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Buck Dancing
See also: Clogging; Step Dancing.
Buck dancing is a folk dance that originated among African Americans during the era of slavery. It was largely associated with the North Carolina Piedmont and, later, with the blues. The original buck dance, or "buck and wing," referred to a specific step performed by solo dancers, usually men; today the term encompasses a broad variety of improvisational dance steps.
In contemporary usage, "buck dancing" often refers to a variety of solo step dancing to fiddle-based music done by dancers primarily in the Southern Appalachians. Among North Carolinians, buck dancing is differentiated from clogging and flatfooting by the use of steps higher off the floor, a straight and relatively immobile torso, and emphasis on steps that put the dancer on his or her toes rather than heels.
Mike Seeger and Ruth Pershing, Talking Feet: Buck, Flatfoot, and Tap: Solo Southern Dance of the Appalachian, Piedmont, and Blue Ridge Mountain Regions (1992).
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Emmylou Harris: Buck Dancing, YouTube video, 3:28, posted by 1000Magicians, Oct 13, 2010. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsIBS0l7Hqg (accessed October 11, 2012).
Driggs, Jeff. "A Brief History of Clog Dancing." Doubletoe Times Magazine. http://www.doubletoe.com/history.htm (accessed October 11, 2012).
Bradley, Sandra Lee. "The Social Context of Buck Dancing in North Carolina in the 1940s." M.S. Thesis, University of Washington. Seattle, Wash. 1978.
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Duke University Professor Thomas F. DeFrantz: Buck, Wing & Jig. Duke University on YouTube. http://youtu.be/A34OD4eA17o (accessed February 9, 2015).
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I find the illustration you
I find the illustration you used to be offensive. I would like to use this information in a 3rd grade class, but I'm not going to point my children to a page that uses the pejorative term "Coon," which is as bad as the n-word in my opinion. Just because something is archived at Duke does not make it appropriate for illustrative purposes on a website such as this. Surely there was something better you could have chosen?
Dear Liz,
Dear Liz,
Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment. I'm sorry you found the historical illustration offensive and questionable for an elementary classroom. We appreciate you letting us know about the mistmatch between the illustration and this entry.
I have removed the sheet music link and have replaced it with a video by Duke University professor Thomas De Frantz demonstrating historic African American social dances. It's a short and very engaging video that illustrates the elements of the "buck" and "wing" and also has contemporary dance relevance.
Thank you again for sharing your comment.
Best wishes,
Kelly Agan, Government & Heritage Library
When I was little, we used to
When I was little, we used to dance on the tailgate of a buckboard (basically a wagon/carriage with leaf-spring suspension). The idea was to get the buckboard bouncing up and down while you shuffled your feet in time with the bounces. When performed properly, your hips and upper torso remained motionless and the arms and legs moved as if on their own volition. I've since done buck dancing on various diving boards with some success (depends on the bounce). If the dancing if performed on a floor or stage or other unyielding surface that doesn't bounce, it's usually referred to as "clogging". (see "limberjack toy" for the Appalachian toy version of a buck dancer)
It has nothing to do with
It has nothing to do with blacks. The blacks didn't have dancing as we understand it. This style of dancing came straight over from Britain. The reason it's so prominent in Appalachia is the same reason you still find some old Shakespeare-era English idioms there. The English and Scots settlers got a bit isolated from the rest of the country. No blacks were involved, understand? As for "blues", "ragtime", etc., those are African, not American, types of music. What happened was blacks saw white people dancing and tried to copy them. But they didn't actually copy, they exaggerated everything and turned it into their "style" if you can call it that. The same type of flawed copying happened in Mexico when the mestizos there tried to play Accordion or brass instruments like the German settlers. Instead they came up with a wild and comical version of their own.
History has different
History has different interpretations. If you have reference citations that support this alternative view, please list them. It will help researchers. Thanks!
Michelle Underhill, Digital Information Management Program
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Court tells Manchester police a 'loaded gun' must have bullets in itBy PAT GROSSMITH
New Hampshire Union Leader
August 07. 2013 12:23PM
CONCORD – A loaded gun means exactly that, a gun that's loaded with ammunition, according to a state Supreme Court ruling made public Wednesday.
The decision means a misdemeanor charge of illegally possessing a loaded handgun without a license will be dropped against Oriol Dor of Manchester.
Dor was arrested on May 8, 2012, after police searched his vehicle and found a .40 caliber semi-automatic pistol with a loaded magazine next to it in the glove box. The pistol did not have a cartridge in the chamber, and the magazine well was empty.
Still, police charged Dor with a class A misdemeanor for "knowingly carry(ing) a loaded pistol as defined in RSA 159:4 in a vehicle without a valid license."
Dor filed a motion to dismiss the charge, arguing no license was required because the gun wasn't loaded and no crime was committed.
"We would have preferred it go the other way," said assistant attorney general Nicholas Cort, who argued the case before the Supreme Court. Assistant Manchester city solicitor Jeremy Harmon, the prosecutor on the case, was in trial Wednesday and unavailable for comment. A message left for appellate defender James B. Reis was not immediately returned.
Judge Gregory E. Michael of 9th Circuit Court, Manchester District Division, found the law "potentially ambiguous" and, without issuing a ruling, sent the case to the Supreme Court for an interlocutory appeal.
The question before the court was: Does the definition of a "loaded pistol or revolver" (under RSA 159:4 (2002) encompass … a firearm with no cartridge in the firearm, and no magazine in the magazine well(,) but with a loaded magazine located next to it and easily accessible?
The court ruled it did not.
The pertinent part of the statute, according to the court, is: "A loaded pistol or revolver shall include any pistol or revolver with a magazine, cylinder, chamber or clip in which there are loaded cartridges."
Dor, according to the court decision, argued the word "with" should be interpreted narrowly as "joined to" per Webster's Third New International Dictionary, 2002 edition, so that a "loaded pistol or revolver encompasses only a firearm that contains one or more cartridges."
The state contended "with" should be interpreted broadly as "denoting nearness, agreement, or connection" per Webster's New Dictionary and Thesaurus of 1990, so that a "loaded pistol or revolver" encompasses a firearm that contains no cartridges but is located near a loaded magazine or clip.
"Although the state's reading of RSA 159:4 is plausible, we conclude that the only reasonable construction of the statute is the one offered by the defendant," the court said in ruling in the defense's favor.
The court said in order for a pistol or revolver to be considered "loaded" under the state statute, it must contain a cartridge in the chamber or must contain a magazine, cylinder, or clip inserted in or otherwise adjoined to the firearm such that it can be discharged through normal operation.
The court also said if the Legislature disagrees with its interpretation of RSA 159:4, it is free, subject to constitutional limitations, to amend it.

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Casey Anthony Trial: The State Discovers The Elusive 17th Allele- BOMBSHELL Discovery Of The Deuchebag Chromosome, Belongs To Bereaved Gram Cindy Anthony (UPDATED)
Orlando, FL– I swear on my Blinkette's, at no time, did I ever picture the word that rhymes with "euchebag" if you add a D, would appear in a title on my site. Today's testimony by Academy Of Parental Enablers Resulting in Toddler Death President (AOPERTDP), Cindy Anthony , took the strand. I said strand on purpose. I am convinced the elusive 17th allele comes from her. I daydream she left it on the shovel by attempting to dig herself a hole following the conclusion of her filicidic daughter's trial.
No such luck. This former Gentiva Supervisor, Licensed by the state of Florida as a registered nurse, now thinks she may have been home on the days of March 17th and March 21st and her former employer, required her and other salaried employees to falsify their timecards in an agency subject to HIPAA regulations.
Mrs. Anthony, although it would mean she came home for less than 30 minutes on both days, if she indeed returned to work, brought her own smell of decomposition. Decomposition of her loyalty to the legacy of her 34 month old grandbaby, Caylee Marie. By the time of this publication, I have requested comment from John Camperlengo, Gentiva Chief Compliance Officer, and will post upon reply.
UPDATE: The Following Is the Reply I received from Senior Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer and General Counsel to Gentiva, John Camperlengo, published with permission.
Thanks for your note. As a matter of policy, Gentiva does not comment on matters being litigated before the courts. What we can tell you is Gentiva complies with all relevant Federal and State regulations, rules and guidelines concerning patient and staff records. And we cooperate fully with responsible authorities when requested to aid them in research in investigations. Best Regards, John
O and Cindy, thanks for bringing up your concerns about the dogs eating bamboo leaves. Further computer forensic scrutiny shows that the dogs were PRECLUDED from being in the backyard as a result. Which, Casey knew, and certainly strongly assissted in avoiding detection of her granddaughter's remains in her playhouse for days. Not to creepy, not to soul-less, right? Did the Baez/Rosebud braintrust consider they gave the jury exactly what they needed to explain Casey Anthony's alternative universe and fancy for pathological lying? Apples and Trees, as we say in Jersey. God Rest this child in your loving care, which begining June 16th, is the only loving care that has mattered.
(Editor's Note: I apologize in advance for offending any readers with my editorial, I am a victim's avocate before a journalist anyday.)


