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Minicom is a serial communication program. It is a un*x clone of the
well-known MS-DOS Telix program. It has ANSI color, dialing directory,
dial-a-list, script language, file up/download support, screen capture,
scroll-back, etc.
WWW: http://alioth.debian.org/projects/minicom/
make generate-plist
To install the port: cd /usr/ports/comms/minicom/ && make install cleanTo add the package: pkg install minicom
cd /usr/ports/comms/minicom/ && make install clean
pkg install minicom
PKGNAME: minicom
SHA256 (minicom-2.7.1.tar.gz) = 532f836b7a677eb0cb1dca8d70302b73729c3d30df26d58368d712e5cca041f1
SIZE (minicom-2.7.1.tar.gz) = 875939
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
===> The following configuration options are available for minicom-2.7.1:
DOCS=on: Build and/or install documentation
NLS=on: Native Language Support
===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
iconv ncurses gettext
Number of commits found: 70
- Update to minicom 2.7.1
- Pet portlint
Remove libiconv.so.3 compatibility link that was added in r374303 to
prevent massive PORTREVISION bumps. Bump dependent ports that have not
been bumped since.
Remove ${PORTSDIR}/ from dependencies, Mk and categories a, b, and c.
With hat: portmgr
Sponsored by: Absolight
x11/minicom: document ncurses requirement (USES+=ncurses)
Also link to ncurses, not curses.
approved by: infrastructure blanket
Cleanup plist
Rename comms/ patch-xy patches to reflect the files they modify.
Use plist directives instead of chown to allow build as non-root
Resulting package is identical
Submitted by: Kimmo Paasiala <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Support LIBS like LDFLAGS.
- Add LIBS="${LIBS}" to MAKE_ENV and CONFIGURE_ENV.
- Add an option helper for LIBS.
- Adjust all ports that already use LIBS. Also remove references to
PTHREAD_CFLAGS and PTHREAD_LIBS while here.
- Some ports did not support having a LIBS environment variable and
required additional patches.
Somewhat simplified a linker command line looks like:
${CC} ${src_LDFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS} ${src_LIBS} ${LIBS}
where src_LDFLAGS and src_LIBS are controlled by upstream and LDFLAGS and
LIBS can be controlled by us. If possible -L and -l flags need to be
Remove indefinite articles and trailing periods from COMMENT, plus
minor COMMENT typos and surrounding whitespace fixes. Categories A-C.
Approved by: portmgr (bapt)
Remove option description that is no longer used
Submitted by: David Magda <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Add patch to fix build, forgotten in previous commit
Reported by: Jan Henrik Sylvester <email@example.com>, Eric Camachat
Pointyhat to: johans
- Update minicom to 2.7
- Run-time dependency lrz is not optional
- Simplify options handling
Enable stage support
Add NO_STAGE all over the place in preparation for the staging support (cat:
- Make ports use the libc provided iconv implementation on 10-CURRENT
after r254273
- Fix a bunch of ports to properly work after this
- Mark converters/libiconv as IGNORE for systems with iconv in libc
Reviewed by: bapt
Approved by: portmgr (bapt)
Discussed with: bapt, bsam (who both contributed ideas and code)
the only MASTER_SITE for comms/minicom is alioth.debian.org, which is currently
returning 406 Not Acceptable if your http(s) request does not include a Accept
header of the destination file type or */*. (a missing Accept line should be
intepreted as accepting all types).
* fix fetching by adding another mirror site
* change download urls to ones given on project page
* add https mirror
* change default device from cuad to cuau (cuad is 7.x and earlier)
* remove conditional for 7.x device names: 7.x is no more supported
PR: ports/179871
Submitted by: email@example.com
Convert the last USE_ICONV to USES=iconv
- Convert USE_GETTEXT to USES (part 3)
Approved by: portmgr (bapt)
Bump PORTREVISION for the previous commit, as the installed files are changed
Correct Previous NOPORTDOCS Logic
PR: ports/176140
Submitted by: Jarrod Sayers <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Update minicom to 2.6.2
- Update minicom to 2.6.1 (bugfix release)
- Convert to new options framework
- Remove patch file that is no longer needed
- Update minicom to 2.6
- Add additional patches for Linux-specific issues
- make lzr dep. optional
PR: ports/160661
Submitted by: "firstname.lastname@example.com" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Approved by: maintainer timeout (6 weeks)
Approved by: bapt,sahil (mentors, implicit)
Fix minicom build for WITHOUT_NLS (force libiconv dependency and linking)
Reported by: Gordon Shumway
PR: ports/159739
Update to minicom 2.5 (bugfix release)
- Get Rid MD5 support
Explicitly create configuration directory during pkg install
before trying to change ownership of this directory
PR: ports/153749
Submitted by: Jason Helfman <email@example.com>
- Update to 2.4
- Grab maintainership
Feature safe: yes
Bounce PORTREVISION for gettext-related ports. Have fun, ya'll.
Drop maintainership, as I do not use this port anymore.
- Use correct default serial device on 8.x
Submitted by: myself
Approved by: maintainer timeout
- Remove conditional checks relevant only on FreeBSD 5.x and older
Bump portrevision due to upgrade of devel/gettext.
The affected ports are the ones with gettext as a run-dependency
according to ports/INDEX-7 (5007 of them) and the ones with USE_GETTEXT
in Makefile (29 of them).
PR: ports/124340
Submitted by: edwin@
Approved by: portmgr (pav)
- Clean up directories on deinstall
Reported by: pointyhat
Update to 2.3.
Fix build with gcc4.
Approved by: anders (maintainer)
remove USE_REINPLACE for all ports with categories starting with C
Approved by: krion@
Replace ugly "@unexec rmdir %D... 2>/dev/null || true" with @dirrmtry
Approved by: krion@
PR: ports/88711 (related)
Make /dev/cuad0 the default serial port in FreeBSD 6 and newer.
Drop the script to choose serial port and make the link from /dev/modem
(I assume people do not need or want it anymore), set the port directly
instead (and let people override with a make switch if they want).
Users can change the default port in the configuration anyway.
PR: ports/82241
Don't remove (empty) locale directoryes, satisfy pointyhat.
Submitted by: leeym
Fix pkg-plist according to pointyhat.
Disable home-rolled gettext.
Add WITHOUT_NLS for disabling internationalization.
Clean up handling of locale directories at deinstall-time:
* Don't remove "system directories" (which were created by BSD.*.dist)
* Silently try to remove locale directories which we might have created
Don't remove all empty locale directories, only the ones we (might have)
SIZEify (maintainer timeout)
Update to 2.1.
Project moved. Update WWW URL.
Clear moonlight beckons.
Requiem mors pacem pkg-comment,
And be calm ports tree.
E Nomini Patri, E Fili, E Spiritu Sancti.
Correct WWW URL.
Rejecting new distfile with the same filename due to large and messy
diff, by using alternative master sites (at least for a while).
I'm trying to make the author roll a new tarball.
Patch configure instead of configure.in & aclocal.m4. Drop USE_AUTOCONF,
to avoid auto* trouble people have had with this port.
Use sed instead of Perl for patching in Makefile.
Make /dev/cuaa0 default port when doing batch builds, as we have no idea
whether /dev/modem is there.
Unbreak: Bento builds should have no problems with minicom now.
BROKEN: configure fails
Add missing locale files/dirs to pkg-plist (blush..).
Unbreak build for users that has autoconf >= 2.52 installed.
Explicitly specify /var/spool/lock as a locking directory, so that configure
script will not pick up a wrong one (e.g. samba's /var/lock).
Update to version 2.00.0. Unforbid because known vulnerabilities have been
fixed. Take over maintainership.
Mark FORBIDDEN; this port allows a local exploit yielding uid uucp
Deal with semi-bogus error reports from Bento.
The previous commit - use the 4.4BSD spelling of TIOCMGET and TIOCMSET rather
than the obsolete TIOCMODG and TIOCMOD, was brought to you by the letters B,
D, and E.
Better detecting of modem status lines. Use the 4.4BSD spelling of TIOCMGET
and TIOCMSET rather than the obsolete TIOCMODG and TIOCMOD.
Fix "DISTFILES".
Convert category comms to new layout.
Use _PATH_UUCPLOCK from path.h rather than /var/spool/uucp.
Oops, this WRKSRC *was* necessary. Change ${PKGNAME} to ${DISTNAME} instead
of taking it out. My apologies.
Eliminate WRKSRC=${WRKDIR}/${PKGNAME} lines, as these will break when
PORTREVISION or PORTEPOCH are defined.
Update md5 checksum. Unfortunately there is no previous version on
MASTER_SITE_BACKUP, so it is impossible to check what was changed.
Revert to rev 1.8 -- which breaks this port again. I don't know exactly what
changed in the distfile. To generate the new checksum I did ``make distclean
makesum''. So I don't have the old distfiles around to check. I did verify
that the new distfiles does compile and the resulting binary runs. But I
guess that is not suffient today.
Distfile changed -- update checksum.
Upgrade to version 1.83.1. 1.83.1 is supose to have more sane logfile control.
Servers and bandwidth provided byNew York Internet, SuperNews, and RootBSD
No vulnerabilities have been reported in the past 14 days
* - modified, not new
All vulnerabilities


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APPLETON - Have you read any good books lately? Its all about reading in the Fox Valley this week.
Monday marked the beginning of the 7th annual Fox Cities Book Festival. The event features dozens of authors, both locally and nationally.
Aside from discussions about books, there will be a chance to take part in hands on activities. Workshops will be given in writing and publishing.
Brian Kopetsky with Community Partnership says the event speaks to writers and readers of every level.
"There's something about being human that ties us directly to stores we've been telling, stories all the way back to caveman drawing on walls stories are apart of our culture and about humanity. So this seems like a great celebration of that aspect of our culture," said Kopetsky.
The festival ends on Sunday.

