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But that's getting ahead of ourselves.
Motter believes in these Hoosiers because he knows, as well as anyone, what a Cream 'n Crimson national champion looks like.
He played on one, you see.
"Oh, yes," he says with a smile when asked if Indiana can win a national title. "They have great players. They have a good coach. They have a fabulous record of scoring and winning."
Motter relaxes in the Assembly Hall media room about 90 minutes before then No. 2 Indiana faces Wisconsin in an early Big Ten showdown. Two of his sons, Barry and Mike, have driven him here and the anticipation is palpable. He is the last surviving member of IU's 1940 national title team and memories flow like water.
Take for instance Marv Huffman, the 1940 team captain and All-America who was a physical force of nature few wanted to challenge –- starting with his teammates.
"He was a nice man," Motter says, "but he was a big, powerful guy -– about 6-3 and 240. One night we scrimmaged and I took a rebound in the air. Huffman threw me to the floor. He was so big and strong. Coach stopped the scrimmage right there."
That coach was Everett Dean, who recruited Motter from Fort Wayne Central High School in 1937. Dean left after Motter's freshman year to take over the Stanford program. Branch McCracken, a former IU All-American player who had been coaching Ball State, replaced him.
"Everett Dean was a wonderful man," Motter says. "When he left to go to California, he invited me to play for him there. I turned it down. I said, if I'm going to live in Indiana (after college), I ought to play and make my record in Indiana.
"Branch McCracken was demanding. He ran us all the time."
McCracken has been gone for nearly 50 years. Stars such as Huffman, Herman Schaefer, Bill and Bob Menke, Jay McCreary, Paul (Curly) Armstrong and Bob Dro have all passed.
Motter is 95 and looks 70. Gray hair is shielded by an IU cap. He wears an IU shirt, khaki pants and an easy smile.
When it comes to basketball, he has much to smile about. It has been the foundation of his long, successful life.
"For my last six to seven years," he says, "I never played on a team that lost more than three games a year."
That, too, is getting ahead of ourselves.For a moment, time flashes back to late March of 1940. Upstart Indiana and its Hurryin' Hoosier style (the reason for all the McCracken-mandated running) is set to play powerhouse Kansas in Kansas City, Mo. Coach Phog Allen of the favored Jayhawks is on the radio talking about the game.
"He said, 'Let's see if these boys from Indiana can play basketball," Motter says with a smile.
This was just the second year of the NCAA tourney in an era when the NIT was the more prestigious event. Kansas had upset No. 1 USC in the national semifinals. The Jayhawks were described as a "horse and buggy team" to IU's "firewagon style."
Motter was a junior reserve in 1940. He was good enough to make the 12-man travel team (IU had 33 players on the roster), although for reasons that are lost in the mists of time, he did not make the title game trip, is not in the media guide team picture (taken in Kansas City) or mentioned in its cutline, although he is listed among the all-time letter-winners with a scoring average of 1.1 points in 29 career games from 1939-41.
"When (McCracken) felt ready to use me," he says, "he'd put me in the game."
Motter was not there when the Hoosiers steam rolled Kansas 60-42 to follow up decisive victories over Springfield (48-24) and Duquesne (39-30) in the Eastern Regional at Butler's Hinkle Fieldhouse that got them to the championship game.
But he remembers the celebration.
"We had a big parade in Bloomington," he says.
It was a year for parades given the Hoosiers finished 20-3, the losses coming 46-44 at Minnesota, 40-36 at Northwestern and 44-26 at Ohio State.
This was an era when boundary nets surrounded courts to protect players from falling into the crowd that pressed close (often while smoking) to the action, and when solid backboards had lights on top that glowed for every made basket to let fans seated behind the baskets know that someone had scored.
McCracken was an innovator who, much like current coach Tom Crean, preferred his basketball fast. He couldn't stand two-hand set shots, and had his players work on nothing but jumpers, which then were called, "one-handed shots." He demanded his players run at every opportunity and trained them accordingly.
"We were in condition all the time," Motter says. "We scrimmaged and ran. We'd run outside. We're run around the track in the gym."
Motter also had a part-time job as a secretary for McCracken and, occasionally, for other IU coaches. He became the president of the SAE Fraternity.
Of course he has stories. One stands out — a snapshot example of life as a college athlete during the Wizard of Oz era before the world exploded into war.
Motter and Armstrong were roommates who had a chance to make some late November money before the basketball season began. Motter called it "a popcorn scholarship." Their job -– make popcorn for the IU-Purdue football game.
"We popped corn for three straight nights so we'd have a lot to sell," Motter says. "We probably made 2,000 bags. But the day of the game, it got to be like 10 below zero and nobody bought any popcorn.
"That was the end of our business."Motter was one of seven children and the only one who went to college. His parents divorced when he was a boy and his mother worked hard to provide enough for the family.
The Motter family was full of athletes. One sister, Betty, was considered the greatest female athlete in school history. An older brother, Parker, was a four-time Fort Wayne city golf champ.
Tom was the starting center (averaging about 10 points a game) for Central teams that reached the state finals in 1936 and '37 under coach Murray Mendenhall. Schaefer and Armstrong also were on those teams, also were recruited by Dean to Indiana, and became crucial contributors to that 1940 championship. In the title game Schaefer had nine points and Armstrong had 10.
IU, by the way, made the NCAA tourney that season even though it finished second to Purdue in the Big Ten race. But the Hoosiers had a better overall record (17-3 to 16-4) and had beaten the Boilers twice. A selection committee picked them to go.
Now teams make millions by participating in the NCAA tourney. Back then Indiana lost $133 because of the expense of traveling to Kansas City.
After graduating from IU in the spring of 1941, Motter, Schaefer and Armstrong went on a barnstorming tour around the state, winning games and earning money. Motter was hired by General Motors, then joined the army as an officer during World War II (early on he played ball as a player/coach in a military tournament in Fort Sill, Oklahoma). He served in the Philippines and in the Pacific Ocean area. He rose to the rank of major.
Motter left the army after the war, and eventually became a salesman for Wyandotte Chemical. He did well with his northeast Indiana territory, peaking during the early 1960s.
"Much to my surprise, I became the top salesman in the world for them," he says with a smile. He retired in 1981.
Also after the war he met a cute blonde in Fort Wayne, Ruth McCoy, the sister of Don McCoy, who grew up idolizing Motter for his success at Central and IU. Tom and Ruth eventually married. Their union lasted 60 years before she passed four years ago and produced six children -– twins Barry and Brian, Tom Jr., Jim, Mike and Paula.
Indiana, meanwhile, would go on to win four more national championships –- 1953 under McCracken, and 1976, '81 and '87 under Bob Knight. But that first title team wasn't forgotten and during Indianapolis Final Fours in 1980 and 1991, Motter and surviving teammates were honored and, in 1981, received Sagamore of the Wabash awards for their accomplishment.
Motter still attends as many IU games as he can, and on this night, he sits in the bleachers behind the basket in front of the Hoosier bench. It is a simple pleasure and when you're 95 years old, those are precious. No matter that Wisconsin rides a strong second half to pull off the upset. He recognizes Cream 'n Crimson potential.
"They are," he says, "a good team."
Tom Motter knows one when he sees one.


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Variety's 10 Actors to Watch
Brie Larson – 'Short Term 12'
Brie Larson – 'Short Term 12'
Having read Variety for past 50 years I find the new version absolutely at bottom. Where are the in depth stories that gave the guts of the entertainment industry. S. Silverman must be turning in his grave. Rene Ash former publicity director IATSE
I like how acting style is clouded by variety's inability to look beyond the physical similarities .

subset: commoncrawl


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MIAMI — At first blush, they couldn't be more different. Tim Duncan is the workman veteran big guy, plodding and calculated, master of the 12-foot bank shot. LeBron James is the born-to-be star, the freakish athlete who was a celebrity at 16, with his mystery Hummer and the $90 million shoe contract that guaranteed his future before he was even selected by an NBA team.
James went right to the NBA from high school. Duncan spent four years at Wake Forest. James had, "The Decision." Duncan's decisions usually go something like this: Corn Flakes or Cheerios?
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But that's just the glossed-over view. In reality, what we saw from these two in Game 6 was a reminder that, whatever might separate them as personalities, what binds them as players is far more important—a certain amount of drive, an unquestionable intelligence and the overwhelming talent to exploit holes in the strategies of their opponents. It's defined their careers, and it could yet define this series.
As we head into Game 7 of the Finals, there will be much said about the legacies of James and Duncan, with James' South Beach experiment teetering and Duncan seeking a fifth championship, one that would raise him even higher in the ranks of NBA greats.
The Linemakers: Video preview | Game 7 props | Game 7 history | Tonight's opening line
That's hogwash, though. Duncan is 37 and has already won four rings—his spot as the greatest power forward of all time is not riding on how he plays on Thursday. James is 28, and whether he can push the Heat to a win in Game 7 isn't going to make or break how history views him.
Folks on Twitter and talk radio will claim otherwise, but let's be realistic—James still has a few years ahead in order to complete his legacy. Win or lose on Thursday, James will still have a crack at going down as the best player in the history of the league.
Neither is approaching Game 7 with any sense of history. They're approaching Game 7 with a shared sense that winning is more fun than losing, that a championship season is better than a runners-up season.
James was asked whether he needs this championship to validate his coming to Miami.
"I need it because I want it, and I only came here, my only goal is to win championships," he said. "This is what I came here for. This is what I wanted to be a part of this team for. As far as validation of me being here, I don't really think so. That side doesn't really matter to me."
Duncan was asked whether winning the title would somehow be more significant if it came in a Game 7.
"You know what?" he said. "It's all about winning that title. It's not about situation or what has led up to it. It's a great story for everybody else, but we're here for one reason and one reason only: To win this game."
Legacy, shmegacy. What matters most is that we've had the opportunity to see these two operating at a high level on the same floor during this series, Duncan having revamped his game with extra offseason conditioning and James having matured since the last time he saw the Spurs in the postseason, in the '07 Finals with Cleveland.
So much of the level that Duncan and James have achieved is being accustomed to working as the focal point of the defense—and still finding the cracks.
Mike Krzyzewski, while coaching Team USA during last year's Olympics, said of James, "It's not just the talent that he has, it is the intelligence to know when to really force that talent on the game."
Could just as easily be applied to Duncan.
In the first half of Game 6, for example, the Heat were so focused on not being burned by the Spurs' surprising perimeter shooting that they routinely left Duncan alone in one-on-one coverages against Chris Bosh or Chris Andersen.
Duncan did what was called for—used his smarts and talent, exploiting the Heat's defense for 25 points on 11-for-13 shooting, most of which came in the paint. The Heat adjusted in the second half, but unaccustomed to that kind of defense, Duncan pounced.
And there was the fourth quarter of Game 6. James had been frustrated throughout the series by the defense of Boris Diaw, whose heft gave James trouble, particularly in the post. In the final quarter, with Diaw on the bench for all but 3:38 of the period, James did his best to set up shop on the block. He was 7-for-11 in the fourth, for 16 points, with eight of those points coming in the paint.
"They're different players, but, I think, with both of those guys, you have a lot of dedication and a lot of work that goes into what they do," Heat guard Ray Allen said. "That's the things that no one sees, the extra shots or the studying your opponent. Because everyone is planning for those guys and if they're going to succeed, they need to do that much more. They're similar in that way."
Maybe different as people, maybe different when it comes down to reputation and name recognition, and obviously different in terms of position. But for all of that, as this series winds down, what's become increasingly clear is just how similar James and Duncan actually are.


