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RIPLEY – The waiting game had gone on for 77 years. The waiting game of a Ripley High School team state championship, that is.
So it was only fitting that Ripley High and its rabid fan base had to wait it out just a tad bit longer in a thrilling game to finally bring home some championship hardware.
The waiting game had gone on for 77 years. The waiting game of a Ripley High School team state championship, that is.
So it was only fitting that Ripley High and its rabid fan base had to wait it out just a tad bit longer in a thrilling game to finally bring home some championship hardware.
Such was the case 15 years ago on the baseball diamond.
The school had celebrated a few individual state titles for athletes, but it wasn't until 1997 that the drought came to an end with a Viking team once and for all getting the opportunity to hoist a West Virginia state championship sports trophy.
It took an extra inning to do so on that memorable night of June 6, 1997.
Ray Swisher's Vikings posted a dramatic, 2-1, eight-inning victory over perennial Class AAA power Jefferson at old Watt Powell Park in Charleston to give the home of the Blue and White that first-ever team title.
In the bottom of the eighth inning, sophomore Kevin Thompson hit a high chopper to third and was safe by sliding head first into the first base bag. In the meantime, junior Joe Thacker, who was at second when Thompson came to the plate, took off running the minute his teammate made contact. Thacker never stopped running and, he too, slid head first into home.
When the dust had settled, Thacker was safe and it was bedlam on the infield grass at Watt Powell. A sea of white jerseys, trimmed in royal blue, rejoiced with several schoolmates and townspeople.
"That's the only way to win it," Swisher recently recalled. "It's exciting not just for the players, but for the fans."
Swisher said Thompson and Thacker were involved in what would resemble a hit-and-run. "John Lowery (Jefferson's nationally recognized coach) and I are good friends. He knew I was going to gamble and try to score that guy (Thacker) from second."
It was the final piece of the puzzle that Swisher had been working on for a long time as Ripley's head coach. "That team started slow (early on in the season)," he said. "But we came on strong (in the regular season) and that got us ready for the tournaments (sectional, regional and state)." It was Swisher's sixth West Virginia State High School Tournament appearance in what was then his 23rd season as Ripley's head coach. Swisher's '93 team had reached the title game of Class AAA for the first time in school history. With Jefferson standing in the way, the Vikings had to settle for the runner-up trophy. The year before in 1992, it was Jefferson that sidelined the Vikings in the semifinal round. So to knock off the mighty Cougars in 1997 made the title win even more significant.
Swisher, a Ripley High and West Virginia baseball coaching legend, said of the championship moment, "It makes you feel like you're on cloud nine. It's rewarding for all the kids you've had before hand."
The hard-working Swisher had not only put in countless hours molding talent but also spearheading one project after another to give Ripley baseball a top-notch facility. The field itself was as well-manicured as any with Swisher usually doing the work.
Winning it all, was icing on the cake for the veteran coach.
Ripley took a 1-0 lead over Jefferson, which entered the State Tournament Final Four as the top-ranked team with just one loss, in the fourth inning. Jimmy Knight, a junior starter in center field, reached on a one-out bunt single, stole second and wound up at third on a throwing error.
Senior J.R. Parsons, the team's senior third baseman, drove him home with a soft grounder back to the pitcher which was bobbled.
Senior Matt Brown was the winning pitcher for the Vikings with Thompson working in relief.
Jefferson, which had four championships to its credit coming into the tournament, tied the game in the top of the sixth to set the stage for Ripley's bottom of the eighth magic.
Ripley reached the championship game by defeating Hurricane for a third time that season, 3-0, in the semifinals. Jefferson advanced with a 12-0 win over Mount View.
The Hurricane game was scoreless until the fifth inning when the Vikings staged a two-out rally. Junior catcher Russell Vannest singled and was replaced on first by sophomore courtesy runner Chris Williams, who immediately stole second and got to third on a bad throw. Senior first baseman Ben Parsons singled him home.
Ripley added two insurance runs in the top of the seventh. Thompson hit a one-out double and was driven home by J.R. Parsons. Vannest reached again on a soft liner to left. Williams, running for Vannest, would cross home plate again thanks to a base hit by Ben Parsons.
Junior Erick Hudson got the win on the mound for the Vikings.
Hudson, Brown, Vannest, Thompson and J.R. Parsons earned All-Tournament for Ripley.
The Viking lineup consisted of Brown and Hudson on the hill, Ben Parsons at first, senior Justin Landis at second, senior Shane Casto, Ripley's current head coach, at shortstop, J.R. Parsons at third base, Vannest behind the plate, Thacker in left, Knight in center and Thompson in right.
"That team had a lot of good athletes," said Swisher, who guided Ripley back to the State Tournament in 1998 (with Jefferson eliminating the Vikings in the semifinals). It would be a few years before Ripley would return to Charleston, but when it did another state title was won as the Vikings of 2004 knocked off Fairmont Senior for the AAA crown.
Championship number two was indeed special, but Swisher says 1997 is monumental as the proverbial monkey was not only lifted off of his Ripley baseball program's back, but the entire Viking athletic program.
Swisher was assisted that season by former Viking standout Roscoe Taylor and Tom Lawrence.
Ripley's roster that season also featured senior Michael Stephenson, juniors Matt Howery and Jeremy Stover, sophomores Scott Casto, Adam King, Austin Randolph and Jamie Stover and freshman Morgan Clendenin.
The team's talent was not only evident with the accomplishments of 1997 but was also illustrated down the road for what some of the players did at the next level as athletes. Clendenin spent several years at the minor league level (including a stint in Class AAA) of pro baseball as a catcher with the Baltimore Orioles organization. Thompson enjoyed a stellar career as a pitcher at Duke University. Knight played a few years of baseball for Rio Grande. Shane Casto and Stephenson spent some time in NCAA Division III powerhouse program at Marietta College. King emerged as a solid special teams player and backup fullback for the WVU Mountaineers.
"It was a great feeling to win," said Swisher. "All of our work paid off."
And the waiting game came to an end.


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My son was born at 36w4d. He was a big baby. He regained his birth weight in a week, and has been gain9ng appropriately ever since. 55th for weight, but 97th for length. He did the 3 hour interval at the hospital, but after coming home and visiting a lc, she suggested every 2 at max to flush bili. He decided he liked every 1 1/2. night and day. Then he suddenly started sleeping longer stretches at night, and taking an afternoon nap. both have been lengthening.
He nursed for 30 min or so each side. For the past month He sleeps 6 hours or so, then feeds with me in bed until we get up, 8:30 or so. Aside from a 40 minute wake time in the a.m. and a 2-3 hour nap in the afternoon, he will eat every hour, for at least 40 min on one side. At that point, I'll change him, potty myself/snack, and his little tongue will be going and he'll nurse the other side.
He has about 5 poops, and wet every time i change after a feeding. so a lot. we are going to an ent about a lip tie.
Is this normal? do i now count each side as a separate feed, instead of them together like before?
I feel like he hasnt progressed in efficiency. and what about play time? If i forego chores in the am, or a shower, he can play on the floor with me. otherwise he has to be in the swing to be safe (pets, and he doesnt like the infant bed of the playpen)
i yhink i need reassurance.
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MSI DKA790GX Platinum Review
Recently we took a look at the Foxconn A7DA-S motherboard which introduced us to one of the newest chipsets from AMD the 790GX. The 790GX platform brought us new and updated technology designed to maximize our computing experience but the most notable addition was the inclusion of Sideport Memory used to boost the onboard graphics. The Sideport Memory helps increase the graphics processing by giving you a faster frame buffer before using the shared system memory. This feature however only works when using the onboard video or a discrete card paired with the onboard video in Hybrid CrossFireX. The 790GX also offers dual PCI Express 2.0 slots for CrossFire combination's that will make your mouth water.
Today we are looking at another 790GX based board from MSI the DKA790GX Platinum. The MSI 790GX series boards come in four flavors the KA790GX, the KA790GX-M which adds Sideport memory, the DKA790GX which adds DrMOS with no Sideport memory, and the DKA790GX Platinum which has both DrMOS and the Sideport memory. This boards Sideport memory comes in as a 1Gbit (128MB) DDR3 1333MHz chip directly soldered to the motherboard ready to add a fast performance increase to your onboard video, up to 15%. This is only the tip of what the MSI DKA790GX Platinum has to offer so let's get into the review to learn all about it.
Closer Look:
This motherboard comes packaged in a gamer oriented design featuring a grizzly mascot ready to tear stuff up. Along side him are logos of hardware supported including 140w processors, Quad Core CPU's, and the ATI chipset. There is also a box showing what the DrMOS supports to keep your system more efficient. On the back of the box there are pictures of highlighted features on the DKA790GX Platinum motherboard as well as an overall picture of the board itself.
Once you get the box opened up you can get a look of what is included with the DKA790GX Platinum. Inside are the quick install guides and manuals, three CD's for Vista/XP drivers and additional software, four SATA cables, a floppy cable, an IDE cable, two 4-pin to SATA power adapters, a USB header bracket, two CrossFire bridges, and the M-Connectors.
Now that we have everything out of the box let's move on and get a better look at the board itself.


