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Katie McQuaid's Scene in Manchester: Listen up if you make a mean chiliBY KATIE McQUAID
July 21. 2013 8:39PM
Last year I showed up hungry to be a judge at the Henniker Rotary Club "Fire on the Mountain" Chili Fest. Rookie mistake. It makes you gobble up the first entries too fast and you risk filling up with many more samples to go. Fortunately, I had veteran chili tasters and foodies Mike Morin of WZID and Chef Nicole Barreira to slow and guide me through the process.
I love to eat, but I rarely cook, so I had no idea what was in most of the chili I was gobbling. Fortunately, Chef Nicole is more than the pretty face of Cactus Jack's and T-Bones. She is a legitimate corporate chef who understands food and was able to identify the ingredients and flavors of each entry. And Mike Morin is more than just a pretty voice on the radio. He has entered and won cooking competitions himself.
I am not sure what I added to the judging panel, other than an insatiable appetite, but they have invited me back for this year's Chili Fest at Pat's Peak on Sunday, Aug. 25. A ticket, $10 for adults and $5 for children under 11, lets you sample as many as 40 different types of chili. But that's just part of what makes the event so great. There are other vendors of food and crafts, a children's activity center and beer wagons — all at the beautiful Pat's Peak resort accompanied by live music by Jeff Dearborn and Contoocook Blues Society.
I liked all the chili I sampled last year for different reasons. We judged each entry on appearance, aroma, uniqueness, texture, taste and aftertaste.
If you like to make chili, this is a great place to try it out in a competition. There are no restrictions on ingredients. Amateur entries only need to bring three to four gallons for sampling. There are cash awards for top-finishers as well as People's Choice Award and best display. There is also a separate division for restaurants and other professional chili makers.
For more information and how to enter the competition, visit chilinewhampshire.org.
Bring a backpack
There's nothing worse than finally getting into summer mode when "Bam!" you are assaulted by back-to-school commercials. Well, you won't find refuge here either.
Last year, the New Hampshire Fisher Cats distributed 3,000 bags of school supplies to children in Manchester. The supplies were collected by Manchester Christian Church and distributed at a Manchester Goes Back to School event at the Fisher Cats stadium.
This year, the church has accepted a bigger challenge: 4,000 bags of school supplies. They will be distributed to children in need at the Manchester Goes Back to School event at the baseball stadium on Wednesday, Aug. 14.
Filled bags will be collected at the Manchester Christian Church services over the next three Sundays and at the Fisher Cats game Sunday, Aug. 11, at 3:05 p.m.
If you would like to help, a list of needed supplies and volunteer opportunities may be found at outreachatmcc.com.
Red backpacks to fill were distributed at the church Sunday, but you can contact the church at 622-9677 to pick up any leftovers
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I was driving down Beech Street on a recent Wednesday night and noticed people outside the Jewish Federation of New Hampshire building who looked like they were selling tickets for an outdoor show. I just thought I was seeing things. I wasn't.
Since the beginning of July, a New Hampshire theater troupe called Theatre Under the Stars has been performing Shakespeare in the Park(ing lot) on the JFNH grounds on Wednesday nights. The theater group's website says it is the only professional outdoor classical repertory company. Its mission is to put the "Shake" back in Shakespeare by presenting "Bare Bones Bard" with minimal lights, sets and props and no sound amplification.
The website says, "We perform under Renaissance conditions: Rustic stage, minimal to no rehearsals, (mostly) natural light, gorgeous costumes and actors who really understand and connect with the words, each other and the audience. If we connect then you connect. It's as simple as that."
Add a bring-your-own-picnic dinner and it sounds like an absolutely lovely summer evening in the Queen City. This Wednesday's production of "Romeo and Juliet" promises eight actors performing 20 roles in 75 minutes.
Tickets are $5 for adults and free for kids under 12. While families are encouraged to attend, there is a PG rating to deter smaller children who may not be able to sit quietly through the whole production.
Additional scheduled performances include "Interactive 3D Musketeers," on July 31, when the actors will freeze the action at crucial plot points and let the audience decide which way the story should go, and "Love's Labours Lost" on Aug. 7.
Doors open at 6 p.m. and the show starts at 6:30 p.m. Be sure to bring a blanket or low lawn chair.
I am so excited we have outdoor theater here in the Queen City again. I love it so much that I recently drove to Portsmouth's Prescott Park to see "Annie" and stayed through a thunder and lightning storm delay.
You won't have to wait through any rain delays at the upcoming performance of "Romeo and Juliet." Theatre Under the Stars moves inside the JFNH building during inclement weather.
For more information, visit www.shakespeareinthevalley.com.
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Wisconsin has become the latest state to open up crossbow hunting for all hunters, regardless of age, and eliminating the disability requirement.
Hunters in Wisconsin will be able to buy a crossbow license along with their other licenses starting in March. In essence, you can buy either an archery tag or a crossbow tag, or both. There is a provision that makes buying both licenses affordable (an additional $3).
As in the past with archery and gun, if you purchase multiple licenses at the same time, you'll receive only one backtag, and the crossbow license will be included with the Conservation Patron licenses.
The season will simply run concurrently with archery season. Basically, you can choose your weapon during archery season.
From the Wisconsin DNR (some sections redacted for brevity):
This law eliminates the age and disability requirements for using a crossbow. The law establishes a new resident crossbow hunting license and nonresident crossbow license. The crossbow hunting licenses established under this law allow a crossbow license holder to use a crossbow to hunt the same game animals that may be hunted under current law with an archer hunting license (resident archer hunting license allows the holder to hunt all game, except bear, elk, wolf, and wild turkey with a bow and arrow during the relevant season established by DNR, while the nonresident archer license allows hunting of all game, except bear, elk, wolf, wild turkey, and furbearers). The crossbow license authorizes hunting with a crossbow only.
The crossbow license is included in the resident and nonresident Conservation Patron and Conservation Patron Junior licenses.
Crossbow License fees – The fee for a resident crossbow license is $24, while the fee for a nonresident crossbow license is $160. The fee for a resident or nonresident duplicate crossbow license is $15 if deer tags are included and $12 if deer tags are not included.
The fee for a resident crossbow license issued to persons who are under 18 years of age is $20. There is no reduced fee for those under 18 for nonresident crossbow hunting licenses, as the nonresident crossbow hunting license is included in the nonresident Conservation Patron Junior license available for $77.
The fee for a crossbow hunting license issued to a person who is 10 or 11 years of age is $5.
"Upgrade" Crossbow or Archer License – This law provides that an archer hunting license may be issued to a resident or nonresident person who holds a crossbow hunting license for a reduced fee of $3.00 ($2.25 approval fee + $.075 transaction fee). The law also provides a crossbow hunting license may be issued to a resident or nonresident person who holds an archer hunting license for the $3.00 reduced fee.
Hunter Education Requirements – This law does not change the requirement to have completed hunter education if born on or before Jan. 1, 1973 in order to purchase an approval authorizing hunting. This law, however, now allows a person who has successfully completed a bow hunter education program to obtain a resident or nonresident crossbow hunting license in addition to a resident or nonresident archer hunting license.
Wisconsin joins at least 21 other states that offer full crossbow hunting during archery season. The Hunters Friend website provides a detailed list here, which was current as of Spring 2013.
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HIALEAH, Fla. (AP) — Pedro Vargas killed six neighbors in a shooting rampage over the weekend in South Florida. Five of them lived in his suburban Miami apartment complex, and one lived across the street. Here's a look at the victims.
The Pisciottis were killed first. The couple — Italo, 79, and Samira, 69 — managed the aging, five-story, beige building and lived in apartment 316, one floor below. They came to Vargas' door Friday night after he set a combustible liquid on fire in his unit, police said. When they arrived, Vargas opened the door and fired at them.
Some residents believed Vargas had an ongoing dispute with the Pisciottis, and police said they're looking into the possibility. Tenants described the couple, originally from Colombia, as being very strict about building regulations, even objecting when children played in an open terrace in the middle of the complex.
Samira Pisciotti was often seen taking care of her young granddaughter, taking her out to go on walks. Pisciottis' daughter also lived in the building.
