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Following a meeting with Texas Brine officials, Governor Jindal joined local officials and legislators from Assumption Parish to announce that Texas Brine has agreed to provide settlement offers, which include buyouts, for the residents who have been forced to evacuate as a result of the sinkhole in Bayou Corne. Governor Jindal also announced the formation of a Blue Ribbon Commission to help ensure long-term safety in the Bayou Corne community.
Governor Jindal said, "More than 350 lives have been uprooted by the Bayou Corne sinkhole. For months, our administration has been pressuring Texas Brine to step up to the plate and do the right thing for the residents of Bayou Corne. Texas Brine is responsible for the sinkhole, and we've remained committed to holding them accountable.
"After months of discussions, and after meeting with Texas Brine officials this afternoon, the company has agreed to start providing settlement offers, which include buyouts. This is a positive step and we are hopeful that the process will be in the best interest of the residents.
"We are also announcing today the creation of of a Blue Ribbon Commission whose mission will be to ensure the long-term safety of Bayou Corne residents. With the establishment of vent wells in the area, and with the expected delivery of new 3-D seismic data, now is the appropriate time to develop specific criteria to determine long-term safety goals. The Blue Ribbon Commission will draw from experts from around the world to help guide leaders in Assumption Parish with specific benchmarks to protect the safety of property and lives in the Bayou Corne Community."
The Blue-Ribbon Commission will develop specific criteria to determine long-term safety goals. Three areas of concern will be addressed by the commission: levels of shallow gas in the aquifer; current and future stability on the western side of Napoleonville Salt Dome; and management and containment of the sinkhole coupled with the determination of potential void spaces below the sinkhole.
To provide benchmarks for recommendations, the commission will address at least two key factors, including appropriate conditions to determine sustained public safety and the data needed to assess those conditions. The commission will make recommendations on what the safety benchmarks should be and on when they have been sufficiently met. Membership will be drawn from scientific experts in fields specific to the different areas of concern -- including from federal and state agencies, academia, contractors and others with needed expertise.
Commission members will be appointed by the end of next week. State officials will make the appointments in consultation with local officials.
Senator Rick Ward said, "Today is a positive day for the people of Bayou Corne. These settlement negotiations are a great option for these residents, but we still have a lot of work left to do. We will continue working with Texas Brine and state and local officials to help these residents get back to their regular lives."
Representative Karen St. Germain said, "We're working hard and doing all we can to make this community heal and to let residents decide their own fate. These settlements - whether it be a buy out or compensation- and speaking to each and every homeowner will be the first step in doing that. DOTD is implementing its monitoring plan for La 70 to continue to ensure the roadway is safe for drivers, and we expect Texas Brine to reimburse these costs. We won't stop working until we help the people of Bayou Corne get back to their day-to-day lives."
Assumption Parish Police Jury President Martin "Marty" Triche said, "Residents of Bayou Corne have been through a lot -- and these settlements and buyouts are one option to help them get back to their lives. We won't know if this will be a complete success, but we are sure ready to try, and begin moving forward."
Assumption Parish Sheriff Waguespack said, "This is a good step forward for the people of Bayou Corne. This settlement process will later be determined as a success or a failure, but we know this move has the potential to go a long way in getting the people of Bayou Corne back to normal."
Part of the Governor's meeting on Monday with officials from Assumption focused on monitoring of La. 70. The Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) is conducting daily visual inspections, weekly visual bridge inspections and monthly GPS surveys of La. 70 in the proximity of the sinkhole. DOTD compares the results of each survey to determine any movement of the terrain.
Moving forward, DOTD has prepared a three part monitoring system, including Automated, continuous monitoring of roadway and bridges for movement; Automated, continuous monitoring of roadway and bridges for subsidence; and a detection and motorist warning system. DOTD estimates the installation will take 6 to 8 weeks. DOTD will be meeting this week with Texas Brine to provide input. DOTD will initially cover the cost for this through the emergency fund and they will be billing Texas Brine for the full cost.
The Governor noted that Parish officials and the state continue to wait on Texas Brine to reimburse the cost for sinkhole response efforts. Assumption Parish government has billed Texas Brine for about $480,000 and has been reimbursed by $265,000. The Assumption Parish Sheriff's office has billed Texas Brine for $340,000 and been reimbursed by $190,000.
The state has billed Texas Brine for over $3.5 million and incurred a total cost of nearly $8 million, but the state has not received any reimbursement.
Source: http://www.gov.state.la.us/index.cfm?md=newsroom&tmp=detail&catID=2&articleID=3948&navID=3


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Today, Jeff Whatcott, Vice President of Marketing at Brightcove posted a blog entry discussing Brightcove and HTML5, and the support for an emerging mobile ecosystem for media consumption. As many people know, Brightcove and Adobe are great partners in a joint mission to bring the highest quality video experience to the largest audience possible. To serve this mission, Brightcove relies on the Adobe Flash Platform, and its customers benefit from the great experiences that can be delivered through Flash to the largest audience.
Flash Player 10.1 will make it possible to run the standard Brightcove video player on mobile platforms with the same fidelity and features as desktop platforms. Today, the vast majority of Brightcove customers deliver their video using Flash and, with over 75% of all online video in Flash and Flash Player on 98% of desktops and a growing number of smartphones, tablets, netbook and smartbooks, vs the emerging ecosystem around HTML 5, it is safe to assume that Flash will remain the primary path for high quality video distribution for Brightcove customers.
As Jeff mentions, Brightcove continues to invest in and deepen its support for the Flash Platform.
Last month Brightcove unveiled the Brightcove Mobile Experience for Adobe® Flash® Player 10.1, which will enable organizations to easily deliver an optimized video viewing experience across smartphone platforms running Flash Player 10.1, including Google Android, Symbian S60, Palm webOS, Windows Mobile and Research in Motion BlackBerry. The solution makes it possible to deploy video that adapts on demand to the playback environment to deliver a superior experience across desktops and mobile devices. Customers already taking advantage of the Brightcove Mobile Experience for Adobe Flash Player 10.1 include AOL, Atlantic Records, La Vanguardia, National Geographic, The New York Times, STV, Sun Media and The Weinstein Company. (you can read that Brightcove press release HERE )
While Brightcove, like Adobe, is a supporter of innovation such as HTML5, we are confident that high quality video experiences are likely to be in Flash. Flash solves key challenges that both media companies and providers like Brightcove face, such the ability to deliver ubiquitous "it just works" end-user experiences and key features such as content protection and dynamic media delivery for quality. Adobe will continue to innovate far beyond where we are today in terms of quality enhancements, monetization for customers, live events, and more.
We're looking forward to the evolution of media delivery in Flash in the first half of 2010 when Adobe brings Flash Player 10.1 to the market, including with it, new delivery methods such as HTTP Dynamic Streaming and Flash Access 2, new content protection technology that will support driving video as a business online.
If you'd like to read more on Brightcove's announcement today, please see the blog entry from Jeff Whatcott HERE
"Our work to support HTML5 is not about weakening Flash, it is about pragmatically solving problems for our customers. Flash is and will continue to be a critical platform for us and for our customers. The fact is, most online video is experienced through Flash today, and that will continue to be the case for the foreseeable future. We have a very strong strategic alliance with Adobe, and we continue to believe that it is in our interests and the interests of our customers to be at the forefront of innovation on around the Flash Platform. Our work with HTML5 is in addition to, not instead of, our work with Flash."