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'Bossie' Awards Crown FOSS' Best of Breed
Sep 15, 2011 5:00 AM PT
Well September is shaping up to be a banner month here in the world of free and open source software.
Not only did we recently learn the winners of this year's "Bossie" (Best of Open Source Software) awards, but we have Software Freedom Day coming up this Saturday! Nothing like awards and parties to make a person forget all about hack attacks and other unsavory aspects of the daily grind.
This year, in fact, it's more important than ever to celebrate Software Freedom Day, Linux Girl humbly suggests, what with all the patent to-do we've had in recent months. Make sure you get out there and whoop it up on the 17th!
LibreOffice, Android and Chrome
Meanwhile, just as Hollywood's Academy Awards tend to dominate conversation for weeks in advance in some social spheres, so the Bossies have a similar effect in the Linux blogosphere's bars and cafes.
Chosen by InfoWorld Test Center editors and reviewers, the annual Bossies recognize "the best and most innovative open source software products for end users, businesses and IT professionals," in the press release's own words.
Among this year's winners are Drupal, Sugar, WordPress, Apache Hadoop, Git, Jenkins, Hudson and OpenStack, along with LibreOffice, Android and Chrome.
As per usual, Linux bloggers haven't been shy about expressing their own opinions.
'It's Hard to Pick a Few'
"WordPress, SugarCRM and Lucene are great pieces of software and they are FLOSS as well," blogger Robert Pogson told Linux Girl, for example.
"Tens of millions use WordPress for their blogs as I do, and Sugar may help me find a job soon," Pogson added. "I use Lucene as one of many options for desktop/file searching -- it's smooth and reliable.
"Out of hundreds of thousands of good FLOSS projects it's hard to pick a few that stand out, but on the basis of usage, these must be near the top," he added.
"I would have recommended Apache web server and GNU/Linux, too, although those are not so much projects but ecosystems," Pogson pointed out. "I think the Linux kernel is one of the all-time great software projects of any kind."
'I Stopped Reading'
Hyperlogos blogger Martin Espinoza took issue with the way the awards were assigned.
"My only complaint about the list is that they are giving awards to the winner and the runner-up," Espinoza explained. "For example, giving a 'best of' award to Drupal and Wordpress, which both do the same thing.
"I stopped reading there, as it was clear that it was nothing but a popularity contest designed to increase page views," Espinoza said. "Now they can give awards to lots of people to make them feel good about the contest, and make people care about it for next year. Pass."
'It's Still Pretty Much a Duopoly'
Similarly, "it's interesting that both Hudson and Jenkins were included, seeing as Jenkins is a fork of Oracle's Hudson," noted Barbara Hudson, a blogger on Slashdot who goes by "Tom" on the site.
"I would also take issue with one sentence from the press release: 'The 2011 awards ... reflect the dominance of open source software on the desktop, in mobile technology, in business applications, in application development, and in the data center and the private cloud.'
"It's still pretty much an OSX/Windows duopoly for desktop operating systems, and closed-source applications still dominate many desktop software categories," Hudson noted. "Of course, the shellacking that closed-source software is taking in the mobile OS field, the data center, and Internet infrastructure and services helps balance things out."
'All Top-Notch'
Slashdot blogger hairyfeet had a different focus.
"Did you notice that nearly every bit of software on the list except for the cloud stuff has a Windows version?" he asked. "While that makes me as a Windows user happy, it really doesn't help Linux adoption any. What Linux needs is its own Visicalc, a 'killer app' that will help spur adoption just as Visicalc helped spur the original PC sales."
Those that are on the list, however, "are all top-notch," hairyfeet agreed.
'That Is What Makes Good Software'
"The only thing I would add is, where is Blender?" he told Linux Girl. "It is truly an incredibly powerful piece of software.
"I had a client that was unhappy because the robot he is helping design for a NASA competition at the local college just doesn't have the level of lighting realism he wanted with Solidworks," hairyfeet added. "So I just sent him to this link on the Blender wiki and voila! Thanks to FOSS and a volunteer that wrote the import scripts, he is happily having his robot rendering in photo realism by Blender."
That, in fact, "is what FOSS should be about -- not about politics or factions, or all the GPL vs. BSD flamewars, but 'can this software make someone's day easier and/or better?'" hairyfeet concluded. "If it does, that is what makes good software to me."


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See on Scoop.it – Sophia Dudésir – Journaliste Transmédia
Every so often, a traditionally non-business word finds its way into the business world, fueled by an admirable desire to find new ways to think about old challenges. "Storytelling" has become one of those words.
What a nicely written article pointing to several truisms in business storytelling. Some you are familiar with (storytelling is a pull, not a push technology). I like the ones that I don't read much about:
1. Storytelling is a selfless, empowering act
2. Storytelling looks to the future
As the author Bill Baker (from Marketing Profs) says, « Successful storytelling respects the past and appreciates the present, but it also looks boldly into the future, moving people past "what is" to "what if?" Done well, storytelling helps people collectively imagine a vision of the future that is achievable and worth achieving, helping them to understand not only what they're working on but also what they're working toward. » Yes!
And, « As you consider using storytelling strategically to give meaning to your brand communications or employee-engagement efforts, don't do so simply because it is "the next big thing." Do it because, if you truly listen and you are willing to be generous, authentic, emotional, and collectively creative— it works. As one senior client recently said, "This is a bit frightening. I feel vulnerable; but at the same time, because I'm being myself, I feel more confident." If your organization is ready for that journey, there's a great story ahead. »
Love it. This is a quick post that is rich in insights & examples (ignore its clunky layout). Enjoy!
This review was written by Karen Dietz for her curated content on business storytelling at www.scoop.it/t/just-story-it ;
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We have no shot at making up ground in any race if we decide to match those above us win for win, loss for loss. The Cubs just wrapped up a pathetic 5-0 shutout effort against the crosstown Chicago White Sox. And the whole game was a horror to watch, aside from Dempster that is.
Another strong pitching outing by a Cubs starter thrown away by the team's hitting and defense. Like Lilly as of late, Dempster controlled the Sox for a majority of the game until a couple errors put the Sox up 3-0, all three runs unearned. No run support for Demp and no quality defense either. One error on Soriano was ridiculous. He slipped running over to catch a fly ball. We all know what was coming next…the hop. Now is the hop the reason for the slip? I don't know. The Heckler recently had a headline about the Cubs initiated a prayer section in left to help out Soriano's defense. Wouldn't be a bad idea honestly. Yesterday I applauded the decision to replace Soriano with Fuld as a defensive replacement and that should've happened today. I believe Sori should only be playing through seven innings. Give him his at bats to see what kind of damage he can do with the bat, then, late in the game, prevent him from doing damage with his glove in the field. I like having him on the team, he's a vital cog to the Cubs success. Unfortunately lately he's also a huge reason why we get the L's that we do…whether it's his slump, his hop or his glove…we can't afford anything but perfection right now. Oh, and honestly, if this cortisone thing isn't working out, pull him all together. He may be in so much pain right now it's effecting his play. Anyone else notice how pathetic those three swings were when Sori struck out to end the game? It's like he wasn't even trying and just wanted to get it over with. If he's not able to do the job, sit him. The few games we have left are too valuable to take a chance on a guy who may or not be feeling good enough to do what it takes. Especially when there are no signs that he is healthy enough to do so. Think Lou, be smart when putting that lineup card together man. If he can't go, put in someone else. (sigh)
The Rockies are currently down against the Mets in the seventh inning 6-2. Chances are they will lose. The Cardinals are losing 4-3 in the bottom of the ninth. As we all know, with the Cards this year, anything is possible. But if they lose, yet again we've successfully combined our outcome with the Rockies and Cards and matched them result for result. Forget the division, no threepeat, I get it. But the Wild Card is not impossible. Not if we win and they lose. Will they lose? Yes. SO…WE HAVE TO WIN. A pathetic 5-5 showing in the homestand and now off to New York to take on the Mets. The Mets, who could only potentially take one of three against the Rockies, not helping the Cubs at all. The Mets, who could possibly find a way to turn it on against the Cubs this weekend and do some more black cat voo-doo by sweeping the series while the Rockies blow up, not guaranteed or likely, but it wouldn't be surprising the way things are going.
And to the Sox! Vomit. I said yesterday, no one better to play spoiler against than your crosstown rival. Unfortunately the Cubs ended up on the wrong side of the final score and the fans in black left Wrigley happy today. With the Rockies losing we lose a chance to make up ground but at least if the Mets hold and close this thing out, we won't lose any ground. Just such a shame to see the scoreboard and see the Rockies losing and know that we blew a chance to make up valuable ground in the WC race. Have to take advantage of these opportunities. The match game won't do us any good at all.
Heading to Citi tomorrow to watch Zambrano take on the Mets. Let's hope the bananas and fluids are on the menu this evening and the mechanics come out to shine. Need Z to dominate tomorrow and for the first time this season, Go Arizona (they'll be playing the Rockies). Tick tock boys. Let's get some runs and make up some ground! Go Cubs Go!


