still claim the area is the best place in the world for spotting UFOs.
The files reveal that William Buchanan, a Bonnybridge councillor, wrote repeatedly to several prime ministers.
In a letter to John Major in September 1994, he demanded a "top level" inquiry.
He wrote: "Over 600 people have come forward and the area has been visited by ufologists and journalists from all over the world.
"The local people and the village itself has suffered cruelly from ridicule and yet the sightings are continuing and people have got the courage to come forward."
• A drawing and description of a UFO sighting over Watford, one
of the top-secret files revealed for the first time today
By October 1997, he had turned his attention to Tony Blair, and by this point claimed there had been more than 3,000 sightings.
He wrote: "For five years the people both you and I represent have witnessed a phenomenon in the area that has been left unexplained.
"UFO over 3,000 people have witnessed, some have photographed, some have videoed, then lights and objects."
But an MoD response to the letter said there were no grounds to investigate the matter.
Mr Buchanan did not give up and wrote to Mr Blair once again in 1998 demanding "the truth".
The MoD files released today also include a testimony from a senior air traffic controller from Prestwick Airport.
In February 1999, the controller tracked a fast-moving and unexplained UFO on the airport radar.
This led to an extensive investigation by RAF air defence staff who impounded radar tapes from a number of airports around the UK.
But no additional evidence was found which could corroborate the Prestwick incident, the report concluded.
• This sketch was made after a UFO was sighted over France
In another file, a report reveals four members of the crew of a trawler in the North Sea spotted a flat, shiny, round object hovering 19 miles north-east of Fraserburgh on 18 August, 1997.
They tracked the mysterious object on their surface radar for several seconds before it vanished.
A writer from Armadale, West Lothian, in 1994, reported seeing a "large round object" in the sky from the Armadale Academy playing fields.
Nick Pope, who ran the MoD's UFO project from 1991 to 1994, admitted to The Scotsman that the MoD had "consistently played down the subject".
However, he said that sometimes reported incidents were investigated more thoroughly than the files published today suggest.
"Effectively, we tried to fob people off," Mr Pope went on.
"Once we had fobbed them off, behind the scenes with the most interesting cases we would have a more detailed look, but that didn't necessary create a paper trail.
"Behind the scenes there were some of us who thought there was something here of defence significance, but the party line was UFOs were of no defence significance."
• The files are available to download for free for a month from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ufos
• A drawing of a UFO spotted over the West Midlands in 1954
Sighting made man ill
AN UNEXPLAINED skin condition and mysterious white material found on treetops were some of the more unusual features in the latest UFO files.
In one account, a man in Ebbw Vale, south Wales,
said his car was surrounded for five minutes by a "tube of light" one night in 1997.
The man reported feeling ill following his brush with the unknown.
The report said: "He felt and was indeed sick later on. He is still feeling ill today (28/1/97) and has developed a skin condition. Advised to see doctor."
The report said the man's car was covered in "dust and dirt".
In Kingstanding, Birmingham, at 4am on 18 March, 1997, a man reported seeing a 200ft blue triangle over his back garden.
The man claimed the object hovered, then shot off, leaving a "silky white substance" on the garden trees, which he proceeded to collect in a jam jar.
In another report, recorded on 11 June, 1997, a man claimed he was visited by a flying man, who lay on his quilt. .
The report said: "The window then went all white and the man whooshed through the window. (He] then called the police, who wouldn't come to his house because they thought he was 'a nutter'."
Other sightings were accompanied by drawings, including examples of "missile-shaped" UFOs seen in the West Midlands in 1954 and a flying saucer-style UFO spotted by the same eyewitness, also in 1954.
• A drawing of a UFO containing three beings seen by a passenger on flight TG919 from London Heathrow to Hong Kong on 19 July, 1993
Day aliens came to see Tory Howard (maybe)
REPORTS of a large triangular UFO hovering in the skies above former home secretary Michael Howard's home are included in the Ministry of Defence files published today.
Government correspondence, local newspaper reports and details of an RAF investigation into the sighting by the MP's home near Folkestone, Kent, all feature.
Eyewitnesses in Burmarsh and New Romney saw the "humming" object, the size of two passenger planes, near Mr Howard's home on 8 March 1997, when he was Conservative home secretary.
Sophie Wadleigh, 25, from Hythe, told the Folkestone Herald: "It was so peculiar, it all felt really odd and I heard this humming noise. As I looked across the field I saw a large triangular shaped flying craft hovering about 300 metres off the ground."
More newspaper cuttings show that Chris Rolfe, co-ordinator of the UFO Monitoring East Kent group, warned that the UFO could have been looking for Mr Howard.
He said: "It would seem the UFO was disinterested in Sophie, the girl who watched it for quite a long time. This has left me wondering if its purpose had something to do with Mr Howard."
An RAF investigation into the sighting found nothing unusual. The Air Defence inquiry said there was "no such security incident" involving Mr Howard and "no such military activity reported anywhere, and, specifically, in the Kent/Folkestone area".
It added: "Additional inquiries have confirmed that no unusual or unauthorised air activity, civil or military, was reported or observed in that area on that date."
'Give our cattle to the aliens'
THE Ministry of Defence was advised to offer cattle to aliens for dissection, in one of the most bizarre letters within the newly published files.