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text: Victor was my grandfather. He passed away at nursing home in Rising Sun Indiana. He had lived on Laughry Crrek Road outside of Aurora Indiana for many years . He was a farmer and school bus driver and loved by his community. Lutheran in faith. His parents where Fredrick Greive and Lula M Mountz, He had a brother and sister both died tragic deaths in thier teen years.


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Confirmed: These Diaries Belong to Madonna
Confirmé: Ces journaux appartiennent à Madonna.
New York, 5:45 PM
Thu May 6
Maureen O'Connor
Remember eBay's auction of five years of Madonna diaries, supposedly from an ex-assistant's storage unit? Madge's claque got eBay to yank "Madonna's Personal Daily Journals" on the grounds that "they were the rightful owners." Good thing we saved the listing!
Madonna pulling the diaries does not prove she actually wrote them—they could, for instance, have belonged to an assistant or someone whose output would somehow belong to Madonna. That would explain references to "M." However, scribbly to-do lists about lyrics and work-outs strike me as something you only keep for yourself. What's more, other material that belonged to the assistant—like this little black book—remain on sale. The diaries are the only thing the Ciccone claque pulled, so any way you look at it, these sprial-bound Stenos, that notebook with the Snoopy cover, and reminders about "Tony Rehab / New Life Hospital" matter to the Queen of Pop.
Source: Gawker.


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I'm trying to implement my simple image viewer, where I have one main label and menubutton with three choices. Each of them creates different numbers of buttons with pictures inside them. I would like create one main label and then update its image with images on the buttons. So when I click on the first button with image, that image will appear on the label, then click second button and that second image will appear and so on. I've tried to create two functions one for creating label and updating its image and the second for getting current image on the button, but I wasn't able to do the second one correctly.
Appreciate your help. Here's the code:
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import Tkinter as tk
except ImportError:
import tkinter as tk
from functools import partial
from PIL import Image, ImageTk
class Halabala():
def __init__(self):
self.master = tk.Tk()
self.pictures = ["pavuk1.gif", "pavuk2.gif", "pavuk3.gif"]
self.pictures2 = ["cukor1.gif", "cukor2.gif", "cukor3.gif", "cukor4.gif", "cukor5.gif"]
self.lists_images = []
self.lists_images2 = []
self.lists_labels = []
#self.main_label = tk.Label(self.master, image = None).grid(row = 0, column = 0)
#image with original size
self.rbutton = tk.Menubutton(self.master, text = "Choose picture")
self.picks2 = tk.Menu(self.rbutton)
self.picks2.add_command(label = "Spider", command = partial(self.create_labels,3))
self.picks2.add_command(label = "Sugar", command = partial(self.create_labels,5))
self.rbutton.config(width = 30, bg = "white", bd = 5, relief = tk.RAISED)
self.rbutton.place(x = 900, y = 30)
def init_image_list(self):
for i in self.pictures:
picture = Image.open(i)
picture.thumbnail((130, 130))
for i in self.pictures2:
picture = Image.open(i)
picture.thumbnail((130, 130))
def create_labels(self, num):
for label in self.lists_labels:
for i in range(num):
if num == 3:
but = tk.Button(self.master, image = self.lists_images[i]) #command = self.get_command
but.grid(row = 2, column = i + 1) #label will be in the first row
but = tk.Button(self.master, image = self.lists_images2[i])
but.grid(row = 2, column = i + 1)
#def get_command(self):
#self.main_label = tk.Label(self.master, image = self.get_image).grid(row = 0, column = 0)
#def get_image(self):
# don't know how to get current image from button
myapp = Halabala()


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Cafu, Brazil's former football captain, known in his playing days as "The Commuter Train" for his constant motion, is sitting on a sofa in a Knightsbridge hotel. Gone are the days when the full-back won two world cups. Now aged 42, he spends much of his time running his Fundacao Cafu, his foundation for social inclusion.
Cafu is in London to see Brazil's men's football team seek their first Olympic gold in the final against Mexico at Wembley (more of that later). But he also just wants to see an Olympics for the first time in his life, partly because Brazil's turn at hosting is next: first the football world cup of 2014, then the Rio Olympics of 2016. Read more >>


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From MEPIS Documentation Wiki
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is an older, less secure (compared to WPA) encryption standard defined by the IEEE 802.11 committee and implemented in most WLAN products. To gain WiFi (Wireless Fidelity) certification by the Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance (WECA), products must support 40-bit WEP. Most vendors also support 128-bit WEP. WEP was designed to provide the security equivalent to a wired LAN and was not originally envisioned as bullet-proof security architecture. WEP's architecture has been shown to be flawed, and tools are available that can effectively break WEP encryption through passive hacking. WEP was superseded by Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) in 2003.
WEP can be enabled in MEPIS 6.5, 7.0 and 8.0 through the Network Assistant. Click on the Wireless tab and make sure the SSID is filled in. Then click the radio button for WEP encryption and enter your key. You can also select the WEP key security mode: restricted or open. The general advice is to go with the default open mode and only experiment with the restricted mode if all else fails.
At times the Network Assistant may have trouble with a particular configuration (CPU, wireless chipset, router). If you are unable to get WEP working with it, try another wireless frontend such as Wlassistant, Wifi-radar, or Wicd.


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TRANMERE Rovers' new chief executive has outlined his vision for the club's future.
Jeremy Butler was chosen by club chairman Peter Johnson to succeed Mick Horton in the role and started work today.
A journalist for more than 20 years, he has run a media business with a focus on football for the past 15 years, and brings a wealth of knowledge, experience and skills to the role. He is also on the club's board of directors.
On the task before him, Mr Butler told the Globe this afternoon: "The first thing I have to do is make this club a sustainable entity.
"I've been brought in for a reason, and that's because things aren't going as we want them to go and I have to change that.
"There's been interest in buying this club from other parties. That's fallen down and there's a reason for that; that's because the club is not in a particularly healthy state."
During a public meeting at Prenton Park last month chairman Peter Johnson committed himself to securing the long-term future of Rovers. He revealed a new plan for sharing ownership of the club.
A total of 2,000,000 shares will be offered to existing members. The club's supporters' trust also has a seat on the board of directors.
Mr Butler said: "Peter Johnson has been an excellent chairman and has put funds into the club, but we can't expect him to continue doing that.
"We need to stand on our own feet and that's one of the reasons I'm here.
"The way we do that is by engaging with our supporters, asking them to come and help us and looking for them to feel as though they are a big part of club, by building a new club; not new in terms of structure, but in terms of it becoming more family-orientated.
"We need to talk to people and we need to listen to our fans. We need to know why fans have stopped coming.
"But it's not a one-way street. The fans also have to turn up, buy the season tickets, cheer the team on and get behind us.
"We want to stay in League One, because we're proud to be a League One club.
"We had a great result against Colchester on Saturday. We've got Shrewsbury on Saturday, which is a very important game.
"We need to get everyone behind the team, because if we can win that the whole picture looks a lot rosier."
His appointment comes during what has been a turbulent time for the club. Players Ian Goodison and Akpo Sodje were among six footballers arrested in January linked to the betting investigation.
The National Crime Agency confirmed six players had been rearrested after "new evidence" came to light.
In December, the original six suspects were held by police as part of the inquiry, prompted by information passed on by a Sunday tabloid, and were bailed to return on April 8.
The club's suspended manager Ronnie Moore has also been charged with misconduct in relation to breaching betting rules.
The Football Association has been looking at allegations that Moore broke rules over betting on a competition that Tranmere were involved in.
Moore, who has been under investigation by the FA for six weeks, has until Tuesday, April 8 to respond to the charges.
He was suspended on February 18, with assistant manager John McMahon placed in charge of first team affairs on a temporary basis.
Commenting on what has been a turbulent season, Mr Butler said: "There's been a lot of things happening off the pitch and we want to get the focus back on the pitch.
"There are legal issues surrounding what's happening, so I have to be careful what I say, but we are working very hard to restore the integrity of the football club."
His message to the fans is simple. He explained: "We want to hear from you, we want see you and want you to become a bigger part of the club.
"We want you to be proud of Tranmere Rovers football club."
His predecessor Mick Horton has taken on the crucial post of football operations director and club secretary.
Chairman Peter Johnson is excited about seeing the implementation of the supporter friendly plans he has put in place at Prenton Park.
He said: "I have been very impressed with Jeremy's vision for Tranmere Rovers and believe he brings a great array of business skills as well as energy and passion to the club.
"We are embarking on a change of approach and I feel he is the right person to lead the club into a bright future."