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After a recent Sunday Mass at St. Brendan's church in the north Bronx, a freckled teenage boy, obviously Irish, walked up to the pulpit, picked up the English-language lectionary, and carried it back into the sanctuary. A few moments later, an obviously Latina woman with dark hair and wire-rim glasses emerged from the sanctuary with a Spanish-language lectionary for the next Mass. She placed it in the pulpit that the boy had just relinquished.
Twenty years ago, this church and its surrounding community were, like the freckled altar server, Irish to the hilt. Today, both are mostly Latino.
The demographic shift extends to the very style of the liturgy at St. Brendan's. At the English Mass, the pews contained a scattering of white-haired women and balding men, the last remnants of the Irish community that once filled the post-World War II vintage apartment buildings surrounding the church. During the liturgy, many chose not to join in the singing--a feature of buttoned-down Irish Catholicism well documented in sociological literature--and they exchanged polite and restrained handshakes during the kiss of peace.
The Spanish-language Mass that followed, on the other hand, was packed with young Latino couples and their children, a diverse sampling of the Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, and Mexicans who have been moving into the neighborhood over the last several years. All the parishioners sang vigorously during the liturgy, and, at the kiss of peace, many ventured halfway across the church to embrace friends.
The story of St. Brendan's is in many ways the story of today's Catholic Church in America. Once predominantly Irish, the church is quickly becoming more and more Latino. Recent U.S. Census Bureau projections indicate that the number of Latinos in this country is nearly 32 million, up 38% since 1990. Using 1998 data, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops report that approximately 70% of these Latinos are Catholic.
Current census statistics also indicate that the Latino growth rate in America is five times that of non-Latinos, and that 50% percent of U.S. Latinos are under 26, easily making this ethnic group the fastest-growing Catholic community in the country.
All across the United States, Catholic parishes are changing their style of liturgy, the language of their Masses, the feast days they celebrate, and the cultural traditions they honor in order to accommodate their burgeoning numbers of Hispanic parishioners. These changes have not come without grumbling among Anglo Catholics--nor without growing pains among Hispanic Catholics. With persistent priest shortages, members' lagging in education and income (despite impressive recent gains), occasional hostility toward their exotic-seeming cultural rituals, and still-unstanched losses in membership to Protestantism, Latino Catholics likely have a long, rough road ahead before they can truly be called the next Irish Catholics.
Yet all signs point to the fact that the American Catholic hierarchy is hitching its wagon to the Latino community. For example, last June the U.S. bishops sponsored a national gathering of minority Catholics, called the Encuentro, at the Los Angeles Convention Center. In past years, the Encuentro has been a Latino-only gathering. But last year, the Latino community served as the "hosts" of an event designed to bring in people of all different ethnic groups--including Koreans, Vietnamese, and Pacific-Islanders. The Encuentro featured workshops on such subjects as "Children in a Multicultural Society," "Immigration Law," and "Amnesty for the Undocumented." Over 5,000 people attended.
"Hispanics and Latinos are a tremendously important part of the Catholic Church, with wonderful gifts of faith and spirituality to share," said Bishop Gerald R. Barnes of San Bernadino, chairman of the bishops' committee on Hispanic affairs. "These Encuentros have given them the opportunity to pray and share and listen to one another."
But first, Hispanic Catholics will need to deal with some difficult problems.
Like many immigrants before them, Latinos have brought a special brand of Catholicism with them that can seem disturbingly exotic to some American Catholics. Mexicans, for example, celebrate the Day of the Dead--All Souls Day to Anglophones--as a major feast day every November 2. Most American Catholics scarcely celebrate the day at all.
But some ceremonies have moved into mainstream Catholic culture, an indication of how Latinos are changing the American church. On Good Friday, many urban Catholic churches--including St. Brendan's--reenact the Stations of the Cross on the city streets, a common Hispanic custom. For eight nights before Christmas, many Latino churches act out the posadas--Mary and Joseph's search for shelter in Bethlehem--with parishioners taking turns hosting statues from the crèche in their homes.


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An Uncertain Peace
When Yemeni rebel leader Abdul Malak al-Houthi agreed to a peace offer by the government in Sana'a on 8 August, this development, like the fighting during the past five months, was lost in the excitement of Olympic fever.
Just in time for his thirtieth anniversary in office on 17 July, Yemen's president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, completely unexpectedly and without any explanation declared an end to the fighting, although the rebels in the north had reported heavy clashes the day before. Since then, the situation has been calm except for minor incidents.
In April of this year, after more than four-years of continually interrupted fighting, the conflict between Houthi rebels in northern Yemen and government troops flared up again and eventually spread to approximately 20 kilometers outside the capital city of Sana'a.
Qatari intervention fails again
The conflict between al-Houthi's Zaidi Shiite followers, who live in the Saada region in the Yemeni-Saudi border area, and the government in Sana'a has been raging with brief interruptions since 2004. The central government in Sana'a alleges that the rebels want to restore the Zaidi Imamate, which ruled in northern Yemen until 1962, and sees this as a threat to its existence.
After earlier Qatari intervention, it had initially appeared as though a peaceful resolution could finally be achieved. Mediation efforts at the end of 2007 were unsuccessful, but the second Doha Declaration, which was adopted in mid-February of 2008, and subsequent visits by several Qatari delegations resulted in an end to the fighting that had been taking place in the remote Saada region of northern Yemen.
In mid-April, renewed and more intense fighting broke out, however, after a high-ranking Yemeni officer was caught in an ambush; the Qatari delegation gave up and left. The war then spread to other regions of northern Yemen as well, primarily because the government wanted to combat the conflict with the help of tribal forces, through which new, territorial interests influenced the progress of the war.
Religious, political, and tribal
Whether the conflict is in fact religious, political, or tribal cannot be said with certainty. It is clear that the Houthi rebels are primarily Shiite Zaidis, while the ruling majority in Yemen are Sunnis, with the exception of President Saleh, who is also a Zaidi.
Yemen is generally very concerned about emphasizing the religious unity and balance of the country, so most Yemenis think that the numbers of Shiites and Sunnis are roughly equal, although, in fact, Sunnis make up approximately 70% of the population. Political calculation is behind the distorted information that the people believe.
When the fighting flared up again at the end of 2007, however, shortly before the Islamic Feast of Sacrifice, Yemeni newspapers reported for the first time on Sunni army commanders who called the Zaidi Houthi rebels heretics and infidels and thus saw them as grounds for holy war. Although the government quickly took countermeasures, the bitter aftertaste remained.
A proxy war?
The conflicting parties finally accused each other of being subsidized by foreign financial backers. The remarkable thing is that Saudi Arabia and Yemen – always archenemies – are cultivating surprisingly good diplomatic relations at the moment. It is obvious that Wahhabite Saudi Arabia has no interest in a Shiite uprising at the already troubled southern border, especially since they are keeping an eye on their own Shiite minority.
It is also likely that Wahhabite financial backers generously provide religious institutions in Yemen with financial and material resources and, in return, want to see their Islamic interpretation, which is critical of the Shia, propagated.
By the same token, the allegation that the Houthi rebels are supported by Iran, among others, is certainly not completely unfounded. The Yemeni lawmaker Ahmed Saif Hashed thus refers in the Washington Post to a proxy war being fought by the two countries which are trying to gain supremacy in the Islamic world.
Devastated region
The people of Yemen are suffering, above all, in the fiercely embattled Saada province, which was formerly quite affluent compared to the rest of the country. A specially appointed government committee visited the area last week and confirmed the destruction of over 4,000 houses and farms, 116 schools, and 36 health centers. Some farms have not been cultivated for four years or have been completely devastated, also bringing famine to the population. Children are particularly vulnerable to disease.
It is uncertain whether the fifth peace agreement will hold. In the opinion of experts, this is dependent on several factors – for one thing, on how well the weak central government keeps the northern tribes and its own military forces under control. It is also contingent on the agreements contained in the peace treaty.
If the conflict breaks out again, it could become bloodier than before, since the Houthi rebels discovered the "advantages" of a regional expansion of the conflict beyond Saada during the last war.
It is probable that the situation will remain calm until the elections in April of 2009. If this time is devoted to safeguarding the peace, the chances for lasting peace are good.
Hanna Labonté
© Qantara.de 2008
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For the last three years, largely unnoticed by the rest of the world, there has been an armed conflict under way in Northern Yemen. The government hopes finally to crush the Shiite rebels with its latest offensive. Susanne Sporrer reports
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Judge Fights Terror through Force of Conviction
Religious scholars in Yemen are trying to persuade imprisoned Islamists to pursue a more moderate approach to Islam. Europe is also showing interest in the innovatove dialogue program. By Kristin Helberg
Political and Economic Crisis in Yemen
On the Brink
Fighting in the north, food riots, and shocking child marriages are currently drawing media attention to an obviously unstable country which has long been heading for collapse. Philipp Schweers reports from Sana'a
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At weddings, on car radios and while chewing intoxicating qat leaves: the traditional sounds of the lute can be heard everywhere in Yemen. Now, however, the country's first ever hip-hop concert was staged in the capital. Klaus Heymach reports