"She was a good grandmother," tenant Alex Cruz said. "And a good mother."
On Sunday, there was a note taped outside the daughter's door, requesting privacy.
"My children are inside and are already scared," the note read. "I thank everyone for your prayers and ask that you pray for all the families."
Two white candles were lit alongside two red roses outside the doorstep.
After shooting the Pisciottis, Vargas went back into the burning apartment and fired 10-20 shots from the balcony into the street. One of them hit Gavilanes, 33, as neighbors said he was returning home from his 9-year-old son's boxing practice.
After he was shot, Gavilanes yelled at his son to run and managed to make it inside his building, where he then collapsed as his son screamed in horror, witnesses said.
Neighbors described Gavilanes as a doting father, often seen playing with his children outside and recently celebrating his 2-year-old daughter's birthday.
"He was very family oriented," said Maria Herrara, 26, who lived next door to Gavilanes. "Every time you saw him it was with his wife and children."
Soon after shooting Gavilanes, Vargas moved to a third-floor apartment and forced his way in. Simono lived there with his long-time girlfriend and her daughter. Family members said Simono was the first one shot.
Simono was originally from Cuba, said Zulima Niebles, his girlfriend's sister. He worked at a car wash and also held a part-time job in the building where they lived, helping with repairs.
"He was very hard working," Zulima Niebles said.
She described him as a simple man who cared greatly for his girlfriend's teenage daughter.
"He loved her very much," she said.
Vargas moved through the family's apartment. Merly Niebles and her daughter were hiding in the bathroom, the door shut, Zulima Niebles said.
The gunman fired through the door, killing both. Their bodies were found embraced, she said.
Merly Niebles cleaned guest rooms at a Howard Johnson hotel. She was born in Colombia and came to the U.S. with her mother and sisters when she was about 30.
Zulima Niebles described her sister as a religious woman who liked to spend time with her relatives when she wasn't working.
"I miss her a lot," Zulima Niebles said Saturday as she went to pick up some of her sister's belongings. "All three of them."
Perez was about to enter her senior year at the American Christian School, a private school in Hialeah. She aspired to become a neonatal nurse, relatives said.
Earlier that evening, Perez had been on the phone with one of her aunts. She talked about how she'd just done her hair and was at home with her mother, Zulima Niebles said.
It was a typical Friday evening for the 17-year-old girl, who her aunt described as studious and knowledgeable about computers and electronics.
At school, she was known as being friendly and helpful to her classmates. Friends left candles, teddy bears and a poster for her outside the building after the shooting
"We will always love you!," one message read. "May your beautiful spirit always be looking over us."


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When a pants less man is blindfolded, and his partner (preferably a female) says "Marco" in a room, where which following the source of the sound,he will slap the subject in the face with his man-jewels.
Word on the street, Colton played Marco Ballo with his girlfriend the other night.
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Hugh Hewitt presents what I consider a persuasive argument for rejecting the view (expressed by Ann Althouse) that the selection of Harriet Miers should be considered a breach by President Bush of his promise to appoint Justices like Scalia and Thomas because (in Althouse's words) "they are justices committed to a particular constitutional theory." Says Hugh,
When Bush said "like Scalia or Thomas" many people heard many things. I think it is very safe to say that the vast majority of American voters did not hear "justices committed to a particular theory…of textualism or originalism." I think they heard "justices who aren't making stuff up," or "justices who aren't full of themselves," or "justices who will not impose same sex marriage or overturn every juvenile death penalty in the land or import EEC law on a whim."
It's possible, of course, that a Justice Miers might make stuff up, and might reach too many bad results. It's also possible that Chief Justice Roberts, or any other nominee, might do so. I'd certainly be much happier if the president had nominated someone with a track record of not making stuff up and not reaching bad results, instead of someone with no track record in this regard. But his failure to do so isn't the same thing as violating his promise to appoint Justices in the Scalia and Thomas mold (as he and most others understood that promise). And it is more plausible to trust Bush to be able to make judgments about whether his friend and colleague is "full of herself," or prone to "make stuff up," or likely to fall in love with foreign law, than it is to trust him to spot a true constitutional "originalist."
JOHN adds: I agree. I haven't spent enough time studying Constiutional theory to know whether I would be classified as an "originalist" or not, nor, frankly, have I lost any sleep over the question. If I were a judge, I would apply the Constitution and statutes to cases before me in the same way that I do now as a practitioner. I think it's fine for a judge to be a member of a school of thought about the Constitution, but it's hardly necessary. I'm not sure whether John Roberts is considered an originalist, either, but I liked his answer to a question on that subject during his confirmation hearing:
GRASSLEY: In your confirmation for the D.C. Circuit, you answered a question asking whether — by another member — whether you supported the originalist approach to constitutional interpretation by saying this, so I hope I'm quoting you accurately:
I do not have an all-encompassing approach to constitutional interpretation. The appropriate approach depends, to some degree, on the specific provisions at issue. Some provisions of the Constitution provide considerable guidance on how they should be construed; others are less precise.
I would not hew to a particular school of interpretation, but would follow the approach or approaches that seem most suited in the particular case to correctly discerning the meaning of the provision at issue, end of quote.
Could you explain what approaches you're talking about? I'm not sure, in your quote, what you're getting at. Secondly, can you give some examples? And three, I would like to know when you don't believe that the originalist approach is the right approach.
ROBERTS: Well, I think it's very important to define these terms. Let's take the originalist approach. I do think that the framers' intent is the guiding principle that should apply.
However, you do need to be very careful and make sure that you're giving appropriate weight to the words that the framers used to embody their intent.
I think of, in particular, the Fourth Amendment and the equal protection clause. There are some who may think they're being originalists who will tell you, Well, the problem they were getting at were the rights of the newly freed slaves. And so that's all that the equal protection clause applies to.
But, in fact, they didn't write the equal protection clause in such narrow terms. They wrote more generally.
That may have been a particular problem motivating them, but they chose to use broader terms, and we should take them at their word, so that is perfectly appropriate to apply the equal protection clause to issues of gender and other types of discrimination beyond the racial discrimination that was obviously the driving force behind it. That is an originalist view because you're looking at the original intent as expressed in the words that they chose. And their intent was to use broad language, not to use narrow language.
There are some areas where a very strict texturalist approach makes the most sense. Obviously — the example I gave earlier — two- thirds means two-thirds. You don't say, Well, their purpose was to apply some super-majority requirement and now that we have more senators, three-fifths will give effect to that intent. Nobody would apply that approach. You stick to the language.
In other areas, the court's precedents dictate the approach. This is not something that is purely a matter of academic exercise. For example, on the Seventh Amendment, the right to a jury trial, the court has been very specific. We have a historical approach there. The job of a judge is to look at whatever action is and try to analogize it: What would that most be like in 1787? And if you got a jury trial for that, you get one today. And if you didn't, you don't. It's a purely historical approach.
So the approaches do vary. And I don't have an overarching view.
As a matter of fact, I don't think very many judges do. I think a lot of academics do. But the demands of deciding cases and the demands of deciding cases by committee — either a group of three or a group of nine — I find with those demands the nuances of academic theory are dispensed with fairly quickly and judges take a more practical and pragmatic approach to trying to reach the best decision consistent with the rule of law.


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Police in India arrest 22 for arson, helping insurgents kill 29 Muslim villagers
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GAUHATI, India – Police in India arrested 22 people after separatist rebels went on a rampage, burning homes and killing 29 Muslims in the worst outbreak of ethnic violence in the remote northeastern region in two years, officials said Saturday.
The arrests came after authorities called in the army to restore order in Assam state and imposed an indefinite curfew in the wake of the killings blamed on the rebels from the Bodo tribe, who have long accused Muslim residents of sneaking into India illegally from neighboring Bangladesh.
A state minister for border areas, Siddique Ahmed, said after visiting the violence-hit areas that his government and the ruling Congress party failed to protect the victims, who included at least eight women and as many children.
"Even 2-year-old children who could barely walk have been shot dead. I have never witnessed such scenes in my life," he told reporters.
Police said they arrested 22 people who allegedly burned homes or provided shelter to the insurgents, according to regional police inspector general L. R. Bishnoi. He gave no other details.