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This is a limited edition canvas print of an original Anya Brock painting. Limited Edition (as opposed to Open Edition) means the print comes with a signed and numbered Certificate of Authenticity and we only produce a limited number of prints per size. This exclusivity increases the value of the print.
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OJJDP will fund the National Juvenile Justice Data Analysis Program (NJJDAP) to establish a central, primary source to conduct statistical data analyses and disseminate juvenile justice data to the public. These activities assist OJJDP in fulfilling its responsibility to provide vital juvenile justice data to the field regarding juvenile justice needs, risk behaviors, victimization, offending, and related issues. These important data inform juvenile justice policy and practice at the federal, state, and local levels.
Learn more [1].
Links:[1] http://www.ojjdp.gov/grants/solicitations/FY2013/NatJuvDataAnalysis.pdf


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I upgraded, now it all works. veddy nice.
If I could get someone to confirm or deny this fix I would appreciate it
Not me I installed the newest slapt-get and then I......
root@backtrack ~ # slapt-get --update && slapt-get --upgrade
and now I ....
root@backtrack / # slapt-get --version
slapt-get version 0.9.10e
So I am still good.I will update again to see.
EDIT: still good
root@backtrack / # slapt-get --update && slapt-get --upgradeRetrieving package data [ftp://slackware.cs.utah.edu/pub/slac...2.0/]...Cached
Retrieving patch list [ftp://slackware.cs.utah.edu/pub/slac...2.0/]...Cached
Retrieving checksum list [ftp://slackware.cs.utah.edu/pub/slac...2.0/]...Cached
Reading Package Lists...Done
Retrieving package data [http://software.jaos.org/slackpacks/12.0/]...Cached
Retrieving patch list [http://software.jaos.org/slackpacks/12.0/]...Cached
Retrieving checksum list [http://software.jaos.org/slackpacks/12.0/]...Cached
Reading Package Lists...Done
Retrieving package data [http://darkstar.ist.utl.pt/slackware...2.0/]...Cached
Retrieving patch list [http://darkstar.ist.utl.pt/slackware...-12.0/]...Done
Retrieving checksum list [http://darkstar.ist.utl.pt/slackware...2.0/]...Cached
Reading Package Lists...Done
Reading Package Lists... Done
The following packages have been EXCLUDED:
alsa-oss ruby compizconfig-python alsa-utils alsa-lib
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 5 not upgraded.
I upgraded, now it all works. veddy nice.
I felt like bending the bars back, and ripping out the window frames and eating them. yes, eating them! Leaping, leaping, leaping! Colonics for everyone! All right! You dumb*sses. I'm a mental patient. I'm *supposed* to act out!
still i cannot dis confirm the fix...
so i guess this is a permanent fix
any rate the point was I c/p alot of the mirrors and none of them seemed to work for me.
So I checked it today a few more times and the only one that i got to work is the one listed below.
On another note it seems that slapt-get version 0.9.12a was the version I was using is the one that caused so many problems. however just installed .c and all seems to be working better.
EDIT: I was also looking in the slapt-get 0.9.12.a faq under /usr/doc/slapt-get-0.9.12a/FAQ
and noticed the following:
53. Does slapt-get support the GPG/PGP signature verification?
Yes, as of 0.9.12 slapt-get can be built with gpgme support that allows
slapt-get to verify the signature of the CHECKSUMS file on each mirror.
This requires the presence of the signature file and the GPG-KEY file on
the package source. The GPG-KEY is imported into the local keychain using
the --add-keys option. When running --update, the signature file for the
CHECKSUMS listing is downloaded and verification is attempted. If the key
is not present slapt-get mentions this and continues on. slapt-get only halts
if verification failed.
54. Why am I getting "GPGME: Invalid crypto engine"?
Recent versions of slapt-get support GPG key verification via the GPGME
library. GPGME requires gnupg to support the OpenPGP protocol. At this
time gnupg2 is not compatible with GPGME and so gnupg must also be installed.
gnupg 1.x can be installed side by side with gnupg2.
The second seem to explain why some people are having troubles with using slapt-get and gslapt
To be successful here you should read all of the following.
If you are new to Back|Track
Back|Track Wiki
Failure to do so will probably get your threads deleted or worse.
it seems when i install manually slapt-get then Gslapt package manager stops working. it does not even start. Can someone also confirm this ?
I will take a look bwise. To be honest I never use the gslapt package manager i prefer to do it from the command line however I know a lot of people like to use it so we will see if we can get it going.
reinstall gslapt its only a gui for slapt-get
Code:slapt-get --update && slapt-get --install --reinstall gslapt
thanks for trying to help purehate , and thanks DrGreen for resolving the problem
Initially I had the same problem with slapt-get.
I have upgraded slapt-get to the latest 'c' version; and have rerun slapt-get, but the errors are always on the same part...is on the "verifying checksum signature" part of the process.
Now, i know that there is an option of "--no-md5" to override the MD5 checking, but is there an option to override the verifying checksum signature part.
***EDIT Ok... further analysis yielded that before all those new "verifying checksum signature" things will work, i have to perform the "--add-keys" option. Trying this new option yields the error "Invalid Crypto Engine" Which is my current path of investigation***


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The rest of the NFL has noticed that, just like in 2014, the Seahawks are finding their stride down the stretch of the schedule. What is surprising is how well they've played on offense, even without injured Marshawn Lynch and Jimmy Graham.
Seattle's defense was pretty staunch in last week's rout of Minnesota, too. Although winning the division seems a logn shot, no one will be eager to face a Seahawks wild-card squad.
Baltimore can only imagine what might have been: all of the losses are by eight points or less, and a slew of injuries ruined this season.


