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It's being called "Black Thursday" and even "Brown Thursday," but regardless of its name, the annual holiday shopping ramp-up is starting earlier this year – on Thanksgiving night.
Last year was the first year that some retailers opened at midnight on Thanksgiving night or earlier, earning the term "Black Friday Creep." This year, the creep of the holiday shopping season moves further into the national holiday once reserved solely for family gatherings for turkey and talk and maybe a televised football game.
This year, major retailers will open earlier on Thanksgiving night, including Walmart, Kmart, Sears and Toys r Us, all at 8 p.m., and Target at 9 p.m.
As in years past, stores will entice early shoppers with "doorbuster" specials, in hopes that they'll stick around and do more shopping.
But Joan Pollock of Eighty Four won't be among those lining up tonight at retailers' doors.
Standing in the parking lot near the Washington Mall Toys r Us store, Pollock said she thinks today's holiday should be for, well, giving thanks with family and friends, and saving the holiday shopping for another day.
"I don't think it's right," she said. "There's going to be a lot of things to buy, but nobody needs to be buying them on Thanksgiving."
She said she'll be spending the holiday at her daughter-in-law's home in Wheeling, W.Va., adding that her daughter-in-law will take part in traditional Black Friday sales tomorrow.
That's not to say that many Americans won't be heading out to stores tonight and throughout the weekend.
The National Retail Federation, which represents retailers both large and small, is projecting that 147 million shoppers will visit stores and shop online during Black Friday weekend. That's down from the 152 million who participated last year.
Online shopping is what Shannan Newberry intends to do this weekend.
Newberry and her husband, Todd, of Erie, Kan., had stopped Wednesday morning at Target in South Strabane Township on their way home after Todd had bagged a black bear in northern Pennsylvania.
A registered nurse who works as a supervisor in a hospital, Shannan said online shopping enables her to finish most of her holiday shopping.
The spouses were split when it came to assessing the Black Thursday move by retailers.
"I liked it better when it was on Friday," Shannan. "It seemed more like an event."
But stores "have the right to open on Thanksgiving if they want to," said Todd, adding that people can elect to skip it.
Some of the millions who shop this weekend will visit local venues, including Washington Crown Center in North Franklin Township and Tanger Outlets in South Strabane Township.
Michael Joyce, general manager of Washington Crown Center, which is opening at midnight tonight, said he expects to see a lot of bargain-hunting this year.
"They're always looking for bargains," he said of holiday shoppers, citing a recent survey by online shopping service PriceGrabber.com that 74 percent of the people it surveyed said they would be looking for big bargains and deep discounts this season.
Affordability factor
That assessment didn't surprise Dr. Audrey Guskey, assistant professor of marketing at Duquesne University, who studies national and regional retail trends.
"They're going after some huge savings, because otherwise they can't afford it," Guskey said. She said she believes the continuing trend of stores opening on Thanksgiving evening "is a huge indication of how bad the economy is."
Both NRF and the International Council of Shopping Centers, which represents mall operators, cited concerns over the sluggish economy and the looming $500 billion in automatic cuts to the federal budget as reasons for expecting shoppers to be conservative this year.
That won't stop most people from heading out to Tanger Outlets, which has extended its Black Friday event to 10 p.m. on Thanksgiving, when general manager Jodi Dague and her staff are kicking off the center's annual Moonlight Madness Sale.
She noted that Tanger, which focuses on apparel, has always promoted itself as a place where people can find bargains among its brand-name merchandise.
According to Dague, the Black Friday weekend, which runs from 10 p.m. Thursday to 9 p.m. Friday, and also offers extended hours of 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, draws an average of 100,000 shoppers for the weekend event.
She said the economy will give more people a reason to shop outlets like Tanger.
"If they haven't shopped outlets before, they will now," Dague said. "They're looking for brands, and they're looking for a good price on them."
A flawed strategy?
While she's a strident supporter of the retail industry and the marketing trends and techniques that help to keep it running, Guskey said she's saddened to see the continuation of what was called "Black Friday Creep" last year morph into what some now call "Brown Thursday" or "Black Thursday."
"I think we've overextended ourselves now," she said of retailers' continued extension into Thanksgiving.
While the National Retail Federation is projecting a 4.1 percent increase to $586.1 billion in holiday sales over 2011, Guskey said the estimate is "very optimistic," pegging it at 3.5 percent instead, a figure squarely between NRF's and the 3 percent estimate offered by the ICSC.
In acknowledging that the earlier hours on Thanksgiving night will no doubt generate big sales for retailers, Guskey said the strategy may not produce much of a different bottom line for the season that means so much to their profit picture.
"Shoppers may spend on Thanksgiving, but might not spend it later. We only have so many dollars in our pocket," she said.
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'I just hope they can get it fixed..so they can have a place to live again'
BOISE, Idaho (KBOI) - Fire crews worked all through the morning hours, after flames sent two people to the hospital.
The fire sparked just before midnight on West Hallmark Court, near Hill Road.
"It appeared the fire started on the back side of the house, because of propane tanks that had caught fire, it worked up the side of the house, got into the attic and from there just kept running the attic," said Chief LaBour with the Boise Fire Department.
Within minutes, the entire neighborhood was outside -- hoping everyone was okay.
"I just got a little worried because you never know what can happen with a fire, it could spread over the whole neighborhood," said Allyson Dutra who lives nearby.
Because of how fast house fires can spread, crews evacuated the home the next door.
Boise Fire says: this accident could have prevented.
"It appears that the owner had barbecue with charcoal yesterday, rightly put the ashes in a metal container, thinking that by letting them sit overnight, they would go out," said Chief LaBour.
But the chief says, embers can sit in ashes for days.
"Not knowing this he poured those embers into a plastic garbage can, caught the garbage can on fire, the garbage can got the propane tanks going and from there it went up into the house," he said.
The couple inside was taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation, but they are expected to be okay.
Boise Fire says: their house isn't a total loss but there is a substantial amount of damage.
"I just hope they can get it fixed and get their house back to normal again, so they can have a place to live again," said Dutra.
Although the neighboring home was evacuated, it was not damaged.

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LATEST UPDATE! At 8:50 PM EDT an ashen-faced ROBERT KENNEDY JR left the palatial home where his wife MARY RICHARDSON KENNEDY, 52, was found earlier today by police at approximately 1:36 PM hanging from a noose in the barn. Although Robert filed for divorce a year ago, they were still technically married.
NATIONAL ENQUIRER reporter ALEXANDER HITCHEN was on the scene as grief stricken friends and relatives bearing food and flowers entered the palatial home.
RFK, Jr. showed up around 8:10 PM in a dark blue Lexus, Hitchen reported.
His face grim and resolute, clearly burdened, Bobby exited the car. He was wearing a short sleeve polo shirt and he was soon joined by grieving friends, family members and neighbors.
Kennedy appeared stunned, reeling from shock.
Bobby's entourage was followed closely by a Town of Bedford police car as cops kept a wary eye on mounting media assemblage.
After staying for about 40 minutes inside the tragic abode, Kennedy returned to his car and without speaking to the press drove off.
"A real shame," a neighbor told THE ENQUIRER. "They always seemed plagued with trouble. She seemed so alone after the divorce."
EARLIER @ 4:30 PM EDT: Tragedy has struck the KENNEDY FAMILY again as the wife of ROBERT KENNEDY JR is found dead at her home by police. Bobby Jr's estranged wife MARY RICHARDSON KENNEDY, 52, was discovered at her home in Westchester, NY in a suicide.
The nephew of President JOHN F KENNEDY and the son of ROBERT and ETHEL KENNEDY, Bobby Kennedy, Jr. was married to Mary for 16 years, before filing for divorce in May 2010. As The ENQUIRER reported previously he has been seeing actress Cheryl Hines who's been mentoring daughter/actress Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy who appears in the new HBO series "Newsroom".
Lately, Bobby, Jr., Mary's ex, an environmentalist, been living primarily in California, palling around with movie stars and wooing TV actress Cheryl Hines.
Bedford Police spokesperson Lt. Jeff Dickan confirmed a dead body was removed from the home and the Westchester County Medical Examiner is in possession of Mary's remains.
"No one knows anything right now. The family knows she died sometime today and we are waiting on fuller information as soon as we can. The family is making arrangements," Mary Kennedy's attorney Patricia Hennessey told RadarOnline.com,
Mary lived at the family home in Mount Kisco, New York while Robert spent the majority of his time in Los Angeles.
KENNEDY WIFE BOOZE SHOCKER: RFK, jr. NEW "CHEATING" FEARS
Just three days after Robert filed for divorce in May 2010, Mary was charged with driving under the influence by the Bedford Hills police after she failed a number of sobriety tests and her blood alcohol level registered at 0.11.
She was busted again withing days for driving under the influence of drugs.


