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Razorbacks Softball Doubles Up Tennessee-Martin
Hogs Sweep Weekend Set With Back-To-Back Wins
The University of Arkansas softball team won back-to-back games against the University of Tennessee-Martin to improve its overall record to 22-19 on the season. The Skyhawks fall to 30-15 for their 2012 campaign.
In the first game of the doubleheader, UT-Martin threatened early in the top of the first when they placed a runner on third after a walk and a single up the middle. Good defensive work by the Arkansas infield held the Skyhawks not allowing a run to come home.
The Razorbacks placed the first run on the board in the bottom of the first when Amanda Geile hit a ball down the left field line bringing home Devon Wallace who was placed on base by a walk. Jennifer Rambo placed the ball to the left-center field wall for a double bringing Geile home and giving Arkansas to 2-0 lead.
The Skyhawks went on a hitting spree in the top of the second, bringing home four runs off of four hits, including two doubles.
Arkansas answered in the bottom of the inning beginning with a single up the middle from Jayme Gee. Chloe Oprzedek brought Gee home with a double out to the left-center field wall. Maddie Reese hit an almost perfect bunt bringing home Oprzedek. Reese was called out when she was caught between first and second. Wallace got base for the second time of the game with a single, followed by double from Clarisa Navarro to left-center field advancing Wallace to third. Wallace was tagged out attempting to advance home. At the end of the second Arkansas had tied the game 4-4.
Kimmy Beasley was perfect from the circle in the top of fourth and fifth striking out all six batters. Beasley recorded a career high of nine strikeouts in a single game in 5.1 innings.
"Kimmy was very dominant in the circle today," said head coach Mike Larabee. "She put us on her shoulders and really carried the team today."
Wallace recorded her second hit of the day when she hit the center field wall to collect a double. Navarro grabbed her second hit of the day bringing home Ashley Martindale, who was pinch running for Wallace. Geile also recorded her second hit of the day bring in Navarro for to give the Razorbacks the 6-4 lead.
UT-Martin was unable to respond giving the Razorbacks the 6-4 victory in the first game of the doubleheader.
The Skyhawks came out in the second game taking the lead in the top of the first with a two-run home run from Jenny Bain. UT-Martin threatened again in the top of the second placing a runner in scoring position, but Beasley pitched the Razorbacks safely out of the inning.
Arkansas recorded its first hit of the second game when Oprzedek hit a single up the middle in the bottom of the third.
Backing Beasley, the Razorbacks defense was solid grabbing 21 putouts and six assists in game two. Arkansas forced the Skyhawks to go three up and three down in both the fourth and fifth innings.
"We played really solid defense today," said Larabee. "We challenged the team to come in and play at a higher level defensively and they really stepped up to that challenge."
Tori Mort got the Razorbacks going in the bottom of the fourth after she hit a bunt for a base hit. She advanced to second after Andrea Sullivan was walked, placing two runners on base. No runners were brought home that inning keeping the score 2-0, in favor of UT-Martin.
Oprzedek put the Razorbacks on the board in the bottom of the fifth when she hit a two-run bomb over the left-centerfield wall to tie the game at two all. Navarro gave the Razorbacks the 3-2 lead when she hit her seventh home run of the season over the left-centerfield wall.
Arkansas threatened again in the bottom of the sixth when Rambo and Sierra Bronkey both collected singles and were advanced off of a sacrifice but from Gee. Oprzedek, who was perfect at the plate in the second game, hit a single to bring in Rambo and add to the Razorbacks lead.
The Skyhawks were unable to place a runner on base in the seventh inning giving Arkansas the 4-2 victory.
The Razorbacks are back in action on Tuesday at 5 p.m. when they host UMKC for a single-game mid-week matchup. There will be a live blog and live stats available at ArkansasRazorbacks.com. For more information regarding Razorback softball or University of Arkansas athletics, please visit ArkansasRazorbacks.com.


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Biography: Keith A. Henderson
Floyd County Prosecutor Keith A. Henderson is a strong advocate for the aggressive prosecution of drug related offenses and violent crime.
Keith A. Henderson is a former State Trooper who served as First Sergeant and Legal Adviser for the Indiana State Police. He was appointed to the Office of Prosecutor in Crawford County, Indiana on March 13, 1998 and elected to a full term the following November. In 2002, Mr. Henderson was elected to the Office of the Floyd County Prosecutor and he has served as such since January 1, 2003, having won re-election in 2006, 2010, 2014, and 2018. Mr. Henderson received a B.A. in Criminal Justice from Valparaiso University and a J.D. from the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville.
Mr. Henderson instructs law enforcement agencies and Prosecuting Attorney Councils at conferences and lectures within the Southern Indiana region and across the country. He has been a featured speaker for the International Association for Identification, the Missouri Capital Litigation Conference, and frequently lectures for the Indiana Prosecuting Attorney's Council.
Mr. Henderson is a member of the Board of Directors for the Indiana Prosecuting Attorney's Council and a past Chairman. He is currently the Chairman of its Ethics Committee and serves on the Indiana Supreme Court Rules Committee.
In December 2010, Mr. Henderson was selected by his peers as the Indiana representative to the National District Attorneys Association (NDAA) to represent the interests of Indiana prosecutors. He has served on its Executive Committee and has testified before Congress on issues of concern to law enforcement and prosecutors.
As Floyd County Prosecutor, Mr. Henderson has been featured in Louisville Magazine, Southern Indiana Living, and CBS 48 Hours Mystery. He has received the Excellence in Legal Advocacy Award from the Harrison/Crawford County Bar Association, the Home Run Hitters Award of Excellence by the National District Attorney's Association, the Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Louisville-Metro Outstanding Service Award, and the 2009 Family and Children's Place Gold Medal Award for his outstanding work in the community on behalf of children. In 2013, he received the Justice/Law Enforcement Red Ribbon award from Our Place Drug & Alcohol Services.
Mr. Henderson is married to Dr. Amy Hallal-Henderson and has three children.

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Jack Osbourne has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, People reports.
Osbourne, 26, learned of the shocking news just two weeks after he and fiancée Lisa Stelly welcomed their first child, daughter Pearl Clementine. "I was just angry and frustrated and kept thinking, 'Why now?' " Jack told the magazine. "I've got a family and that's what's supposed to be the most important thing."
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Multiple Sclerosis affects the central nervous system — specifically the brain and the spiral cord — and can cause problems with muscle strength and control, balance, vision, feeling and thinking. However, the disease varies greatly from person to person — some people only experience minor issues while others are severely affected by the illness.
"Thank you all so much for the kind and inspirational words. It means a lot," Osbourne tweeted Monday, adding "adaptandovercome" as a hashtag.
Added his sister, Kelly: "Please support my brother [Jack] in not only his bravery but honesty! I love you so much Jack and I'm so proud of you!"
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Mom Sharon cried on Monday's episode of The Talk when talking about her son's diagnosis. "He's great, he's doing really, really good and I want to thank everyone for all their texts and goodwill and love they send to us," she said. "It's been amazing for Jack cause I really believe that vibes of prayer help."
Jack will appear on Wednesday's episode of the daytime talk show to discuss his disease.
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HALF MOON BAY, CA—Walking along a coastal trail behind the Ritz Carlton hotel, a Zynga cofounder recently laid out his ambitious answer to the company that he left in 2011."I don't want to jinx myself and say I'm only going to produce hits, but that's the goal," Eric Schiermeyer told Ars during a hike overlooking a cloudy but gorgeous beach roughly midway between San Francisco and Silicon Valley. In recent years, Zynga has produced plenty of weak titles and has lost ground to rivals like King, which makes the immensely popular Candy Crush.
The entrepreneur has been relatively quiet since he left Zynga. Schiermeyer popped up last year as an advisor and investor to BeeCave Games, whose CEO was a former Zynga colleague. Now, he wants nothing less than for his company to produce the top-selling mobile game.
Schiermeyer's new company, Luminary, has just seven employees and is currently funded entirely on his own dime. The other employees include a "seasoned team of Unity developers" including Amir Ebrahimi, Ari Brownstone, Marco Rizzo, and others, who previously ran Luminary Productions, a self-described "Unity SWAT team" development studio.
The Unity game engine has found huge success among game developers as it can target Windows, iOS, Android, OS X, Linux, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and more.
The Zynga cofounder expects Luminary's first title, Greedy Goblins, to be released later this summer. In a quick demo on his iPhone, Schiermeyer showed off the game, a "runner" that he likened to being a combination of Subway Surfers and Clash of the Clans.
