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PC ports explained: Get to know the back of your computer

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From newcomers like DisplayPort to old standards like USB and dying breeds like FireWire, heres a quick and dirty guide to every port on your new PC.

Almost any modern communication need can be handled with a wireless solution. File transfer, streaming video, peripheral connections all of these can be accomplished without a physical connection. The future is now.

Yet the port persists. No, more than that: Its alive and well. Take a gander at your home office and youll likely find wires of all sorts leading to various connections: USB, HDMI, DVI, Thunderbolt, the list goes on.

Physical connections are still the quickest, most reliable way to transfer data. Which means its still important to know what goes where, and why. Lets clear the air and make room for some modern knowledge of old-fashioned connectivity.

The Universal Serial Bus would make a good role model for super-villains everywhere. It pledged to take over the world. Then it did so. It took well over a decade, but it has happened. FireWire is basically obsolete. External SATA is nearly extinct. Only Thunderbolt may provide a serious challenge but its years away from widespread adoption.

Modern USB essentially comes in two forms USB 2.0 and USB 3.0. The ports look the same and are compatible with each other, which is great. Except it makes separating the two difficult. Manufacturers the world over have tried to resolve the standard says that USB 3.0 ports should be blue or should be identified by super-speed USB 3.0 logo (see below).

If its not blue or identified by this logo, its not USB 3.0. Or at least it shouldnt be. Weve yet to encounter a computer that failed to identify USB 3.0 ports by at least logo, but we have run into a couple (both laptops) that didnt use blue.

The main difference between the standards is speed. The maximum bandwidth of 3.0 is over 10 times higher than 2.0. This doesnt mean transfer speeds are ten times better in the real world, but there is a huge difference. Youll see much quicker file transfers with a USB 3.0 drive plugged in to a 3.0 port. Transfer speeds are not better if you plug a 3.0 drive into a 2.0 port. Data can still be transferred, but only at 2.0 speeds.

FireWire was developed by Apple to solve the lack of high-speed connections available to peripherals during the early 90s. Speed was given high priority, and it showed in the resulting standard. FireWire which went through several revisions, and each was consistently quicker than USB.

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IIT-M computer system gets ‘fastest’ tag

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The super cluster a set of tightly-connected computers that work together at IIT-Madras has been declared the fastest among all educational institutions in the country.

TOP500, a global project that details the most powerful known computer systems in the world, has ranked the new IBM Virgo Super Cluster at IIT-Madras as the 224thin the top 500.

The other Indian entries ahead of the one at IIT Madras are the machines at an ISRO facility in Mumbai and the CSIR Lab in Bangalore. The cluster worth Rs. 9 crore, which will be put to use from Monday, will enormously increase the speed of computing and accuracy of results of research experiments.

This new system will be available to users, both professors and research scholars, across departments. Users can access it from wherever they are.

Five years ago, the institute was the first IIT to set up a cluster with a computing power of 20 teraflops, but Virgo has a computing power of 97 teraflops.

It took almost ten months for us to plan this, said P.B. Sunil Kumar, professor (physics), in-charge, high performance computing. The cluster will be of great help to various ambitious projects at IIT-Madras.

If a normal desktop CPU requires power of 300 units, this cluster works on 120 Kilo units per hour and is spread across 36 sq m.

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SpaceX Capsule Ready to Launch to Space Station

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The California-based company SpaceX is set to launch the first of a dozen missions to deliver critical supplies to the International Space Station for the U.S. space agency. But, on the eve of the mission, the launch weather forecaster said there is a 40-percent chance that poor weather could delay the launch from Cape Canaveral in Florida Sunday night [Monday, October 8th at 0035 UTC]. The SpaceX unmanned Dragon capsule is set to launch atop a Falcon 9 rocket toward the International Space Station for the second time ever. The company made history in May when its space capsule became the first private vehicle to dock with the ISS.

