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Mobile malware — an ever-increasing problem that began to grow at particularly alarming rates in 2012 — hit new highs in the fourth quarter of 2013. McAfee Labs researchers collected 2.47 million new mobile malware samples in all of 2013, and 744,000 samples in just the fourth quarter alone. The McAfee mobile malware "zoo" now has a grand total of 3.73 million samples — up a shocking 197% from just the end of 2012.
How do mobile devices acquire malware? Typically, attackers send malware to mobile devices just as they would most other endpoint devices — through malicious websites, spam, malicious SMS messages, malware-laden ads, and downloaded apps. Most apps collect both user data and mobile device telemetry, and examining the relationship between overcollecting personal data and device telemetry and malware is important to understanding how to defend against mobile malware.
Mobile apps and data collection
Mobile apps collect more information than you may expect. Some 82% of apps track your current and last location, when you're using Wi-Fi and data, or when you turn on your smartphone or tablet. An astounding 57% of apps even track when a phone is being used. While most of the time this tracking is harmless, your device may be at risk when one app starts overcollecting information compared to similar apps in the same category.
To determine the risk level of any particular mobile app, McAfee Labs has implemented a privacy "sharing" score that compares an app's behavior to that of other apps in the same category. If an app collects significantly more information than others similar to it, McAfee Labs labels it with a higher score. The lower the score within a category means the app collects less information than others, thus is relatively safer. Apps that tend to overcollect mobile device telemetry are much more likely to deploy malware onto your device. Any device that appears to gather an uncharacteristically large amount of information should raise alerts about data loss and potential data theft. When McAfee Labs researchers examined the 10 apps in their sample database with the highest privacy-sharing scores, they discovered that six of them had malware.
While sharing tracking information with mobile apps may not seem harmful, attackers can take advantage of your personal information to collect your data and build a profile of your mobile behavior. Attackers can also hijack your own mobile device, turning it into a bot and installing even more harmful malware on your system. It has become increasingly important to monitor what information and the amount of data you share on apps to keep you and your device protected.


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Mile marker: Londonderry trail's first step
December 03. 2013 5:26PM
The end of November was the start of something wonderful for Londonderry. The first mile of the Londonderry Rail Trail was opened for public use.
John Daley, a board member of the non-profit Londonderry Trailways, which led the drive for the rail trail conversion, said at the grand opening, "Trails enhance a community. Now Londonderry has a safe, paved place for families to stay active and have fun together."
Yes, it does. These rail trails are long, winding public parks that connect communities to each other. When complete, the Londonderry trail will connect the Windham and Derry trails, which is to create a single path up to Manchester. Unlike many town parks, these trails are built by a combination of public and private funds. Without the private initiative, they would never be completed.
Londonderry Trailways, town officials and all of the residents who contributed to the fund-raising should feel pretty good this month. But they all know that this is only the first of many miles. More community support will be needed if this great project is to be realized.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers and human rights activists are pushing for a cut in the more than $70 million in annual U.S. aid to Cambodia if its prime minister, Hun Sen, extends his 28-year rule in unfair elections this month.
Whether one of Asia's longest-serving and most ruthless leaders cares much is another matter.
His political strength has only grown since the last election in 2008 and support from a more generous benefactor, China, has risen. That's fueling fears Hun Sen — no stranger to criticism from Western donors — will ignore calls to ensure the upcoming vote is conducted properly.
The Obama administration has deepened ties with nations across Southeast Asia. It has encouraged the oppressive military regime in nearby Myanmar to open up, but relations with Cambodia have worsened in recent months. During the first visit by a U.S. president there in November, Barack Obama devoted his entire meeting with Hun Sen to human rights and democracy.
It hasn't had the desired effect.
In the run-up to the July 28 elections, opposition lawmakers were expelled from parliament for merging parties to contest the vote. Their exiled leader, Sam Rainsy, has been excluded from the election because of his criminal conviction on charges that are widely regarded as being politically motivated.
The State Department has said the exclusion of Rainsy calls into question the legitimacy of Cambodia's democratic process. There are also doubts over the neutrality of the election commission and the composition of voter rolls.
Lawmakers from both the House and Senate are introducing resolutions seeking to reduce aid, particularly direct assistance to the government, if the State Department does not judge the election to be "credible and competitive."
The resolutions also call for Washington to urge international financial institutions that pour hundreds of millions into Cambodian development, such as the Asian Development Bank, to do the same. The Senate resolution is co-sponsored by influential Republicans Marco Rubio and Lindsey Graham, who sits on a powerful appropriations committee that oversees government spending.
Cambodian government spokesmen declined to comment about that prospect. Ruling party lawmaker Chheang Vun told The Associated Press he had no idea what aid the U.S. gives, "but they did help a lot the opposition party."
Washington denies taking sides, although Rainsy has taken heart from what he sees as a hardening in the U.S. position.
"The U.S. administration has sent the right message to the Cambodian government, that it won't be business as usual for Mr. Hun Sen if the next election is not seen to be acceptable. Then Hun Sen will face condemnation and isolation," he said by phone from his exile in Paris.
But it's not yet clear what action the Obama administration is prepared to take.
Secretary of State John Kerry is preoccupied with the turbulent Middle East, feeding perceptions that the Obama administration's "pivot" to Asia is losing steam. With key assistant secretary positions still open, there's uncertainty about who is running policy toward that region.
Kerry has a long association with Cambodia and Hun Sen. Frank Jannuzi, a former Kerry aide who is now with Amnesty International USA, said his former boss ought to call in a favor or two.
During his tenure on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Kerry helped persuade Hun Sen to agree to a U.N.-backed tribunal to try former Khmer Rouge leaders and also supported U.S.-Cambodia trade — now worth nearly $3 billion a year. He pushed security cooperation on the search for the remains of American servicemen missing from the Vietnam War and the training of a counterterrorism unit commanded by Hun Sen's son, who went on to graduate from West Point.
"Kerry has a personal touch with Hun Sen," said Jannuzi. "He ought to use it."
U.S. officials are considering reducing aid, among possible options, though there are differences of opinion over how effective that would be.
Much of the current American aid to Cambodia is for fighting diseases like malaria and AIDS that afflict the nation's poorest, or for supporting nongovernmental groups that are probably the most effective check on government abuses, like land confiscations that have dispossessed tens of thousands of Cambodians.
Concerns over confiscations prompted the World Bank to suspend lending two years ago, yet in large part, Hun Sen has managed to keep international assistance flowing.
In the past decade, Hun Sen has overseen modest economic growth and stability in a country plagued by desperate poverty and nearly destroyed by the genocidal Khmer Rouge rule in the 1970s. And he can look to China for more support. China's loans and grants to Cambodia over the past two decades have totaled about $2.7 billion — compared with $1.2 billion in assistance from the U.S. over that period. Offshore oil and gas reserves are expected to provide more domestic revenue in coming years.
"What outsiders say about his tactics is of little or no concern to Hun Sen," said historian David Chandler, a Cambodia expert at Australia's Monash University. "He knows that there's not much besides scolding that outside nations are willing or able to do."
After Hun Sen toppled his co-prime minister in a 1997 coup and consolidated his dominance, Congress did put restrictions on U.S. aid for a decade. But relations have since expanded, including the start of military contacts in 2006, although that assistance is less than $1 million a year.
John Sifton, Asia advocacy director for Human Rights Watch, who will testify at a congressional hearing Tuesday on Cambodia, expressed confidence the U.S. will cut some aid after the election and said that would be a blow to Hun Sen.
"It's about legitimacy," Sifton said, "not money."
Associated Press writer Sopheng Cheang in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, contributed to this report.