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No time to cruise the Caribbean? Cramer said that's no reason not to enjoy what the cruise lines have to offer.
"The cruise lines have been absolutely on fire lately," said Cramer. The keen interest in the IPO of Norwegian Cruise Lines speaks to him.
The stock IPO'd at $19 and spiked up 30% in its first day of trading on January 17th. Since that time shares of Norwegian Cruise Lines have rallied somewhat steadily. "It tells me that the market is incredibly bullish on the cruise stocks and that this industry is now very much in style on Wall Street fashion show."


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I ask you this: What government agency could not cut their budget by 2.2 percent without laying off a ton of workers? How about we cut the president's golf trips. The last one cost the taxpayers nearly a million dollars – that would pay a lot of salaries. How about past president's pensions of over $400,000 per year. How about cutting bloated salaries and pensions for do-nothing congressmen and senators.
A 2011 GAO report gave a sampling of the vastness of what could be cut, not including any of the things I have suggested, their estimate amounted to a total annual cut of $100 billion to $200 billion, two to five times the entire sequester. But, that won't happen. The president will make sure of that.
Then the troubled citizens will demand a reversal of the cuts and the president can save the day by putting the government workers back on the job and raising taxes.
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ADRIAN — An Addison-area woman accused of cooking methamphetamine in a home where police found her teenage son was given a chance to prove herself by a Lenawee County Circuit Court judge.
Holly Marie Williamson, 42, was sentenced Wednesday to a five-month jail term and three years' probation under a provision that allows her to clear her record if there are no violations.
She was given credit for 21 days served in jail after her arrest in September and before a $750,000 bond was reduced to $10,000. One month of the jail term was also suspended.
"I've been clean for almost five months. I've turned my life around," Williamson told Judge Margaret M.S. Noe.
"I messed up. I take responsibility," she said.
The OMNI Team 3 drug enforcement unit raided a house in Addison on Aug. 2 where Williamson and a boyfriend were living and allegedly making methamphetamine. Her teenage son was the only one in the house when police arrived. The house was sealed until it could be decontaminated from chemicals used in making methamphetamine.
Williamson and George Edward Terrill III, 43, turned themselves in on Sept. 20 to face drug and firearms charges that carry up to 25-year prison terms. Both pleaded guilty to reduced counts of possessing methamphetamine that carry maximum 10-year sentences.
"The drug has made her hit rock bottom. To put her kids in the middle of her drug problem is what this has done to her," said defense attorney Dawn Vandusen of Adrian.
Williamson is now focused on getting her life back on track and being with her children again, said Vandusen.
"Most parents would do the exact 180-degree opposite of what you did," Noe told her. Instead of shielding them from drug abuse, she exposed them to the risk, she said.
Noe said she agreed to the county jail and probation sentence because this is Williamson's first felony conviction, "as big as it is."


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Dear Editor,
I have the honor of serving as Scout Executive for the Boy Scouts of America, Hoosier Trails Council, serving 18 counties throughout South Central Indiana, including Owen County. For many years, the staff and volunteers of this council have provided area families a very effective and low-cost character-building program for their children founded upon traditional, fun activities, and teaching worthwhile life skills. Scouting helps to make our towns and cities good places to live and raise a family. People often share stories with me of the wonderful service Scouts and Scouters in their town have provided.
The year 2010 will celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America. In recognition of this milestone, we have created a National Hall of Leadership. Its purpose is to give recipients of an extraordinary good deed by a Scout or Scouter a way to thank and honor them - and to encourage others to follow in their footsteps!
If you, or someone you know, has been the recipient of such a good deed from a Scout - young or old, I want to give you the opportunity to reciprocate with a good deed of your own.
Share your story by visiting the Hoosier Trails Council website, and click on the nomination link on the home page (www.hoosiertrailsbsa. org). Nominations will be taken through February 8, 2010. Your nomination will honor someone special and help continue the legacy of Scouting leadership and service in your town!
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Gemma Vall-Llosera, an Ericsson Research specialist in high-speed access and architecture, takes us on a tour of some state-of-the-art demos in the latest Follow the Expert film.
See how next-generation cloud networking is allowing people and companies to create their own virtual private clouds, and how to cut power consumption for heterogeneous networks (hetnets) by three-quarters. Then Gemma looks at the latest in copper backhaul, and how Ericsson is getting 1Tbps out of fiber link, 10 million times the throughput of a standard copper cable.


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Seabrook's message: No one above the law hereEDITORIAL
July 27. 2014 7:36PM
Last Wednesday, Seabrook made an impressively decisive move to restore the public's faith in a police department rocked by a brutality scandal.
In November of 2009, officers Mark Richardson and Adam Laurent were escorting Michael Bergeron, then 19, to a cell when Richardson suddenly slammed Bergeron so hard against a wall that Bergeron's head snapped back and his body went limp. The officers filed a report stating that Bergeron was aggressive and uncooperative.
This past January, Bergeron posted police surveillance of the incident online, and the officers' story fell apart. In April, Richardson was indicted for "unprivileged physical contact." To the town's credit, Seabrook officials did not try to sweep this under the rug or make excuses. They put the officers on leave and hired an outside company to conduct an investigation.
Last week, the investigation complete, the town fired two officers, suspended one without pay, and demoted another. "Seldom have you seen that in police departments in this state, that kind of discipline," town labor attorney Joseph McKittrick said. "We will never tolerate that kind of conduct in this town."
The town's response was so thorough that Bergeron's own mother said it "restored my faith in the town."
We were impressed both with the disciplinary actions and the release of the report. So often in cases like these, town officials hide information by claiming they cannot discuss personnel matters. Other New Hampshire municipalities now have an example to follow when dealing with similar cases.


