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Okla. couple sought in child abuse case arrested
Couple found in eastern Nebraska
Okla. couple sought in child abuse case arrested
Couple found in eastern Nebraska
WAHOO, Neb. —
An Oklahoma couple wanted on suspicion of child molestation and sexual abuse have been arrested in the eastern Nebraska town of Wahoo.
Omaha television station KETV reported that David Ray Meyer Jr., 34, and Kaylynn Dee Meyer, 30, were arrested Friday by the U.S. Marshals Metro Fugitive Task Force.
Authorities said they were found at a Wahoo home belonging to them.
The Pawnee County Sheriff's Office in Oklahoma said the two have been charged with molestation and permitting child sexual abuse. Officials believe David Meyer had sexually abused three children and that his wife was present and allowed the abuse to happen.
The couple is being held in the Saunders County Jail without bond while awaiting extradition to Oklahoma.


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Metallica Fans Vote Two New Songs Into Band's Signature Pinball Machines
You may have heard about Metallica's own signature pinball machine, and if you're lucky, you may have even manned the flippers on one. Either way, the developers of Metallica Pinball recently polled fans to vote two new songs into the game, with 'Ride the Lightning' and 'Blackened' coming out on top.
Last year, Stern Pinball revealed their first Metallica game, which went over-the-top with Metallica imagery and boasted an impressive list of tracks from the legendary thrash band. 'Metallica Premium' machines (pictured above) may be even more visually stunning, but for the first time, fans were given the opportunity to help develop the machines by voting an additional two songs into the game.
'Ride the Lightning' and 'Blackened' were the two tracks selected by fans, as revealed by Stern earlier today (March 21):
STERN PINBALL, INC. has posted new Metallica code (Version 1.51) for all models of Metallica Pinball. As most of you have heard by now, the voting has closed and the fans have spoken! Stern is thrilled to announce that the new code will include the songs "Ride the Lightning" and "Blackened" for the Metallica Pinball game! This update will also provide enhanced lightshows and other refinements.
This release is in addition to Stern's March 7th Metallica code update that contained numerous game play enhancements including "Crank It Up" modes and the "End Of The Line" wizard mode. Band member feature is coming soon. Stay tuned!
This update can also be found on their website, www.sternpinball.com, in the game code library.
For more info on Metallica's pinball machines, head over to Stern Pinball.

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Panthers fall short in semis
BENTON – After getting down 2-0 early in the quarterfinals of the 6A State Tournament to Russellville on Friday, the South No. 1 seed Benton Panthers scored 10 unanswered runs to win 10-2 to advance to the semifinals against the East No. 2 seed Jonesboro Golden Hurricane on Saturday. The Hurricane would jump on the Panthers for six runs in the first four innings, and though the Panthers fought back, Benton couldn't finish the comeback falling 6-5 and wiping away the Panthers' hopes for a matchup with Greenwood in the 6A State Championship at Baum Stadium in Fayetteville on Saturday.
"We just ran out of time," Benton Coach Mark Balisterri said. "I think if we could have stretched the game, got it into extra innings, we would have been OK."
With the Panthers (22-5) down 6-4 going into the bottom of the seventh, senior Carson Holloway fouled out to right field and freshman Colton Nix flew out to right field for the first two outs. Freshman catcher Brinson Williams, who finished the day 3 for 3, doubled to left field on the first pitch of his at-bat. With two outs, the game should have been over on senior Grayson Chilton's grounder to third base, but a bad throw for an error allowed courtesy runner Drew Dyer to score to get within 6-5. But senior Jack James would ground out to short to end the game.
"He hit the ball straight up the middle and the shortstop just made a good play on it," Balisterri said of James' contact. "I told them as many rocks I picked up off the field this year, maybe if I would have left one or two it (the grounder) would have hit it."
But it was the beginning of the game which bit the Panthers. JD Rainwater put the Hurricane up 2-0 with a 2-run homer to right field in the first inning. Senior Panther starting pitcher, left-hander Carson Holloway, would retire 10 batters in a row before giving up a two-out infield single to third base in the fourth inning, which was very close play at first base.
"In the fourth inning we get two outs and it's a bang-bang play at first base," Balisterri said. "He beat it out by half a step and they came up big and scored four on us."
After the infield single, Holloway would hit a batter and give up an RBI single to Sam Becot, an RBI single to Aaron Fitz and a 2-run double to Reed Wingo to give the Hurricane a 6-0 lead.
Senior Blake Nations would single to start the bottom of the fifth inning, and after an out, Nations went to second on sophomore Colby Johnson's single. Holloway would knock Nations in for the Panthers' first score, Nix would single to left field to make it 6-2, and Williams would double to left field for 2 RBI and a 6-4 Panther deficit.
"He was seeing the ball today real well and I wish he could have batted three or four more times," Balisterri said of Williams. "He did a super job and he's done a great job all year long behind the plate handling these pitchers. For a freshman to be able to go in there and handle the pitchers like he did, he stepped it up big."
As for Benton's comeback, it didn't surprise Jonesboro Coach Mark Dobson.
"It was an unbelievable game," Dobson said. "We jumped on top of them and they're really tough and they turn around and bounce right back and jump right back on us. I'm real proud of our kids for holding it together in an emotional situation like that. We just held them off long enough.
"You better expect it when you play Benton," Dobson continued, "because they're obviously extremely strong, a great team, they fight like crazy and they weren't going to give up, so it was no shocker that they responded they way that they did."
But the Panthers just couldn't finish the comeback as Holloway picked up the loss giving up six runs on 11 hits in six innings, and struck out four.
"Holloway just kept battling," Balisterri said. "We did all this (made it to the semifinals) with our best pitcher (Coulton Lee had a back injury), hadn't pitched in a month, it hurt not having him, but my other pitchers stepped it up big time. They did a great job. It was a tough way to lose, but it happens.
"Give credit to Jonesboro. They made some big plays when they had to and came up with some really big hits. They did enough to where we just couldn't quite get there. I'm very proud of my young men. they did a great job."
Balisterri couldn't say enough about the way his seniors led the way for the Panthers all season.
"These seniors were truly leaders," he said. "We had 10 seniors and when you have 10 seniors, they're not all going to get to play all the time. They were very unselfish. That's what I characterize them as when I think about that group."
Behind Williams' 3 of 3 day, Nations went 2 for 3 with a run, Nix went 1 for 4 with a run and RBI, and Johnson and Holloway each went 1 for 3, with Holloway adding an RBI. Senior left-hander Justin Vincent pitched a scoreless seventh inning.
For Jonesboro, Aaron Fitz, William McCauly, and Wilson Muff each went 2 for 4, Rainwater went 1 for 3 with his 2-run homer, and Wingo went 1 for 4 with 2 RBI.
Balisterri spoke of how close the Panthers have come to making the state championship since winning it all in 2009.
"In 2010 when (the seniors) were freshman, we got beat in the semis by one run. 2012 and 2013 we got beat in the semis by one run. I just want them to realize how close we could have been in the state championship game 4 out of the last 5 years. I'm proud of that.
"I want to be in the state championship game, but our team has been there every year. We keep knocking on the door, knocking on the door, but the last few years we haven't been able to open it up and go get it. With what they (seniors) left these guys and the young players we have coming back, hopefully we can come back and be right here again next year."