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We don't have a pool anymore.
It was fun the year we installed it. The second year it was just OK. The third year it became an expensive chore.
In the Lowcountry, a body of water isn't going to stay crystal clear without treatment. First, microscopic algae will turn the water green. If given enough time, slime algae will float on the surface.
Many residential and commercial developments have a retention pond. While this may add to the natural appeal of the landscape, a retention pond's primary function is to manage water from roads, driveways and other impermeable surfaces. Runoff can often carry pollutants such as petroleum and heavy metals, such as copper and zinc.
Nutrients are also a concern, in particular nitrogen and phosphorus.
Excess nutrients cause algal blooms; and nothing destroys a water feature and its ecological balance like a green slimy cesspool. When algae die, oxygen is depleted from the water, called eutrophication, which stresses fish and micro-organisms, in some cases killing them.
Algaecides and other additives can be used responsibly to control algae, but other approaches can reduce the dependence on such products. Plants are a terrific way to reduce the availability of excess nutrients that inevitably lead to algae blooms.
At Trident Technical College, we recently installed wetland carpet along one of the retention pond shorelines. This product consists of iris, hibiscus and water canna rooted in burlap that was placed just below the water's edge. The plants have quickly established themselves and soon will reduce erosion and buffer runoff that carries excess nutrients. In addition, the flowering plants are a visual improvement over turf as well as increasing plant diversity for wildlife.
While the perimeter of retention ponds is often landscaped to naturalize the setting as well as filter out contaminants, very few things grow inside the pond besides algae. In addition to planting the shoreline, we've installed floating wetlands to increase plant activity and diversity.
Floating wetlands are artificial islands with roots that dangle in the water. Not only are wetland plants utilizing free nitrogen and phosphorus, leaving fewer nutrients for algae to grow, they are a wonderful addition to the pond's beautification.
There is a variety of floating wetland products, but we've used a buoyant mat with holes for six-inch pots. Plants root through the bottom of the containers into the water. In the winter, we'll be able to pull the island ashore and remove the dying plant material before it releases nutrients back into the water when decomposing. And in subsequent years, we can connect another mat to expand our floating wetland.
Once planted, the island was anchored to opposing shores for easy retrieval.
The roots also boost microbe populations. The microscopic organisms such as bacteria are major consumers of pollutants, whether it's nutrients or heavy metals. They proliferate on the surface area of dangling roots and the artificial island. Microbes are also the base of the aquatic food chain. Multicell organisms feed on microbes, small fish feed on multicell organisms, and so on. The food chain flourishes.
Research has indicated that floating wetlands can remove up to 20 times the amount of nitrogen and 10 times the amount of phosphate from a retention pond.
A New Zealand study indicated floating islands removed a significant portion of copper and zinc, in some cases more than half, and improved water clarity.
While floating wetlands reduce water problems, they may not be the only solution. Occasional treatments may still be needed to control algae and clarify water.
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The LM57 device is a precision, dual-output, temperature switch with analog temperature sensor output for wide temperature industrial applications. The trip temperature (TTRIP) is selected from 256 possible values in the range of –40°C to +150°C. The VTEMP is a class AB analog voltage output that is proportional to temperature with a programmable negative temperature coefficient (NTC). Two external 1% resistors set the TTRIP and VTEMP slope. The digital and analog outputs enable protection and monitoring of system thermal events.
Built-in thermal hysteresis (THYST) prevents the digital outputs from oscillating. The TOVER and TOVER digital outputs will assert when the die temperature exceeds TTRIP and will de-assert when the temperature falls below a temperature equal to TTRIP minus THYST.
TOVER is active-high with a push-pull structure. TOVER is active-low with an open-drain structure. Tying TOVER to TRIP-TEST will latch the output after it trips. The output can be cleared by forcing TRIP-TEST low. Driving the TRIP-TEST high will assert the digital outputs. A processor can check the state of TOVER or TOVER, confirming they changed to an active state. This allows for in-situ verification that the comparator and output circuitry are functional after system assembly. When TRIP-TEST is high, the trip-level reference voltage appears at the VTEMP pin. The system could then use this voltage to calculate the threshold of the LM57.


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JONESVILLE ��The Jonesville School Board met Monday night for what was a relatively short business meeting. The meeting, which lasted only 20 minutes, allowed board members to attend the annual holiday concert at the school. Superintendent Chellie Broesamle said there was no new business.
During the meeting Jessica Acker was hired as an elementary cook and board member Penny Dauster was recognized for her five years of service.
�She has been an asset to the board,� said Mitchell Funk, board president. Dauster said it had been a pleasure to work with the board. �It�s been an adventure,� she said. �We have a very good school system and a very supportive community. We have a great administration and staff and everyone works hard and is very dedicated.� In other business: � Allanah Stevenson won a gift card for her art submission in the Subway, Eat Fresh poster contest. She placed in the top five in the national competition. Her artwork had to show how she would use Subway subs and physical activity to promote health and wellness. ��Jonesville Middle School students Esha Friedline�(sixth grade), Dustin Gutowski (seventh grade) and Nikki Wolff (eighth grade) represented the school at the Hillsdale County Spelling Bee. Each student won their grade level at the school, but�none of them advanced from the county level. The next school board meeting will be at 7 p.m. Jan. 17, 2013.
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W Matias Sointu, FIN: 0-1-1, E, 0 PIM, 3 SOG
Sointu assisted on Finland's second goal when a rebound of his shot was stuffed home to cut the USA lead to 4-2. USA added an empty netter moments later, then a late tally 5-on-5 to give the game it's final score. Sointu received good ice time in the game and showed solid speed, creating a few scoring chances. Finland will now play for fifth place on Monday vs. Russia.
Slovakia 3 vs. Austria 2 (Relegation Round)
C/W Richard Panik, SLO: 1-0-1, E, 2 PIM (tripping), 9 SOG
Panik scored his sixth goal of the tournament as Slovakia survived a major upset scare from the Austrians. Panik has 19 shots in his last two games. Austria had finished the preliminary round 0-4 with a minus-23 goal differential. Slovakia will play the Czechs on Monday.
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Major in Japanese
Bachelor of Arts Degree
University Studies Requirements....................................41-44 hrs
(See Academic Degrees and Programs .)
University Studies selections must include:
•University Studies Elective
CSC 199 Introduction to Information Technology
Note: Intermediate level modern language courses completed as part of the major or minor also satisfy modern language requirements for the B.A. All majors and minors, including those who score at or above the 301 level on the Placement Exam, will be required to take JPN 301. JPN 301 serves as a gateway course to the upper level culture and literature courses. A minimum grade of C is required in JPN 301. MLA 400 (with research project) is required for the major; passing scores on the third year proficiency exams are required for entry into MLA 400.
Required Courses................................................................22 hrs
MLA 100T Transitions
JPN 201 Intermediate Japanese I
JPN 202 Intermediate Japanese II
JPN 301 Conversation and Composition I
JPN 302 Conversation and Composition II
JPN 401 Advanced Japanese I
JPN 402 Advanced Japanese II
MLA 400 Senior Seminar 1
Note: Credit for JPN 101 and 102 may not be used for the major but will be counted for graduation.
