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Might there be some redemption for what I like to call the swill on and around Mill? As I mentioned in my recent write-up of Mucho Gusto Taqueria and Mexican Bistro, just west of Mill Avenue on University Drive ("Taste Magnet," January 20), Mill Avenue generally holds as much fascination for me as the latest utterances of Simon Cowell or a buzz saw to my cranium. Once upon a time, college towns had some character and individuality. But in the hands of soulless technocrats and city planners with dollar signs in their pupils, the main drags of most university communities have become grotesque corporate playgrounds for Babbitts with excess ducats.
As we all know, this is the case with Mill Avenue. But rather than just cursing the darkness, I want to champion those who maintain their beacons for discriminating bellies in spite of Mill's crassness. Two such individuals are Christine and Jay Wisniewski, founders of the 12-year-old Caffe Boa, which recently moved from its somewhat cramped digs, beside where Long Wong's used to be, to the other side of Mill, in the historic Casa Loma building adjacent to Hayden Square.
What the Wisniewskis have done to the space is breathtaking. The large, airy hall with its high ceilings and tall glass doorways has an impressive, big-city feel to it. Beautiful hardwood flooring and a handcrafted bar add elegance, and the newly exposed brick of some walls juxtaposed with the cream-colored paint of others lends the restaurant the air of a recently gentrified loft. Dark wooden tables populate the main dining area, bare save for candles, and place settings wrapped in twine and accented with a sprig of pine needles -- a touch of shabby chic.
Caffe Boa
398 South Mill Avenue, Tempe
Bruschetta: $6.25
Lumache Boa: $7.25
Rigatoni puttanesca: $10.95
Luca's meatballs: $14.95
480-968-9112 (www.cafeboa.com).
Hours: Sunday through Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. (kitchen closes at 10 p.m.); Thursday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to midnight (kitchen closes at 11 p.m.).
It's a spot for adults, not the usual ASU kids. Jazz quartets and trios entertain every night of the week but Monday and Wednesday, and, ironically, the live jazz fosters one of my few complaints against Caffe Boa. That is, when the musicians are wailing at full blast, it does not make for an enjoyable dining experience. Not that I don't appreciate the efforts of these Miles Davis wanna-bes, many of them from ASU's jazz studies program. But I'd appreciate them more if the sound was turned down a notch. Even when I attempted fleeing the din one night to a little alcove in the back, my ears could find no refuge from Caffe Boa's acoustics. Why, if the management doesn't do something, I may be forced to wear earplugs next time I masticate there.
For sup there again I will, eardrums be damned! The menu is mostly Italian, with broader Mediterranean touches. Jay Wisniewski, who acts as chef as well as proprietor, has imported some of these accents from his ancestral homeland of Croatia, where he and his wife spend their summers. Dubrovnik, Croatia, is about five hours from Italy by boat, and the cuisine is similarly close. One of the best items on his menu is influenced by his Croatian travels, the lumache Boa, or escargot sauted in a tomato sauce with mushrooms, black olives, red peppers, white wine and two slices of grilled polenta. In the States, eating escargot usually means chewy, tasteless gastropods so overwhelmed by garlic and butter that you might as well be gnawing on someone's shoelace. But the tomatoey bath Wisniewski gives his snails does not hide their appealing earthiness. For those of you who've only tried these terrestrial mollusks in garlic butter, Wisniewski's lumache Boa will be a revelation.
The Caprese and the bruschetta appetizers are more standard, and though both are good, the bruschetta is better: four nice-size pieces of garlic toast heaped with chunks of garlicky tomatoes in extra-virgin olive oil. Though you can't bite into them without spilling diced tomatoes all over your plate (and in my case, my shirt), it's well worth the mess. The salsiccia contadina, house-made fennel-seed sausage, in a tomato sauce similar to the escargot, practically did a gay tarantella on my taste buds, it was so delish. But why so little of it? Instead of just quarter-size bites, I wanted an entire smokehouse of them to eat my way through! But I'd settle for two or three links, if the smokehouse option is unavailable.
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As for the pastas and entrees, I dare say there's not a bad one in the bunch. The items I'd go back for? The rigatoni puttanesca, the agnolotti Boa, and Luca's meatballs. Remember how I used to whine that a good meatball in Phoenix was harder to find than a snowball in Texas? Until a week or so ago, when Caffe Boa reopened with a larger menu including spaghetti and meatballs, you'd have to hoof it to Redendo's in Fountain Hills for a meat sphere worth inhaling. Caffe Boa's are equally soft and savory, a mix of pork, veal, ground beef, Italian sausage, herbs, eggs, and several cheeses, simmered in marinara until the sauce is as thick as tomato paste. Snooty foodies may turn up their noses at it, but the loss is theirs.
I'm a big fan of puttanesca, the tangy mélange of tomatoes, black olives, chile peppers, mushrooms, and so on, which, according to legend, Italian whores cooked up to sucker in the johns. Wisniewski's is as thick as a ragu, and, partnered with fat rigatoni, could seduce a celibate straight to hell. His agnolotti Boa, ravioli-like "priest caps" stuffed with mushrooms in a heavy, pinkish, tomato-cream sauce, might not be as dangerous for your soul, but for the size of your stomach, well, that's another matter.
Caffe Boa boasts a wine list that might even placate Paul Giamatti's character in Sideways, and it offers an entire page of wine flights. I've become chemically dependent upon Lolonis' Lady Bug Red, an unpretentious blend of Carignane, Zin, Syrah, Cab and Merlot that's fruit-forward, and great with pasta. But if you're not in a wine mood, Caffe Boa now has a full bar in addition to the vino.
The dessert list needs a little work. I only liked the tiramisu, and even that was just average, but by the time I got through my appetizers and main course, I was too happy and full to worry much about sweets. So I'll let 'em slide on that one. After all, with this new and improved Caffe Boa, there's finally a reason to spend any time at all on Mill.


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Seventy years of 'the classics'
The irony of post-Second World War America is how consistently immature our politics has been about foreign policy…the arguments never change, we just cut and paste the locations.
In the late 1940s the Republicans blamed the Truman Administration for not adequately pouring in enough tax dollars into the last cause of the hopelessly corrupt Chang government. The fact that there was little to practically do about it was never really considered, or the point.
Seventy years later, a whole litany of wasted lives and wasted dollars that under the best case scenario led to stalemates have come and sadly often not gone.
Naturally, this leads to the only possible reaction to events in the Ukraine.
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) accused
President Obama on Sunday of being too soft in his dealings with Russian
President Vladimir Putin, who just received the Russian parliament's
permission to move troops into Ukraine.
Yes, because clearly if only Obama had been willing to drop bombs, things would have gone differently. Besides how can last week's Hitler have any chance against this week's Hitler?
Or maybe he should have done this?
"I looked the man in the eye. I found him to be very straight forward and trustworthy and we had a very good dialogue.
I was able to get a sense of his soul."
And speaking of old classics, John Kerry did his bit to add to the irony over the weekend.
"You just don't invade another country on phony pretext in order to assert your interests."

