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Doug Whaley lived up to his word over the weekend in his first draft as the Buffalo Bills' general manager.
Priority No. 1 this offseason for Whaley and Co. has been to surround quarterback EJ Manuel with as many weapons as possible, in order to give the second-year pro his greatest chance of success.
After using four of their seven draft picks on offense – including the first two – and trading for a running back, Whaley's plan is coming together.
"We are committed. I want you to believe me when I say that," Whaley said of building around Manuel. "I always tell you guys that I'll never say never because I don't want to paint myself in a corner, but when I do say something, I do it and I mean it and I try to fulfill it."
The bold move up the draft board — at the expense of next year's first-round draft pick — to select Clemson receiver Sammy Watkins in the first round is Exhibit A.
"We believe the addition of Sammy is going to be instant impact, not only to our quarterback, but to what our offensive coordinator can come up with game-plan wise and how defenses attack us," Whaley said.
Exhibit B would be the selection of Alabama offensive tackle Cyrus Kouandjio in the second round.
"You add in Cyrus Kouandjio when he gets on the field and whenever he steps in to start contributing, you'll have two bookend tackles for a long time," Whaley said. "We're excited about not only now, but into the future."
Watkins is as much of a can't-miss prospect as the draft had to offer, but his production will be weighed against the cost of the 2015 first-rounder.
Kouandjio's left knee was a concern to at least some teams, and potentially a reason he slipped to No. 41. So both selections come with at least some degree of risk. That's something Whaley clearly isn't adverse to.
"I think where we are and where we're trying to go — I can't say it's always going to be like this — but I will say I will not be afraid to be aggressive and be bold," Whaley said.
The Bills' general manager has done the equivalent of pushing all his chips into the middle of the table on Manuel — then taking his watch off and throwing that into the pot for good measure.
"We do not anticipate bringing in another arm," Whaley said about the potential of adding another quarterback to the roster, another sign the team is fully committed to Manuel. "At this time we're very confident with the guys we have on campus.
"We do have some young guys, but they're experienced in our system. And that was another thought process: If you bring someone else in, they're just as young or younger and less experienced in the system, so we're very confident where we are right now."
Coach Doug Marrone said he expects the entire offense to operate more efficiently in the second year in coordinator Nathaniel Hackett's system.
"Now when you're talking to them it's like a light is going off," Marrone said. "They see it now and you're able to get the different steps. So from the standpoint of what you're doing in the classroom, you're working through the advanced stages now with them. Now it's a matter of really getting excited and going on the field and having that stuff convert to the field and that's where it's the most important."
While the Bills have mostly added to the offense this offseason — dating back to the signing of left guard Chris Williams in free agency and the trade of receiver Mike Williams — they did subtract a significant contributor Friday by dealing veteran wideout Stevie Johnson to the San Francisco 49ers.
Johnson is the only Bills receiver in franchise history to have three consecutive 1,000-yard seasons, from 2010-12, but that total dipped to 597 yards in his only season with Marrone and Hackett as he struggled with injuries and missed two games because of the death of his mother.
Just how well Johnson's quirky personality fit with Marrone is certainly up for debate.
But that all became moot after Watkins was drafted.
"Stevie had a very good career here, but obviously when you bring someone in like Sammy and the young group of guys we had, yes, that's really it," Marrone said. "It's not a knock on Stevie, we brought in Sammy and it was crowded back there. We make decisions on what is best for the team and we move forward from there. We appreciate everything that Stevie has done and we wish him well. It's a change of atmosphere."
Marrone said Watkins' versatility presents a puzzle the offensive staff is eager to solve.
"As soon as we were able to get him … I got together with the offensive staff," he said. "We have a lot of work ahead of us. He's excited to get back to work and we're excited to work with him."
Johnson's trade leaves a hole at slot receiver. Marrone said the Bills will use their upcoming organized team activities to best fill that role.
"Sammy can play the slot. Robert Woods, we felt very comfortable with him being able to play the slot and be very successful there," Marrone said. "We even thought about Marquise Goodwin being able to play in the slot and getting in and out of breaks."
Marrone and his staff will also have some sorting out to do at running back after the weekend trade with Philadelphia for Bryce Brown.
"I can't sum up what the backfield is, but I will sum up what one of our philosophies as a team is and that's 'competition brings out the best in everybody,' " Whaley said. "We want competition — we don't want people coming in and saying, 'here is my spot and I'm safe.' We want people to push people to be better."
Brown, who will be 23 when the season starts, gives the team solid depth now and insurance for the future with both C.J. Spiller and Fred Jackson entering the final year of their contracts.
"God forbid you have injury … where are we going to go next?" Marrone asked. "We're able to go out and get a player who hasn't had a lot of mileage on him. … I'm excited for him to come in and see what he can do."
Buffalo native Derek Brim, a defensive back for the University at Buffalo, will sign as an undrafted free agent with the Bills, according to a tweet from Jon Fuller, the school's assistant athletic director for communications.
That signing has yet to be confirmed by the Bills. Brim, a former walk-on, made 58 tackles, broke up four passes and forced two fumbles in 2013 for the Bulls. He played at Canisius High School.
UB cornerback Najja Johnson confirmed to The News on Sunday that he will sign as an undrafted free agent with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Johnson was a first-team All-Mid-American Conference selection as a senior in 2013 after finishing with three interceptions and nine pass breakups. He finished his UB career with 38 passes defended — one short of the school record.
Additionally, former UB guard Jasen Carlson — a Jamestown native who attended Southwestern High School — has received an invitation to rookie minicamp on a tryout basis with the Chicago Bears. Carlson started the first seven games of the season with UB at left guard before suffering a broken leg against Massachusetts and missing the rest of the year.
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By 2014, Manchester's famous Cornerhouse centre and Library Theatre Company will be based in their new, aptly named site, HOME. But the nascent arts organisation already has a new identity system, courtesy of Glasgow's O Street studio
By 2014, Manchester's famous Cornerhouse centre and Library Theatre Company will be based in their new, aptly named site, HOME. But the nascent arts organisation already has a new identity system, courtesy of Glasgow's O Street studio…
The designers worked with Manchester's Creative Concern to create the identity for the new centre, which will open in its new building designed by Mecanoo and _space architecture in just over a year's time.
The Cornerhouse and the Library Theatre Company were officially brought together in April 2012, as the Greater Manchester Arts Centre Ltd, but both identities and names will remain in place until HOME is adopted at the new site.
O Street developed a logotype and a bespoke typeface for HOME – the images shown here will, say the designers, "be used to inform the applications across environmental, digital and printed collateral".
As Design Week reported in May last year, Creative Concern were brought in to work on the branding strategy, while O Street were chosen to work on the various creative elements.
Among them are ideas for how display type might be worked across various applications; in some instances, creating new words out of other words – a play on the unfixed nature of the letterforms. The display font features a pair of screw holes on each letter suggesting that they can be fixed and then repositioned accordingly.
Cornerhouse say that HOME will "produce the best in contemporary theatre, visual art and film, learning and participation, creative industries and digital innovation".
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UPDATE: ICU Medical Posts 31% Decline In Q4 Profit, Issues Downbeat FY13 Forecast
ICU Medical (NASDAQ: ICUI) reported a 31% drop in its fourth-quarter earnings.
For the new year, ICU Medical projects earnings of $2.70 to $2.85 per share, and revenue of $330 million to $340 million. However, analysts expected earnings of $2.89 per share on revenue of $339 million.
ICU Medical's quarterly profit declined to $12.3 million, or $0.82 per share, from $17.8 million, or $1.26 per share, in the year-ago period.
Its revenue climbed 8.1% to $82.7 million. However, analysts were expecting earnings of $0.78 per share on revenue of $83 million.
Its gross margin rose to 50.6% from 47.1%.
ICU Medical shares fell 1.50% to close at $60.24 yesterday.
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I'll admit that, upon hearing David Cronenberg had cast Robert Pattinson in his upcoming mind-bender "Cosmopolis", I scoffed. Literally. I think I made some sort of seriously obnoxious sound whilst rolling my eyes in an overly melodramatic fashion. Turns out I may have jumped to one insanely misguided conclusion. The first trailer, which can be found below, completely blew me away. It's definitely a lot darker and much stranger than I had anticipated. Which, of course, is a good thing, because when Cronenberg does weird, you never really know what you're going to get.