Approved Electives in Japanese..........................................6-9 hrs
Select two from the following:
JPN 306 Introduction to Japanese Literature
JPN 315 Global Cinema in Japanese
JPN 323 Japanese Culture and Civilization
JPN 324 Contemporary Japanese Culture and Civilization
JPN 331 Advanced Language Practice
JPN 350 Modern Japanese Literature in Translation
Limited Electives....................................................................6 hrs
Select two from the following upper-level courses:
JPN 421 Topics in Japanese Literature
JPN 441 Topics in Japanese Cultural Studies
JPN 460 Studies in a Genre
Required Support Course....................................................3-6 hrs
Select one from the following:
ART 425 Art of Asia
HIS 340 Modern East Asia
HIS 475 Modern Japan
POL 454 Government and Politics of Asia
Note: The department strongly recommends that majors study abroad for at least one summer.
Required Minor..............................................................21-24 hrs
Electives.........................................................................12-18 hrs
Total Curriculum Requirements........................................120 hrs 1
1 Each student must submit a senior research project.
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The requirements listed above are an example of what is applicable to most students entering Murray State University at the present time. Criteria as they may relate to individual students may vary. The primary source is the Undergraduate Bulletin applicable at the time of the student enrollment.


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BEIJING (AP) — China Mobile Ltd., the world's biggest phone carrier by number of subscribers, said Wednesday its quarterly profit declined 9.4 percent from a year earlier despite a rise in customer numbers as spending per account declined.
The state-owned carrier said it earned 25.2 billion yuan ($4.2 billion) in the three months ending March 31. Total revenue rose 7.8 percent to 154.8 billion yuan ($25.8 billion) but revenue and minutes of usage per user declined.
In a statement, the company said it experienced "severe challenges" due to the rapid evolution of mobile Internet and growing competitive pressure from other Chinese carriers.
China's three major state-owned phone carriers — China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom — have been squeezed by the expense of rolling out fourth-generation service.
China Mobile's results "were not pretty but could have been worse," said Barclays analysts in a report.
They cited growth in adoption of 3G and 4G service, which will drive sales of data services. China Mobile said data traffic grew 48.1 percent in the first quarter compared with a year earlier.
"The crucial issue, to our mind, is when this will start to drive profit growth again," said Barclays.
Beijing restructured its phone industry in 2008, reorganizing state-owned companies into three groups each with mobile and fixed-line assets in order to promote competition. That has been reflected in steadily narrowing profit margins for all the carriers.
China Mobile said it added 4.6 million new accounts in the quarter to raise the total to 781 million.
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Woman charged in 3 city burglariesBy MARK HAYWARD
New Hampshire Union Leader
July 11. 2013 9:50PM
MANCHESTER — Police said they have tied a 37-year-old Manchester woman, currently on parole for theft and burglary convictions, to three recent city burglaries — one interrupted by a homeowner who was later able to pick her out of a lineup.
Nicole Colon, 37, of 58 Warren St., was arrested Wednesday coming out of a West Side drugstore, an apparently stolen credit card in hand along with two items just purchased with the card, police said.
Her criminal resume includes convictions for burglary, theft, drug possession, criminal threatening, even armed robbery, police said in court Thursday. Now, she faces three charges of burglary, two counts of credit card fraud, receiving stolen property, forgery and theft by deception.
She was arrested the week after Manchester police recorded 30 break-ins of homes and businesses.
"It's certainly not outside the realm of possibility she's connected to more," said police spokesman Lt. Maureen Tessier. "If someone is a burglar, they tend to be prolific."
Police got a break in the burglaries when North Street homeowner Colleen Clayton scooted into her driveway on the afternoon of July 3, looking to duck into her house before visiting a relative in the hospital.
There she confronted a woman leaving her breezeway, checkbook in hand. The intruder said she was looking for the Bissell office and muttered something about Clayton's house being open.
"I kept staring at her face. I needed to remember that face, to make a mental note of it," Clayton said. After the woman walked off, Clayton called police and described the intruder.
By Monday, Clayton picked her out of a photo lineup.
Police charged Colon with two other burglaries — 579 Beech St. on July 8 and 279 Laurel St. on June 14.
Hours after the Laurel Street burglary, Colon allegedly cashed a check stolen from the home and later pawned jewelry from the home at a local pawn shop, police said.
Colon allegedly cashed a check stolen the same day of the Beech Street burglary.
She was arrested Wednesday while exiting the CVS store at 432 S. Main St. Police said they believe the credit card she used was stolen, but they have yet to locate the owner.
Colon appeared in Manchester District Court Thursday and was ordered held on $10,000 cash or surety bail. But there is a 72-hour hold on any bail, given her parole on a four- to eight-year sentence for theft, forgery and burglary.
And it's possible authorities could activate a suspended sentence of 3½ to seven years.
Tessier said some burglaries tend to be crimes of opportunity. Other are more professional, taking place after the burglar has walked the neighborhood and targeted homes.
"In the past, we've been used to a male offender," she said. "In general terms, this drug dependency issue can motivate anyone to commit a crime to get drugs."
Clayton said the burglar also got some cash and an iPad, which police told her was traded for drugs.
She said she never felt intimidated by Colon. Once confronting her, Clayton slowly walked backward to her car; Colon never took a step toward her, Clayton said.
"There's a part of me that wanted to stop her from leaving and get her," Clayton said. "But you know what? Just call the cops."
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January 1, 2014
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TO: CJA Panel Attorneys
As some of you may already know, the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina recently adopted a new Criminal Justice Act (CJA) Plan, a copy of which is attached. The new CJA Plan, which is based largely on the Model CJA Plan adopted by the Administrative Office of United States Courts, replaces our 1993 CJA Plan, and incorporates a number of updates and changes. Many of those updates and changes involve the CJA Panel.
The new CJA Plan revises and clarifies the application, appointment and membership requirements for the CJA Panel and, most notably, provides for reconstitution of the CJA Panel and the adoption of three-year terms of membership. The new CJA Plan establishes a Panel Selection Committee charged with responsibility for reviewing applications, recommending to the Court those applicants best qualified for appointment to the CJA Panel and making other recommendations to the Court regarding management of the CJA Panel. The Honorable Thomas D. Schroeder, United States District Judge, chairs the Panel Selection Committee, and is joined by the Honorable L. Patrick Auld, United States Magistrate Judge, Ms. Lisa S. Costner, the CJA Panel Representative, Mr. Duane K. Bryant of the CJA Panel and Mr. Eric D. Placke of the Office of the Federal Public Defender. The Panel Selection Committee will work diligently throughout 2014 to make implementation of the new CJA Plan as seamless and transparent as possible. In that regard, we write now to give you a brief overview of the coming year.
First and foremost, the new CJA Plan adopts the current CJA Panel, subject to reconstitution, and every attorney who is currently a member will remain so throughout 2014. The Panel Selection Committee anticipates announcing the application process on March 1, 2014, accepting applications during May 2014, and announcing the new CJA Panel, as approved by the Court, on October 1, 2014. Appointments to the newly reconstituted CJA Panel will be effective January 1, 2015.


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I'm permanent researcher, working at Inria, a French public research institute. Since 2013 I am part of the Privatics Inria research team that focuses on privacy. Before that, in 2000-2012, I was member of the Planete Inria research team whose goal was to carry out research in the context of protocol and applications for the Internet. I also spent three years, in 1997-2000, working as an Associate Professor in the Pierre et Marie Curie University (Paris 6), in the Network and Performances group.
My new research topics are on privacy considerations, in particular for mobile devices and operating systems.
Before that, I've spent a lot of time (and continue) working on robust content distribution techniques, and more precisely on transport protocols (e.g. FLUTE/ALC, FECFRAME) and forward erasure correction (FEC) codes (e.g. LDPC-Staircase, GLDPC codes).
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The Amazing Race kicked off the premier of it's 16th edition last night, and there to compete for the $1 million grand prize was America's favorite couple from Big Brother – Jordan Lloyd and Jeff Schroeder.