An unidentified member of the public, from Kent, wrote to the UFO desk at the MoD in 1996 claiming that every year "hundreds of cattle get mutilated for scientific purposes by aliens".
He asserted that "millions" of cattle would have to be slaughtered to "restore public confidence in British beef", and added: "Perhaps the cows that need to be slaughtered could be offered to the aliens for dissection. This would save the cost of incinerating the cows and save healthy cattle from being mutilated."


text: On The Media Published by On The Media The Crime of Blasphemy Download this audio Want to embed this player? Use the code below. More info. <iframe frameborder="0" scrolling="no" height="130" width="100%" src="https://www.wnyc.org/widgets/ondemand_player/otm/#file=/audio/json/131310/&share=1"></iframe> Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email a Friend Summary Transcript Summary Twenty years ago this week, the Ayatollah Khomeini called for the death of author Salman Rushdie for insulting Islam in his book The Satanic Verses. Rushdie's lawyer Geoffrey Robertson gave Rushdie a place to hide out in those days and defended Rushdie against the crime of blasphemy. Robertson reflects back on that time. Transcript BOB GARFIELD: And I'm Bob Garfield. On February 14th, 1989, Iran's leader, the Ayatollah Khomeini, issued a funny Valentine – a death sentence in the form of a religious edict called a fatwa against author Salman Rushdie. The alleged crime was blasphemy against Islam in Rushdie's book The Satanic Verses. Protests erupted in England and around the world. [PEOPLE SHOUTING IN BACKGROUND] GEOFFREY ROBERTSON: The official aim of this march is to extend the law of blasphemy, get The Satanic Verses banned and have its author also put on trial. But many of the demonstrators demand instant and final retribution. PEOPLE CHANTING: Ban Rushdie, ban! Ban Rushdie, ban! BOB GARFIELD: In the days just following the issuing of the fatwa, Rushdie turned to his lawyer, Geoffrey Robertson, for legal and physical protection, hiding out, among other places, in Robertson's home. When the fatwa first came down, Robertson says they had no idea how seriously to take it, but soon they realized just how grave the situation was. GEOFFREY ROBERTSON: What made it deeply serious, I think, was when the government-backed so-called charity put a price on Salman's head, actually, announced a bounty of about three million dollars for killing him. That really was quite worrying. BOB GARFIELD: The police rather liked your home as a safe house. Tell me why. GEOFFREY ROBERTSON: It was in Islington in North London, and it overlooked a church and church grounds and a park, so they could see pretty clearly any would-be assassin advancing on it. And it was blocked at the back, so it was a good place to hide out. BOB GARFIELD: Now, this case took a rather bizarre twist when your client was sued in British court for the crime of blasphemy, which until recently, was, you know, on the books in the U.K. GEOFFREY ROBERTSON: It was a crime. It has a dreadful history. A lot of Tom Paine's works were condemned for blasphemy, and booksellers who sold them in the early 19th century were sent to the most brutal prisons. It was revived in the 1970s because there was a paper called Gay News that published a poem that envisoned Christ as gay, and that was far too much for these Anglican obsessives. They reinvented the crime of blasphemy to punish the editor of Gay News. And so, some Muslim lawyers decided that they would flush Salman out of hiding [LAUGHS] by issuing a summons for a criminal offense. But they had to get a magistrate to issue a summons, and the magistrate refused. So they had to go to the high court to argue that the summons should be issued. BOB GARFIELD: But the judge turned down the summons because, at least under the British law, blasphemy was considered only in terms of the Church of England, correct? GEOFFREY ROBERTSON: Correct. It wasn't a crime to blaspheme against Islam, and so they appealed on that basis, but a bad basis. If we'd had a Bill of Rights in those days, as you do, [LAUGHS] we would either have sensibly struck down the whole law or at least extended it to protect every religion. But they failed, partly because, of course, they had to work out what it was about the book, about The Satanic Verses, that actually blasphemed, and, of course, they couldn't. BOB GARFIELD: I want to come back to the British blasphemy law, since repealed. What finally forced that to happen was the case in Sudan where a British subject was accused of blasphemy for naming her teddy bear in a way deemed disrespectful to Islam, which put the world in high dudgeon until it was pointed out that the West has blasphemy laws, too. Correct? GEOFFREY ROBERTSON: It was pretty obvious that the blasphemy laws, particularly one that protected only the Anglican religion, were indefensible. It was very uncomfortable for the British government to be told, well, you have your blasphemy laws, we have ours. So I think finally the message got home to the government, and eventually last year they abolished the blasphemy law. BOB GARFIELD: Okay, so that's been repealed. The fatwa against Salman Rushdie has not been repealed. Can you explain why that is? GEOFFREY ROBERTSON: Well, I'm no Islamic legal scholar. I'm told that because the Ayatollah is no longer with us, it can't [LAUGHS] be posthumously withdrawn. But others say that it can. The State of Iran disclaims the bounty that was there, so we could hope that it's just become a dead letter. BOB GARFIELD: Geoff, thank you very much. GEOFFREY ROBERTSON: Thank you. BOB GARFIELD: Geoffrey Robertson is a human rights lawyer and author of the books Tyrannicide Frief and Crimes Against Humanity.