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Today I had the pleasure of talking with Kevin Kline, writer of the Tool Time column here at SQL Server Magazine and current President of the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS). This year's 2007 PASS Community Summit is being held in Denver, Colorado September 18–21 and is expected to draw at least 2,500 attendees from all over the world. Even though last year the summit was hosted in Seattle and well-attended by Microsoft, including a keynote from Steve Ballmer, this years registration could possibly exceed last year's record breaking crowd. Of course, being from Colorado, I'm thinking this is a perfect place to host the Summit.
From Kevin's perspective, some of this year's highlights include the new partnership PASS has created with the SQL Server Customer Advisory Team (SQLCAT) at Microsoft. Under the guidance of Mark Sousa, SQLCAT specializes in implementing the most challenging customer database applications across the globe. They work directly with Microsoft customers doing some of the most challenging and unusual things with SQL Server. SQLCAT is doing a mini-track on SQL Server 2005 that includes customer presentations and case studies. This is a great chance for attendees to meet members of SQLCAT, share their ideas, and seek advise about solving their particular problems. PASS is planning to continue this next year where SQLCAT members can share some of the first real live experience with SQL Server 2008. This mini-track is available to anyone with a full conference pass.
Another highlight is having a large number of SQL MVPs in attendance. If you have questions about SQL and want to talk to key experts with great depth of knowledge in both product and implementation areas – you should definitely check out the SQLounge. Sponsored by Microsoft, the SQLounge is a casual area where you can visit with Microsoft developers, Microsoft MVPs and Industry experts to work through issues or to pose your really tough questions.
Microsoft keynote speakers don't provide previews of their presentations, but Kevin's speculating there should be a least 'some cool new announcement'. One keynote will be given by Bill Baker, general manager of Business Intelligence (BI) applications for the Microsoft Office Business Platform team at Microsoft. So, we might hear something about the impending release of Performance Point. Kevin believes that with Bill's previous work in the SQL team (Analysis Services, Reporting Service, and Notification Services) there will be positive alignment with the Office and SQL groups. Another keynote speaker is Ted Kummert who replaces departing Paul Flessner. Kevin is very interested to hear the direction and strategy Ted plans to take with the SQL Server group.
We also discussed how PASS has struggled with knowing how to service the Business Intelligence professional. The BI professional, in contrast to the traditional DBA and developer, draws more from the business side of the house. Kevin says it's been harder to reach into that group and know what they're looking for. His hope is that providing an emphasis on BI in the current PASS tracks, will help answer the community's current questions and draw this new BI professionals into the existing SQL Server community. SQL Server is a very mature product in the market, whereas BI is a much younger product area with a large growth potential.
I did ask Kevin his thoughts on the uptake of SQL Sever 2008. Kevin's been speaking to user groups across the globe over the last six month's and is surprised with the slow uptake of 2005. Kevin estimates users groups in early 2007 reported about 15% of attendants had migrated, increasing to about 30% around mid-year. Now he says the 'show of hands' is closer to 60%. Kevin says, "User group attendees are really questioning what to do about 2008. If I were a Microsoft sales rep, I'd be wondering who is going to buy 2005 between now and 2008 RTM. And, why should I upgrade to 2005 if I don't have a pressing need." On the other hand, he does see and increasing momentum in organizations migrating and thinks more people will migrate to 2005 before moving to 2008.
While Kevin is a big fan of Microsoft SQL Server, he has concern that the two-year release cycle Microsoft has adopted will create a lot of leapfrogging of releases by the SQL community (migration from SQL Server 2000 to 2008). It's going to take some convincing by Microsoft that this two-year release cycle is really good for SQL customers. Kevin cautions Microsoft of adopting an attitude that all technology is good, new technology is better, and you should upgrade as soon as you can. "Many organizations aren't willing to upgrade when they have stable applications that are working. Organizations tend to take a more conservative attitude of change, especially when things are working."
Our reader feedback certainly seems to confirm Kevin's opinion. We've received an overwhelming response from readers who think it's too soon for another major release of SQL Server. (See more reader feedback in the October issue of SQL Server Magazine.)
A few last notes on some of the trends we might be seeing in the coming year. PASS is holding a pre-conference session on MDX, with the belief there's a ground swell of interest in MDX from both the traditional DBA and developer audience, as well as the BI audience. This MDX track responds to the needs of Excel experts in trying to hook into the data warehouse and data marts and the DBA or developer using MDX for internal projects. The popularity of this track will determine whether or not additional tracks are included in next year's program.
So, if you aren't already registered for this year's Summit and you're still thinking it might be worth your while, consider these additional highlights. Microsoft is running a series of SQL Server Focus Groups at the Summit – this is an excellent opportunity for you to participate in defining priorities for the next generation of offerings! Pre-registration for these sessions is required – to register click here.
The four focus groups offered (first come, first served basis) are:
- Database Administration: Productivity and Services needs. Wednesday, September 19, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 pm (lunch provided)
- Enterprise Information Management: Business ETL, Master Data and Metadata Management needs. Thursday, September 20, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 pm (lunch provided)
- Business Intelligence Administration: Tools and Advanced Analytics needs . Thursday, September 20, 4:00 – 6:00 pm (refreshments provided)
- Information Lifecycle Management: Security and Compliance needs. Friday, September 21, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 pm (lunch provided)
There's a great opportunity for you to do some performance testing with your own cubes and queries. The Analysis Services team is hosting a lab to compare Analysis Services query performance on SQL Server 2005 to 2008 with your own cubes. Performance is one of the themes of Analysis Services in and early build of SQL Server 2008. Bring your cubes, queries and MDX questions into the lab and see how things compare.
This year's Women in Technology lunch celebrates it's fifth year.The topic of the event is: Women in Technology: Reaching Our Goals. Panelists include Sharon Dooley, Lara Rubbelke, Andrea Schneider, and Buffy Ransom. I attended this last year and really enjoyed the opportunity to talk to several of our readers in a very personal setting. It's a great place to network, find a mentor, or make a new friend. Be sure to save some time to check out the Exhibit Hall during open hours and don't miss the Exhibit Hall Reception (Wednesday, Sept 19 from 6–8 p.m.).
Looking forward to PASS's 2008 Summit, the Summit will return to Seattle and anticipates a strong participation from Microsoft experts in the area. PASS is also planning a European event in April 2008. Details and pre-registration will be available at this year's Summit.
On a final note, Kevin will be ending his term as President of PASS in January. He has been with PASS through it's formative years and looks forward to seeing the next leaders take PASS forward. We wish Kevin the best and extend a big thanks for all his service to the SQL Server community.
Hope to see you at the SQL Server Magazine booth where our regular author, Michelle Poolet will be actually servicing readers, answering design questions, and being her engaging self. It's also likely you might run into some other members of the SQL Server Magazine family at our booth including, Itzik Ben-Gan, Kalen Delaney, Allan Hirt, Stacia Misner, Brian Moran, Andy Kelly, Douglas McDowell, Michael Otey, Erin Welker, and more. Stop by, say hello, give us your feedback, and enjoy the 2007 PASS Community Summit.
-Diana May
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SOQUEL – The nine candidates running for three open seats on the county Board of Supervisors were pressed on their views around gay issues at a forum Saturday held at Inner Light Ministries in Soquel.
Candidates in the 1st, 2nd and 5th supervisorial districts attended a senior luncheon organized by the Diversity Center of Santa Cruz, where they answered questions related to handling county services for lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender people.
All candidates expressed support for gay rights and continuing or expanding related county services.
The Diversity Center"s Executive Director Jim Brown said county leaders play a critical role in bolstering the gay community, especially as some begin to age and come to rely on public services such as health care and supported living.
"These are people who when they were growing up, it was illegal to be gay," Brown said. "They"re prone to returning to the closet as they turn to services. They presume they won"t be accepted."
Former Watsonville Mayor Antonio Rivas, running to replace Ellen Pirie – who is retiring from her post in the 2nd district – touted his experience in working with gay teens at Watsonvile High School.
His competitor Zach Friend, who works for the Santa Cruz Police Department, shared childhood stories about participating in the gay pride parades in San Diego and delivering meals to homebound AIDS patients.
Eric Hammer, a candidate in the 5th district, said he helped bring HIV testing to Cabrillo College at a time such a thing was unheard of.
Susan Weber, also running for the open 5th district supervisor seat, told the audience she played a role in crafting an anti-discrimination policy for the San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District, which was designed to include sexual orientation.
Another 5th district competitor, Bill Smallman admitted he had no tangible experience working with gay issues. However, he said he understands more work is needed on the topic.
"The hate is still there," he said. "We need to stamp it out."
1st district Supervisor John Leopold, running for re-election against yoga teacher Charles Paulden, said "almost my whole adult life" has involved work for gays, including serving as executive director of the Santa Cruz AIDS Project in the mid-1990s and increasing the number of affordable housing for people with HIV or AIDS.
5th district candidate Bruce McPherson, a former state senator and assemblyman, listed his work in the legislature and as former owner of the Sentinel as examples of his longtime support for gay issues.
"We welcomed them with open arms," he said of his time as editor of the newspaper.
Follow Sentinel reporter Shanna McCord on Twitter @scnewsmom