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Nov 13, 2012:
- 8:57 PM Changeset [12346] by
- announcerplugin/trunk/announcer/distributors/mail.py
TracAnnouncer: Read the notification format from subscriptions, refs #9282.
EmailDistributorcares for the preferred format, that is configured per
user in the
subscriptiondb table, obsoleting related
'announcer_email_format_<realm>' entries stored in
table before.
While this is yet another regression, because this setting has been per target
(resource) realm before, in theory it could even be more fine-grained.
In fact, its possible to store the preferred format per subscriber in
subscription. Only it is unified per transport for now, and I see no real
value in changing this, yet.
- 10:14 AM Ticket #10614 (TracFormsPlugin - [PATCH]: Formulardetails list not time-sorted) created by
- I don't see the order criteria of that list but how can I have it …
- 1:11 AM Changeset [12345] by
- announcerplugin/0.11.2dev/announcer/templates/ticket_email_mimic.html
- announcerplugin/0.11/announcerplugin/templates/ticket_email_mimic.html
- announcerplugin/trunk/announcer/templates/ticket_email_mimic.html
- announcerplugin/trunk/changelog
TracAnnouncer: Improve ticket change notification template, refs #8620.
Feels like there must be more corner-cases, that are not handled optimal now,
but this is an easy win, so won't miss it for older announcer versions as well.
Thanks to jc2trachacks for taking care to report as well as for providing a
good starting point towards the actual fix (omit the empty old value too).
- 12:40 AM Ticket #8310 (AnnouncerPlugin - ticket notifications do not thread properly in mail clients) closed by
- fixed: (In [12344]) TracAnnouncer: Improve efficiency of some email message …
- 12:40 AM Changeset [12344] by
- announcerplugin/0.11.2dev/announcer/distributors/mail.py
- announcerplugin/0.11.2dev/announcer/email_decorators/generic.py
- announcerplugin/0.11/announcerplugin/distributors/email_distributor.py
- announcerplugin/trunk/changelog
TracAnnouncer: Improve efficiency of some email message headers, closes #8310.
Modified versions of the original patch fix some shortcoming of older
announcer versions, especially regarding In-Reply-To / References headers,
and Python doc-strings are corrected as well.
Thanks to bof for investigations on the issue, and even more for providing
good suggestions by means of a working patch.
Nov 12, 2012:
- 11:18 PM Ticket #9616 (AnnouncerPlugin - AnnouncementSystem fails when set_message_id is false and ticket is changed) closed by
fixed: (In [12343]) TracAnnouncer: Fix
UnboundLocalErrorfor variable …
- 11:18 PM Changeset [12343] by
- announcerplugin/0.11/announcerplugin/distributors/email_distributor.py
- announcerplugin/trunk/changelog
TracAnnouncer: Fix
UnboundLocalErrorfor variable 'msgid', closes #9616.
Thanks to julrich for report, investigation and the patch suggestion itself.
Futhermore let's start to track fixes in historic versions in
- 9:08 PM Ticket #10484 (AnnouncerPlugin - SMTPServerDisconnetion while using SMTPS/SSL) closed by
- invalid: So this is actually a cant-fix for being reported against the …
- 6:49 PM GanttCalendarPlugin edited by
- add Info about TOW (TracOnWindows) (diff)
- 2:18 PM andrej2k created by
- New user andrej2k registered
Nov 11, 2012:
- 10:33 PM Changeset [12342] by
- announcerplugin/trunk/announcer/filters.py
- announcerplugin/trunk/announcer/tests/api.py
TracAnnouncer: Add 'acct_mgr' as default for 'filter_exception_realms' option, refs #7759, #7976, #7977, #8740, #8927, #9090 and #9204.
IMHO this is required for better plugin usability, making AccountManagerPlugin
notifications pass without additional configuration effort now.
Some Python doc-string tweaks and another unit test slipped in here too.
- 8:47 PM Changeset [12341] by
- announcerplugin/trunk/announcer/distributors/mail.py
- announcerplugin/trunk/changelog
TracAnnouncer: Apply suitable charset to alternative part of email message as well, refs #7791.
This fixes inappropriate alternative text display of non-ascii characters in
HTML emails, that get sent out as multi-part message in MIME format.
This has been reported by g1itch, who did investigations and patch as well.
Works like a breeze, but this must have been much harder to fix than one would
expect at first glance onto this one-liner. It's a pleasure to follow your
footsteps, thanks a bunch.
- 3:58 PM Changeset [12340] by
- announcerplugin/trunk/setup.py
TracAnnouncer: Subscribers are missed without additional entry-point, refs #7763.
- 3:37 PM Changeset [12339] by
- announcerplugin/trunk/changelog
- announcerplugin/trunk/setup.py
TracAnnouncer: Learn that calling the test module itself matters now too, refs #7763.
- 2:55 PM Changeset [12338] by
- announcerplugin/trunk/announcer/opt/subscribers.py
- announcerplugin/trunk/announcer/opt/tests
- announcerplugin/trunk/announcer/opt/tests/__init__.py
- announcerplugin/trunk/announcer/opt/tests/subscribers.py
- announcerplugin/trunk/announcer/subscribers.py
- …
TracAnnouncer: Separate "standard" subscribers from "new feature" ones, refs #7763.
"Standard" means required to mimic TracNotification behavior here.
- 12:30 PM Changeset [12337] by
- projectplanplugin/0.11/trunk/projectplan/htdocs/css/projectplan.css
- projectplanplugin/0.11/trunk/projectplan/renderer/pprenderimpl.py
- projectplanplugin/0.11/trunk/setup.py
tiny improvement of visualization: while using the ticket state
in_QA, e.g. as part of the Trac enterprise workflow (c.f. http://trac.edgewall.org/wiki/WorkFlow/Examples), the ticket number is shown as dashed line-through
- 12:57 AM Changeset [12336] by
- announcerplugin/trunk/announcer/email_decorators.py
- announcerplugin/trunk/changelog
TracAnnouncer: Harden the
TicketSubjectEmailDecorator, refs #8677.
Use the default subject template, if a
TemplateErroris raised when
rendering a custom Genshi text template.
Changes are accompanied by some of the usual PEP8 and other nit-picks, of
which slimmer imports seem like the biggest advantage.
- 12:21 AM Changeset [12335] by
- projectplanplugin/0.11/trunk/projectplan/renderer/ppticketsperuserday.py
- projectplanplugin/0.11/trunk/setup.py
improved functionality of renderer
- parameter
rowscan now contain
- at the specified position all unspecified values will be added
- example:
- will create a table where after the first column all values that are within the ticket result set are added as new columns, e.g.
Nov 10, 2012:
- 9:31 PM Ticket #10613 (AnnouncerPlugin - Use updater's name and email in ticket notifications) created by
- As originally reported in t:#8360, it would be nice to use updater's …
- 3:47 PM Ticket #10610 (GitolitePlugin - TemplateNotFound: Template "admin_repository_users.html" not found) closed by
- fixed: This is fixed now, as of …
- 11:06 AM Changeset [12334] by
- announcerplugin/trunk/announcer/subscribers.py
TracAnnouncer: Prevent
unbound local variableexception in code from [12333], refs #6452.
Thanks to Ryan for changeset review and spotting this really fast.
- 12:57 AM Changeset [12333] by
- announcerplugin/trunk/announcer/subscribers.py
- announcerplugin/trunk/changelog
TracAnnouncer: Notify previous owner, when a ticket is reassigned, refs #6452.
- 12:02 AM Changeset [12332] by
- announcerplugin/trunk/announcer/subscribers.py
- announcerplugin/trunk/announcer/tests/__init__.py
- announcerplugin/trunk/announcer/tests/subscribers.py
TracAnnouncer: Another pass of code-cleanup (PEP8), adding subscriber unit test stubs too.
Nov 9, 2012:
- 10:37 PM Changeset [12331] by
- announcerplugin/trunk/announcer/filters.py
- announcerplugin/trunk/announcer/opt/acct_mgr/announce.py
TracAnnouncer: Really fix filter now, refs #7759, #7976, #7977, #8740, #8927, #9090 and #9204.
Complete the change from [12325] to get expected behavior, or filters would be
applied undesirably.
- 9:26 PM Ticket #10154 (AnnouncerPlugin - Announcement sending email failed SMTPServerDisconnected("Connection ...) closed by
- invalid: Plugin maintainer was inactive for many months now, so your weak bug …
- 9:21 PM Ticket #10612 (TagsPlugin - WikiLinks using square brackets fails in certain cases) created by
- When using the tags plugin and entering a reference to a tag using …
- 7:00 PM TracMacroConfigPlugin created by
- Restored page after accidental delete.
- 4:49 PM Changeset [12330] by
- tracjsganttplugin/0.11/tracjsgantt/tracjsgantt.py
Refactor ticket filtering. Refs #9648.
This encapsulates a fairly long algorithm into a function for clarity.
Also, fix a bug where we sort too many times. Removing tickets in the
filter shouldn't reorder them.
Also, always call
_filter_tickets(); it applies
omitMilestonesso it
has to be called even if no other display filter is specified.
- 4:48 PM Changeset [12329] by
- tracjsganttplugin/0.11/tracjsgantt/pmapi.py
- tracjsganttplugin/0.11/tracjsgantt/tracjsgantt.py
- tracjsganttplugin/0.11/tracjsgantt/tracpm.py
Refactor query. Refs #9648.
Instead of having PM-aware applications (like the Gantt) do
- Use TracPM to preprocess options
- Use Trac's TicketQuery()
- Use TracPM to postprocess results
We augment TracPM to provide a
query()function which encapsulates
those steps. The return value is now also pruned so there are no
"dangling" references to external tickets. If A is a parent of B is
a parent of C and you query
root=B, the list is cleaned up so asking
for the parent of B says there isn't one.
As a result, we can clean up some Gantt options and code
- root= and goal= aren't really Gantt options, they are query options supported by TracPM.
- omitMilestones isn't really a TracPM query option
- The Gantt doesn't have to jump through hoops to tell if there is a parent ticket
Also, this allows us to reuse, rather than copy, the query logic within
(Fix a typo in pmapi.py while I'm there.)
The now-private preQuery() returns a set, not a list, now.
- 3:11 PM Ticket #2210 (PermRedirectPlugin - After redirecting to the login screen, trac always loads the default page.) reopened by
- It does still not work for me, and I had to add a call to …
- 2:09 PM ScreenshotPastePlugin edited by
- Removed 'ChangeLog` macro because the repository is on the other site. (diff)
- 1:32 PM Changeset [12328] by
- tracworkflowadminplugin/0.12/tracworkflowadmin/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/tracworkflowadmin.po
- tracworkflowadminplugin/0.12/tracworkflowadmin/locale/messages.pot
- tracworkflowadminplugin/0.12/tracworkflowadmin/web_ui.py
tracworkflowadmin: translates the document of each option on Trac 0.12.x and 1.0.x
- 1:26 PM Ticket #6780 (SqlQueryMacro - "easy_install pymills" fails, and cannot find pymills on web) closed by
- fixed
- 1:22 PM Ticket #6780 (SqlQueryMacro - "easy_install pymills" fails, and cannot find pymills on web) reopened by
- 11:43 AM Changeset [12327] by
- tracworkflowadminplugin/0.12/tracworkflowadmin/web_ui.py
tracworkflowadmin: added spaces to the default value for options in order to wrap in
TracInipage on Trac 1.0
- 10:40 AM Ticket #10611 (ChildTicketsPlugin - The parent ticket is not an active ticket (status: closed).) created by
- This is an error displayed when you want to change anything in the …
- 12:20 AM Changeset [12326] by
- announcerplugin/trunk/announcer/distributors/mail.py
- announcerplugin/trunk/changelog
TracAnnouncer: Don't attempt email distribution without recipients, refs #7834.
Felt like a re-arranged and slightly simplified code would make it easier to
implement the requested check in
EmailDistributor._do_send. IMHO it did.
- 12:17 AM Changeset [12325] by
- announcerplugin/trunk/announcer/filters.py
- announcerplugin/trunk/announcer/opt/acct_mgr/announce.py
TracAnnouncer: Fix generator, that was broken by [12309], refs #7759, #7976, #7977, #8740, #8927, #9090 and #9204.
And the same bad filter code even got replicated in [12312]. Sorry for not
checking compiler errors earlier. Finally I discovered an
resource_idhidden behind the first error. Obviously unit tests are
a blessing and needed here too.
Nov 8, 2012:
- 9:31 PM TracJsGanttPlugin edited by
- Note about goal_ticket_type replacing milestone_type (diff)
- 9:29 PM Changeset [12324] by
- tracjsganttplugin/0.11/tracjsgantt/tracpm.py
Assign open/closed status to milestone pseudo-tickets. Refs #9648.
- 9:29 PM Changeset [12323] by
- tracjsganttplugin/0.11/tracjsgantt/tracpm.py
Rename milestone_type to goal_ticket_type. Refs #9648.
Trying to eliminate confusion about what a "milestone" is.
- 9:15 PM TracJsGanttPlugin edited by
- Notes about pred-succ and parent-child relations. (diff)
- 9:04 PM Changeset [12322] by
- tracjsganttplugin/0.11/tracjsgantt/tracpm.py
Make sure final tickets don't get scheduled twice. Refs #9648.
- 9:04 PM Changeset [12321] by
- tracjsganttplugin/0.11/tracjsgantt/tracpm.py
Log some details in when scheduling goes a little wrong. Refs #9648.
- 9:04 PM Changeset [12320] by
- tracjsganttplugin/0.11/tracjsgantt/tracjsgantt.py
- tracjsganttplugin/0.11/tracjsgantt/tracpm.py
More flexible setting of query fields. Refs #9648.
- TracPM.queryFields() lists all the fields that TracPM needs.
- Caller (in this case the Gantt chart) has to make sure to include those fields only once in query.
- 9:04 PM Changeset [12319] by
- tracjsganttplugin/0.11/tracjsgantt/tracpm.py
Refactor date parsing. Refs #9648.
- 9:04 PM Changeset [12318] by
- tracjsganttplugin/0.11/tracjsgantt/tracpm.py
Rename internal fields to avoid conflicts. Refs #9648.
Custom field names must start with a letter and have only letters,
digits, and underscores. By adding a leading underscore to "calc_start"
and "calc_finish", we avoid a potential conflict if the user used those
as custom field names for their own purposes or even for
- 9:04 PM Changeset [12317] by
- tracjsganttplugin/0.11/tracjsgantt/tracpm.py
Add a function for finding related tickets. Refs #9648.
- 9:04 PM Changeset [12316] by
- tracjsganttplugin/0.11/tracjsgantt/tracpm.py
Refactor preQuery() to make _expand() usable elsewhere. Refs #9648.
Refactor _followLink() (nee _expand())) for flexibility.
- Don't include origin nodes in returned list
- Add a depth argument to control how many times to traverse link
- 9:04 PM Changeset [12315] by
- tracjsganttplugin/0.11/tracjsgantt/tracpm.py
Allow parent-child relation. Refs #9648.
Mostly reuses logic from pred-succ relation so there isn't really any
work for relation handling beyond adding the relation to the list of
configurable relations; the rest is data-driven.
However, the relation handling builds lists and we previously handled
parent as a singleton so some parent field handling needed tweaking:
- TracPM.parent() now returns None if there is no parent field or
relation configured or if there is no parent. Internal code was
adjusted. The only user outside this module, tracjsgantt.py, works with
this change.
- When creating a pseudo-ticket for milestones, set the parent list to
empty, not the previous place-holder ID 0.
- When normalizing and parsing a configured parent field, make a
one-element list of the parent ID
- When testing for children, check if the child ID is in the parent
list rather than the parent field is the child ID
Also fix a bug where parent/child field handling assumed the value of
fieldName left over from a previous loop.
Note this was tested with a parent field, with a parent-child relation,
and with no parent configuration.
Some plugins that support parent-child relationships may allow multiple
parents (Subtickets does). Doing PM-ish things on projects broken down
into phases broken down into deliverables broken down into tasks, etc.
all assumes a tree structure which excludes multiple parents. If
someone creates multiple parents, this will blow up. I'm OK with that.
- 9:04 PM Changeset [12314] by
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Use TracPM.roots() to find root of set of tickets. Refs #9648.
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- Python-Zurückverfolgungsinformationen Letzter Aufruf zuerst: […] […]
- 1:22 PM Ticket #10609 (LdapPlugin - ldap-plugin should handle a list of user- and group-dn) created by
- My ldap structure is quite deep with users and looks something like: …
- 12:30 PM wthie created by
- New user wthie registered
- 1:00 AM Changeset [12313] by
- announcerplugin/trunk/announcer/pref.py
- announcerplugin/trunk/announcer/tests/__init__.py
- announcerplugin/trunk/announcer/tests/pref.py
AnnouncerPlugin: Use a single ITemplateProvider across all plugin classes, refs #10584.
Done a bit of PEP8 code clean-up as well as correcting test references as
per Ryan's suggestion - all tests passing for Trac >= 0.12, counted up to a
total of 19 tests now.
- 12:45 AM Changeset [12312] by
- announcerplugin/trunk/announcer/opt/acct_mgr/announce.py
- announcerplugin/trunk/changelog
TracAnnouncer: Update AccountManagerPlugin messaging support, refs #7759, #7977, #8740, #8927, #9090 and #9204.
This long-standing regression is fixed now, while associated message templates
are rather bare-bone ones yet and formatting could be improved significantly.
- 12:38 AM Changeset [12311] by
- announcerplugin/trunk/announcer/filters.py
- announcerplugin/trunk/changelog
AnnouncerPlugin: Further improve ticket permission checks, refs #5825, #8458 and #8577.
This is a late follow-up to changeset [9813] after more in-deep discussion on
permission checking for whole Trac realms and specific Trac resources in #8458.
With my original patch proposal from 04-Feb-2011 in mind I call this an aged
and really matured changeset, and that's not so bad after all.
Furthermore code from [12304] gets improved here as well.
Special thanks to Odd Simon Simonsen, Ryan J. Ollos and Christian Boos for
their help on my way towards better understanding Trac permissions.
- 12:35 AM Changeset [12310] by
- announcerplugin/trunk/announcer/compat.py
- announcerplugin/trunk/announcer/formatters.py
- announcerplugin/trunk/announcer/pref.py
- announcerplugin/trunk/announcer/subscribers.py
- announcerplugin/trunk/announcer/util/__init__.py
- …
TracAnnouncer: Misc code clean-up and module re-arrangement, refs #8641.
Summary of changes:
- convert re-usable class method
WatchSubscriber.get_target_idinto utility function
- move more compatibility code to
- purge imports of obsolete components in
For entirely removing
still need to refactor code related to xmpp transport and bitten support.
- 12:17 AM Ticket #7760 (AnnouncerPlugin - Update Bitten Announcer for new system) closed by
- duplicate: We don't need this ticket anymore, because it has been over-looked and …
- 12:09 AM Ticket #7828 (AnnouncerPlugin - AttributeError: 'XmppPreferencePanel' object has no attribute ...) closed by
- duplicate: While #9206 essentially is a duplicate of this ticket, it came with a …
Nov 7, 2012:
- 11:57 PM Changeset [12309] by
- announcerplugin/trunk/announcer/filters.py
- announcerplugin/trunk/changelog
TracAnnouncer: Implement unused
filter_exception_realmsoption, refs #7976 and #7977.
The chosen implementation should be slightly more efficient than what has
been proposed in #7976, but I agree, that this is a pre-reqisite for making
some subscribers effective, i.e. AccountManagerPlugin notifications.
- 11:17 PM Ticket #10608 (WikiExtrasPlugin - Glossary of Terms Support) created by
- This I think is very similar to the Phrases support already there. …
- 10:52 PM Ticket #7792 (AnnouncerPlugin - Error when viewing ticket) closed by
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- 8:30 PM PdfRedirectorPlugin edited by
- Added syntax highlighting. (diff)
- 8:30 PM PdfRedirectorPlugin edited by
- Link to more info about installation process and moved configuration … (diff)
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- 8:25 PM PdfRedirectorPlugin edited by
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- 5:39 PM PdfRedirectorPlugin edited by
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- 4:24 PM TracBibPlugin edited by
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- 4:18 PM Ticket #8847 (TracBibPlugin - default bib file) closed by
- fixed: Since r12014 in trunk.
- 4:13 PM Ticket #10607 (ChangeLogMacro - installing ChangeLogMacro from trunk forces Trac deployment to update) created by
- I was running Trac 0.12.2; I downloaded the zip file of …
- 2:45 PM Ticket #10606 (SELECT A HACK - OperationalError: database is locked) closed by
- invalid: trac:wiki:MostFrequentDuplicates
- 2:20 PM Ticket #10606 (SELECT A HACK - OperationalError: database is locked) created by
- ==== How to Reproduce ==== While doing a GET operation on …
Nov 6, 2012:
- 5:07 PM Ticket #10605 (MasterTicketsPlugin - MasterTicketsPlugin breaks commit_updater) created by
- === Environment: === * Trac 0.12.4 running via Apache httpd on Ubuntu …
- 2:23 PM Changeset [12308] by
- vcsreleaseinfomacro/VcsReleaseInfoMacro.py
fix off by one commit for changes link if it pressed "view changes" from the change list