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On bedroom light switch only getting 30 volts from white wire pole to black wire pole with light switch in off position, is switch bad or what?
Sounds like you have a bad connection upstream of the switch, or right in the box that the switch is mounted in.
My bad, I didn't read the post correctly, trying the measure voltage across a switch will show you nothing, try measuring the hot terminal to ground if you want to see if there is voltage at the switch.
Does the light not work? Is the lamp (bulb) good?
Measuring across the two terminals of a switch generally does not give useful information. You should get "nothing" (0 volts) for the switch in the on position and usually you get "something" (anything) for the switch in the off position. But if the switch controls just a receptacle and nothing was plugged in or turned on, you get "nothing" all the time.
One wire to the switch is unswitched or raw power. You should measure 120 volts between it and neutral, although you might have to stretch a wire from a neutral elsewhere on that circuit across the floor over to this switch box. The other wire to the switch should measure 120 volts to neutral when the switch is on and zero volts to neutral when the switch is off. If a white wire is attached to the switch, it should be the unswitched hot.
Does the switch work? What are you trying to determine by measuring across the switch?
Measuring across a switch that is "off" should result in a reading of 120 Volts. A reading of 30 volts indicates either a bad connection in the light, or a burned out bulb.
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TRINIDAD, Colo. - A story of small-town bonds and family secrets is being revealed in Trinidad, as police investigate whether a middle school teacher and former head football coach had improper relationships with female students.
The school district has placed Randy Begano on administrative leave, pending the outcome of a police investigation. His sister-in-law, Kimberly Begano, has accused him of sexually assaulting her while she was in high school.
Begano declined to provide specifics about the assault. She said she's kept quiet until now because she's tired of being pressured for years by relatives, friends and co-workers to keep the alleged assault a secret.
"For many years in our community we've had issues of inappropriate relationships with teachers, coaches and students," she said. "Recently I've been told of other instances that I didn't know were currently happening. And I have a daughter in high school. That's when I decided to come forward."
Begano, speaking outside the Las Animas County Courthouse surrounded by her family, said she fears for her and her family's safety because of threats and intimidation.
"We had a gunshot fired at our home when we reported this to police two weeks ago," she said.
Private investigator Dan Corsentino, who's working for Kimberly Begano, said there have been other incidents as well.
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Begano was in court asking a judge to make a temporary protection order against Randy Begano permanent. The judge initially denied the request and dissolved the temporary order, but restored it later after Kimberly provided more specifics about why she wanted the order.
Randy's attorney, Tim O'Shea, explained why he wanted the order dissolved.
"Orders can be misused sometimes," he said. "My client was never told what the accusations are against him. If it comes to charges, we'll defend him."
Corsentino said he's investigating the possibility that more school teachers and coaches had inappropriate relationships with numerous female students dating back to the 1980s.
"The question is did people in the district have knowledge that this was taking place, but didn't act to stop it?"
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EDIT: Added/changed things in the section near the end on Optimization #4 on 2013-11-06
In this post, Muhammad Shujaat Siddiqi talks about high volume ETW performance and the following three optimizations.
Optimization # 1: Use IsEnabled() before WriteEvent()
Optimization # 2: Convert static field fetch to local member fetch
Optimization #3: Minimize the number of EventSources in the application
Optimization # 4: Avoid fallback WriteEvent method with Object Array Parameter
He does a great job explaining each of them, but I disagree with the second optimization and wanted to add some comments on the others based on some rough metrics I ran to check performance.
To start with the summary, EventSource plays very nice with ETW and so maintains amazing, absolutely amazing, performance characteristics.
Optimization # 1: Use IsEnabled() before WriteEvent()
If all you're doing is calling WriteEvent, there's no preparatory work, then I haven't seen a significant performance difference. Basically, the first thing WriteEvent does is check whether it's enabled, and the one extra method call is awfully hard to measure.
However, if you're doing preparatory work that has any expense, you should absolutely use this. Preparatory work most often happens in complex calls, where a public method marked with the NonEvent attribute calls a private method that is the actual Event definition. In this case, you need to check whether the class is enabled in that public method, before the preparatory work (I realize this might be obvious, but it's important).
As Muhammad pointed out, if you have keywords or levels associated with the event, you can check them. But the overarching principle is simplicity, so I think only applies in the far more rare verbose/keyword scenario than in the more common scenario where you use the defaults except for provider name and event id.
That said, if you always use IsEnabled() as soon as you arrive in your EventSource class, you will remember to do it on the rare occasion it matters.
Optimization # 2: Convert static field fetch to local member fetch
Muhammad recommends instantiating an instance of the logger in each class that uses it, instead of accessing a static field in the logger class. I tested instantiating the instance vs. a call to the static method for the reverse reason – because some documentation suggested it was slower to instantiate rather than reuse. I could not measure a difference, so arguably this is a matter of opinion. I stated that disagree with Muhammad, not that he is wrong.
I believe there are two principles that override performance, since the perf difference is somewhere between small and non-existent.