The duo got off to a great start as they managed to come in first place after the first race to Chile. Though, the winners of the show will not be known for weeks to come, Jeff, 31, and Jordan, 22, open up about their Amazing Race experience in a new interview with PEOPLE.
The best news of all? The couple is still very much together and even credit their time on the Amazing Race for making them "stronger."
Excerpts from their interview is below –
Were you fans of the Amazing Race before signing on?
Jordan: It's kind of funny. I've been part of two reality shows and I had never watched either one before. I had to YouTube it, just like I did with Big Brother and figure out what everything meant, like 'detour,' 'roadblock', and all that other stuff.
Jeff: I had watched it a couple of times, but I wasn't a die-hard fan.
Did your experience together on BB help you, or hurt you?
Jeff: I think it helped us, and played to our strengths. I'm sure that brothers and sisters, or mothers and daughters had issues after a week of being together non-stop. What was a strain on other teams was a positive for us; we didn't have to worry about being together all of the time, we were already use to it.
Did traveling together put too much strain on you two, or do you think that it actually made you stronger?
Jeff: It was definitely a strain…
Jordan: (interrupting) I think it made us stronger!
Jeff: (laughs) Let me finish. It was definitely a strain on the relationship, but it definitely made us stronger. The fact that we went through the hard times that we did is a testament to our relationship. This show really pushed us to the max, and it was tough, but we're still a couple, we're still here, and it show's a lot that we're still together.
You two went from being locked in a house for three months with a bunch of lunatics to traversing 5 continents and eight countries in a race against other cutthroat teams. Are you two just gluttons for punishment?
Jeff: (laughs) No, but I look at it as an amazing story, how Jordan and I met, and how things have been working out between us. It's definitely something to tell the grandkids type of story, and hopefully things keep working out the way they have, because as crazy as it's been, it's a serious relationship. I love the way things are and I wouldn't trade it or change it for anything.


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Season 2
A Brand New Day
With Pat O'Brien on vacation, Mark McGrath fills in as Derrick's cohost. But things go awry when Hollywood goes on strike, and a disgruntled millitant holds the studio hostage. The show draws to a dramatic conclusion, and someone dies.
Sex and Violence
Derrick gets into the hottest topics in Hollywood sex and violence with the help of Joey Greco (Cheaters) and Hot Package's first ever Deep Focus Group. HP counts down its top sexiest moments, and Mark McGrath returns as a cohost… sort of.
Fabio's Photo
Derrick, artist David Choe, and the HP crew celebrate the golden era of Hollywood by dressing as their Hollywood heroes. Fabio brings Derrick a photo from the set of Acapulco Heat, and Kenneth Anger dishes about the dark side of Tinseltown.
Season 1
Derrick gets the inside scoop from adult film director Rob Spallone. Hot Package counts down its top romantic moments, and Pat chastises the network that canceled his favorite show. Guest: Jeff Deane Turner.
Gender expert Perry Caravello is interviewed by Derrick about what it means to be a man. A very special makeover goes awry, and Hollywood is attacked by death, again. Jeff Deane Turner reviews a movie.
With no entertainment news to report, Derrick, Pat, and special guest human-blooper Perry Caravello dedicate this episode to fun -- except things get tense, and Anastasia makes Perry cry in front of a real doctor.
Derrick is joined by health expert Gregg Valentino to discuss his steroid-dealing arrest, questionable tributes are paid to an ailing comedian. Jennifer Day performs and NOTJackie Stallone sets the record straight.


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Over the past few years, many large enterprises have adopted agile methodologies such as Scrum, Extreme Programming, and Kanban into their software development project management toolkits. Business leaders seem to resonate with the principles listed in the agile manifesto, such as welcoming changing requirements and delivering working software frequently. However, generic application of agile methodologies does not always fit nicely into the enterprise's organizational environment. Managers often encounter obstacles when the chosen methodology conflicts with existing enterprise workflows.
In my experience working with clients of Acquia Professional Services, I have found tremendous value in customizing an agile methodology to fit the needs of the organization and project. One way to do this is by setting an appropriate sprint duration. Most projects will use two to four-week sprints, but some organizations may benefit from durations as short as one week or as long as six weeks. Lengthening or shortening your project's sprint durations changes the project's cadence, efficiency, reporting, and ultimately its chances for success.
Here are five organizational variables to consider when setting your sprint durations.
Stability of Requirements
Tune your sprint duration to the expected stability of requirements. Projects with more stable requirements can afford longer sprint durations. Fewer interruptions for product demos improves efficiency, as long as demos don't reveal the need for re-work. If requirements are vague and expected to change, sprints of a shorter duration will be more efficient due to less re-work.
Strictness of Timeline
For the organization and the project, would it be worse to cut the project scope or delay the delivery timeline? If cutting scope is worse, plan for sprints of shorter duration to provide multiple opportunities for iterative demonstration. If the timeline is most important, numerous demonstrations might not be a good use of precious time. In these cases, align sprint durations with a feature freeze date, set by planning backward from a target launch date.
Project Team Turnover
Changing staff in the middle of a project is seldom planned, but it happens all the time. If you expect this challenge in your project, consider shortening sprint durations. Each sprint should conclude with a potentially shippable product, providing a stable baseline for onboarding new project team members. Shorter sprints also make it easier for departing staff to wrap up their contribution before leaving the team.
Customer Availability
The nature of customers' availability should also influence sprint durations. A customer's constant engagement with the project is desirable, but often not practical. When customer interactions are limited and need to be scheduled far in advance, longer sprint durations can work well.
Organizational Interdependence
An agile team working in isolation can achieve amazing results, but progress is thwarted when the team's work can be blocked by dependencies on outside teams. Also, the need for frequent communications across teams brings coordination challenges and too many meetings. Projects can cope better with high interdependence when sprint durations are longer and the need for cross-team coordination is less frequent. Of course, this idea can be taken too far, as in the case of some waterfall projects which reserve only the final moments of a project for integration testing of previously independent workstreams. Experimenting with sprint duration can help your organization finding the best balance between these extremes.
Setting the sprint duration for your agile project is a small decision with a large impact. It is just one of many methodology customizations you can make to ensure a project is set up for success within your organization.


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Butternut Squash Soup
Makes about 6 cups
This fragrant, pretty soup would make a wonderful meal served with plenty of dark bread--just the thing to warm you up on a cold day.
Find this recipe and more in Chef Paul Prudhomme's Fork In The Road.
1 tablespoon Chef Paul Prudhomme´s Vegetable Magic®
¾ teaspoon Chef Paul Prudhomme´s Sweetie Magic®
⅛ teaspoon ground coriander
1 (12-ounce) can evaporated skim milk
10 tablespoons nonfat dry milk
3½ cups medium-diced butternut squash (see note)
3 cups defatted chicken stock, in all
1½ cups finely diced butternut squash
1 to 4 (1 gram) packets artificial sweetner, optional
how to prepare
Combine the first three ingredients in a small bowl to make the Seasoning Mix.
Place the evaporated milk and dry milk in a blender or food processor and process until smooth and creamy; set aside.
Place the medium-chopped squash and 2 cups of stock in a blender or food processor and purée as finely as possible to a very thick paste. If the blending process stops because the mixture is too thick, add small amounts of stock as necessary to allow the process to continue. When the mixture is completely puréed, add any remaining stock, along with the seasoning mix, and blend thoroughly.
Preheat a heavy 5-quart pot, preferably nonstick, over high heat to 350°, about 4 minutes.