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Tanner Norton won the Alamance County Amateur for the second year in a row, though the back nine of the final round Sunday afternoon at Indian Valley Municipal Golf Course proved to be a matter of survival.
Tied with second-round leader Steve Bingham midway through the last round, Norton made it to the end for a four-shot victory on Tony Byerly, who held the lead after the first round.
�I know this is the way none of us wanted to finish,� Norton said. �But it was definitely interesting.�
The trio ran into near-constant trouble at Indian Valley Municipal Golf Course. Norton came through with the least amount of damage.
�I played bad the first day,� he said. �The second day I came out here and got a good round in.�
The final holes proved to be an adventure. Norton triple-bogeyed the par-4 15th hole and took bogey on the par-3 16th. He posted par on No. 17 before heading to the last hole as all threats appeared to have faded.
Still, Norton�s drive on No. 18 sailed to the left and he said he thought it might have hit the cart path and headed for the water. Instead, he had a shot to the green.
Norton completed the task after hitting his approach to within about 8 feet and settling for par.
Norton, a 2011 Elon University graduate and former college golfer, turned in a 3-over-par 73 on the last round, finishing at 1-under 209 for the tournament. He was buoyed by birdies on Nos. 8, 10 and 11.
There was a significant swing on the par-4 10th hole. Bingham arrived at his ball after his tee shot and was surprised to see his view to the green blocked by a tree. His double-bogey on that hole was a hindrance, and with Norton posting birdies on consecutive holes there was sudden a gap among the leaders.
�From that point, I was playing from behind,� said Bingham, the 2011 club champion at Indian Valley Municipal Golf Course. �On the backside, I couldn�t make anything.�
Bingham ended up with 80, including 42 across the back nine, in the last round. He tied with Jonathan Blackard and Nelson Nance, who wasn�t even in the first flight, with 214 for the tournament.
Byerly�s 76 put him at 213. Byerly, a two-time Alamance County Amateur champion and winner of June�s inaugural Graham City Amateur, is a former clubhouse manager at Southwick Golf Course until leaving that position a few month ago and take a job as a car salesman in Graham.
Norton, 23, is working at the new Dunham's Sports store in Burlington. The Alamance Christian School graduate plays most often at The Challenge Golf Club in Graham.
Flight winners were Nance (first flight, 214), Mike Roshelli (second flight, 223), Robert Trent (third flight, 233), Matt Chandler (fourth flight, 241), Ted Hruslinski (fifth flight, 258) and Brandon Birch (sixth flight, 271).


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Slain Sacramento Sheriff's Deputy Honored..
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They came by the thousands Monday to a Roseville church to say goodbye to Danny Oliver, the Sacramento County sheriff's deputy killed in a two-county rampage last month that also claimed the life of a Placer County sheriff's detective.
In an emotional service at Adventure Christian Church in Roseville, Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones told the estimated 3,000 in attendance, including his grieving department, "We will never get over Danny's loss, but we will get through it…until tears give way to smiles and laughter."
Jones also spoke to his fallen deputy, his coffin draped with the American flag at the foot of the sanctuary's stage. Law enforcement from across California attended the service.
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This is my CIC entry.I hope you like it!
Sir Tharkin Oakstar is a well known war veteran of Garhiem, who comes from a family of warriors. Years ago, he led a battalion of soldiers against the Outlaws. He won a glorious victory for Garhiem, but suffered a leg injury during the battle. Because of this, Sir Tharkin is not as fit as he one was, so he devotes his energy to his role as senior tactician in the Garhimi Army.
He is quite wealthy, as his family once saved a rich merchant, and received much gold as a reward. Here he is by his house in Haven Hill.


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You might already noticed that I love cat because of my address.
Aaron, what do you mean by this? I'm not sure I understand. Welcome
Glad to see a Firefox user here- I switched to Mozilla a year or so ago and love it.
Who am I?
I was born in June 6, 1976. I'm a great guy who loves kitten, poetry, movie, people.. You might already noticed that I love cat because of my address. Well.. if you love cat, you already are my friend. :)
My job title is a computer programmer or a software engineer. I chose my job because I found it fascinating. There's an another good point that I can help people to make things easier. I like to try different kinds of methodology of programming and learning new computer language. Now I've been being deeply interested in .Net techonology. Specifically I used to program on .net CF.
What will I post?
For the purpose of sharing informations, articles will be written only in English. As you see English is not my first language so please help me out if I make any mistake in my articles. I wanna talk about life, love, passion, and my country, Korea. I know my blog is linked at Korea blog list so I wanna give some good information for the people who visit here.
What does "Fairycat" mean?
Basically, fairycat means fairy cat. Who knows? Your cat could be a fairy. They communicate with us without human language. But they give us great friendship, attentions, love.. how? it's a fairy power!! Some people say domestic cat couldn't be a fairy cat. But I think that's wrong. If your cat touch your mind, make you feel safe, protect you from the vicious world, yes, your cat is fairycat.
All readers are encouraged to post. To do so, click on the comments link at the bottom of a posting. On the following page, anyone can post Anonymously and include their name or nick with their comment.
Where is visitors list?
There is no visitors list cos I don't expect many people will visit here. But anyone who wants to let me know their attendance can post their comment to this document. Any comments will be appreciated. ;)
What browser do I have to use?
I prefer to use firefox. It's free and amazingly extensible!! But this site is compatible with all kinds of web brower. If it isn't, you can easily change the theme of this site with the menu [Pick a theme] at the bottom of this page.
You might already noticed that I love cat because of my address.
Aaron, what do you mean by this? I'm not sure I understand. Welcome
Glad to see a Firefox user here- I switched to Mozilla a year or so ago and love it.
cos my address is _. anybody can notice that i love cat. Does this make sense??Originally Posted by tdol
hihi. thanks~
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Yes, with an address like that, it does make sense. I'd say 'love cats', though.
Thank you. ^^Originally Posted by tdol
A brief note. The word attention is not normally pluralized. You can give somebody (or something) more attention but not more attentions.
Also, say:I was born on July 18, 1956.Also (in the next sentence), pluralize kitten and movie. (Poetry and people are already plural.)
Brief information works better than short infornation.


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Linked by John Finigan on Mon 21st Apr 2008 19:00 UTC
When it comes to dealing with storage, Solaris 10 provides admins with more choices than any other operating system. Right out of the box, it offers two filesystems, two volume managers, an iscsi target and initiator, and, naturally, an NFS server. Add a couple of Sun packages and you have volume replication, a cluster filesystem, and a hierarchical storage manager. Trust your data to the still-in-development features found in OpenSolaris, and you can have a fibre channel target and an in-kernel CIFS server, among other things. True, some of these features can be found in any enterprise-ready UNIX OS. But Solaris 10 integrates all of them into one well-tested package. Editor's note: This is the first of our published submissions for the 2008 Article Contest.
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RE[4]: ZFS is a dead end.
by MattPie on Tue 22nd Apr 2008 11:25 UTC in reply to "RE[3]: ZFS is a dead end."
"But remember, kids: This doesn't obsolete your accurate backups. :-)
Wiser words are rarely spoken
How about these: *Test* your backups from time to time. Restore an entire machine (on spare hardware!) to make sure you can. It's easy to say 'we take daily backups', but not nearly as easy to take those daily backups and make them into a running system.
RE[5]: ZFS is a dead end.
by segedunum on Tue 22nd Apr 2008 12:20 in reply to "RE[4]: ZFS is a dead end."
RE[6]: ZFS is a dead end.
by Doc Pain on Tue 22nd Apr 2008 21:09 in reply to "RE[5]: ZFS is a dead end."
No one cares about backups. They only care about restoring!
And restores have the precondition of... what? Exactly: working backups. Of course you're right, the purpose of the backups IS the restore, and that's waht people are interested in.
It's not very complicated to backup data partition-wise. Depending on what partition it is (root, system ressources, users' home dirs) you backup more or less often, and if you're lucky, restore is very easy (for example from tape or from optical media). I'm sure you know enough about this important topic so I don't need to explain further. :-)
Oh yes, you can save much time and trouble if you do your backups on /dev/null and restore from /dev/zero. :-)
More here: http://www.rinkworks.com/stupid/cs_backups.shtml