The first is that I want to minimize the greatest possible extent code (textual) dependency between my application classes and my logger. Unfortunately, for some technical reasons EventSource does not easily support interfaces, and therefore does not easily support dependency injection (look for an upcoming blog post on that). So, you're stuck with the dependency of a direct call, or the actual class name. Since the direct call is easier to fix later if you choose to introduce the complexity of DI with EventSource, I believe it is preferable.
I also do not want multiple copies of the logger in case a future way I am logging requires shared state. So, my preferred way to instantiate blocks creation of multiple instances:
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get { return Instance.Value; }
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Optimization #3: Minimize the number of EventSources in the application
I didn't actually measure this, because I think performance here is irrelevant.
Each EventSource class maps to a single ETW provider with its name, id and manifest.
Designing your providers is one of the most critical aspects of creating your ETW system. I believe one per component and some sharing (with associated hazards), and Muhammad suggests one per type, which is far more than I would use. Regardless, there is no other aspect – not criticality level, not channel, not opcodes, not keywords – that is in the ballpark of provider names (ids) when it comes to your design.
Later in a consumer, you will almost certainly sort and filter on the provider names. You will collect data based on provider names, and the more you have the more chance that you'll miss key events.
Create exactly the number of EventSources you need and no more. When in doubt, take the path that results in a simpler strategy.
Optimization # 4: Avoid fallback WriteEvent method with Object Array Parameter
EDIT: Added/changed things in this section 2013-11-6
This is the place you can change the performance characteristic of your ETW tracing – for the good or for the bad.
As Muhammad explains well, the WriteEvent method has a finite number of overloads. If you pass parameters that do not match one of these overloads, a paramarray of objects is used. Now, I didn't anything close to the 10-20 times proposed in the spec, but it double the time, which is enough to get my attention.
There are two scenarios where you'll wind up with the object overload. The simplest to fix is passing enums. Accept the enum into your EventSource method as the corresponding enum so that the manifest correctly manages the enum. And then cast the enum to an int in the WriteEvent call like this:
public void AccessByPrimaryKey(int PrimaryKey, string TableName, ConnectionState ConnectionState)
if (IsEnabled()) WriteEvent(1, PrimaryKey, TableName, (int)ConnectionState);
If I check the overloads for WriteEvent, there is an (int, string, int) overload so this call will not hit the object overload. But, it's quite easy to create a collection of parameters that don't match one of the overloads. I do not believe that it is appropriate to rearrange parameters to your public method just to match an overload – and the parameters to the WriteEvent call must match the order of parameters passed to your public method.
The fix for this isn't quite as trivial – it's easy, but ugly. This is explained in the EventSource specification, and section 184.108.40.206 Creating fast WriteEvent overloads explains how to create the overloads. I always track down the spec as the attachment to this post on Vance Morrison's blog.
Muhammad provided a very good, extremely readable, accessible discussion of potential EventSource/ETW performance issues.
· None of these performance tips will be observable in your application if you use a listener other than the blazingly fast ETW.
· Based on the metrics I ran a while back, I believe the only one of these performance tips worth worrying about is avoiding the object overload, and it isn't as bad as anticipated in the spec.
· There are other considerations, at least consistency, that are important for the other three items.
As you dig deeper into ETW, side issues like this come up. The isolation of all EventSource aspects into the single class – inherent in its design – means these complexities always affect only a single location in your application if you encounter them.


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A shot that occurs in the middle of a larger scene or shot, usually a close-up of some detail or object, that draws audience attention, provides specific information, or simply breaks up the film sequence. Here's an example of an insert shot from The Silence of the Lambs.
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An abrupt transition between shots which is disorientating for the spectator in terms of the continuity of space and time. In Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey there a famous sequence of jump cuts .
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As if hitting .383 with a 1.102 OPS this spring hasn't kept Bryce Harper busy enough …
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Did you have a bad day? It's OK. We all do sometimes. It's just part of life. Even ballplayers have bad days. Even the good ones.
Odubel Herrera is a good one. He's only 25, but he's already got two seasons of above average hitting under his belt. Dude gets on base. He could be a regular for tons of teams, so there's no shame at all in him having a bad day. And boy howdy did he have a bad day today. He went 0-for-5 with five strikeouts in the Phillies extra innings win against the Rockies.
"I feel that I am making good swings but I'm just missing the pitches," Herrera said.
Well, that is how strikeouts work.
Four strikeouts in a game is known as a Golden Sombrero. Players don't strike out five times in a game very often so they don't have an agreed upon name, but I've seen it referred to as the "platinum sombrero," which seems pretty solid for such a feat. Six is a titanium sombrero or a double platinum sombrero, though there are references to it as a "Horn," for Sam Horn, who deserves something to be named in his honor. Horn is like Moe Greene — a great man, a man of vision and guts — yet there isn't even a plaque, or a signpost or a statue of him!
But I digress.
The last time a Phillies player did it was when Pat Burrell K'd five times in September 2008. The Phillies won the World Series that year, of course, so maybe this is an omen. [looks at standings] Or maybe not.
Anyway, get a good night's sleep tonight, Odubel. Shake it off. Tomorrow is another day.
NEW YORK (AP) Rachel Robinson will receive the Buck O'Neil Lifetime Achievement Award from baseball's Hall of Fame on July 29, the day before this year's induction ceremony.
