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NBA lockout continues without progress
While last week saw the NFL resolve its lockout—to the joy of football fans across America—the NBA lockout seems to be getting worse.
Every other day, it seems, a new NBA star is rumored to be looking into signing overseas to play in some other league, and David Stern, the commissioner of the NBA, seems to be almost taunting those who have done so already as well as those who are thinking about it. The fight in the NBA is almost purely over money, as opposed to the NFL, where there were (and still are, for many) concerns over the length of the schedule, league rules, intensity of practices and other factors.
The owners in the NBA want more share of revenue and seem to be more than willing to give up this season to get it. The players, on the other hand, are reluctant to give up more than they already have. The owners claim that the NBA as a whole is losing money and that the league cannot continue on the course it's on. The players counter that, more than any other league, the NBA is star-centric; people don't come to NBA arenas to watch the big hits, like they do for football, nor do they come for the history of the park or the team, like they do in baseball. Some of them come out of fervent support for a team, like we see often in hockey and soccer, but mostly, the players contend, the audiences flock to the arenas of the NBA for the marquee players.
Last NBA season was one for the ages. We had a young, rising star in Chicago win the MVP award, reminding the world that Michael Jordan doesn't play basketball anymore, and the game is in good hands. We had the near-unanimous consent of the sporting nation in rooting against the Heat. We had the underdog Mavs overcome those same Heat in a surprisingly great NBA Finals series. We had Blake Griffin as Rookie of the Year, robbed of his real rookie season and then proving that he was the real thing.
Now, we have football back and a populace that was already just borderline-
The worst news for basketball fans is that most owners didn't get rich by owning NBA teams. The teams are a side business at most, a fun distraction at least. If they have to lose this season in order to get the profit sharing margin down to the levels where they think it needs to be in order to continue having their fun, they seem more than willing to do so. The silver lining is that there is plenty of basketball off the NBA courts still being played. But that's about it.

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Gov. Bobby Jindal is popular in northeast Louisiana, and he is often listed as a potential vice presidential candidate on the Republican ticket in the 2012 election.
Gov. Bobby Jindal is popular in northeast Louisiana, and he is often listed as a potential vice presidential candidate on the Republican ticket in the 2012 election.
While the nation awaits former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney's choice of a running mate, the Enterprise asked members of the community to share their thoughts about the possibility of Jindal running for higher office – either as Romney's VP or as a candidate for the White House further down the road.
"I think he would be an excellent pick [for vice president]," said Samuel M. Jackson of Bastrop. "I believe he has a commitment to the state to finish what he started here. However, I also understand that sometimes things change."
Jackson noted Jindal's instrumental role in bringing DG Foods' poultry processing plant to Bastrop. In Nov. 2008, Jindal pledged his administration would do all it could to help the area economy recover after the announcement that International Paper Co. was closing its Louisiana Mill. In Dec. 2010 Jindal joined local officials in announcing the decision by DG Foods to locate a plant here, facilitated by an incentive package through the city and Louisiana Economic Development.
Jackson said he thinks Jindal would add stability to the Romney ticket. However, "I would hate to see him go. He has been an asset to northeast Louisiana. He cares for the people here. I don't know one person who has the same enthusiasm for northeast Louisiana as our current governor."
Bastrop-Morehouse Chamber of Commerce director Dorothy Ford echoed the sentiment.
"I would hate to lose him, because he's doing a lot of good for Louisiana," she said. "But I think [Jindal running for higher office] would be good for Louisiana. These are his roots. I don't think he'll forget where he came from."
Born in Baton Rouge, the son of Indian immigrants, Jindal studied at Oxford University as a Rhodes scholar and was named secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health & Hospitals at the age of 24. He went on to serve as president of the University of Louisiana System and in 2001 was named by President George W. Bush as assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In 2004 and 2006, Jindal won election to Congress representing Louisiana' First District, before winning election to his first term as governor in 2007.
He was mentioned as a possible vice presidential candidate in the 2008 presidential election, and as a possible presidential candidate in the 2012 election. In a recent NewsMax piece, Ronald Kessler promotes Jindal as a potential VP candidate based both on his life story and his accomplishments as governor, including tightening ethics rules, reducing taxes, improving the state's credit rating and most recently, the nation's second-largest school voucher program.
"I think he'd be a great pick for vice president," said Jim Conley of Bastrop. "I think Romney would be wise to pick somebody from the South, to balance his ticket. But I think the chances of that happening are very slim."
Although several well-known names have been mentioned as possible VP picks -- including New Jersey governor Chris Christie, Florida senator Marco Rubio and, most recently, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice -- Conley said he expects Romney to choose a VP candidate "from outside the parameters of who everybody's looking at. I think it's going to be a surprise.
"[Jindal] has said his interest in this state. But he's a young man, and he's got a lot ahead of him."
Tim Daniels, founder of Jireh Plastic & Assemblies LLC in Bastrop, said he hopes Jindal will run for higher office, either this year or in 2016.
"He would be a strong candidate," said Daniels. "He has an excellent track record."
Although a candidate must be popular to win an election, he said, leaders must make tough decisions, both in business and in government.
"Governor Jindal understands business," said Daniels. "You can't always be popular. As president, you're depending on him to see ten or fifteen years down the line and to make decisions that will allow the next generations to enjoy the same opportunities that you have today."
Daniels noted Jindal's economic development accomplishments in Louisiana, such as the workforce recruitment program FastStart. Higher office would give Jindal the chance to bring his "passion" for economic development to a national platform. "He has the ability to turn the country around," said Daniels. "He's proven that in Louisiana."


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The driving force behind most of the new features was the Noux runtime environment, which allows the use of a growing number of GNU software packages directly on the variety of microkernels supported by Genode. Noux is pivotal for the plan of the Genode developers to use Genode as OS for their everyday development work by the end of the year. The biggest missing piece of the puzzle was the lack of file-system infrastructure. Even though accessing block devices was possible through one of the block-device drives, accessing file systems stored on these block devices was performed via libraries only. This imposed the huge restriction that one block device could not be used by more than one process at a time.
With the newly added file-system infrastructure, this road block is gone. The key element is the RPC interface for file-system access. This interfaces facilitates the use of synchronous RPC for all functions related managing the file name space. But for potentially long-taking read and write operations, the interface devises the use of asynchronous communication via shared memory and signals. The first implementation of the new interface comes in the form of an in-memory file system. At the client side, the interface can be used either directly via the Genode API, through the POSIX file API provided by the libc, or by the means of the Noux runtime.
The second major focus of the development during the release cycle was put on the USB stack. The existing USB stack ported from Linux 2.6.20 turned out to be too hard to maintain to represent a sustainable solution for Genode. So the project took the chance to re-approach the problem of integrating 3rd-party device drivers with the framework in a clean way. The result is a new USB stack based on Linux 3.2. Compared to the old solution, the new variant significantly lowers the complexity of modified or custom created glue code (to less than 4.000 lines of code) so that the driver stack becomes much easier to maintain in the future.
With regard to libraries and applications, the most prominent addition is the port of libav alongside a profound improvement of libSDL. The popular libav library is a solution for decoding, converting, and streaming video and audio data. The introduction of libav support is accompanied with a Qt4-based example application that facilitates the use of Genode's unique concepts such as the natural way of sandboxing the codec within a separate process and the ability to use Genode's session concept for creating a video post-processing pipeline.
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Welcome to the Virus Encyclopedia of Panda Security.
Windows 2003/XP/2000/NT/ME/98/95
Qbot.N is a backdoor that allows hackers to gain remote access to the affected computer in order to carry out actions that compromise user confidentiality and impede the tasks performed on the computer.
It captures certain information entered or saved by the user, with the corresponding threat to privacy:
passwords saved by certain Windows services; email addresses.
It sends the gathered information to a remote user by any available means: email, FTP, etc.
It reduces the security level of the computer:
it notifies the attacker that the computer has been compromised and is ready to be used maliciously; it listens on open ports in order to control the computer remotely; it awaits remote-control orders received through
IRC or FTP.
Qbot.N does not spread automatically using its own means. It needs an attacking user's intervention in order to reach the affected computer. The means of transmission used include, among others, floppy disks, CD-ROMs, email messages with attached files, Internet downloads, FTP, IRC channels, peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing networks, etc.