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Two fourth quarter touchdowns by Allen Bradford helped the USC Trojans beat the UCLA Bruins 28-14 on Saturday at the Rose Bowl.
Rhett Ellison and Malcolm Smith had USC's other touchdowns, while Johnathan Franklin and Joseph Fauria scored for the Bruins.
The Trojans have dominated the Southern California rivalry, winning 11 of the past 12 games against UCLA.
This year's game was much more low-key, with neither team in contention for a Bowl game.
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Thanks, Kai.
It's interesting. I looked in my online library catalog. The book is described as her first "contemporary erotic novel." What I find interesting is that not many copies have been checked out, but a lot of her historical romances have waiting lists still, even the ones from the early '80's (I'm still waiting for Unconquered from one library, though I did get a copy from another; it's set, in the early 19th century, in the U.S., London, and Russia -- according to the flap. I'm just about to begin it). I think people read Small's books as much for the accurate (I've checked) info on personalities and events of the time as for the story and eroticism.
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Defying the sluggish U.S. economy, three business jet manufacturers on Friday separately announced fleet orders worth as much as a combined $3.5 billion. Fractional provider NetJets was the biggest shopper on the block that day, placing a firm order for $1.9 billion worth of Gulfstream G450s and G550s that will "significantly expand" its large-cabin fleet. Under the agreement, NetJets will take delivery of 20 G450s and 20 G550s between 2012 and the end of 2016 at a rate of four of each model per year. This deal also includes a long-term maintenance support agreement. Not to be outdone, Bombardier Aerospace said it received a "significant business jet sale" for 110 Learjet 60XRs worth up to $1.5 billion from an undisclosed European customer. The deal includes a firm order for 25 twinjets worth approximately $340 million, while orders for the remaining 85 are conditional. Deliveries of these Learjet 60XRs are scheduled to begin next year. Meanwhile, Cessna announced a more modest $87 million order from Canadian aircraft charter and management firm Execaire. The order consists of four Citation Mustangs, three Sovereigns and two XLS+s.
Bizjet Manufacturers Continue To Rack Up Sales
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PLEASE HELP!! 85 GL 145k LOUD heavy knock with power loss, added oil, better until 3500rpm loud knock returned, how do I test for problem source ? What do I do first? (have exhausted search feature). Has history of TOD used all treatments no luck. Have pulled plugs to check for a rod bearing-no differences. Afraid to drive, might blow engine? desperate-Need car for work
HISTORY-Have tuned, changed oil 3x with all trmts MMO/seafoam/BG 44k, used Mobile1 10w30, no improvement in HLA noise on drivr side. Driving for 500mi with noise, then..driving at 75 loss of power down to 50mph, loud knocking on pass side- found very low on oil, added to full, pulled plug wires 1 at a time..no change so...I started OK- much improved. Drove 1mi at 3500rpm loud knocking/power loss returned. Now what?????
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Posted 11 December 2005 - 01:49 PM
get a cheap oil pressure gauge and see what your oil pressure is. from your description sounds like you may have spun or destroyed a bearing or two.
Can you take a long screwdriver and use it like a stethescope to hear where the noise is in the engine.
How does the enigne idle.. does it idle rough? is it burning oil?
Can you take a long screwdriver and use it like a stethescope to hear where the noise is in the engine.
How does the enigne idle.. does it idle rough? is it burning oil?
Posted 11 December 2005 - 02:40 PM
Hi - idles fine, does not burn oil, good gas mileage...what about bearing check (pulling each wire) is that not the right test? The dash guage is working, the pressure is low about 25. I can check with long screw driver where are the best spots to listen? Will try to get a oil pressure gauge, and am trying to locate the reseal kit for the oil pump, and the front cam seal (o-ring). Thanks for the reply. Anything else I can do?
Posted 11 December 2005 - 02:43 PM
A good check for a destroyed bearing is to drain the oil. If the oil has a metallic sheen on the top, there's a lot of metal in the oil, and it's almost always from a bearing.
Posted 11 December 2005 - 02:47 PM
you can pull a wire one at a time to try to see if the problem is located to specifically one part of the engine, and there are some other indications it can give you(but I dont know all of them). sounds like you've searched quite a bit, I would suggest maybe removing all the spare plugs, putting just a LITTLE bit of brake fluid in each cylinder, crank it a couple times(w/out plugs), add some more and just repeat a few times... and then put just a little more in, add some starter fluid and put the plugs back in and start it up... if there is any crap on the valves causing them to stick it should blow most of it away. I dont know how well this works yet but I'm about to try it on my engine and I will get back to you with how well this works.
Posted 11 December 2005 - 02:49 PM
Thanks russ... that is something that I can do today. I have heard about checking the oil for metal BUT no one has said exactly how to find metal in black liquid ... :-) until YOU!!
Posted 11 December 2005 - 02:52 PM
Sound a little scary but willing to try anything THANKS!
Posted 11 December 2005 - 03:00 PM
listen to russ before you listen to me ... if theres metal in the oil, ... what he said. anotherway to check is grab a strong magnet and see what it picks up out of the oil... most metal that comes out in the oil is going to be kinda powdery or really small flakes, not usually ever gonna get chunks of it or anything
Posted 11 December 2005 - 03:01 PM
great suggestion thanks scrap!
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BBC Review
A bold, ambitious work from the young tenor player, fusing political consciousness...
Alan Braidwood 2003
For this (only his third) CD, the young British and Mobo award winning tenor saxophonist Denys Baptiste has undertaken a hugely ambitious project, where he both writes for a large ensemble and incorporates spoken word into his music for the first time. Let Freedom Ring! is based around the rhythmic patterns of Dr Martin Luther King's 'I Have a Dream' speech and the poetry of author and social commentator Ben Okri. It's a work that continues the same traditions of informing and educating that Charles Mingus and Max Roach pioneered in the radical sixties.
The suite is divided into four parts with Latin, gospel, blues, funk and free jazz forming the basis of alternate numbers. Okri's poetry forms solos along with violin, piano, saxophone, trumpet and guitar. Driving ensemble motifs punctuate throughout.
The set starts with "I have a dream", a gentle and moving lamentation that changes with the introduction of a subtle Afro Cuban rhythm. Omar Puente's wild, dissonant violin playing is the stand out solo. This highly positive mood sets the tone for the rest of the suite; "With this faith" is the purest Mingus. Okri's lines ("embrace our handicaps and use them") ring out over some soul-inspiring, preaching Gospel and blues.
"Let freedom ring" feels like a suite in itself, with what sounds like an atonal accelerating orchestra resolving in a post-bop sax solo which in turn becomes an angular passage ending in a wall of free jazz howls and hollers that provokes thoughts of Archie Shepp. The set ends appropriately with the upbeat "Free at last" where the rhythmic patterns of the title are easily identified in the chanted motif.
As a whole the suite rarely loses pace, only really failing with the long, dragging funk passage on "With this faith". It is also adventurous in its use of musicians like Puente, whose playing recalls both Billy Bang and Alfredo De La Fe.
This is not an album of great solos, but of bold arrangements and complex composition that reflect jazz history. Its message is just as political as musical. As such, the Arts Council of England is supporting it with a tour and school workshops. With intentions like this the career of Mr Baptiste can only continue to go forward.