SpaceX proved worthy in demo SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell told reporters at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida Saturday evening that the rocket and capsule in this first operational mission are largely the same as the ones used in the successful demonstration flight. "I'm not sure any [members] of the engineering team, frankly, or myself feels like this [mission] is substantially different than the last one with the exception that we got there once," said Shotwell. "We demonstrated we could do it. So there might be a teeny, teeny bit of relaxation. Uhm, not a lot though." NASA has awarded SpaceX a $1.6 billion contract to provide 12 supply flights to the ISS. Space station partners Russia, Europe and Japan have the ability to deliver cargo to the ISS, but their cargo vessels burn up in the atmosphere during reentry. The United States has not been able to send supplies to the ISS since NASA retired its space shuttle fleet last year. U.S. launch capability is not just a matter of national pride. "When you have a launch vehicle that is in your country, it just makes it a lot easier because literally shipping and customs can kill you when you're trying to get overseas, and this really makes the process faster and allows us to react to anomalies in real time," explained NASA's space station program manager Mike Suffredini.

Scientific & re-supply mission The Dragon will be filled with about 450 kilograms of supplies, including materials critical to scientific research. The capsule will also carry a freezer for experiments - prompting talk that NASA might send ice cream as a sweet surprise to the astronauts. At the end of the month, the capsule will return to Earth carrying space station hardware as well as scientific materials, including research samples. Julie Robinson, a program scientist at NASA, called the first commercial cargo launch "a momentous milestone for research." "The SpaceX Dragon is a really important vehicle for us because it supports the laboratory use of ISS both in bringing cargo up to the space station and in bringing research samples home, and it has a great return capability," said Robinson. "It essentially replaces that capacity that we lost when the shuttle retired."

NASA looking beyond Earth orbit The U.S. space agency is focusing on developing a new generation of space vehicle that can travel to an asteroid or Mars, and it is investing in private companies to handle low-Earth orbit transportation, such as trips to the space station. Howard McCurdy, a professor of public affairs at American University in Washington, says this strategy is a gamble. "It's a big bet, because what the United States is betting is that the commercial sector can do what NASA seemed incapable of doing in the last days of the shuttle flights, and that is developing a low-cost, high-reliability launch vehicle that can take people and cargo from the surface of the Earth to low-Earth orbit and bring the people back occasionally," says McCurdy. SpaceX says it expects to be ready to carry people into space within three years. If this first resupply mission goes as planned, astronauts will use the space station's robotic arm to grab and dock the Dragon capsule three days after launch. Dragon will return to Earth at the end of October.

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Astronaut Ice Cream: Frozen Dessert Launching to Space Station

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Ice cream is blasting off for the crew of the International Space Station (ISS).

The frozen confectionery not the freeze-dried souvenir version sold in museum gift shops is packed on board the first NASA-contracted commercial mission to resupply the orbiting laboratory.

The Commercial Resupply Services-1 (CRS-1) mission is scheduled to lift off on a Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday (Oct. 7) at 8:35 p.m. EDT (0035 GMT Oct. 8) from Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

The ice cream, which is now a not-so-secret surprise for the station's current three member crew, was confirmed as on board SpaceX's Dragon cargo capsule by NASA after a pre-launch press conference Saturday (Oct. 6) raised the possibility that it was included.

"We talked about flying ice cream," said NASA's manager for the space station program, Michael Suffredini. "We try to bring up what we call 'bonus food' for the crew, and this is one of those flights that will have that." [Space Food Photos: What Astronauts Eat in Orbit]

GLACIER goodies

The vanilla with swirled chocolate sauce ice cream cups won't melt on their three-day journey to the space station thanks to a freezer on board the Dragon capsule.

"We're very excited," SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell told reporters. "This is the first time we are taking powered cargo up. We are taking up a GLACIER freezer, which has refrigerated science samples in it."

The GLACIER, or General Laboratory Active Cryogenic ISS Experiment Refrigerator, is primarily used to preserve science samples that require temperatures between minus 301 and 39 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 160 and 4 degrees Celsius) on the way to or from the space station. The mini-fridge sized freezer previously flew aboard the space shuttle.