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HOUSTON - Houston police say they are searching for a group of burglars who removed the deadbolts from a door and burglar bars at a crime victim's home.
The burglars first had to climb through a small space between a family's back fence and car port to enter the property, authorities said.
Once over, they were able to get through another entrance and then through burglar bars covering the back door, police said.
The man and his wife were sound asleep upstairs.
According to the victim, the burglars used a screwdriver to take off deadbolts and let themselves inside the home to rob the homeowners.
The man has replaced one of his deadbolts with one that's attached with headless screws, which prevent a deadlock from being removed with a screwdriver or similar device.
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Federowicz recalled as Dodgers option Sellers
LOS ANGELES -- The Dodgers are again carrying three catchers after recalling Tim Federowicz from Triple-A Albuquerque on Wednesday.
Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said Tuesday that he was worried about the lack of a power bat on his bench, and Federowicz should help in that area. The catcher, rated No. 9 among the team's top prospects, was hitting .531 with seven homers and 20 RBIs in 13 games with the Isotopes.
"He's swung the bat well," Mattingly said before Wednesday's game against the D-backs. "This is really where he's earned to be."
In a corresponding roster move, the Dodgers optioned infielder Justin Sellers to Triple-A. Sellers, the club's Opening Day shorststop, was hitting .191 with one homer and two RBIs in 26 games.
"We felt like we had plenty of infielders, and really from the standpoint of looking at it more like it's just a little bit better hitting bench, where you can use some guys to hit," Mattingly said.
The manager said Federowicz would back up A.J. Ellis, and veteran Ramon Hernandez would be the No. 3 catcher and an emergency first baseman.
With three catchers, the Dodgers can use either Ellis or Federowicz as a pinch-hitter when the other starts and keep Hernandez on the bench in an emergency role. Hernandez is 1-for-22 (.045) in eight games since being acquired from the Rockies via trade on April 6.
"It's part of the reason for Fed," Mattingly said. "We've always felt like Fed was the guy coming and Fed was the guy who was going to get the at-bats. Ramon gives us that third guy that can play first and really allows us to use all of our people."
Austin Laymance 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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ART that depicts familiar Black Country scenes is on display at Wordsley's Red House Glass Cone.
The Brierley Hill Society of Artists is holding its annual exhibition, featuring a range of watercolours, oils, pastels, acrylics and lithographs.
Many of the pictures have a local flavour with pieces including 'Arley Station,' 'Bridgnorth' and 'A View over the Malvern Hills'.
For the first time ever there is also a small children's exhibition and the group hopes that this will grow as more younger members join the group.
During February half-term, the group will be providing simple children's art activities to encourage youngsters to explore their artistic side.
Councillor Tracy Wood, cabinet member for environment and culture, said: "The Brierley Hill Society of Artists are regular exhibitors at the cone and their pieces reflect their love of the Black Country with many local scenes featuring in the exhibition.
"The small display by younger members of the group is a lovely development and I hope that local youngsters head to the cone over half-term to try their hand at creating their very own work of art."
All work displayed at the exhibition, which runs until March 8, is for sale.
Admission is free.