Place the puréed squash into the pot and cook, frequently scraping up the brown bits on the bottom of the pot, until the mixture thickens and comes to a full, rolling boil, creating many "volcanoes" that bubble constantly. Add the milk mixture and the finely diced squash, reduce the heat to low, and stir well. Caution: Dishes using creamy blended mixtures can "break" or curdle easily if they are brought to a full boil. Therefore, bring the liquid just to a gentle boil, and stir immediately. Simmer, stirring frequently, for 8 minutes. Turn off the heat, taste, and if desired, add up to 4 packets of your favorite artificial sweetener.
Note: This is the size you'll need to dice the squash if you use a blender. With a food processor, the pieces don't have to be so small, but if the mixture does not become completely puréed, use a blender.
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George H. Broadhurst, the Anglo-American manager and playwright (1866-1952), built his eponymous theatre in association with the Shubert brothers. Broadhurst had previously managed theatres in Milwaukee, Baltimore, and San Francisco (and written many popular plays). The playhouse has remained one of the Shubert Organization's most consistently booked theatres.
Mirror images of each other, the Broadhurst and the neighboring Plymouth Theatre, which opened within two weeks of each other, were the brainchild of architect Herbert J. Krapp, and were his first independent commissions. While the two playhouses are nearly identical on the outside, the Broadhurst's interior employs Doric columns, and Greek-style cornices and friezes. Its spare exterior is decorated with brickwork, enhanced by touches of stone and terra-cotta trim.
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Access Information
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Orchestra Location: Seating is accessible to all parts of the Orchestra without steps. There are no steps to the designated wheelchair seating location.
Mezzanine Location: Located on the Second Level, up 1 flight of steps. Please Note: On the Mezzanine Level, there are approximately 2 steps down per row. Entrance to the Mezzanine is behind row L.
Handrails: Available at the end of every stepped seat row in the Mezzanine.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Drama Critics' Circle has voted "Fun Home" the season's best new musical and "The Night Alive" and "All the Way" as best new plays.
Conor McPherson's "The Night Alive," led by Jim Norton and which played at the Atlantic Theater Company, won best new play, while Broadway's "All the Way," with Bryan Cranston about the tense first year of Lyndon Johnson's presidency, won best new American play.
The circle on Monday also handed out special citations to The Shakespeare's Globe productions of "Twelfth Night" and "Richard III," seen on Broadway earlier this season. It also cited playwright-director Richard Nelson and the company of The Apple Family Plays, which were presented at the Public Theater last fall.
"Fun Home," with a book and lyrics by Lisa Kron and music by Jeanine Tesori, played at the off-Broadway Public Theater. It's been adapted from Alison Bechdel's graphic memoir about growing up in a funeral home with a gay dad.
The Circle is composed of two dozen drama critics from daily newspapers, magazines, wire services and websites based in the New York metropolitan area. The Associated Press is a member. Awards have been handed out since 1936, making them the nation's second-oldest theater awards, after the Pulitzer Prize for drama.
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Anyone who has been to the children's department at the Lexington Library in the past few decades automatically knows Miss Dare.
Anyone who has been to the children's department at the Lexington Library in the past few decades automatically knows Miss Dare. Hundreds of children from all over the city, and their parents, too, are mourning the fact that their best reading buddy is leaving after 35 years of service.
Dare Wilson is retiring from the Lexington Library on July 31. The library is holding a retirement party for her from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday for patrons who wish to honor her years of service.
Wilson was born in Lexington, but due to her father's job at Burlington Industries, the family moved frequently. They returned to the area when Wilson was in high school, which enabled her to graduate with the same class she had been with in grade school. She attended Mitchell Junior College, now called Mitchell Community College, in Statesville before transferring to Appalachian State University where she received her degree in library science.
Wilson began her career with the Lexington Library in 1978 as an assistant cataloger working in the processing department. She says during that period, she spent most of her time updating cards, installing book covers and determining how books should be listed in the card catalog system.
"Everything was done by hand back then, and there were thousands of cards, so I spent a lot of time typing," she said.
Wilson had her first experience in the children's department through the emergency job program before she was officially employed by the Davidson County Public Library system. She said that although she was nervous at first about working with children, she eventually found her groove. She moved into the children's department permanently in 1984.
"I had some anxiety in the beginning, but then it just clicked," she said.
Library manager Barbara Seuberling said that Wilson has always had a special know-how when it comes to the youngest patrons.
"She is great with kids," she said. "She knows all of their names, what kind of book they would like and how to relate to them at their level."
Wilson says the children always keep her on her toes, especially during story time. There have been bumps, bruises, upset stomachs and more than a few potty training accidents. She says that one time she was reading a book about bellybuttons and asked the children to show her their bellybutton, but one young man dropped his pants as well.
"You never know what is going to happen when you work with children," she said with a chuckle.
During her tenure, she says that the children's department has grown and expanded its programs over the years. They have included technology by installing a SMART Board, started a LEGO Club and offered different reading programs focused on a specific subject. But some "old chestnuts" still remain classic favorites, like the Halloween Costume Contest.
It is not just incidents with children that make Wilson laugh. She recalls there was a certain woman who would show up for library events and fill her purse with the refreshments, the women who would fight each other over one of the two copies of the newspaper or a person who would always steal the People magazine each month. But Wilson has mostly positive memories of faithful patrons, like Henrietta Hinkle, who would always bring cookies at Christmas.
"When you see people week after week, you get to know them as friends," she said. "Sadly, most of them are gone now, but I will always remember them."
Wilson says that the thing she is going to find hard to leave behind when she retires is the people. She says she is recognized wherever she goes, and not a day goes by when a child doesn't run up and give her a hug.
"Of course I'll miss the children the most, but there are many patrons past and present I will miss as well," she said.
Wilson says that after her retirement she still plans on being active with Friends of the Lexington Library and other volunteer organizations. She also plans to travel and visit all the people she has met over the years.
"I'm basically going to do whatever I want to do," she said. "I haven't had much time doing things just for me, so now I can."
Seuberling says that Wilson is going to be missed for much more than her contributions in the children's department.
"She has a wicked sense of humor, a grounded set of values, and she has always been the first one to get a group together if someone was sick or going through a hard time," she said. "I may have been her supervisor, but she has taught me so many things."
Wilson says that she is amazed at how the time has passed so quickly, but she feels a sense of accomplishment when she sees people she knew as children who are now adults.
"I feel old sometimes, but I know that somehow I made a difference when I see them coming back to the library with their own kids. It makes you feel good."
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State police: 2 dead after shooting in Pa. supermarket
State police: 2 dead after shooting in Pa. supermarket
PHILIPSBURG, Pa. —
Pennsylvania State Police say two people are dead after a shooting inside a supermarket in central Pennsylvania.
Trooper Matthew Reifer with state police in Clearfield says the shooting inside County Market in Philipsburg is suspected to be a murder-suicide, but the matter is under investigation.
Reifer says someone called 911 shortly after 10 a.m. to say there was a shooting. He says when police arrived, they found two people dead.
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Whether you're a foreign film or indie buff looking for the latest in avant-garde cinema, or a family looking for a kid-friendly flick, the Palm Desert area has plenty of movie theaters to choose from, including the Tristone Cinemas located behind the Westfield Mall.
Brew Pubs
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Two Clarkson University Students Receive NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
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Two Clarkson University Honors students from the Physics and Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering departments have received National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships.
Senior Niall M. Mangan, a dual physics and mathematics major from McAllen, Texas, and senior Christy D. Petruczok, a chemical engineering major from Orchard Park, N.Y., were awarded the fellowships.
This is a significant accomplishment, because although National Science Foundation Fellowships are awarded to both undergraduate and graduate students, they typically go to students already into their graduate work.