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In the past few years we have seen smartphones, such as the iPhone, and tablet computers, such as the iPad, change the way people do their work and interact. Texting has become a way of life (and death) for many and WiFi has become ubiquitous.
We are once again on the verge of another turn of the technological wheel and the world will never be the same again. There is a dark side to the constant technological change, however. The constant pressure of change has created a world society split between the technological haves and the have nots. This split does not follow national, political or social lines. It splits families and friends. It creates new social dynamics through opening and closing channels of communication.
As genealogists, we are caught up in this rapidly changing world, whether we like it, accept it or even fight against it, or not. So what caused this periodic reflection on my part? The introduction of yet another version of Apple's Operating System, called Mountain Lion.
What if you woke up today and the news was that with the introduction of the new model cars, they would no longer run on gasoline and that all the gas in the world would be used up and then your car would no longer run? What would your car be worth? This happens every time a new computer operating system comes out. The results might not be as dramatic as my gasoline example, but they are just as effective at making your older model obsolete and unusable.
Taking my car example a bit further, when new model cars come out, unless I am in the market for a new car, the introduction is a non-event. I could care less. I can keep driving my car as long as I want to maintain it. I usually keep a car anywhere from five to fifteen years (or more). I don't feel compelled to sell any of my vehicles until their value falls below the cost of repairs. I am not into restoration.
OK, but what happens if I have the same attitude towards computers? The difference is dramatic. Right now, for example, if I were still using a fifteen year old computer, I would not be able to buy even one genealogy program (except Personal Ancestral File and a few other similar programs) that would run on my computer. What is even more serious is that none of the connectors on my old computer would work with any of the newer equipment. I would have a difficult, if not impossible task in connecting to the Internet and my computer would have neither the memory storage capacity nor the speed to operate with downloaded programs from the Internet. I would not be able to buy even one new program that would work with my old operating system.
But these types of changes in computers are not just incremental. The new Apple OSX, Mountain Lion, is an example of the changes that are literally forced on the electronic users. Here are the hardware requirements for the new operating system:
- iMac (Mid 2007 or newer)
- MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)
- MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer)
- Xserve (Early 2009)
- MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer)
- Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer)
- Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)
Here are some additional requirements for Mountain Lion including hardware:
- OS X v10.6.8 or later
- 2GB of memory
- 8GB of available space
- Some features require an Apple ID; terms apply.
- Some features require a compatible Internet service provider; fees may apply.
How soon will you need to buy a new computer? The first time you want to take advantage of some new innovation or software product and it turns out you cannot upgrade your present one. If you wish, you can live with your present computer the rest of your life, just don't expect anyone to be able to use your data.
I will likely have a lot more to say about this, especially the part about data obsolescence.


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Green ham and interrupted prayers
They were known as plain people with a practical faith. Their church was called German Baptist and later changed to Church of the Brethren when ethnic identity became a handicap, but they were nicknamed Dunkards for their method of baptism: not once but three times under. Following the injunction in the Book of James "to care for orphans and widows in their distress," in 1903 they voted to establish an Old Folks and Orphans Home in Girard, Ill. The next year they paid C.C. Gibson $3,000 for 20 acres of farm ground at the northwest edge of town. By 1905 they had raised $15,000 of the $20,000 they would need, and in the spring construction began on a large brick building to house the "Home for the Homeless." Soon the name was changed to "The Home."
Last Sunday, church folk from miles around came to Girard for an old-fashioned church service to commemorate 100 years of caring at The Home. In 1976, when the old brick building was demolished and replaced by a modern nursing home, it took the name Pleasant Hill Village, reflecting the board's dream to fill its 20 acres with homes and services for the aging. The board struggled for several years just to fill the nursing home, then struggled some more to keep it solvent. Only in the last three years has the "village" begun to take shape, with the construction of 48 new apartments for seniors. Old folks are still thriving at this place everyone calls The Home.
But the orphans are gone. Caring for homeless youngsters under the same roof as homeless oldsters worked well for awhile, with the children bringing delight to the old folks, who contributed their wisdom and life experience. A woman who took care of the children in the early 1920s recalled this incident many years later: "One evening I was hearing the girls' prayers. There were two sisters, Hazel, the youngest, and her older sister, Edna. Hazel was saying her prayers and Edna was tickling her feet. Hazel said, 'Wait a minute, Lord, while I knock the devil out of Edna.'"
She also recalled a tragedy, when one of the boys, against the rules, decided to go swimming in a pond on his way to school. He suffered cramps and drowned. Not long after that the county turned over the care of its wards to the state, and the children were sent to an orphanage in Bloomington. "It took the heart out of us all," the caretaker wrote. "It was family breakup for all once again. The Home was never the same."
But life went on, with generosity and humor fueling the enterprise when other resources were scarce. For Christmas 1923, the Girard community gave The Home a player piano, with the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan contributing 27 $1 bills to the gift. Along about that time the superintendent took The Home's pair of horses to a place from which they would be sold to raise money. After a sad farewell he went back to his office. Not long after, here came one of the horses, broken out of his stall, trotting down the road back home.
Helen Talkington, the nursing home's assistant director of nursing, is retiring this year after nearly 30 years of caring for residents. When she started there in the 1970s, the rules weren't so strict. She remembers a little man, Howard Ball, who used to go to town and the grocery store with the staff member who made the daily mail run. No one checked his bag when he returned. One night he became very ill, and Helen had to send him to the hospital. "He admitted before going that he had eaten ham and onions. He said, 'I had it outside my window to keep it cold.' However, the temperature had gotten warm and the ham had turned 'green,' causing him a good case of food poisoning." He recovered, only to return to his old tricks. "One night my aides came to me, asking me to check a toilet which wouldn't flush. I took off the top of the flush box to find a neatly tied plastic bag containing a chunk of bologna and an onion. He had found a different place to keep his snack cold."
The chronicle of a nursing home is history written small, nothing on the grand scale of the war on terrorism and evil. But pondering the amount of love that has been poured into that place over 100 years makes me think it is somehow just as important.
Fletcher Farrar is a board member at Pleasant Hill Village, which will celebrate its centennial again July 29-31 with a weekend of food and entertainment on the grounds in conjunction with Girard's sesquicentennial festivities.