She's the wife of late Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson, who broke the major league color barrier in 1947. Rachel Robinson created the Jackie Robinson Foundation in 1973, a year after he husband's death. Rachel Robinson, who turns 95 in July 19, headed the foundation's board until 1996.
The O'Neil award was established in 2007 to honor individuals who broaden the game's appeal and whose character is comparable to that of O'Neil. He played in the Negro Leagues, was a scout for major league baseball teams and helped establish the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Missouri.
The award was given to O'Neil in 2008, Roland Hemond in 2011 and Joe Garagiola in 2014.


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It's just after 6:00 p.m. here in Chicago and the polls close in less than an hour.
From there, the counting of the precious electoral votes will begin.
If President Barack Obama follows in the path of Bill Clinton and is re-elected, it will be in no small part due to the unwavering support of black voters.
Obama captured 95 percent of the black vote in his historic victory over John McCain in November 2008 and appeared poised to do even better in 2012, according to some reports.
In August, a NBC/Wall Street Journal poll said that Mitt Romney received 0 percent of support from black voters.
We spoke this afternoon to a number of black voters and heard a consistent and vigorous endorsement of the president over his Republican rival.
"I don't have any complaints with Obama," declared Kishia Yancy, a beautician in his home neighborhood of Hyde Park.
Other black voters echoed Yancy's sentiment.
And if this year's election lacked the exuberant outpouring of his historic election four years ago, there was a sense among some that perhaps this election is even more important.
"In 2008 it was important because of the first black president," said Kenneth Wilson, a social worker who was waiting to pick up some food at Cafe Luciano near 22nd and State before fetching his 11-year-old daughter from school. "Now it's more about the agenda and direction of the country. In a way, it's more important."
Toyia Pullum, an assistant principal at Stagg Elementary School, agreed.
"The biggest difference is the whole historical thing is not playing as big a part," she said. "It's all about politics and what's best for our country."
Both Wilson and Pullum attributed Romney's complete lack of support from black voters to statements such as those he made during the "47 percent" video released by Mother Jones.
"His message is of an elitist," Wilson said.
Andre Price, a former resident of the Ickes housing development, was standing near a bus stop on 22nd and State Streets.
"He's trying to be a president for other people," said Price about what he described as Romney's orientation toward wealthy people. "We want a president who's for all people."
Both Gillum and Yancy said this year's vote was tinged with more anxiety than in 2008 because they wanted to help the president gain re-election.
Yancy predicted that the community would come out strong for Obama, citing the example of a friend who voted for the first time today.
But not all black voters were planning to participate.
"I'm not going to vote nothing," said Francine Yates. Like Price, she was waiting at the bus stop at 22nd and State. "I didn't vote in 2008."
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Looking for someone to cut my Diamond Key in the Boston area
Are there any locksmiths anyone knows of (Boston-metrowest) Who laser cut diamond keys. I am just replacing the key case since it was damaged when I replaced the battery. There is need to reprogram it, since I am using the original Chip.
I tried talking with some "Stealer-ships" but they wanted to send my Key to Pennsylvania for $100 :loco:
I guess not???
as far as I know here, stealership is the only way to go. Am not aware of places that laser cut keys like the ones for our cars..
No doubt it's probably like that for a reason to protect your car from theft? you have no spares?
Sounds good man! :)
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Reporting: Enhanced Hardware Information
Add granular and detailed reporting graphs showing details like:
CPU usage per core
CPU usage by processes(iowait, interrupts, useful for determining HW problems or poor performance)
RAM per process
SMART status
Heat/Cooling/Power(RPMs, temps, voltages)
UPS status(Vbatt, Vout, Vin, etc)
all of this can be implemented using Munin with some tweaking
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Under review since 09? This should be included from day one. Please add.
I want this. I need to monitor temps with a widget or something on the Sohpos admin page.
ChriZathens commented
Definitely needed. I am a home user who recently discovered sophos and I absolutely love it! But was a bit surprised when I realized that I had no info regarding temps and hard disk.
For a software that uses the web interface for everything ( I mean. you have to first use the webui in order to access the console), I find it really poor to must login via ssh to run smartcrl or sensors.
These stuff should be in the webui.
This morning we got an error from a customer we couldn't resolve remotely. When an engineer came tot the office of the customer he was able to fry an egg on the SG125. Airco stalled. We could have known this a couple of day's earlier. Come on Sophos! Please add it!
I've seen that this feature request was opened in 2009... How much votes do they need for implementation? Think this is a very important feature. Every Server has its own monitoring for hard disks, temperature, fan speeds and so on, so it would be very useful if you were able to monitore those hardware parameters for the firewall too... we should work proactive not reactive ;)
Twice now I could have used SMART status.
Scott commented
I think it's very important that any device critical to keeping servers and workstations online be kept in good shape and in a safe environment. That means early detection of possible hardware failure would be an excellent feature! If the hardware is unable to cool itself (motherboard or CPU temperature, fan status) or there are power problems (frequent battery usage or other UPS status), that's important to know. It would be nice if the UTM provided that information and could send notifications.
Greg D commented
This should be a standard feature on all device GUI's and that even means Sophos, Cisco, Juniper, and etc. "Heat/Cooling(RPMs, temps)" at the very least.
The Balmasque commented
This would be a gorgeous feature to add.