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Microsoft and Sony first-party blockbusters Gears of War: Judgment and God of War: Ascension have both suffered from disappointing first-month sales in North America, according to Cowen & Company analyst Doug Creutz.
In an investor note released ahead of the official NPD data this week (via GamesIndustry), the firm estimated first-month sales of Gears of War: Judgement to be around 420,000 units, less than a quarter of the two million Gears of War 3 managed in September 2011.
Sony's God of War: Ascension is estimated to have shifted 360,000 units, compared to predecessor God of War 3's 1.1 million.
High-profile third-party titles performed better, with Creutz estimating that BioShock Infinite sold 665,000 copies in the US after ten days on sale. Tomb Raider is also estimated to have shipped 696,000 units after 33 days of sale, although publisher Square Enix has said that the game did not meet its worldwide sales expectations.
The analyst firm expected overall sales trends to have improved in March 2013, but now believes the NPD group will announce that US software sales have fallen 21 percent year-on-year.
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Team USA's Olympic qualifying team got off to a 2-0 start this weekend in Cuba, even if it went off-script. Credit Athletics farmhand Kurt Suzuki and his walk-off homer Sunday for that.
Team USA banged out 10 hits–four by leadoff hitter Skip Schumaker (Cardinals)–and opened its appearance in the Olympic qualifying tournament by defeating Canada 9-3 on Saturday. That was supposed to be the hard part, but that came Sunday against fiesty Brazil, when the Americans needed Suzuki's 10th-inning solo shot to claim an 8-7 victory and improve to 2-0 in pool play headed into a game with co-leader Mexico.
U.S. starter Nick Adenhart (Angels) couldn't get through five innings against Brazil, and closer Henry Owens (Mets) gave up a game-tying home run in the top of the ninth to Brazilian center fielder Tiago Magalhaes. It was Magalhaes' second homer and Brazil's fifth of the game. But in his first at-bat of the game, Suzuki belted his home run to left field off losing pitcher Marcelo Arai.
Suzuki's heroics made a winner of reliever Jeff Farnsworth (White Sox), who struck out 10 in a scoreless 10th inning. Five U.S. pitchers rang up 13 strikeouts in the game, but Farnsworth was the only one that didn't give up a run to Brazil, which out-hit the Americans 11-6. However, Brazil's pitchers gave up 12 walks, and the U.S. had three homers of its own, with Billy Butler (Royals) and Chad Allen (Royals) both going deep.
Adenhart struggled for his second straight outing, meaning he probably won't be counted upon for any crucial games as the tournament advances. The Canadians had won their last game against the Americans, knocking around Adenhart in a 6-3 exhibition victory Wednesday in Kissimmee, Fla. In the first game of the qualifier, however, the U.S. jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning and never looked back. Lefthander Heath Phillips (White Sox) went six strong innings for the victory, allowing five hits and no walks while striking out four. Reliever Lee Gronkiewicz (Blue Jays) gave up a pair of runs in the ninth before Henry Owens (Mets) put out the fire with a pair of strikeout to end the game.
Schumaker and third baseman Mike Kinkade (Marlins)–two of the five starters in the American lineup with big league experience–were the only Americans with multi-hit games.
It was the veterans, not the prospects, who led Team USA, as DH Billy Butler (Royals), shortstop Brandon Wood (Angels) and center fielder Michael Bourn (Phillies) went a combined 0-for-9 with a run scored while batting in the 7-9 spots in the order.
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Host Cuba got off to a 2-0 start, but it wasn't easy. After dispatching with Colombia 14-0 to begin the event, Cuba spotted Panama four first-inning runs Sunday and trailed 5-0 before rallying to beat Panama 7-6. Yulieski Gourriel and Alexei Ramirez homered as Cuba out-hit Panama 9-6 and scored two runs apiece in the third, fifth and seventh innings to tie the game before getting the winning run in the ninth. Closer Pedro Luis Lazo, as usual, was there at the end to secure Cuba's 2-0 start.
Also in Group A, Nicaraguan veteran lefthander Oswaldo Mairena, a former Marlins big leaguer, threw a complete-game four hitter as Nicaragua also got off to a 2-0 start, beating Colombia 4-0. In its opener, the Nicaraguans beat Ecuador 11-1. Panama and the Dominican Republic, which fielded a team of non-prospects (with ex-Diamondbacks farmhand Jhensy Sandoval perhaps the most recognizable name) were both 1-1 in the group.
Mexico improved to 2-0 in Pool B by defeating Venezuela 5-4 Sunday with a run in the bottom of the ninth. Mexico, whose roster features veteran pros who dot the Mexican League leaderboards (such as left fielder Luis Suarez and catcher Geronimo Gil), was a late addition to the tournament, taking the place of Aruba and making Pool B that much stronger. It and the U.S. are the only two undefeated teams in Pool B.
Canada picked up its first win Sunday, winning in dramatic fashion. Canada scored four in the ninth to beat Puerto Rico 6-5, with Sebastien Boucher (Mariners) and Team Canada mainstay Stubby Clapp hitting two-run doubles in the ninth for the victory. Infielder Emerson Frostad (Rangers) singled to ignite the rally. Outfielder Michael Saunders (Mariners) threw out a Puerto Rican runner at the plate in the eighth to keep Canada in striking distance.
Baseball America has not correctly reported the format of the Olympic qualifier, which in reality is not a tournament but more like a 12-game season. Three games remain in pool play, with the U.S. playing Mexico, Puerto Rico and Venezuela to finish. After a day of rest, the next phase of the tournament begins.
The top four teams from Pool A will advance to play the top four teams from Pool B, creating a seven-game record–in Team USA's case, three games against Pool B teams, four against the teams from Pool A. The two teams with the best records at the event will qualify for Beijing, with the other teams ranked for the purposes of the second-chance qualifier, scheduled for 2007.
These changes were made, at least in part, as a reaction to the 1999 and 2003 qualifiers. In 1999, Canada had the best record in the event, beating Cuba and the U.S., but still failed to qualify for the 2000 Olympics when it lost to Cuba in a medal-round semifinal. In 2003, Team USA dominated the round robin but lost to Mexico in quarterfinal play. There is no one-and-done round in this event. Baseball America regrets the error.


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Leading anti-discrimination advocacy groups have come to the aid of two former Amarillo professors who sued Texas Tech's School of Pharmacy for violating their rights on the job.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, AARP and about 20 other national and state groups filed a joint legal brief Oct. 30 in the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals supporting Lucinda Miller and Elaine King Miller in the disability portion of their employment discrimination lawsuit against Tech.
Miller and King Miller are not related.
Miller said the move was a shot in the arm.
"These many groups coming together for this cause is tremendous," Miller said last week. "We are thrilled to have them on board."
King Miller said she was overwhelmed and very thankful for the support.
"It sends a message," she said.
Tech, however, already has prevailed once in the appeals court in New Orleans, claiming it has state immunity from the federal disability laws cited in the lawsuit.
Three federal appeals judges agreed with Tech the first time, but now 15 judges are set to reconsider the case, according to court records. And the Texas Attorney General's Office has filed another court brief touting Tech's immunity claim.