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For a couple of years now, the Canucks have enjoyed the luxury of trotting out two blue-chip goalies in Cory Schneider and Roberto Luongo to guard their net. While it's widely assumed that Roberto Luongo will be traded over the course of this summer, and Coach Vigneault reiterated Luongo's desire to get a fresh start elsewhere just yesterday; late last week, General Manager Mike Gillis told the Team 1040's afternoon show that the Canucks would be very happy to deploy that same platoon again next season.
And why not? The Canucks were in the top-5 in terms of fewest goals allowed this past season, and Luongo and Schneider combined to stop .930% of all shots against at even-strength. While the team in front of them was occasionally listless, the two Canucks goaltenders were spectacular. By Gillis' own admission they carried the rest of the club through long stretches of the regular season, and were unquestionably the team's two most valuable players.
That said, if Canucks training camp opens this fall and both Luongo and Schneider report for duty, it will represent a major failure of asset management on the part of the organization.
Read past the jump for more.
By now Canucks fans can recite the arguments in favour of keeping Schneider and dealing Luongo from memory: he's younger, he's cheaper and based on their play over the past couple of seasons, he may be the better goaltender. As the team's first round series against the Los Angeles Kings drew to a close, with Schneider starting games 3, 4 and 5 and playing extraordinarily well, it appeared that the Canucks had tipped their hand on who they saw between the pipes going forward. Mike Gillis' recent comments about the possibility of the team returning both Schneider and Luongo next season notwithstanding, it's pretty clear which way the wind is blowing in Vancouver.
There are so many moving pieces in the Luongo/Schneider situation, and in all likelihood the outcome of the Canucks log-jam in net will define Mike Gillis' Canucks tenure. In terms of a potential Luongo trade – there is Luongo's contract to consider, his no movement clause, and a potentially saturated goaltending market that could include the likes of: Tim Thomas, Mika Kipprusoff, Jonathan Bernier, Anders Lindback, Tomas Vokoun and Josh Harding. There is also the question of whether or not Luongo can be moved without the Canucks being forced to take on a toxic contract in return (I tend to believe they can, but I imagine it won't be an easy sell).
In terms of re-signing Cory Schneider, I don't think it's a stretch to assume that the Canucks need to move Luongo in order to get Schneider to commit to the Canucks on a long-term contract carrying a reasonable cap-hit. Cory Schneider has an awful lot of leverage at the moment, he's coming off of a gangbusters season, he's arguably the most popular Canucks roster player in the Vancouver market, and he's only one year away from hitting the open market as an unrestricted free agent.
Reading between the lines, it's clear what the Canucks are looking to do in their net this summer: move Luongo for assets, and sign the cheaper, younger netminder to a long-term deal with a reasonable hit. From a "moneypuck" perspective, it's absolutely the right course of action, but it's fraught with risk. If Gillis can pull it off, it will represent one hell of a deft maneuver.
Losing the Plot
What's particularly interesting to me about Gillis' recent "distinct possibility" comments, is that this isn't the first time in this saga that the Canucks General Manager has had to quell speculation or sourced reports regarding the team's trade posture on Roberto Luongo. In all likelihood, it won't be the last.
On April 25th, for example, during locker clean out day, Luongo said he'd be willing to waive his no trade clause if he was asked. The very next day, April 26th, it was reported (by Nick Kyprios) that Luongo requested a trade at his exit meeting. It was also reported by two different sources (Murph and James Duthie) that that the list of teams Luongo would be willing to accept a trade to, included at least Toronto and Tampa Bay.
That's an awful lot of scuttlebutt being put out there by a variety of different parties. Still, on April 27th, Mike Gillis appeared on the Team 1040 in Vancouver and poured some cold water on the reports of a Luongo "trade request":
"We've met, but we've decided we'll take our time and talk in the next few days over the phone. I'm not quite sure why something like that [the reports] would be out there."
It's fair to point out that Gillis' comments on April 27th, and his comments earlier this week are both consistent with what you'd expect from a General Manager who is seeking to maximize his leverage ahead of the draft and free agency. Mike Gillis wants to appear to his colleagues to have "options." That means that officially Luongo hasn't requested a trade, and officially there's a "distinct possibility" that both goaltenders could return next season.
Reading the tea leaves, however, the only really desirable potential outcome is that the Canucks move Roberto Luongo, and sign Cory Schneider to a long-term deal at a reasonable rate.
Spending Efficiency
If you believe Mike Gillis about the possibility of Luongo and Schneider returning next season, then you believe that the Canucks GM would be willing to invest upwards of 8.5 million dollars in cap-space next season on two netminders. Roberto Luongo carries a 5.4 million dollar cap-hit and Cory Schneider should get anywhere between 3-4 million this summer (depending on whether or not he re-signs with the Canucks, is tapped by a predatory offer sheet, or is taken by the Canucks to arbitration). While I suppose we can't in good faith describe such an outcome as impossible, it's fair to characterize it as extremely undesirable.
Consider that only three teams spent in excess of 7 million dollars against the cap on their goaltenders this past season (the Rangers, Hurricanes and Flyers) and none of those teams exceeded 8 million. Most observers expect the the salary cap to descend modestly once the league and the players association reach an accord on a new collective bargaining agreement, so if the Canucks brought both goaltenders back – they'd be looking at spending somewhere in the realm of 13-14% of their cap-space on two players who can never be on the ice at the same time. That's just wasteful.
Potential Outcomes
The best case scenario for the Canucks involves them moving Roberto Luongo for assets (and no bad contracts) at the draft, and then buying two or three of Schneider's UFA years before July 1st, which probably pushes Schneider's cap-hit next season comfortably north of 3.5 million per annum.
In this cheery scenario they'd free up close to 1.5 million in cap-space (assuming they sign a veteran back-up goaltender to compete with highly regarded Swedish prospect Eddie Lack for the backup roll) by getting out from under the Luongo contract.
The worst case scenario has been little discussed, probably because Canucks fans have learned to place a lot of faith in Mike Gillis' generally able hands, but it's grim. If the Canucks can't find a willing taker, or a deal they like for Roberto Luongo at the draft, they'll probably be forced to take Cory Schneider to arbitration.
Before they can file for team elected arbitration, Schneider will be exposed for five days to predatory offer sheets. When we thought the Canucks were keeping Roberto Luongo and looking to maximize a potential return for Cory Schneider – we called that a "worst case scenario." But an offer sheet is actually not a big deal if the team is trying to keep Schneider long-term. In fact, it probably plays into the Canucks hands since they possess the right of first refusal, can match any offer and lock Schneider up long-term. Frankly, I'd wager Schneider's camp is too smart to sign an offer sheet if Roberto Luongo is still Canucks property on July 1st – since it would surrender too much control of the situation.
In this darkest potential timeline, the Canucks would probably accept an arbitrators decision (or come to terms with Schneider on a one year deal on the eve of the hearing, as per Gillis' usual modus operandi) and be stuck paying two goaltenders upwards of 8 million dollars against the cap next season. I'd assume that Schneider would go into the season as the presumptive starter, and the Canucks would presumably continue to find potential trade partners for Luongo, while continuing to try and lock up Schneider long-term.
There is a lot of risk inherent in this delicate situation, and the Canucks could wind up alienating both goaltenders and then ultimately lose Schneider for nothing next summer. Needless to say, that would be an unmitigated disaster. Regardless, the way this complex situation plays out will represent a defining moment for Gillis' Canucks tenure.


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One person in custody after fatal stabbing
One person in custody after fatal stabbing
SPRINGDALE, Ark. —
Springdale police arrested Juan Perez-Lopez in connection with a fatal stabbing near Huntsville and Ross Avenue.
Lt. Derek Hudson said neighbors called the police after two men were fighting.
Witnesses told police one of the men had a knife and left the scene on a bicycle. But police found Perez- a short time later and arrested him.
Lt. Lewis with the Springdale police said the victim, Jesus Villalobos, was stabbed multiple times.
Springdale police have not released the names of the suspect or victim.