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From top: AIRMAG AF7028 from Clariti Eyewear; DAISY FUENTES Carolina from Zyloware; ADRIENNE VITTADINI 1910 from Match EyewearPhotograph by Ned Matura
The sunglass market continues to hold its own according to the findings of 20/20's 2011 Sunwear MarketPulse Survey of independents conducted in October 2011. But the survey doesn't point toward any striking overall changes in this segment of the market—undoubtedly because of lingering uncertainty about the economy. In fact, the percentage of participants who reported an increase in their sun business in the past year (66 percent) was almost the same as the 2010 figure (67 percent). Additionally in 2011 respondents said they expected sunwear products to account for only 9 percent of gross retail dollar sales for the year—again similar to the 8 percent cited in both 2009 and 2010. The average price for a complete pair of Rx sunwear per patient (including frame and lenses, but excluding the exam) is also holding steady. Current respondents cited the price as $318, just slightly less than the $326 reported in 2010. Moreover the vast majority of Rx sunglasses (75 percent) dispensed by the surveyed independents in the past year retailed on average for more than $200, and 20 percent sold for an average in excess of $400—again analogous to the 2010 figures of 79 percent and 19 percent, respectively.
Still a variety of statistics indicate sunwear remains a hot category with a great deal of future potential. Very importantly, consumers appear to be better informed about sunwear products than they were five years ago, according to 68 percent of the respondents. This number is up from 62 percent in 2010 and 58 percent in 2009. The advantage of better educated customers is they are often willing to purchase premium products that have increased functional benefits.
For example, premium lens materials are increasingly making significant contributions to the bottom line. Findings for the 2011 survey indicate polycarbonate lenses account for 44 percent of Rx sun sales, up from 40 percent in 2010. High-index plastic represents an additional 17 percent, up from 15 percent the previous year. Standard plastic (CR39) comprises 34 percent of market share. Five years ago in 2007 plastic led, accounting for 43 percent of Rx sun lens sales with polycarbonate trailing at 37 percent.
Customized Rx sun lens programs also contribute positively to profits. Of those surveyed, nearly half (48 percent) said they participate in prescription programs offered by name-brand sunwear/sport glass companies. These programs duplicate proprietary performance-oriented features in prescription lenses.
The performance factor brings up another aspect that should be beneficial to the sun business. The past several years have witnessed a merging between fashion-oriented and sport-oriented sunglasses. Fashion sunglasses, although designed for street and urban wear, often are available with a variety of premium performance features including polarization and grippable, rubberized bridges and temple tips. And manufacturers are dressing up sport glasses with hot colors and cool shapes without sacrificing performance. Surprisingly only 44 percent of the survey respondents said they believe the lines between fashion and sport sunwear are blurring, down from 50 percent in 2010. Of the 44 percent that feel the two categories are merging, 51 percent thought this is helping sales of both Rx and plano sunglasses. Only 6 percent felt the merging is hurting sunwear sales. Actually the blending of the two categories should be beneficial to both sunglass and sport glass sales. Those individuals—frequently women reluctant to wear sport glasses because in the past they often seemed bulky and unattractive—now have many fashionable options available to choose from. Performance features on the other hand appeal to those who may not be athletes, but think of themselves as having an active lifestyle. ECPs may need to point out these factors to their patients in their sunglass presentations.
Another factor indicating positive news for the sunglass business is participants say Rx sunglasses accounted on average for 58 percent of total retail sunwear only dollar sales in 2011, significant because Rx products commanded the highest price points in the sunwear category. Also those polled reported 42 percent of their patients requested the plano sunwear they purchased be fitted with Rx sun lenses.
Additionally, although respondents said they dispensed clip-ons with only 13 percent of the Rx eyeglasses sold in 2011, representing 12 percent of retail sunwear dollars, clip-ons do contribute to the bottom line, selling for an average of $66.
Also on the plus side, survey participants are well aware of the positive qualities differentiating them from other sunwear channels of distribution. Of the respondents, 38 percent cited superior service as the number one attribute setting them apart from the competition; followed by frame and lens knowledge, indicated by 27 percent; and product customization capabilities cited by 22 percent.
Despite warming trends in the sun business, there are clouds on the horizon and not necessarily the result of a struggling economy. ECPs need to continue reinforcing that everyone requires sun protection every day of the year. According to those surveyed, the largest percentage of their Rx sunwear customers (32 percent) were adults between the ages of 35 and 44, followed by mature adults 45 to 54 (27 percent). Young adults (17 to 34) represented 20 percent of the total and seniors (55 and older), 16 percent. Children under 16 accounted for only 4 percent of all Rx sunwear customers.
As for the gender buying more Rx sunwear, women were cited by 54 percent of the respondents as more likely to buy Rx sunwear. Only 14 percent said men bought more sunwear; 33 percent reported equal sun sales from both sexes.
In regard to selling sun year-round—although the sun knows no season—the majority of respondents characterized sunglass sales as high only during July and August (65 percent) and May and June (52 percent), and tumbling for the rest of the year, ranging from only 4 percent citing a high in January and February to 17 percent in September and October.
Another especially disturbing area in which optical is falling far short of its potential is in dispensing sunglasses to contact lens wearers. Just 54 percent of retailers surveyed claim they always recommend their contact lens patients buy sunglasses and 4 percent never suggest sunwear to these customers. Even more negative is the fact that only 15 percent said their patients make a sunwear purchase at the time they are fitted for new contact lenses, even though they will need sunglasses the moment they step outside. Certainly optical has an essential place in the sun. The sun has not lost any of its sizzle. The product is exciting and abundant. Just note all the dynamic styles featured in this issue. Every one of your customers, regardless of age or gender, needs sunwear. And they need it every day of the year. The challenge—and the opportunity—is yours. But you must be prepared to dedicate a significant portion of your practice, your environment and your attitude to sunglasses. You must be prepared to turn up the heat. ■
20/20 Magazine's 2011 Sunwear MarketPulse study is based on data collected from structured e-mail interviews with 214 independent optical retailers. The samples were derived from the proprietary Jobson Database.
All 2011 interviews were conducted in October 2011. Data is presented from a retailer or practitioner's perspective and may reflect seasonal market and thus behavioral fluctuations.
All participants were contacted via e-mail invitation and offered an incentive of a chance to win a $200 American Express gift card.
This study was also conducted during the same time of year in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010. Trended data is charted wherever possible.
2010's data was collected from structured interviews with 267 independent optical retailers, 2009's data was collected from structured interviews with 159 independent optical retailers, 2008's data was collected from structured e-mail interviews with 190 independent optical retailers and 2007's data was collected from structured e-mail interviews with 180 independent optical retailers. All participants were contacted via e-mail invitation and offered an incentive of a chance to win a $200 American Express gift card each year from 2007 to 2010.
—Jennifer Zupnick
Senior Research Analyst
Jobson Optical Research


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Alaska Tech Coordinator Job Posting
- 4/2/2007
- Alaska Legal Services Corporation
- Link: http://www.alaskaadvocates.org
Strange though this may seem, I'm posting a position announcement for my own job. I'm retiring from Alaska Legal Services Corporation on June 8 and would like to get the word out to the LawHelp community about this job opportunity.
Here's a link to the posting http://www.alaskaadvocates.org/link.cfm?7991 and I have also attached the notice as a Word document.
Among other chores, my successor is going to need to coordinate work on two LSC TIG projects. One of these is a continuation web site grant (this will need the final narrative report written up about six months). The second is a new TIG project titled "The Pro Se Divorce Companion: How to Represent Yourself in a Contested Divorce Case When You Cannot Afford an Attorney." This is a CD-based family law course for pro se litigants that incorporates video and other multi-media features. We are just completing our first quarter of work on this project.
Although applications need to go to Executive Director Andy Harrington, I'd be happy to answer questions about what this job entails. Fairbanks is a great place to live, and ALSC is a great organization.
Beth Heuer
Administrative and Technology Coordinator
Alaska Legal Services Corporation
- Other
- Planning


