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The Yadkin River made national news when the N.C. Department of Administration defended the state's title to the riverbed of the Yadkin River. The state filed a petition for declaratory judgment in Wake County Superior Court seeking to put to rest the claims that a private company — Alcoa — owns the bed of the Yadkin River.
The Yadkin River made national news when the N.C. Department of Administration defended the state's title to the riverbed of the Yadkin River. The state filed a petition for declaratory judgment in Wake County Superior Court seeking to put to rest the claims that a private company — Alcoa — owns the bed of the Yadkin River.
Later that day, the N.C. Division of Water Resources denied Alcoa's 401 Water Quality Certification, stating "the Division cannot consider the application to be a valid application until the issues and conflicting claims of ownership are resolved by the parties or by a final order of the Court in the pending lawsuit." This is the third consecutive time Alcoa has had its 401 Water Quality Certification, needed to secure a 50-year license to operate four hydro-power dams on the Yadkin River, revoked or denied.
Yadkin Riverkeeper has been disputing Alcoa's claims of ownership for years. We asked the Department of Administration in December 2011 to claim the bed of the Yadkin River as public trust property and defend its title. Alcoa could have provided the proper deeds of ownership and put the whole issue to rest more than a year ago but refused. At the time, the former secretary of administration denied Yadkin Riverkeeper's request, but it is clear now the state did not abandon the issue.
The Program Evaluation Division of the North Carolina General Assembly issued a report Jan. 14 stating that under state law, the N.C. Department of Administration "has a statutory duty to prepare and keep current an inventory of all state-owned lands" and that the department "operates under the assumption that all lands beneath navigable rivers are sovereign lands of the State" and "presumes that all lands under navigable rivers are owned by the State."
The state has a legal obligation to determine who owns this important resource. Based on these findings, the Uwharrie Regional Resource Commission passed a resolution in April, requesting the attorney general, the department of administration and the department of environment and natural resources determine "whether the state or Alcoa owns the Yadkin riverbed."
Gov. Pat McCrory defended the state's filing, stating, "We should be able to use it for N.C. water needs and to create N.C. jobs. The benefits of the Yadkin River belong to North Carolina's people." This is a remarkable turn of events and a tremendous setback for Alcoa. The company continues to encounter growing opposition as it enters the fifth year of the 50-year relicensing effort.
Alcoa now finds itself in expensive legal disputes that could take years to resolve. The state is likely to pursue costly environmental clean-up to address "a massive footprint of toxic industrial pollution" referenced in the state filing. Alcoa was recently forced to spend more than $250 million to clean up contamination at its aluminum plant in Massena N.Y.
If the state's riverbed challenge is successful, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission would likely have to deny the Relicensing Settlement Agreement Alcoa submitted in 2007 and restart the entire re-licensing process over again, which would allow for competing proposals to be evaluated. It is entirely possible, Alcoa could lose its opportunity to be considered by FERC as an applicant, if the company cannot produce the proper deeds of ownership or secure an easement from the state to operate the Yadkin River dams.
Yadkin Riverkeeper supports the department of administration's outstanding leadership for taking this critical stance. It is their duty under the N.C. Constitution.
"It shall be the policy of this State to conserve and protect its lands and waters for the benefit of all its citizenry" — N.C. Constitution, Article XIV, Section 5
Dean Naujoks is executive director, Yadkin Riverkeeper.


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by John Calvin (compiled by John H. Kromminga)
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Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master. —John 20:16
"Jesus saith unto her, Mary." That Christ allowed Mary, a short time, to fall into a mistake, was useful for confirming her faith; but now, by a single word, he corrects her mistake. He had formerly addressed her, but his discourse seemed to be that of an unknown person; he now assumes the character of the Master, and addresses his disciple by name, as we have seen that the good shepherd calls to him by name every sheep of his Book (John 10:3).
That voice of the shepherd, therefore, enters into Mary's heart, opens her eyes, arouses all her senses, and affects her in such a manner that she immediately surrenders herself to Christ.
Thus in Mary we have a lively image of our calling; for the only way in which we are admitted to the true knowledge of Christ is when he first knows us, and then familiarly invites us to himself, not by that ordinary voice which sounds indiscriminately in the ears of all, but by that voice with which he especially calls the sheep which the Father has given him.
Thus Paul says, After that you have known God, or rather, after that you have been known of him (Gal. 4:9). —Commentaries
John Calvin was the premier theologian of the Reformation, but also a pious and godly Christian pastor who endeavored throughout his life to point men and women to Christ. We are grateful to Reformation Heritage Books for permission to use John Calvin's Thine Is My Heart as our daily devotional for 2013 on the OPC Web site. You can currently obtain a printed copy of that book from Reformation Heritage Books.
Dr. Joel Beeke, who is editorial director of Reformation Heritage Books, has this to say:
"Calvin shows us the piety of a Reformed theologian who speaks from the heart. Having tasted the goodness and grace of God in Jesus Christ, he pursued piety by seeking to know and do God's will every day. He communed with Christ, practicing repentance, self-denial, and cross-bearing. Moreover, his theology worked itself out in heart-felt, Christ-honoring piety. The selections of this devotional bear this out, and hopefully will be used by God to direct pious hearts in our own day."
These devotional readings from John Calvin were compiled by John H. Kromminga. Be sure to read his "Introduction" to John Calvin's Thine Is My Heart.

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|Parks aspires to earn NBA shot
|Former J.C. Smith standout wants summer league try
|Published Thursday, June 27, 2013 7:47 am
Trevin Parks knows he's short for a basketball player. It's also his fuel to succeed at a big man's game.
|Johnson C. Smith graduate Trevin Parks, who averaged 25 points per game last season, wants to earn a spot on an NBA Summer League roster if he isn't drafted.
The former Johnson C. Smith All-America is trying to get his foot in the door of an NBA career. This month, he's auditioned for Orlando, Charlotte and Brooklyn in preparation for the June 27 Draft. Although the 5-11 guard likely won't have his name called, Parks' goal is to get an invitation to a Summer League roster, made up primarily of rookies and undrafted free agents.
"I'm not hanging my hat on draftability," the Hickory native said. "I know (the chances are) slim to none that I'll get drafted, but I'm really working hard on getting a contract offer. I'm definitely trying to play on a Summer League team with one of teams I worked out for or a team that's looking for a point guard of my caliber."
Parks was one of the best players in Division II, earning All-America status in each of his three seasons at JCSU as well as being named CIAA player of the year. He averaged 25 points per game as a senior, but at the NBA level, coaches aren't putting stock in college kudos.
"Getting awards and accolades are great, but at the pre-draft workouts everybody was the man or a great player in college," Parks said. "There were more All-Americans than me. I don't carry (honors) into workouts to give me strength or get me through. I prepare, I work out hard and I'm a prayer warrior. I just leave everything up to God."
Parks admits to a case of jitters, especially before the first workout in Orlando, but the Bobcats' coaches put him at ease about the process. Auditioning was less complicated with some encouragement.
"You're always going to have a couple of nerves in your body," Parks said. "Anybody who tells you they weren't, I don't think they're a basketball player, but as far as going into a professional environment coming from a collegiate level, that's where the nerves kick in.
"Everybody knows you can play the game of basketball. That's why you're there at the pre-draft workouts. There's different levels to basketball and I'm determined to take on every obstacle to make sure that I go to the highest level of basketball, which is the professional level."
That's why Parks is so eager to make an impression. Skills can open doors, but intangibles can solidify an opportunity – perhaps on draft night.
"I went into every workout with a chip on my shoulder and I've been playing with it for a while because people think I'm too small to actually play the game of basketball," he said. "But when you look at the game now, you have a lot of short guards that I'm seeing eye to eye with. It's a matter of determination and heart."
|hard work and dedication keep pushing and keep grinding at the end of the tunnel is the light. the boy works hard you gunna get there my brother stay in prayer keep god first.
|Posted on June 30, 2013
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Hoffman Estates-based Sears Holdings Corp. said Monday that Chief Executive Officer Louis J. D'Ambrosio will step down due to family health matters by Feb. 2.
Edward S. Lampert will then assume the role of CEO in addition to his role as board chairman.
Sears said it is expecting to report a net loss for the fourth quarter between $280 million and $360 million. It will post its fourth-quarter earnings/losses around Feb. 28.
Because of those losses, the company expects to cut about $500 million by reducing inventory by the end of the third quarter in stores that are already closing or are expected to close, with initiatives under way to reduce slow-moving inventory and with modest productivity improvement.
D'Ambrosio will remain on the board until the company's next annual meeting of stockholders to be held in May and will be available to assist with the transition.
"Lou has guided Sears Holdings during a time of rapid industry change to become a more customer and member-focused company. His contributions to our company have been significant, and the entire Sears Holdings family wishes Lou and his family the very best," said Lampert. "In light of Lou's decision to step down, the board feels it is important that there is continuity of leadership during this important period of transformation and improvement at Sears Holdings. I have agreed to assume these additional responsibilities."
D'Ambrosio said it was a "difficult decision, but necessary." Sears spokesman Howard Reifs declined further comment about the family matter.
Riefs also said the net loss is mostly due to a noncash charge of $450 million for pension settlements related to voluntary offer to term-vested employees.
"This was a voluntary payment on our part," Riefs said. "We contributed $200 million more into the pension plan in the middle of 2012 so we could offer lump sum payouts. Despite this, we ended 2012 with no amount drawn on our revolver and in a very strong financial position."