A graduate of McAllen (Texas) High School, Mangan has been a Presidential Scholar for all seven of her semesters at Clarkson and was named a Goldwater Scholar in 2006. "Niall has an extraordinary combination of abilities and talents," says Honors Program Director David M. Craig. "Her talents and interests in science are so powerful that she could have majored in any of the sciences and do distinguished work."
In her graduate research, Mangan proposes to use various theoretical physics methods, such as probability, statistics, and non-linear dynamics, to analyze problems in biology. "Specifically I am interested in how organisms create, transport, and store energy, all of which are complex systems," says Mangan. "I hope that by having a better understanding of how nature regulates and optimizes its energy use, we may create new renewable energy resources.
I love the power behind manipulating a physical model, which not only fits the end result but also describes the mechanism behind a phenomenon; this is why I enjoy theoretical physics. I also am deeply concerned about out current energy crises and the connected environmental problems. My hope is that I can help create sustainable energy resources by doing what I most enjoy -- theoretical physics and math.
A graduate of Orchard Park (N.Y.) High School, Petruczok has been a Presidential Scholar for all seven of her semesters at Clarkson and was named a Goldwater Scholar in 2006. "Christy too has a wonderful combination of abilities and talents," says Craig. "There is no doubt that she has the makings of a first rate teacher and researcher. She magnifies her powerful intelligence with her work habits, discipline, and focus."
My ultimate goal is to become a professor, opening students' eyes to polymer chemistry in the classroom and the research laboratory. My experiences in academia and Destination Imagination have made me realize my desire not only to learn, but to teach; this honor will help my aspirations come to fruition.
Clarkson's Honors Program is an intensive four-year curriculum for exceptionally talented students. The University admits only 30 new students to the Honors Program each year.
Clarkson University crosses the boundaries of disciplines, nations and cultures in order for discovery, engineering innovation and enterprise to come together. As a result, faculty and graduates grasp the full impact of their calling, direct their research to the world's pressing issues and lead with confidence and distinction. One in seven alumni is already a CEO or other senior executive. Located in Potsdam, N.Y., just outside the six-million-acre Adirondack Park, Clarkson is home to 3,000 students preparing for rewarding careers through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, science, and health sciences, as well as unparalleled outdoor recreation and life experiences beyond the classroom.
Photo caption: Clarkson University seniors Niall M. Mangan (right) of McAllen, Texas, and Christy D. Petruczok of Orchard Park, N.Y., have received National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships.


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NH congressional delegation reacts to Obama's State of the Union addressBy TIM BUCKLAND
New Hampshire Union Leader
January 28. 2014 11:38PM
President Barack Obama in his annual State of the Union address called on Congress to follow an example set by an executive order he will issue, which will raise the minimum wage for employees of federal contractors, by raising the overall federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour.
"This will help families. It will give businesses customers with more money to spend. It doesn't involve any new bureaucratic program. So join the rest of the country. Say yes," Obama said Tuesday night.
He said he is ready to offer "a set of concrete, practical proposals to speed up growth, strengthen the middle class, and build new ladders of opportunity into the middle class. Some require congressional action, and I'm eager to work with all of you. But America does not stand still — and neither will I. So wherever and whenever I can take steps without legislation to expand opportunity for more American families, that's what I'm going to do."
And he said states do not have to wait, either.
"To every mayor, governor, and state legislator in America, I say, you don't have to wait for Congress to act. Americans will support you if you take this on," he said.
"In tonight's speech, President Obama outlined what remains the most critical challenge facing our nation today: creating jobs and opportunity for middle class families," U.S. Rep. Ann McLane Kuster, D-N.H., said in a statement. "I applaud the President's support for increasing the federal minimum wage. This will help many of our hardest working friends and neighbors earn a living and support their families."
"Both parties must work together on our most important priorities: helping create jobs, growing our economy, and strengthening small businesses in New Hampshire and across the country," U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., said in a statement. "In recent weeks we've seen signs of bipartisan progress on important issues facing our country and I hope we will build on that cooperation to address the many additional challenges we face as a nation. I will continue to work across the aisle with anyone who is willing to work in good faith to move our economy, and our country, forward."
"The President is clearly focused on the middle class and their struggles," U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter, D-N.H., said in a statement. "While the economy has improved and this country is moving forward, we are still leaving far too many people behind. I hope Congress and the White House will stay focused on finding solutions to the problems facing the middle class and work together to jumpstart the American dream."
U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., said in a statement that she was disappointed in what Obama had to say about the implementation of his signature health care law. Obama asked Congress to give the law a chance, rather than pass bills to repeal it.
"It was a glaring omission that the President's speech didn't address the serious problems with Obamacare. New Hampshire citizens have told me they're losing their doctors, seeing their coverage cancelled or having to pay more for it. We need to tackle these problems head on," Ayotte said in a statement.
Obama also called on Congress to pass immigration reform legislation, end tax loopholes that benefit companies that outsource employment overseas, launch more "hubs" that connect businesses to research universities and end the partisan gridlock that has seen the government shut down in the last year.
"For several years now, this town has been consumed by a rancorous argument over the proper size of the federal government," he said. "It's an important debate, one that dates back to our very founding. But when that debate prevents us from carrying out even the most basic functions of our democracy, when our differences shut down government or threaten the full faith and credit of the United States, then we are not doing right by the American people."
New Hampshire native and Boston Marathon bombing victim Jeff Bauman was among the guests invited to sit with first lady Michelle Obama during the State of the Union address.


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March 25: Movie critic Gene Shalit is 87. Singer Anita Bryant is 73. Singer Aretha Franklin is 71. Actor Paul Michael Glaser is 70. Musician Elton John is 66. Actress Bonnie Bedelia is 65. Actress-comedian Mary Gross is 60. Actor James McDaniel ("NYPD Blue") is 55. Saxophonist Steve Norman of Spandau Ballet is 53. Actress Brenda Strong is 53. Actress Marcia Cross is 51. Actress Lisa Gay Hamilton is 49. Actress Sarah Jessica Parker is 48. Singer Melanie Blatt of All Saints is 38. Actor Lee Pace ("Pushing Daisies") is 34. Singer Katharine McPhee is 29. Singer-actress Aly Michalka of Aly and AJ ("Hellcats") is 24. Actor Kiowa Gordon ("Twilight") is 23.
March 26: Actor Leonard Nimoy is 82. Actor Alan Arkin is 79. Actor James Caan is 73. Singer Diana Ross is 69. Actor Johnny Crawford ("The Rifleman") is 67. Singer Steven Tyler of Aerosmith is 65. Singer-actress Vicki Lawrence is 64. Actor Ernest Thomas ("Everybody Hates Chris," ''What's Happening") is 64. Actor Martin Short is 63. Country singer Ronnie McDowell is 63. Drummer Monte Yoho of The Outlaws is 61. Country singer Dean Dillon is 58. Country singer Charly McClain is 57. Talk-show host Leeza Gibbons is 56. Actress Jennifer Grey is 53. Actor Michael Imperioli is 47. Guitarist James Iha (Smashing Pumpkins) is 45. Country singer Kenny Chesney is 45. Actor T.R. Knight ("Grey's Anatomy") is 40. Rapper Juvenile is 38. Actress Amy Smart is 37. Actress Keira Knightley is 28. Rapper J-Kwon is 27.
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Back pain may be preventable, and there are steps that you can take each day to keep it at arm's length. Some common causes of back pain include the following:
Trauma - Often back pain stems from trauma, so avoiding situations where you are lifting heavy objects or at risk for an accident can go a long way towards reducing your chances of developing back pain.
