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Since October 1st, they've been at the apex of CIS football, but Greg Marshall will be the first to tell you they won't really belong there until they win the national championship.
"We've been pretty grounded," maintained Marshall, head coach of the Western Mustangs. "I don't think there's anyone on our team that thinks we're the No. 1 team. My opinion is that until someone knocks off Laval, they're the No. 1 team. Us and Calgary and Mount Allison, we're just trying to get there."
The top-ranked Ontario champs head west for the Centaur Mitchell Bowl on Saturday afternoon at McMahon Stadium, where they'll take on the six-time Canada West winners, the third-ranked University of Calgary Dinos. In the Uteck Bowl, defending cham pion Laval takes on unranked Mount Allison.
Both Calgary and Western are 10-0 and are offensive powerhouses led by young sophomores who are the MVPs of their respective conferences — Western quarterback Will Finch and Dinos' running back Mercer Timmis. And it is the success these teams have achieved in spite of their youth that is a common denominator.
"We're a young team, very young," explained Marshall, the CFL coach of the year in 2004 while with Hamilton. "Lots of people talk about the youth of Calgary. I would say that we're as young or younger. There's times in the season this year where 10 of our starters on offence were second year and under 20 years old. Our defence has a little more experience up front and in our linebacking corps, but we're young in the secondary, a little bit like Calgary."
Another way the teams mirror one another is in their propensity for scoring. Western led the country with an average of 57.2 points per game and 647.8 total yards per game. Calgary, meanwhile, was first in the CIS in rushing, with a 232.2 average, and third in both scoring and total offence.
"We like to set up the pass by running the football," Marshall pointed out. "I thought we'd have a good team. I thought we'd rely on our defence until the offence got its feet underneath them. Pretty much it was the other way around."
Western's offensive line, case in point, saw only one returnee who was hurt early on, so the entire unit was brand new. One of the guys they expected back from the pros, Calgary Stampeders' Shane Bergman, made the CFL club, so that didn't help the experience factor.
Their arsenal is vast. Receiver Matt Uren, who didn't play all regular season with a hamstring injury, returned for the playoffs and was named MVP of the Ontario final. But the one who everyone is talking about is Finch, the undisputed leader.
"He's special, there's no doubt," agreed Marshall. "He's as good a young quarterback as I've seen. He's 19 years old. He's got great touch on the ball, good decision making, runs the ball well. Has good control of our offence. In the playoffs and last half of regular season we said we're not going to run Will, but at this point in the season, we're going to do whatever it takes to win. And he's got zero attitude, easy to coach, calm, quiet."
These Dinos, despite being in a different conference, are no mystery to Marshall.
"I do know the Calgary players," he said. "I've probably coached maybe a dozen of them in international games the last three years. Coach Nill has always allowed his players to play in under-19 games and I've coached down in Texas. Mercer played for me last year, Doctor Cassama played a couple of years ago, three of the offensive line played, Tanner Doll . . . I know a lot of the players and I know their abilities. And I know one thing: they're young, but they're talented. And it's going to be important to limit the mistakes because you've got two very good offences going head to head."


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FREEPORT — After a lengthy and contentious meeting lasting until almost midnight Thursday, the Stephenson County Board adopted its next budget plan by a 14-8 vote.
"Some board members don't realize that the cost of doing business keeps going up," said Stephenson County Board Chairman Bill Hadley. "We have to keep up with the times."
Hadley said that the county is required by state law to pass its fiscal year budget by Dec. 1. The new budget — a $42.6 million plan — was previously approved on a 5-2 vote by the county's Finance Committee.
"It's a very tight, conservative budget," Hadley said.
But not everyone agrees that the budget is conservative. District I Board Member Kenneth Ward was one of eight members who rejected the measure.
"We're sitting at the mercy of the big spenders," Ward said. "It could have been recessed until the end of the month. We could have come back into session. We're like the rest of the state and nation, we're at a tipping point. If we keep going the way that we're going, it could be disastrous."
The budget initially projected a general fund deficit of $185,121. That number grew following less-than-robust revenues in October, according to Stephenson County Administrator John Light.
"After October, we were looking at a $215,000 deficit," Light said in reference to the county's general fund. "We reduced $301,000 worth of expenses to generate a $95,000 surplus."
County leaders decided to scratch plans for four new positions. They also will finance the purchase of new air conditioners for the county courthouse and shift funding away from the Stephenson County Nursing Center as well as debt repayments for Mill Race Crossing.
Two of the positions that were lost to the new budget are 911 telecommunication positions. Stephenson County Sheriff Dave Snyders said that these positions were originally lost in 2011 and since then, there has been one person staffed per 12-hour shift.
"These are positions that are necessary," Snyders said. "We're working short-handed in our dispatch center. They are a necessity. We have a lawsuit pending because we have one telecommunicator. Most every other police department has two."
Current moneymakers anticipated in the next county budget include $350,000 to begin housing federal inmates at the Stephenson County Jail and $165,298 in real estate tax revenue.
"Overall, the budget isn't perfect but we did the best we could in these economic times," Hadley said.
Light added that after a planned fixed amount wage increase for non-union workers, a $44,000 surplus contingency will remain in the general fund.
"The budget is balanced and there is a small surplus," Light said. "They did tackle a lot of stuff Thursday night and it was long but they got it done."
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Optimal Placement of Piezoelectric Plates to Control Multimode Vibrations of Rotating BeamF. Botta[1], D. Dini[2], S. Gentili[1], G. Cerri[1]
[1]Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica e Industriale, Università degli Studi di Roma Tre, Roma, Italy
[2]Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
Turbomachines blades are forced by a load resulting from the interaction with the fluid. The consequent vibrations, and the associated fatigue phenomena, can give catastrophic failures and the reduction of the blades life. It could be increased if damping system are used. The piezoelectric materials has received considerable attention by many researcher for their potential application in the passive and active vibrations control. It is well know the relation between electrical and mechanical quantities: a strain field occurs when an electric field is applied, and vice-versa. In compliance with this effects the active blades vibrations control could be realized by the application on blade of piezoelectric plates; so that vibrations induced by the external load can be reduced if the mechanical action of PZT is in opposition respect of the external load action. In order to obtain the maximum vibration reduction research focuses on the characterization of the optimal placement of PZT on blade; in fact the position that realized the maximum PZT action depends on the composition of the spectrum load, because correlated with the maximum PZT mechanical work on blade.The Optimal placement issue has been analytically solved for non-rotary beam and a single mode spectrum load; the authors have solved the same problem by considering a multi-mode spectrum load, and have validated via FEM and experimentally the theoretical solution obtained.
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At their core, the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 are video game systems. However, they contain an array of technology that's built on the innovations of the consoles that came before them. From controllers to online services, these new systems offer more for the gamer than anything we've seen before. This article will attempt to give a summary of how we got to where we are today, marking off some of the major innovations in the console spaces as they happened.
The First Console - Magnavox Odyssey (1972)
Perhaps no machine on this list deserves more praise than the Magnavox Odyssey. The Odyssey is ground zero of the console explosion, the first system that brought gaming out of the arcades and into our homes. While the Odyssey is primitive by today's standards, and only offered a small set of pre-programmed games, it established the concept of a video game console in the public's mind, and paved the way for everything that came after. The Odyssey was designed by Ralph Baer, the man generally considered the father of video games.
Game Cartridges - Fairchild Channel F (1976)
The Fairchild Channel F is now largely a footnote in game history, as it was quickly eclipsed by Atari's VCS, but it's worth remembering that the system pioneered the use of removable game cartridges – and beat Atari to market by a full year. Sadly, Fairchild quickly lost faith in the video game market – thinking it was a fad built around the success of Pong – and ceded control of the industry to Atari. Still, it did manage to release 27 game cartridges (many packagings of multiple smaller scale games) during the lifespan of the Channel F.
Analog Stick - Acetronic MPU 1000 (1976)
While the N64 is generally credited with the innovation of the analog stick, that's far from the truth. In the early days of games, a few systems experimented with analog sticks, including the Atari 5200 and the Vectrex in the early '80s. The Vectrex in particular is notable for having a "self-centering" stick.
However the first analog stick in a home console was actually the Acetronic MPU 1000, an obscure European system manufactured by Radofin was also marketed under the names Prinztronic and Interton. Pretty impressive for 1976.
First Downloadable Games - Intellivision PlayCable (1981)
No, that's not a misprint – I was surprised myself to find that downloadable games date back all the way to 1981. The Intellivision PlayCable was an ingenious (and forward-thinking) little piece of technology developed by Mattel. The PlayCable add-on to the Intellivision allowed users to download a selection of small games into the unit's internal 4K memory. For a monthly fee, you downloaded games from a selection of around 20 into the PlayCable, via the FM band of your cable television link. Unfortunately, the service never really took off and was hamstrung by the high costs that cable operator incurred to run it. Still, subscription-based downloadable games is still considered cutting edge in 2013 with things like PlayStation Plus, meaning that PlayCable was a whole 30 years ahead of its time. Impressive.
The D-Pad - Famicom (1983)
The Famicom (Nintendo's Japanese version of the NES) was released in 1983, and included a controller that would forever change the face of console gaming. The joysticks of past systems were replaced by a simple cross button that used for directional controls. Along with two face buttons, this opened up gaming to new design possibilities, and provided much more accurate control for players. Every console controller that followed is in some way derived from this controller.
Shoulder Buttons - Super Famicom (1990)
Nintendo did it again with the Super Famicom (SNES in North America). After the Famicom controller redefined console gaming, the Super Famicom added two more buttons (for a total of four face buttons) and two shoulder buttons. While the shoulder buttons didn't feel revolutionary initially, time has shown it to be much more important than we realized at the time. For one, it enabled a new level of complexity of gameplay. Also, down the road, these shoulder buttons would evolve into triggers that would help make the first-person shooter a staple of console gaming.
Memory Card - Neo Geo (1990)
The Neo Geo was an ambitious console – it sought to literally bring arcade-perfect gaming to the home with a system that featured the exact same technology as a line of SNK arcade cabinets. The only hitch in this plan was that this tech came at a cost: The unit debuted in the U.S. at a whopping $649.99 (that's over $1,500 adjusted for inflation). This link between the home console and the arcade unit did inspire one lasting bit of innovation: a memory card by which players could transfer their games between home and the arcade. For those of us who grew up writing down long codes, this was a godsend. Unlike the cartridge saves of games like The Legend of Zelda, this also made your game saves portable and not tied to any one specific cartridge.


