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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Charges that an Army sergeant secretly photographed and videotaped women at West Point are part of a military-wide pattern of sexual misconduct, U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand said Thursday.
The military has been rocked by a series of arrests and incidents of sexual misconduct. But the news from the venerable U.S. Military Academy — where the motto is "Duty. Honor. Country." — could be particularly embarrassing. The Army said Wednesday that a sergeant at West Point had been charged with secretly photographing and videotaping at least a dozen women at the academy, including in a bathroom.
The allegation comes the same month the Pentagon released a report estimating that as many as 26,000 military members may have been sexually assaulted last year and that thousands of victims are unwilling to come forward despite new oversight and assistance programs.
Gillibrand, D-N.Y., said Thursday the West Point charges illustrate a culture and reporting system that allows predators to remain in service. Service members afraid of retaliation or jeopardizing their careers often are reluctant to bring charges of sexual misconduct to their superiors, she said.
"This case is another case in a long line of incidents where we have clear evidence that the military did not understand how to handle this problem of sexual harassment and sexual misconduct," Gillibrand told The Associated Press in an interview. "Obviously, you're not having a level of accountability that is going to prevent these incidents and send a clear message that this criminal behavior is unacceptable."
Gillibrand, who is on the Senate Armed Services Committee, is pushing for a system in which sexual assault is reported outside the chain of command, directly to a military prosecutor.
West Point was named along with military officials in a lawsuit filed in April 2012 seeking the court's help in permanently changing attitudes about sexual assault at military academies. The lawsuit claims the nation's military academies "systemically and repeatedly ignore rampant sexual harassment." The suit said a 20-year-old Pennsylvania woman resigned from West Point after she became suicidal following her rape by a roommate's boyfriend, who remained in her unit after she reported she was attacked.
Army spokesman George Wright said West Point is working to prevent sexual harassment and assault and to cultivate cultural norms that prevent it in the future. He noted the allegations against Sgt. 1st Class Michael McClendon date to more than a year ago, when West Point was already training cadets, faculty and staff.
"The overwhelming majority of staff and faculty here are good, law-abiding and respectful people dedicated to service to their country," Wright said in an email. "The recent allegations have re-affirmed the importance of screening our staff and faculty to ensure we have decent, forthright people training and mentoring the future leaders of the Army."
Sue Fulton, a 1980 West Point graduate, said that sexual offenders are "a tiny minority that don't reflect the kind of people who sign up to serve. That said, I can't help but agree with Sen. Gillibrand that we need to change the culture."
"This kind of behavior goes against our army values and against the core values of West Point," she said.
Fulton is a member of the U.S. Military Academy's Board of Visitors, though she said she could not speak for the board. She also is a co-founder of Knights Out, an organization of gay West Point graduates.
Fulton said even the simple step of accepting more qualified female applicants to West Point could help. She said women represent 16 percent of cadets.
"We know that the culture could change in a positive way if women were more fairly represented," Fulton said.
McClendon, a combat engineer, was assigned to the academy from 2009 until recently. He was a member of the support staff at West Point, working with cadets. He has been transferred to Fort Drum.
A man who answered the telephone Thursday evening at a home believed to be McClendon's refused to answer any questions about him or say how he could be contacted, and it couldn't immediately be determined whether McClendon had a lawyer.
McClendon was charged May 14, though the charges became public this week as senior cadets prepare for commencement on Saturday. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will speak to the graduates.
Associated Press reporter Rik Stevens contributed to this report.


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ISLAMABAD — The Pakistani Foreign Office said Monday it has protested formally to India for an attack on its army post.
A statement issued by the office said the Indian deputy high commissioner was summoned to the Foreign Ministry over what Pakistan calls an "unprovoked" attack on an army post Sunday.
The mostly Muslim mountainous Kashmir has been a flashpoint of violence between these two neighbors, who have fought two full-scale wars over control of the region.
Pakistan and India traded accusations Sunday of violating the cease-fire in the disputed northern Kashmir region.
Islamabad accused Indian troops of a cross-border raid that killed one of its soldiers. The statement warned India to avoid a recurrence of such incidents.
India denied the raid and said Pakistani shelling destroyed a home on its side.
In Washington, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told reporters that the United States is concerned about reports of violence along the Line of Control in Kashmir.
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The country watched in horror as tornadoes ripped through Moore, Oklahoma, and the reported death toll rapidly rose, from 51 dead to as high as 91 Monday.
But Tuesday morning brought something of a silver lining, when officials announced confusion had led them to report a much higher number of victims than originally suspected.
"We have got good news. The number right now is 24," Amy Elliott, the chief administrative officer at the Oklahoma City Medical Examiner's Office, said in a televised press conference.
"There was a lot of chaos," she said.
Elliott explained the "silver lining" came as a result of some "difference in the calls that had been reported to us and the decedents we actually received."
"Fewer losses is better, of course," Elliott told the Los Angeles Times.
