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Looks like the NFL needs to change its Twitter password.
The league's official Twitter account was hacked Tuesday with with a fake tweet saying Commissioner Roger Goodell had died.
A screenshot of a fake tweet saying NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell died.
"We regret to inform our fans that our commissioner, Roger Goodell, has passed away. He was 57. #RIP."
The NFL responded quicker than a strong side safety blitz, announcing the league's Twitter account was hacked. NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy, who tweeted to confirm the hacking, added that Goodell "is alive and well."
The hack is the latest involving big-name Twitter accounts, including pop stars Katy Perry, Drake and reality star Kylie Jenner. On Sunday, Ourmine, a hacker group with 41,000 followers on Twitter, claimed to have compromised Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn accounts. In a tweet, the group bragged about the alleged hacks and invited Zuckerberg to contact the group.
The hacks come after LinkedIn said last month more than 100 million members' email and password combinations had been posted online. The data was taken during a 2012 data breach.
A separate set of 6.5 million encrypted passwords stolen during that attack had previously been posted.
Although the NFL deleted Tuesday's bogus tweet, the hacker didn't stop. In a second tweet, the hacker wrote, "Oi, I said Roger Goodell has died. Don't delete that tweet."
In a third tweet the hacker gave up, saying, "OK, OK, you amateur detectives win. Good job."
The hacker's tweets have been retweeted thousands of times.
No word if Goodell's Deflategate nemesis, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, has seen the bogus tweets.
Update at 5:25 p.m. PT: Adds comment from Goodell.
MEPTIK, in association with Defacto Entertainment, is using DeckLink Duo 2 with Renewed Vision’s ProVideoPlayer 3 (PVP3) multi-screen media server to broadcast the National Basketball Association’s NBA 2K eSports league.
Renewed Vision is the latest company to adopt NewTek’s open Network Device Interface (NDI) standard for IP-based production workflows.
At the 2016 NAB Show, Renewed Vision will unveil the Pro Presenter Scoreboard software-based score presentation system.
Are you interested in building a cognitive application using the power of IBM Watson? Need a platform that provides speed and ease for rapidly deploying this application? Check out this ondemand webcast and join Chris Madison, Watson Solution Architect, as he walks through the process of building a Watson-powered application on IBM Bluemix. Chris will do a step-by-step cognitive application-building demonstration to acquaint you with the functionality and flexibility of Watson Services. Download today to build your own starter application and much, much more.
On the Intracoastal Waterway, this property is decorated with upscale appointments and amenities. The two-tiered lobby, featuring many ornate art pieces and textures, overlooks the marina.
Since its $72-million renovation in 2011, the mammoth, 589-room, 20-boat-slip Hilton Fort Lauderdale Marina has maintained its modern edge without compromising its charming, old school Key West style. Upon your entry into the lobby, panoramic glass walls dole out incredible views of the marina and colorful accessories usher in tropical elegance.
The Hilton Fort Lauderdale, located on the Intracoastal Waterway, has beautiful marina views and is convenient for those who are docking their boats. It's a good value, with a large pool and modern, well-kept, contemporary rooms, but there's a downside – getting to the beach requires a car (although the hotel provides a free shuttle service).
A hotel's guest rating is calculated using data provided under license by TripAdvisor. A total of 5628 have reviewed the Hilton Fort Lauderdale Marina, giving it a rating of 3.5, on a scale of 1-5.
Guest room decor at the Hilton Fort Lauderdale Marina features beige and off-white tones, with light green and blue hues mixed in. Floor-to-ceiling windows ensure that rooms stay well-lit, and guests can take in views of the Intracoastal Waterway, pool, marina or neighborhood from attached balconies or lanais. Standard amenities include flat-screen TVs with premium channels, feather pillows on Hilton Serenity Beds, work desks and minifridges.
Located by the Intracoastal Waterway, the Hilton Fort Lauderdale Marina features a convenient location for business travelers and vacationers alike. The property is within walking distance of the Greater Ft. Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center and the Southport Shopping Center and is accessible via multiple modes of public transportation.