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|2012-04-19, 23:01
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Zenkichi's Council vs Medaka's suitors...
Kuwagama: ... Seriously... [ALL OF THEM. NAKED APRON. NOW!]
Zenkichi: ...you sure they won't kill you first...?
Kuwagama: I've already seen them in their underwear, this is the next logical step.
Zenkichi: What's logical about it?!
Kuwagama: I pronouce the beginning of the Naked Apron Alliance versus the Lingerie Team!!!
Zenkichi: ... why...why does the name alone ... excite me...?
Medaka: Oh? Hadaka Aprons vs Lingerie? I do wonder which is more appealing for the men of today...
|2012-04-20, 10:00
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Going down the livejournal WSJ rankings page...
2nd Last
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Color Page for Anime
Color Page/Cover for Anime
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Color Page
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The barrage of color page promotion to help promote the anime is just a mirage, it has been ranking horribly, especially compared to the arc prior to it. The manga is safe though, especially with the anime airing and Bakuman finishing up.. but Nisio would want to reverse this trend.. especially if the manga tanks don't lift... they have been static in growth for a long time now... though considering that the anime is looking like a non-factor...
|2012-04-20, 10:57
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Not Equals
Seems to be the right order for how the arcs were received in WSJ.
|2012-04-20, 11:00
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|2012-04-20, 11:06
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It's too bad that the anime really is currently looking so shitty that it won't even lead to a rise in volume sales...the sales of other Jump series which have gotten adaptations seem to practically double in general, by comparison. I do think it is basically down to Nishio improving the manga itself now for further growth of the series...honestly I think it could really use less shitty romance between Medaka and Zen.
|2012-04-20, 11:12
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|2012-04-20, 11:15
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|2012-04-20, 11:18
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Problem with that Sol is that a lot of those announcements are shipped figures instead of actually sold.. like when J.C Staff put out a release saying Hidan no Aria light novels sold like 4 million copies or some shit... yet you look @ the Oricon numbers for the week and vol 1 was @ 150k... didn't compute. Japanese video game companies nearly always talk in shipped numbers... don't see why the rest wouldn't be the same.
Also by static growth here's the example...
104k - Vol10
92k - Vol11
105k - Vol12
71k - Vol13
69k - Vol14
103k - Vol15
6 Volumes and the opening week sales are mostly the same... Vol 13+14 had a day less to sell than the rest for this comparison... but looking @ how weak the anime is... would be a miracle if it could push Vol 16 to 120k let alone anything over 150k...
Medaka Box really should be around the same as Kuroko.. but that kept growing.... and yeah agreed on your last point Sol..
|2012-04-20, 11:19
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Anyway, TBF Medaka Box is one of the more random, Shounen Jump stories and really at this point is lacking much of a plot, going by Nisio's current routes he's taking with the story, there was a chance this was never going to become particularily popular.
|2012-04-20, 11:23
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|2012-04-20, 11:26
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Nishio is trying to do something new an innovative with the whole genre switching and 4 wall breaking and all that jazz. In theory it is an awesome idea, however when put into practice and against all those other great series, it kind of ends up lacking.
I find the style of the manga entertaining (and I'd love more Medaka and Zen) but it is clear that people generally like to stick to the good old standard style of manga (nothing wrong with it, Medaka Box's style was a long shot the moment it started switching from a school life comedy to a full on battle and beyond). You know a manga's style and story is weak when only a truly epic character or two are capable of bringing it up in rank.
|2012-04-20, 11:27
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The anime isn't really bad, aside from the animation being fairly simple and a lot of the voice acting feeling somewhat awkward. It's moreso the fact that they're doing a straight up, panel by panel, 2-chapter per episode adaptation in combination with a limited run of only 12 episodes. I would've been extremely happy with a steady 2-chapters/episode pacing if they were actually adapting a good part of the series...the longer the episode run the better, to wash away the taste of the crappy opening arc. But since they're only animating the most terrible part of the series, this mediocre, uninspired "faithful" adaptation is practically the worst possible strategy.
|2012-04-20, 11:30
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|2012-04-20, 11:31
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I've actually seen loads do that and tbf at the point of that poll Zen was being treated little more than a side character, he had barely had any importance in the current plot. It's not surprising he wasn't particularily popular then.
The anime really should have done at least the flask plan arc at all costs. It being the more standard shounen fair and was reasonably popular even if not by all that much. Doing the first arc was pretty much sending it to die.
|2012-04-20, 11:37
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The second however was done, like Tenchi said, around the time the middle schoolers showed up I believe, where he had a very minor roll in. That and the fact that Kumagawa sucked in most of the votes from everyone else, makes 8th place not really that bad for him.
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As for your "excuse", explain this too.
1st Poll
Zen - 554
Munakata - 323
2nd Poll
Zen - 672
Munakata - 807
You can say Zen was treated like a side character and barely had any importance in that arc even though it's flat out untrue.. but Kei wasn't even in that arc period and had a near 500 jump in votes.
EDIT - A lot of these votes would've been based off the MINUS ARC, not the NotEquals arc, think of the timeframe and don't forget that TOC votes themselves are 8 weeks back.
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posted by Thom Holwerda on Sun 18th Nov 2007 15:28 UTC, submitted by JCooper
"Ever since I got the eeePC I've loved how easy it is to tinker with. Since I'm not a Linux guy, I dumped the Xandros preload and opted for Windows XP so I could use my EVDO USB datacard and blogging software easier, but I wondered could I install OSX on it? And, after trial and error - you can! The only problem is that the eeePC only supports SSE2 instead of the SSE3 that Leopard is coded for. Kind of a bummer, and will require some extra tinkering to coax the OS on the eeePC."


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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico man acquitted of murdering a preschool teacher who intervened to stop a fight with his girlfriend has pleaded to lesser charges.
Adrian Gonzales agreed Thursday to plead guilty to involuntary manslaughter and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon in exchange for two years on supervised probation.
The 31-year-old Dixon resident was acquitted last month of first- and second-degree murder in the 2011 fatal stabbing of 21-year-old Victoriano Moises Byrne-Gonzales. But the jury could not reach verdicts on charges of involuntary manslaughter charge in the killing of Byrne-Gonzales and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in the stabbing of another man. A mistrial was declared on those charges.
First Judicial District Attorney Angela "Spence" Pacheco told the Santa Fe New Mexican (http://bit.ly/17ZOwh6 ) the plea agreement was a better option than a new trial.


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Tenable released 32 Nessus plugins specific to SCADA this week. It used to be that using the name Nessus (or any vulnerability scanning/systems mapping solution) in the same sentence as SCADA was sacrilegious. Civil Engineers quake and cower at the possibility of TCP packet mangling anywhere near their SCADA systems.
(I have a funny story from a colleague who, during a PCI assessment of a large fruit producer in SoCal, accidentally scanned one of the irrigation control systems and caused havoc for a couple of hours, until they figured out the root cause.)
These plugins are as always provided on the same basis as any other plugin from Tenable. They may prove to be useful if you find yourself in need of assessing the state of a network with SCADA technologies. However, I will suggest that you do not use these plugins if you don't know what you are doing (or Nessus for that matter), and further suggest you not try to scan anything that even remotely resembles a SCADA environment without all the usual explicit approvals, consents, permissions, and get-out-of-jail-free cards. (This is known as my Caveat h4x0r.)


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GALLATIN, Tenn. (AP) — One police officer choked up and another fought back tears Tuesday as they testified about finding two dead babies in a laundry basket at the home of a young Tennessee woman charged with murder.
Officer Jeremy Fentress took the stand and described entering the bedroom of defendant Lindsey Lowe and pulling back a bloody towel. He stopped speaking for a few seconds, then told the court: "After I pulled the bloody towel back, I saw a deceased infant."
Fentress said he touched the baby with two fingers and found the infant was cold and not breathing. The newborn was the first of two found Sept. 14, 2011, in a two-story home of an upper-middle-class neighborhood in Hendersonville, about 20 miles northeast of Nashville.
The second was found by Sgt. James Garrett, who described getting ready to lay the first baby down on a bed "softly and gently" before he discovered the umbilical cord, still attached to something deeper in the basket. Fentress held the body of the first baby while Garrett pulled aside a sheet to uncover the second one — also dead. Garrett said he placed the first baby back in the basket beside his brother.
Lowe, now 26, is facing two counts of first-degree murder at her trial, which opened Monday.
She had told police she gave birth to the twin boys in the bathroom of the home on the night of Sept. 12, 2011, and smothered them so that her parents would not hear their cries. Lowe's parents found one of the babies two days later and alerted police.
Assistant District Attorney General Ron Blanton recalled Lowe's statement to police as, "I just put my hand down there over their mouth — the baby's mouth — until it stopped crying."
But defense attorney John Pellegrin suggested in opening statements that Lowe didn't clearly recall what had happened that night, and the police detective who interviewed Lowe planted the idea that she had smothered the babies.
Both sides in the case agree that Lowe did not act like a pregnant woman in the days and weeks leading up to the birth.
"Officers, during their search of the house, found no evidence of an expectation of life," Assistant District Attorney Blanton said during opening statements. "There were no diapers, no pacis (pacifiers), no blankets, no car seat."
Pellegrin also told jurors Lowe was a bridesmaid in a wedding the weekend before the birth where she was dancing, laughing and posing for pictures. The night before the births, one of her sorority sisters stayed at her house, even sleeping in Lowe's bed, he said. And yet no one knew she was pregnant.
Prosecutors suggested that a lack of preparations showed Lowe never intended for the babies to live.
They pointed out that Lowe had been engaged to her college sweetheart in 2011, but had gotten pregnant when she had an affair with another man.
"Miss Lowe made no preparation for the births of these children because no one was going to interfere with her life," Blanton said in opening statements.
But defense attorneys argued that the case was not so simple.
"Lindsey Lowe was pregnant, but she refused to accept it, her mind refused to accept it," Pellegrin said. He argued that Lowe didn't realize what was happening when she started to give birth in the bathroom.
"She thinks her internal organs are coming out," he told the jury.
Family, friends and church members have come to Lowe's defense.
In earlier hearings, Lowe's father Mark Lowe described her as a "model daughter," saying she moved back in with her family after graduating from Western Kentucky University in 2008 and took care of her mother, who had a brain tumor.
The final witness Tuesday was Det. Steve Malach, who interviewed Lowe after the babies were discovered. He testified how Lowe told him she gave birth and then put the babies in a laundry basket. When he asked if she ever checked on them, "she said she couldn't face it," he told jurors.
If convicted of first-degree murder, Lowe could face life in prison without parole. Prosecutors had said previously they would not seek the death penalty.
Testimony continues Wednesday.


