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New KDE Telepathy brings Better Text Editing and Improved Notifications
Good news, everyone! The KDE Telepathy team has just released version 0.6.0 of KDE Telepathy (KTp), KDE's instant messaging suite. This version brings a number of new features as well as a large amount of bug fixes.
About KDE Telepathy
KDE Telepathy is an instant messaging suite built upon the Telepathy framework. KDE Telepathy provides text chat, video calls and file transfer services over many popular instant messaging platforms including Facebook Chat and Google Talk. In addition KTp provides libraries for embedding instant messaging or real-time collaboration inside your application.
KDE Telepathy follows the philosophy that communication is a service offered to applications and the desktop. A more in-depth technical explanation can be read over here, but in practice, this means that KDE Telepathy consists of independent components. This allows KDE Telepathy to be well integrated with Plasma by providing plasmoids and runner interfaces as well as providing the traditional contact list and chatting application. This level of desktop integration allows endless possibilities and greater freedom in the way in which you interact with your contacts. Boundaries of Telepathy however do not stop at communication, the next step is collaboration, for example games can take advantage of Telepathy and provide a multi-player capabilities without the hassle of setting up network connections.
New Features
This release brings in a number of major new features. An overview:
Kopete log migration
Clearer message notifications
Better text editing
KTp has made adding emoticons easier too, with a new optional emoticon toolbar.
Advanced notifications
Improved password and security management
Under the hood changes and cleanups
0.6.0 features completely redone connection error notifications and other important UI areas.
Core filtering plugins
KTp has an extended range of message plugins to make chatting more dynamic and interactive.
Text messages can be formatted in bold or italics
Youtube links are show and can be played directly in your chat window
Links to bugzilla are shown inline with the bug title and resolution
When sending messages can use your KDE webshortcuts to make it quicker to send links
Messages containing your name are highlighted and a special notification with sound can be emitted. This is especially useful if you lurk in conference rooms
Getting 0.6
After this huge list of awesome new things, you might want to try KTp for yourself! So, where to get it?
First of all, the source tarballs are available from the KDE download servers. This contains our full set of applications and applets.
Most distributions, including openSUSE (in the KDE-extra repository), Fedora and Kubuntu, have packages available already or will have, soon. Note that you will need the full set of packages for KTp to work properly. In most distributions, that means installing the right repository and getting the ktp* packages.
Of course, if you find issues or think of possible improvements, you can either file a bug or join development!
meta contacts
Any chance to have meta contacts? Really a lot of users are stuck with kopete just for this (including me). I have gtalk, msn, icq and facebook and very often I have the same guy on all of these protocols... multiply for 100 and you can imagine how long my contact list is....
By Andrea Z. at Tue, 2013/04/09 - 1:02pm
This will be solved once the first version of the "KPeople" library (currently under development) is out and KDE Telepathy is ported to use it.
By Luca Beltrame at Tue, 2013/04/09 - 4:28pm
Metacontacts in KDE Telepathy 0.7
By Alexey Korepov at Fri, 2013/10/25 - 6:12am
I just gave it another test. Looks good :-) Seems like it is really up for being a Kopete replacement soon. The main thing I am missing is contact grouping and a connection to Kaddressbook. Wasn't this in the making already?
By Mark at Tue, 2013/04/09 - 2:28pm
Better handling of dropped network connections?
As per the subject - everytime I try telepathy I end up disabling it as it is hopeless at reconnecting/reautherising after the net connection drops, plus endless notifications about that.
Since I use wireless and hibernate/sleep my PC regularly happens multiple times during the day.
By Lindsay Mathieson at Tue, 2013/04/09 - 9:31pm
How to add en_GB dictionary
I suppose this question also applies for other dictionaries. How does one add a dictionary to KTp? I tried to look for a manual for a how to somewhere but couldn't find one. If it's switching the application language I already have the kde-l10n-engb package installed, but am unable to select it in KTp.
Thanks for all the hard work!
By Rewarp at Wed, 2013/04/10 - 5:05am
One of the things that keeps me from migrating away frm Kopete, or having to look at non-KDE solutions, is a need for OTR-enabled clients.
By Samir Nassar at Wed, 2013/04/10 - 9:05am
That would ideed be very cool :-)
I am looking forward to OTR support too.
By Mark at Wed, 2013/04/10 - 10:57pm
Privacy options
I've tried to switch from Pidgin to Telepathy a few times. Then I get russian hackers asking me if I want to talk on my old hotmail (MSN Messenger) account. I much prefer whitelisting to blacklisting...blacklisting bots is just futile. Please add basic privacy options like the old "Accept messages only from people on my contact list". MSN will be taken out back behind the barn and shot in the head soon enough, but if you can't rely on the individual service to provide privacy options, then it falls back to the client.
By Aoxo at Thu, 2013/04/11 - 6:36am
Very nice
Just tried. Really nice. Moved my history from Kopete :)
By Nikita Krupenko at Sat, 2013/04/13 - 12:03am
I see 13 tarballs in the download directory of telepathy.
By Alan at Sat, 2013/06/01 - 12:15am
Design flaw
I've just moved to kde and not sure if I'm missing something but atm the way I have to interact with telepathy doesn't make much sense. IM Contacts are fine, got the sys-tray with a keyboard shortcut and all but I open the Text UI, join a few jooms, chat to a few people and the only thing I can do with that window is to minimize it. I close it and all my rooms are gone... I connect to hipchat that my company uses for internal international communications and I have to join lots of rooms at startup. And I can only re-join them one by one which makes it pretty useless for anything else that a quick facebook chat. Is there another application that would integrate better into the whole Telepathy platform better than Text UI?
By Vigintas at Sat, 2013/06/29 - 1:48pm
Contact Plasmoid Protocol Icon
So far I really like KTp, it integrates all my accounts very nicely. However the contact list plasmoid doesn't show the protocol icon for each contact, so when you have the same contact on multiple accounts, it can be confusing. Could this be added in?
One thing I really miss from when I was using pidgin is skype avatars. In KTp, all skype contacts are just replaced with the default avatar instead of the correct avatar.
By Scott at Tue, 2013/07/09 - 12:35pm
Is there a bug, can someone help fix it?
By Jamesvn at Wed, 2013/07/10 - 3:33am
Getting help/fixing bugs
There are other KDE resources that are more effective than Dot story comments for getting help. In addition, using these other support resources make it possible for other people to benefit from solutions.
You can look on bugs.kde.org to see if this has been reported as a bug, and the status if it has been.
Please visit forum.kde.org. There is a section there about KDE Telepathy, which is monitored by KTp developers.
By Carl Symons at Wed, 2013/07/10 - 10:52am
Gadu Gadu
By fatino at Sat, 2013/10/19 - 6:57pm
Gadu Gadu
Nope... I'm afraid there is not much alternative to using Kadu for GG (it can handle also GTalk and Facebook Chat). It integrates with KDE quite well:
By PTR at Tue, 2013/10/22 - 2:08pm
OTR and Auto-reply on Away
I would use KDE Telepathy once it has OTR (off the record) messaging support.
So far, I only see minor UI updates and message parsing features after months of waiting for a new release.
By Skeith at Sat, 2013/12/14 - 8:44am
OTR is a must
With everthing we have learned about the NSA's blanket collection of internet communications and the fact that SSL to any server is useless given the fact that the very same service providers are more than likely handing the unencrypted communications directly to them anyway, OTR is an absolute must before I switch from Kopete.
By Bobbb at Mon, 2014/01/27 - 12:03am
OTR is a reason why pidgin stays
i was paranoid even before it was not paranoid and i support your message.
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Renowned neurosurgeon Dr. Jason Cole (Steven Pasquale) has it all - including a dark secret. Every night at 8:25pm, Jason's body is overtaken by a dangerous alternate personality who goes by the name "Ian Price" (also Steven Pasquale). For years, Jason has been able to restrain Ian with the help of an intense pharmaceutical cocktail - that is, until today. Now Ian is free and hell-bent on seeking revenge, which could jeopardize Jason's life, career, and budding romance with Dr. Lena Solis (Alana De La Garza).
THIS SHOW IS AWESOME. And it was deleted, WTF?
silly pilot, but i'll watch second episode - just for laughs :)
Strange pilot, but definitely interesting

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Because the student/faculty ratio in Marywood's English Program is 8:1, students receive a lot of personal attention and guidance. Students often work closely with faculty members on individual research projects, and faculty members frequently assist students with co-curricular activities.