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The Kaneland girls basketball had its undefeated season literally on the line Thursday night in Northern Illinois Big XII East action in Maple Park.
But Sycamore, after tying the game 34-34 with one-tenth of a second to play, was unable to convert its second free-throw attempt.
The Knights made the Spartans pay in the extra four-minute session, scoring the first 8 points en route to a 44-37 overtime victory.
It wasnt the position we wanted to be in, Kaneland coach Ernie Colombe after the Knights extended their season-long winning streak to seven games. We got lucky there. We got focused and took advantage (of the missed free throw in overtime).
Kaneland forward Brooke Harner secured a starring role nomination in the extra session.
The senior, who opened overtime with a quick bucket to give the Knights the lead for good, proceeded to make the defining play of the night on the ensuing team possession.
With the Knights attempting the front end of the bonus, Harner made a quick, darting move between two Sycamore players, not only corralling the rebound but also scoring on a putback.
Kaneland (7-0, 2-0) then salted the game away by not missing its next six attempts from the free-throw line.
We did a good of (boxing out) for four quarters, Sycamore coach Brett Goff said. We had a breakdown (on the Harner play).
The Knights latest victory was equally inconceivable without their defensive play.
Kaneland had its sights firmly set on the Spartans Bailey Gilbert and Paige Wogen.
They knew who our go-to players were, Goff said.
The Knights limited the talented duo to 11 combined points, well below their season averages.
Theyre both capable of 20-point ballgames, Colombe said.
Brooke (Harner) did really well on No. 25 (Bailey), four-year senior Emma Bradford said. We were told not to help off of them (defensively).
The opening half was a defensive standoff in general as both teams struggled mightily to find any sort of offensive rhythm.
Kaneland held Sycamore (3-4, 0-2) scoreless for more than five minutes in the opening quarter, but the Spartans were equally stingy in the second quarter.
The Knights could manage only 3 points all on the same possession with a converted free throw and putback off the second in the quarter.
Kaneland grabbed a tenuous 14-13 lead at the break and its attempt to create separation in the third quarter was stymied by Lauren Goff draining a 3-pointer at the buzzer.
Sycamore, which was led by Goff with a game-high 12 points, overcame a 5-point fourth-quarter deficit to send the game into overtime.
Ashley Prost led Kaneland with 11 points; Harner finished with 10 points, while fellow starters Allyson OHerron (7 points), Sarah Grams (6) and Emily Bradford (6) combined for 19 more.
Batavia 61, Waubonsie Valley 38: The Bulldogs improved their record to 6-3 on the season with a win over UEC crossover opponent Waubonsie Valley.
Batavia got of to another hot start ending the first quarter with a 19-8 lead. Batavias post player duo of Erin Bayram and Hannah Frazier were a force early in the game, combining for 10 first-quarter points and controlling the boards on both ends of the floor.
Jenny Welday broke into the scoring column in the fourth quarter, and her defense sparked the Bulldogs throughout the game.
Liza Fruendt led all scorers with 22 points.


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Bennet joins chorus urging Dems to slow down on health care
Count Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet among the handful of Democrats from swing states who are calling on congressional leaders not to act on health care until Republican Scott Brown takes his seat in the Senate.
The growing chorus — which now includes Sen. Jim Webb, D – Va., and others — suggests that swing-state Democrats have taken note of the surprise loss in Massachusetts and are willing to consider other options when it comes to the health care legislation.
Bennet had enthusiastically embraced the package, famously saying in a CNN appearance last fall that he would be willing to lose his seat if that was the price of supporting the reform bill.
By backing a slow-down on the legislation in the wake Tuesday's election results, Bennet's vow may be slipping a little. Without 60 votes in the Senate, it's unlikely that Congress can pass health reform in anything close to its current form unless the U.S. House is willing to swallow the Senate version of the bill whole, something leaders say is increasingly unlikely.
"Last night the voters of Massachusetts's didn't just elect a Senator, they sent a message to Washington," Bennet said in a statement Wednesday. "I will continue to fight against the backroom deals and special interest handouts and hope the rest of Washington will join me."
Bennet's chief Republican opponent, meanwhile, sees him as part of the problem. In a statement to supporters today, former Lt. Gov. Jane Norton said: "As I watched the results I realized we are seeing the tip of the iceberg, the beginning of a wave sweeping across our nation. Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and their supporters like Michael Bennet have sent our nation down the wrong path."


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Powder Processing Mills
This full line of powder processing mills is capable of coarse to ultrafine grinding. The Kek Kibbler prebreaker is designed to accept lumps up to 150 mm in diameter and reduce them to 2–3 mm in diameter. Minimal fines are produced. The Kek cone mill, ideal for intermediate size reduction, is a gentle, low-energy mill that is capable of controls within fine limits, while maintaining a close particle-size distribution with minimal fine generation. The Kek fine-grinding universal mill is a versatile, high-energy fine grinder. Available with interchangeable grinding media, it offers one-pass size reduction of powders and granules. The ultrafine grinding PPS air classifier mill provides precise control over particle cut-point selection.
Kemutec Powder Technologies, Bristol, PA 215-788-8013 www.kemutec.com
Lump Breakers
Two models of lump breakers are designed to reduce softer and abrasive products such as filter cakes, foodstuffs, chemicals, fertilizers, and fly ash into sizes that can be further processed. Both models are available with motor and drive options, as well as various materials of construction including mild steel, stainless steel, Hastelloy, etc., to suit the mechanical and chemical elements of the application. Custom designs include, but are not limited to, inlets, outlets, mount stands, and integrated controls.
S. Howes Inc., Silver Creek, NY 716-934-2611 www.showes.com
Air Classifying Mill
The Mikro ACM-e has been specifically designed for the carbon black industry. The enhanced model offers improved product quality and is cleaner and nearly grit-free compared with other air classifier mills. The new model is energy efficient and exhibits low-pressure drop, thus requiring less power than similar capacity systems. The mill is designed for ambient and hot gas operation. PLC-based controls result in superior production capabilities and precise processing. This system can be easily integrated with existing systems and can be installed in-line. Models are available from laboratory size up to production sizes with 300-hp rotor drives.
Hosokawa Micron Powder Systems, Summit, NJ 908-277-205 www.hmicronpowder.com
Classifier Mill
This classifier mill offers the combination of two-stage closed-circuit grinding with interstage classification. Developed to handle high volume and very-fine-size reduction jobs, it fine grinds and classifies materials such as grain, sugar, spices, glazes, protein, gelatin, and cocoa. The mill utilizes a 3- to 200-hp motor and provides size reduction from 100 mesh down to low micron sizes. It combines classifying with grinding, and its unique design provides a narrow spread of particle size. All material that is ground in the first stage enters a classifying chamber. Particles larger than specified are rejected by the classifier, thereby allowing only properly sized product to exit the mill. All rejected material is directed to the third stage, a separate part of the grinding rotor, where it is processed until it is an acceptable size. The unit is especially useful on hard-to-grind materials and on narrow particle-distribution curves.
Prater-Sterling, Bolingbrook, IL 630-759-9595 www.prater-sterling.com
High-Capacity Crusher
The Delumper Twin-LP is a powerful, high-capacity crusher that can efficiently reduce lumps, chunks, and agglomerates without churning or overgrinding. This precision crusher is provided with inlet openings from 28- to 50-in. long. The DC2840 Twin-LP features a one-piece stainless-steel body, with no cracks or crevices, for material accumulation. Two shafts with individual high-profile cutting teeth rotate through a heavy bar grating to crush the material, while self-clearing with each rotation. This unit is provided with shaft seals, heavy-duty roller bearings, and a direct-drive with a choice of motors.
Franklin Miller Inc., Livingston, NJ 973-535-9200 www.franklinmiller.com
Screen Classifying Cutter
The SCC-15 screen classifying cutter cuts hard, soft, and fibrous materials into controlled particle sizes. The classifier cuts granules down to 20–30 mesh with minimal fines, and at rates of 500 cu ft/hr. The patented helical rotor design has dozens of cutter heads attached to a helical array of staggered holders called interconnected parallelograms. This continuously shears oversize materials against twin stationary bed knives. Carbide-tipped cutter heads along the entire shaft, with no frontal gaps between the tips, cut the product into uniform pieces with minimum fines and imperfections in the granulate. This process creates little to no heat generation. The cutter has a 15-in. throat width and can be fitted with 30 parallelograms with 60 cutter inserts. Bed-screen perforations range from 1⁄32- to 11⁄2 -in. in diameter and up to 3 sq in. Units are available in industrial, abrasion-resistant, stainless-steel, and food-grade construction.
Munson Machinery Company, Inc., Utica, NY 800-944-6644 www.munsonmachinery.com


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Food preparation counter
High grade AISI 304 stainless steel construction
1 x 1/1 gastronorm shelf & 3 pairs tray slides per door
2 solid doors
Polypropylene cutting board
Accepts 1/3 gastronorm containers
Internal corners rounded for easy cleaning
Fan assisted cooling
Automatic defrost
Electronic controller with temperature display
CFC free polyurethane insulation
2 years parts and labour warranty
Volume: 230ltr
Counter Temp. Range: +1ºC to +6ºC
Ambient Temp.: 32°C
Voltage: 220V
Frequency: 50Hz
Power: 424W
Power Consumption: 6.1kWh/24hr
Refrigerant: R134a
Connection: 13A 3-pin UK plug
Electrical - Mains Powered: Yes (UK Plug Supplied)
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Height: 857mm
Width: 978mm
Depth: 700mm
Weight: 108kg


text: This news item expired on 3/20/2014, so the information below could be outdated or incorrect. Piano Jazz Concert @ Pack Library - TODAY A free evening of jazz will be offered March 20 at 6 p.m. at Pack Memorial Library. Featuring piano, trombone and percussion, this concert will be a brief foray into the jazz form of free improvisation. Pianist Michael Jefry Stevens will perform with percussionist Rob Falvo and Harold McKinney on trombone. Composer and Steinway artist Michael Jefry Stevens performs extensively in Europe, Latin America, and North America. He has composed over 400 works for both large and small ensembles. An active band leader for over 30 years, Stevens has released over 80 CDs featuring his own music and has performed with many of the top names in jazz. He has a new CD Mountain Song scheduled for release in spring 2014 on ARC Recordings. Trombone player Harold McKinney and percussionist Rob Falvo are music professors with the Hayes School of Music at Appalachian State University. They have recorded the CD, Syncopated Synapse, with Gypsy Harvest, a collective of poets, dancers, and musicians which has performed extensively in the US and Europe. This hour long program is sponsored by the Friends of Pack Library. Admission is free and the public is encouraged to come and enjoy this talented trio. For further information, call 250-4717 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The CloverETL Profiler, software for data profiling, works to examine data in existing data sources and collect statistical information about said data. Through this process, the profiler eliminates the guesswork in analysis, revealing an understanding of what data actually exists and what needs to be improved. Part of the CloverETL Data Integration family, the Profiler is an added tool to the enhanced toolset. Whether employed as a standalone job or part of a greater project, the CloverETL Profiler, as named, operates with the same Engine as CloverETL, offering high performance, speed, and easy deployment in a data environment.
A download accelerator.
A tool that displays information about BOINC projects.