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Beltran's right toe still hampering his game
KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- Carlos Beltran hurt his right toe just before leaving for the World Baseball Classic, but a few weeks away from the Cardinals wasn't enough time for that injury to heal.
Beltran said his right pinkie toe, which was hit by a pitch, was better, but still swollen, when he reported back to Cardinals camp on Friday. But it hampered him in the outfield and at the plate during the Classic, and he will have to monitor how he feels over the final weeks of Spring Training.
Beltran said he only felt good in the outfield for about five innings before his foot tightened up, relegating him to mostly designated hitter duty for Puerto Rico. And the ailing toe affected his swing from the right side, when he would have to turn on his right foot.
"But it is what it is," Beltran said. "Whatever I was going to do there, I was going to do here."
Beltran went through a workout back in Jupiter, Fla., on Friday but should return to St. Louis' starting lineup on Saturday at Roger Dean Stadium.
Asked about playing the outfield during the spring, Beltran responded, "We'll see how that goes."
Manager Mike Matheny was also somewhat cautious, but expected Beltran to give it a shot.
"We'll see when he shows up tomorrow what it looks like," Matheny said, "but he knows that if at all possible, he's going to be there."
Adam Berry is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter at @adamdberry. MLB.com reporter Jenifer Langosch contributed to this report. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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DECORATED Iraq war veteran and former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle was shot dead at a Central Texas gun range, but just who was the man nicknamed The Devil?
The 38 year-old author of American Sniper was one of two men shot dead at point blank at Creek Lodge's shooting range in Texas. The second victim was identified as 35-year-old Chad Littlefield of Midlothian, Texas. Former marine Eddie Ray Routh, 25, of Lancaster has been arraigned on two counts of capital murder.
From cowboy to lethal sniper
The Dallas Morning News said Kyle grew up in Texas and spent much of his time riding horses and participating on the school rodeo team. The Star Telegram said he tried to join the Navy in 1996 but was rejected after a physical exam showed pins in his arm from a rodeo injury. Three years later, he was working on a ranch in Colorado when the Navy called and wanted to train him as a sniper.
"When I grew up, I only had two dreams," he told the newspaper about a year ago. "One was to be a cowboy and another was to be in the military. I grew up extremely patriotic," he said.
"By the time I was 24, I decided it was time to go into the military and try it out. It wasn't exactly the SEALs I was looking for at the time. I just wanted to go into the military and be the best."
Kyle enlisted in the Navy in February 1999 and was discharged on November 2009, military records show. During that time, he served four tours in Iraq and received 14 different awards and decorations, including two Silver Stars, five Bronze Stars with Valor, and two Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals.
"I didn't do it for the money or the awards. I did it because I felt like it was something that needed to be done and it was honorable. I loved the guys," Kyle told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram in 2012.
Kyle's best-selling book - subtitled The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in US Military History - published in January 2012 detailed his 150-plus kills of Iraqi insurgents during that decade.
In the book Kyle said that insurgents had put a $20,000 bounty on his head. The website for his security training company said the Iraqis feared him so much they nicknamed him al-Shaitan, or 'The Devil.'
Kyle said most of his sniper shots ranged from 180 metres to 1,100 metres, but that his longest kill was 1.9 kilometres - taking out an insurgent aiming a rocket launcher at an approaching Army convoy.
Kyle said it was a credit to the technology of his ballistic computer. "I set it up, I pulled the trigger and the guy went down," he said on Conan O'Brien's TV talk show in February 2012.
The former Navy SEAL told Fox News' Bill O'Reilly in January 2012 that he had no regrets about the people he shot. He said he viewed his Iraqi victims as savages and didn't think of them as human beings.
"They live by putting fear into other people's hearts and civilized people just don't act that way," he said.
Asked by O'Reilly if he himself had any post-traumatic stress disorder issues, Kyle said, "None of my problems come from the people I've killed."
Kyle was sued by former wrestler turned Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura over a portion of his book that claims Kyle punched Mr Ventura in a 2006 bar fight over unpatriotic remarks. Mr Ventura says the punch never happened and that the claim by Kyle defamed him.
Kyle had asked that Mr Ventura's claims of invasion of privacy and "unjust enrichment" be dismissed, saying there was no legal basis for them. But a federal judge said the lawsuit should proceed. Both sides were told to be ready for trial by August 1.
Life outside the headlines
He created a security training company, Craft International, after his discharge from the Navy. A civilian training event had been scheduled at Rough Creek Lodge - where he was killed - for the first weekend in March
Outside of his military career, he was married to Taya Kyle and had two children.
Kyle had also established a nonprofit, FITCO Cares, which provides at-home fitness equipment for emotionally and physically wounded veterans.
After news of his death broke, the organization's website read, "The Loss of a Hero," and said the foundation "will always carry the torch" for the military men and women.
A news release from Travis Cox, a director of FITCO Cares, said Kyle tried to assist other veterans struggling with their demons.
"What I know is Chris and a gentleman - great guy, I knew him well, Chad Littlefield - took a veteran out shooting who was struggling with PTSD to try to assist him, try to help him, try to, you know, give him a helping hand and he turned the gun on both of them, killing them," Mr Cox said.
Littlefield was Kyle's neighbour and "workout buddy," Cox said.
"Chris was literally the type of guy if you were a veteran and needed help he'd help you," Mr Cox said. "And from my understanding that's what happened here. I don't know how he came in contact with this gentleman, but I do know that it was not through the foundation.
"It was just two great guys with Chad and Chris trying to help out a veteran in need and making time out of their day to help him. And to give him a hand. And unfortunately this thing happened."
"Chris died doing what he filled his heart with passion - serving soldiers struggling with the fight to overcome PTSD," Mr Cox said. "He will be forever missed."
Originally published as Just who was sniper Chris Kyle?