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Get Your Plate in Shape: Breakfastby Toby Amidor in Healthy Recipes, March 8, 2012
March is National Nutrition Month, and in honor of this official campaign sponsored by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, we're giving you meal options that follow the USDA's MyPlate guidelines. This week we're hitting up 5 breakfast options.
The Guidelines
MyPlate is about giving you a visual of which foods should be on your plate at each meal. You want to build a healthy meal from the 5 food groups: fruits, vegetables, grains, lean proteins and nonfat or low fat dairy. You don't need to have all 5 groups on your plate at each meal, but you should focus on getting in as many as possible, especially fruits and veggies.
Meal 1: Oatmeal
Apple Harvest Oatmeal
½ cup orange juice
Food groups: whole grains, fruits, dairy
Meal 2: Cereal & Milk
1 cup ready-to-eat whole grain cereal
½ cup nonfat, low fat or soy milk
1 cup sliced strawberries
1 slice whole grain bread
1 teaspoon jam or jelly
Food groups: whole grains, fruit, dairy
Meal 3: Breakfast Burrito
Scrambled Egg Burrito
½ grapefruit
Food groups: Grains, fruit, veggie, protein
Meal 4: Cookies & Milk
Breakfast Cookie
1 cup nonfat, low fat or soy milk
1 medium banana
Food groups: Whole grains, fruit, dairy
Meal 5: Smoothie
Blueberry Blast Smoothie
1 slice whole grain bread
1 tablespoon natural peanut butter
Food groups: Whole grains, fruit, protein, dairy
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Cutting Both WaysRiddles are little poems or phrases that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this is not a requirement.
When a songbird, enchanting.
When solo in a band, enduring.
When played at home, entertaining,
Tell me to what I am referring.
HintWith a little patience.
A solitaire is an American songbird (a thrush) known for its sweet songs.
A solitaire is also a solo gem, usually a diamond set in a ring or band.
Solitaire is also a BOARD or CARD game played alone.
Hint: In Britain, card solitaire is called patience.
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The Panthers not only disappointed folks in the Carolinas with their Super Bowl performance in February, they also let down Pro Picks. With a chance for a winning record for the 2015 season, we went with Cam Newton and Co. over the Broncos. So we got run over by Von Miller, too.
Now here we go again: Panthers vs. Broncos to open the 2016 schedule Thursday night. And call us stubborn, stupid or whatever, we're right back on the Panthers (No. 1 in AP Pro32), who are 1-point favorites.
Here's why.
While Denver's defense still will approach all-world, the offense is in the hands of an untested second-year quarterback, Trevor Siemian. Against Carolina's solid D featuring as good a set of linebackers as the NFL has, the Broncos (No. 6 AP Pro32) aren't likely to find the end zone much.
Nor will the Panthers, but Cam Newton, last year's MVP, believes he has a lot to prove after that mediocre Super Bowl. Prove it he will in the kickoff game.


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Contemporary Writing & Production Courses
Exploration of techniques of writing for each orchestral instrument and for various combinations of instruments, unusual orchestral instruments, and special effects many instruments can create. Principles of combining and balancing instruments; comparison between the live orchestral situation and the recording studio environment. Incorporation of ethnic instruments into orchestration; application of orchestral instruments to contemporary settings and styles. Overview of the development of the modern symphonic orchestra and the full orchestra as used in film scores. Live demonstrations of instruments; score listening and analysis.
A study of the creative, technical, production, and business aspects of writing music for visual media, primarily television commercials. Content includes the creative process: reacting to emotion and mood of visuals, supporting the picture with appropriate music, stylistic considerations, compressing/expanding musical ideas, and hitting visual cues. Production aspects include various approaches to shaping the musical product to support the creative direction that has been chosen or provided. Exploration of sound design (incorporation of sound effects into music tracks) and technical aspects of timings, film editing influences, frame-counting, and synchronization. Business aspects: working with producers and directors, taking direction, selling ideas, and general and contractual obligations that modify the creative process. Various projects and assignments in writing music in different moods, styles, and lengths, that support and enhance visuals. Most creative work will be realized at MIDI workstations using a MIDI sequencing program and video software; students must have a strong working knowledge of MIDI systems and sequencing programs.
This course has two purposes: first, to provide the student with the necessary synthesis, sound design, and electronic creative tools to be competitive in the contemporary writing industry; and second, to enhance and further develop the student's compositional skills in a variety of contemporary music styles with a particular emphasis on electronic genres. Through a detailed and thorough hands-on experience the students will begin studying the basic concepts of analog synthesis, moving on to advanced synthesis techniques such as FM, sampling and physical modeling, all the way up to the most advanced sound design and sound shaping techniques. The course will cover processing methods and effects (such as loop creation/editing/slicing, creative use of EQ, delay, compression and convolution reverbs, etc.) targeted specifically to enhance and improve the production of contemporary electronic music. Topics will be contextualized with references to specific contemporary music styles and trends and practically applied by the student to originally composed projects that feature different electronic styles and techniques. Using these concepts and techniques the students will create original compositions based mainly on sounds they have programmed and designed themselves, and by the end of the course they will have an original sound library at their disposal.
This course covers advanced creative, technical, production, and business aspects of writing for music and media libraries. Its main purpose is to expose and train students to be proficient in writing and producing for a variety of media-related music libraries through style-specific assignments and scenarios. The course focuses on writing genre-specific music cues for reality shows, soap operas, talk/variety shows, documentaries, title sequences, infomercials, and web media such as miniseries, web advertising, and web-based tutorials. Students are guided through a thorough analysis and critique of each style and individual original writing assignments based on real case examples. For each style students master the creative process, library-specific production techniques, how to support different moods with appropriate music, how to communicate with media producers, and how to develop original material inside the boundaries set by the style and by the production team. This course focuses on how to compose and produce mood-based music libraries and cues that are not written to a specific picture. Each assignment is critiqued, assessed, and revised according to creative directions and style specific production guidelines. Discussions of business aspects include working with music libraries producers and companies, demo preparation, positive and quick response to feedback and comments from the music library producer and licensing scenarios. Through various projects students will have frequent opportunities to write music in different moods, styles, and lengths. Students must have a strong working knowledge and experience with hybrid production techniques and with MIDI systems and sequencing programs.
Monitored and evaluated professional work experience in an environment related to the contemporary writing and production major. Placement is limited to situations available from or approved by the Office of Experiential Learning and the Contemporary Writing and Production Department chair or designee. To apply for an internship, students must see the internship coordinator in the Office of Experiential Learning prior to registering. Note: Equivalent credit for prior experience is not available due to the requirement of concurrent contract between the employer/supervisor and the college.International students in F-1 status must obtain authorization on their Form I-20 from the Counseling and Advising Center prior to beginning an internship.
As part of the contemporary writing and production concentrate requirements, this proficiency must be completed in order to graduate. Information can be obtained from the department chair.
Individualized instruction designed to guide students majoring in contemporary writing and production in the preparation of their graduation projects. Students will be allowed to schedule time in the Professional Writing Division MIDI Lab to meet the portfolio requirements. Please visit this page for more information.
A non-credit, tuition-free marker course in which Contemporary Writing & Production majors must enroll in the semester during which they plan to submit their required portfolio to the department chair. A mark of of P (Pass) is awarded when the portfolio receives a positive evaluation.
This course examines the folkloric music from Latin America that informs today's contemporary music. Topics include traditional musical styles, forms, instrumentation, arranging techniques, melody, and harmony. Folkloric music from the following countries is studied: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela. The course focuses on applications of these styles in contemporary arranging and composition.
This course examines the concepts and techniques of writing flamenco music, which is a vital and growing genre in contemporary music. The course covers the origins of the various styles of flamenco, their individual influences, primary composers of flamenco, overview of popular lyrics, and common composition and arranging techniques in flamenco styles. Students will investigate the various aspects of writing flamenco music: use of improvised structure; binary, ternary, and polyrhythm rhythmic styles; traditional harmonic approaches and concepts; melodic approaches; and the use of microtones. A variety of compositions, arrangements, and orchestrations will be analyzed, including examples of contemporary compositions and new stylistic variations in flamenco that feature the use of electronics and flamenco without guitar. Students will create compositions and/or arrangements for a flamenco music ensemble.
An advanced study of writing in a variety of Latin styles, including modern and traditional orchestration concepts, style-specific aspects of form and structure, score analysis, score and part preparation, and production tips that will give the composer, arranger, or orchestrator the proper tools to get the best results either in the studio or in a live performance. Styles covered include mambo, guaguancó, bomba, timba, bolero, danzón, tango reggae, samba, and partido alto. Students will create arrangements of existing works and original pieces for a variety of ensembles of different sizes and instrumentation.
This course presents an expanded development of material introduced in CW-216. Important concepts include: production and direction of vocal rehearsals and recording sessions; advanced production techniques including layering, stacking, compressing and mixing vocal tracks; study of diverse song styles and musical concepts that comprise them; observation of text/language and cultural influence in relation to vocal writing; further development of multi-part background writing; more refined utilization of harmonic tensions and reharmonization. Rubato and groove-oriented a cappella techniques will also be explored.