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Nephrotic syndrome may cause your skin to become infected. You can prevent or reduce further skin problems by using these tips:
- Check for areas that are red, warm to the touch, or bleeding. Use a mirror or ask someone else to look at your feet, back, or buttocks if you have trouble seeing these areas.
- Avoid excessive
bathing. Soap and water deplete your skin of the essential oils that hold in
- Limit showers or baths to 10 minutes.
- Do not use hot water to bathe.
- Use bath oils in the tub. (Be careful, because bath oil will make the tub slippery.)
- Use mild soaps, such as Dove or Cetaphil, especially under the arms and in the genital area.
- Use a moisturizing lotion after you bathe, or more frequently if your skin tends to become dry easily. Avoid products that contain alcohol, because they can dry your skin.
- Avoid scratching your skin or rubbing it vigorously with towels. If itching is a problem, see relief from itching.
- Avoid chemicals that may irritate the skin, such as rubbing alcohol, soaps, detergents, or solvents.
- Use baking soda or cornstarch powders on areas of your skin that become irritated. Avoid powders that contain talc. Breathing in talc can irritate your lungs.
- Avoid tight-fitting clothes and shoes. Wear natural-fiber clothes that allow moisture to evaporate from your skin. Avoid wearing wool and acrylic fabrics next to your skin.
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Reality TV star Kourtney Kardashian gave birth to a daughter on Sunday morning in Los Angeles.
Kim Kardashian's sister welcomed a little girl named Penelope Scotland, weighing in at seven pounds, 14 ounces, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
The new arrival is Kardashian's second child with her longtime boyfriend Scott Disick.
She tells E! News, "Scott and I are overjoyed to welcome our precious angel Penelope Scotland Disick into our lives. We are forever blessed. Mommy and baby are resting comfortably."
The couple is already parents to two-year-old son Mason.
The socialite's sister Kim also expressed her joy at becoming an aunt again in a post on her official website. She writes, "Welcome to the world, Penelope Scotland Disick! Kourtney gave birth to a beautiful baby daughter on Sunday and the whole family is so thrilled to finally meet her! She is absolutely perfect! I am so excited to be an aunt again and can't wait to spoil little Penelope. I know Mason is going to be the best big brother in the whole world. Congratulations Kourtney and Scott."
Reality TV star Kourtney Kardashian gave birth to a daughter on Sunday morning in Los Angeles.


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Records Relating to Rhode Island Board of Harbo... | State Archives Catalog
Since the early nineteenth century, the Rhode Island General Assembly had enacted legislation authorizing specific towns to manage and protect their harbors (for example, Providence in 1815.) When Rhode Island enacted legislation in 1877 (Public Laws, Chapter 556, January 1877) creating the Board of Harbor Commisioners, this represented the first state body responsible for the state's harbors and rivers. During this period, the Congress passed numerous acts that aimed to protect the commercial value of the nation's harbors and waterways. The federal Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 , which superseded an 1882 act, is the oldest federal environmental law in the United States. It made it a misdemeanor to discharge refuse matter of any kind into the navigable waters and tributaries of the United States without a permit. The Rivers and Harbors Act also makes it a misdemeanor to excavate, fill, or alter the course, condition, or capacity of any port, harboror channel, or other areas within the reach of the Act without a permit. The Act of 1899 also made it illegal to dam navigable streams without a license (or permit) from Congress; this included for the purposes of hydroelectric generation, at a time when the electric utility industry was expanding rapidly.
Under the state's 1877 Act, the Governor, with the consent of the Senate, was directed to appoint three persons to form the Rhode Island Board of Harbor Commissioners. The commission was authorized to mark out or modify harbor lines, where none existed, hold hearings for interested person, and seek the approval of the Governor and the Senate. T he board was also entrusted with the general care and supervision of all harbors and tidewaters "with authority to prosecute for and cause to be removed all unauthorized obstructions and encroachments..." The commission also had authority to have surveys made and to establish regulations concerning the deposition of mud and dirt in the state's public tidal waters. In addition, anyone proposing to build a structure (bridge, wharf, or pier) over public tidal waters required the approval of the commission.
Then, in 1910, the state created a State Harbor Improvement Commission. Its main function was to acquire land , by lease or purchase, for the purpose of developing the state's harbors and piers. In that same year the General Assembly also created a Special Commission on the Improvement of Navigation of the Seekonk River. (Public Laws, 1910, ch. 568.)
These three bodies - the harbor commission, the Seekonk River Commission, and the Harbor Improvement Commission - were merged in 1918 to form the State Harbor Commission, which endured until 1935. It inherited the functions of the three bodies, including pier construction, the acquisition of waterfront property, requests for blueprunts and plans from entities entending to undertake construction, and condemnation proceedings and negotioations. when its functions were transferred to a newly created Department of Public Works' Division of Harbors and Rivers as part of a major state government reorganization.


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The Attorney General's office has made a plea deal with a Manumalo teacher accused of inappropriately touching a female student. The science teacher, Dave Tupua, who denies the charges of false imprisonment and two charges of third degree assault for offensive touching, appeared in the District Court.
Prosecuting Assistant Attorney General Blake Hanley has declined to disclose the details of the offer that was presented to the defendant in this matter.
Tupua appeared for his pre-trial conference but his lawyer Fiti Sunia asked for a two week continuance, unopposed by Hanley, while he goes through the discovery from the government and the plea deal offer with his client.
District Court Judge John Ward granted the defense request and re-scheduled the matter for May 17, 2012.
The criminal charge of false imprisonment, the teacher faces, carries a jail term of up to one year in jail and or a fine of up to $1,000 or both.
The assault charges are misdemeanors and each punishable up to 15 days in jail and or a fine of $300 or both.
According to the government's case, the 13 year old victim a student at Manumalo Baptist School told police that during her lunch break she went into the school's science lab and put her backpack down and the defendant approached her.
It is alleged the teacher told her "come here sweets". According to the government's case the victim walked towards the teacher and when the victim got closer the defendant put his arm around, slightly below her waist and allegedly pulled her towards him.
Court filings go on to say the defendant made small talk with the victim while he was still holding onto her which prevented her from leaving.
It's alleged the defendant asked the victim why she was chewing gum, telling her he knew she didn't smoke and knew that she brushed her teeth and why was she chewing gum.
The affidavit says the defendant asked the victim for the second time to "come here" and he allegedly pulled the victim closer to him and allegedly kissed her on the cheek. The victim told police that she could feel the defendant's saliva on her face. It's also alleged that the victim pulled away and spit her gum out and the defendant placed his hands on her buttocks and patted her buttocks.
Victim told police that a similar incident happened with the defendant back in December 2011 before the Christmas break.
According to the government's case the victim was eating in her classroom which was not permitted and when the defendant asked the victim to approach him, he grabbed the victim below her waist and pulled her towards him. The victim tried to pull away but the defendant drew her closer to him forcefully, according to the government's case.
It's alleged when the victim's face got closer to the defendant's face, the victim held up a science book between their faces and the defendant eventually let the victim go.
In an earlier interview with Chairman of the Board for Manumalo Baptist School Papali'i Lauli'i Alofa, the chairman stated that the accused was suspended for a period of six weeks immediately after the alleged incident surfaced, however the teacher is back to work and teaching courses, while the school awaits the outcome of the charges against the teacher.
Associate Justice Lyle L Richmond was forced to reschedule the sentencing of a man who burned his wife's clothes last December and pled guilty to misdemeanor arson in the High Court, for May 9, 2012 because the pre-sentence report was not ready.
Samoa News cannot name the defendant to protect the identity of the victim.
The defendant in his 40's from Pago Pago was initially charged with arson which is a felony and public peace disturbance a misdemeanor. However, under a plea deal with the government, the defendant pleaded guilty to the amended charge of arson misdemeanor which is a lesser charge, while the government moved to dismiss the public peace disturbance charge.
During his plea agreement hearing the defendant admitted in court that he burned his wife's clothes out of anger. "I came home and my wife had left to live with her family so I just burned the clothes along with the wooden box. "The clothes I burned were the clothes my wife no longer used, they were stored away to be given away", he said. The defendant is represented by Assistant Public Defender Mike White while prosecuting is Assistant Attorney General Cecilia Reyna.


