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As our data continues to grow at a nearly exponential clip, storage vendors have responded with ever cheaper and more capable products. But the push for higher capacity and lower prices has muddied the waters.
Not long ago, if you were buying a multiterabyte storage device, it would almost definitely have been a highly reliable, high-performance, enterprise-class SAN. Today, you can jam that same amount of storage into a tower desktop for a tiny fraction of the cost. As a result, many storage products are being marketed as "SAN" storage when they aren't much better than a desktop in terms of performance and reliability.
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More than ever, it's important to have a solid understanding of what forms primary storage can take and what differentiates them. In rough terms, the primary storage ladder can be broken down into six distinctive rungs. Who you are and what you do will determine your best option.
Primary data storage, rung 1: Peer to peer
Users: 2 to 10
Cost: Bupkus
Redundancy: None
The concept of peer-to-peer primary storage should be familiar to just about anyone who owns a computer. Essentially, each user's workstation stores his or her own data. In the event that data needs to be shared, technology built into the operating system allows others to see that data. It's cheap and incredibly simple.
For individuals and very small businesses, this is often the best option. Given that there are over 5 million businesses in the United States alone with less than 10 employees, peer-to-peer storage makes up a huge percentage of all data storage. But as a business grows, managing multiple, unreliable islands of storage can become increasingly difficult. Most desktop operating systems also don't offer much in the way of unified security, so this model is difficult to support securely beyond a few users.
Primary data storage, rung 2: The file server
Users: 10 to hundreds
Cost: $2,000 to $5,000
Redundancy: Low
Examples: Microsoft Windows Server, Buffalo TeraStation III
The next logical step beyond decentralized, workstation-based primary storage is combining all of that shared data onto a single, dedicated server. By doing this, companies can standardize their data protection and security models across all of their mission-critical data. Centralizing the data also makes it cheaper to invest in redundancy -- whether redundant disk arrays or power supplies.
Most file servers are exactly that: an industry-standard server with a general-purpose server operating system and lots of direct-attached disk dedicated to sharing files. However, many low-end NAS devices fall into this category as well. As this kind of NAS device becomes increasingly prevalent in businesses of all sizes, it's important to note that they are essentially the same as a file server.
At a certain point, though, a business will outgrow a single file server or NAS device. Usually, the most common approach is to add more file servers. As this practice continues, the same problems plaguing peer-to-peer storage emerge again. Instead of maintaining a single pool of storage, you're now tasked with managing many of them. Similarly, the exposure to data loss through hardware failure is multiplied as the number of devices increases.
File servers and NAS devices are also poorly suited for storing block-level structured data such as databases and email. These applications are usually built on their own servers with their own direct-attached storage, which further compounds the storage management challenge.
Primary data storage, rung 3: Low-end SAN (a file server by any other name)
Users: 10 to hundreds
Cost: $2,000 to $20,000
Redundancy: Low
Examples: Microsoft Windows Storage Server derivatives, Overland SnapServer
In an effort to address the challenge of managing both structured and unstructured corporate data simultaneously, many storage vendors have come out with low-end SAN devices that allow both block- and file-level data to be stored on the same device. The benefit to using this kind of device is that all of a company's data -- file shares, databases, email, virtualization infrastructures, and so on -- can be combined into the same storage pool and managed and protected together.
But these devices, though technically SANs (most of them support iSCSI to allow remote, block-level storage access), are really nothing more than a standard server with different software in place to allow the device to serve iSCSI requests in addition to file serving. In general, they offer no more redundancy than a normal server, nor do they scale beyond a normal server in terms of performance.
In short, these devices may allow you to efficiently manage all of your storage needs, but they lack the performance, scalability, and reliability of enterprise-class SANs.
Primary data storage, rung 4: Enterprise-class SAN
Users: 50 to thousands
Cost: $20,000 to millions
Redundancy: High
Examples: EMC Clariion/Symmetrix, Netapp FAS, Dell EqualLogic, IBM DS, HP EVA/XP
Instead of using industry-standard server hardware and software, enterprise-class SANs employ highly redundant, dual-controller architectures, boasting such features as mirrored caches and redundant interconnect interfaces. Similarly, enterprise-class SANs are also highly scalable -- supporting a much higher level of capacity and far greater performance than their low-end brethren.
This field of devices includes not just the typical block-level SAN, but also higher-end, multicontroller NAS devices that are capable of serving both block- and file-level data with the same redundancy and performance. In addition, these devices allow storage admins to mix different capacities and speeds of physical storage media (both disks and SSD), making it possible to present the right type of storage to each storage consumer while still maintaining a unified management architecture.
Only a few years ago, the entry level for this type of device was well above $50,000. That price tag has fallen precipitously. As a result, the number of enterprises that can afford to own a SAN has sharply increased.
Primary data storage, rung 5: Network-based storage virtualization
Users: Thousands to tens of thousands (and beyond)
Cost: Sky's the limit
Redundancy: Cadillac
Examples: EMC Invista, HP SVSP, NetApp V-series
As scalable and redundant as enterprise-class SANs are, the largest enterprises will eventually outgrow a single SAN platform and need to field multiple SANs to achieve the levels of performance and reliability they require. As this happens, the same inefficiencies -- in terms of both capacity and management -- rear their heads once more. To combat this problem, large enterprises often employ network-based storage virtualization to unify heterogeneous SAN storage platforms together into a single logical infrastructure.
Essentially, storage virtualization involves the introduction of an abstraction layer between storage consumers (both individual users and servers of all shapes and sizes) and physical storage devices. This abstraction layer permits much greater freedom in managing very large storage infrastructures by allowing administrators to transparently replicate and migrate data without storage consumers being aware of it. Storage virtualization also provides nearly limitless capacity and performance scalability.
Primary data storage, rung 6: Wild card -- the cloud
Users: Variable
Cost: Variable
Redundancy: Variable
Examples: Amazon S3, Mosso/Rackspace Cloud Files
The newest entrant to the primary storage field is not so much a new form of storage hardware or software, but an entirely different storage delivery model. Instead of buying a storage device that's suited to your organization's needs and then inevitably upgrading it in phases as you grow, the promise of cloud-based storage is that it allows you to pay for the storage you're using when you're using it and to elastically scale without limits.
Though cloud-based storage is not widely used by enterprises, few doubt that it will mature and ultimately play a huge role in the future of storage. Current challenges include convincing customers that cloud-based alternatives are reliable enough to support the mission-critical needs of the enterprise -- service-level agreements tend to be less than reassuring -- and surmounting the security and regulatory hurdles that arise when sensitive data is stored with a third party.
This article, "The six levels of primary data storage," originally appeared at InfoWorld.com. Read more of Matt Prigge's Information Overload blog and follow the latest developments in network storage and information management at InfoWorld.com.


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BOROUGH leisure boss Damian Talbot has promised a full update on the success of Darwen Library Theatre and the town's leisure centre in his next report to the full council forum.
He was tackled on the issue by retiring Marsh House representative Chris Thayne on Thursday. The Liberal Democrat questioned the executive member of leisure's inclusion of reports on the performance of King George's Hall and the nearby new leisure centre in Blackburn town centre when he had ignored their counterparts in Darwen.
At the Council forum, Coun Thayne said: "These are important facilities to the town and borough."
Coun Talbot said: "I cannot include everything in every report.
"I can tell you both are doing well with the panto at Darwen Library Theatre having the best results for 12 years.
"I will ensure I include both in my next report to council forum."

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Not a milestone to rejoice in. Japan's debt has tipped into the "quadrillion" zone for the first time. That is, as of the end of June, central government debt, looked like this: Y1,008,628,100,000,000, or $10.4tn.
It surely could not be a clearer message to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that shilly-shallying over fiscal consolidation is no longer an option? Second-quarter economic output figures due on Monday are key to Abe's decision about whether to raise consumption tax from 5 per cent to 10 per cent by 2015. Back in June in a speech in London, he pinned any decision to raise the tax – one he must make by October – on the strength of the economy in the second quarter. Read more


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Would You Wear Moisturizing Jeans?
Wrangler is set to launch their new "Denim spa jeans," which moisturize your legs as you wear them. Yea or nay?
-Lucia Peters
Moisturizing jeans? For real?
Yep! According to Vogue UK, Wrangler is set to launch the world's first pair of moisturizing jeans on January 28. Called "Denim Spa jeans," they combine the sexy fit of a good pair of skinny jeans with high-performance skincare ingredients to protect your legs from the dehydrating effects of denim. Game changers? Maybe!
The jeans will come in three finishes: Aloe Vera, Olive Extract, and the allegedly cellulite-preventing Smooth Legs. With ingredients like apricot kernel oil, passion fruit oil, rosehip oil, shea butter, and monoi de Tahiti, they also sound like they'll smell as good as they promise to feel. The effects of these ingredients apparently last up to 15 days; a reload spray will also be available to buy to refresh the jeans' hydrating properties.
Read 'Fashion Police's' George Kotsiopoulos Dishes on Golden Globes Hits + Misses
But do they work? If model Lizzy Jagger, seen here wearing the jeans, is to be believed, yep! "They definitely feel cooler than regular jeans," she said in a short film about them. "After a day wearing them, my legs feel great—they come out feeling more silky than usual."
Wranger's Denim Spa jeans will launch on asos.com, retailing for $149.51.
Tell us: Would you wear moisturizing jeans?
Lucia Peters is BettyConfidential's associate editor.