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To keep up in today's rapidly evolving wireless communications market, you need tools that enable you to efficiently maintain legacy networks in addition to the new 3G and 4G networks now being installed. And with rate of market expansion, you're being required to service more base stations than ever before. This means completing sweeps quickly, performing calibrations instantly, and implementing fast trace naming while in the field.
The S361E Site Master does all this while delivering the ease of use, rich functionality, and best-in-class price/performance you've come to expect from Anritsu. Designed to handle the most punishing field conditions, the S361E Site Master Cable and Antenna Analyzer dramatically enhances your productivity and transforms the traditional fix-after-failure maintenance model to one that identifies and fixes problems before major failures occur.
In addition, easyTest Tools™ allows experienced users to Create, Deliver, and Display on-screen work instructions for Cable and Antenna testers.
These work instructions make life easier for less-experienced cable and antenna sweepers. Direct benefits include more accurate testing, repeatable results, and less rework.
For more details see the easyTest Tools page.
The CPRI/OBSAI RF option allows users to see the Uplink and Downlink signals via the optical CPRI/OBSAI link in a traditional RF Spectrum and Spectrogram view.
Site Master S3xxE
To keep up in today's rapidly expanding and evolving wireless communications market, you're required to service more base stations than ever both 2G as well as the new 3G and 4G networks.
Coverage Mapping with GPS
Coverage Mapping with GPS using Anritsu's E-Series Spectrum Master, Site Master and Cell Master allows you to superimpose RSSI measurements directly on top of a map. The data collected can then be moved out as an image or raw data file.
Anritsu TV : easyTest Tools
easyTest Tools allows users to Create work instruction files on PC, Deliver the files by e-mail, and then Display on Anritsu Cable and Antenna Analyzers..
Firmware Update Method
Download firmware for use with your handheld devices quickly and easily (not for S331L)
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Indoor mapping provides the capability to map received signal strength in indoor environments.
Anritsu Interference Location Mapping
Spectrum analyzers provide accurate RF power measurements over a wide frequency range.
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The New Masters of the Wireless
Anritsu Company continues its leadership position in the wireless field test market with the introduction of an innovative new platform for its family of handheld analyzers.
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Tutorial explaining how to access, monitor, and control devices remotely
Line Sweep Tools
PC based post-processing tool, efficiently manipulates line sweep traces for quick reporting.
easyTest Tools Tutorial
Create work instruction files on a PC, deliver files by e-mail, display on a spectrum analyzer.


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Johnny Cox is in his second season as the North Carolina A&T wide receivers coach. He is tasked with taking a receiving corps and turning them into playmakers.
He will rely on years of NFL experience to accomplish the feat. He spent three seasons with the Jacksonville Jaguars, starting in 2009. Before landing in Jacksonville, he was an assistant for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
During his first two seasons in Jacksonville, he was the quality control offensive coach before becoming the wide receivers coach in 2011. As a member of the Buccaneers staff starting in 2008, he was the quality control defensive coach by assisting the defensive backs and linebackers coaches.
Prior to working in the NFL, Cox spent 14 years coaching at the collegiate and high school levels. He served as the special teams coordinator and wide receivers coach at the College of Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass. He was the head football coach for four years at Rex Putnam High School in Milwaukie, Ore. He led the school to its first winning season in 20 years in 2006.
Cox was the wide receivers coach at North Dakota State University from 2003-06. In addition to his on-field coaching duties, Cox recruited in Wisconsin and Minnesota, organized 7-on-7 summer camp tournaments and served as the staff liaison to the Diversity Program. He also served as the kickoff return coach for a season at NDSU. He helped lead the Bison to the semifinals of the NCAA Division II playoffs in 2002. In the summer of 2002, Cox worked in a minority coaching internship position with the San Diego Chargers.
He spent a season as the offensive coordinator at Fort Lewis College, serving as the interim head coach for three months. As the interim, he was instrumental in signing the 2000 recruiting class. During the 1999 season, he coached quarterbacks, receivers and served as the director of academics and study hall.
At the University of Texas, he was an assistant graduate coach two seasons before doing the same at NDSU in 1996. Cox was an assistant coach at Overland High School in Aurora, Colo., for the 1995-96 school year, coaching wide receivers and defensive backs, and serving as the junior varsity head coach. He began his coaching career in 1994 as the defensive backs coach at his alma mater, Fort Lewis College.
Cox was a two-time first-team All-American wide receiver at Fort Lewis from 1990-93 and was named the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Player of the Year in 1993. He also earned Fort Lewis Male Athlete of the Year honors in 1993 in addition to earning a roster spot in the Snow Bowl Division II All-Star Game. He was a finalist for the 1993 Exercise Science Student of the Year, and he was also a Fort Lewis student senator for the 1992-93 school year.
Cox competed professional with the Orlando Predators of the Arena Football League in 1995 and the NFL's Green Bay Packers in '94. Cox holds a bachelor's degree in exercise science from Fort Lewis, and a master's degree in education administration from the University of Texas.


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Conan Briscoe can't remember threatening to slit the throat of a police officer's daughter with a razor blade.
And he can't recall telling another Wollongong constable that he would bash him, then follow him around and spy on him in his home.
The 39-year-old itinerant cook yesterday tried to assure a judge he held no grudge against the officers who arrested him for drink-driving and he would not recognise them in the street.
But intoxication to the level of 0.123 could not justify Briscoe's actions, Judge Paul Conlon said yesterday.
People could drink that amount and more, and still, "they wouldn't have it in them", he said.
Briscoe fronted Wollongong District Court yesterday to appeal the severity of his six-month jail sentence.
Judge Conlon said if anything, Briscoe had been treated leniently when sentenced to concurrent jail terms for two counts of intimidating police and one count of failing to submit to a breath analysis test.
He dismissed Briscoe's appeal, finding it had no merit.
Briscoe, in Wollongong to attend a funeral on October 26, was stopped in Fairy Meadow at 11.20pm for a random breath test.
Police noted he smelt "strongly of intoxicating liquor" and after he returned a positive breath test he was placed in the rear of a police vehicle.
"At this time the accused has taken a completely different turn," police wrote in their report to the court.
He refused to get out of the vehicle and had to be forcibly removed, the tendered statement said.
Back at Wollongong station he told one officer: "I'm gonna follow you ... I'm gonna slit your daughter's throat ... when you let me out I'll slit her throat using a razor blade. Then you'll have to prove it was me. You don't think I'll do it do ya?"
Police said he went on, to say: "If I'm over the limit I'm gonna slit your daughter's throat to teach you a lesson. Monday morning when they go to school I'm gonna slit your daughter's throat."
When Briscoe was led from the dock into the breath-testing room he "tried to headbutt" an officer, refused to provide a breath test and then launched into more threats, the court heard.
"You've got two choices, either take my blood or I'm gonna turn you into a spastic," he said, threatening to bash the officer until he needed hospital treatment for head injuries.
"I'm gonna follow you around and spy on you at your house," the man said next, according to the police statement.
Briscoe, who had convictions in four states, had very little memory of his encounter with police and was very remorseful. He was "extremely disgusted" in his own behaviour, the court heard.