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These Sportful Max Socks are good summer-weight socks that help keep your feet sweat-free in the warmer weather.
They're made from a mixture of Coolmax, nylon, Lycra and elastane and they're very stretchy for a close fit without wrinkles.
These aren't as light as some summer socks but the top of the foot section is a mesh weave that lets in quite a bit of cool air if you have ventilated shoe uppers. Plus, the Coolmax certainly does work to move moisture away from your feet quickly, and it dries very fast.
The sole, the heel and the toe sections are thicker for a bit of comfort while the tops are ribbed and so stay in place well. The cuff section is 9cm high. That means these are a little longer than classic cycling ankle socks but nowhere near the mid-calf Euro-style socks that are everywhere at the moment.
They're standing up well to repeated use. I've had this pair for several weeks so they've been through the washing machine lots of times and there's no bobbling. None of the red dye has run into the white sections either. They look pretty good considering the amount of use they've had.
As well as this red/white version, black/white and orange/white models are available.
Good summer-weight socks that are comfortable and breathe well.
If you're thinking of buying this product using a cashback deal why not use the road.cc Top Cashback page and get some top cashback while helping to support your favourite independent cycling website
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Make and model: Sportful Max Sock
Size tested: Medium/Large
Tell us some more about the technical aspects of the product?
These socks are 45% Coolmax. The manufacturer says:
"Why choose COOLMAX fabric? For the simple reason of staying dry and comfortable when you start to perspire.
"Sweating is one of the body's natural mechanisms to stay cool. Engineered with special technology to wick moisture and enhance drying, COOLMAX fabric helps you stay dry and energized - exactly what you need to feel comfortable not only during the day, but also through your toughest workouts.
How it works
- COOLMAX fabric pulls moisture away from your skin.
- COOLMAX fabric absorbs and spreads moisture out across fabric to enhance evaporative drying rate.
- Air moves in to keep your body cool and dry.
Well made - no annoying loose threads.
You can get some cycle-specific socks a couple of quid cheaper but these are good value.
Tell us how the product performed overall when used for its designed purpose
Very well in a variety of warm to hot conditions.
Tell us what you particularly liked about the product
Very good fit and all-round comfort.
Did you enjoy using the product? Yes.
Would you consider buying the product? Yeah, I'd consider these.
Would you recommend the product to a friend? Yes.
About the tester
Age: 41 Height: 190cm Weight: 75kg
I usually ride: My best bike is:
I've been riding for: Over 20 years I ride: Most days I would class myself as: Expert
I regularly do the following types of riding: time trialling, commuting, club rides, sportives, general fitness riding,
Mat has worked for loads of bike magazines over 20+ years, and been editor of 220 Triathlon and Cycling Plus. He's been road.cc technical editor for eight years, testing bikes, fettling the latest kit, and trying out the most up-to-the-minute clothing. We send him off around the world to get all the news from launches and shows too. He has won his category in Ironman UK 70.3 and finished on the podium in both marathons he has run. Mat is a Cambridge graduate who did a post-grad in magazine journalism, and he is a past winner of the Cycling Media Award for Specialist Online Writer.


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By Nicole Froio, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Jazz music lovers in Rio will be delighted by the sixth edition of Leblon's Jazz Festival starting this week (November 8th-10th and 24th) that will bring performers such as Ed Motta, Quinteto Nuclear, Samba Jazz Trio and many more to the city. The main line-up of free shows will be on Rua Dias Ferreira in Leblon Saturday, November 10th, from 1PM until 10PM.
Throughout the festival, the public will be able to see some of the biggest Brazilian names in jazz, blues, lounge and MPB. Basking in previous success, the event is now expanding to Niterói (November 24th) and hopes to bring 80,000 people together in 24 hours of music.
Gilson Peranzetta, pianist and composer, is opening the festival at the Hotel Marina Palace on November 8th. Peranzetta has played in Barcelona, Germany and all around Brazil, but this is his first time performing at the event in Leblon. He tells The Rio Times that previous success of the event is due to how flexible jazz can be.
"It's a kind of music that is free, from any country. I think that's why it's so successful, it's about musical freedom and improvisation. It was a distant thing that came to Brazil and that is now called jazz, but truth is, it's universal."
He is also glad the festival is taking place in Rio, since the city has been losing its musical flare as of lately. "I really just wanted to say thank you to the directors who brought the festival to Rio de Janeiro that needs more music because the places for performing are closing down."
Other performers include Monte Alegre Hot Street Jazz Band, Otis Trio, Dino Rangel & Marcel Powell, Dibigode, Bondesom, Iconili and Ed Motta Dwitza Project.
As for those who will watch Peranzetta perform on the first day of the festival, he says his audience can expect an emotional performance.
"I always think I have to do the best I possibly can when I'm playing music. Music is my religion and my audience can expect the best performance I can do. I want to touch people's hearts, and that's what I've been trying to do my whole life. If they're coming to see me that's an honor for me, and I will be trying to give them that feeling of honor back."
Organizer of the event Robson Nacif tells The Rio Times that this year they looked to put together the best in Brazilian music.
"This year the festival will have the best in Brazilian instrumental music. Ed Motta will perform, for the first time, his project Dwitza, and instrumental performance that includes influences that go from jazz to Brazilian music, from Hollywood soundtracks to rock, from classical music to American standards. And he is performing with the best musicians."
Nacif is also looking forward to watching the band Afrojazz, that mixes African rhythms with jazz."It's a wonderful mix," he said. "And it's not very well publicized in Rio."
The festival starts Thursday, November 8th at 8PM at the Palco Vizta Bar in Hotel Marina Palace where Gilson Piranzetta performs (R$50), then on Friday November 9th at 10PM Dino Rangel & Marcel Powell perform at Palco Esch Café (R$50) in Leblon.
Information on how to get tickets to what some consider the "most charming festival in Brazil" can be found online at www.leblonjazzfestival.com.br, as well as the full line-up for the free shows on November 10th in Leblon and November 24th in Niterói.