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Eric Packer risks his entire fortune to bet against the yen on a tumultuous day, a move that puts him in an assassin's crosshairs as he moves from place to place in a limo in a study of capitalism that takes place in a slightly futuristic metropolis.
Need more incentive? The film also features Samantha Morton, Jay Baruchel, Paul Giamatti, Kevin Durand, and Juliette Binoche. Whenever you're ready, you can find the trailer hanging out below. And while it doesn't contain anything overly offensive, you may not want to watch it at work. Unless you work out of your home. In which case, have at it.
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STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) — Kids across the Golden Triangle had a chance to climb aboard a fire truck, operate a basket on a utility vehicle and sit in a real Hummer.
The second annual Touch A Truck event was held at the Starkville sportsplex.
For $5, kids could get a wristband and get an all access pass to more than 30 big trucks.
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The Best You Ediciones is pleased to present the book Más Memoria -More Memory-, by the Italian author Gianni Golfera. Gianni is one of the most reputable researchers and teachers in the area of learning strategies and understanding of memory. Gianni devotes all its efforts to promote seminars for memory development based on their own experience, their knowledge and regularly updated of the book The Art of Memory, a mnemonic technique created by a Greek poet and well known by the Latin authors, which reached its peak between Renaissance intellectuals. Gianni knew this reading through Idearum Umbris treatise written during the Renaissance by the philosopher Giordano Bruno who dedicated his life to the study of this art, developing and updating their principles and adapting them to the needs of today's world. His work in the field of memory means a vindication of the human condition and Humanism.
In his book, Gianni teaches methods to improve and increase our memory capacity and retain those memories that can lead to an exciting journey through time and senses, childhood and the unforgettable moments of life.
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English pop-punks The Futureheads will swing by the Casbah on October 4.
Influenced by Devo-style New Wave and post-punk Fugazi, the band has been successful since day one. Their self-titled 2004 debut immediately charmed critics and fans alike, and it hit #11 on the UK charts. The Futureheads' second album, News and Tributes, did just about as well as the first.
It only got better from there. 2008's This is Not the World hit #1 in the UK, and their June 2010 release, The Chaos, hit #3.
But don't let all these UK accolades lead you to believe that they're unheard-of in the States. The Futureheads have toured extensively and gained legions of fans across the country, and among U.S. critics, The Chaos is considered both a major step forward and a return to the band's roots.
The album has received positive reviews across the board, from Metromix ("An album you need to hear now") to Spin ("Queen-like operatic vocals and Springsteen arena flourishes"). In a similar fashion, the band generated buzz everywhere they went on their recent east coast tour.
Their stop at the Casbah on October 4 is part of their first run through the southwest in four years, and the next opportunity might not come for a while. You know what to do: get your tickets here.
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Groundbreaking Funding Model Puts Solar Energy Within Reach for Nonprofits
Feb 13, 2009, 12:14 ET from National Development Council
National Development Council Program Funds Solar Installation and Green Renovations for
NDC unveiled the new financing model Friday at the Gasser Foundation's ribbon cutting ceremony, attended by Bay Area business leaders and policy makers, representatives of U.S. Rep.
Green energy projects are normally difficult for non-profit organizations to develop because they are ineligible for federal tax incentives. However, NDC joined the Gasser Foundation to help secure alternative sources of funding for the project, which was designed to maximize the economic benefit to the community. Nationally recognized for its work in community housing and other community development projects, NDC devised a unique financing model to secure approximately
"This is truly a groundbreaking project for the National Development Council as well as for the non-profit community," said
"The Gasser Foundation believes we must demonstrate our tangible commitment to sustainability -- and through this partnership with National Development Council we hope to open doors for the long term benefit of many nonprofit organizations on which our community depends," said
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CONGRATULATIONS to the ad hoc committee for a very straight-forward, earnest presentation of the reality of Alamo Incorporation, May 30, 2007. With Contra Costa County continuing to treat Alamo as a TAXABLE ASSET to be abused by various special interest projects, it was refreshing to see the VALUE of incorporation presented in depth and with professional validation of #1) continuing or improved services, #2) no new taxes, #3) locally defined planning, and #4) budget surpluses that retain more of our taxes in Alamo for our own designated usage.
The more abuses staged by the county, and the more opposition generated among a handful of Alamo neighbors by aggregated political actions, simply shows that the county knows that Alamo's majority support of incorporation will take away a TAXABLE ASSET that feeds county budgets and rewards special interests.
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Massachusetts Man Uses Drone to Help Propose to His Girlfriend [VIDEO]
Talk about a birds eye view of two lovebirds strolling along the beach in Massachusetts, but it's not a bird, or a plane, but a drone on a mission.
Talk about a birds eye view of two lovebirds strolling along the beach in Massachusetts, but it's not a bird, or a plane, but a drone on a mission.
Here at Mix 108 the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Movie is at a fever pitch, with your chance to win tickets to the Premier this Friday, and a chance to win a T.M.N.T. Foosball table! The folks of Fresno California seem just as excited, as their Minor league team hosted Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Night.
As the old saying goes, there are two sides to every story.
Sky News reporter Joe Michalczuk surprised his wife with a celebrity-packed video at their wedding. Is this the best wedding gift ever or — no, it really is just the best wedding gift ever.
Thanks to the wonder that is the Internet, you've probably seen your fair share of non-traditional marriage proposals -- some good and some not so much. Well, now you can add another good one.
Opening a salon is a big deal, and so is getting engaged, but what happens when they both happen on the same day?
Granted, this video is not as elaborate as most of the proposals we feature on here. There was no puppet movie, no homemade video game. There was just an awesome surprise.
This is officially your sappy/warm fuzzy story of the day. An unsuspecting news anchor was duped by the teleprompter to read a news story about herself, and it worked!
As you may be aware, today is Valentine's Day. And as you may have guessed, it's one of the most popular days for people to propose to each other.
As Christian Ponder's first full season in the NFL progresses, he has shown glimpses of greatness and offered a lot of frustration for his on-field performance. Off the field, it was announced about a month into the season that he was dating ESPN reporter Samantha Steele. Things have progressed.
I love this proposal, how clever and diabolical. A man takes his girlfriend for a private flight, while he's piloting the plane she's is enjoying the view and taking pictures, when all of a sudden the plane dives and she thinks they are in an emergency situation and has to read to him from the emergency procedures, see what happens next after the jump.
To be fair, this dog doesn't ruin the proposal, but he definitely leaves us hanging!
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Talent demand and availability of cloud platforms have led to a unique way education is offered. As long as you have a descent internet connection, no matter on which side of earth you are hiding, you can educate yourself at almost no cost or a fraction of cost of education in schools. The best part is anyone in this world can attend courses from best universities of world like Stanford, MIT and such!… Read the postRead more


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A sleeper jumbo athlete from the small town of Crescent City, Fla., has emerged. This 6-foot-6, 225-pounder with stellar physical numbers played his first full season of varsity football last fall and blossomed into a major prospect. He already holds a scholarship offer from an Atlantic Coast Conference program and is getting looks from other schools.
Defensive end/tight end prospect Toshmon Stevens has been timed at 4.56 seconds in the 40-yard dash and 4.47 in the pro shuttle. He also has a 35-inch vertical leap. All are excellent times for a prospect his size, that has the frame to play at 260-275 with the proper training at the collegiate level.
"North Carolina State has offered," Stevens said. "Arizona State has been interested and Florida A&M got in touch to check up on me the other day."
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Stevens hasn't heard from them, but one major in-state program has always had his attention.
"Florida State hasn't contacted me, but I would love to go there if I could," he said.
Under the radar as he is, Stevens is just hoping to have multiple options with regards to his college choice.
"It's not really a big thing as long as their academic program is in good shape," he said.
Crescent City coach Quintin Lewis spoke highly of his star prospect.
"He's a nice kid, a hardworking kid," Lewis said. "Everything is just starting to get moving on him. Last year was his first full year of playing football since the ninth grade. He's really a sleeper that nobody knows about, but I think he has a chance to play on Sundays one day. He has amazing body control for somebody that is 6-6."
Stevens has been invited to the Sunshine Preps prospect camp this summer. He also plans to attend the Tallahassee NIKE Camp, which is April 22 at Florida State.


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Last year's debut of The Midwest Rock 'n' Roll Expresstour, recognized by Rolling Stone as one of the Ten Hottest Summer Package Tours of 2012, was such a huge success that Rock's finest from the Midwest.