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Fraser Valley (British Columbia, Canada)
While an increasingly large number of Mennonites in the valley went into small business, many of them were engaged in dairying, poultry, or small fruit raising, particularly raspberries and strawberries. Yarrow, the oldest settlement, an unincorporated village of 2,000 population at this time, had 27 Mennonite business establishments, such as berry processing plants (4), grocery stores (3), dry goods (3), box factory, sawmill. The Abbotsford-Clearbrook area on both sides of the trans-Canada highway rapidly developed into a Mennonite shopping district. Mennonite cooperatives organized during the depression in Yarrow, Sardis, and Abbotsford provided much of the needed credit to the early settlers. Inexperienced management and better transportation facilities to nearby larger shopping centers all but killed the cooperative movement. With the exception of a cold storage plant at Greendale, the remaining four cooperatives were berry processing plants. Jacob C. Krause of Yarrow, A. A. Rempel and Jacob Schroeder of Greendale, and John J. Rempel of Abbotsford, were among the outstanding early leaders in the cooperative movement. A postwar slump in the berry market, together with the devastating flood during the summer of 1948, which inundated the Greendale and Mission settlements, produced a major economic crisis. Only one Mennonite, however, lost his life when the dikes of the Fraser River broke, covering the settlements with up to eight feet of water. Total bankruptcy of hundreds of Mennonite farmers was prevented by the generous and far-reaching assistance given by the Canadian government and the Red Cross.
The concentration of the Mennonite population in a relatively small area has been conducive to the development of parochial schools. General interest in education is shown by the fact that during 1953 a total of 828 young people from Mennonite Brethren churches attended high schools, Bible schools, colleges, and universities. Interest in retaining the German language was attested by the attendance of 617 children from Mennonite Brethren homes at German classes conducted on Saturdays. Two Mennonite high schools in 1953-54 had a total enrollment of 476 students, while the four Bible schools enrolled 137 students. The oldest and most successful of the high schools, the Mennonite Educational Institute at Abbotsford, was founded in 1944, and supported by six Mennonite Brethren (and one General Conference Mennonite) churches. Under the leadership of I. J. Dyck as principal the enrollment grew from 43 to 385 students by the decade of the 1950s. The Sharon Mennonite High School at Yarrow, founded in 1951, was supported by the parents of the local Mennonite Brethren church and had an enrollment of 91 students at this time Because of economic difficulties and disunity among the four Mennonite Brethren churches operating it, an earlier Mennonite high school, founded at Yarrow in 1945 (Sharon Mennonite Collegiate Institute), had to close its doors four years later. The local public school authorities acquired its elaborate school plant, which was then used as a junior high school. For similar reasons the Menno High School at Greendale, supported by General Conference churches, had to close in 1948, having operated only two years.
In the 1950s there were two old people's homes in the valley, one privately owned in Yarrow, and one operated by General Conference Mennonite churches in Abbotsford. Although there were no Mennonite hospitals, for many years a Mennonite hospital insurance society assisted its members in defraying their medical and hospital expenses. Thirteen Mennonite physicians and dentists, and numerous Mennonite graduate nurses, provided medical services during the decade of the 1950s.
Politically, Fraser Valley Mennonites became conscious of their combined voting power when in 1940 the Mennonite block of votes elected a Liberal member of Parliament for the first time in many years. Thirteen years later, in 1953, this same member of the federal house was defeated by the same Mennonites who in the intervening years had been affected by the socialistic theories of the C.C.F. (Canadian Commonwealth Federation) and the Social Credit Party, and elected socialistic representatives to both the provincial and the federal legislatures. In Vancouver (Burnaby-Coquitlam) a Mennonite (Erhart Regier, son of Johannes Regier) was elected on the C.C.F. party ticket to the Federal House of Commons at Ottawa, although no generally recognized Mennonite political leader had arisen by the 1950s.
The strongest bond, and practically the only one, uniting all branches of Mennonites in the Fraser Valley in a common program was the Provincial Mennonite Relief Committee of British Columbia (later Mennonite Central Committee BC), which under various names has functioned since 1928. This committee became the official spokesman in matters of immigration of displaced persons, citizenship, settlement of landless families, care of mental patients and the indigent. From 1945 to the mid-1950s more than $961,000 had passed through its treasury, and 3,000 persons had been assisted to migrate to Canada. A. A. Wiens of Yarrow served as secretary-treasurer of the committee, beginning in 1945.
The very tense feeling between Mennonites and other Fraser Valley residents, which reached its climax during World War II, and which was based on social and economic factors, has subsided. The press, local and provincial government officials, as well as the general public, have learned to appreciate Mennonite industry and integrity.
|I. G Neufeld
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Neufeld, I. G. "Fraser Valley (British Columbia, Canada)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1956. Web. 25 Sep 2017. http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Fraser_Valley_(British_Columbia,_Canada)&oldid=113102.
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Neufeld, I. G. (1956). Fraser Valley (British Columbia, Canada). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 25 September 2017, from http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Fraser_Valley_(British_Columbia,_Canada)&oldid=113102.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Jacksonville Sheriff John Rutherford spoke publicly Thursday, a day after he sent a letter detailing massive layoffs because of budget cuts.
The letter called for eliminating 319 positions, including all 63 community service officers and 58 corrections officers. It also called for the closing of a community transition center.
Rutherford said Jacksonville has to make a decision: Does residents want to keep services as they are and pay the same amount of taxes, or pay less and do with less. He was referring to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office's budget and the layoffs in the department.
The sheriff said these layoffs are just the start. He said with his budget cuts, it means services will now be cut. For example, no longer will JSO investigate traffic accidents on state roads like Beach or Blanding boulevards. It will leave that up to the Florida Highway Patrol.
"That is one place where the public is going to see a cut in service," Rutherford said. "They are going to have to wait for FHP to respond to that crash."
The sheriff said his office will also not be patrolling traffic for Jaguars games and other events at the stadium unless they are paid for it. And the department will eliminate a drug treatment program at the jail.
But Rutherford said all of this can be avoided by all Jacksonville residents paying the same amount in taxes this year as last. It's the rollback rate. While property values have dropped, most residents will pay less in taxes.
But the sheriff said residents need to pay the same to keep what they have.
"I think this is more about what this community needs," Rutherford said. "And at some point someone needs to stand up and tell the community what it needs to hear and not what it wants to hear. And I am telling them what they need to hear. Unless they want these services cut, there is nothing else we can do. They are going to feel it and it's going to impact on our crime numbers."
Rutherford blames much of the cuts on the pension problem facing Jacksonville. The Sheriff's Office will have to pay an additional $27 million out of his budget for the pension.
"It's a problem now and we got to fix it," he said. "It's not this mayor's fault, it's not this council's fault, but it's also not the fault of these men and women in blue uniforms out there and their benefits. It's the way the pension was not funded property in the past."
The mayor said the sheriff's idea of keeping property taxes the same despite lower values would be a tax increase and is opposed to it, but Nelson Cuba, the head of the police union, is backing the sheriff.
"I believe there is still an opportunity here for us to get these changes done," Cuba said. "I think the sheriff is clear he is not advocating any type of tax increase."
John Crescimbeni, the head of the City Council's finance committee, had some harsh words for the sheriff.
"I disagree with the sheriff and question his motives," he said. "He never made mention about a tax increase during his campaign."
The sheriff said that's not the case.
"This is not a tax increase," Rutherford said. "I am asking to keep the tax revenue constant with last year."
Copyright 2012 by News4Jax.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