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Spring Fling set for Straus Park
Brevard's first Spring Fling is set for noon to 5 p.m. Saturday at Market Street at Straus Park.
The event will feature more than 40 participating vendors, on-site seminars, open houses, speakers, health screenings, demonstrations, samples, childfriendly activities and giveaways.
The schedule of events includes:
u Aloha, Seven Seas Travel will host travel seminars with representatives from Disney, Collette Tours, AMA Waterways.
u Food Matters Market will have local food and wine vendors throughout the store, and health and wellness seminars in the garden
u BB Barns will have plants for home and garden
u Carolina Smiles Family Dentistry will host children's games, face painting and giveaways There will be music throughout the day with performances by Sound Extreme Entertainment, Strings & Things and Cal Oliver Fickle Souls.
Call 828-233-5877 or email cherieh2488@ hotmail.com for more information.
Fayssoux McLean at Feed & Seed
The Feed & Seed, 3715 Hendersonville Road, Fletcher, hosts weekend shows starting at 7:30 p.m. The following performers are scheduled in May:
u Today: Fayssoux
u Saturday: Quarterhouse
u May 10: Country Pride (ETSU band)
u May 11: Millers Creek Band
u May 17: Walt and Friends
u May 18: Sons of the South
u May 24: TNT
u May 25: Paul Cataldo, 6:30 p.m.; Most Wanted Bluegrass Band, 7:30 p.m.
u May 31: Letters to Abigail For more information, call 828-216-3492.
Rodeo and festival Sunday at Ag Center
The Cinco de Mayo Rodeo and Festival begins at 10 a.m. Sunday at the Western North Carolina Agricultural Center in Fletcher.
Activities include championship bull riding, colorful folk dancers, mariachi music, cultural exhibits and authentic Mexican cuisine honoring Mexico's culture and tradition.
Tickets at the gate are $20 for adults, $5 children ages 11 to 16, and free for children 10 and younger. Adults can save $5 per ticket by purchasing in advance at the following locations until Saturday:
u Davis Event Center, WNC Ag Center, 1301 Fanning Bridge Road, Fletcher. Information: 828-687-1414.
u Botas El Chino, 925 Smiley's Flea Market, Fletcher. Information: 828-316-1417.
uBotas El Chino, 1171A Spartanburg Highway, Hendersonville. Information: 828- 698-7419.
uRincon Latino, 34 New Leicester Highway, Suite C, Asheville. Information: 828-250-9272.
Mounted patrol horse show on Saturday
The 18th annual benefit Mounted Patrol Open Horse Show of the Henderson County Sheriff's Office begins at 9 a.m. Saturday at the WNC Agricultural Center's main covered arena.
The Henderson County Mounted Patrol is an all-volunteer unit within the Henderson County Sheriff's Office. All monies from fundraisers go to the purchase of uniforms, horse tack, training equipment, supplies, insurance and operating expenses. These donations allow the mounted patrol to continue its support of Henderson County and the surrounding area.
The open show is open to all breeds and will feature halter classes, English classes, western classes, hunter classes, barrel racing and game classes. Championship classes will be held mid-afternoon. The event is free.
Call 828-606-7971 or 828-606-8427 for more information.
Middle school band concert Thursday
Brevard Middle School Band's spring concert is set for 7 p.m. Thursday in the Brevard High School Auditorium.
Admission is $2 for students, $3 for adults and $5 for a family pass for the performers' families only. Highlights of the concert include the theme from "The Magnificent 7"; "Dynamite," popularized by pop icon Taio Cruz; music from last year's blockbuster "The HungerGames"; and "Home," which was performed by American Idol winner Phillip Phillips.
Other selections will feature the 3 Bs of classical music (Bach, Beethoven and Brahms), sounds and music from cartoons, and even African, Russian and Middle Eastern music.
Balsam Range concert for alliance on May 11
Balsam Range, a group of five acoustic musicians and singers from Haywood County, will perform a concert to raise money for the Appalachian Barn Alliance from 8 to 10 p.m. May 11 at Madison County Arts Center, 90 S. Main St., Marshall.
The group was voted Best Old-Time/Bluegrass Band of 2012 in Asheville's Mountain Xpress newspaper. The Appalachian Barn Alliance is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping preserve Madison County's agricultural heritage by remembering the barns of the county. The organization will do this through photos, oral histories and architectural details.
Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the door and can be purchased by calling 828-649-1301. Visit www.madisoncountyarts. com for more information.
Spring-Go festival is set for May 18
The daylong Spring-Go festival kicks off with a pancake breakfast from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. May 18 at Chimney Rock's Fire House.
At 10 a.m., a parade will make its way down the village's Main Street withfire trucks from around the area as well as floats, kids on bikes and other participants to bring back the fun of an old-fashioned mountain parade.
From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., is planned for the town's gathering place just above the town parking lot, with a spectacular view of the chimney and falls.
Cow Pie Bingo will return to the festival this year, along with music, craft booths and plenty of food.
Symphony to perform Tchaikovsky works
Maestro Edvard Tchivzhel will lead the Greenville Symphony Orchestra at 8 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday in the final Masterworks Series concert of the 2012-13 season at the Peace Center Concert Hall, 300 S. Main St., Greenville.
The GSO closes its 65th concert season with an evening dedicated to the great Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Tchaikovsky's sweeping violin concerto is one of the most beloved and difficult works in the solo violin repertoire. Soloist Rachel Lee will perform with the GSO.
The evening will culminate with Tchaikovsky's triumphant Symphony No. 5.
Tickets range from $15 to $49 and can be purchased by calling 864-467-3000 or 800-888-7768. Visit www.greenvillesymphony. org for more information.
FRP's 'Evita,' 'Les Mis' casting announced
Flat Rock Playhouse has announced the casting for the upcoming musicals "Evita" and "Les Miserables," which will featureRob Evan and Anna Eilinsfeld.
Evan is returning to Flat Rock Playhouse after starring in the second Music on the Rock, "A Tribute to Andrew Lloyd Webber," which was adapted into the Playhouse Mainstage hit "Music of the Night." Evan and Vincent Marini, artistic director at Flat Rock Playhouse, worked together on the U.S. and international tours of "Jekyll & Hyde" and the recent U.S. premiere of "The RockTenor."Eilinsfeld is making her debut at Flat Rock Playhouse in the role of Eva Peron in "Evita." A graduate of Northwestern University with a degree in theater and a certificate in musical theater, Eilinsfeld is an actress and singer based out of New York City.
Although she performed at various community theaters during her childhood in the Philadelphia area, she began her professional career in downtown Chicago.
After graduation, she moved to New York where she has worked in television and off-Broadway as well as in numerous regional shows. Most recently, she has been on the road with the second national tour of "Wicked."
Returning to the Playhouse are longtime local favorites Linda Edwards (Madame Thenardier in "Les Miserables"), Preston Dyer (Thenardier in "Les Miserables"), Charlie Brady (Che in "Evita"), Erin Mosher (Fantine in "Les Miserables") and Sean Maclaughlin (Enjolras in "Les Miserables" and Magaldi in "Evita"), joined by newcomers Stephen Tewksbury (Javert in "Les Miserables"), Ronald Brown (Peron in "Evita") and Michelle London (Cosette in "Les Miserables").
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The Goal: Create an alluring outfit that highlights your figure, without revealing too much.
Your average pump these are not; the slick sheen is an evolved version of the hologram trend, and the classic shape is guy-friendly.
Jeffrey Campbell Darling Pump ($132) in Oil Slick
The perfect date night dress has subtle suggestive details, such as the sheer panels on this Alexander Wang frock, but still leaves much to the imagination.
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Balance feminine pieces with edgy accents, like this graphic black and white clutch.
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Subtly reference the tint of your heels with coordinating teal nail polish.
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Remy Absalon Signs for SCOTT Sports
Enduro star Remy Absalon has just signed a three year contract with SCOTT Sports. Remy, well-known as "Mr. Downhill Marathon," will race the new Genius LT 700 Tuned for his SCOTT SR Suntour Enduro Team on the Enduro World Series (EWS) circuit and in other major Enduro races. "After nine years with Commencal, I needed a new challenge and a new experience. I wanted to build another project with a cool brand with a good spirit, a good enduro bike for sure and a brand which was the stuff of dreams- SCOTT was naturally the solution," says Remy, brother of 2x Olympic Champion Julien Absalon.
SCOTT Sports has been involved in the Enduro scene for years, mainly with a solid French rider line up. However, adding Remy Absalon is taking this involvement to a new level. "Enduro has progressed immensely through the years and now even belongs to the established UCI racing disciplines. Having been in the Enduro discipline from the early days with the release of the original SCOTT Ransom, sponsoring a top international like Remy strengthens our brand presence in this segment," says Lionel Girardin, Senior Marketing Manager of SCOTT. "Now with the Genius LT 700 we are again at the forefront of technical development. Remy racing it gives the bike a rider who will show its podium winning qualities."
The Genius LT 700 Tuned comes with a super lightweight, 12.4 kg set-up in its original version. Remy`s bike is equipped with these parts:
Frame: Genius LT 700 Tuned
Shock: Nude
Fork: SR Suntour Auron
Drive train: Shimano XTR
Brake system: Shimano XTR
Wheels: Duke Crazy Star
Tires: Michelin
Pedals: Shimano XTR
Stem: Syncros AM1.5
Bar: Syncros AM1.5
Grip: Ergon GE1
Seatpost: Reverb 125mm
Saddle: Ergon SM3 Pro Carbon
Remy`s sponsorship line-up consits of SCOTT, SR SUNTOUR, SHIMANO, DUKE, MICHELIN, SYNCROS, ERGON, MUC OFF and DAINESE.
Remy Absalon Results:
3X winner Megavalanche Alpe d'Huez
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4X winner Enduro Series
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More Victories: Crankworx, Superenduro, Enduro des Nations etc.