REO Speedwagon, Styx and Ted Nugent are teaming up again for another round of shows starting April 18 in Grand Forks, N.D.
The tour will stop Friday, May 3 at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre, 1340 A1A South.
Styx and REO Speedwagon will be offering direct-to-fan access to the best seats in the house via their own exclusive fan club pre-sales. Go to StyxWorld.com to join the Styx Lounge for access to exclusive content, ticket pre-sales and VIP packages, and go to www.facebook.com/reospeedwagon for information about REO Speedwagon's ticket pre-sales.
Reserved tickets are $89.50, $75 $49.50 and $39.50, and will go on sale this at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 15 at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre and Ponte Vedra Concert Hall box offices. Guests can enjoy complimentary coffee and snacks courtesy on Friday morning while waiting in line for tickets.
Tickets also will be available at findmytix.com, all Ticketmaster outlets, at ticketmaster.com, or by phone at 800-745-3000.
- SHOW: Styx, REO Speedwagon, Ted Nugent
- VENUE: St. Augustine Amphitheatre, 1340 A1A South
- DATE: Friday, May 3
- TIME: Doors open at 5 p.m., and the concert begins at 6 p.m.
- TICKET PRICES: $89.50, $75 $49.50 and $39.50
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Officer Jeremiah Hurley was killed while investigating a call regarding a suspicious package in a residential neighborhood. During the investigation the package exploded, killing him and wounding the other officer on the scene.
The bomb had been attached to the bottom of a car and fell off in the driveway. The bomb builder was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment, but that conviction was overturned and he was re-sentenced in 2007 to serve 37 years. In August of 2008 a federal appeals court reinstated the life sentence.
Officer Hurley had served with the agency for 23 years. He was survived by his wife, two daughters, two stepsons, and two grandchildren.


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Kai Ryssdal: We're back with more of Consumed, our special coverage of the consumer economy, airing all week on this and other American Public Media programs. Today: guilty secrets -- things we know we shouldn't do...
Chuck those double-A batteries into the regular trash, right alongside the energy-saving lightbulbs with their mercury inside. We throw away about 130 million cell phones every year. The government predicts 250 million computers will be tossed over the next five years.
Most consumer electronics contain noxious metals -- toxic trash, which is the fastest-growing part of our waste stream -- and one of America's few booming exports. But Marketplace's Scott Tong reports from China, some of it might be stamped: "Return to sender."
Scott Tong: When old computers shut down for the last time, where do the go to die? Places like this: an industrial scrap yard in the Chinese port city of Taizhou, a few hours down the coast from Shanghai.
Workers sift through six-foot-high piles of electronic trash, or "e-waste": circuit boards, monitors, keyboards, and smashed-up cell phones. Most of this stuff is Chinese waste. But I also found imported trash from the developed world -- based on the power plugs and the foreign characters on the keyboards.
Jim Puckett: China is a huge recipient of our waste -- and what's happening there can best be described as a cyber-age nightmare.
Jim Puckett is with the nonprofit Basel Action Network. It endorses an international agreement called the Basel Ban.
Puckett: It's a complete prohibition on the export of any hazardous waste from the rich counties to the poor country. But the United States is the only developed country, the only rich country, that has refused to sign this treaty.
So we Americans can still export our trash. Here's how it works: Every single hour, folks across the globe toss out 4,000 tons of e-waste, says the environmental group Greenpeace. Even if you're a good citizen and hand your old computer to a recycler, there's a good chance he sells it to a broker, who puts it on a ship that smuggles it to Africa, or the Middle East, or China.
In small, poor villages like this one, workers disassemble old circuit boards in primitive ways. They bang off the valuable parts -- for instance, computer chips with gold inside. Most workers are migrants, like this woman who looks over 60. We ask if the work is painful.
Chinese woman: It hurts. How could it not hurt? But I have to do this for a living.
Another disassembler, named Chen, dips electronics in chemicals. Then he dumps the old chemical stew -- which includes heavy metals like lead -- into the soil.
Chen: We encounter these chemicals every day, right? No big deal.
In fact, lead is known to disrupt brain development in kids. All the lead isn't thrown away -- some gets salvaged and formed into bricks. Then it's resold to battery makers and metalworkers looking for a cheap substitute to more durable metals.
Much of it ends up in places like this: the city of Yiwu. It's one of the world's largest wholesale markets, the source of stuff at the Dollar Stores around the globe. Among the items for sale: low-end metal jewelry.
Manufacturers here buy their metal from suppliers like Ms. Xu. She's unloading bricks of lead alloy to make bracelets and necklaces.
Ms. Xu: It could be a little harmful, I guess. But we give the customers whatever they want. If they don't want it, we don't give it to them.
American customers don't necessarily want lead jewelry. But, says attorney Steve Dickenson, they do want cheap products -- and lead is a cut-rate raw material at a time of sky-high metals prices.
Steve Dickenson: The United States has had an unfortunate cycle in the past 10 years of an excessive concern with price. And when price gets pushed down as far as it's been pushed, people should assume that there's going to be a problem.
Sure enough, American authorities recalled tens of thousands of kids' jewelry sets and charms this past summer, in addition to lead-painted toys. In a provocative new study, professors at Ashland University in Ohio found highly leaded trinkets sold in the U.S. bore the chemical fingerprints of lead from old computers.
Jim Puckett's Basel Action Network helped coordinate the study -- he says what comes around, goes around.
Puckett: This very waste that we're sending to China comes back and poisons our own.
It's impossible to know for sure if the recycled lead came from America, or Japan or China. But Puckett's main point is hazardous e-trash changes hands in the global economy far too easily, into a shadowy global supply chain of smugglers, wholesalers and backyard operators.
Puckett: This type of trade needs to be controlled. It's akin to drugs, it's akin to arms and slavery, etc. It is not a good that we're trading. It is a bad.
In Zhejiang Province, eastern China, I'm Scott Tong for Marketplace.


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Next week will mark the third attempt by Telus to get approval for a new cell tower aimed at clearing a dead zone in the Hammond Bay area and, thanks to new federal rules, it could be third time lucky.
As of this month, Industry Canada requires cellular companies to consult with the public before new towers can be constructed, but public approval isn't necessary – only the okay of municipal or local governments is needed. In the past, only towers taller than 15 metres required public consultation, but residents had to give the go-ahead before construction started.
If Telus can convince the eight members of Nanaimo City Council and the mayor that the tower is needed, it will be the first such structure built in Canada under the new rules.
But the rule change doesn't make it a slam dunk for Telus in Nanaimo – the tower continues to deeply divide residents and city councillors. Many residents and business owners want better wireless coverage in the area, but other residents have health concerns about the microwave radiation that would be emitted by the tower.
Liz Sauvé, a spokesperson for Telus, said the company's polling shows 40 per cent of area residents are in favour it, but 60 per cent have reservations.
Nanaimo city Councillor Bill McKay said the lack of reception in the area is a public safety concern. The city is considering construction of a new firehall in Hammond Bay, and about two-thirds of 911 calls are now made on cellphones.
"If we're going to invest $3-million in a firehall … and many people are giving up their land lines, we need to ensure as a city that there's service out there," Mr. McKay said. "The only way we can get service out there is to build a tower."
But Fred Howe, a retired professor of orthodontics who lives 300 metres from the proposed construction site, is skeptical of Canada's safety standards for cellular towers and their emissions.
Vancouver Coastal Health and Island Health have issued statements in recent years saying the radiation from cellular towers poses no public health risk. Cellphone networks operate using microwaves, a type of electromagnetic radiation that doesn't cause mutations in human cells that lead to cancer, some scientists say.
But Dr. Howe isn't convinced. "[The effects of cellphone radiation are] in the process of being proven," he said. "I'm afraid it's going to be like asbestos mines. It was quite all right for our grandfathers to go to work in an asbestos mine, but one lifetime later you find out that's not the thing to do."
Other concerns about the tower include its proximity to a local creek, and concerns about its appearance. Ms. Sauvé said Telus is considering painting the tower a dark green to blend in with the surrounding trees to address residents' aesthetic concerns. She said Telus will continue to consult the public about its new towers regardless of the new regulations. "We just feel it's the right thing to do," she said.
If council accepts Telus's proposal, construction could begin as soon as 2015.


