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Highlights from the 2012 MTV VMAS: One Direction, Twilight and More!
We already told you what a huge night it was for One Direction at the 2012 MTV VMAs, and our pals at ClevverTV seem to agree. The guys totally stole the show! But what else happened at the show that was pretty darn epic? Unfortunately there was no ridiculous Lady Gaga costume to talk about this year (though there was Miley Cyrus's hair that started some discussions…), but the cast of Twilight (well, minus Kristen Stewart) was there to debut a new clip from Breaking Dawn: Part 2, so whatever. Just as good.
Watch the highlights from the VMAs above, and be sure to watch the full-length BD clip below! And tell us what your fave VMA moment was in the comments!
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Maemo packaging features you're missing out on
Since a lot of you will be changing your packaging once the new categories are added to the Application Manager (which we are still missing a few translations!), now seems like a good time to discuss some of the packaging features many of you are missing out on.
Pretty names in Application Manager
Much like you can specify separate "Unix" and a "pretty" names for your project on Garage, you can specify a "Maemo-Display-Name" to show a "pretty" name for your package in Application Manager. Simply add a line with "XB-Maemo-Display-Name" to your debian/control file with the desired display name of your package, and it will show up as the package name in Application Manager. For instance, "OS2008 Feature upgrade" instead of "osso-software-version-rx34". This makes the package list look much cleaner, and package names much more readable. It's a dead-simple way to improve the user experience for everybody.
Upgrade descriptions
Typically users will either have to refer to a website (assuming you have one) or dig into the changelog in the .deb if they want to know what new things they're getting with an upgrade. Fortunately there's an easy way to provide a user-friendly change log right in the Application Manager. Simply specify an "XB-Maemo-Upgrade-Description" field in your debian/control file with a description of the update (formatted the same as the Description field), and users will see the description in a separate tab in the info dialog during updates.
Package icons
Packages can have icons displayed next to their names in the Application Manager, to have an icon, you simply need to encode a 26x26 pixel image (PNG is a reasonable choice) of your icon into base64 (uuencode -m) and add it to your debian/control file under "XB-Maemo-Icon-26". If you don't provide an icon your package will end up with the drab, ugly default package icon.
Selecting a menu location
Most of you know you can show a dialog to let the user select a menu location for your application by calling "maemo-select-menu-location" from your postinst script, but what many of you may not realize, is that doing just this will show the dialog again during updates even when the user has already selected a location, which can be quite irritating.
Thankfully there's a simple fix. Simply wrap the maemo-select-menu-location with an if statement to get something like this:
oldversion="$2" if [ -z "$oldversion" ]; then maemo-select-menu-location your.desktop fi
Which will check to see if the package has been previously installed and suppress the folder selection dialog if it has.
For more information about these and packaging in general, see the hildon-application-manager packaging guide, the Maemo Packaging Policy, and the Debian Packaging Policy.
XB-Maemo-Upgrade-Description is really great. I'll definitely add it to projects I maintain.
Can someone please make the "Selecting a menu location, but only when first installed" mandatory? Currently, some apps do this for every upgrade, which is annoying (especially the otherwise very helpful Easy Debian Chroot package).
Hey great news than now changes can be registered in XB-Maemo-Upgrade-Description !
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FINALS WATCH: 2-time US Open champ Andy North getting Final Four experience with Wisconsin
ARLINGTON, Texas – When Andy North's beloved Wisconsin Badgers got to their only other NCAA Final Four, they weren't there long enough for the two-time U.S. Open golf champion to share in the experience.
That was at Indianapolis in 2000, the same weekend North was playing in his first Champions Tour event.
"I did go the weekend before and I was there when they won and cut the nets down to go to the Final Four," North said Friday. "I had a deal with them that I'd be there Monday if they got to Monday."
But the Badgers lost to Michigan State in the national semifinals.
North, who lives in Madison and is a good friend of Badgers coach Bo Ryan, is with them for their first Final Four since then. They play Kentucky on Saturday, and with a win could potentially play Florida, where North went to college.
"All I care is that Wisconsin gets to Monday," he said. "I loved Florida, I loved my experience there. ... But I've lived my whole life basically in Madison. You get involved in the program and your head coach is one of your best buddies. It's hard not to get involved, and I jumped in with both feet."
— Stephen Hawkins — https://twitter.com/hawkaptexas
NCAA Finals Watch follows the Final Four games and all the activities surrounding the event as seen by journalists from The Associated Press in North Texas — from the big stadium in Arlington where the games will be played to downtown Dallas. It will be updated throughout the day with breaking news and other items of interest.


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31 Mar 2012 12:17:51 PM
Bellator 63 Recap: Cleveland Chokes, Cavemen Rejoice
Karl Amoussou vs. Chris Lozano, courtesy of IronForgesIron.com
As dangerous as Cleveland can be as a city, it has struggled to field decent sports teams and produce champions (not to mention keeping them). Last night at Bellator 63, which gave viewers the Quarterfinal round of this season's welterweight tournament, "The Cleveland Assassin" Chris Lozano looked to break the cycle and make a run at Bellator's welterweight title. If you've been paying any attention, you already know what to expect.
Perhaps no one in MMA other than Chael Sonnen embraces his alter-ego more than Lozano's opponent, "Psycho" Karl Amoussou, who had Lozano uncharacteristically angered with his psycho routine before the fight. While that didn't translate to either man swinging for the fences at the bell, it did lead to an early finish for the French judoka. After Amoussou cut Lozano with a head kick, "The Cleveland Assassin" took Amoussou down and landed in his guard, which would be Lozano's only offense for the fight. From there, Amoussou swept Lozano, mounted him and took his back to sink in the rear-naked choke. Karl Amoussou improves to 14-4-2 in his welterweight debut.Read More DIGG THIS