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I found via Microsoft Security Center the CA "eTrust EZ AntiVirus" program, that one can download and use 12 months for free .
It also comes with firewall, that seems to be ZoneAlarm.
I wonder if some one has experience and oppinions on the firewall.
1) I suppoce there is no difference if I run CA EZ Firewall or ZoneAlarm ?
2) I have now the XP firewall disabled, is this all good?
I suppoce all network trafic is disabled untill ZoneAlarm kicks in?
3) Any oppinion on the Free vs Pro versions?


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Factorial wrote:mac5155 wrote:So sick of the weekends my fiancee works and whines about me going out while she goes out til 2am during the week on her off days.
The key word her is finance. There's still time.
Despite your horrific syntax and spelling, I agree. This is something that needs to be discussed before matrimony.


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FRITZ!Box 7560 Service - Knowledge Base
AVM Content
Blocking YouTube in the parental controls
The filter for websites in the FRITZ!Box parental controls also allows you to block access to YouTube. To also block smartphones and tablets from accessing YouTube, you must block all addresses used by YouTube or the YouTube app. Proceed as described in this guide.
Note:The configuration procedure and notes on functions given in this guide refer to the latest FRITZ!OS for your FRITZ!Box.
1 Adding YouTube to the blacklist
YouTube can be accessed through various web addresses. To block access to YouTube, you must therefore block all addresses used by YouTube:
- Click "Internet" in the FRITZ!Box user interface.
- Click "Filters" in the "Internet" menu.
- Click on the "Lists" tab.
- Click the "Edit" link next to the entry "Blocked websites (blacklist)".
- Enter the following web addresses (as of March 2018) in the field and press Enter or the space bar after entering each address:
Note:Google tells you which addresses must be blocked in their guide Restrict YouTube content on your network or managed devices.
- youtube.com
- youtube-nocookie.com
- youtu.be
- ytimg.com
- ggpht.com
- googleapis.com
- googlevideo.com
- Click "OK" to save the list.
2 Enabling the blacklist for an access profile
Enable the blacklist for the access profile you assigned to devices that are not allowed to access YouTube:
- Click "Internet" in the FRITZ!Box user interface.
- Click "Filters" in the "Internet" menu.
- Click on the "Access Profiles" tab.
- Click the button (Edit) for the access profile you would like to configure.
- Enable the option "Use of guest access blocked".
- Enable the option "Filter websites".
- Enable the option "Block websites (blacklist)".
- Click "OK" to save the access profile.
Now YouTube is blocked in the parental controls. Restart the FRITZ!Box or briefly switch wireless LAN off and then on again so that the restriction also applies to devices that accessed YouTube while you were configuring it.


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2013 Arterial Street Rehabilitation
This project included asphalt mill and overlay, some concrete base repair, and ADA ramp reconstruction on the following street sections:
Construction began in April 2013 and continued until mid-November. The contractor was Pavers, Inc.
Archive of Construction Updates
Public Involvement
- Pre-construction Open House - Tuesday, March 26, 2013
- 4:30 – 6:30 p.m.
- Antelope Park Enclosed Shelter
- 1650 Memorial Drive (north and east of the Auld Center)
- Open House Postcard • Open House Handout
Project Photos
Project Locations Map
Click on a location for details.
- Arterial Resurfacing Locations


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Thursday, November 15, 2007
Addendum To Our Last Item
And for that matter, to ourselves, for looking so out of touch in front of all of you.
Ms. Washington's Sunday column apparently covered Mr. Duncan's departure from WERE/1490.
We say "apparently", because the online version at Cleveland.com has a glitch that doesn't allow one to go past the story on NBC's Brian Williams doing his broadcast from Cleveland this week. Scroll to the bottom, and tell us if we're missing the "Page 2" link. Or, maybe she has a column under another heading that has the Ronnie Duncan story...we can't find it.
Unless we manage to get our mitts on Sunday's Dead Trees edition of PD (we're not a subscriber), we won't be able to read the story.
This is an ongoing problem with us and the PD content found on Cleveland.com.
Ms. Washington has a columnist "page" (currently labeled "Location: Cleveland" for her articles related to filmmaking efforts in Cleveland).
The media-related columns OCCASIONALLY end up there, but Sunday's effort has not...though the "180 day archive" lists her November 4th piece talking to local radio consultant and former WMMS/100.7 programmer John Gorman about his "Buzzard" book. And not much else until an October column.
Is this any way to run a newspaper's website?
Oh, and aside to Roger Brown, if that's really you in the comments in our last item - welcome. "Word is" that people did mostly enjoy your column when it was in the PD. You were certainly well-read.
But as far as our own "breathless" accounting of breaking news and scoops...does the phrase "tongue in cheek" mean anything to you?
You're a print journalist. You were employed by a major metropolitan newspaper, and as far as we know, still are employed by a pair of suburban papers.
You get paid to do your job. The Plain Dealer used to write paychecks to you, and we assume you're not doing stuff for the Lake County News-Herald and the Lorain Morning Journal for free.
We're basically a "one-man band" ("Your Primary Editorial Voice(tm)") and do this on our own time, for free, and at our own leisure. Maybe we ought to start having fun with our little "THIS JUST IN" and "BREAKING NEWS" headers, to make our sense of humor clearer.
We're often *surprised* when we "break" local media stories here.
They mostly just fall into our lap from regular readers, or from readers we didn't know we had with extensive connections (and even titles like "Vice President" or "General Manager"). One of the biggest surprises we ever got was when a well-known local cluster programmer somewhere outside our regular coverage area told us he enjoyed our work, unsolicited.
Roger...admit it, you have a "schtick", as do we. Your shout outs to Ronnie Duncan, Chris Rose, and the like are legendary.
(We have "friends of OMW", too, ya know. There may be drinking games based on our frequent mentions of "long-time friend and colleague Scott Fybush".)
Your apparent interest in real estate values of local sports-related personalities is also legendary, as is your use of the phrase "Word is". Some find it humorous.
You know? Some do that with us, too.
We have our own lingo and expressions, and some of it causes people to roll their eyes. We have our own regular rotation of topics - you should see the E-Mail when we post articles about Youngstown/Warren-market based small radio group operator Beacon Broadcasting (WANR/WRTK/WLOA/WGRP/WEXC).
It comes with the territory.
Oh, and these comments, moved from the previous item's comment section and edited slightly for context, are from us:
1) We rarely post in the comments. We'd actually like them to go away.
2) We don't see (the comments) section as "having the last word". We generally only close off the comments these days if there are out-of-hand comments against subjects we address. We've even had to do it once or twice with very unkind/serious comments people made against you!
3) You confuse the people in (the comments section) with this blog's author. All of our comments have the convenient "Ohio Media Watch" Blogger login link above them, like this one.
4) If you are indeed still writing a media-related column for a Northeast Ohio newspaper(s), your writing is fair for us to read, digest and comment upon. If you're "out of the media business", tell us, and the name Roger Brown will no longer come off of our keyboard.
5) And most important - (this update) shows that we don't run from our goofs. We point them out, we highlight them, we shine a spotlight on them, we apologize.
(Though this one is not ENTIRELY our fault, since we couldn't actually READ the column without the "on paper" version - and the online version not being available. If we're missing that, we'll apologize again.)
If you are still writing media columns, feel free to tell us an easy, "don't have to use the search option" method to find your columns on the websites of either suburban paper, and we'll be happy to direct people there again.
Basically, though? Lighten up, my friend...
--Your Primary Editorial Voice(tm)
5 comments:
- ken said...
Just curious...If you're a "one man band," why do you refer to yourself as "we" all the time? I've done it before myself and then realize that it sounds kind of silly.
- david5258 said...
ken--jschool 101--when expressing an opinion, ALWAYS refer to yourself as WE--david5258
- WERC alum said...
It's called, the "Royal Third Person". Newspapers use it to assign responsibility to paper and away from any one person. Others use it to sound important, or large.
A former Program Director once asked me, "got a mouse in your pocket?" after I used it on the air.
- Stu Nod said...
Don't feel bad 'bro.
Cleveland.com has got to be one of the WORST websites on the www. Not just WORST news website, but WORST websites - period.
The entire chain of newspapers that use the awful advance.net are just terrible. You can't find anything via search, there's no pictures with the stories, it's all just so early '90's for a website.
Whew, glad I got that off my chest.
- Mark Dallas said...
the News-Herald site is much worse.