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Upon hearing that the FBI sought and received the phone data from millions of Verizon customers using Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act, Republican Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner expressed dismay.
Kudos to Sensenbrenner for speaking up on behalf of the Constitution (and showing how misleading it is for Director of National Intelligence James Clapper to claim that "members of Congress have been fully and repeatedly briefed" about the program and that it "has been authorized by all three branches of the Government." No, the White House shared the program with select members of Congress, some of whom were deeply alarmed but powerless to stop it.) The letter also casts doubt on the claim that what Team Obama has done was obviously legal.
But it is awfully suspect for Sensenbrenner claim that the Patriot Act struck an appropriate balance; that it had a worrisome potential for abuse; and that it has in fact been abused by Obama -- especially when the abuse in question is exactly the sort of thing critics warned against!
Yes, this is just a letter dashed off in a single news cycle. But Sensenbrenner has had ample cause to rethink the wisdom of the bill he authored on several previous occasions. He has a curious history of insisting that it is good law, then feeling "betrayed" by the people implementing it.
Consider this. Right from the start, civil libertarians warned that the Patriot Act would be used against innocent Americans. Here's a typical example from a 2005 Washington Post story that quotes an ACLU lawyer: "Although the House Judiciary Committee's base bill does not expand the Patriot Act in the unwise and unwarranted way the Senate Intelligence Committee proposed, it can and must be modified to ensure that Patriot powers are focused on terrorists and not ordinary Americans."
On March 1, 2006, Sensenbrenner published an op-ed in USA Today dismissing critics who warned of future abuses (emphasis added):
Zero. That's the number of substantiated USA Patriot Act civil liberties violations. Extensive congressional oversight found no violations. Six reports by the Justice Department's independent inspector general, who is required to solicit and investigate any allegations of abuse, found no violations.Not long after that, "a Justice Department audit ... said that the FBI used the Patriot Act improperly and unlawfully to gain information about people in the United States." The March 9, 2007 PBS item from which that quote is drawn quotes Sensenbrenner several times. "I am shocked," he said. "I think that the Justice Department has overreached. There's something seriously wrong with the internal management of the Justice Department, and that better be fixed, because if it isn't, the support for the internal part of our war against terrorism is going to evaporate rapidly."
Intense public scrutiny has yet to find a single civil liberty abuse. Despite many challenges, no federal court has declared unconstitutional any of the Patriot Act provisions Congress is renewing.
Building upon this stellar record, congressional negotiators added more than 30 civil liberty safeguards not included in current law to ensure that the Patriot Act's authorities would not be abused in the future. Remarkably, that's still not enough for some.
The Patriot Act has kept us safer and has not violated anyone's civil rights. It deserves to be renewed.
He also said that "the Patriot Act reauthorization, which I sponsored and which was passed and signed into law in March of last year, put four important civil-liberties requirements on the Patriot Act, including ways that somebody who got one of these could go to court and get them quashed, as well as authorizing the inspector general to do the audit which we found out about today."
Civil libertarians were under no illusion that the reauthorization of the Patriot Act adequately protected against the likelihood of future abuses. "The Patriot Act gives the government sweeping authority to seize sensitive personal information and belongings," a spokesperson for the New York Civil Liberties Union said in a typical 2008 statement.
Now skip ahead to the April 2010 story, "Sensenbrenner Feels 'Betrayed' by FBI's Patriot Act Violations." Here's an excerpt that ends with a striking visual metaphor:
Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) said he was frustrated by the FBI's actions, which he said showed the agency wanted to get around the restrictions that Congress put in place under the Patriot Act. Sensenbrenner said it was especially frustrating because as the author of the Patriot Act, he worked closely with the FBI to ensure the agency had all the tools it needed and has taken a lot of criticism from Democrats over the law.
"I came to this whole issue as your friends and I feel betrayed," said Sensenbrenner. "I don't think you're getting the message."
Exigent letters were never approved by Congress, said both Republicans and Democrats, calling "exigent letters" a term that the FBI invented.
Sensenbrenner said he was concerned about this type of evasion and insisted on requiring, by law, annual Inspector General reports because he "was afraid of having the fox guard the chicken coop down the street was going to end up with activities that were going to end up embarrassing the government."
"Every time we tried to patch up a hole in what the FBI was doing you figured out how to put another hole in the dike, and this little Dutch boy has only got 10 fingers to put in the dike," said Sensenbrenner.So here we are again.
For at least the third time, Sensenbrenner says that the FBI has betrayed the true intentions of the Patriot Act and violated the civil liberties of Americans. What ought to be obvious, by now, is that the law he wrote and championed -- and defended against the notion that it would be abused -- has been repeatedly abused because it is flawed. Civil liberties have repeatedly been violated because it doesn't do enough to protect them. So long as it remains law, abuses will happen again. Is the little Dutch boy at the dike going to figure that out before he runs out of fingers?
Update: More here from Marcy Wheeler.
*Note that the talk of "balancing" constitutional rights and security implicitly concedes that the Patriot Act diminished our constitutional rights. What's the world for laws that do that? Ah, yes: "unconstitutional."


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One Long Island City high school was recently named New York's "valedictorian."
The Baccalaureate School for Global Education (BSGE), located at 34-12 36th Avenue in L.I.C., is the top high school in the state based on rankings released by the U.S. News and World Report. BSGE was also ranked as the 21st best high school in the country out of a pool of roughly 22,000 schools nationwide.
BSGE was awarded a gold medal in the rankings and had a perfect score of 100 in the college readiness index. The high school also boasts a 3.6 score out of 4 in average proficiency in both math and English and a 13 to one student to teacher ratio.
Repeated attempts to contact BSGE's principal went unreturned.
Other borough schools receiving high grades were the Queens High School for the Sciences at York College in Jamaica, which was seventh in the state and 52nd nationally with an 87 in the college readiness index, and Townsend Harris High School in Flushing, ranking eighth and 53rd respectively and earning an 86.8 mark. Queens High School for the Sciences at York College had 4.0 math and 3.8 English proficiency scores, while Townsend Harris received a perfect 4.0 in both categories. Both schools also received gold medals.
David Marmor, principal of Queens High School for the Sciences at York College, says his school's rigorous curricula, numerous Advanced Placement and college courses and small, nurturing environment are among the factors that contributed to its high ranking.
"We are very, very proud and happy," Marmor said. "Our kids and our staff have worked very hard. This is our 10th anniversary coming up this year, so for a small school with only a 10-year history, we are very excited to be among the top schools in the country."


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The question of the viewpoint of the Jewish Agency for Palestine toward the Permanent International Court at The Hague is discussed in a book issued recently in Paris, the author of which is Dr. N. Feinberg, prominent Jewish jurist of Palestine, who is also the author of a history of the minority question at the Peace Conference.
Dr. Feinberg's latest work deals with a series of questions relating to the interpretation of the Palestine Mandate. Particular emphasis is placed upon the question as to the extent of jurisdiction of the Hague Court with reference to the Mandatory Powers, and the duties of the Mandatories.
Dr. Feinberg also presents a thorough judicial analysis of the three verdicts pronounced by the Hague Court in the so-called Mavrommatis case in which the Greek citizen, Mavrommatis, tried to have annulled the electrification concession of Pincas Rutenberg, claiming that he himself had been awarded the concession before the war by the Turkish Government.


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It's played on my guitar.
A drum loop made in Reason.
a dirty drum loop made in 87bpm. WAV
Silly drum break recorded in my attic.
phat 808 drums
Beatsliced drum loop used in the verse of Messages for a Secret Lover part of the PRAG II project
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Some drum beats I played on my Tama Superstar Hyperdrive kit. Tama Starphonic snare drum + Mapex Fastback 12" snare ...
Simple old school drum loop with percs.
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Caring for a patient with Alzheimer's can be hard
Mon, 01 Oct 2012 16:07:42 GMT —
Caring for someone who has Alzheimer's or a related disorder is one of the biggest commitments a person can make.
It can be rewarding to help out a loved one, but it can be very stressful as well.
The Alzheimer's Association says it's important to recognize the signs of stress and deal with them before they get out of hand.
Some signs include quick temper, frustration and depression.
While these can be bad for your health, they also have a negative impact on the patient.
Tim Klobe with the Alzheimer's Association says, "If anything happens to that person, then who's going to care for their loved one. It's a situation where you don't want to not think about yourself, and only focus on the person you're caring for. That's the natural inclination. But when you do that, your health has a tendency to be secondary to your loved one's health. So, you need to keep that in mind."
The Alzheimer's Association will hold a class to learn about caregiver stress.
It's Tuesday, October 9 from 1:30-4 p.m. at the Mt. Sterling Community Center YMCA.