Shawn Thompson commented
Please add temperature/hardware sensor data to the dashboard. I would have been able to catch the overheating CPU problem I had with my UTM before it fried due to the CPU fan RPM being too low (by fan design, stupid Intel stock fans).
glovato commented
it's baffling that not even the HW Sophos units have ANY kind of monitoring/alert in webadmin, one would think that being branded units they would have a better integration than just a static image on the GUI
yes please, temp view on the GUI
Ein Stein commented
Yes please! We need temp sensors at the very least!
glovato commented
This is sitll missing even on the appliances and it's not a minor issue either as a failed fan or overheat will cause severe problems
Ian Morehouse commented
Just updating this for a reminder that it is still needed.
mack commented
yes we need temperature sensors atleast but not just lm-sensors but some proper monitor like cpu/ram in dashboard.
BarryG commented
sensord is still missing, there's no easy way to set up alarm beeps and emails without it.
BarryG commented
SNMP isn't enough if you want temperature, fan status, etc...
the lm_sensors modules and utilities need to be installed. It looks like much of this is installed in v9 now, and just needs to be configured.
/etc/init.d/lm_sensors restart
seems to get things going. now we just need it in SNMP and email alerts if something goes haywire.
Dennis Meyer commented
probably it would be enough to deliver correct snmp plugins for munin.


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Lak Lim's Art Thread
I think I should start this thread with a little about myself. My name is Lak Lim and I am a freelance artist. I've worked on sketch card sets since 2008. I've been fortunate to have worked for many of the card companies on their respective card sets. I have cut back a lot on doing sketch card work so I can have the opportunity to work on other projects. I'm not on alot of the current sets but you'll occasionally see me on a set every now and then. I also run the Sketch Card Fanatics group on Facebook. As well as interviewing people on my blog SCF Talks. I will update this thread whenever I have something I want to share. Feel free to leave any comments (good or bad) or questions you may have for me. Thanks for looking and I hope you like what you see. Heres a few for now:
First up is a card I recently listed on Ebay. Its a recreation of Mike Zeck's popular Captain America Annual #10 cover. Drawn on a Captain America: First Avenger AP card:
Star Wars Galaxy6:
Some PSC samples I sent to Topps to get on Star Wars:
I haven't collected any of the Topps Start Wars stuff, but most of what I have read has been pretty bad. The complains are always louder and more passionate than the compliments... doesn't matter what the subject is. Glad to see that you took the time to do some really high quality sketches for the set.
Love your work Lak
Awesome stuff man, I'd love to pull one of your cards
Man, what junk!
Just teasin' bud you know I think you are crack-a-LAK'n
Great work as always, Lak :D
And a great idea for a thread, so I'm stealing it ;)
Thanks everyone, glad you like them. Not all of my cards are as highly detailed due to the number of cards I'm sometimes automatically given. (I wasn't aware that I had a choice with some companies) BUT they're good enough for me to have represent what I'm capable of. I usually spend an avg of at least 1 hour on a card and the more detailed cards will take a lot longer...obviously. Below are some my work on my first set for Rittenhouse: Marvel 70th Anniversary. I like to think that I improved since then ;p
Some great sketches there, thanks for sharing! It's also neat to see how your sketches have changed over time.
I don't know if you've seen many of your Kree-Skrull War sketches that have been pulled (since that set pretty much bombed), but I was lucky enough to pull this one a couple of weeks ago:
Awesome stuff Lak! Could you post all the Marvel Premier sketch cards you completed? I have a bunch of your sketches from this set and would love to see all the cards you did for the set.
Very cool work Lak!
aggie4ever - Thanks, on that card I tried inking with a brush. I usually just use pens to ink.
mcguirem13 - Cool, I'll try to get some up soon
JeffLafferty - Thanks Jeff, I seen some of your youtube videos. You do great work.
first batch of my Marvel Premiere cards:
new art 3/17/13
Marvel Premiere batch 2:
Wow those are awesome! I really like the venom and hulk.
[QUOTE=mcguirem13;4488367]Wow those are awesome! I really like the venom and hulk.[/QUOTE]
Thank you sir. Both these cards have already been pulled.
3rd batch of Marvel Premiere sketch cards I did:
I really like the Iron Fist and Spiderman in this batch.
Thanks, batch 4:
dark phoenix and nightcrawler, 2 of my best sketches from this range! thanks Lak
I love this batch! I own 3 from this batch :)
Thanks guys, only a few more cards left for the Premiere set. This is batch 5:
Pulled one of your cards from my first case break (Galactic Files) and it ended up being one of the nicer sketches from that break:
Very clean, very meticulous, wonderfully proportioned, heavily enjoy it! Keep up the good work, I love what I see in this thread!
Batch 6, one left:
eldavojohn - Glad you like it. However I'm sorry I didn't do better on that card. Deadline was pretty tight at the time. Not an excuse for it but I needed 60 cards done that week which resulted in what you got. I normally avoid doing head shots. Again, my apologizes.
Here is the last of my 50 Marvel Premiere character cards:
Very cool sketches.:)! You have some fantastic talent.