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NAPLES, Fla. — Eight directors were elected to serve on the board for AmerisourceBergen for a one-year term at the company's annual shareholders' meeting held here Thursday, the wholesaler announced. Of the eight, Douglas Conant was up for election before shareholders for the first time. AmerisourceBergen's board voted Conant in on Jan. 2.
Retiring from the board is Charles Cotros, who has served as a director since January 2002. "I want to thank Charles for his eleven years of outstanding service to AmerisourceBergen," stated Richard Gozon, AmeriscourceBergen chairman. "We will miss his insight and counsel, and we wish him all the best in his retirement."
The AmerisourceBergen board of directors is comprised of nine members, all of whom are independent directors, except president and CEO Steven Collis. The ninth member of the board is Jane Henney, retired professor, Internal Medicine and Public Health Service, College of Medicine at the University of Cincinnati.
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WITH cold and wintery weather looking likely to continue for some time to come, warm-hearted residents in Worcestershire are being encouraged to keep an eye out for elderly friends and neighbours.
The NHS South Worcestershire Clinical Commissioning Group is asking people to sign up to its Winter Friends pledge, which is aiming to get 100,000 people across the country to promise to: "take time out this winter to look in on an elderly friend or neighbour to make sure they are warm and coping well".
Those signing up to the pledge will receive free cold weather alerts and tips on how they can help older friends, relations and neighbours in the winter months.
The organisation's director of quality and patient safety Mari Gay said: "As the weather gets colder, older people, especially those who are more vulnerable can become isolated, which can have a serious impact on their health.
"Looking in on an elderly neighbour can make a huge difference, helping to prevent loneliness and making sure they are safe and warm.
"We would encourage everyone to sign the Winter Friends pledge and help their local community as well as elderly relatives and friends to give them the support they need".
The scheme is advising people to visit elderly friends or neighbours at least once a week, making sure their homes are warm enough – about 21 degrees in the living area and 18 degrees in the bedrooms – and making sure they are receiving all fuel benefits they are entitled to.
Those taking part are also being asked to make sure older people are eating well and they have all their regular medications, including an up-to-date flu jab as well as suitable winter clothing.
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**REGISTRATION IS CLOSED** High school seniors are invited to experience the Mount first-hand during this Sunday to Monday program. Visiting students will be hosted by current Mount freshmen and will have the opportunity to attend first-year classes in our Veritas program during the day on Monday. Host and student match-ups are made based on gender and availability of hosts. On Monday parents will attend presentations from different departments on campus starting with registration at 9:30 in the Cardinal Keeler Dining Room. Presentations by: Admissions,Financial Aid, Social Justice, Academics, Career Center, Public Safety, ResidenceLlife, Center for Student Diversity and Campus Ministry. An optional student-led campus tour will be offered at the conclusion of the program.


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BEAVERTON, Ore. – Saint Leo University men's basketball standout Jerrel Harris has been named the Division II Bulletin Player of the Month for November as it was announced by the weekly publication on December 3.
The Lions' senior guard continues to pile up the points after recording three 20-plus point performances, including 31 points against Virginia Union, in the week before Thanksgiving. Harris now has five 20-plus point performances and two 30-plus point performances in just eight games. He recorded 24 points and nine rebounds to open the week in a 76-65 win over Flagler.
The Milwaukee, Wisc. native scored half of the Lions' points in a 68-62 setback against Virginia Union with 31 points, while also recording five steals. Harris then led Saint Leo to an 84-80 upset victory over No. 18 USC-Aiken with 21 points. He finished the week averaging 25.3 points per game.
His performance also earned him a Player of the Week award in the Sunshine State Conference on November 25.
About the Division II Bulletin: Since 1991, the Division II Bulletin has been the leading authority on small college basketball. Their four newsletters cover Division II men's and women's basketball and are the publications read by coaches, fans and players. For more information visit www.smallcollegehoops.com.