text: Student Profiles Jennifer Montalvo Jennifer Montalvo Why did you come to Bowdoin? Bowdoin and the Bronx are two very different places, but my mentor thought it would be a great match for me and encouraged me to look into it. I fell in love with Bowdoin when I came up to visit. The school was academically strong and the campus was amazing, but the clincher really came from the Admissions staff. They were so warm, inviting, and accommodating. It soon became obvious that, of all the places I was considering, this would be the only place that would really look out for me while I was transitioning into the New England College culture. When I got here, I soon found that my hunch about Bowdoin was right. Why did you decide on your major? I decided my major after taking Baroque Art my sophomore year with Professor Susan Wegner. I had not considered majoring in art, but after Professor Wegner's class, I fell in love with the subject. It was the perfect course to take to introduce me to the topic; it was a class of 6. We spent the semester doing in depth studies of several artists, whose works I had seen before, but never really had appreciated until then. I was hooked. What's the best class you've ever taken at Bowdoin? Penny Martin's education 101 course was the first time at Bowdoin that I was able to open up and express myself. She has a way of bringing out the best in a person. Coupling her pedagogy and a great group of students, we had an amazing semester full of lively debates (even if it was an 8am course). It was my second semester my first year at Bowdoin and that course challenged me both academically and socially. I will never forget her encouragement and the way she believes in me. The Admissions staff was the reason I came to Bowdoin and Penny Martin was the reason I stayed. What extracurricular activities do you participate in? Along with a group of students, I worked to form the Circolo Italiano my sophomore year. It really came together that year and I really enjoyed screening Italian films, help with the organization of an end of the semester dinner, and taking a trip to Boston's North End for a day of cultural enrichment. I hope to get the group together for some more activities this spring. Also, I am on the board of the Latin American Student's Organization (L.A.S.O). Even if I don't tell them, they have really provided me with a nice home away from home. No matter what has happened, and even when I don't feel like sharing, I always find solace when I go to them. As a group, I think we have done some great things for the Latin American population and for those students interested in Latin cultures. Through the support of L.A.S.O., I am presently working to launch a forum called "Free Speech." It will potentially be an afternoon for open discussion in Smith Union open to student, staff, and faculty. What's your best Bowdoin memory? I was awarded a Mellon Minority Undergraduate Fellowship at the end of my sophomore year, which changed my experience with art history and Bowdoin forever. To put the icing on the cake, they founded a field research project in Florence, Italy for 6 weeks last summer. I worked along side a Filippo Brunelleschi scholar on this architects' works in Florence. It was one of the best feelings when I got the research project approved and had the opportunity to return to Italy. What's your strangest or funniest experience while at Bowdoin? One of my best friends, Juleah Swanson, and I took apart our friend's Pat, Gary, and J.P.'s room, rearranged their bedroom furniture, and made their bedroom into a fort. We then took it further and made paper flags to claim our triumph over them with them with this prank. I still have the pictures of our little stunt. From then on, we made sure to always lock our doors in fear of retaliation. Have you done any independent study/honors projects? I have done two independent studies and am working on my third at the moment. My first project was an architectural design project where I worked with Professor Glass to redesign the Walker Art Building. I designed plans to extend the gallery space, make it handicapped accessible, and added an extension to the building on the Park Row Side. Last semester, I worked with Professor Wegner on an in depth study of two master architects of the Italian Renaissance. I began part of the study in Florence, Italy through my fellowship. Then, I expanded it and worked to created a comparison between the two architects, while expanding my knowledge about Italian architecture. This semester, I am looking forward to doing a joint study, with Elsbeth Pratt and Professor Stephen Perkinson, on Hieronymus Bosch and surrealism. Have you studied away during your time at Bowdoin? I studied abroad my junior fall semester in Siena, Italy. I found an amazing art history program that situated me close to a major art center, while still offering me the opportunity to live in a small town and become immersed in the culture. It was important, to me, that I further my Italian language skills, which happened living in Siena, while expanding my art history background through interaction with art in Florence, Venice, Rome, and many small towns in Tuscany. What are your plans for after graduation? That seems to be the question of the day – everyday. At the moment, I am looking into museum and gallery jobs in New York City for my year off, but then I will be heading off to graduate school, most likely on the West Coast. Hopefully, living Jen's vida loca the whole time. Story posted on January 31, 2004 « Back | More Student Profiles | Go to News Home