Good things come in small packages
It's no secret that there's a lot of money in video games: Gartner Research's most recent quarterly report from late 2013 estimated that the global video game marketplace would grow 18.3 percent in 2013 and would reach $128 billion by 2017. In particular, the firm estimated global mobile game revenue to top $17 billion in 2014.
"By 2017, in-app transactions and paid-for downloads will trend in the opposite direction, with in-app transactions and paid downloads holding a 48.2 percent and 37.8 percent share, respectively; ad-revenue will grow but remain low at 14.0 percent," the report states.
Unlike Zynga, which grew rapidly and enticed new employees with stock options, Luminary will offer profit-sharing to all, which should put a break on the company's expansion as each share will diminish as new employees are added, Schiermeyer said.
"We hired too many bureaucrats [at Zynga]. It bothered me that we did that," he said.
By comparison, analysts told Ars last year that Zynga needed to reduce its staff of 2,000 by half to increase profitability.
"We have a straightforward promise to the employee," Schiermeyer said. "A straight line to a goal: The goal being that we want to make money."
It's good to be King
Schiermeyer has an uphill battle.
"Game companies come and go, so anything is possible," Brian Blau, an industry analyst with Gartner Research, told Ars. "King is already big, so it's unlikely that [Schiermeyer's] new company will trump King anytime soon. But a person with experience like [Schiermeyer] in the game industry stands as good or better chance at doing very well.
"The idea of profit sharing is great, and that could be a great benefit for [Schiermeyer's] employees, but if there are no profits... or if the profit situation is unclear or changes unexpectedly then that could actually create varying types of expectations and outcomes, and that wouldn't be great for morale. Technology companies typically rely on a variety of compensation and retention methods; people do need to eat and pay for houses and cars and families so I suspect that [Schiermeyer's] company will need to have a mix of profit sharing and more traditional compensation, as well as a plan that can change as company goals grow over time."
Other analysts say that taking down the big dog of gaming like King is "not possible."
As Michael Pachter, an analyst at Wedbush Securities quipped: "My new fast food burger stand is going to topple McDonald's."


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Yesterday evening I returned from work and met up with the aforementioned Swineshead in my local. We chatted about the day in hand but mainly talked behind the back of an associate as we supped beers and laughed ourselves hoarse. Harry joined us a bit later, he himself was a little worse for wear following a long lunch with colleagues and after some more giggling I returned home at 10.30pm, four pints down and feeling utterly exhausted. I was only good for bed and book (Ackroyd's biography on Poe makes for splendid bedtime reading) and by midnight I was asleep. Day done.
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NASHVILLE (AP) - A coalition of close to 200 workers rallied on the steps of the state Capitol on Tuesday to speak out on issues ranging from increasing Tennessee's minimum wage to supporting public schools.
Following the rally about 30 of the protesters delivered a letter expressing their concerns to the office of Republican Gov. Bill Haslam.
Thomas Walker is a member of the United Campus Workers, one of about 24 organizations that are part of the coalition. He helped draft the letter, which stressed raising the state's minimum wage, one of the coalition's main concerns.
Currently, Tennessee's minimum wage is $7.25. A Democratic sponsored legislative proposal to raise it a dollar in the case of employers who don't offer health benefits failed in a House subcommittee last month.
Despite the measure's failure, Walker said his union is pushing for $12.50 an hour, which includes a living wage.
"We don't think that a minimum w age is enough to survive off of unless it's a living wage," he said. "And that's why we think $12.50 is the bare minimum that they should raise the wage to."
Protester Kyle Kordsmeier traveled from Memphis, where a living wage was killed last year.
"We as taxpayers are subsidizing poverty whenever we let people get away with paying poverty wages," said Kordsmeier, who is part of the Workers Interfaith Network.
The protesters also said the state should give more financial support to public schools, rather than vouchers - or so-called "opportunity scholarships" - which give parents the option to move a child from a failing public school to a private school, with the state providing funds for tuition.
Haslam has a proposal to create a school voucher program in Tennessee. He and some Republican lawmakers, who proposed a broader version of the legislation, are close to reaching a compromise.
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Recently a few of my clients needed to deliver large files (over 20MB) to customers or off-site employees and wanted me to set up FTP sites to use for this purpose. They had decided that FTP was the answer to their problems because someone that they knew (a friend or relative) had told them that was the ideal solution to their small business data delivery problem.
I spent an hour showing one client how to configure the existing FTP service. A few days later I got a call asking me to come back and do it again. I'm not one to turn down billable hours, but I asked what the problem was and found that the client wasn't able to create password-protected folders for individual customers. A quick conversation with my other clients with similar issues helped define the data delivery problem:
1. In all cases, email wouldn't work because the files were too large.
2. Secure access to the files was important; they couldn't be put online with anonymous access enabled.
3. Some clients needed access to files enabled for one authorized person; some required multiple people authorized.
4. Standard FTP wasn't user friendly but installing an easy-to-use FTP client didn't address the need to secure the files and assign access permissions.
And, of course, each client wanted the solution to be as cheap as possible, preferably with no ongoing costs beyond setup. Fortunately, I focus a lot on storage technologies, and from that experience I was able to deliver an almost-perfect solution. It not only met their key requirements but also cost my clients nothing beyond paying me to deliver some quick training on how to use the solution.
That solution was Windows Live SkyDrive, Microsoft's online storage service (http://skydrive.live.com). With 5GB of free storage, and easily configurable user access, the SkyDrive service met all of the needs of my clients. My clients needed just the file services component, but SkyDrive offers a lot of features beyond just being able to store files. (To learn more, see Paul Thurrott's SkyDrive Overview at http://www.itprotoday.com/showcase/skydrive.asp).
The security mechanism requires that users have Windows Live accounts (aka Microsoft Passport). My clients addressed that issue in a couple of different ways. One client who needed to deliver updated catalogs in PDF format to sales people in the field just created a single Windows Live account and gives the password to all of the field agents to use to access the catalog folder. Another client who is using the service to deliver video proofs to customers created a Windows Live account to use as a guest account, which she provides to customers who don't have an existing account and aren't prepared to create the free account on their own. However, she tells me she's only used the guest account once so far with more than a dozen clients taking advantage of her online proof delivery.
I don't think this was what Microsoft initially had in mind when delivering the SkyDrive service. But it makes an excellent solution for the data-delivery needs of a small business.
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As the first Lutheran community in Dauphin County, the people of St. Paul Lutheran Church have done an exemplary job of preserving the historical essence of the grounds where their congregation makes its home.
In 1752 a small group of German homesteaders established a Lutheran Congregation in the area of Sand Hill two miles south of Hummelstown. In 1756 their first church was built. It was chartered as the Hill Lutheran Church in Derry Township, Dauphin County in 1817. Today, it is officially known as St. Paul Lutheran Church.
The first church was built in 1 756 on the northeast side of the cemetery. The church was a one-story log structure with no wooden floor and no heating facilities. The seats were logs, split down the middle. Shortly after the first church was finished, a second story was added as a defense against the Indians. The settlers brought guns to church for protection from the Indians and placed them in racks under the benches during worship.
A sexton house built around 1752 has been preserved and a new one built in 1886 is still in use. The church was enlarged, the outside of the building covered with weatherboard, and the inside plastered.
In 1875, a new church was built of brownstone quarried nearby, and that church is still in use today. The 1950s included an excavation under the church to create a full basement for Sunday School Classes. While a new church was completed in 1999, the building constructed in 1875 is still in use for many parish activities.
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There I sat in disbelief. On the cold travertine tile surrounding the toilet flange, I chiseled away. Once again, brother-in-law Brett broke the commode. Although forty-five, he remains eternally twelve. Pulsating through the sewer pipes, Brett's karaoke filled the room. "Living on a prayer," my ass. The smell of poop was nauseating.
"Can life get any worse than this?" I thought to myself. Just then, a fragment of PVC pipe struck me in the eye. Holding my eyelid shut, I staggered to the medicine cabinet. There was an eye wash kit somewhere in the house and we finally had a need for it. Flipping through random first aid products proved to be pointless. A foreign object was lodged in my eye and the case of Pepto-Bismol we bought at the local wholesale club would do me no good.
"Hey what's up?" Tilting my head back, I answered my phone.
The worry in my friend's voice made my eyes open wide. "It's Jonathan." Concerned about her son, she continued. "I don't know what to do."