He said the rebels belong to a faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland, which has been fighting for a separate homeland for the ethnic Bodo people for decades. The Bodos are an indigenous tribe in Assam, making up 10 percent of the state's 33 million people.
However, the rebel faction in an email to reporters Saturday denied the charge and blamed the killings on the state government.
The violence came at a time of heightened security during India's general election, with the voting taking place over six weeks. Tensions have been high since a Bodo lawmaker in India's Parliament criticized Muslims for not voting for the Bodo candidate, said Lafikul Islam Ahmed, leader of a Muslim youth organization called the All Bodoland Muslim Students' Union.
Local television reports showed hundreds of Muslim villagers fleeing their homes with belongings on pushcarts or in their hands. Most were headed to nearby Dubri district, which is near the border with Bangladesh. Nearly 400 people have fled so far, Bishnoi said.
In 2012, weekslong violence between Bodo people and Muslims killed as many as 100 people in the same area.
Police said that in the third and most recent attack on Friday evening, militants entered a village in the western Baksa district and set at least 40 Muslim homes ablaze before opening fire. Assam's additional director general of police R.M. Singh said 11 bodies, all of them shot to death, were recovered from the attack.
Another seven bodies were recovered Saturday, Bishnoi said.
The first attack took place in the same district late Thursday night when at least eight rebels opened fire on a group of villagers sitting in a courtyard. Four people were killed and two others were wounded, police said. The second attack happened around midnight in Kokrajhar district when more than 20 armed men, their faces covered with black hoods, broke open the doors of two homes and sprayed them with bullets, killing seven people, witnesses said.
Crying inconsolably, 28-year-old Mohammed Sheikh Ali said his mother, wife and daughter were killed in the attack.
"I will curse myself forever because I failed to save them," Ali said in a telephone interview from a hospital where he was waiting for doctors to complete the autopsies on his family. "I am left all alone in this world. ... I want justice."
Dozens of rebel groups have been fighting the government and sometimes each other for years in seven states in northeast India. They demand greater regional autonomy or independent homelands for the indigenous groups they represent.
The rebels accuse the federal government of exploiting the region's rich mineral resources but neglecting the local people.
At least 10,000 people, most of them civilians, have been killed in Assam state alone in the last three decades.


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Justin Bieber Battles Girlfriend's Dad, Acts Serious in 'As Long As You Love Me' Video
Justin Bieber is beaten… again! Months after his Complex cover, which saw him and his pretty face beaten until he was battered, bruised and bloodied, he battles with his girlfriend's protective papa in his "mini movie" for 'As Long As You Love Me.' Here, we meet Justin Bieber, the serious actor.
The video is quite the exercise in tension. The opening minute is tense dialogue between himself and intimidating actor Michael Madsen; this scene was previewed last week. It sets the stage for The Biebs and his lady love, who happens to be Madsen's little girl, to escape. They want to be together and nothing, not even a disapproving dad, will stop them.
The vid is a quintessential "love on the run" video, complete with lots of kissing and romance. There's also plenty of The Biebs busting moves and showing off that swaggy choreography. While you've seen this plot before in many big screen teen romances, The Biebs takes it up a notch as escalating tensions boil over between himself and Madsen.
The Biebs and the object of his affection are typical teens in love. They write messages on one other's arms ('You're so sexy'), nuzzle and snuggle and hit the road in a sweet muscle car. None of this sits well with pops, who opposes the relationship. We are not sure why he is so adamantly against The Biebs other than just 'cuz. Then again, there's always obstacles to teens in love, like parents who want their kids to remain just that: kids.
Biebs is bloodied again when Dad catches them and tries to wrest her away and gain control of her. Fists fly and Bieber is left in a heap while Madsen pulls his daughter away. It's pretty violent for a Biebs video, and it might leave the youngest Beliebers a bit shaken, but the point is well taken. Love hurts.
This is the most mature video we've seen from the teen, and he demonstrates impressive serious acting chops when he stands up to the hulking mass of a man that is Madsen. The cinematography is also stunning, as it feels like a movie, not a video trying to be a movie.


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WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. Augusta National Golf Club admitted two female members Monday for the first time in its nearly 80-year history.
The club invited former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and South Carolina financier Darla Moore to join the club, and both women accepted. They will both wear the green jacket that signifies membership at Georgia's Augusta National.
Augusta came under scrutiny in recent years for its exclusion of females from membership, which is by invitation only. The intensity of the criticism heightened this year when Virginia Rometty, the CEO of IBM, was not made a member at Augusta. The previous four CEOs of IBM, all men, had worn green jackets. IBM is a sponsor of the legendary Masters golf tournament, held annually at Augusta.
Women were allowed to play as guests at the club but could not be full members, at least not until Monday.
Liz Janangelo, the assistant golf professional at Rockrimmon Country Club in Pound Ridge and a Stamford, Conn., resident, had fond memories of and an immediate positive connection to Augusta National. She said she was not surprised at the advent of a new era at the formerly men-only club.
"I was lucky enough to have had the opportunity to play at Augusta when I was a senior captain for the Duke University golf team," Janangelo said. "I know I was treated very well when I played there. The club was very welcoming. I was playing (Monday morning) so I didn't hear the complete story, but it's really wonderful to know that this has happened."
Janangelo said she recalled the course as "very beautiful and demanding." "The undulations of the course and demands on making shots are what I remember most, aside from the way the course is kept so perfectly," she said. "It's a wonderful place."
Hilary Tuohy, president of the Westchester County chapter of the Executive Women's Golf Association, said her group is proud of Augusta.
"Westchester is delighted that Augusta National Golf Club has opened its membership to females by inviting Condoleeza Rice and Darla Moore to become the first women in green jackets," Tuohy said. "The decision to invite female members to join promotes inclusivity for all in this great game where women are equally as passionate as men about the game."
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BENTON, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas' prison system is planning to sell some of its horses at auction next month.
Department of Correction spokeswoman Shea Wilson says people will have a chance to bid on about 35 retired horses, colts and mules at the agency's third horse auction Oct. 5 in Benton, Ark.
Wilson says the auction is aimed at finding good homes for animals that have served the agency well.
Last year's auction featured about three dozen animals and brought in more than $27,000 for the Department of Correction's agriculture division.
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Celebrating Christmas in a big way
PAPILLION, NE (WOWT) -- If you celebrate Christmas, do you have your tree up yet?
A Papillion, Nebraska man has put up 19 of them.
"I don't know what it is, but I just enjoy Christmas time," says Bill Hornbacher and his home shows it. "I suppose it takes me 20, 30, 40 hours, I don't know. I enjoy doing it so I don't keep track."
"This is the kids' tree. I love the Lifesaver tinsel, Lifesavers and M&M's." There's also a family tree, a rubber ducky tree and an angel tree. "Silver tree and I'm a golfer. Anybody that plays golf should have a golf ball tree."
Bill doesn't just decorate these trees. In many cases he carves and paints every ornament on them. "I go around to every store and if something trips my trigger I start carving."
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Nashua mayor to unveil budget in MayBy KIMBERLY HOUGHTON
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March 10. 2013 11:23PM
NASHUA - Although Manchester city officials are already reviewing their proposed budget for the coming fiscal year, Nashua has about eight more weeks until its budget will be presented to aldermen.
"I have publicly announced that the budget will be provided to the board at the first board meeting in May," Nashua Mayor Donnalee Lozeau wrote in an email to a city resident concerned about the perceived delay.
Last year, the 2013 budget was not approved by the Board of Aldermen until 12 days into the fiscal calendar year.
Although the fiscal year begins on July 1, the budget doesn't actually have to be authorized until Aug. 1, according to the city charter. Still, some aldermen expressed frustration at last year's process, specifically because the aldermanic Budget Review Committee had not yet made its recommendation on the mayor's proposed $230 million budget by the time the new fiscal year had begun.
Last week, local resident Robert Sullivan wrote an email to the Budget Review Committee and Brian McCarthy, president of the Board of Aldermen, questioning when the proposed 2014 fiscal budget will be sent to the committee for initial review.