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Katie Holmes has had quite the year. The August 2012 ELLE cover girl is currently starring in the Broadway play Dead Accounts (through February 24), had her first showing at Fashion Week this fall for her label Holmes & Yang, and fronted ad campaigns for luxe jeweler H. Stern. The actress was also recently named the first celebrity face of Bobbi Brown, and will collaborate on a capsule collection with the brand. In honor of her 34th birthday, we take a look at her top style and beauty moments.
Here, she wears a Bottega Veneta dress and clutch to the Dead Accounts Broadway opening night in NYC.
She steps out in a bright Calvin Klein Collection column gown at the 63rd Annual Emmy Awards.
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Volquez mows down Marlins, secures set for Bucs
Righty allows one hit over seven scoreless; offense enjoys big innings
PITTSBURGH -- Fans behind the Pirates' dugout rose to their feet a little earlier than usual in the middle of the seventh inning. They wanted to congratulate the Bucs' starter on a job well done.
Edinson Volquez allowed just one hit and struck out seven as the Pirates secured another victory with key pieces sidelined, downing the Marlins, 7-2, on Thursday night at PNC Park. The victory lifted the Pirates to eight games above .500 (61-53), matching a season best, and it marked their sixth home series win in a row.
Volquez credited the seven punchouts -- which tied a season-best -- to getting ahead in the count and being on the same page with catcher Russell Martin. He attributed the overall quality of his start to his heater.
"I had good control of my fastball. There was a lot of movement on my fastball," the right-hander said. "That was good for me, because I could keep the ball down and get a lot of groundballs. That was nice to get ahead in the count all the time and stay aggressive."
The outing was Volquez's longest since he threw a one-run complete game against the Cardinals on July 10 -- also the date of his last win. Volquez walked the first Marlins batter he saw and issued three total free passes in the outing. But he faced the minimum through three innings and carried a no-hitter into the fifth, which was broken up by Donovan Solano's one-out grounder through the left side.
"I thought his pace and his rhythm was as good as we've seen all year, especially with men on base," Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said.
Volquez completed a trio of Pittsburgh starts in the series that all went seven innings, following suit to what Charlie Morton and Jeff Locke were able to do against Miami. In the series, the three starters had a 1.71 ERA.
The offense was also able to put up a repeat performance of Wednesday night, even with a makeshift order that was again without Andrew McCutchen, Neil Walker and Pedro Alvarez.
The Bucs figured out Marlins lefty Brian Flynn -- who was making his first start of the season -- the second time through the order, scoring three in the fourth and chasing the prospect after four-plus innings. Gregory Polanco delivered the big blow in the fourth with a bases-loaded single to left that scored two.
"They were throwing him down and away. He stayed on a ball that was out over the plate and covered it," Hurdle said of Polanco, who had four RBIs on the night. "I think it's making more sense to him now, he's more understanding of what they're trying to do. And even with the long arms, he's staying short to the ball. Short to it, long through it."
The opposite-field hit was just the start of Polanco's night. He added a two-run double in the eighth inning. And he got to show off another tool in the fifth.
With two on and one out, Polanco made a grab in foul territory while reaching over the railing near the right-field seats. Off balance, Polanco twisted his 6-foot-4 frame and made a laser-sharp throw to nab Jarrod Saltalamacchia at third and end the inning.
"You have to prepare," Polanco said. "I didn't know he was going to run, but I heard my guys yelling, 'He's going.' I turned right away and just threw it."
The Pirates added two runs in the bottom of the fifth and another pair in the eighth. They've scored in five innings in their last two games, posting a crooked number each time. Pittsburgh has put up a seven spot in both games in which McCutchen, Walker and Alvarez have been unavailable, and Thursday's victory kept the club a half-game out in the National League Wild Card chase.
"At this point in the season, we've got a mentality that we're going to go play with what we got," Hurdle said. "It's about who we have, not who we don't have."
Before the game went final, however, Jordy Mercer was part of a frightening moment.
In the seventh inning, the shortstop, who had three hits on the night, hit a line drive that struck Marlins reliever Dan Jennings in the left side of the head. Mercer could only crouch and look on as Jennings was evaluated.
Mercer gave Jennings a pat on the back before the reliever was carted off and gave a wave to the crowd. Jennings suffered a concussion on the play, and he spent the night in a Pittsburgh hospital while the Marlins traveled to Cincinnati.
"You don't want anything like that," Mercer said. "I had the best seat in the house, basically, and it wasn't pretty. I'm going to keep him in my prayers."
Stephen Pianovich is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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YORK Racecourse's total prize money for 2014 has broken through the £6 million barrier for the first time - with the Group 1 Juddmonte International setting a new mark as the richest race ever staged on Knavesmire.
Racecourse chiefs have announced a third consecutive year of growth in prize money - this time an increase of more than £200,000.
It means the total pot has risen by more than 20 per cent since 2011, with the benefits going not only to Group 1 contests but also handicaps for horses building their careers.
The Juddmonte, the showpiece of the opening day of the Welcome to Yorkshire Ebor Festival on Wednesday, August 20, will now see the top middle-distance horses in the world compete for a record £800,000 - up by £50,000 on 2013 - as well as the chance to join a roll of honour that includes the mighty Frankel.
On every day of the Ebor Festival - from August 20 to Saturday, August 23 - the feature contest will receive a boost, which, when combined with other increases, will see the cumulative value of the 25 races post another record at £3,365,000.
This represents an increase of nearly £150,000 with all contests offering £30,000 or more to connections.
Probably the most famous race at York, the Betfred Ebor itself, will be cemented as the richest Flat handicap in Europe by the addition of £15,000 to the prize pot, making it now worth £265,000.
The race to receive the joint biggest boost will be the City of York Stakes. This highly-regarded Listed contest will double its prize money to £100,000 – making it the 17th race at York with a six-figure prize fund.
Previous winners of this seven-furlong contest include subsequent Group 1 winner Gordon Lord Byron and Yorkshire dynamo Quito. It will also move within the Festival programme to become a further highlight of Friday, August 22. The Group 3 Strensall Stakes will switch to provide a quality middle-distance race on Ebor Saturday.
A further Listed race to receive a boost - as well as a poignant name change - is the Galtres, which will be called The EBF and Sir Henry Cecil Memorial Galtres Stakes, benefiting from both the ongoing backing of the European Breeders' Fund and support from the family of the late champion trainer.
This one mile four furlongs race for fillies, now offering £60,000, will be part of the course's tribute to the legendary master of Warren Place who sent out Eva Luna (1996), Upend (1988) and Startino (1986) to win this event.
Meanwhile, overall prize money at the Dante Festival - on May 14 to 16 - will reach a landmark of seven figures for the first time, as more than half of the races see their prize value increased.
The Tattersalls Musidora will offer £80,000 - up £5,000 - to connections of the leading filly seeking to follow the six champions who have tasted subsequent Classic glory.
York's 17-day season begins on Wednesday, May 14 with the Dante Festival. There are 115 races scheduled in all for 2014. Aside from the self-funded evening fixture which is treated differently in terms of levy funding, all remaining racedays have a prize fund of at least £100,000, a feature race worth at least £25,000 and no contest worth less than £10,000.
Chairman of York Racecourse, Lord Grimthorpe, said: "I am delighted York is able to continue to invest in prize money and develop the race programme on Knavesmire.
"The aim is to continue to attract the very best horses to York and to stage competitive, compelling racing action.
"As with all of these investments, they are only possible because of the unstinting support of the owners, sponsors, partners, racegoers, punters and our commercial operations.
"I believe this investment, coupled with continuing improvements in facilities at York, means we can look forward to the season ahead with great enthusiasm."


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Etro Fall 2013
Various definitions of what it means—and what it looks like—to dress a woman to her strengths have been proffered in the last few weeks. There's the mysterious noir woman-on-the-verge offered by Miuccia Prada; the youthful street glamour of Christopher Kane's ideal; and the moody, glittery romantic presented by Marc Jacobs back in New York. On Friday, Veronica Etro revealed her interpretation. "It's not very much about prettiness," she said backstage. "It's more about being tough and strong and dressing as a way of protecting yourself." Armor, not amore.
And so the clothes she created for fall carried a sense of structure and urbanity. Zippers ran wild—or, rather, very, very straight—along the long sleeves of loose silk dresses, across big square pockets on minimalist coats, and down the backs of the ankles on slim pants (all of which, of course, were printed with the house's signature kaleidoscopic patterns). Anything characteristically feminine, like the long purple paisley evening dress, was toughened up with a leather motorcycle jacket. You may have thought that it had finally gone to biker heaven, but Etro offered a classicist and slightly oversize approach. (Also, a quick glimpse of Milan's moto-jammed streets reminds you it's as much a practical piece here as a fashionable one.) The designer also played with sharp 3D texture on baseball jackets and added stand-up fur-lined collars to cool wool vests and coats with cut-away layers.
Underscoring this tough biker-chick motif was the models' hair, slicked back à la The Matrix or as if they were perpetually speeding down the highway—steering the motorcycle, to be sure, not riding on the back.


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Well, the scooter was a bad buy. It's still laid up and out of service. It will be about $1000 to get it running RIGHT! I guess they saw me coming....
So, since I start radiation next week and I've had this monster motorcycle staring at me from my garage for a year without riding it, I decided on Tues. to get it registered and inspected. I've put over 200 miles on it since then. Rode to Princeton for my blood work and pump fill.
Went riding today with a friend. I wear all this gear: was sweating my BUTT off in 92 degree heat when what happens? Here I wear all this gear so I don't get hurt and some stinking insect stings me on the neck! UGH. It looked REALLY big as I swatted it away at 45mph. I have no idea what it was, but thank God it didn't get a good seat for long. Got me twice it looks like, but no stinger, and no swelling. Red and hot. That is the worst part of m/c riding. I hate getting stung! This is the 3rd time, and all 3 times the bee or whatever got stuck in my protective gear and kept stinging me! Maybe I should ride with just shirt and jeans??? Don't worry, I'm not THAT crazy! Not with all this traffic around here...
I just really wanted to ride while I feel good. If radiation kicks my butt I'll put my insurance on hold and it won't cost me much... but it was so worth it just for the past 3 days. It's one of my sanity checks... and I'm so glad to be back in the saddle.
Just thought I'd share.
"Don't just have minutes in the day; have moments in time."
Any opinions I give are based on personal experiences, and are not based on medical knowledge. I strongly suggest receiving medical care and opinions.


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good news is always good news, but im STILL waiting for the untethered jailbreak. :shrug:
I can't wait for this
I am shocked it is going this long for a untethered to be released. I thought dev team had one and just were sitting on. I am waiting for the drama where if this one gets ready to released, the Dev Team starts complaining about how they have one they want to release and don't want to burn two exploits again.
That's pretty cool
Can anyone educate me on what the difference is between a tethered and untethered jailbreak.
Tethered vs Untethered