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Godoy Art Studio celebrates the happy life
The community is invited to celebrate the happy life at Godoy Art Studio on Saturday, April 13 at 4 p.m. located at 105 N College Ave. in Newton.
The show, entitled "La Dolce Vita," features 16 local artists.
Artists include Godoy Art Studio owner Ana Cristina Godoy, Christen Ehlert, Robert Dennis, Wayne Bowman, Beth Oczkowski, Scott Waldroup, Carrie Graves, Melissa Crosson, David Groshelle, Andrew Atkin, Kate Tinnan, Pat Flachbart, Andrea Timmerman, Anthony Atkin, Tom Vislay and Katie Billings.
During the event, all the artists will be on hand to answer questions about pieces, discuss inspiration and discuss their art process.
Godoy said her purpose for the show was to introduce the area and all of Catawba County to the art community. The show includes pottery, wood work, painting and jewelry. The art is priced from $40 to $5,000 and everything is for sale at the show.
The show will also feature catered latin food, California wine selections from Two Pink Magnolias and Italian and Latin music.
Guests can also get more information about Godoy's jewelry making, painting and advance classes. Her jewelry making classes include rings, earrings, bracelets and necklaces. Godoy also offers birthday parties as well as classes on wedding bands. The painting classes include acrylic, oil, watercolor and faux finish. Her advance classes work with 14, 18 and 20 karat alloys, fine silver and 18 karat hand weaving.
The classes are three hours each and each class level is complete after 18 hours of class. Godoy said she has four levels of jewelry making classes available.
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Agostino The Martinet
Agostino kept an open house. It was in keeping with the custom prevailed in that region. Even when he went visiting for three or four days at a stretch.
He vaguely knew where he had come from and of a few of his distant relations who still lived here and there. He took trouble to seek them out little by little. Having found those old souls took warmly to his rekindling their kindred spirits he made more frequently such visits.
Besides such visits sharpened his appetite for coming home: 'looking up his dolls' as he said. His dolls, twenty of them kept his house he knew. He learnt to tolerate the presence of boys and girls who dropped in as matter of custom and left by sundown. His critical eye as always looked out for trouble. Whenever he came in from his visits he looked out if the children were in best of their behaviour or not.
Once on his return he found children assembled about his dolls. They were fully into their game and it did not upset him as much as what his creatures: Marcos was pushed around and apparently had knocked Diana almost to the edge. Quickly he attended to them and said as if no one in particular, 'Do not touch!' That rule holds whether I am out or in!" Controlling his annoyance he laid on the table some titbits he had brought along. He avoided looking at any one in particular. Since he knew he had made the point clear enough he thereafter tried to act as normal.
After that irritated outburst there ensued silence. The boys were cowed and girls pale with nervousness.
The children soon went off after nibbling some roasted nuts and raisins. Polybus the bird-catcher's son however murmured, after making sure he was safe, "Augustine could be annoying!" Their fantasies where they played them out didn't mean a thing. But the dolls were crucial to them. The doll-maker was becoming somewhat crabby to their taste.
After he had freshened up Agostino went leisurely over his dolls. These were his life-blood, the result of endless sweat and dreams. He was assured of his success in the manner children from the neighbourhood took to them. It always made him feel good. But his concern for their safekeeping also alarmingly grew. He always was alert that the creatures were not damaged by mischief.
" The children are for mischief," the dollmaker asserted," but not with my dolls!" He grew more watchful when his young admirers trooped in.
One night. In the middle of that night he got up with a start. And he had heard some stirring; and it came from the hall! He peeked and he stood stock-still, his heart thumping with excitement. Those dolls were not in their usual place. He turned around and saw them on the worktable. "My dolls are alive!" he exclaimed despite of himself. Yes, they were as natural as those children who for every afternoon had kept their vigil by them. They skipped and hopped across the chisel marks and looked over the traces of glue with the intensity of a child in real life. Three boys turned to Deborah and one offered a butterfly that had permanently settled on his forefinger. While Glacis held out a bunch of grapes from a little wicker basket he held in his other hand. Another showed surprise at Safiah a girl who showed jealousy at the attention Deborrah got from boys. It was so uncanny that shook up the old man. Agostino gasped.
They obviously overheard and they immediately went to their appointed places.
The doll-maker was elated but as he went back to his bed he was troubled. "The children served them as models! No doubt of that!" He was convinced.
Next morning he got up with a start, "What if the children were to serve them as bad example?" Agostino had poured his entire life and he knew too much was at risk. 'He was certain the children under his roof had to be perfect in all manner. That much lay within his power. He was sure. "I cannot allow my life's work to be spoilt."
In the day's to come Agostino showed much attention to their presence. The children noted with a sinking heart. His proffered glasses of lemonade or dried fruits didn't lessen the rigor of his course in good manners. They noted he was more like a school master than as a doll-maker. They chafed under his crabbiness that didn't take note of their spontaneity. The more he became a stickler for proper decorum he became as odious as a Pecksniff. "Don't do this, don't slouch, sit up!" and thus went on his admonitions. He began noticing words and gestures that had hitherto escaped him and every slip in their manners was named. He didn't so much intend to shame them but keep what was acceptable behaviour fixed in their minds. It was for dolls' sake!
No one could understand why it had to be this way. Their fantasies they had for long tied to the dolls that in some way expressed their innocence and their childhood. Now the wet blanket of a doll-maker loomed large and so menacing! and their fantasies were in danger of being smashed to bits and pieces! In the days to come the children took secret council far away from presence of the doll-maker and they concluded that they had to shape up. They could not risk making him an enemy. In order to be able to play with the dolls, – these were their world too, they would do all to please their maker.
But their heart was not in it. So much was obvious to the doll maker in a matter of three months. He had let the children who were so well behaved and so considerate free run of the house as before. Each month he would be gone on visit and he noticed nothing amiss. How relieved he was as he came home as usual!
The dolls were as perfect as the first time.
Six months later he had retired as usual and in the small hours he was awakened by some alarm. Safiah was on a rampage and was astride over Deborah pummelling her left and right. Those two boys whose attention to the fair Deborah had snapped something in her, obviously. Agostino took their spirited fight as if transfixed. Soon the dolls took sides and a general brawl broke out. It was something he had never foreseen. It didn't take much to lay the cause of their bad behaviour.
Agostino didn't sleep for he was upset. He looked back at the delight that he found in their creation. 'It was all for nothing!" He sadly shook his head. How they were spoilt was beyond his ken. Only that he knew those children whom he let in had contributed to their bad conduct. He felt deceived! From that point his anger built on itself by fits and starts. He was in a fury.
When those kids from the nearby lanes dropped in they were astounded to see the doll-maker barring their path. He shook his fists and spluttered with rage, "Be gone!" They stood there shuffling unable to understand. But his fury and threats made them well understand they had better clear off. They went off.
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Haley Mendez is 1-0 for the Crimson this year (Gil Talbot).
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The No. 1 Harvard women's squash team steps back out of conference play and hosts No. 10 Williams at the Murr Center Wednesday night at 6 p.m.
Last Time Out
Harvard ran its win streak to 19 with a 9-0 win against No. 8 Dartmouth last Wednesday, Nov. 28, at the Murr Center. Freshman Michelle Gemmell made her collegiate debut in the victory, posting a 3-0 win over Melina Turk. Harvard swept seven of the nine matches, upping its total to 16 of 18 in 2012-13.
Related Article: Top Ranked Women's Squash Blanks Dartmouth, 9-0, in Ivy League Opener
Unbeaten Beginnings
Harvard has come out on the winning side in its season opener in all 38 years of its existence after blanking Boston College, 9-0, in this year's opener. The Crimson has also gone 3-0 in 35 straight seasons after dropping its second match of the season to Wellsley, 4-3, in 1973-74, which is the only time in the program's 37 previous years that the team has not gone 3-0 to start the season.
Zero Success
Harvard has shutout both Boston College and Dartmouth to begin 2012-13, winning all 18 matches. It is the 14th time in program history that Harvard has started the year by blanking both of its opponents. The program record for consecutive shutouts to start a season is seven, accomplished by the 1984-85 squad.
Win Streaking
The Crimson has currently won 19 consecutive matches dating back to last season, which is the fifth longest streak in program annals; however, this year's Harvard squad has an opportunity to move into second place on the all-time list. The three win streaks that the 2012-13 team has an opportunity to surpass this season are 21 (2009-2011), 23 (1983-1986) and 26 (1986-89). The program's longest winning streak is 70 matches, running from Feb. 19, 1992 to Feb. 1, 1998.
About No. 10 Williams
The Ephs enter Wednesday's contest on a two-game losing streak after dropping its final two matches of the weekend to No. 3 Trinity and No. 4 Princeton, 9-0. Williams two wins this year have come against Hamilton and Drexel, both by 9-0 margins. Their other losses have been to No. 7 Stanford (8-1), No. 5 Penn (9-0) and No. 6 Cornell (9-0).
All-Time Series
After dropping the first four meetings in the series, Harvard has won the last 30 matches between the two squads. The Crimson has swept the last five meetings, 9-0, including last year's Nov. 11 showdown.
Up Next
Harvard concludes its three-game homestand Jan. 9 against Bates at 6 p.m.
Happy Returns
Despite losing two All-Americans in Cece Cortes and Nirasha Guruge to graduation, the Crimson still returns three All-Americans from last year's team. Sophomore and defending national champion Amanda Sobhy is back for her second campaign after posting a 15-0 record last season. She is joined by 2010 national champion Laura Gemmell, who has been a first team All-America selection each of her three years in Cambridge, and team co-MVP and second team All-American Haley Mendez. Overall, the Crimson returns seven of its top nine for 2012-13.
New Kids on the Block
Four freshmen will join the Crimson in its attempt to repeat this year. Saumya Karki, Michelle Gemmell, Isabelle Dowling and Allie Sperry are all expected to make an immediate impact for Harvard. Karki and Gemmell are projected to play in the top six this season, while Dowling will compete for a spot in the lower third of the lineup. Sperry was a late addition to the squad, walking on just prior to the beginning of the season to pick up a win at BC.
Related Article: Three Newcomers Added to Women's Squash for 2012-13
Family Ties
Senior Laura Gemmell is joined on the squad this year by her younger sister, Michelle. Isabelle Dowling is the third member of her family to play squash at Harvard, as her mother, Diana Edge '88, and father, Joseph Dowling '87, both suited up for the Crimson. Senior co-captain Sarah Mumanachit's older sister, Sandra '10, was also a four-year member of the squad.
Still the One
In the CSA preseason rankings, the Crimson was selected as the favorite to repeat as national champions. Harvard is followed by archrival Yale and Trinity in the preseason projection, the teams it defeated in the finals and semifinals at last year's CSA Team Championships. In the subsequent polls, Harvard has remained atop the standings with the Bulldogs and Bantams still sitting at No. 2 and No. 3, respectively.
Related Articles: CSA Tabs Women's Squash as Preseason Number One
The Captains
Seniors Natasha Kingshott and Sarah Mumanachit were both elected team captains prior to the start of the season. Kingshott posted a 13-4 mark last season, playing in the three through six spots in the lineup, while Mumanachit went 15-2 primarily out of the seven hole.
Leading the Way
Mike Way, The Gregory Lee '87 and Russell Ball '88 Endowed Coach for Squash at Harvard University, returns for his third season. In just over two years in Cambridge, his women's teams have gone a combined 30-2 (.938), including last year's 17-0 mark. Assistants Reg Schonborn and Luke Hammond return for the 2012-13 season.
Last Season
Harvard concluded a perfect 2011-12 season in impressive fashion, defeating No. 2 Yale, 8-1, in the College Squash Association Championship match to end the year with a 17-0 mark and capture the program's 13th national title. The Crimson swept six of the nine matches after narrowly beating the Bulldogs, 5-4, to claim the Ivy title earlier in the year.