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South Korean scientist wants to clone extinct Siberian lion cubs
Remember those 12,000-year-old lion cubs that were found in Siberia last year?
According to The Siberian Times, a South Korean scientist recently visited Russia to collect samples from the frozen big cats in an effort to clone them.
Albert Protopopov, head of the mammoth fauna studies department of the Yakutian Academy of Sciences told the Siberian Times that samples were taken from the cubs in order to see if it might be possible to clone the animals. However, there was some dispute between the Russian scientists and the South Korean team, which included renowned stem cell researcher Hwang Woo-suk.
WATCH: 12,000-year-old lion cubs
In 2005, Woo-suk revealed the first cloned dog, Snuppy. He and his team also cloned human embryos, which later died. However, he was forced to step down from his role as director for the World Stem Cell Hub after he was accused of violating ethics when it was revealed that the embryos were provided by some of his researchers.
Woo-suk is also rumoured to be attempting to bring the woolly mammoth back from extinction.
The dispute over the cubs arose over the size of the sample the South Korean team wanted to take from the lions.
Woo-suk wanted a large piece such as a skull or part of a leg, but experts wanted to preserve the cubs with the hope that advances in technology would some day provide more information with what was available — which they claim is not a lot.
Speaking to the Times, Protopopov said: "We intend to keep it for the future. The methods of research are constantly being improved, about once a decade there is a mini-revolution in this area. So we will do everything possible to keep this carcass frozen for as long as possible."
The South Korean team did manage to collect a sample, though one not as large as they had hoped.
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Dan Wheldon pauses inside the doorway of his home in St. Petersburg's Old Northeast and pops his shoes off and into their spot in a grid pattern of sandals and sneakers. He inspects a large cardboard box with shipping labels, only because he would have fallen over it otherwise. "No clue, mate," he says, shaking his head. "That's got to be Sebastian's." Wheldon has been away for five days fulfilling sponsor obligations and testing for his new Panther Racing IndyCar team at Barber Motorsports Park in Alabama. "Ah, good. He's up," Wheldon says, grinning and quick-stepping over tiny gates meant to hem in Maverick, a long-haired chihuahua, and Molly, a toy poodle.
In a sitting room where broad windows frame a view of Coffee Pot Bayou sleeps the center of the universe, Sebastian Daniel Wheldon, born Feb. 1. Dan Wheldon doesn't much try to deny he's a doting father. A quick summation of any of his previous five sentences will generally contain 10 usages of the words "Sebastian" and "cute."
Wheldon has already scooped the little boy out wife Susie's arms and is focusing his gaze on his son when the subject quickly turns to diapers.
"Dan was lucky enough to be here, like, the first 16 days after he was born," Susie says, smiling. "He did 95 percent of the diaper changes."
The Wheldon home is pristine by single, childless, affluent standards.
Framed mementos of a wildly successful first seven years in the Indy Racing League hang along the stairway from the den to the second floor. But just up that stairway, past where the new Italian cabinets will go, in a brown and yellow room with a monkey on the wall, a newborn shook Wheldon's innate sense of clean to its core … and it was, well, cute. Even on a new carpet.
"The first diaper change that I do at home on this changing station, I get his diaper down, cold air hits him, he pees right on my brand new carpet," says Wheldon, laughing. (He honed his diapering skills changing a sister, Holly, who is 15 years younger.) "What ya gonna do? It's funny, because when it's your child, you don't care."
Wheldon's friends, hearing this, are floored. "Knowing Dan the way I do, it's funny to see him as a father," said former teammate Tony Kanaan, who has an 18-month-old son. "More responsible, talking like a dad now. It's a different guy."
Wheldon has much more now to lose than before — before the international star yielded to marriage and family and started planning that his month-old son will attend Shorecrest Academy.
"If anything, I think it would make you more motivated," Wheldon said of having a child. "The last thing I want my child to see is Dad running around in the middle of the pack (on the track). That would really upset me. And that would upset him. I would be embarrassed to take him to school with kids saying, 'Hey, how'd your dad do this weekend?' 'Well, he finished fifth or sixth.'
"So I'm pretty sure it would have the opposite effect of what people think."
There is no shortage of motivation for Wheldon, who begins his eighth IndyCar season this weekend at the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, with his third team, at age 30.
He entered the series as a prodigy on the ovals that made up the entire IndyCar series in 2003, finishing second in points with three wins in 2004, winning the championship with six wins in 2005 and landing second with two wins in 2006. He lived big and made a lot of friends along the way.
Not many staged photographs are in his den, mostly candid snaps that sometimes catch him off guard when he notices them for the first time in a while. To the left of a souvenir brick from Indianapolis Motor Speedway's famed yard of them, under a bronzed pair of racing shoes, is a photo of Wheldon, highlighted hair and all at age 26, laughing with Kanaan and former boss Michael Andretti, from the season he won his only series title and the Indianapolis 500.
"Wow," Wheldon said, then paused, laugh lines exposed by squinting at the frame. "Who's that guy?"
Though he remains gregarious and committed to what he does, Wheldon has changed. He left Andretti Green Racing after that '05 season, looking, he said, for a new challenge. After finishing second with Chip Ganassi in '06, he slipped to fourth in '07 and '08, coinciding with the IRL introducing more nonoval courses. (Now seven of 17 events are held off the circuits where Wheldon has won 14 of 15 career races.)
By last summer, Wheldon and Ganassi had apparently decided a change was necessary.
So Wheldon, newly married to his former publicist, Susie Behm, went looking for a home. He found one in Panther Racing, the one-car team owned by John Barnes that had given Wheldon his first two IndyCar starts in 2002. "You walk in there and it feels like family," Wheldon said.
Panther won two championships with Sam Hornish in '01 and '02 before he left for Team Penske, but it hasn't reached Victory Lane since '05 with Tomas Scheckter. Wheldon, knowing how long ago 2005 was, thinks they can change that.
Fatherhood has changed Wheldon's assessment of how well he will avoid becoming a stage parent.
Former AGR teammate Bryan Herta used to pledge that he would never "become one of those go-cart dads," Wheldon said. "And now he's more into go-carting than ever, so I am sure I am going to be like that, where I'm super intense."
Wheldon has jokingly broached with Susie the subject of starting a carting team "because I need to get everything ironed out, so when (Sebastian) starts, he's ready to go."
But Susie might be advised not to take that as a joke.
"I think back to when my dad and I did it, and we have a lot of good stories," Wheldon said of karting. "It's good bonding for father and son."


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SI Swimsuit model Samantha Hoopes is also one hell of a lingerie model
If we knew then what we know now about SI Swimsuit model Samantha Hoopes we would have stuffed the ballot boxes to make her the Rookie of the Year. This new lingerie video is just one reason why. (Though Hannah Ferguson is also making a strong post-Swimsuit Issue case as well.)
Before the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue came out we hadn't heard of Samantha, but since then we've become HUGE fans. Naturally her photos in the issue contributed to that, but after doing a little more "research" on her we discovered she's by far one of the best models to follow on Instagram. Now we come to find out she's rocking lingerie for Love Haus and damn, she might be the model of the year in the making. Best of all? She's only 23 so she's just getting started.
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By Tradiban
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rating: 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
|Tricky little number! Very small parallel crack to work with. Micro cams help.
By Josh Knapp
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Dec 29, 2011
rating: 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
|I agree Nick! Took me a while to "unlock" the crux moves. I distinctly remember tweaking out trying to get some decent gear before committing to pulling the roof. I think I had 3, 33% pieces, with the hopes that one might hold. Micro's or balnutz would have been nice! The top of the climb eases up and is just fun.
By Aawait
May 12, 2013
I thought this climb was pretty fun.
GEAR BETA: found a pretty good microcam placement in the roof(blue alien) then got a bomber nut placement just above the roof.
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From: Madison, WI
Jun 15, 2016
rating: 5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c
|Really fun lead with small and good gear below the roof. Easier lead than other 9's in the park like Chicago and Upper D.


