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The Mayan calendar is supposed to end next week and that has led some to believe we're on a countdown to a global apocalypse.
One gambling website, MyTopSportsbooks.com, puts the odds of the world ending on Dec. 21 at 300 million to 1. But that's not keeping some believers from stockpiling food and preparing to flee urban areas.
Whether you fall into that camp or are decidedly more skeptical, being prepared to ride out everything from a worldwide cataclysm to the aftermath of a hurricane begins with getting one's finances in order.
"Before the disaster strikes is the time to start getting prepared, in terms of financially getting yourself out of debt and establishing some savings and supplies," says Arthur Bradley, a NASA engineer and author of the "Handbook to Practical Disaster Preparedness for the Family."
But clearing out the liabilities on one's personal balance sheet is only the beginning.
A severe-enough calamity could render the banking system inaccessible, something for which many Americans aren't prepared, says certified financial planner Louis Scatigna.
Scatigna, who lives in Jackson, N.J., saw firsthand what that could be like after Superstorm Sandy left much of the Jersey Shore without power for weeks, effectively shutting down ATMs, many stores and gas stations.
"It was a real good dry run for something that could be substantially bigger in the future," Scatigna says.
Here are six tips on how to prepare financially to make it through the next major disaster, short of the world coming to an end:
In a severe economic disruption, access to credit or investments may not be available. Stocks may suddenly drop in value. Lenders may reduce or eliminate credit lines overnight, as many borrowers discovered in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis.
"Your money is just bytes in a computer," Scatigna says. "It's very, very important for people to have cash on hand."
How much? That's an individual choice. Bradley recommends $1,000, in $20 bills, so that it's easy to make change.
A mortgage, car payments, credit cards, medical bills — they all limit the amount of money one can set aside for an emergency, whether it be a job loss or something worse. Start by slashing credit card debt and only use plastic if you're going to pay off the bill each month.
Bradley recommends gradually setting aside enough money to cover all expenses for six months. That cushion can be a life-saver if you lose your job and end up being unemployed for several months, as it typically takes far longer for people who have been out of work for six months or more to find another job. About 40 percent of all jobless workers are so-called long-term unemployed, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Having trouble saving money? Cut down on expenses like dining out, brown bag your lunch at work and use coupons.
Many investors have put their money in precious metals in recent years as a hedge against the declining value of the dollar. When the value of the dollar declines, gold prices rise.
That's fine as an investment, but in the event of a major financial crisis, experts say it might be difficult to cash that in.
So they advise that anyone who is very concerned that the dollar could decline dramatically look into owning some actual gold and silver.
The coins can be purchased from many dealers, but expect to pay a 6 percent premium on gold coins and a 10 percent markup on silver coins, Scatigna says.
Also, it's important to have a mix of gold and silver coins because, in the event of a dire emergency, silver coins can be traded for less expensive items.
Take stock of items around your home that could be valuable to others in an emergency situation.
These can include goods like food, water and medicine, and also liquor, coffee, chocolate, candles and batteries. In the aftermath of a severe storm, you may be able to barter for necessary goods and services.
Ask anyone in the aftermath of a hurricane how much a bottle of water or a gallon of gas cost. Disasters drive demand and prices for critical goods higher. So the best way to save money is to prepare well in advance, but gradually.
Scatigna sees purchasing supplies like a filter to purify water as an investment, particularly at a time when savings accounts are earning little or no interest.
He also recommends buying extra cans of food each trip to the grocery store.
"Converting assets that will do nothing for you in a super crisis into real assets that will sustain you is the smartest thing people can do with their money if they believe that the future is going to be volatile," Scatigna says.
Perhaps the best way to be prepared for the worst is to remain grounded about end-of-the-world scenarios.
The biggest disaster many are likely to face would be the loss of a job. And many workers who fear the automatic government spending cuts from the fiscal cliff may feel their anxiety rising.
So evaluate your savings and have your records in order. If the time comes, you'll be able to determine which expenses you can cut quickly.
And be wary of locking up too much of your money in illiquid investments if you're concerned about your job.


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The 19th annual Federal Sector Labor Relations and Labor Law Program
On Thursday, September 13, 2001, the law school will present its 19th annual Federal Sector Labor Relations and Labor Law Program. This is the longest running conference on federal sector and postal labor relations and labor law held outside of Washington, D.C. The theme of this year's program is Working Together in a Post-Partnership Environment. The morning portion of the program features a comprehensive plenary panel discussion by nationally recognized leaders in the federal workplace. This is followed by concurrent workshops, providing participants with the opportunity to discuss specific issues with experts in the federal labor relations field.
Law students (JD only) enrolled at Chicago-Kent are welcome to attend any or all of the program sessions free of charge (note: course materials are not included; however, copies of the materials will be available in the library at a later date). However, pre-registration is required! To register, please stop by the Office of Continuing Legal and Professional Education (Suite 673) to fill out a registration form or email rvicario. Students must register on or before Tuesday, September 11, 2001.
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Microsoft kills off Spectre patch
By: SRTDodge05
January 30th, 2018
2:19 pm
Your computer is safe from the Intel patch, it is just insecure again
Microsoft has released an emergency Windows update to disable Intel's troublesome microcode fix for the Spectre Variant 2 attack.
Not only was Intel's fix for the Spectre attack causing reboots and stability issues, but Microsoft found it resulted in the worse scenario of data loss or corruption in some circumstances.
To justify the out-of-band update, Microsoft highlights a comment in Intel's fourth quarter forward looking statements that mentions for the first time that mitigation techniques potentially lead to data loss or corruption.
Until then, Intel had only mentioned its update was causing unexpected reboots and unpredictable system behavior.
"Our own experience is that system instability can in some circumstances cause data loss or corruption", Microsoft said.
"We understand that Intel is continuing to investigate the potential impact of the current microcode version and encourage customers to review their guidance on an ongoing basis to inform their decisions", it added.
To prevent the potential for data loss, Microsoft issued an out-of-band update on the weekend that disables Intel's mitigation for CVE-2017-5715, or the Variant 2 Spectre attack described as a "branch target injection vulnerability".
Microsoft kills off Spectre patch
AMD/Intel Get Hit Class Action Law Suits For Spectre Vulnerabilities
By: Sandog
January 17th, 2018
11:17 am
Kernel-memory-leaking Intel processor design flaw forces Linux, Windows redesign
By: SRTDodge05
January 3rd, 2018
3:22 pm
Updated A fundamental design flaw in Intel's processor chips has forced a significant redesign of the Linux and Windows kernels to defang the chip-level security bug.
Programmers are scrambling to overhaul the open-source Linux kernel's virtual memory system. Meanwhile, Microsoft is expected to publicly introduce the necessary changes to its Windows operating system in an upcoming Patch Tuesday: these changes were seeded to beta testers running fast-ring Windows Insider builds in November and December.
Crucially, these updates to both Linux and Windows will incur a performance hit on Intel products. The effects are still being benchmarked, however we're looking at a ballpark figure of five to 30 per cent slow down, depending on the task and the processor model. More recent Intel chips have features – such as PCID – to reduce the performance hit. Your mileage may vary.
Kernel-memory-leaking Intel processor design flaw forces Linux, Windows redesign • The Register
KRACK attack destroys nearly all Wi-Fi security
By: zapionics<alt>
October 17th, 2017
12:03 am
A paper by two Belgian researchers has cast more light on the vulnerabilities discovered in the Wi-Fi Protected Access II (WPA2) implementations on most, if not all, wireless networking devices that use the protocol
Story here
This is shaping up to be a big deal for Wi-Fi.