"What's wrong Pamela?"
"He was out all night. He's been spending the night at random girls' houses and I think he's smoking marijuana."
"Wow!" In disbelief, I exclaimed. "That doesn't sound like him."
"If you only knew…"
A stinging sensation hit me as tears ran down my cheek. "Do you mind if I place the phone down for a moment?" Apologetically, I asked. "I have something in my eye."
"No, go right ahead."
Reaching across the kitchen counter, I grabbed the spray hose. Leaning back I squeezed the stainless steel handle. With my head emerged in the kitchen sink, I wished. I wished my son was out getting laid and smoking pot. Young adults do stupid things. How I wished that Cade was doing these stupid things.
"Sorry about that Pamela." Drying my face with my shirt, I continued. "I'll have a talk with Jonathan."
"Thank you so much. He really admires you."
"No problem. I love that kid." Noticing the water splashed everywhere, I started laughing. "You should see the mess that I made."
I smiled a crooked grin as I comforted my friend. Attempting to help her through her predicament, I placed my phone on speaker. There was a big clean up job ahead of me and this required both hands to be free.
"What's that awful noise?" She asked.
"What noise?" Gathering a mop, I rummaged through the laundry room.
"That shrieking sound. Where are you?"
"In the laundry room."
"Oh," she recalled. "I remember you saying your washing machine was making a lot of noise…but, I thought you bought a new one."
"Pamela." As I walked past my brother-in-law's room I informed her. "That's no washing machine. That dreadful noise," in laughter I continued, "is Brett singing Bon Jovi's greatest hits."
The hard rocking tunes were suddenly overshadowed by the sound of shattered glass. "Cade!" I yelled as I ran to the living room. Fearful of what I'd find, I took a deep breath. There, on the corner of the couch, sat my son. The picture window behind him had been annihilated. There were tears in his eyes as he tightly clenched his fists. "Need medicine, Daddy."
Later that day, while visiting a friend in the hospital, I received a message from Pamela.
Smiling, I placed my phone back down. My friend Adam was lying in bed rubbing his chest. "Ain't this some shit?" Pointing to the implant just below his shoulder, he explained how his chemotherapy was administered.
Fascinated by medical science, I listened as Adam continued. "This round lump right here is called a port. There's a tube that connects the port to my vein. When it's time for my chemo, they just inject a needle into the port."
Adam spoke of his chemotherapy and rare cancer the same way that I would speak about lunch or a pair of tennis shoes; like it's no big deal. There's one thing, however, that I knew was bothering him. Adam's a very active guy and fitness is an integral part of who he is. With wires still connected to the adjacent infusion pole, he nudged his bed to the side. Dropping to the floor, he sneaked in a few push ups.
Moments later, Adam's parents walked in and their faces lit up. Not because their son was on the hospital floor doing push ups, mind you. But because he had company. This would be the first time meeting Adam's parents for my friend, Tony and I. "What an amazing family," I thought as we spent the next several hours laughing and sharing stories in the hospital lobby.
I didn't make it home until 1:00 a.m. that morning. To my surprise, Julee was still sitting up in bed reading a book.
"The window looks worse than I thought," she sighed. "How's Adam?"
Inspired by Adam's courage and positive outlook, I told Julee all about my visit. I told her about the many fascinating things I learned about Adam. I had no idea that Adam was such an incredible artist and musician. I told her about the many fascinating things I learned about Adam's parents. What can I say? They're just downright cool. Realizing what Adam's parents are going through, I gave thanks. I gave thanks for my son's good health. Raising a child with autism can be grueling at times. However, I am thankful that my son is not battling a life-threatening illness.
"What the f##k do we have to complain about?" I asked as I kissed my wife good night.
The next evening I sent Adam a message.
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DAMASCUS, Syria, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- Explosions at Aleppo University in Syria killed 82 people and injured 192 Tuesday, Syrian Ambassador Bashar Jaafari told the U.N. Security Council.
Jaafari said the blasts, which occurred as students at the university were taking exams, were a terrorist attack, The New York Times reported.
Syrian officials were not immediately sure of the explosions' origins, but the Times said they may have been caused by bombs or missiles fired from aircraft. The university -- in a part of Aleppo controlled by forces loyal to President Bashar Assad -- issued a statement calling the attacks a "criminal act" and blaming them on the Syrian air force.
The university said the attacks destroyed buildings and caused "massive destruction in the surrounding roads."
The attacks appeared to be part of an accelerated battle for control of Syria's largest city, the Times said.
Rebel groups posted photographs and video online showing bodies, burned-out vehicles and property damage at the university, the report said.
Elements of the Free Syrian Army in Damascus were engaged in new fighting in the capital with government forces, following Syrian air force attacks on rebel positions.
Elsewhere, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which operates out of London, said dozens more had been killed and injured as regime forces shelled major cities.
The Syrian Network for Human Rights, another London group, said 202 people died across Syria Tuesday, including 25 children and 16 women. The group, whose figures were not confirmed independently said 94 of the deaths occurred in Aleppo, while 33 were in the greater Damascus area and 29 in Homs.
The rebel Local Coordination Committees of Syria said at least 15 people, including eight children, were killed in Houla by regime shelling, CNN reported. Tanks were shown on video shelling a highway near the town.
Government forces shelled the city of Homs three times, rebels said, killing and injuring dozens of people.
Two Syrian generals captured by rebels pleaded with Assad to secure their release by agreeing to release "50 innocent civilians." They said they were being treated well by members of the rebel Free Syrian Army, but they had not yet received any response from Assad.
In a letter to the U.N. Security Council, the French foreign minister called for aggressive action against Assad and urged the International Criminal Court to try him as a war criminal.
The United Nations says at least 60,000 people have died during the nearly two-year rebellion.


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Thursday, November 7th, 7:00 p.m. Talk and taste cheese with Cowgirl Cremery's founders Sue Conley and Peggy Smith. Learn their story and the rise of the organic dairy movement. $25. Warburg Lounge. Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street, New York, NY; tickets and event details
Bunna Cafe Presents: Ethiopian Dinner at Banter
Thursday, November 7th, and Friday, November 8th, 6:00 p.m. A pop-up Ethopian dinner with menu highlights including: misir wot (red lentils and Berbere sauce), yesuf fit fit (sunflower milk, tomatoes, and injera), and Ethiopian baklava. $10-$14. Banter. 132 Havemeyer Street, Brooklyn, NY; event details
Friday (November 8)
Homemade Pizza with Roberta's
Friday, November 8th, 6:30 p.m. Make pizza dough, build your toppings, and fire your pie in a 800° wood-fired oven, then eat it while sipping beer. Guests will be able to take dough home. $85. Brooklyn Kitchen. 100 Frost St, Brooklyn, NY; tickets and event details
Saturday (November 9)
Nightwood's Jason Vincent at City Grit
Saturday, November 9th, 7:00 p.m. Chef Vincent won the Grand Cochon at the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen and this year was named a Food & Wine Best New Chef. See what all the fuss is about when the Chicago chef cooks at City Grit. $85. 38 Prince Street, New York, NY; tickets and event details
Aperitifs and Digestifs
Saturday, November 9th, 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Learn all about—and taste—the wide world of pre- and post-dinner drinks. $27. Terroir Murray Hill. 439 3rd Avenue, New York, NY; tickets and event details
Alice Waters at Union Square Greenmarket
Saturday, November 9th, 11:00 a.m. Alice Waters will be hold a book signing of her newest book: The Art of Simple Food II. Free. Union Square Green Market. Near 16th St and Broadway, New York, NY
Sunday (November 10)
Good Eggs Brooklyn Launch Party
Sunday, November 10th, 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Join goodeggs.com's launch party as they begin farm-to-door delivery all over Brooklyn. Taste local pasta, oysters, and beer while listening to a live brass band. $5. Colony Studios. 67 West Street, Brooklyn, NY; tickets and event details
"The New California Wine" Wine Dinner with Jon Bonné
Sunday, November 10th, 7:00 p.m. Celebrate the launch of The New Californian Wine at a five-course wine dinner with Jon Bonné. Guests will be able to take home a signed copy of the book. $175. 314 West 11th Street, New York, NY; event details; Email for reservations
Hands-on Pie: Pumpkin Fillings and Pre-baked Crust
Sunday, November 10th, 2:00 p.m. Learn how to make the perfect flaky crust and other pie crust techniques for your Thanksgiving pie. Students will take home their own crust and a mini pie to bake. $65. Brooklyn Kitchen. 100 Frost St, Brooklyn, NY; tickets and event details
Tuesday (November 12)
The Cuisine Of Medieval Spain
Tuesday, November 12th, 12:00 p.m. Explore the Muslim, Jewish, and Christian influences in Medieval Spanish cuisine with Alex Raij's La Vara. $21. Weill Art Gallery. Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street, New York,NY; tickets and event details
Spirits Dinner
Tuesday, November 12th, 7:30 p.m. A five-course meal paired with mixed drinks from Finger Lakes Distilling at the Farm on Adderly. $80. 1108 Cortelyou Road, Brooklyn, NY; event details
Saturday (November 16)
Vegetarian Indo-Chinese Seasonal Feast: Tangra Fall
Saturday, November 16th, 7:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. A family-style dinner fusing Chinese and Indian home cooking through the lens of seasonal fall produce. $75. Court Tree Collective. 371 Court Street, Brooklyn, NY; tickets and event details
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Kyle Richards Is Designing Her Own Clothing Line With HSN
Do you want to dress like the stylish 'Housewife'? Well, here's your chance. Kyle is adding a new gig to her resume with her very own line — and she filled us in EXCLUSIVELY on her new collaboration with HSN right here.