"That hearing is set for Jan. 19," said Tom Kelley, a spokesman for the Attorney General. "We'll have no comment beyond this brief."
Tech referred questions about the lawsuit to the Texas Attorney General.
As it has done before, the U.S. Department of Justice has weighed in on the side of the two Amarillo professors.
In his 50-plus page brief, R. Alexander Acosta, assistant U.S. attorney general, said Tech and Texas must pay the piper.
"In choosing to accept federal funds that were clearly available only to those states willing to submit to enforcement proceedings in federal court, that state knowingly waived its sovereign immunity," Acosta wrote.
The NAACP said in its brief that as the oldest U.S. civil rights organization it has appeared before courts throughout the nation in numerous important civil rights cases, including employment cases.
In court records, King Miller claimed that when she was diagnosed as being legally blind in 1999, Tech pharmacy school officials refused to meet with her to discuss reasonable accommodations. She said she was demoted, denied tenure and terminated.
Miller claimed, according to court records, that she was forced to resign from the pharmacy school because of continued harassment from Tech officials.
Miller and King Miller also claim male professors at the institute's pharmacy school are paid more than female professors.
A partial list of other groups joining in support of the Amarillo professors include the American Association of People with Disabilities, American Council of the Blind of Texas, Paralyzed Veterans of America, Texas Faculty Association and New York Lawyers for the Public Interest.
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Another defeat for Palermo
Palermo's rash of January transfer window signings were unable to change their fortunes as they lost 2-1 at home to Atalanta.
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Palermo's rash of January transfer window signings were unable to change their fortunes at the foot of the Serie A table as they lost 2-1 at home to fellow strugglers Atalanta.
Palermo signed a total of 10 players in January, with Diego Fabbrini and Alejandro Faurlin the last to arrive on deadline day.
They both made their debuts but ended in a losing cause as second-half goals from Carlos Carmona and German Denis put Atalanta in control before Nelson's late consolation for the hosts.
There was no shortage of effort from Palermo in the early stages. Atalanta goalkeeper Andrea Consigli had to be alert to divert Josip Ilicic's cross-cum-shot away from goal in the second minute and Massimo Donati then skimmed the post with a speculative long-range effort.
Fabbrini got inside the box for a shooting chance in the 19th minute but watched his effort go wide.
At the other end, Carlos Carmona headed Cristiano Del Grosso's header narrowly wide, but Palermo quickly responded with Consigli making a fine save to deny Fabbrini a debut goal.
Stefano Sorrentino had been keeping a watching brief for most of the first half but was called upon in the 37th minute to make a great save that kept out Luigi Giorgi's powerful drive.
And the goalkeeper came to the rescue again in stoppage time when Facundo Parra beat the offside trap to go one-on-one.
Atalanta had found their groove and they did not lose it during the half-time interval.
The second 45 minutes began with Lionel Scaloni's long ball perfectly picking out Giacomo Bonaventura inside the area, only for the striker to blaze over.
However, they had the lead in the 55th minute when Ivan Radovanovic's long-range effort came back off the crossbar and Carmona was on hand to turn in the rebound.
Mauro Boselli, on loan from Wigan, had a pair of chances to bring Palermo level but missed the target both times from good positions inside the area.
And Atalanta took advantage by doubling their lead in the 71st minute when Gugliermo Stendardo found the run of Denis who raced into the area to slot home.
Davide Biondini might have put it to bed with 10 minutes left but blazed over after a fine run.
Instead, Palermo had hope thanks to Nelson's 83rd minute goal, a simple tap-in from Mauro Formica's cross.
They had chances to level, but Boselli fired wide from Formica's cross and in injury time Consigli was on hand to keep out a header from the same player.


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It started with the McCain-Hayworth Race being a choice between a two types of Republican mega-jerks. Now John McCain even has competition from his former Vice-Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin for his Arizona Senatorial seat.
Sarah Palin has decided (been told by advisors) that she needs to look more "Leader-like" if she wants to run for President in 2012. So she has decided to run for Senator in Arizona since she can win "in any A state". It is not decided if she will run as a Republican or as a Tea-bagger. Either way, she is expected to be a Senator for two weeks, just enough to say NO to any legislation, especially anything to do with health care. Then resign saying that the media was being too hard on her for her to do any actual legislation.
J.D. Hayworth, former sportscaster and Congressman was trying to dethrone Senator John McCain has left the senatorial race due to Palin's announcement. Hayworth commented: "She is basically me in a dress and has national exposure. John has no chance and I have even smaller chance. When she is President, that B better make me Secretary of Commerce for this!"
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On the Skill system, I don't disagree with the harm it did to replay-ability, but I have to say I'm fine with it. I like being able to try out all the skills and mix and match when I want to or when the situation dictates. I don't have time any more to play 2 or 3 versions of the same class through the game, so I'm content to play each one once, and a couple more in HC. That's plenty of gaming time for me. I may miss the fun of thinking out a specific kind of sub-class, but not that much.
I'd vote for itemization, especially as pertains to the over-simplified attribute system and how skills are overwhelmingly dependent on weapon DPS, as the biggest misstep by far. It was great fun in D2 to pick up a new item and really have to think about whether to swap out an old one for it. Or have those great "this item rocks!" moments often. Having the choice be obvious 95% of the time (94 of the 95% being "crack it") and only have a "this item rocks!" moment every few gaming sessions is a drag.


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The world's smallest tunnels have a width of a few nanometers only. Researchers from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and Rice University, USA, have dug such tunnels into graphite samples. This will allow structuring of the interior of materials through self-organization in the nanometer range and tailoring of nanoporous graphite for applications in medicine and battery technology. Results are now presented in the scientific journal Nature Communications (DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2399).
The tunnels are manufactured applying nickel nanoparticles to graphite which then is heated in the presence of hydrogen gas. The surface of the metal particles, that measure a few nanometers only, serves as a catalyst removing the carbon atoms of the graphite and converting them by means of hydrogen into the gas methane. Through capillary forces, the nickel particle is drawn into the "hole" that forms and bores through the material. The size of the tunnels obtained in the experiments was in the range of 1 to 50 nanometers, which about corresponds to one thousandth of the diameter of a human hair.
To furnish proof of the real existence of these graphite tunnels, the researchers have made use of scanning electron and scanning tunneling microscopy. "Microscopes, in fact, image only the upper layers of the sample," the principal authors of the study, Maya Lukas and Velimir Meded from KIT's Institute of Nanotechnology, explain. "The tunnels below these upper layers, however, leave atomic structures on the surface whose courses can be traced and which can be assigned to the nanotunnels by means of the very detailed scanning tunneling microscopy images and based on computerized simulations." In addition, the depth of the tunnels was determined precisely by means of a series of images taken by a scanning electron microscope from different perspectives.
Porous graphite is used, for example, in the electrodes of lithium ion batteries. The charge time could be reduced using materials with appropriate pore sizes. In medicine, porous graphite could serve as a carrier of drugs to be released over longer periods of time. Replacing graphite by nonconductive materials, e.g. boron nitride, with atomic structures similar to that of graphite, the tunnels could serve as basic structures for nanoelectronic components such as novel sensors or solar cells.