There goes all our Wi-Fi routers
Tim Cook: Learning to Code More Important than English
By: zapionics<alt>
October 13th, 2017
1:13 am
Tim Cook Says Learning How to Code is More Important than English as a Second Language Story here
I disagree with that, however the interesting question is: Should we be teaching children to code alongside subjects like english and math? I think theres a few schools doing this already to varying degrees.
But if you agree that kids should learn to code, then which programming language would you choose?
I think what I'd actually like to see is young children being taught logic and then propositional calculus and predicate calculus from a young age with it ramping up as they progress, but thats just my 2 cents.
There used to be a clever programming software tool that was supposed to teach kids the basics visually, I forget what it was called, but it had an animated mouse on the screen and the kids had to give it dimple instructions to achieve goals, essentially write a piece of procedural code. They could then watch the mouse follow the code as they'd developed it. By trial and error they would improve the code, thereby learning the basics.
What are kids learning today in school about logic or software engineering? Anyone know?
Ransomware exploits NSA hacks
By: zapionics<alt>
May 12th, 2017
7:50 pm
I presume you're all aware of what's unfolding the past day; we have multiple hits around the world of this nasty ransomware worm.
Update your operating systems and security apps now!
Hackers exploiting malicious software stolen from the National Security Agency executed damaging cyberattacks on Friday that hit dozens of countries worldwide
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Three Challenges for the Web
By: zapionics<alt>
March 12th, 2017
2:07 pm
On the 28th birthday of the World Wide Web, its inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee has spoken to the rise of fake news and called for everyday users to fight against the misuse of their personal data.
I didnt realise the WWW was having a birthday until reading about it today.
There are three challenges for the web, according to its inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee.
Today is the world wide web's 28th birthday. Here's a message from our founder and web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee on how the web has evolved, and what we must do to ensure it fulfils his vision of an equalising platform that benefits all of humanity.
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A word of caution on Nvidia's new 10 series gfx cards
By: XJ.
June 17th, 2016
12:53 pm
Reviews received a 'special bios':
ASUS and MSI accused of sending modified cards to the press | VideoCardz.com
According Damien Triolet, a known and respected GPU reviewer (who, as you might remember, helped to unravel the secrets in GTX 970 memory allocation problem), ASUS and MSI are sending cards with modified BIOSes to the press. Such software enables more power on review samples, which leads to increased frequencies and better results overall.
Damien reports that those 'optimized' BIOSes are a very common problem in GPU industry. Manufacturers often encourage GPU reviewers to enable special overclocking presets before attempting to review those cards. Luckily, with little success.
The alternative is to supply optimized BIOSes to the press, so such settings are enabled by default. This usually means a gain of few MHz. Something that you won't get on retail sample.
For such reason Damien asks manufacturers to supply retail BIOSes for his tests. Obviously manufactures are not eager to supply such software. The problem was discovered with MSI GTX 1080 GAMING X and ASUS GTX 1070 STRIX, so might want to take reviews of those cards with a grain of salt. Gigabyte on the other hand does not use such practices with its G1 GAMING Series.
Microsoft Makes Windows 10 Upgrades Automatic For Windows 7 And Windows 8
By: ctal
November 3rd, 2015
6:07 am
Beginning now, Windows 10 has been reclassified as an "Optional" update in Windows Update for Windows 7 and Windows 8 computers. This means users who have set their version of Windows to accept all updates will find the Windows 10 installation process will begin automatically and they will need to actively cancel it....
... But in "early" 2016 things will become more aggressive and Microsoft will again reclassify Windows 10 as a "Recommended" update. Given the default setting on Windows 7 and Windows 8 is for all Recommended updates to install automatically this means the vast majority of users will find the Windows 10 install process starts up on their machines....
... For Most, Resistance Is Now Futile. While tech savvy users will find workarounds and hacks, quite frankly avoiding the upgrade process is going to become far too much effort for the average consumer.
Microsoft Changes Windows 10 'Free Upgrade' Rules
By: ctal
October 13th, 2015
12:07 pm
Talking to the official Windows blog, Windows and Devices Group Vice President Gabe Aul has revealed an upcoming build of Windows 10 will let users register the platform using their existing Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 keys:
"If you install this build of the Windows 10 Insider Preview on a PC and it doesn't automatically activate, you can enter the product key from Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 used to activate the prior Windows version on the same device to activate Windows 10 by going to Settings > Update & security > Activation and selecting Change Product Key," he explained....
But despite this extremely positive development, a number of pertinent questions remain....


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One thing I learned during my 2007 trip to China is that the situation of Catholics living there is very complex. As a result, I have learned to rely on those much more familiar with the situation there and to respect their opinions.
One of those people is Belgian Missionhurst Father Jeroom Heyndrickx, who directs the Verbiest Institute at the Catholic University of Leuven and is one of the most authoritative experts on Catholicism in China. His text, which follows, illustrates the complexity of the situation.
Respect and Prayerful Support for Most Rev. Francis An Shuxin, Coadjutor Bishop of Baoding Diocese
Recently, there have been widely circulated and conflicting reports about the situation of Bishop An Shuxin, coadjutor bishop of the Baoding Diocese in Hebei province, China. Whether we agree or disagree with Bishop An Shuxin's purported move to have recently accepted membership in the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association, as a zealous pastor who has long witnessed his fidelity to the Holy See, Bishop An deserves not only our prayerful support, but complete respect for his pastoral judgments. I doubt whether those outside China who criticize Bishop An have ever met him. I know the bishop personally well and had several long conversations with him in recent years. I have learned to respect him and to understand the complexity of his situation. In any case, before making any public criticism one should be better informed. Did Bishop An really sign any document? And if he did, what was the content of the document and how is "membership" in this case understood? The interpretation of this word in China is often quite different from what is understood in Italy or in other countries outside of China. We all are far removed from the harsh realities under which many church leaders have lived in China for decades. At very least, we in the sister churches abroad must refrain from setting out our own nonnegotiable terms and conditions for their ministry and thereby increasing the heavy burdens they already bear.
Since the time of Pius XII in 1958 and more recently since the teaching of Pope Benedict XVI, all Chinese Catholics know very well that being a member of the CCPA is "incompatible with Catholic faith." They know this association seeks to separate the Chinese Catholic Church from the pope and, in effect, to establish a Catholic Church in China completely independent of the Holy See. This is why all of us in the sister churches around the world admire the courage of Catholics in China, some of whom, because of this incompatibility cited by the Holy Father, long ago opted to remain in "underground communities," enduring all the opprobrium and suffering entailed. This is the great and historically meritorious contribution to the Chinese Church of the so-called "unofficial bishops" and the faithful under their jurisdiction. It is also the road long followed by Bishop An Shuxin.
At the same time, also since 1958, Catholics inside of China have long sought yet another way to assure the viability and future of their church. Some bishops opted to follow this third way and succeeded very well. They perfunctorily accepted to be members of the CCPA, not because they freely chose, but because they were compelled to do so. It was commonly understood that they paid mere lip-service to the association in order to carve out space for the church to not only re-emerge in open society, but to expand, grow and develop in every dimension — both as a community of faith and as an ecclesial institution. Without the courageous stand of the "unofficial church community" on one side and that of the "official church community" on the other, the church in China would not be what it is today; nor could it have offered such a sterling witness of meritorious sacrifice and fidelity to the universal church. When speaking about the church in China, one must always take into consideration this dual reality — thereby avoiding gross errors in judgment based on a biased and partial view.