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Until January 16
It is intriguing to go to a freshly minted physical theatre work that Beethoven had a hand in creating. Four performers, director Patrick Nolan and guitarist Stefan Gregory used Beethoven's Seventh Symphony as the basis of both the sound and the movement for Legs on the Wall's Symphony, which is energised by spurts of familiar melodies.
Unfortunately, for this pair of ears, Gregory's idea of imitating the full orchestra is turning the base notes up so loud that the sound is mind-numbingly distorted. But it doesn't happen too often – and may well be considered a 21st-century translation of the original.
The performers work with 30 large boxes, almost up to shoulder height, which they arrange and re-arrange around the stage, at one point building a wall so tall it requires one to stand on the shoulders of another. Its patchwork design needs, and gets, precision to match a lighting pattern imposed on it later, and it is used as a screen for video imaging.
The movement of the boxes contributes to explorations of the theme – triggered by the music – of being alone or part of a community. Nonetheless, this seems to take up an inordinate amount of Symphony's hour on stage and doesn't offer much in the way of interesting movement.
Amy Macpherson was outstanding for her gracefully controlled gymnastic sequence. Craig Bary, Matt Cornell and Joshua Thomson each acquitted themselves well in pleasantly organic but predictable dancerly solos – Bary having been brought in less than 24 hours earlier after Rhiannon Spratling was injured the previous night.
This unexpected cast change wasn't obvious in the smoothness of the performance, but it may have affected the dynamics, which were bland almost to the point of non-existence.
There is no program credit for a choreographer – presumably everyone is doing their own thing under Nolan's direction – and the absence of a single driving creative force may be what makes this a pleasant enough hour but not an event that extends artistic boundaries for the performers or audience.


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FIREFIGHTERS are warning people of the dangers of chip pans after a man was rescued by his neighbour when a blaze broke out in the early hours.
The fire service was called to a ground floor flat on Bolton Road, Atherton, at around 4.20am when a chip pan caught alight.
Crews arrived and found that a man had already been pulled out of his flat to by his neighbour.
Crew Manager Dave Morris, from Atherton said: "We cannot praise the brave neighbour enough — if it wasn't for his quick actions the man, who we believe is in his forties, may not have been so lucky.
"The neighbour was from the flat above and smelled smoke, so he came down to see what was happening. When he realised there was a fire he kicked in the door and pulled his neighbour out of the property to safety.
"A GMFRS Trauma Technician gave first aid to the man who had the fire before paramedics took him to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation."
The fire started when a chip pan was switched on and left unattended.
Chairman of Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Authority, Cllr David Acton said: "Chip pans are incredibly dangerous and this man is lucky to be alive.
"If you have a chip pan replace it with a safer way of cooking like a thermostatically controlled deep fat fryer."
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SAN DIEGO — The defendant who slashed his lawyer in the face last week in front of the jury that could decide his fate spoke directly to those men and women Wednesday as he delivered a closing argument in his own attempted murder trial.
Eduardo Macias, 32, remained seated and handcuffed as he spoke to the panel, referring occasionally to several crumpled pages of notes written in pencil.
"I know it's a bit awkward," Macias said. "Obviously, I'm not an attorney."
He then proceeded to tell the jury that he was guilty of assaulting a fellow prisoner at Donovan state prison more than two years ago, when he smuggled a razor blade onto the yard, but was not guilty of the other crimes he was accused of, including conspiracy and attempted murder.
"I believe this case is real simple, but the prosecution is trying to complicate things," Macias said, dismissing the assertion that he and two co-defendants carried out the attack at the direction of the Mexican Mafia prison gang.
"All this is about is a fight that occurred July 5, 2010," he said.
The jurors are expected to consider only the evidence they were presented during the two-week trial and disregard the incident they witnessed last week when Macias attacked his defense lawyer, William Burgener.
As the final witness was finishing his testimony, Macias cut Burgener's face with a blade he had hidden in his mouth, officials have said. Sheriff's deputies quickly subdued the defendant and cleared the courtroom, where a group of more than a dozen students from Grossmont High School had been watching the proceedings.
Burgener returned to court the next day with a bandage on his right cheek and said he was willing to continue representing Macias, but Judge Peter Deddeh said the lawyer had a conflict of interest because of the attack.
Deddeh said Macias had forfeited his right to an attorney and would have to represent himself as the trial moved forward. He then questioned each of the jurors individually to determine whether they would be able to set aside what they had seen and deliberate fairly.
A prosecutor argued in court Wednesday that Macias and his co-defendants, Geronimo Polina, 35, and Lionel Quinteros, 26, conspired to kill inmate Victoriano Ortiz in the prison yard. The trio failed to reach their objective when the victim fought back.
He ended up with minor cuts or scratches to his head and neck.
But Macias argued that he was the only person on the yard who was armed that day. He said Ortiz, who had problems with him because of a woman he dated previously, was a liar whose testimony could not be trusted.
"I did willfully slash Ortiz multiple times," Macias said. "If I wanted to kill him, he would be dead."
Macias told the jury that he may not be a likeable person, but he testified truthfully in court about what he had done.
"I'm not a swell guy," he admitted. "I'm a criminal. I'm a convict. I'm violent. ... Hold me accountable for what I did, not for what's being dreamed up," he said. "I'm asking you not to punish these two men for something that I did. That's not justice."
The jury could receive the case Friday.