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It feels like I've been watching Anna Nicole Smith die my whole life.
It's not true: Smith's first wave of fame, which carried her from Playboy playmate to GUESS Jeans model to celebrity widow of an elderly billionaire over the first half of the '90s, hardly made a dent in my consciousness.
I started paying attention when things got weird, as the escalating legal battle for her dead husband's estate kept her in the courts and her downward-spiraling public behavior splashed her across the tabloids. The clash of Anna Nicole's competing personas—celebrity litigant, impending heiress, public train wreck—reached its apotheosis on The Anna Nicole Show, E!'s 2002 reality series tracking Anna's "daily life" in shocking detail.
No one who watched the show, featuring a sloppy, slurring Anna stumbling through her life in a narcotic fog, can be surprised to learn that Anna Nicole Smith ended up dead in a hotel room. In every way imaginable—emotionally, financially, medically—the show was a cry for help. No celebrity has ever allowed herself to be captured in such unflattering and desperate circumstances, and in a perverse, culturally incriminating twist, it made Anna a star all over again.
Future archeologists will puzzle over the motives of a culture obsessed with the bumbling non-adventures of a deeply troubled woman, with the easy answer positing some intoxicating combination of voyeurism and schadenfreude. But The Anna Nicole Show wasn't paparazzi footage—she was a willing participant and the primary financial beneficiary, and, however klutzily, the show spotlighted the intricacies of exploitation in a new way. Yeah, she's the one who offered up her desperately pathetic life on television, but we're the ones who watched.
Considering the near-stupor in which Anna Nicole Smith conducted her last half-decade on earth—stumbling through unhinged award-show appearances and stints as TrimSpa's tweaky spokesmodel—it's interesting to remember that whatever pain she was killing through aggressive self-medication was left unspoken. Maybe it was the stress of extended litigation and an uncertain financial future, maybe it was the embarrassment of radically fluctuating weight, maybe it was chronic back pain brought on by brutally augmented breasts, or maybe she was just a drug-loving floozy—we didn't ask and she didn't tell.
Granted, both asking and telling would've required open acknowledgment of a problem, something Anna never gave, not explicitly. Her every stumble and gurgle pegged her as an incorrigible doper, but all inquiries were shot down by her handlers, who lazily blamed "exhaustion" or "cold medicine" or said, "that's just Anna!" when they deigned to offer an explanation at all. Those who talked openly about Anna's drug problems—most notably her mother, Virgie Hart—were banished, forced to watch Anna's battle with consciousness from afar like the rest of us, to whom Anna's morbid struggle was presented as entertainment.
Maybe things would have been different if Anna's problems had threatened someone other than herself. Far less egregious cases—Mel Gibson, Michael Richards, Isaiah Washington, Mark Foley—have been led into rehab by their public offenses against others. But the sole victim of Anna Nicole was Anna Nicole, and as the years passed, public self-degradation became her stock-in-trade.
All of this changed last year, when the morbid comedy of Anna Nicole Smith turned into morbid tragedy. On September 9, Anna Nicole's 20-year-old son, Daniel, arrived in the Bahamas, where his mother had just given birth to a baby girl. The morning after his arrival, Daniel Smith was found dead of a drug overdose, and Anna Nicole was at the center of a tragedy that would tempt even the most resilient person to obliterate the agony with drugs.
Things got ugly fast. As the freakiness piled up—the one-two punch of Daniel's death and Anna and Howard's "wedding," the ongoing paternity drama over baby Dannielynn, the couple's shameless hustling of "the final photos of Daniel Smith!"—those of us who'd been paying attention grimly started the Anna Nicole death countdown.
This sounds crass and it is, but I'd been watching Anna navigate life on thin ice for years, and the loss of her son seemed certain to drive her over the edge. Tragically, I was right. In a final bit of Marilyn Monroe emulation, Anna Nicole Smith apparently died after choking on her own vomit. In a fitting testament to the world of difference between their legacies, Marilyn Monroe died in her home in Hollywood, California, while Anna Nicole Smith died in a Hard Rock Hotel in Hollywood, Florida.
Entertainment Tonight has what looks to be the final interview footage of Anna Nicole, who gives ET a tour of "her new Bahama home!"
"You're going to make a lot of memories in this house," gushes the ET host. "What kind of life do you want to create here?"
"No stress," slurs Anna through her impenetrable, glassy-eyed haze, which her interviewer blithely ignores, as interviewers have been doing for years. Watching this footage after Anna Nicole's death, I was forced to imagine how her statements would've landed had she lived. It was nearly impossible: Smith's been on the fast track to the only stress-free situation humans have known since the dawn of the new century, and the matter of her death has long been just a matter of time.
From the start, Anna Nicole found her way by baring it all: Stripping in a Texas nightclub led to meeting her billionaire husband, appearing in Playboy led to her contract with GUESS. When people stopped wanting to see her increasingly bloated body, she showed everything she had left for reality TV cameras, and we kept watching.
Baring herself for the entertainment of others is what Anna Nicole Smith knew how to do, and for better or worse, she did it like no one else before her.


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Comparison of Zotarolimus-Eluting Stent vs Sirolimus-Eluting Stent for Diabetic Patients (ESSENCE-DM2)
This study has been completed.
Seung-Jung Park
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First Posted: August 23, 2010
Last Update Posted: July 29, 2014
CardioVascular Research Foundation, Korea
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Seung-Jung Park, CardioVascular Research Foundation, Korea
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- How to Read a Study Record
No Study Results Posted on ClinicalTrials.gov for this Study
|Study Status:
|This study has been completed.
|Study Completion Date:
|July 2013
|Primary Completion Date:
|December 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)


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City's new website will go live soon
Come this weekend the city of Rosemount's website may get a new look. It may come next weekend too. Either way, sometime in the next month residents should expect the city's website will change.
This past winter the city council hired Kansas-based CivicPlus to redesign its website. Since then city staff has worked with the company to create the new site.
Communications director Alan Cox said the new site will offer improved services over the current site. The most significant change, Cox said, is that the new site will make it easier to find information.
"I think it has some real improvements in usability," Cox said.
Enhancements include a version of the Rosemount site for smart phones, a system that allows the city to post alerts, an option to collect payments online and a module that allows the city to return to showing meetings live on the web, among others.
Working with CivicPlus will also allow the city to dump its current contract with a vendor for bulk email services, which will save the city $2,500 a year.
The city will unveil the website over a weekend to try to make the transition seamless. Cox said according to the company most will get the website in 24 hours but they will give 48 just to make sure.
One reason the city chose to go with CivicPlus was because the company continually updates and offers new technologies without additional costs. The cost for the new website was a nearly $25,000. That includes the redesign and the first year of service.
Cox said the new site will include an easier way to inform public works of needed repairs. Additionally, the site will have the capability to stream meetings live, though that may not be available immediately.
It will take time for residents to get used to the new site, but Cox said he hopes residents will find easier to use. To ensure the site is working in the interest of residents, Cox said they will use a module to get people's input on the site.
"We want feedback. It's an ongoing process and we will try to be responsive to requests," said Cox.
The council made it a goal to improve its communications with residents. Part of that goal is improving the city's website so it is more user-friendly and offers more to residents. Several cities in the area use CivicPlus as their website provider, including Burnsville and Apple Valley.
The city's previous web provider was GovOffice. The council decided to go with CivicPlus because of limitations in GovOffice offerings. Issues included design limitations, lack of live video-streaming, limited function for smartphones and tablets and uneven record of updates and improvements.
The city has had a website since 1997. In 2005 the city paid for a partial redesign of the website. The design has not changed since.


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She divorced in December last year [2] but it looks like sexy Jordanian singer-turned-actress, May Salim, is wasting no time in getting back on the market.
The star is filming scenes for her latest music video [3], 'Sam'aah' (I Hear Him), which looks set to be a steamy one after director, Jamil al Maghazi, insisted on getting in an Italian male model to play opposite May.
Not only with the pair be frolicking around on screen but the clip will also be set in beautiful Alexandria with some great views and a long stretch of beach.
[1] http://www.syndigate.info
[2] http://www.albawaba.com/entertainment/may-salim-divorce-458170
[3] http://www.albawaba.com/entertainment/may-salim-divorce-471655
[4] http://www.albawaba.com