Repetitive motion - Avoid repetitive motions, awkward postures, vibration and repeatedly coming into contact with hard or sharp objects.
Poor posture - A large amount of acute back pain stems from slouching; which desk jobs are notorious for encouraging. If you find yourself sitting for a large portion of the day, consider taking time to stretch and stand for periods of time. In fact, many workplaces are installing standing work stations for their employees that promote better posture and a healthier back. Also, examine the lumbar support of your furniture. Ergonomic furniture promotes good posture and keeps your spine from leaning too far forward or backward. It is also important that your chair be at a good height for your work surface, so you do not have to slouch or overextend in order to work.
Lifestyle changes are the back bone of a healthy spine and back, consider doing the following to reduce your risk of back pain:
Strong core muscles including the "abs" are critical for reducing back pain. Indeed, the abdominal wall muscles splint the anterior section of our body between the rib cage and the pelvis providing much needed support to the spine in lifting the upper body. Regular core muscle strengthening exercises can go a long way in reducing low back pain.
Treatment of back pain depends on the source of the pain and the amount of time since the pain was first noticed. Acute back pain can be treated with home remedies and often does not require a visit to the doctor. If the pain is not interfering with your daily life and is not affecting your ability to move, than there are steps you can take to reduce the pain you are experiencing.
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TUSCALOOSA | Loop Road will be closed for almost 12 hours each day next week because of construction work, according City Hall.
TUSCALOOSA | Loop Road will be closed for almost 12 hours each day next week because of construction work, according City Hall.
Starting Monday, Loop Road between Winters Drive and Woodland Road will be closed to through-traffic from 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Also on Monday, the stretch between Beech Hills Drive and Winters Drive will be reduced to one lane.
The closures will remain in place until Friday to allow DRM Utilities to perform work related to the $2.1 million improvement project.
The Tuscaloosa Department of Transportation said the roadway will be reopened to traffi c each night but that no traffic will be allowed to pass through the blocked area during the work hours.
Officials said residents living within this area will be accommodated on an as-needed basis, but traffic passing through must detour around the project.
Residents living on Winters Drive and in Williamsburg East Apartments are asked to enter and exit from the Hargrove Road end of the project, while Veterans Memorial Parkway or Woodland Road are offered as access to the Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center or the Leroy McAbee Sr. Activity Center.
Officials said that additional road closures will follow on an as-needed basis until the project's completion, which is anticipated to be in November.
A map showing the current road closure location can be found online at http://goo.gl/maps/gCdDB.
The link will not change, officials said, but the map will be updated to reflect the current road closure location.
These closures are related to the water and sewer infrastructure work that are part of the Loop Road Phase III Improvements Project, which will widen Loop Road from Fairmont Drive to Woodland Road, smooth some of the curves along that stretch and add a sidewalk to the road's south side.
Also part of the project is the addition of an underground pipe network and other upgrades to improve stormwater drainage, which this section of the road now lacks.
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It's a little more quiet than usual on the Internet this time of year because college students are studying for finals. That means a new crop of graduates is about to flood not just the job market, but the rental market.
So where will the new grads move? Rent.com compiled this list of the best cities for college graduates based on unemployment rates, mean annual income, cost of living and rental inventory for the metropolitan areas. The unemployment data was taken from March 2012, and it was assigned a double weight for this list since securing a job would be a top priority for graduates.
Here are the top 10 cities, in alphabetical order, including three cities from one state. As for the sample apartment photos that appear in each slide, the team at Rent.com selected apartments from trendy neighborhoods in each of the cities and searched for rentals that ranged from $600 to $1,600, in order to represent a wide variety of post-grads.
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These tamales won't be found in the local taqueria, but they're just as delicious.
Chinese tamales, which an Internet search will easily yield plenty of recipes and videos for, is a dish properly called a number of names, including joong and zongzi. And like its Mexican cousin, it is steeped in tradition.
Made in China, Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines and other countries, joong is rice stuffed with meat, nuts and other items, wrapped in flat leaves, like bamboo, and then boiled or steamed.
Joong is prepared in celebration with the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival, which is on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar. This year, the holiday was June 12; next year it will fall on June 2. But dragon boat events appear other times of the year, and so do the joong.
Long Beach hosted a dragon boat festival at the end of July. The Southern California Dragon Boat Club had races in San Diego last weekend and is hosting an event in South El Monte on Oct. 19.
There are several myths tied to the origination of the dish. One is that joong commemorates the death of Qu Yuan, a poet who unsuccessfully warned his king and countrymen in Chu to be aware of a possible takeover try by their neighboring kingdom, Qin. The king didn't listen, so in 278 BC, General Bai Qi of Qin took over the capital of Chu. Qu Yuan was so distraught that he wrote a poem of lament and drowned himself in the river. People threw packets of rice into the river to stop the fish from eating the poet's body.
Evelyn Hsu of West Covina calls the dish its Cantonese name, joong (zongzi is Mandarin). She is a first generation Chinese American — her parents immigrated here from Guang Song in Southern China and settled in Los Angeles.
Hsu was about age 9 when she began helping her mother make joong
"My mother did it when I was younger. She would wrap it and we would learn to tie it. She said, 'You cannot learn how to make this until you can learn how to tie it right.' If you don't tie it right the rice falls out," Hsu said.
As a teen, Hsu was taught by her mother how to fold the leaves to make the packets to hold the rice, but it wasn't until she married her husband, David Hsu, that she finally learned how to make the filling.
David Hsu's mother needed help making joong and Hsu the daughter-in-law was happy to oblige. She also hoped to learn the recipe, but every year the ingredients were already ready when she arrived.
One year, Hsu asked her mother-in-law to wait and let her watch the preparations, so she could measure the ingredients and write down the steps in order to develop a recipe.
Sometime later, Hsu's church friends were talking about making joong.
"They were surprised that an American-born knows how to do this," Hsu said.
They asked Hsu to teach them. Then Hsu's husband's coworkers heard about her cooking lessons and wanted to learn too, so she began teaching them as well. Over the next 10 years, the group narrowed down to about 15 people who gather annually to make joong. Hsu picks the Saturday that is best for her closest to the date of the Dragon Boast Festival for wrapping day.
Hsu's family likes salty dishes, so her joong contains sausage, pork, shrimp, salted duck egg, chestnuts and peanuts. Her meat is simply prepared with a touch of salt.
Because Hsu makes her own salted eggs, preparation begins 90 days ahead of the wrapping date. Three to four days prior to wrapping, she boils the bamboo leaves in a solution of water and vinegar.
On the big day, Hsu sets out all the ingredients and the friends put them together with assembly line precision — albeit with a lot of chatter and laughter, too. It takes Hsu about one minute to assemble one joong. The hardest part for Hsu is the wrapping and tieing, as you can't sit down to do it, she said.
Using Hsu's recipe, each joong costs about $1 to make.
There are many ingredient variations. Taiwanese often use five spice powder to season the meat and some people will add in shiitake mushrooms or bamboo shoots. There are also sweet joong, in which a potassium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate solution is mixed into the rice turning it a translucent green. This packet is usually stuffed with red bean paste and is sometimes finished with a red wood sliver for color and flavor.
Ready-made joong can be purchased year around at Chinese delicatessens, Asian markets with a hot food section such as 99 Ranch Market and at restaurants that serve dim sum.
Many Chinese Americans have pushed traditions aside in order to be westernized, Hsu said. Her sister nor her husband's sisters don't care to make joong, but Hsu thinks it is important.
"I think I lean more toward food traditions because my father was a chef."
Hsu's father was the executive chef for the Don the Beachcomber restaurants.