He noted that Manchester Mayor Ted Gatsas unveiled his budget for the coming fiscal year on Feb. 18, about a month earlier than usual, so that school and aldermanic boards had more time to review and approve the proposals.
"We want to make sure that the BOA and the citizens have enough time to review, digest and debate the budget this year," Sullivan said of Nashua's budget process.
In response to Sullivan's concern, Lozeau said her approach of introducing the budget in May has proved effective.
"While I understand you feel it should be provided sooner, as I have said many times, I have come to understand the wisdom, especially in these times, of carefully watching our revenues and expenses, having a better understanding of changes on the state level, and getting closer to year end to be able to bring in a well thought out budget that affords us all the opportunity to know better what it means to our taxpayers," Lozeau wrote. ". Manchester and Nashua have a very different process and cannot be compared apples to apples."
During last year's delay, members of the Budget Review Committee debated several times on the spending plan, which included a nearly 280-page document.
"Everybody looks at things in a different light," Alderman David Deane said at the time, explaining there is only a small window of opportunity for the committee to review the extensive budget. "I think any discussion about spending $230 million plus in taxpayer money is worthwhile."
In years past, Alderman Diane Sheehan said, the budget was approved more effectively. She expressed frustration last summer because of numerous wrap-up sessions by the Budget Review Committee and its delay in making a recommendation to the full Board of Aldermen.
"There is a lot of procrastination just for the sake of procrastination," she said at the time. "It is extremely frustrating."
The 2013 budget was up nearly $3.5 million, or more than 1.5 percent from the prior year's city budget. The $230 million budget resulted in a less than 3 percent tax increase.


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QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano has spewed a 6-mile (10-kilometer) column of ash after a powerful, five-minute explosion that shot pyroclastic material onto its northern and northwestern flanks.
Ecuador's geophysics institute said Friday's blast occurred at 6:10 p.m. local time and was followed by a second, four-minute explosion and five lesser tremors.
The 16,480-foot (5,023-meter) volcano, nearly 90 miles (140 kilometers) south of Quito, revived on Feb. 1, with eruptions that affected a third of Ecuador's provinces and temporarily closed a regional airport.
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Maia Kickstarter: dev holding public vote on stretch goal choice
Maia, the sci-fi god game from indie developer Simon Roth is currently sitting at £130,514 of its £100,042 Kickstarter goal. At £200,000 Roth will add a new stretch goal into the mix, but wants you to help him decide which add-on he should consider. Check out the options below.
An update on the Maia project page lists the first option as a procedurally generated top down shooter mini-game, similar to the likes of Amiga classic Alien Breed, in which you, "Are an imp bot sent in to failed colonies on Maia, rescuing survivors, retrieving science and killing a whole lot of aggressive aliens. Collect and upgrade weapons and gain experience and skills through an infinite number of generated worlds."
Option two is called 'Telluric Variation', and it will add three new game types into the RPG mix:
- Dead planet: No plants, no animals, no atmosphere. The battle for survival will be long and hard.
- Frozen world: Build your base into the permafrost of an ancient glacier. There are terrifying things waiting to be thawed.
- Ocean planet: Your colony is based in an abyss on the ocean floor. Fight the force of our fluid system. Can you stand the pressure?
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When former NBA
star John Amaechi, who was raised in
England, accepted assignments from Amnesty
International (where he serves as a spokesperson) and
the BBC (where he provides basketball commentary) to
cover the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, he knew exactly
who he wanted as a travelling companion. His friend Jeff
Sheng is ethnically Chinese, fluent in the language,
and has spent more than a year living and
traveling mainland China as a foreign exchange student
and frequent visitor. Sheng is also something of
a wunderkind. At 27 his arresting photographs have
appeared in more than 20 exhibits across the country,
including at Yale University and as part of
"LA25," a select group of diverse artists showing
October 8 to November 16 at Los Angeles Contemporary
Exhibitions in Hollywood. And he's a visiting
professor at the University of California, Santa
What resulted was
a series of photographs, which we've excerpted here, as
well as daily musings on life in China, the Olympic
Games, and anything else that comes to mind. For a
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The Dodgers traded Chin-Lung Hu to the New York Mets for minor league left-handed pitcher Mike Antonini.
This borders on not newsworthy, but since so little has happened with the Dodgers in the last couple of weeks, why the hell not make a post?
Like the Dodgers did with Ryan Theriot, they were lucky to get anything for a guy who would soon have been claimed off waivers by another team as Hu was out of options. It would have taken some sort of miracle for him to start the season on the Dodgers' bench.
Hu, 26, was once the Dodgers' No. 3 prospect after his breakout 2007 season. Since then, he has failed to come close to those numbers, even while playing in the rarefied air of the Pacific Coast League. His glove is still top-notch, which is why he'll bounce around from team-to-team for the rest of his career. Slick-fielding shortstops aren't as easy to find as they once were -- but they aren't exactly a commodity, either.
He could start the season on the Mets' bench as Jose Reyes' primary backup at shortstop.
Antonini, 24, is nothing but organizational depth. He's spent four seasons in the minors and made it as far as Triple-A. He should begin at Albuquerque. He's left-handed, so there's always the chance he could make the majors in the future.
His numbers are less-than impressive, posting a 4.04 ERA, 1.25 WHIP and 7.0 K/9. On the surface, those aren't terrible numbers, but he did most of the good stuff while in the lower levels of the minors.
The best part is, Antonini and I share a birthday, so he's got that going for him.
Here's hoping there are a couple more moves in the Dodgers' future.
Monday, December 27, 2010
Dodgers ship Chin-Lung Hu to New York
Posted by Dustin Nosler at 6:25 PM
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Ned gonna get us a Left Fielder?ReplyDelete
Ha, I wouldn't count on it. Not a lot left, unless he magically signs Beltre (moving Blake to LF).ReplyDelete
I thought about that, but I don't think Ned is dealing with Scott Boras anymore.ReplyDelete
He got a deal done with Manny Ramirez, but if a GM refuses to deal with an agent, he shouldn't be a GM.ReplyDelete
I really wish the Dodgers had spent money on Beltre instead of a bunch of spare parts.
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Busan Travel Guide
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Home to some of South Korea's most popular beaches, hot spring resorts and numerous historical attractions, Busan is an integral part of any trip to South Korea. Busan, formerly known as Pusan, is the largest port and the second largest city in South Korea and is a quick three-hour KTX (bullet train) trip south of Seoul. Busan often goes unnoticed as visitors flock to get a taste of the bright lights and big city feel of Seoul, but many Koreans will tell you that Busan is one of South Korea's friendliest and most relaxed cities.
From beaches to mountains and temples Busan has many attractions on offer. The coastline is one of the main draw cards, with beaches like the beautiful Haeundae and Gwangalli some of the best the country has to offer. The Busan Aquarium is Korea's largest and best, and is one of the highlights of a trip to the city. Visitors interested in temples and historical sights can visit the Beomeosa and Yonggungsa temples as well as the Geumjeong Fortress. The markets in Busan are also an attraction in and of themselves. They offer wonderful photographic opportunities and can sometimes be a real eye-opener, particularly Jagalchi Fish Market.
Visitors to the city during summer should try and include a trip to one of the local baseball games on their Busan itineraries. The local team, the Lotte Giants, is based at Sajik stadium and a baseball game in Korea is a cultural experience. Baseball games are held every weekend during summer. Busan also has great shopping and dining out opportunities. Visitors will find that this seaside city has a lot of heart and may even prove to be the highlight of a trip to South Korea.
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The crew members of the space shuttle Discovery already know that they are on "The Voyage Home" — their ship will be retired after landing Wednesday at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida — but they got a startling reminder on Monday when their "wake-up call" from Earth was a pre-recorded message from William Shatner along with the theme from "Star Trek."