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Iran indicated on November 18 that it would not agree to the IAEA deal. Representatives of the six world powers met in Brussels on November 20 and decided against imposing sanctions. Instead they jointly urged Iran to accept the proposal.
"We urge Iran to reconsider the opportunity offered by this agreement … and to engage seriously with us in dialogue and negotiations," the six nations said in a statement. One official, who asked for anonymity, downplayed the option of sanctions, saying, "These things are a matter of timing, and this was not the right time for it."
The plan put forth by the IAEA was that Iran would export its enriched uranium that could otherwise be used for nuclear weapons. The uranium would be sent to Russia and France for processing into fuel rods, and the rods would be returned to Iran one year later. These fuel rods can be used to power nuclear reactors, but they are not easily converted back into weapons-grade material.
On November 18, Iran said it would not export its enriched uranium, essentially rejecting the deal. Iranian Foreign Minister Manochehr Mottaki on November 19 dismissed the threat of any sanctions that could result, saying that they had not worked in the past and he didn't expect them to be tried again.
Mohamed ElBaradei, the IAEA chief, asked Iran to reconsider cooperating with the uranium export plan. "I would hate to see that we are moving back to sanctions," he said. "Because sanctions, at the end of the day … really don't resolve issues."
ElBaradei noted that Iran had not yet given an official response to the IAEA, although Iranian officials had told him that Iran would only export its enriched uranium if fuel rods for their reactors were given up front.
"That to me is an extreme case of distrust," ElBaradei lamented. "And what we are really trying to do is replace distrust by a degree of trust."
U.S. State Department spokesman Robert Wood said the United States had not given up hope that Iran would agree to and implement the exchange program. "We continue to call on Iran to accept this proposal with regard to the Tehran research reactor. We think it's a good one," Wood stated. "We think it's a great way for Iran to show, if, indeed, its intentions are peaceful, that they want to cooperate with the international community with regard to its nuclear program."
Photo of Mohamed ElBaradel: AP Images


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The Item: Career Updates, Special Appearances, Andrew Oye's IFBB Pro Athletes Roundup
The Scoop: Recently Reported: IFBB Pro League athletes had career updates or made recent guest appearances at various bodybuilding, physique and fitness events. The "Andrew Oye's Pro-Muscle Report" latest roundup includes an improved pro and a proven champion.
The "So What?": Over the weekend, channeling "The Incredible Hulk" (a character formerly portrayed on TV and made popular by "Pumping Iron" star, AAU Mr. America and 2-time Mr. Universe IFBB Pro Lou Ferrigno) in theme, IFBB Pro Roelly Winklaar guest-posed at the Mr. Hercules contest on his home turf of Curacao, Netherlands. Back in the States, 4-time Mr. Olympia IFBB Pro Jay Cutler had an autograph-signing event at a sports nutrition shop in Bend, Oregon. Powerlifter and IFBB Pro Johnnie Jackson just signed a new sports-nutrition endorsement contract. With sights set on the 2014 IFBB Pro Arnold Schwarzenegger Classic Bodybuilding Championships in Brasil, IFBB Pro Steve Kuclo posted a clip exploring a technique called "Gene-Tested Training" in the latest installment of his training video series. Based on a gene test, Kuclo tailored his workout with explosive squatting movements to improve muscle-growth results.
Andrew Oye's Verdict: Quite a few followers of the Olympia Qualification Series consider IFBB Pro Egberton 'Roelly' Winklaar the most-improved IFBB Pro bodybuilder of 2013, citing his 7th place finish at Olympia Weekend (won by 3-time Mr. Olympia IFBB Pro Phil Heath). Older brother of fellow IFBB Pro Quincy Winklaar, Roelly displayed a denser physique than the one he may have overstressed last year competing in a whopping eight competitions during the 2012 IFBB Pro League contest season, which landed him right behind 6th place 4-time champ IFBB Pro Jay Cutler and right above 8th place rookie-sensation IFBB Pro Mamdouh Elssbiay (a.k.a. "Big Ramy") in 2013. The elder Winklaar placed 12th at the 2012 Olympia.
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Dan's death in Islamabad, January 20, 2010, during surgery long needed and researched on his right hip, shocked family, friends, and acquaintances at home in Alaska and in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Russia, China, Azerbaijan and Mongolia. Dan's wife, Kristine, praised "a good man" who died happy doing work he loved. With children, Willow (28), Honalee (26) and Cedar (23), Kristin's grief is laced with gratitude. His mother, two sisters, a brother, numerous nieces and nephews, also survive Dan.
Dan arrived Amherst via Philips Andover and origins near Pittsburgh, where he was later reported the youngest Eagle Scout in Pennsylvania. In college years Dan held Independent, curious, positive, confident, and yet unassuming, as he did throughout his 60 years. Fred Goggans shared that in 1970 The Student featured reports and photos of several cozy, exploratory conversations with Dean Robert Ward, prompted by complaints about Chelsea, Dan's female Belgian shepherd, who attracted 'town dogs' to campus canine courting life and raised a howl! The Dean saw a catalytic agency in Chelsea's charm, inciting sensitive, historic "town and gown" relations. Physics major, Dan grasped the underlying issues and negotiated well, being by nature cheerful, practical and thoughtful of the interests of various species. Those same attributes were demonstrated throughout Dan's life and work: brokering business partnerships, Audubon and Sierra membership, Space Studies Institute, L-5 Society, Northwest Alaska Native Association, family and humanitarian commitment to doing good, even where others might rather not risk going. Chelsea remained Dan's close companion for years; Kristine recalls early life with them both!
Dan earned a Wharton MBA (1973), worked in Alaska for the Juneau Dept of Transportation, then the US Dept of Transportation, and remained associated with Johns Hopkins. His leadership of Alaskan infrastructure management projects and international transportation projects enriched life; so did water color painting, sailing, gardening, reading and building. When Dan died he was helping Pakistani government set up partnerships with private companies to build public roads linking isolated mountain villages. Dan and Kristine built a Trimaran, sailed up the inner Passage, and then raised their timber-frame home on North Tee Harbor (1984), where they always returned following trips abroad. Worth noting is that Dan designed the home from an original Massachusetts Bay Colony pattern that he re-sketched. He is missed now. Peace.
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Three young teenagers were arrested and charged with murder in connection with the killing of a 46-year-old man whose body was found on an iron fence in Hoboken, officials said.
The Hudson County Prosecutor's office said the three teens -- two 13-year-olds and one 14-year-old -- followed Ralph Eric Santiago down a Hoboken street on Sept. 10.
According to authorities, one of the teens punched Santiago, causing him to collapse onto an iron fence with his neck wedged between two fence posts, where he died.
Prosecutors said they believe the teens were playing "knockout," a violent game in which a pedestrian is attacked with the aim of rendering the person unconscious with one punch.
The three teens are all from Jersey City and turned themselves in Thursday and Friday, officials said.


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ProPickup Quick Tip
by Bruce W. Smith
I love utilizing tricks of the trade to speed up installs without jeopardizing the end results.
This is especially true when it comes to installing boost gauge and/or flow meter sensors into the Duramax aluminum intake manifold.
The normal, play-it-very-safe routine to drill and tap the holes for the sensors is to remove the intake so you can do the work on the bench.
This way you can blow out any shavings that may have slipped into the intake whilst you were drilling and tapping.
But getting the intake off takes time (and as all contractor's know, time is money.)
Removing the intake requires unplugging all the wiring connectors that lay over the manifold, disconnecting the battery leads to the alternator and controller on top of the intake, disconnecting the air intake tube and EGR hose, and then removing the half-dozen or so bolts that attach intake to plenum.
Seasoned shop mechanics like Truck Supply & Outfitter'sDaniel Parker speed up this process by leaving everything in place and using bearing grease to keep the metal shavings from getting inside the intake — and being sucked into the engine.
The process is dirt simple:
These two steps can save you more than an hour in valuable shop labor when it comes to installing sensors for turbo boost and water-methanol injection flow gauges.–Pro


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I'd like to ask the opinion of you, my friends and readers about something I've been pondering this past few weeks.
Longer term readers will remember back in April when I asked your opinion about whether I should allow some of my posts to appear on WebProNews.
At the time I was a little torn on the idea. On one hand I could see it might help build profile, would bring some inbound links and would get some of my posts into Google News but on the downside it would lead to offsite readership and duplicate content. In the end I agreed to enter into the arrangement.
Since this time I've carefully watched to see what impact being a part of WebProNews has had and now am wanting to review it and would love to hear your perspective as readers of this blog and as wise bloggers yourself:
Here is some of what I can report back:
• Since April they've used just over 155 of my posts (you can see them listed here). In that same period I've posted 650 posts here at Problogger (so they've used about 25%).
• The posts that they've linked to have been a real mixture of posts including newsy short posts through to my longer, original content tips pieces. The filter out some of the less important pieces (like this one I suspect!)
• Probably my biggest concern is that the articles that appear on WebProNews almost always outrank the articles as they appear on ProBlogger. I searched for the exact titles of many of these articles on Google and in the vast majority of cases the WebProNews version (or one of their syndicated sites) came up as number 1 for the term and I came in second or third. As they usually pick up my best posts – this means my bread and butter posts are not being picked up as highly as they could on Google. The good side of this is that I'm at least getting my content ranking highly – the downside is that WebProNews are doing better from my content than I am myself – I also worry that this will make my site look like a scraper site in Google and could mean I am penalized for duplicate content.
• I've noticed only the occasional direct referral from the links within these articles and their signatures.
• Many of the articles that they link to appear not only on WebProNews directly – but also on a variety of other sites that they syndicate content to (for example they come up here, here and here to name just three sites).
• Articles that I write are often picked up and linked to by other bloggers but often the links point to the article at WebProNews as this is where the content is found.
• I have had one or two readers tell me that they have found my blog via articles on WPN but have little other evidence of it raising my profile. Of course I have not sought out feedback on this and it could be helping more than I know.
• My signature on all 150 articles has links back to four of my blogs. While this has brought virtually no traffic it must contribute to page ranking to some extent – although the pages they appear on are not really relevant content and have a page rank of between 0 and 3 in most cases.
So – my dilemma is whether I should continue to allow WPN to use my content as they have been or whether I should end the association.
Before I make up my decision I'd love to hear the thoughts of others both to find out if having my content on WPN has had any impact upon you as a reader (did you find my site through them? – do you read them there rather than on my feed or blog? etc) and secondly to get your wisdom on what you'd do as a blogger?
Looking forward to your thoughts.