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For the start,the correct spelling for Lilin is Leerin Marfes,as shown in the ED Leerin version.
Also i'm surprised no one give any comment about the engrish part of the episode today
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Also the kitchen scene is a win....
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By the way, since I depend on subs entirely, that means I haven't watched it yet. I'm here for spoilers (I seek spoilers, you see, for my own satisfaction and knowledge ;D)
Anyway, Regios is going to have 24-ish episodes? Really? I thought it's going to be only 12-ish after what I read in ANN on its article.
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Episode 6 review is out
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I think that nina was thinking like "Layfon will win that fight for us so why to bother on doing anything...." while paw a shot on the flag and they lost.... Nina was just standing there doing nothing while Layfon took out 3enemys....... she could understand that she is dragging the squad down now.... like Layfon is WAY above anyone so he doesnt need much of a training while compared to him she is the weak one who needs training the most...
I hope she wont jump in the next episode into the fight to so called "help Layfon" in fighting.... normaly she would be only in the way out there (she couldnt beat a weak larva and will she go agains that....ehem those who watched preview know ^^"
anyway finaly I see that Layfon will have new toy cant wait for next episode ^^ since its getting more interesting from now on ^^
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did everyone see Fon Fon kill of the whole army of larva.... or only Nina and rest of squad 17. Im just curios cause now it seem people going to have to rely on Fon Fon all the time for Filth monster attacks now since they can seem to defend themselves.
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I thought this was a more relaxed episode, which is good since I'm not too good with watching action. XD There were also so many cute expressions in this ep! Czerny (sp?), Mei-Shen...Felli's foot gearing up to kick Layfon in those delectable boots, and Layfon holding the knife up -- priceless as well. XD
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Interesting episode, if slow. Felli was amazingly cute, as usual, but Mei and Nina had some pretty good moments too. I'm a bit worried about Nina though; her obsession with power and the platoon games is a bit worrying. It could cause a lot of trouble for her in the future.
Is it weird that I liked the Engrish part of this ep? I think it's starting to grow on me.
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No subbed version out yet? :[
http://blog.seiha.org/images2/regios6/regios6_40.jpg - hehehe.
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There were some more character development as well as plot progression this episode. Of course, that epic looking new sword looks really enticing as well.
The episode clearly shows that Felli has feelings for Layfon. If not, she would not have subconsciously hid the letter. Mei was very cute this episode as well. I guess she represents normalcy for Layfon.
What made me curious was the Zuellni spirit trying to open Layfon's letter. Does she have a crush on him as well?
Nina just seems like she needs to just work things through. She is feeling insufficient as the platoon captain, which could lead her to push herself beyond what she should. They did mention that she had potential in episode 2, so hopefully, she will become an elite one day without ruining herself.
About the inter-platoon match at the beginning of the episode... If it was that easy to just shoot at the flag, then there really isn't much of a point for the competition. They can just have snipers shoot at each other's flags. It just seems like they made it plot convenient to show Nina's agitation.
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Nah Layfon defeated every enemy in the inner platoon match XD he wasted them and everyone is suprrised.... Nina feels that Layfon doesnt need any help and can fight alone way better than she is.... she was just standing and looking while Layfon alone defeated everyone (and he was hurt from previous fight with bugs... )
But man Nina is such indecisive like hell..... first she says to him that she will rely on his power.... and now that Layfon is wasteing every oponent she is angry and jelous over that point...... she should see it clear that she will never reach Layfons level....layfon was killing bugs at yung age 8 or 10 while she was running around after feiry's....
Even the score board shows the power difference (and Layfon is 1year younger than her) we could say Layfon is 20times stronger than Nina ^^ and he was not even useing his yellow kei or kei release tech's but running and cutting every robot without single fail and in instant kill ^^
Cant wait for next episode ^^ it looks really exiting and I dont know but I have a strange feeling that this "baby monster" will mature before Layfon's eyes (since in ep6 there was too many "mature" word and that is kinda bad omen)
So Layfon might end up fighting a new born mature form of that monster at that time... and heh Feli has funny hair in the preview... from looking at official page it might be coused by Layfon trying the new sword... some kind of wind blow I just goesing... other option is that she coulnt sleep and that is her bed-hair XD (well she could think all the night over the fact that her brother want to send layfon alone to fight that monster)
But it's kinda sad that Layfon saved the whole city from the bugs and people think its their work..... the bugs killed themself after seeing that the so called soldiers were running away from them with pants full of shit.... >_> well maybe its not so bad becouse they wont rely on Layfon that much like in the Grendan and so if he failed their exeptions he would end up in similar way again.... but anyway they are ungreatfull ^^
And I wonder about that case that bugs started to apear more and more close to zueli.... its similar to Grendan like Layfon mentioned that the city moved where the bugs could appear... maybe they feel Layfon presence and appear where Layfon is XD (since earlier he was in Grendan the bugs appeared there... and now he is in Zueli and bugs started to appear there XD )..........other option is that someone controls the bugs and uses them to destroy weak cities....like they have only 1mine and 1lost battle means death of the city so the bugs waste the city before hand ^^
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Sunday's games are in the books for Week 13. What plays will we remember? Marc Sessler chooses the five runs that defined the action.
Impossible and tragic events in Kansas City made Sunday's game against the Carolina Panthers an afterthought. The Chiefs chose to play and rallied for an admirable 27-21 victory. Jamaal Charles led the way for the Chiefs with 127 yards on the ground, but this 2-yard touchdown burst by Peyton Hillis was a signature moment for a team battling its way out of a dark corner.
The Minnesota Vikings fell to the Green Bay Packers on Sunday, but it would be a crime to overlook what Adrian Peterson pulled off. The Vikings' star running back rumbled for 210 yards on 21 carries, good enough for a whopping 10 yards per rush. The Vikings are fading in the NFC playoff picture, but what Peterson has accomplished after major knee surgery is nothing short of amazing. Take a look at this 82-yard run to glory.
The Buffalo Bills remain an engaging team on offense primarily because of Fred Jackson and C.J. Spiller, arguably the best backfield in football. Coach Chan Gailey has absorbed considerable grief for sitting Spiller too often -- especially on decisive, late-game drives -- but Jackson makes it a tough decision. Freddy had 109 yards on 25 carries in Sunday's 34-18 frolic over the Jacksonville Jaguars. Still, Spiller had the play of the day with this 44-yard touchdown gallop.
BenJarvus Green-Ellis made his way into this column last week, and I'm putting him in again. The Cincinnati Bengals runner has never been one to tear off big gains, but he went off last week and was back at it again with this 41-yard dart in Sunday's victory over the San Diego Chargers. Law Firm's recent uptick in big-chunk runs has turned Cincinnati's backfield -- an issue at times in 2012 -- into a strength for a team that's peaking at the right time.
Last but not least: We travel to Baltimore, where Ray Rice delivered this 34-yard touchdown run in a heavyweight fight ultimately won by the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Ravens remain tough to figure out on offense. They boldy unleashed their pass-happy, no-huddle attack this season, but they always seem to return to their heart and soul. Rice is the most consistently dangerous player on a team that will need him at his best for a chance at the Super Bowl.
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Seneca County Mennonite Church (Bloomville, Ohio, USA)
Seneca County Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church), (now extinct), founded by Troxel families from Frederick County, Maryland, and Stark County, Ohio, by Hunsicker families from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, and by other land-hungry immigrants from eastern states and even from Germany ca. 1825-40, who erected a hewn log meetinghouse at an early date on the farm of George Muckley 2½ miles east of Bloomville. Shortly before his death in 1842, Muckley deeded the acre on which the church and cemetery stood to "Henry Troxel, Jacob Rothgabe and Isaac Boren (Rohrer) and the Manomenist Congregation of Bloom Township." Early members of the congregation bore the names Troxel, Legron, Brandt, Detweiler, Newcomer, Bachman, Rothegabe, Allderffer, Muckley, Bowman (pronounced Bauman), Kroft (Kraft?), Zutavern, Behm, and Lehman. Bishops (nonresident) were Henry Stemen followed by John M. Brenneman, the latter serving until the Wisler controversy arose in 1871; ministers, David Martin and Isaac Rohrer. Even before Martin died and Rohrer followed his brother Abraham Rohrer, of Medina County, into the Wisler branch, the congregation declined. Denied Sunday-school privileges the young people united with the German Reformed or the Methodist Church. The last services were held in 1879 about the time that Isaac Rohrer and his wife moved to the Wisler congregation in Mahoning County, Ohio. The church building was sold and razed in 1888. Many of the later burials in the cemetery were exhumed and reinterred in the Woodlawn cemetery west of Bloomville. A few of the remaining members returned to the older Wisler congregations in western Wayne, Medina, and Mahoning counties. Unlike other extinct Mennonite congregations in Ohio, Seneca County supplied few if any accessions to Mennonite congregations in Indiana.
Umble, John. "Extinct Ohio Mennonite Churches." Mennonite Quarterly Review 18 (1944): 186-92 and 225-37.
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Umble, John S. (1959). Seneca County Mennonite Church (Bloomville, Ohio, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 21 September 2018, from http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Seneca_County_Mennonite_Church_(Bloomville,_Ohio,_USA)&oldid=143744.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States still plans to go through with the delivery of four F-16 fighter jets to Egypt in the coming weeks, U.S. defense officials told Reuters on Wednesday, even after the Egyptian military's ouster of President Mohamed Mursi.
The disclosure came as Washington treads a careful line, neither welcoming Mursi's removal nor denouncing it as a "coup," saying it needs time to weigh the situation.
A U.S. decision to brand his overthrow a coup would, by U.S. law, require Washington to halt aid to the Egyptian military, which receives the lion's share of the $1.5 billion in annual U.S. assistance to that country.
The jets, which will likely be delivered in August, are part of the annual aid package, a U.S. defense official said.
"There is no current change in the plan to deliver F-16s to the Egyptian military," a second U.S. official told Reuters on condition of anonymity.
Asked about the F-16s, White House spokesman Jay Carney said: "It's our view that we should not ... hastily change our aid programs." He directed specific questions about the jets to the Defense Department.
Egypt has been one of the world's largest recipients of U.S. aid since it signed a 1979 peace treaty with Israel.
It was the first Arab country to buy F-16s, widely viewed as a symbol of political and security ties with Washington. U.S.-Egyptian co-production of the M1A1 Abrams battle tank has also been a key part of U.S. assistance.
In a sign of how important U.S. aid is to Washington's ties with Egypt, Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood warned last year before taking power that Egypt might review its peace deal with Israel if the United States cut aid.
For fiscal year 2013, which ends in September, the United States has already disbursed $650 million in military aid to Egypt. Another $585 million is pending, the first U.S. official said.
Another eight F-16s are due to be delivered in December, the first U.S. defense official said.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has spoken by phone with the head of Egypt's armed forces, General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, eight times since July 2. The last conversation was on Tuesday.
The Pentagon has offered few details about those talks, which nevertheless show how intensive contacts between the two have been following Mursi's July 3 overthrow.
Still, both sides of Egypt's divide have become fiercely anti-American. Mursi's opponents say President Barack Obama's administration supported the Brotherhood in power, while Mursi's supporters believe Washington was behind the plot to unseat him.
To Islamists, Obama's refusal so far to label the military takeover a "coup" has stoked accusations that he is a hypocrite in promoting democracy.
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Airline security critic raided by Feds
Don't even joke about it
Indiana University graduate student Christopher Soghoian pointed out a flaw in airline security by posting a fake boarding pass generator online, and was rewarded with a visit from FBI agents with a search warrant.
The FBI raided his residence on Saturday, only days after the student posted a PHP script enabling anyone to print a boarding pass for Northwest Airlines.
It's unlikely that a fake pass would enable someone to board a flight they hadn't paid for, but it would suffice to get one into the "secure" area of an airport. Soghoian's example passes would fail at the gate when read electronically. Still, they would likely not be challenged until that point.
The trick involved is not new; indeed, it was publicised by Slate magazine in February 2005. Creating a script enabling any fool to generate a pass was Soghoian's contribution.
The Feds apparently considered this to be going a step further than providing information that's already available, and interpreted it as encouraging bad behaviour, even though Soghoian was clear about the fact that his example passes would not enable one to fly for free. They only demonstrated how easily people on the no-fly lists could find themselves wandering about an airport, if, for example, they were too lazy to get an ID and credit card issued under a different name.
Which brings us to the observation that, yes, airport security is crap, just as Soghoian's pass generator and the Slate article illustrate, and no, it really doesn't matter if people can print their own boarding passes, and even edit them.
In the five years since 9/11, the TSA has failed to catch a single terrorist, and it isn't because they're printing boarding passes. It's because the entire idea of setting up checkpoints at widely-publicised locations and waiting for terrorists to turn up and get caught is idiotic. Those who might be recognised visually aren't flying commercially.
The rest are simply declining to participate as well, or are travelling with authentic, government-issued passports and working credit cards obtained fraudulently - which is hardly more challenging than editing a boarding pass, but pays far better dividends, like actually being permitted to travel.
We note that US Representative Edward Markey (Democrat, Massachusetts) overreacted wildly to news of Soghoian's pass generator and called for his immediate arrest.
"The Bush Administration must immediately act to investigate, apprehend those responsible, shut down the website, and warn airlines and aviation security officials to be on the look-out for fraudsters or terrorists trying to use fake boarding passes in an attempt to cheat their way through security and onto a plane," Markey exclaimed.
He later retracted that bit of political theatre: "Subsequently, I learned that the person responsible...intended to provide a public service by warning that this long-standing loophole could be easily exploited." Markey concluded that: "The Department of Homeland Security should put [Soghoian] to work showing public officials how easily our security can be compromised."
Markey is a member of the House Homeland Security Committee. With the midterm elections approaching, he's naturally eager to show the world that Democrats are just as security-savvy as Republicans claim to be. But he gets it wrong both times. He overstates the risk in the first place, and in the second place overestimates Soghoian's "contribution" to airline security in pointing out a minor flaw that's been known for years.
But so long as security remains a political football, this is the sort of rubbish we will have to listen to (The Register does commend Markey for not waiting until after the election to issue the retraction, as many others in his position would have done).
The homemade boarding pass is no big deal. The risk is minor, and it's mitigated somewhat by the fact that the passes issued by the airlines at check in, where ID is required, look different. This is by design, to give the TSA an opportunity to exercise a bit more care when screening passengers in possession of boarding passes obtained otherwise.
And yes, it would not be terribly difficult to make a facsimile of an airline-issued pass to escape extra scrutiny, but we have to point out that the real threat is undesirable travellers with false identities, proffering authentic travel documents. That's the right way to beat the system, and it's easy. No terrorist worth his salt is going to waste time Photoshopping boarding passes.
In the movies, the scoundrels always have a guy who does counterfeit passports. He's always eccentric, and strangely heliophobic for someone who does close work, but he's invariably a world-class artist. The counterfeits cost thousands of dollars and take several days.
In the real world, with a fake birth certificate, you can get a genuine passport in 24 hours for less than $200. Of course, movies wouldn't be as much fun if we kept that in mind. But when we're doing security, it's wise to remain clear on the differences between Hollywood and reality.
Meanwhile, we hope that Soghoian isn't destined to spend several years in prison for pointing out a security flaw that, ultimately, is irrelevant. ®