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Softball wins three out of four games on week
By Ben Risinger, sports information director
March 29, 2005
The Bluffton University softball team (8-4) won three games in action last week. Last Tuesday, March 22, the Beavers split with Denison as they lost the first game 1-0 in extra innings and won the second game 4-2. Bluffton then picked up two wins against Case Western Reserve on March 28. The team defeated CWRU 2-1 in eight innings and 10-1 in the nightcap.
The Beavers will play on Wednesday, March 30, when they travel to Wittenberg College. Start time is scheduled for 3 p.m. The team will then host Transylvania University to open their Heartland Conference season on Saturday, April 2. The conference doubleheader is scheduled for 1 p.m.
Senior Mandy Snider (Wapakoneta/Wapakoneta) leads the team in several hitting categories with a .350
batting average, nine runs scored, 14 hits, seven RBI's (runs batted in) and 15 total
bases. Sophomore Carrie Weisbecker (Okeana/Ross) ranks second on the team with a .281 batting average. Weisbecker posts
nine hits, six runs, 12 total bases and a .375 slugging percentage. Junior Michelle Metzger (Lakeview/Indian Lake) posts a .273 batting average with nine hits and 10 total bases.
Junior pitcher Sarah Betts (Bryan/Bryan) leads the team with a 1.08 ERA and 68 strikeouts. Betts has pitched 65 innings and given up 38 hits and 15 runs. Betts posts a 5-4 record on the mound. Freshman Tonya Dean (Kettering/Fairmount) shows a 3-0 record on the mound with a 1.56 ERA in 18 innings pitched. Dean has struck out three batters, given up 15 hits and five runs against opponents.


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Big Rapids, Mich. - The Ferris State University Athletics
Department will lose the services of a valuable team member as
current FSU Athletic Pep Band student conductor Jason
Workman is slated to graduate this spring.
Workman, who has served in the role of student conductor for the past two seasons, recently worked one of his final performances as a pep band member in the Bulldog Hockey team's trip to Joe Louis Arena for the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) Championships last weekend (March 19-20). The trip not only included performing at two games inside the storied venue, but also an appearance at the CCHA Fan Fest event held at the Detroit Renaissance Center.
"Jason has been great to work with and we're going to miss his professionalism," said FSU Associate Athletics Director Jon Coles. "He's been open-minded to new ideas as the student conductor and a valuable member in helping us generate excitement.
"The pep band helps provide a great atmosphere and tremendous home advantage for us and he's been an important part of those efforts," Coles added.
In his four-year tenure with the FSU Athletic Pep Band, Workman has recorded a perfect attendance mark for all rehearsals and has attended virtually every Bulldog home hockey, football along with men's and women's basketball game. In fact, he's missed only one performance over the course of his four years.
Prior to beginning his term as student conductor in the fall of 2008, Workman spent a year as the pep band's associate student conductor. He was a pep band woodwind section leader in 2006 and began his pep band career as a clarinetist.
"We've implemented some new things with the pep band under Jason's direction and he's been an outstanding help," said Coles. "In his time, we've changed the way we enter games from the Bulldog, added sing-along tunes and utilized theme nights, all of which are things where we've asked the pep band to help play key roles."
The four-year athletics pep band member has also been a member of the FSU Symphony Band in his time at Ferris. The Bridgman, Mich., native, who was his high school class valedictorian, plans to graduate magna cum laude from FSU in May with a bachelor's degree in biotechnology.
A FSU Dean's List honoree, Workman has been active in several other campus organizations in addition to the pep band. He's compiled over 105 hours of volunteer work as part of the FSU Honors Program and serves as president of the Delta Nu Alpha Biotech Fraternity. Additionally, he's also currently a lab assistant in the biochemistry lab at Ferris State.
Workman, who's a former volunteer librarian at the Big Rapids Public Library, has worked as a volunteer tutor in anatomy/physiology along with mathematics as a Ferris student. He was also a volunteer lab technician at FSU in the summer of 2009.
The former recipient of the FSU Athletic Pep Band Mentor Award was chosen as an Outstanding Biology Graduate Finalist this year and has also been a Rising Star Award nominee. He's received numerous scholarships during his college years, including the Woodbridge N. Ferris President's Scholarship, Kelso Battle Scholarship, Mittal Steel Legacy Foundation Scholarship, Resident Life Scholarship along with the FSU Dean's Ability Scholarship for both biotechnology and music.
The FSU Athletic Pep Band regularly performs for all home football, men's basketball, women's basketball and hockey games under the guidance of faculty director and visiting assistant professor of music Dr. Dale Skornia. Band members conduct themselves in a spirited manner that promotes the goals of education, ambassadorship and community at all rehearsals, performances and band social events.
The Athletic Pep Band is not an academic class. but its members can qualify for ability-based scholarships. Members strive to exhibit the highest levels of both musicianship and school spirit. Overall membership is open to any FSU student and at the sole discretion of the Faculty Director.
For more information on the FSU Athletic Pep Band, please visit its official website at this link:
FSU To Miss Pep Band Student Conductor
Big Rapids, Mich. - The Ferris State University Athletics
Department will lose the services of a valuable team member as
current FSU Athletic Pep Band student conductor Jason
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The pinch at the pump in Polk County is stinging more than usual.
WINTER HAVEN | The pinch at the pump in Polk County is stinging more than usual.
Polk County residents are paying more than the national average for a gallon of regular gasoline in a record week for gas prices, but analysts can't figure out why.
Some traditional changes in the market are helping push prices up: Refineries are under maintenance as they get ready to switch to summer blends, slowing production of gasoline; and the spring and summer driving season and the increased demand that comes with it is not far off.
But it doesn't add up.
"Even given that the different variables that are occurring right now, these prices are really unprecedented," said Jessica Brady, a spokeswoman for the AAA Auto Club in Tampa. "It has a lot of analysts really scratching their heads."
Polk residents are scratching their heads at the pump too.
When Ed Norman, 67, who spends winters in Davenport, left his home Tuesday morning to rent a pontoon boat, the gas at the Citgo on U.S. 17 in Winter Haven was $3.67 per gallon. When he stopped to fill up his crossover SUV in the afternoon, it was $3.85.
"I should have gassed up on my way," Norman said.
"It just is what it is."
Gas prices have gone up 16 cents in the last week alone, Brady said, meaning this is the highest gas price in history for this week in February, even as a barrel of oil stays around $95.
The AAA Auto Club does not track prices in Polk County, but in Tampa, the closest tracked market, motorists are paying $3.77, which is 5 cents more than the national average of $3.72. The statewide average is $3.82.
The prices are especially odd because the Energy Information Administration had predicted in a late-2012 report that 2013 would see no record gas prices. But if 2012 trends persist, the price may hit its peak in late April.
"Right now, it looks like prices are going to continue to increase probably throughout the end of the month and through March," Brady said. "It is uncertain whether we are going to see a continued trend in these drastic increases ... we may see the increase shrink to 5 or 6 cents a week but that is an increase and that still pushes gas prices higher."
For at least one Winter Haven resident, any more is money she just doesn't have.
"I'll have to cut back on food, things like trying to cut down on everything like electricity," said Cynthia Wadding, 56, who lives on Social Security disability checks.
"I have the same clothes I've had for years because you just can't afford to buy them anymore and now this keeps going up and you can't afford anything. My grandkids like to go do stuff, (but with these gas prices) we can't even afford to do it."
The lowest price in Polk County on Tuesday according to GasBuddy.com, a website where consumers post prices at gas stations they visit, was $3.69 at the Lakeland Hess at 6806 S. Florida Ave.
In Winter Haven, the lowest price was $3.72 at the 7 Days at 3061 Cypress Gardens Road. In Haines City, the lowest price was $3.79 at the BP at U.S. 17 and First Street. The lowest Lake Wales price was at the Sunoco at State Road 60 and 14th Street with a price of $3.75.
Brady said gas prices have not been this high since April 27, 2012.
Norman, the man who paid 18 cents more a gallon just for waiting a few hours, is happy the gas prices are going up. The price usually increases with increased demand because the economy is doing better. With much of his money invested in the stock market, as long as his investments do well, he's happy.
"As long as the market keeps going up accordingly," Norman said with a laugh.
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About 70 developers, product-owner and scrum master in 8 Scrum teams had to be coordinated on tasks dealing with daily business, new product features and the "open heart surgery" to transform Germany's biggest website without downtime to this new model.
Nowadays Federated Autonomous Services (FAS) have their own dedicated developer and operations team, their own release cycle. They still serve over 18 Billion dynamic HTTP requests a month. They expose their interface via HTTP and have a standardized way to deal with Access Control, Service Configuration and Event Handling. They have no real-time dependencies to any other service, except for infrastructural ones.
The talk will show how Open Source Software like Nginx, HAProxy, Tornado, memcached or jetty power the backbone of the VZ infrastructure. It will also show how one can reduce complexity and cost by moving away from centralized, expensive HA components (aka NetApp, HDS) to commodity hardware.
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Release Notes: Barcode detection rate with dark or severely noisy images is improved. You can also generate a barcode of Code16K symbology. This release defines a few more rules regarding AustralianPosteParcel symbology. It includes the ability to retrieve product name, assembly version, file version, release date, etc. In order to improve the effectiveness of Aspose.BarCode, there are two more image processing filters. Color quantification is the key factor. Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA-2) is now supported. It fixes Code128, DataMatrix, Code39, Aztec symbologies, and much more.
Release Notes: The rotation angle of a detected barcode is now returned. Bugs were fixed and recognition support was enhanced. Some of the issues addressed in this release are copying speed of the images, recognition of QR codes, Pdf417 barcode recognition, generation of barcodes with custom sizes, DataMatrix code recognition, and barcode encoding.
Release Notes: Bugs in reading barcodes from a specific region of an image, recognizing barcodes from TIFF file format, scanning Pdf417, and recognition of Pdf417 barcodes in PNG or JPG images were fixed. Recognition support was enhanced.
Release Notes: This version can recognize MicroPDF417 2D barcodes and supports ECC for 2D barcodes to generate/recognize. It includes the most recent bugfixes, such as EAN8 barcode image recognition. UPCA barcodes are recognized, as are DataMatrix barcodes from PDF files. Chinese character recognition with Pdf417. Extra barcode recognition and performance improvements. Custom barcode width. Code39 barcode image recognition. Code128 recognition barcode in JPEG images. CodeText read from DataMatrix.
Release Notes: This version can generate and recognize barcodes with custom width. It includes bugfixes and enhanced recognition according to ECC standards. In addition, you can generate barcodes with the Swiss Post Parcel symbology. Some important bugfixes in this release are EAN13 barcode recognition, false recognition of symmetric PatchCode, QR Barcode & code39 symbology barcode recognition, DataMatrix with several sizes, 2D DataMatrix barcode recognition, a Pdf417 recognition error, AN8 barcode recognition, incorrect BarCode text from QR, and many more.
Release Notes: From now on, the .NET and Java versions of Aspose.BarCode will stay synchronized so that Java users will not have to wait for features that the .NET users already have. This release also includes support for new barcode symbologies like DatabarExpanded, DatabarOmniDirectional, DatabarTruncated, DatabarLimited, Pharmacode, and SCC14. It includes Recognition for RM4SCC, Turkish character encoding, improved barcode reading, the ability to recognize Code128 from PNG, barcode visibility in PNG, and DeutschePostLeitcode Barcode support.
Release Notes: This release includes support for the Singapore Post 4-State barcode type and fixes recognition of Postnet barcode type, missing Graphics Unit Enumeration, an ambiguous return type in BarCodeReader.getRegion().getPoints(), and much more.
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Release Notes: This release includes an updated barcode component for Java ME (Mobile Edition) and now fully supports Java ME SDK 3.0. Support was added for creating and reading some new barcode symbologies. Deutsche Post Leitcode barcode generation and recognition for J2ME and ItalianPost25 barcode generation and recognition for J2ME were added. Other recent bugs were fixed.
Release Notes: This release includes barcode generation and recognition support for the OPC (Optical Product Code), Deutsche Post Leitcode, and VIN (Vehicle Identification Number) barcode symbologies. The ability to confirm checksum functionality in BarCodeReader was also added.