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Hey guys I often play at Carter (courts by northeastern) and Boston Commons if you're round 3.5-4.5 don't be afraid to come ask me in person to hit later.
(I don't know how well a the ranking numbers do I just go by what my friends say)
I just don't like to arrange things online because I usually get lazy to do these things haha. And forget to check.
I'm usually there Mon, Tues, Thurs-Sun if I'm bored in the evenings.
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The New Mac Userby Derrick Story
Dear Mac Reader,
I want to continue with a theme that I introduced in my last letter. In the simplest terms, I'm referring to it as "The New Mac User."
This is a subject that I really want your feedback on because I think it's important. But I'm getting ahead of myself -- let's go back a few weeks to the P2P conference in Washington DC.
After the conference, many of us compared notes about the proliferation of Mac laptops, especially the iBook. Almost every one of these computers was running Mac OS X 10.1.
Then, just recently, I stumbled across this interesting note from Nat Torkington, who is famous for many O'Reilly things including being the Program Director for last July's Open Source Convention in San Diego, CA:
"I can't remember if I included this in my report or not, but Mac laptops (mostly iBooks) and OS X were very popular at the Think Conference I attended. Part of this is probably because a non-trivial number of attendees were Early Hackers and participated in the microcomputer home hobbyist period that lead directly into Wozniak and Jobs starting Apple. Wozniak is still god-like to many folks."
Once again we're seeing more Mac laptops than we're used to noticing at a truly geeky event.
Now, one more development that I want to add to this conversation. I attended an excellent North Coast Mac User Group (NCMUG) meeting last week (in Sonoma County, CA) that featured Phil Schiller, Apple VP, talking about the iPod and Mac OS X. At one point Phil asked the audience to indicate by a show of hands how many were using Mac OS X on a regular basis. My guess is that about 25 to 30 percent raised their hands.
Now I consider user group meetings to be the heartland of the Mac community. Most of these people have been using the platform for years, some as far back as Mac OS 4. Yet their adoption of the new OS was a much lower percentage than what I'm noticing in traditional non-Mac settings.
Here's what I'm wondering ... I'm seeing all sorts of new people carrying around Macs using Mac OS X, but I'm not seeing as rapid as an adoption to the new OS by long time Mac users. When talking to one seasoned guru at the NCMUG meeting, he said in reference to Photoshop, "Even after Adobe Carbonizes Photoshop so that it runs on Mac OS X, that doesn't mean that any of my third party plug-ins will work. I have quite an investment there, and I need those tools."
I think he touched on an important point. It's one thing to migrate to Mac OS X if you have a new iBook and no real investment in existing Mac software, but it's quite another for long time users who might want to switch, but who see it as a temporary step backwards in functionality, not to mention the added expense.
So my two-part question is: Are we going to see the emergence of two categories of users in the Mac community, or is this just the different paces of adoption that will ultimately result in us being united again under Mac OS X? And a second question is, do you think this will lead to an increase in market share for Apple?
I'd love to know what you think. If I get enough responses, I'll pull them together into an article.
Until next time,
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Brussels, 13 November 2009
IEA's World Energy Outlook 2009 confirms EU energy and climate policies are on the right track
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has recognised the contribution of the EU energy policies in the fight against climate change but highlighted that if global temperature rise is to be kept below 2 ° Celsius, much remains to be done. This is one of the main messages of a presentation of the IEA's World Energy Outlook 2009 for European Commission high level officials, hosted by Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs today. The IEA's Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka and Chief Economist Fatih Birol presented the recent upheavals in energy markets and discussed their implications for EU policies.
"The findings of the World Energy Outlook 2009 confirm that the EU energy and climate change policies are steering Europe firmly in the right direction. The transition toward a low carbon economy is urgently needed, not only in Europe but also globally. The findings of the report are a welcome contribution as we prepare to push for an ambitious global climate agreement in Copenhagen and as we continue to develop and implement our energy policy,' said Commissioner Piebalgs.
"Over the past year, there has been a dramatic drop in global energy use, carbon dioxide emissions and energy investments," Mr Tanaka reported. "The EU and the IEA agree that in such an environment the role of governments is crucial in supporting investment and designing appropriate policies to tackle the triple challenges of the economic downturn, energy security and climate change."
The WEO 2009 sets out a timetable of actions needed to limit the long-term concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere to 450 parts per million of carbon-dioxide equivalent and to keep the global temperature rise to around 2 ° Celsius. Alongside its sombre warning that every year of delay in implementing these measures adds $500 billion to the energy sector's mitigation costs, the IEA highlights there are cost-effective solutions to avoid severe climate change, while also enhancing energy security. The biggest contribution should come from energy efficiency, while the role of low carbon technologies such as renewables will also be critical.
Although global energy use is expected to fall this year, it is set to increase by 40% between now and 2030, according to the reference scenario, reflecting both the impact of the economic crisis and of new government policies introduced over the last year.
The report urges governments to make use of this narrow window of opportunity before energy demand starts to rise again to concentrate investment on low-carbon technology and to meet the ambitious pathway advocated by the IEA.
Further information and material on the IEA World Energy Outlook is available here .
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Pain Management during Treatment
I am getting chemo & radiation. Should I tough it out with the pain during treatment? I'm afraid to start taking pain killers.
Alexander Lin, MD, Radiation Oncologist at Penn Medicine, responds:
You should not "tough it out." There are many forms of therapy we can employ during therapy to minimize pain. By minimizing pain, your ability to maintain your weight, hydration, and nutritional status will be greatly improved. This, in the end, will help maximize your chances of long-term cancer control.
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Submission + - Tizen is no Android, but will still play an important role (networkworld.com)
Steve Patterson writes: Tizen is clumsily positioned directly against Android and iOS. Its backers — Samsung, Intel, the Linux foundation, and a large community of open source developers with experience competing with and against market-leading OS platforms — are not that naive. Naïveté aside, Tizen can play an important role.