"Having been on a flight that had an empty freezer on it going up into space, we did fill it [with ice cream] and it's really nice!" Robert Cabana, former shuttle astronaut and the director of NASA's Kennedy Space Center, said.

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Space shuttle Endeavour ready for 2-mph trip through Los Angeles and Inglewood

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The space shuttle Endeavour's flight into Los Angeles last month brought hoards of people out of their homes, schools and offices, their eyes drawn to the sky as the retired orbiter buzzed past local landmarks.

This week, Endeavour hits the streets for a close-up.

Crowds are expected to track the shuttle's carefully planned two-day, 2-mph trek through Los Angeles and Inglewood to its permanent home at the California Science Center.

Endeavour's 12-mile journey starts early Friday, when it's expected to inch away from Los Angeles International Airport aboard a special transporter, following a path leading to Exposition Park.

Los Angeles and Inglewood police officials, with Science Center representatives, late last week offered details about the shuttle's schedule and limited public viewing areas. More information on road closures in both cities is expected to come out in the coming days and, in some cases, could change, police said.

One thing's for sure: The shuttle route will be well protected, making public access difficult in places. Police said they will conduct rolling closures along the path both days, working about a mile ahead of the orbiter, and will close some cross streets as a precaution. Given the shuttle's 78-foot wingspan, officials said sidewalks also will be off limits in many areas because they won't be large enough to accommodate the orbiter along with pedestrians.

LAX officials, meanwhile, are warning travelers who have

That's because the shuttle and its transporter will begin moving out of an LAX hangar about 11:30 p.m. Thursday, with the goal of clearing airport property by 2 a.m. Friday, said Nancy Castles, a Los Angeles World Airports spokeswoman.

The shuttle will then travel east on Northside Parkway to Lincoln, and turn left onto McConnell Avenue and right onto Westchester Parkway before ending up on La Tijera Boulevard.

"We're advising passengers that they need to be aware that the area northeast of LAX ... they should expect it to be impacted, along with Lincoln Boulevard," Castles said.

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Private space station delivery to launch

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A private company is on the verge of launching another cargo ship to the International Space Station.

California-based SpaceX will attempt to send a Dragon capsule to the orbiting lab on Sunday night. Liftoff is scheduled for 8.35pm EDT (1235 AEDT Monday).

Forecasters put the odds of acceptable weather at 60 per cent. Thick clouds and rain are the main concerns.

A Dragon cargo ship successfully docked to the space station last May, but that was considered a test flight.

The coming mission is the first under a $1.6 billion contract with NASA that calls for a dozen resupply flights by SpaceX, essential in the post-shuttle era.

The Dragon will remain docked to the space station for most of October. Astronauts will fill the capsule with blood and urine samples, other experiments and old equipment, for its return to Earth.

The nearly 500 tubes of blood and syringes of urine have been stashed in space station freezers since the last space shuttle flight, by Atlantis, in July 2011.

The decommissioned Atlantis, and sister ships Discovery and Endeavour, are now museum relics.

NASA nutritionist Scott Smith said the blood and urine samples - part of medical studies - will be the first to be returned since Atlantis' final voyage more than a year ago.

"This is the first real return vehicle for this type of sample," Scott told reporters on Saturday.

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Private space station delivery to launch Sunday

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) A private company is on the verge of launching another cargo ship to the International Space Station.

On Sunday night, California-based SpaceX will attempt to send a Dragon capsule to the orbiting lab and its three-member crew.

Liftoff of the company's unmanned Falcon rocket is scheduled for 8:35 p.m. EDT. Forecasters put the odds of acceptable weather at 60 percent. Thick clouds and rain are the main concerns.

A Dragon cargo ship successfully docked to the space station last May, but that was considered a test flight. The coming mission is the first under a $1.6 billion contract with NASA that calls for a dozen resupply flights by SpaceX, essential in the post-shuttle era.