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Sally C. Pipes: Obamacare's exchanges are on a collision course with realitySALLY C. PIPES
June 13. 2013 10:19PM
Obamacare's health insurance exchanges are supposed to enroll millions of Americans in just a few months. That may come as a surprise to them, according to a new poll.
More than three-quarters of Americans know "little" or "nothing" about the state-based exchanges, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.
They won't like what's in store. With insurers increasingly unwilling to participate, premiums set to skyrocket, and consumer confusion running rampant, Obamacare's exchanges are primed for failure.
Scheduled to open for enrollment in October offering coverage that takes effect in January, Obamacare's exchanges were supposed to be technocratic masterworks. They'd bring together insurers in one, simple, online marketplace. Consumers and small businesses could choose from among several health plan options. "Managed" competition among participating insurers would help keep costs low for shoppers — and hold down public spending on subsidies for purchasing coverage.
Of course, things haven't gone as planned.
Take enrollment. The Department of Health and Human Services's first effort at an application clocked in at 21 pages for a family of three. After a public outcry, the Department spent stacks of taxpayer dollars on high-priced consultants to teach them how to make the form simpler. In late April, they proudly presented a redo that was only three pages.
Smart government at work, right? Not really. The new sample form is for childless or single adults. The "revamped" version for a family with a couple of children can still add up to 20 pages.
It's precisely this kind of complexity that's going to scare consumers away from the exchanges. And consumers aren't the only ones fleeing. Insurers are increasingly opting out of the exchanges — uncertain about the regulations they'll face or whether there will actually be any customers for them to sell to.
The largest insurer in the country, UnitedHealthcare, has said it could end up in as few as 10 exchanges. The number-two, Aetna, recently announced that it had applied to sell policies in 14 states. Humana plans to do the same. And Cigna will participate in only a "limited" number of state markets.
Employees of small businesses participating in the federally run exchanges will have just one choice through at least 2015 — not several options, as the Obama administration originally promised.
With fewer plans on offer, the exchanges are going to be significantly less competitive than planned. That means higher prices for enrollees.
Indeed, the average monthly premium for plans sold in Vermont is expected to be as high as $600. And in Maryland, prices for small-group plans will jump 15 to 28 percent next year, according to an Aetna spokesman.
Making matters worse, as part of a misguided campaign to ensure that all plans conform to their particular conception of "fair," federal policymakers have created a long list of coverage requirements — including everything from mental-health and drug-abuse treatments to vision care. Whether patients actually want such coverage — or would be willing to pay less for policies without such benefits — does not matter.
According to the Council on Affordable Health Insurance, such benefit mandates can drive up an insurance policy's cost by up to 50 percent.
The exchanges have gotten off to such a bumpy start that even Obamacare's most vehement supporters are hedging their bets. Henry Chao, who's officially in charge of the exchanges' technology apparatus, recently told Congressional Quarterly that he's "pretty nervous."
Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius is trying to calm those nerves by spending yet more money to promote the exchanges. Congress has proved less than willing to give her the cash she wants. So she's turned to health care companies, asking for large donations to support an "awareness campaign."
Sebelius has claimed that she's simply helping a nonprofit — one that just so happens to be staffed by alums of the Obama administration — raise money to expand access to insurance. Firms regulated by Sebelius's agency may see her "requests" more appropriately as shakedowns.
Obamacare's exchanges are on track to be costly, unpopular messes. In just a few short months, millions of Americans will find out as much firsthand.
Sally C. Pipes is president, CEO, and Taube Fellow in Health Care Studies at the Pacific Research Institute. Her next book, "The Cure for Obamacare" (Encounter), will be released this summer.