In most cases, after being named bishop by the PRC government, many priests who were appointed "official bishops" succeeded in secretly securing validation and approval of their appointments from the pope prior to episcopal ordination. Among these so called "official bishops," all per force members of the CCPA, were a few very highly respected and famous pastors known to us all. p It is unnecessary to rehearse their names here; we all remember "Bp X, Bp Y, Bp Z" … and we remember them with respect. They were loved by tens of thousands of Catholics, by bishops and by many priests and religious. We need only recall reports of the thousands of Catholic faithful who filled cathedrals and even rural graveyards to participate in each of their funerals! These pastors gave a magnificent witness and service to their church. It is also well known that even the recent popes and past and present officials of the Holy See, through these decades, admired the testimonies of both the "unofficial" and "official" communities in China. Of course, it is inconceivable that the Holy See would ever have encouraged these official bishops to freely become members of the CCPA. In the same way, despite questionable news reports of late, it is also inconceivable that the Holy See would have encouraged Bishop An Shuxin of Baoding to accept membership in the CCPA. It is unjust and a grave failure in charity to spread such accusations in the media, thereby causing serious harm to the Chinese Catholic Church, and, in effect, exacerbating its suffering and existing internal divisions.
Most all Chinese Catholics (and even government officials!) know in their hearts that these so called "official bishops" have remained faithful to the Holy See; as admonished by both Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI, they strive to be good Chinese citizens, patriotically serving their country. Those outside of China, who truly have the cause of the Catholic Church in China at heart, need to walk in the shoes of their Chinese sisters and brothers in the faith, to listen with their hearts, to see with their eyes, to open their minds to understand from their perspective the reasons why these bishops took the path they did.
As we all respected and admired the well known "official" bishops who went before him, so, too, Bishop An Shuxin deserves our respect and admiration. Naturally, just as we never agreed that "Bps X, Y and Z" should be members of the CCPA, so too at this juncture we cannot agree in principle (if reports are true) that Bishop An has joined the CCPA as a condition of his being openly recognized by the PRC authorities. At the same time we question the wisdom of certain articles in the media quoting "Vatican sources" without further specifying them. Nonetheless, whoever would venture to speak publicly about the church in China must take into account the merits of both China church communities ("underground and "official") and the harsh reality in which both sides have been forced to live for many, many years. Whoever professes to follow the instructions of Pope Benedict XVI — seeking to foster reconciliation and unity in the Chinese Catholic Church — must understand the extreme ambiguity in which this church lives. In solidarity and in union of prayer, we must all respect the judgments and ecclesial decisions of these courageous pastors in China who bear the heat of the day. Above all, we must refrain from imposing our own judgments on situations and people of whom we cannot have first-hand knowledge. "Judge not and you shall not be judged." That is the spirit of Pope Benedict XVI's letter. That letter and its compendium show us the way as he discusses such situations (cfr Par. 7): "… all this should be lived out in communion and in fraternal understanding, avoiding judgments and mutual condemnations …" and "… in order to evaluate the morality of an act it is necessary to devote particular care to establishing the real intentions of the person concerned, in addition to the objective shortcoming. Every case, then, will have to be pondered individually, taking account of the circumstances and guidelines which we all follow."
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Improvements will address environmental, public safety concerns
State Sen. Mark Grisanti, R-I-60, announced Monday he secured funding for the Town of Evans that will be used for environmental, public safety and parks and recreation projects that will enhance and improve conditions in the community, while at the same time accomplish budgetary relief and increase efficiency.
Among the highlights are $100,000 for environmental cleanup efforts by dredging Sturgeon Point Marina and $150,000 to help purchase a watercraft for the Town of Evans Police Department.
"As chairman of the Senate's Environmental Conservation Committee, I am particularly pleased to help secure funds for the dredging of Sturgeon Point Marina to help with ongoing cleanup efforts of the environment," Grisanti said. "In addition, we are providing assistance to the town's police department with these funds. The residents of the Town of Evans will directly benefit from these projects."
"This funding by the State Legislature secured by Sen. Grisanti reinforces the initiatives of shared municipal service," said Evans Town Supervisor Keith Dash. "Sturgeon Point Marina is one of the jewels of the Town of Evans that has received funding to enhance the harbor through dredging. This will positively benefit the commercial and recreational use not only for town residents, but for the entire public. As a consistent port of entry, a new police boat to replace a 24-year-old vessel will add to homeland security, safety and public service. Sen. Grisanti is to be commended for his consistent support."
"We are very excited that Sen. Grisanti was able to assist us in replacing our 24-year-old watercraft," said Town of Evans Police Chief Ernest Masullo. "This upgrade will allow us to enhance the safety of town residents as well as the visitors to our community, especially during the summer months. We are ecstatic about our new vessel and I applaud the senator for his attention to this matter, going so far as to personally call me twice with updates on our request. Public safety in the Town of Evans is obviously a concern of his, and it is satisfying to see that our representative in Albany responds to requests from his constituents and is willing to work with officials from the municipalities he represents."
"During a year when water levels were slightly lower, the Sturgeon Point advisory board would like to acknowledge the hard work done by Sen. Grisanti in securing funding to do additional dredging at the marina," said Frank Rademacher, Sturgeon Point advisory board chairman. "The marina water ways remained clear for the entire season, and a good boating season was had by all who used our marina. We thank the senator for his efforts."
Grisanti said he believes the investments made with each project will result in immediate improvements to the Town of Evans and the surrounding communities.
"These projects will improve the quality of life for residents and will help enhance the area," he said. "By making the region a nice place to live, work and play, we will also encourage more people to visit the neighborhood, which will assist the many local businesses in Evans, including the Derby neighborhood and the Village of Angola's central business district. I am pleased to help the Town of Evans complete these valuable improvement and maintenance projects for their residents."


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Green plays for Div. III hoop crownCOLLEGE NOTES
April 06. 2013 10:52PM
CONNOR GREEN'S freshman season with the Amherst College men's basketball team has beeen a memorable one.
Green, a Bedford resident who helped Bishop Guertin of Nashua claim the Division I boys' basketball championship in 2011, will be one of the key players for a team that will play Mary Hardin-Baylor of Belton, Texas, in today's Division III national championship game in Atlanta (12:30 p.m., CBSSN TV).
Green, a 6-foot-4 guard, came off the bench to average 9.1 points and three rebounds per game in 29 games. He scored eight points in a 52-44 semifinal victory over North Central College of Naperville, Ill.
Today's game marks the third time in seven years that Amherst has reached the Division III title game. Amherst won its only national title in 2007.
Amherst competes in the New England Small College Athletic Conference, which is arguably the top Division III conference in the country. Two other NESCAC schools, Williams and Middlebury, reached the Elite 8 this year.
Green spent a year at Phillips Exeter Academy after he graduated from BG.
How about those Quinnipiac Bobcats? How about the ECAC? And the Frozen Four field?
For the first time since 1983 - two years before the formation of Hockey East - the ECAC has placed two teams among the final four in the NCAA Division I hockey tournament.
Quinnipiac, coached by Bedford native Rand Pecknold, is the No. 1 overall seed in the tournament and survived a scare in the first round of the East Regional in Providence last weekend to advance to its first Frozen Four.
The Bobcats, 29-7-5, take on St. Cloud State, 21-15-1, in one semifinal on Thursday at 8 p.m. at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh.
Yale, 20-12-3, joins Quinnipiac as the other ECAC team in the field and goes up against UMass-Lowell, 28-10-2, in the Frozen Four opener at 4:30 on Thursday.
The championship game is Saturday night at 7.
Lowell took out New Hampshire, 2-0, in the Northeast Regional championship game on Saturday night at the Verizon Wireless Arena.
Yale stunned Minnesota and then North Dakota in the West Regional last weekend to move on to Pittsburgh.
Here's the definitive thing about this year's national tournament: A brand new champion will be named on Saturday night.