"We got there once. We demonstrated we could do it, so there might be a teeny, teeny bit of relaxation. Not a lot, though," SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell told reporters Saturday night.

NASA was monitoring a potentially threatening piece of orbiting junk, but said that even if the space station had to steer clear of the object, that would not delay the SpaceX mission.

This newest Dragon will haul about 1,000 pounds of food, clothes and gear, including ice cream for the American, Russian and Japanese astronauts on board. (The ice cream will go up in freezers meant for research). Even more cargo will be coming back.

The capsule will remain docked to the space station for most of October. Astronauts will fill the capsule with blood and urine samples, other experiments and old equipment, for its return to Earth at the end of the month. By then, the complex will be back to a full crew of six.

The nearly 500 tubes of blood and syringes of urine have been stashed in space station freezers since the last space shuttle flight, by Atlantis, in July 2011. The decommissioned Atlantis, and sister ships Discovery and Endeavour, are now museum relics.

NASA nutritionist Scott Smith said these blood and urine samples part of medical studies will be the first to be returned since Atlantis' final voyage.

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Private SpaceX Rocket Launch Tonight Visible from US East Coast

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Skywatchers in the eastern United States have an opportunity to spot the launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on an International Space Station resupply flight on Sundaynight (Oct. 7), weather permitting.

The night launch will mark the fourth flight of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, a privately built boosterthat has made three successful flights since 2010. The rocket will be carrying the gumdrop-shaped Dragon capsule to the International Space Station. In May the Dragon capsule became the first U.S. spacecraft to reach the space station since NASA's last space shuttle flight departed in July 2011.

To reach the space station,the Falcon 9 rocket must be launched when Earth's rotation carries the launch pad into the plane of the station's orbit. That will happen on Sunday at 8:35 p.m. EDT (0035 Monday GMT) at Launch Complex 40, SpaceX's launch pad at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

As has been the case with space shuttle launches to the space station, Sunday's liftoff will bring the Falcon 9 rocket's path nearly parallel to the U.S. East Coast. It is expected that the glow created by the rocket's Merlin 1C liquid propellant rocket engines should be visible in varying degrees along much of the Eastern seaboard. [SpaceX's Dragon Poised to Sunday Launch (Photos)]

The Falcon 9 rocket launches into orbit using two stages. The first stage utilizes nine Merlin 1C engines which will burn for three minutes, then shuts down. Five seconds later the first and second stages will separate.

Seven seconds later the second stage, which utilizes just one engine will be fired and will burn for six minutes and two seconds. The Dragon space capsule will then separate from the second stage and head into orbit.

So while the first stage should create a fairly conspicuous bright light in the sky, the second stage will likely be considerably dimmer.

Kevin Fetter, a well-known amateur satellite observer based in Canada, notes:

"The first stage from what I seeis very bright sourceof light.The second stage won't be as good for causing a light show. So once the first stage is done, the nice light show is over. The light coming from the second stage won't be as bright, so not everyone will have a nice view."

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Code Red Alert System upgraded in Texarkana

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As the Ark-La-Tex prepares for the changing season, the Code Red alert system in Texarkana, Arkansas and Texas is getting an upgrade.

Residents can now sign up to receive winter weather warnings.

Code Red has been providing the twin cities weather warnings since 2005.

The system gives residents a "heads up" during tornadoes, flash floods and thunderstorms and now they're offering advanced warnings for winter storms.

"Anytime you have the opportunity receive information about what's going on, I believe information is power," said Captain shawn Vaughn, Emergency Communications.

Vaughn says even if you already registered for code red, you still have to sign up again to receive the winter weather alerts.

"Winter warnings are only delivered by either text or email," said Vaughn.

Emergency communications network provides the Code Red system to Texarkana. Nearly 80,000 area phone numbers are currently in the system.