You already know Kyle Richards, 44, from The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills — but the reality star is now taking on the role of designer with her new clothing line, entitled Kyle by Kyle Richards. The 44-year-old partnered with HSN to create the collection, which is set for a February 2014 release. Not only will the collection ooze with elements from Kyle's personal style, but it's also affordable too — with prices ranging from $69.90-$200. And the reality star couldn't be more excited about the line! "I am so proud to launch my first fashion collection exclusively with HSN for Spring 2014," she said.
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"HSN has such amazing integrity and the devout loyalty of their customers – women that live hectic lives, wearing many hats and still want to feel and look effortlessly glamorous – I am so thrilled to get the chance to connect to that woman," she told us.
The concept behind the line will be influenced by Kyle's personal sense of style. The collection will include a slew of flattering silhouettes, beadwork, and transitional items including batwing bohemian blouses, maxi dresses, over-sized tunics and fun kaftans. After all, what would a collection from a Beverly Hills star be without a great kaftan for lounging poolside or on the beach?
Aside from her boho chic basics, she's also infusing a little rock and roll vibe into the line. Kyle wants it to have a glitz and glam side while also exuding modest sex appeal. This relates directly back to the Beverly Hills Housewife, since she has many different "roles" — and she has to dress the part in every situation. Other than being a television personality; she is also a business women and philanthropist — but most importantly, she's a wife and a mother to four daughters.
Be sure to check out Kyle's collection when it's available in February 2014 and let us know if you plan on rocking the line!
— Jaclyn Mastropasqua


text: PHOENIX -- The Arizona Diamondbacks jumped on one of baseballs best pitchers early and kept bashing, knocking off records along the way. Jason Marshall Jersey . Not a bad way to show off for their new Hall of Fame executive. Paul Goldschmidt homered twice, had a career-high six RBIs and set a team record with five runs scored, helping the Diamondbacks bash the Los Angeles Dodgers 18-7 on Saturday night in their first game since hiring Tony La Russa. "We hadnt really broken out this year and tonight we did," Arizona manager Kirk Gibson said. "Anybody they threw at us, we were patient, got good pitches to hit and hammered them." Hoping to shake out of an early season funk, the Diamondbacks announced before the game that they had hired La Russa as their chief baseball officer. Once it started, Arizona showed off its offensive capabilities by beating up on Clayton Kershaw (2-1), scoring seven runs in the second inning against the two-time Cy Young Award winner. The Dodgers came storming back with a five-run sixth to pull within 9-7, but Arizona kept hitting to set team records for runs, hits in a nine-inning game (21), extra-base hits (13) and triples in an inning (3 in the second). Goldschmidt was the catalyst, hitting a three-run homer in the seventh inning, a two-run shot in the eighth and adding two doubles to finish 4 for 5. Chris Owings finished a single shy of the cycle, Martin Prado had three RBIs and Chase Anderson (2-0) pitched into the sixth inning for Arizona. A.J. Pollock and Eric Chavez also homered, helping the Diamondbacks emphatically end a seven-game home losing streak to Los Angeles. "It was nice because we hadnt been scoring much lately, this entire year," Goldschmidt said. "Weve had better at-bats lately and tonight was a really, really good effort." The Dodgers tried to keep up even after the second-shortest outing of Kershaws career. Yasiel Puig hit a two-run homer to set one Dodgers record, tie another and stretch his hitting streak to 16 games. Carl Crawford also hit a three-run homer and the Dodgers had 13 hits. They just couldnt seem to keep the Diamondbacks from racing around the bases, going through five pitchers before turning to catcher Drew Butera to pitch in the eighth inning. "We just paid for our mistakes tonight," Dodgers catcher A.J. Ellis said. "Give them a lot of credit they swung the bats extremely well. Anytime we were in the middle of the plate, they didnt miss it. That is what good teams do. That is a good team over there." Kershaw was solid in two starts off the disabled list and looked good in the first inning against the Diamondbacks, striking out two. It quickly fell apart in the second inning. Arizona followed Kershaws second walk of the season by pounding baseballs to the gaps, including three triples and a double. Cliff Pennington had the first triple, driving in two runs, then Pollock and Owings followed with run-scoring triples. Goldschmidt added a run-scoring double and Tuffy Gosewich and Prado had RBI singles, chasing Kershaw after 1 2-3 innings. Kershaw allowed seven runs -- three more than his season total -- and six hits, with three strikeouts, two walks and a balk. "Its kind of shocking anytime he has an inning like that," Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said. "You expect him to go seven or eight (innings) and give up two or three runs or less. If you can score you have a good chance of winning. Its definitely not the norm with him." Anderson won his major league debut against the Chicago White Sox last Sunday, but wasnt quite as sharp against the Dodgers. Puig hit the first pitch he saw in the third inning well over the wall in left-centre, the team-record eighth straight game he has had an extra-base hit and run batted in. Its the first such streak of nine games in the majors since Tampa Bays Evan Longoria did it in 2009. Puigs eight straight games with an RBI matched the team record held by four others, most recently Adrian Beltre in 2004. Anderson was lifted after giving up a three-run homer to Crawford and the Dodgers pulled within 9-7 on a two-run double by Andre Ethier off Evan Marshall. Anderson allowed five runs and seven hits in 5 1-3 innings. "I had to battle pretty much from pitch 1 today, but the offence came through and put up a lot of runs," Anderson said. "Its nice when you have that." NOTES: Arizona 2B Aaron Hill was scratched from the lineup with a sore right shoulder. ... Puig has six homers and 21 RBIs during his hitting streak. ... The last team to have three triples in an inning was Houston in the first inning against Washington on April 19, 2012. ... Arizona RHP Josh Collmenter will start the series finale against the Dodgers. He is 1-0 with a 3.42 ERA in his last four starts. RHP Dan Haren, who pitched for the Diamondbacks from 2008-10, will pitch for the Dodgers after allowing three runs in seven innings. George Parros Jersey . The young man, never lacking confidence, thought he could be really good. Anaheim Ducks Gear . -- Hal Steinbrenner says Alex Rodriguez is "a great player" and "obviously an asset," but the New York Yankees managing general partner wouldnt discuss the third basemans possible return to the team following a season-long suspension. https://www.cheapducks.com/477c-ruslan-salei-jersey-ducks.html . The Jays responded to the three-spot Detroit placed on Casey Janssen the evening before with an attack on the Tigers Achilles Heel, its bullpen, tying the game in the ninth and winning the game in the 10th. The result absolved Marcus Stroman, brilliant once again, of a tough luck loss while at the same time robbing Max Scherzer, brilliant once again, of a deserved win.LIVERPOOL, England - Everton goalkeeper Tim Howard will be sidelined for up to six weeks with a calf injury.The 35-year-old United States international initially missed Sundays loss at Newcastle with the injury sustained against Stoke on Friday.Hes picked up a calf injury in his left calf and thats something that as a goalkeeper is really unusual, Everton manager Roberto Martinez said Tuesday. It happened just kicking the ball against Stoke.Joel Robles will play in Howards absence, and Martinez will assess whether Everton needs to sign another goalkeeper. Michael Del Zotto Jersey. Tim is going to be a huge miss, not just on the pitch but being around the place ... having the calmness that he gives to the younger players and the know-how that he brings to the dressing room, Martinez said.Howards injury is a further blow for Everton, which has lost three consecutive matches heading into Thursdays game at Hull. ' ' '


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Professional Community for Car Dealers, Marketing, Advertising and Sales Leaders
The Good Ol' Boy Network (GOBN) of the car business limits us in how we apply experienced and/or capable people, how we run our dealership's business, and in how we approach women in this business for everything from ownership, to manager spots, to sales positions. And, by doing all that, limits our success. And our profitability. Let me tell you my own experience with the car business GOBN, and then I'll address the point I'm making on limits.