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This super-slim case snaps on, surrounding your iPod on all edges and back with durable polycarbonate that protects against dings and dents. The micro-textured surface looks great and feels great in your hand. With all this protection, you still have total access to your Multi-Touch display, connectors, and controls. Dress your iPod touch in more than just a case. Give it an Outfit that's cool as Ice.
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Reference No.: 25
For more information on this item, click through to GentlemanCollector.com
Date: 1870
Category: Architecture, Cartography, and Scientific
Location of Origin: Europe / England
Price: 14000
Medium/Materials: Walnut
Dimensions: 28in (w) x 20in (h) x 22in (d)
Description: A Walnut architectural model of a roof system designed as a "Masterpiece" or graduating thesis for a member of the Compagnon carpenters guild. Models of this kind were also called called pice de matrise or masterproofs and were built in order to graduate from the guild and were designed to show the individual woodworker's prowess in joining materials at the complex angles required in the carpenter's field work.
Provenance: Ex New York collection
Additional Information: Les Compagnons was a secretive professional guild of stonecutters and carpenters who helped build some the majority of the cathedrals and churches during the middle ages. Legends associate the origin of the guilds in the construction of the Jerusalem Temple. According to historians the guilds for the art of building began in the fourteenth century when the craft guilds which were forged in the major cathedrals gave way to oligarchy. These guilds remained strong until the late 19th century when industrialization changed much of modern building practice.
After several years of internship with a master the apprentice went on a Tour de France during which he could acquire new technical knowledge and develop professional experience. This Tour ended with the completion of a masterpiece that was assessed by a jury of masters. Once accepted the young apprentice was recognized in his profession and obtained a Companion of the Tour de France.
Many architects art lovers and historians collect these masterpiece models not only for their outstanding masterwork but also for their great historical interest and decorative style.
For numerous examples of the work of this guild see: the Museum "Les musees compagnonniques" in Paris.
For the sale of a comparable model of a roof truss see The Sothebys sale "The Robert and Angelique Noortman Collection" December 18 2007 Sale AM1037 Lot 542. Also see The Christies sale "Collection of Charles De Langlade" June 24 2010 Sale 5616 for numerous comparable models.
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Fedora Core 5 (Bordeaux): Well well, the fifth installment of Fedora Core has been officially released. Although we have been covering the happenings with the Fedora Project at Phoronix, today we have the latest from its official launch. The codename for Fedora Core 5 is "Bordeaux" and among other new features to this release is a new Anaconda installer, Novell mono support, replacement of Up2date with Pirut/Pup, and the beginnings of the Fedora Rendering Project for desktop OpenGL effects. Some of the packages to be included in Fedora Core 5 is the Linux 2.6.15 kernel, X.Org v7.0, NetworkManager v0.6, and GNOME v2.14.0. Continue on as we investigate the happenings with this state-of-the-art release.
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An anonymous reader tips a piece by Jason Torchinsky at Jalopnik, who attended the California Science Center's press conference about moving Space Shuttle Endeavour through Los Angeles to its final resting place. While he was there, he noticed that security for the event was focused less on the shuttle than on keeping the city itself safe. So, after a helpful LAPD officer suggested it would be impossible for a supervillain to make off with OV-105, Torchinsky went ahead and made a plan to do just that. All he needs is a submarine, a score of Sikorsky CH-53E heavy-lift helicopters, a salvaged and disguised Buran spaceplane, and the assistance of Switzerland.


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Simonsig Stellenbosch Chenin Blanc 2008
5 years ago
Grassy nose n buttery texture, off dry finish, big body 4a white, unfortunately very little character 2.5* of 5 $10@vend
Pine Ridge Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 2005
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Very barn yardy, leather and earth. Tastes better after 45 min of oxygen 3.5* out of 5, $47a
Rosenthal Cabernet Sauvignon 2000
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Flat non descript nose-prob oxidized-crumbly cork,muted cherry notes, subtle richness but too restrained 3 of 5 $75@wnry
Seghesio 2009
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Seghesio Chianti Station-Sanjiovese floral nose w classic tannin n dry finish Med body,Rich 4 a Sg 3.5* of 5 $38@winery
Tora Bay New Zealand Wine Sauvignon Blanc 2011
5 years ago
Grapefruit and lime nose, hugely aromatic with just enough acidity, 3.5* of 5 $14@vendome
Domaine De La Chaponne Morgon
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Sweet strawberry nose w lt body too nouveau ish 4 me 2011 is too young had a 09 Morgon w twice the body 2.5* of 5 $14@WH
Pulenta Xi,Gran Cabernet Franc 2008
5 years ago
Rich full body non existent tannin w smooth fruit n subtle cola & green pepper nose-very nice $36 wandering dog 4*of 5
Trenza Tinto 2009
5 years ago
A bit hot but w great depth, showing a spicy tannic bite,a great Syrah/tempernillo/grenache blend $24, 4*@ Baileyana SLO
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Deep purple color n weighty mouthfeel with nice tannic bite n black cherry nose, nice & drinkable $17@flask 3.5* of 5
Simi Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2009
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Transparent garnet red, lt to med body & big big tannic bite on finish w hint of spice-very nice! $21@ralphs 3.5* of 5
Colonie Malbec 2010
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Colome 09 estate Malbec med body w big tannic bite. indistinct character 2.5 of 5 $36@ wokano LA
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Castoro Cellars Zinfandel Paso Robles 2009
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Artesa Pinot Noir 2009
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Decent daily Pinot, berry/plum nose uber lt body, pairs well w manchego, a bit non descript to me $15@ralphs 3* of 5
Ettore Germano Langhe Nebbiolo
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Crisp n bright Italian sparkling wine-brut/semi dry,very nice w beautiful complexity*4 of 5 $42@Wandering Dog Wine Club
2010 The Chook McLaren Vale Shiraz Viognier
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Atteca Old Vines 2009
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Chateau Grange Cochard Morgon Cote Du Py 2009
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Beaujolais Nouveau
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Felipe "El Chitona" Sotelo Reyes
Felipe " El Chitona" Sotelo Reyes, 57, passed away Tuesday, November 12, 2013.Funeral service will be 11 am Friday, November 15, 2013 in Minton Memorial Chapel. Burial will follow in Westlawn Memorial Park under the direction of Minton Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger. The rosary will be recited Thursday, November 14, 2013 beginning at 5:30 pm at the funeral home.Felipe was born August 14, 1956 in Castolon, Texas to Luis and Maxima Reyes. He is preceded in death by his parents.Survivors include his son, David Reyes and fiancé, Liliana of Dallas; daughters, Miriam Cruz and husband, Justin of Stinnett, Astrid Moreno and husband, Raul, Jr. of Borger; brothers, Juan Reyes of Borger, Moises Reyes and wife, Gloria, Jesus Reyes all of Hobbs, NM; sister, Maria Louis Reyes of Cd. Juarez; Elizabeth Heredia and her husband, Jesse, Abigail Leyva and her husband, Ismael all of Borger, Gloria Mata and her husband, Jesus of El Paso; five grandchildren, Angel Reyes, Julian Moreno, Liliana Moreno, Saheyla Cruz, Jax Cruz; a grandchild expected to arrive in April; and numerous nieces and nephews.