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6 cities in running for 2022 Winter Olympics
LONDON (AP) — The race for the 2022 Winter Olympics is on — a six-city contest featuring two former Summer Games hosts, a cross-border bid and a pair of candidates from the former Soviet Union.
Notably missing are any contenders from the traditional Alpine countries of Europe, where voters in Switzerland and Germany rejected proposed bids because of concerns over high costs and the environment.
The International Olympic Committee released the official list of bid cities on Friday, just hours after the midnight deadline for applications had passed.
As expected, the candidates — all previously announced in their own countries — are Almaty, Kazakhstan; Beijing; Krakow, Poland; Lviv, Ukraine; Oslo, Norway; and Stockholm.
Krakow is bidding jointly with Slovakia, which would hold some of the snow events in Jasna in the Tatras mountains.
Five of the six countries have bid for the Winter Games before, with Ukraine the only newcomer.
Stockholm or Beijing would become the first city to host both the Summer and Winter Olympics.
Beijing hosted the 2008 Summer Olympics, while Stockholm held the 1912 Games and the equestrian competition for the 1952 Melbourne Olympics. Oslo hosted the 1952 Winter Olympics, and the Norwegian town of Lillehammer staged the 1994 Games.
The confirmation of the bid cities marks the start of a two-year campaign that will end with the selection of the host city in July 2015.
The IOC said the field "includes a strong mix of both traditional and developing winter sports markets."
The race has twice as many candidates as the previous winter campaign, when the South Korean resort of Pyeongchang defeated Munich and Annecy, France, for the right to host the 2018 Games.
"These cities and their supporters clearly understand the benefits that hosting the games can have and the long lasting legacy that a games can bring to a region," IOC President Thomas Bach said of the 2022 bid cities.
The IOC did not mention that potential 2022 bids from two major European winter sports countries were turned down in recent referendums.
Last week, voters in Bach's home country of Germany said no to another bid from Munich, citing financial and environmental concerns. In March, Switzerland dropped plans for a bid from St. Moritz, the 1928 and '48 host, when voters in the region refused to support it amid worries over costs and disruption.
The new bidding comes amid concerns over the costs of the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, where the overall price tag is more than $50 billion — a record for any summer or winter Olympics.
"Maybe some of the investments we have seen in Sochi with $50 billion has scared some people away," senior Norwegian IOC member Gerhard Heiberg told The Associated Press. "I felt that when Switzerland pulled out and I felt even stronger when all the four constituents in Germany said no. This needs to be taken seriously by the IOC. We have to look at this and find out what happened and why did it happen."
With that in mind, he said, the future of the Olympics could be driven by whether cities can afford to host the games.
"If the costs and investments are so high, many countries, many cities will shake their heads and say this is too much for us," Heiberg said in a telephone interview. "We have to find ways and means of saving costs and investments, otherwise we will not have any applicants for the Winter Games, and the same applies for the Summer Games."
The projected budgets for the 2020 Games will be closely scrutinized during the bid process.
Oslo has estimated the cost of its games at $5.3 billion, a fraction of Sochi's bill. Stockholm has claimed it would spend only $1.5 billion, a figure which seems extremely low. The city and national governments have expressed some doubts about Stockholm's bid plans.
Polish officials have estimated the cost for security, housing and sports events at 5.3 billion zlotys ($1.7 billion), but said the figure could be three times higher taking into account infrastructure projects.
Travel distances will also be an issue for the IOC.
Stockholm plans to host most of the Alpine ski events in the northern Swedish resort of Are, more than 600 kilometers (400 miles) away from the capital.
Beijing would host the skating, curling and other indoor events in the city, with the snow events 190 kilometers (120 miles) away in the northern Chinese city of Zhangjiakou.
Oslo would hold Alpine events in Lillehammer, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) north of the city.
Krakow would use the Tatra mountain resort of Zakopane in Poland for the ice events, with the Alpine events 150 kilometers (95 miles) across the Slovak border in Jasna.
No two-country Olympic bid has ever succeeded. Finland-Norway and Slovenia-Austria have mounted unsuccessful joint bids.
Poland, Slovakia, Sweden, China and Kazakhstan have all failed in previous winter bids.
With big cities like Beijing, Stockholm and Oslo in the race — and previous Winter Game hosted by Vancouver, Turin, Salt Lake City and Nagano — the era of small-town Olympics appears to be over for good.
Heiberg, who led the organizing committee for the highly successful Lillehammer Olympics, said the games would be too big now for the Norwegian town to host on its own.
"Since new disciplines and new sports have come in, a city of 23,000 people like Lillehammer would have had big difficulties in doing this on its own today," he said. "Yes, it worked out fine in 1994 but things have changed. We need a bigger city as the host city."
Friday's announcement marks the first phase of a long bid campaign.
The six cities will be invited to a seminar in Lausanne from Dec. 4-6 to participate in an observer program for February's Winter Games in Sochi, Russia.
The candidates must submit their detailed bid files to the IOC by March 14. The IOC executive board will decide which cities go through to the final round in a meeting next July 8-9.
The finalists will have to present their bid documents and financial guarantees by January 2015. An IOC evaluation commission will visit the cities in February and March 2015.
The IOC will select the host city by secret ballot on July 31, 2015, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.


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The word is that President Obama is set to nominate Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense. Reportedly, the nomination could come as early as Monday.
Hagel's nomination would be a victory for clarity. As has widely been observed, Hagel has no natural constituency, except perhaps for those who want a foreign and defense policy that is tougher on Israel and softer on Iran. Unfortunately, as I have observed, Obama belongs to that constituency.
Hence, the clarity his nomination would bring. Israel would be clear that Obama views the Jewish state with hostility. Iran would be clear that it has nothing serious to fear from the Obama administration.
Actually, these are the lessons of the past four years. But, if the rumors about Hagel are true, they are about to be driven home.
Nothing else can explain this odd nomination. Team Obama tried to couch it as a bipartisan act, inasmuch as Hagel was a Republican Senator. But key Republican Senators have made it clear that they don't want Hagel at the Pentagon. Key Democrats have also failed to express enthusiasm over that prospect. Even Barney Frank opposes Hagel. If there's a bipartisan consensus around Hagel, it's that Obama should nominate someone else.
Under these circumstances, nominating Hagel would make sense only if he brought something special to the table. And he does — his animus towards Israel and his desire to appease Iran, views that fall well outside the foreign policy and defense mainstream from which Defense Secretaries normally are selected.
Certainly, there is nothing else special about Hagel. His Senate career was distinguished only by grandstanding and nastiness. As Bill Kristol says:
His backers can cite no significant legislation for which Hagel was responsible in his two terms in the Senate. They can quote no memorable speeches that Hagel delivered and can cite no profound passages from the book he authored. They can summarize no perceptive Hagelian analysis of defense or foreign policy, and can appeal to no acts of management or leadership by the man they'd have as our next secretary of defense.
The fact is that those legislative achievements, intellectual insights, or management triumphs don't exist. A long and comprehensive history of the Senate during Chuck Hagel's tenure there could be written that would barely mention him. A long and comprehensive account of American foreign and defense policy in the last thirty years would hardly note his existence.
It was to be expected that, in a second term, Obama would show more clearly his true colors. In fact, he promised the Russians to do so.
And there is something to be said for the kind of clarity Hagel's selection will bring. Perhaps with Israel shedding the last of its illusions about Obama's willingness to stop Iran from obtaining nukes it will become more likely to attack Iran, as Alan Dershowitz believes. Perhaps that would be a good development; perhaps not.
But the world is a dangerous place. And a well-run Pentagon headed by a Secretary who provides the White House with sound advice helps us cope with the danger. A Pentagon headed by a grandstander whose biases are contrary to our security interests will, in the end, only make the world more dangerous.