That is, none of the four champions have ever won a title. So, for the second time in the last three years a new champion will be named. Minnesota-Duluth won its first title with a 3-2 overtime win over Michigan in 2011.
Before that, the last first-timer to win was Maine in 1993.
There is this, too. The last time the field for the championship round was made up of four teams that had never won a title was 1958, the 11th year of the national tournament.
Yale is the only team of the four headed to Pittsburgh that has even been made it to the championship round and the Bulldogs last went in 1952.
Quinnipiac trailed Canisius, 3-1, as the third period of its NCAA opener neared the halfway point and rallied for three goals in six and half minutes to escape. Matthew Peca scored three goals in a span of 3:12 in the first period on Saturday night to lead the Bobcats to a 5-1 win over Union and a spot in the Frozen Four.
Pecknold, who is in his 19th season as head coach at Quinnipiac, has already been named the ECAC Coach of the Year and is a finalist for the Spencer Penrose Award that goes to the national coach of the year.
Pecknold played at Lawrence Academy in Groton, Mass., and then at Connecticut College.
Quinnipiac and Yale are each trying to become the first ECAC team to win the NCAA championship since Harvard did it in 1989.
Harvard and Providence, then an ECAC team, were the league's teams in the 1983 Frozen Four.
Matt Lindblad, who recently completed his junior season with the Dartmouth men's hockey team, signed a professional contract with the Boston Bruins Thursday evening and will reports to the Providence Bruins of the American Hockey League.
"I want to wish Matt well as he takes the next step in his hockey career," head coach Bob Gaudet said. "Matt is a tremendous talent and I wish him nothing but the best as he begins his time in professional hockey. The entire coaching staff enjoyed having him as a member of the Dartmouth hockey program for three seasons."
Lindblad finished second on the team in scoring this season with 10 goals and 18 assists for 28 points in 30 games. He scored two game-winning goals as a junior and was one of the better two-way players in ECAC Hockey.
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The Galaxy teamed up with Make-A-Wish Chapters in Alabama and Greater Los Angeles to grant the wish to Jake, who was diagnosed with T-Cell Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia on February 8, 2011 and was forced to miss that year's spring soccer season.
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New York is among five states that have been put on alert as the manhunt widens for a shooter who filmed himself randomly killing an elderly man in Cleveland while streaming the murder live on Facebook.
The man, 37-year-old Steve Stephens, blamed his ex-girlfriend as well as heavy losses in gambling for the rampage.
Robert Godwin, Sr., 74, was walking on a street in broad daylight on Easter Sunday when Stephens pulled over from his car and shot and killed him.
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The extent of damage caused by brown marmorated stink bugs and kudzu bugs in Virginia is not known for certain, but having both Asian imports meet in several counties in Virginia is cause enough for entomologists and growers in both North Carolina and Virginia to take notice.
Since the north to south movement of brown marmorated stink bugs began, researchers have tracked their relatively slow migration. In 2009, when kudzu bugs were first found in north Georgia and began a rapid south to north movement, the tracking game took on a new intensity.
Kudzu bugs rapidly infested both Carolinas and a few made it to Virginia in 2011.
This year larger, though as of yet not damaging numbers of kudzu bugs, have shown up in Virginia. Figuring out where the overlap of the two insects would meet has been an ongoing challenge, but it appears the first duel battleground will be in southeast Virginia and northeast North Carolina.
Brown marmorated stink bugs (BMSB) have been around for more than 10 years, first showing up in Pennsylvania in about 2000. In the past few years, they appear to have made a determined movement southward into Maryland, Delaware and Virginia, and most recently into North Carolina.
Though the BMSB spread southward has been slow as insect migrations usually go, this particular stink bug has created some widespread and sporadic problems for farmers.
Perhaps the biggest problem has been in the grape and fruit production areas of northern Virginia. Wine grape growers in particular have had a difficult time with the foul-smelling insects when they burrow down into the whorl of grape plants.
In the past three years, BMSB have been found in soybeans in Virginia. In 2011, the infestations were heavy at times, but generally confined to the outer rows of soybean fields. This year these insects were found throughout much of Virginia, a big spread in a year's time for this particular insect, but infestations were not heavy in any one area.
Virginia Tech Entomologist and State IPM Leader Ames Herbert has been tracking the movement of these insects and studying their biological traits for the past three years.
Later movement
With the warm winter across the Upper Southeast there were some concerns that BMSB may occur earlier than in previous years, but that didn't happen. If anything movement of these insects was later this year and we don't understand BSMB well enough to know why they were slower to start occurring in soybean fields this year.
The Virginia Tech Entomologist says once the new stink bugs began to show up, they spread across the state much faster than in previous years. "Once they started happening, they started popping up everywhere," Herbert says.
Virginia only grows soybeans in 70-75 counties and BMSB have now been documented in more than 40 of these counties. "We are already seeing 'stay green syndrome' damage on the edge of soybean fields, indicating damage from BMSB was there and the grower didn't pick it up," Herbert notes.
The majority of damage we see this year is along the edges of soybean fields, but again they threw us a curveball by moving farther into some fields. A big change this year was that we never found BMSB alone — they had always occurred in mixed populations with native stink bugs.
In cage studies conducted in cotton fields, researchers have found BMSB not only like cotton, but that they are physically able to cause more damage than their native cousins, brown and green stink bugs.
"We are concerned because we have now documented BMSB in at least two counties in Virginia in which both cotton and soybeans are grown. One BMSB was in cotton, though both were in cotton producing counties, and we are concerned that BMSB will become a problem in cotton in coming years," Herbert says.
Cotton and brown marmorated stink bugs would be a bad combination for growers. Herbert says BMSB appear to prefer older, larger bolls. In some cases they did damage last year to bolls that in the past we have considered safe from native species. If this year's data shows the same trend toward BMSB damage to older, bigger bolls, then we will have to be really more concerned about cotton, Herbert says.
The BMSB species has a longer and stronger feeding beak. In corn, for example, these insects can easily penetrate the husk and do great damage to corn kernels.
"That's probably what's happening with cotton. They just simply are better equipped than native species to penetrate older cotton. In soybeans, the damage is not different, but penetrating a soybean pod is easy for native species," Herbert says.
In North Carolina, North Carolina State University Entomologist Jack Bacheler found a few BMSB in some soybean fields in areas bordering Virginia.
Treating for kudzu bugs
Soybean growers are already treating for kudzu bugs in some cases and having BMSB would just be one more problem for them to deal with next year.
A reoccurring problem with both BMSB and kudzu bugs is a lack of long-term data that can be applied to management strategies.
"Native stink bugs have caused problems in crops for a long, long time, yet we still don't have a good handle on how to manage them. The new species is different, and it's really difficult to make good management recommendations based on such a short-term of study, Herbert says.
Kudzu bugs have been around an even shorter time than BMSB, making the mixing of both species in production agriculture double-trouble. Like the BMSB, kudzu bugs are distantly related to native brown, green and Southern green stink bugs that are commonly found in a multitude of crops in the Southeast.
And, like their cousins, kudzu bugs and BMSB are relatively easy to kill — that's not the problem. Knowing at what population to spray, how to spray and when to spray can be big problems with either of the two new species.
Since appearing in northeast Georgia in 2009, kudzu bugs now blanket the Southeast from Florida, north to Virginia and west to Alabama, with pockets of infestations reported in counties in Tennessee and Mississippi. The insect seems to reproduce and spread as efficiently as kudzu.
"It will probably spread and survive anywhere kudzu survives," says Joe Eger of Dow Agrosciences, speaking at a recent South Carolina field day. Eger showed attendees a map showing kudzu's range in the U.S. — from Texas and Nebraska to New York and Massachussetts.