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Karen LeSueur Packard Rhodes's musings about genealogy, including recent developments, methods and sources, her own family history, and whatever is and can be related to them.
Friday, March 5, 2010
WDYTYA: The first installment
Tonight's debut episode of Who Do You Think You Are? has me "surprised and pleased." They have done it the way I wish Henry Louis Gates had done it! They stuck with one person through the hour, the person herself -- Sarah Jessica Parker -- did actual travel on the trail of her ancestors, from New Jersey to Cincinnati, Ohio, to Eldorado, California, to Salem, Massachusetts. They had real genealogists and real librarians and real historians showing a little bit of the process (you cannot show the entire process in one television hour) of research, and they had Ms. Parker making the acutal discoveries in some instances, rather than just sitting at a table and being handed a book. Sorry, Dr. Gates -- I think WDYTYA has it right.
Of course, it remains to be seen whether this level will continue, but I think it has a good chance. As my husband observed, they "de-celebritied" the thing pretty quickly, taking the right tack and concentrating on the search for ancestors. I still would like to see them use plain people, too, but for a show using a celebrity, this one was well and intelligently done.
I would like to see more emphasis on the correct use of records and the correct citation of sources, but that's pretty dull stuff for the TV audience, I guess. (I also wish that every census sheet had the gorgeous handwriting of that 1850 Eldorado census!). They did rather gloss over the establishment of connection between her ancestors John E. and John S. Hodge, but again, they just can't show the entire process in a television hour.
I am, indeed, surprised and pleased.
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- Julia, IBSSG said...
How I feel about the issue:
As much as I'd like to tell the "WDYTYA" show's producers, "Pick me! Pick me!", I'm afraid that the only people who would watch are my cousins. The market reality is that the celebrity names are what draw the viewers.
I consider this show a baby step - just to get people interested in genealogy in the first place and show them that it can be done. The details, like learning to write citations, will come later for them.
To Dr. Gates' enormous credit, the series he's produced are poetic and visually beautiful. His ability to draw parallels and sweeping arcs of connection brings tears to my eyes. His series are meant for a different audience, the genealogically sophisticated. For me, he simply does it so much better. He's totally awesome!
While jumping between "clients'" stories may appear disjointing at first, it's because each episode has an overall theme that would be lost if the stories unfolded linearly: "the dynamic and shifting relationship America had with her new immigrants in the 20th century", "the many journeys to becoming American that defined the "Century of Immigration" (1820s – 1924)", "the story of the peopling of the New World", "the search for the guests' ancestries where the historical record leaves off".
Also to Dr. Gates' credit, he did the genealogy of a very nice "civilian" in "African American Lives 2".
All things considered, if ever given the choice in a fantasy delusion between the two shows, I'd rather have Dr. Gates, "Pick me! Pick me!"
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- Karen Packard Rhodes said...
Excellent comments, Julia, and thank you for expressing them here. I hadn't thought of it that way, and I should take another look, when I finally come up for air. Spring Break is next week, but I fear I'm going to spend that doing laundry! LOL!
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Mike Murphy wrote this commentary in the Detroit Free Press:
The GOP's greatest challenge is the fact that Democrats begin each presidential election with a near lock on the Electoral College. Twenty-one states and the District of Columbia have given their electoral votes to the Democratic presidential nominee in at least five out of the last six elections. These states represent 257 electoral votes out of the 270 needed to win the presidency. Under current trends, the GOP nominee has to pull the equivalent of drawing an inside straight in poker to get to the White House. [...]
The GOP needs to reshuffle the deck and expand the presidential playing field. Success in Michigan could become its electoral ace in the hole.
Mike Murphy, a principal at the Revolution Agency, was the lead strategist to former Michigan Gov. John Engler and U.S. Sen. Spencer Abraham. Trent Wisecup is a Republican consultant who has worked for Abraham, Oakland County Executive Brooks Patterson and U.S. Rep. Joe Knollenberg.
I'm not sure how the Dems have a near lock on the Electoral College when Republicans are indeed "shuffling the deck" and "expanding the presidential playing field" by gerrymandering and disenfranchising voters as fast as they can. If some GOP states have their way, they will "apportion electoral votes by congressional district, a setup far more favorable to Republicans." In fact, it could change the outcome of future elections.
So as much as I want to believe that Dems have the advantage, I find it difficult to be that optimistic.


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Kosher Symbols
When I was growing up, most kosher products had the symbol O-U. But now there seems to be everything – Texas-K, California-K, Minnesota-K. How do I know what kosher supervision is considered reliable?
The Aish Rabbi Replies:
Be aware that just because a product is labeled with a "K" does not necessarily mean it's kosher. In America, there is no law barring a company from putting any letter they want on a label, whether the product is ice tea or pork rinds.
One rabbi told me that he was supervising a kosher bakery in Florida, and when they wanted to start using a non-kosher ingredient, the rabbi told them, "If you use that ingredient, then I will have to remove the certification." They replied, "That's okay, we'll just continue putting a 'K' on our packaging anyway."
For reliable supervision, O-U, O-K, Star-K, and Chaf-K are some of the most common symbols (called "hechshers"). There are many others, some good and some not-so-good. If you have a specific question, you should check with a rabbi well-versed in Jewish law, or try the web site www.kosherquest.org.


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HARRISBURG (AP) — Republican Gov. Tom Corbett is defending legislation that an oil and gas royalty owners group said undermines some landowners' negotiating rights when dealing with Marcellus Shale drilling companies.
HARRISBURG (AP) — Republican Gov. Tom Corbett is defending legislation that an oil and gas royalty owners group said undermines some landowners' negotiating rights when dealing with Marcellus Shale drilling companies.
Corbett signed the bill without public comment Tuesday after it won overwhelming support from the Republican-controlled Legislature in June. In a letter to lawmakers, Corbett said he believes the new law enhances the efficiency of drilling for oil and gas while limiting environmental damage and protecting the rights of landowners and leaseholders.
He said it is not his intention to affect the agreed-to terms of an existing lease.
The law is designed to advance the Marcellus Shale industry's ability to vacuum up natural gas through the recent advent of underground, horizontally drilled bores that can extend out thousands of feet from the vertical well bore, sometimes even crossing property lines.
Marcellus Shale wells can be drilled on land that was leased for the traditional, shallow oil and gas wells drilled in western Pennsylvania in the decades before a boom began in 2008, the bill's proponents say.
However, those leases had no provision in them to allow a drilling company to extract gas through horizontal well bores that extend from an adjacent property. This law gives that power to drilling companies, instead of forcing them to ask the permission of the landowner or whoever leased the mineral rights, or simply drilling a well on the property to get the gas.
The absence of such permission from the lease gave the landowner or mineral rights owner the ability to negotiate to allow it to be inserted into the existing lease, said the National Association of Royalty Owners, a group that generally favors drilling.
"It is potentially a valuable opportunity to these mineral owners, but it appears that the operator who pushed this effort found their money would be better spent to negotiate in Harrisburg rather than at kitchen tables," said Trevor Walczak, vice president of the association's Pennsylvania chapter.
The provision was in a bill sponsored by Rep. Garth Everett, R-Lycoming, and passed the House Energy Resources and Environmental Committee on June 4 and the full House unanimously on June 11. Two weeks later, the provision was amended into a separate bill, which passed the House and Senate overwhelmingly.
An industry group, the Marcellus Shale Coalition, supports the new law. Everett said Wednesday that House staff had brought the idea to him and he did not know which company was seeking the solution.
Instead, he said, he believed it would clarify a practice that was already underway while heading off lawsuits.
"I don't personally believe it compromises anybody's rights," he said.
No hearing was held on the provision, and NARO said many lawmakers did not understand the provision.


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ALLENTOWN, Pa. – The York College men's lacrosse team captured their second win of the season on Saturday, besting host Muhlenberg 10-4 in Allentown, Pa. The non-conference victory pushes the Spartans to 2-1 on the season while the Mules drop to 1-1.
A pair of rookies provided a significant portion of the offensive firepower for the Green and White as newcomers Tyler Davis netted three goals while Tyler Hutson registered two tallies and two assists. Through the first three contests, Hutson leads the squad with 12 points on nine goals and three helpers while Davis has contributed six points on five scores and one assist.
York opened a 3-1 lead in the first quarter as James Langton, Nick Bach, and Seth Krolus each posted tallies. That advantage held true throughout the second period as neither side found the back of the net, despite the Spartans owning an 8-4 advantage in shots during the frame.
It would prove period number three in which the Green and White pulled away from their hosts. Outscoring Muhlenberg 4-0 in the third quarter, Hutson netted his first goal of the game with 11:58 left in the frame courtesy of a Langton assist. Davis followed 2:07 later with his first as it was Hutson who provided the helper. Now owning a 5-1 lead, Krolus tallied his second of the day at the 7:14 mark before Davis ended the quarter with York's seventh goal. Off an assist from Andrew Thomas, Davis' second goal of the afternoon gave the Green and White a commanding 7-1 lead heading into the final 15 minutes.
York's lead crested to a maximum of eight at 9-1 as Bach tallied with 7:54 to play, followed by Davis' third just 39 seconds later.
Muhlenberg scored back-to-back goals with less than six minutes to play, but Hutson brought that spurt to a halt with the Spartans' 10th and final goal of the day with 3:44 left. The Mules' Doug Rheiner finished the scoring with 3:10 left in the contest.
For the game, the Spartans owned a 41-37 edge in shots and went 2-for-6 in man-advantage opportunities.
Tyler Powell picked up the win in the cage as he recorded 11 saves including six in the first quarter and three in the fourth. Muhlenberg's James Fasola posted 16 stops for the hosts.
Returning to action on Wednesday, March 7, the Green and White venture back to Kinsley Field for their second home contest of the 2012 campaign. The Spartans are slated to welcome McDaniel to York in a 3:30 pm non-conference tilt.
PHOTO: Nick Bach attempts to drive against a Randolph-Macon defender as James Langton looks on during York's 2012 season-opener. Courtesy of Theresa Dark - York College (Pa.) Athletic Communications Student Photographer.