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DANBURY, Conn. -- The pilot of a single-engine plane that landed short of the runway at Danbury Municipal Airport and ended up in a pond early Thursday evening was rescued by firefighters in a rowboat, city officials said.
The pilot, who was the only person aboard, was not injured, and the plane does not appear to be damaged, according to Paul Estefan, airport administrator for the city.
The plane, identified as a 1984 single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza, was heading north to land on Runway 35 at the airport, traveling above Route 7 toward the Danbury Fair mall, Estefan said.
The splash landing occurred at 6:50 p.m. under clear skies and a bright, setting sun with winds of 8 knots, Estefan said.
"The plane landed in the pond and is floating there," Estefan said. Old-time Danbury residents might remember the pond as Fisherman's Paradise, which was stocked and people fished in it off the old Route 7, he said.
"Now it's a beaver pond," said Deputy Fire Chief Bernie Meehan. "The plane landed 20 feet from a beaver lodge."
Meehan supervised as firefighters went out in a rowboat to rescue the pilot, whom he did not identify.
"The water is 8 to 10 feet deep there," Meehan said. "He was outside the cockpit, standing on the plane, when we arrived."
The plane landed about a quarter mile short of the runway.
Meehan said the Fire Department had secured the scene, working with the airport administrators and Danbury Police Department.
"We rescued the pilot and made sure everyone was safe," he said. "The plane is not leaking, but we set up booms around it just in case. We have the regional Hazmat Team here."
He also was awaiting the arrival of the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and the National Transportation Safety Board.
"I don't want to speculate on what happened," Meehan said of why the plane, which is based at the Danbury Airport, landed in the pond. "The investigation is up to them."
Greg Mareno, who lives near the scene, said he heard a "nasty, choppy metal sound." Because it "didn't sound right," he went outside to investigate. He stayed outside to help direct traffic with volunteers from the Miry Brook Fire Department.
The scene of the splash landing is south of the airport, off Miry Brook Road. The pond is next to an unpaved lot run by Millton Associates that offers month-by-month parking. The lot is filled with big rigs and a giant pile of wood bigger than a house.
The only visible sign of the incident was the flashing lights of the fire trucks, dimly visible from Miry Brook Road and Route 7. The scene was calm and quiet, with officials pleased with the happy outcome.
The pilot, who owns the four-passenger plane, had left for home by 8 p.m., awaiting word from his insurance company about removing the plane from the pond.
"As pilots say, 'Any landing you walk away from is a good landing,'" Meehan said. "We are just happy that everyone is OK."
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Participants from business, the Swiss Government and NGOs gathered at the headquarters of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to discuss the Business Case for Biodiversity in Switzerland in a workshop sponsored by the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment and co-hosted by Mercuria.
IUCN was a natural venue for such a gathering. Housed in one of the greenest buildings in Europe, IUCN is the world's oldest and largest global environmental network . "Whilst members of IUCN do not currently include companies, this may be part of our future" said IUCN's Regional Director for Europe – Mr. Hans Friedrich. In the meantime, IUCN continues its longstanding engagement with business in numerous ways, including through its six Commissions which have amongst their members experts from within the private sector around the world, as well as through formal partnerships with businesses and close relationships with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), the World Economic Forum and the UN Global Compact. "After all", said IUCN's Director General – Ms. Julia Marton-Lefèvre, "IUCN's mission is to influence encourage and assist societies throughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable... And business is of course a core piece of society."
The participants considered a number of questions about the next steps for business and biodiversity in Switzerland including their expectations from a business and biodiversity platform and ways in which it could strengthen integration of biodiversity and ecosystem services in Swiss companies. The discussion also highlighted the need to articulate the 'stage of the debate', recognizing that biodiversity still needs to be brought onto many people's radar screens. It concluded that a follow up is important in order to further explore how to engage and take the discussion forward, possibly preparing a blueprint for a Swiss Business and Biodiversity Platform based on demands, requests and needs of the private sector.
Speakers at the event included:
- Opening Remarks: Julia Marton-Lefèvre, Director General, IUCN
- Market Solutions for Environmental Scarcity: Andrei Marcu, Senior Vice President, Head of Regulatory and Policy Affairs, Mercuria Energy Group
- The Business Case for Biodiversity in Switzerland: Robert Lamb, Senior Policy Advisor, Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN)
- The New "Big Plan" for Nature – What Does It Mean for Business?: Jane Smart, Director of Biodiversity Conservation Group, IUCN
- The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity: Implications for Business: Joshua Bishop, Chief Economist, IUCN
- WBCSD Guide to Corporate Ecosystem Valuation: James Griffiths, Managing Director, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
Presentations are available to download. For more information please contact Shulamit Alony.


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The sixth graders of Davis Waldorf School (no, we really did not take a filed trip to Europe - but that would have been molto fantastico!) came back from their winter break to learn a little about geography. The three branches of geography are physical (biomes, cartography, coordinates), human (cultures, populations), and environmental (resource management).
We learned about the different biomes of the world (forest, grassland, tundra, desert, marine, and freshwater). The students created dioramas of their biomes, which we called "bioramas." They were spectacular! Some had fashioned trees from wire and frayed rope, animals from beeswax, snow from old cotton jerseys, and rocky cliffs from clay.
We learned about latitude and longitude, and how to make accurate maps using a grid technique.
To study human geography, the students are researching European countries for their reports. It is a big undertaking for the sixth graders as they are learning to choose the right resources and compile information about the land, the culture, and landmarks. They are writing creatively and using illustrations to create beautiful reports.
To bring in the global, environmental consciousness into our work, I had the students list their observations of things outside our classroom. It was not surprising that when I had them categorize their observations between human, human-made, and nature-made, most things they listed were human-made. I had told them that it was very important how our geography is closely tied to human impact, that it was our responsibility to always be mindful of how we interact with our earth.


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I confess that I have made fun of some country tunes. Here are some actual song titles with bonus commentary in italics.
- Her Teeth Were Stained, But Her Heart Was Pure There is one you probably won't find at Hallmark.
- I Flushed You From The Toilets Of My Heart Bonus track…I took the plunge, then took the plunger
- I Wanna Whip Your Cow No comment
- I'm So Miserable Without You, It's Like Having You Here Perhaps a tad too honest.
- I Would Have Wrote You A Letter, But I Couldn't Spell Yuck! But you just spelled yuck in the…never mind.
- I Wouldn't Take Her To A Dawg Fight, Cause I'm Afraid She'd Win See, this song writer didn't care if he could spell. He just wanted to share his dawg-gone feelins'.
- If My Nose Were Full of Nickels, I'd Blow It All On You Ewwwww.
- You're The Reason Our Kids Are So Ugly When you want this Mother's Day card to be the last one.
I will have to admit that I am becoming a bigger country music fan. None of the songs above are on my iPod songlist but a number of country artists are on the list. There are some reasons I am downloading (legally) more and more country music. Those reasons are also the lessons that Christians can learn from country songs. Country lyrics are real. They are honest. Country artists are not afraid to be authentic and they are not ashamed to sing about weaknesses and pain and sin. They don't care about being PC and they are not reluctant to explore the difficult questions about God and life. Perhaps it is the raw edginess of the country music world that appeals the most to me.
For example, check out the video for a song by country singers Montgomery Gentry. The song is called "Some People Change" and the images are not safe and politically correct. The video is set at an old fashioned tent revival in the middle of a cornfield. Montgomery Gentry sing about a young man brought up in racism who is changed by faith in Jesus.
His old man was a rebel yeller:
Bad boy to the bone.
He'd say: "Can't trust that other fella,"
He'd judge 'em by the tone of their skin.
He was raised to think like his Dad:
Narrow mind full of hate.
On the road to no-where fast,
Till the Grace of God got in the way.
Then he saw the Light an' hit his knees an' cried an' said a prayer:
Rose up a brand new man; left the old one right there.
What a powerful lyric. The grace of God got in the way. That is what happened to me. I was living a life far apart from God and headed no where fast when the grace of God got in the way. And thank God for that interruption in my directionless path. The next stanza talks about a Mom raised in an alcoholic family who finds the strength to throw the bottle down. In the midst of the difficult stretch Joni and I saw the grace of God getting in the way over and over. I recently sat with a dear friend that quit drinking after coming into a relationship with Jesus. A marriage restored with another couple. A young man leaving drugs to go into fulltime Christian ministry to help others battling those same demons. Another work friend who life has been turned around by faith. Some people change when the grace of God gets in the way and we stay out of the way!
The chorus goes like this…
Here's to the strong; thanks to the brave.
Don't give up hope: some people change.
Against all odds, against the grain,
Love finds a way: some people change.
Thank God for those who make it:
Let them be the Light.
Some people change. My question I have to answer is do I give them the grace to allow that? God accepted me when I was unacceptable. Lord help me to have the grace to accept others even when they seem unacceptable. We have a hard time with that, don't we? We keep score and are quick to point out failure to justify our lack of acceptance. Paul addressed such behavior to the Ephesians.
But that isn't what you learned about Christ. Since you have heard about Jesus and have learned the truth that comes from him, throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception. Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. Put on your new nature, created to be like God—truly righteous and holy. So stop telling lies. Let us tell our neighbors the truth, for we are all parts of the same body. And "don't sin by letting anger control you."Don't let the sun go down while you are still angry, for anger gives a foothold to the devil….
And do not bring sorrow to God's Holy Spirit by the way you live. Remember, he has identified you as his own, guaranteeing that you will be saved on the day of redemption. Get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger, harsh words, and slander, as well as all types of evil behavior. Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you. Eph 4 NLT
And yes, I know that I may get burned by that approach. But if I am to err I pray that I will err on the side of grace.
Don't give up hope. Some people change.