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Remember the days when a CIO could simply dash off a memo to the entire workforce and say, "We are buying Macs for everybody and that is that ..."? Well, that era may be coming to an end, according to research from IDG Research Services and RSA, which is the security division of EMC. Today, employee users of technology have a great degree of influence on which laptops, desktops, smart phones, tablets and other tech tools are used on the job. And - even though companies hardly encourage the practice - many workers use personal gadgets to tap into enterprise networks, email and business applications. This practice presents considerable security issues, as the research shows breaches being reported by large enterprises. The survey was commissioned from IDG Research Services by RSA. The report featured responses from nearly 40 CIOs and security/IT managers surveyed. Read on to learn how this employee-driven tech wave is reshaping IT decisions.


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text: It goes without saying that "Creepshow" is one of the most popular horror anthologies around. It's definitely one of my go-to movies for the Halloween season. Director George A. Romero and writer Stephen King bring us 5 tales of terror in a tribute to the EC comics of the 1950's.


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QNX is a bit of an odd-one out. It is one of the most popular operating systems in the world, and also one of the most lauded ones. It treads where others do not dare tread; it powers everything from VCRs to nuclear power plants, medical equipment, and things that go into goddamn space. The attention to detail when it comes to its development environment, tools, documentation is stunning.
At the same time, however, relatively few are aware of its existence. The only reason we here on OSNews know about it is because once - when we weren't talking about how the slightly less fancy scrolling of tablet Xyz will cause its failure in the market - way back in the day, we focussed on this sort of thing, back when cool things were actually still happening with alternative operating systems.
Sadly, the already coincidental popularity - if you could even call it that - of QNX as a desktop experience slowly but surely died out, especially since QNX Software Systems made it pretty clear they were not at all interested in that particular fringe use of their operating system. That has now changed of course, because RIM uses QNX. And sure, a tablet isn't a desktop, but if we believe the people with thick-rimmed glasses who spend their entire life in the Starbucks-university-loft triangle, tablets will take over the world and destroy everything else.
So what the heck, it's close enough.
Anywho, my interest in the PlayBook mostly relates to the core operating system - not even the interface, but the actual operating system. I mean, the hardware is irrelevant (every tablet is a screen you can carry around. Deal with it), and as for the interface, well, everyone is still trying to shove a desktop paradigm in a small screen (you know, with windows and stuff), so big whoopdidoo.
Not entirely unsurprisingly, most review seem to focus on things that I'm just not particularly interested in, like the number of applications, how the icons look, and that sort of thing. Sure, very important for prospective buyers, but from someone who spent a great deal of time in QNX, I just don't care about that stuff. I know I can't expect sites like Engadget or whatever to go in-depth into the core of the operating system, but if I have to read one more review with four pages of test shots from the camera, I'll have to start shoving post-its behind my eyes just to make something interesting happen.
Reading all the reviews, I just don't know what to think. I obviously don't own a PlayBook, nor do I intend to buy one, but I am a little shocked by the odd expectations people seem to have of a brand new device with a brand new operating system. The main complaint I'm reading - and remember the new device/new operating system part - is this: there are very few 'apps'.
Well, no poo, Sherlock.
I miss the days when Apple could release Mac OS X 10.0, and everybody was entirely understanding about the fact that it was a new operating system with kinks to work out and performance issues and what not. People back then accepted and understood that it was new, untested technology that would need some time to mature before it could be compared to the big boys of the time.
The 'geeks' (and I'd hardly call them that) of today, on the other hand, somehow don't seem to understand anymore that a brand new operating system needs time to mature, that it needs to make a début to attract developers, to work out the kinks, and so on. How can you honestly mark a device like the Playbook down because it doesn't have many applications available for it? And why wasn't this criticism levelled against the first iPad when it came out? RIM promises 3000 tablet applications at the device's launch - which is more than Apple and Google could claim - but of course, that's just a promise at this point.
I intended this to be a general overview of the reviews out there, but as I read them, I became sorely disappointed in the outrageous and unrealistic expectations people seem to have these days. So, I'm going to focus on a few interesting things that crossed my path.
For instance, AnandTech did spend an entire page talking about QNX, and while most of it is basic stuff about microkernel this and real-time that, it does have some interesting things to note. For instance, the PlayBook runs an updated version of QNX 6.5, and the PlayBook-specific changes made to the operating system will be merged with what will become QNX 6.6.
AnandTech also tells us that the entire operating system is validated using a cryptographic hash upon boot, and this check accounts for most of the device's boot time. If the check fails, a previously-validated image will be loaded from a separate partition. As a former QNX user, I can see that not having this check would result in a pretty impressive boot time.
Another cool little tidbit is that the PlayBook has a toggle where you can switch between what I sometimes call My First Multitasking (the iOS/WP7 way) or real multitasking (well, you know). This seems like an oddly specific solution, but an interesting one nonetheless.
The gist: it would be nice if we starting remembering again that operating systems are complex, and that you can't expect new arrivals to be done, all grown up and ready to take on the world right from day one.


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Hi everyone.