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With more than 45,000 sold since 1989, The New Organic Grower has become a modern classic. In this newly revised and expanded edition, master grower Eliot Coleman continues to present the simplest and most sustainable ways of growing top-quality organic vegetables. Coleman updates practical information on marketing the harvest, on small-scale equipment, and on farming and gardening for the long-term health of the soil. The new book is thoroughly updated, and includes all-new chapters such as:
Written for the serious gardener or small market farmer, The New Organic Grower proves that, in terms of both efficiency and profitability, smaller can be better.
"This is the best book on small-scale farming I've read in years."--Pat Stone, Mother Earth News
"I know of no other person. . . who can produce better results on the land with an economy of effort and means than Eliot. He has transformed gardening from a task, to a craft, and finally to what Steward Brand would call 'local science'."--Paul Hawken, from the Foreword
"Anybody seriously tempted to try. . . raising healthy food on healthy land. . . must first read The New Organic Grower. Coleman, who has been a quiet leader in the American organic movement for several decades, presents a balanced, logical exposition of his subject."--Horticulture
"Coleman conveys a vast amount of detailed information without ever insulting the intelligence of the reader. He speaks as if to a fellow home or market gardener, sharing what works for him and discussing what he knows and what he doesn't know. The New Organic Grower will be the book you dog-ear and feather with yellow sticky pages, returning to it time and again."--San Francisco Chronicle
"Eliot Coleman's book will help market gardeners establish the vital and profitable link between farm and city during the 1990s. Every small-scale grower and serious gardener should have a copy."--Robert Rodale
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Coleman's personable work draws together the experience and wisdom of his 25 years as a vegetable gardener in Maine. It includes nearly all the material in the previous edition (LJ 11/1/89), communicating a respect and feeling for "the land" and its processes. Every page is imbued with the wisdom and careful observations he and his associates have gathered; from soil structure to "mobile greenhouses" that expand the growing season, each method is thought through to its ultimate impact on the earth and on economic survival. Well-presented graphics illustrate methods and techniques. This new edition includes sidebar references and notes, new chapters on creating fertile soil (without importing items such as manure from sources that may not use organic methods), and use of existing information channels to learn of new information. Of interest for even the smallest veggie patch grower. The Dirt Doctor's Guide to Organic Gardening presents many of the same sustainable concepts with the vehemence of its radio talk show host and news columnist author. Garrett gives tips on a broader range of home gardening, including landscaping and wildlife, and spends much effort on the abuses of past and current practice. Basics are presented briefly, with many eco-asides that help break up the dense, information-rich text. Lack of visuals makes the material harder to absorb, yet one is constantly copying out directions as they appear. These tidbits and the coverage of issues concerning Southern gardens make the title of value, though gathering the tips in an appendix or special section would have provided better access. For general collections.
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Clearly Manchester United is consistently the best the Premier League has to offer, and while Real Madrid is overshadowed by Barcelona in La Liga at the moment, the Merengues' history at least earns them a seat at Spain's top table.
But for all the hype that surrounded the latest Champions League clash, one match and two clubs can't really tell us anything much about the comparative strengths of the two leagues. Nor do the subjective rants of die-hard fans seriously assess the relative merits of leagues like the Bundesliga, Serie A, or Ligue 1. It's all hypothesis heavily influenced by personal bias.
What's really needed to resolve the debate is a large dose of reality. And that's why I'd love to see the soccer authorities create a World League Cup.
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Imagine, a league representative side free of any nationality or financial restrictions. Ronaldo lining-up alongside Messi for La Liga; Suarez and RVP as the Prem's front men; Pirlo and Hamsik playing providers for Serie A – you get the idea.
Of course, critics would say a World League Cup would inevitably see the wealthiest leagues come out on top. But, for me that's not necessarily the case. The Bundesliga, for example, has nowhere near the financial muscle of England's Premier League, but would the EPL always be a lock to beat the best that, say, Bayern, Dortmund and Schalke have to offer?
And, would it not be fascinating to see how some of the world's top feeder leagues fair against the presumed big boys? The best young guns from leagues like the Dutch Eredivisie and Brazil's Brasileiro are the future gazillion dollar targets of the elite, so surely they might be good for an upset or two?
For smaller or less established leagues like MLS, playing in a World League Cup would be a financial bonanza and would surely raise its profile. Taking part might also help developing leagues assess their progress. For all the hype surrounding the MLS All-Star game, seeing the best America has to offer taking on a European club side in "friendly" mode tells us precisely nothing about where the MLS stands regarding its aim of becoming one of the world's top leagues by 2022. Facing the best the Turkish Super League or Russian Premier League has to offer just might.
Yes, we have the various regional Champions Leagues. But, I'd argue that measures the strength and depth of a handful of clubs. It doesn't necessarily represent the strength of the league as a whole. You just don't always see the best against the best. For example, Tottenham's Gareth Bale would walk into any team in the world right now but he's not in the Champions League because Spurs didn't qualify.
Similarly, international soccer is equally, if not more unrepresentative of a nation's prowess on the field because selection is obviously based on origin not on where a player learns or plies his trade. I mean, Lionel Messi is an Argentine, but can anyone say that Spain didn't play a larger role in his soccer development?
So here's my suggestion:
- The World League Cup finals to be staged every two years (probably in odd years to avoid crowding the World Cup).
- Locate it in some sunny climate. Qatar, Dubai or another fan-friendly Middle Eastern destination might be nice, while keeping with FIFA's goal of spreading the word.
- After first encouraging England's Premier League to join other leagues by taking a mid-season break, stage the Finals in January in place of the FIFA World Club Cup (Does that competition have any credibility anyway?)
- The lineup for the finals would consist of eight league teams drawn into two groups of four, perhaps with seedings.
- Each group plays a round-robin, with the top finisher in each group going head-to-head in a grand final. That's a maximum of four games for each squad in the space of two weeks or so, which is routine for the top players.
- Entry to the finals would be based on some globalized version of the UEFA coefficient system, with the stipulation that UEFA provide three finalists, CONMEBOL two, with the remaining three places decided by pre-tournament playoffs featuring representative teams from leagues in the CONCACAF, CAF, AFC, and OFC regions.
- The idea would be for each league to field its strongest team. Though, to spread the wealth and stop it being just another version of the Champions League, no XI should feature more than four players from any one club. And only players who'd completed one full transfer cycle in their current league would be eligible to represent it.
I think this "Dream Team" premise would be a major attraction to fans, TV and sponsors alike. Granted, the calendar is crowded, but as I indicated, there may be an ideal opening in the northern hemisphere winter break. Whenever you stage it, I think the concept is representative of what modern league soccer is today – cosmopolitan. And of course, never again will someone have to ask -- Which is the best league in the world?


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i didn't really feel like this belongs to computer help desk or so, but please share your opinions/knowledge on the following "begginers" issue with me:
- i live in a house with 4 floors
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- i would like to be able to share files amongst the PCs / laptops i own or someone brings along
- i would like to be able to print from any other PC / laptop to a certain printer, locally connected to a specific PC
- i do not run a company from home, nor am i planning on doing so
- a dsl internet connection will be installed soon
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This sounds like CHD to me...
You're gonna need a heap of stuff, really. Obviously wireless is preferable, but in a house liek that, you'll probably need more than one AP. In my house we run two, and a combination of hubs and switches plugged into our slackware server.I swear to drunk I'm not God.
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A jury was selected Monday to determine the fate of a 34-year-old man accused in a 2010 death.
A jury was selected Monday to determine the fate of a 34-year-old man accused in a 2010 death.
Prosecutors and the defense attorney for Phillip Scott Baker spent about five hours Monday choosing the jury and its alternates in Davidson County Superior Court. Opening arguments will begin Tuesday as prosecutors attempt to persuade the jury that Baker is guilty of first-degree murder in the death of 26-year-old Chadric "Chad" Lee Newsome.
If he's found guilty, Baker will serve life in prison. Baker's co-defendant, who is expected to testify in the murder trial, is 22-year-old Lecourtney Quandarrius Murphy. Murphy, in October 2012, accepted a plea agreement to testify against Baker. He pleaded guilty to accessory after the fact of murder and accessory after the fact of robbery, and is expected to be sentenced after a verdict is returned in the Baker trial.
Baker and Murphy's arrest stemmed from a shooting that occurred at an abandoned home in the 100 block of Dacotah Street, near the property of the former Dacotah Mills. Newsome was shot twice in the chest before driving himself to Wake Forest Baptist Health – Lexington Medical Center. He was taken to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem where he died.
Newsome was involved in a fight at 117 Dacotah St. Neighbors told The Dispatch in 2010 the shooting was in an area where drug transactions frequently occurred. Greg Brown, assistant district attorney for Davidson County, confirmed in court this past year that there was a drug deal in progress at the abandoned home prior to Newsome being shot.
Joni Grubb is Newsome's mother and is employed as a supervisor with the Davidson County 911 Center. She was on duty when the shooting was reported. Grubb previously told The Dispatch she listened to the calls for help, but didn't learn until later her son was the victim.