English Program: Faculty & Staff
Good Reads
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Recommended by: Amanda Rosemergy
Full Time Faculty
Helen Bittel, Ph.D.Associate Professor of English
Victorian Literature and Children's Literature
Deborah Brassard, Ph.D.Associate Professor
Modern British Literature, Modern American Literature, and Shakespeare
Agnes Cardoni, Ph.D.Associate Professor
Composition, 20th Century American Literature, Feminist Theory, and English Education
Bill Conlogue, Ph.D.Professor
19th and 20th Century American Literature
Sr. Christine Mihelich, I.H.M., Ph.D.Assistant Professor
18th Century Fiction and Catholic Writers
Erin Sadlack, Ph.D.Chair, Associate Professor
Medieval and Early Modern British Literature, Women's Studies, and Rhetoric and Composition


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Paladin (Barded Warhorse)The bravest of warriors, Paladins charge into battle either mounted or on foot, bringing righteous death in the Lady's name.
Paladins are powerful heroes renowned through Bretonnia for their chivalry and feats of arms. Many of them are high-ranking nobles, holding titles such as earl or baron, while others hold warrior titles like marshal or warden. Paladins are powerful fighters, and make good leaders for units of Knights. Most Paladins are elite Grail Knights, having supped of the Lady's cup and attained everlasting life. Their courage, valour and loyalty are beyond reproach, and they defend the palaces of the Lady to the death. Considered by the people as paragons of society, Paladins attract crowds when they visit, held aloft by all as the very pinnacle of Bretonnian chivalry and brilliance.
Unit NamePaladin (Barded Warhorse)
Main Unit Keywh_main_brt_cha_paladin_4
Land Unit Keywh_main_brt_cha_paladin_4
Naval Unit Keywh_main_shp_transport
Land Unit GroupMelee Specialist
Naval Unit GroupMelee Specialist
Recruitment Cost1200
Upkeep Cost300
Melee Attack45
├ Melee Weaponwh_main_brt_sword_hero
├ Melee Damage Base255
├ Melee Damage Ap135
├ Armour PiercingNo
├ Bonus vs Cavalry0
├ Bonus vs Elephants20
└ Bonus vs Infantry0
Charge Bonus70
├ Base Defence40
├ Shieldwh_missile_block_35_wood
└ Shield Defence0
├ Armourwh2_main_plate_105
├ Armour Defence105
└ Shield Armour35
├ Man Entitywh_main_infantry_standard_hero_blood_dismembers
├ Man Speed34
├ Man Health8
├ Bonus Hit Points4160
├ Mountwh_main_brt_mnt_warhorse_barded
├ Mount Entitywh_main_brt_cavalry_barded_blood
├ Mount Speed75
└ Mount Health8
Leadership (Base Morale)65
- Guardian
In the midst of a bloodbath it's good to know that someone has your back.
- Deadly Onslaught
Such is the power and ferocity of the champion, that those who stand in his way will falter against the warrior's impact.
- Foe-Seeker
There are those who wish nothing more than to be at the heart of battle, seeking foes to vanquish.
- Encourage
This unit provides a Lord's aura and an encouraging unit will receive the larger of the two bonuses.
- Hide (forest)
This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
Strengths & Weaknesses
- Armoured & Shielded
Armoured units can block damage from any source apart from Shields have a chance of blocking arrows, bolts, rifle shots and similar small arms fire - but only in a forward facing arc.
- Anti-Large
Anti-large units have an advantage against targets that are at least as large as a horse. This advantage can be a damage bonus against large targets or an attack that focuses on a very small area. However, some units are simply better against large targets because their attacks are slow and easy to dodge by skilled melee combatants.
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First of all I moved your topic from General to here.TonyS6 wrote:Will Poco ever develop support for syncing the Calendar function with Blackberry? Or syncing Outlook calendar with Barca Pro calendar (so my Blackberry can synch with Outlook)?
My pleasure TonyS6.TonyS6 wrote:Thanks!
Did you import your data as described at Importing your data into Barca?I tried to import my Outlook calendar in Barca Pro. Of course, it didn't work. All it did was populate the Barca Pro calendar with "Busy" for the relevant times and dates.
That should certainly be possible.Now I am checking to see if Barca calendar entries can be exported to Outlook. Keeping my fingers crossed!
Glad it's working now.TonyS6 wrote:Yes, I can make appointments in Barca, export to Outlook and it works perfectly. Hence, I can now synch with Blackberry. VICTORY!!!
Maybe CalendarScope can handle that.Now if I can figure out how to remove all the BUSY entries that I can't remove or edit (generated from trying to import Outlook calendar entries ...)
Under Vista you'll find it under C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\Barca Pro\CalendarTonyS6 wrote:Where do I find the calendar file so I can delete it?
Pity it didn't work either. It seems those records are locked.By the way, I tried to use that Calendar you suggested. It had the same problem with Outlook which means that it is a Outlook problem (or I am lousy at exporting Outlook!!!!).
Maybe it's under My documents ...TonyS6 wrote:I use XP, but there is no calendar file in the program files / barcapro2 directory.
calendar.dat & recur.datAny other ideas? what is the actual name of the file?
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Selected as Party of the Day on January 10th!
{Love Rocks!} Rockin' the Valentine's Party Scene
Party Recap
Valentine's Day is coming up and Southern Belle's Charm wanted to give you some inspiration.
I am a southern girl, but have lived in Las Vegas for a few years now.
So with a great deal of west coast influence in my design style, I present to you: {Love Rocks!} Vegas Style!.
Everything in Vegas Rocks: the people, the music, the lights and the clothes!
So when dreaming up the Valentine's Party - what better than a Rockstar Theme!
What kid doesn't love guitars, bright colors and loud music.
The uber talented and so sweet, Paula of Frog Prince Paperie was kind enough to design the most gorgeous {Love Rocks}Valentine's Printables Collection for the party. The girl has mad design skills and totally showed her inner Rocker! Paula also designed the most adorable {Valentine's}and {Coloring Pages}!
Piggy Bank Parties designed the most amazing {Backstage Entrance Sign}
that we used so the kids could {Rock Out & Jam} with their guitars.
It was a blast seeing the talent - they are definitely future Rock Stars in the making!
Piggy Bank Parties also made this adorable {LOVE ROCKS Banner}and {Favor Envleopes}!
As soon as I saw these {Mini Gable Boxes} that Pam of Party Starters is using this year, I knew they would be absolutely perfect for the {Love Rocks} Valentine's Party! She was so wonderful to coordinate them to match the fabulous designs by Frog Prince Paperie.
The {Dessert Table} featured sweets from some seriously talented women!
Above the table, we hung {DIY guitars}that ended up being great fun later in the party!
{Rockin' Cupcakes} courtesy of Kari of Retro Bakery and the AMAZING {Tini Banners} courtesy of Do of the fabulous Piggy Bank Parties.
Fell in love with these {Mini Doughnuts} from Nicole of Dough-a-Deer!
The kids loved drinking Crush through the doughnuts!
The adorable {Orange Creme Homemade Marshmallows & Mini Heart Cookies} were courtesy of Sara from Dandy Delights. The kids went crazy for them!
The kids and parents ALL loved these {LOVE ROCKS} cookies by Nikki of The Sweetest Thing! The boys had a great time strumming the guitars before they ate them! Nikki is selling these cookies for Valentine's Day - so make sure you place your order.
How fun for kids' school treats!
Favor tags available from Frog Prince Paperie to match!
Love, Love, Love this new trend by the fabulous Terri of Terri's Treasures! She calls them {Cake Balls} but I call them AMAZING! The presentation in the mini heart boxes is divine! If you are a {non-chocolate lover like me - don't judge} these are perfect in lieu of truffles! Terri also provided the {Cake Balls on a Straw} with the chocolate letters that spell {LOVE ROCKS}!
Melissa of Frosted made the most adorable {Cake Pops} for the Party!
Kim of Little Ladybug Designs was so kind to create {Thank You Cards}!
As a southern girl, I believe children should write thank yous.
The kids love the {Custom Love Rocks} tattoos by Ali of Buttonhead!
A {Special Thank You} to all of the incredibly talented women
that I had the opportunity of collaborating on with this project!
Party Helpers
Frog Prince Paperie
Piggy Bank Parties
Retro Bakery
Cake designer
Party Starters
Party Favors
Pink Peony Photography
Terri's Treasures
Dandy Delights
The Sweetest Thing
Cake designer
Little Ladybug Designs
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Jillian L wrote:
What an insane party! I'm so impressed with what you and all these fabulous party women have put together. I'm continually blown away by all your talents! This party makes me so happy to look at! -- Jillian (Catch My Party)
Southern Belle's Charm wrote:
Thanks Jillian! It was such a good time!