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Janesville Parker, Craig volleyball teams swept
Janesville Parker High School lost to Sun Prairie, 3-0, Tuesday in Big Eight volleyball.
The Cardinals defeated the Vikings, 25-11, 25-12, 25-19, dropping Parker to 1-6 in the conference.
�We just did not play well,� Parker coach Dave Lehmann said. �We played the undefeated team in the conference (Verona) pretty good last week and beat them once, but we did not play that well today.��
Ashley Hartwig had 11 kills for Parker.
Parker plays at Janesville Craig at 6:30 p.m. Thursday.
Sun Prairie 25 25 25
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Parker leaders (aces, kills. digs, assists)�Claire Gorman,. 1-2-6-0; Dani Fugate, 0-1-0-0; Maddie Clarke, 1-2-0-0; Natalie McDonald, 1-0-5-0; Rachael Hearn, 0-0-0-6; Hannah Flister, 0-0-2-0; Karlee Fowler, 0-1-1-0; Ashley Ross, 0-1-1-4; Ashley Hartwig, 5-11-3-0; Claire Fox, 0-1-1-4; Jackie Shepler, 0-3-0-1.
-- Middleton 3, Craig 0�The host Cardinals cruised to the Big Eight win.
Craig (1-6) kept it close in Game One, losing 25-18, but was no match for Middleton in Games 2 and 3.
�We played a little better tonight than we have the last couple of matches, but we were playing a better team, too,� Craig coach Blake Budrow said.
Janesville Craig 18 9 14
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Craig (aces, kills, assists)�Meghan Hulen, 0-0-3; Regan Sitorius, 1-4-0; Alli Calkins, 0-5-0; Kristi Crandall, 0-0-2; Ali Raymond, 0-1-0; Katie Villa, 0-1-6; Nicole Kelly, 0-1-0; Kaylyn Funk, 0-1-0.
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Apparently the other night I lost a dance-off in front of about 60 people. I say apparently because I was blacked out drunk and had to be told this the next mornign by my friends who said it was nothing short of hysterical. I can't dance for shit, total white boy. I had no business being in a dance-off. I guess there was this kid dancing in front of the jukebox like a total rave-rat (pretending he had glowsticks and all) so i started mocking him behind his back. This is when my friend steve says "dude you should totally challenge him." so i jumped in front of his face and started dancing pants. this when the entire bar turns around and forms a circle around us. then i guess i stood there with giving him the "what's up now" hand motion. he then proceeds to annihilate my previous moves, serving me worse than i've ever been served before. i froze like eminem in 8 mile. the whole bar hissed in disappointment. i really need to learn some moves bad.
"before people start shitting on this story, there was nothing remotely serious about this dance confrontation. i wasn't out looking to dance at all (i was blacked out drunk"


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Local protest of child marriage in Iraq
Gathering in El Cajon condemns proposed change in Middle-Eastern law
Eric Bartl 12:30 p.m., Nov. 21
Local Lives is a series of interviews with local artists and creators. Do you know a photographer, painter, musician, performer, artisan, or creator that you would like to see interviewed? Contact [email protected]
How do you describe your style of music and what musicians do you compare yourself to, or aspire to be like?
I'm pretty diverse stylistically. I think primarily I'm a finger style guitar player and that comes from growing up listening to Chet Atkins and Tommy Emmanuel and them being my main influences, and then through both of those guys I was exposed to so many other styles, like Django Reinhardt and a lot of the swing and jazz and that kind of stuff. So primarily a finger style guy that likes to be competent at swing and jazz and some blues and that kinda stuff too.
How is your significant investment of time and energy contributed to your life? Not just your music or your craft but to your life?
Investing the time that I have in music has given me such a more sharp, a more keen attention to beauty in everything all around me—in literature, in nature, wherever—because I work so hard and have for so long at trying to make beautiful music, I think it makes me appreciate beauty in other peoples efforts at creating beauty—in just about every field.
The Ben Owens Trio is a family band. What is the family dynamic like during rehearsals and performances?
The rehearsal dynamic is fun, you know I've been in rehearsals with people where you have to play with them but you don't necessarily get along with them that great and fortunately it's nothing like that. It sort of tends to the other end of the spectrum where it's like we gotta try not to goof off too much and try and focus on the tunes a lot of times because you know we get each others sense of humor. It's a lot of fun, but it can easily just get off the track into like you know slapstick almost sometimes, but when we really get down to it and we really drop into a groove there's nothing quite like it, it's a good time.
What are the stylistic differences or the artistic differences that you and your brothers have and do you think it came from… Is it nature or nurture? Do yo think that you guys are just different musicians or have you been cultivated in the same musical groove?
Yeah, we're all three… We appreciate so much of the same core of music but we're all three really different and our voices are totally different as far as the expression of that. I think there's probably a little bit of both nature and nurture going on in that a huge body of our influences we have in common you know, but within that there's certain things that each of us are a little more attracted to. Like Joseph on the drums, he's just so rhythmic and always has been. Ever since he was a toddler he would walk up to a coffee table and just start pounding out rhythms and they would just be like impeccable. And then Jameson is just so like his dexterity is just amazing, he's always just been so natural. He'll learn a solo or he'll hear a player and you know you hear him in the next few days and it's just like, man he's got the licks and he's got the intonation. So I think probably it's mostly just the natural internal difference and each of us gravitation to what is our ideal voice or ideal mode of expression.
You've played quite a wide variety of gigs. What goes through your head while you're playing, and does it change depending on the type or duration of the gig?
What I'm thinking and how I'm feeling when I'm performing definitely varies from gig to gig and what kind of gig it is. You know the challenge in a coffee house is to keep peoples attention, right? Because you want them to have a good time and it's cool when everyone's hanging out and chatting, but at the same time you want what you're doing to be good enough where people can listen and sit up and go, "Wow, that's really cool." So in a setting like this, it's trying to find that balance between—like on the one hand you've got be introspective enough to just really try and make every single note count so that it sounds as good as it possibly can and the phrasing and the tone and everything is there and then on the other hand being sure that you're reaching out and actually making that connect with people so that it's not just going out there but that it's going to them and that they feel that, you know?
What trends in music—or culture in general—are you currently noticing or following?
I think it's amazing the way the Internet brings people together and you know I've met players from all over the world and we keep in touch through things like Facebook and YouTube and that kind of stuff, but people actually have begun to collaborate from those kinds of meetings. You know it's one thing to just like know that other people are out there, but I have two friends who are a duo and one of them is from upstate New York and one of them is from New Zealand and they met at a Tommy Emmanuel event and now they're traveling the U.S. as a guitar duo and so just to see the way that, through technology and through you know one of the positive sides I guess of globalization, is that people from all over the world can find other people who have the same common interests and make music together regardless of you know cultural or national differences.
If there was one experience that you could go back and watch yourself live through or go back and relive—musical or not—what would that be?
I've had a lot of great experiences—it's hard to narrow down one as the top—but it's pretty hard to top the first time I played on stage with Tommy Emmanuel. I was just 17, we were at the East County Performing Arts Center and it was a pretty big crowd and he asked me to play a tune with him and just to get up and to feel, you know, his guitar pulsing the way it does just impeccable time, and then to be right there playing with him, you know just as close as I am to you, was just amazing and I don't think it's something I'll ever forget. It was really pretty life-changing.
What is your current goal or project and how's it going?
I'm hoping to record another CD this year I've actually taken about four months off of grad school and hope to dedicate a large portion of that time to that project. It's been several years since I've recorded my last album, so I've got plenty of material—more than enough material actually. Lots of original tunes that are just about ready to go. It's just a matter of sitting down and pounding out the recording, which can be pretty time-consuming. So I'm working towards that goal just in getting the tunes ready so that I can kind of knock them out in a relatively short time span, but I'm optimistic about that so keep a lookout for that.
If you couldn't create music, what would you create, or would you just consume?
Music is such a vital part of my life and I'm so thankful for it that I almost can't imagine what I would do if I couldn't play at all I know I would definitely listen continue to listen voraciously. One of my other big interests and maybe would become one of my primary interests if I couldn't make music would probably be writing just because I Find so many parallels especially when you're improvising in music you're trying to make every single note speak and say something worth listening to to the listener something that moves people and just to trim away all the filler so that it's not just playing things by rote but playing every note intentionally So that it's something beautiful and something original every time and really it's kind of the same way for a writer for an author that it's a matter of you know not just slopping words down on a page but precisely and carefully picking the words that make beautiful literature that will speak to people for decades to come.