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New Bill Would Cover Cancer Costs to FFs Exposed On the JobHARRISBURG - Firefighters' work is full of risks. Everyone knows that. What's not so widely known is the risks that come later, after they've hung up their helmets. Consider one statistic: A Cincinnati study found male firefighters 100 times more likely than other men to contract testicular cancer. Because of that and other cancer dangers linked to exposure to toxic chemicals, ...Published almost 8 years ago |
Photos: Fairfax Co. Search and Rescue Team in JapanDULLES, Va. - A search and rescue team from Fairfax County returned home from Japan early Sunday morning. Virginia Task Force 1 spent the last week searching for survivors around the seaport city of Ofunato, without success. Spokeswoman Renee Stilwell says a team from Los Angeles was also pulled out because the weather conditions in northern Japan make it unlikely there ...Published over 7 years ago |
HFD: 30 Fires May be Work of 1 ArsonistArson investigators believe at least 30 intentionally set fires in southwest Houston dating to the beginning of last year may be the work of the same person or group of people, officials said Tuesday. Almost all the fires occurred at apartment complexes or homes on the southwest side during the early morning hours. In all instances a flammable liquid such as ...Published over 7 years ago |
Second Fired FF Wins Back His JobDEKALB COUNTY, GA - A second DeKalb County firefighter dismissed after a fatal Dunwoody fire has won back his job, WSB-TV is reporting. A hearing officer ruled for William Jeffrey Greene when he appealed his termination last week, according to reports. Greene was one of the five firefighters fired when a blaze killed 74-year-old Ann Bartlett, hours after the firemen responded ...Published over 8 years ago |
Man Loses Hand Trying to Make Larger, Stronger Homemade FireworkKANSAS CITY - A man is believed to have blown off his hand when a homemade firework exploded while he and another man were trying to make a stronger one. The explosion happened about 10:50 p.m. Monday in the 3100 block of Southeast Third Street in Blue Springs. Police had received a report saying that several people were injured. When Blue ...Published over 8 years ago |
City Initiates Random Drug Tests On FirefightersBOSTON - Unmarked white box trucks arrived without warning outside three Boston firehouses yesterday, as the Fire Department began random drug and alcohol testing, a quiet ending to what had become a bitter and protracted labor dispute. A total of 20 firefighters stepped inside the customized trucks with private bathrooms and running water, submitting to instant-read breathalyzers for alcohol and to ...Published about 8 years ago |
Former FF Sentenced to 3-10 Years for ArsonDOVER, N.H.—A former New Hampshire firefighter is going to prison for at least three years after pleading guilty to setting a series of fires. Forty-four-year-old Stark Liedtke of Alton had pleaded guilty to three charges that he set fires on Berry Road in New Durham in 2006 and 2007. He also pleaded guilty to eight other arson-related charges. In court Tuesday, ...Published almost 8 years ago |
BLM Offering Reward for Information on Laguna FireYuma, Ariz. -- After determining the 751 acre Laguna fire to be human caused, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management is offering a $10,000 reward to the public for information that leads to a conviction. "Right now, it's under investigation to determine who started it and whether it was accidental or intentional," BLM information officer Pamela Mathis said Monday. "But regardless ...Published over 7 years ago |
Father Arrested In Death of Firefighter SonWARWICKSHIRE, UK - The father of one of four firefighters killed in a fire at a warehouse in 2007 was one of six men recently arrested in connection with the deaths. Paul Stephens, 54, was questioned along with two others last Wednesday. Three other men were arrested in February. Mr Stephen's son Ashley died alongside Darren Yates-Badley, John Averis and Ian ...Published over 8 years ago |
Firefighting and MMA: The Perfect Combo?Chris Lytle is one of a few Ultimate Fighting Championship veterans who still keeps his day job. Technically, it's a day/night job. He's a firefighter in Indianapolis. Between his job, a busy fight schedule in UFC and his four kids, he has little time for anything else. He admits he doesn't have other hobbies and says his many fight-night bonuses have ...Published about 8 years ago |
Two Firefighters Awarded Valor Award for BraveryNEW BRUNSWICK - Two city firefighters were awarded the Valor Award by the Saint Barnabas Burn Foundation for their bravery during a 2009 house fire, according to MyCentralJersey.com Fire Capt. Ramon Schaffer and firefighter Joseph Carman entered the building already engulfed in flames while searching for a missing occupant. They found the man unconscious in a third-floor bedroom and carried him ...Published almost 8 years ago |
Arizona Wildfire Grows to 10,000 AcresA wildfire near scenic Parker Canyon Lake has grown to more than 10,000 acres. The lake and a campground there have been closed to the public. The human-caused blaze -- called the Arlene Fire -- started Monday morning and is spreading quickly in dry grass and brush southeast of Sonoita, said Marylee Peterson, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Forest Service. The ...Published over 7 years ago |
FF Charged with Stealing Gear, Selling It On EbaySHEBOYGAN, WI - A former volunteer firefighter will make an initial court appearance today for allegedly stealing more than $20,000 worth of gear from the Town of Sheboygan Fire Department and auctioning it on eBay. Items reported stolen included two sets of fire gear, 15 pagers, 13 defibrillator batteries, two defibrillators, a dash-mounted two-way radio, a set of vehicle emergency lights ...Published over 8 years ago |
Young CT Girl Needs Saving After Getting Stuck Inside ChimneyNEW CANAAN, Conn. (AP) - A 9-year-old Connecticut girl who climbed to the roof of her house and attempted to crawl back inside through the chimney has been rescued after getting stuck. Assistant Fire Chief Jack Hennessey says the girl climbed up a house painter's ladder Wednesday morning, walked across the roof and tried to climb down the chimney. She almost ...Published over 8 years ago |
Firefighter Killed After Shift In Three-Vehicle CrashINDIANAPOLIS - An Indianapolis firefighter who had finished with his shift and was about to pull into his driveway was killed Thursday in a three-vehicle accident north of Brownsburg. Duane E. Clark, 35, died in the accident just before 8 a.m. on Ind. 267 just south of Hendricks County Road 900 North. Clark was a nine-year Indianapolis Fire Department veteran who ...Published about 8 years ago |
FFs Best Police In Annual Guns 'N Hoses CompetitionST. LOUIS -- When a shoulder injury prevented St. Louis County police officer Steve Park from continuing, the last-bout victory went to St. Louis Fire Department firefighter Chad Vancil and the firefighters claimed a 9-8 team victory in 17 bouts at the 24th Budweiser Guns 'N Hoses Wednesday night at Scottrade Center in St. Louis. All five metro-east boxers lost their ...Published almost 8 years ago |
Closed Fire Station: Heart Attack Victim DiesNEWBURYPORT -- A Woodman Way man died Thursday, three days after going into cardiac arrest while the nearest emergency response facility, the West End fire station, was closed due to a budget dispute between firefighters and Mayor Donna Holaday, Andrew J. Soucy, 70, died Thursday at Portsmouth Regional Hospital in Portsmouth, N.H. Soucy suffered a heart attack while attending a condominium ...Published over 7 years ago |
FFs Rescue Man's Best Friend From 6th Floor LedgeDENVER - Denver firefighters helped a dog from a sixth-floor ledge of the Denver Dry Lofts building this morning. Phil Champagne, spokesman for the Denver Fire Department, said the person who owned the dog tried several times to get the dog off the ledge without success. However firefighters, who worked their way along the ledge, were able to grab the dog ...Published over 8 years ago |
19-Year-Old Gets 15 Years in Firefighter's SlayingJACKSONVILLE - A Jacksonville woman was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison in the December shooting death of a Jacksonville firefighter/paramedic. [photo:162625] Fisthnise St. Breux, 19, had faced up to 30 years after pleading guilty to manslaughter last month. She will be deported to her native Haiti upon completion of her sentence. St. Breux was arrested after Emanuel Porter II, ...Published about 8 years ago |


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Mission Statement:
We, here at OverDosed Performance, are all hardcore automotive enthusiasts that have a combined 30 plus years of experience in the automotive industry. Ever since our humble beginnings back in 2003, our mission has always been to offer our customers with the latest & greatest products at the most competitive pricing, along with unparalleled customer service. No matter what you're looking to get done on your vehicle, whether it be from simple bolt-on's or a full race car build, our staff can most definitely help you out and guide you in the right direction.
Some history on our company:
OverDosed Performance first saw the light of day in 2003 as a web shop. We started the company in order to offer fresh, new products to the greater Montreal area tuning scene. In the summer of 2004, we got the opportunity to open up OD as a brick and mortar retail store in Laval, QC.
We quickly started gaining popularity amongst the Honda/Acura enthusiasts, seeing as we were the first to import Password:JDM products into Canada. In 2006, we began competing in local Time Attack competitions with our two shop cars, a K20 powered Civic EK, as well as a DC5 RSX Type-S. Then in 2007, we decided to get into drifting, so we put together a team that was to compete in the DriftMania Canadian Championship Series. The team consisted of two, then amateur drivers, Steph Scardocchio, as well as Nicolas Filiatreault. The team performed extraordinarily well that season, with Steph finishing the season in 5th place overall, and he also received the "Recruit of the year" award that season.
In 2010, with more and more people buying their parts online, we decided to close our retail location in Laval and we went back to being an online only shop, which served us well for the following few years. However in the spring of 2014, we decided it was time to reopen a retail location. So we teamed up with the guys at Av Fabrication, and opened up a one stop shop in Laval, where our customers can buy the parts they need, and then get them installed, all in one place. We offer a wide array of services from regular automotive maintenance, to full race car builds.
|Stephen Scardocchio piloting his Nissan 240SX S13 in the 2007 DriftMania Canadian Championship Series under Team OverDosed.
|The OverDosed Performance K20a2 powered Civic EK during a local Time Attack event back in 2007.
|In 2010 DMCC Season, Marc Landreville was driving his Nissan Silvia S14, rocking the colors of OverDosed Performance.
|In 2012, the OverDosed Performance Nissan 240SX S13 at a local JDM Monday Meet, which was organized by the OD Crew.
|OverDosed Performance owner, Chris Tsoraidis, ripping it up in the OD Nissan 240SX S13 at the 2014 edition of the Maple Leaf Bash that is held every year at the Autodrome St-Eustache.
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Mets help fund new Boys & Girls Club Teen Center
NEW YORK -- More than eight tons of steel floated in the sky, high above Atlantic Avenue in the Richmond Hill neighborhood of Queens. Two crane cables stretched as they lifted the 17,200-pound beam off the sidewalk and into place on the new Boys & Girls Club of Metro Queens building.
"That is so cool," one spectator gasped as the beam hovered over her head.
NEW YORK -- More than eight tons of steel floated in the sky, high above Atlantic Avenue in the Richmond Hill neighborhood of Queens. Two crane cables stretched as they lifted the 17,200-pound beam off the sidewalk and into place on the new Boys & Girls Club of Metro Queens building.
"That is so cool," one spectator gasped as the beam hovered over her head.
And it was cool, for reasons more important than simple engineering know-how. The beam highlighted a topping-out ceremony to commemorate a new 3,000-square-foot Teen Center and Café in the Boys & Girls Club, which is scheduled to open this December. When finished, the Teen Center will provide area high school students with a technology lab, a college lab, classroom space, a lounge and a viewing area overlooking the new gymnasium.
"Imagine how many teens this new 3,000-square-foot room can fit," said Nadira Beepat, the club's Youth of the Year. "Imagine the amount of young individuals like myself who will be able to have the life-changing experience I did."
The Teen Center is part of an $11 million capital improvement program for the Boys & Girls Club of Metro Queens, made possible in part by Major League Baseball and the Mets. One advantage of hosting an All-Star Game, Mets executive vice president and general counsel David Cohen said, is the ability to partner with MLB on charity initiatives throughout the city.
The Mets and MLB, who have worked closely with several chapters of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America in the past, saw it as an opportunity to "have a longstanding impact" on the city and generate "a lasting All-Star legacy" in Queens, in Cohen's words.
"We now see the 2013 All-Star Game as a great opportunity to forge a more permanent relationship with the Boys & Girls Club of Metro Queens," Cohen said. "With this great new facility, and with the dedication and enthusiasm of the staff of Metro Queens, we know that the Metro Boys & Girls Club will continue to meet the needs of the families and the community that it proudly serves."
The Metro Queens chapter draws in particular from the Richmond Hill, Ozone Park, Woodhaven, Glendale, Howard Beach and Jamaica neighborhoods of Queens, with the goal of enabling "at-risk" teens to become "well-rounded, engaged citizens." The teams participate in college tours, career seminars, job readiness training, dance classes and cultural trips, with an overarching mission of helping all young people "realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens."
The Boys & Girls Clubs of America have been working toward that goal for 153 years. The Metro Queens chapter has been doing so for more than a half-century and is now better positioned than ever to continue helping youths in the future.
"Throughout the years, there's been tough economic times, tough budgetary times, and yet, the doors of this Boys & Girls Club have remained open to serve our people," said New York State Senator Joseph Addabbo, Jr. "And we're so thankful. This Boys & Girls Club has been a beacon of hope for our younger residents, and hopefully for years to come."
Anthony DiComo is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @AnthonyDicomo.