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She previously held the position of Co-Principal Viola in Ireland with the RTE National Symphony Orchestra and also with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
Cheremie was born and brought up in the south of England starting her musical career after a birthday gift of a recorder whilst still at infant school. Her grandfather handed down his beloved violin when she was aged seven and after a brief daliance with the flute her path was set. Inspired by her violin teacher she joined the local string orchestra which from the first rehearsal fired a passion for orchestral playing which remains to this day.
At the age of fourteen she was persuaded to give the viola a go because the orchestra was so short of players, but she took a great deal of convincing that it should take over from the violin. After a lesson with David Takeno and on his recommendation finally she made the move and after two years entered The Guildhall School of Music and Drama where she continued to study with him until graduating in 1992.
From the GSMD she went to Ireland as the Co-Principal Viola in the RTE National Symphony Orchestra, six years later she moved on to BBC National Orchestra of Wales, also as Co-Principal Viola. Cheremie moved to London in 2000 working as a freelance player whilst juggling her career with family life; she has two children. In 2009 she became a full member of the viola section of the Philharmonia Orchestra.
"I took up running after joining the Philharmonia as a result of the erratic schedule and touring (and ALL that sitting still!) making it hard to keep fit. Now truly hooked I am working towards half marathon distance."


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Jenn@Incito necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 76 diseños de 17 diseñadores freelance.
Incito or Incito Consulting
Career Coaching (career change/transition, career development, coaching new leaders), Facilitaton/Training. I work with people to find their personal drive and develop their career into what they deeply desire for fulfilling work and ensure it fits into their life's balance. I help new managers become mentors and leaders their teams look up to.
Professionals looking to find new employment, professionals within an organization looking to energize their careers and take them to the next level. Companies looking for a consultant to work with their employees to build their careers in the company. Coaching new supervisors and managers wishing to become effective managers and mentors.
Simple, hip, modern, fresh logo. Neither too masculine or feminine. Logo can either incorporate "Incito" only or "Incito Consulting".
Examples of logos I like are:
Incito in latin means: excite & inspire
I like fireflies... I just thought they might be fun since they're a symbol of inspiration. BUT, I'm open to all ideas.
Be creative... I'm looking for something fresh!
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Most cars today have low fuel lights. As Motoring 2008 proved the other day, this can mean anywhere from 50 to 188 km left in the tank.
Some cars also have trip computers which typically show, among other things, Distance to Empty.
But in my recollection, every single one of those switches to "Refuel soon!" or some such message, as soon as it gets below 50 km to empty, so you don't really know how far you really have to go.
Seems to me this is precisely when you would MOST WANT to know this number! So why do they take it away? Are they just trying to scare you into re-fuelling right now? What if this means diving off into some scary part of town when you really didn't have to?
"Bonfire of the Vanities" was a lousy
book and a worse movie, but l still don't want to replicate the opening scene.
(If you don't know the story just ignore that last sentence. It isn't worth the
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The review and analysis under paragraph (1) shall be based on a random sample, or other scientifically appropriate sample, of not less than 10 percent of all Federal, State, and county prisons, and a representative sample of municipal prisons. The selection shall include at least one prison from each State. The selection of facilities for sampling shall be made at the latest practicable date prior to conducting the surveys and shall not be disclosed to any facility or prison system official prior to the time period studied in the survey. Selection of a facility for sampling during any year shall not preclude its selection for sampling in any subsequent year.
In carrying out the review and analysis under paragraph (1), the Bureau shall, in addition to such other methods as the Bureau considers appropriate, use surveys and other statistical studies of current and former inmates from a sample of Federal, State, county, and municipal prisons. The Bureau shall ensure the confidentiality of each survey participant, except as authorized in paragraph (7).
Federal, State, or local officials or facility administrators that receive a request from the Bureau under subsection (a)(4) or (5) will be required to participate in the national survey and provide access to any inmates under their legal custody.
Nothing in section 10134 or 10231 of this title or any other provision of law, including paragraph (5), shall prevent the Bureau (including its agents), in carrying out the review and analysis under paragraph (1), from reporting to the designated public officials such information (and only such information) regarding child abuse or child neglect with respect to which the statutes or regulations of a State (or a political subdivision thereof) require prompt reporting.
To assist the Bureau in carrying out the review and analysis under subsection (a), there is established, within the Department of Justice, the Review Panel on Prison Rape (in this section referred to as the "Panel").
The Panel shall be composed of 3 members, each of whom shall be appointed by the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
The duty of the Panel shall be to carry out, for each calendar year, public hearings concerning the operation of the three prisons with the highest incidence of prison rape and the two prisons with the lowest incidence of prison rape in each category of facilities identified under subsection (c)(4). The Panel shall hold a separate hearing regarding the three Federal or State prisons with the highest incidence of prison rape. The purpose of these hearings shall be to collect evidence to aid in the identification of common characteristics of both victims and perpetrators of prison rape, and the identification of common characteristics of prisons and prison systems with a high incidence of prison rape, and the identification of common characteristics of prisons and prison systems that appear to have been successful in deterring prison rape.
In carrying out the hearings required under subparagraph (A), the Panel shall request the public testimony of Federal, State, and local officials (and organizations that represent such officials), including the warden or director of each prison, who bears responsibility for the prevention, detection, and punishment of prison rape at each entity, and the head of the prison system encompassing such prison.
The Panel may request the testimony of prison rape victims, organizations representing such victims, and other appropriate individuals and organizations.
The Panel may issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses and the production of written or other matter.
In preparing the information specified in paragraph (2), the Attorney General shall use established statistical methods to adjust the data as necessary to account for differences among institutions in the representative sample, which are not related to the detection, prevention, reduction and punishment of prison rape, or which are outside the control of the State, prison, or prison system, in order to provide an accurate comparison among prisons. Such differences may include the mission, security level, size, and jurisdiction under which the prison operates. For each such adjustment made, the Attorney General shall identify and explain such adjustment in the report.
There are authorized to be appropriated $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2004 through 2010 to carry out this section.


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I have long said that things my mother taught me to do - I do left handed (she was left handed). Things I taught myself to do - I do right handed. I play sports right handed, golf, bowl, baseball. I eat with my right hand, I'm not one of those who cuts food with their left hand and then switches to eat with their left hand. I use a knife right handed.
In my profession, I know more left-handed archivists. I don't know what that says, but it says something. I will also point out the President is left handed. LBA is clearly right handed, but I still have hope for SoBA.
Some time ago, I spotted this list about left handedness.
#5 - We evidently die sooner.
Studies have shown that the number of left-handers who make it to old age is drastically lower than the number of their right-handed peers. In short, lefties tend to check out earlier. Why? Well, for one, lefties just have more accidents. Lots more accidents. One study surveying nearly 2,000 college students found that lefties report far more accidents than righties, especially car accidents. And another study of around 1,000 people living in Southern California showed that the risk of getting into a fatal accident was nearly six times higher if you were left-handed, and the risk of getting into a deadly car crash was four times higher. Perhaps not surprisingly, it was also found that right-handed people usually make it through nine more birthdays than left-handers.#4 - We're more likely to go insane.
So why are left-handed people so much more likely to kill themselves accidentally? Are they just fatally clumsy? Are they, as many cultures believe, such an affront to nature that nature actively seeks to destroy them? The most agreed upon explanation is that lefties get in more accidents simply because they're trying to maneuver in a world that's upside down and backward to them.
Probably the most notable example of dangerous right-bias is United States road laws -- we travel on the right side of the road, right-hand turns are acceptable on red lights and even parking lots are designed with the right-handed flow in mind. Imagine that you're driving to work during peak hours when a squirrel (most likely a right-handed squirrel) darts into the middle of the lane. If you're right-handed, your response is likely to swerve to the right, up onto the sidewalk, causing a potentially hilarious scene like hitting a fire hydrant. But if you're left-handed, you jerk the wheel left into oncoming traffic, resulting in a situation with far less comedy potential.
Southpaws also get sick more often, possibly due to left-handers' lopsided brain chemistry. Research done on "true" left-handers (excluding those fence-sitting ambidextrous types) showed that lefties were 2.7 times more likely to suffer from immune disorders and 2.3 times more likely to have been hospitalized at some point. It's not their fault -- the double curse of left-handedness and the risk of spending your life in a plastic bubble likely came from your mother stressing out during pregnancy. Ironically, she may have been stressing about the possibility of pushing out a left-handed freak of a kid.