To learn more about Ben Owens visit his website or find him on Facebook.
Local Lives is sponsored by Santee's own Kaffee Meister Coffeehouse. Come enjoy exceptional espresso, cappuccinos, and latte's as you lounge on the couch, socialize at the community tables or work at the laptop bar. With breakfast, soup & salad and live music three nights a week, it's everything you'd expect from your local coffee shop.


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"While you're reading Neuro Web Design, you'll probably find yourself thinking 'I already knew that…' a lot. But when you're finished, you'll discover that your ability to create effective web sites has mysteriously improved. A brilliant idea for a book, and very nicely done."
– Steve Krug, author of Don't Make Me Think!
A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability
Why do people decide to buy a product online? Register at your Web site? Trust the information… (more)
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Forget trophy cases. Gaven DeFilippo-Nickel needs warehouse space.
Hundreds of karate awards occupy the 13-year-old's house. The golden stalks thickened in July, when DeFilippo-Nickel defended his world title at the U.S. Karate Alliance World Championships in New Orleans.
No challenger scored against DeFilippo-Nickel during 10 matches. Despite the shutout, the amiable kid manages to stay modest.
"You've got to stay humble and not get complacent," DeFilippo-Nickel said. "There's lots of kids training just as hard, so you can't take anything for granted.
DeFilippo-Nickel's parents enrolled him in karate when he was 4, when day care proved intolerable. Now, the 6-foot, 174-pound kid trains four hours a day with Olympic dreams.
"I'm really grateful and look forward to getting to that next level — not just settling," DeFilippo-Nickel said. "I like the challenge of everything."
Home-schooling allows the reigning four-time national champion's busy travel schedule and flawless grades to coexist like a Yin-Yang.
But DeFilippo-Nickel is also ready to joust for the starting quarterback job on Amphitheater's junior varsity squad. Full circle, he credits karate for strengthening a gridiron mojo that already stirs Amphi head coach Vern Friedli.
"He's got a limitless future," Friedli said. "We're expecting great things out of him."


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45-day appeal period starts when the decision is formally published
By Bob Berwyn
* Background and stories detailing the four-year process at this Summit Voice page.
* More details on the decision here.
SUMMIT COUNTY — White River National Forest supervisor Scott Fitzwilliams said Tuesday his decision to approve a 550-acre expansion at Breckenridge Ski Resort is an appropriate balance between resource conservation and recreational use of the forest, but some critics of the expansion remain unconvinced.
Fitzwilliams acknowledged that the expansion will affect 81 acres of habitat for threatened lynx, but promised that the Forest Service will work with community partners to improve the overall conditions of surrounding forests, with an eye toward restoring important wildlife habitat.
"No question, there are impacts, and I think we've disclosed them in a fair and balanced manner … and through mitigation and design criteria, we can mitigate them to the point where they are acceptable," Fitzwilliams said during a media conference call on the Peak 6 decision.
The expansion has been in the works since 2008, when a scoping open house in Breckenridge drew about 200 critical comments that questioned the basic rationale for the expansion and outlined concern about impacts to the environment and the local community, including parking, housing, childcare and overall resort growth.Some long-time opponents of the expansion feel like the process failed; that the Forest Service paid lip service to the idea of community input, but failed to act on any of the concerns in the final decision. It's an oft-heard lament in ski towns around the West.
Facebook comment: Eventually there will be too many people for town and the Mtn and people will choose to go other places that don't have hour-long lift lines. The Mtns getting bigger but main st is the same size …
Some of those concerns were addressed later in an agreement between the ski resort and the local community, as the resort agreed to drop a planned Peak 6 restaurant from the proposal. At one point, former Breckenridge chief Lucy Kay said the resort was prepared to agree that Peak 6 would be the last expansion of the resort, but Kay left the resort and the language referring to future expansions was watered down in the final agreement.
Some critics of the expansion may not be quite ready to simply give up.
"I'm disappointed but not surprised," said Breckenridge resident Dave Rossi, a former town council member who also served on the task force that hammered out the agreement intended to address some of the social concerns.
"It's a tough decision to take. I was thinking about it a lot last night … the industry here is resource extraction of a different kind," said Rossi, who opposes the expansion.
Facebook comment: I feel like GREED is taking over! When does it stop?
"What's going to slow down the quest for year-over-year growth … It's sad; this approval is a big example of what happens when people chase that money so far," he said.
According to Rossi, the Forest Service ignored the many voices from the community who asked the resort to upgrade existing lifts and trails within the resort's footprint before looking to another expansion.
Facebook comment: Might as well go all the way to Frisco and cal it BreckCo!
"The Forest Service never could really answer for the community – why is this project taking precedent over so many other proposals that were put before the town council when Roger McCarthy was in charge," Rossi said, referring to the so-called infill alternative that would have tried to address the crowding issues at the ski area without expanding the resort's footprint.
"It certainly smells like this has more to do with selling a new peak," said Rossi, who has been adamant for years that the Peak 6 expansion is mostly about marketing. Along with many others, he questioned whether the project will do what the resort and Forest Service claim — which is better disperse skiers across the mountain to relieve bottlenecks.
Marketing a new peak is sexy — an easier sell than upgrading old chairlifts and making other infrastructure improvements.
Facebook comment: Ya and where is the new lift to replace 6 chair the huge bottleneck on a powder day!!! Bummer!
"Why not improve these things and evaluate the need to expand to the north once these things are done?" Rossi asked.
For its part, the Forest Service gave that so-called infill alternative some consideration, but ultimately rejected it. In the decision document, Fitzwilliams said it could actually have greater impacts to some resources than the Peak 6 expansion, a claim that will be scrutinized by anyone considering a challenge to the approval.
"I'm a little bit disappointed that there wasn't more concern for that beautiful part of the forest and the wildlife there … when the bulldozers go in, I suppose the wildlife will move out," said Breckenridge Town Councilmember Ben Brewer.
"I'm not someone who's against all development, but I definitely was against cutting runs on peak 6. I felt like it was one step too far," Brewer said, specifically mentioning concerns about the effects on wildlife, as well as visual impacts, as the patchwork pattern of clearcut ski trails spreads farther across the face of the Tenmile Range.
Brewer said the Forest Service made every effort to do a thorough analysis, but that the work may be tainted — at least in the public's perception — by the fact that the environmental consultants who prepared the documentation were paid by the ski resort.
The approval is subject to a 45-day administrative appeal period, but it's not clear yet if anyone is prepared to make that sort of a challenge. Appeals are generally based on a scrutiny of the administrative record, with any substantive challenge coming if critics can find specific examples of how the decision doesn't mesh with overriding federal environmental laws and regulations.
Appeals are reviewed by a high-ranking Forest Service official, often a deputy regional ranger or a a specially appointed appeals decision officer with the agency.


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Dear New York City…
When we knew that you – our beloved city – would be hit by Sandy; when the sky turned grey; when the ocean started to churn and spit; when we prepared by evacuating or hanging tight; when we lined up in delis and grocery stores to stock up on essentials (water, batteries, candles, cereal, and beer); when we shut our doors and hoped for the best; when the lights dimmed and then went dark; when the wind howled around our dwellings and branches knocked on our windows; when the faint sounds of sirens screamed throughout the night; when we curled into our beds hoping those we love across the city were okay; when we woke the next morning not knowing what to expect outside our door; when our street was hushed with awe at the fallen trees, broken cars, and charred buildings; when we connected with neighbors on the street sharing news and encouraging smiles; when we later saw on the news and Twitter all of the horrible pictures of destruction and displacement around the lower part of our beautiful city and other neighboring coastal areas: we were devastated.
But we know our city is resilient. We, your humble residents, are a unified tribe of survivors. We feel grateful to our mayor and to the brave first responders- the firemen, police, and military reserve. And we were buoyed by the kindness of family, friends, and strangers who knew we were all in this together. We are proud to be New Yorkers, and we will stand by you in this time of need. You are our inspiration, our heart, and our home.
p.s.- We've created a FEED NYC Hoodie and Bag for Sandy Relief. Each product provides 25 meals to New Yorkers affected by the storm. You can also donate to our FEED NYC Relief Fund. 100% of your donation will fund emergency meals for people in the hardest-hit areas of our city. Help provide a lifeline to New York as we rebuild and get back on our feet.