"These have been the voyages of the space shuttle Discovery," the 79-year-old actor said with all the gravity you might expect. "Her 30-year mission: To seek out new science. To build new outposts. To bring nations together on the final frontier. To boldly go, and do, what no spacecraft has done before…"
The shuttle program — which dates back to the February 1977 flight of a craft named Enterprise — is scheduled to end later this year, a heartbreaking decision for many supporters of the American space program. Shatner knows the feeling. He watched his old space partner Leonard Nimoy play a part in the most recent "Star Trek" film but he's been left on the interstellar sidelines for four movies and hasn't portrayed James T. Kirk in a new film or television show since 1994. J.J. Abrams and his team are preparing a new "Trek" film and although it's unlikely that Shatner will be beamed aboard, he has plenty of projects on Earth, including the CBS comedy series "$#*! My Dad Says."
— Geoff Boucher
Shatner: My whole career has been a close call
Six to beam up: "Trek" festival this month in L.A.
"Trek" writer: We have broken the sequel story
Pine takes command: "I am not Shatner"
Shatner, outside: "Strange to say goodbye"
"Trek" episodes coming to NetFlix streaming
Nimoy riffs: Shatner, "Star Wars" and … Hendrix?
Nimoy's farewell: "Live long and prosper…"
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A deal to buy the Murco Milford Haven refinery has collapsed, putting hundreds of Pembrokeshire jobs at risk.
Milford Haven Refinery staff have been informed of the developments this morning (Thursday).
It had previously been reported that a $500m deal involving investment firm Greybull Capital was close to being completed but that deal has fallen through.
A source close to the deal told the Western Telegraph: "Up until 48 hours ago it was looking very positive but it went sour, the deal just couldn't be done."
Around 400 people are employed at the refinery.
In a statement, Murco Petroleum Limited said it will be entering into a period of consultation with employees, and their representatives, as to the future of the company and its Milford Haven refinery.
The statement said: "UK refining remains a particularly challenging market, caused in part by declining demand and increased international competition. The UK currently has seven oil refineries down from a peak of 18 in the late 70s. It is against this backdrop that the company and Murphy have been working to try and find a solution that would allow refinery operations to continue at Milford Haven.
"During the past three plus years Murphy has negotiated with numerous parties but has not yet been able to find a buyer for Murco. Following the expiration of exclusive talks with a potential buyer, Murphy and the company plan to speak with a small number of interested parties, which may or may not lead to allowing the refinery to continue to operate.
"Murco is therefore today entering into a period of consultation with employees and their representatives, including the employees that work at the refinery. Until this period is completed it is not possible to predict the outcome of this process. In the interim we will ensure we properly consult with our employees during what will understandably be an unsettling time for everyone concerned."
Tom McKinlay, Managing Director of Murco said: "Our focus today is on helping our people understand what this means for them. For over three years, we have left no stone unturned in trying to find a buyer for the plant. Our efforts highlight the challenges and on-going changes confronting the European refining industry and are in no way a reflection on the attitude and work ethic of the Murco team. We will continue to do all we can to ensure our employees are supported during this time."
Responding to the news this morning, Preseli Pembrokeshire MP Stephen Crabb, told the Western Telegraph that the collapse of the deal was "a hammer blow for Pembrokeshire and the wider West Wales economy."
Mr Crabb added: "Hundreds of skilled, high quality jobs in our community are now at risk. Pembrokeshire has seen refinery closures before and we know the short-term impact can be colossal."
Mr Crabb said it was now essential that another potential buyer be contacted to see if a sale could be salvaged.
The Wales Office Minister said: "If Murphy Oil cannot do the deal with Greybull then it must explore all possible alternative sale options as a matter of urgency.
"I have met with one other buyer on two occasions now who so far has been locked out of the sale process because of the exclusive negotiations with Greybull. The time has come for Murphy to speak to this company about what their intentions would be."
"I have had an urgent meeting with the Energy Minister Michael Fallon, and have asked that he and his department work closely now with Welsh Government to offer every possible support to avoid the worst outcome of full refinery closure. Everyone understands the seriousness of the situation and what this means for Pembrokeshire."
"The staff and management at Murco in Milford Haven have worked incredibly hard over the last three years to turn the plant around and create one of the leanest and most efficient refineries in the country. Their commitment and effort has been hugely impressive and it is a very sad day for them and their families to be told that the sale has collapsed."
Secretary of State for Wales, David Jones said: "The Government very much regrets to hear the developments at the Murco Petroleum refinery in Milford Haven, and the potential impact this may have on its employees, their families and the community.
"The Wales Office is in close contact with colleagues at the Department of Energy& Climate Change, the Welsh Government and with officials at Murco Petroleum Ltd on this matter. We stand ready to support Murco in their ongoing efforts to find a buyer, with a view to securing the future of the plant, and the jobs of the people who work directly and indirectly for it."
Pembrokeshire County Council's Leader, Councillor Jamie Adams, said: "I am sorry to hear that the sale of the refinery has fallen through.
"We hope that it will continue to operate as a refinery as that will save the jobs of both refinery staff and of the many local sub-contractors who work there.
"The County Council and the Welsh Government will continue to support Murco as they look for an alternative buyer.
"Ideally we would want a viable, sustainable purchaser to come forward from within the industry who could guarantee the future of oil refining at the site."
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Artwork can evoke various reactions. In general, artwork is created to inspire. Take a look at the photo at the right. What do you think?
Recently, artist Ron DiCianni and Tapestry Productions became aware of a decision made by Mountain Home Air Force Base, in consultation with the Pentagon to remove a print of Ron DiCianni's Blessed Are the Peacemakers in response to an "anonymous email." Tapestry Productions is the publisher of this painting and the agent of record for Artist Ron DiCianni.
Tapestry Productions President, Grant DiCianni, responded by saying:
"First, we are deeply saddened as we receive more information about this incident, to see the apparent hostility of Pentagon leadership to a message, that is clearly in keeping with the foundation of this country & the Air Force and whose communication is clearly protected by the First Amendment. The painting that was removed based on this anonymous complaint is entitled Blessed are the Peacemakers. It features a modern day policeman standing in front of a medieval knight. The flag held in the hand of the knight morphs from a medieval coat of arms into the flag of the United States of America. In this edition of the painting, the word 'Integrity' is stenciled over the image and the verse referenced is 'Blessed are the Peacemakers for they will be named sons of God' Matt 5:9."
"It is our belief" DiCianni continued "that this message is one that the modern day military should be proud to embody — the idea of integrity in the service of peace. Having known many military service members over the years, I have never encountered one that enjoyed the idea of war. Every war fought has been to pave the path back to peace. Hence, the military is an embodiment of the ultimate peacemaker, a pursuit blessed in Scripture. It would seem this is a message that the Air Force should be willing to foster, not censor."
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NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Wednesday that his government will act promptly to implement the recommendations of a commission on how to improve laws dealing with crimes against women.
A week after the government-appointed panel submitted its report, Singh wrote to retired Chief Justice J.S. Verma, head of the three-member commission, to thank him for its rapid work.
"On behalf of our government, I assure you that we will be prompt in pursuing the recommendations of the committee," Singh said.
The panel was set up in response to the fatal gang rape last month of a young woman on a moving bus in New Delhi. The commission received more than 80,000 suggestions for ways to overhaul the criminal justice system's treatment of violence against women.
Police say the victim and a male friend were attacked after boarding the bus on Dec. 16. The attackers beat the man and raped the woman, inflicting massive internal injuries with a metal bar, police said. The victims were dumped on the roadside, and the woman died two weeks later in a Singapore hospital.
The brutal attack set off nationwide protests, sparking a debate about the treatment of women and highlighting the inability of law enforcement agencies to protect them.
The panel's 630-page report blamed government failures and an erosion of the rule of law for an unsafe environment for women which, it said, allowed men to think they could get away with crimes against females.
The panel recommended an increase in the penalty for rape to 20 years and suggested life terms for gang rape. But it stopped short of recommending the death penalty for rape.
The report also pushed for amendments to the law to include crimes like stalking, cyber stalking and voyeurism and suggested stiff punishments for such crimes.
The panel also recommended that police and other officials who fail to act against crimes against women be punished. It suggested that the government appoint more judges to lessen the backlog of cases and ensure swift justice.
A special fast-track court in New Delhi is currently holding a trial of five men charged in the Dec. 16 attack.