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 29th Jul 2008 20:39 UTC, submitted by vege
Earlier this year, the KDE team released the highly-anticipated 4th major revision of the KDE desktop. Instead of bringing evolutionary changes, KDE 4.0 effectively delivered a complete rewrite of KDE, and as a consequence the first release of the KDE 4 branch lacked a lot of features of KDE 3.x, while also being quite unstable and rough. Many even complained the KDE team shouldn't have released KDE 4.0 as 4.0, but rather as a developer preview release or something similar. During this storm of criticism, the KDE team calmly pointed out that KDE 4.1 would fix many, many of the issues people had with KDE 4.0. Starting today, there's no more pointing towards KDE 4.1: KDE 4.1 has been released today.
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The dawning of a new year brings a quiet retirement – grocery stores around the state can put their pricing guns on the shelf.
As of today, a new law went into effect in Massachusetts, eliminating the requirement that each item on grocery store shelves have a price sticker, making Massachusetts the last state in the country to do so.
Supporters say as long as a price is clearly marked on a shelf, it doesn't matter if there is a price sticker affixed to each item. Opponents say consumers better be on their toes and more aware of the prices of cereal and canned goods they load in their shopping cart.
The law requires clear pricing of items to be placed on shelves, and self-scanners to be in place at a ratio of one for every 5,000 square feet of store space. Stores can purchase a waiver from the state in order to go tagless. There are protections in the pricing law. Checkout prices must be printed on an itemized sales receipt. In the event of incorrect pricing, the consumer gets the item at the lowest price, and if that is under $10, they get it for free.
Stores advocating for the law said eliminating the individual price sticker requirement would save money and time. Among one of the biggest reliefs is that when an item goes on sale, or there is a price change, individual stickers will no longer have to be removed and replaced, simply change the price on the shelf and the computer.
Kevin Bigelow and Rachael Hurley shopped in Wegmans in Northboro yesterday, where the Worcester couple said the change in the law wouldn't make much of an impact on their trips to the grocery store.
Wegmans already has price scanners strategically placed around the store.
"I usually look for a price on the store shelf," Mr. Bigelow said. "As long as there are scanners around if you have a question, and if it helps to lower costs, it's fine."
Grocery stores are going down the same path that department stores such as Macy's, Kohl's and Target have gone before them. It's not unusual to find a price scanner in a clothing store to double-check or confirm a price tag on a sweater or pair of jeans.
"It's something you see in lots of places, and you are starting to see it more and more," said Leigh De Jordy of Boylston. "Hopefully this will be a savings passed on to the consumers."
Leslie Cocks of Boylston doesn't rely on individual price stickers. When she is shopping, she looks at the unit price, which is usually found on the shelf price.
Vidhi Misra doesn't need a price tag. She is a savvy shopper who shops the sales, browsing the circulars or gravitating toward the sale signs highlighting the price.
"I very seldom look at a price sticker," Ms. Misra said. "I pre-plan and once I put it in my cart, I already know the price."
There was a split decision, however, in the bakery aisle where Kevin Floria and Doreen McElroy of Worcester shopped.
"I think it is absolutely phenomenal because it will cut our time in half," Mr. Floria said. Mr. Floria, who works for the Nabisco division of Kraft Foods, said the changes to the pricing law are welcomed by vendors.
But not so much by Ms. McElroy.
"For those of us who want to know what the price is and compare, it's going to be tough," Ms. McElroy said. "If they are going to go with no price tags, you may not know what the price is until you get to the register. It really puts more responsibility on the consumer."


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As a followup to our story (linked here) with former Kings defenseman Marty McSorley, a few points he can make from his perspective:
Comparing the Kings' 93 to this squad:
== "We were much more of a run-and-gun team. We had (Kelly) Hrudey (in goal), who was good, and (Rob) Stauber also had some good games — nothing like Quick, who has been unbelieveable. But goaltending for us didn't have to be that good. Obviously we also had a guy (Wayne Gretzky) who everyone wanted to come out to see, so the fanfare around the team was so much greater.
"The style of play was much different then. What Montreal did (in the final) and wasn't really documented was how they had an early trap working in that series. They were trying to counteract a team that could easily score seven goals a night.
"This team is very different, much bigger. We played hard games, but not like the 0-0 ones this team can grind out. That wasn't who we were. We had a lot of personalities, but that's what (owner) Bruce McNall had a feel for and wha the wanted.
"It's great what this current team has done getting huge help from (rookies) like Voynov and King and Nolan, with veteran defensemen that let Martinez step in comfortably. The third line also has a lot of energy. I was curious to see if Stoll would be a third-line centerman, but he's doing it. The kid in the net also doesn't force the third and fourth lines to score, but they've been very deep. Management will have to make some decisions by July 1 on who to keep — and they've got pay Quick.
"They're all firing. They don't have any 'controversy' hanging over them. The biggest thing is they challenged themselves before the playoffs, and now they're far more. They all skate so well and shoot so well. They all want to do great things with the puck."
On what makes this 2012 team tick:
== "They've got everyone helping and chipping in. The play of some guys allows the others to just do their jobs. That's a huge help. Not too much is asked from a lot of them. They've got three veteran defensemen aside from from the kid in the nets, and they're a big part of it. Quick puts them in position to win, and now Anze Kopitar he stepped up as a true leader. Richards and Carter take the emphasis of checking off Kopitar, which gives him more freedom. Now you have two lines with legitimate scorers."


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Well times are great, as finally I'm off to this convention of the cons. After mentioning that I was going to fly up to Inverness next year on the Rowdy Yates chat room (This would involve me driving from Maidstone up to Stanstead via the tunnel, parking there, flying, taxi in Inverness. It all adds up) someone mentioned that we should get a minibus and travel up together. The seed was sown!
The next night whilst at work I couldn't get it out of my mind, was this at all possible. Well the next day when I got up I started to search the yellow pages and internet for local vehicle hire firms. Then it hit me, there was a place over the road from the fish & chip shop that we use every Friday. I went down and priced up various minibuses from 7 seaters up to a 17 seater, which is the one we have settled on.
Then I posted an invite on the 2000adonline site and the 2000adreview site and waited for a response. I didn't have to wait long and quickly 10 places were filled. 10 trekkers was the minimum I wanted to make the price within reach and reasonable. This means that if only 10 travel (the price is £360 for the minibus) it will be £36 plus fuel, which can't be bad! I've decided on 14 in the minibus so that we have a bit of space for all our gear and also if anyone wants to lay down.
Next up was the accommodation and with a little help from Richmond Clements we could get a discount if we book our rooms at the Ramada, which is the con hotel. A big thankyou goes out to Richmond for this. Now it was back to the web to see who wanted to get twin rooms or single rooms. This would enable more savings for anyone who doesn't mind sharing a room for two nights!
We are now at the stage where the trekkers are contacting each other to organise the sharing. I'm okay as I've sorted my room out with Buttonman so I can relax a bit.