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BOSTON - The surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing lay hospitalized under heavy guard Saturday as people across the area breathed easier and investigators tried to piece together the motive for the deadly plot.
Dzhokar Tsarnaev, 19, was reported in serious but stablecondition and unable to be interrogated the morning after he was pulled, wounded and bloody, from a boat parked in the backyard of a home in Watertown, Massachusetts. The capture came at the end of a tense day that began with his older brother, Tamerlan, dying in a desperate getaway attempt.
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, speaking outside Fenway Park after appearing at a pre-game ceremony at Saturday afternoon's Boston Red Sox baseball game, said Tsarnaev is likely "not able to communicate yet."
President Barack Obama said there are many unanswered questions about the Boston bombings, including whether the Tsarnaev brothers - ethnic Chechens from southern Russia who had been in the U.S. for about a decade and lived in the Boston area - had help from others.
"When a tragedy like this happens, with public safety at risk and the stakes so high, it's important that we do this right," Obama said. "That's why we take care not to rush to judgment - not about the motivations of these individuals, certainly not about entire groups of people."
U.S. officials said a special interrogation team for high-value suspects would question Tsarnaev without first advising him of his right to remain silent and the right to an attorney, a warning typically given to criminal suspects known as the Miranda rule.
Authorities were invoking a rare public safety exception which the FBI's website says "permits law enforcement to engage in a limited and focused unwarned interrogation" and introduce any statements gathered as evidence in a criminal prosecution. The FBI says "police officers confronting situations that create a danger to themselves or others may ask questions designed to neutralize the threat without first providing a warning of rights."
The American Civil Liberties Union expressed concern about invoking the exception. Executive Director Anthony Romero said the exception applies only when there is a continued threat to public safety and is "not an open-ended exception" to the Miranda rule.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's capture touched off raucous celebrations in and around Boston, with chants of "USA! USA!" Residents flooded the streets in relief and jubilation four days after the twin explosions ripped through the marathon crowd at the finish line, killing three people and wounding more than 180.
"Tonight, our family applauds the entire law enforcement community for a job well done, and trust that our justice system will now do its job," said the family of 8-year-old Martin Richard, who died in the bombing. Also killed in the attack was Lu Lingzi, a 23-year-old student from China, and Krystle Campbell, a 29-year-old restaurant worker.
An uncle of the bombing suspects, Ruslan Tsarnaev, said he was relieved his younger nephew was captured alive so he could seek forgiveness from the bombing victims.
Tsarni said he grew concerned about Tamerlan Tsarnaev when his older nephew told him in a 2009 phone conversation that he had chosen "God's business" over work or school. Tsarni said he then contacted a family friend who told him Tsarnaev had been influenced by a recent convert to Islam. Tsarni said the two hadn't spoken since that call.
As Boston returned to normal, the city's beloved baseball team, the Boston Red Sox faced the Kansas City Royals Saturday afternoon for their first home game since the marathon attack. The Red Sox had postponed Friday night's game against the Royals.
Bomb-sniffing dogs and military in camouflage fatigues joined the police patrolling Fenway Park, when the Red Sox dressed in specially designed uniforms that said "Boston" instead of "Red Sox. The team said the uniforms would be autographed and auctioned off to raise money for the One Fund Boston, the charity established to help the victims.
The all-day manhunt Friday brought the Boston area to a near standstill and put people on edge across the metropolitan area.
The break came around nightfall when a homeowner in Watertown saw blood on his boat, pulled back the tarp and saw a bloody Dzhokhar Tsarnaev hiding inside, police said. After an exchange of gunfire, Tsarnaev was seized and taken away in an ambulance.
"They finally caught the jerk," said nurse Cindy Boyle of Watertown. "It was scary. It was tense."
The bloody endgame came four days after the bombing and just a day after the FBI released surveillance-camera images of two young men in baseball caps suspected of planting the pressure-cooker explosives on Monday at the Boston Marathon finish line.
Queries cascaded in after authorities released the photos - the FBI website was overwhelmed with 300,000 hits per minute -but what role those played in the overnight clash was unclear. State police spokesman Dave Procopio said police realized they were dealing with the bombing suspects based on what the two men told a carjacking victim during their night of crime.
During the long night of violence leading up to the capture, the Tsarnaev brothers carjacked a man in a Mercedes-Benz and released him unharmed, killed a Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer, severely wounded another lawman and took part in a furious gun battle and car chase in which they hurled explosives at police from a large homemade arsenal, authorities said.
Police said three other people were taken into custody for questioning at an off-campus housing complex at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth where Dzhokhar Tsarnaev may have lived.
Chechnya, where the Tsarnaev family has roots, has been the scene of two wars between Russian forces and separatists since 1994. That spawned an Islamic insurgency that has carried out deadly bombings in Russia and the region, although not in the West.
The Russian FSB intelligence security service told the FBI in early 2011 about information that Tamerlan Tsarnaev was a follower of radical Islam, two law enforcement officials said Saturday.
According to an FBI news release issued Friday night, a foreign government said that based on its information, Tsarnaev was a strong believer and that he had changed drastically since 2010 as he prepared to leave the U.S. for travel to a region in that country to join unspecified underground groups.
The FBI did not name the foreign government, but the two law enforcement officials identified the FSB as the provider of the information to one of the FBI's field offices and also to FBI headquarters in Washington. The two officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak on the record about the matter.
The FBI said that in response, it interviewed Tamerlan Tsarnaev and relatives, and did not find any domestic or foreign terrorism activity.
Albrecht Ammon, a downstairs-apartment neighbor of Tamerlan Tsarnaev in Cambridge, said in an interview that the older brother had strong political views about the United States. Ammon quoted Tsarnaev as saying that the U.S. uses the Bible as "an excuse for invading other countries."
Tamerlan Tsarnaev had studied accounting as a part-time student at Bunker Hill Community College in Boston for three semesters from 2006 to 2008, the school said. He was married with a young daughter.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was a student at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Students said he was on campus this week after the Boston Marathon bombing.
Shortly before Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's capture, the White House said Obama had spoken by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin about the investigation.
The White House said in a statement that Obama "praised the close cooperation that the United States has received from Russia on counter-terrorism, including in the wake of the Boston attack."


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Published by Microsoft Game Studios and developed by ACES studio, Flight Simulator X is 10th addition to the highly successful Flight Simulator franchise and is regarded as one of the most popular Windows franchises in history.
Flight Simulator X is the culmination of nearly 25 years of the landmark Flight Simulator franchise and the most significant addition to date. Flight Simulator X will be fully optimized for Windows Vista. Flight Simulator X will set the standard for technological innovation, incredible graphics and realism for the genre. Flight Simulator X will also present players with a wide array of new aircraft to fly in a beautifully rich and believable world which will contain greater detail than past entries in the franchise. Players will be able to experience what it is like to be a pilot and have real distractions, to shade their eyes from the glare of reflective paint and the glint from glass and chrome. Players will enjoy the opportunity to fly their dream aircraft, from classic seaplanes like the de Havilland Beaver and Grumman Goose to the Cessna 172 there is a plane for every terrain and every player.
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As 2013 draws to a close and the 2014 January transfer window looms, it's the ideal time to look back over a year of truly outstanding transfer deals.
From the most ridiculously insane sums to the bargain buys that have raised eye-brows, football fans have been treated to their fair share of surprises this year.
And regardless of the sum they moved for a player can quite easily establish himself as a cult-hero if he settles in quickly, and go on to achieve great things in his new surroundings.
European football can claim to experience its fair share of flops when it comes to the transfer market, but there's also a select few individuals who are worth every penny paid for them and more.
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Oscars Red Carpet Trend: The Blue Belles of the Ball
Oscars Red Carpet Trend: The Blue Belles of the Ball
Shades of blue made a big splash on the Oscars red carpet last night. Since blue is such a hot color for Spring, it is no wonder these ladies debuted it. It was nice to see that the ladies took a break from black! Blue makes much more of a statement while still remaining glamorous. I loved Maggie Gyllenhaal's navy dress with black sequin accents and Portia de Rossi couldn't have looked more beautiful in her blue backless stunner. Melissa Etheridge even made a statement with a dark navy pantsuit! Nice work ladies, I loved all your blue hues.
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PRINCETON — The Princeton Public Library will present "Postmark Princeton," an evening of readings from letters written by men and women of Princeton from its earliest settlement through World War II, at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.
The program will include letters by Dr. Nathaniel Chamberlain from 1830, as well as the Bryant brothers; Civil War letters of 1862 from John Harford of Dover and Hattie Wiswell, who served as a Union nurse; letters written by Carl Sandburg and his fiancee Lillian Steichen (who taught at Princeton High School) during their courtship in 1908; newspaper accounts written for the Bureau County Republican in the 1920s by Hester Field, a missionary to Korea; and accounts of life during World War II from the PHS Class of 1942's "Buddy News," a newsletter produced by Mrs. A. R. Parker for her son, Private Hayden R. Parker and his classmates and from letters by June Gunning Hoge to her husband Hobart Gunning, stationed in Georgia in 1942. Readers will include Dick Dorsch, David and Jessica Gray, Edd and Karen Robinson, Ron McCutchan and Goldy Mortensen.
In addition, the public is invited to participate in a cookie exchange at the Princeton Public Library on Dec. 20, beginning at 6:30 p.m. The format will be "bring a dozen, take a dozen." The library is asking that participants also bring with them a short note explaining how the cookies (or other holiday treats) pertain to their personal or family story — whether it's a story of making them as a child, a memory of a beloved relative who passed down the recipe, or an appreciation of the ethnic heritage in which the recipe originated.
Both programs are part of the continuing Journey Stories exhibit at the Princeton Public Library, which extends through Dec. 29 during library operating hours. Journey Stories is part of Museum on Main Street, a collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and State Humanities Councils nationwide. Support for Museum on Main Street has been provided by the U.S. Congress. Journey Stories has been made possible at the Princeton Public Library by the Illinois Humanities Council.
For more information, call 815-875-1331 or visit www.theprincetonlibrary.org. All programs at the library are free and open to all. The library is located at 698 E. Peru St. in Princeton.