The Hilton Fort Lauderdale Marina is home to four restaurants, including Nanking, which serves Asian fusion dishes in a sophisticated atmosphere. More casual meals can be found at Antea and poolside at The G, and the Waterway Room serves breakfast daily. Guests can also choose to have room service meals delivered to their rooms or to their yacht if it is parked in a slip at the marina.
Room service offered every day from 6:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.
The Hilton Fort Lauderdale Marina features a lagoon-style swimming pool that is heated for year-round use. The pool is located directly beside the marina, so guests can take in views of the water while lounging poolside.
The Hilton Fort Lauderdale Marina does not have a kids club, but babysitting services can be arranged for a fee. Kids menus are also available in the hotel's restaurants.
The 24-hour fitness center at the Hilton Fort Lauderdale Marina offers ellipticals, treadmills, stationary bikes and free weights for guest use. A walking and jogging track is located nearby as well.
The Hilton Fort Lauderdale Marina is a popular destination for business travelers due to its proximity to the Greater Ft. Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center. The hotel offers 21,300 square feet of meeting and event space made up of 12 rooms. The largest space, the Grand Ballroom, can accommodate up to 1,000 guests for theater-style events. Outdoor venue options include two decks, a fire pit area and a terrace.
The Hilton Fort Lauderdale Marina welcomes pets that weigh 25 pounds or less. A nonrefundable fee of $50 applies for all rooms with pets.
The Hilton Fort Lauderdale Marina can host weddings, and event planners are careful to book no more than one wedding on a given day to ensure that each couple receives personalized attention during their event. Couples can choose from 12 indoor meeting rooms or outdoor spaces like two decks, a terrace and a fire pit area. The largest can accommodate wedding-related events with up to 450 guests.
Imagine a postcard as seen through the eyes and paintbrushes of, say, Charles M. Russell or Fredric Remington. An Old West lodge, so rustic, weathered and teeming with lore.
The main lodge at Kennedy Meadows Resort east of Sonora maintained that feel even though, at 66 years old, it was a relative babe compared to other buildings in Tuolumne County. The lodge burned to the ground early Monday, taking a chunk of history with it and threatening a way of life that has existed in the high country since World War I still raged.
Old wooden buildings like that are always overmatched, mere kindling for an angry flame. The six people sleeping upstairs all got out safely, but Maggie, the oldest dog at the resort, perished. A few firefighters suffered minor injuries.
Kennedy's pack station remains open as deer hunters comb the backcountry in search of a four-pointer.
"The good news," said Oakdale's Jay Gilbert, who once co-owned the resort, "is that the bar is still there." Yes, the Last Chance Saloon, about 20 yards away, the last over-the-counter whiskey or beer before you head into the backcountry, escaped the destruction.
Kennedy Meadows became a destination even before it was a resort and pack station leading to that pristine playground known as the Emigrant Wilderness.
The meadows were named for Andrew Thomas Kennedy of Knights Ferry and his brother, J.F. Kennedy. Yes, before there was a JFK, there was a JFK. The brothers homesteaded or, through grazing arrangements, otherwise controlled thousands of acres of land.
They owned property that included Kennedy Lake northeast of the resort.
As folks tell it, Andrew Kennedy charged fishermen $1 apiece to fish his lake. When one angler tried to angle his way out of paying, Kennedy fired off a shot or two, sending a message and the intruder down the trail. Another version has him shooting the man.
About 1870, Kennedy built a cabin in the western meadow, a cabin that still stands today across from where the lodge stood.
The Kennedys sold their property to the Sierra and San Francisco Power Co., which built Relief Reservoir in the early 1900s. That company eventually morphed into Pacific Gas & Electric Co., more commonly known as PG&E.
Two men, last names of Ledshaw and Edwards, established a hunting camp in the western meadow. Ledshaw was paid by the government to hunt and kill mountain lions. By 1917, they operated a pack station, store and gas station, which they sold 12 years later to Frank Kurzi.