I came to the car business in my 40's (I'm now 52) with experience ranging from owning my own business, to Fortune 100 Consulting, to several years at Microsoft. I entered the sales floor, as perhaps many do, because I had a financial issue—I had a cash flow problem with my business, and so I was making an effort to offset that slowdown.
I was privileged to work with several great salespeople who were happy with me until I started selling #1 consistently. Eventually, they came back to liking me, but what really happened next was inevitable: I knew so much about sales and marketing, and the dealership group's attention to marketing and the Internet was severely lagging. They couldn't run a marketing program in any coordinated fashion to save their lives. I tried to help, but I ran right smack into the GOBN: I couldn't possibly understand the car business! And the people they had running all the marketing and Internet were just fine. Really. They knew them all very well, how could it be otherwise??
And so I sold lots of cars and left when my cash was right again. The main store's GM called me very shortly after that, though, and he said "I get it even if other's don't. I need your help in a BDC with phones and Internet, can you come back and help me?" And so I did. And a shout-out to my old GM, Mike, by the way: Thanks very much for that!
He and I worked together and took the BDC—even back then—to running 40% of the dealer's vehicle retail business. I eventually moved on to an eCommerce position at a large group, and for me the rest is history as they say—I'm now an independent consultant (www.keithshetterly.com), but I still have all that experience, both outside and inside the car business. Plus I qualify now for some entry into that GOBN. Who knew?
Though that's still not true with everyone who considers me, because I'm not twenty years in this business making all the same mistakes they are making (if not direct business mistakes, then business-limiting mistakes because they are still GOBN-oriented).
So, what are a few of the most common GOBN limits? First, that experience outside the car business isn't any strong help to a dealership; second, that running the dealership AS a business, instead of by GOBN "relationship decisions", is not possible nor profitable; and, third, that women are never, ever part of the GOBN.
Yeah. I said it. Women are limited by the GOBN in the car business. Still. I'll write more on that in a minute.
I already covered the GOBN's reaction to experienced and capable people when I wrote about my own entry into the car business. What I see for GOBN for relationships that hold back their business success is perhaps best given in questions: Who knows a GM who buys a random direct mail piece because his buddy at another dealership "killed it" and sold "fifty cars" from it last month? Or has seen the management clearing-out that happens with some GM regime changes? Or still sees print advertising spend over digital because the GM has a long-standing relationship with the local newspaper? And so on. Exactly.
And back to women, then, to wrap up, and I'll ask some more questions: How many women GMs and managers are there? Would a successful woman ever get online as a dealership Marketing Director and write on an automotive professional blog site (using both their personal name and their dealer's name) in angry posts, some containing profanity (see the thread here)? Would even my actions there be done differently? Why do lots of capable women leave the sales floor? Why do the ones who stay do so well and yet cause such jealousy?
GOBN, that's why. For all of that and more.
We need experienced, capable people with new ideas; we need to run our dealerships as businesses, not as clubs; and we need more women in sales, management, and ownership.
And we lag on all these because of the limit of the GOBN, both in business practice and in attitude. Removing that limit will do more for long-term dealership success than any new efforts on Internet, Social Media, Reputation Management, etc. ever will alone—simply because those are all really most successful when change for business success is really embraced.
And the car-business GOBN hates change. Have you noticed? So did the dinosaurs, perhaps, and they are now encased in rock. Don't be a GOBN fossil and miss modern success and profit.
By Keith Shetterly, email@example.com
Copyright 2011 All Rights Reserved www.keithshetterly.com
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Alexander, the dinosaur analogy actually gets a lot of traction, so silly it may be. They were successful for millions of years, and their environment changed around them. As consumers are changing the environment of dealerships, mostly enabled by the Rise of the Internet in Car Shopping. JD Power has an interesting stat that shows in 2005 car shoppers visited on average 4.5 dealerships before buying. Today their data shows the average as 1.4 or less.
And I can't say I've been in every dealership--THAT would be silly, certainly. However, I've been in many, and I've networked for years with professionals across the country. I've seen the GOBN damage dealership's business. Long ago, that didn't happen.
The environment for that dinosaur has changed.
Thanks for the comment, by the way, and for reading!
I believe it depends on the exact dealership, resources, overall strategy and demographic. It's very difficult to just say "change." I don't think it's quite that simple. If tactics have been measured as successful over a period of 10, 20, 50 years or greater, do you honestly think they'll be willing to differentiate their sales process(es)? IMO, they're going to be very hesitant to change, if it's working.
The analogy to the demise of the dinosaurs seems a bit silly. Most paleontologists believe a comet, meteor or asteroid crashed into the earth some 65.5 million years ago, resulting into their sudden extinction. I don't see the correlation. The dinos were killed by factors outside of their control. Unless you're referring to the 'origin of birds' theory, where it's believed some dinos evolved into birds, etc. (although that has been brought into question, as well)? Successful dealerships are in control, I'm sure a lot of them GOBN-based, know darn well what they're doing or they wouldn't be in business.
When it comes down to it, dealerships should always look to improve and putting women on the sales floor to sell to everyone (especially women) is a great tactic. IMO, it reduces intimidation factors.
Cathy, I love that! :)
I'm proud to say my GM is an awesome, forward thinking female. There are women everywhere in this dealership...from body shop estimators to technicians, from managers to sales staff, from office staff to the majority of our service advisors...this is a place where being a woman is celebrated. We don't think about the GOBN, we're busy gettin' stuff done! Making it happen and rockin the heels :)
Thanks Subi! :)
I, for one, am a Sales and E-Commerce Director. I'd been an Internet Director for about 5 years. I'm not afraid to speak up here (anymore) . I didn't always have the support from my workplace to speak up in places like this. And that makes all the difference. I got in on the ground floor of an Internet Department and kicked my way to the top... not because I knew the right people... I knew noone in this industry. But I'd like to believe it was because I had thick skin, a goal, the passion to help me get there, and I wasn't taking "No" for an answer.
This industry is one that embraces women now (for the most part). I see that trend at every conference I go in. But, I think it takes a specific type of personality (man or woman) to really make it in the industry. As long as those factors are there with the added "right team" ... I think the possibilities are endless for women.
Call me naive, but I think the industry has changed a bit . So be cautious to screen the women for the job, but for god's sake... get on board! Women have a lot to offer this industry and will help you think differently about simple processes you've had forever. Not just women, anyone who hasn't been a part of the industry will, but give a lady a chance! ;)
I grew up in South Florida an Boca Raton, I have relocated a few years ago to South Georgia where my wife is from and I enjoy many of the small town-ism's.
But, I cannot get over how 'more things change the more they stay the same' and the GOBN is alive and well. My wife (who also has car business experience) also calls some of the stores 'Pet Farms' which Keith you had eluded to in your GOBN.
I have encountered the GOBN not only in Retail as well as on the OEM side of the car business and like you Keith amazed at the decisions made based on , well I am still not sure of the thought process but it is not based on being profitable, business acumen or analysis.
In any case its good to know I am not alone!
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Duterte tells troops: Massacre criminals in the line of duty, I'll pardon and promote you
President Rodrigo Duterte assured Philippine soldiers that no matter how many criminals they kill while performing their duties, he will use his power to pardon them and even reward them with a promotion.
"For as long as there is the power to pardon sa Constitution, 'yan ang weapon ko against crime. Mag-massacre kayo ng isang daan, isang daan din kayo, eh di pardon lahat kayo – to restore to full political and civil rights plus a promotion to boot," Duterte said.
He made the statement before the soldiers of the 10th Infantry Division in a military camp in Mawab, Compostela Valley.
He added that as long as he remains president, no law enforcer will face legal persecution while performing their duties.
"Itaga ninyo ito sa puso ninyo: For as long as I am the president, nobody but nobody – no military man or policeman will go to prison because they performed their duties," Duterte said.