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You done barked up the wrong tree
I'm bitchier than karma is
Narcoleptic narcissist
Barfing dark bars in bars I used to get carded in
"Yo, Coy, is you as high as flying carpets is?"
Is Peter Parker marvelous?
Is Harvard where the smart kids is?
Spitting sweet got my teeth marked with tartar
Blonde broad dumb and hot like retarded kids in Tartarus
This arsonist's pockets is chock full of narcotics
Cock my Glock and stop motion like Wallace & Grommit
Cop a molotov to bring to cocktail hour
Cowards cower while I have a cow blowing pounds of sour
In my shower shouting, "Lion's Den the answer, bitch!"
Crabbier than cancers is
Careless with my larynx bitch
Grab the dagger from the back of my attic
Sharpen it
Master bars is soon carved into faggots' carcasses
I'm an emphatic radical, like a Marxist martyr is
Get in the C-A-r, bitch
Like carbon mixed with arsenic
Hysteric terrorist anti-American shit
Arrogant heretic
Compare my careless wit to six Jim Carrey flicks
More extravagant than faggiest of faggots, bitch
Nasty as a pad filled with flatulence and maggots is
Hazmat flow, bombs I drop is atomic
Keep a wet flow constant, now that's a Life Aquatic
Luck bad as fuck, they call me black cat
Black gat does the talking
Stalking strumpets wearing stockings
And mocking old pros with the cold, gold flow
Most dope in the biz
Spit syphilis sick
Diligent in remaining belligerent
Mitigate with missiles bigger than galaxy filaments
Spectacles and Coydog produced it. Coydog was 15 when this was released.


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J&L Collection
San Diego Collection
David Hall: The California commemorative half dollar was struck at the San Francisco Mint in 1925 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of California statehood. A total of 150,200 were originally disributed. Many of them were distributed directly to the public at the original issue price of $1 per coin. This is one commemorative issue that was very widely disbursed. Today, this relatively high mintage coin is not rare, but I have never heard of any significant quantity deals of this issue. Surviving specimens grade anywhere from circulated to MS67. Luster can either be white and frosty or semi-prooflike and satiny. There are many beautifully toned specimens, so whether you're looking for a pure white coin or an attractively toned specimen, you'll be able to find what you want.
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UPDATED: Nashua airport considers joining lawsuit in try to keep tower openBy BENJAMIN KLEIN
Union Leader Correspondent
March 25. 2013 12:03PM
NASHUA -- The Airport Authority of the Nashua Municipal Airport is considering taking legal action against the federal government to keep open the airport's control tower, which is scheduled for closure due to sequestration cuts.
Donald Davidson, chairman of the Board of the Commissioners of the Airport Authority, explained that the airport has an open invitation to join a lawsuit being looked at by another airport slated to lose its control tower, Felts Field in Spokane, Wash.
"We are pursuing if this is an appropriate way to go — really anything to prevent this lunacy from happening would be an appropriate way to go," Davidson said.
Todd Woodard, spokesman for Felts Field, said the airport sent a letter to airports nationwide.
"We issued a letter (to the FAA) asking them to stay their decision. Based upon their response to that, we will consider the lawsuit. If we file, we have told other airports they are welcome to join us," Woodard said.
Davidson said he would be spending all day Monday making calls and doing research to see if taking legal action has merit.
"There are lots of things to research and find out before you head off on a certain path, and the cost of joining the lawsuit must be taken into account," Davidson said.
He said he still can't get over the federal government giving the airport about $25 million for an airport expansion to bring in more private jets, and then closing the airport's control tower six months after the expansion is completed — driving all the new business away.
Davidson said repeated pleas to keep the tower open from both airport officials and all four members of New Hampshire's congressional delegation were met with silence. However, Davidson said he still has hope the closure can be averted.
"We're not giving up 'till the lights are turned out, and we won't give up then," he said.
Davidson called a farce a recent announcement by the FAA that 24 airports across the country were given a reprieve from having their control towers closed.
"Fifteen of the 24 have military aviation on them; no way the Department of Defense would have let them close," he said, adding that five others operate in high-volume airspace.
Closing them, he said, "would create huge safety issues."
Of the 150-plus airports scheduled to close nationwide, Davidson said the FAA reconsidered only four airports, two in Jacksonville, Fla.
He said he is meeting with U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte later this week in an effort to keep the Republican and the rest of the New Hampshire delegation apprised of the situation and to find out what they are doing to keep the airport open.
"Nothing is off the table; we will leave no stone unturned," Davidson concluded.