It has become really obvious over the last 12 months (particularly in the last few months) that having a separate message board for 500 members is really not beneficial at all. In fact, it can be counter-productive if new 500 members wander over there and find:
1. A ghost town.
2. Very loooooooooonnnnnnng waits for replies to their posts.
To be honest, the 500 message boards were a nice idea at the start, but with a very active and healthy regular message board here, the separate message board doesn't really serve any purpose. Now that there are so many special bonuses for 500 members (and there's a rather special extra bonus in the "possibility" stage at the moment), the boards are a nice, old dinosaur that only gets the occasional new 500 member visiting (and a very non-dinosaur-like Darlene to meet them more often than not).
The other problem is that as long as the 500 boards stay there, communication with the majority of 500 members about new things, the magazine, front page showcase, etc., will always be a bit of a hit and miss affair. Far better to use the more popular message boards as the main arena for 500 member communication.
So, because of that, we will be closing down the old 500 boards in the not too distant future. In their place, we will be creating a special section here on the boards devoted to 500 information. It won't be a "private" message board, but that's not really a big issue. There weren't really any private things being discussed over there anyway. Anything that does need to go to 500 members only can just as easily be sent via email.
I hope you'll find the new 500 forums here on the FaithWriters' boards an easier way to keep up to date with 500 information, while also ensuring that your 500 questions will be answered much faster.
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The staff at CASA-Children Worth Saving, Inc. didn't know what to expect at their Chocolate Dreams fundraiser last year. In fact, they set their sights low and hoped for the best. But, much to their delight, the live and silent auction brought in nearly $7000, and all of it went toward assisting abused, neglected and delinquent children in the Juvenile Court system in Ford, Gray, Clark, Meade, Kiowa and Comanche counties. Kristin Hines, executive director for CASA, said the goal for this year's fundraiser is to make $10,000. To reach their mark, Hines and the CASA board of directors will treat fundraiser guests to a chocolate fountain, hors d'ouevrs and the acoustic stylings of a musician from Spearville named Michael Benish. Not to mention a mile-long list of gift baskets, services, tickets to sporting events and even plane tickets that will be up for auction. "There will be things at all price ranges as well as items for men and women," Hines said. The silent auction, scheduled to begin at 7 p.m., will be ran in two rounds and will offer bidders the chance to win massages, gift certificates to area restaurants and gift baskets of various themes. "We have one basket that is a Gorilla Glue gift set," Hines said. The live auction will feature a KU basketball signed by this year's mens team, chocolate pearl jewelry embellished with diamonds, a professionally framed print of a painting by Medicine Lodge artist Earl Kuhn, and a K-STATE football signed by head coach Bill Snyder. "Everything people spend is going to a good cause," Hines said. "It's a great evening to come out, have a good time and mingle, even if you're not planning to bid." The "good cause" Hines mentioned is clearly illustrated by the mission of CASA; to advocate for children in the local court system so they have a voice. And that voice is given through volunteers who serve as court appointed special advocates and work with the non-profit to give a child undivided attention and advocate for their needs in the court system. By giving their time and expertise, CASA volunteers are an effective toll in the judicial process and help children to know there is someone there just for them in the court process. Part of the money raised at Chocolate Dreams will go toward the cost of training the volunteers, who each attend 30 hours of formal instruction. The money will also go toward services for the abused and neglected children in the CASA program. "We make sure any child that is referred to the program gets the services they need," Hines said. Last year, CASA served 75 children in southwest Kansas. "We chose the name 'Chocolate Dreams' because anyone who attends will be helping to give children their dream of a safe, permanent and loving home," Hines said. IF YOU GO What: Chocolate Dreams When: Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013. Doors open at 7 p.m. Where: Knights of Columbus Hall, 800 West Frontview Street, Dodge City. Cost: Tickets bought in advance are $25 and can be purchased at the CASA office in Dodge City, Dave's Pizza Oven in Coldwater, D & B Pharmacy in Ashland, First National Bank in Cimarron, Fowler State Bank in Meade, Main Street Flowers in Greensburg. Tickets will be available for $30 at the door. More information: Contact Kristin Hines at (620) 225-1278 or visit the CASA office at 2008 1st Ave., Suite 806, Dodge City.


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Two women agree Webster fired gun during car ride in cityBy DALE VINCENTt
December 06. 2012 10:23PM
MANCHESTER - Two reluctant prosecution witnesses in the attempted murder trial of Myles Webster told different stories Thursday about what Webster said, or didn't say, about killing a cop earlier on the day he's accused of shooting Manchester Police Officer Daniel Doherty.
Jennifer Whitfield and Antonia Ellison, who were in a car with another woman and Webster that day, said that following an argument, Webster fired a gun out of the car while they were riding under the Granite Street Bridge at rush hour March 21.
But Whitfield insisted she had never heard Webster, who she had known for about three weeks, say anything about shooting a police officer before he would go back to prison.
Whitfield told both prosecution and defense attorneys she doesn't remember what she told police who interviewed her two days after the shooting, even after being shown a transcript of the interview.
Ellison, who had also only known the man they called Zo for about three weeks, said that earlier on the day Doherty was shot, she and another woman went to pick up Whitfield's rental car, which Webster was driving.
Ellison said they all drove around for a while and Webster said if he got into any kind of trouble, he didn't care if any officer got in his way. He'd "shoot an officer," Ellison quoted him as saying.