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A few years ago, things were going smoothly for Eric Neill and his family.
Neill was making good money as a construction superintendent for a commercial contractor in Kansas City, traveling the country, running challenging job sites. But he wasn't satisfied.
"I decided I wanted to be a farmer," he said. "I've always wanted to be a farmer."
So Neill and his wife, Julie Neill, met with an extension agent and asked how they could make a living with a farm.
That is a tall order.
The number of very small farms has increased rapidly in recent years. They are affordable to start, but don't tend to support themselves. Very large farms are also on the rise as successful producers build super-efficient, mega-operations -- but it takes literally a fortune in land and equipment to get one going.
Medium-sized, self-sustaining family farms like the Neils were interested in building have declined dramatically. Between the big and little operations, it's increasingly hard for mid-sized farms to compete.
"Ten years ago we 110,000 dairy producers, today we have about 65,000," U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack pointed out in a speech a couple years ago in Kansas City. "Everybody satisfied with that trend?"
Eric Neill wasn't. He had seen the decimation of the family farm up close, born into one that folded in the farm crisis of the 1980s. Still, Neill decided to plunge in, to switch careers in his mid-40s, and make a go of it as a dairyman.
This was in 2008, and he figured many factors were in his favor.
"Milk prices were high. It rained a lot. Cows were relatively cheap. Corn was cheap," he said.
Extension agents cautioned Neill to hedge this monumental bet.
"They told me not to quit your day job. They were dead serious," he said.
But he quit anyway.
And that's why today, Neill is a "grazing dairyman." His 120 or so cows eat mostly grass, and they live outside on the gentle rolling pasture of Neill and Sons Dairy, south of Kansas City near Freeman, Mo.
"This is the cool part of being a grazing dairyman, being out here with your cows, and feeding them some new grass. I mean we grew the grass, we grew the cows, and tonight we'll find out how we did, and then tomorrow morning the same thing," he said. "It is a very satisfying job."
It can be lucrative, too. Neill's cows produce a lot less milk than their grain-fed, barn-housed, cousins in mega-dairies, but his costs are lower. As long his grass grows, he doesn't have to buy much feed.
"It's how to get started, because it doesn't take as much money," he said.
In the milk barn, Neill works fast and efficiently. He does this twice a day, every day, for 10 months of the year.
The faster he can get the milk out of these animals, the faster they can go back to eating grass and making more of it.
"When I'm really on my game, I can milk 100 cows in an hour."
The work just about never stops around here, and the whole family has to chip in. Julie Neill looks back fondly on her life before agriculture.
"You don't know what you have until it's gone. I mean, I had a really easy life," she said.
Now, like most farm wives, Julie Neill has chores, lots of them. In the spring she nurses dozens and dozens of calves; mixing, hauling and feeding sometimes 80 gallons of formula a day. She cleans the barn, builds fences, and runs the house. She owns the farm, and keeps the books. It can be a struggle to make them balance.
"We are proud. It is hard, and it's stressful, but we're very proud of what we do," she said.
The Neils could trade on the fact that what they are doing is pretty old school and environmentally friendly, and market directly to people willing to a premium for "green" milk. But that would mean dealing directly with a lot of customers and employees.
"Managing people is hard, very stressful. And I don't know that I have the personality to do it," Eric Neill said. "I don't mind managing cows."
And while managing cows may once have seemed like hayseed work, nowadays family farming is pretty widely revered, he said.
Neill would like to entice at least one of his two boys to settle down on the farm, but he's not sure the farming mystique will do it.
"When they're here, they really don't like being a dairy farmer that much," he said "But when they get a mile from here, man, they are some dairy farmin' dudes! They are dairy farmers to the core!"
He's already scheming to sell their future girlfriends on the profound pleasures and virtues of farm life. For now though, he's proud he's just proud Neill and Sons Dairy is still in business.
"It's not supposed to work. We're supposed to be… a tourist attraction, instead of a viable business," he said.
And Neill would like to see more people defying a 100-year trend, and stepping back into production agriculture. He'd be the first to tell you, though, that making it in this business takes planning, dedication, money, luck, and a lot of hard work.
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By Taylor Fortney
Big 12 Campus Correspondent
Time and time again, he receives the ball, squares his feet, leaps, and shoots, his right arm extended gracefully towards the basket.
Time and time again, the swish of the net fills the empty gym.
Yet he's already receiving the next ball, and shooting the next basket.
This is the work ethic that drives Texas Tech guard Dusty Hannahs, helping mold him into one of the Big 12's top three-point shooter.
"It just makes you tougher," Hannahs said. "You are in the gym every day, whether you want to or not, and I've really just tried to stick with that."
Results have shown the rewards. While undersized compared to some opponents, Hannahs displays an unwillingness to back down.
"I'm not as big, strong, and fast as the majority of the guys in the league," Hannahs said. "It takes hard work and repetition, and then still working on your strength and speed. That way I can still feel like I can get in the lane and make plays for teammates, and drive and score against bigger and stronger opponents."
A scoring machine from beyond the arc, Hannah's beautiful shot has been put on display recently, scoring in double digits nine times already this season.
His strong play went to a new level Jan. 22 when Hannahs scored a career-high 25 points at West Virginia where he tied the Big 12 record going a perfect 7-for-7 from behind the arc.
Hannahs, however, is quick to point out the advantages of mental strengths, and had a special advantage in that department.
"My whole life, my dad [Gerald Hannahs] really stuck with me," Hannahs said. "He just tells me all of the little things, but it is more mental when we talk. He lets me take care of the physical aspects of the game, but mentally he is always telling me to keep grinding, keep coming to the gym, and it really does help to have someone in your corner that has been one of the best in the world at what they do."
The man in his corner is a former professional baseball player, reaching the big leagues with the then Montreal Expos. He used his own experience to help push his son to success.
"Dad was a pro," Hannahs said. "He made it to the highest level there is in sports, and that is as good as it gets."
Hannah's father isn't the only professional to mentor Hannahs, as Texas Tech hired head coach Tubby Smith following his 2012-13 freshman season.
"Getting Coach Smith was unbelievable," Hannahs said. "You can't be any more happy when you have a legend take the reins of the team you're on. It was a big change from what I've been used to, and I've never had someone of that caliber coach me. It has been great to learn the game more and more every day from him."
On top of the coaching and leadership Hannahs received, he also points to experience as the key to development in his game.
Playing in 31 games last year as a freshman, Hannahs used the time to learn how to play in the Big 12.
"As a freshman right out of high school, you have a lot to learn, so you get used to the speed of the game," Hannah said. "My freshman year really did that for me. I really feel like I've gotten to understand [the new offense] and it has been a lot of fun, playing well in the Big 12, but the focus is on getting more victories."
Hannahs has also shown a knack for focusing in the classroom, with two selections to the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll to his credit.
"In high school, I probably wouldn't have guessed I would have won academic accolades," Hannahs said. "It really speaks to how great the Marsha Sharp Center is and all the people involved in the Texas Tech academic department and the importance they place on the academics, including Coach Smith. I really owe it to them and all the tutor sessions that really help and pay off."
Whether it is in the classroom, in the weight room, or in the gym, one thing is clear.
Dusty Hannahs will be the first one in, last one out, and a relentless work ethic in between."All of the greats, all of their stories are about being in the gym and working hard," Hannahs said. "I'm just going to try to follow that plan, and hopefully it leads me to the right place."