"So far kudzu bugs are found almost anywhere kudzu is found, so I suspect it will go much farther north," Eger says.
Even at the end of the growing season this year, entomologists across the Southeast were still getting calls about kudzu bugs at the R6 growth stage. By this time of the year many growers are finishing up with corn, defoliating cotton and digging peanuts and scouting soybeans for kudzu bugs in the last thing they want to do.
Direct bearing on bottom line
Then again, most of those beans were booked at more than $15 a bushel and keeping yields high has a direct bearing on the bottom line. Management decisions like these are going to get more and more difficult as both these new insects from Asia continue to march on toward one another.
"The unfortunate fact is that many of these fields where kudzu bug is above threshold should have been sprayed a month ago. With R7 as our "safe stage" from kudzu bug and other defoliating pests, it becomes a hard call to know whether to spray kudzu bugs in beans at R6," says Clemson Entomologist Jeremy Greene.
Things to consider are how long the insects may have been out there, which is hard to know without scouting the fields. Knowing how close the field is to R7 and how much yield can be lost by running a sprayer through a field of soybeans at the R7 growth stage is likewise hard to know.
The challenge is magnified when a grower is evaluating a soybean field in which $15-plus per bushel beans are growing, when R7 is determined by one brown pod on a majority of plants in a field.
Speaking at a recent regional Kudzu Bug Field Day held at the Edisto Agricultural Research and Education Center in Blackville, S.C., Greene says about kudzu bugs, "The good news is, we can kill them. The bad news is that killing them will cost us, and the damage they do in the meantime will cost us even more."
Bacheler says in North Carolina, "In general our results align with those from Georgia and South Carolina. Pyrethroids and pre-mix products containing pyrethroids are very effective. Remember to stay away from anything with cyfluthrin. Some of these products look good at reduced rates."
As more and more BMSB move southward and mix with already high populations of kudzu bugs, problems for growers are sure to get worse. The same insecticides will likely work on both species, but sampling methods, thresholds, etc, may be very different.
The trick will be to find the right combination of thresholds, insecticides and other management strategies, and these will come with time.


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On Senior night, PHS volleyball downed Goddard but fell to Valley Center.
In their final tune-up before sub-state, the Pratt High School volleyball team hosted a triangular with two of the teams they had faced last weekend in the Goddard Tournament, namely Goddard and Valley Center.
In addition, it was Senior Night for Lady Green as PHS' six seniors were recognized. Jaci Kolm, Jenson Maydew, Christina Fernandez, Amy Olson, Bailey Gillig and Lauren Rambat each received honors for their service over the past four years.
The games didn't go quite as well as the Lady Greenbacks were hoping. The girls and head coach Shelby Nesbit were looking forward to the rematch with Valley Center— a team Pratt felt it had controlled for much of the match before falling last Saturday.
However, the anticipated revenge did not materialize as the Lady Hornets pretty well dominated the homestanding Frogs on Tuesday. Scores in the nightcap against Valley Center (ranked #7 in 5A) were 18-25; 10-25.
The outcome was more to Lady Green's liking in the opener, however. Pratt handled Goddard 25-14; 25-18 to get the evening off to a good start.
"We couldn't really get established against Valley Center," Coach Nesbit explained. "Our serve-receive wasn't working very well. Our block had its up and downs."
iPratt goes to Clearwater Saturday for what is without question the toughest sub-state in 4A division II. Pratt will play host Clearwater in the opening round 20 minutes following the completion of Game One, which pits Trinity Academy against Andale at 2 p.m.
All four teams in the sub-state are currently ranked in the top 10 in 4AII: Clearwater 3, Pratt 4, Trinity 5, Andale 10.
Coach Nesbit is undaunted by the tough competition facing her Greenbacks at the Clearwater sub-state. "We talked in the locker room about what it's going to take this weekend to succeed," Nesbit said. "I'm glad we had a tough night so we have things that need to be worked on and fixed for Saturday at Clearwater."


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A NEW outdoor gym is set to open next month.
The fitness area, on the north side of Lower Colchester Castle Park, near to Leisure World will give residents somewhere to go to work out.
The gym will have 16 pieces of equipment and will be split into two 'zones' - one for cardio, including cross country skiers, rowers and walkers,and one for strength, which will include leg stretch, leg press and chest press equipment.
Paid for by developer contributions as part of Colchester Council's 2012 Olympic Games Legacy plan, it is due to open in July.
Annie Feltham, Colchester councillor responsible for leisure, said: "Castle Park is already popular with walkers, runners and cyclists and we hope that this new outdoor gym provides an added attraction for them to visit the park.
"The new gym will be free to everyone so they can exercise whilst enjoying the fresh air.
"Those striving to 'get fit' - young and old - will be able to benefit from the equipment and make the park part of their daily fitness routine."
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SCOTTSDALE, AZ -- (Marketwire) -- 01/03/13 -- The clean slate of a New Year is a great time to reevaluate and start fresh. While as many as half of us will make resolutions for ourselves, the new year is a chance for parents to begin making changes that will have a positive impact on their children's lives as well. A new white paper from The Little Gym, the world's premier experiential learning and physical development center for kids, confirms that the best way to help kids enjoy a healthy life is to establish active habits as early as possible.
"Launching a Lifetime of Healthy Habits" is prepared from research compiled by Dr. Cheryl K. Olsen, a former Harvard Medical School faculty member who specializes in child development and health behaviors. The research findings show how encouraging exercise and physical activity not only offers immediate benefits, but also has a long-term impact on a child's well-being as an adult. Activity and exercise patterns formed in preschool tend to persist among preteens and beyond, and various studies show how even moderate exercise can promote skeletal health and enhance cardio-respiratory fitness well into adulthood.
Making physical activity fun is the best way to encourage children. According to multiple studies reviewed by Olsen, kids get and stay active when they feel confident about physical skills, have opportunities for active play with peers, develop a sense of belonging to a group, and feel supported in an encouraging environment.
To help children form healthy habits, parents can seek out opportunities such as age-appropriate physical development programs like those offered by The Little Gym. The Little Gym's non-competitive environment engages children from four months to 12 years in tumbling, gymnastics, music, dance, karate, sports skills and other activities. Each class at The Little Gym incorporates its "Three-Dimensional Learning" approach of "Get Moving" for flexibility and coordination, "Brain Boost" for listening and decision making, and "Citizen Kid" for teamwork and leadership.
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When selecting data from a table we can select rows which contain more than 8094 bytes.
The problem arises when trying to sort those rows.
in SQL Server 2000 this code:
CREATE TABLE t1 (id INT IDENTITY(1,1), c1 VARCHAR(8000))
CREATE TABLE t2 (id INT IDENTITY(1,1), c2 VARCHAR(8000))
INSERT INTO t1 (c1)
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My follow up article on MARS has been published on on SQLTeam.com.
In this follow up I cover some misunderstandings in trasaction handling when using MARS
as well as how to troubleshoot MARS related problems.
More here.
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In SQL Server 2005 importing XML files became very easy.
OPENROWSET now supports the BULK keyword which lets us import XML files with ease.
A little example:
CREATE TABLE XmlImportTest
xmlFileName VARCHAR(300),
xml_data xml
DECLARE @xmlFileName VARCHAR(300)
SELECT @xmlFileName = 'c:\TestXml.xml'
-- dynamic sql is just so we can use @xmlFileName variable in OPENROWSET
INSERT INTO XmlImportTest(xmlFileName, xml_data)
SELECT ''' + @xmlFileName + ''', xmlData
FROM OPENROWSET (BULK ''' + @xmlFileName + ''' , SINGLE_BLOB) AS XMLDATA
) AS FileImport (XMLDATA)
SELECT * FROM XmlImportTest
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This book authored by Kalen Delaney whose Inside SQL Server books are compulsory reading for every DBA
hits the nail on the head with this one too.