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Walmart's mastery of brick-and-mortar retail depends largely on a peerless supply chain that enables its stores to sell Chinese-made goods to U.S. consumers on the cheap. But the company has struggled to score big in the Chinese market itself.
That could change soon, as Chinese consumers beset by a slowing economy start hunting for discounts. And no one does discounts better than Walmart. Chinese regulators this week approved Walmart's plan to take a majority control of a major Chinese e-commerce site, giving the world's biggest retailer a digital doorway into the homes of the world's biggest country.
Walmart owns 370 stores in China under several different brands, including its signature Supercenters, as well as Sam's Clubs and its smaller Neighborhood Market stores. The company rarely breaks out its sales figures country-by-country outside the U.S. but has said it brought in $7.5 billion from its then 329 stores in China, or a little less than $23 million per store. Walmart opened its first Chinese store, a Sam's Club in Shenzhen, in 1996. By comparison, combined sales in Walmart's more than 3,800 U.S. stores last year topped $264 billion, or nearly $70 million per store.
Walmart faces challenges in the Chinese market that simply don't apply in the U.S., where the Bentonville, Arkansas-based chain enjoys almost mythological status as the invincible low-price slayer of all competition, including mom-and-pop small businesses. In China, European and domestic retailers vie competitively with Walmart for the coveted Chinese consumer's yuan. Walmart's image took a hit when authorities in the city of Chongqing shut down several Walmart stores and detained dozens of employees over allegations the stores mislabeled conventional pork as organic. Foreign companies must also navigate a government bureaucracy that exists in part to keep non-Chinese businesses from gaining too much control over domestic markets.
But with its takeover of Yihaodian, an established Chinese online retailer of groceries and other everyday items, Walmart gains instant access to an established brand already well-known among China's hundreds of millions of online shoppers. This access comes at a time when the number of Chinese consumers both shopping online and seeking bargains is spiraling upward. The vast ranks of China's new middle class have spent the past few years displaying a nouveau riche disregard for price in pursuit of conspicuous consumption. But during the current slowdown, Chinese shoppers have quickly developed a taste for discounts. And if Walmart knows anything, it's how to market lower prices.
To showcase that expertise in China, Walmart needs the internet. Despite the country's speedy embrace of Western-style consumerism, the American way of shopping still hasn't had as much time to make inroads. China's factories might make the products that fill the shelves of the world's chain stores, but the relative newness of both Chinese wealth and the country's openness to Western franchises setting up shop means Chinese consumers have had less time to grow accustomed to the kind of big-box retail that has flourished in the U.S. since supermarkets began their march across the landscape in the 1920s. But since the internet makes where you are almost irrelevant to where you shop, price becomes the only real game in town.
Walmart plays that game better than anyone. As a result, the near future could see an American company that became one of the richest in the world by selling Chinese-made goods cheaply in the U.S. become even richer by selling those same cheap goods back to the people who make them.Go Back to Top. Skip To: Start of Article.


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From Ghetto to Emancipation: Historical and Contemporary Reconsideration of the Jewish Community
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BeschreibungThe central addressed the conference question by reported on in this book was posed by Salo Wittmayer Baron, then a young Jewish historian, in his 1928 essay "Ghetto and Emancipation". In it he challenged what he called "the lachrymose conception" of Jewish history in which the Jewish Middle Ages were all evil and Jewish post-Emancipation was all good. In asserting that medieval Jews possessed "more rights than the great bulk of the population...and enjoyed full internal autonomy" in the corporatist order of medieval civilization, he also found much to criticize in the loss of communal autonomy and the recasting of Judaism into a narrow confessional mold in the wake of the Enlightenment. In other words, how can a group seeking to preserve a measure of collective identity survive within a liberal society that values individual rights and obligations above all else? This became the basis for a conference in 1995 at the University of Scranton attended by a distinguished roster of scholars on various fields of Jewish studies from across the United States.
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Seasonal phenology of Bactrocera minax (Diptera: Tephritidae) in western Bhutan
Dorji, Chencho, Clarke, Anthony R., Drew, Richard A., Fletcher, Brian S., Loday, Phuntsho, Mahat, K., Raghu, S., & Rohmig, Meredith C. (2006) Seasonal phenology of Bactrocera minax (Diptera: Tephritidae) in western Bhutan. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 96(5), pp. 531-538.
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The Chinese citrus fruit fly, Bactrocera (Tetradacus) minax (Enderlein), is one of the major citrus pests in Bhutan and can cause >50% mandarin (Citrus reticulata Blanco) fruit drop. As part of the development of a management strategy for the fly in mandarin orchards, population monitoring and experimental manipulations were carried out to determine: (i) adult emergence period; (ii) adult phenology patterns; (iii) period of crop susceptibility; and (iv) period from fruit drop to pupation. In western Bhutan, adult flies emerge from the overwintering pupal stage in late April/early May. Most flies are mature by the end of May and it is inferred that mating occurs at this time: from the beginning of June males rapidly disappear from the population and by mid- to late June are rare or absent from traps. Mature females are present in the mandarin crop at the beginning of June, but very little oviposition occurs until mid-June, while most damage has occurred by mid-July. Initiation of oviposition into mandarins is almost certainly linked to crop phenology. Adult flies disappear from the orchard system during August. After fruit drop, larvae were recorded leaving the fruit to pupate within 13 days. The use of early to mid-season protein bait sprays and/or targeted use of systemic insecticides during the one month oviposition period, plus the removal of fallen fruit once every 10 days, are recommended as control strategies.