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One of the most attractive features of ASP.NET 2.0 is the ability to use a new set of login controls based on a SQL Server 2005 provider. These new controls dramatically simplify the creation of Web-application features. For example, a membership application might restrict site access to registered users (members) or provide members with special privileges not available to anonymous (unregistered) users. Visual Studio 2005 automatically enables login controls for use with a SQL Server Express database file located in a Web site.With this default outcome, each Web site has its own SQL Server Express database membership provider.You can optionally configure multiple Web sites' login controls to work with a single SQL Server 2005 database. Using one SQL Server 2005 database with multiple Web sites can centralize and minimize membership administration chores.This article shows you how to set up a SQL Server 2005 membership provider and demonstrates how to configure a Web site for use with the membership provider.
Configuring a Site for a SQL Server Database Provider
Three main steps let you configure a Web site to use a SQL Server database as a membership provider. First, you must create the database with an appropriate set of database objects for serving as a membership provider. Second, you must configure the web.config file so that the Web site can connect to the membership provider database. In the second step, you should also modify the web.config file by adding membership, roleManager, and authorization elements and by altering the default authentication element to permit forms authentication. Third, you can perform additional site configuration, such as adding users and roles, by using the ASP.NET Web Site Administration Tool.
Creating the membership provider database. You can create a membership provider database by using aspnet_regsql.exe, which resides on your Web server at drive:\WINDOWS\Microsoft .NET\Framework\(versionNumber), where versionNumber equals 2.0.50727.
The aspnet_regsql.exe tool that comes with ASP.NET runs in either graphical or command-line mode and can configure a site for several different types of providers. When an administrator simply wants a membership provider, command-line mode is more efficient. The following example syntax creates a SQL Server database as the provider for membership services.
Path_to_file/aspnet_regsql.exe -E -S database_server_name -A mr
In this statement, the -E argument specifies integrated security.The -S argument designates the name of the database server instance that will manage the membership provider database.The -A arguments (m and r) designate the setup of both member and role services in the database.
By default, the aspnet_regsql.exe tool creates a database named aspnetdb that includes a collection of tables, views, and stored procedures to facilitate the operation of the login controls. You can extend the built-in functionality of the login controls by using custom code to invoke the aspnetdb database's built-in stored procedures.You can also modify the aspnetdb database to include additional database objects that complement the automatically generated objects.
Configuring a web.config file. To make a Web site use the login controls with the aspnetdb database, you'll need to modify the site's web.config file. If you're starting with the web.config file for a new Web site, you can copy and replace the default web.config file with the contents of the WebDot-Config.txt file that Listing 1 shows. You can download the complete file using the "Download the Code" link at the top of this article. The XML code in Listing 1 omits comment sections from WebDotConfig.txt file to shorten its length. Several elements are especially noteworthy.
- At callout A, the connectionStrings element within the configuration element contains an add element for a connection string pointing at the aspnetdb database. In the database-creation syntax above, replace database_server_name with the name of the server that the aspnet_regsql.exe tool designates as the argument for ?S. ASP.NET is automatically configured to use the name SqlServices for the connection string pointing at the aspnetdb database.
- At callout B, the authentication element within the system.web element of the configuration element contains three attribute settings:
- The mode attribute designates Forms authentication instead of the default Windows authentication for an ASP .NET web.config file.This setting lets the login controls and the membership provider manage site membership services.
- The loginURL attribute specifies the name and, optionally, the location of the page for logging into a Web site. The setting isn't strictly necessary in this example because the example specifies the default name and location, but including the attribute shows the syntax for designating a nondefault login.aspx page. If you want to specify a non-default path and file, you can replace the setting for loginURL.
- The name attribute designates the HTTP cookie name to use for authentication.
Using the ASP.NET Web Site Administration Tool. The ASP.NET Web Site Administration Tool is an easy-to-use graphical Web application for configuring an ASP.NET web site.You can open the tool from Visual Studio 2005 by choosing Website,ASP.NET Configuration. Besides a Home tab, the tool includes three tabs labeled Security, Application, and Provider.The Security tab facilitates creating and managing users, roles, and folder-access rules such as which users and roles can access designated Web-site folders. The other two tabs help you manage Website capabilities such as the ability to send users email messages that contain new replacement passwords.
From the tool's Home tab, you can invoke a Security Setup Wizard to help launch membership security services. The wizard walks you through the process of configuring a Web site for login controls.The Wizard lets you set up Web registration so that you can collect essential information from users. Then, for example, if a user forgets his password, he can use the RecoverPassword control on a Web page to have a new password mailed to his email address. Before creating a new password to send to the user, built-in code will ask the user a security question. If the user replies with the correct security answer, the process completes.
The Security Setup Wizard provides no way to assign users to roles. Instead, from the Security tab in the ASP.NET Web Site Administration Tool, you click the Manage users link, which does allow the assignment of users to roles.You can also use this page to edit user settings and delete users. A link below the list of users opens a page similar to the one in the Security Setup Wizard for adding a new user.
Using Login Controls
The main purpose of the ASP.NET login controls is to let registered users log in to a Web site.The controls also help you manage the registered users at a site. For example, you can track the identity of a current user, determine whether the user is logged in, add users to roles, and keep track of the roles a user belongs to. You have a total of seven login controls that you can drag onto a Web-form page. Table 1 explains the functions of the controls.
Visual Studio 2005 lets you drag login controls from the Toolbox to the Design view of a Web form. Figure 1 shows a Web-form page named Login.aspx as it looks right after the login control has been dragged to it. Immediately after dragging any Login control to a Web form, you'll see a smart tasks pane containing common actions that designers are likely to use with a login control. Clicking the Auto Format link in the smart task pane opens a link that lets you choose from a collection of pre-formatted designs for the login control.You can close the smart tasks pane by clicking the left-facing arrowhead glyph.To reopen the smart tasks pane, click its closed glyph, which appears as a right-facing arrowhead.
The Properties window in Visual Studio provides more granular design-time control for the Login control (and all ASP.NET controls). Selecting the setting for any property causes Visual Studio to provide a short description of the property at the bottom of the Properties window.The first property in the Appearance group that Figure 1 shows lets you select from a preset selection of custom,Web, and system colors for the control's background.
In addition to the Login control, two other controls are especially interesting because they allow different views for different users. The LoginStatus control can show one of two views depending on the status of the user currently viewing a page. Figure 2 shows a LoginStatus control above the LoginView control, LoginView1. As Table 1 explains, the LoginStatus control presents a distinct link in each of its views. The layout in Figure 2 shows the Logged out view, which has a custom setting for its LoginText property that reminds the viewer to log in for extra privileges.
The LoginView control below the Login-Status control can present different views for logged-in and anonymous users and for registered users who belong to different roles.The control has built-in templates for anonymous and logged-in users.You can select a template that shows content for anonymous or logged-in users. Before specifying content for the users in a role, you need to configure templates for the roles and name them after roles that you created with the ASP.NET Web Site Administration Tool.
You'll discover many other out-of-the-box uses for login controls. To learn more about how to work with login controls, you can read "User Controls, Master Pages, and Login Controls," the bonus chapter for my most recent book, Beginning SQL Server 2005 Express Database Applications with Visual Basic Express and Visual Web Developer Express: From Novice to Professional (Apress, 2005). The chapter includes a section that describes the basic functionality of nearly all the login controls.
Programming Membership Providers with ADO.NET
The aspnet_regsql.exe tool populates the membership provider database with a collection of stored procedures,tables,and views for programmatically managing membership services at a Web site. By using standard ADO.NET and ASP.NET development techniques, you can invoke these stored procedures to survey and manipulate the users and roles at a site. Although Microsoft recommends using the built-in Membership objects that are part of ASP.NET, DBAs who do some ASP.NET development might find it helpful or instructive to directly access the automatically generated stored procedures, tables, and views within the membership provider database.
Figure 3 shows a simple example Web form, Users_and_Roles.aspx, that automatically lists the users and roles at a site when the page opens. In the second list box, which has a preceding label of All Roles, if a user selects a role, the code behind the Web form populates the third list box with the names of the users in that role. If in the first list box that enumerates site users, the user selects an item and clicks Add user to role, the code behind the form adds the selected user in the first list box to the role selected in the second list box and updates the items in the third list box to show the new user in the role. Figure 3 shows what the third list box looks like after the addition of the supervisor1 user to the Administrator role.
The code for the Users_and_Roles.aspx application is relatively simple if you already know ADO.NET. However, the correct syntax for referencing the connection string for the aspnetdb database in the web.config file is different than in previous ADO.NET versions. The following Dim statement for css1 references the ConnectionStrings element within the ConfigurationManager element of the web.config file in Listing 1.
Dim css1 As _ ConnectionStringSettings Collection = _ ConfigurationManager. ConnectionStrings
The following Dim statement for the cnn1 SqlConnection object references the SqlServices connection within the Connection-Strings element in Listing 1.
Dim cnn1 As New System.Data.SqlClient. _ SqlConnection(css1 ("SqlServices").ToString
You can put these Dim statements in any convenient location for code that needs the cnn1 SqlConnection object, such as at the module level when two or more procedures in a module need to reference cnn1.
When a user selects a role name in the second list box in the Users_and_Rules.aspx application, the user fires the SelectedIndexChanged event procedure (which you see at callout A in Listing 2) for the lbAllRoles ListBox control. This event procedure, which adds the users in the selected role to the lbUsersIn-Role ListBox control, collects the name of the selected role and passes it as a parameter to the PopulateUsersInRole procedure at callout B in Listing 2.
The code for the PopulateUsersInRole procedure at callout B uses a SqlCommand object (cmd1) to reference the aspnet_UsersInRoles_GetUsersInRoles stored procedure within the aspnetdb database. The aspnet_regsql.exe tool automatically populates the database with the stored procedure. The stored procedure requires two parameters, one for the name of the application represented by cstAppName and the other for the name of a role, which is passed to the procedure from the selection in the lbAllRoles ListBox control. The PopulateUsersInRole procedure recovers the usernames in the selected role by iterating through the rows of a SqlDataReader based on the cmd1 SqlCommand. These names are added to the Items collection of the lbUsersInRole ListBox control within a While...End While statement.
The other ListBox controls on the Web form page in Figure 3 are populated with code similar to Listing 2. Of course, the names of the referenced stored procedures change. Some of these stored procedures simply return values, but others let you add and delete users and roles.The code to add a user to a role uses the aspnet_UsersIn-Roles_AddUsersToRoles stored procedure. You can explore all the stored procedures in the aspnetdb database with the help of Server Explorer in Visual Studio 2005 or SQL Server Management Studio.
Why Use Login Controls?
Login controls offer powerful, easy-to-use features for managing membership and role services at an ASP.NET Web site. In many cases, you can achieve useful functionality just by dragging one or more login controls to a Web form. In other cases, simple ADO.NET code lets you take advantage of automatically created stored procedures for managing membership services.
ASP.NET automatically uses a SQL Server Express database file in a Web site to manage membership services in coordination with login controls. Configuring one or more Web sites to use a single SQL Server database simplifies the management of membership services.