The Code Red system upgrade comes at no additional cost to the cities' and counties.'

Vaughn says Code Red helps give residents extra time to prepare if a storm does moves into the region.

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NASA SDO Team Overcoming Eclipse-Related Image Quality Degradation

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October 6, 2012

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports Your Universe Online

A NASA satellite studying the sun saw its view obstructed by Earth for a brief period of time each day throughout much of the month of September. Those eclipses had an unusual effect on the images captured by the probe immediately afterwards, the U.S. space agency revealed on Friday.

NASAs Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) moved into what is known as its semi-annual eclipse phase from September 6 through September 29, officials from the organization explained. During each of those days, our planet temporarily obscured the satellites view, with a period of fuzzy imagery following for a period of approximately 45 minutes afterwards.

Scientists choose orbits for solar telescopes to minimize eclipses as much as possible, but they are a fact of life one that comes with a period of fuzzy imagery directly after the eclipse, NASA said. The Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) on SDO observes the sun through a glass window. The window can change shape in response to temperature changes, and does so dramatically and quickly when it doesnt directly feel the suns heat.

Youve got a piece of glass looking at the sun, and then suddenly it isnt, Dean Pesnell, the project scientist for SDO at the Goddard Space Flight Center, added. The glass gets colder and flexes. It becomes like a lens. Its as if we put a set of eye glasses in front of the instrument, causing the observations to blur.

In an attempt to counter that phenomenon, the HMI unit was fitted with special heaters that warm the windows during an eclipse. Ordinarily, with no adjustments to the heater, it took SDO roughly two hours to return to prime observation capabilities. Initially, with the heater, that time was reduced to 60 minutes, but in the two years since the satellites 2010 launch, Pesnell and his colleagues have cut the waiting period for clear pictures down to 45-50 minutes.

SDO is studying the sun as the source of all space weather, which impacts our lives here on Earth, as well as the planet itself and everything located outside of its atmosphere, according to NASAs mission overview website.

It is the first satellite under the Living with a Star (LWS) program. It has also been designed to operate for five years and is capable of producing enough data to fill a single CD every 36 seconds, according to the U.S. space agency. The satellite is expected to enter its next eclipse season on March 3, 2013.

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NASA Announces First Year-Long International Space Station Mission, American-Russian Crew To Fly In 2015

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The crew members one American astronaut and one Russian cosmonaut will launch and land in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft and are scheduled to begin their voyage in the spring of 2015. The mission has been designed to collect valuable scientific data needed to send humans to new destinations in the solar system.

"In order for us to eventually move beyond low Earth orbit, we need to better understand how humans adapt to long-term spaceflight," said Michael Suffredini, International Space Station program manager, in a statement. "The space station serves as a vital scientific resource for teaching us those lessons, and this yearlong expedition aboard the complex will help us move closer to those journeys."

There had been talks for several months regarding this joint venture, which is now confirmed after Fridays announcement. A Russian official said earlier this week that the mission was finalized, but NASA had simply said that it was under consideration, Space.com reported.

During the 12 years of permanent human presence aboard the space station, scientists and researchers have gained valuable, and often surprising, data on the effects of microgravity on bone density, muscle mass, strength, vision and other aspects of human physiology. This year-long stay is expected to allow for greater analysis of these effects and trends.

"We have gained new knowledge about the effects of spaceflight on the human body from the scientific research conducted on the space station, and it is the perfect time to test a one-year expedition aboard the orbital laboratory," said Julie Robinson, NASA's program scientist for the International Space Station. "What we will gain from this expedition will influence the way we structure our human research plans in the future."

While neither NASA nor the Russian Federal Space Agency, known as Roscosmos, have revealed the names of the crew, some earlier reports suggested that the NASA astronaut could be Peggy Whitson, who recently quit as the agency's chief astronaut to rejoin its active spaceflying ranks.

NASA said that the expedition will also serve as a test bed for future exploration technologies. Those innovative technologies, the logistics of the trip to and from the space station and the selection of the crew will be announced at a future time.