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Some medications in new recall were distributed in New HampshireBy SHAWNE K. WICKHAM
New Hampshire Sunday News
March 28. 2013 3:57PM
CONCORD - The state public health division has confirmed that some of the medications recalled by a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy this week were shipped to physicians and patients in New Hampshire.
The latest recall, announced Monday, involves all sterile compounds made and distributed by Pallimed Solutions Inc. of Woburn, Mass., from Jan. 1 to March 22.
Christine Adamski, R.N., chief of the bureau of infectious disease control at the state Division of Public Health, said, "We know some products did come into New Hampshire, but we don't know specifically which of the products that have been recalled.
"We expect to get more information over the next couple of days," she said.
In a statement issued Wednesday, the federal Food and Drug Administration said the voluntary recall came after inspectors from that agency and the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy found "visible particulates (filaments) ... in vials of several different sterile compounded products" at Pallimed's facility.
The Massachusetts board subsequently issued a cease-and-desist order for all sterile compounding operations at the company, although Pallimed is allowed to continue compounding and sales of non-sterile products, according to the company's website.
Adamski said there is no evidence that any drugs that did come here were in fact contaminated, and there have been no reports of illness associated with this latest recall.
She said the public health division is working closely with the New Hampshire Board of Pharmacy to find out which doctors and patients may have used the recalled products.
Pallimed has listed two dozen products included in the recall, including ophthalmic preparations, vitamin injections, testosterone replacement therapy and drugs used to treat erectile dysfunction. The recall notice states that all products were packaged in glass vials and shipped directly to patients and/or physician's offices in as many as 21 states, including New Hampshire.
The FDA and state pharmacy boards are looking more closely at compounding pharmacies after last year's deadly, multi-state outbreak of fungal infections, linked to contaminated injectable medications made and distributed by New England Compounding Center of Framingham, Mass.
That outbreak is blamed for 730 cases of illness and 51 deaths nationwide. There were 14 cases of fungal infections reported in New Hampshire, including nine patients who developed meningitis; health officials continue to monitor more than 750 patients here who received injectable medications made by NECC for possible illness.
Because of what happened in the NECC case, Adamski said, health officials are taking extra precautions when any contamination is suspected.
"We never take our guard down with this," she said. "There's a very low threshold with issuing a cease-and-desist order, and then for the pharmacy to recall the product."
Of most concern are medications that are injected, Adamski said, noting the Pallimed recall list does include some injectable products.
"That's where it gets important for us to understand the specific products and their uses," she said. "And that helps identify, certainly, the potential for patient harm or illness."


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Economist Likely One of Several Candidates for Coming Vacancies on Board of Governors
Obama administration officials are considering Treasury Undersecretary Lael Brainard for a position on the Federal Reserve's seven-member board of governors, according to people familiar with the administration's deliberations on a broad sweep of change hitting the central bank.
Ms. Brainard, a Ph.D. economist who has served as the Treasury Department's point person on international affairs since 2010, is likely only one of many candidates under consideration. The Fed board faces three vacancies in the next few months, and...


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It was a dark and stormy night…..
This is the classic opening for one of the most influential books of my childhood A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'engle. It represents the beginning of my passion for the written word and science fiction literature. It seems fitting that I kick off my book blog with the book that kicked off my love of books.
The story revolves around a girl named Meg, her little brother, Charles Wallace, and a boy Meg likes, Calvin O'Keefe, traveling to another planet to save the siblings imprisoned father. The three are escorted on their journey by three aliens, or 'angelic beings' as they are referred to in the book, disguised as eccentric old women.
L'engle always said she did not believe in talking down to children. She believed that they are capable of comprehending complex concepts. One of these complex concepts in the book is idea of "tesseracting." This is the primary method of travel used by the main characters to move from one planet to another. This method involves bending space so that great distances can be covered in a few seconds. This is one of the first real sci-fi concepts I remember as having impacted me for one reason. At one point I described the book to a teacher (not one of my mine) who thought the concept of bending space was utter nonsense. She couldn't understand the concept of bending space because she thought it was impossible. I did understand it. At the time this blew my mind. "I understand something Teacher doesn't, how is that possible?" was my thought at the time.