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Not sure where she has been on some of this because it appears she does not see or hear the same things many of us do. But on this part I would definitely agree with her, that no one should wish the president dead.
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Joey Caruthers ('77) To Be ODU's Legend At CAA Tournament
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NORFOLK, VA-- Joey Caruthers who led ODU in assists as a sophomore, junior, and senior and was a starting guard for the Monarchs' 1975 NCAA Division II National Championship basketball team will be the Monarchs legend at the 2011 CAA Tournament. He will be honored at the CAA Tournament banquet Thursday night and at halftime of ODU's game Saturday.
Caruthers teamed with another ODU Hall of Famer Oliver Purnell, while playing for Monarch Hall of Fame coach Sonny Allen to lead the Monarchs to a 25-6 record en route to the national crown.
In four seasons, Caruthers played 118 games, which at the time of his graduation ranked him fifth on the school's all-time list. He ranks third at Old Dominion with 619 career assists and second in career steals with 188. In 1975, Caruthers earned a spot on the South Atlantic Regional MVP that same year. As a senior, Caruthers helped lead the Monarchs to a 25-4 record in the school's first NCAA Division I season which included the state's longest winning streak of 22 straight games. That year, ODU played Villanova in the NIT.
Caruthers scored a career high 22 points in a game against Washington and Lee as a Junior. He also dished out a career high 11 assists against Baptist College and hauled in nine rebounds in a game against VMI.
Since graduation, the native of Belle, W.Va., currently lives in Virginia Beach where he has taught in the Virginia Beach school system and is a college basketball referee. Joey has two daughters, Jennifer who graduated from ODU last December and Jamie who plans to attend VCU in the fall.
Joey was inducted into the ODU Sports Hall of Fame in 1993. Past ODU Legends at the CAA Tournament have been former head coach Sonny Allen, Jeff Furhmann, Joel Copeland, Cal Bowdler, Dave Twardzik, former coach Paul Webb and Kenny Gattison.


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Simply put, this is punk done right. Here is a record from a so-called peace-punk band (or a "crust" band, if I'm to believe some fliers) with chorused guitars straight from Husker Du's Zen Arcade, male/female melodic vocal harmonies and exploding drum blasts giving way to hooks-a-plenty. A seven-year trail of EPs on local bedroom labels and two albums on Profane Existence document a band constantly evolving, outdoing itself with every new release. Burning Bridges marks a milestone to be sure. While fans will find a familiar energy in the gallop of "Septa Death" and album opener "Blind Eyes, Blind Lives," longtime listeners and new recruits alike will find new ground here, such as the hulking dirge of "Void", the stop-start precision of "Sick Industry", and the bittersweet chorus of the title-track. Avoiding "punk by numbers," while still rooting their progression in the rich tradition of DIY hardcore punk and post-punk, Burning Bridges aims at something current. With a wide spectrum of reference points� from Rites Of Spring, Econochrist, and The Mob to Poison Idea, early Chumbawamba, and, of course, Husker Du� Witch Hunt has produced a thoroughly present hardcore punk album for 2009!
Formed as a three-piece in New Jersey in 2001, the group released its debut 7" nearly a year later, followed by its first U.S. tour. Throughout 2002-2004, the band released a split 7" (with Deathbag), and continued to tour, finally releasing its first full-length, �As Priorities Decay. In 2005, the band officially relocated to Philadelphia and became a four-piece with the addition of Vince Klopfenstein on drums (original drummer Rob Fitzpatrick moving to guitar and vocals). Blood-Red States, the band's second full-length, came out in the spring of 2006, followed by an extensive set of tours in the U.S. and Europe throughout the rest of the year and 2007, including a supporting spot with punk legends the Subhumans. The band continues to self-release and re-issue its older material, while putting all energy into the future.
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Built Offsite are seeking a talented Design Manager to join our successful family building company based in Shropshire. Operating within the Contracts Department, the ideal candidate will be highly committed to delivering quality and accurate design work in a timely manner. Working closely with the Commercial team this exciting and fast paced role is pivotal to ensuring optimum delivery of projects across the business, on time and at a good cost.
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A judge sentenced the mastermind in the Craigslist murder plot to death on Thursday morning.
A jury recommended that Richard Beasley, 53, receive the death penalty. The jury deliberated for slightly more than two hours following a one-day mitigation hearing.
The judge officially upheld the jury's recommendation.
Beasley told the court that he was sorry for the losses the families suffered, but added "I killed no one."
Beasley and his then-16-year-old accomplice, Brogan Rafferty, lured unemployed men to Akron using an ad on Craigslist. The ad offered a farm caretaker job in Noble County with a weekly salary of $300, housing and use of the property and vehicles on that property.
Beasley and Rafferty shot four of the men who responded to the ad. Ralph Geiger, 56, David Pauley, 51, and Timothy Kern, 47. All died and were buried in shallow graves. Scott Davis, 48, managed to escape and seek help at a nearby house.
"Richard Beasley was found guilty of committing very serious crimes, taking the lives of three innocent men who were simply looking for a new start in life, and injuring another," said Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine. "He is now going to be held accountable for his actions."
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It was early in the summer season; the weather was warm and the air outside smelled green and new. It had been a few weeks since I returned to work from maternity leave. My mother-in-law had kindly offered my sleep deprived husband and I a weekend of freedom. She would take the baby to her house and we could feel like a couple sans baby for a just a bit. We decided to make it a three-day weekend and took that Friday off as well. We would have blissful freedom, sleeping in, a leisurely Sunday breakfast with the paper, all ours for the taking. It was almost too good to be true. Then the phone began to ring mid-morning that luscious Friday, and I knew it really was too good to be true.
I was halfway out the door when I heard the house phone ring. Should I answer it? Instinct told me not to. I should have listened. When I answered the phone, a manager from my office immediately began speaking in full-on-panic mode. "Could I please come in? They really needed me! They needed me right now! It's a major crisis!" They are in full on meltdown mode. I knew it.
What could possibly be so distressing I kept asking myself over and over? No matter what I said that manager kept begging me to come into the office. I made a quick call to my husband to inform him I would not be home and I angrily grabbed my stuff for work and hopped in the car. On the way to the office, I stopped off at a corner store to buy a pack of cigarettes. This is no ordinary thing. I haven't smoked in years. Yet, there I was asking for my old favorites like it was an everyday occurrence. After making my purchase, I hastily got in my car and slammed the door, gunning the engine and furiously lighting my first of many cigarettes that day. I smoked and inhaled to my heart's content as I drove to my office. A major traffic accident was clogging up the freeway. That should have been sign number two right there, but I drove on, ignoring it. Onward, I went to my office. As I squealed into the parking lot and jumped out of the car, I put out my cigarette and angrily marched into my building.
Entering the office, I noticed the strange quiet. The place was dark. Not a single soul to be seen. Where was all the commotion? Where were the people who needed me so badly just an hour before? I sat at my desk and logged on to my computer in the dark. I opted to leave the lights off as I felt it matched my mood perfectly. An hour ticked by. Then, another one. I placed numerous calls to the people I was supposed to be working with. Nobody picked up. I emailed the same people and anyone else I could think of. What was going here? Where was the emergency?