The graphite tunnel study was carried out by the study groups headed by Pulickel M. Ajayan from Rice University, USA, and Ralph Krupke and Wolfgang Wenzel from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.
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First Revised Volume No. 1
Contents / Previous / Next / Main Tariff Index
Effective Date: 09/01/2005, Docket: RP05-435-000, Status: Effective
Second Revised Sheet No. 46 Second Revised Sheet No. 46 : Effective
Superseding: First Revised Sheet No. 46
1.7 "Cubic Foot" and "Standard Cubic Foot" shall mean that quantity of
natural gas that occupies one cubic foot of volume at the Volumetric
Measurement Base defined in Section 26.2 of the General Terms and
1.8 "Designated site" shall mean the electronic address used to contact
an entity for EDI transmission.
1.9 "Dth (Dekatherm)" shall mean one million Btu. The standard quantity
for nominations, confirmation and scheduling is dekatherms per gas day in
the United States, and gigajoules per gas day in Canada and gigacalories
per gas day in Mexico. (For reference 1 dekatherm = 1,000,000 Btu's; and 1
gigajoule = 1,000,000,000 joules; and 1 gigacalorie = 1,000,000,000
calories.) For commercial purposes, the standard conversion factor between
dekatherms and gigajoules is 1.055056 gigajoules per dekatherm and between
dekatherms and gigacalories is 0.251996 gigacalories per dekatherm. The
standard Btu is the International Btu, which is also called the Btu(IT);
the standard joule is the joule specified in the SI system of units.
1.10 "Electronic Bulletin Board" and "EBB" shall mean Transporter's
computerized system for the posting, sending and receiving of notices and
other communications under this Tariff.
1.11 "EDI" shall mean electronic data interchange as defined by the
standards established by the GISB and approved by the Commission, or
Transporter defined data sets where no GISB standard exists.
1.12 "Elapsed-Prorata-Capacity" shall mean that portion of the capacity
that would have theoretically been available for use prior to the effective
time of the intraday recall based upon a cumulative uniform hourly use of
the capacity.
1.13 "Elapsed-prorated-scheduled quantity" shall mean that portion of the
scheduled quantity that would have theoretically flowed up to the effective
time of the intraday nomination being confirmed, based upon a cumulative
uniform hourly quantity for each nomination period affected.
1.14 "Electronic Measurement" shall mean that form of measurement
consisting of flow computers or computerized Remote Terminal Units (RTUs),
electronic transducers, and associated power, data communications, and
other electronic equipment to accomplish the measurement of gas and
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Updated kernel packages are now available as part of ongoing support
and maintenance of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 2.1. This is the
seventh regular update.
This security advisory has been rated as having important security
impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.
The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system.
This is the seventh regular kernel update to Red Hat Enterprise Linux
The following security updates were made :
A flaw in fragment queuing was discovered that affected the Linux 2.4
and Linux 2.6 kernel netfilter subsystem. On systems configured to
filter or process network packets (for example those configured to do
firewalling), a remote attacker could send a carefully crafted set of
fragmented packets to a machine and cause a denial of service (system
crash). In order to sucessfully exploit this flaw, the attacker would
need to know (or guess) some aspects of the firewall ruleset in place
on the target system to be able to craft the right fragmented packets.
A flaw was discovered in the Linux PPP driver. On systems allowing
remote users to connect to a server using ppp, a remote client could
cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2005-0384)
A flaw was discovered in the bluetooth driver system. On system where
the bluetooth modules are loaded, a local user could use this flaw to
gain elevated (root) privileges. (CVE-2005-0750)
An integer overflow flaw was discovered in the ubsec_keysetup function
in the Broadcom 5820 cryptonet driver. On systems using this driver, a
local user could cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly gain
elevated privileges. (CVE-2004-0619) Please note that this update
contains an unpatched kernel module called bcm5820_old for backwards
compatibility which is still vulnerable to CVE-2004-0619.
The following device drivers have been updated to new versions :
mptfusion: 2.05.16 -> 2.05.16.02 bcm5820: 1.17 -> 1.81 cciss: 2.4.52
-> 2.4.54 qla2x00: 6.04.01 -> 7.01.01
There were many bug fixes in various parts of the kernel. The ongoing
effort to resolve these problems has resulted in a marked improvement
in the reliability and scalability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1.
Bug fixes include: - Fixes an incorrect and ever-changing physical_id
field in /proc/cpuinfo. - Now recognizes a particular e1000 device
(PCI ID 8086:1014) - Fixes a panic in disk quota code - Fixes a bug in
which msync(...MS_SYNC) returns before the data is written to disk -
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handled properly: LSI ProFibre 4000R, HP HSV200/210, HP MSA, STK
OPENstorage D178. - Fixes a potential format overflow in
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Experience the Capcom arcade game that spawned a multitude of clones as the original Commando comes to your living room courtesy of the Virtual Console Arcade service. Take control of Super Joe and (eight-directionally) shoot your way upwards into the enemy's territory, using grenades to wreak havoc with enemy placements in this seminal genre creator.
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WMX Group Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB: WMXGD) Enters Into A Definite Share Exchange Agreement With Oxford City Football Club, LLC
The Definite Share Exchange Agreement was Announced by CEO of WMX Group Holdings, Inc. and President of Oxford City Football Club, Thomas Anthony Guerriero.
Apr 30, 2013, 11:32 ET from WMX Group Holdings, Inc.
DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla., April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- CEO & President, Thomas Anthony Guerriero, officially announced that WMX Group Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB: WMXGD) and Oxford City Football Club, LLC have entered into a share exchange agreement. The agreement is meant to refocus towards one direction to advance the interest of Oxford City Football Club as well as maximize the earning potential in a global level. Formally, the agreement allows for WMX to do a name change to Oxford City Football Club, Inc. and proceed with a symbol change.
Mr. Guerriero commented, "By focusing our energies towards Oxford City FC's businesses, our company will be in a tremendous position to succeed. This is a remarkable day for our shareholders."
President of Oxford City Football Club, Thomas Anthony Guerriero has plans to leverage his expertise in the financial arena to position the football club in a profitable position to succeed. Through promotion, global expansion and global branding, Oxford City FC intends to become an international brand known around the world.
Oxford City Football Club
Oxford City Football Club was founded in 1882 and has been a fixture in English Football ever since. Oxford City FC currently plays in the Conference North, with their focus on promotion. The organization has a championship tradition leading back to their FA Amateur Cup Championships in 1905-1906. Oxford City FC is one of the oldest and most historic club's in the county. The club has become a major contributor to football growth in the local community. It is also the largest participation club in the county with over 30 teams from all sectors of the community: boys, girls, men, ladies, learning disability teams and veterans. Oxford City FC plays their home games at Oxford FC Stadium.
Oxford City Sports College
Oxford City Sports College thrives to provide our student-athletes a comprehensive year-round curriculum administered in collaboration with the most well respected and accomplished firms in both football and academics he goal of the Oxford City Sports College is to provide student-athletes superb education and extraordinary football training Oxford City Sports College specializes in developing professional football players by scouting and training high quality football talents from around the world through our global network of affiliates.