The book goes into hardcore details of how the storage engine itself works.
Let's review what is covered in each chapter:
Chapter 1: Installing and Upgrading to SQL Server 2005
An overview of things to consider when migrating/upgrading to SQL Server 2005
Chapter 2: SQL Server 2005 Architecture
Hardcore stuff begins. talks about components of the engine and it's memory management.
Chapter 3: SQL Server 2005 Configuration
Covers Configuration Manager and general System Configuration
Chapter 4: Databases and Database Files
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A coworker who works mainly in C# wanted to know if there's an IsNullOrEmpty function.
After a brief NO, i've given him this one.
So far it works great.
CREATE FUNCTION dbo.IsNullOrEmpty(@text NVARCHAR(4000))
IF ISNULL(@text, '') = ''
DECLARE @text VARCHAR(100)
SELECT @text = 'gdrfash5'
SELECT dbo.IsNullOrEmpty(@text)
SELECT @text = ''
SELECT dbo.IsNullOrEmpty(@text)
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Arity is the number of arguments that a method takes.
For example
void MyMethod(int i1, int i2)
has an arity of 2, since it takes 2 arguments.
In C# the arity is marked with `
"So why is this important?", you might ask.
Well it isn't. Until you deal with reflection. :)
A while ago I had to create some code using CodeDOM and i was getting a few errors that the ` in code isn't correct
when i tried to compile the code.
Here's an example of how arity is shown using reflection:
List<string> list = new List<string>();
// output: System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.String]
Dictionary<int, string> dict = new Dictionary<int, string>();
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A few days ago i showed how to split string with XML.
Now it's time for concatenation with XML.
DECLARE @t TABLE (col VARCHAR(10))
INSERT into @t
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select 'bbbb' UNION ALL
select 'cccc' UNION ALL
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select 'dddd'
SELECT * FROM @t
SELECT col + ', ' as [text()]
FROM @t
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) AS MyCsvList
Both of these (split and concat) methods aren't really anything special. They're just a new way of solving old problem.
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Recently, I went through something that was pretty revelatory. I mean, I never understood why some things in terms of global issue prioritization made it first/ over Education. In my opinion, I always thought and always will think that Education comes first. Then, one of my close family members told me that education would rarely ever benefit anyone if they could not go to school because they were too sick. Upon asking the reasons for whatever illness they had acquired, I realized that they could fall sick just with the lack of food/ clean water. I thought it was such a grand scale of a topic that there wasn't really much anyone could do. You see, the US is so privileged and incredibly wasteful of resources sometimes that we don't think about many of the others out there in the four corners of the world. If you think about it, more than half of our Earth is still in its "developing stages" of society. In saying this, I think the US should stop worrying exclusively about aide programs and start mobilizing its citizens to start using common sense. You don't think that turning off the tap when you brush your teeth will help someone in Africa...but it does! Believe it, it will come true. Another aspect of our absurdity comes from our ridiculous portion sizes. Why eat what is the equivalent of four greasy hamburgers when you could eat a small one on a big plate and feel full. After hearing this, doesn't it seem ironic that we are nation with the highest global obesity rates and yet, we still have a huge portion of our population who is starving/ hungry every day?
Regardless of our somewhat inadequacies, I have something more important to say. After a certain occurrence with not having water for a day (a silly mistake on the account of our neighborhood), I realized that I was, for the most part, an innate, over-the-top, self-indulged entitled girl. I try to be nice with the service projects and the greatness of good deeds but after this, I was flabbergasted. We could afford to stay in a great hotel for the night, get a clean room with food, electricity and all the works. However, I was still unhappy. The idea that I wouldn't be able to stay in my bedroom or use my bathroom for a night was disgruntling. I got up the next morning and felt disgusted with myself. My parents, having grown up in India, were fairly adjusted to any curveball situation like this. They didn't blame me but I blamed myself. It was impossible for me to adjust in five minutes but I was able to turn a new leaf and change my mindset in a few days. Now, I think of all of the children out there in the world who cling to life at the very day-by-day basis that they received it and now, I promise myself never to feel ungrateful again. I will always remember this and take it to the next level of involvement. Just as I pledge to go to these countries of need and help their people one day, I hope the UN will help them increasingly as well. They have the resources, the time and the connections to do so, a great boost on the idea that we should all be doing something to help "our neighbors".
Seriously though, get up, get active and give a helping hand. Water is of the essence, food is of the essence and electricity is of the essence. The reason for the reiteration is beyond just you and me. It is the very force that guides our survival from one day to the next. Life is so precious, if you could give a life in five dollars, wouldn't you?
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Orders placed with U.S. factories fell more than forecast in March as a cooling economy slowed demand for metals, mining equipment and military goods.
The 4% drop in bookings was the biggest since August and followed a revised 1.9% gain the prior month that was smaller than previously estimated, the Commerce Department reported today in Washington. The median forecast of 58 economists in a Bloomberg survey predicted orders would fall by 2.9%.
Companies are feeling the effects of slowing growth in Europe, Asia and the U.S., where higher taxes and across-the- board federal budget cuts, known as sequestration, have restrained consumer spending. Orders could pick up as manufacturers prepare for improved demand expected in the second half of the year as employment strengthens.
"We do expect manufacturing to bounce back in the second half as the fiscal headwinds fade and global demand starts to regain its footing," Bricklin Dwyer, an economist at BNP Paribas in New York, said before the report. "It's a soft patch reflecting the impact of fiscal tightening and weak overseas markets."
Estimates in the Bloomberg survey ranged from a drop of 4.5% to a 0.2% gain. The Commerce Department revised February's figure from a previously reported 3% increase.
Employment picked up more than forecast in April and the jobless rate unexpectedly declined to a four-year low of 7.5%, figures from the Labor Department also showed today.
Payrolls Climb
Payrolls expanded by 165,000 workers last month following a revised 138,000 increase in March that was larger than first estimated, Labor Department figures showed today in Washington. The median forecast of 90 economists surveyed by Bloomberg projected a 140,000 gain. Revisions added a total of 114,000 jobs to the employment count in February and March.
Today's Commerce Department data follow a report earlier this week that showed manufacturing slowing as the need to rebuild inventories wanes and budget cuts take hold. The Institute for Supply Management's factory index fell to 50.7 in April from 51.3, the group reported May 1. A reading of 50 is the dividing line between growth and contraction.
Bookings for durable goods, which make up slightly more than half of total factory demand, fell 5.8% in March, the most in seven months, as commercial aircraft demand fell, today's report showed. That was little changed from the 5.7% decrease the Commerce Department reported last week. Durable goods are items meant to last three years or more.
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These MAY be the development tools used to build the software on the Alpha-400:
http://www.ingenic.cn/eng/productServ/k ... mPage.aspx
Unfortunately, I don't know which specific CPU is used in the machine yet(the thing is not that easy to take apart... ), or which settings or changes have been implemented by Belco.
Also, a lot of the documentation is in Chinese...
(Just like the docs and files included with the Alpha... )
Maybe someone who knows a bit or two about C/C++ and Linux development can make heads or tails of it?
(First suggestion is to make a file manager/viewer which ignores the 'hidden' flag so that we can see exactly what is on the FLASH drive... )


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BOSTON – His Colgate smile is ever-present.
His off-ice demeanor is always personable. When he's on, his shot could seemingly break a hole in a brick wall and his skating stride makes him look like Batman racing to the scene of the crime.
Most of the time, you can paint a pretty word picture when discussing Bruins forward Nathan Horton. Right now, however, you can only use one term to describe him: rattled.