Duterte also made another threat to criminals by telling soldiers to kill them, regardless of whether they pull out a gun or not. His previous threat was to shoot criminals if they resist arrest, putting law enforcers at risk.
"Pagka bumunot, patayin mo. Pag hindi bumunot, patayin mo rin putang ina para matapos na. Eh kaysa mawala pa 'yung baril. Ako na ang bahala sa inyo," he said.
Later on, Duterte said that he will not give the soldiers illegal orders.
"Hindi ako mag-order ng illegal. 'Wag kayong maniwala diyan. I did not order you and the police to perform punitive police action. I have declared war against the drug syndicates in this country. You know what is war. War is war," he said.
Duterte's controversial remarks and threats against criminals and the death of more than 3,000 suspected drug personalities have raised concern among local and international human rights groups and global organizations, such as the United Nations and European Parliament.
Even during the campaign season, Duterte has been quite vocal about handing out pardons to police and military officers charged for the suspects that they might kill in the line of duty.
Presidential Spokesman Ernesto Abella explained that Duterte's conflicting pronouncements in front of law enforcers meant that the President's messages are "layered." He also said that Duterte's threats were merely verbal, adding that "there is no written order" that states such threats. He clarified that the police and military can only shoot in self-defense.
Malacañang has earlier clarified that extrajudicial killings are not sanctioned by the administration.
Sources: (rappler.com, mb.com.ph)
Netizens slam Duterte for saying women 'could not stand threats and intimidation'
President Rodrigo Duterte drew flak for another controversial comment involving women after he remarked on May 24 that women "could not stand threats and intimidation."
Duterte said that while he believed in women's competence, it does not necessarily ring true in all aspects of life.
"I believe in the woman, the competence and capability, pero hindi lahat sa buhay dapat.Hindi ka, hindi, hindi. Dapat lang. It's not appropriate when you cannot stand threats and intimidation," he said in his May 24 speech.
He also said that women should be "prim and proper" and talked about his reservation in sending women police and soldiers to the field because unlike men, they did not grow up with a mindset that involves violence.
"Ang mga babae, sundalo pati pulis, ayaw ko 'yan sa bukid. Unlike men kami, maliit pa lang, suntukan, bakbakan, barilan. And we grew up with a sort of a mindset na sometimes prone to violence. Itong mga babae, prim and proper man 'yan, isang tingin lang sa nanay niyan, wala na tunaw na 'yan. Tapos gawin mong pulis, ipaaway mo doon. Naku," Duterte remarked.
Netizens then took to social media to react to Duterte's most recent statements, making #BabaeAko trend again on Twitter.
"Mr. President, you just horrifyingly disrespected your own mother who bravely fought against the Marcos dictatorship. She withstood threats and intimidation. Siya ay babae! #BabaeAko," a Twitter user remarked.
Forensic expert Dr. Raquel Fortun spoke out, too, saying "I am threatened and intimidated a lot. All my life. Don't me. #BabaeAko."
So did film and theater actress Chai Fonacier, who said, "Encouraging women — and I mean including those who identify as women — and our friends from the entire spectrum to share your #BabaeAko statements to fight the misogyny that the President and his ilk normalize through their behavior. Make them remember the feminine strength."
KABATAAN Partylist Rep. Sarah Elago also reacted, saying she refused to be stereotyped.
Former Solicitor General Florin Hilbay urged other Filipinos to protest against Duterte's misogynistic statements.
Other Twitter users weighed in on the issue.
Duterte's previous misogynistic remarks
His remarks in his speech on May 24 seemed to have sought to explain another controversial remark he made on May 16 when he said that he did not want a politician, especially a woman, to become the next Ombudsman.
"Mag-nominate sila, pero I choose, but gusto ko 'yung bilib ang tao sa integrity niya. Of course it could not be a politician, lalo na hindi babae," he said during a chance interview.
This gave birth to the launching of the #BabaeAko movement on social media on May 21 by women activists and other people who also want to protest Duterte's misogynistic and sexist statements.
One of the women who joined the #BabaeAko campaign was former Social Welfare Secretary Judy Taguiwalo who said, "Akala ko taumbayan ang boss ni Duterte. Yun pala sina Marcos, Gloria, Trump at China. Para sa bayang makatarungan at malaya, lalaban ako."
In February, he was also slammed for telling his audience of former NPA rebels that he told his soldiers to shoot female rebels in the vagina.
Sources: ( rappler.com , philstar.com )
New DOT chief to ask Montano why he rushed official New York engagement to watch Broadway show
Newly installed Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said she plans on talking with Tourism Promotions Board (TPB) COO Cesar Montano to ask for his side on certain accusations that were hurled against him.
Among these accusations came from an Abante report where Montano was said to have rushed a speaking engagement staged by the DOT in New York to watch the Broadway musical show "Hamilton."
DOT reportedly launched the Philippine Tourism Presentation and Dinner Reception on May 9 to showcase Philippine tourism and fashion at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York. Montano was introduced as the event's keynote speaker, but he was said to have only spoken for a bit before hurriedly leaving the venue, disappointing the guests, which also included US officials.
Montano was said to have been invited to the event in behalf of the now-resigned Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo. He was also named as one of the two hosts, the other being Teo, of the said event.
In reaction to this report about Montano, Puyat said she would talk to Montano as well as the Tourism attache and other DOT officials who attended the event to verify the accusation in the report mentioned above.
Puyat said that she would investigate into the "Buhay Carinderia" program that the TPB is set to implement. This was after Philippine Star Boo Chanco accused Montano of issuing P80-million worth of three checks to the event proponent and organizer.
"I still don't have the papers. I will be asking [and] will be arranging a meeting with Mr. Cesar Montano to ask about 'yung mga nabasa ko sa 'Buhay Carinderia' – kung totoo ba na walang bidding 'yung P80 million na advance," Puyat said on May 15.
"I'm planning to talk to him and ask his side. I want to ask all those who were there if it actually happened," Puyat added.
In March 2017, TPB employees filed a complaint against Montano for his alleged corruption and mismanagement of the agency. These include hiring friends and relatives, using TPB's funds for personal trips, and showing incompetence in fulfilling his obligations as the agency's COO.
Sources: ( tnt.abante.com.ph , philstar.com , rappler.com )
Eldest Tulfo vows to help Wanda clear her name, berates 'black sheep' Ben over controversial P60-M DOT ad deal
Inquirer columnist Ramon Tulfo spoke up about the controversy involving his siblings, now resigned Tourism Secretary Wanda Tulfo-Teo and hosts Ben and Erwin Tulfo, over the P60 million tourism ad deal.
The eldest Tulfo wrote in his Inquirer column on May 10 that while President Rodrigo Duterte himself advised the Tulfo family to avoid talking to the media, he took it upon himself as the family's acting patriarch to tell the story behind the controversy.
First up, Ramon blamed Teo for not hiring smart staff members who could have advised her against inking a deal with PTV 4, where one of the Tulfo brothers, Ben, was a blocktimer.
As a blocktimer, Ben pays for his TV show's airtime on the state-run channel.
According to Ramon, Wanda was only complying with President Duterte's injunction for his Cabinet secretaries to support PTV 4, adding that she did not know Ben's company would get most of the multimillion advertising contract with DOT.
He also hit Ben, whom he called a "black sheep" with a "middle child" syndrome as the fifth child out of 10 siblings, for signing the P60-million advertising contract with PTV 4 despite knowing that there would be a conflict of interest on Wanda's part.
Ramon also said that Wanda still tried to save Ben, who insisted on his innocence amid the controversy, leading her to resign from her post. He also explained that Wanda seemed to have forgotten the fact that her husband was on the board of director of the Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (Tieza), a part of DOT, when Duterte appointed her as tourism chief. He added that it should have been up to her husband to step down from his post upon his wife's appointment.
In the same column, he also slammed Wanda's lawyer, Ferdinand Topacio, whom he said did not even consult the Tulfo brothers on returning the P60-million funds from the ad deal. He also described the lawyer as "all talk," a counsel who's only focused on gaining publicity for himself.
Unlike what has been previously reported about Wanda resigning out of delicadeza amid the controversy, Ramon let it slip that he commended President Duterte for "sacking Wanda," prompting some people to ask whether Wanda was fired instead of resigned.
Before he ended his column, he vowed to support "Wanda's fight to clear her name, but not Ben's."