Ellison also said she saw Webster with a gun that day in a basement off Cedar Street. She was at one end of the dirt floor basement and Zo and another male friend of Whitfield's were engaged in a verbal disagreement at the other end.
"I looked over and I saw the gun," she said. Out of the corner of her eye, she said, she saw Webster throw a black gun on the ground, along with a magazine.
That was before the quartet - Whitfield driving, Ellison in the front passenger seat, a third woman Webster was dating behind Whitfield, and Webster behind Ellison set off again.
After the gun was fired from the car, Whitfield and Ellison were in agreement in their testimony that they went to Rite Aid, where Whitfield and Webster went into the store to buy cigarettes.
By the time they pulled out of the parking lot, the women were arguing and at the red light at Amory Street, Webster got out of the car and walked off into the park behind Rite Aid, headed west. That was the last time they saw him that day, they testified.
The women have been held in custody for a week, arrested after deliberately avoiding a subpoena to testify.
A number of Manchester police officers also testified Thursday. Two testified about finding a gun and black jacket where Webster was arrested after a foot chase the night of Doherty's shooting.
A third, Lt. Carlo Capano, said he was off duty when Doherty was shot, but was called in to work on the case, assigning investigators and assigning officers to interview witnesses.
Capano described Webster as angry and yelling when he saw him in the booking area. Capano said Webster said something like: "You might as well kill me now. I'm going away for a long time."
Capano said Webster also said if Capano wanted to talk to him, to do it now, shouting: "The window of opportunity is closing."
Defense attorney Robert Swales suggested some witnesses were more important and that affected interviewer assignments, but Capano responded: "At that point, all witnesses are important," adding that the initial assignments were random.
Swales also wanted to know if Capano had made the decision not to show photo arrays that included Webster's photo to witnesses. No, said Capano, it was "an investigative decision, a collaborative decision."
Swales complained that the booking photo was released that night and appeared in the news media in the morning, contaminating witnesses' memories.
The defense argues that Webster is a victim of mistaken identity and the police investigation was conducted in a way to ensure Webster's conviction.
Jurors Thursday saw their first pieces of physical evidence, including two bullets, one found in Doherty's left boot in the ambulance and one found on the backboard when he was in the Catholic Medical Center emergency room.
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The vibrant and rather forceful works of the internationally known Dutch artist, Christian Karel Appel, painter and sculptor who helped to pioneer an unrestrained, physical style of painting in Europe in the period following World War II (after 1945).
Appel studied at the Royal Academy of Beaux-Arts in Amsterdam
He was a leading light in the CoBrA group (*CoBrA :Copenhagen, Brussels, Amsterdam - the group of abstract artists originally started by Asger Jörn, Corneille and Appel in 1948. He moved to Paris in 1950 but in 1957 took up permanent residence in New York. He is a prolific painter and printmaker. The intensely colourful expressionist lithographs he made with L'Ouevre Gravée were the highlights of his graphic work and are much prized by collectors.
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The vaunted 'USD 100 laptop' that Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers dreamed up for international schoolchildren is becoming a slightly more distant concept. The USD 100 laptop has many innovative features including a pull cord for recharging by hand. Leaders of the nonprofit One Laptop Per Child that was spun out of MIT acknowledged Friday that the devices are now slated to cost USD 188 when mass production begins this fall. The last price the nonprofit announced was USD 176; it described USD 100 as a long-term goal.


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At Frieze Masters, Leon Kossoff's Drawings Pay Homage to Goya, Cézanne, and More
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"London Calling: Bacon, Freud, Kossoff, Andrews, Auerbach, Kitaj"
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Leon Kossoff is one of Britain's greatest living artists, best known for his impastoed figurative and cityscape paintings and his heavy emphasis on drawing, both as a medium itself and as an intrinsic part of his painting process. Alongside his friend Frank Auerbach, Kossoff developed an extremely visceral, expressive mode of capturing post-war London, in both rough in-situ drawings and heavily reworked paintings. Kossoff's more recent work is lighter in subject matter and palette, abandoning the dark urban grays and browns for a brighter range of colors. In 2002-08, he turned his attention to the cherry tree in his yard, painting it throughout the seasons with thick strokes of paint, resulting in a celebration of life.
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Can wearing mushrooms on St. Patrick's Day keep you from getting pinched? Considering the earth-friendly, or green, uses of fungi, it just might be possible. Rather than build a raised bed for a few lettuce plants, my ingenious friends rested a bag of potting soil in a sunny area of their yard. Then, they sliced the plastic off the broadside of the bag. This created the perfect raised area in which they could plant their new lettuce seedlings. The only thing that could have made this brilliant move even better would have been biodegradable packaging for the potting soil.
Can wearing mushrooms on St. Patrick�s Day keep you from getting pinched? Considering the earth-friendly, or green, uses of fungi, it just might be possible. Rather than build a raised bed for a few lettuce plants, my ingenious friends rested a bag of potting soil in a sunny area of their yard. Then, they sliced the plastic off the broadside of the bag. This created the perfect raised area in which they could plant their new lettuce seedlings. The only thing that could have made this brilliant move even better would have been biodegradable packaging for the potting soil.