Kurzi built the original single-story lodge, which burned to the ground in the winter of 1940-41. The next spring, he began construction on a new lodge, this time a two-story building that included a restaurant and store. Construction ended July 4, 1941, about three months before Gary Cooper arrived to film Ernest Hemingway's "For Whom The Bell Tolls."
Willie Ritts, one of the resort's subsequent owners, said the last day of filming was Dec. 7, the day the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor.
"It was snowing," Ritts said. "They left that day."
Kurzi kept the resort until 1945, when he sold it to a Bay Area man who, three years later, sold it to Cliff and Rose Mitchell. Cliff Mitchell's father, Mills, had been running cattle in the mountains since the late 1800s and supplied beef to feed the crews building Relief Reservoir. After they divorced, Rose Mitchell sold the business to Reno Sardella in 1961.
Ritts, who had worked for Sardella, partnered with Jay Gilbert to buy Kennedy's in 1970, then bought out Gilbert in 1977. Matt Bloom, who had wrangled for Ritts, has owned the resort for the past several years.
With phone service at the resort knocked out by the fire, and with no cellular phone coverage in the high country, Bloom could not be reached for comment Monday.
Until Monday, Bloom's primary worries about the future of Kennedy Meadows Resort stemmed from a bankruptcy case involving PG&E, which owns the land. The utility must divest itself of some of its properties. The Forest Service wants the land. Fearing the kind of restrictions the government has imposed on private cabin owners in the forest, Bloom has campaigned for a conservancy to get the property.
Now, his more immediate concern is putting the resort back together again.
Until that happens, the great American postcard that was the Kennedy Meadows lodge will simply be a memory.
Chicken Salad Chick on Tunnel Road offers a chicken salad for every taste.
The Classic Carol at Chicken Salad Chick is made with all white meat shredded chicken, finely minced celery, mayonnaise and a secret seasoning. Shown here with macaroni and cheese.
Nominations are being accepted for the 2009 San Marcos High School Distinguished Alumnus Hall of Fame.
Recipients, who are chosen by a panel of San Marcos High School graduates, current Hall of Fame members and community leaders, are alumni who have excelled in their chosen professions, who have served the community through volunteerism, social service, and leadership, and whose integrity and stature serve as an example to the San Marcos community and beyond.
Nominations should include a cover letter about the nominee; a biography, resume or professional vitae; the class year of graduation; and contact information on the nominee and the person who submits the nomination.
The deadline for nominations is July 31, 2009. Nominations may be emailed to Diana (Becker) Finlay Hendricks (SMHS Class of 75), SMHS DSA Chair, at [email protected]; or mailed to San Marcos Education Foundation, Attention Distinguished Alumnus Nomination, PO Box 671, San Marcos, Texas 78667.
For more information, please call (512) 618-3373 or email [email protected].
Former honorees include Dr. Gwen K. Smith, ‘33; Handler Smith, ‘53; Ross King, ‘54; Walter “Bud” Burnett, ‘56; Virginia Cox Witte, ‘56; Harry Max Reasoner, ‘56; Dolores Crittendon, ‘56; Joyce Able, ‘58; Bill Pennington, ‘60; John Diaz, ‘61; Dale Linebarger, ‘61; Rusty Phillips, ‘62; Reece Morrison, ‘64; Richard Cruz, ‘65; Frank Arredondo, ‘65; Tricia Tingle, ‘73; Troy Kimmel, ‘75; and Rob Thomas, ’83, Dottie Payne Sims, ’40; Frank Contreras, ’55; Randall Morris, ’65; Cinnamon Linda Stouffer Strassmann, ’88; Dr. Liz Champagne Johnson, ’69; John Roberts, ’62; and Dr. Melba Vasquez, ’69, and Ruben Ruiz, ‘69.