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Apple Releases iOS 6 Beta 4, Removes YouTube.appby Brian Klug on 8/6/2012 10:53 PM EST
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nofumble62 - Monday, August 06, 2012 - linkEverything works flawlessly across all your devices. Reply
damianrobertjones - Wednesday, August 08, 2012 - linkI hardly think that it works flawlessly all day, every single day, 365 days a year. Just check the support forums Reply
marioyohanes - Tuesday, August 07, 2012 - linkYouTube native app been a pain in the ass for long time since YouTube updated their site with full HTML5 and H.264 video. So, it doesn't matter for me.
As for WiFi Plus Cellular, it's funny all this long I couldn't got any GSM signal from my bedroom but I still able to receive and send iMessage over WiFi. Even when I turn Airplane Mode On and turn WiFi on, I still receive and send iMessage just fine… So, the last sentence is a bit confusing at some poiint. Reply
duffman55 - Tuesday, August 07, 2012 - linkI don't understand the last sentence either. Do you mean in the iOS 6 beta, iMessage sends data over cellular by default? Because I know in iOS 5 it will try using the Wi-Fi even when it's not working.
Brian, is there any way to see Wi-Fi connection signal in dBmW without jailbreaking?
Also, has anyone seen any real-world performance tests for older iOS devices running iOS 6? Namely the iPhone 4. Reply
Brian Klug - Tuesday, August 07, 2012 - linkThere's no way to show dBm for WiFi signal without using jailbreaking at some point. However you can do it for cellular pretty easily (field test, force quit out).
There are ways to show WiFi signal in dBm (last I checked) that involved editing a file in your iOS backups, then restoring that. I've used that vector in the past to preserve this setting for so long.
As for the iPhone 4 - both the 3GS and 4 basebands have been stuck/not updated for some time now, so network performance should be where they were as of last update. The 4S continues to see updates that impact network stability/handover/performance.
-Brian Reply
duffman55 - Tuesday, August 07, 2012 - linkThanks for the quick reply, Brian.
I'm still confused about iMessage preferring cellular data, even when connected to Wi-Fi. I changed the DNS for my Wi-Fi network to something erroneous and it failed to send a message. Maybe I'm missing something. A lot of people seem to have problems with this at public hotspots, which the new Wi-Fi Plus Cellular feature would alleviate.
About the iPhone 4 on iOS 6. I'm worried about app loading times, responsiveness, and things of that nature. I'm hoping it won't be like iOS 4 was for the iPhone 3G. I haven't been able to find much information on the performance, though. Reply
Brian Klug - Tuesday, August 07, 2012 - linkHmm, it's possible this has changed, however last I investigated it, iMessage clearly only uses cellular, even when attached to WiFi. Eg during this investigation: http://www.anandtech.com/show/4956/apple-ios-5-rev... I literally could not intercept any APNS until I disabled cellular data entirely. That was back in iOS 5.0 days.
Of course, if cellular data is bad, it falls back onto WiFi nicely.
I've been playing with iOS 6 on my iPhone 4 and 3GS, subjectively it doesn't seem as though there are any performance regressions. That seems to be something that can change at any moment, however.
-Brian Reply
duffman55 - Tuesday, August 07, 2012 - linkThanks for the feedback. I'm glad to hear there aren't any noticeable performance drops on older hardware :)
The conspiracy nut in me always thinks Apple might be slowly degrading performance with each update on older hardware intentionally, haha. Reply
KitsuneKnight - Tuesday, August 07, 2012 - linkIn my experience, there's still a massive number of videos on YouTube that aren't supported in the HTML5 player (even with both h.264 and WebM!), which is pretty surprising, after so long. Even videos without ads or anything like that, it still seems that there's just arbitrary random videos that aren't supported.
As for a Google-developed YouTube app... if it's anything like their other apps, it's going to be a half-assed web wrapper. I can't wait to see what sort of basic functionality *cough*push*cough* takes them months and months to actually implement fully. Reply
bplewis24 - Tuesday, August 07, 2012 - link"As for a Google-developed YouTube app... if it's anything like their other apps, it's going to be a half-assed web wrapper."
Yeah, because GMail, Youtube, etc are nothing but half-assed web wrappers.
Methinks you know nothing of what you're talking about. Reply
KitsuneKnight - Tuesday, August 07, 2012 - linkDid you even read the article? The YouTube app that's been around for years was built and maintained by Apple (not Google).
The Gmail app is little more than a wrapper around the mobile website (it's not like Google has tried to keep it secret or anything), and it was only around a month ago when Google finally decided to support Notification Center, and included text with the push notifications (so you don't get merely a sound and a badge).
Are you confusing iOS with Android? Because it sounds like you are... Reply
area5x1 - Tuesday, August 07, 2012 - linkHe might be, as Google apps on Android like Gmail and YouTube are quite amazing. Reply
Brian Klug - Tuesday, August 07, 2012 - linkWe've shown in the past that iMessage preferentially selects cellular data for all messages (to mitigate MITM with SSL / all APNs vulnerable to this vector) unless you completely disable cellular. The point I'm trying to make is that in a WiFi+Cellular connected situation, cellular is preferentially selected for all APNS traffic on the iPhone. That's my only point. I'm betting that this API is now being extended to other applications as well.
-Brian Reply
LeoListens - Tuesday, August 07, 2012 - linkI'm not sure about you guy's opinion, but frankly I think this is great. Google can more actively manage the YouTube app they bring to the appstore, and hopefully they will bring it up to date with the web app....iOS YouTube app got almost no love from apple.
This way it will be up to date, and HOPEFULLY give us options on what quality video to watch, especially over 3G or crappy Wi-Fi Reply
Leonick - Tuesday, August 07, 2012 - linkYea, I think this isn't a loss in any way, saves us from the app opening when clicking a youtube link. Now we need Google to do a proper app or fix the mobile site though, at the moment it's pretty useless with it's two quality settings being 'highest possible' (which takes ages to load on a slower connection) and 'so shitty it might as well be audio only'... Reply
Strat09 - Tuesday, August 07, 2012 - linkI don't even use that app... I use the web version because it's better. Also for people who want the youtube icon back as a shortcut app on their home screen just use safari to do so.
ALSO ALSO... iOS 6 can be downloaded by non developers and installed through iTunes by Restoring your iOS to the stock version and selecting set up as new device, getting all the way to your homescreen on startup on your iDevice, agreeing to iTunes terms, signing in... yadiyada.... and installing an ispw beta file you can search for in the internet by clicking the check for update button while holding shift on your keyboard, and selecting the iOS 6 beta .ispw you downloaded. Afterwards you can do ota updates from your device. Reply
OCedHrt - Tuesday, August 07, 2012 - linkIsn't that built into those apps?
I may be wrong, but iOS is not like Android where apps can send data from one app to another. Camera app or Photo app would not be able to invoke Google's Youtube app to upload - they would have to call Youtube's API and do the upload themselves. Reply
Leonick - Tuesday, August 07, 2012 - linkThat or the youtube upload sharing option is built right in to iOS and available as a sharing option for all apps. Reply
nancylewis905 - Thursday, August 09, 2012 - linkCheck out RapidProtect-- A best app to track your family, friends and business members with lots of advanced collaboration features. App is available at rapidprotect DOT net Reply