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Tablet computers set to be used in District 518 classes
WORTHINGTON -- Technological learning devices --more specifically, iPads -- will be in the hands of nearly all District 518 students within the next two years following action taken at last night's regular meeting of the ISD 518 board of directors.
"This will help technology become more integrated into the curriculum," said Superintendent John Landgaard of the move to spend roughly $530,000 to purchase and/or lease iPads and attendant equipment for teachers and students in the coming few years.
The first phase of iPad implementation begins this spring, as many teachers will receive the devices to begin preparation for classroom use. Phase 2 involves fourth- through ninth-grade students using iPads beginning next fall, while Phase 3 will occur when remaining grades have them in hand by fall 2014.
"We should have full implementation of the learning devices with our students in two years," said Landgaard.
While all seven board members clearly approved of that technological advancement, there was more obvious dissension over the question of bus service in the district for the coming school year.
"We received three quotes of estimated annual costs for transportation, and we've done some negotiating," reported Dave Skog, director of management services.
The result: current contractor American Student Transportation offered the low bid of $941,336, with Bud's Bus Service requiring $1,147,080 and Bruce Kempema asking $1,172,336.
"Bud's Bus did drop a little, but we have some additional questions for American Transportation based on information from our attorneys, and we're not quite ready to make a recommendation," Skog said.
Added Landgaard, "We've had conversations, and there are some potential other issues with our current company, so we want to do our due diligence and homework on these quotes and come back to the board with a recommendation at a later date."
Board member Brad Shaffer queried whether the bidders were aware of District 518's efforts to construct a bus garage/shed.
"I think it's because of the shed that we got these three quotes," responded Landgaard, explaining that outlying bus companies tend to be reluctant to wade into others' home territory.
Board member Joel Lorenz then expressed his discomfort with American Transportation, despite their low bid.
"I keep hearing, 'We want better service and a better contract,'" said Lorenz. "The complaints I've had about them from parents these past two years are way beyond the point where I'd accept them, period.
"I don't care if it's higher priced -- I'm sick of this, and I won't support them [American Transportation] if they don't do a better job."
Scott Rosenberg concurred, noting, "We've added programs and services in other areas and found a way to make it work financially. To me, transportation for our students should be safe, and it should be a priority for us.
"There are a lot of areas where I have questions, and I can't support American Transportation either right now, despite the cost difference."
"We don't feel we have enough information yet to make a decision on what will serve our district best," Landgaard said, "but the question I have for the board to consider is, what positions will we not fund to cover the $180,000 cost difference?"
The transportation contract and bids will be further reviewed and discussed at a District 518 Operations Committee meeting before returning to the full board for a vote later in April.
In other business, Skog said there were "no unusual expenses or revenues" during the past month on the financial front. With all District 518 board members in attendance, the consent agenda, all meeting minutes from the past month and other routine items were unanimously approved.
SEH Inc., was ratified as the architect/engineer for the bus terminal project, with an anticipated fee of $77,000 for services rendered.
"The paperwork to purchase the property for the bus terminal is not yet completed," Landgaard said.
A few questions were also asked about the proposed new assistant principal position at Prairie Elementary, with Landgaard and Prairie Principal Josh Noble explaining the change came about with the retirement of a lead teacher who supervised the Title 1 area.
"We have talked about this off and on for the past couple of years, and the cost of the position will be covered under Title 1 funds," said Noble. "The new assistant principal will also help with after school programs and targeted services."
Worthington Middle School (WMS) Principal Jeff Luke offered a brief report on his building, mentioning the school's first goal is to ensure quality academics and attempt to improve test scores.
"We want to see improvement and growth in test scores on an individual student basis," he said.
Luke said the school also has a physical education and health goal, with an assessment partly being addressed when students are timed on a mile run. A third goal involves reducing incidents of bullying.
Luke thanked the board for allowing WMS to have an interventionist teacher --Scott Burns -- who works with nearly 100 students daily, in small groups, on improving math and reading ability. And Luke said WMS is enthusiastic about the coming iPads.
"We are ready to go with the learning device initiative," he pledged. "Whatever is coming, we're ready for it."
In his superintendent's report, Landgaard passed around two samples of proposed new letterhead for the District 518 office for board input, which students in a WHS graphic design class prepared.
In addition, Landgaard said he had received a letter from the Round Lake/Brewster school district about developing a tuition agreement for transferring high school students.
"It definitely looks like some of those students will be headed to Worthington High School," confirmed Landgaard.
The North Central Accreditation review is in process locally, with an exit report due to be presented at 1:30 p.m. today in the WHS Media Center.
Another upcoming meeting of interest -- discussion and revision of the master plan for the Worthington sports/recreation study -- will take place at 6 p.m. April 17 at the Worthington Fire Hall.
Several District 518 administrators, as well as a handful of visitors, were in attendance at the Tuesday evening board meeting.
At the start of the meeting, Board Chair Linden Olson praised the following recent developments in District 518: Prairie Elementary Science Fair participants and winners, the successful WHS First Robotics team, the WHS state-qualifying Knowledge Bowl team, the WHS gymnastics team for receiving the Team Gold Award for academic and athletic performance, state wrestling champion Anthony Luft, state wrestling finalist Carson Hagen and state gymnastics participant Paige Kinley.
The next regular meeting of the District 518 board is scheduled for 5:15 p.m. April 16 in the Worthington High School Media Center.
For more information about recent proceedings of the District 518 board of directors, visit www.isd518.net/school-board.


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Mosquito bites are known to transmit a heart disease called heartworm in dogs. The worms plug arteries inside infected dogs, which can eventually lead to heart disease if the animal is not treated.
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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Hollywood couple Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom spent their fourth wedding anniversary apart, E! News reported.
The couple tied the knot Sept. 27, 2009, after a whirlwind courtship, but did not mark the anniversary of their wedding together this year.
Odom, a professional basketball player, was arrested last month for allegedly driving under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol. His arraignment is set for Oct. 10.
He was suspended by the NBA twice in 2001 for violating the league's drug policy for using marijuana.
The athlete's alleged substance abuse reportedly has caused tremendous strain on his marriage to the reality TV personality, and the pair have been separated for weeks.