text: UK 30 April 2013 Miliband admits Labour would borrow more - now he needs to make the argument The Labour leader should explain why borrowing for growth is the economically responsible course. Sign up for our weekly email * Print HTML After his disastrous appearance on The World At One yesterday, it was a more relaxed Ed Miliband who took to the Daybreak sofa this morning. Asked about the ill-fated interview by presenter Lorraine Kelly and his refusal to say whether Labour would borrow more in the short term, he replied: Look, that happens. You do interviews; some interviews well, some interviews not so well. Look, I was asked a question about VAT and Labour's plans to cut VAT. I am clear about this, a temporary cut in VAT, as we are proposing, would lead to a temporary rise in borrowing. The point I was making yesterday was that if you can get growth going by cutting VAT, then over time you will see actually borrowing fall - that was the point I was making yesterday and it's good to be able to make it today. Although Miliband made it sound otherwise, the admission was a significant one. Labour's "five point-plan for jobs and growth" has always rested on the assumption that the party would borrow more in the short-term. Were it do otherwise, and fund measures such as a VAT cut through spending cuts or tax rises elsewhere, the effectiveness of any stimulus would be dramatically reduced. Yet until now, Miliband has refused to concede as much. Now he has finally done so, the task for Labour is to persuade the public that borrowing for growth, at a time of stagnation and rising unemployment, is the right (and responsible) thing to do. Today's ComRes poll for the Independent, showing that 58 per cent of the public believe that the government's economic plan has failed and that it will be "time for a change" in 2015 is a reminder of the appetite for an alternative. The difficulty for Labour is that the Tories' argument that "you can't borrow more to borrow less" has a seductive appeal. But as anyone who has ever taken out a mortgage or founded a company knows, it's not true. As families struggle to find affordable housing and adequate employment, Labour should make the argument that now is precisely the time for the government to take advantage of record low interest rates and borrow to invest. To the charge that it is burdening future generations with debt, the party should reply: what kind of country will our children inherit if we don't build more homes, create more jobs and protect the services we rely on? When the private sector is unwilling or unable to fulfil these duties, it falls to the state to intervene and act as a spender of last resort. As Nye Bevan once declared, government must never become a mere "public mourner for private economic crimes". The failure of Labour to make these arguments since 2010 means it has a significant political deficit to overcome. But if Miliband is to offer a genuine alternative to austerity, he must now resolve to do so. › The Land of the Free: Getting your money's worth from free to play games Ed Miliband delivers a speech on the high street in the town centre on April 25, 2013 in Worcester. Photograph: Getty Images. George Eaton is political editor of the New Statesman. Subscribe from just £1 per issue More Related articles The Universal Credit nightmare shows there's nothing more dangerous than a good idea Why is the government's Brexit approach so inconsistent? The lure of Lexit must be resisted – socialism in one country is a fantasy Subscription offer 12 issues for £12 + FREE book LEARN MORE Close This week's magazine


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"We have been patient with Aqua Indiana, but now is the time to take action," Henry said in prepared remarks. "City Utilities is in much better position to provide reliable and quality water to customers at an affordable price."
Henry said his office will bring an ordinance to City Council before year's end to start the process of condemning Aqua's southwest assets. The private utility serves about 12,000 customers in southwest Allen County, 70 percent of which live in Fort Wayne, said Ted Nitza, a special consultant to City Utilities.
Aqua Indiana President Tom Bruns said he was disappointed in Henry's decision and thought the two sides were close to finding a better solution for providing southwest customers with better service.
"There were a number of options the city and Aqua had discussed and that we felt would be win-wins," Bruns said.
One of those options, which both Bruns and Henry mentioned, would be for Aqua to buy water at a wholesale rate from the city and sell it to customers at a retail price. But Henry said Aqua officials had rebuffed offers by the city.
Bruns also said he did not learn of the decision until he was contacted by reporters Thursday and was disappointed that Henry did not contact Aqua before announcing the decision publicly at the news conference.
Aqua's water quality and pressure have long drawn complaints from southwest Fort Wayne residents, and the company's rates are about twice as much as City Utilities. Bruns said Aqua's quality is on par with the city's water, but many of the utility's customers disagree.
"The water quality, you have to see it to believe it," said Hank Mazzola, who lives in the Falls of Beaver Creek neighborhood. "It's atrocious."
Mazzola's neighborhood was one of at least 20 whose residents, accounting for 30 percent of Aqua's customers in Allen County, have signed petitions asking for the city to take over the utility, Nitza said.
If council approves the takeover, it could still take years for the city to get control of the utility and even longer before the full price becomes clear, based on the city's previous buyout of Aqua's north-side assets.
Eight years after the city first announced its intent to take over Aqua's north side customers, the two parties are still locked in a court battle over the correct price. The city paid about $17 million, but Bruns says the assets were worth twice that.
Henry did not say at the news conference exactly how he planned to pay for the takeover, which would be of similar size and scope to the Aqua north buyout. City Utilities is financing the north takeover through $18 million in borrowing funded by ratepayers.
City spokesman John Perlich said the southwest takeover would not include Aqua's 12,000 sewer customers. That means none of the new City Utilities customers would be on the hook for an estimated $240 million of sewer improvements the city must do through 2025 under an order by the Environmental Protection Agency.
City Council President Tom Smith, R-1st, said that he believed council would respond "warmly" to the proposed takeover.


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Our view: Electing Bob Evans, Sean Morgan, Dave Donnan and Dave Kelley would add some much-needed common sense to the City Council.
Eleven candidates are campaigning for four Chico City Council seats, and trying to get to know the huge field can seem overwhelming to some voters.
Here's a quick cheat sheet. The field can be divided into four who generally agree with the direction of the current City Council majority, five who find a lot of fault with the direction the city is headed under the council, one moderate who's likely to be unpredictable, and one candidate who was too busy to do much campaigning.
The four who would uphold the status quo include Mayor Ann Schwab, Randall Stone, Tami Ritter and Kimberly Rudisill.
The five who have found plenty to criticize include current Councilor Bob Evans, Sean Morgan, Dave Donnan, Toby Schindelbeck and Andrew Coolidge.
We happen to agree with the latter group. Change is needed on the council. While spending entirely too much time on matters such as plastic bag bans, wood smoke bans, Walmart expansion bans, sustainability task forces and diversity task forces, the council lost track of one very important matter: money.
The budget wasn't balanced and not enough councilors were paying attention. A fire station closed temporarily. The police force dwindled before their eyes. So did millions in reserves.
The budget is enormously out of whack, and though it's easy for some to blame the state or the demise of the Redevelopment Agency, we can just as easily blame things like spending about $1 million an acre (including environmental clean-up costs) on a blighted piece of property on 11th and Park, spending millions on low-income housing complexes with amenities usually reserved for high-end apartments, spending millions on property (Comanche Creek, Bidwell Ranch) that is closed off to the public, or spending $1,800 apiece for whirligigs — excuse us, "wind vessels" — for a bike path. It all adds up.
The council needs people who treat our dollars like their dollars, who want to attract jobs rather than repel jobs, and who still think it's important that Chico is a safe place to live.
Evans, who was appointed to the council two years ago to fill Larry Wahl's term when Wahl was elected to the county Board of Supervisors, certainly deserves one of the four seats. He and Mark Sorensen are frequently on the losing end of 5-2 votes, two voices in the wilderness, but he has certainly demonstrated a fiscal sense that too many councilors lack.
Evans points out that the city, at Schwab's behest, did a diversity action plan but doesn't have an economic development plan. "If the City Council doesn't declare that economic development is a top priority, it's not going to happen," he says. He's right. It hasn't happened. And it needs to.
Sean Morgan understands that as well. He was a pleasant surprise in our editorial board interview and in candidate forums — someone who was smart, polite and well-versed in all city matters. We usually like candidates who have some public record to stand on so we know their voting patterns, but getting to know Morgan, it's easy to tell where he stands.
He's only 42, runs his own business and also teaches business classes at Chico State University. With a master's in business, he's obviously bright, but even he has trouble understanding the city's finances. He believes the council needs better reports to make better decisions. And then the council needs the courage to implement the necessary changes.
"Right now we have 15 people in the finance office and there are six cops on the street," he said during a mid-afternoon interview. "I don't understand that." But he would try to fix it. For the other two seats, we like two Daves — Dave Kelley and Dave Donnan.
Kelley is the moderate in the field. While the local Democratic Party is supporting four candidates and the Republican Party is supporting five, Kelley proudly states neither party is supporting him. He hopes to appeal to the many moderate and decline-to-state voters.
We've watched Kelley enough in his eight years on the Planning Commission to know he'll carefully consider all input and be unpredictable. The council needs more of that. Too many councilors make up their minds ahead of time. Kelley would not.
Lastly, we like Donnan. He has lived in Chico for 30 years and been active in the community. He's a plain-spoken man who doesn't shy away from controversy and isn't afraid of hurting somebody's feelings.
He says the city needs more police officers. He says the homeless have taken advantage of Chico's welcome mat. He says maybe the Fire Department shouldn't be responding to all medical calls. He says it's inconceivable the city has an arts project coordinator on the payroll but not an economic development director. All of that makes sense to us. And if Chico needs anything now on the council, it's more common sense. Vote for Evans, Morgan, Kelley and Donnan.
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Latino HIV campaign features community faces and stories
If you've flipped through local newspapers, social media feeds, or walked around North Philadelphia over the last few weeks, you might have noticed some unusual ads featuring some, well, usual situations.
"I like to call them ordinary moments," explained Louie Ortiz, creator of POSITIVO, a city-backed campaign with a new spin on being Latino and HIV positive.
The five different images, now posted in shops and on street corners around North Philadelphia, feature black and white photos of people doing regular things: sitting on the subway or in park a park. Hugging someone. Smiling.
But the shots aren't of models. They're of community members like Nancy Santiago, who was photographed cooking in her kitchen with her daughter.
"To me, my message for my poster is here, I'm HIV positive and HIV doesn't have a certain race — white, black, purple or whatever. And here's a grandma," said Santiago. "She's infected, but she keeps going. She keeps looking good!"
Turning positive into something positive
The self-described queer Latino group, GALAEI, spearheaded the campaign with a $66,000 grant from the city's health department. It launched in early September at the Feria del Barrio.
Rafael Alvarez, also featured on a poster, says it was important to participate so people saw their neighbors, their friends and could identify with the ads. He wanted to push back against the stereotype that Latinos are homophobic and reject people with HIV.
"Perceptions are reality," said Alvarez. "And if the perception of a community is negative or labeled in ignorance, then that's what's going to be the reality."
Ortiz, the project's creator, says that was the thinking behind placing a bright pink plus sign with the word "Positivo" or "Positive" in the top left corner of the posters. "We wanted to re-appropriate the term positive so when folks hear it, they can hear hope."
GALAEI's executive director, Elicia Gonzalez, hopes that will translate to more people getting tested for HIV, which is transmitted through sexual fluid, blood-to-blood contact and breast milk. Alvarez worries about HIV's disproportionate impact on Latinos and the higher infection rates.
"Latinos are testing later, so that by the time they go in for a test, they're more likely to have AIDS within 12 months," says Gonzalez.
Ortiz and his son are in another poster, which includes the message, "I am positive that my son is every reason for me to know my status."
Creating dialogue
Now a month in, neither Santiago nor Alvarez have regrets about being faces of the campaign.
"I have not had not one rejection," said Santiago. "When they [people I knew] saw me, they said they couldn't believe I had HIV because I don't look like somebody who has HIV. What's a person supposed to look who has HIV? Dying? No, you're not. I'm living to 100 if I can."
Alvarez says people he worked with joked he was famous right after the campaign launched. One reaction from an old friend still resonates.
"I received a text from a friend asking me if I was HIV positive. I hadn't talked to him in like 10 freaking years, and that was the thing he sent me," says Alvarez, who's HIV negative. "It was really important for me to be like, 'well, what does it matter?' I take care of myself, but you know, that could happen to anyone."
While the posters have all gone are up, GALAEI plans to run the campaign through the end of the year.
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Djokovic Outlasts Murray In 5 Sets To Advace To Final
Novak Djokovic will attempt to take home his second straight Australian Open final when he competes against Rafael Nadal on Sunday. However, his path to the final was anything but easy. Early this morning, Novak overcame some breathing issues to hold off Andy Murray 6-3, 3-6, 6-7 (4), 6-1, 7-5 in a match that lasted just under 5 hours.