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NASA Tracking Space Junk Ahead of Private Launch to Space Station

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A piece of space junk that may buzz the International Space Station Monday has NASA weighing plans to move the orbiting lab, even as a private space capsule stands poised to launch toward the station on Sunday night.

The space debris will pass near enough to the space station on Monday morning (Oct. 8) to require an avoidance maneuver as a safety precaution, NASA space station program manager Mike Suffredini said in a briefing today (Oct. 6).

The decision on whether to move the station is not yet final, but if such a maneuver is required it will not affect the scheduled launch of a private Dragon space capsule to the station, Suffredini said.

Built by the private spaceflight company SpaceX, the unmanned Dragon spacecraft is set to launch Sunday night at 8:35 p.m. EDT (0035 Monday GMT) from a pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The spacecraft is packed with about 1,000 pounds (453 kilograms) of supplies for the space station's three-person crew, including food and science gear.

"I can't imagine a scenario in which we ask SpaceX not to launch," Suffredini said.

Suffredini said that if the space station does have to dodge the debris, it would likely just mean SpaceX's Dragon will take a bit longer to arrive than planned. Currently, the spacecraft is due to dock at the station on Wednesday (Oct. 10). [SpaceX's Dragon Poised to Sunday Launch (Photos)]

"They'll just adjust while they're flying if we have to do the move," Suffredini said.

NASA and its space station partners regularly move the space station when a piece of debris is expected to pass inside a preset safety perimeter. That safety zone is shaped like a pizza box and extends out 15 miles (25 kilometers) to either side, as well as a half-mile (0.75 km) above and below the station.

SpaceX's Dragon flight to the space station is the first commercial cargo delivery to the outpost under a $1.6 billion deal with NASA. That agreement calls for SpaceX to provide at least 12 cargo missions to the station using its robotic Dragon space capsules and Falcon 9 rockets.

The Hawthorne, Calif.-based SpaceX flew a successful demonstration flight to the station in May that set the stage for Sunday night's launch. Another company, Orbital Sciences Corp. of Virginia, is developing its own private rocket and spacecraft to fly cargo to the station under a $1.9 billion deal with NASA.

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Medicine Drop

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Published: Saturday, October 6, 2012 at 20:00 PM.

The Neuse Riverkeeper Foundation expresses great appreciation to the residents of New Bern and Craven County who took the time and interest to bring 250 pounds of drugs to the Operation Medicine Drop held at Realo Drugs on Saturday. The presence of a police officer is required and we were blessed once again to have the help of Officer Shelton Brown. Volunteers gave generously of their time to make the river and local homes cleaner and safer. We are told by NCSAFE KIDSthat this amount of poundage translates into 125,000 doses of drugs. We hope to soon be able to install a drop box in the City of New Bern Police Department where drugs may be safely deposited no questions asked. We thank Chief Toussaint Summers for his genuine concern for our community and the support his officers give our youth. If you missed this dropoff be looking for another this spring. Natalie Baggett, New Bern

The Neuse Riverkeeper Foundation expresses great appreciation to the residents of New Bern and Craven County who took the time and interest to bring 250 pounds of drugs to the Operation Medicine Drop held at Realo Drugs on Saturday. The presence of a police officer is required and we were blessed once again to have the help of Officer Shelton Brown. Volunteers gave generously of their time to make the river and local homes cleaner and safer. We are told by NCSAFE KIDSthat this amount of poundage translates into 125,000 doses of drugs. We hope to soon be able to install a drop box in the City of New Bern Police Department where drugs may be safely deposited no questions asked. We thank Chief Toussaint Summers for his genuine concern for our community and the support his officers give our youth. If you missed this dropoff be looking for another this spring. Natalie Baggett, New Bern

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Woodrum leads Liberty over Gardner-Webb 42-35

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LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) -- Josh Woodrum threw for 373 yards and three touchdowns and running back Aldreakis Allen threw an option pass for another as Liberty rallied from an early deficit to edge Gardner-Webb 42-35 Saturday.