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ORLANDO, Fla. - A Lake County elementary school teacher has been arrested on his third driving under the influence charge.
Jason Gross, 37, a second grade teacher at Groveland Elementary School, was pulled over by Florida Highway Patrol on University Boulevard in Orlando after he did an illegal u-turn.
Troopers said when Gross was asked for his license, he pulled out a gift card from his wallet, then a "business only" permit from DHSMV.
The trooper said he could smell alcohol inside Gross' car. Gross told the trooper he was coming back from Knight Library, where he had 5 drinks.
He also lied to troopers saying he was a high school literature teacher.
During questioning, Gross then pleaded with the trooper not to arrest him.
"I'll do anything," Gross told the trooper, according to the report. "Just please, just help me. I have two DUIs on my record."
He then offered to walk to his Altamonte Springs home or take a cab.
"I would love to call a cab and walk home," Gross said. "I don't think I did anything illegal."
Gross was arrested and taken to Orange County Jail after failing a field sobriety test. As he was being arrested he told authorities he had a drinking problem and said he had a hard life.
His first DUI arrest was in 2005, records show, before his employment with Lake County School District. School officials say Gross is awaiting trial on his second DUI charge and hasn't been convicted.
Gross has been with the Lake County School District for 5 years at several elementary schools, the most recent being Groveland Elementary, where he has been for about a year. It's not clear if he will return to his position.
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ORGANISERS of this year's Swindon Festival of Literature are hoping for it to be a real page turner, as the first acts are announced.
Now in its 20th year, the festival has become a mainstay of Swindon's cultural calendar.
Following the success of last year's event, plans are now well under way for this year's festival, which will run from Monday, May 6, to Sunday, May 18.
Last year, festival director Matt Holland tried to embrace the discussion of ideas rather than focusing on celebrities, but the first announcements for this year will be recognised by many.
Award-winning broadcaster and writer Clare Balding i sset to appear at alongside founder of ChildLine Esther Rantzen and former Mayor of London Ken Livingstone.
Television impressionist and comedian Alistair McGowan and best-selling crime writer P D James have also been booked in, with more yet to be announced.
Matt, who is also the owner of Lower Shaw Farm, said: "Our 20th festival is something to get excited about – and I am.
"It promises to be both fantastic feast and fabulous frolic. We will have adventurous authors, terrific talks, delightful discussion, wonderful workshops, and excellent entertainment.
"The festival will offer experiences that make life memorable, for everyone and we aim for people of all ages and backgrounds to have a very good time.
"They'll get together, meet authors, join in lively talk, explore new ideas, and even have a laugh. It is all very exciting.
"During its 20 years, the Swindon Festival of Literature has gone from strength.
"Each year it attracts new writers, terrific speakers, and a larger following. At every level, it has become a splendid celebration for Swindon of things well written and things well said."
The 2013 Swindon Festival of Literature is made possible by funding from Arts Council England South West, and will include a number of regular events.
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Two lanes of the northbound M5 are closed due to an accident involving two lorries and a car in the roadworks area between junction 5a at Droitwich and junction 4a with the M42.
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About two years ago I learned the ins and outs of Adobe Illustrator at Lynda.com. Illustrator was one of those programs I owned that I always struggled with. The free tutorials I could find online in the usual spots really didn't get me to a place where I felt like I knew the software. Frustrated, I asked a graphic designer friend do teach me what he knew and instead he bought me one month at Lynda. Within a week I was in a happy vector place. What does this have to do with an "all things pro-audio" weblog? Well as it happens Lynda also has courses from some pro-audio apps including Pro-Tools, Logic, Reason and Soundtrack Pro. I'm a big Ableton freak and I know Cubase inside and out. However, in a few weeks I'm going to be working with some new people and unfortunately they are Logic nerds. I can't be in a room of computers and not take the helm sometimes so Lynda is getting me up to Logic speed. In fact I think by tomorrow night I may know more than the the guys who have been using the big L since it's Emagic days.
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I'm teaching myself how to do web pages and web hosting on an inexpensive small scale for local artists.
I have an unlimited storage, unlimited bandwidth hosting account with Go Daddy.
I host 3 others at this point under my umbrella. I needed a better ssl certificate than the free one. The one I bought is good for me, the host, and 4 others.
With the help of a person at GoDaddy, I used their dashboard to redirect 3 sites to https. It didn't work.
I would like anyone going to these 3 sites, no matter what they type to end up at, for instance, https://www.mysite.com so that the blue bar shows up in the URL bar.
The other two have their own domain, but are located under mine. I use Dreamweaver CS5 so I edit the sites in separate directories but the edited code always ends up in their folders under mine.
I hope I'm making sense. Go Daddy said I have to figure it out myself more or less. Well, not all of them, but...
Welcome to Sitepoint JMCarrigan.
To try to help, I would organize the thing us speak into these areas:
Thanks for taking the time to respond ServerStorm. I do have a multi-site SSL certificae issued by Go Daddy. (Standard Multiple Domain (UCC) SSL Up to 5 Domains ) I have read the various articles you speak of, especially Enforce Secure Server.
That's what I meant by "I've read until nothing makes sense. Need help TO redirect sites to https".
I will continue to try and understand it for as long as it takes. 12 days so far as I squeeze in quite a few other tasks. There is no store up yet because I haven't got all the product information yet AND I'm learning the cart making business, both the easy and the hard.
Again, thank you.
Ok, can you answer this? Do you want a user to type in http://www.thisdomain.com and another user to type in http://www.anotherdomain.com and to both be redirected to https://www.mydomain.com? Or do you need http://www.thisdomain.com to redirect to https://www.thisdomain.com and http://www.anotherdomain.com to redirect to https://www.anotherdomain.com?
If you can describe more concretely the way you want the redirects to work, we can help recommend if mod_rewrite or DNS should be used.
We will try to help get you sorted out
Woosh. I go run some errands and poof!
Anyway, the second choice is what I am trying to get to happen.
I need http://www.thisdomain.com to redirect to https://www.thisdomain.com and http://www.anotherdomain.com to redirect to https://www.anotherdomain.com?
I would like for even just www.thisdomain.com to redirect to https://.... OR even just thisdomain.com to redirect to https://...etc
They all go to the correct site(s) - they just aren't "blue bar" https secure. Thanks loads.
What a pleasant surprise to hear back and so soon.
Hi JMCarrigan,
Do you know if you can use .htaccess, most likely you can, so try this:
1) In the root directory of each domain - i.e. /var/www/thisdomain/ - create a blank text file call .htaccess2) In each .htaccess file you need to do the following but changing to the appropriate domain:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80 # Any request that goes to port 80 (http)
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.thisdomain.com/$1 [R,L] #Rewrite it to https
Do you really need to use https for all requests it creates more overhead in apache. Could you instead specify only the pages you need to have as https?
I hope this helps. I can't be called close to a mod_rewrite expert, but I've been learning. This worked when I tested it.
I thought that was it. I'm gonna try something else about the way I did this. I get the following for all my hosted sites:
Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.
Please contact the server administrator and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.
More information about this error may be available in the server error log.Apache Server at www.slimdangdoo.com Port 443
I've had to delete everyone of the .htaccess files to get everything back.
I think I have attached an image captured from the FileZilla interface. It shows the directory structure.
Even the nyebeach.org site stopped working while all this was on. Curiouser and curiouser. Thanks.
OOPS> I wonder if my cut and paste put some code in it that it shouldn't. I cut your example from an email notice..
I just noticed that when a bookmark/shortcut/favorite is written for the three sites with https in, two start secured; mine doesn't completely.
2 start and they say they are secured with a high grade encryption. Mine just flashes blue in the url line and says its only partially encrypted.
Sorry to come late to your party!
@JC, Using hosting with GoDaddy is your first error. They are notorious for being a terrible host (albeit a good registrar). There are so many posts here complaining about GoDaddy that it's surprising to find members still being aboused by them.
Hosting with unlimited anything is (a) a misnomer (because there is no such thing) and (b) an indication that you're using shared hosting (and a shared IP Address - which cannot be used with a secure server certificate).
Secure server certificates are not cheap! Multi-domains are even more expensive. Of course, you bought from GD so they're outside GD's core business and likely not to do anything useful but allow you to use encryption. Personally, I "share" my own secure server certificate with clients as a cost-saving measure for them (both the cert and required IP Address are yearly charges) with the only downside that the URL for their using my cert includes my domain and their directory in the path to their secure file(s).
Now, it appears that you want the entire websites encrypted (in transmission): Why? That seems to be an abuse of the secure server as it's normally reserved for handling sensitive information. For example, look at ZenCart's parsing of links into secure and non-secure handling.
SS directed you to the mod_rewrite tutorial linked in my signature where I have mod_rewrite code to direct to https in a universal manner as well as selectively (which I recommend). Did you bother to read any of that? :nono:
An Internal Server Error is normally the sign that you've had a syntax error in your .htaccess file. Check that carefully and, if you can't spot the error, comment out the entire file then uncomment a line at a time to discover the culprit.
Partial encryption says that you've included files which are not encrypted. To me, that says that you're using absolute links within the scripts loaded which are http://yadda.yadda/unsecured. Have a look through your code for something like that.
You might benefit from reading the mod_rewrite tutorial linked in my signature as it contains explanations and sample code. It's helped may members and should help you, too.
As I said, I've read/studied everything I could for the past 12 days and tried to comprehend it. I'm only now becoming aware that one "should" only secure the pages when needed for credit cards, etc.
Um. Go Daddy has been great so far, but what do I know. I shall continue to persevere. Again, I will continue to study. and RE-read various tutorials. Thanks for your time.