"Most of the Chinese traditions fall as food, like for Chinese New Year, you have certain dishes because of the symbolism, whether it's a word, the appearance or what it's made out of," Hsu said.
Hsu has taken to writing down recipes from dishes served at family gatherings. She has also started her own food tradition — giving each of her nieces a handwritten cookbook when they get married. And of course, it includes joong.


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BAGHDAD (AP) — The commander of Kurdish Peshmerga forces is warning that his troops might attack Iraqi government soldiers "at any minute," after Baghdad sent tanks and armored vehicles toward a disputed city.
The threat is the latest sign of heightened tensions over Iraq's declaration of a new military command in the area, including disputed segments. The Kurdish region has an autonomous government.
Mahmoud Sankawi says his forces are on high alert and will resist if the Iraq's central govenrment continues sending forces toward the city of Kirkuk. He said 30 tanks and several dozen armored vehicles were heading there overnight.
The new Baghdad command includes areas claimed by Iraqi Arabs, Turkomen and Kurds, notably in the key cities of Mosul and Kirkuk in the oil-rich region.


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Derry residents to vote on school paraprofessionals' contractBy ADAM SWIFT
Union Leader Correspondent
June 23. 2013 9:35PM
DERRY — Voters will go to the polls on Tuesday to decide the fate of a revised three-year contract between the school district and the district's paraprofessional employees.
The two sides initially came to an agreement earlier this year, but that proposed three-year contract was voted down by residents at the March town election.
Polls will be open at Gilbert H. Hood Middle School on Tuesday from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
The new contract includes smaller pay raises for the paraprofessionals over the next three years and will cost about $27,000 less than the original agreement over the course of the contract.
The money to cover the cost of the pay increases is in the approved 2013-14 school year budget, according to School Board member Neal Ochs.
The new agreement calls for pay increases of 10 cents per hour the first year, 15 cents the second year and 15 cents the third year. Originally, the contract called for a 15-cent raise the first year and a 25-cent raise in the third year.
The revised contract was moved forward to the ballot at a school district deliberative session last month, despite the efforts of some residents to zero out the proposed salary increase for the educational assistants.
Lynn Perkins said the school district lost the trust of the public when the proposed 2013-14 school budget was increased by $800,000 during the February district meeting.
"The real issue is with the total amount of spending," said Perkins. He said not only should the educational assistants not get a raise, but suggested that all pay raises in the town and the school district should be off the table for the foreseeable future.
However, a motion at the deliberative session to nix the pay increase was defeated.
The School Board supports the revised contract proposal.
"I think this is an excellent agreement, and both sides were able to come to an agreement rather quickly," said Ochs. "I think this will benefit everyone involved, including the taxpayers. I think it's a fairly substantial savings over the original proposal, which I thought was reasonable in and of itself."firstname.lastname@example.com


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The Eighth Book of Ecriture Infinie is making its second appearance, in Venice, for Incroci di Civilità, a literary festival at the Università Ca' Foscari.
Ecriture Infine/Infinite Writing is an art project that celebrates a 3500-year-old invention: handwriting. Created by Cameroonian artist Bili Bidjocka, it consists of a series of eight volumes that travel the world collecting the marks of handwriting as we know it. Once completed, the volumes are wrapped in a linen cloth, sealed and hidden in a secret place, like a time capsule. Will the people who discover them in thousands of years be able to understand what they mean?
Share your thoughts on handwriting.
For Moleskine, Ecriture Infinie is an opportunity to look at the subject of handwriting with writers, neuroscientists and artists. Bringing together different points of view to try to understand how handwriting is evolving in the digital age. Nowadays, there are certainly many other, increasingly fast ways to write and share thoughts. Perhaps we still enjoy handwriting because of the feeling it gives us: the sensation of running a pen or pencil across the paper, the relaxing motion, the ability to detach for a little while, the personal mark we create. Everyone has his/her own reason. What's yours?
Leave your mark.
Express your thoughts and feelings on handwriting. Upload your handwritten thought and follow the path of the Eighth Book at ecritureinfinie.org
Moleskine, together with the non-profit organization lettera27, is supporting the Eighth Book in its journey around the world.
Ecriture Infinie is an art project curated by Simon Njami.
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CHICAGO, IL -- (Marketwire) -- 02/07/13 -- In the news release, "TransUnion Reveals U.S. Metro Areas with Best / Worst Credit Scores," issued earlier today by TransUnion, we are advised by the company that the contact phone number should be "512.351.3512" rather than "312.985.3299" as originally issued. Complete corrected text follows.
TransUnion Reveals U.S. Metro Areas With Best / Worst Credit Scores
San Jose, CA Ranks Best
CHICAGO, IL -- February 7, 2013 -- As consumers across the nation begin their New Year's financial resolutions, TransUnion has revealed a ranking of metropolitan areas with the highest and lowest consumer credit score in the country. The metropolitan areas at the very top of the class are San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA and San Francisco-Oakland-Freemont, CA. Memphis, TN metropolitan area ranked lowest.
"Just as an individual's credit score is a measure of the risk that consumer presents to a lender, our study calculated the credit score that would correspond to the risk presented on average by residents of various metropolitan areas," said Heather Battison, senior director at TransUnion responsible for consumer education. "We want to congratulate those cities that have the lowest average credit risk, or the highest credit scores -- and help educate those with high credit risk, or low credit scores."
Top 10 Core Based Statistical Areas* with the Highest credit scores
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 700 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 696 Madison, WI 694 Honolulu, HI 693 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 691 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 690 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 689 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 685 Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 685 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 685
Top 10 Core Based Statistical Areas* with the Lowest Credit Scores
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 638 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 639 Jackson, MS 642 El Paso, TX 650 Columbia, SC 650 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 650 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 651 Baton Rouge, LA 651 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 651 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 651
* The term "Core Based Statistical Area" (CBSA) is a collective term for both metropolitan and micropolitan areas. A metro area contains a core urban area of 50,000 or more population, and a micro area contains an urban core of at least 10,000 (but less than 50,000) population.
"Congratulations to the consumers in the areas with the highest credit scores," said Battison. "Regardless of your individual score, the New Year is the perfect time for all consumers to review their credit information to ensure it accurately reflects their credit history and to identify areas to work on."
The ranking is the first of its kind from TransUnion, which compiled the credit scores of the top 100 largest CBSAs and determined the ten CBSAs with the lowest credit score based on the highest average consumer credit risk and the ten CBSAs with the highest credit score based on the lowest average consumer credit risk.
VantageScore® credit score is a highly predictive and consistent consumer credit scoring model, and the first developed together by all three major credit reporting companies. Consumer scores fall within a range of 501 to 990, with higher scores representing a lower likelihood of risk to lenders. At TransUnion.com, each score delivered is accompanied by a letter grade. (901+ = A, 900-801=B, 800-701=C, 700-601=D, and 600-501=F). Among others, VantageScore is currently utilized by 4 of the top 5 financial institutions and all of the top 5 credit card issuers. The CBSA credit score used in this study is based upon the VantageScore credit score at the individual consumer level.
"Because lenders have so many scoring models at their disposal, it's rare when the credit score they receive for a consumer and the score the consumer obtains for himself actually match, and that causes a lot of confusion," said Battison. "That's why the A-F, academic-style letter grade that comes with every VantageScore® credit score consumers obtain at TransUnion.com is so beneficial. If my grade is an 'A', I innately understand that means a lender is likely to view my creditworthiness in a very positive light; and that's primarily what I want to know."
Whether your credit receives high grades or could use some work, TransUnion provides the following tips to keeping your credit healthy:
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