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Jensen Grove filling up for summer season
BLACKFOOT, Idaho - Water is now being pumped into a popular destination for tourists in eastern Idaho after drought conditions last summer caused Jensen Grove to shut down early.
"This is one of the crown jewels of the Blackfoot community," said Blackfoot Mayor Paul Loomis.
The Idaho Department of Water and Resources told the city they could fill up the lake Friday. Director of the Parks and Recreation Department, Scott Hays, said the city was preparing for the worst but the storms in late winter helped.
"We're going to be fine on our storage water this year to get us through the season," Hays said.
Hays also said in about 10 days Jensen Grove should be full of water. Mayor Loomis said this year the water should last until Labor Day, which is good for business.
"It brings a lot of people off of the freeway and into the community and then we enjoy the opportunities to host them here for meals, lodging and other shopping," he said.
Loomis said it does cost the city money to fill up the lake. There are labor hours involved and water rights the city needs to maintain.
"Absolutely there is a cost, but we feel like it is a very worthy cost to the community."
The water comes from the Snake River. The city usually starts pumping the water into Jensen's lake during the first week of April.


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On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God: Further… (original 2000; edition 2002)
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It's OK, I'm Wearing Really Big Knickers by Louise Rennison (2000)
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Georgia is insane, as is her mum and her (wild)cat Angus. Libby, her baby sister, is a trip and I have to say she's very patient and tolerant for an older sister. But I guess she'd have to be with her dad in Kiwi-a-gogo and her mum in the clouds.
This books is just a good laugh. The stories are great and Georgia's antics are too much. I can't wait to see what she gets up to later on in the series.
This is a great read for any age.
Good YA book.
I read the first two books in this series consecutively and briefly said what I thought of them in the comments on "Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging: Confessions of Georgia Nicolson" (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson Book 1), if someone would like to know.
This book was every bit as fun as I expected it to be. This series is just really cute, funny and light-hearted. Georgia is simply hilarious and I never tire of her dramatic reactions. Her witty diary entries are infectious and I find them impossible to look away from. This installment did drag at parts but it was mostly as entertaining and amusing as the first. I'm certainly looking forward to see what else is in store for Georgia.
As with the first book in the Confessions of Georgia Nicolson series, I just don't have a lot to say about this book as it is just so average. In fact, I'd even go so far as saying this one was more bland than the first one. Again, it is a YA novel in the vein of Bridget Jones' Diary, but without nearly the presence of the inimitable Bridget Jones. I imagine that most young girls would love this book. I know I thought this series was more fun when I was a teenager. As an adult, it just doesn't pull me in the way it did. When I was a teenager, Georgia seemed like the cool girl in school that I'd want to be friends with. As an adult, Georgia seems like a spoiled brat who is completely clueless while trying to pass herself off as knowledgeable.
At the end of the day, this book (and the series) is a light, fun read that you can power through in a couple of hours. I'd definitely recommend this series to a young girl over something like Twilight, but I'd probably imagine that most adults would want to stay clear of this one. Two and a half stars.
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Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0064472264, Paperback)Fourteen-year-old Georgia Nicolson is back in British author Louise Rennison's irreverent, laugh-out-loud sequel to the Michael L. Printz Honor Book Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging. Written in diary form, these truly hilarious books chronicle the often minute-by-minute, very dramatic, and significant flip-flops of a teenager's psyche.
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What tragedy has her so distraught? Her parents have told her she's moving to New Zealand just when she's managed to snog (kiss--look it up in the glossary) the SG (Sex God, a.k.a Robbie). This is of course not the only source of drama in Georgia's eventful life. Her half Scottish wildcat, Angus, who is the size of a small Labrador, herds the poodles next door and terrorizes the neighborhood. Her little sister, Libby, who is slightly mad, stores her "pooey knickers" and her scuba-diving Barbie doll in Georgia's bed. Her mother (from whom she inherited her orangutan eyebrow gene and possibly her "gigantic basoomas") is clearly inhabiting Earth solely to make her life miserable, and even her best friend Jas is "half girl, half turnip."
Despite the fact that she's spared from going to "Kiwi-a-gogo land," things don't get much better for Georgia. She's suspended for a childish prank right before her dad returns from New Zealand, she falls in love with the SG who dumps her for being too young, and Dave, the "red-herring" boyfriend she's using to make the SG jealous calls her a "heartless whatsit." And, she continues, "the spot on my bum is probably a boil. I wonder what Buddha would do now?" Rennison's comedic timing is brilliant. Adolescent angst ("I hope I am not driven to the brink of madness by grief") vanishes less than an hour later ("Angus can fetch sticks!!!") and sometimes even sooner. (Warning: Do not read this book while riding a train or bus unless you don't care what people think of intermittent explosive laughter. Seriously.) (Ages 12 and older) --Karin Snelson
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Fourteen-year-old Georgia continues her diary in which she records her misadventures trying to reclaim the attention of seventeen-year-old Robbie, while coping with her friends, family, and dog-like cat Angus at the same time.
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