Alumni are invited to come home to San Marcos for the All Class Reunion Oct. 16-17 for events including the Alumni and Friends Rattler Cup Golf Scramble at the Plum Creek Golf Club in Kyle and the Annual Alumni Dinner and Dance at the Embassy Suites Hotel and Conference Center on Saturday.
The dinner and dance will include the recognition of 2009 Distinguished Alumni, dinner and dancing in the smaller ballrooms featuring music and dance of each decade. Friday night will be open for individual classes to have private social events at locations of their choices in San Marcos.
A block of rooms has been reserved at the Embassy Suites for Oct. 16-17 at a rate of $129 plus tax. To reserve your room, call 512-392-6450 or visit the hotel’s Web site here before September 16. Enter group code SMR to receive the special discount.
For information and updates visit the alumni association’s Web site here.
* September 29 -- David Lee Parker, Jr., 31, Linton, was arrested on a preliminary charge of domestic battery. His bond was set at $4,000 surety with ten percent allowed. Linton Police Officer Debbie McDonald-Miller was the arresting officer.
If the Thoroughbred marketplace had an adage in 2009, it was that which did not kill it would make it stronger.
After enduring one of its most painful corrections in decades and having some of its longest-running ills fully exposed, there is now cautious optimism the auction arena has put the worst of its suffering behind it and can start plotting a path to recovery.
Undoubtably, the 2009 auction season will go down in infamy in the Thoroughbred industry as global economic downturns combined with overproduction and inflated stud fees prompted many buyers to scale back drastically in their equine purchases, resulting in hundreds of millions of lost revenue.
The one upshot to having results turn out as bleak as predicted, however, was that it prompted changes in both practices and perspectives.
"We swung the pendulum way too far one way in overproduction but, the way it's going now, we're going to swing back the other way ... because so many people aren't breeding mares right now. We just have to hang in there, survive it and get through it. And I look at this thing to bounce back."
Supply and demand is one of the most basic premises for economic success, and the January sale is already better positioned on that front that it was a year ago.
This year's catalog offers 1,753 lots, down from the 2,379 horses cataloged in 2009, and more than 100 horses have already been declared out of Monday's session alone.
Another point of encouragement for participants is the fact the Keeneland November sale — of which the January auction is typically considered an extension — showed some resiliency as it was down just 13.92 percent compared to its 2008 results.
Weanlings in particular sold well in November, a factor that bodes well for the newly-turned yearlings that were actively being shown on the sales grounds this past weekend.
"Instead of (November) being down 40 percent it was down (less than) 15 percent which I think showed that we were bottoming out a little bit," said Doug Cauthen, president of WinStar Farm. "This sale seems like you're typical January sale, not a huge catalog but there are some selected high quality mares and 'short' yearlings that have come in here that will sell well."
Though the January sale is not historically considered a barometer for which to judge the upcoming sale season, the results of the next five days could be a further indication of just how much buyer confidence has returned.
"I think people have more information now than they did a year ago or even six months ago," said Andrew Cary, general manager of Select Sales Agency. "The economy seems to be doing better, the European sales are doing pretty good.
"I think everyone thinks the worst is over but we're not out of the woods yet either. It's not like we're going to go straight back to how things were two to three years ago. There are still going to be some hard times, there still needs to be a bit of a reduction in supply but...I think people will start to see a turnaround this year and hopefully this sale can kick it off."
After three weeks of speculation, Tiger Woods confirmed Sunday that he will not play in next week's Dubai Desert Classic, deciding that it's not safe to travel outside the country.
"It's just not a safe environment over there right now," he said.
"Going overseas in this particular year, right now, especially in that part of the world, is a little tough for me to go," Woods said. "If it's a little bit more safe than it is now, I'd go, but it's not. It's a reality question and you've got to be realistic with your answer too."
Woods said he had been in contact with officials from the State Department, who advised him against playing.
The $1.8-million tournament in the United Arab Emirates also lost Colin Montgomerie and Nick Faldo, who withdrew last week. However, defending champion Ernie Els reaffirmed his intention to play. Also, Woods' friend, Mark O'Meara, is committed to play at Dubai.