text: Former skinhead promotes tolerance By Lori Kersey February 7, 2013 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A 15-year member of the white supremacist movement, Tom "TJ" Leyden first began to rethink his lifestyle when two of his sons were toddlers.Leyden, of California, recalls watching a kids' show with his 1-year-old son when his 3-year-old used a racial slur to refer to one of the show's characters.A former recruiter and organizer for the neo-Nazi movement, Leyden was at first proud that his boys were already repeating the hate speech they'd heard.If the boys were this hateful at ages 1 and 3, he wondered what they would be like as teenagers. But still, that became a sobering thought."I didn't want my kids to be me," Leyden said.Eighteen months and a lot of soul-searching later, Leyden left the white supremacy movement and became an anti-racism activist. He and his wife founded StrHATE Talk Consulting more than a decade ago. The organization aims to fight hate and bigotry with education.Leyden, who gives between 25 and 30 speeches each year, spoke at West Virginia State University's annual Human Rights Lecture on Thursday. He's the author of "Skinhead Confessions: From Hate to Hope," and was a speaker at former President Bill Clinton's White House Conference on Hate Crimes. Leyden encouraged those who attended his lecture to actively oppose racism."Be a positive mentor," he said. "Help the world stop creating men like me."As a recruiter for the white supremacist movement, Leyden and his friends used to spread propaganda on college campuses, he said. The goal was getting a group of students to think that other students of a different race were behind the propaganda. They would wait in the wings for physical fights to break out between the students, and then Leyden and his friends would jump in.Some white students would join Leyden's group, either out of gratitude for the help or fear that other students would beat them up.Music is one of the biggest means of recruiting people to the white supremacist movement, Leyden said. "Skinhead" music uses expletive-filled lyrics that promote violence against non-whites.Songs from the white power genre can be found on iTunes, and until that changes, Leyden is boycotting all Apple products."I don't own anything Apple creates and I won't until they stop selling hateful music," he said. Neo-Nazis also use video games to recruit children as young as 9, he said.More than 8 million copies were sold of Ethnic Cleansing, a video game in which the object is to kill people of other races.Also, Leyden estimates there are more than 14,000 racist websites on the Internet.Leyden credits his family, including his brothers, mother and grandmother, for helping him get out of the white supremacist movement."I got lucky," he said. "I got very, very, very lucky in life."For more information on Leyden, see his website, www.strhatetalk.com. Reach Lori Kersey at email@example.com or 304-348-1240. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Facebook founder visits Charleston restaurant 2 New company planning $73M synthetic fuel plant in Greenbrier County 3 Innerviews: Dual-identity surgeon riding high in horse racing world 4 Doug Smock: AAC not ready for Power 6 quite yet 5 Rod Run and Doo Wop brings classic cars, music to Boulevard for 12th year Holly River State Park still recovering Previous Story Experts talk about ways to raise state highway money Next Story


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DETROIT - Ford says it plans to hire 2,200 engineers, computer programmers and other white-collar workers this year as U.S. demand for new vehicles picks up. That's in addition to the 8,100 salaried and hourly jobs Ford added in the U.S. last year as it increased production and introduced new cars. U.S. car and truck sales rose 13 percent to 14.5 million in 2012, the highest level in five years.
Ford is using Facebook and Twitter to find tech-savvy candidates.
The automaker has launched a twitter account called @FordCareers. The description of the account reads: We're hiring! From finance, to product development, to manufacturing and more, check out Ford's exciting career opportunities!
Ford's Facebook page is called Ford Motor Company Careers. On Friday morning the page already had more than 11,000 likes.
The company is also stepping up recruitment of military veterans. For a complete list of job opportunities click HERE
Honda says it plans to create 50 new jobs in Ohio when it starts building the new hybrid Accord sedan there later this year.
Nissan announced it will hire 400 people by the end of next year to make the Murano crossover in Mississippi.
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Records • SSU 8-7, 3-4 Big Sky; WSU 12-3, 7-0
Series record • Weber State leads 33-4
Last meeting • WSU 75-60 (Jan. 26, 2012)
About the Hornets • SSU started the season with three consecutive wins, including a 74-71 win at Utah on Nov. 16. ... Sac State ranks second in the Big Sky in field-goal percentage defense, at 41.9 percent. ... Senior John Dickson leads Sacramento State with a 14.4 scoring average, sixth best in the Big Sky.
About the Wildcats • WSU is off to a 7-0 start in Big Sky Conference play for the second consecutive season. ... WSU is third in the country in 3-point percentage defense at .261. ... The Wildcats are 9-0 this season when center Kyle Tresnak reaches double figures and 2-3 when he does not.


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Leadership Institute Shares Success Secrets with High School Girls
Michigan Tech is hosting high school junior girls at Leadership Institute.
May 4, 2012—
More and more women are coming to Michigan Technological University to study science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. But turning an interest in STEM into a leadership role in college and the career that follows takes more than interest and good grades.
That's why Michigan Tech invited more than 600 female high school juniors from across the nation to a Leadership Institute at the University May 10-11, 2012. The Leadership Institute is a new program designed to help female high school students prepare for success in STEM studies and careers. So far, 25 young women, representing Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Illinois, have applied to participate.
"We want to help you utilize your passions, stretch your abilities, and prepare yourself to create the future," said Allison Carter, director of admissions, in an invitation to participate.
"We're really interested in recruiting women who are thinking about STEM fields, and we wanted to connect with them in more ways than just campus tours and phone calls," Carter explained. "A lot of women on campus get involved in leadership activities, so we thought leadership would be a good way to connect with prospective students."
High school juniors who had expressed interest in Tech and STEM majors were invited to the program or were referred by guidance counselors and admissions recruiters. "They're all really smart," Carter noted. "Most of them have a GPA of 3.9 or higher."
The Institute kicks off Thursday, May 10, with a night of social activities and the creation of journals to describe each young woman's education and career-related aspirations. Participants will spend the night in Wadsworth Hall. On Friday, May 11, they will be mentored by current female Tech students and attend interactive programs that will help them develop their leadership skills and life goals, understand themselves as leaders by identifying strengths, weaknesses and values, engage in self-discovery to help them choose a school and major that's right for them, attend a math classroom demonstration and learn about opportunities for campus involvement.
"The University's goal is to increase female enrollment to 35% by 2020, so it's important to engage female students interested in STEM fields and help them find a college campus where they feel comfortable," says Carter. "We think the Leadership Institute is a great way to get prospective female undergraduate students excited about Tech's academics, lifestyle and outcomes.
While the girls are learning the ABCs of leadership and success, information sessions will also be offered for the families of participants.
There is a scholarship incentive too. If a participant enrolls at Tech as a full-time student, she will receive a $1,000 scholarship applied to her first year's tuition. The scholarship is funded by donors, as is the Leadership Institute.
The Admissions Office is planning to host another Leadership Institute for female high school seniors just before fall Open House in October.
Michigan Technological University (www.mtu.edu) is a leading public research university developing new technologies and preparing students to create the future for a prosperous and sustainable world. Michigan Tech offers more than 120 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in engineering; forest resources; computing; technology; business; economics; natural, physical and environmental sciences; arts; humanities; and social sciences.