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"Anyone know the Polish word for "Satire"?"
"No, you Shot Your Fuck Up"
Shot your fuck up, or SYFU is a popular Eastern European method for injecting drugs, particularly heroin, directly into the soft tissue of the genitals. The practice is illegal in many countries outside of Poland, though is becoming increasingly popular amongst the European Porn Industry, based in Prague.
edit Drug Baron
Known as the "Polish Coke", recent unconfirmed speculation has been that Father Director Teddy Rydzyk has been flooding the market of neighbouring countries, particularly Glaswegia and Norwegia with branded parcels, stamped with the term "Warsaw Packed". This has made people in Britain snigger.
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You will need the following items to participate: (consult MacGyver for help)
- A kilo of Crack Cocaine/Heroin/Ground Kitten souls
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- A Spoon
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edit Just Say Yes
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University Women's Connection Plays Santa to First-Year Women
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Heather Marker (left) and Alex Mallos (Right) are thrilled with their holiday gift bags from the University Women's Connection.
December 11, 2009—
Despite the winter's first whopper of a snowstorm, members and friends of Michigan Technological University's University Women's Connection (UWC) filled 250 holiday gift bags for first-year women students at Michigan Tech. They were delivered to the residence halls by the staff of Student Life.
"It was a very sweet and unexpected gift," said roommates Jessica VanHoof and Amie Chaloupka. "I felt really special," Christine Basso remarked. "It made me really like being a girl on campus."
The gift bags were made possible by a donation from an anonymous donor whose contribution was recognized at the UWC's holiday gathering. She and her late husband, a Michigan Tech alumnus, have supported numerous Tech initiatives all across campus. Most recently, she gave a donation to launch a varsity women's soccer program.
The UWC is an organization for women from Michigan Tech and the University's community. Half of the $20 annual dues is used to support scholarships for deserving Tech students. The UWC sponsors three events a year and interest groups such as a book club. More information on the University Women's Connection is online.
This is the fourth year that the UWC has made a holiday project of filling gift bags for first-year students.
"Students are always excited to get a yellow slip (package notice) in their mailboxes, and when it's from someone they don't even know, it's that much more special," said Travis Pierce, director of housing and residential life. "Housing truly enjoys partnering with the University Women's Connection to do this for the students."
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A former England football captain joined children from a Rickmansworth school to launch this year's Moor Park 10k and Junior Fun Runs event.
Paul Ince attended Rickmansworth Park JMI School, in Park Road, for the launch of the annual event.
The former Manchester United and Inter Milan midfielder said he anticipates that the popular fun run will attract many enthusiastic children.
He said: "I hope that as many children as possible will consider entering the Moor Park Junior Fun Runs this year, both to support the LJMC and also because it will be a fun experience.
"They will be able to represent their schools and, who knows, perhaps one day we'll be seeing them represent our country."
The popular fundraising event is held every year at Merchant Taylors' School to raise money for the Lynda Jackson Macmillan Centre (LJMC).
The centre, which is based at Mount Vernon Hospital, in Northwood, provides support to patients and families who have been affected by cancer.
This year's event will take place on Sunday, September 28.
Ince has spent some time with the LJMC, learning about the work it does to help people affected by cancer.
Having seen first-hand how the centre supports people going through treatment, he was delighted to encourage local schoolchildren to enter the fundraising event.
Ince added: "I've been so impressed at the work of the Lynda Jackson Macmillan Centre. A diagnosis of cancer and subsequent treatment is clearly a stressful and anxious time, both for patients and also for those close to them.
"Seeing how things like relaxation classes and good quality information can help patients has been enlightening. The staff at the LJMC are so welcoming and put people at their ease, giving them time to talk and ask questions. It's a phenomenal service."
A total of 35 children from Rickmansworth Park School took part in the Junior Fun Runs last year and organisers hope this enthusiasm will persist through to this year's event.
Dawn Goldspring, the school's head of PE, has been encouraging pupils to participate and said they hope to enter more children than any other school.
Ms Goldspring said: "The children really enjoyed themselves last year. There was a great family atmosphere and they had a really good time. They were all so proud to show off their medals at school the next day."
This is the thirteenth year that the Stewarts Law Moor Park 10k and Junior Fun Runs will take place.
Since the event was first organised in 2002, £435,000 has been raised for the LJMC's services which include a drop-in centre, complementary therapies and counselling for patients and carers.
The 10k route is traffic-free, taking in Moor Park and Rickmansworth Golf Courses. The junior events are held within the confines of the school playing fields. Runners of all ages and speeds are welcome to take part.
Entry is now open and more information can be found at www.moorpark10k.org.uk or call 07779 458285.