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I have some very nice decorative antique wall clocks and desk clocks with quartz movements. These few pieces are exceptional looking even though the clock movements could not be restored. The wall clocks are slave clocks and could not operate with out a large Master clock. To make them functional they have been converted to a high quality quartz battery movement. All clocks are on sale at savings of UP TO 50% OFF Retail.
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The Oscars are a time for glitz and glamour and many dress designs from past ceremonies have been burned into our memories. This Sunday's 86th Academy Awards will surely spawn a new batch of iconic red carpet gowns.
But just how well do you know your famous Oscar frocks of years past? Take a guess at the actresses who donned these striking looks by launching the gallery.


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One of Britain's top classic bands is joining with some of Australasia's top show jumpers for a unique event in Dunedin.
The Hollies are here on their 50th anniversary tour, and will have a line-up of horses warming up the crowd tomorrow night.
It's a unique venue for an equestrian spectacle - Dunedin's covered Forsyth Barr Stadium preparing to host a line-up of top show jumpers, in a series of competitions to thrill the crowd.
Show jumper Mathew Gilmour is looking forward to it.
"Well hopefully they'll see some talented horses jumping some impressive jumps, and some good riding."
Some spent the afternoon testing out the venue while it was still empty, practising a ride which is new to all competitors.
"Never in a stadium like this, it's pretty special no matter where you are in the world to be indoors riding on a grass surface," jumper Samantha McIntosh says.
The horses too may find the surroundings a little different to their usual show jumping grounds.
And riders say some may get a little distracted by the echo of the crowd or the lack of a breeze.
"There may be the odd one that gets a bit star-struck tomorrow night, but there'll be some that rise to the occasion as well," Ms McIntosh says. "I think most horses actually enjoy a bit of atmosphere."
One of the equestrian highlights will be a special challenge, where the top six horses will try to jump a high wall.
There's $70,000 up for grabs if a rider can pull off the leap, which would break the New Zealand record.
Billy Raymont is hoping to do it.
"It's 2.21 metres so it's a pretty serious fence. Hopefully the horses don't think it's a joke when we starting pointing them at it."
Tyrone Latham is also keen to try it.
"I think it depends on your horse. But really it's trying to get the horse's confidence and having it really committed with you."
But the horses aren't the only stars of the "Ride the Rhythm" event.
While they'll entertain the crowd for the afternoon, it's classic Brit-pop group The Hollies who'll be headlining the evening's entertainment.
New Zealand is their first stop in their 50th Anniversary Tour, the band continuing onto Napier, Hamilton, and Auckland over the next few days.
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Getting your CDL
To get your CDL you must meet the following qualifications:
*Federal law and New Jersey regulations requires commercial drivers to carry submit a self-certification form and valid
medical examiner's certificate, completed by a certified medical examiner, to the MVC and renew it every two years.
Important note: Medical or background check results can lead to commercial license disqualification. Disqualification does not make an applicant eligible for CLP fee refund.
The new Commercial Learners Permit (CLP) restrictions are as follows:
The new restrictions for a Commercial Driver License (CDL) are as follows:
Lost or stolen CLP documents
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commandlinefu.com is the place to record those command-line gems that you return to again and again.
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Create a serial console with "socket (named pipe)" of "/tmp/socket", "from:server, to:virtual machine" in vmware player, etc.. gui. Run the above command after you have booted the guest OS (which should also be configured for serial console).
There are 5 alternatives - vote for the best!
If you can do better, submit your command here.
It looks interesting but can you please explain where do you point to the virtual machine console device file in the command 'is it /tmp/socket ??'
Thanks in advance
Yes the "/tmp/socket" is the serial port socket connection which is set by the user in VMWare. In VMWare Player, this is referred to as a "named pipe". `socat` uses the term "UNIX domain socket" (from the manpage). So change "/tmp/socket" to whatever you had set in VMWare.
Omit the ",raw" if you want to keep the parent shell's job control (ctrl-c, ctrl-z, etc). Personally, I like to use ",raw" as shown above because it allows me to use ctrl-c in the VM console. The downside is that now you will have no (known?) way to exit from socat. (I simply use `killall socat` from another terminal).
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CKindiana's review of Shiseido Ultimate Sun Protection Cream SPF 55 PA+++ [DISCONTINUED]
201 reviews
73% would repurchase
Package Quality: 4.3
Price: $$$$
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Teaching Babies Right From Wrong
The Baby's Brain: Children Born Knowing Right From Wrong?
Is a baby a blank canvas when it enters the world, or does it already know right from wrong? In an article that is set to appear in this weekend's New York Times Magazine, psychologist Paul Bloom explores the morality of babies that can't even talk yet to determine how influential parents are in their children's moral development.
Using puppet shows depicting good and bad characters, Bloom and his team of scientists watch the tots' reactions and invite them to pick their favorite actors at the end of the short vignettes. Overwhelmingly, the wee ones select the "good" or "helpful" characters each time, showing that they already have an innate sense of moral right and wrong. According to Bloom:
Babies probably have no conscious access to moral notions, no idea why certain acts are good or bad. They respond on a gut level. Indeed, if you watch the older babies during the experiments, they don't act like impassive judges — they tend to smile and clap during good events and frown, shake their heads and look sad during the naughty events.
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The Dutch economic growth has been negative for the past two years, due to weak domestic demand (-1% in 2013), which should strat recovering in 2014 (0.5%) thanks to investment and public spending.
The Dutch economy, long considered a model of success in the eurozone, has been badly impacted by the series of recessions. State debt continued to increase in 2013 and now represents around 75% of the GDP, investment is falling, domestic consumtion remains sluggish and the housing market is undergoing a severe crisis. Public finances have plunged into the red, beyond the allowance of the European Stability and Growth Pact. The government's priority is fiscal consolidation, with the aim of rebalancing public finances. In 2014, the deficit should be reduced to 3.2% of the GDP (compared to 3.9% in 2013) thanks to massive budget cuts of around 6 billion euro, especially in welfare programmes. Reducing inquealities is also among the government's priorities.
The Netherlands has a very high per capita revenue, with a relatively equal distribution of revenues. The GDP/per capita ration is above the EU average. The unemployment rate, which for a long time was practically non-existent, has been rising strongly since 2008, and should reach 8% of the active population in 2014, which represents a 30-year record level.
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The Modern Languages and Linguistics Department offers a minor in Linguistics.
Core courses required for all Linguistics Minor Students:
LING 2310 Introduction to Language 3 hours
LING 2320 Introduction to Linguistics 3 hours
LING 2330 Second Language Acquisition 3 hours
LING 3310 Sociolinguistics and Pragmatics 3 hours
LING 3320 Syntax and Morphology 3 hours
Subtotal 15 hours
Any one course from the list below:
LING 3330 Phonology and Phonetics 3 hours
LING 3340 Historical Linguistics 3 hours
ENGL 3307 History of the English Language 3 hours
ENGL 3315 Advanced Grammar and Style 3 hours
ENGL 3317 The Teaching of English as a Second Language 3 hours
The student may use the linguistics course in a modern language
in this program if the course is not used to fulfill any other requirement.
SPAN 3380 Spanish Linguistics 3 hours
Subtotal 3 hours
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This Week's TV: Say Goodbye To Revolution And Warehouse 13!
Two scifi shows take their final bows this week—and Warehouse 13 is going out with a musical number. Plus, we see the season finales of From Dusk Till Dawn and Supernatural while the summer TV season is just ramping up. See all the latest clips and details below!