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To his family, John Bradley never spoke of the photograph or the war. But after his death at age 70, his family discovered closed boxes of letters and photos. In Flags of Our Fathers, James Bradley draws on those documents to retrace the lives of his father and the men of his company. Following these men's paths to Iwo Jima, James Bradley has written a classic story of the heroic battle for the Pacific's most crucial island.
But perhaps the most interesting part of the story is what happened after the victory. The men in the photo - three were killed during the battle - were proclaimed heroes and flown home, to become reluctant symbols. For two of them, the adulation was shattering. Only James Bradley's father truly survived, displaying no copy of the famous photograph in his home, telling his son only: "The real heroes of Iwo Jima were the guys who didn't come back."
This program is read by Golden Globe-winning actor Barry Bostwick. Bostwick starred as the Mayor in the hit ABC comedy series Spin City.
©2000 James Bradley and Ron Powers; (P)2000 Random House, Inc., Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Publishing, A Division of Random House, Inc.; Original Jacket Photo ©AP/Wide World Photos
"Flags of Our Fathers"
I could give this 10 stars. This is one of the best books I have ever read. I found the book fascinating. I am very interested in WWII stories. This is a true account of the famous photo of the six Marines who raised the flag on Iwo Jima. It is the story of the men, before, during and after the war. Who they were, why they joined the Marines, and what brought these six men together. This story provides insite how Americans thought about WWII and how important family members relied on each other.
It also points out how critical it is to have unification as a team of fighting men and how the American spirit helped to win many battles during the war.
"Flags for our Fathers"
This was one of the most inspiring book I have read in a long time. The majority of this country do not have the slightest idea what these brave Americans (Marines) went through. I would strongly recommend that each and every member of the House and Senate read this book. Maybe they would be constantly aware of what makes a young men and women want to put their lives on the line for their county and its freedom.
"Respect and honor"
A good story and associated history of a dark time in WWII. The country was inspired by a picture that was casually made. The author shows much admiration for his father and the life he lead. He was a good role model for all time. Is reveals some of the realities of war in graphic manner. It is somewhat repetitive in spots and could use a bit of editing to make it smoother.
"Flags of Our Fathers"
Considering the writing style of Bradley, it is unbelievable that he is not more well know as a writer of non-ficton. The way he has taken old, almost forgoten documentation and has been able to weave these seperate facts into a story of horror, fear, pain, and heroism almost places the reader into the battle. Some of the realism, on many occasions, brought tears to my eyes. It also brings to light that the failure that we as American citizens have in not properly caring for our war heroes did not start with Iraq, the Gulf Wars, or even Vietnam. The heroes of Iwo Jima and the rest of WWII definatly were victims of our negligence. After hearing this narration of such a well written book, I can hardly wait for Bradley's latest book, "FLYBOYS" to be available on AUDIBLE.COM.
"Sinfully mispronounces a critical word throughout"
My Uncle Jack Simms was a corpsman on Iwo Jima. This story is a spectacular telling of a major Pacific Theatre battle of WWII.
What makes this difficult to listen to is the continuous mispronunciation of the word "Corpsman". My uncle and every other Marine or Sailor I ever heard pronounce the word
was "CORE-MAN" not "CORPS-MAN".
Other than that the book is great.
"Finally accuracy"
I feel as though I finally know my own father. He died at 53 when I was 17 and not interested in history. I never had the chance to know him.
"amazing book"
listened to it going to Ohio with my mom we where bothed amazed with the book and the story behind the flag raising.
"a superb story"
This is the story behind the marines who raised the American flag (in the famous photo) during the WWII battle for Iwo Jima. It details their backgrounds, helps us to get to know them a bit better and why they crossed paths during one of the worst battles of the war. It really put a human face on something I'd only read about in history books. It helped to really deepen my respect for the character of those who fought and died so that those of us now could live in freedom today. It also helped give me a better understanding of the depraved culture the Allies fought against and why it needed to be stopped. This a gripping, riveting listen, masterfully read and comes with my strong recommendation.
"Not just for Men"
I found this book to be more than just a re-creation of the hardship of war. It is a poignant human interest story that brings real people to life. It gives a realistic portrayal of men and women who coped with traumatic experiences in varied ways. It is a book that portrays the courage of the human spirit without superficial idealism. Both my husband and I enjoyed this book equally. There are characters in this book I will never forget.
"Heroism despite of human weaknesses"
This is a book about ordinary people who accomplished extraordinary things, about the sacrifice they made, and their struggle to move on with all the painful memories.
I was almost moved to tears when the audio book stopped. If there's anything above 5 starts, I would give it.
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Nadal beats Djokovic to win second US Open crown
NEW YORK – Rafael Nadal watched the 2012 U.S. Open final from his sofa. He celebrated the 2013 U.S. Open title with Sofia.
The Spaniard said the comeback season in between has probably been the most emotional of his career, punctuated by a 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 final win over top-ranked Novak Djokovic for his second U.S. Open title and 13th Grand Slam overall.
He fell onto the Arthur Ashe Stadium court and broke down after 3 hours, 21 minutes, met Djokovic at the net, shook the chair umpire's hand and dropped onto the cement once more, burying his head inside his left arm.
The sobs were understandable.
Nadal may not be No. 1 in the rankings yet, but there's no doubt he's the current leader of tennis' Big Three. The climb is complete after a seven-month absence due to knee issues and a stomach virus that spread into February, followed by a first-round shocker at Wimbledon.
"I never thought something like this could happen, so excited to be back on tour trying to be competitive," Nadal said.
Nadal is in position to finish a season healthy and on top of the ATP for the first time in three years, if the next two months go smoothly.
The pursuit of Roger Federer's record 17 Grand Slam titles is on. Nadal, like Federer, won his 13th at age 27. He's one behind Pete Sampras for second place.
"For me, it's much more than what I ever thought, what I ever dreamed," he said. "You never know when that start, when that finish, but 13 is an amazing number."
Nadal improved to 60-3 this year with 11 titles and a 22-0 record on hard courts, definitive statistics coming off serious doubts about his ability to return to the top.
A year ago, Nadal lost in the second round of Wimbledon to 100th-ranked Lukas Rosol. He missed the London Olympics and tweeted his withdrawal from the U.S. Open, saying doctors found a small tear in the patella tendon in his left knee and diagnosed him with Hoffa's syndrome, an impingement of the fat pad below the kneecap.
He watched the 2012 U.S. Open final, Andy Murray's five-set win over Djokovic, from his couch in Mallorca, Spain. Nadal avoided surgery but couldn't return to practice until November. He wouldn't let doubts enter his mind.
"With seven months (away), I am sure that I will not forget how to play tennis," said Nadal, who won his first Slam at the 2005 French Open, two days after he turned 19. "If you are healthy, if you have been in the top positions for nine years already or eight years and you stop for seven months, why you will not have the chance to be back there?"
A December stomach virus complicated matters. Nadal pulled out of the Australian Open and, after winning a $200 poker tournament, finally returned for lower-level clay-court events beginning in February. In his first event back, in Chile, he lost to a guy named Horacio Zeballos in the final and said, "I'm not perfect yet."
Nadal slipped out of the top four for the first time since 2005 and entered the French Open, a tournament he had won a record seven times, as the No. 5 seed. There, he beat Djokovic in a memorable semifinal and dispatched countryman David Ferrer for his eighth Coupe des Mousquetaires.
But he wasn't all the way back. Nadal was upset again at Wimbledon, this time in even more stunning fashion, by No. 135 Steve Darcis of Belgium in the first round. Darcis had won two ATP matches all year and has won none since.
"Nobody remembers the losses. People remember the victories," Nadal said, shaking his head after the defeat. "And I don't want to remember that loss."
Nadal said he needed to go home, think and analyze his situation. The U.S. hard-court season was upon him, the surface that tests his troublesome knees more than any other.
He not only passed the test, he was perfect, going 10-0 over two Masters Series events to return to New York as the favorite. He delivered, dropping one game on his serve in the first six matches. Nadal set up a third U.S. Open final in four years against Djokovic as Roger Federer and Murray faded away.
Djokovic had his own motivation, attempting to win his second Grand Slam of the year and stall Nadal's climb.
"It is a challenge you have to accept," Djokovic said of facing Nadal, "like it or not."
The flow of their rivalry was reflected in the rhythm of the match, and Nadal-Djokovic XXXVII was super.
Nadal prevailed in five of their first six meetings. Djokovic took six in a row during his dominating 2011 season. Nadal has won six of the last seven in just under 4 hours per duel.
"Very, very emotional," Nadal said before biting his trophy. "Nobody brings my game to that limit like Novak."
Djokovic didn't appear to wake up until the highlight of the final – perhaps the tournament, perhaps the year – a Pong-like 54-shot rally to break Nadal for the second time all tournament (89 games) in the second set. It was game on from there.
Nadal broke Djokovic on the ensuing game. The gluten-free, six-time major champion screamed in Serbian to himself, his box and his towel. He then broke Nadal again, after five deuces, for a 5-3 lead and converted set point with a backhand down the line winner.
Djokovic then broke Nadal, for the third straight time, at love to start the third. It looked like the Spaniard was running out of gas, but he capitalized on Djokovic unforced errors (he had 53 for the match) to even it at 3-3 in the third set, 2 hours, 18 minutes in.
Nadal pulled away as night fell, save a third-set tumble to go down love-30 on his own serve at 4-all in the third. He went triple break down but saved each break point. The last on a 125-mph serve, his hardest of the match and first ace.
Nadal then won four straight points on Djokovic's serve to take the fourth set. His kneeling, triple fist-pumping jubilant celebration was Vine-worthy.
"I really don't know what's going on in that moment," Nadal said.
Nadal rocked back to his chair and headbanged three times in a ritual to put his bandana back on. He closed out the match in a 40-minute final set, punctuating this journey of a Grand Slam season.
"You deserve it," Djokovic told Nadal at the net.
Nadal's win moved him to 22-15 against Djokovic, including 2-1 in U.S. Open finals. No two players have met more times in the Open Era, and this match, at times, rivaled their 5-hour, 53-minute final at the 2012 Australian Open, won by Djokovic.
Nadal said his game has changed. He's playing more aggressive than before, more inside the court and closer to the baseline. He's going for more shots. It's working.
"Confident, playing with big passion, fighting for every ball," Nadal said. "That makes that success."
It's been said this is men's tennis' Golden Era. It will continue into the next major, the Australian Open in 125 days.
There, Nadal will try to become the first man in the Open Era (since 1968) to win all four Slams at least twice. There, Djokovic will try to become the first man to win the event four straight times in the Open Era. There, Murray will be looked on to rebound after a poor post-Wimbledon summer and Federer will be out to reverse his decline.
All tennis royalty, but Nadal is now the king, again. His celebration Monday night included a meeting with Spain's Queen Sofia, but he's staying grounded.
Nadal knows he's not invincible, called a future calendar Grand Slam "impossible" and would prefer easy opponents in finals.
"Don't worry, I will lose," he said, a needed reminder given his current level of play. "Everybody lose."
- Nick Zaccardi, NBC Sports