Here's a fun fact that you can share on your next socially awkward date: Although left-handed people make up only 10 percent of the population as a whole, they compose a full 20 percent of schizophrenics. If you like those odds, you should know that left-handedness is also associated with dyslexia, ADD and some mood disorders.
Is it because all those right-handed can openers slowly drive them mad? Possibly. But Clyde Francks, a researcher at Oxford University, believes that it might have something to do with a newly discovered gene. Unimaginatively called LRRTM1, the gene is closely linked with left-handedness, as well as being related to increased odds of mental illness. You wouldn't think those two things would be related, but Francks believes the gene affects the symmetry of the brain.
You've heard about how different sides of the brain control different functions in the body -- scientists have known for a while that schizophrenia and other disorders are caused by a kind of confusion between the two about which side should handle what. Now they think that a similar glitch in brain symmetry is one reason people might favor their left hand over their right.
Metten Somers, a psychiatrist and brain researcher in the Netherlands, suggests that most of the left-handed population still have normal brain symmetry. It's the other 30 percent who are more likely to fling cats at passersby and scream at their dumpsters.
#3 - We're screwed in school
If you think about it, it's kind of surprising that left-handers are as emotionally balanced as they are. Right out of the box, left-handed kids realize the world wasn't quite made for them. At school, they do worse on timed exams and suffer awful back and neck cramps in the process. Why? Freaking right-handed desks. And scissors. And everything else.
If you're one of the 90 percent or so of people who were born right-handed, you probably weren't even aware that there was such a thing as a "right-handed desk," but in fact most school desks are biased toward right-handed people, forcing lefties to contort themselves uncomfortably in a desperate effort to reach across and take notes in our awkward left-to-right written language, their hand smudging everything they write, on a desk designed for their reflection.
There's no grand conspiracy involved -- left-handers just tend to fall through the cracks, being that there are so few of them. In a recent survey of left-handers in 50 different countries, the number of lefties who were ever taught how to operate as a left-hander in a right-handed world sits frequently around 10 percent -- everyone else just has to work it out on their own, until they finally try to drown the pain by spilling beer down their shirt from a right-handed beer mug.
And we're just barely kidding there -- pens, pencil sharpeners and other tools are also designed for the right hand, making life difficult (and even painful) for lefties. On computers, the mouse is set up on the right side. Interested in wood or metal shop? Be careful! The safety switches on all those spinning and stabbing blades are set up to be quickly accessible to right-handed people.
Of course, being a left-handed student in this day and age isn't as bad as it used to be in your grandparents' time, when teachers tried to solve the problem by beating left-handed kids with paddles. Still, it wasn't the worst thing they did to minorities.


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I've been a fan of the Hawkeyes since I was knee-high to a grasshopper, as my grandfather would say, so my love of Hawkeye sports history shouldn't come as much of a surprise. Here's one thing about me: I love the history and tradition of sports. I always bristle when someone asks, for example, "Who's the best Hawkeye quarterback ever?" and people only respond with players from the past thirty years. Now like all good Hawkeyes, I have nothing but love for Hayden Fry, but he didn't invent Hawkeye football (although I can appreciate why it might seem that way to many fans who suffered with the Hawkeye teams of the '60s and '70s). If I wanted to know who was the best Hawkeye quarterback of the last thirty years, I would have asked THAT question.
Anyway, when I was younger and historical sports questions were raised, I didn't want to sound uneducated. So I set about educating myself.
I became a Hawkeye history junkie, for lack of a better term. While I love the history of all sports, I gravitated toward the major ones, and of course, my Iowa Hawkeyes. I could recite long-lost facts about the Hawkeyes that confounded and amazed (and often bored) those around me. Despite now possessing a solid knowledge of Iowa's athletic past, becoming an author wasn't something that entered my thought process for years and years. Then I discovered that wonderful beast known as Wikipedia.
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"Wikipedia is the best thing ever. Anyone in the world can write anything they want about any subject, so you know you're getting the best possible information." – Michael Scott
I know a lot of people are snarky and cynical about Wikipedia, but personally, I think it's a fantastic resource. And let's be honest…who here hasn't leaned on Wikipedia at some point to learn the fast and quick about a random subject? Yet the wiki-Hawkeye content was severely lacking, to say the least. I wandered onto Wikipedia one day and searched for Duke Slater. To my astonishment, a Duke Slater page did not exist! I then searched for Cal Jones. Again, no page. Then Aubrey Devine, Larry Station, Randy Duncan, Fred Becker…nope, nope, nope, nope.
I thought, "Somebody should do something about this!" Now, anyone who knows me recognizes that as a dangerous statement coming from me, because I usually appoint myself to fix the problem. I have this thing about righting perceived wrongs, trumpeting the merits of the unheralded, and defending the unjustly criticized. I'm almost obsessive about stuff like that.
So I set about writing the articles, one after the next. I started to get quite good at it, if I do say so myself. If you read an article about the Hawkeyes on Wikipedia today, there's a better than fair chance I had my hand in it. And I saw the rewards. Fans online would link to and praise the articles I wrote, and I started thinking, "Hey, other Hawkeye fans actually like my writing!" It was the first time I realized that writing about the Hawkeyes might be something I was actually good at.
Moving On
I've more or less given up on writing articles for Wikipedia, mostly due to the ludicrous practices of Wikipedia scrapers. (For those who don't know, some companies have been copying and pasting Wikipedia articles – including those that I wrote – and selling them on the internet, even on reputable sites like Amazon.com. I don't mind writing Wikipedia articles for free, but I'll be darned if someone else is going to copy and paste what I wrote and then profit from it. There's something objectionable about that.)
So when people ask how I got started writing about the Hawkeyes, the honest answer is Wikipedia. Those articles also came in handy as I prepared to write my first book. How? I'll tell you…soon. 😉
In the meantime, thanks for reading, and have a wonderful day!
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WitOut: Can you give a brief history of Friends of Alcatraz? What sparked your interest in combining improv and puppetry?
Joe Sabatino: I've been making puppets since I was a kid, and I was always too nervous to actually put them on display or admit to anyone that I like puppets. But when Kelly and I started dating…
Kelly Vrooman: By the way, we're dating.
JS: When we first started, I knew we shared a common interest in puppets. So, I decided to do the creepiest thing for someone you've only been dating for a month and I built a puppet of Kelly's cat Alcatraz. With it came the idea to do an improvised puppet show called Friends of Alcatraz.
KV: It was a weird yet endearing gesture…but mostly weird. He put the puppet in my arms and said, "I was thinking, um, maybe… you would want to create an improv puppet show with me?" I reluctantly said yes.
JS: We gathered a group of our funniest friends, that happen to also be some of the best puppeteers in the city: Dave Jadico, Jason Stockdale and Rob Cutler. It was a fascinating group of inventive people that know how to make a puppet come alive. Thus, FoA was born.
KV: I work with puppets on TV, so I knew I wanted to have monitors for the puppeteers, which led us to want a screen the audience could watch. Once the "impropputeers" (a mind-blowingly awesome name I made up) got used to working with the monitors, the show took off. We took it to the next level by adding an a capella opening number and musical edits (Music by Liz Filios, Lyrics by Kelly and Joe). Oh, and Joe designed and made a ton of incredible puppets for us to use. That should probably be mentioned.
WO: What would you say are some of the key differences/challenges between regular improvising and improvising with a puppet?
JS: I think the world is even more infinite than human improv. The things puppets can do is borderline scary in terms of bringing imagination to life. Especially the way we present our show. The puppets can literally do anything we want them to do: fly, twist into a pretzel, enter the scene from the side of another puppet's head, eat another puppet whole, be as big as a building… The possibilities are endless and with a camera it makes the execution of these things more real. Because of all of these different elements to play with our minds need to be a clean slate away from reality, almost. We still play grounded scenes but our "If this, then what" mentality is stretched. One or two people have questioned this project in terms of legit scene work because we never interact or make eye contact with our scene partners. When in reality it's the exact opposite. We are in tune with one another, watching every single nuance of the puppets and reading the body language of our human scene partners. It's also easier because we, the puppeteers, have monitors we are watching which is the same image as the projection the audience is watching. This makes it MUCH easier to really know what is going on all around the puppets, and helps us create a scene that not only makes sense, but also looks good in terms of staging, spacing and scene action. Plus… your arm gets tired.