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Washington, DC
- Three groups representing landscape architects, educators of landscape architects and the regulatory boards for the profession have jointly announced a formal partnership to improve and expand licensure laws for landscape architects. The "Partnership for the Advancement of Licensure" (PAL) has begun working on a vision for the future of landscape architectural licensure as well as identifying the joint activities and products required to implement this vision. Products and activities will be directly related to PAL's stated mission of effecting a healthier built and natural environment, increasing competition and creating a stronger profession.
The presidents of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), the Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards (CLARB) and the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA) indicate that the purpose of the collaborative effort is to draw on the varied resources of each organization to optimize the effectiveness of current and future licensure efforts.
"This is an incredible effort that demonstrates how critically important licensure is for all of our organizations," says ASLA President Rodney Swink. "While we all have slightly different missions and responsibilities related to licensure, there is no question that everyone benefits from stronger licensure laws in all jurisdictions. We can be much more successful in achieving our own goals in the licensure arena if we effectively pool the resources of all three organizations."
CLARB President John Carman agrees. "In the past, our organizations have had programs to communicate the value of licensure to the profession and the public, but we lacked a way of coordinating our efforts. There are many opportunities for collaborative action on licensure efforts, and this partnership gives us the structure and ground rules that allow us to work effectively together while maintaining autonomy and recognizing the different constituencies of each organization."
Karen Hanna, CELA President, explains why her organization is an important member of the partnership. "Everyone knows that education is a critical part of the licensure process, but licensure is also a critical part of education," she says. "The visibility, prestige and funding of our programs are all significantly enhanced by the fact that landscape architecture is a licensed profession. It is in the interest of all educators to be a part of the discussions and actions to strengthen licensure."
The partnership has already had a significant impact on how the organizations work together. Previously independent projects including a Licensure Support Resource Guide and a National Licensure Summit have already been converted to the partnership concept. The resource guide will contain factual information and background material that demonstrate the value of landscape architectural licensure to the public and the profession. It will be published by the end of this month. The summit will bring together leaders from local components of the three organizations to discuss strategies for improving the status of licensure, beginning grassroots licensure upgrade and maintenance programs and establishing partnerships at the local level. The summit is scheduled for early November. Updates on the activities of the partnership will be posted on the web sites of the three organizations. Articles will be published in ASLA's LAND Online, Landscape Architecture Magazine, CLARB's Environment and Design Newsletter and CELA's Forum on Education Newsletter.
About The American Society of Landscape Architects
Founded in 1899, the American Society of Landscape Architects is the national professional association representing landscape architects. From 11 original members, ASLA has grown to more than 13,500 members and 48 chapters, in all 50 states, the U.S. territories and 42 countries around the world. ASLA promotes the landscape architecture profession and advances the practice through advocacy, education, communication and networking. For more information, visit
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At some point I think Tony Cingrani is going to secure a spot in the rotation.
If so, will/should Leake be the guy dropped?
At some point I think Tony Cingrani is going to secure a spot in the rotation.
If so, will/should Leake be the guy dropped?
Yes. Drop him 24 hours ago.
I heard your record..it's alright.
leake will be the 5th starter and pitch even better
Leake is a solid 5, and I'm not talking ERA.
Hopefully the reds pull one out tomorrow and win big and everyone forgets about this start. Rolen dropped a couple balls which doesn't happen and BP got caught yesterday. Tomorrow is a new day and a new day is what the Reds need.
Bronson Arroyo has said that Leake has a knuckleball. He should spend his winter working on that and a possible R.A. Dickey-like 2013.
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Oct 16, 2011
My very first book trailer!
Okay, it wasn't quite that easy. But almost. It took about three hours to put this together - it's not perfect, or fancy or really really high tech, but I did it aw by mysef. :)
And as a tip for those of you who've never tried to make one, you can use iMovie (for Macs) and Windows Movie Maker (for PCs). Both programs are similar, user-friendly, etc. One suggestion: pick your music first! It'll help your pacing, mood, etc. There are free sites that give away free clips. DM me for suggestions.
Please leave suggestions on making this better...and if you have one of your own, consider signing up at our Casting Call blogfest over at Carrie Butler's blog TODAY. It's a one-post fest to share trailers and pictorial character representations from your MS that'll run next week. (Is pictorial a real word? *shrug* I like it.)
What are pictorial character representations, you ask? Click here for an idea.
13 comments:
- Sarah B said...
I had to watch this on mute, so I can't say anything about the music or pacing. But the fonts were hard to read. Try something in Bold so it shows better against your black and white pictures. Otherwise, looks good!
- October 16, 2011 at 8:36 PM
- Jeremy Bates said...
missed the pay it forward blog, so stopping by fashionably late! nice to meet you :)
and good job with the trailer.. it tells the story! i just made one too and found it to be a lot of fun and a lot of hair pulling! lol
- October 17, 2011 at 12:13 AM
- Sarah Pearson said...
I love the music and it gives me an idea of what the story is about. It's also the perfect length - I hate three minute book trailers :-)
- October 17, 2011 at 1:31 AM
- Madeleine said...
I enjoyed the whole package, the music, the synopsis, the images and the suspense elements, though I would suggest that putting the bit about the tangled family tree after 'until she found out her parents weren't who she thought they were'. Leave the bit about who her parents are until after 'shrouded with secrets'.
Great stuff.
- October 17, 2011 at 6:04 AM
- cleemckenzie said...
The music is great. I did have a little trouble reading the words on some of the backgrounds. I was a little confused about the reference to the murderer finding her. I'm guessing it's the real murderer, not the mother who might endanger Emma's life. Can you tweak that without giving away a major plot point?
Great job overall.
- October 17, 2011 at 7:47 AM
- Melodie Wright said...
Thanks for your comments all! I agree about the font - I tried several and obviously need to keep looking. I'll fix in time for next week's bloghop. Hope you can join me then!
- October 17, 2011 at 9:40 AM
- Monica B.W. said...
I just watched the trailer and I'm impressed that you only took 3 hours! I would have taken like 8! LOL
Anyway, I really liked it! And good luck with the querying :D
- October 17, 2011 at 4:36 PM
- Julie Musil said...
That trailer is gorgeous! And that music is perfect (love the smoking gun and the hand with words on it). And thanks for the tip about using iMovie. I'm not ready for a trailer yet, but hopefully someday I will be!
- October 17, 2011 at 5:22 PM
- Mindy McGinnis said...
Looks good, though I agree with what people are saying about the words. I'm going to be putting mine together here soon, and I'm definitely using iMovie - love it!
- October 17, 2011 at 6:07 PM
- Tamara Narayan said...
Hi, thanks for stopping by my blog. I love the pictures you chose for your book trailer; each one is gorgeous and provocative--nice, nice job. My favorite one is the trees.
The only things that tweaked my inner critique meter were the phrases "no one is who they seem" and "time is running out". These two are heavily used in movies and book queries. It would be cool if you could change them into juicy nuggets of your story. Plus I found it odd that the main character who seems to be a teenager or older didn't know her dad was a rock star, unless he wasn't part of life until this point.
- October 18, 2011 at 6:55 AM
- Lisa L. Regan said...
Sorry it took me so long to get over here but I LOVE it! I think it's awesome. Makes me want to read it.
- October 18, 2011 at 11:48 AM
- Carrie Butler said...
How earth did I miss this? I love it! Great job, Melodie! :D
- October 18, 2011 at 9:07 PM
- Anita Grace Howard said...
Woohoo, Melodie! This is awesome! Your text is hard to read at times. If you're using Windows Live Movie Maker, they have color bands that can run under your words (like on my Architect of Song trailer) to keep them from blending into the background. That would be a better solution than bolding it because the problem is a blending of colors, and bolding won't help that.
Other than that, I thought it was excellent. Picture choices rocked, music was perfect. Great job!! Isn't it fun and addictive. LOL
- October 21, 2011 at 11:24 AM