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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — More than a dozen women's health care providers in Texas sued the state Friday, attempting to block as unconstitutional key provisions of a strict new abortion law that drew massive protests and threw the Legislature into chaos before it was approved this summer.
The 32-page complaint was filed in Austin by the providers and Planned Parenthood, the Center for Reproductive Rights and the American Civil Liberties Union. The new law requires doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals, only allows abortions in surgical centers and bans the procedure completely after 20 weeks, while also limiting medical abortions.
It was approved by the Legislature's Republican majority despite a nearly 13-hour filibuster that made Democratic state Sen. Wendy Davis of Fort Worth a national political star and amid weeks of unprecedented protests where thousands of activists on both sides of the issue thronged the state Capitol.
Opponents say the restrictions would effectively ban abortion in much of the nation's second-most-populous state. Jennifer Dalven, director of the ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project, said Friday: "The real purpose of this law is to make it impossible for women in Texas to get an abortion."
The suit doesn't address the 20-week ban because the overwhelming majority of abortions occur earlier than that threshold. On a conference call with reporters, the groups and attorneys said they wouldn't discuss future legal strategy but also didn't rule out a possible future legal challenge to the 20-week ban.
Friday's suit also isn't challenging the surgical center rules — which providers say will force clinics to make costly upgrades or close — because they won't take effect until next year.
Instead, it seeks a temporary injunction to block requirements that doctors have hospital admitting privileges, as well as limits on medical abortions. The groups said there are currently 36 licensed facilities in Texas that perform abortions and 13 of those would be forced to stop doing so based just on the rules that take effect next month.
Planned Parenthood says women in Fort Worth, Waco, Harlingen, Killeen, Lubbock and McAllen will be left with nowhere to legally undergo the procedure. Other clinics around the state will remain open but will be unable to operate at the staffing levels they do now because not all of their physicians have hospital admitting privileges.
Jim George, an attorney handling the suit, said there are many reasons why hospitals would choose to deny admitting privileges to doctors, including religious or political objections to abortion, in some cases.
"This law is unconstitutional and it interferes with a women's ability to make her own private medical decision and it will absolutely jeopardize women's health and safety," said Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
"I grew up in Texas and learned pretty early on that women only got what they fought for," said Richards, the daughter of former Texas Gov. Ann Richards.
State Attorney General Greg Abbott, a prominent Republican who's running for governor, is named in the suit. His office offered no comment Friday.
The state senator who sponsored the bill that became the new abortion law, Republican Glenn Hegar of the Houston suburb of Katy, said it "plays a critically important role in improving safety standards for women and protecting the life of the unborn child."
"This lawsuit is an effort to delay implementation of certain provisions in the bill that would improve women's health care in the state of Texas," Hegar said in a written statement. "I have absolute confidence that the Attorney General will be able to successfully defend against this frivolous lawsuit."
Those behind the suit argue the law isn't about making women safer, just stopping abortion. Thy said that if they secure a temporary injunction they expect Abbott to appeal to the U.S. 5th Circuit Court.
Planned Parenthood, the Center for Reproductive Rights and the ACLU have teamed up before to challenge similar restrictions in other states.
The groups say rules on physicians with hospital admitting privileges were halted by legal challenges in Alabama, Mississippi, North Dakota and Wisconsin. Meanwhile, legal complaints against medical abortion rules similar to the ones passed in Texas were struck down by state courts in Oklahoma and North Dakota, but upheld by a federal court in Ohio.