This is my suggestion for a company in New York that manufactures, or more accurately stated, grows biodegradable packaging. They should create bags that hold potting soil. Then, we could all follow my friends� lead and not have to worry about plastic littering the yard. Gardening would be easier and more earth-friendly for those of us with urban thumbs. From what I�ve been able to glean about this innovative company, the biodegradable packaging is made from mushrooms.
Virtually anything that can be made out of plastic can be crafted out of mushrooms. The resulting product can then be composted or, if you�re super hungry, eaten. But then, non-toxic crayons can also technically be ingested. Neither would make the best side dish. In addition to potting soil bags, I wouldn�t mind having a few other fungus-based types of packaging I could toss into my compost heap rather than the recycling bin or, dare I say, a trash can.
Food packaging is a must. Think of all the snacks and pre-made meals that currently come wrapped, boxed or otherwise marketed in plastic. Microwaveable delicacies come to mind, as do egg cartons. If my family could compost all that packaging, we would no longer have to be the family with the embarrassingly overstuffed recycle and trash cans at the curb each week. An untidy look is not our only issue with our tendency to overuse curbside pickup. During stormy weather, a toppled can at our house translates to a debris field that imposes upon our neighbors. Six people, three dogs and three cats can produce a lot of post-consumer rubbish.
It would be nice if the mushroom material could be used for vehicles. I realize automobiles are not made out of plastic. However, just think of how convenient it would be if a junked car could disintegrate into nourishing soil for surrounding greenery within months rather than rust slowly over decades. I�m not sure how one would keep the mushroom car intact for the five or so years someone would need to drive it, but I don�t have to know that. I�m a writer, not a scientist.
While I have my priorities for mushroom-based packaging products, I also have concerns about things that, while plastic is the current non-green norm, mushrooms might not be the best alternative. Pens, for example, need not be edibly biodegradable. People already chew on pens, but most folks are able to refrain from biting off a piece and ingesting it. Let�s consider the mushroom-based pen. A writer innocently sits under a tree on a warm spring day and pulls a journal and pen out of her satchel. She opens the journal, writes a few lines, and then turns her head up toward the clouds, lost in creative thought. One end of the pen ends up in her mouth. It�s not tasty, but she is aware of its composition. She is also cognizant of the health benefits of mushrooms. As the writer stares at the clouds, swirling between creative ideas and mushrooms, she realizes she�s hungry. The whole grain everything bagel with vegetable cream cheese is but a mere faded memory to her digestive system. The memory, however, is enough to push her thoughts toward the unhealthy amount of cream cheese she used on her bagel. Guilt over eating the entire bagel and finishing what was left of her son�s bagel swells up like a wave in her mind�s ocean. She begins to silently scold herself for her choices, especially in consideration of the effect of cream cheese on her cholesterol levels. She decides against a sandwich for lunch. She needs something healthy, like mushrooms.
Her stomach growls. She bites the pen. It�s hard, but she�s able to choke it down. Ink sprays everywhere, but she doesn�t care. She rationalizes that the ink must be non-toxic. She takes another bite. Within minutes, the pen is devoured and ink stains cover her face, clothing and journal. The odds of the pen scenario actually coming to fruition are small, I�m sure.
However, the more we can toss in the compost heap, the better. Therefore, I am ready to accept fungi into my life as past generations have accepted plastics and other novel conveniences. Think of the lush lawns and gardens we�ll have when we double or even triple our composting efforts with packaging. I can practically taste the crisp lettuce already.
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Gentoo/FreeBSD is a Unix-like operating system developed by Gentoo Linux developers in order to bring Gentoo Linux design principles such as Portage to the FreeBSD operating system. Gentoo/FreeBSD is part of the larger Gentoo/BSD project. Read the interview here.


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2014 U.S. Physics Team Travelers Selected to Represent the U.S. Physics Team at the 2014 International Physics Olympiad
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Alexander Bourzutschky, Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, MD
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"Without a doubt this group of students is the strongest group I have ever worked with," said Academic Director, Paul Stanley. He compared the group to Bose-Einstein condensation for the way they coalesce into a single entity, transforming from 19 separate students into a single entity, the United States Physics Team. "I would have been happy to travel with them all but the rules of the International Physics Olympiad required that we choose five."
The students attended a rigorous training camp at the University of Maryland and George Washington University, where, through classes, labs, and special lectures, they were coached on difficult physics concepts, and then took a series of exams. They also made a trip to nearby Washington, DC to visit their senators. The leaders of the 2014 U.S. Physics team are: Paul Stanley, Academic Director; Senior Coach, Andrew Lin; Coaches, JiaJia Dong, David Fallest; and Assistant Coach, Lucy Chen.
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At the end of that training camp, five students and an alternate were selected as the "Traveling Team" to represent the United States Physics Team at the IPhO. In July, the Traveling Team and their coaches will attend a three day Mini Camp of intense laboratory work before moving on to the IPhO.
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The 30th annual Chicago Blues Festival will expand to four days, with opening night June 6 at the Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park.
Chicago blues star Shemekia Copeland will kick off the fest that night, with guest guitarist Quinn Sullivan. The concert also will feature Blues Kids of America and Jamiah "On Fire" and the Red Machine.