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The dress has been one of the final outstanding items on my checklist. After going to multiple stores, a few online purchases (yes, it's worth a try!) and many hours of looking for inspiration… I said "yes" to the dress! Not only was it the first dress I ever tried on, but I found it online at a wedding boutique that was closing and offering a perfect condition sample in my size—at 40% off! Yes, you heard right. When I saw that, I knew it was meant to be. To make matters even better? It arrived last night and fits practically perfect. With my shoes, I don't even need to have it hemmed. How is that for good luck?
While I can't show you the dress (c'mon gotta keep some things a surprise, right?), I can tell you it's designed by Ivy and Aster—one of my favorite boutique wedding dress brands.
In other not-so-fortunate news, we have decided to change our honeymoon location. We had planned to go to Greece and Turkey, but due to the unstable economy, we didn't want to take a chance. Now we are brainstorming new places to go. So many options makes it that much harder to pull the trigger. Any ideas? We are all ears.
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Jessica and Dan met nearly 7 years ago on Myspace. (Remember Myspace?) It took weeks of contemplation until they decided to finally meet… and I guess you could say the rest was history. After discovering their mutual shoe addiction, surviving countless Thanksgiving family meals together and three apartment/house moves later—they are officially ready to tie the knot.
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Updated 10:50 am, Thursday, February 28, 2013
Other intriguing restaurants/coffee shops:
Candlelight Coffeehouse 3011 N. St. Mary's St., 210-738-0099, www.candlelightsa.com. Serving dinner, coffee drinks, wine, and beer.
CIA Bakery Café 312 Pearl Parkway, 210-554-6464, www.ciarestaurants.com/san-antonio-tx-campus/cia-bakery-café. Coffee drinks, outstanding sweet and savory baked items from Europe and Latin America. Try the café de olla.
Guadalupe Street Coffee 1320 Guadalupe St., 210-212-6508, www.guadalupestreetcoffee.com. Salads, sandwiches, soups, wraps all made in-house from scratch and a lunch special that changes daily, along with a variety of coffee drinks.
Local Coffee Stone Oak, 700 E. Sonterra Blvd., Suite 1113, 210-530-8740; Alamo Heights, 5903 Broadway, 210-267-5494, www.localcoffeesa.com. Popular coffee drinks and pastries are at both locations.
Revolucion Coffee + Juice 7959 Broadway, Suite 507, 210-701-0725, www.revolucioncoffee.com. Coffee, juices, organic tamales and raw granola.
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Olmos Perk Coffee 5223 N. McCullough Ave., 210-858-2956, www.olmosperk.com, Coffee drinks, tea drinks, pastries, wine, beer.


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Pre-game notes courtesy of the NYR:
NEW YORK RANGERS vs. PHILADELPHIA FLYERS
Tuesday, Mar. 5, 7:30 p.m.
Madison Square Garden – New York, NY
Rangers: 10-8-2 (22 pts)
Flyers: 11-11-1 (23 pts)
The Rangers will conclude their four-game homestand when they face-off against the Philadelphia Flyers at Madison Square Garden (7:30 p.m. — TV: MSG Network; Radio: ESPN 98.7), in an Atlantic Division matchup. The Blueshirts currently rank fourth in the Atlantic Division standings, and rank ninth in the Eastern Conference, with a record of 10-8-2 (22 pts). The Rangers enter the contest having defeated the Buffalo Sabres, 3-2, in the shootout on Sunday at Madison Square Garden, to improve to 2-1-0 on their current four-game homestand. The Blueshirts have recorded at least a point in six of their last eight home games (5-2-1). The Flyers enter the contest with a 11-11-1 (23 pts) record to rank eighth in the Eastern Conference, and have won five of their last seven games. Following tonight's contest, the Rangers will face-off against the New York Islanders on Thursday, Mar. 7, at Nassau Coliseum (7:00 p.m.), in the first game of a back-to-back .
RANGERS vs. FLYERS:
– All-Time: 117-108-37-7 overall (61-47-23-4 at home; 56-61-14-3 on the road)
– 2013: Tonight is the third of five meetings this season, and the second and final meeting at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers are 1-1-0 (1-0-0 at home; 0-1-0 on the road), following a 2-1 win on Jan. 29 at MSG. The Rangers' power play is 2-6 (33.3%) in the season series. Michael Del Zotto leads the Rangers with two points (one goal, one assist) in the series. Henrik Lundqvist is 1-1-0 with a 1.51 GAA and .950 Sv% in two appearances.
– Last Season: New York was 6-0-0 overall (3-0-0 mark at home; 3-0-0 mark on the road). New York out-scored Philadephia, 24-11, including a 7-1 advantage in the first period and a 10-4 advantage in the third period. The Rangers tallied the game's first goal in five of the six contests. The Blueshirts' power play was 8-25 (32.0%), while the penalty kill was 23-26 (88.5%) in the season series. The Rangers had 18 different players tally a point against the Flyers last season, including 12 different goal-scorers. Marian Gaborik led all skaters in scoring with nine points (four goals, five assists), while Ryan Callahan notched a series-high, five goals, and Brad Richards tallied series-high, six assists. Henrik Lundqvist was 6-0-0 with a 1.83 GAA, .942 Sv% and one shutout.
– The Rangers have won nine of their last 10 games against the Flyers, dating back to a 7-0 win at MSG on Mar. 6, 2011. The Blueshirts have out-scored the Flyers, 37-16, over the span.
– The Blueshirts enter the contest with a five-game winning streak against Philadelphia at Madison Square Garden, out-scoring the Flyers, 20-5, during the streak
– New York ranks fifth in the NHL with an 8-4-1 (17 pts) record at home; Philadelphia ranks 18th in the NHL with a 4-8-0 (8 pts) mark on the road
– The Rangers are 2-4-1 vs. the Atlantic Division this season; the Flyers are 3-4-0 vs. the Atlantic Division this season
– New York lists four former Flyers on their roster: Arron Asham (2008-09 – 2009-10); Martin Biron (2006-07 – 2008-09); Steve Eminger (2008-09); Darroll Powe (2008-09 – 2010-11)
– Philadelphia lists three former Rangers on their roster: Ruslan Fedotenko (2010-11 – 2011-12); Mike Knuble (1998-99 – 1999-00); Jody Shelley (2009-10)
INDIVIDUAL CAREER LEADERS vs. FLYERS:
– Henrik Lundqvist — 39 GP, 23-11-3, 2.54 GAA, 4 SO
– Martin Biron — 18 GP, 9-7-2-0, 2.18 GAA
– Brad Richards — 39 GP, 9-29-38
– Ryan Callahan — 29 GP, 13-8-21
– Dan Girardi — 38 GP, 0-21-21
– Marian Gaborik — 27 GP, 6-11-17
The Rangers' power play has tallied a goal in five of the last eight games (6-27, 22.2% over the span), while the Blueshirts' penalty kill is 32-34 (94.1%) in the last 11 games. New York has posted a record of 6-3-1 when holding opponents scoreless on the power play.
– Power Play: The Rangers tallied two goals in four power play attempts (7:33) on Sunday vs. Buffalo. New York ranks 26th overall (10-71, 14.1%) and 18th at home (8-45, 17.8%). The Rangers are 2-8 (7:46) in five-on-three situations (last – 3/3 vs. BUF), and 0-0 (0:00) when four-on-three. Shorthanded goals allowed (3): 2/19 vs. MTL (Diaz, EN); 2/21 at OTT (Silfverberg); 3/3 vs. BUF (Gerbe).
– Penalty Killing: The Blueshirts held the Sabres scoreless in five attempts (9:28) on Sunday at MSG. New York ranks seventh overall (64-75, 85.3%) and is tied for fourth at home (44-50, 88.0%). The Rangers are 4-4 (5:21) in three-on-five situations (last – 3/3 vs. BUF), and 3-3 (4:19) when three-on-four (last – 3/3 vs. BUF). Shorthanded goals for (1): 1/20 vs. PIT (Nash).
– Four-on-Four: New York did not tally/yield a goal in one four-on-four situation (2:06) on Sunday vs. Buffalo, and are now minus-1 in 12 four-on-four situations (25:41) this season. Four-on-four goals for (1): 1/23 vs. BOS (Gaborik). Four-on-four goals allowed (2): 1/20 vs. PIT (Letang); 1/23 vs. BOS (Horton).
The Rangers swept the season series against the Flyers last season, posting a 6-0-0 record overall with a 3-0-0 mark at home and a 3-0-0 at Philadelphia. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, it is only the second time the Blueshirts swept the Flyers, having also done so in 1971-72 (6-0-0). The last time the Rangers swept the home series against the Flyers was during the 1991-92 season (4-0-0), and the last time they swept the road series in Philadelphia was in 2006-07 (4-0-0).
Marian Gaborik has been among the league's goal scoring leaders since joining the Rangers in 2009-10. Last season, Gaborik became the fifth player in Rangers history to record 100 goals in his first three seasons with the club, and became the third Ranger in franchise history to register multiple 40-goal seasons with the team. Entering this season, his 105 goals from 2009-10 to 2011-12 ranked seventh in the NHL, while his .48 goals per game average ranked third (behind Steven Stamkos and Alex Ovechkin) over that time period. Including games played this season, Gaborik currently ranks seventh in the league with 112 goals scored and is tied for third with .46 goals per game since the beginning of the 2009-10 season.
The Rangers rank third in the NHL in hits (601) this season. Rangers' captain Ryan Callahan leads the team and is tied for eighth in the NHL with 72 hits, while Brian Boyle ranks second on the Rangers and 10th in the league with 69 hits.
– The Blueshirts out-shot the Lightning, 42-25, including a 20-3 advantage in the first period of their meeting on Thursday at MSG. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the last time the Rangers had a 17-shot advantage in a period was on Jan. 9, 2010, when New York out-shot Boston, 21-3, in the second period.
– The Rangers' power play has tallied a goal in five of the last eight games (6-27, 22.2% over the span)
– The Blueshirts' penalty kill is 32-34 (94.1%) in the last 11 games
– New York has registered a point in seven of eight games when scoring the first goal this season (6-1-1), and are 4-7-1 when allowing the game's first goal
– The Blueshirts have posted a 6-0-1 mark when leading after the first period, and are 6-0-0 when leading after the second period
– Henrik Lundqvist — has held opponents to two goals or less in 10 of his last 14 games (8-5-1, 1.98 GAA, .927 Sv%)
– Rick Nash — has tallied an assist/point in each of his last six games (three goals, six assists over the span)
– Derek Stepan — has tallied a point in six of the last nine games (four goals, two assists over the span)
– Carl Hagelin — nine points (six goals, three assists) in the last 10 games
– Marc Staal — eight points (one goal, seven assists) in the last 13 games, including three points (one goal, two assists) in the last five contests
– Ryan McDonagh — seven points (two goals, five assists) in his last 10 games
– Dan Girardi — six points (one goal, five assists) in the last 10 games, including two assists in the last three contests
– Marian Gaborik — three assists in the last three games
– Ryan Callahan — 5 assists from 100th NHL career
– Michael Del Zotto — 3 points from 100th NHL career
– Steve Eminger — 3 points from 100th NHL career
– Brad Richards — 5 points from 800th NHL career
– Marc Staal — 3 points from 100th NHL career
– Anton Stralman — 4 points from 100th NHL career
– Michael Sauer (concussion, 12/5/11) — 20
– Arron Asham (injured, 2/19) — 5
Total Man-Games Lost: 46
– Feb. 27 — Assigned forward Brandon Mashinter to Connecticut (AHL)
– Feb. 28 — Assigned forward Chris Kreider to Connecticut (AHL)
– Mar. 4 — Agreed to terms with free agent forward Josh Nicholls