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Service Request Management 8.1: Administering and Configuring
This course provides BMC Service Request Management (SRM) administrators, Service Catalog Managers, Business Relationship Managers, and developers with the concepts and hands-on experience to incorporate best practices when administering and configuring the BMC Service Request Management solution.
In this course, participants will analyze, determine, and perform the necessary steps to administer, configure, and integrate BMC Service Request Management to support the corresponding business processes.
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Course Modules
Service Request Management (SRM) Overview
- Introducing SRM
- SRM Components
- SRM Reporting
- Online Documentation Portal
Creating the Service Catalog: Questions and AOTS
- SRD Components
- Creating Questions
- Creating AOTs
Creating the Service Catalog: PDTS and SRDS
- Creating PDTs
- Creating SRDs
- Product Ordering
- Product Ordering
Foundation Data and SRM Users
- Companies and Categorizations
- Support Groups and People
- SRM User Roles and Consoles
Service Request Designer
- Service Request Designer – Overview
- Creating the Service Catalog – Other Features
Entitlements and Packages
- Entitlements and Packages – Overview
- Managing Entitlements
- Managing Entitlements
- Using Packages
- On Behalf of Management
SRM Configuration
- Surveys and Service Catalogs
- Other SRM Configuration Features
SRM Approvals and assignments
- SRD Approvals
- SR Approvals
- Email-based Approvals
- Assignments
Other SRM Administrative Tasks
- Using the Import Export Console
- Rebranding the Request Entry Console
- Troubleshooting Common Issues
Process Designer: Overview and Implementing Processes in SRM
- Process Designer: Overview
- Implementing Processes in SRM
Service Implementation Planning
- Services Baseline Analysis
- Service Blueprint Workshop
Using Advanced Interface Forms
- Advanced Interface Forms
- Creating Advanced Interface Forms


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Wiki, Wiki
Wiki is a Hawaiian word meaning "quick," but that's not how it's used today. Now, it refers to web sites which allow users to create and edit ALL the content on said site. Keep reading to find out why you need to pay attention to this trend.
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Watch How Astronauts Use the Toilet in Space
This is how astronauts use the toilet in space. It's really, really complicated because of that zero-gravity thing! And just like our friend Astronaut Leroy Chiao once told us, there's a ton of things to worry about before you actually plop down.


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Senator O'Mara's weekly column "From the Capitol"--for the week of August 27, 2012
Many state government watchers agree that 2011 was a pivotal year in New York. But with the new year underway, the challenges remain great and a heavy workload still faces the Legislature. Senator O'Mara will continue to offer his weekly perspective on many of the key issues throughout 2012, as well as on legislative actions, local initiatives, state programs and policies, and more. Stop back every Monday for Senator O'Mara's latest column "From the Capitol..."
This week, "A new NY approach: entrepreneurial government"
[see attached copy of Sen. O'Mara's column in the August 27, 2012 Corning Leader]


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Driver rescued in Oregon after 12 hours trapped with corpse
SEATTLE – A driver who spent 12 hours trapped in the wreckage of her car with the corpse of a passenger who died after their vehicle tumbled down an embankment was rescued after a hitchhiker in Oregon heard her cries for help, authorities said on Tuesday.
Police identified the badly injured driver as Gabriela Rayon, 21 of Vancouver, Washington, and said she was transported to a Portland-area hospital. Her passenger, 23-year-old Ruth Delgado of Los Angeles, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Oregon State Police said the vehicle the pair were travelling in was found late on Sunday in trees about 40 feet down an embankment off Highway 101 near Cannon Beach, 80 miles northwest of Portland.
"It appears the crash occurred at least 12 hours before the vehicle was spotted by the hitchhiker," it said in a statement.
The statement said both women had been wearing seat-belts, and that the cause of the accident was still being investigated.


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Magpie Music
The 2011 Riverfront Concert Series continued with a gorgeous evening of Chesapeake songs and folk music by Magpie. Blending blues, jazz, country, and swing with contemporary folk music, Terry Leonino and Greg Artzner have been performing together for nearly forty years, using music to bring people together, teach schoolchildren about history and ecology, and encourage commitment to social and environmental justice. Leonino and Artzner are master artists with the Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts, and have created several thematic school programs on topics such as the Great Depression, the Underground Railroad, and the civil rights movement. In 2000, Magpie collaborated with scientists at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center to create a "museum musical" about the life cycle of the Chesapeake Bay's most famous resident, the blue crab. "Tales of the Blue Crab" premiered at the Smithsonian's Discovery Theatre, and is now a traveling show performed in schools around the country. Over the course of their forty years together, Magpie has recorded eleven albums, including In This World (2008), Raise Your Voice (2005), and Circle of Life (1992), which folk legend Tom Paxton praised as "a challenge to any of us who aspire to putting out music with depth and relevance."


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Victoria Hi, my name is Tori, I am 20 from the US and doing a trip somewhat like this mid march. My sister (21) and I are going to be backpacking through many countries in Europe, not sure which ones yet and flexible. We are looking for more travelers to accompany us, much safer, fun and a way to meet more people. Let me know what your plans are and talk more about this trip!
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Investigative Report by Craig Andresen and Diane Sori / Right Side Patriots
Syria is a country at war with itself now replete with chemical weapons being used on civilians with each side blaming the other. A war that is not and must not be our war but a war drawing us in via some calculatingly clever and evil men on both sides of our political aisle…men working in tandem to force us into not just that war…but men who actually relish in starting a war with Russia. A hoped for war that will not only see the islamists being able to takeover Syria while we are kept busy fighting an enemy we have been manipulated into believing is such, but a war so that the Trump presidency will fail and fall as will our country as well, thus allowing for the 'One World Government' sorts to move in and take over.
A war of politics actually both in Syria and here in these United States for while Syria sees the physical bloodshed and horrors of war there is a man here within our own ranks…within the Trump administration itself…who we Right Side Patriots believe is giving our president tainted, misplaced, and partial at best information leaving our president to make decisions that are truly not in America's best interests but done with a heart believing that they are.