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Has anyone had experience with IDENT authentication and JDBC with Tomcat 5.5 and Postresql 8.2 using postgresql-8.2-506.jdbc3? I set ident accross the board in pga_pg_hba.conf and restarted postgres I set up an Ident service and I am able to connect using Ident with su tomcat psql -h locahost tomcat_test But when I connect using JDBC under tomcat String loginUser = "tomcat"; String loginUrl = "jdbc:postgresql://127.0.0.1/tomcat_test"; try { Class.forName("org.postgresql.Driver"); dbcon = DriverManager.getConnection(loginUrl, loginUser, ""); } I get "Ident authentication failed for user tomcat" When I log at the postgres log I see: LOG: invalidly formatted response from Ident server: "47537 , 5432 : ERROR :NO-USER " FATAL: Ident authentication failed for user "tomcat" LOG: invalidly formatted response from Ident server: "47541 , 5432 : ERROR :NO-USER " I started Tomcat using jsvc and confirmed it is running as tomcat and confirmed via System.getProperty("user.name") I was running as tomcat. Also when I test ident standalone I get what appears to be good output [root(at)host3 ~]# telnet localhost 113 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1). Escape character is '^]'. 47568,5432 47568 , 5432 : USERID : Linux :tomcat Connection closed by foreign host. [root(at)host3 ~]# This is a weird one. Thanks in advance for any help on this.
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Halloween 2015
Scream808 returns to Kaka'ako for Halloween 2015 with TWO haunted attractions for the price of ONE.
The Revenge of Dr. Carnage and The Zombie Uprising
Scream808 returns to Kaka'ako for Halloween 2015 with two haunted attractions
The Revenge of Dr. Carnage and General Savage's Zombie Paintball
(Honolulu, HI) – This Halloween, Scream808 returns to Kaka'ako with two interactive Haunted Attractions for the price of one, "The Revenge of Dr. Carnage" haunted house and "General Savage's Zombie Paintball" shooting gallery.
In 2014, Dr. Carnage's House of Horrors took fright fans on a face to face journey with their worst fears and the gruesome reality of one man's transformation from mild mannered doctor to an obsessed nightmare creator. Dr. Carnage has become completely insane crafting his own workshop of terrifying creations. Before you experience "The Revenge of Dr. Carnage" you should ask yourself: What do you fear? What might be lurking inside of you? And what will happen when Dr. Carnage gets ahold of it…?
"We've taken Haunted Houses to a whole new level and now we're ready to come back to town to give everyone some amazing scares that nobody has ever seen before," said organizer DougFarrar. Farrar continued "Our guests will get caught in the Spinning Vortex, get crushed in the Claustrophobia Room and more. Plus, We're bringing zombie shooting to town with General Savage's Zombie Paintball. Our customers will be treated to two experiences for the price of one."
Open dates for "The Revenge of Dr. Carnage" and "General Savage's Zombie Paintball" Haunted Attractionsare October 23, 24, 25, 26,27,28 29, 30, 31, & *1.*November 1st is the blackout walkthrough with no lights and customers will walk with glowsticks.
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AUGUSTA — It was a good day to be Marcques Houston.
The Monmouth High School senior took home a trio of first place finishes — two individual, one relay — at the Mountain Valley Conference outdoor track championships Thursday at Cony High School in helping lead the Mustangs to a tie with Telstar for fifth place.
"Marcques stepped it up," Monmouth coach Tom Menendez said. "He's a leader, he's focused, he anchored the winning 4×8 and he blasted through the 400. The 200 was definitely a season best."
Even with Houston's great day, there was nothing he — or anyone else for that matter — could do to stop Lisbon.
The Greyhound boys and girls won their ninth consecutive MVC titles, the boys doing so in dominant fashion with 177 points. Madison was second with 82. On the girls side. Lisbon needed the 4×400 relay to put Boothbay away 121.50-111. Locally on the boys side, Hall-Dale was seventh (39), Oak Hill ninth (33), Winthrop 11th (21) and Mt. Abram 14th (three). For the local girls, Winthrop was sixth (52), Monmouth seventh (46) and Hall-Dale 10th (31).
Houston took the 400 and 200 in impressive fashion, with times of 52.45 and 23.63 seconds, respectively, but his best performance came at the very start of the day.
He began his leg of the 4×800 with Lisbon in striking distance, but by the time his two laps had finished he had opened up over a 10-second lead. Houston, Stewart Buzzell, Luke and Dylan Thombs posted a final time of 8:49.61, nearly 12 seconds faster than Monmouth's seed time.
"I was talking to (the guys) before the race because I was looking at Class C standings and we were out of first place by about 12 seconds," Houston said. "It was not bad at all. We surprised ourselves for sure."
Hall-Dale coach Jarod Richmond said he was pleased with his teams' efforts but acknowledged the Greyhounds were just too tough.
"The Lisbon boys are very strong and they showed it today," Hall-Dale coach Jarod Richmond said. "With their girls — I was talking with coach (Dean) Hall — and it was very similar to last year on the girls side like it was on the boys side. It all came down to the 4×4. I really feel for Nick Scott, the Boothbay coach; I really know what it feels like to be there.
"On our end I'm really proud of what we did today. We had a lot of kids PR."
One of those athletes Richmond was proud of was senior Steven Longfellow, who jumped 41-feet, 2-inches to edge out Oak Hill's Drew Gamage (41-3/4) in the triple jump. Longfellow added a third in the 300 hurdles, while teammate Steven Hubert placed third in the 110 hurdles.
Gamage had a strong day for the Raiders, adding second place results in the high jump (6-0) and long jump (19-5 1/2). Teammate Derek Gamage was third in the high jump.
On the girls side, it was a strong day for Winthrop's Rachel Ingram. The Rambler won the long jump (15-9 1/2), took second in the triple jump (33-5 1/4) and anchored Winthrop's winning 4×100 and runner-up 4×400 relays. Ingram teamed with Julie McConnell, Allison Berube and Emily Molino to record a time of 55.79 in the 4×100, while in the 4×400 she teamed with Joy Cognata, Jada Choate and Molly Kieltyka to post a time of 4:43.41.
"She had a phenomenal day," Winthrop coach Ed Van Tassel said of Ingram. "She showed her composure, showed she was a leader and came through for her teammates big time."
Hall-Dale's Emma Watson clocked a 13:05.83 to place second in the 3,200, Rina Miyata set a new school record of 6-0 in the pole vault — good enough for second — and Lilly Ly placed third in the discus.
Monmouth's 4×800 and 4×400 relay teams of Shayna Frost, Tiffany Pease, Sydney Wilson and Ashleigh Hartford also had nice days, placing second and third, respectively.
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Lemberg (Sep. 6)
Stanislaw Steiger, a young Jewish student, was arrested here to-day in connection with the gas bomb hurled at President Stanislaw Wojciechowski, during a parade on the streets of the city.
The bomb which was filled with gas exploded but caused no harm, although a panic was created by the explosion. The arrested man does not belong to any of the Jewish parties. It is stated that he was mentally deranged.