KV: Well put Joe! In addition, improvising with puppets is one thing, improvising with puppets for the camera is another thing. And doing it well, is yet another thing! It's kind of like singing and dancing while acting and juggling. A bunch of skills have to come together for it to be good. Sometimes a great improviser can put on a puppet and feel restricted. Sometimes, an inexperienced improviser can put on a puppet and become great.
WO: What's the origin story of Alcatraz the Cat, the star of the show?
JS: Kelly knows how the cat got his name and what not, but I've always felt like Alcatraz the real cat is a little bit of a dick. I've NEVER been a cat guy. In fact I'm comfortable to say that before I started hanging around Kelly's cat I hated cats. But Alcatraz always fascinated me. The defining moment for me was when I made a delicious dinner, one night. I dressed the plate nicely, set the mood and it smelled wonderful. I locked eyes with Alcatraz and he walked over to where I was sitting and eating, which was all the way on the other side of the room. He slowly walked over, climbed into my lap and put his asshole right into my food. He got up and walked away. He made a statement. So, I made a puppet of him.
KV: I adopted him off the street and held a naming competition with my family. My sister was in the lead with "The Great Catsby" or "AlCATraz". Then, that night, the cat escaped out my second story window and got wedged in the bars of the first story window. Therefore…Alcatraz won. I really wanted Joe to perform Alcatraz the puppet because I heard Alcatraz's voice in my head as a deep man's voice, but Joe insisted I was the person who should do it. I reluctantly gave in. He ended up with an ambiguous European accent that hurts my throat to perform, but it's worth it. We started to joke around about Alcatraz being a sophisticated world traveler, incredibly popular with everyone he meets, the most desired cat in the world. And if he's that amazing, he'd totally be able to gather a group of weirdos he's met on his travels and convince them to perform in a show, right? We discovered that he shouldn't even perform in the show because he's too much of a character to be able to pretend to be anyone else in a scene. So, he introduces the show, the cast of characters and gets the suggestion.
WO: Can you give some details on the format and staging of the show?
KV: Friends of Alcatraz is a long form improvised puppet show. We don't stick to a rigid format, but we look to play out several scenes then see how those stories intersect. And spice it up with a happy dose of randomness and frivolous puppet-y fun.
One side of the stage is the "show"—a projected image of the puppets' world. It's like watching a puppet TV show. The other side of the stage is the behind-the-scenes creation of that show. You can watch the finished product projected on the screen while you simultaneously watch the puppeteers create the show.
JS: Our format is very catering to the puppeteers/improvisers.
JS: It was important for me that the presence of our powerhouse improvisers didn't get upstaged by a big screen. People love to see improvisers' minds work and the audience rarely gets to see what it's like beneath the camera of a puppet show. We've really nailed it on the head in terms of being able to allow the audience to split focus. It's great to be able to see all the work that goes into the projected image on the screen: shuffling around getting the right puppet, making a prop for a puppet to use, someone helping one puppeteer manipulate their puppet so it can do something specific…etc. Plus we are a great group of people who are really good at making each other laugh, so the audience gets to see how much fun we are having. It was important to me to really showcase the humans. It's an experience to see our show. It's almost like seeing five shows at once: a puppet show, a TV show, an improv show, a blooper reel and a musical.
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BRISTOL, Tenn. — John Force ended a 31-event winless streak Sunday in the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals, beating Cruz Pedregon in the final round.
The 64-year-old Force raced to his record 135th career victory and fourth at Bristol Dragway. He powered his Ford Mustang to 4.148-second run at 305.29 mph, while Pedregon's Toyota Camry shut off approaching the finish.
"If you can't compete you are just mentally out of it," Force said. "This is great to come back here and win. So many fans wanted me to win on Father's Day. It's just a great day for the Force family and to do it on Father's Day is just awesome."
Force outran daughter Courtney Force, points leader Matt Hagan and rising star Blake Alexander to advance to the final round.
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Finally, Connecticut's airports are under new management.
After two years of preparation, the Connecticut Airport Authority has taken over operation and management of Bradley International Airport and the state's five other general aviation airports (Danielson, Groton/New London, Hartford Brainard, Waterbury-Oxford and Windham airports) from the state Department of Transportation. The Federal Aviation Authority approved the transfer last week, effective Monday. This is most welcome news, one that should bode well for the development of air travel and aviation-related commerce in the state.
The point of putting the airports under a quasi-public independent aviation authority, a model used at many major airports around the country, is that an authority is not hamstring by state contracting, purchasing and other rules, and thus has the flexibility to make real-time business decisions. The authority worked with the DOT over the past year, preparing for the transfer of authority, and provided some examples of how a more nimble management can work.
For example, the authority put in a cellphone parking lot at Bradley last fall — a temporary parking area for drivers picking up arriving passengers. Most airports have them, and Bradley needed one. The DOT for whatever reason never created one, perhaps because of the bureaucratic hurdles, but the authority just went ahead and did it. Now drivers don't have to keep circling the airport, park on the shoulder of the road or pay to park in the garage.
The authority can offer incentives, such as marketing assistance or temporary breaks on airport fees, to acquire new routes. This is a standard business practice, but one that is difficult if not impossible to employ under state contracting rules. Using incentives, the airport added a half-dozen new routes this spring, including a nonstop flight to Los Angeles, a flight to Atlanta and more flights to Florida.
Going forward, the authority will push for more routes including transatlantic service, more customer amenities and more economic development around the airports. Bradley is the second largest airport in New England and according to a recent economic analysis contributes $4 billion in economic activity to the region including 18,000 full-time jobs. Those numbers are impressive; the state is now positioned to increase them.


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Ralph E. LaSalvia, age 66, of Effort, formerly of Peekskill, N.Y., passed away Thursday, March 21 at home.
Ralph was the loving husband of Linda (Knapick) LaSalvia. They celebrated their 23rd wedding anniversary on Feb. 14.
Ralph was born in New York City, N.Y. Nov. 8, 1946, the son of the late Alphonse and Yolanda (Bifulco) LaSalvia.
He worked as a meat cutter/meat manager for nearly 50 years, most recently at A & P in Clinton, N.J., for the past nine years. He was a member of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters AFL-CIO Union Local #464A in Little Falls, N.J.
He was a member of Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Gilbert.
We have been blessed with the presence of Ralph in our lives. He will be deeply missed by his loving wife, Linda; his children, Lisa Pastorino and her husband, Steven, of Mahopac, N.Y., Ralph LaSalvia and his wife, Jeanette, of Wappinger's Falls, N.Y., Lori LaSalvia of Yonkers, N.Y., and Christen Naugle and her husband, Jeremy, of State College. He was the loving and gentle grandfather to his three grandchildren, Ralph J. and Luke C. LaSalvia, both of Wappinger's Falls, N.Y., and Anysha M. Naugle of State College.
Viewing will be held from 6 to 8 p.m., with prayer services beginning at 7:30 p.m., Monday, March 25, at the Donald N. Gower Funeral Home Inc., Route 209, Gilbert. Interment will be private and at the convenience of the family.
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[dropcap]A[/dropcap]restoration project at Tropical Fish Management Area (FMA), within Miami-Dade County's Tropical Park will have positive impacts for both fish and anglers. Improved habitat created by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) biologists will lead to healthier fish populations as well as increased angling opportunities at the FMA.
Tropical FMA is one of the FWC's management sites intended to provide the public with easy and affordable access to fishing and other nature-based recreational opportunities. Usually established with the help of a local cooperator – in this case, Miami-Dade County – FMAs provide amenities such as fish-stocking, special regulations to protect the fish populations, and vegetation management and enhancement.
Vegetation management and enhancement was the focus of this restoration work.
"The main goals of this project are to provide additional fishing and recreational opportunities to the public, while enhancing the habitat for fish and wildlife that live in or use the lake. We will accomplish this by reconnecting the north and south sections of the lake, opening up additional fishing access and planting native vegetation that will benefit fish and wildlife," stated John Cimbaro, who has been overseeing Tropical FMA for 15 years. "Excessive cattail growth had blocked off the northern part of the lake, which we considered an important fish-production area. Cattail removal has reconnected the northern section with the rest of the lake, and opened up what should be a good fishing site there." The project was completed by an FWC contractor, Texas Aquatic Harvesting, and was conducted in close coordination with Miami-Dade County. The county helped reduce project costs by disposing of all removed vegetation.