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Thursday, February 21, 2013
Dutch Elm Trees on Google Maps
The Planning Department of the City of Amsterdam has created a number of interesting Google Maps, all of which can be found in the Interactieve Kaarten section of their website.
The maps cover a range of subjects of interest to local citizens, including housing, green spaces, climate and building use. For example the Elm Map plots the location of elm trees in the city. It is possible to select to view elm trees in the city by trunk diameter and also to mouse-over individual trees to determine their genus type.
There are a many more maps to explore on the site and all the data used in the maps is also available at Open GEO-Data.
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The new all-time high in the SPX is…..1597. Yes, that's Fibonacci 1597 and it's not a coincidence it sold on Friday, preserving Mr. Fibonacci's legacy at least for a day. But there were other signs on a weekly chart.
For instance, above is a long-term chart of the SPX. If we take everything from the bottom to the 2010 high we'll call it A. Then we take 1.618 of A as measured off the bottom and we get the horizontal line which was taken out slightly in last week's hoopla. That's the real story of the week but we have another one that comes really close.
We don't normally highlight this report on Gold but it's incredibly noteworthy to see it break down from long term support on Friday. Let's face it, it's been asking for it for a long time. During the week we said Silver should perform better and it did until Friday. The true test was coming at the imbalance point which was never taken out. Important to Silver now it's taken out the 161a line which very significant. These now have the opportunity to shed more price and end up significantly lower. The catalyst somehow was the fact that Cyprus is supposed to finance their bailout by selling huge reserves of Gold. Let's think about it for a minute. While that may be true, if a seller comes in at ANY COMMODITY and dumps a big load at very important support the same thing is going to happen. This is fresh selling and the only difference here is we've identified who the seller is.
What is even more bizarre are the metals selling off without the big push up in the Greenback. We've seen over the years that when the currency and precious metal go the same way the higher probability is at least one of them is in a trading range kind of market. It could certainly be the case with the Greenback which is testing the recent flip up in polarity.
But Crude Oil is also declining at a time the Dollar isn't rallying which is a no confidence vote in the economy. If you want to know what traders think of the economy, the best indicator over the past few years has been the energy complex.
Now on to how current events mix with a little socionomics.
Late Friday night a Huffington Post story (and I'm sure elsewhere but that's where I saw it) it was announced the first place the Korean Kid is aiming is nukes is Tokyo. Quite frankly, I was shocked. The whole episode is shocking and it goes to show to what lengths a dictator will go to consolidate power. If you study the history of dictators, they all have one move for history. The difference here is most young dictatorships have internal purges. Saddam Hussein tested the loyalty of his military leaders, Hitler had the Night of the Long Knives and Stalin purged his generals to the point he weakened the integrity of the entire Soviet Army. But the Kid is looking to make a bigger splash. That's just part of the story.
I've been following what China has been attempting to do in the North American market and Chinese energy interests have put down roots in Mexico and Canada. In the past 20 years the US and its European allies have taken NATO right up to Russia's western borders, something Russia constantly complains about. The US has also developed a military presence in those former Soviet Central Asian countries as well as the western Pacific. According to a CNBC story the US plans to have 60% of its military forces in the western Pacific. That's probably why the Kid is upset.
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Good thing GTA V isn't a little indie game. Because, when put up against Sony's objectionable content guidelines for self-published games on PlayStation 4, it seems like Rockstar wouldn't be able to do most of the stuff in the game.
What is weird by this is that there are games coming to the Playstation platform that go against these guidelines. I guess it is used to stop AO content flooding it
I really don't see how the content of GTA wouldn't make it past those guidelines, yet something like Hotline Miami does. Obviously those guidelines aren't as strict as they seem.
I'd imagine this is just the kind of standards they all have in place to make sure the really ridiculous, unnecessary, or offensive stuff doesn't make it through. You never know if some indie decides he wants to finally develop "Hitler Saves The World".
Sounds like they're covering their own asses to prevent people from releasing porn simulators.
The important thing to remember, is that Binding of Isaac will be given away on PS+. If that's the bar, we're in pretty good shape.


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October 2009 Presents highlights of a meeting summit to discuss ways to eliminate disparities in care, particularly as they relate to drug abuse and HIV.
December 2010 Reports findings from a survey that revealed that although substance abuse is prevalent in jails and prisons, many correctional facilities do not offer detoxification services or therapies to aid in maintaining abstinence.
March 2011 Reports 2010 rates of cigarette smoking among eighth girls, providing historical data and racial and ethnic differences.
March 2011
Describes a study revealing that HIV-infected prisoners in Texas often experience an interruption in treatment following their release and that assistance in filling out paperwork can reduce these interruptions.
April 2012 A program involving home visits by nurses to low-income first-time mothers, starting during pregnancy and extending into the second year of their children's lives, has a positive and long-lasting impact on families. Children who participated in the program were less likely than others to report having used alcohol, cigarettes, or marijuana at age 12.
February 2014 Teen mothers on three American Indian reservations improved on several measures of parenting after participating in Family Spirit, a home-visiting intervention developed with NIDA support. At 12 months postpartum, the women's children exhibited reduced rates of emotional difficulties predicting later drug abuse and other behavioral problems. Infants at highest risk—those whose mothers had histories of drug abuse—benefited the most.
July 2011 Describes NIDA's Special Populations Office which promotes addiction science that examines health disparities and foster research careers among members of underrepresented communities.
February 2007
Reviews a report from the National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine that discusses ways to improve the quality of health care among people with mental health and substance abuse disorders.
December 2011 Understanding and responding to drug abuse among America's aging population becomes more urgent as a growing percentage of baby boomers enter the over-50 age bracket.


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