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You will feel as good as you look in these fashionable Miss Me Leather Cut-Out Boot Cut Jeans! These Women's Miss Me jeans capture the edgy, bold, and sexy side of the Miss Me® woman. These jeans feature back pockets with leather cut outs and a metallic cross stitch pattern accented with rhinestones giving these jeans a fun and feminine look that is sure to get noticed. These jeans will go great with your favorite boots, heels, or sandals. Miss Me denim is known for their finest washes, specialized designs and tailored fits, and embellished styles inspired by western and rock themes.
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Dr. Clyde Milner
Director of Heritage Studies Ph.D Program
Professor of History
- Ph.D Yale University 1979
- M. Phil. Yale University 1974
- M.A. Yale University 1973
- A.B. University of North Carolina 1971
Teaching Specialties
- American Regionalism
- Cultural Identity
- Interdisciplinary, and Public Sector Initiatives of Heritage Studies
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Dr. Clyde A. Milner II is director of the Ph.D. program in Heritage Studies and professor of history at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro. After growing up in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and graduating from the university there, he completed his Ph.D. in American Studies at Yale University. Known for his research, writing, and editing on the history of the American West and on Native American history, Milner now applies his interest in American regionalism and cultural identity to the Mississippi Delta and the interdisciplinary, public sector initiatives of Heritage Studies. In its twelfth year of existence, Heritage Studies has forty doctoral students enrolled in the program. Twenty-two people have already completed the Ph.D.
Before coming to Arkansas State in 2002, Milner served on the faculty at Utah State University in Logan. For eighteen of his twenty-six years there, he edited the Western Historical Quarterly. He has written or edited seven books most notably The Oxford History of the American West (1994) – a prize-winning volume that he co-edited with his wife, Dr. Carol O'Connor and with Dr. Martha A. Sandweiss of Princeton University. Carol O'Connor is professor of history emerita at Arkansas State and retired Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at ASU. Both Milner and O'Connor are listed as "Distinguished Lecturers" by the Organization of American Historians. They also have jointly written a biography of Granville Stuart, a quintessential nineteenth-century pioneer in the American West. That book, As Big as the West: The Pioneer Life of Granville Stuart was published by Oxford University Press in November 2008 and offered as a featured selection by the History Book Club and an alternate selection by the Book-of-the-Month Club. In October 2012 the Western History Association at its national convention in Denver, Colorado recognized Milner with its lifetime Award of Merit. Milner and O'Connor have two children: Dr. Catherine Thompson, D. O., age 31, who is a pediatrician in Tulsa, Oklahoma and Charles Milner, age 26, who graduated from Jonesboro High School in 2005 and was a 2009 cum laude graduate of Yale University in Connecticut majoring in physics. He holds a master's degree in software engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and is employed by GOOGLE in New York City.
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Every team makes deals before the trade deadline, but in the previous two seasons, the Rangers went into training camp at least looking like they had the pieces to be an immediate contender.
Two years ago they added Brendan Shanahan to a core that already included Henrik Lundqvist and Jaromir Jagr. Last season it was Scott Gomez and Chris Drury.
This season, the Rangers landed a handful of name players in Wade Redden, Markus Naslund, and Nikolai Zherdev, but given the questions surrounding those three, and the marquee players the team lost, you were never convinced that this would be the same team come March.
Sure, this "could be just a funk":http://www.lohud.com/article/20081208/SPORTS01/812080365/-1/SPORTS for what is a fundamentally solid but perhaps unspectacular group, but what's coming to light of late is that some of the team's offseason bets have yet to pay off.
Among those bets was the belief that their core of young forwards would be able to make the next step and help fill the void by the likes of Jagr, Shanahan, and Martin Straka. So far that hasn't been the case. Brandon Dubinsky was impressive early, but has since plateaued. Ryan Callahan has provided energy but not much offense. Nigel Dawes and Petr Prucha have both regressed.
Normally this wouldn't be such a big deal if not for the fact that the players who were at least supposed to match last year's production — i.e. Drury and Gomez — have been scarily quiet of late. In both cases, the sample size is big enough to at least expect them to pick up the slack before long. But as it is now, those players struggles are exacerbating everyone else's.
Compare it to the current economy: one downturn quickly helps to feed another.
And this isn't to excuse Tom Renney of blame, either. As much as the Rangers like to say they now have the sort of interchangeable parts that anyone can play with anyone else, the coach's constant tinkering has stunted the development of any chemistry between players. Unless you count Colton Orr, Blair Betts, and Fred Sjostrom.
Of course, some perspective is still needed. It is only December, and the Rangers are still near the top of the standings as opposed to the bottom.
But the other side to consider is that it is only December, and if the team keeps playing the way it has the past few weeks, it won't be in such a favorable position for long.