Woods apparently will relinquish his standard appearance fee of $2.5 million, which he regularly donates to his Tiger Woods Foundation. Woods says he intends to play the tournament in 2004.
Woods' next tournament would be the $4.5-million Bay Hill Invitational, March 20-23 in Orlando, where Els is also entered. It would be the first full-field, stroke-play tournament to include both Woods and Els since Els replaced Phil Mickelson as the No. 2-ranked player in the world behind Woods.
Every year sees about 500,000 Shigella infections, resulting in 6,000 hospitalizations and 70 deaths in the United States.
“What is different is that we usually don’t see this particular species (Shigella sonnei) causing hospitalization,” Walker said, explaining why state health experts are watching the local outbreak.
The California Department of Public Health is assisting with the investigation of the 128 cases in Stanislaus County, where the illness seems to spread from person to person. “Other counties are affected and (the state) is trying to understand the cause and how it’s spread,” Walker said.
A spokesman for Memorial Medical Center said the Modesto hospital has seen 13 cases in its emergency department since November. Nine patients were admitted to the hospital.
Stanislaus County, which typically has 10 to 15 cases of Shigella each year, recorded 47 cases by mid-August of this year, prompting the Health Services Agency to warn the public. The outbreak affecting everyone from children to seniors peaked at 22 reported cases in September and decreased to 12 in October and 10 in November. The county health agency recently issued a second alert urging residents to take precautions, such as thorough hand-washing, so the disease is not spread at holiday gatherings.
Patients normally suffer with the illness for five to seven days, but it can cause serious complications such as dehydration, anemia, kidney failure and fever-related seizures in children. The disease is spread person to person when infected individuals don’t wash their hands after using the restroom and touch objects or contaminate food that is then eaten by other people.
Some Shigella outbreaks are linked to contaminated food at restaurants, tainted drinking water, or nursing home or child care facilities, but there are no patterns suggesting that has happened in Stanislaus County, Walker said.
Jeanette Camarillo of Modesto said her 7-year-old son, who caught the illness last month, had diarrhea for more than two weeks and would cry all night with stomach cramps. Her 2-year-old son came down with bloody stools, or mostly blood in his diapers, Camarillo said. Her youngest son was taken to Memorial Medical Center and was immediately sent to Valley Children’s Hospital near Madera, where he was treated for three days.
The 2-year-old was treated with antibiotics after tests detected the Shiga toxin. Camarillo, who has five children, said she did everything to keep the illness from spreading to other family members in the Pelton Avenue dwelling in west Modesto, such as wearing gloves when changing diapers and frequent use of hand sanitizer.
Walker said outbreaks of Shigella sonnei infection began in 2014 in San Diego County, yielding a two-year total of 426 cases. San Joaquin County was hit with the same bacterial strain in 2015, resulting in 185 residents with Shigellosis, up from 30 the previous year.
State officials alerted Stanislaus County, which confirmed its first Shigella sonnei infection in June 2015, Walker said.
A genomic study by researchers at UC Davis and the state health department concluded the same cluster of Shigella sonnei struck in San Diego and the San Joaquin Valley, while a different cluster was tied to outbreaks in the Bay Area.
In a news release Wednesday, Vishnu Chaturvedi, director of the state’s microbial diseases lab, said Shigella sonnei bacteria normally cause more mild disease but started to produce the Shiga toxin. The species acquired a gene to produce toxin most likely through genetic exchanges with E. coli and other Shigella species, Chaturvedi said.
According to the recent study, the Shigella strain associated with outbreaks in San Francisco contained genes that made it resistant to certain antibiotics. Those resistant genes are similar to what’s found in Shigella strains in Southeast Asia.
Dr. Navneet Gill, an infectious disease specialist at Doctors Medical Center of Modesto, said some patients need hospital care for dehydration, and the toxin can destroy red blood cells leading to hemolytic uremic syndrome affecting the kidneys.