Oxford City Sports College draws upon a highly credentialed international staff of accomplished football professionals, who are selected for their experience and expertise as trainers. Our training program has the highest level of engagement from professional athletes. Oxford City Football Club Sports College is focused on developing student-athletes into leaders on and off the field. Students garner athletic skills to improve their technique, performance, and stamina. In addition, they will leave the academy with life skills and the knowledge to make sound decisions to pursue their future endeavors.
Safe Harbor for Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and section 21B of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Readers are cautioned not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which are only predictions and only speak as of the date hereof. Forward-looking statements usually contain the words "estimate," "anticipate," "believe," "plan," "expect," or similar expressions and are subject to numerous known and unknown risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially those indicated in the forward-looking statements. Investors are encouraged to carefully review regulatory filings prior to investment consideration. Past performance is no guarantee of future success or that there cannot be losses or business interruption. The Company is in a rapid growth sector that may or may not continue to grow in the future and therefore poses risks that may be different than other investments. Management regularly provides news and additional information believed to be true and accurate at the time of dissemination but has no requirement to modify, comment or change in the future should circumstance change or information prove to be inaccurate for any reason. Additionally, the Company makes every effort to comply with all applicable laws.
Thomas Anthony Guerriero
617 501 6766
SOURCE WMX Group Holdings, Inc.


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New Oar-lands is under water and I need to build No-ar's Arc. God e-mailed me (his e-mail address is firstname.lastname@example.com in case you need to contact him) and told me that I was the chosen one. I will have some Third World labor build me an arc, but I am sure that God won't mind if I BBQ some of the endanged species. Mmmm, Bald e-gal kababs! God is punishing New Oar-lands for some reeson, like he did with Saddam and Gamora. Maybe it was the wild parties, or becaws they voted for Kerry-boo. Well, if Ben Lennon was hiding in New Oar-lands, he was flooded out. Even God is on the hunt for Ben Lennon! Well, for those of you on the rooftops, use your laptop to sign on to www.bushissomewherelse.com and good luck!
So in 2004 I gave Lake New Oar-lands 20% of wut it needed for Lake Point-cart-reign, now called Lake New-Oar-lands. In 2003, hurrycane activity was increasing. The money could have been used to build pumping stations, and bill-ding levies. They said if I had lissened to them, the damage would have been less bad. The despicable cowardly liberals continue to pray for American deaths so they can twist the blame to me, the President. They wonder why Americans hate them! Instead, I am using the money in Eye-Rack. The peeple of Lake New Oar-lands can't complane. They are helping to fight terrorizm abroad. Thank you for your nobel sacrafice. Don't worry. We will rebuild the infustructure, just like we did in I-Rock. Don't worry, hype is on the way. We're making progress, and a lot of peeple is wurking hard!
The House Speeker and my strong supporter, Dennis Has-skirt, sayed that we should not rebuild New Oar-lands, and sayed we should bring out the bulldozers. He also suggested we should bulldoze Los Angeles and San Fransisco. I like that plan! We can get rid of the Hollywood liberals and the gay heathens all at once! New Oar-lands should not be bulldozed, that is a horrible thing to say. I say we build lake-side condos. Don't just ignore a golden business opportunity. Like when the soo-nammy hit, hotel owners were happy to take the land for the good of the natives. Where would they be without us building over their homes? God bless Has-skirt!
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The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.
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A vulnerability in the Cisco Management Controller of the Cisco Unified
Computing System could allow an authenticated, local attacker to trigger
a denial of service (DoS) condition.
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The Phoenician Restaurant
355 South Broadway
Salem, N.H.
11:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, 4 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday
Major credit cards accepted
The Phoenician Restaurant bills its food as Middle Eastern and American cuisine. The restaurant might more accurately be described as one-10th the former and nine-10ths the latter. Among the inauthentic touches: The pita served in lieu of bread comes not with hummus or olive oil, but with small plastic packets of butter. French fries proliferate, and the only two entrees I would identify as decisively Middle Eastern, adrift in a sea of steaks and chops, were shish kebabs.
The Phoenician's primary concessions to Middle Eastern fare are its appetizers. The combo platter ($11.50), featuring baba ganouj, hummus, and tabouleh, was a good choice. The two spreads were creamy and garlicky, and the tabouleh, heavier on the parsley than the bulgur, was fresh and tasty.
The effect, however, was marred by the Phoenician's cold pita, which gave every indication of having been pulled straight from a plastic bag in the refrigerator.
The small appetizer assortment ($14.95) was hit-and-miss. Served with a tangy tomato sauce, the lima beans and a stuffed pepper were very good. But the stuffed grape leaves and stuffed cabbage were listless, devoid of the lemon juice or olive oil that usually bring life to such a dish.
The kibbeh, ordinarily savory minced lamb mixed with bulgur and spices, was a dry, insipid, and scarcely edible slab.
The two Middle Eastern entrees, dubbed lamb on a stick ($17.50 for a standard portion) and beef on a stick ($14.95 for a 7-ounce, "lighter fare" portion) were inconsistent, with the beef much tastier and better charred than the lamb. The small side of peppers and onions was sautéed rather than grilled alongside the meat, with predictably flavorless results.
An additional charge of several dollars is levied for more authentic grilled vegetables, inexcusably stingy at this price.
Two American entrees were lackluster. The chicken piccata ($14.95) was generous, consisting of three breaded chicken breasts, but the accompanying bowl of yellow sauce was gloppy, tepid, and frankly unappetizing. The broiled haddock meuniere ($17.95) was said on the menu to feature a lemony coating; in fact, it seemed to be a standard batter-dipped fish filet, with no discernable lemon flavor even after a squeeze of lemon juice.
The optional sides of rice pilaf and steamed vegetables were bland, and the vegetables crude -- an entire half of a broccoli crown, and jagged chunks of carrot. Some may enjoy sawing apart their vegetables, but I was put off by the coarseness and evident lack of care in these sides' preparation.
After these entrees, the desserts were a pleasant surprise. The baklava ($3.75) was sweet and nutty, and the excellent baked Alaska ($5.50) was immense and bursting with the flavor of strawberries.
The restaurant's main dining room is pleasant, its cathedral ceiling punctuated with skylights. But one glowering waitress ranked among the surliest I've ever encountered. She practically snarled with displeasure and exasperation when I dared to inquire about the contents of the stuffed vegetable appetizers, generally providing a level of service I find unacceptable when paying $60 for dinner for two.
The Phoenician's website promises fine dining, but it seems the proprietors of this eatery have lost sight of the fact that fine dining means much more than just high prices.


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AdmitOne has built a security business with a technology, called keystroke dynamics, that can recognize who's logging into an account by the pattern of the person's typing.
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Online subscriptions to information services is a $109 billion business, according to market researcher Outsell. More than 7,000 companies in 12 market segments use subscriptions as their primary business model to sell more than 25,000 products.