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The State of Iowa will install a bronze statue of Norman Borlaug, Ph.D., the famous agricultural scientist and humanitarian who saved millions of lives worldwide, in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on March 25, the centennial anniversary of Dr. Borlaug's birth.
Borlaug's guiding mission in life was that "Food is the moral right of all who are born into this world" and he worked tirelessly to improve agriculture, nutrition, and the food system for people around the globe. Borlaug founded The World Food Prize in 1986 with the hope that it would come to be seen as the "Nobel Prize for Food and Agriculture" to recognize and inspire breakthrough achievements in feeding the world. His prodigious achievements earned him the title, "Father of the Green Revolution," and his statue being installed in the U.S. Capitol will be of great significance to people and farmers everywhere.
U.S. House Speaker John Boehner and other congressional leaders made the announcement today, and Iowa Governor Terry E. Branstad and Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds, along with Amb. Kenneth M. Quinn, President of Borlaug's World Food Prize Foundation, held a press conference to celebrate this momentous occasion and kick off Borlaug Centennial events.
"The unveiling with be a historic event and celebration of Dr. Borlaug's legacy. His agricultural innovations saved an estimated billion people around the world from hunger and starvation," Governor Branstad said. "It is a fitting tribute that our state and nation will honor Dr. Borlaug on the 100th anniversary of his birth and on National Agriculture Day.
Dr. Borlaug, a Cresco, Iowa, native, dedicated his life to breeding better varieties of wheat, and working with farmers and politicians alike to improve methods and policies to alleviate hunger and malnutrition worldwide. His achievements earned him the distinction of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the Congressional Gold Medal, America's highest civilian honor. In all history, only two other Americans have won that trifecta: Martin Luther King, Jr., and Elie Wiesel.
"From our decade of working together, I knew Dr. Borlaug – our state's and our country's greatest agricultural scientist – to be the most humble, hard-working and inspiring person I ever encountered," said Ambassador Kenneth M. Quinn, President of Borlaug's World Food Prize Foundation and the Chairman of Iowa's Borlaug Statue Committee. "At The World Food Prize, his legacy lives on through our annual prize, our Borlaug Dialogue international symposium, and our youth programs including the Borlaug-Ruan International Internships, and now with a new website to honor Dr. Borlaug, we hope to engage thousands of people around the globe to help fight hunger.
The World Food Prize launched an interactive website where visitors can post what they'll do this year in honor of the Borlaug Centennial to help feed the world, at www.worldfoodprize.org/norm. In addition, The World Food Prize will host several activities and events throughout the year to honor Borlaug.
The statue of Borlaug in the U.S. Capitol was made possible in 2011, when the Iowa Legislature approved a resolution and Governor Branstad appointed the Dr. Norman E. Borlaug Statue Committee to raise funds and commission an artist to design, create and install a statue of Borlaug into the U.S. Capitol Building. After conducting a worldwide artist search, the committee chose Benjamin Victor of South Dakota. DuPont Pioneer and an anonymous donor offered financial support for the project.
Each state is represented by two statues of notable citizens in the National Statuary Hall Collection at the U.S. Capitol Building. The statue of Borlaug will replace the statue of U.S. Senator James Harlan installed in 1910, which will be relocated to Mount Pleasant, Iowa. The second statue representing Iowa is of Governor Samuel Kirkwood, which was installed in 1913.
More information about the statue project is available at www.iowaborlaugstatue.org, including information about related events and activities. People are also encouraged to watch a webcast of the statue unveiling ceremony, which will take place on March 25 at 11 a.m. Eastern Time, at www.speaker.gov/live. People can learn more about Dr. Borlaug, celebratory events worldwide, and find ways to get involved in fighting hunger at www.worldfoodprize.org/norm.
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DARWEN Leisure Centre is hosting an Aquathon — a combined swimming and running event — on Sunday, May 18.
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Thanks for the review, Ed! I have to second the praise for Sutton's book. I pre-ordered my copy, which arrived literally the morning of my class session on the Christian Right. Of course, I didn't get full use of it (next time!), but I still grabbed a view of the documents and the timeline at the end. I really liked the piece on the religious leaders' breakfast with Carter -- so much going on there, and it taught extremely well. I can't wait to assign the whole thing next time around.
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Jerry Falwell is not merely a historical curiosity, at this point certainly not a historical dead end.
He fought many battles but chose no particular socio-political hill to die on, and did leave behind a school of some minimal gravity.
Perhaps all trace of the Religious Right will be erased in 100 years. Perhaps not. This observer continues to become less and less fascinated with his ideological mentor Francis Schaeffer and increasingly with the far more ordinary man Falwell.
Jerry was OK. Even Larry Flynt would say so.
Glad to see something on hip-hop! Integrating this late 20th century art form into larger narratives of American religion is a task I'm very interested in and currently executing. The work of historian and scholar of religion Josef Sorret is nuanced, theoretically and historically informed, and quite helpful in this work as he tracks shifts within hip-hop from Muslim to Christian idioms through the work of Kanye West and others. My own work takes up California-based hip-hop as a way of investigating the interplay of pentecostal imagery and prophetic criticism of the larger American nation state. Ice Cube is essential to this project, only in his case we would take up the Nation of Islam as our subject's vocabulary. For those interested, my piece in the "Bulletin for the Study of Religion" (40:3 2011) takes up hip-hop as a subject of American religious history. This issue also has a chapter by scholar of religion Monica Miller whose recent book, "Hip Hop and Religion," combines qualitative, quantitative, and theoretical methods in evaluating trends in scholarly writing on hip-hop and religion. Great stuff!