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Review of Red Lights
on 2012-07-26 17:00
Movie Review: "Red Lights"
-- Rating: R (violence and profanity)
Length: 113 minutes
Release Date: January 20, 2012
Directed by: Rodrigo Cortés
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
"Red Lights" challenges viewers to take sides in the seemingly endless struggle of science versus belief, but it may leave moviegoers feeling disconnected from the main characters and plot.
The plot revolves around two paranormal investigators, Margaret Matheson (Sigourney Weaver) and Tom Buckley (Cillian Murphy). The investigators have become well known over the years for debunking fraudulent claims of supernatural activity using a system that lets them track down the telltale signs of trickery. When a popular psychic named Simon Silver (Robert De Niro) returns to the light years after the mysterious death of his biggest skeptic, the investigators are embroiled in a clash between reason and belief that stirs up skepticism on both sides.
Weaver and Murphy portray their characters in a masterful way. Margaret Matheson truly seems to care for her partner and continually warns him off the Silver case to spare him from the fate she believes befell Silver's last effective critic. Murphy's performance as the obsessed Buckley has the power to bring viewers over to his side of the conflict. The inner turmoil that emerges when Buckley begins to wonder which side he is truly on is expressed beautifully through Murphy.
Robert De Niro steals the show as the seemingly nefarious Simon Silver. Viewers spend most of the movie attempting to peg down Silver as either a fraud or a true paranormal. His performance may not warm the hearts of fans, but it certainly makes a case for belief in the supernatural for most of the film. Silver comes across as a black-hearted villain almost as often as he appears legitimate, but never does De Niro cross the line from character into caricature. Whether playing the obvious heel or the less obvious potential victim of supernatural activity, De Niro creates a convincing character that moviegoers are as likely to relate to as the investigators.
The film's direction is topnotch, but its writing is one area where flaws begin to appear. Rodrigo Cortés wrote and directed the movie. Each scene seems perfectly in place. Even the red herrings that lead the investigators to dead ends are brought to life through skilled direction. The writing causes hiccups as plot holes become painfully obvious in the film's second half. The movie's climax seems almost too blunt when it takes a side in the movie's central conflict. This bluntness is unlikely to impart the intended point.
The sets and overall spookiness of the film do it credit. The film debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in the United States, an event well known for its art-house style. The overall style departs from more traditional Hollywood thriller fare, mimicking imported Japanese horror classics such as "The Ring" more than American releases. The first half of the film adheres closely to the art-house look and feel. The spooky settings and close camera angles keep audiences on their toes and riveted throughout the film's lengthy setup period. This falls a bit flat in the second part of the movie, however. The art-house style is abandoned for a more American-style thriller feel that is common in so many Hollywood movies. This detracts from the second half noticeably.
The movie's pacing is spot on for both halves of the film. During the artsy introduction, the scenes switch in a slow, measured manner consistent with the deliberate nature of the investigators and the world around them. When Silver steals the show mid-film, the pace quickens and begins careening towards the movie's climax. This is consistent with the two artistic styles employed by the movie, but some fans may prefer the spooky first half to the emotionally charged second. Fans may not be sure which type of movie they are watching, and those who enjoy a more artsy, independent feel are likely to experience disappointment as the film nears its finale.
The excellent acting and solid directorial choices help move the film out of the mediocre, but the problems with plot and conflicting art styles keep it from becoming a must-see for most audiences. An excellent enigma emerges in the beginning of the movie, and the conflict between the movie's two key elements helps propel it. The movie's climax, however, slams down a moral so hard and obvious that viewers are likely to find it jarring in a film that appeared to take a neutral stance and let fans decide until that point.
"Red Lights" skirts the line between art-house film and mainstream thriller and manages to capture the essences of both. The movie is an excellent choice for a date or romantic evening out.
Rating: 3 out of 5


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Vatican City, Feb 11, 2013 / 04:00 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A group of young adults at the Vatican called Pope Benedict XVI's decision to resign "humble" and "brave," adding that they are "impressed by the strength of his choice."
"I have a lot of respect for his choice," said one member of the Vatican's youth group "San Lorenzo," which gathered to pray the rosary in St. Peter's Square for the Holy Father.
"We actually do this every day," said Cecile Delattre, a native of Paris. She explained that the group has responded to the pontiff's call for Catholics to pray a daily rosary during the Year of Faith.
"But today we prayed it more specifically for the Pope," she explained.
On Feb. 11, Pope Benedict announced that he would retire from his position on Feb. 28, due to his advanced age and declining strength.
Pointing to Blessed John Paul II's description of the cross as a "symbol of hope," Delattre emphasized that "we have nothing to fear because the Holy Spirit is guiding the whole thing."
At first, she said that she could not believe the news of the resignation, which came as a total surprise. But at the same time, she knew the decision was made "in truth with the Lord and in peace."
Throughout his pontificate, Delattre said, the Holy Father has addressed "subjects that spoke directly to young people" in a way that was "very brave and bold."
She speculated that the Pope "must have suffered" from those that did not understand him, but she added that many young people gave the pontiff their full support.
"I saw it during this last World Youth Day when thousands knelt with him before the Blessed Sacrament," she explained. "I felt they acknowledged that he was guiding us closer to Christ."
"We will remember him as someone really humble and really attached to everyone," she said.
Also with the San Lorenzo group to pray the rosary was a first-year theology student from the North American College in Rome.
"My first response, like that of everybody else, I'm sure, was of shock and surprise," said Luke Doyle, noting that this is the first papal resignation in six centuries.
"But after that, I felt profound gratitude for the gift that the Church has been given in the Holy Father," he continued.
Another theology student described the mixed emptions of "sadness, but at the same time excitement."
"This happened 600 years ago, and we don't know exactly what happened then," said Sean Grismer of the North American College, who voiced enthusiasm over "the mystery of what is to happen now."
"I think one of the greatest things is the great humility he has exemplified throughout his entire Papacy," he said.
Grismer recalled seeing Pope Benedict up close during Australia's World Youth Day in 2008.
"There was this sense of wonder and awe of this man who had taken on the responsibility of the entire Catholic Church and the entire world, and it was such a moving experience," he said.
"Then to be sent to Rome to study here and to be just in the shade of St. Peter's dome, to come to his Sunday Angelus and his Wednesday audiences has allowed me to see the profound humility he has," the student explained.
According to Grismer, the resignation is "nothing more than what he has already exemplified, saying he is not able to continue on as Pope, but your spiritual father if not your Holy Father."
"It has been a great blessing to be here and be part of his legacy to see him grow and continue to love us in this different way," he continued.
"He is a father and a teacher," the seminarian reflected, "and even though we may not understand fully now what this means, he is teaching us something great, not just about himself, but about the papacy."


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Stillhouse Craft Burgers & Moonshine
There's a whole lot to say about a place that wields everything from homemade chowchow to Krispy Kreme doughnuts in its kitchen. But the Stillhouse folks sum it up best: they're just serving up a gourmet product, while sticking to their Southern roots.Deviled eggs, boiled peanuts and pimento cheese: just a few things that make us proud to be Southern. Another treasure from our illustrious heritage? Hooch. White lightening. You know… 'shine. Stillhouse, the latest from the East Andrews gang, pays homage to all of those Southern treasures and more, in the form of over-the-top Southern-style burgers, moonshine cocktails and, Lawd have mercy, Krispy Kreme bread pudding… plus 45 varieties of moonshine to wash 'em all down with. Bless their hearts.
First thing's first: how, you might ask, does a burger get the gourmet Southern treatment? (Spoiler: it ain't like this.) Just take a gander at the PB&J: a towering meat-monolith of a burger, slathered in fig jam, boiled-peanut hummus, blue cheese, pecans and fresh peaches. Or the fried oyster burger, done up Cajun-style with lemon remoulade and grilled corn. We've seen a slew of so-called gourmet burger joints around town, but we're not sure we've seen anyone use ingredients like homemade pickles and boiled peanuts quite like Stillhouse does. And we could prattle on about those delicious burgers for a minute, but let us not forget what's really important here: the moonshine. Stillhouse's bar boasts 45 varieties of the stuff to wet your whistle, in addition to barrel-aged hooch, house infusions, a menu of cocktails struck by the white lightening and a little something called smoked moonshine. Choose your wood, from cherry to pecan, and watch the bartender toast the wood chips over your glass, filling it with smoke and infusing it for a few minutes. The result: smoky, woodsy autumn in a glass. (Sorry, pumpkin spice.)
In short, there's a whole lot to say about a place that wields everything from homemade chowchow to local cheese to Krispy Kreme doughnuts in the kitchen. But the Stillhouse folks sum it up best: they're just serving up a gourmet product, while sticking to their Southern roots. That's just fine by us—we'll take Georgia-sourced duck and barrel-aged moonshine over foie gras and champagne any day of the week.
Menu Highlights:
Deviled Eggs, $5
Moonshine Mussels, $8
PB&J Burger, $9
Fried Green Tomato Burger, $8
Skeeter Branch Duck Burger, $12
Krispy Kreme Bread Pudding, $6
Monday - Saturday, 5 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Closed Sunday