Scout Analytics, which the company has been testing since November, can pick up more than just whether or not people are sharing subscriptions. It can, for instance, tell (in a way that protects your privacy) whether you log on from home or via a laptop from a variety of locations. It tells how frequently you log in, what devices you use to do so, and what you do while logged on. If you're engaged in a free trial, it can predict whether you're using the service so much that you're likely to become a permanent user. If your subscription renewal data is coming up and you start downloading as much information as possible, that's evidence that you're getting ready to defect to a rival or just end your subscription.
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In return, Scout Analytics charges a percentage of the revenue gain that results from its service. Shanahan said customers are going live with pilot tests in certain segments, such as financial services, in the coming weeks. Rivals include Cybersource, Omniture, Marin Software and Salesforce.com. But none of those companies has the benefit of the keystroke dynamics technology.


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I like Violet Ada and Willow Maeve. The middle names aren't doing much for me (kinda meh), but I like the combo for reasons southern.Maple said.
I like Caleb Emmett and Noah Alexander. Middle names that honor are cool with me. Maybe search your family tree for a surname you like. Or Caleb Roger, Caleb Leander, Caleb Apollo, Caleb Jehosphat, Caleb Abraham, Caleb Solomon, Caleb Hercules, Caleb Truman, Caleb Roosevelt, Caleb Julius, Caleb Howard, Caleb Bosley, Caleb Stephanos, Caleb Buchanan, Caleb Sullivan, Caleb Churchill, Caleb Winslow, etc.
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|Solvay Specialty Polymers USA, LLC
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|1. The basic resins are produced by reacting 4,4'-biphenol and 4,4'-dichlorodiphenylsulfone according to the process described in the notification, so that the finished resin has a weight average molecular weight of at least 43,000. 2. The basic resins are to be used in contact with all food types under Conditions of Use B through H as described in Tables 1 and 2.
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Metropolitan Authorized to Sign Storage Agreement
Water-supply reliability was furthered as the board of directors of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California authorized signing an agreement that will allow the district to store water in the Orange County groundwater basin for use by Orange County residents. The action is equivalent to Metropolitan's approving a sizable new reservoir.
"If this aquifer storage program were a surface reservoir, it would be Metropolitan's third largest," said board Chairman Phillip J. Pace. "This will allow Metropolitan to store conserved water for later use by Orange County residents during dry spells or emergencies, thereby benefiting the entire region."
The $30 million water storage program, in conjunction with the Municipal Water District of Orange County and the Orange County Water District, will provide Metropolitan with storage for 60,000 or more acre-feet in the vast natural, underground aquifer. An acre-foot is about 326,000 gallons, and provides the water needs of two typical families for a year.
"Metropolitan will allocate $15 million of its $45 million share of state Proposition 13 funds toward the cost of building the infrastructure needed for the project," said Ronald R. Gastelum, Metropolitan president and CEO. "In addition, the district will fund $14.8 million of related capital projects."
Stanley E. Sprague, general manager of MWD of Orange County, said: "This is an investment in the groundwater basin that will pay off for both Metropolitan and Orange County. We appreciate the cooperation that has gone into developing this agreement, and we look forward to building on this in future water-management arrangements."
In addition to increasing the amount of water stored locally, the project also will improve the quality of water in the aquifer by helping to repel highly saline seawater, which seeps into depleted aquifers near the coast.
Virginia Grebbian, OCWD general manager, said, "We're very pleased to be a part of a regional partnership with Metropolitan and MWD of Orange County to be able to store water locally for use regionally during dry spells."
The Orange County groundwater storage project is one of eight that Metropolitan has launched recently throughout Southern California. Together, these programs will provide nearly 480,000 acre-feet of new storage space for Metropolitan.
Local storage agreements have been, or are expected to be, signed with
-- Thousand Oaks-based Calleguas Municipal Water District,
-- Long Beach-Central Basin Municipal Water District,
-- Inland Empire Utilities Agency, located in Fontana,
-- Three Valleys Municipal Water District, headquartered in Claremont,
-- Foothill Municipal Water District, located in La Canada,
-- San Diego County Water Authority, and
-- City of Pasadena.
Metropolitan has had groundwater storage agreements with its member public water agencies since the 1950s, but recent developments have increased the importance of groundwater storage.
"It's extremely important that when water is available -- either on the Colorado River Aqueduct or the State Water project -- that we be able to take it in what may be a very short window of opportunity," said Kathy Kunysz, Metropolitan's conjunctive use program manager.
"That means we must have places to put it, and local groundwater basins are perfect for that purpose," she said.
The Orange County facilities are expected to be built and the project operational by 2008.


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LAS VEGAS, NV - (May 8, 2009) - Nevada State Bank received an Economic Independence Award from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) at its annual Small Business Awards Luncheon on May 7. The theme of this year's luncheon, which was held at the Orleans Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, was "Succeeding in Tough Economic Times." The event was designed to celebrate Nevada's small business community and its lenders, who have worked hard to survive the economic challenges over the past 18 months.
Nevada State Bank received the award for being the community bank with the highest number of SBA loans (31) and also the highest dollar volume of loans ($8.6 million) for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008.
Dennis Wengert, Deputy District Director of the SBA, congratulated Nevada State Bank on its achievement. "Thank you on behalf of the U.S. Small Business Administration and Nevada's small business community for helping small businesses start, grow and succeed," he said. Accepting the award for the bank were Guy Chaffee and Bob Hart, Nevada State Bank vice presidents who head up the bank's SBA lending department.
About Nevada State Bank
Editor's note: Contact Sandi Milton at Nevada State Bank for a list of local NSB clients available for interviews.


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I'm new to road riding, have riden In a small group of 4 once otherwise I ride alone. Been riding a road bike since September.
So I was tootling along on the flat today, riding by myself, doing around 20mph. Another dude joined the road a bit behind me from a slip road and pulled up behind me very close. I looked round and said Hi and he didn't say anything back.
After maybe a mile of this, sat inches from my back wheel he pulled out and started to overtake. A teensy pissed off at his rudeness I accelerated too. He shouted "what the f*** are you doing?" So I smiled and did my best Cav impression and pushed to the junction about a mile and a half away. We did a bit of elbow to elbow and he eventually dropped back then turned at the junction when I went straight on.
So what did I do wrong? Is it normal in road riding for a stranger to drop behind you for a 'lift' for a mile. I know it was a bit stubborn to accelerate when he came past but he had been rude too IMO.
I beat him so that's all that really matters right?


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Roswell Park, Jamestown Medical Oncology Hematology Establish Alliance
JAMESTOWN, NY — Cancer patients in Jamestown and Chautauqua County now have access to the newest and most innovative cancer therapies, thanks to an affiliation between Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) and a respected oncology practice here. Through their recent alliance, Jamestown Medical Oncology Hematology LLC (JMOH) and RPCI have formalized and enhanced a partnership with a practice that began 16 years ago when Jairus Ibabao, MD, who is board-certified in internal medicine, medical oncology and hematology, began providing services to patients in the Jamestown area.