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Morning notes: Lamar getting look at RB
Friday morning marked USF's second spring practice -- no pads until Saturday, but lots of good notes from the opening hour, with more to come once we talk to coaches and players around 11:30 this morning.
-- Speedy senior Lindsey Lamar got all of his work at running back in that first hour -- coaches continue to try to find ways to get him the ball in the open field. He opened his USF career at running back, but lined up at receiver the last two years, though he had more rushes (17) on reverses and option pitches, etc., than he did receptions (11) last year. USF has great depth at receiver, and he still could wind up seeing time at both positions, in addition to his contributions on special teams, where he's topped 800 yards on kickoff returns each of the last two years. Lamar won the Big East indoor track title in the 60 meters, and is running this weekend in the Bulls Invitational in the 100, 200 and 4x100.
-- Senior linebacker Mike Jeune has missed the first two practices -- turns out he went to Ghana with Sam Barrington (who has gone there to see his father each year since he's been at USF) but couldn't return this week due to passport problems. The proper documentation is on its way and Jeune should be back in Tampa soon. He's staying with Barrington's father -- the two linebackers have been best friends since they played together in high school in Jacksonville. (Here's a link to our story on Barrington's first trip to Ghana two years ago.)
-- Not sure of the severity of the injury, but sophomore punter Chris Veron, who had a shot to unseat Justin Brockhaus-Kann this spring, watched practice with a boot on his right foot. If it's any longterm absence, that could hurt Veron, who could see redshirt freshman walk-on Mattias Ciabatti grab the starting punting job from Brockhaus-Kann this spring.
-- With three-year starter Mike Walsh gone, USF has an opening for a long-snapper, and it looks like walk-on David Burdetsky is first in line there. The only other player working on long-snapping Friday, curiously, was tight end Isaac Virgin, who at 6-4, 256 pounds, would bring considerable size to the position.
-- USF is hosting its annual coaching clinic this weekend, so there were a hundred-plus coaches watching Friday's morning practice. Bucs coach Greg Schiano and former Miami coach Randy Shannon are the keynotes speakers tonight. It's a good way to get updates on former coaches -- former USF linebackers coach David Blackwell, out of college football the last two years, is now defensive coordinator at Fordham.
-- Lou Holtz was among those watching Friday's practice, making his first visit of 2012. When you see a golf cart labeled "Coach Holtz," that's never for Skip, who saves that title for his father.
-- Nearly all the new spring walk-ons are still in streetclothes and haven't gotten jerseys yet -- not sure when that will happen, but one of the hopefuls is former Largo offensive lineman Stefan Konjanovski, a two-year starter who graduated in 2010.
-- Other musings: With Jon Lejiste limited this spring, it's worth noting that Friday's second-string safeties were redshirt freshman C.J. Garye (who made a nice pick in drills) and walk-on Trevon Griffin, who sat out last season after transferring from Navy. ... Four players took snaps at center with the quarterbacks at the start of drills: Austin Reiter, Thor Jozwiak, John McGhin and Chandlor Mathews. ... Among those getting work on punt returns: Terrence Mitchell, Lindsey Lamar, Chris Dunkley, Derrick Hopkins, Fidel Montgomery and Kenneth Durden.


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This styling tool was a very thoughtful gift I received for my 22nd birthday on July 4th. I had never heard of this brand previously, but this product was purchased at a typical department store to my knowledge. My hair is naturally wavy, tends to frizz, and is hard to tame in general, due to the fact that I live in the relentless Texas heat. The only other styling iron I have owned that worked on my hair was *gasp* a CHI, which unfortunately shorted out on me a couple years ago. For a flat iron lacking heat adjustment, I was shocked at how well this product worked for me.
This professional styling iron features 'Tourmaline Ceramic Technology' which provides even temperature during usage to avoid hot spots, and reduce split ends and frizz. The iron heats up to 410 F and has a tangle-free 360 degree cord. The design of the iron is black with white polka-dots and the ceramic 1" plates are deep pink. Neat/great extra? This flat iron came with a thermal travel pouch, that has a pocket for extras on the back, as well as an elastic band that allows you to situate your *properly* wrapped cord for safe transport.
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Little Bloom on the Prairie
- Producer
- Prairie Fruits Farm
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Illinois
- Size
- 3 ins diameter, 1 in high
- Weight
- 6-8oz
- Website
- www.prairiefruits.com
- Milk
- Goat
- Classification
- Soft
- Rennet
- Animal
- Rind
- Mold Ripened
Located near Champagn, in southern Illinois, Prairie Fruits Farm is owned by Leslie Cooperband and Wes Jarrell, who bought it in 2005 with a view to operate a mixed use, small-scale fruit farm and goat dairy.
With careers as professors within the Wisconsin and Illinois university systems, (Wes as head of Agricultural Science, and Leslie with a strong background in soil science and management) both bring a great deal of experience to farming life. Wes generally takes care of the goats and does the milking, while Leslie oversees the cheesemaking, with help from Alisa, who is Assistant Cheesemaker.
The herd of Nubian and La Mancha milking goats currently numbers about 60 within a closed herd system. The milk is of extremely good quality and yields exceptionally high solids.
Leslie produces several different varieties of cheese, ranging from a fresh chèvre through to a raw milk blue. Most of her sales take place at Farmers' Markets or go to select retail stores, where invariably demand exceeds supply.
The most recent development is that Prairie Fruits Farm is buying a limited quantity of sheep's milk from a local Amish dairy farmer. To that end, Leslie has started experimenting with several sheep's milk cheeses that compliment the existing range of goat's milk cheese.
Little Bloom on the Prairie was one of the first cheeses to be produced at Prairie Fruits Farm and is regularly produced throughout the season.
A mold ripened cheese, Little Bloom has a white, flossy rind and bone-white interior. The texture is delicate, soft and yielding.
Flavors are extremely clean and lactic, with notes of citrus, hay and mushrooms.


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Despite the Governor's best
worst intentions, the citizens of Illinois may now join their fellows in the other 49 states–and bear arms:
The last holdout on allowing the public possession of concealed guns, Illinois joined the rest of the nation Tuesday as lawmakers raced to beat a federal court deadline in adopting a carry law over Gov. Pat Quinn's objections.
Massive majorities in the House and Senate voted to override changes the Democratic governor made just a week ago in an amendatory veto.
All is not rainbows and unicorns, however. One of the most cash-strapped states in the nation couldn't let an opportunity go for raising a bit of the green.
The law that took effect Tuesday permits anyone with a Firearm Owner's Identification card who has passed a background check and undergone gun-safety training of 16 hours — longest of any state — to obtain a concealed-carry permit for $150.
The Illinois State Police has six months to set up a system to start accepting applications. Spokeswoman Monique Bond said police expect 300,000 applications in the first year.
But, at least now it (getting a permit) is reachable. Perhaps those of us in states where procuring the same permit costs $10 should consider helping those in Illinois. In fact, if you have family or friends there who would take advantage of the new law, it sounds like nearly perfect timing for this year's Christmas gifting.