The rest of the festival will unfold on five stages in Grant Park, with Bobby Rush headlining June 7; and celebrations of Delmark Records' 60th anniversary and Pinetop Perkins' centennial.
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A.D.D=Anti Dimmy Device. A term dubbed by my freind Jeremy, second in command of my brikwars forces, and A.D.D is any device that hinders dimmies, and as he says, "If you think it meant Attention deficit disorder you probably have it moron!"
My example of an A.D.D is the all powerful A.D.D mine. two yellow D2 heads stuck together like a ball. Usually launched from the yellow Aguaraiders sub (there first usage) in a game against Jeremys brother's army of dimmies. For every Dimmy that comes within three inches of it, roll a d6. On a 1, nothing happens. On a 2-5, that dimmy spontaniously combusts. onm a 6, that dimmy, and any dimmes within two inches of it, also, spontaniously combust. Sadly, this happened to his brother wjen he loaded half of his dimmies onto that dinky little rebel airboat thingy. sucks to be him .
As well, what do you guys think of the new set in Castle, with the huge two wheeled troll tank . I just bought it today, and can brainstorm a ton of rules for it
Really Fricken big wheels: If any poor soul comes within an inch of the big fricken wheels, it needs to get an 8 on a d6 (thankfully ACUTALLY possible).
Orcish Power: If two or more orcs are on the vehicle at a time, the big fricken wheels abilities needs to get a minus two to live (aka need a 10), due to the orcs probably sitting in that little spot threatining them with spears while they run, therefore able to sideswipe them into the INSIDE of the big fricken wheel resulting in a probable snapped neck.
"run you orc-hamsters run!": If both spots to the side of the control both are occupied by orcs, the big fricken wheels get an plus 1 to rolls Big Frickin wheel rolls, and gets a plus 5 to movement.
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Many children with mental health problems are either not being seen, or are being seen by professionals who have not been trained in the principles of development and childhood psychopathology, said Thomas F. Anders, M.D. He told Psychiatric Times, "We believe that the care that many of these kids are getting today is inadequate."
The Surgeon General's Report on Children's Mental Health and a number of studies suggest that the prevalence of children's mental health problems is increasing as stressors in society continue to increase. Meanwhile, the number of well-trained providers is decreasing, leading to a major crisis in providing services.
"These problems don't go away by themselves, and without treatment, they get worse," Anders said. "The enormous need that our society has for providing emotionally secure and physically safe environments for kids is huge, and our mental health professionals need to be a big part of that."
No Easy Fix
The U.S. Bureau of Health Professions projects that at current recruitment levels, the nation will have only two-thirds of child and adolescent psychiatrists needed to meet the demand by 2020--8,312 child psychiatrists versus a need for 12,624.
A "severe maldistribution" of practicing child psychiatrists further exacerbates the problem. While Massachusetts has 17.5 child and adolescent psychiatrists per 100,000 youths, West Virginia has only 1.3, and the national average is 7.5.
The workforce shortage issue has two complementary threads, according to Anders, president-elect of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) and co-chair of its steering committee on work force issues.


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The 20 Lamest Diss Records In Hip-Hop
20. "BMF Freestyle"—Young Jeezy (Rick Ross, 2010)
Okay Jeezy, we get it. Compared to prison guard turned rap drug kingpin Rick Ross, your street connects are indeed legit. Still, this needless exercise for attention only shined light on the fact that the Snowman's most recent output has been routinely overshadowed by Ricky Rozay's grandiose, cinematic statements. Bawwwse!


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"Something's got to change," Jets running back Shonn Greene told Yahoo! Sports. "When you get to the point where you're 3-6, and losing and losing, a couple of guys are like, 'Oh, what would happen [if Tebow played]?' But guys at the same time have faith in Mark, so it's kind of an up-and-down thing.Well, isn't this just lovely?! The Jets are, yet again, using the media as a vehicle to vent their frustrations but, they seem to be learning--Greene did put his name to the quote. Still, if this doesn't depict the deep divide currently affecting the Jets' locker room then I don't know what does.
"You feel bad for Mark, but at the same time you want to win games. We're not here to protect people's feelings. If you want to win games, you've got to try something. If somebody's not getting the job done, you see if somebody else can do it. It's the same with coaching, or any position. You don't mean to belittle someone or say 'he sucks.' That's just the harsh reality." -- Shonn Greene on the Sanchez-Tebow dynamic
Anyway you can picture it, it's almost certainly to be a lose-lose for the Jets. If they start Sanchez, they run the risk of witnessing more performances like they did in Seattle. If they play Tebow, not only do you potentially lose the locker room entirely but now you run the risk of him doing potentially worse albeit silencing the calls for his name when realization sets in. Of course if Tebow does win, it's bound to heal some wounds but by that point it may only be a moral victory if the Jets cannot turnaround their sputtering offense soon.
To be honest, with this quote coming from Greene, I feel as if it's the blind leading the blind especially given his own performance this season which has been nothing short of disappointing. I will grant it does have some merits but even so, he should be the last person to talk since the "harsh reality" for him is that he'll be lucky to be starting in the near future.