If convicted, the attackers could face death sentences. A sixth suspect has been declared a juvenile and, if he is convicted, could be sentenced to a maximum of three years in a reform home.


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CENTREVILLE, Va. (AP) — A wayward, pregnant cow that had been roaming the streets and backyards of a Washington, D.C., suburb after escaping her farm has been captured.
Fairfax County Police say the Scottish Highland cow escaped Thursday from a farm in Fairfax. Police received several calls over the next two days, often from people who mistook the aggressive, horned cow for a bull.
Officers spotted the cow Saturday afternoon coming out of the woods in Centreville. Police say the cow charged the officers and fled through neighborhood yards. Police spokeswoman Lucy Caldwell said the cow was eventually subdued with tranquilizers shot from a dart gun.
The cow was not injured, but a veterinarian who aided the rescue suffered minor injuries. Police say possible charges against the cow's owners are pending.


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ROME (AP) — Work has begun to shore up Pompeii's fragile ruins, following several collapses in the sprawling ancient Roman city.
The tourist attraction near Naples is chronically short of state funds. Helping pay for the latest restoration is more than €40 million ($55 million) in European Union funds, which an EU commissioner, Johannes Hahn, in Pompeii on Wednesday, described as an important step toward rescuing the archaeological complex from modern-day ruin. In 2010, torrential rain caused the collapse of a wall in Pompeii, and a frescoed building where gladiators prepared for battle crumbled into a pile of dust.
In Florence, a piece of 16th-century frescoed ceiling in the Uffizi museum fell off Wednesday during work. No one was hit by the fragments, which gallery officials said would be put back in place.


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Derbyshire police's commitment to tackling wildlife crime will be spreading its wings further across the county with the creation of a new role.
The force is looking for a dedicated wildlife co-ordinator, who will work with Derbyshire's wildlife crime police officers to identify the best way to tackle offenders.
The police staff post will help the team by organising warrants, identifying wildlife crime hotspots and operating the force's Farm Watch scheme, as well as working with partners such as Natural England and the RSPB.
Alan Charles, the county's Police and Crime Commissioner, pledged to make cutting wildlife crime a focus for the force.
He said: "This post will see a member of police staff, rather than a police officer, undertaking this new role which is a far more efficient use of our resources.
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Northeast Angelenos Call on the Community to March Against Violence
Local residents to gather for 4th Annual Northeast Community Peace March this Saturday, May 14.
By Gloria Angelina Castillo, EGP Staff Writer
Seventeen-year-old Michelle Lozano, whose naked body was dumped on the side of the freeway, was laid to rest on Friday, May 6; one day later, across town, shots rang out in Glassell Park and claimed the life of another teenager, Jose Antonio Madera, while a second victim is in critical condition.
While the Los Angeles Police Departments boasts the lowest crime rate per capita since the 1950s, families and communities continue to suffer the senseless violence that motivates local peace activists to rally their communities to take a stand against gangs, crime and violence.
Lozano, a Lincoln Heights resident, lived on the second floor of La Fortuna Market on Griffin Avenue, which was also the site of an armed robbery on April 23—two days before her body was discovered wrapped in plastic near the State Street exit of the Golden State Freeway. Police have not confirmed a connection between the robbery and her death.
LAPD Hollenbeck Station Detectives are still investigating her murder, and while the authorities say they have leads, little information has been made public. As of Tuesday, her cause of death had not been determined, Assistant Chief Ed Winter of the coroner's office told EGP.
Richard Mangaser, of No Youth Left Out (NYLO) based in Lincoln Heights, organized a vigil in her memory that drew 400 people. Lozano was not the type of teenage girl that "goes around looking for trouble," he told EGP, adding that a Peace March in the Lincoln Heights area was being planned.
On May 7, Jose Antonio Madera, 19, was fatally shot in Glassell Park, a second victim, whose name was withheld by police, was hospitalized in critical condition with multiple bullet wounds to his upper body and head. The shooting is under investigation by the Northeast LAPD substation, no arrests were immediately made.
While the tragic stories, bloodied sidewalks, and tear-stained faces of grieving family members repeat time and again, there are efforts underway to reclaim the streets and offer young people an alternative opportunity for betterment—or empowerment for a better tomorrow, as the organizers of the Peace in the Northeast Community March & Resource Fair would say.
This Saturday, the march and the resource fair will take place; it is now in it's fourth year. Organizers acknowledge that crime is down but there is still fear that it can easily erupt again, Dr. Stan Moore told EGP on Monday.
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Gun buy-back programs, police raids on the Drew Street gang, LAPD Northeast Division's youth boxing program, Basketball at the San Fernando Headquarters, injunctions against 5 local gangs; gang intervention programs like the Children's Hospital L.A.'s GYRD program; Summer Night Lights at more City Recreation Centers, and, the annual Peace in the Northeast marches—are all examples of efforts that have helped reduce crime, Moore wrote in an email.
"[But] We have many students who are facing daily recruitment from gangs—and may respond to the pressures if we do not march," Moore said, noting that many of those stories are told first hand during Peace Inc. meetings. Peace Inc., is a combination of Joe Carmona's Peace Warriors and Peace Parents, the grass roots organization that provides moral support for youth and families dealing with gang violence.
"Somehow we have to convince students at all levels that you do not kill someone because he or she is from Atwater and not Cypress Park, or that someone likes the Giants baseball team and not the Dodgers," Moore said, making reference to the brutal attack of a Giants' fan Bryan Stow during the Dodger's opening game in March.
Stow's family has been invited to speak at the opening rally for the March. Stow could be taken off life support this week, Moore said.
Moore and the organizing committee, composed of numerous neighborhood councils, faith-based organizations, and local gang intervention groups, invite the public to march with them this Saturday.
Assembly for the march will begin at 10 a.m. at the Glassell Park Senior Center (located at Verdugo and Eagle Rock Blvd.), and brief speeches by local elected officials and police will begin at 10:30 am. Families of victims of violence are also scheduled to share their stories.
The three-mile march will begin moving south on Verdugo at 10:45 am, west on Ave. 33, east on Cypress Ave., and then northbound on Jeffries Ave. onto the Florence Nightingale Middle School (3311 N. Figueroa St) campus at around 11:45am.
Bus transportation to the Glassell Park Senior Center at 9:30 am, and from Nightingale Middle School after the march at 3:30pm will be available at: Irving Middle School and Fletcher Elementary School; Franklin High School; and Luther Burbank Middle School.
The resource fair will take place toward the rear of the school at Jeffries Avenue, and includes free food, 33 tables with local resource organization information, and live entertainment. NBA player Al-Farouq will give a basketball demonstration and share tips. A kid's zone for children age 6 and under will also be available.
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he has such a lovely, hauntingly beautiful voice. i've been listening all morning:) thanks for sharing! happy wednesday!!
so glad you like him!
Thanks for putting this song (especially) the first in my head. It sounds so familiar. Maybe all good music just happens to sound that way.
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Recently, while working on a dev assignment I needed to make a complete post back (with page refresh) from a button control placed inside AJAX Update Panel. Exact problem was like this. There is a webpage on which I require AJAX functionality. Also, there is one button on whose click I want to make a post back. That button is also placed inside AJAX update panel and anything placed inside update panel by default does a Ajax callback. Sample web page is shown below:
Initially I thought of moving my Post Back Call button outside of AJAX update panel but that would have ruined my UI design. I was trying different options when I stumbled upon UpdatePanel's child element . provides another child element with an attribute ControlID. We can specify from which control we want to make a post back call using this ControlID. Below code sample shows how to do this in ASP.NET.
This is quite simple to understand. Button btnPostBackCall will now make a complete call back. I recommend further reading on this topic from:
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When Friedrich von Hayek became a Nobel Laureate in economics in 1974 he said: "The Nobel Prize confers on an individual an authority which in economics no man ought to possess." The truth of this is demonstrated daily by the case of Paul Krugman.
Krugman and his supporters whip out his Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences like a Top Trump of Diego Maradona. It is awarded annually — so why the special fuss about a prize Krugman won four years ago? His Nobel is being used to intimidate opponents. Any opposition to Krugman with his Nobel Prize is opposition to science itself.