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The Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department at University Hospital offers a comprehensive program for people undergoing joint replacement. The program is initiated before your surgery with a preoperative session, continues into your immediate post-operative rehabilitation and concludes with your outpatient physical therapy.
Individuals undergoing a total joint replacement at University Hospital participate in a preoperative information session with a physical therapist. This session takes place on the same day as all other preoperative testing.
The therapist will provide information about the rehabilitation plan, as well as helpful hints to prepare for surgery. Participants will have an opportunity to ask questions about the rehabilitation program. Written materials will also be provided at this session to outline the preoperative and postoperative plan of care.
Postoperative rehabilitation begins on the afternoon of surgery or early the next morning. Therapy is scheduled at least twice a day during hospitalization. It is important to begin therapy very soon after surgery to minimize the risk of complications and maximize the function of the new joint.
The therapists will also work with you, your surgeon, and a case manager to make sure you have all necessary equipment and services at the time of discharge, based on your individual progress in therapy. Most patients are in the hospital for 3-5 days after surgery, before continuing therapy at home or in an inpatient rehabilitation center.
Outpatient physical therapy offers a continuation of rehabilitation with individualized exercise programs for increasing strength, range of motion, and mobility. The goal of outpatient therapy is to maximize the function of the new joint, and return to or beyond your previous functional level.
Please call to schedule an outpatient physical therapy evaluation a few days before you are discharged from home physical therapy services.A physician's referral is required for examination and treatment within this program.
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Today we'll say good-bye to a hot August and hope we have a normal fall. With Labor Day coming this weekend, I wonder if it will be a day to work or play. I think sometimes I work too much, or is it too little, or an idleness I just can't help. However, I don't want my nose so firmly applied to the grindstone that I never get a chance to smell the flowers. In this world that we live in today, there should be a way to strike a good balance between work and play. In days past, there were many people, including farmers who spent every day in back-breaking work. They were lucky if they could have one Sunday to rest.
Next Monday we will celebrate Labor Day, originated to honor those who labor or work. However, in the midst of this electronic age and all the hype about new programs, phones and tablets I'm beginning to wonder if in the year 2012, if we might have a celebration to honor machines instead of human beings. And isn't it nice that God is the super computer of us all and he has the program for the colors of hair, eyes, skin and personality qualities that make each of us. We are created with very individual care.
When one of those individuals is taken away it is a great loss. I have lost some very special friends this last summer. I know life can sometimes be very difficult. Death and disaster, separation and sorrow seems so much larger than they really are. Losing one we love is possible if we recognize it and we let it be. What was beautiful and precious is always there for us to keep and remember. The past few weeks I've been on the ailing list, something I will over-come in time. While I was in the hospital I realized how wonderful it is that people take up the medical profession.
They are the unsung heroes.
A few days before I went to the hospital, I had a request for Clamato. So many people don't want to make plain tomato juice. I found out you can buy a can of clam juice and add it to your tomato juice recipe.
12 pounds of tomatoes
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1 cup chopped celery
1 cup chopped onions
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4 Tablespoons lemon
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Keene man accused of assaulting off-duty Jaffrey officerBy MEGHAN PIERCE
Union Leader Correspondent
July 17. 2013 9:43PM
KEENE — A Sullivan Street man has been charged with assaulting a Jaffrey police officer.
Justin Bean, 19, is being held on $1,000 cash bail following an arraignment Monday in 8th Circuit Court District Division in Jaffrey via webcam.
He is charged with simple assault for allegedly repeatedly striking Jaffrey police officer Joseph Golinski in Keene June 17.
Golinski had been found unconscious by his friends, another off-duty Jaffrey officer and an off-duty Nashua officer, after the trio had a run-in with two men.
According to an arrest affidavit written by Keene police detective Robert F. Collinsworth, Golinski had been out socially with the other off-duty officers when all three were returning to Golinski's car.
"When the group returned to their vehicle, which had been parked in the Gilbo Avenue area, they observed what appeared to be two subjects letting air out of the tires of the vehicle."
Before the off-duty officers arrived, another man saw what the two men were doing and attempted to intercede, telling the men to stop what they were doing.
This witness reported that the officers came up behind him to "make contact" with the two men and that one of the men fled on foot while "Golinski started to interact with the one subject who remained."
The witness reported the remaining man began to assault Golinski striking him to the ground, then repeatedly striking him "in the head and face while Golinski (laid) on the ground, apparently unconscious." The man eventually fled on foot.
While searching for the suspects, police stopped a vehicle on West Street whose driver matched the description of one of the suspects.
The driver denied involvement, but told police he had been in the area that night and knew there had been a fight.
While talking to the man police noticed clothing on the front seat of the car that matched the description of the other suspect.
When police went to the suspect's Blue Jay Court home July 10 to speak to him, the suspect was not at home. His mother, though, said her son's friend Bean had told her that he had been behind Margaritas when he got into a fight with a "DEA agent and knocked him out."
She also said she knows that someone had attempted to let the air out of the victim's tires.
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Royce White's been struggling. Picked 16th by the Rockets this summer, the hybrid forward was demoted to the D-League on Monday, went AWOL for about a day, and resurfaced to accuse the Rockets of mishandling his increasingly famous anxiety disorder. The Rockets wouldn't concede that point, and started fining White for missed games and practices. In an interview yesterday, White said the episode had taught him that the NBA's function as a business means it isn't amenable to someone with his needs. From ESPN:
"We all look at the stories that happen later and go, 'Man, you just wish this guy was able to communicate his problems,' " White said. "Or you wish somebody would just've talked to him and wished that the communication would've been there.
"Well now the communication's there and there's still a problem, right? That means the problem isn't us. The problem is the art of the business, right? At no point will I compromise my health in the interest of business."
Asked if he was sure he would give up his NBA career in the interest of openness and honesty, White replied, "If that's what it means."
The Rockets have said they intend to fine White for every day he remains away from the team or does not attend sessions with a therapist arranged by the team. The Houston Chronicle has reported the Rockets have no plans to trade or release White.
In the lead up to the draft, White's anxiety issues were frequently summarized as a fear of flying. Were that the case, the Rockets would just need to figure out how a very geographically isolated franchise could work around that phobia—busses? tranquilizers? a pro-rated contract that pays White only for games he can attend?—and he'd likely be practicing and playing with the team. But that doesn't seem to be the real, or only, problem: White's discomfort is more nebulous than that, partly because his feelings are the centerpiece of ongoing negotiations, but also because generalized anxiety resists being broken down into a succinct or even static list of obstacles to overcome.
While White has made himself something of a spokesman for mental illness, his quotes in this interview aren't exclusively about anxiety: "At no point will I compromise my health in the interest of business" is as much a philosophical statement about the nature of employment in sports as it is an ultimatum related to specific allowances. White may feel his health is particularly threatened, and he may be right, but a general antipathy towards business interests? The Rockets drafted Engels. If for no other reason, we hope White settles his differences with Houston so he can start Occupying their locker room.