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From staff and wire reports - Nov 03, 2011
James "Pee Wee" Wilson, 70, passed away on Oct. 20, 2011 at River Region Hospice in River Ridge.
He was the son of the late Celia La-Branche and Charlie Wilson, husband of the late Lottie Wilson, father of Lynette Hilaire (Tracy) and Raynell Wilson Sr., and brother of Rosalie Brown (Willie), Charlie Wilson Jr. (Shelia), Ophelia Walker (Rodgers), Donna Meeks, Elaine Lumar (Charles), the late Harry Wilson, Vera Wilson, Oliver Smith and Ralph Wilson. He is also survived by a devoted sister-in-law, Roseanna R. Borne, four grandchildren: Shane Jones, Raynell Wilson Jr., Tracey Hilaire Jr. and Ty Wilson; two great-grandchildren, Kameron Jones and Raynell Wilson III, and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. He was a native and resident of Hahnville.
Relatives and friends of the family, also pastors, officers and members of The Historic Bethlehem Baptist Church and all neighboring churches, employees of St. Charles Parish Public Works, St. Charles Parish Public School Board, Valora St. Charles Refinery, RSG Roofing Supply Group and River Region Hospice were invited to attend the funeral at The Historic Bethlehem Baptist Church in Hahnville on Oct. 28 with Rev. Rodney Johnson, Pastor, officiating. Interment followed at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church Cemetery in Edgard. Services were by Robottom Mortuary.
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Spades (known in some places as 500) is a four-player, team-based
game whose object is to be the first team to score 500 points by
bidding on, and taking tricks.
NetSpades includes:
- the server program,
- a console-based client (using the SLang library),
- and an X-based client (using the GTK library).
WWW: http://www.ece.rice.edu/~brentmh/spades/
make generate-plist
To install the port: cd /usr/ports/games/netspades/ && make install cleanTo add the package: pkg install NetSpades
cd /usr/ports/games/netspades/ && make install clean
pkg install NetSpades
PKGNAME: NetSpades
SHA256 (NetSpades-4.2.0.tar.gz) = 3ca1072e1b3539c5f190a067f4aa36e46ed0d3e08441df4615fc6a10312d9c0b
SIZE (NetSpades-4.2.0.tar.gz) = 151685
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
===> The following configuration options are available for NetSpades-4.2.0_11:
GTK1=on: GTK+ 1 GUI toolkit support
SLANG=on: S-Lang console graphics library support
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Changes: https://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/php/chet/readline/CHANGES
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D11172
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games/netspades: USES+= ncurses, specific lncurses instead of ltermcap
On FreeBSD libtermcap is symlinked to libncurses, but it's not present
in ports ncurses. Just specify it directly to support all ncurses.
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devel/glib12 x11-toolkits/gtk12:
- Convert to USES=libtool and bump dependent ports
- Add INSTALL_TARGET=install-strip
- Remove patches that renamed include directories and libraries so they
didn't conflict with early development versions of glib/gtk 2.0
- Fix build with clang
- Update MASTER_SITES
- Add LICENSE, desktop entry file
- Add OPTIONS for GTK1 and SLANG support
- Support staging
- Switch to PLIST_FILES
PR: ports/184843
Submitted by: KATO Tsuguru <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Add NO_STAGE all over the place in preparation for the staging support (cat:
- Remove MAKE_JOBS_SAFE variable
Approved by: portmgr (bdrewery)
- update png to 1.5.10
- Add LDFLAGS to CONFIGURE_ENV and MAKE_ENV (as it was done with LDFLAGS)
- Fix all ports that add {CPP,LD}FLAGS to *_ENV to modify flags instead
Submitted by: myself
Exp-runs by: pav
Approved by: pav
-remove MD5
re-assign back to ports@
- update to 1.4.1
Reviewed by: exp8 run on pointyhat
Supported by: miwi
- Mark most of my ports MAKE_JOBS_SAFE=yes
Tested by: several builds in P6 TB
- devel/libslang2 has completely replaced devel/libslang which has not been
released in ~5yrs.
- WITH_SLANG2 is now no longer a valid ports knob
- WITH_SLANG implies devel/libslang2 now
- devel/libslang -> devel/libslang2 is a SHARED LIB bump
so bump PORTREVISION for affected ports
- Take MAINTAINER for most unmaintained ports in this chain
- some SF macro conversions
- BROKEN with devel/libslang2 and DEPRECATE
math/slsc (abandoned upstream)
- BROKEN with devel/libslang2
PR: ports/125255
Reviewed by: garga (libslang maintainer), portmgr (pav)
Exp Run by: pav
Return laszlof's ports to the pool due to lack of time.
Hat: portmgr
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)
- Welcome X.org 7.2 \o/.
- Set X11BASE to ${LOCALBASE} for recent ${OSVERSION}.
- Bump PORTREVISION for ports intalling files in ${X11BASE}.
Update my email address in all ports that I maintain.
Approved by: flz (mentor)
Bump PORTREVISION on glib12/gtk12 consumer ports to ease the upgrade path.
Discussed with: kris
Approved by: portmgr (implicit)
- Add SHA256 to all ports submitter maintain
PR: ports/88791
Submitted by: Frank Laszlo <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Add size data, approved by maintainers.
Bump PORTREVISION on all ports that depend on gettext to aid with upgrading.
(Part 2)
Update maintainers emailaddress.
Submitted by: maintainer
Remove USE_GNOMENG.
Add netspades, a network Card game.
Submitted by: Frank J. Laszlo <email@example.com>
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Rochester man imprisoned for Newfane DWI
LOCKPORT – A Rochester man, who pleaded guilty to felony driving while intoxicated in the wake of a Newfane arrest July 7, was sentenced to 1 1/3 to four years in state prison Monday.
However, Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas ordered that the sentence for Donald H. Wegman, 53, should be served simultaneously with a five-year sentence he recently was given in Monroe County for a carkjacking.
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I've been a bit in the doldrums regarding creativity recently, or at least the textile sort. So I had to force myself to get down to printing the next in the reeds series and it was a slow start. But now I think I'm getting into it!
Here is the sample piece I produced for what I want to do. I'm trying to capture a grey, glowering sky with the dirty-gold reeds against it. This is just a practice piece to help me see how the lighter colours of the yellow-gold will show up against the grey.
It is going to consist of many layers. Here are the first two, not looking too promising yet…
Next I started with one thermofax screen.
And then another….
At least another 5 layers to go… This is a slow process, as I have to wait for each layer to dry before I add the next. I'm using fabric paints. But it fits in with my routine at the moment: lots of cooking food for teenagers and countless household tasks, packaging up Gocco machines (only three left now, the pile is going down!), and my least favourite, juggling with figures for the tax return. Not so many visits to quilt shows or textile museums, though I did manage my first ever visit to Ikea now that DS1 has passed his driving test! And lots of family tree research, and I'm plotting a visit to the National Archives in London….
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In response to the requirements of business customers, FedEx Express, the world's largest express transportation company, announced Tuesday that it is making its internationally popular FedEx® 10kg and FedEx® 25kg box service available to and from Iraq.
The new service enables customers to send larger and heavier items in tailor made boxes provided by FedEx. Shipping prices for the service are based on a convenient flat rate determined by geographical zone, and delivery is guaranteed within 24 – 48 hours, depending on the destination.
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Un análisis del mercado de cobertura de riesgo en Chile y el mundo
Between the 1970's and the 1980's, the market of derivatives flourished. Forwards, futures and options began to be regularly traded. According to information gathered by The Bank of International Settlements, between January and April 1998, the value of over-the-counter (OTC) positions outstanding was over US$72 thousand billion, while the value of positions outstanding in organized exchanges was approximately US$14 thousand billion. In Latin America, the transactions in derivatives take place essentially in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico. To date, Chile's market of derivatives is the least developed among these four countries'. Most domestic transactions are OTC, and consist of currency forwards (US dollar-Chilean peso). Other derivatives, such as options on stocks and futures on stock indices, have not gained popularity. It is argued that the slow growth of the market of derivatives in Chile is the consequence of a very illiquid and undeveloped financial market. Therefore, in the short-run, the market of exchange-rate derivatives continues to be the most likely to grow. It is interesting to analyze the impact of the elimination of the flotation band of the US dollar against the Chilean peso on the volume of transactions in exchange-rate forwards. Our analysis shows that this has not been noticeable. The reason is that, on average, the exchange rate has not been more volatile than it was when the flotation band was at work.