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The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
Read by: Anna/Central Library Teen Room
Our Teen Book of the Month group is reading this book for our August 14th book discussion at 3pm in the Central Library Teen Room.
Enzo is a mixed breed dog named after the founder of the Italian car company, Ferrari. He's also owned by a professional race car driver, Denny. The story is told through the point of view of Enzo as he recounts his life with his human family on the night he realizes he won't be making a round trip ride to the vet the next morning. His mobility issues are making it increasingly harder for him to move around as he gets older and older. Enzo learned a lot about life through Denny and his racing tips and tricks and he applied them to the obstacles in his way whenever he could. Their family life wasn't the greatest. Denny's wife died from brain cancer and Denny ended up in a legal battle with her parents over the custody of his daughter. Enzo knew the grandparents were not nice people and didn't like the fact that Zoe, the daughter, had to spend so much time with them. Money is tight for Denny, he's lost his wife, might lose his daughter to his in-laws, but he'll never lose Enzo. Enzo is always there for him and for Zoe, when he can be, helping to keep their spirits up and to keep them going when things get tough.
This was an AWESOME book. But don't read it in public. Unless you don't mind bringing a large hanky and a bucket to collect your tears in. This book will have you bawling your eyes out and laughing hard in certain places. You will learn a lot about life, as Enzo did, and have a good time doing it. There are a lot of references to racing cars, but you don't have to have a love of cars to read this and enjoy it, which is another reason it's a great read. I highly recommend it to everyone who loves dogs especially.
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US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday pledged renewed US commitment to security in the Asia-Pacific, where tensions are rising between China and its smaller neighbors over territorial disputes and many nations face threats from climate change.
Speaking at a meeting of leaders of South Pacific island nations, Clinton said the US would not abandon its long history of protecting maritime commerce in the region and serving as a counterbalance to domination by any single world power.
However, she played down the idea that the US was acting "perhaps as a hedge against particular countries."
She said the US wanted to cooperate with China in the vast Pacific and encouraged other countries, including those in the region, to do the same.
"The Pacific is big enough for all of us," she told reporters at a news conference with New Zealand Prime Minister John Key, whose country handles defense and foreign relations for the Cook Islands.
Yet she said that China's interests in the region are not necessarily the same as others, a point she also made clear earlier this month on a trip to Africa when she contrasted US goals for that continent as aimed at adding rather than extracting value. The comment was a veiled shot at China, which some complain is using its overseas investments to exploit resources at the expense of local populations.
"Here in the Pacific, we want to see China act in a fair and transparent way," Clinton said. "We want them to play a positive role in navigation and maritime security issues. We want to see them contribute to sustainable development for the people of the Pacific, to protect the precious environment, including the ocean and to pursue economic activity that will benefit the people."
Earlier at the meeting, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai (崔天凱) said China was already engaged with the region in a positive way.
"The thrust of China's policy toward the Pacific is to achieve peace, stability and development," Xinhua news agency quoted him as saying. "China has done many concrete things to support the economic and social development of Pacific island countries, always in light of the needs and interests of the countries concerned."
In her speech to the meeting, Clinton said the US would remain a big player in the region and pointed to past accomplishments.
"We have underwritten the security that has made it possible for the people of this region to trade and travel freely," she said, pointing to nearly a century of US military presence in the Asia-Pacific. "We have consistently protected the Pacific sea lanes through which a great deal of the world's commerce passes, and now we look to the Pacific nations in a spirit of partnership for your leadership on some of the most urgent and complex issues of our time."
She said that hundreds of US naval, coast guard and commercial vessels ply the Pacific and called for them to play an enhanced role in maintaining free trade and combating crime, such as human trafficking and illegal fishing.
Clinton is the first secretary of state to participate in the Pacific Island Forum and the first to visit the sprawling, but sparsely populated Cook Islands. Her visit to the main island, population 10,000, in the remote Cook chain has created a buzz of excitement.


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- I was actually surprised at how comfortable my elkskin uninsulated gauntlets were the 1st time I wore them. The leather is much more supple than that of any other motorcycle glove I own. The control feel is excellent through the gloves. The only significant issue I have with the elkskin gauntlets is the gauntlet itself; it is too narrow to fit comfortably over my more protective jackets/suits. I have small hands and like a snug fit, so perhaps the gauntlet is fuller cut on sizes larger than my size 8.5 gloves. They fit snugly over my Roadcrafter suit, but bind and twist with wrist movement. My thickest leather jacket is simply unwearable with these gloves. I bought these gloves as a more protective alternative to my lightweight mesh summer gloves, and am pleased overall with quality and fit for that role. If the design is ever changed to a wider gauntlet though, I'll immediately place an order for the new version and toss these to my cat to enjoy as a chew toy.


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I will tell how I sewed blocks for that quilt - http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-50511-1.htm
My English is not too good but I will try :D .
I did not use special rulers for this block. I had only a triangular ruler and usual square ruler at my order.
I didi it anyway. :D
However, my pictures are detailed so I hope you will understand all only on photos.
All strips on pictures have width 1 1/2 inches, the size of squares is 4 inches.
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To cut a light strip on a trapezes:
(Length of the short party of each trapeze - 1 3/4 inches, the long party - 4 3/4 inches.)


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MOREHEAD, Ky. – Looking to take its first Ohio Valley
Conference series of the season, the Tennessee Tech baseball team
dropped the ball. The Golden Eagles committed eight errors, and
Morehead State scored in all eight innings that it batted, beating
Tech 12-7, and taking the series two games to one.
Tech (13-12, 1-7) scored four runs in the last three innings, but it wasn't enough to overcome the seven run lead Morehead State had built.
Evan Webb, Casanova Donaldson and Trice Powers each had two hits in the game, and Cory Wright had two RBIs, as the Tech offense pieced together 12 hits, but seven unearned runs for MSU were too many to erase. Donaldson and Ben Burgess each extended their current hitting streaks to four games, and Powers hit his second home run of the season.
Morehead State (10-18, 3-6) got on the board early, scoring two runs in the first inning. After Tech tied it with a pair of runs in the top of the second, MSU added a run in the bottom of the second and third, and two in the fourth. The Golden Eagles got one run back in the top of the fifth, but gave up three more in the bottom of the inning, and allowed one each in the sixth, seventh and eighth.
Sophomore A.J. Kirby-Jones got the start for Tech, and pitched 4.1 innings, giving up nine runs off nine hits in the loss, but only of those nine runs were earned. Chad Oberacker pitched 1.2 innings, and Burgess threw the final two.
Morehead State's JD Ashbrook and Eric Bainer each had three hits in the contest and each had multi-RBI games, as Ashbrook finished with 2 RBIs, and Bainer tallied three.
The two teams split a double header on Saturday, with Tech wining 17-16 in 10 innings, and Morehead State taking a 2-1 decision in the seven-inning night cap.
The Golden Eagles continue their OVC action with a three-game series against Eastern Kentucky in Cookeville on April 10 (DH) and 11.


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NORRISTOWN — A King of Prussia man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a DUI crash in Perkiomen Township in September 2013 that sent another driver to the hospital with multiple broken bones.
Devin Pearson, 25, of the 100 block of Crooked Lane, pleaded guilty to one felony count of accident involving the death or personal injury while not properly licensed and one misdemeanor count of driving under the influence.
Other charges including additional driving under the influence charges and other summary driving offenses were dropped at sentencing.
Pearson was sentenced to 11˝ to 23 months in prison. He will get credit for time served from March 14 of this year to Aug. 6 of this year. When he is released he will have to serve three years of probation, pay $1,000 in fines and court costs, and perform 36 hours of community service. Pearson will also have to attend an alcohol highway safety school.
An investigation began on Sept. 26, 2013, at 7:14 p.m. when state police from the Skippack barracks were called to the first block of Gravel Pike Road. When police arrived they found two cars that were heavily damaged: one partially on the roadway and partially on the south shoulder, the second had left the road way and rested in a lot off of the road. Fire crews were extracting the driver whose car was partially in the road way.
After the woman was taken out of her car, she said she was driving south on Gravel Pike Road when another vehicle travelling north crossed the center line and struck her head on.
A witness, who said he did not see the crash but came out of his house after he heard it, said he saw a man in a white tank top get out of the car on the lot and leave the scene.
According to the affidavit of probable cause, at 9:30 p.m. a trooper from the state police saw a man fitting the description of the man who left the scene, later identified as Pearson, walking in the area of Route 113 and Route 29 in Perkiomen Township. After being taken into custody, Pearson admitted to being the man who fled the scene of the accident.
Shortly after being taken into custody, Pearson's girlfriend approached the officer and said the car he was driving was rented by her. She said she came forward because after the crash, Pearson called her and asked her to drive him away from the scene. Pearson was then taken to the hospital to have his blood drawn to be tested.
On Oct. 16, 2013 police made contact with the victim who said because of the accident she sustained a spiral fracture, a broken nose, a thoracic strain, a cervical strain, and several cuts and bruises. On the same day, police received the test results from Pearson's blood and found that at the time of the accident he had codeine, oxycodone, valium, Xanax, Nordiazepam and marijuana in his system.