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Abstract: The aim of the paper is to show that, in uniformly convex Banach spaces, the powers of the norm with exponent r > 1 share a property called total convexity. Using this fact we establish a formula for determining Bregman projections on closed hyperplanes and half spaces. This leads to a method for solving linear operator equations (e.g., first order Fredholm and Volterra equations) in spaces which are uniformly convex and smooth.
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Acting Agriculture Secretary Chuck Conner has announced that USDA is awarding more than $1 million to two land-grant universities to improve management understanding of the widespread benefits of agricultural conservation.
"These two studies culminate the first phase of USDA's work to understand the effects of conservation practices benefiting a watershed," Conner said. "This science and outreach will provide additional practical knowledge for planning and carrying out conservation programs across the nation."
A team of investigators led by North Carolina State University (NCSU) will conduct the principal Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) synthesis. This team will develop a comprehensive framework to evaluate 13 previously funded watershed projects to better understand the influence of conservation practices and maintenance.
A second team, led by the University of Idaho, will characterize these 13 CEAP watersheds for their benefit to the land as well as to the results of those benefits to the surrounding communities.
NCSU and the University of Idaho received $600,000 and $420,328 for their project, respectively.
The two grants are part of USDA's Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service's (CSREES) commitment to the Conservation Effects Assessment Project.
CEAP's goal is to quantify the environmental benefits and effects of 2002 farm bill programs: Environmental Quality Incentives Program, Wetlands Reserve Program, Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program, Conservation Reserve Program, Conservation Security Program and Conservation Technical Assistance.
CEAP consists of two components, the national assessment and the watershed-level assessment. The national assessment, tracks environmental benefits that allow for a direct comparison between benefits obtained and program expenditures. The watershed-level assessments conduct more detailed evaluations for improving how watersheds are viewed and valued.
USDA's CSREES and Natural Resources Conservation Service have jointly funded 13 CEAP watershed studies totaling $7.8 million dollars over the past three years. Additional information on CEAP, including other CSREES competitively awarded watershed studies, is available at http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/NRI/ceap/.


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The principal objective of the project is to produce a comprehensive lichen flora for the Sonoran Desert and adjacent regions. The study will include all lichenized fungi (currently over 250 known genera) as well as a limited number of saprophytic fungi (currently 7 known genera) that are frequently treated with lichens (e.g. Mycocalicium, Sarea, etc.). In addition, we also plan to include lichenicolous fungi (currently 30 known genera). Last indexed April 22, 2011


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Bertha Brock Park is open to campers and other visitors, and operating at close to its usual levels of service following a record-breaking flood in the county this spring.
Bertha Brock Park is open to campers and other visitors, and operating at close to its usual levels of service following a record-breaking flood in the county this spring.
The park's manager, Loren Gage, said he is "95 percent complete" with clean-up. The area behind Palmer Lodge, where a stone bridge was washed out and moved off its foundation by Bellamy Creek flood waters, remains closed. Gage is still working on getting quotes to repair the bridge. A fundraiser, the Bertha Brock Bridge Bash, hosted by the Friends of Bertha Brock Park, is planned for Aug. 23 to offset anticipated costs of that repair.
"Everything is open except the back stone bridge. We've had a lot of people. It's a normal year, if not a little busier," said Gage. "We've really had a long couple of months after the flood, but we got things in shape pretty quick. It went well, considering the amount of water through here."
Between $7,000 and $9,000 has been spent to date to clean and repair the park after the waters subsided, Gage said. Topsoil was purchased for washed-out areas, and gravel was brought in for side roads and shoulders. Parking lots in the lower area of the park, which were washed out, had to be rebuilt.
"We hired a contractor to rebuild the parking lots themselves, because we didn't have the packing equipment. The majority of the cost was gravel and cement for wash-outs," he said. "And grass seed. You can't believe how much it costs when you're buying it in 50-pound bags and in bulk."
A previously scheduled project to chip-seal and fog-seal the park's main road was completed Monday. Flood waters actually did very little additional damage to that road.
"This is something we worked on in partnership with the road commission," said Gage. "The roads were to the point that we were going to lose them pretty soon if we didn't do something."
The estimated cost for the project is $18,500, which doesn't include side roads. The main road gets the most use, Gage said.
"This was the most inexpensive way to maintain the roads," he said. "We should be good for another 10 to 15 years."
If park guests hadn't seen the flood or read about it, they wouldn't know it had happened, "and that was basically our goal," said Gage. "Knock on wood we don't see another flood."
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The Sports Network reports the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim signed free-agent 3B Luis Figueroa (Cubs), P Matt Palmer (Giants), P Ryan Brasier (Angels), C Hank Conger (Angels), C Anel De Los Santos (Angels), C Ben Johnson (Angels), C Alberto Rosario (Angels), C Flint Wipke, P David Austen (Angels), P David Herndon (Angels), P Sean O'Sullivan (Angels), P Fernando Rodriguez (Angels), P Jordan Walden (Angels), P Matt Wilhite (Angels), P Francisco X. Rodriguez, RP Barret Browning (Angels), P Dan Davidson (Angels), P Alex Torres, SS Hainley Statia (Angels), SS Ryan Mount (Angels), IF Adam Pavkovich (Angels), SS Andrew Romine (Angels), OF Peter Bourjos (Angels), OF Brad Coon (Angels) and OF Chris Pettit (Angels) to minor league deals with invitations to Spring Training Wednesday, Jan. 21. Terms of the deals were not disclosed.
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Garfinkel steps down
Tom Garfinkel has resigned from his job as Padres CEO and president. Garfinkel's departure is news but it is not a surprise, given how often the Padres have changed out CEOs in the last decade-plus, as I wrote about a year-and-a-half ago.
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Door County Lighthouse Inn in Egg Harbor/Door County is a cozy lighthouse-styled B&B. Innkeepers Claire & Frank are your source for 'everything lighthouse' – including lighthouse tours by trolley packages. And, rather than choose which winery to visit, check out their Wine & Dine package: tour & taste at 4 wineries, dine, and leave the driving back to the inn to the trolley. Claire notes: "in May we expect the cherry and apple tree blossoms to show!"
Allyn Mansion B&B is one of those rare properties at which the term 'elegant' is appropriate – it was the grand prize winner nationally for historic restoration and is considered among Wisconsin's 20 most remarkable homes – it's in the book! But, relax … at Innkeeper Randy's evening wine and craft beer reception, and therafter in your spacious suite furnished with a 32" flat screen tv (premium satellite access), WiFi w/a Samsung Galaxy 4 tablet and stereo system. And just so you know, your private bath is stocked with aromatherapy soaps and plus Turkish towels. The Allyn Mansion B&B is located in Delevan, in the Lake Geneva area.