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Comedy Bang Bang - Improv humor in an "interview" format
How Did This Get Made - The most laugh-out-loud funny one, they make fun of terrible movies
Nerdist - Genuinely smart and funny hosts interview interesting guests. Can sometimes get too raunchy for my tastes
WTF - Another smart interview show, more serious
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Filmspotting - Thoughtful movie reviews and fun top 5 lists
In Our Time - Expert panels talk about a really wide variety of subjects.


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As the crappiest Burger joint, fuddruckers closes down, another one blooms. Not that we had shortage of Burger in Washington, D.C., Shake Shack is just about to open right south of Dupont Circle where Fuddruckers used to be.
Danny Meyer's Union Square Hospitality Group announced the opening of the Shake Shack in Washington, DC today. Read more of this post


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PA releases transparency report
The Board of Directors of the Palestine Investment Fund (PIF) has released financial and corporate details on the Palestinian National Authority (PNA)'s investments and commercial activities.
The report includes a list of assets owned or controlled by the PNA, consisting of 79 commercial investments and a report on ten of the investments, including valuation by Standard & Poor (S&P)'s and transparency diagnostic by the Democracy Council. In addition, a listing of current bank accounts formerly controlled by the Palestinian Commercial Services Company (PCSC) was also included in the report.
The Fund exists as an independent agency wholly owned by the PNA. It was designed to help ensure that all commercial assets and investments are disclosed, managed, and monitored in a manner consistent with international standards of transparency, accountability, and good governance.
The Fund is managed by a seven-member Board of Directors; a majority of whom come from the private sector. The Fund's Articles of Association and Operating Manual were also made public in line with public commitments.
"This report the first in a series represents seven months work consisting of a process of consolidation and disclosures as required by the PNA's new policy of transparent reporting," said Chairman of the PIF and Minister of Finance Salam Fayyad.
S&P and the Democracy Council have been providing strategic advice and they have conducted valuation and transparency diagnostics on the assets. The Democracy Council also helped design an accountable and transparent risk management system. — (menareport.com)
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The Hullabaloo at the Lakehouse Saturday will feature some of Nebraskas liveliest and best musicians.
Miller is the bass player for the featured act the popular Kris Lager Band of Lincoln and Omaha. The band is a two-time choice as the best bar band in Omaha and a fan favorite in appearances throughout the Midwest.
Rascal of North Platte starts the festival at 3 p.m. with solid infectious renditions of classic rock.
Lakehouse owner Catherine Martinez said there will be all kinds of beers, including giveaways, plus good food in the fine outdoor, lakeside setting.
Music continues until 1 a.m.
Also performing, with Millers descriptions:
Funk Trek: "One of our favorite bands to work with. They are young, energetic, and infectiously funky. We play with them any chance we can get."
Brad Cordle: The blue-eyed soul singer left a mark in the Midwest with his longtime horn-driven band The Mighty Jailbreakers, a regional favorite featuring powerhouse vocals, stage presence and appreciation of music that came before. Cordle has recorded and performed with the likes of Jim Belushi's Sacred Heart Band, and appeared on Aynsley Dunbar's album Mutiny.
Brad and the band can get a crowd rocking like no other, and are one of the Midwests musical gems, Miller said.
BASSthoven: "Blac and Bentone take form as a two-headed tyrannosaurus rex pitted in a lazer battle, with each live set evolving to a new paradigm of edm performance," Miller said.
Live PA sensibility is coupled with software wizardry to send the life or death DJ battle straight to the brink of extinction, he said.
BASSthoven treats listeners to original, bass heavy, dance floor driven rockers, all crafted to please both the discerning chin-stroker as well as the let-it-hang late-night dance crowd. Last year, BASSthoven played more than 100 shows across 10 states.
DJ Relic: "Faruq Yazid-Foster (aka DJ Relic) spins old soul and funk 45s that will make you groove the night away with nothing but a sway in your hips and a smile on your face," Miller said. DJ Relic credits Dj Synn, Dj SirEous and Nine Inch Nails for their influence.
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I have been hesitant to write about this meditation experience because I am not sure I can put it into words sufficient enough to explain it. It was frightening enough to keep me from my sitting mediation practice which is unfortunate because it has been so beneficial for me up till now. If anyone has any understanding of the following description please clue me in, so here goes. (I will note, the problem did not begin until after the meditation!)
I focused on my breathing and my mind began to calm itself from the everyday thoughts. I focused my attention on something I may have learned from Thich Nhat Hanh, did I exist before I was born? My mind began a process of negation from this moment back as far as I could conceive of, memories of this life, back to the womb, back to the egg and sperm before they united, back back back to what was once a flaming rock hurling through space that we now call earth. I realized once again, the interconnectedness of all things in time and space. That everything is in constant motion, dependant and empty. Maybe we could call it a deep seeing.
My mind returned to the breath until my mind was quiet and there was only breath and body. The body fell away and eventually the breath fell away also. I remained like this for some time and then decided my session would come to and end. I felt myself return, the feelings and sensations of the body all returned. Then I opened my eyes.
This is where the problem began! As I sat in my very familiar den, it was also very unrecognizable. Although everything was still it was as if it was moving. It was as if I could literally see the impermanence. It scared the heck out me which I assume made it even worse? I could not shake it and I eventually went into a sort of panic mode, full of anxiety. I tried to keep my attention on the fear waiting for it to go but it would not go. I'm not sure how else to explain it but it was as if my mind had dislodged itself and now everything looked different??? Eventually I turned on the TV to use the method of distraction (mindless distraction) and that worked. Everything was fine after that and has been fine. But what the heck was that all about?
Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated!


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Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange at close on Monday:
BRU - BURU ENERGY - down two cents, or 1.7 per cent, at $1.14
The West Australian Department of Mines and Petroleum has given the green light to Buru Energy's plans to frack for gas in the Kimberley region.
EGP - ECHO ENTERTAINMENT - up eight cents, or 2.6 per cent, at $3.16
Gaming group Echo Entertainment has teamed up with another bidder from Hong Kong in its battle against rival Crown for Brisbane's second casino licence.
FMG - FORTESCUE METALS GROUP - up 17 cents, or four per cent, at $4.39
Fortescue Metals' plans for a new Pilbara iron ore project have moved a step closer with conditional environmental approval.
MTS - METCASH - up eight cents, or 2.9 per cent, at $2.85
Grocery wholesaler Metcash has blamed tough market conditions for an 18 per cent slump in full year profit.
TEN - TEN NETWORK - up 0.5 cents, or two per cent, at 25 cents
Private equity interest in the Ten Network has boosted the struggling broadcaster's share price, but analysts aren't convinced the company is set for a takeover.
TFC - TFS CORPORATION - down 1.5 cents, or 0.9 per cent, at $1.695
Australian Sandalwood producer TFS Corporation predicts it will generate exports of $1 billion over the next decade as its oil fetches $5000 per kilogram.


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HOTSHOTS have gone back on top of Stourbridge and District Snooker League's Premier Division following a 4-1 success over Moor Pool & Snooker A while close rivals West Midlands Police slipped up.
Neil Beckley, Rob Howden, Dave Green and Milan Krstanovic, who had a 41 break, all won while Mike Richards took a consolation frame for Moor Snooker.
Only Gavin Sloan, with two breaks of 36, and Mark Sheenan could secure victories for the Police at home to Brandhall Labour.
As a result, Brandhall haven't given up on the chase for honours, Callum Downing, with a 45 break, Alan Hooper and Karl Ashmore, who had a 46 break against his former team-mate Kev Franklin, causing the damage.
Norton Social A occupy third place after beating Kingswinford RBL 4-1 – the highlight being Steve Mason's break of 80, which is the highest of the season so far, eclipsing Dave Green's previous best of 76.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture continues to do its part to fight obesity and change the junk food culture.
The latest move from USDA is a proposed law, called Smart Snacks in Schools, which bans food with high fat, sugar and sodium from school vending machines and stores.
This law follows the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, which requires the USDA to establish nutrition standards for all foods sold in schools and uses recommendations from the Institute of Medicine and existing voluntary standards already implemented by thousands of schools around the country.
If passed, the standards would go into effect a full school year after final approval, after a 60-day comment period.
In addition to fighting obesity by cutting empty calories, the law presents an opportunity for fresh produce marketers to replace those junk food items with fruits and vegetables.
Bags of fresh-cut apples, carrots, celery sticks, pineapple spears, etc., can all capitalize on this opening, not to mention whole fruit and vegetable options.
Refrigerated vending machines and shelf-life extending packaging will be necessary to keep fresh product at high quality levels.
Critics say this further encroaches on food choices. But parents are still free to send lunches from home with their kids containing the "contraband" food.
Those children who buy or receive food at school continue to see fare with greater nutritional value, and that's serious progress.
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LACF adds new board members
The Los Altos Community Foundation added five new members to its board of directors in the past quarter.
Christina Chu, Mike Kasperzak, Crysta Krames, Bob Kresek and Kevin Schick have joined the board, which now comprises 17 members.
"The new board members add to the talent, perspective and community focus of the LACF board and will further enable the foundation to positively impact our community," said Joe Eyre, the foundation's executive director.
Founded in 1991, the Los Altos Community Foundation aims to improve Los Altos, Los Altos Hills and Mountain View by promoting, fostering and sponsoring philanthropy via grantmaking, program management and fiscal sponsorship and charitable funds.
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