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Things start to get dull after the thrill of the holidays is over. It's only then that you really seem to realize that its winter, it's cold, everything is dead, and there's nothing to do for at least two months. It can be a depressing time, sure. But it doesn't have to be, since I know a little secret… not everything worth doing is on hiatus till Spring, and what's even better: a lot of the things that are fun to do year-round are being offered at discount prices simply because it's winter!
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I have written a lot about Polo Park over the years. It has become in my lifetime the central shopping district — so much so that it has squeezed out its entertainment neighbours of hockey and football.
There has been some sullenness about consumerism and moving people from box store to box store and I get that. However, the city was started as a trading area and remains a commercial city to this day. How soon we forget that Portage and Main began when one merchant tramped his way to that road corner, thumbing his nose at convention and damning the fact that the infrastructure was elsewhere.
The Bartley Kives article (Katz vs. congestion, Sunday Xtra, Dec. 9) on what is happening to improve traffic flow around Polo Park points out that Sam Katz has put a lot of stock in moving cars around the city. The amount spent on Polo Park traffic enhancement will be $30 million.
And the sad thing is that on streets where we want faster flow as motorists, more traffic lights are going up. For purely self-interested reasons, most people want to be able to step out of their house when they want, go where they want and do it as fast as they want. Faster is better.
Many cities have tried to accommodate that and have built infrastructure to achieve that. However, like health care, it can break the budget if we don't control ourselves. In other words, if we don't take some responsibility for our own decisions, we can expect it may cost us more time and money in the end.
By way of example: If you move to Waverley West, don't be surprised if there isn't a school or daycare right away and that you are caught in traffic. Despite tens of millions being spent, the roads still can't handle the cars and the money isn't in place to build schools.
Politicians and city planners will never be able to keep up. And like Sim City, riots and fires will erupt.
That is not to say infrastructure changes around Polo Park are not necessary. While the Free Press mentions that the route from downtown to Transcona and downtown to University of Manitoba are listed as higher priorities, the area around Polo Park has remained pretty much as we see it now for decades — aside from Silver Avenue being extended and a centre turning lane on St. James Street.
I think we can safely say that tens of millions more have been spent on Regent Avenue and Pembina Highway.
But that is neither here nor there. The city has infrastructure needs all over the place as a result of low density, low investment and poor planning.
I do want the city to invest in rapid transit. We have waited far too long to do anything and have let valuable rail lands be bought up for various developments rather that grabbing them even if it was future use as bus or light-rail corridors. At the very least, they should have been used as pedestrian and bike corridors. The Oakbank line through Polo Park and River Heights comes to mind.
But recriminations can wait.
The question is: Does Polo Park warrant $30 million in infrastructure improvements? The answer is yes.
One big change mentioned was to extend St. Matthews Avenue. This is good, except for the fact that like Silver Avenue's extension, it doesn't meet up in a true intersection. A retail strip blocks a true connection. Now, I am not a traffic engineer but it doesn't take a genius to see that a solution might be to curve the street through the stadium site and the retail building. However, that seems unlikely as the city usually takes the path of least resistance.
In short, it will be a Route 90 to St. James extension and a bit of a mash-up with poor turning lanes and a pile up at the new Target. That is my guess.
There is talk about changes at Ellice Avenue and St. James Street. The lack of turning lanes means left and right lanes are often blocked through a few light cycles.
One interesting possibility is making Empress Street one way from St. Matthews north to Sargent Avenue, and making Milt Stegall Drive one way from Sargent south to St. Matthews.
In principle, I am not huge on one-way streets. I think we have far too many of them downtown and many should be turned back to two way. However, they do have their place and this might be one case. Empress is very narrow and cars turning left at Ellice Avenue or into Walmart cause chaos.
The stores along Empress such as Walmart are not nice to be around a lot of the time because the two-way traffic along the street is brutal.
The city must start taking a principled stand on developers creating turning lanes on their property, and landscaping and burying hydro lines on their streets before getting their approvals.
To the people who say this can't be done without driving away business, the argument is bogus. Look at Grand Forks and Fargo to see how the malls there have managed traffic.
The city already has a policy about drive-thrus to prevent places like Tim Hortons having traffic lined up 20 cars deep on Kenaston Boulevard. The lineups must take place on the restaurant's property.
As far as other traffic issues and rapid transit, I suggest the province of Manitoba get off its butt and take ownership of the rapid-transit issue. The University of Manitoba is a provincial institution. The province chose to put it at the tail end of the city. It ought to build the rapid connection to it or at least a large share of it.
And for God's sake, stop letting abandoned rail lands get taken up for development. If Burlington Northern or CP ever give up their rail lines or land, buy the property!
The best development in the city of Winnipeg has been The Forks and that was federally driven with the province and the city along as partners. I think that success can be duplicated. It might be good to see what sort of transportation plan might originate from such a partnership.
However, back to Polo Park: There is without question good reasons to work on the roads in the area. We just have to ensure the developers are paying a lot of the freight in terms of traffic so that turning lanes and service roads are part of the solution.
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PRISON awaits pervert teacher Alexander Thomas after a jury at Swindon Crown Court today found him guilty of causing or inciting four teenage pupils to engage in sexual activity.
Thomas, 30, of Queen Elizabeth Drive in Taw Hill, was also found not guilty of directly engaging in sexual activity with two of the girls whilst in a position of trust.
The business studies teacher, who has been on trial since May 5, pleaded guilty to an eighth count of possessing an indecent image of one of the girls last week.
Judge Tim Mousley QC, who will sentence the defendant on Friday, June 13, told him prison was likely destination for him when he returns to the dock.
He said: "You will be bailed between now and then [June 13] and that will be unconditional.
"You must not take that as an indication there will not be a prison sentence.
"The sentencing guidelines, as I can see, a custodial sentence is the probability at least, in this case, and may well be a certainty."
Wiltshire Police Child Abuse Investigator Detective Constable Angela Spray said: "Thomas worked as a secondary school teacher in Wiltshire where he systematically abused the position of trust he was in to prey on vulnerable, underage children for his own sexual gratification.
"Thomas groomed his victims and encouraged them to engage in sexual acts after gaining their confidence and trust.
"He has refused to take any responsibility for his actions and has forced his victims to relieve their suffering and give evidence in court.
"I would urge anyone who has been the victim of any sexual assault to contact Wiltshire Police immediately – we have dedicated officers who are specially trained to help those who have been abused.
"Anyone wishing to report a crime should contact Wiltshire Police on 101 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 where information can be left anonymously."
Victims can also seek support and counselling from the Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) based at the New Swindon Sanctuary, The Gables, Shrivenham Road, Swindon.
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Go slower, not faster when choosing the next pope, urges a Catholic theologian and author in Winnipeg next week to speak about the authority of the Catholic Church.
"The church doesn't have to rush into it," says Gerard Mannion of last week's decision to allow cardinals to move up their conclave date to vote for a new pope.
"There's no compelling reason to have a pope by Easter."
Pope Benedict XVI officially retired as the pope Feb. 28, taking on the title of emeritus pope. Traditionally, the cardinals have a waiting period of 15 days after the position becomes vacant before gathering to choose a new pope. Last week, Benedict said the cardinals could set an earlier date, as long as all the cardinals were present.
Mannion will deliver the Hanley Memorial lectures at St. Paul's College at the University of Manitoba, beginning 7 p.m. Sunday, March 3 and continuing with two lectures on Monday, March 4 at 1:30 p.m. and 7 p.m.
His topic, chosen long before Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation on Feb. 11, deals with the notion of Catholic teaching authority and what sort of pope the church needs for the 21st century.
Because of the unique circumstances around Benedict's resignation, the first pope in 600 years to resign from office, Mannion says cardinals should take the time to consult broadly and widely throughout the church before entering the conclave for the secret election.
"Maybe the church needs to listen to different corners of the church. Because of modern communication, this is the first time that cardinals can take soundings from people around the world," says Mannion, in a telephone interview from his office at the University of San Diego.
"Speak to the poor people, the people in the parishes, the brothers and sisters, the people working in the charities and the missions, ask them what style of shepherd the church needs in the 21st century, ask them what style of leadership it needs."
Under the leadership of Benedict and his predecessor, Pope John Paul II, Mannion says the Catholic Church has adopted a top-down approach, markedly different from how the church was governed for most of its history. He says that model of centralized authority doesn't serve the church well or acknowledge the diversity of traditions and experiences within Catholicism.
"There's an absence of dialogue and an absence of justice, yet at the same time there are many things happening that are a real source of scandal," says the Irish-born Mannion, referring to sexual and financial abuse in the church, which again made headlines last week with the resignation of two cardinals.
Mannion says the church needs to invoke the spirit of openness and change that permeated the Second Vatican Council, convened in 1962 by Pope John XXIII. One of the results was a revision of the liturgy, allowing Catholics to worship in their own language instead of in Latin.
That spirit of change would be welcomed by Sister Mary Coswin, who would like to see the church address issues such as the ordination of women, homosexuality and clerical celibacy.
"My dearest hope is we would go back to the energy and spirit of Vatican II and the pope would help us recapture that," says Coswin, director of St. Benedict's Retreat and Conference Centre.
"It was openness to the times, openness to other churches and other religions."
However they proceed, the new pope should have the heart of a pastor, yet someone who understands the challenges of the church in the present time, suggests Metropolitan Lawrence Huculak of the Ukrainian Catholic Church.
"He would have been a pastor, a parish priest, yet a good theologian, one who understands theology in this day and age," says Huculak, also archbishop of the Archeparchy of Winnipeg.
Those qualifications are echoed by Archbishop James Weisgerber, who recognizes the contradictions of a totally human, yet totally spiritual process in electing a pope.
"I have a conviction that this (election) is entirely in the hands of the Holy Spirit and entirely in the hands of the 115 men who have to use their minds and experience," says Weisgerber, archbishop of Winnipeg.
Mannion is also placing his faith in those 115 men, the cardinals who will discuss and then vote within the confines and restrictions of the papal conclave, whenever it is scheduled.
"Many of those cardinal electors have affected a conservative style, but I'm convinced many of them have been pragmatic conservatives. They've trotted out the party line because that's what Rome said they should do," says Mannion, 42, who moves to Washington, D.C., in August to take up a position at Georgetown University.
"I think in the privacy of the election in the Sistine Chapel, I think a significant number of the cardinals will see the church needs something different from the papacy of Benedict XVI."