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This is a quickie - how old we you when you were first TAUGHT about evolution.
In the UK, it was in advanced biology - an optional class for school leavers and I was about 17 at the time - in 1980. (Oh god, I'm old!)
I didn't understand it: accepted it, yes, but didn't understand it.
Anyone who knows me well might find this surprising, because I didn't bother looking at evolution proper until a couple of decades back - while researching something completely different.
These days, evolution is taught in secondary schools (at least, it should be) which puts it in the age 11-16 or 11-18 depending on when the child started.
Dawkins thinks - and I heartily agree - we should introduce this cornerstone of Biology in primary science - so I wonder, how many people hear came to understand Darwin later in life?
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The Catholic schools I went to taught its own "special creation" (not the ism we hear of now). In my third year in college, I saw vertebrate similarities in a museum and concluded "How can we not all be related?"
In 1947, on a trip from Cincinnati to St. Petersburg (the one in Florida), my dad, brother and I stopped for lunch in Dayton, Tennessee, and a waitress, still thrilled after 22 years, told us "Clarence Darrow sat here; William Jennings Bryan sat over there." After 64 years I remember her excitement.
well, i think i had it mentioned at school for the first time in the elementary school (probably at 8-9 yo). Of course it wasn't explained a lot.
Then again in the middle school (aged 12-13).
The first proper explanation with some details was later... around 16-17 yo.
In Italy, btw. Not sure if it was (or is now) the regular science curriculum in the primary school or if i just had a very clever teacher :)
[edit] sorry, i must add... i went to primary school in the first half of the 80s
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FAIRHAVEN — Katz Properties of New York has acquired Fairhaven Plaza shopping center at 221 Huttleston Ave. for $16.5 million.
"We just expect to run it in the same manner," Partner Dan Katz told The Advocate Tuesday. He said they plan to "make improvements," including painting the facade, cleaning up the parking area and adding some landscaping.
The plaza includes an 81,000-square-foot supermarket-anchored shopping center, built in 1999, on 9.4 acres. According to a press release, it is 97 percent occupied by a 59,000-square-foot Stop & Shop and gas station, a 12,475-square-foot Ace Hardware and a 4,000-square-foot Sleepy's.
Mr. Katz said, "With our management team based in Massachusetts, Fairhaven Plaza was a natural buy for us. We remain committed to the New England market and are primed to acquire more shopping centers with market-leading grocers. This is our sixth acquisition in 2012 and we are working on several others before year end."
Frank Normandin, president of Winslow Property Management, a Katz Properties affiliate, said, "Fairhaven is in a densely populated trade area and the shopping center has great visibility. The property fits right in with our existing portfolio of supermarket anchored shopping centers."
Leasing and property management services will be provided by Winslow Property Management. Katz Properties is a real estate investment, development and management company, with offices in Boston, New York City, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. The company is primarily focused on the acquisition, operation and repositioning of grocery-anchored shopping centers in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic.


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DASSEL, Minn.—A 31-year-old Minnesota man who was riding a snowmobile alongside railroad tracks in Dassel died after he lost control, slid into a moving train, and was pulled underneath.
The Meeker County Sheriff's Office says Paul Fenske of Silver Lake was traveling eastbound along the tracks Saturday night. A Burlington Northern Santa Fe train was heading eastbound at the same time.
Fenske lost control and slid into the side of the train. Authorities say the snowmobile got caught and was dragged down the tracks, and Fenske was pulled under the train.
The crash happened several cars back from the locomotives, so the crew didn't know about it and kept going. The train was later stopped.
Another snowmobiler with Fenske saw the accident, but wasn't injured.
Authorities and the railroad are investigating.