Under the agreement, JMOH will continue to operate from the same location, 21 Porter Ave., Jamestown, as a Roswell Park community cancer practice. The office's 12 full-time employees include a certified oncology nurse practitioner, a certified oncology nurse, two other registered nurses, a practice manager, a medical technologist, a medical assistant, two medical billers and two administrative assistants. It's anticipated that by year-end, some Roswell Park physicians will also be providing care at the facility and that onsite consultations with RPCI surgeons will be available.
"We're especially pleased to be able to offer our patients access to the most innovative therapies available," said Dr. Ibabao, who is Medical Director of the practice and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Oncology at RPCI. "Our enhanced affiliation with Roswell Park means that the patients we see in Jamestown will be able to take advantage of RPCI's advanced therapies and approaches — not only in terms of chemotherapy protocols and clinical trials that we'll be able to offer onsite, but with the expertise and leading technology available at Roswell Park for specialized therapies in medical oncology, radiation, minimally invasive surgery and reconstructive surgery. These are tremendous resources that are likely to significantly improve outcomes for our patients."
The practice is a state-of-the-art facility equipped with an electronic medical record system, computerized pharmacy, sophisticated chemotherapy equipment, individual chemotherapy treatment and injection rooms and a CLIA-certified phlebotomy laboratory so that patients can get blood-test results, including tumor-marker testing, performed without the delays involved in having to seek testing at another location.
"We've always valued our relationship with Dr. Ibabao and his outstanding staff, and we welcome this opportunity to make the full resources of our comprehensive team available to patients in Jamestown and throughout Chautauqua County," said Alex Adjei, MD, PhD, FACP, Senior Vice President of Clinical Research and Katherine Anne Gioia Chair in Cancer Medicine at RPCI.
Jamestown Medical Oncology Hematology was founded in 2000 by Dr. Ibabao. Services available at JMOH include medical oncology consultations, hematology consultations, chemotherapy infusions, immunotherapy treatments, bone marrow biopsy and aspiration, genetic testing and counseling and cancer screening. For more information, including a complete listing of services, please go to http://www.jmoh.net.
The mission of Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) is to understand, prevent and cure cancer. RPCI, founded in 1898, was one of the first cancer centers in the country to be named a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center and remains the only facility with this designation in Upstate New York. The Institute is a member of the prestigious National Comprehensive Cancer Network, an alliance of the nation's leading cancer centers; maintains affiliate sites; and is a partner in national and international collaborative programs. For more information, visit RPCI's website at http://www.roswellpark.org, call 1-877-ASK-RPCI (1-877-275-7724) or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Various methods of pain control for women in labor will be discussed at a free program being offered from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday in Copley Memorial Hospital, Lincoln and Weston Avenues, Aurora.
The program features continous epidural analgesia, a birthing option that provides a relatively pain-free labor and delivery. Time will be allowed for a question and answer session.


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Australia's Stewart Ginn surged through the field to capture his first European Seniors Tour title with a two shot win from England's Nick Job at the inaugural Azores Senior Open.
Ginn, who hails from Melbourne but is based in Kuala Lumpur, started the day at Batalha Golf Club five shots off the lead held by Scotland's Martin Gray, but steadily set about reducing the deficit with five birdies en route to a round of 68.
As Gray's challenge faltered with a glut of bogeys and Job came unstuck with a three putt on the final green when needing a birdie to take the tournament to a play-off, Ginn finally tasted victory after nine years of trying.
The 59 year old had some words of consolation for Gray, saying: "I do feel for Martin, because he played so well over the first couple of days. It's not a nice feeling. We've all been there, and I'm sure he'll come back from it even stronger.
"But it's probably about time I won. I've finished second more times than I can remember, so it was just a case of getting over the line today. I've played nicely all week, but the difference today was that I sunk a few putts. I picked up a few birdies after the turn, and it was then I knew I had a chance of winning.
"Sadly I won't be able to celebrate properly tonight, because I've got to catch an early flight tomorrow. But I'm sure I'll have a few drinks when I get home. I've thoroughly enjoyed the tournament, and I'd like to congratulate Nick and all the other guys for playing so well today."
Job's round of 71 saw him finish the tournament on three under par, two shots clear of Argentina's Luis Carbonetti, Seniors Tour debutant Domingo Hospital of Spain, and Italy's Costantino Rocca, who shot a 69.
Earlier in the day, England's Bob Larratt set a new course record with a six under par round of 66.
Larratt, the professional at Kibworth Golf Club in Leicester, carded seven birdies and a solitary bogey to break the record held jointly by Canada's Brad Fritsch and America's PJ Cowan, who both shot rounds of 67.
After feeling the effects of bronchitis the 55 year old struggled with his game through the first two days, but was delighted to finish the tournament on a positive note.
He said: "A round of 66 is always pleasing, but more so on a tough course like this. I decided to be much more positive and attack the flags today, and got the rewards. Perhaps if the tournament had lasted another day I might've had a chance of winning it!"
Another man with reason to celebrate was Spain's Jose Rivero, whose reward for his hole-in-one at the eighth yesterday is to receive 200 bottles of wine – one for every yard of the hole – courtesy of sponsors Hardys.


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Callahan Brothers present
SMOKIN' JOE KUBEK feat. B'Nois King
Callahans Music Hall
2105 South Boulevard
Auburn Hills, MI, 48326
Doors 6:30 PM / Show 7:30 PM
Watch & Listen
Smokin Joe Kubek was born on November 30, 1956 in Grove City, Pennsylvania. Shortly after he was born his family moved to Irving, Texas where he grew up. Kubek was playing in Dallas clubs at the age of 14. Three years later, he took a deeper interest in blues, prompted by Eric Clapton and Peter Green, and formed his first band. Shortly afterwards, he played rhythm guitar behind Freddie King until King's death in December 1976. After a short spell with Robert Whitfield's Last Combo, he joined Al Braggs" band. Examples of his work can be heard on Braggs" 1979 production of tracks by R. L. Griffin. He also recorded with Charlie Robinson, Big Ray Anderson and Ernie Johnson, and on Little Joe Blue's album, "It's My Turn Now". In 1989, he teamed up with singer/guitarist Bnois King, from Monroe, Louisiana, whose soul-tinged vocals and jazz-orientated style contrasted well with Kubek's more strident finger and slide techniques. "The Axe Man" is an album of covers recorded before their Bullseye Blues debut. Subsequent releases have consolidated their reputation as a solid, entertaining band. Kubek made a host of new friends, including Albert King, Stevie Ray Vaughan (with whom Kubek became close), B.B. King and many other blues icons. He often found himself jamming with these larger-than-life blues stars, while playing constantly around the Dallas area. He not only learned tips and techniques, but also soaked up stories and lessons of being a professional touring musician. One night, he even had the chance to play B.B.'s guitar, Lucille. "King admired my enthusiasm and he encouraged me, which really meant a lot. When times got hard, I always remembered how B.B. King had given me some encouragement."