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Narrowing down the All-Area team is a tough process, but one that has to be done. Morris turned things around and went from a team that won eight games in 2013 to a 21-game winner this year and a sectional finalist before losing to eventual Class 3A state runner-up Manteno. Gardner-South Wilmington won its sectional for the second straight year, while Minooka went from Class 4A champion to a loss in the regional title game. Newark was upset in its regional, while Seneca and Coal City were not as strong as they have been in the recent past.
There were many players deserving of mention in the area, and here they are.
Abby Burns, freshman, P, Morris: Went 18-8 for sectional finalist Redskins with 1.62 ERA. In 173 innings, struck out 173 and held opponents to .213 batting average. Also hit .275 with four doubles and 10 RBIs. In four post-season games, went 3-1 with 1.68 ERA. Coach Jen Lowery: "Abby showed great composure, both offensively and defensively."
Lauren Severson, senior, 3B, Morris: Hit .354 with 2 home runs, 22 RBIs, 8 doubles and 2 triples... Will play at Augustana next year. ... Coach Jen Lowery: "Lauren is a well-rounded athlete with a great work ethic and great leadership skills."
Maddy Feeney, senior, OF, Morris: Hit .340 with .441 on-base percentage as leadoff hitter. Stole 9 bases and scored 24 runs with 11 RBIs and 3 triples. ... Will play at Murray State next season. ... Coach Jen Lowery: "Maddy has great speed on the base path and in field. She has a great work ethic."
Emily Moore, sophomore, C, Morris: Hit team-leading .360 with 3 homers and 24 RBIs. Coach Jen Lowery: "Emily is very athletic, has a great attitude and a desire to learn."
Leah Lines, junior, SS, Morris: Hit .316 with 16 runs, 12 RBIs and 6 doubles. Coach Jen Lowery: "Leah is a great leader with great hands and fundamentals defensively. She also has a consistent bat offensively."
Emily Foley, junior, P, Gardner-South Wilmington: Hit .584 with 13 doubles, 4 triples, 4 home runs and 38 RBIs. Pitching record of 20-7. In 149 2⁄3innings, struck out 129 with a 2.47 ERA. Coach Jon Posing: "Emily has been one of the top hitters in the area all year. She has been terrific both on the mound and at the plate. She is definitely one of the top softball players in this or any area."
Maranda Residori, sophomore, 3B, Gardner-South Wilmington: Hit .434 with 8 doubles, 4 triples 4 home runs, 33 RBIs and 24 runs scored. Coach Jon Posing: "After a relatively slow start, Maranda was one of our most productive hitters. She drove in the only run in the regional championship. She switched from catching last year to third this year, and was solid."
Lexi Posing. junior, OF, Gardner-South Wilmington: Batted .430 with 6 doubles, 4 triples, 2 home runs, 25 RBIs and 36 runs scored. Coach Jon Posing: "Lexi is a prototypical 2 hitter. She is patient at the plate, can bunt, can hit, and is one of our fastest players. She is a terrific baserunner, and usually scores when she gets on. She has also driven in a lot of big runs from the 2 spot. Defensively, she plays an excellent centerfield and made only one error."
Kylie King, sophomore, C, Gardner-South Wilmington: Hit .449 with 3 doubles, 4 triples, 4 home runs, 20 RBIs and 33 runs scored. Coach Jon Posing: "Kylie had to miss all of last year with an injury, and started out a little slow this year because of it. Once she found her stroke, she pounded the ball. She does a terrific job of slowing down the opponents running game."
Makenna Emerson, sophomore, Coal City: Hit .421 with 13 doubles, 7 home runs, 38 RBIs.
Sarah Radtke, senior, 3B, Seneca: Hit .486 with 12 doubles, 3 triples, 9 home runs, 44 RBIs, 6 stolen bases.
Meghan Quirk, senior, SS/P, Minooka: Hit .327 with 8 doubles,. 2 triples, 2 home runs, 13 RBIs. Went 11-7 with 2.33 ERA and 85 strikeouts in 117 innings. Coach Mark Brown: "Meghan did not see much playing time last year. This year she batted close to .400 and was a captain and the conference MVP. She is a line-drive hitter who struck out only a handful of times."
Alyssa Hajduk, sophomore, OF, Minooka: Hit .400 with 4 doubles, 6 triples, 3 home runs, 26 RBIs. Coach Mark Brown: "Alyssa led us in almost every offensive category. She played right field this year and will be our center fielder the next couple of years. She moved from hitting leadoff to hitting third. She has quick bat speed. She pitched some buig games, too."
Marissa Burns, senior, 2B, Minooka: Hit .345 with 10 doubles, 2 triples, 1 home run, 21 RBIs and 10 stolen bases. Coach Mark Brown: "Marissa was on varsity three years and was a huge part of our success last year. She is one of the best defensive second basemen in the state. She hit for average and power and could get a bunt down. She is a five-tool player."
Caroline Erickson, Junior, 3B, Newark: Hit .522 with 6 doubles, 2 home runs, 29 RBIs. Coach Brian Holman: "Caroline was a 3-year starter and was our best player offensively and defensively."
Megan Malone, Senior, OF, Newark: Hit .462 with 10 doubles, two triples, three homers and 21 RBIs... Three-time All-Little Ten Conference... Coach Brian Holman: "Megan has been one of the best all around hitters in the conference over the last three years. She only struck out twice in 22 games this year."
Sophie Barna, junior, SS, Gardner-South Wilmington: Hit .402 with 6 doubles, 2 triples 18 RBIs and 19 runs scored. Coach Jon Posing: "Sophie is the teams' most vocal player. She is one of the team leaders, and does a great job. She has had a great year. She is a very tough out."
Shelby Hoddy, sophomore, P/1B/3B/OF, Newark: Hit .446 with two doubles, two triples, one homer and 15 RBIs... Went 8-4 on the mound with 2.30 ERA. Had 88 strikeouts against 35 walks in 68 innings... Coach Brian Holman: "Shelby led us in every pitching category and was our most improved player. She did a little bit of everything, including leading the team in sacrifices."
Caroline Brown, senior, P/!B., Minooka: Hit .306 with 7 doubles, 1 triple, 4 home runs, 21 RBIs. Went 3-1 on the mound with 5.09 ERA and 16 strikeouts in 22 innings.
Geri Westerhoff, senior, 1B, Minooka: Hit .322 with 6 doubles, 2 triples, 2 home runs and 16 RBIs.
Lexi Trompeter, junior, SS, Seneca: Hit .427 with 13 doubles, 2 triples, 3 home runs, 33 RBIs, 8 stolen bases.
Jenni Nugent, junior, DP, Seneca: Hit .431 with 10 doubles, 3 triples, 5 home runs, 18 RBIs, 11 stolen bases.
Karlie Cade, sophomore, 2B, Seneca: Hit .375 with 22 runs, 8 stolen bases.
Rachel Sangston, freshman, P, Seneca: Went 17-9 with 3.12 ERA. Hit .258 witih 4 doubles, 1 home run, 13 RBIs.
Paige Hacker, freshman, OF, Seneca: Hit .327 with 7 doubles, 2 triples, 24 RBIs, 7 stolen bases.
Taylor Vandenberg, freshman, 1B, Seneca: Hit .304 with 7 doubles, 2 triples, 1 home run, 28 RBIs.
Taylor Meents, sophomore, Coal City: Hit .339 with 8 RBIs.


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Block grants and Corbett's budget discussed at SMASD workshop meeting
St. Marys Area School District Superintendent Anne Kearney discussed the 2012-2013 state budget released by Pa. Governor Tom Corbett this past week at Thursday's meeting of the SMASD Board of Directors. Kearney identified changes and non-changes to public education funding as represented in the budget and how it all relates to public school districts and SMASD in particular. According to the Pennsylvania School Board Association (PSBA), this marks the second consecutive year that public schools in Pennsylvania have been faced with cuts in state funding. Gov. Corbett said that a new block grant system contained within the budget will provide greater flexibility to schools in how they spend their allocations but many, including the PSBA and Kearney, say the outcome remains to be seen.


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CDC's "Know Where You Stand" prevention campaign urges African-American men who have sex with men to learn their HIV status. Launching in 14 cities, the outreach has recently put up billboards in Oakland and San Francisco calling for black MSM to "Get Tested. Know More."
Banner ads touting the same message are running on several websites that target black MSM, including LOL Darian, Black Gay Chat Live, and DowneLink. The campaign also will feature prominently at Black Pride events across the country this summer.
CDC consulted 19 black MSM stakeholders to assist in developing the campaign, a group that ranged from community leaders to researchers. Ernest Hopkins, legislative director for the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, was one of those who helped CDC "go through the literature and test campaign ideas to really begin to understand what would be needed in order to address this population in a culturally appropriate way."
Another consultant was Venton Jones, a D.C.-based senior program associate for communications and member education at the National Black Gay Men's Advocacy Coalition. The campaign message of "knowing your truth" is designed to get men not only to test for HIV but also take care of their health in general, he said. "It is powerful just in the title itself to know where you stand, and that is making sure you get tested and if you are positive, to start treatment," Jones noted.
"Know Where You Stand" is part of CDC's Act Against AIDS, which launched in 2009 as a multi-pronged, five-year campaign.
Data show black MSM are the group most disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS. A 2008 CDC study of 21 US cities found that 28 percent of black MSM were HIV-positive, of which 59 percent were unaware of their infection.