Components of the restoration program included removal of cattail and spatterdock (a type of water lily) that were reducing fish and wildlife use and blocking fishing access near the middle of the lake. The program also included restoration of native vegetation in the southern part of the lake, which serves as a "nursery area" for young fish. The nursery work required removal of cattail as well as nonnative Brazilian pepper trees. With the invasive vegetation removed, a follow-up project will plant native bulrush, spikerush and pond apple in its place.
"This will provide a shallow, vegetated area where juvenile fish can thrive and wading birds can forage, complementing both the fishery and wildlife use of the lake," Cimbaro said.
Tropical FMA was established in 1991 and has become a popular fishing area over the years, supporting up to 6,000 hours of annual fishing effort. The most sought-after species in the lake include largemouth bass, catfish and sunfish. The FWC maintains the catfish fishery by stocking 6,000 channel catfish every year.
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SAN FRANCISCO — An Oregon man has died from injuries suffered in a high-speed crash Saturday between a Golden Gate ferry and a 22-foot motorboat, authorities said.
Harry Holzhauer, 68, of Tigard, Ore., near Portland, died Saturday, said Coast Guard Lt. Mark Leahey.
A second man was hospitalized with injuries, but Leahey did not know his condition, only that he was able to speak with investigators Sunday night.
The ferry was headed from Sausalito to San Francisco with about 500 people aboard when it collided with the motorboat about 4:30 p.m. Holzhauer died not long after, at 5:22 p.m., according to Leahey.
Golden Gate Transit spokeswoman Mary Currie said the motorboat was traveling at high speed when it collided with the MS San Francisco, which was about 10 minutes into its 30-minute trip from Sausalito to the Ferry Building in San Francisco. There were four people aboard the smaller craft. No one on the ferry was hurt.
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Concerns raised worldwide for other large sporting events
LONDON (AP) From London to Sochi to Rio de Janeiro, the deadly bomb attacks on the Boston Marathon raised new concerns Tuesday over safety at major sports events around the world, including the Olympics and World Cup.
The twin bombings near the marathon finish line that killed three people and injured more than 170 people brought into sharp focus the security challenges facing next year's Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, the 2014 World Cup in Brazil and the 2016 Summer Games in Rio.
"We are very, very concerned," senior IOC member Gerhard Heiberg of Norway told The Associated Press. "Security is priority No. 1, no question about it."
More immediate is the security planning for this weekend's London Marathon, which attracts more than 30,000 runners and half a million spectators. Organizers said they were reviewing security for Sunday's race - one of the world's six major marathons - but the event will go ahead as scheduled in a display of unity with Boston.
"The best way for us to react is to push ahead with the marathon on Sunday, to get people on the streets and to celebrate it as we always do in London," British Sports Minister Hugh Robertson said. "We are absolutely confident here that we can keep the event safe and secure. ... The best way to show solidarity with Boston is to continue and send a very clear message to those responsible."
The London Marathon, which takes in some of the city's most recognizable landmarks, draws many of the world's top marathoners as well as tens of thousands of amateur and "fun" runners who raise money for charity. Prince Harry, patron of the marathon's charitable trust, is scheduled to attend Sunday's race and make the presentations to the winners.
"When you have an event of any nature - a marathon, parade - it's only as safe as the city itself," race chief executive Nick Bitel said. "If it's not held in a stadium, you can't do a lockdown like you may do in a building."
Also taking place Sunday is the Bahrain Grand Prix, a Formula One race that faces its own security issues after a series of explosions, including a gas cylinder blast that set a car ablaze in the Gulf nation's financial district.
A Human Rights Watch report alleged that Bahrain authorities rounded up activists living around the track in a bid to "silence" dissent ahead of the race. Protesters, carrying portraits of people killed in the nation's nearly three-year uprising, are calling for a boycott of the race.
Security for the Olympics, meanwhile, has been paramount ever since the attacks by Palestinian gunmen that killed 11 Israeli athletes and coaches at the 1972 Munich Games.
The focus now falls on Sochi, a Black Sea resort that will host Russia's first Winter Olympics next February. Security was already a concern because of Sochi's proximity to an Islamic insurgency that spread across southern Russia after separatist wars in Chechnya.
"Naturally, we're beefing up security measures," Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said in remarks carried by the R-Sport news agency.
IOC vice president Thomas Bach, who was on his way to Sochi on Tuesday for an international journalists' conference, said the attacks in Boston reinforced the IOC's policy that safety is paramount for any Olympics.
"I'm sure that this malicious attack will lead the public authorities to have another look at all security measures," Bach told the AP by telephone. "While it is too early to draw any final conclusions, we have full confidence in the Russian authorities. They have already analyzed the overall situation and I'm sure they will take this event into account and take the necessary measures."
Heiberg, who organized the 1994 Winter Games in Lillehammer, Norway, and now chairs the IOC's marketing commission, said security concerns had been heightened since the Sept. 11, 2011, terror attacks in the United States. Since then, Olympics have passed off peacefully in Salt Lake City, Athens, Turin, Beijing, Vancouver and London.
"So far we have been lucky in the Olympics but what happened in Boston reminds us that we cannot take it easy, we have to continue and we have to plan for not only the possible but also the impossible," Heiberg said. "We are taking it extremely seriously in Sochi, working very hard with the Russian authorities."
The Russian Interior Ministry said Tuesday it has fully deployed the police force that will be in place during the Sochi Olympics and has conducted regular checks of all venues to make sure they are protected.
Alexander Konovalov, head of the Institute of Strategic Assessment and Analysis, an independent think-tank, said international terror groups could be encouraged by the carnage in Boston to plot against the Sochi Olympics.
"The terrorists' strategy is to create a sense of panic and leave an impression that they can strike any target, no matter how tightly it's protected," Konovalov said. "The Olympics would make a highly desirable goal for terrorists, offering the maximum publicity."
Russia is also hosting one of the biggest international sports events of 2013 - the world track and field championships in Moscow on Aug. 10-18.
"Our security measures are tough as they are," said Mikhail Butov, secretary general of the Russian Athletics Federation. "But when it's clear what actually happened (in Boston), we will draw our conclusions."
Guarding the Olympics is a massive operation covering 17 days of competition in numerous outdoor and indoor venues. Not only are sports facilities at risk, but so are the public areas where fans and spectators congregate. At the 1996 Summer Games in Atlanta, a backpack bomb exploded at Centennial Olympic Park, killing one person and injuring more than 100.
"The balance is not easy," Heiberg said. "Of course, you can provide security but we don't want to show the world pictures of soldiers and police with guns and so on. It's the same for Rio and all the others to come."
Rio organizers, who will be hosting the first Olympics in South America, said they are working with the government to "deliver safe games in 2016."
The city has won kudos for its crackdown on once-endemic drug violence in preparation for hosting the World Cup and Olympics. But safety has been a big topic in Rio recently after an American woman was gang raped and beaten aboard a public transit van while her handcuffed French boyfriend looked on helplessly.
Ahead of next year's World Cup, Brazil is hosting the Confederations Cup in June. The warm-up tournament featuring eight teams will be played in six cities across the country and is seen as a big test for organizers in all areas.
On Sunday, two fans were shot to death on their way to a match meant to test the facilities at a World Cup stadium in northeastern Brazil. Rival supporters were suspected in the killings.
FIFA Secretary-General Jerome Valcke said during a visit to Haiti on Tuesday that safety measures for the World Cup will include a security perimeter that will be set up around stadiums and a satellite will provide surveillance over the country.
The terror threat was considered high for last year's London Olympics, where overall security costs rose above 1 billion pounds ($1.6 billion). London was hit by terrorism in 2005, when 52 people were killed in attacks by suicide bombers on the city's transportation network.
London's huge security operation included thousands of police and military troops and deployment of warships, surveillance aircraft, sniper-carrying helicopters, fighter jets and missile batteries on rooftops.
Denis Oswald, who headed the IOC coordination commissions for the Athens and London Olympics, said the games remain a potential target wherever they are held and the Boston attacks do not radically change the security planning for Sochi or Rio.
"Each case has to be studied," Oswald said. "It could be new ways or new systems put in place. We just have to make sure these types of cases are covered by the security system. We have to be 100 percent vigilant and never neglect any possibility."


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The number 33 is largely uncommon to see on the field in a soccer match. But when Federico Higuaín joined the Columbus Crew in August 2012, Chilean midfielder Milovan Mirosevic occupied the prestigious number 10 kit. The Argentine opted for the 33 jersey and has played in it ever since.