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BOSTON -- About 18 months ago Nathan Bricklin saw some gaps in the internal processes of Wells Fargo's wholesale business unit where he worked running the Web portal for the bank's major corporate accounts.
"We have many lines of business within wholesale and many were working in their own way," he says. The dreaded "silos" of an enterprise corporate structure had developed, leading to duplication of effort and no unified policy for encouraging employees to work with one another. It took a "90 second conversation," he says, to convince senior-level managers to implement an internal social collaboration strategy. It started with 350 users and four use cases; today, it's grown to 4,100 users and 90 use cases. That's still a fraction of the company's 265,000 workers, but he says it's a start.
At the Enterprise 2.0 Conference in Boston this week, Bricklin, now SVP and head of social strategy at Wells Fargo, was one of a handful of enterprise social media enthusiasts who shared their user stories about the growing field of enterprise collaboration tools. One overarching theme representatives from companies like Nike, American Airlines, FedEx and Virgin Media echoed was their use of social collaboration tools for more than just managing a Facebook or Twitter account: Collaboration tools are about driving more efficient internal business process and extending the reach and user experience of external customer engagements.
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The end-game, says Wells Fargo collaboration strategist Kelli Carlson-Jagersma, is to improve customer service. "We're here to solve the customers' needs," she says. "These internal tools will help us do our customer-facing jobs." For example, when a client calls up for customer service, the Wells Fargo representative may be linked into one of the Jive social collaboration tools giving them direct access to other lines of the business and other experts who can help the employee assist the customer. It's about giving "the right people the right information at the right time," she says.
For Wells Fargo, the technology investments have not been massive to implement the strategy. The company uses a combination of social collaboration tool offerings, including Jive Engage and Salesforce.com's Chatter. Some new staff have been hired from within to guide the effort.
The bigger changes for adopting such technology, show speakers say, is around getting end user buy-in.
Nike, the athletic apparel firm, has gone from a "live and learn" approach to its social media strategy where employees were using social media tools on their own, to "purposeful management" of collaboration tools, says Richard Foo, who is heading up the company's efforts. The key to getting buy-in, he says, is creating compelling reasons for employees to want to change their processes. "Make their jobs easier," he says. Answer the question for the users: "What's the value for me?" From a company perspective, the value is in increased collaboration.
Bricklin, the Wells Fargo social collaborator, jokes that he knows his strategy is working when employees use the tools to alert friends of free food in the company kitchen.
FedEx has its own way of encouraging user adoption, says Bryan Barringer, manager of enterprise collaboration implementation for the shipping company. While he doesn't call it gamification, Barringer has set up a series of rewards and incentives for employees to use sharing and collaboration tools. Employees can win badges and be recognized if they complete enough entries into corporate wiki pages or help other employees learn information about a business process.
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Then there is the customer-facing side of the social equation. Phillip Easter, director of Mobile Apps for American Airlines, says the company's app has already been downloaded 4 million times and is available on mobile operating system platforms including the iPhone, iPad and more recently the Nook and Kindle Fire. "Everything has to have a great UI," he says. Easter demonstrated, for example, new capabilities within the AA mobile app that allow customers to have a live text conversation with an American Airlines customer service representative while in the air. When users access the system through the application, the AA employee automatically knows who he or she is talking to, what flight the user is on and other "intelligence information," that is used to provide customized service to the passenger. Social collaboration applications and a unified communications platform power that, he says.
There are a variety and growing number of tools on the market to help enterprises become more collaborative. Virgin Media, the U.K. cable operator with 5 million customers, has made a year-and-a-half migration toward being more collaborative. Colin Miles, head of technical services for the company, says Virgin explored Microsoft SharePoint 2010, Jive and others. In the second half of last year, Virgin undertook a 1,000 user trial using Cisco's Quad, which the company renamed WebEx Social this week. The Cisco system, he says, integrates WebEx video collaboration with unified communications and social collaboration tools, whereas Jive and Microsoft, he says, only excelled in the text-based collaboration feature set. In an effort to drive employees to use a unified control system, Virgin chose the platform with all those feature sets.
As part of the company's annual survey this year, employees who were part of the initial pilot reported a seven-point bump in employee engagement compared to workers not in the pilot. "Workers feel more connected with each other and customers," Miles says. "That's a win-win."
Network World staff writer Brandon Butler covers cloud computing and social collaboration. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com and found on Twitter at @BButlerNWW.
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These are dramatic times for Europe. Many warn that it has only days left to save the euro currency or face a potentially disastrous break-up over debt problems. All eyes are now on a summit set for Dec. 8 and 9.
To avert disaster, Europe's leaders must reach a "grand bargain" that includes short- and long-term solutions that will convincingly address both immediate and systemic problems. To solve either, help is now needed from the European Central Bank and Germany – the new "indispensable nation" of Europe and its largest and most successful economy.
The short-term challenge is to halt the rising cost of borrowing money for some eurozone countries, namely Italy and Spain. The interest rates they must pay to entice investors to buy their government bonds have reached unsustainable heights and have led to a self-fulfilling crisis: As financial markets become more concerned about the ability of these countries to repay their debts, they demand ever-higher interest rates, making it harder to repay debt.
For the foreseeable future, the European Central Bank seems to be the only actor able to arrest this vicious cycle by serving – in one form or another – as a backstop for Italian and Spanish debt.
So far, though, this idea is being rejected by the central bank and by Germany, out of worry that lax monetary policy could lead to higher inflation and take reform pressure off of debtor countries.
Should Europe, despite this bleak outlook, succeed in stabilizing the situation for the time being, it still faces a formidable long-term challenge. It must fix the flawed design of the euro, which lacks the backing of a common fiscal policy among the 17 countries that use it.
Several proposals seek to remedy this. One idea favors introducing jointly issued "eurobonds" that would be backed by the full faith and credit of all eurozone governments. Presumably, this less risky investment will satisfy investors and take the pressure off of interest rates.
Another idea is being put forth by Germany and France. On Monday, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel proposed closer fiscal cooperation among the 27 members of the European Union. The two leaders favor tighter budget rules and automatic penalties for those who break them. They also both reject a eurobond (for now).
Their plan, though, would require amending treaties – not easy to do, given that treaty changes require unanimous agreement.
At their summit, if European leaders are not able to fix the immediate crisis, there may not be a euro left to save in the long run. And without addressing the long-term problems and assuring Germany (and others) that fiscal reforms are on the way, Germany is unlikely to tone down its opposition to necessary monetary actions in the short-term.
Yes, a grand bargain is needed. However, only a smaller agreement along the lines of the German-French proposal seems possible for now.
While this promise of longer-term action might momentarily halt the downward spiral of the crisis, it is far from certain that these limited treaty changes will be sufficient to stabilize the currency over time.
Tougher budget rules have been installed and subsequently broken before. Moreover, while such rules may have prevented a Greek-style crisis, they would have been futile in the cases of Ireland and Spain, because both countries were actually running budget surpluses before the current crisis.
In order to tackle the underlying causes of the euro crisis in full, at least two more steps will be necessary.
First, it seems likely that some form of jointly issued eurobonds will be required to assure markets of the safety of European sovereign debt. But strict conditions will have to be attached to the bonds in order to convince Germany and the central bank.
Second, trade imbalances within the eurozone, a root cause of the crisis, will have to be addressed. This is another sensitive issue for Germany, because its economy is so export-driven.
Thus even greater coordination of economic policy among the eurozone countries will be crucial, if a repeat of the current crisis is to be avoided.
Commentators have long lambasted Europe's "muddling through" approach to the euro crisis. But the Europeans have come a long way over the past two years. Incremental steps taken at every turn of the crisis, more often than not deemed insufficient at the time by financial markets, trace a remarkable shift in policy when looked at as a whole.
The problem now, however, is that the magnitude of the crisis is such that muddling through is no longer feasible. In the current volatile environment, any minor misstep risks sending Europe's economy over the cliff, possibly dragging the United States down with it. Under these unprecedented circumstances, it is time for Europe to make a big deal, not another half-way one.
Peter Sparding is a program officer in the Economic Policy Program of the German Marshall Fund of the United States in Washington. The views expressed are his own.