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Weekly Buyer's Guide: Overclocking System - March 2004by Evan Lieb on 3/10/2004 6:07 PM EST
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greendonuts3 - Friday, March 26, 2004 - linkThanks for this guide. I used it to build a nf-7 and 2600xp-m system and am pleased as punch with it. I'm at 400 fsb and 100f cpu temp.
I have some feedback about the stinkin'
Thermalright SP-97 Copper Heatsink with Heatpipe :
Incredible cooling, but designed by sadistic sons of female dogs, including:
--tiny, windborne, nearly invisible clear plastic washers (you only get 1 extra).
--screw holes that are nearly inaccessible through the maze of heat pipes unless you have 3 hands (or use needlenose pliers to load screw)
--instructions that read "use needlenose pliers to tighten heatsink nuts to back bracket" which caused me to gouge my mobo cutting 3 traces. This was on the nf7-v2 which has no room for a socket wrench between the zif lever and the heatsink nut.
Nevertheless, thanks for the good work and keep the guides coming.
magratton - Thursday, March 25, 2004 - linkBTW: I noticed that there is an extra little tab that is sticking out on the SLK-947U. It is sticking out about a millimeter or so. Pulled out my handy-dandy dremel tool and ground it down so that it is flat with the rest of the aluminum mounting plate and voila! no longer touching the capacitors.
magratton - Monday, March 22, 2004 - linkThe thing that I am most worried about is heat. After a pass at installing Windows XP (not completed) my CPU is at nearly 40 degrees C. I have the SLK-947U with AS5 paste in between. Any thoughts? Aside from removing CPU/heatsink from mobo and checking that it seated properly... just paranoid too much in and out of cpu/heatsink, I am gonna zap something. Reply
magratton - Monday, March 22, 2004 - link#29 - I noticed that mine was essentially "pushing" the capacitors as well. I was able to secure it though. VERY tight fit.
Furse001 - Friday, March 19, 2004 - linkNice article. I decided to try out the system. Problem is the thermalright heatsink will not fit on the abit nf7-s Rev.2 motherboard… Went to the manufacturer's website and it states the same thing. Anyone want to but a spanking new SLK-947U heatsink? Anyou have any suggestions to an alternative that will fit? Thanks. Reply
Jeff7181 - Wednesday, March 17, 2004 - linkI have my Muskin PC3500. It doesn't run at the default specs... 216 Mhz at it's rated 2-3-3 timings is unstable. Prime 95 crashes within within 4 minutes. If I let it run at 200 Mhz, adjusting the multiplier to keep the speed of the CPU the same, or slightly higher, it runs indefinately with no errors. Reply
matt426malm - Sunday, March 14, 2004 - linkReply
noxipoo - Sunday, March 14, 2004 - linkI don't see the NF7-S mobo for sale anywhere for $82, they are all 100+ Reply
Zebo - Saturday, March 13, 2004 - linkall that's left is to decide on the video card. "to spend or not to spend? that is the question." no time to hurry. ;)
Come join the community..theres a video forum with plenty of advice.:) Good luck with your mobile.
DAPUNISHER - Saturday, March 13, 2004 - linkKristopher,
How about adding the SoundStorm comment to the article? Lumping it in with the audio on the P4C800-E just ain't right! You should have mentioned how good SS is when hooked via SPDIF and doing the HTPC thing. Certainly we all know that but many who read that guide may not. They could use that $70 to get the 9800pro if they understand that SS will be a very nice solution for integrated. At least it'll give them a choice to weigh instead of the heavy handed feel of "you're missing out if you don't get the Audigy2"
Other than that I say it's a great guide that will give neophytes the info they need to build and overclock a budget system that will kick some butt. Reply
KristopherKubicki - Saturday, March 13, 2004 - linkSoundstorm for me!
Kristopher Reply
OdieQ - Friday, March 12, 2004 - linkI see that you always recommend Creative sound cards. I have found that Creative produce cards of consistently lower quality than for example M-Audio or Terratec, at about the same price point. Now, I haven't tested Creative cards for a while, have they significantly increased their quality? What do the SoundBlaster cards offer that the alternatives do not? Reply
roostercrows - Friday, March 12, 2004 - linkzebo... took your advice on the mobile. did it, got it, thank you! all that's left is to decide on the video card. "to spend or not to spend? that is the question." no time to hurry. ;) Reply
Zebo - Thursday, March 11, 2004 - linkroostercrows...you need to go to newegg.com click shop by catagory, click processors, click amd moblie... they have both t-bred and barton cores...Better hurry.:) Reply
roostercrows - Thursday, March 11, 2004 - linkNice job Evan, the article was worth waiting for.
Noob that I am, I can't seem to find anyone selling the "mobile" version of the 2500+. I called all the suppliers listed at the top of the "CPU" page and the buyer for one very well known e-tailer told me that "We didn't think that it would sell so we don't carry it". AMD told me that it was "just for lap-tops and not really sold to the public. Hmmmmmm?
I are confused!
Please tell me where I can purchase one online? I promise that I won't tell anyone you told. Reply
siamesenick - Thursday, March 11, 2004 - linkEvan, I was talking about the replacement for Black Level II, not actual level II: http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?descript... Reply
Hugenstein - Thursday, March 11, 2004 - linkThe ram...
http://www.excaliberpc.com/product_info.php?cPath=... Reply
araczynski - Thursday, March 11, 2004 - linkoverall a very nice primer for those looking to jump into the hobby.
I would question the logic of putting a 9600 level card into a speed demon as it pretty much nullifies the whole point of the overclocking in the first place i would imagine, i mean i can't imagine people overclock so their excel spreadsheets calculate faster....
i realize the 9600 level (and the alternative from nvidia 5700/5800?) aren't exactly slowpokes, but with prices right now there's no reason for an overclocker to go below 9800/5900.
my humble opinion anyway :)
i like the article though. i'm more then happy with my little 2.4 @ 3.3 (zalman 7000cu on the way though ;) Reply
Jeff7181 - Thursday, March 11, 2004 - linkNow if only I could find the Muskin Twin pack you mentioned for the price you quoted... Reply
Jeff7181 - Thursday, March 11, 2004 - linkVery well put together, Evan. I was a bit skeptical about whether it would be a useful article... what I was looking for was RAM recommendations since I just ordered a Mobile XP2500 and my current RAM won't do more than 208 Mhz no matter what the timings or voltage. I was considering the Mushkin you recommended, and it looks like a very attractive deal, especially considering AT users get an extra 10% off directly from Mushkin. I'd prefer PC3700 though cause I've already tested my current mobo and CPU at a 233 Mhz FSB, my RAM just can't get there, I'd definately like to run at that speed with the new Mobile XP2500 that's coming. I considered OCZ, but the timings didn't look that great to me, especially for the price. I wonder if OCZ might offer a 15% discount for AT users??? :) (hint hint) Reply
bigtoe33 - Thursday, March 11, 2004 - linkEvan
2.5-3-3-7 at ddr500 will eat 2-2-3-5 at 433 anyday...3-4-4-7 maybe slower but i wasn't talking about that.
The 3C's are reported on a few forums.ABX is one yes...
The DFI with single sided dimms is the NF2 king at the mo..Oskar is working on bios files every 2weeks and the speed just gets better and better.I have run ddr500+ with BH5 and 262fsb with 4200EL at 2.5-3-3-8 timings..its just an awesome board with awesome support..DFI really care about the enthusiast..i can't wait to see their NF3 250 boards.;-)
Regarding Winbond based modules, Winbond are leaving the DRAM business and CH5 will run out in a month or so..this is going to force everyone to look else where.While i could go on about OCZ i won't but i will say we have already got a replacement that we think is pretty damn good.
With regard to me dropping by..you can alsoways chat to me on IM..just get my details off Wes if you don't have them or drop me an email to email@example.com. Reply
TauRusIL - Thursday, March 11, 2004 - linkGuys, this might be a little off topic, but i need your help: I am one of those dinosaurus that is still using Abit KT7A-Raid board with SDRAM memory. I havent used DDR so far. I plan to upgrade to Socket 939 boards as soon as they come out. My understanding is that A64 CPUs work with single channel DDR sticks: what would be top two three models/brands of DDR sticks for Athlon64/Socket 939 solution? Thanks a lot. Reply
Evan Lieb - Thursday, March 11, 2004 - linksiamesenick,
Level II isn't widely available, at all. There are lots of Level One modules at major vendors (Ewiz, Newegg, Monarch, etc.).
Hey, long time no chat. :)
- What about the DFI is better exactly? I tested only the ABIT but I hear the DFI is one of the best as well.
- 2.5-3-3-8 definitely isn't low latency, but sure, not high. But 2-3-2-5 or 2-2-2-5 between 400-433MHz performs basically the same as 2.5-3-3-8 at 500MHz, and that's if you can get those timings on the DFI (which I'm not sure you can, I haven't tested with the latest BIOS).
- Where are these reports of 3.0C wonders that can do 250MHz FSB (ABXZone?)? 3.8GHz on air sounds pretty crazy. Though, 3.0C is on average $40 more OEM, which is stretching the worth of (at best) of the additional 150MHz you'll get with a supposed wonder 3.0C.
You need to drop by more often bigtoe. ;) Reply
deathwalker - Thursday, March 11, 2004 - linkI just found it at Newegg for $98. Reply
deathwalker - Thursday, March 11, 2004 - linkI haven't been able to find a 2500 mobile on pricewatch....where do you find these little puppies? Reply
bigtoe33 - Thursday, March 11, 2004 - linkEvan
Barton mobile is a good choice..DFI NF2 LP(B) is better than the abit though..much better bios support etc and the goodies you get in the box are swesome.
3700Gold rev2..most does 2.5(3)-3-3-8 at ddr500..i wouldn't call this high latency.CH5 production is about to stop so we may all be looking to other IC's.BH and CH IC's are going the way of the DoDo..we all need to face up to that.
The 2.8C and P4C800E are a good combo but it seems a new wonder 3C is out with most hitting 250fsb with ease..i would say it would be better to keep an eye on the forums to see whats the latest favourite.
Overall though I would say your recomendations are solid..just slightly out of touch with the forums being right on the cutting edge. Reply
siamesenick - Thursday, March 11, 2004 - linkMy OEM audigy came with a gameport bracket, FYI.
I notice they recommended Mushkin Level One instead of the Black Hi Perf "222 Special". The 222 is only 5 dollars more for 512MB. Isn't it worth it? I know the 222 is bh-6, but I don't know what the L1 uses. Reply
Nighteye2 - Thursday, March 11, 2004 - linkWhile it's mentioned that the motherboard supports SATA RAID, why isn't it recommended in the storage section?
2 Western Digital 1200JB 120GB 7200RPM (8MB cache) ATA disks on the integrated RAID controller is still cheaper than the alternative that got mentioned, the Western Digital Raptor 74GB 10,000RPM SATA.
Evan Lieb - Thursday, March 11, 2004 - linkPumpkinierre,
Nope, not that I'm aware. I believe it's only the retail version. Reply
Pumpkinierre - Thursday, March 11, 2004 - linkIs there a gameport bracket included with the OEM Audigy2?
Evan Lieb - Wednesday, March 10, 2004 - linkVantec Tornado 92mm MonkeyDriveExpress. I listed it in the summary page and mentioned it under the section for the alternative HSF (SP-97).
Take care,
Evan Reply
MonkeyDriveExpress - Wednesday, March 10, 2004 - linkWhat fan was used on the heatsink? Reply
moretoys - Wednesday, March 10, 2004 - linkJust noting that the Moble Barton recommended is not on the Real Time Price list provided. Reply


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Bring Your Kiddies, Bring Your Wife
Jason Fry, over at Faith and Fear in Flushing, has written a piece that encapsulates the current feeling I've heard from many, many Mets fans as well as anything I've read. Full disclosure: he cites some of my reporting in the piece. I absolutely believe the piece would move me… Read More →