Why Krugman generates so much opposition isn't hard to fathom. From his perch in the New York Times he says one ridiculous thing after another. In the British context Krugman's risible thesis is that the economy is struggling because the government isn't spending enough money, that austerity is driving us back into recession, and that the solution to our debt crisis is to borrow and spend even more money.
But there is no austerity. British government spending has fallen from record highs by only about 1 per cent since the coalition took office. This has tipped us back into recession? Most private sector companies could save that by switching to cheaper copier paper.
Krugman argues that we need vast government spending to get us out of the recession. But Britain is running a budget deficit of more than 8 per cent of GDP, one of the highest in the developed world. The government is spending more than 400 million borrowed pounds every day; the national debt is increasing by more than £5,000 every second.


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The VP of Intel's digital enterprises group told the INQ this morning that the Itanium microprocessor is starting to make waves in the corporate enterprise market. Kirk Skaugen, of the servers platform group, showed a slide which claimed the Itanium processor was eating into Sun and IBM Power shares, based on "customer revenues". He also said that since the fourth quarter of 2003, applications for the Itanium family had grown to 5900 by the end of 2005.


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January 18. 2013 10:50PM
Darrell's in Nashua settles for half the cost of sidewalk damage
By SIMON RIOS
Union Leader Correspondent
Damage to concrete sealant at Darrell's Music Hall in Nashua led to more than $27,000 in water damage. The shop settled with the city in December for $15,000. (SIMON RIOS/Union Leader Correspondent)
NASHUA - When the city cut Darrell's Music Hall a $15,000 check, the shop was settling for nearly half the cost of damages incurred during Main Street renovation efforts.
The incident was caused by the pairing of a September storm and construction, according to city records, part of a revamping of the Main Street bridge that finished in the fall. During construction at the corner of Water Street and Main, damage to concrete sealant allowed water to seep into the shop's basement showroom during the storm.
Darrell's originally sought $27,365 for the destruction of a baby grand piano and several electronic keyboards, in addition to miscellaneous equipment. Damage to walls and floors also resulted from the leak.
At a Finance Committee meeting earlier this month, Alderman David Deane raised the issue to committee chair Mayor Donnalee Lozeau.
"I believe that that claim should've been approved by this committee - it exceeded $10,000 and it should've been approved by this committee," Deane said at the meeting.
"That was the amount that was settled and agreed to," Lozeau said, adding that the claim was handled by the Risk Management department.
Deane later recanted, determining that $15,000 was the maximum amount that could be settled for without requiring aldermanic approval. In December the parties settled on $15,000, which was approved by the Finance Committee along with some $10 million in spending, Deane said.
Two other pianos, said to be worth $100,000 apiece, were also in the basement at the time of the storm, including a full-sized concert piano right next to the Sammick baby grand that was ruined.


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Health officials say the death toll in a rare fungal meningitis outbreak across several states has risen to seven.
In updated figures posted to its website Saturday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the outbreak has spread to more than 60 people across nine states. The latest cases have been confirmed in Minnesota and Ohio.
The outbreak has been linked a steroid produced by a specialty pharmacy in Massachusetts. The steroid has been recalled, and health officials have been scrambling to notify anyone who may have been injected with it.
The New England Compounding Center has said it is cooperating with health investigators to determine the source of the infections.
On Friday, health officials identified the medical clinics across the country that received steroid shots for back pain now linked to the illnesses.
Authorities took the step to help identify everyone who may have gotten sick — or may still get sick — in the outbreak.
"All patients who may have received these medications need to be tracked down immediately," said Dr. Benjamin Park of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
"It is possible that if patients with infection are identified soon and put on appropriate antifungal therapy, lives may be saved," he said in a statement.
Investigators have focused on a steroid medication made by a specialty pharmacy in Massachusetts. All the outbreak patients had gotten shots of the steroid for back pain, a common treatment, and inspectors found at least one sealed vial contaminated with fungus.
Friday, officials said they have found fungal infections in nine sick patients. They weren't able to identify what types of fungus in every one of those patients, but did distinguish at least two kinds — Aspergillus and Exserohilum.
The first known case in the meningitis outbreak was diagnosed about two weeks ago in Tennessee, and the steroid was recalled last week by the New England Compounding Center.
About 17,700 single-dose vials of the steroid were covered in the recall. Friday, the government released the names of about 75 facilities in 23 states that got recalled doses from July to September.
It's not clear how many were sent to clinics, how many were used, or even whether everyone who got one will get sick. Once infected, it can take as long as a month for symptoms to appear.
At the prompting of government officials, clinics are notifying all the patients who got shots from the recalled lots.
"There's a massive effort to contact all the patients," said Marsha Thiel, the chief executive officer of MAPS, a company that owns surgery center clinics in Minnesota.
As a precaution, the Food and Drug Administration urged doctors not to use any of the company's products, and released a list Friday that included other steroids, anesthetics and a blood pressure medicine. The company, which is now closed, said in a statement Thursday that despite the FDA warning, "there is no indication of any potential issues with other products."
The steroid is known as preservative-free methylprednisolone acetate, which the compounding pharmacy creates by combining a powder with a liquid.
There are FDA-approved versions of the drug, sold by the brand name Depo-Medrol, in good supply. So patients who need the medicine should not encounter a shortage, the FDA said Friday.
Most of the anxiety now involves patients who got steroid shots for back pain and are worried about becoming seriously ill.
"Our phone is ringing off the hook this morning. Patients are calling. Of course, they're concerned," said Paulette Fry, practice manager at Wellspring Pain Solutions in Columbus, Ind., about 40 miles south of Indianapolis.
Meningitis is an inflammation of the lining of the brain and spinal cord. Symptoms include severe headache, nausea, dizziness and fever.
California clinics
Four California clinics received steroid shots from a recalled batch linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak, according to federal officials.
Friday, the California Department of Public Health said no cases of meningitis have been reported in the state. It's unclear if any of the California clinics administered shots from the recalled lot. The shots were received by:
Cypress Surgery Center in Visalia
Valley Medical Center in Ukiah
Outpatient Surgical Center in Encino
Universal Pain Management in Palmdale


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Someone needs to pay for this cruel hoax involving Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o.
This is the work of one sick, demented person.
On Wednesday, Deadspin.com reported the tear-jerker story of Te'o losing his grandmother and girlfriend on the same day was actually a hoax.
His grandmother died, but his girlfriend, Lennay Kekua, who supposedly died of leukemia after being involved in a serious car accident, appears to never have existed.
The picture of her was that of an unwitting 22-year-old Torrance woman, Deadspin reported.
The details are sketchy, so it's unclear how involved Te'o was, if at all. Yet, it's hard to imagine a person who can manage studies at Notre Dame falling for such a stunt concerning a woman he'd never met – even if he's claimed in interviews to have met her.
Notre Dame released a statement today which reads: "On Dec. 26, Notre Dame coaches were informed by Manti Te'o and his parents that Manti had been the victim of what appears to be a hoax in which someone using the fictitious name Lennay Kekua apparently ingratiated herself with Manti and then conspired with others to lead him to believe she had tragically died of leukemia. The University immediately initiated an investigation to assist Manti and his family in discovering the motive for and nature of this hoax. While the proper authorities will continue to investigate this troubling matter, this appears to be, at a minimum, a sad and very cruel deception to entertain its perpetrators."
The story captured the nation by its collective heartstrings, and it was all a hoax.
One big, sick, ugly joke.
Notre Dame is conducting an investigation, but the response should more timely than the school waiting 20 days to release a statement when it found out about this.
Sure, let the country believe this farce for another three weeks. Not a problem.
In the Te'o statement, he said: "To realize that I was the victim of what was apparently someone's sick joke and constant lies was, and is, painful and humiliating.
"It further pains me that the grief I felt and the sympathies expressed to me at the time of my grandmother's death in September were in any way deepened by what I believed to be another significant loss in my life."
At the end, he talks about how he is going to "focus on preparing for the NFL draft."
Not the time, day or place for that, Te'o.
We wept as Te'o gave heartbreaking interviews about dealing with his grandmother's death, and then receiving the news – the same day – that his girlfriend had died of leukemia. Supposedly from her brother.