When I read Greene's comments, I'm torn on if it was a vote of confidence in a very backhanded way ... or what it was exactly. I'm inclined to think that's the case, but it's hard to see them in black and white and not at the very least take away that he's willing to concede that there are players questioning Mark's ability to run a dubious Sparano offense.
The irony of course is that Shonn Greene 'sucks' just as much as Mark Sanchez has for the first half of the season. That Shonn Greene - a guy who is marginally playing better than Mark Sanchez so far- would give a national outlet those quotes is essentially mind-boggling. Maybe it's just an indication of how out of touch players are with what's cycling up or down in the media on a given day.
Maybe Greene just got caught in a moment of candidness, but even if he says today that Silver misconstrued the comments, he's publicly made allowance for the seed of doubt in players minds about Mark Sanchez.
If there was blood in the water before, Shonn Greene just cavalierly tossed in a big bucket of chum.


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Some students are years ahead of their time.
Take Peter Kazickas, for example.
Kazickas, from Long Island, is a junior guard on the Hamilton College basketball team who is trying to make things better for others – halfway around the world.
He's spent parts of two summers playing and coaching basketball and counseling youngsters in Zimbabwe, and has volunteered elsewhere, including at the Mohawk Valley Resource Center for Refugees and Thea Bowman House through Hamilton's Community Opportunity and Outreach Program.
"I feel it's our duty," he said. "If you are in a position to help others, you should," he said.
He's described by those around him as "unselfish," "caring" and "concerned."
This student is getting more than a top-notch education at college, he experiencing life and sharing knowledge at a level not seen over a lifetime for many.
As a community, we should be proud to have him aboard. He has set a good example for the rest of us to follow.
Christmas time is for the children. And at no time has that statement meant more.
On Christmas Eve, a young boy got his only wish at the Oneida County Courthouse – he was adopted.
People crowded into Judge Jim Griffith's Family Court room to get glimpse of the energetic toddler.
Benjamin Weatherington was beaming as he led his new family into the room, greeting everyone with a "Hi!" or "Thank you."
Several minutes later, a new family was born.
The adoption also was a present for sisters Thelma Gray and JoAnne Weatherington, after the child came into their lives when he was 6 days old.
William Koslosky, an attorney who was working with the sisters to arrange an adoption, told Griffith about the Christmas wish. They worked to make it happen.
"There are not many happy days in family court," Griffith said.
But this Christmas, there was at least one.
One might think that using less water would equate to a lower water bill. But that might not be true.
Area residents' efforts to use water-efficient appliances are having a negative effect – lower sales, according to the Mohawk Valley Water Authority.
Less water usage equates to lower water sales. That means the authority has to raise rates to make up for the deficits in its budget.
Over the years, the authority has seen a steady 2 percent to 3 percent decrease in sales each year. And this year it's roughly a 5 percent decrease.
"(It's) troublesome because our costs don't go down to operate the system," said Executive Director Patrick Becher.
The problem comes down to raising rates or cutting maintenance costs.
"Unfortunately in aggregate for the system that's kind of how it works," Becher said.
With residents making the effort to save, the authority should double efforts to examine its budget and see where money could be saved.
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If there can be a culture insensitive format for dates (yyyymmdd) then why is there no such thing as a culture insensitive format for decimals?
I suggest a use of # or ~ instead of the decimal separator in update and insert scripts only.
And it would be allowed only in numeric/decimal/float datatypes.
so you could do:
create table t1 (MyDecimalCol decimal (16,3))
insert into t1 (MyDecimalCol)
select 123#456 union all
select 789#123
select MyDecimalCol
from t1
-- would give:
123.456 789.123
-- or
123,456 789,123
-- depending on your locale
Wouldn't that be great?
I already suggested to Microsoft a culture neutral decimal separator a while back.
(Does anyone know the URL of the bug/feature request page on MS page? It's impossible to find it...)
Their answer was something like:
"Thanx for the suggestion. we'll look into it for the next verion of sql server."
So Katmai (SS2k7or8) better have this :)
Thanx to Branko who pointed me to the MS feedback page in comments I found my submission of the problem.
You can look and vote for it here.