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Just as CTA members are reading their latest California Educator magazine all about the value and challenges of the Common Core State Standards, there is good news that more than 300 California business, nonprofit and children's groups have signed a statement supporting the landmark new standards.
Circulated by the nonprofit children's group Children Now, the full statement of signers represents an impressive array of community and business groups, including the California State PTA and various chambers of commerce, the San Diego NAACP, several urban school district superintendents, and various chapters of United Way. Read this EdSource story about the outpouring of support.
The statement says Common Core "will benefit students by having fewer, clearer, and deeper standards and require a greater use of analysis, critical thinking and real-world skills." The petition also backs the Smarter Balanced assessments of the standards because the tests "are designed to help educators and parents know if students are progressing and understanding what they are supposed to be learning."
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The California State Board of Education this month adopted the Next Generation Science Standards. The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) are designed to bring science instruction up to date.
NGSS emphasizes a deeper focus on understanding the cross-cutting concepts within and across scientific disciplines. These new standards integrate engineering practices with science practices to help students understand the workings of science and the natural world. They also provide a coherent progression of learning from Kindergarten through grade 12, so students learn step by step the knowledge and skills they need for college and careers.
Lawmakers are finalizing a few key bills -- some that impact educators and students -- as they prepare to recess this Friday.
Among the many bills is AB 484 by Assemblymember Susan Bonilla (D-Concord) and sponsored by Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson, which overhauls the state's accountability system in preparation for the implementation of the Common Core State Standards. CTA continues to have a support position on the bill. It is also supported by the Governor, Superintendent of Public Instruction, State Board of Education, educators and parents.
In general, AB 484 provides a transition to new computer-based assessments that are aligned with the Common Core State Standards by suspending the state's current Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) program for one year and replacing it with the Measurement of Academic Performance and Progress (MAPP). The goal is to clear the decks of the outdated and out-of-sync tests this year. The bill phases in the new assessments and accountability system through 2016-17 to ensure student and educator readiness for the new standards. It also eliminates second grade testing.
The California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CCTC) has made a series of changes to better align teacher preparation requirements with the demands of teaching the Common Core State Standards (CCSS).
Specific changes in three key areas are outlined below, and more are expected in the coming months in further alignment to the new science standards, as well as reviewing Special Education Teaching Performance Expectations to ensure compatibility with the CCSS. The CCTC:
A lot is on the minds of educators as they prepare for the 2013-14 school year in addition to all it takes to get ready to welcome a school full of students. But this year, the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and the implementation of the mandates seem to be weighing heavily on the minds of educators.
A major draw of this year's Summer Institute has been the training about how the state's adoption of the Common Core State Standards will impact students, classrooms, and educators' professional lives.
From Education Votes:
The release of a confidential memo showing that Michelle Rhee, StudentsFirst founder and CEO and former Chancellor of DC Public Schools, was made aware of widespread cheating on standardized tests as early as 2009 but made no attempt to discipline the cheaters, is prompting parents and educators to take a second look at public schools' overreliance on standardized testing. While only a single teacher was let go for cheating, Rhee fired more than 600 teachers for low test scores, sending a strong message that her priority was higher test scores at any cost.
Teachers at Garfield High School and other Seattle Public Schools have gained national attention and support for their stand against the Measure of Academic Progress (MAP) test for its invalidity, waste of time and resources and its scandalous arrival to Seattle. We have demonstrated our support to Garfield and the other schools by sending a letter on behalf of our 325,000 members last month.
A study released this week confirms what CTA has been saying since the Los Angeles Times first published teacher rankings based on standard test scores two years ago: that the Times methodology was flawed and the resulting rankings were of little value in actually rating or predicting a teacher's effectiveness. The study by the Great Lakes Center for Education Research and Practice calls out the Times for its analysis and subsequent overreaching conclusions about who is a good or bad teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District.
CTA Vice President Eric Heins
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A deputy found a hydromorphone pill on the seat where Theresa DeMarco's passenger had been sitting when he pulled over the car due to a loud muffler, reports the Bradenton Herald.
The passenger then decided to gum up the works and gave the deputy a tip: She reportedly told him that DeMarco, 56, was hiding pills in her dentures.
That's when Demarco showed some teeth: When the deputy confronted her about the matter, she removed the pills from her dentures and then swallowed them.
Get the DUHtails at the Bradenton Herald.
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FusqlFS::Artifact::Table::Lazy - lazily created table artifact abstract class
package FusqlFS::Backend::PgSQL::Table::Indices;
use parent 'FusqlFS::Artifact::Table::Lazy';
sub new
my $class = shift;
my $self = $class->SUPER::new(@_);
$self->{template} = { '.order' => [] };
# Initialize indices specific resources
bless $self, $class;
sub get
my $self = shift;
unless ($self->SUPER::get(@_))
# get and return object from database
sub list
my $self = shift;
my ($table) = @_;
return [ @{$self->do($self->{list_expr}, [$table])}, @{$self->SUPER::list($table)} ];
sub store
my $self = shift;
my ($table, $name, $data) = @_;
# validate input $data and build query, e.g.
# my $struct = $self->validate($data, { ... }) or return;
$self->drop($table, $name) and $self->do($self->{store_expr}, [$table, $name, $struct]);
sub drop
my $self = shift;
my ($table, $name) = @_;
$self->SUPER::drop($table, $name) or $self->do($self->{drop_expr}, [$table, $name]);
sub rename
my $self = shift;
my ($table, $name, $newname) = @_;
$self->SUPER::rename($table, $name, $newname) or $self->do($self->{rename_expr}, [$table, $name, $newname]);
Some database artifacts can't be created without any initial data, like indices, so it is impossible to implement "create" in FusqlFS::Artifact to create "empty" artifact.
This class implements "lazy" table artifacts creation. When new database object is to be created, this class's
create() creates empty placeholder in special inner cache by cloning
template instance property you should initialize in
new() (default is empty hashref, so new object will be visible as empty directory), so no actual database object is created at all. It should be created in overriden
store method or this object will disappear after file system is unmounted, as there's no corresponding database artifact behind it.
store method should also either remove cache entry on successful object creation by calling
$self->SUPER::drop or update this cache entry by calling
$self->SUPER::store with already available data if these data are not enough to create actual database artifact.
All the other methods of this class should be consulted by overriden methods to make sure user will see underlying "creation" cache entry in case there's no actual database object by given name.
The rule of thumb is to drop this cache's entry with
drop when database artifact is created, so every time this cache is checked, no entry for already created object should be found in it.
- new
Output: $lazy_artifact_instance.
You should usually override this constructor, to set
$self->{template}to artifact placeholder template.
- clone
Static method, clones given structure and returns this clone.
Input: $data. Output: $cloned_data.
This method implements deep recursive cloning of input data. It is used to clone
templateproperty to keep it intact and avoid it's erroneous modification.
- create
Create cache entry using
templateinstance property as a template for placeholder.
Input: $table, $name. Output: $success.
This methods uses "clone" method to clone
$self->{template}and put this fresh placeholder value into creation cache, returns true on success or undef on failure.
- drop
Drops given item from creation cache by name.
Input: $table, $name. Output: $success.
This method removes given object from inner creation cache and returns true on success or undef on failure (in case given cache entry doesn't exist).
You should use this method in your own
storemethod in this class's subclass to drop creation cache item if it was correctly created in database.
- rename
Renames given item in creation cache.
Input: $table, $name, $newname. Output: $success.
This method drops old creation cache entry by given name and stores it under new name. It returns true on success or undef on failure (in case given cache entry doesn't exist).
- list
Returns arrayref with all objects contained in creation cache under given table name.
Input: $table, $name. Output: $arrayref.
This method accepts table name on input and returns keys from creation cache stored under this name packed into single arrayref. Returns empty arrayref if no objects in creation cache under given table name.
- get
Returns cache entry by given name or undef it cache is missed.
Input: $table, $name. Output: $cache_entry.
This method checks creation cache and returns cache entry by given name. If cache entry by the name is absent, it returns undef.
- store
Updates creation cache under given name with new data.
Input: $table, $name, $data. Output: $success.
This method stores new data in creation cache under given name and returns true on success or undef on failure (which should never happen).
You should use this method in your own
storemethod in this class's subclass to update creation cache item if there were not enough data to create the object in database immediately.