Kubek is one of those people who was born to play the guitar. Kubek has the technique and the chops to burn up any stage and has been doing so for the past 27 years. A guitar prodigy at the age of 14 the Texas born guitar slinger frequented the Dallas bar scene during the 1970's and early 80's playing with Stevie Ray Vaughan and people like the three Kings, B. B., Albert and Freddie. In 1989, Kubek met guitarist/vocalist Bnois King at a Monday night Dallas jam session. The two became fast friends, and melded their seemingly divergent styles—Kubek a rocking and fierce picker and slider, King a jazz-inflected chorder (who could also solo with flaming electricity)—into one of the most potent guitar combinations the Southwest had ever produced. Kubek explains the relationship succinctly: "I pull the blues out of him, and he pulls the jazz out of me. Bnois knows so much about jazz it's amazing."
Kubek, with his staggering arsenal of instruments, effects and technique, delivers a frenzied, flame-throwing guitar display that is tempered by the remarkable accompaniment of Bnois King's jazz influenced guitar. Kubek, coming from the blazing Texas blues/rock background, found in Bnois King's smooth jazz guitar stylings a finesse and fat chord sound that was a perfect complement to his technique. The combination just clicked with a seamless mesh of styles. King lays down a bed of smooth supporting jazz chords on his hollow bodied Gibson that allows Kubek to take center stage and play with almost reckless abandon. Together this dynamic duo has recorded 7 albums for Bullseye Blues & Jazz Records.
Muscling his way through the proceedings both live and on disc, Kubek will pull, bend, pick, and push his strings well beyond what you'd think they'd normally endure as he runs through his and King's songs. Using Hendrix-style crybaby wah-wah leads and ear-bleeding, Johnny Winter-meets-Elmore James slide work on songs such as the title/leadoff cut and the shuffling "She's It," he brings things to a boiling point with screeching and shimmering lines that rattle speaker cones and make the fillings in your teeth vibrate. Then, applying the brakes, he runs through some of the sweetest, most beautiful slow blues on "I'm Here for You" and "Cryin' By Myself" with shimmering high notes, hanging in the air above heavy turnarounds. Throughout, King (no relation to Freddie) will comp along on his Gibson, shout lyrics, and, in general, make the whole package complete.
This union began during a regular Monday-night gig in Dallas when Kubek invited King to sit in and found that King's softer, jazz-based guitar and vocals perfectly complemented Kubek's headier rock-inspired guitar work. Although the partnership is a natural, Kubek still seems amazed that it worked at all. Months earlier, the two shared an uncomfortable meeting that he still recalls today. "We laugh at it now," he says, "but when we first ran into each other, it was in some club dressing room a while before I'd invited him to sit in with my band. Neither of us remembers why we were there, because it wasn't our gig. We never said a word to each other. We just kinda sat there and looked at each other. It was weird."
The pair became fast friends and eventually found themselves on the road in support of their first Bullseye disc, Steppin' Out, released in 1991. On early tours, the band did weeks in the Northeast in the dead of winter in an old Ford van, without heat. "It was kinda like that movie Alive," Kubek notes with a laugh. "We'd drive all bundled up. And it got so cold sometimes, I'd actually think of building a fire inside the thing just to keep warm. Then to top it off, every hotel we stopped at only had heat in the rooms when you rented 'em. So they never got warm. I had to sleep with my hair dryer the whole time. The goal was just to get home alive."
In 1991, they signed to Bullseye Blues, releasing their debut, Steppin' Out Texas Style, the same year. Following its release, the band launched their first national tour. For the rest of the '90s, the Smokin' Joe Kubek Band toured the United States and toured frequently and issued records like 1993's Texas Cadillac, 1996's Got My Mind Back, and 2000's Bite Me. In 2003 Kubek and King released Roadhouse Research on the Blind Pig label. The duo's second release for Blind Pig, Show Me the Money, came out in 2004. A single-disc collection of some of the best tracks from the Bullseye Blues years, Served Up Texas Style, came out in 2005. A third album from Blind Pig Records, My Heart's in Texas, was released in 2006.
For almost 20 years, the red-hot Texas rockin' blues of Smokin' Joe Kubek and Bnois King has been thrilling music fans all around the world. Kubek's raucous roadhouse fretwork is expertly complimented by the equally fiery guitar and soulful vocals of Bnois King. With literally thousands of live performances under their collective belt, the two create a one-two punch of raw, tough, blues-rock filled with intensity and purpose. Gigging with legendary musicians like Stevie Ray Vaughan, Albert King, Freddie King and B.B. King (among so many others), Kubek learned first-hand how to live and play the blues and how to lead a band. Harp declared, "Kubek and King pump out rocking, kicking blues for those times when the feet just want to start stomping."
The band's Alligator Records debut, Blood Brothers, produced by Kubek and Alligator president Bruce Iglauer, is a blues lover's delight. The CD features 14 rocking blues songs (13 originals) filled with Kubek's larger-than-life fretwork and King's smoky vocals and economical, tasty guitar playing. Recorded with Kubek and King's road-honed touring unit, the album captures all of the band's legendary live energy and highlights the seemingly telepathic interplay between the musicians.
According to Iglauer, "Joe and Bnois are a real powerhouse blues combination. Joe is an amazing guitarist who can play anything in blues, from the most traditional Texas style to totally blowout blues-rock. Bnois is a gorgeous singer with deep Texas soul, and his guitar playing is subtle and melodic. Together they make an unbeatable two-man front line backed by a solid, versatile rhythm section."
And Kubek is simply thrilled to be with Alligator. "Alligator is the Rolls Royce of blues labels. After all my life of being a musician, this is the greatest achievement and brightest spot of my career. I'm looking forward to making the best recordings I've ever made, and I'm looking forward to seeing all of our fans on tour."
More than anything else, Smokin' Joe Kubek and Bnois King exist to perform live. With Blood Brothers and a massive tour planned, the band will gig from coast to coast, bringing their no-holds-barred brand of soul-charged, Texas rockin' blues to old fans and newcomers night after night. From the smallest Texas roadhouse to clubs and concert stages all over the country and around the world, Kubek and King—band mates and blood brothers—are ready to welcome everyone into their Texas blues family.
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Knee brace not a problem for TE Aaron Hernandez
FOXBOROUGH — Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez is getting creative when it comes to his interview sessions with the media.
Last week he jokingly let out a few groans instead of answering questions about his knee. He eventually said he was feeling fine. Today he did the first part of his interview while eating a piece of grilled chicken.
When asked if he could play Sunday with a piece of chicken in his hand, Hernandez quipped, "Probably not because I don't want to drop any more touchdown passes."
After he finished his lunch, Hernandez touched on a couple of football-related topics.
How have you felt since Jets: "I feel pretty good. I feel healthy and ready to go."
On playing with a knee brace: "It's not an excuse. You're not thinking about it when it's on. So you still have to play football. It may make you a tenth of a second slower, but it's not that big of a difference and I can't use it as an excuse or else I would have on that touchdown."
On Tim Tebow starting: "Tim's a great player and I loved him in college. He's a playmaker. He's going to make plays. Hopefully, he's going to go out there this week and make some plays. Hopefully, he can succeed because I feel like he's going to be a great quarterback."
"He's a winner. You want someone like him in your huddle because he's going to know everything. People may not like his throwing technique, but he's a winner and he's going to find ways to make the plays and get that first down, whether he has to run it or throw it and he's going to make things happen."