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With its forest-laden landscapes, white-sand coastline and sparking azure sea, Sardinia has always exuded a wild romance that captures travellers' hearts. Yet despite being the second-largest island in the Mediterranean, it has retained its hidden-gem appeal, with a real estate market full of untapped potential.
Residents of Sardinia enjoy a gentle pace of life, characterised by a closeness to nature and a fondness for age-old traditions. The landscape is as varied as it is verdant; majestic pine forests provide ample hiking opportunities, while fragrant olive groves and vineyards contribute to the rich culinary culture. There's also an enthusiastic yachting community on the island, especially in northern quarters like Costa Smerelda, where sprawling villas lines the shores and pristine yachts adorn the harbour.
The longevity of the island's population has intrigued scientists worldwide, but many Sardinians put it down to an active lifestyle and a rustic diet of organic vegetables, cheese and pulses. It's undeniable that people on the island enjoy a high quality of life, with a strong emphasis on healthy food and an enviably balmy climate.
Market characteristics
Sardinia's market is defined primarily by a steady but stable growth. Its emergence as a desirable real estate location among the international elite came courtesy of the Aga Khan, who was struck by the island's beauty on his first visit in the mid-20th century. He subsequently developed the exclusive Costa Smerelda area after buying up a stretch of the coast in the island's north-east. Since the '60s, a steady stream of investors, buy-to-let entrepreneurs and discerning holidaymakers has preserved the island's status as a highly desirable destination. The quiet opulence of the northern regions has contributed to stable levels of buyer interest, while southern areas have also gathered pace recently as the next lucrative investment prospect.
Sensitive planning restrictions have played a large part in maintaining the island's unspoilt beauty, preventing an influx of skyscraper-clad resorts. Instead, the small towns and coastal communities of Sardinia retain their charming historic feel, making this a secure place to invest in secluded properties.
Investment regions
The northern quarters, from Alghero in the west to Olbia and the Costa Smerelda in the east, remain the most popular regions on the island, with Costa Smerelda being the traditional choice for affluent buyers. This tasteful resort is well-equipped with golf clubs, secluded beaches and yachting ports – including the famous Porto Cervo marina. Out to the west, Alghero also has a multitude of charms, from its bustling fishing port to its Gothic and Renaissance architecture.
The southern part of the island has seen rapid growth in both home ownership and visitors in recent years. Cagliari, Sardinia's capital, is an enchanting historic city, full of winding lanes and pastel-toned houses. Southwest of the capital, the picturesque Costa Del Sud offers a quiet retreat, with the Santa Margherita di Pula resorts providing every desired amenity.
If you're looking to invest in a Sardinian property, Engel & Völkers would be delighted to assist. With a multitude of shops across Italy and beyond, our real estate experts can provide you with insight into each region of the island and lead you to your ideal new property. Visit us online or in store to find out more.


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I've used sp_detach_db and sp_attach_db to relocate database files for many years. I know that sp_attach_db was deprecated in SQL 2005 but, like most DBAs, I've continued to use sp_attach_db mostly out of habit. I want to share with you why I've decided to change my ways.
Let's say you want to move the log file from to a separate drive. The following script shows how to accomplish in SQL Server 2000 using sp_attach_db. The only sp_attach_db parameters required are the database name, primary data file path and the log file that was moved from the original location.
EXEC sp_detach_db
@dbname = N'MyDatabase';
--move log file to E drive manually and attach from new location
EXEC sp_attach_db
@dbname = N'MyDatabase',
@filename1 = N'D:\DataFiles\MyDatabase_Data.mdf',
@filename2 = N'E:\LogFiles\MyDatabase_Log.ldf';
The deprecated sp_attach_db procedure still works in SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2008 but is not recommended. Instead, the proper method to relocate files in these later versions is with ALTER DATABASE…MODIFY FILE. Simply execute an ALTER DATABASE…MODIFY FILE for each moved file and toggle the ONLINE/OFFLINE database state. The script example below shows how the log file would be moved to a different drive with this method. This method is described in detail in the Books Online.
ALTER DATABASE MyDatabase SET OFFLINE;
ALTER DATABASE MyDatabase
ALTER DATABASE MyDatabase SET ONLINE;
Unfortunately, the Books Online doesn't provide much info as to why ALTER DATABASE…MODIFY FILE and ONLINE/OFFLINE is preferred over detach/attach for planned file relocations. One explanation is illustrated by an issue I ran into recently that motivated this post. After using the detach/attach method, we ended up with Service Broker disabled. This is documented behavior that we simply overlooked and didn't catch until subsequent application problems were reported. Since exclusive database access was needed to re-enable Service Broker, we had to close all user database connections and before altering the database ENABLE_BROKER setting and this was a real pain.
This problem wouldn't have happened had we used the recommended method and toggled the OFFLINE/ONLINE database state because the database settings would have remained unchanged. I wouldn't be surprised if there were other gotchas with the detach/attach method. The bottom line is that there is no reason not to use the ALTER DATABASE…MODIFY FILE and OFFLINE/ONLINE method to move files.
Note that the deprecated sp_attach_db stored procedure is basically just a wrapper for CREATE DATABASE…FOR ATTACH. You can use CREATE DATABASE…FOR ATTACH much like you would sp_attach_db: specify the database name, primary file path (mdf file path) along with file paths that differ from the original locations. For example:
@dbname = N'MyDatabase';
--move database files manually to new server
CREATE DATABASE MyDatabase
LOG ON(NAME='MyDatabase_Log',
The ENABLE_BROKER option is appropriate if the purpose of the attach is to completely move a SB-enabled database to another instance or in a DR scenario. When attaching to create a database replica (e.g. copy for testing), the NEW_BROKER option is appropriate.
I suggest ALTER DATABASE…MODIFY FILE and OFFLINE/ONLINE for planned file relocation and sp_detach_db/CREATE DATABASE…FOR ATTACH for other scenarios. In any case, sp_attach_db should be avoided going forward.
posted @ Sunday, January 18, 2009 12:35 PM
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Hampton women struck by car were familiar faces at Lane libraryBy RYAN O'CONNOR
Union Leader Correspondent
June 13. 2014 9:22PM
HAMPTON — Karen Weinhold and Lisa Beaudry were reportedly out for an early-morning walk along Ocean Boulevard on Thursday when they were struck by a car driven by a 17-year-old Portsmouth High School student who was reportedly on his way to a graduation rehearsal when he fell asleep at the wheel after a night of drinking, police said.
Weinhold, 69, of Hampton, and neighbor Beaudry, 60, remain in serious and fair condition at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Massachusetts General Hospital, respectively, Friday.
Remy Gross-Santos, the driver of the 1992 Volvo 740 sedan that police said struck the two women, was charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated Thursday and released on bail. Police said the charges may be upgraded, depending on the condition of the injured women.
Meanwhile, the Weinhold and Beaudry's coworkers at Lane Memorial Library in Hampton hope the women have a speedy recovery.
Library Director Amanda Reynolds Cooper said she's not only an employer, but a friend to Weinhold and Beaudry. Each can be counted on for a big smile and friendly conversation, she said.
"Both are very kind and passionate about reading. They're fun-loving people, and they're both working at the library after retirement, mostly because a little bit of work and action feels good for them," said Reynolds Cooper. "This isn't about financial obligations. It's because they love to be there, talking to people and talking about books."
Weinhold, a longtime teacher who retired from North Hampton School in 2004 after 26 years, worked at the library in the 1980s and returned in 2008, said Reynolds Cooper, who noted Weinhold recommended Beaudry for a job at the library last year.
"The thing I keep thinking is that we have five people who work regularly as circulation assistants. So for us, those two faces are a huge part of people's experience at the library, so for them to be injured like this and absent is a very obvious loss for us," said Reynolds Cooper.