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BASEBALL; A Shift in Focus Doesn't Change Boras's Objective
By JACK CURRY
Published: December 16, 2006
As Scott Boras relaxed on an airplane that was about to depart from Boston for Southern California yesterday afternoon, he had already shifted his negotiating focus to Barry Zito from Daisuke Matsuzaka.
Tense negotiations with the Boston Red Sox eventually produced a six-year, $52 million contract for Matsuzaka and enough smiling faces on both sides to fill the dugouts at Fenway Park on Thursday. So Boras, who also briefly smiled, watched Matsuzaka return to Japan, then switched to Zito mode.
''I'm moving forward,'' Boras said.
Actually, Boras clarified himself by explaining that he will now simply spend more time finding Zito's next baseball address. It was not as if Boras had been ignoring Zito, the player with the highest profile left on the market.
''While I was working on Daisuke, I was also working on Barry Zito at the same time,'' Boras said in a telephone interview. ''You know how this process works. You work long hours to get things done.''
With one marquee pitcher signed for $52 million, another one is poised to receive possibly twice as much.
This is Boras's world, Boras's time. He routinely dominates the off-season because his clients are among the most desirable free agents. This off-season is no exception. The Mets are one of the teams bracing for the task of haggling with Boras about signing Zito.
Unlike Matsuzaka's negotiating period, which had a 30-day deadline that expired Thursday at midnight, there is no time limit facing Zito. In a concept foreign to Boras, the Red Sox pressured him to complete an agreement with Matsuzaka. Now Boras is back in more familiar territory, with numerous teams pursuing a player.
Boras, baseball's most powerful broker, is patient. He is a master at playing different offers, real or fictitious, against each other, a tactic he could not employ with Matsuzaka because the Red Sox posted $51.1 million for the negotiating rights.
But a few teams are chasing Zito, a 28-year-old left-hander with a 102-63 record and a 3.55 earned run average in his career. A Cy Young Award winner in 2002, he is also one of the most durable pitchers in baseball.
When Boras was asked if Zito would soon become the next $100 million man in the major leagues, he answered with an anecdote connected to Matsuzaka. Boras said during the Matsuzaka negotiations that the Japanese pitcher would be worth more than $100 million as a free agent.
Boras's comments could have been interpreted to mean that is how much he thought Matsuzaka should earn. Boras said he was making the remarks to create that perception, but he understood that Matsuzaka was not a free agent and could not command that amount. Returning to the question about Zito, Boras strongly intimated that Zito would eventually be a $100 million man.
''With Barry Zito, I don't need any perception,'' Boras said. ''Sometimes, I need help. Not on this one. It's rather obvious. He's a special player.''
Boras said Zito has trimmed his list of interested suitors from 10 to a manageable number, but he would not specify the number. Boras added that he was involved in negotiations, but again declined to provide details.
Many baseball executives believe the most sensible fit for Zito would be with the Mets. With Tom Glavine, Orlando Hern?ez, John Maine and Oliver P?z as the first four pitchers in a fragile rotation, the Mets could use a reliable pitcher like Zito. In addition, Zito and Rick Peterson, the Mets' pitching coach, have a solid relationship from when they were with the Oakland Athletics.
Still, the Mets have whispered loud enough for Boras to hear that they do not want to offer more than five years and $75 million for Zito. Since Boras has hinted that Zito could be a $100 million man, the $25 million gap would be substantial.
Zito has already visited with the Texas Rangers, and there are rumblings that they may offer a six-year deal for the magical $100 million. As lucrative as that proposal would be, would Zito, the guitar-playing philosopher, be happy pitching in steamy Arlington? It is believed that Zito, would prefer to pitch on the West Coast, perhaps with the Angels, or on the East Coast, with the Mets.
One general manager who has spoken to Boras about Zito said that the Mets were claiming that $75 million was their limit, but, privately, they could be prepared to go higher. The Mets signed Carlos Beltr? another Boras client, to a seven-year, $119 million deal two years ago, outbidding the Houston Astros.
''The Mets have shown that they'll go all out with the money if they want to,'' said the general manager, who was granted anonymity because he did not want to be named discussing another team's plans. ''They did it with Beltr?''
Boras is adept at gliding from negotiations about Zito to Matsuzaka and back. During the course of 16-hour days, Boras said there were always breaks in specific negotiating sessions. Boras requests that the breaks are at least one hour so he can use that time to do substantive work in his other negotiations.
While Boras negotiated with Boston about Matsuzaka one day this week, he said he also worked on contract issues for Zito, Chan Ho Park, Ron Villone and Scott Schoeneweis. But, now that Matsuzaka's deal is done, Zito is the biggest prize left. And Boras, as usual, is ready to negotiate.


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Network producing exclusive, behind-the-scenes, weekly webisodes entitled Jakes Take shown on both CSNChicago.com
and Comcast SportsNets SportsNet Central & White Sox PrePost Game Live;
Peavy to also provide a weekly CSNChicago.com journal on the current season and life in the big leagues
Chicago, IL (September 1, 2011) Comcast SportsNet, the television home for the most games and most comprehensive coverage of the Chicago White Sox and their stretch-drive quest for an AL Central Division title, has announced an on-aironline association with three-time All-Star and Cy Young Award winning pitcher, JAKE PEAVY from the Chicago White Sox, one of the most entertaining personalities in all of Major League Baseball.
Effective immediately, the network will work exclusively with Peavy to produce weekly webisodes (to be showcased on the networks 247 website CSNChicago.com and over the air on Comcast SportsNet) entitled Jakes Take, which will be a video diary featuring Peavy interviewing White Sox teammatescoachesstaff, along with many other players from opposing teams. In addition, Peavy will provide candid discussion on the current MLB season as it progresses, along insightful and entertaining commentary on life in the big leagues focusing on his personal work and his community-related activities off the field.
I enjoy working with the folks at Comcast SportsNet and being able to offer our fans a glimpse into the inner workings of baseball from how we prepare for a game, the personalities on this team, how determined we are to bring another championship to the southside of Chicago and, of course, - well talk some country music, said Peavy. I do hope people will ask me questions and send in their suggestions on what theyd like to see on the next Jakes Take to my Twitter @JakePeavy_44. Were doing some cool things with social media too, so stay tuned.
Without question, Jake Peavy is one of baseballs most popular players and continues to grow a massive fan base in the Chicago area each day, added T.K. Gore, Director of Digital Media for Comcast SportsNet Chicago. We want to showcase Jake at his very best off the field with engaging, exclusive, behind-the-scenes content that will only perpetuate the adoration that fans have for him already.
The weekly Jakes Take webisodes can be found on CSNChicago.com at the following link: (http:www.csnchicago.compagesjake_peavy). The special Peavy page on CSNChicago.com also includes his up-to-the-minute Tweets via @JakePeavy_44, plus links to Peavys Facebook page and the Jake Peavy Foundation (www.jakepeavy44.com). In addition, Comcast SportsNet will also air Jakes Take at various points throughout the week on SportsNet Central and on White Sox PrePost Game Live.
Note the following additional highlights as part of Comcast SportsNetCSNChicago.coms agreement with Peavy:
Weekly Journal: Peavy will also write a weekly journal exclusively for CSNChicago.com, which will include his thoughts on his starting performances, a break-down of specific match-ups, series previews, behind-the-scenes happenings and more.
Social Media: Peavy and Comcast SportsNetCSNChicago.com will collaborate around social media utilizing his @JakePeavy_44 Twitter account and via Facebook (facebook.comJakePeavy44) to solicit fan questions for a special Q&A mailbag as part of his weekly journal, along with promoting the networks on-aironline content.


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Glen Campbell's Ten Greatest (Most Memorable) Hits
We asked 100+ real fans on our mailing list to name their favorites. You will not be surprised that all of the tunes on the list come from his most fertile period – the 60's and 70's.
#10 – "Sunflower," lives with a distinctive group of tunes written by but not recorded by Neil Diamond. This was Campbell's last of eight number ones on the Easy Listening chart. Released June 20, 1977 it was the second of three singles off the "Southern Nights" Album. Campbell once said it was a fun song in concert for him, the band and especially the audience with it's positive uptempo vibe. We should mention
#9 – "Everything a Man Could Ever Need" It's from the 1970 film Norwood which starred Campbell and football great turned actor Joe Namath. It was one of six songs written by Mac Davis for the soundtrack and right in the pocked of the sound at the time. Sweeping symphony, anthem-like proclamation of love. Baby let me validate every little thing!