Wanda resigned on May 8 to show delicadeza and to spare everyone, especially Duterte, from the pain caused by the controversy, according to her lawyer.
The issue started with the Commission on Audit's report showing the DOT paying P60 million worth of commercials to PTV 4, which in turn, tapped Ben's Bitag Media Unlimited Inc. to air the tourism ads during Ben and Erwin's show "Kilos Pronto."
Malacañang said that Teo's resignation does not mean that she is off the hook since the Ombudsman is still looking into her and other government officials involved in the controversial ad deal.
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Charter Boats Virginia Beach Is A Must For Fishermen
While visiting the Virginia Beach area and if you love the excitement of charter fishing or want to experience it, you are in for a treat if you have never had the pleasure of cruising on the Charter Boats Virginia Beach has to offer. Whether you are an experienced fisherman or just beginning, the excitement awaits in this fun charter boat activity for the whole family.
This area is a huge vacation destination and one reason this area is so popular especially for charter fishing is because Virginia Beach is near the Chesapeake Bay amidst the Atlantic Ocean. Naturally, the area is perfect for sports and big game fishing. If you want an opportunity to catch your dream prize fish then, this is definitely the place where it could happen!
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Are some of Doctor Who's trustiest companions coming back in this season's "Let's Kill Hitler"? According to the ever-reliable* British tabloid press, they are.
Spoilers ahead...
Rose Tyler (Billie Piper), Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman) and Donna Noble (Catherine Tate) will all appear in the next episode to offer their help to the Doctor in his hour of need, according to the Daily Mirror and the Daily Mail. It's a brief, funny cameo, but it opens the door for them to make more reappearances in the future. No explanation, though, of how they would deal with the "Donna can't know about the Doctor or her brain will explode" issue. [Thanks David!]
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Judge Cuts Google No Slack in Gmail Wiretap Case
Sep 27, 2013 4:35 PM PT
Google may have breached federal and California wiretapping laws by machine-scanning Gmail messages in order to deliver targeted advertising, U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh ruled on Thursday. As a result of the ruling, a class-action suit against Google over the issue can now proceed.
The suit, which is being heard in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, contends that non-Gmail users were also subject to illegal interception when they sent email to Gmail users.
With some 450 million users globally, Gmail, along with the company's Google Apps business, is the world's largest email service. Google sought to have the federal case dismissed under a section of the Wiretap Act that authorizes email providers to intercept messages when it facilitates the message's delivery or if the interception is incidental to the functioning of the service.
"We're disappointed in this decision and are considering our options," Nadja Blagojevic, a Google spokesperson, told the E-Commerce Times. "Automated scanning lets us provide Gmail users with security and spam protection, as well as great features like Priority Inbox."
'A Valuable Corporate Asset'
Google revised its terms of service and privacy policy in 2012, but the average user -- even having read the new policies -- would not necessarily understand that the emails were being intercepted so as to create user profiles or as a way to provide targeted ads, Koh noted.
"Whether or not it is plain in the terms of service, Google has pretty clearly telegraphed to the industry that content you provide is content they use," said Jim Purtilo, associate professor in the computer science department at the University of Maryland. "This is independent of privacy settings.
"Some people who indicate 'don't advertise to me' misinterpret that to mean their content is protected, but Google takes that to only narrowly mean you should not get direct ads," Purtilo told the E-Commerce Times. "Your content is still joined with many other bits of information about you in order to sharpen your profile, which is a valuable corporate asset."
Definition of Privacy
What's needed is a better definition of privacy, suggested Alan Webber, industry analyst and managing partner at the Altimeter Group.
"This is why the judge is allowing this go forward," Webber explained. "What we need is a better definition of what is private information online.
"It is clear that date of birth, social security and that sort of thing is considered private information," Webber told the E-Commerce Times, "but content in an email that is being aggregated is another issue."
No Law Yet
At this early stage of the class-action suit, Koh's opinion does not create any new law, Cynthia Larose, chair of the privacy and security practice at Mintz Levin, told the E-Commerce Times.
"Judge Koh's opinion directly responds to Google's claims and arguments in its motion for summary judgment seeking dismissal of the class action," Larose explained.
Still, "a close review of the opinion gives one a good read into how this particular federal judge views the interplay between the federal wiretap laws -- the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 -- and Google's arguments," she said.
'A Reasonable Expectation'
As for privacy, it's not clear what's reasonable in terms of expectations.
"The average user of Gmail or other free email services expects that email has the same amount of privacy as first-class mail," Larose suggested. "That just is not the case.
"Judge Koh did grant Google's motion to dismiss some claims under the California Invasion of Privacy Act that specifically alleged the unauthorized electronic eavesdropping on confidential conversations," she added. "She pointed to decisions from the California appellate courts that rely on the theory that individuals cannot have a reasonable expectation that their online communications will not be observed or 'recorded' by third parties.
"Email is not akin to phone calls or first-class mail, and other courts have clearly made that point over time," Larose stressed. "Unfortunately, the average email user has failed to understand that."
How the class-action case proceeds from here "will depend on the courtroom combat skills of legal grammarians as they parse each assertion in the terms of service," Purtilo noted. In the meantime, "the bigger take-away is, little to nothing of your content goes unused by Google."


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Buchholz to have shoulder re-examined Friday
Shut down over All-Star break, Sox unsure when righty will return to action
BOSTON -- As optimistic as the Red Sox were about the possible return of Clay Buchholz, suddenly the prognosis isn't looking too promising.
Buchholz is still experiencing pain behind his right shoulder, was shut down completely over the All-Star break after throwing a 25-pitch bullpen session on Sunday and will be re-examined on Friday.
"It's frustrating, but you got to let it ride its course," Buchholz said Thursday. "That's sort of where I'm at right now. Hopefully tomorrow I'll start my throwing program again after a couple of days off over the All-Star break and everything, and hopefully it starts piecing itself together."
With the non-waiver Trade Deadline of July 31 looming, Buchholz's health could play a big role in the Red Sox's actions, but manager John Farrell said Thursday that the team is still hoping Buchholz will get back on the mound in 2013.
"We have every intention and hope and outlook that he will resume pitching this season," Farrell said. "I wish I could give you an exact date to be honest with you, and I know Clay would, too. There's no one more frustrated in this than Clay -- and that needs to be made clear. This is a guy who is a strong competitor. He recognizes the situation we're in and he wants to be on the mound. That's the bottom line, but at the same time, his body is telling him one thing."
Buchholz's body is telling him no, even after 1 1/2 months spent on the 15-day disabled list. Each little step forward has been met with an eventual step backward.
"We just felt like, as that was accumulating, he wasn't getting over the hump," Farrell said.
The Sox have given Buchholz anti-inflammatory medicine, since two MRIs have revealed no structural damage. At this point, he'll have to simply wait for the pain to subside.
Getting Buchholz back on the mound is important, but getting him to a point where he can be fully productive is the priority.
"We've got to treat those symptoms and gradually get him back to where the endurance can sustain that intensity," Farrell said.
Buchholz, who had to sit out the All-Star Game, spoke Monday and said he's simply waiting for his body to respond at this point.
"This is all going on feel, how I feel, whenever I throw another bullpen [session], how it leads up to that," Buchholz said. "The first day that I feel like, 'OK, I'm pretty much normal now,' that's when I'm going to ramp up and do what I got to do."
Matt Garza, who is making $10.25 million with the Cubs this season and will become a free agent at year's end, has been strongly linked to the Red Sox and Rangers in trade rumors. Garza has experience pitching in the AL East during his time with the Rays and has looked strong since his return in late May, posting a 3.17 ERA over 71 innings. ESPN reports that the Cubs are expected to deal Garza soon and currently are listening to final offers.


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Worked for me too! Thanks for chiming in.
Worked for me too! Thanks for chiming in.
if using Android 2.1 + Sencha Touch.
behavior of Input field become strange.
When I focus into field and scroll the panel, field is duplicate and show strange position.
It is a Android WebView's bug.
When inputing a HTML input field on Android, Android create other Native input field on it.
And the Native input field cause these strange behavior.
The Native input field is Android "WebTextView".
I trid to resolve this bug only javascript code, but it is impossible.
The Native input field could not remove by JS.
So, I use phonegap and Android Native API.
Use phonegap.js to call native Method.
Code:=== JavaScipt Code === //Calling Native method usgin PhoneGap mywebview.removeAllViewsInLayout();
Using DroidGap to call Native API from JS.