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James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Arrangement in Flesh Color and Black: Portrait of Théodore Duret.
1883-84. Oil on canvas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Additional Links
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Additional Works by James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Head of a Peasant Woman.
Portrait of Whistler with Hat.
Head of Old Man Smoking.
At the Piano.
Black Lion Wharf.
Brown and Silver: Old Battersea Bridge.
The Thames in Ice.
Harmony in Green and Rose: The Music Room.
The Coast of Brittany.
Symphony in White No. 1: The White Girl.
The Last of Old Westminster.
Blue and Silver: The Blue Wave, Biarritz.
Grey and Silver: Old Battersea Beach.
Caprice in Purple and Gold No 2 - The Golden Screen.
Symphony in White No 2: The Little White Girl.
Purple and Rose: The Lange Lijzen of the Six Marks.
Rose and Silver: The Princess from the Land of Porcelain.
Variations in Flesh Color and Green: The Balcony.
The Artist's Studio.
Symphony in White, No. 3.
Sea and Rain.
Harmony in Blue and Silver: Trouville.
Blue and Silver: Trouville.
Crepuscule in Opal: Trouville.
Symphony in Gray and Green: The Ocean.
Crepuscule in Flesh Color and Green: Valparaiso.
The White Symphony: Three Girls.
Variations in Blue and Green.
Battersea Reach from Lindsey Houses.
Symphony in Blue and Pink.
Arrangement in Black: Portrait of F. R. Leyland.
Speke Hall.
Symphony in Flesh Color and Pink: Portrait of Mrs. Frances Leyland.
Nocturne in Blue and Green; Chelsea.
Nocturne: Grey and Gold - Westminster Bridge.
Symphony in Gray: Early Morning Thames.
Arrangement in Gray and Black No. 1: Portrait of the Artist's Mother.
Variations in Pink and Grey: Chelsea.
Nocturne in Blue and Silver.
Arrangement in Gray: Portrait of the Painter.
Arrangement in Gray and Black No.2: Portrait of Thomas Carlyle.
Nocturne: Blue and Silver - Cremorne Lights.
Harmony in Gray and Green: Miss Cicely Alexander.
Cremorne Gardens, No. 2. c.
Nocturne in Blue and Gold - Old Battersea Bridge.
The Velvet Dress.
Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket.
Maud Franklin.
Arrangement in Brown and Black: Portrait of Miss Rosa Corder.
Harmony in Blue and Gold: The Peacock Room.
Arrangement in White and Black.
Harmony in Blue: The Duet.
The Gold Scab.
Winter Evening.
Nocturne in Blue and Silver; The Lagoon, Venice.
Chelsea Houses.
Arrangement in Black; The Lady in the Yellow Buskin - Portrait of Lady...
Gray and Silver: Mist - Lifeboat.
A Shop.
An Orange Note: Sweet Shop.
White and Grey: The Hotel Courtyard, Dieppe.
Blue and Violet: La Belle de Jour.
Harmony in Fawn Color and Purple: Portrait of Miss Milly Finch.
London Bridge.
Harmony in Red: Lamplight.
The Grey House.
Annabel Lee.
Mrs. Charles Wibley Reading.
Arrangement in Flesh Color and Brown: Portrait of Arthur J. Eddy.
Harmony in Blue and Gold: The Little Blue Girl.
The Little Rose of Lyme Regis.
The Master Smith of Lyme Regis.
Brown and Gold (Self-Portrait).
The Siesta.
Miss Rosalind Birnie Philip Standing.
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Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: TIF) is a prototype "affordable luxury" retailer. TIF sells high-end jewelry, diamond rings, and lower-priced silver jewelry in retail stores as well as through catalogs and e-commerce.
Tiffany's international presence was a benefit given the state of the American economy--strong Asian sales have helped make up for slacking American and European sales. On the other hand, TIF's international presence can also be a disadvantage, given the fact that without hedging against exchange rate risk, the firm's balance sheet is at the mercy of fluctuations of the U.S. dollar. Also, higher prices of gold and silver lead to higher production costs, which leads to thinner profit margins.
Tiffany & Co. sells its own brand of jewelry as well as third-party designer brands in company-owned and franchised stores in the United States. Tiffany's flagship store in New York City is a vital source of sales for TIF.[1]. Sales at this store, as well as other locations in major American cities, is heavily dependent on foreign tourist spending.
Tiffany has five reportable geographic segments. The Americas segment covers the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Brazil. Asia-Pacific consists of Japan, China, Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Australia, Singapore, Macau and Malaysia. This segment operates chiefly through Tiffany boutiques in Asian department stores as well as the company website (for customers in Japan and Australia). The Europe segment covers the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, France, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Spain and Ireland. [3] A geographic net sales breakdown is listed below:
Early 2008 saw the debut of Tiffany's new eyewear line, made possible through a deal with Luxottica Group, S.p.A. (LUX).[4] Tiffany's also partnered with Softbank in 2008 to produce 8 diamond-encrusted cell phones that cost 13 million yen (or $134,000 USD) each and sold out in three days.[5] Starting in 2008, Tiffany also opened two, smaller-format stores that offer a selected product assortment and this is expected to influence the design of new stores that will occupy 3000 - 4000 gross square feet in comparison to full assortment stores that are approximately 5000 gross square feet. Management hopes that this new format will serve a broader set of customers' needs.[6]
The luxury goods market is rebounding from the slump caused by the global recession. Global luxury goods industry sales are expected to grow 4% in 2010 after a painful 8% decline in 2009, according to Bain & Company's Luxury Goods Worldwide Market Study. US retail sales in the luxury segment increased 15.5% year-over-year in April after a 22.7% surge in March. Consulting firm Unity Marketing reports that much of the growth is coming from super-rich households with incomes over $250,000. This group increased spending by 22.6% in Q1 2010. Tiffany, LVMH, Hermes, and Saks all reported strong profit gains in Q1 2010. [7]
Buoyed by the positive Q1 2010 results Tiffany CFO Jim Fernandez announced plans to launch a leather goods collection including handbags and accessories such as wallets, key holders, business card holders and luggage tags to sell for $100 or $120, less than a typical Tiffany item.[8]
Due to its large international segment exchange rates play a major role in Tiffany's performance. Because of foreign exchange rate fluctuations sales abroad can be worth either more or less when translated back into dollars. In 2009, Tiffany gained 7% on Japanese sales due to favorable exchange rate fluctuations. [9] In Q1 2010, Japan sales rose 50% year over year with a 13% positive exchange rate effect built into that reported rise. [10] Tiffany minimizes the potential negative impact of a strengthening U.S. dollar against the Japanese yen by purchasing put option contracts as hedges of forecasted purchases of merchandise over a maximum term of 12 months.
Exchange rates also directly play a part in domestic sales as they influence foreign tourist spending. When the dollar is weak, U.S. goods are relatively cheap for foreign customers and this leads to higher sales from foreign tourists in U.S. cities such as New York, San Francisco, Las Vegas and other tourist-popular cities. This is particularly important in the New York flagship store where a majority of sales are from foreign tourist purchases.
As a jewelry retailer, a large portion of Tiffany's costs relies on the costs of raw materials such as gold, silver and diamond. From April to May 2009, the prices of gold and silver have both increased. The increase in the price of raw materials leads to an increase in production costs, which leads to thinner profit margins. If Tiffany does not raise prices to compensate for the increase in production costs then it makes less money per sale. Raising prices can have an adverse effect on Tiffany's sales given the economic state of the economy in mid-2009. Diamond prices, on the other hand, have returned to 2007 and 2008 levels[11], meaning majority of production cost increase comes from increased gold and silver prices.
Jewelry shoppers are less price sensitive than consumers of other goods, and cost is often not the major factor in a purchase decision. Important points of differentiation are quality, service and image. Thus, smaller specialized jewelers are able to compete on a store-to-store basis against larger companies such as Tiffany. As such, Tiffany's competition comes from a variety of sources, including other specialty jewelry retail chains, department stores with jewelry operations and small jewelry shops. Tiffany's largest direct competitors include Signet Group (SIG), Zale (ZLC), and Blue Nile (NILE). Signet Group (SIG) Zales Blue Nile (NILE) retailers Tiffany faces competition from upscale and exclusive retailers such as Bvlgari and Cartier.
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But as you said, going scene for scene would be bad. take the duel with Guiche for example. Half the reason the fight happened was because Saito was hot-headed enough to not let the matter go. But Yuuno isn't exactly someone rash, so his reaction might be different. And even if for some reason he accepted the challenge anyway, duels are forbidden between nobles, and since in Tristain control over magic makes you a noble, the fight might not end up happening after all.
If Yuuno follows the same exact steps as Saito, than he is less Yuuno Scrya and more Hiiraga Saito with Yuuno Scrya's powers.
Edit: I realized some of these points are already addressed one post before. I took too much time to write >.<
|2011-11-27, 21:57
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But speaking of canonical love-interests, if anyone did write such a crossover, would anyone want to see Louise and Yuuno as a couple? Keeping in mind that they would be the same age.
I personally don't think it's necessary that Louise falls in love with her familiar or vice versa, and I'm not convinced that Louise and Yuuno have much compatibility with each other.
Heck, he might have more with Tabitha. Siesta too.
I also wonder if Kirche and Henrietta would be as interested in Yuuno as they were in Saito. While Yuuno has no lack of courage, he's a lot mousy-er than Saito.
|2011-11-27, 21:58
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Yeah, there's a crossover using Chrono but the author's insistence on sticking to canon requires Chrono to act OOC, which is why I couldn't stand it even with my usually high threshold for crap.
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Also, I just didn't see anything interesting in the idea. Chrono doesn't offer the same dramatic or comedic possibilities that Yuuno does.
One of which being Yuuno's lack of conventional blasty firepower; Chrono can solve so many problems just with S2U, and more if he has Durandal.
Chrono also cannot pretend to be just a normal familiar until an appropriate moment, either.
The least change of which is that the Zero jet fighter is replaced with a Black Watch helicopter.
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RF6: Set UP!
Dekaranger: Emergency, DEKARANGER!
|2011-11-28, 18:33
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I'm here for the reason..
Hayate: Ryotaro
Wolkenritter: Momo Ura Kin Ryuu?
|2011-11-28, 23:05
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First of all, the common elemental magics of Louise's world could be seen as wide-spread Elemental Conversion Affinties, with Void Magic being more analogous to regular Midchildan magic.
Explosion is a bombardment attack like Divine Buster, Dispel is a brief Anti-Magilink Wave, Illusion is like Teana's trick on steroids, etc.
So yeah, Yuuno would be kind of like a Void Magician, except much weaker, and with completely different specialties.
Second of all, if such a crossover is written, the lineages that got the Gandalfr would get the Windalfr instead, and vice-versa. Likewise, Derflinger would end up elsewhere and get picked up by the guy who turns out to the Gandalfr.
Thus, Yuuno would end up a the Right Hand / Sword of God who commands beasts. Because commanding woodland creatures and summoning dragons is much more suitable for the ferret changleing mage than mastery of any weapon.
Seriously, when would Yuuno ever pick up a sword when he can conjure a shield or bind? Also, he can fly.
|2011-11-28, 23:14
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Yuuno is not a swordsman.
Besides, swordsman with impenetrable barriers would be one of those elves.
And rather than defeat an elf with swordsmanship or offensive magic, Yuuno would probably just teleport the asshole away.
Let's see Counterspell defend against THAT.
... I mean, assuming that Counterspell isn't just a defense against blasty/bindy-type spells.
|2011-11-28, 23:18
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A Gandalfr is not just a swordsman, he can be ANYTHING weapon-related!
Yuuno suddenly will gain instant expertise with any kind of weapon: swords, spears, guns, battle vehicles, all sorts of artillery and probably even magical devices xD!
|2011-11-28, 23:20
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But that's not Yuuno. It just doesn't FIT.
He's a warrior when he needs to be, but he's ultimately a scholar, not a fighter. If he was the kind of guy who used weapons, he'd already have a weapon, or at least a single shooting-type spell.
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Director-General meets with Gabonese delegation
13 May 2013, Rome, Italy - FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva met today with Gabriel Tchango, Gabon's Minister for Water and Forests, on the same day that FAO began a week-long International Conference on Forests for Food Security and Nutrition, the first of its kind. The Gabonese Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Célestine Oguewa Ba, was also present for the bilateral discussions following the opening session of the Conference.
The Director-General warmly thanked the group for their contributions to the Conference. He also congratulated the government of Gabon's keen grasp of the need to have both the Ministries of Agriculture and that of Water and Forests participating together in the week's meetings. He noted that this sort of hand-in-hand work of subsectors that often have invisible boundaries drawn separating their respective spheres of responsibility will be key in achieving a holistic and coordinated approach that will help communities achieve food security.
The Director-General indicated that FAO would continue to support Gabon through the Country Programming Framework, which is linked to "Gabon Emergent" and its strategic pillars, specifically in what Gabon is promoting as "Green Gabon," which encompasses its Natural Resources Management and Sustainable Development programmes. Tchango explained that the implementation of Green Gabon will be crucial in preserving the forest resources of the Congo Basin, of which 22 million hectares fall within Gabon's territory (80 percent of the total), and in turn, to mitigating the effects of global climate change. After the Amazon, the rainforests of the Congo Basin are the world's second largest in land area.
The Director-General also discussed "Blue Gabon," which is the country's new strategic plan for better fisheries governance, protection of resources and control in its waters, and signaled FAO stands at the ready to support the country's work in this area given the large FAO's expertise on this domain.