The highly touted power forward who was supposed to solve most of the Bruins' offensive woes from a year ago is now mired in a slump that you can either track back 17 games (1 goal) or 30 games (4 goals) after he failed to hit the score sheet tonight in a 4-2 loss to Buffalo at TD Garden.
If the lack of scoring – which Boston has managed to overcome lately during a 6-3-1 stretch of play – wasn't bad enough, Horton's utter lack of confidence cost the Bruins dearly in the form of giveaways that led directly to Sabres goals.
Horton's first gaffe occurred along the wall in the defensive zone, as he lost the puck after a hit that could generously be called a love tap. One pass and one rebound off the post later, Buffalo had tied the game at 1.
Then with the game knotted again at 2, Horton passed up a shot from the right circle and instead opted for a backhand pass to the point while facing the Buffalo goal. The pass missed Dennis Seidenberg by a couple feet and sprung Thomas Vanek for an end-to-end rush, which ended with the go-ahead goal beating Tuukka Rask.
Horton wasn't available to speak after the game about his two miscues or the breakaway he missed a little more than five minutes into the game (he shot wide). He was getting medical treatment from the time the room was open to the media until it was closed.
To be somewhat fair, Horton missed two games earlier this month with what was described as "discomfort" and has been receiving lengthy post-game treatments a lot lately. In the cloak-and-dagger world of NHL injuries, we'll never know how banged up Horton is until the season is over.
However, when you make the types of mistakes Horton made tonight, and your stat line looks more like that of a fourth-line plumber than that of a sniper who started the season with five goals in six games and has exceeded 27 goals in a season three times, the hurdle you have to clear is more mental than physical.
If Horton's rattled, his longest-tenured teammate – center Gregory Campbell – isn't detecting it.
"The thing about him, from what I've seen, is he's confident in himself and he doesn't let these things bother him," said Campbell, who also lived the life of a Florida hockey player before last June's trade to Boston. "That stuff doesn't get him down. When he's getting chances, goals aren't far to come. He had that breakaway in the first period. I'm sure he'll break out soon."
Since the calendar turned to 2011, Horton has found a higher level in terms of intensity and force. And in the week and a half since he has been skating with Marc Savard and Michael Ryder, the chances have been plentiful hash mark to hash mark and closer. Sure there have been some bad bounces. There have also been some opportunities that required focus and an undying desire to turn his doldrums into glory days. For a while he looked like he expected that the goals were going to come any second, and now he seems to be skating with his head skyward looking for the next thing to go wrong.
The Bruins have made do without their top line, and their No. 1 sniper, producing much. There's just so long, however, they can go with Campbell, Shawn Thornton and Brad Marchand providing the bulk of their offense. Horton has to get back on at least a 25-goal pace.
Backhand passes to the point in a tie game aren't going to end the slump. Breakaways that end with a shot wide from inches in front of the crease are only going to keep the snowball rolling southward.
Happy-go-lucky Horton claimed upon putting on the black-and-gold sweater that nothing could derail his Smile Express. He was just too overjoyed to have been traded from South Florida to an Original Six city. His facial expression might be the same, but his stride's a little less fluid, his shot's a little less dangerous, his head seems unable to fathom that his escape to a hockey haven is turning hellish.
Whatever it's going to take to get Horton's head straightened out enough so his hands can produce the way he's supposed to, the Bruins have to find it fast. Their fortunes or reliant on him as a point producer, not just a pretty smile.


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As a Diplomate of the American Board of Applied Toxicology (DABAT), Dr. Baker manages the staff at the COPC which recommends and monitors the treatment of poisoned patients daily. He consults with and advises emergency department physicians, nurses, medics and other health care providers as well as the general public on the management of poisoned patients. In the field of clinical toxicology, Dr. Baker has contributed to research presented at the North American Congress of Clinical Toxicology and has been published in the peer reviewed medical literature. He is a full member of the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology and the American Board of Applied Toxicology. Dr. Baker received his B.S. and PharmD from the University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy. Dr. Baker teaches a toxicology course at the College of Pharmacy at the Ohio State University and precepts Doctorate of Pharmacy candidates during their monthly rotations at the poison center.


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jake Bugg isn't the only British star headed for the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival this week. There's a mini-British Invasion of sorts going on Thursday through Sunday in Manchester, Tennessee — and we're not just talking about Elton John's headlining performance.
Look down the list and there are lots of acts like Bugg finding a firm footing in the U.S. to become familiar with.
Here are five British acts we're particularly interested in seeing (and don't forget you can stream many of the performances if you're not one of the 80,000 down on the farm):
— The Arctic Monkeys: Listen to any rock radio station for 30 minutes and you'll likely hear The Arctic Monkeys. The Sheffield, England, quartet began as buzzed-over darlings eight years ago and survived that experience to mature into a formidable, lasting act that's learned the art of keeping our attention.
— James Blake: It will be interesting to see how London producer and singer-songwriter James Blake's minimalist sound will go over at Bonnaroo, where sound bleed gives the advantage to the raucous. Listen closely, though. Blake is one of electronic music's most interesting artists, and he earned a Grammy Award nomination for best new artist last year.
— Sam Smith: Blake took a nod for best new artist last year, and you can bet neo-soul crooner Sam Smith from London will pick one up this year. The BBC's Sound of 2014 winner is one of the hottest singers on vinyl this year and his star is only going to get bigger. Check him out while you can still catch him at one of Bonnaroo's more intimate stages.
— Disclosure: Guy and Howard Lawrence of Grammy Award-nominated Disclosure and Smith broke through together when the Surrey sibling duo featured Smith on their breakthrough "Latch" a few years ago. Like Smith, the Lawrences have drawn attention since then and are seen as one of electronic music's most promising acts.
— Chvrches: This synthpop trio from Glasgow, Scotland, makes candy confections built around singer Lauren Mayberry's wispy vocals that feel both new and comfortingly familiar — if you're old enough to remember the first wave of British synthpop bands all those decades ago. Mayberry has the same star-making appeal of Smith. Here's your chance to get on board early.
Follow AP Music Writer Chris Talbott: http://twitter.com/Chris_Talbott.


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Allergy to cow's milk is particularly common in infants and young children. In addition to causing eczema, hives, and asthma, it can lead to colic and sleeplessness, and perhaps blood in the stool or poor growth. Infants are thought to be particularly susceptible to this allergic syndrome because their immune and digestive systems are immature. Milk allergy can develop within days to months of birth. Fortunately, most children outgrow cow's milk allergy by the age of 5 years old. It is important to let mothers who are breastfeeding know that, if they drink milk, the baby may be exposed to some of the milk proteins.
If your baby is on cows milk formula, your health care provider may suggest a change to soy formula or an elemental formula if possible. Elemental formulas are produced from processed proteins with supplements added (basically sugars and amino acids). There are few, if any, allergens within these materials.
Exclusive breastfeeding for at least 3 - 4 months may protect babies from developing wheezing and eczema for the first 2 years of life, especially if many people in the family have allergies and asthma. The protective effects later in life are not known. often Therefore, health experts often suggest that mothers feed their baby only breast milk for the first 3 - 4 months of life.
Delaying the introduction of solid foods until 6 months may or may not prevent food allergies. The American Academy of Pediatrics initially recommended you delay adding eggs to your child's diet until age 2, and peanuts, tree nuts, and fish until the child is 3 years old. However, these recommendations are being revised. It appears that infants with a low risk of developing allergies can have solid foods after 4 - 6 months of age. It is important to discuss individual feeding recommendations with your child's health care provider.