Entering his third season in Black & Gold and with the number 10 jersey unworn, the Argentine started with a simple question on Twitter:
For next year .. I number 33 or number 10!!! What do you think? #Crew96
— Federico Higuain (@FHiguain_33) January 5, 2014
The fans spoke, and the Crew's offensive maestro will don the number 10 kit in 2014. Perhaps no one in Major League Soccer is more suited to wear the number 10, the traditional number of a playmaker in world football.
For all intents and purposes, Higuaín has been the Black & Gold's number 10 -- all while wearing the 33 jersey -- on the field for the past season-and-a-half with his surgical passing in the final third and breath-taking goals. His finesse in front of goal has earned the forward the praise, "I believe in Higuaín" coming from Crew Stadium's Nordecke. Since Higuaín played his first match in Black & Gold in a 2-2 road draw against the Houston Dynamo on August 20, 2012, he has quietly become one of Major League Soccer's top attackers.
Only LA Galaxy striker Robbie Keane has produced more goals and assists since Higuaín's MLS debut, making the Argentine all the more deserving of the honorable number 10 kit.
|Total Goals Created since 08/20/12
|Robbie Keane (LA)
|Federico Higuaín (CLB)
|Camilo (VAN)
|Thierry Henry (NY)
|Chris Wondolowski (SJ)
|Javier Morales (RSL)
|**Diego Valeri (POR)
**Joined MLS in 2013
From Maradona to Messi, the number 10 has long been associated with the Argentine enganche around the soccer world. While the 4-4-2 formation -- in both the flat and diamond variations -- is the most popular around MLS, and the wing-dominated 4-3-3 lineup has recently helped Sporting Kansas City and the Portland Timbers to success, the enganche is a rare breed in MLS.
Higuaín is perhaps the best example of true number 10 playmaker in MLS, playing as the withdrawn, roving forward in the Crew's 4-4-2 over the past two seasons. Portland's Diego Valeri, who plays an advanced role in the Timbers' three-man midfield, and Real Salt Lake's Javier Morales playing at the tip of the Claret-and-Cobalt's diamond midfield serve as two other examples.
Even before Higuaín, Crew fans were all too familiar of the impact that a true number 10 can have on the game. 2008 MLS Most Valuable Player Guillermo Barros Schelotto led the Black & Gold to the 2008 MLS Cup and the MLS Supporters' Shield in 2008 and 2009 playing as the club's withdrawn forward in attack. Schelotto wore the number 7 shirt while his attack running mate Alejandro Moreno ironically wore the 10 jersey. Schelotto's 19 assists in 2008 remain tied for the second-highest mark in an MLS season and his 33 goals over three-and-a-half seasons is fifth-best in Crew history.
A fair amount of responsibility and discipline comes with the number 10 role in soccer. Higuaín has flourished in the role over the past two seasons despite the pressure that comes with the position, even earning the captain's armband in 2013.
Now with a new coach in Gregg Berhalter and a new number on his back, Crew fans hope to see the same old Higuaín in 2014 -- just in a different number.


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Typical Woman
7 comments:
- Joy Joy said...
SLG- I'm glad you're back. I love reading your blog. I just read through some old comments and now understand why you needed a break. Whew! They would make anyone's head spin! I'm a 26 year old very pregnant ultrarunner and found a lot of inspiration in you in the beginning of this pregnancy (when everyone told me not to run). I've gained a lot of weight (35 pounds and a month to go) but have not taken any of the weight gain recommendations to heart, as I realize this is just my body doing what it needs to do (and my teeny tiny mom did the same thing). Anyway, thanks for keeping on keeping on. As long as you keep posting, I'll keep reading.
- 9 March 2009 at 23:10
- Ingrid said...
I'm glad you're back! Selfishly I was sad to lose a blog I've enjoyed... but I'm glad that you're keeping the blog because it's something that you enjoy doing. I love the new picture. I can't believe that I'll have one of those in 4.5 months!
- 9 March 2009 at 23:24
- Arcane said...
i was going to comment on your previous post in a last ditch attenot to change your mind, but figured you had already made your decision. I enjoyed reading your blog through your pregnancy. Though I don't comment much (if at all), I have followed you for a while. I'm glad to see your back. Just don't go changing your mind again!
- 10 March 2009 at 01:07
- sea legs girl said...
Thanks! I'm not worthy of these comments, but it's great to hear from all of you.
- 10 March 2009 at 21:04
- Abbie said...
Argh! Believe it or not, I was gone to a place for five days without the internet and just barely saw your posts today. I am sad if you don't blog anymore but completely understand if you do decide to do that. I recognize that what works for you sometimes works for me and sometimes doesn't. I've learned a lot from your blog about health and definitely think my next pregnancy will be different in terms of weight.
I'm glad we've been able to form a friendship through your blog. I just hope you can continue to be happy no matter what you wind up doing. I support you and will miss you greatly if you no longer post.
- 12 March 2009 at 01:30
- Carie said...
I'm glad you're back! I'm an avid, female runner who likes to read other female runner's blogs. Given, I think women obsess about what the scale says, myself at times too, and wish society wasn't so geared toward a certain ideal. However, I believe blogs are for expressing your feelings, and what you want to say. If you want to post something that's total truth or BS, so be it, it's your blog! People should keep rude comments to themselves. Do they think that really helps a situation? Blog on sister!
- 12 March 2009 at 22:00
- sea legs girl said...
Thanks Abbie & Me.
Yeah, my scale worshiping is admittedly not the healthiest, Me. But I'm feeling pretty strong and healthy right now, so I'm not about to go changing too much.
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We Are the First Generation that Can End Poverty, and the Last that Can End Climate Change
~ Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
The UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity. While the goals represent a shared vision for a better future, the global scope of the goals can feel overwhelming. The SDG dialogue series is an opportunity for people who care about social and environmental issues to connect with each other and learn from guest speakers working in the area of each of the goals. Together we will:
- Explore the issue from a global and local perspective
- Learn about local initiatives to achieve action on the goals
- Identify barriers and share strategies for overcoming these challenges
The dialogue series is organized by and for people who care about taking action on the sustainable development goals. It is NOT an offical UN event.
Schedule of events:
All events take place on Tuesday evenings, from 6:30-8:00 pm
Oct. 10: No Poverty
Oct. 24: Zero Hunger with special guest Chantille Viaud, Gordon Neighbourhood House
Nov. 7: Good Health and Wellbeing with special guests Michael Cancilla, Arbutus Medical; Lyz Gilgunn, Canadian Cancer Society, Aidan Scott, Speakbox and Ian Roe, I Boost Immunity
Nov. 21: Quality Education with special guests Bonnie Davidson, Victoria Nature School and Singing English; and Rebecca Kirstein, Rethinking Thinking
Dec. 5: Gender Equality with special guests Chad Rickaby, Building Assets and Annelies Tjebbes, Social Innovator & Gender Activist
Dec. 19: Clean Water and Sanitation with special guests Alana, Project Red Tent, and Lawrence Laviolette, Civil Engineer / Trainer, projects with CIDA, WUSC, and World Bank (retired)
Jan. 16: Affordable and Clean Energy with special guests Christine Carter, Bullfrog Power; Rob Baxter, Vancouver Renewable Energy Co-op & Solshare Energy and Mike Capaldo, Alterra Power Corp
Jan. 30: Decent Work and Economic Growth with special guest Kristy O'Leary, Cove Continuity Advisors
Feb. 13: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure with special guests Kelly Mason, Green Pavement Co., and Catriona Power, Energy Unlocked
Feb. 27: Reduced Inequalities with special guest Katherine Levett, BC Co-operative Association
Mar. 13: Sustainable Cities and Communities with special guest Katja Macura, LOCO BC; Svend Andersen, GHG Accounting; and Jay Burtwistle, Green Building Strategist with Recollective
Mar. 27: Responsible Consumption and Production with special guest Belinda Li, Open Source Circular Economy
Apr. 10: Climate Action with special guests Joseph Pallant, Brinkman Climate; Matt Horne, Climate Policy Manager, City of Vancouver; and Jane Boles, Nature bank and Taking Root; and Justin Robinson, Film Director, Pipeline Wars: A burning debate about our future
Apr. 24: Life Below Water with special guests Jessica Schultz, Howe Sound Research and Conservation; Adam Taylor and Glenn Dennison, Marine Life Sanctuaries Society; and Christianne Wilhelmson, Georgia Straight Alliance
May 8: Life on Land with special guests Lea Elliot, Naturehood and Devon Page, Ecojustice
May 22: Peace Justice and Strong Institutions with special guests Renee Black, Peace Geeks and Aaron Lyons, Co-Founder and Principal, Just Outcomes
Jun. 5: Partnerships for the Goals with special guest Dan Harris, BCCIC
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I have several family name searches saved on Ebay. I never found the fabled family bible, but I did find a photo album engraved "F. & L.H. Bishop." I bought it. Great pictures. Some tintypes. Not a single one was labeled with the name of the subject.