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Exxon Mobil Corp. announced Friday that it would extend benefits to legally married same-sex couples after a lengthy campaign against the world's largest publicly traded oil company.
The Irving-based corporation said its decision to provide benefits to spouses of its gay and lesbian employees in the United States was based on a change in policy by the U.S. government.
"The decision is consistent with the direction of most U.S. government agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security, Treasury and the IRS," a statement by the company read.
"We have made no change in the definition of eligibility for our U.S. benefit plans. Spousal eligibility in our U.S. benefit plans has been and continues to be governed by the federal definition of marriage and spouse."
Since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in June that married same-sex couples were entitled to the same federal benefits afforded heterosexual couples, federal agencies have been steadily rewriting their policies to comply with the decision.
For years Exxon refused to change its policy even as other Fortune 500 companies, including rivals Shell and BP, had extended benefits to same-sex couples.
But the company, which provides benefit to 77,000 U.S. employees and retirees, has taken increasing heat of late.
In May, some of Exxon's shareholders called on the company to ban discrimination against gays and lesbians, a move opposed by the company's board that was ultimately defeated. That month, a gay rights group sued the company, saying it discriminated in hiring decisions.
Tico Almeida, the founder and president of that group, Freedom to Work, cheered Friday's announcement and said the group was willing to settle its suit.
"After years of stubbornly refusing, we commend Exxon for joining the majority of the Fortune 500 business leaders that already treat gay and lesbian married couples equally under employee benefit plans," Almeida said.
"It's a shame Exxon waited until after the Labor Department issued official guidance explaining that their old policy does not comply with American law, and now it's time to move forward."
But Exxon stopped short of extending benefits to unmarried same-sex couples, an issue in states like Texas where gay and lesbian couples cannot legally marry.
At present, same-sex couples can marry in 13 states and Washington, D.C., according to the advocacy group Freedom to Marry.
Other companies and government agencies offer employees outside those states the option of designating their partner as a beneficiary, said Chuck Smith, executive director of Equality Texas.
Exxon is "short of where many companies are," he said. "But I'm glad to see them take this baby step and work towards treating all their employees fairly and equitably."
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Elijah Wellman, the No. 3 prospect in West Virginia's Class of 2013, has a couple of camps this weekend.
Wellman has offers from Bowling Green, Marshall and Ohio but he's looking for more.
"This weekend I'm going to Cincinnati and West Virginia for camps," Wellman said. "There are other (schools) that want me to come to their camps but I'll probably take it as it comes. I'll do a few camps here and there."
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Wellman thinks more offers could be coming in so he doesn't want to list any favorites yet.
"Everybody's showing equal interest," he noted. "I usually talk to all the coaches about once a week, through e-mail or some other way.
"I do talk to the Marshall coaches more just because they're right here in my backyard. It's easier to get up there so I've been there a couple of times."
Marshall is a school Wellman admits he's fond of and his long-standing relationship with the Herd could really help them in the long run.
"I've grown up here my whole life and it's right there," he said. "I don't want to let that impact my decision at all, though."
The 6-foot-2, 225-pound inside linebacker from Huntington (W.V.) Spring Valley was planning to make his decision before the start of the season. Now with more interest he's planning to wait until the middle of the season or even after his senior campaign.


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DANVILLE — Most of spring's early bulbs have come and gone, but now is the perfect time to catch one of the Valley's showiest natural displays — the memorial rose garden at Danville's Osage Station Park.
Perhaps best-known for its sports fields, playground and picnic areas, Osage is home to hundreds of colorful, fragrant roses that are at their best and biggest during the first bloom of the season. The flowers ring a portion of the park, providing a long stretch of beauty and quiet contemplation for visitors.
"It's just a beautiful sight, and right now you can't beat it," said Linda Holmes, president of the Diablo Women's Garden Club.
The rose garden, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, has graced Osage Station Park since its dedication in December 1984. Conceived as a memorial following the deaths of two children of club members, today it honors the memory of many whose names are inscribed on bronze plaques beneath the fragrant flowers.
One of the few public rose gardens in the area, it's cared for jointly by the Diablo Women's Garden Club, the Alamo-Danville Newcomers Club, the Danville Garden Club and the Town of Danville. It's a favorite quiet spot for both local residents and those who care for the roses, said Holmes.
"It's peaceful; when you go out and start pruning, everybody on the loop walk stops and thanks you for taking care of the roses," she said. It's just a really neat, good-for-your-soul kind of thing seeing these people come by."
The garden consists of 1,417 memorial rose bushes and an additional 91 roses honoring military veterans, according to John Teixeira, parks supervisor for the Town of Danville. They are located on the west side of the park behind the playground, on the east side along the creek and on the south side on a triangle by Charlotte Wood Middle School.
With the exception of climbing roses along the fence line and some trellised roses, all are in wooden planter boxes that were purchased as memorial gifts. Teixeira and his staff do the heavy winter pruning, fertilize the roses and keep the irrigation functioning, while the garden's rose volunteers deadhead and prune the plants from April through November, keeping them tidy and in bloom.
"To be honest, I couldn't maintain all these roses without these ladies," Teixeira said. "They're out there every single week … (and) they also donate money periodically to help support the roses and to replace those that fail."
The roses need a fair amount of water, Teixeira said, but he'll be keeping a tight rein on their bubbler irrigation system this summer in light of the drought, he said. With luck, the roses will need only about six minutes of water twice a week to thrive. In return, they give much pleasure to the community, he said.
"A lot of people like to come to that park because of those roses," he said. "There's a nice pathway that goes around — it's three-quarters of a mile around and there are roses on 60 percent of that walk. Through this next month it's just so beautiful out there. The first bloom is always the best."
Linda Holmes agreed.
"It's just a comfort," she said. "You're walking around a park. It's a safe place, and early in the morning you can do a very quiet couple of loops and refresh your batteries."
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The Diablo Women's Garden Club will celebrate Osage Station Park's Memorial Rose Garden's 30th anniversary at its May meeting. Anyone who participated in the inception of the garden, has a memorial rose box or a special memory of the garden may contact Linda Holmes or Jill Corte at www.diablowomensgardenclub.com.
Osage Station Park's Memorial Rose Garden is at 816 Brookside Drive in Danville. Approximately 60 percent of the three-quarter-mile loop around the park is edged with roses. There is a restroom at the park as well as limited bench seating.
While most of the memorial rose boxes are filled, eight available boxes remain available for sponsorship at a cost of $800 each. For more information, contact Danville's park maintenance department at 925-314-3450.
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Conditions improving on interstate and key connector routes
FREDERICKSBURG – As snowfall tapers off, Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) crews are making progress clearing snow and slush from the travel lanes of Interstate 95 and primary roads in the Fredericksburg District.
Drivers are encouraged to stay off the roads today, if possible. Motorists should check 511Virginia for the latest road conditions before starting a trip by calling 511 from any phone, or visiting www.511Virginia.org.
Road conditions have improved on I-95 and primary roads in the Fredericksburg area, with bare pavement visible. Motorists will encounter sections of pavement with snow and slush.
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Many subdivision streets in the Fredericksburg area are completely snow-covered. Low-volume secondary roads in the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula are in moderate condition, with travel lanes partially obscured with snow and slush.
VDOT crews will remain at work in emergency operations 24 hours a day, in 12-hour shifts, until all state-maintained roads are passable and safe for travel. More than 800 pieces of equipment are available in the Fredericksburg District to plow roadways and apply materials.
VDOT's Customer Service Center is open 24 hours a day to answer questions and take reports of roadway hazards at 1-800-FOR-ROAD (800-367-7623).
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Crews focus efforts first on those roads that carry the most traffic. Crews begin clearing interstates, primary roads and major secondary roads that connect localities, fire stations, employment hubs, military posts, schools, hospitals and other important public facilities, followed by secondary roads and subdivision streets.
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To make as many roads passable as quickly as possible, VDOT plow operators will push snow off the roadway in smooth, continuous passes. It ends up along road shoulders, sometimes blocking driveways.
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VDOT's 14-county Fredericksburg District includes the counties of Caroline, King George, Spotsylvania and Stafford in the Fredericksburg area; Northumberland, Richmond, Lancaster and Westmoreland counties in the Northern Neck; Essex, Gloucester, King & Queen, King William, Mathews and Middlesex counties in the Middle Peninsula.
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Euro is slipping right now, following the latest data that promotes the idea that global economic uncertainty remains. Concerns about the eurozone economy are affecting the euro, but the 17-nation currency was showing resilience — until the latest economic news out of the United States. Earlier risk appetite due to cautious optimism is transforming in to risk aversion, and the euro is giving up its earlier gains against the US dollar.
Earlier, the euro made some gains against the US dollar on the expectation that risk appetite was returning because of economic recovery. Good news about jobless claims in the United States has been overshadowed by disappointing ISM data. On top of that, the eurozone's own woes are in the spotlight again.
Even though the ECB kept rates steady at 1%, president Mario Draghi has already expressed the difficult road ahead for an economic recovery in the currency region. So, while the euro enjoyed a boost against the US dollar earlier, that is already gone as equities turn to losses and the euro gives up its gains. Without a clear plan for Europe, the euro is likely to continue to languish.
At 14:44 GMT EUR/USD has slipped to 1.3152 from an earlier high of 1.3182. EUR/USD opened at 1.3158. EUR/GBP is still a little higher, though, at 0.8128, up from the open at 0.8123. EUR/JPY is also still a little higher at 105.6555, up from the open at 105.4550.
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Liam Hemsworth doesn't really need a career boost right now. While his role as Gale Hawthorne in the first Hunger Games movie was pretty small, it gets a lot bigger in the sequels and he also has titles like Love and Honor, Empire State and Paranoia all completed and coming out soon. For that reason he probably isn't too crushed that his potential role in the upcoming Need For Speed movie probably won't happen.
The actor was being heavily considered for the lead role in the upcoming racing movie, but according to Deadline DreamWorks, which is making the film, is now looking to go with an unknown actor as the project's lead. Among those being considered are Brenton Thwaites and Luke Bracey. Thwaites, who hails from the same homeland as Hemsworth, Australia, may not be known in the United States just yet, but has done quite a bit of work abroad and has some exciting stuff coming up. Since 2011 he has played Stu Henderson on the long-running soap opera Home and Away and will be playing the young prince alongside Angelina Jolie in Robert Stromberg's upcoming film Maleficent. Bracey is also Australian, also had a role on Home and Away (as the character Trey Palmer) and played Riley in 2011's Monte Carlo. In July it was reported that Taylor Kitsch was also being considered for the lead role, but given that his name isn't mentioned in the latest news one can assume that's not going to happen.
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MILPITAS, Calif. Using Bell Labs neural-based designs adapted to run over a local-area network, Lucent Technologies has demonstrated its first speech-recognition servers. Lucent's Voice Director is loaded onto a user's NT workstation, then accesses full voice-recognition services over a network. Integrated with Lucent's voice-messaging system and compatible with multivendor environments, Voice Director responds to commands spoken into a telephone.
With the system a caller can be connected by speaking a name instead of an extension number, can dial hands-free or can ask voice-service applications to read back information from the network. "Lucent's Voice Director is the first speech-recognition product to be fully integrated with an enterprise voice-messaging server," said general manager Mike Goldgof. Integration with Lucent's Intuity voice-messaging hardware gives voice-recognition application developers direct access to voice, e-mail and fax messages.
A user calls into a single mailbox and has it report the number of voice, e-mail, fax and saved messages available. The caller can then listen to e-mail using text-to-speech conversion and respond with voice or with voice annotations. Voice Director permits voice commands to be substituted for many of the previous touch-tone functions.
"It's a much more natural way of working. You can call in for your mail from your cell phone while driving and send the same voice message to several different co-workers without ever touching the keypad," said product manager Blake Baxter.
Bell Labs trained a neural network to understand a 20,000-name vocabulary for any North American speaker. A single Windows NT computer running Voice Director can make the vocabulary available simultaneously to 48 channels of users. And since the portion of a voice interaction where the actual recognition is being done is very small about 10 seconds for a one-minute interaction, according to Lucent the NT server can handle as many as six times more users than its channel maximum.
Voice Director provides name-addressing and name-dialing functions in real-time. Name dialing lets users ask for a person by name, rather than having to speak an extension number. Name-addressing, on the other hand, lets users address messages, transfer to another extension or create lists of names by speaking each recipient's name. The Voice Director verifies that it has the correct names by having the people on the list respond in their own voices.
"You can speak a whole list of names you want to send the same message to, and Voice Director will repeat each one in the recipient's own voice, so you can verify their correctness beforehand," said Goldgof. Besides the neural-based speech-recognition technology, Lucent also leaned heavily on Bell Labs for two other technologies fundamental to the speaker-independence of the Voice Director: noise filtering and echo cancellation.
Since the Voice Director will field calls from speaker phones, mobile cell phones, noisy office environments and anywhere else someone is likely to carry a phone, noise filtering and echo cancellation were critical. "We spent a lot of time getting the acoustic model right," said Baxter. "Echo cancellation, for one, was crucial, since many environments, like speaker phones, can't avoid echo and we wanted it to work in all environments."
In operation, a user is prompted to speak a name when addressing a message or transferring, with the system verifying its correctness by repeating it back in the voice of the recipient. If multiple recipients are to get a message, the user merely speaks several names in sequence. When dialing into the system from outside, the system prompts the user to speak the name of the desired party, and likewise confirms in the voice of the person called before connecting to them. In the event there are multiple matches, the system will toggle through the possibilities, giving the caller a chance to choose.
The Voice Director NT workstation connects to the host Intuity Audix message server over a local-area network (LAN). Names will be recognized not only from the connected Intuity Audix, but also from any other voice-message system in communication with the Intuity Audix. Any other LAN services present can be accessed from Voice Director, such as the Internet. Lucent already has internal applications that read stock quotes from the Web or that use voice to coordinate schedules among members of the same work group, but anyone can use Lucent's Octel Designer to craft new voice-based applications.
Lucent claims that Voice Director is easier for users because they don't have to remember extension numbers, but it is also easier for administrators because it off-loads human operators by using speech recognition to instantly look up names.