#8 – Was written by by one of those truly talented background figures. He was also a producer, arranger and an amazing piano player – Allen Toussaint who we lost in November, 2015. He wrote, "Southern Nights" while visiting relatives in Louisiana backwoods. It's about all those stories we tell around the fire pit under the stars. It reminded Campbell of his childhood adventures in Arkansas. Some of the lyrics were changed and it went to #1 in 1977.
#7 – Was co-written by Conway Twitty and it was his only #1 hit on the pop charts. Of course he's had more than a few on the country countdowns. His 1958 version had a doo-wop feel. The Hollies covered it in 1963 and Campbell made it a top 10 hits in 1970. It was on his "Goodtime Album" and the tune is about giving love but not getting it back. He sings, "My one and only prayer, Is that someday you'll care." Campbell played it on most of his tours.
#6 – Interestingly four of the top 10 Glen Campbell song were written by Jimmy Webb who has been called Burt Bacharach with a twist of country. That's fitting since Bacharach was a big influence. "Where's the Playground Susie," a tale about lovers losing boundaries and time, was released April 29, 1969. second single from the album Galveston. It reached #28 on the country charts.
#5 – "By the Time I Get to Phoenix"is another Jimmy Webb classic. In fact in 1990 it was named the third most performed song from 1940 to 1990 by BMI. Isaac Hayes recorded a nineteen minute version – we would expect nothing less and Johnny Rivers did the tune first in 1965 and Glen Campbell went to #2 on the country charts and #26 on the Pop charts in late 1967. Just like Webb's "MacArthur Park," which was a big hit for Richard Harris in 1968 and Donna Summer in 78, it was written about Webbs ex-girlfriend Susan Horton who married Bobby Ronstadt, a cousin of singer Linda Ronstadt.
Before he was 21 he wrote some of the most enduring pop classics of all time. Frank Sinatra called, "By The Time I Get To Phoenix" One of "the greatest torch songs ever written." It's right in that pocket of sentimental /unrequited love
#4 – Is a moment in time, a different time. Written by Chris Gantry, "Dreams of the Everyday Housewife" would probably not be written today. Campbell sings of the sacrifices his wife has made for a life with him. She was the prettiest girl in town with many suitors and hopes of a future as a dancer. It was released in July 1968 as the first single from his album Wichita Lineman. It reached #3 on the U.S. country charts and #1 in Canada.
# 3 – "Gentle on My Mind." John Hartford wrote the tune after seeing Doctor Zhivago but says he wasn't trying to write a hit and it really wasn't about the movie. When Campbell first heard it he was an artist without a track record but insisted on recording his own version so he recruited his L.A. session musician friends better known as the "Wrecking Crew" friends including Leon Russell. The group then recorded a demo version which included Campbell talking on it – giving instructing to the band on the tape. He then left it for his producer who after hearing it loved it so much he took out Campbell's talking and released the demo version In 1967. It peaked at #30 on the U.S. Country charts but had a long shelf life on the radio. It was also re released in 1968.
#2 – "Galveston." As promised more from Jimmy Webb. When asked if he was the character's in his songs Webb said, ultimately it is always me I think, and sometimes me reaching out through another character like a puppeteer." The Wrecking Crew back up Campbell on this one too which reached #1 on the country charts and it was a #4 Pop hit. It's about a soldier missing his girl and home of Galveston, Texas. In 2003, this song ranked number 8 in CMT's 100 Greatest Songs in Country Music. It was released during the Vietnam War in 1969 and Webb considered it an antiwar song but Campbell not so much. Little Richard, who is not known for his compliments said, "When Glen Campbell says one word 'Galveston' – it shakes me up. It takes me, man, that's the whole soul of it right there."
We have a tie for #1. Sort of. It's closer to #1-A and #1-B. The voting was so close for the top spot that we put them both on top.
First the one with the few less votes. Again the Wrecking Crew back up Campbell in 1975 on his biggest selling song, "Rhinestone Cowboy." It was written by Larry Weiss who had co-written some minor hits for Nat "King" Cole, Chuck Jackson, The Shirelles, Jeff Beck and The Animals. The tune is about a veteran artist who is a true survivor, something that many listeners identified with. Weiss said, "The idea for the song was also a crying out of myself. It was the spirit of a bunch of us on Broadway where I started out – Neil Diamond, Tony Orlando – we all had dreams of making it." It went #1 on the country and pop charts.
"Rhinestone Cowboy" was one of six songs released in 1975 that topped both the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Country Singles charts. The other songs were "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" by Freddy Fender, "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song" by B.J. Thomas, "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" and "I'm Sorry"/"Calypso," both by John Denver, and "Convoy" by C.W. McCall.
Weiss would go on to work in TV performed the theme song for the popular sitcom Who's the Boss? In the 80's.
#1 – A – This one officially got the most votes but it was close. More from the genius of Jimmy Webb.
It's the gentle, "Wichita Lineman" a tune that's regularly voted into lists of the greatest songs of all time. It's from the album of the same name from 1968. With Wrecking Crew by his side it reached #3 on the U.S. pop chart, remaining in the Top 100 for 15 weeks.
Webb got the idea for the song driving Washita County in rural southwestern Oklahoma where he saw a telephone Lineman up on a pole with a "TeleTalker." This one probably offers the best example on how Campbell was a perfect spokesperson for Webb's gorgeous songs.
1968 was the year we lost Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy the world needed a haunting love song even though Webb described it as "the picture of loneliness" Campbell added in a statement to the Dallas Observer that Webb wrote the song about his first love affair with a woman who married someone else.
Campbell didn't write any of his big hits but he sure knew where to take them. He became those characters and we believed him every step of the way.
1. "Wichita Lineman"/"Rhinestone Cowboy"
2. "Galveston"
3. "Gentle on My Mind"
4. "By the Time I Get to Phoenix"
5. "Dreams of the Everyday Housewife"
6. "Where's the Playground Susie"
7. "It's Only Make Believe"
8. "Southern Nights"
9. "Everything a Man Could Ever Need"
10. Sunflower
John Beaudin has been in major market radio (Edmonton, Vancouver & Calgary) for 33 years and a music journalist since 1989. He graduated from Broadcasting school as a news man so he would have the skills to write about the artists that inspired him since he bought his first album, "Madman Across The Water" by Elton John as a teen. In the 80's Beaudin was the host of the syndicated radio show "The Cross Canada Report" which had two version (Rock and A/C). Beaudin was also asked to be a judge at the Juno Awards (Canada's answer to the Grammys) Twice. He has anchored every position in radio including morning and afternoon drive and was a Program and Music Director for The Breeze and California 103 in Calgary. He currently hosts the popular Lovesongs at QM-FM in Vancouver and on iHeartRadio.
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Maria Sharapova recovered from a set down to sweep past Australia's Samantha Stosur 3-6 6-4 6-0 into the French Open quarter-final.
The seventh seed and last year's losing finalist won the last nine games of the match.
The 19th seed outfought and outfired the former world number one in the first set and held her nerve when Sharapova broke early in the second set.
But the Russian began to build a remorseless momentum to grind down Stosur with her accuracy from the baseline.
Sharapova broke for a 5-4 lead to take the second set and raced to a 3-0 lead in the third after winning 17 of 20 points.
Sharapova is favourite to win the title after the early exits of defending champion and world number one Serena Williams and second seed Li Na.
She will play Spain's Garbine Muguruza, who bat France's Pauline Parmentier 6-4 6-2, in the quarter-finals.
Earlier, Eugenie Bouchard reached her second successive grand slam quarter-final by knocking out eighth seed Angelique Kerber.
The 20-year-old made her grand slam breakthrough in January with a run to the semi-final at the Australian Open and her progress in Paris has been just as impressive.
Bouchard came into the tournament in form after winning her first WTA Tour title in Nuremberg and her 6-1 6-2 thrashing of Kerber was her ninth victory in a row.
The Canadian is making only her second appearance at Roland Garros after reaching the second round last year.
She will play Carla Suarez Navarro who beat Ajla Tomljanovic.


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