I found the listing not by searching for Bishop, but for another family line, Duryea. Bishop is an annoying name to search because it's a word in English. The Duryea search produces results for the car Duryea, Duryea Pennsylvania, actor Dan Duryea, actor George Duryea, actor Viola Allen- wife of Peter Duryea; but also the photographers Duryea. Two of the cabinet cards were by Duryea and mentioned in the description.
There are ways of dating pictures based on the size, color, and materials; the photographer and the address; as well as the setting and the clothes and hairstyles. I have not delved deeply into this yet.
Based on the locations of the studios- Newark, New York City, Brooklyn, Trenton, Pittsfield, Massachussetts, and Torrington, Connecticut- I think that these photos could be my Bishop line. Or they might not be. I have the album just in case. I have not yet found a Bishop couple with the initials F. and L.H., but I am still looking.
|Fredericks, 770 Broadway, N.Y., 1887
|Meuer, photo artist, 262 Bowery, New York
|Bostwick, No. 98 Sixth Ave, Bet. 8th and 9th Sts., New York


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1 Meet and greet the king of Tory Island, County Donegal
When St Colmcille landed on Tory Island in the 6th century, he was helped by a member of a local family. Grateful, the saint made him king of the island. Since then, the regal line has been unbroken. Take the boat to the Irish-speaking island today and the king will be there to greet you!
2 180 varieties of potatoes at Lissadell House, County Sligo
Love the humble spud? You'll love Lissadell House, then! In the grounds, you'll find a staggering 180 varieties of potatoes – one of the largest collections in the world – lovingly tended in the Victorian kitchen garden. The most popular? The pink fir apple, a salad potato created in 1850.
3 Beach racing on Omey Island, County Galway
According to locals, "Omey eats cars," so beware if you take a vehicle to this small island in July for the Omey Races. Omey is a tidal island in Connemara, and at high tide the water is deep enough to cover a car. Other than racing, Omey is known for its rich monastic heritage, with a holy well and medieval church dedicated to the 7th century St Feichín.
4 The beauty of Corcomroe Abbey, Bell Harbour, County Clare
Legend has it that the stonemasons who built Corcomroe Abbey around 1205 were killed once they had finished to prevent them building a more beautiful church elsewhere. Rising from the valley of Glennamannagh, the abbey is one of the most soul-stirring sights in the Burren, and is where WB Yeats set his 1919 play The Dreaming of the Bones.
5 Ballydonegan beach, Allihies, Beara Peninsula, West Cork
Take a closer look at the gritty sand on the man-made beach at Ballydonegan – it's the result of 100,000 tons of crushed quartz washed down from the copper mines that thrived in the area 200 years ago.
6 An old Irish telephone box in Castletownsend, County Cork
Standing on one of the steepest streets of any town in Ireland, is an uncommon piece of the past – an old-fashioned telephone box. With its timber green frames, this historic "telefón" box in Castletownsend was preserved by the community to celebrate the past. And if your smartphone lets you down, you'll be glad to know it's in perfect working order.
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You all won't have Pau Gasol to push around anymore. At least for the next six weeks, anyway. Gasol left last night's Lakers-Nets game after hearing a "pop" in his foot, and he has now been diagnosed with a tear in his plantar fascia.
Bummer. Gasol's season was already going down a sad road: Mike D'Antoni gave his starting job to Earl Clark, his numbers are way below his career averages, and he's been tossed into more trade rumors than anyone else in the NBA. On the bright side, he should have a lot more time to send all kinds of awesome and informative tweets.
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Retiring hub supervisor at the Crookston Library will be honored at Friday reception.
The Crookston Friends of the Library, the Crookston Library Board, and Lake Agassiz Regional Library are holding a retirement party for Sr. Eileen Beutel to thank her for her service to the Crookston Library and Lake Agassiz Regional Library on Friday, Feb. 8 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Crookston Library. There will be a brief program at 3 p.m.
Those attending will be invited to share stories of Sr. Eileen's 25 years of service to the library, the community, and the region. Refreshments will be served.
Chris Boike has been hired as Beutel's successor.
Janelle Brandon, public information/marketing director with LARL, sat down with Beutel to get her thoughts on her career, libraries and the future:
Tell me a little about your library career
When I graduated from college, my first position was a high school librarian at Mount St. Benedict. I began working at LARL's Crookston branch in November 1987 as a Library Aide. I became a Library Associate after a couple of years and served as the Sunday Supervisor. At one point I was the substitute Bookmobile Associate for a month, which I enjoyed. In 1990 I was hired for a temporary position, that of weeding the Crookston Library in preparation for barcoding the collection as we moved into the beginning of an online catalog. I received training for this at the Regional Office.
I enjoyed several years as an Associate I, particularly doing reference work and providing customer service. People were always appreciative of anything we did for them.
I had the opportunity early on to take a graduate level class in Reference along with other LARL staff which was offered over several weekends by St. Cloud State U. at an offsite location (Moorhead). Throughout the years our Regional Office provided excellent updates and training in information services, customer service and other topics and I found these to be not only helpful for my work, but also enriching.
In 2006 I became a Supervisor and served as assistant to the Hub Supervisor. Then in September of 2007 I was asked to serve as the Interim Hub Supervisor, a position which became permanent in April 2008. The Crookston Hub includes the Crookston, Fertile, Climax and McIntosh branches as well as the Gonvick, Halstad and Shelly LINK sites.
What was your relationship to books as a child?
My parents were great about reading bedtime stories to us as young children and we always had reading materials at home. I loved books and reading from early childhood on. My mother took us to the public library every couple of weeks and that was pretty exciting to take home a stack of new books.
What led you to decide to work at a library?
Library work was very attractive to me as an opportunity to assist others in finding books and information. It also provided the chance to be in a setting that I loved from my earliest memories.
Where did you attend school and when did you graduate?
I attended the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul, MN (now known as St. Catherine University) and graduated in 1975 with a B.S. in Education and Library Science.
What words of advice would you give
others in learning how to handle the homeless
and other special users of the library?
We never know the struggles and hardships that individuals have experienced. In the library setting, we meet all kinds of people from a variety of educational, cultural and economic backgrounds, each with different interests and needs. I believe that everyone is deserving of respect. When we recognize the inherent dignity of each person, I like to think that we are able to go a long way toward promoting peace in our relationships and peace in our world. Simple things like a smile, a willingness to listen and to assist, can make a difference in a person's day.
What are the greatest changes you have seen to library services?
When I started we still had card catalogs. Computers and internet access have been the greatest change. They have made such a huge difference in being able to offer more efficient and accurate service and have certainly broadened the access to the wealth of materials available. Lots of public computers and wireless access in our libraries are meeting the needs of a number of people. In 2009 we were able to undergo a remodeling project to include Self-Check machines and the public loved it! More recently we've been able to respond to a growing desire for access to downloadable eBooks and eAudiobooks.
What is the ideal role of the library in the community?
I would say that the ideal role of the library is to serve as an equalizer, providing access to resources no matter what one's background or current economic situation might be. This is democracy at its best. The role of the library as a community center or gathering place is also very important. This role provides for the exchange of ideas as well as cultural, educational and entertaining programs.
What is the one most important thing a librarian must keep in mind at all times?
We have been entrusted with the awesome responsibility of sharing a vast array of resources. We must do everything we can by way of professional service and a welcoming attitude to let people know what is available to them and to assist them in making the best possible use of the materials and the wealth of information at our fingertips.
What will you miss the most about being a librarian?
I will miss the wonderful connections that I've enjoyed with our staff, administration & colleagues at the Regional level, the Library Board, the Friends of the Library, and with the many customers who have come through our doors through the years. I have received so much more than I have given. My years with LARL have been a great opportunity as I experienced exciting changes along with the stability of the traditional role of the library. We've been fortunate to have good leadership at the Regional Office, with a vision for bringing our library system into the 21st century. I count my blessings every day!
What do you plan to do after retirement?
I will be doing some type of work within my community of Mount St. Benedict here in Crookston. Plans are not settled at this time.
I look forward to having more time to read. I plan to visit the Crookston Library often and will continue to bring books home for the older members of my community (the Sisters of St. Benedict).