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At 1:27 p.m. on Jan. 29, 2003, the ground shook throughout Kinston and Lenoir County when West Pharmaceuticals Company exploded. Ten years have passed since that fateful day that eventually saw six West employees die and dozens more injured. Positivity came out of the tragedy, though, as the community and company embraced each other -- and both are stronger a decade later.
If there weren�t people to remember, then who would know?
Ten years on from the catastrophic explosion at West Pharmaceutical Services� old facility � a disaster that left six dead and nearly 40 injured � the march of time and progress proved itself once again.
The destroyed building on the Rouse Road Extension near the Global TransPark is gone. A new facility, online and operating by March 2004, continues to thrive and expand next to U.S. 70 West. When the new plant started shipping products, there were 210 employees on the payroll. Now there are about 325 and more to come.
�We have some really great employees,� said Keith Montgomery, West human resources manager. �They stood behind the company throughout that event, and they�re very, very positive. They recognize good companies do things for their employees, and to make sure that their jobs are here, that they can go home safe. Realistically, our people haven�t missed a beat.
�They very much know their jobs, they value their jobs, they value their company, they value the community. So, it�s not difficult from that perspective. They recognize and they certainly miss their colleagues, and those that were injured, as well. But, they have rebounded greatly.�
To some degree, the events of Jan. 29, 2003, always had a place at the new West building. By the entrance stands a memorial with the names of the workers who died from the explosion.
But today is a special day of remembrance.
�It�s going to be a private event, it�s been 10 years, and we want to respect our employees� privacy and their feelings,� said Troy Player, West senior director of operations. �We�re going to have a small memorial service (today) at the plant for West employees.
�Our CEO, Don Morel, will be speaking. He knows � from his time when this was going on � many of the employees. It�ll be a time for him to talk to them, and for them to ask questions and talk to him about what�s going on in the business, also.�
Morel, the company�s chairman and CEO, said he is looking forward to talking to his employees today.
�I think they should be very proud of what they have done,� Morel said. �I think that everybody can take a great deal of pride in the way that they responded and in the way they have looked after one another; they supported the families of those that were lost or were injured. They can take pride in the fact the company stood by them in what was obviously a very dark and uncertain time.
�Our business is strong and their future is bright.�
That fateful day
Many in Kinston and Lenoir County will never forget Jan. 29, 2003 � and where they were at 1:27 p.m., when the explosion occurred at West.
Bruce Parson, then the president of the Kinston-Lenoir County Chamber of Commerce, was standing on Queen Street.
�I heard the noise and felt the shockwave,� Parson recalled. �I thought it was a plane crash; the noise came from the area of the airport, so I figured it was a plane crash, which were the first reports.�
Greg Smith, who was the Kinston Department of Public Safety director in January 2003, was at KDPS headquarters, which was then in the old Federal building. He said he felt the reverberations in the building.
�I heard a lot of radio traffic about an explosion; I asked someone in the hall if we were running a drill somewhere and they said, �No,� � said Smith, who retired from the KDPS on Dec. 31, 2009, and is now a partner with Down East Protection Systems. �At that point, we knew something was wrong.�
Initial reports were that an airplane had crashed into the building.
�Because the city of Kinston has responsibility for the airport proper, I requested a Level 3 (the most serious tier) alert at the airport,� Smith said. �It activated every volunteer fire department in the county.�
Bud Herring was on duty at the plant when the explosion happened. Extensive investigations by the federal government eventually determined dust from the compounding operation up in the airspace above the ceiling tiles caused the explosion.
�It got dark, and I turned around and looked back and saw a little white flash, and it�s all I can tell you,� Herring recalled on Monday. �I know one thing � thank the Lord I got out of there.�
The terrible news made its way quickly to Pennsylvania, where Morel � who had only taken over the reins of the company nine months earlier � was participating in a supplier recognition ceremony. He dashed home after an urgent telephone call about the accident and turned on a TV.
�All I saw was the aerial photography by the CNN helicopter, flying over the site,� Morel said. �Looking at the flames and destruction, it was an unbelievable scene. I threw some clothes in a bag and told my wife I didn�t know when I�d be home.�
There was inclement weather that day in Pennsylvania, so Morel had to scramble to find a plane to take him to Kinston. He finally arrived in Kinston around 8:30 p.m., about seven hours after the explosion.
When he arrived at the local command center, he said it was �a scene of some chaos.�
�They were battling the fire that was still going on in the raw materials warehouse at that point,� he said. �We had a difficult time getting an accurate count of number of employees that were on the site at the time of the accident. We were trying, as quickly as we could, to reconcile who had been injured. We knew we had lost a couple of folks � we just didn�t know how many.
�The hardest part was getting accurate and up-to-date information on the employees.�
Only an hour or so earlier, Smith asked for volunteers to go through the structure in an attempt to find more survivors. A dozen of his firefighters stepped up for the mission.
�Twelve guys immediately volunteered,� Smith recalled. �Walking down in that building in ankle deep to knee deep water, I had North Lenoir (Volunteer Fire Department) command and (Lenoir County Emergency Services Director) Roger (Dail) talking to me in my headset telling me where people might be. They were saying, �Go to the third machine,� but I had to say, �The machines are everywhere; they�re not where they were.� �
Smith, Dail and NLVFD Deral Raynor � the scene commander � eventually used ductwork above the machines to determine locations � and to find another body.
�You could see blood marks and hand marks on walls, where people had tried to get out,� Smith said. �There were shoes floating around in the water. It was a real eerie scene when we went back in there to see if anyone else was left behind.�
In all, six people perished in the explosion. Three people � William Arthur Gray Sr., Faye Jones Wilkins and James Clarence Byrd � passed away that day, while Kevin M. Cruiess died on Jan. 31, 2003, Milton Murrell passed away on Feb. 18, 2003, and Allen Earl �Butch� Grant died on March 3, 2003, following injuries sustained in the explosion.
Rebuilding for the future
Morel said keeping West Pharmaceuticals in Kinston and Lenoir County was not a tough decision.
�We had always had a good relationship with Lenoir County and with Kinston,� Morel said. �The plant had always had an outstanding reputation with our customers for the quality of products produced and the attitude of the folks on the ground.�
While Parson and his team � which included (among many others) Group III Management owner Skip Greene III � negotiated to keep West in Lenoir County, the community was stepping up to help. Blood drives were held in the subsequent days and a charity basketball game sponsored by The Free Press and the Lenoir-Greene United Way raised thousands of dollars for the West family.
Local businesses also stepped up; Parson said local manufacturers put up money to help West employees through their tough times.
�The community at large knew this was a good company and a good employer,� Parson said. �The community knew West was hurting, too, because they were a close-knit group.�
Parson, now the manager of business operations at Lenoir Community College, said he walked away from every meeting with Morel and West leaders very impressed.
�The West company was just fabulous,� Parson said. �It was unbelievable just how community-oriented they were. They could�ve said, �This happened and we know there are going to be a lot of legal issues here so we�re just going to withdraw,� but they didn�t. They jumped right in and said if there was any way they could stay, they�d do that.�
While West�s leaders were formally deciding to remain in Kinston, they also provided work for every local worker who wanted it, sending them to West plants in Florida and Nebraska before eventually bringing them back to Kinston.
Player, West�s senior director of operations since November 2003, also praised his Kinston workers.
�In the last 10 years, we�ve built this plant we�ve continued to grow, to expand it,� Player said. �We�ve gotten support from the city and the county and the state to build and expand, and we�ve continued to grow. We�ve added employees. I think it�s important that we have great employees. This area is a great place for people to come from and work at West.
�And we�ll continue to do those things.�
Wes Wolfe can be reached at 252-559-1075 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Bryan Hanks can be reached at 252-559-1074 or at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Jeremy Renner shrugs off bad Hansel & Gretel reviews
The film, an adaptation of the famous Brothers Grimm fairy tale which also stars actress Gemma Arterton, debuted at the top of the US box office this weekend (26-27Jan13) with takings of £11.88 million, but received a rotten reception from reviewers.
Peter Travers of Rolling Stone magazine called the film "lame-brained", "vomit-inducing" and "the longest 90 minutes you ever spend in a theatre" while Richard Corliss of Time magazine suggests Renner "lacks the crackle of genuine star quality" and Arterton "had her 15 mins. (sic) of movie fame three years ago... before retiring to the Julia Ormond Home for English Actresses Briefly Mistaken for Hollywood Hotties."
However, Renner has shrugged off the negative comments about the film and insisted the movie is not meant to be taken seriously, telling the Sydney Daily Telegraph, "We knew this was never going to be a movie for the critics. I'm just hoping that people go along and can have some fun with it. It's pure escapism."


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Volume 16 Issue 23 | November 4 - 10, 2003
Photo by James Kriegsmann
LIVE PERFORMANCE AT SEAPORT Vanessa Shaw starring in Welcome Home, Marian Anderson, a revealing portrait of the renowned classical singer who broke racial barriers at Shooting Star Theatre at the South Street Seaport. Sundays at 5 p.m., thru Nov. 23, 40 Peck Slip, between Front and South Streets. 212-748-8735. There will also be a special performance on Fri., Nov. 7 at 8 p.m. at the Melville Gallery, 213 Water Street. 212-581-7216.
TRADITION UNBOUND at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center. Parul Shah and her dance company perform works by renowned artist Kumudini Lakhia who will attend the performances, traveling from her home in Ahmedabad, India. Lakhias works have toured through Europe, Asia, Russia and South America and is just beginning to surface in America. Fri. and Sat., Nov. 7 and 8 at 8 p.m. Tribeca Performing Arts is located at the Borough of Manhattan Community College, 199 Chambers St. $20, $15 for students and seniors. For tickets: 212-220-1460. There is also a performance and pre-fixe dinner at Salaam Bombay package for $35, call 718-789-0626.
DIXON PLACE, 258 Bowery, 219-0736: Various shows & solo performances throughout the week, call for information.
HERE CAFE, 145 Sixth Ave., 647-0202: Call for numerous shows & performance pieces now being performed.
RAVEN CAFÉ, 194 Ave. A, 529-4712: Wed.Open stage, sign up 6:30 p.m., free, one drink min.
SURF REALITY, 172 Allen St., 2nd fl., 673-4182: Numerous performances throughout the week, call for more information.
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text: Having a front-row seat during the Stanley Cup-clinching Game 6 was surely a treat for any Kings fan inside the Staples Center, but one lucky guy had his videocam running as the celebratory huddle made its way to the boards and within inches of his face. It's the kind of raw, unfiltered footage that gives us a rare glimpse into the emotions that come pouring out after months of hard work finally pays off. (If you're looking for a longer cut, there's one here.)


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This is a list of manufacturers (or "brands" if they have their own UL) their UL Certification number (if applicable) and a list of brands manufactured by each manufacturer.
I don't expect the list to be "complete," so if you know of any manufacturers, brands or UL numbers I may have missed, please drop me an email at jonny at jonnyguru.com.
Please be able to substantiate any submissions. I appreciate any help, but if you tell me that you have a PSU called "Kung Fu" and you don't know who makes it, don't have a UL for it, etc. I'm afraid I can't use it.
To find a UL listing, look for the "Underwriters Recognized" logo (a backards "R" attached to a "U") and find the "E" plus six digit number underneath it. You can than look this number up on UL's website.