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It was just a walk-on part and it wasn't exactly the red carpet but the line-up was certainly of that calibre. And, for Cate Blanchett, the costume, comprising a red academic gown and cap, wasn't exactly familiar stage attire.
The leading actor was among a diverse range of talent receiving honorary degrees at the University of Sydney's Great Hall.
''This means a great deal for me as someone who didn't complete my arts degree at Melbourne University - I left to go to NIDA. What a great city this is,'' she said upon receiving her doctorate.
Her scroll was a doctor of letters in honour of ''her work as an actress and as artistic director of the Sydney Theatre Company, as well as her advocacy of the importance of the arts in education''.
Kate Grenville, the author of The Secret River, about the first settlers on the Hawkesbury River, was also given an honorary degree. An adaption of the book will be part of the Sydney Theatre Company's 2013 season.
The Aboriginal musician Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu received a director of music for contribution to the promotion of music and culture.
Blanchett said rehearsals for The Secret River start on Monday ''with an incredible indigenous and white Australian cast''. ''It is enormously challenging whenever you are taking a work of great literature and trying to distil that and give it a theatrical life.''


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October 05, 2013
Sketching of the statue of Robert Frost, by one of Merrimack's aspiring student artists, near Mendel Pond.


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Kiwis close within 1 win of America's Cup
Kiwis close within 1 win of America's Cup
Sep. 19, 2013
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The America's Cup is staying in America for at least one more day, thanks to the wind that blows in through the Golden Gate Bridge and the strong tide that flows out to sea.
That means, of course, that all those bottles of champagne that New Zealanders have at the ready won't be popped open quite yet.
Not long after Emirates Team New Zealand won Race 11 Wednesday to reach match point in the America's Cup against powerhouse Oracle Team USA, Race 12 was postponed because the wind exceeded the safety limit.
Race 12 was scrubbed just 30 seconds before the high-performance, 72-foot catamarans crossed the starting line with Kiwi skipper Dean Barker holding a strong advantage over rival Jimmy Spithill.
Organizers will try again on Thursday to get in two races, if necessary. Of the four races scheduled Tuesday and Wednesday, three were postponed due to the wind exceeding the limit.
The Kiwis last hoisted the Auld Mug in victory in 2000, so they can wait at least one more day for the chance to finish off Oracle.
Leading 8-1, the Kiwis need one more win to reclaim the Auld Mug for the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron.
"We just go out and try and race hard," Barker said, understated as always. "If we can get a win, that'll be great."
Kiwi tactician Ray Davies was a bit more expansive.
"Obviously we're in an extremely strong situation," Davies said. "We are one race away, but that same one race will be the same approach we've always had. That' a pretty exciting part of the game, going out any day now it could be all over. We've just got to keep our heads screwed on."
Oracle Team USA, owned by software tycoon Larry Ellison of Oracle Corp., needs a miracle to keep the oldest trophy in international sports from being spirited away by the crafty Kiwis.
Oracle was docked two points going into the match following the biggest cheating scandal in the 162-year history of the America's Cup.
The wind limit of 23 knots was offset by a 3.1-knot ebb tide flowing out of the bay, reducing it to 19.9 knots for Race 12. The wind peaked at 21.5 knots just before the start.
The wind limit was reduced from 33 knots to 23 knots as one of 37 safety recommendations made after British double Olympic medalist Andrew "Bart" Simpson was killed in the capsize of Artemis Racing's catamaran on May 9.
Oracle tactician Ben Ainslie heard the call to postpone about 30 seconds before the start but didn't tell his crewmates.
"I thought we were in a good position so we'd just keep going," Ainslie said. "I heard on the radio but we were right in the middle of the prestart, obviously, and I thought I'd wait until I heard it a few more times over the radio in case I was just believing stuff and I lost the America's Cup by the wrong radio call."
Spithill remains determined despite the incredible odds he and his crew face. The Australian took up boxing at a young age because of the grief he took for being a red-head, and he's not backing down from this fight.
"It can be done," Spithill said. "I mean, look, we've got one hell of a battle on our hands here, but stranger things have happened in sport. I've witnessed some pretty big comebacks. This team will fight whole way till the end and we won't give up. There's a lot of history in sports of teams coming back from huge deficits."
In 2010, Spithill, then 30, became the youngest winning skippered in America's Cup history when he steered Oracle to victory over Alinghi of Switzerland and brought sailing's biggest prize back to the United States for the first time in 15 years.
While Spithill is one race away from losing the Cup, Barker needs just one more winning sprint around San Francisco Bay for a bit of personal redemption as well as a huge accomplishment for his small island nation of 4.5 million people.
Coutts and a few of his mates then jumped ship for bit paychecks from Alinghi of Switzerland.
That left Barker at the helm of hard-luck Team New Zealand in 2003, when it was swept in five races by Alinghi. The Kiwis had to drop out of two races with breakdowns, including when their mast snapped in two and tumbled into the Hauraki Gulf in Race 4.
Barker sailed the Kiwis back into the America's Cup match in 2007 before they lost 5-2 to Alinghi.
Coutts has been CEO of Oracle Team USA since the 2010 Cup campaign.
In 1995, Coutts and the late Peter Blake led Team New Zealand to a 5-0 win over Dennis Conner off San Diego to claim the Cup for the first time for New Zealand.
Barker and the rest of the Kiwi crew won Race 11 by 15 seconds earlier Wednesday.
Barker controlled Spithill at the start and led the whole way, building his lead on the crucial upwind third leg toward the Golden Gate Bridge.
Oracle had been sailing better on the course's only upwind leg but couldn't quite reel in the Kiwis on Wednesday as the cats zigzagged toward the Golden Gate Bridge. Team New Zealand led by 6 seconds as it turned onto the windward third leg and extended it to 17 seconds as it rounded the next buoy back onto the downwind leg.
The Kiwis watched their lead of about 200 meters shrink to around 70 meters as the boats raced downwind on their foils, their hulls completely out of the water.
"I think it's the racecourse," Spithill said. "There's a lot of opportunities out there. The way the tide set up, and I thought Ben and Tom (Slingsby) did a great job on the beat to keep us in the race.
"They called a pretty nice layline down the bottom out near the boundary on the last run that kept it really close. One little mistake from these guys and we would have been able to pass them. That's what makes it so great out on the boat is all sorts of opportunities out there."
Neither crew had a good rounding of the fourth gate, yet the Kiwis sprinted first down the final reaching leg to the finish off America's Cup Park on Pier 27-29. As usual, there were hundreds of flag-waving New Zealanders cheering them on.
The race began in about 17 knots of wind blowing against a 2-knot ebb tide.
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Hendricks pays 50% of earnings to management
Having a good manager can make a big difference in an up and coming fighter's career. Monte Cox famously managed a big group of UFC fighters and world champions.
Most managers take a fee for their service, some 10%, some 20%, but now UFC champion Johny Hendricks has a unique arrangement with his management team:
They called it "an educated lottery" and Team Takedown hit the jackpot combination last Saturday when its client, Johny Hendricks, captured the UFC welterweight championship in Dallas.
Team Takedown was a simple, if not ambitious, concept when it launched in March 2007: fund and manage an aspiring fighter's journey from day one all the way up to a UFC title, with a 50-50 split in profits.
"Our thought process was we could take a high-level wrestler and give them a place to live, a car allowance, health and dental insurance, a weekly paycheck so they could train — and then they'd have a really good shot of getting to the top," said Team Takedown founder Ted Ehrhardt.
Ehrhardt started the management company with his brother Doug and close friend and business partner, Tim McBride. The trio have funded the venture for seven years with revenue from a fire sprinkler company they own together.
In addition to living expenses, Team Takedown also foots for the smaller things, like flying trainers and relatives to fight events. The company also owns the Velociti Fitness gym in Pantego, Texas, providing a homebase for the Team Takedown fighters. All together, Ehrhardt estimates that funding each fighter (and his family) costs the company around $100,000 a year.
Thus far, Team Takedown's seven-year investment has been upwards of $4 million. Ehrhardt said the company breaks even with an individual fighter when the yearly intake from purses, sponsorships and other revenues reaches $200,000. And probably most appealing to the fighter is that he doesn't have to retroactively pay back what Team Takedown invested before it started hitting that profit mark.
Of course, the real profit comes if and when a Team Takedown fighter can win a UFC championship.


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Age of Empires Online has ceased active development and is now shifting into a "support" phase. That means no new content or features are coming, other than a few remaining minor updates that will be released over the next few weeks. Gas Powered Games says it still plans to support the game with Community Challenges, streams, contests, and PvP tournaments.
Devoted AOE Online players can still play the game, though, and GPG stresses in a FAQ that the game is not "dying." It does note that bug fixes will be slower, and some might be "unfixable," but it will be watching out for critical bugs.
The blog notes that making new content is "too expensive to maintain for long, as it turns out. We can no longer afford to keep creating it. AOEO already has a very large amount of high-quality, hand-crafted entertainment, and adding more is no longer cost-effective."
Meanwhile, Gas Powered has already started teasing its next project, so the end of development and slower bug support could signal moving staff to the new title.