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MARJAH, Afghanistan (AP) — Patrolling in all-terrain vehicles that whip up clouds of dust, members of Afghanistan's elite Civil Order Police might be viewed as outsiders here in southern Helmand province, an ethnic Pashtun heartland where residents talk wistfully of the Taliban's rule, call NATO troops invaders and refer to Afghan government officials as thieves.
Col. Khalil Rahman and the 441 police under his command in the 3rd Battalion are almost all from northern Afghanistan and belong to minority ethnic groups. Many don't even speak Pashto, the language of most southerners. That could be a recipe for conflict in this majority Pashtun country that descended into a bloody civil war over ethnic lines in the 1990s.
Yet Rahman said he asked for each of his three deployments to Helmand and is planning to settle his bride of two months in the provincial capital, Lashkar Gah.
"This is my country, all of it. I asked to come here," said Rahman, 30, whose clean-shaven face and tightly cropped hair contrasts with most local men, who wear unkempt bushy beards and the traditional turban. Still, when they met in the villages, he embraced them in the traditional hug and Pashtu greeting of "May you not get weary."
As the U.S. and NATO close out their mission in Afghanistan preparing for the final withdrawal of combat troops by the end of 2014, the worry looms large that fresh outbursts of ethnically motivated fighting would send the country into a spiral of chaos and violence that could give al-Qaida the toehold it needs to re-establish camps to plot attacks on Western targets and train wannabe jihadis.
But an Associated Press reporter and photographer who accompanied the 3rd Battalion for a week did not observe any hostility among local residents to the Civil Order Police, known as ANCOP. Instead, they channeled much of their anger toward government officials, an international community they said reneged on promises of development and the U.S- financed Afghan Local Police.
"No one helps us," said Abdul Qayyum, who was up to his elbows in mud after stepping away from repairing his sun-baked mud home. "The situation was good before the fighting," he said.
Qayyum was referring to the joint NATO, U.S. and Afghan assault on Taliban bases in Marjah, a sprawling region of dozens of small mud villages with a total population of less than 50,000. The idea behind the February 2010 counterinsurgency operation — the largest in Afghanistan since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion — was to kick out the Taliban and make Marjah a model of development and good governance, a shining example of how an area can prosper if it spurns the Taliban and embraces the Afghan government.
It hasn't quite worked out that way, however.
Instead, the Taliban routinely lay mines on the road, and Marjah residents complain bitterly that the development they were promised hasn't materialized and that international money went into the hands of a few corrupt government and tribal leaders.
The residents particularly resent the establishment of the U.S-financed Afghan Local Police, who they say routinely set up random road blocks, charge tolls and threaten to turn over villagers to the Americans as Taliban if they don't pay bribes.
International and Afghan human rights groups have also criticized the Afghan Local Police for various abuses.
Anatol Lieven, chair of international relations at the War Studies Department at the U.K-based King College, said "the local police as a force . . . absent U.S. funding and backup will inevitably turn into drug dealing militias."
Yet Seth Jones, a senior analyst at the U.S.-based Rand Corporation, said the reputation is undeserved.
"The program appears to be effective in undermining Taliban and other insurgent control of parts of the south, east, north, and west ... (and) is contributing to improved security and governance," Jones said. "As with any program, it does have its challenges."
But in Marjah, the criticism was loud and clear.
In a tiny general store in Marjah, Mullah Daoud scoffed when he recalled the 2010 operation, saying they were told prosperity would follow. He said corrupt government officials instead set up shop, along with the local police.
"ANCOP does not bother us. The local police are the problem," said Daoud, an elderly man with a gray beard who was lying on a bright red cushion.
A half-dozen other men — some sitting nearby on the floor, some peering through the curtained door — then launched into a chorus of complaints about the police. One man said the police seized his motorcycle, another said he was forced to pay $20 to get his cotton crop past a checkpoint.
Among the Afghan security forces, the 16,500-strong ANCOP stands out as an exception. They are better educated than the average national policeman or soldier, most of whom can neither read nor write. An ANCOP recruit needs a Grade 9 education, and some among Rahman's battalion are college graduates. They study human rights and behavioral science.
In Helmand, Rahman's men run patrols between Lashkar Gah and Marjah along dirt roads and through mud villages, where they create small outposts and swarm areas where Taliban fighters have been sighted. Occasionally they team up with the Afghan Army and National Police for assaults on Taliban hideouts. They also set up road blocks, stop vehicles and search the occupants — though not women.
Daoud said ANCOP conducts patrols but does not search homes. "They are good. We don't mind them," he said.
He and others in Marjah say the biggest problems with law enforcement in the area are bad training, poor discipline and corruption — not ethnicity.
Some analysts agree that Afghanistan's ethnic divisions have been oversimplified, and even misunderstood.
"There is a tendency among observers to overestimate the animosity between the north and the south, or rather to see it something fixed and static. As if people hate each other just because they are from different areas. It's not like that," said Martine van Bijlert, co-director of Afghanistan Analysts Network, an independent research group based in Afghanistan.
She said animosity arises when one ethnic group forcibly tries to subdue another, not when a group like ANCOP enters an ethnic majority Pashtun area with the intention of working with the population.
"It would probably be quite difficult to rile up people against a contingent that is largely from the north but that behaves well, you would need some pretty strong propaganda and even then it would probably be an uphill struggle," she said. "Many people in the south, and all over the country, are really on the lookout for representatives of the government that behave well. They still hold out the hope that this can supersede factionalism and other dividing lines."
Kathy Gannon is AP Special Regional Correspondent for Afghanistan and Pakistan. She can be followed on www.twitter.com/kathygannon


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Taare Zameen Par is beautiful, touching, graceful, colorful, effervescent, wise, truthful, candid, concise, and most importantly, a film with a simple but clear and rightful message, and one that offers advice and serves as a reminder that indeed, 'every child is special'. That it is our responsibility to respect children, and to help them discover and realize their potential no matter where that potential lies.
The film certainly has the power to change perspectives. The power to force parents to rethink attitudes toward not only their own, but others' children. The power to make peers in a classroom look for reasons to appreciate the weaker students, and understand that there might be circumstances beyond the control of those weaker students that inhibit their academic performance. The power to invoke thought, if only for a second, that makes one appreciate the state of one's health, and to not take that state for granted.
Yes, I am a humongous Aamir Khan fan. Today, again, I am proud to say that :) Here is someone who has made it his mission to make a difference through cinema. To share through his films his vision of ideals and values that have a tangible impact on society. To implement the Gandhi's advice of 'being the change he wants to see'.
To say that Taare Zameen Par is the best film of the year would be an injustice to the film. Let us look beyond merely 2007. This is a film with a lesson relevant in all times, in all cultures. This is a film that towers above the rest in Bollywood today, in an industry in which films struggle to clearly define their identity and over-hype their value proposition well before their release. This, ladies and gentlemen, is an Aamir Khan film, a term which is increasingly and justifiably associated with top-class quality. I am not at all surprised that Aamir Khan just did it again. Maybe it's just the die-hard fan's enthusiasm here, but I hope and pray that the film gets a chance to represent India at the Oscars some day. Yes, I liked Lagaan more, but here is an arguably equally universal message. Need we expect any less from what I call our Thinking Star?
Movie rating: ***** (Excellent -- a must-see!)
My classification: U/G (suitable for all audiences)
Official website: http://www.taarezameenpar.com
Why TZP towers above the rest
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Dude, I completely agree with you on TZP. Excellent film by an excellent actor. Aamir Khan rocks indeed!
- Thursday, December 27, 2007
Hey, very well said. I couldn't have said it better. What a movie! I hope it scoops up several awards...
- Thursday, December 27, 2007
easily the best movie of the recent past
- Monday, February 11, 2008


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