Code:=== Java Code === === MAIN CLASS === public class App extends DroidGap { @Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); super.init(); final MyWebView myWebView = new MyWebView(appView, this); appView.addJavascriptInterface(myWebView, "mywebview"); super.loadUrl("file:///android_asset/www/index.html"); } } === MAIN CLASS === Add a method call removeAllViewsInLayout() inside your WebView class. === MyWebView CLASS === public class MyWebView extends Activity { public WebView webView; public DroidGap droidGap; public MyWebView(WebView webView, DroidGap droidGap) { this.webView = webView; this.droidGap = droidGap; } /** * Remove All ChildView on WebView * */ public synchronized void removeAllViewsInLayout() { try { Runnable runnable = new Runnable() { public void run() { webView.removeAllViewsInLayout(); }; }; droidGap.runOnUiThread(runnable); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } } === MyWebView CLASS ===
Here is my Blog post about this but in Japanese.
Hi All,
I am new to Sencha development
I am also facing the same issue with the password field. I tried using form.disable(), But the other fields in the form gets disabled when i clicked Login button except "Password Field". This Sticky password field is carried over to other pages. I also tried blurring the password field and switching over the focus to username field when button is clicked, but nothing works perfectly. Can anyone,throw more light on this issue. Is there any other work around I can proceed with..?
Thanks in advance.
Can you explain where I must put the above code? thanks a lot...Code:=== JavaScipt Code === //Calling Native method usgin PhoneGap mywebview.removeAllViewsInLayout();
I had this exact problem, here's how to fix it:
You need to blur the password field as stated earlier, do that by focusing on a "normal" text field. Then remove focus from the text field.
It seems you can't simply do:
But it does work when each call is in a setTimeout().Code:Ext.getCmp('login_username').focus().blur();
So here's the code that removes the focus from a password field every time:
Hope this helps!Code:setTimeout(function() { Ext.getCmp('login_username').focus(); setTimeout(function() { Ext.getCmp('login_username').blur(); },0); },0);
Could you manage to implement this?
I still could not figure out how to call this from Phonegap.js
Would you be able to help. Thanks in advance


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Unlimited sunshine: Travelling Hacks bask in tour glory
It started in St. Louis. The first big tour, the cross-country voyage that every smaller band must take on its way to being a bigger band. And this summer, it's happening to local bluegrass act (with a dash of punk), the Hackensaw Boys.
The Boys are part of Unlimited Sunshine, a 17-gig coast-to-coast roller coaster ride. Imagine a smaller, sleeker, (and far more intelligent) Lollapalooza– with the likes of Cake; theatrically inclined psych-rock band the Flaming Lips; indie rockers Modest Mouse; art-hop group De La Soul; and Mexican electronic worldsters KINKY– and you've got a pretty good idea what the Unlimited Sunshine Tour is all about.
Of course, the Hackensaws couldn't say no to being part of such a notable panorama of stars, and on July 31 their odyssey began at the Pageant in St. Louis.
When The Hook caught up with the Hackensaws last week, they were cruising along I-70 through Ohio aboard the "Dirty Bird," their signature 1964 GM motor coach (formerly a Greyhound bus)– 14 shows down and three to go.
"Soon it's going to be over," says mandolinist, singer, and songwriter Rob Bullington. "It's a big downer."
If the ending is sad, the playing's been something most musicians can only dream about. Bullington says the crowd at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado, numbered around 7,000– an "energizing" experience.
Bullington expresses disbelief at having played the historic venue that has seen the likes of Hendrix, the Grateful Dead, and the Beatles.
"It was only a year ago," he muses, "that we were just playing the Blue Moon Diner."
Things really stated moving for the Hacks back in November 2001, when they opened for the alt-rock/country/smart-ass centric band Cake– whose song "The Distance" was a bit of an alt-rock hit a while back.
Cake's singer/guitarist and main songwriter John McCrea reportedly loved the Hacks, which led to them supporting the band on a 10-date tour going through the first two months of this year.
Friendships were forged, and after that tour was completed, McCrea and fellow Caker Pete McNeal offered the Hacks a slot on Unlimited Sunshine.
The band has been playing three short sets of 10 to 15 minutes each, roughly three to four songs each time, in between the other acts. Their 10-man mouth-harp-banjo-washboard sound has translated well to the big stage, Bullington says– the band does not use monitors while playing, so every night was "like standing on the edge of a cliff and shouting."
Hijinks, at least ones that could be reported, seem to have been kept to a minimum– the band says life on the road is made up of "lots of driving, sleep deprivation, and eating day-old catered food."
Aside from a stolen but recovered bike, and a minor tour-bus break-in in New York, Bullington gives the impression that the Boys are having the time of their lives. And on hearing that the Hacks get to spend off-hours haunting "random bars in random towns with the guys from Modest Mouse and the Flaming lips," any latter-day music fan with half a clue would have to say, enviously, that was most likely the truth.


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This collection includes most of the ASU Theses and Dissertations from 2011 to present. ASU Theses and Dissertations are available in downloadable PDF format; however, a small percentage of items are under embargo. Information about the dissertations/theses includes degree information, committee members, an abstract, supporting data or media.
In addition to the electronic theses found in the ASU Digital Repository, ASU Theses and Dissertations can be found in the ASU Library Catalog.
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Mobile devices have penetrated into every aspect of modern world. For one thing, they are becoming ubiquitous in daily life. For the other thing, they are storing more and more data, including sensitive data. Therefore, security and privacy of mobile devices are indispensable. This dissertation consists of five parts: two authentication schemes, two attacks, and one countermeasure related to security and privacy of mobile devices. Specifically, in Chapter 1, I give an overview the challenges and existing solutions in these areas. In Chapter 2, a novel authentication scheme is presented, which is based on a user's tapping or sliding on …
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Mobile devices are penetrating everyday life. According to a recent Cisco report [10], the number of mobile connected devices such as smartphones, tablets, laptops, eReaders, and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) modules will hit 11.6 billion by 2021, exceeding the world's projected population at that time (7.8 billion). The rapid development of mobile devices has brought a number of emerging security and privacy issues in mobile computing. This dissertation aims to address a number of challenging security and privacy issues in mobile computing. This dissertation makes fivefold contributions. The first and second parts study the security and privacy issues in Device-to-Device communications. Specifically, …
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Microblogging services such as Twitter, Sina Weibo, and Tumblr have been emerging and deeply embedded into people's daily lives. Used by hundreds of millions of users to connect the people worldwide and share and access information in real-time, the microblogging service has also became the target of malicious attackers due to its massive user engagement and structural openness. Although existed, little is still known in the community about new types of vulnerabilities in current microblogging services which could be leveraged by the intelligence-evolving attackers, and more importantly, the corresponding defenses that could prevent both the users and the microblogging service …
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Press Release
All-new Title from the Award-winning Battlefield Franchise to be set in the Future
Redwood City, Calif. – March 22, 2006 – Fight an all-out war for survival in the year 2142. Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) and Sweden-based developer, Digital Illusions, today announced development of the next installment in the award-winning Battlefield™ franchise, Battlefield 2142™. The ground-breaking first-person shooter is scheduled to ship this fall for the PC.
The year is 2142, and the dawn of a new Ice age has thrown the world into a panic. The math is simple and brutal: The soil not covered by ice can only feed a fraction of the Earth's population. Some will live, most will die. In Battlefield 2142, players will choose to fight for one of two military superpowers in an epic battle for survival, the European Union or the newly formed Pan Asian Coalition. Armed with a devastating arsenal of hi-tech assault rifles, cloaking devices and sentry guns, players will also do battle using some of the most imposing vehicles known to man. Massive battle Mechs wage fierce combat on the ground, while futuristic aircraft rule the skies. When facing one of these new behemoths, players will need to use their wits and an arsenal of new countermeasures like EMP grenades to level the playing field.
"Battlefield has long been synonymous with innovative, best-of-breed online multiplayer action," said Sean Decker, Executive Producer, DICE. "By stepping into the future with Battlefield 2142, the team at DICE has reinvented the rules of engagement for the next century.â€
Team play features allow up to 64 players to enter the action on the front lines as part of a formal squad, or work behind the scenes in Commander Mode to direct the strategic assaults of their teammates. With in-game success, players increase their rank and unlock awards, including new weapons, medals and more, delivering the most comprehensive and flexible persistence in the Battlefield universe to date. For more information about Battlefield 2142, please visit http://battlefield.ea.com/ or our press web site at http://info.ea.com/