In this Big South opener between 0-4 teams, Woodrum out-dueled Lucas Beatty. The Gardner-Webb quarterback completed 27 of 32 passes for 383 yards but just one touchdown. Woodrum completed scoring passes to three different receivers. Two came in the fourth quarter: a 45-yarder to Ryan Ferguson, tying it at 35-all, then a decisive 5-yard touchdown pass to Brandon Apon with 5:11 left.

The most important completion might have been Allen's 15-yard option pass to Justin Gunn to cut it to 28-23. Then Woodrum hit Pat Kelly on a two-point conversion pass to draw Liberty within 28-25. Aldreakis also rushed for 97 yards and a touchdown.

Juanne Blount had two of Gardner-Webb's four rushing touchdowns.

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Henry, Jackson run the show in Liberty's win

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Published: 2:00 AM - 10/07/12

LIBERTY When Liberty star running back Kenny Jaycox was sidelined with a season-ending knee injury last week, Indians coach John Wilhelm only had to look across the dinner table to find a suitable replacement.

Wilhelm shifted stepson Ryan Henry from wide receiver to the backfield and the move proved to be a stroke of genius. Henry, who hadn't carried the ball all season, rushed for 200 yards on 19 carries and scored four touchdowns as the Indians stunned John S. Burke Catholic 53-19 in a Section 9 Class C contest Saturday afternoon.

"There was a lot of talk in the house about the game plan this week," Wilhelm said. "We knew when Kenny wasn't going to be able to play that kids were going to have to step up and move around. We decided to move him (Henry) into the backfield and give him some carries. It just kind of took off and we kept giving him the ball today."

Henry didn't object to the change when his coach/stepfather asked him at practice this week, even though he said they don't always agree on things.

"I think he's harder on me than anybody else," Henry said with a laugh. "But that's just my opinion. I'll do anything that needs to be done to help the team."

It was hardly a one-man show for Liberty, however. Junior quarterback Quinn Jackson rushed for 247 yards on 23 carries and scored three TDs for the Indians (4-2, 1-1 Class C Division I). Jackson also threw a touchdown pass to Henry. The pair also hooked up on a two-point conversion.

Henry scored his first touchdown on a 14-yard run and kicked the extra point for a 7-0 lead with 2:47 left in the first quarter.

Burke Catholic (2-4, 1-1 Class C Division I) cut the deficit to 7-6 on the last play of the first quarter when quarterback Robert Pezzullo found freshman wide receiver Chris Skermo with a 27-yard TD pass.

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Libertarian candidate wants state income tax gone

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The Libertarian Party's candidate for West Virginia governor believes the state should do away with its personal income tax.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The Libertarian Party's candidate for West Virginia governor believes the state should do away with its personal income tax.

"The tax laws in our nation have become convoluted and rife with exemptions," said David Moran, a Preston County farmer and adjunct West Virginia University professor.

"I advocate the elimination of the personal income tax in West Virginia ... The personal income tax is regressive, punishing the people who work the hardest. I advocate the complete elimination of the personal income tax."

West Virginians pay more than $1.7 billion in personal income tax each year, according to the state's latest report. The money accounts for more than 41 percent of the state's general revenue budget, which funds almost every government program in the state, from schools and colleges to highways to the State Police.

"We have gone through the entire budget to identify areas we could cut," Moran said.

"We spend an incredible amount of money incarcerating prisoners, especially nonviolent prisoners jailed for things like smoking marijuana or traffic violations. It would be better to have them out on work release.

"That is just one example of something that would save us hundreds of millions of dollars."

Moran also urges the elimination of some state regulatory groups.

"Commissions like the [Alcohol Beverage Control Administration] are not necessary. They are holdovers from the 1930s. DMV [the Division of Motor Vehicles] inspection services could also be streamlined."

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