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Waalre, Netherlands, 2011/10/13 - Hexagon Metrology put out the welcome mat and invited current and future customers to an open day which showcased the Benelux debut of the new Cognitens 3D white light measuring system - HexagonMetrology.com. Nordic Exchange: HEXA B
At the same time TESA celebrated its 70th corporate anniversary.
On 29 September 2011 the doors in Waalre were thrown open to a large number of visitors who were given the opportunity to experience various measuring machines first hand and to explore the advantages of various products.
Hexagon Metrology Benelux has been an independent sales company since 1 July 2011. "With its new autonomy Hexagon Metrology Benelux is now in a better position to bring products closer to customers in the Benelux countries," explained Erwin Andes, Area Manager at Hexagon Metrology Benelux. "Our standing as an independent sales company enables us to react more quickly and effectively to the needs and wishes of Benelux customers."
During the one-day event Hexagon Metrology visitors were able to attend several informative presentations, including one on the 70th corporate anniversary of TESA. Pascal Siebens, TESA Benelux Area Manager, is proud that the company has now been investing very successfully in new products for more than 70 years. "It is our aim to invest more in the R&D fields and deepen the knowledge about Hexagon Metrology. This event gave us the opportunity to question customers directly about their needs and investigate market requirements." In addition to the 20-minute TESA presentation, the new generation of Cognitens 3D white light measuring systems met with great interest. This new system was shown for the first time in Benelux at the open day. The manual Cognitens WLS400M measuring system and the automatic Cognitens WLS400A measuring system use digital stereo-vision technology for the acquisition of high-precision 3D data.
In addition to the Cognitens white light system, visitors were able to gain a first-hand impression of the extensive product portfolio of the largest metrology group in the world. As one of its highlights Hexagon Metrology presented the ROMER Absolute Arm, the most accurate ROMER coordinate measuring machine ever produced, the Optiv Classic 321 GL tp multi-sensor measuring machine as well as the DEA GLOBAL Silver Advantage measuring machine. Others included the battery-powered Leica Absolute Tracker AT401, the high-precision Leitz Reference HP coordinate measuring machine as well as various TESA products.
In September 2011 Hexagon Metrology Benelux launched its own website. "Customers now have access to information in their own languages on our website," Erwin Andes explains. He is sure that Hexagon Metrology will be expanding the Benelux market over the next few years and wants to increase the recognition of the Hexagon Metrology brand, also thanks to the positive after-sales market. "Our choice of Waalre as our company headquarters was perfect," he adds. "The company is located at the heart of the Benelux region in close proximity to the high-tech campus in Eindhoven, where more than 90 companies and institutes have set up shop. Our service and support teams can therefore reach our customers quickly and easily when they are needed."
Hexagon Metrology
Hexagon Metrology (hexagonmetrology.nl / hexagonmetrology.be) is part of the Hexagon AB Group and includes leading metrology brands such as Brown & Sharpe, Cognitens, DEA, Leica Geosystems (Metrology Division), Leitz, m&h Inprocess Messtechnik, Optiv, PC-DMIS, QUINDOS, ROMER and TESA. Hexagon Metrology brands represent an unrivaled global installed base of millions of Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMMs), portable measuring systems and handheld instruments, and tens of thousands of metrology software licenses. Hexagon Metrology empowers its customers to fully control manufacturing processes that rely on dimensional precision, ensuring that products manufactured precisely conform to the original product design. The company offering of machines, systems and software is complemented by a wide range of product support, aftermarket and value-added services.
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WXDU is excited to announce the second installment in our spring local music series!
Join us for the second show in the series on MARCH 7th at the DUKE COFFEEHOUSE with SOLAR HALOS, MOUNTAIN THROWER, and RUSCHA.
Doors are at 8:00 p.m. and the show starts at 9:00 p.m.
This Friday at the Duke Coffeehouse, it's the first in our new spring Local Music Series, featuring three of the best bands Durham has to offer.
Tune in THIS WEDNESDAY 10pm-12am for a special "Pull Down the Shades" with guest DJ Daniel Lupton. Daniel is the man behind Sorry State: the label, the distro and store (http://www.sorrystaterecords.com/). Since 2005 he's ran the label out of his Carrboro home and put out a slew of amazing punk LPs & 45s, both local (Whatever Brains, Double Negative, Brain F≠, Cross Laws, Stripmines, etc.) and non-local (The Shitty Limits, Instängd, The #1s, Broken Prayer, Libyans, Rough Kids, etc.). He also runs a primo distro for the best in punk/hardcore/garage/metal and beyond and recently opened up a new storefront in Raleigh (317 W. Morgan St.). Daniel knows his stuff. We're very excited to have him spin some records for a few hours. You won't wanna miss it! Listen live 88.7fm or stream it on our website (that little box in the top right corner of our homepage)!
Sunday, February 9, 2014, 9-10pm marks the exact day and time the Beatles first appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show 50 years ago. Love 'em or hate 'em, the Beatles' first short appearance on the show was arguably "the show that launched ten-thousand bands," ushering in the garage and psychedelic musical revolution in the mid-sixties. Music was never the same (And you won't be either, after you hear these novelty records)! Robby will be focusing on the humorous knock-offs, tribues, radio promos, and joke records released in the era just after "Beatlemania" hit the US shores. Tune in from 9-10pm Sunday night right here at WXDU!
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Lately there have been a lot of buzz about cyberbullying in the news. This is something which hasn't been in the news before, only the last couple of years. Thats quit logic, the new smartphone wave now reaches the 10 year olds, and sometimes even with kids from let say 7 or 8 years old.
Especially kids are very vulnerable to online threats like cyberbullying and other unwanted behaviour. Kids need to learn how to behave online and need to be educated about privacy matters and the harm you can do for their future of their lives and to others. Nothing new so far. But let me tell you a little story about a girl in my son's class.
Lets say here name is Anne. Anne is a 13 year old pretty girl from Rotterdam. She looks older then she actually is. High grades, good in sports and a fun loving girl to see. She owns a smartphone…..
Before she owned the device Anne had been complaining that everyone else had a smartphone except herself. Her parents finally accepted that their duaghter was growing up and she basically earned the phone due to good grades an good behaviour. Nothing special so far…. Her parents decided to take the step and thoroughly invested some time in making the decision and do what they as parents had to do. They asked themselves a few questions:
What's the right age?
Do we buy the latest model?
Prepare and sitting down with her?
Do we Set restrictions on the device?
Subscription, minutes, free texting?
Should you get them a dumb/feature phone instead?
All good questions to ask, and they took some time to figure out the best tactics.
All went well for a while, Anne could handle the responsibility and took notice over the wise tips her parent gave her when she finally got the so much wanted Galaxy S series.
Up to one day, when Anne's mother noticed different behaviour from her daughter. nervous, frustrated, and constantly checking her smartphone.
Since she had a good relationship with Anne, she decided just to ask if there was anything wrong with her, and if it had anything to do with her owning a smartphone. Anne, denied and just said that she had some trouble concentrating in the classroom since that new kid joined her class. For Anne's mother however that answer wasn't good enough! She decided to take a look at Anne's phone. When Anne's mother made that decision to take a sneak look she felt a little ashamed for spying on her daughters smartphone, but she knew it was for good reasons. She simply protected her.
In the next couple of weeks Anne's mother had plenty of opurtunities to take a look at Anne's phone, only she had protected her phone with a pincode and/or facial recognition. Weeks went by and Anne's mother tried to figure out what Anne's pincode was. No luck, after a few times of trying she almost gave up on it. Although Anne's behaviour with her smartphone wasn't that nervous or dedicated anymore.
One day the family came back from a weekend at their summerhouse. After 2 hours of driving, Anne who was sitting in the backseat of the car fel asleep. She had just unlocked her smartphone with the facial recognition feature. Anne's mother immediately understood this was her chance to take a look at her daughters smartphone! She asked her husband to stop at a restaurant. She took the phone carefully from Anne's hand, but the phone was locked already! She then did something very clever, she carefully positioned the phone before her sleeping daughters face and tried to unlock the phone. It worked! Anne's father who had been viewing this remarkable behaviour of his wife, was too surprised to say anything. " I will explain later" she said while driving from the restaurant back home.
15 minutes went by, 25 minutes went by. Then Anne's father asked his wife what the hell she was doing! She explained, and Anne's father could understand why his wife wanted to take a look at their daughters Smartphone, although he wasn't very happy with the situation. A few minutes later she placed the phone on the backseat next to her sleeping daughter. And was quiet, very quiet!
Anne's mother felt ashamed, how on earth could she betrayed her daughter this way by spying on her phone! Anne's smartphone didn't reveal any behaviour she shouldn't do online. Anne was the perfect daughter she had always been. Why didn't she trust her? Why was she so curious what was going on? Was it imagination? She had a lot to explain.
The NSA wants to behave like a parent. They want to be able to defend western territory. They want to know what YOUR kid is doing online, day in day out. They want to know what YOU, reading this blog are are doing day in day out, worldwide. All governments want this. Lets not forget the Google's and the Facebooks of our time, they also want to know everything about YOU!
And last but not least, maybe even parents want to know everything what their kids are doing online.
Remo Hardeman
CEO Omerta Information Security


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For those of us who follow the recruiting process, rankings aren't always an accurate data point when measuring the likelihood of immediate success at the collegiate level. Sometimes, the biggest factor is player retention. Which freshman will be given an opportunity? Sometimes the biggest factor is "fit". How does this new crop of talented freshman adapt to playing for a new coach in a new system? Sometimes it's maturity. How do these first year players handle being away from home for the first time? How do they handle balancing their training and school work?
There are many factors which contribute to the immediate success of a particular freshmen class. It's the reason rankings are more feel than they are science. Most of the 2013 class is now committed and the early entry date to declare for the NBA Draft is behind us. Armed with more information we look at 15 players ready to make an instant impact on College Basketball in the fall.
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15. JOEL EMBIID, Kansas (7-0, C)
There is no doubt Joel Embiid has the tools to one day be a lottery pick. The question is how quickly will he transform from prospect to player? Lately, there's been enough evidence to suggest it's going to happen faster than many expected. It feels like the calm before the storm. Embiid has the talent and opportunity to emerge as a one-and-done star for Kansas. Jeff Withey is gone and a vacancy in the middle is ripe for the picking. Embiid can protect the rim, rebound his area, and make shots out to 10 feet. As his feel for the game improves, the sky is the limit for the international big man. His freshman year might be similar to what we saw with Andre Drummond at Uconn. Early in the season he might even look like he's running wind sprints while there is a high level basketball game going on around him. But eventually the light is going to come on. When it does, he's going to shoot up this board.