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- found: Wikipedia, December 31, 2014: Margaret Hebblethwaite (Margaret Isabella Mary Speaight Hebblethwaite (born 16 June 1951, London) is a British writer, journalist, activist and religious worker. ... Margaret Hebblethwaite worked from 1984 to 1994 in prison chaplaincy, catechesis and parish work in Oxford. For many years she was assistant editor of The Tablet. Since 2000 she has been a freelance missionary and educationalist in Santa María, Paraguay ... Hebblethwaite has written several books, including: Motherhood and God, Finding God in All Things, Base Communities: An Introduction, Paraguay: Brandt Travel Guides [2] and Conversations on Christian Feminism, co-written with academic Elaine Storkey...) {http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Hebblethwaite}
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Our research group integrates computational systems biology and population genetics to understand the function and evolution of the complex molecular networks that underlie life. We build and analyze mathematical simulations of protein networks to probe deeper into their function than experiments can. We also analyze genomic data to undercover signatures of population history and natural selection, with an emphasis on humans. Recent projects include studying how protein network dynamics constrain protein domain evolution, testing the hypothesis that selection against signaling crosstalk shapes protein amino acid composition, and searching for signatures of natural selection in human Pygmy populations.


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BU students lucky to be hereJan. 31, 2001
Baylor celebrates its 156th birthday today. Student Government spotlights Baylor's traditions every year at this time through Traditions Week. I encourage you to take the time this week to learn about the traditions that make our university strong. Our traditions are only as strong as the current student body's interest in them.
Baylor is also turning its attention toward the future in the creation of a 10-year vision by the president's office. President Robert B. Sloan Jr. and members of the administration have done an excellent job of seeking student input in this process. There are two Baylor's traditions that I see as essential to the 10-year vision.
First, Baylor must maintain a small student-to-faculty ratio so that classes will remain small. Baylor also prides itself as a 'best buy' for private education. If Baylor does not find a way to remain affordable, it runs the risk of attracting an entirely different kind of student body by 2012.
The events at Oklahoma State University this week remind us of the grief that comes with such tragedy. Our thoughts and prayers are needed as OSU gathers today to remember their beloved friends. Following my conversation with students from Oklahoma State on Monday, I was reminded of how thankful I am to be a part of a community that finds comfort and encouragement in the hope and love of Christ.
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Ever since the end of the world wars, the United States has become the most powerful and wealthy nation in history. Why are we so blessed? While in college, my youngest daughter Laura was spending her junior year abroad in southern India. She was shocked by the grinding poverty and the everyday difficulty of life there, especially in comparison to her simple but comfortable childhood here in Dolores and Cortez. So in a letter, she asked plaintively, "Dad, why are we so blessed in the USA, while so many people around the world are suffering?" And now, when I think of the children of Central America and their families who are faced with such violence and poverty that they would take any risk to escape to the United States, I pose the same question: Why are we so blessed, compared to our neighbors to the South?
Having met many people while traveling in Nicaragua and Honduras, I know that it is certainly not because I am a better person. So why am I so blessed? After thinking carefully, I feel that the answer is clear, and it has always been so. When our creator blesses us uniquely with peace and prosperity – or any other gift, such as musical talent – it is so that we can share those blessings with others. Our peace and prosperity – like beautiful sunsets, rainbows, and like glorious music – are gifts that are best enjoyed by sharing them. Why watch a glorious sunset alone? We all instinctively try to find someone to share it with. It is in the nature of blessings. That is the best reason I can find to explain why we are so blessed. That's what I told Laura, too.
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