Whoever is behind this almost makes Lance Armstrong seem human.
This person or people should visit leukemia patients and learn a little something about such a devastating disease. To create a person dealing with it and to play on millions of people's sympathies is unconscionable.
I want my tears back. Someone needs to pay for this.


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Car pinned underneath tractor trailer in Nashua accidentBy KIMBERLY HOUGHTON
Union Leader Correspondent
November 15. 2012 7:53PM
NASHUA -- A motorist sustained minor injuries when the car he was driving ended up pinned beneath a tractor trailer Thursday on the F.E. Everett Turnpike.
The crash occurred around 12:30 p.m. in the northbound lane when the driver of a 2005 Honda Civic attempted to avoid an object in the roadway by changing lanes quickly, said police.
The driver, Evon Hoang, 26, of Nashua, reportedly drove his vehicle underneath the trailer portion of a 2006 Peterbilt driven by Roger Crete, 52, of Manchester, according to authorities.
"When the driver of the tractor-trailer felt the vehicle strike the trailer, he immediately slowed his vehicle and moved into the breakdown lane," state police said in a release.
Several lanes were temporarily closed while the car was removed from underneath the trailer.
Hoang was transported to Southern New Hampshire Medical Center with minor injuries, while Crete was uninjured in the crash.
Police are continuing to investigate the accident. Anyone who may have witnessed the incident is asked to contact Trooper Joshua Quigley of the New Hampshire State Police Troop B at 603-666-3333.


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Unfortunately, no one involved seems to have bent over backwards to make the movie either original or even all that scary.
The Last Exorcism Part II is an effectively unnerving, slow-burn supernatural horror tale. The film is smartly different enough from the original to survive on its own, though it lacks some of the first film's sense of surprise.
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So-so horror sequel has more spooky scares than gore.
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Parents need to know that The Last Exorcism Part II is the sequel to The Last Exorcism (apparently it wasn't the last one after all), though it doesn't follow in the original's "found footage" footsteps. It's also less gory than the first movie, focusing mainly on spooky stuff -- such as things jumping out from the shadows and sudden shocks -- more than blood, though there are a few shocking moments. Language is fairly light but does include one use of "f--k" and a few uses of "s--t." There's some sensuality, such as flirting, kissing, and sensual moaning, as well as some innuendo.
Messages: There are a few messages about how people can make their own decisions about who they are, but the story eventually nullifies these ideas.
Role models: The main character is recovering from a traumatic incident and exhibits certain kinds of bravery, but, at the same time, she still seems to be a victim. Each time she reaches out for help, circumstances demonstrate that she can't really trust anyone.
Violence: The movie has the expected kinds of spooky stuff -- mostly things jumping out from the shadows, sudden noises, and characters screaming. Violence and blood is more suggested than shown. Some scary flashbacks are shown, with very brief flashes of gore.
Sex: The main character definitely thinks about having sex. She also flirts with and kisses a boy at her work. In one scene, someone or something gives her sexual pleasure while she sleeps. She moans, and an unseen force unties some of the laces on her nightgown, though no nudity is shown. She also hears a couple having sex through the walls in a hotel room she's cleaning; she clearly enjoys listening in, moving closer to the wall.
Language: One use of "f--k" and a few of uses of "s--t." Also "hell," "a--hole" is seen written on paper, and characters say "Jesus" and "oh my God" as exclamations.
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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is seeking to appeal a judge's decision to uphold a rule by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission requiring mutual funds with commodities investments to register with the agency.
The Chamber of Commerce and the Investment Company Institute filed a notice of appeal today in federal court in Washington, seeking to ask an appeals court to reverse a Dec. 12 ruling by U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell that the CFTC acted properly and within its authority when it issued the rule.
Howell, writing in a 93-page opinion, rejected arguments by the chamber of commerce and the institute that the rule is unnecessary, and that the commission didn't properly assess the costs and benefits when it approved the regulation in February.
"The district court's decision fell far short of well-established D.C. Circuit precedent requiring agencies to adequately measure the costs imposed by capital markets regulations on businesses, investors and the economy as a whole, and to weigh them against the desired benefits," David Hirschmann, president and chief executive officer of the chamber's Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness, said in an e-mailed statement.
Stephanie Allen, a CFTC spokeswoman, declined to comment on the notice of appeal.
The case is one of several brought by the financial industry as it pushes back against tighter regulations passed in the wake of the 2008 credit crisis. On Nov. 8, CME Group Inc., the world's largest futures market, sued the commission to challenge cleared-swaps reporting requirements imposed under the Dodd-Frank Act.
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Investment companies have "increased significantly" their use of commodity futures, swaps and options since the agency determined in 2003 that they didn't need to register as "commodity pool operators," CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler said when the rule was passed.
Under the rule, funds would have to file reports with the CFTC about their use of leverage, exposure to risk from counterparties and other investment trading data.
The groups argued the measure isn't needed because mutual funds are already overseen by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The case is Investment Company Institute v. U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 1:12-cv-00612, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia (Washington).
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There's something appealing about being able to sit down to exercise. As the owner of two unused exercise balls, I realized that I could try some of the bounce exercises mentioned by Dr. Jonas (in a comment on a previous post) without an expensive trip to the store. He's blogged a bit about the exercises he's been doing, and I've been intrigued.
First, since my exercise balls are two different sizes, I wondered if the size matters. Yes, it does. I checked a number of websites and all agreed that the size of the ball mattered; they even provided handy little tables where people can check their height and guess what size ball they might need. There's incongruity in giving height in standard units but ball size in metric units, yet that seems to be the norm. Compiling data from many sources, here are the recommendations that all seem to agree on:
If you don't happen to be a height that appears in the above chart, there is disagreement on what size ball might be right for you. Much disagreement:
Since my height doesn't appear in the upper (green) chart, I go with the bold column of the lower (blue) chart, since those numbers are from a physical therapist. One would hope that PTs are making recommendations based on what's best for a person's health. The other numbers are from companies trying to sell balls — probably not the best source of reliable health information.
HOWEVER, those numbers are just a recommended starting point. Some people have long legs for their height, and others have short legs for their height. People of equal heights weigh different amounts, thus will compress their exercise balls different amounts. A variety of factors come into play when finding the right fit for an exercise ball.
The best test in finding the right size ball is to fully inflate the ball and sit on it. Everyone agrees that thighs should be approximately parallel to the floor, and hips should be at or above the knee height. Those who have a financial stake in getting you to buy a ball say not to worry too much about the size – just don't inflate it all the way if the ball is too big. The PT is most emphatic that people need to fully inflate an exercise ball to get maximum benefit from the exercises.
Once you have a ball, start bouncing. It's easy. It's fun!
Bouncing on an exercise ball is low impact – important for people with RA. There's no rough pounding of knees, hips, and ankles (although my spine starts to feel it after a while). Ski machines, elliptical trainers, and swimming are other low-impact ways to exercise, but a bounce ball is significantly less expensive and takes less space to store (I can deflate mine and store it in my sock drawer if space is an issue).
Initially I wasn't sure how much exercise it would be to have fun bouncing on a ball like a little kid. Then I remembered the hoppity-hop! Oh, yes, bouncing on a ball counts as exercise.
Even better, these balls can be used for other exercises, too. There's a reason that physical therapy offices have an assortment of sizes to fit every patient who walks through the door.
Some exercise balls come with a chart illustrating possible exercises. There are many websites & youtube videos with exercises. Some are better than others. The only ones I've liked so far:
- Ball Exercises
- Cyber PT (scroll down to physioball exercises)
Whether you use an exercise ball or not, it's important to do stretches and low-impact exercises to build/maintain muscle strength so that joints work as smoothly as possible. I'll check into some more resources, and see if I can find a good, RA-friendly routine.
Exercise balls are also called a Swiss ball, Swedish ball, bounce ball, core ball, body ball, physioball, therapy ball, stability ball, fitness ball, pilates ball, yoga ball…
- Choosing the Right Exercise Ball
- Sizing Up Exercise Balls to Find the Right Fit
- Exercise Ball Buying Guide
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