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Tammy M. Anderson 10/31/2012 7:00:26 AMBeautiful tones, comp. and treatment, Tom. #1495582
Colette M. Metcalf 10/31/2012 10:34:34 AMVery NICE!! Great work here!!! #10397460
John Connolly 10/31/2012 12:48:27 PMA very appealing scene Thomas! Great darkroom work with this one! #10397670
Marijana Fajgl 10/31/2012 2:07:24 PMThis looks like a beautiful painting, Thomas! Fantastic work! #10397779
Val Feldman 10/31/2012 2:44:22 PMWonderful treatment, Thomas...it does look like a painting....and it also looks very, very "Mainey"...is there such a word??? There is now! :) I'm thinking you just may have another convert here to the delights of SPE! :) :) Just wonderful! #10397839
Thomas E. Hinds 10/31/2012 6:02:52 PMThanks, Tammy, Colette, John, Marijana, and Val, for all the great comments! #10398176
Joannie Bertucci 11/29/2012 9:42:23 PMWTG Tom and of course it's a Maine beauty! :-) Congratulations on a wonderful image and the finalist that goes with it! #10439375
Stefania Barbier 11/29/2012 10:22:48 PMcongratulations for your beautiful finalist! #10439501
Tammy M. Anderson 11/30/2012 12:26:00 AMCongrats, Tom. Beautiful finalist. #10439698
John Rivera 11/30/2012 5:40:27 AMCongratulations Tom on your finalist! #10440573
Val Feldman 11/30/2012 5:59:20 AMIt doesn't get more "Mainey" than this!! :) So happy to see this wonderful capture with silver attached - it's a beauty! Congratulations, "Mainer"! :) :) #10440660
Patricia A. Casey 11/30/2012 6:35:14 AMWell, when did I miss this one? Wow...what a lovely image...beautiful DD work Thomas....Congratulations on Finalist and all the best in the next round! #10440762
Debra R. Harder 11/30/2012 8:13:18 AMHow in the heck did I miss this beauty? This is absolutely gorgeous, Tom. It's like an old masterpiece painting. Huge congratulations on your SUPERB finalist! #10441157
Carol Flisak 11/30/2012 8:23:09 AMBeautiful image, Tom... excellent composition, color, texture and treatment! Huge congrats on your wonderful finalist, Tom! #10441239
John Connolly 11/30/2012 11:40:30 AMCongratulations on your finalist Thomas, well done! #10442131
Marijana Fajgl 11/30/2012 12:01:21 PMHuge congratulations on your award for this work of art, Thomas! #10442185
Nikki McDonald 11/30/2012 2:10:12 PMSuper treatment on this beautiful painted scenic, Tom. Congratulations on the finalist and good luck in the next round. #10442593
Deborah C. Lewinson 11/30/2012 2:33:19 PMStunning painterly image, Tom!
Congrats on your finalist!
Debby #10442674
Thomas E. Hinds 11/30/2012 4:53:28 PMThanks for your very nice comments, Joannie, Stefania, Tammy, John, Val, Patricia, Deb, Carol, John, Marijana, Nikki, and Debby! Your work and visits are inspirational! #10443266
Grace Newsom 11/30/2012 5:48:02 PMCongrats! and well deserved, too. #10443510
Thomas E. Hinds 11/30/2012 7:16:06 PMThanks very much, Grace, for stopping by and commenting! #10443754
Julie Burnett 12/1/2012 7:53:03 AMGorgeous colors, light and treatment, Tom!! Congratulations on this well deserved finalist!! #10444693
Carol Eade 12/2/2012 5:17:57 PMBeautiful finalist, congratulations! #10447443
Thomas E. Hinds 12/2/2012 6:04:25 PMMuch thanks, Julie, and Carol! #10447544
Barbara Mason 12/3/2012 12:00:25 AMCongratulations Thomas on a creative finalist image ! #10447908
Thomas E. Hinds 12/3/2012 5:45:32 PMThanks a lot, Barbara! #10449203
Merna L. Nobile 12/4/2012 1:16:08 PM
To my photo friend:
Look back with pride,
Look forward with excitement,
Enjoy the success of the day.
CONGRATULATIONS! Merna
Thomas E. Hinds 12/4/2012 5:52:06 PMThanks, Merna! #10451126
Daniel Ruf 12/5/2012 3:37:00 PMCongrats on this beauty. #10452509
Thomas E. Hinds 12/5/2012 5:49:08 PMThank you, Daniel! #10452637
Amanda J. Tanner 1/4/2013 6:40:49 PMCongratulations Thomas Beautiful work! #10499768
Thomas E. Hinds 1/6/2013 6:37:03 AMThanks for stopping by, Amanda! #10501700
Mary K. Robison 1/14/2013 1:48:32 AMGorgeous colors and outstanding DD work, Thomas! Very easy to see why this lovely image made Finalist.
Thomas E. Hinds 1/14/2013 3:49:11 AMThanks very much,Mary! #10514332
Phyllis A. Houghton 3/3/2013 7:26:20 AMWonderful colors, treatment, mood and comp. Congrats on a great image! #10594551
Thomas E. Hinds 3/5/2013 5:42:03 PMThanks, Phyllis! #10597993
Coast Of Maine
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Top 50 Mystery Movies
Classic movies where the men are weak, the drinks are strong, and temptation is overwhelming. Film noir are great movies about bad people, and Hollywood churned them out by the barrelful in the '40s and '50s. Discuss Film Noir Mystery Movies
Shadow of a Doubt
1943; Joseph Cotten, Teresa Wright, Macdonald Carey, Henry Travers, and Hume Cronyn
Double Indemnity
1944; Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, and Edward G. Robinson
1944; Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price, and Judith Anderson
Mildred Pierce
1945; Joan Crawford, Ann Blyth, Zachary Scott, Jack Carson, and Eve Arden
The Killers
1946; Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, and Edmond O'Brien
Kiss of Death
1947; Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy, Richard Widmark, and Coleen Gray
Out of the Past
1947; Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas, and Rhonda Fleming
Touch of Evil
1958; Orson Welles, Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Ray Collins, and Marlene Dietrich