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Davis' efforts to cut 2013 appropriations nixed by common council
Cindy Klepper - Wednesday, October 10, 2012 10:20 AM
Efforts by Huntington Common Councilman member Greg Davis to cut appropriations in the 2013 city budget were rejected by the full council on Tuesday, Oct. 9.
That vote, however, doesn't mean that at least some of Davis' proposals won't be considered in the future.
The appropriations ordinance, a companion to the city's proposed 2013 budget, sets salaries for non-elected city employees.
In it, firefighters are allotted 14 days of pay in lieu of holiday pay. Davis proposed cutting that number to 11 days in accordance with a recommendation made in the 2010 Umbaugh evaluation of the city's finances to reduce the number of paid holidays for city employees to 11.
Councilmen Jack Slusser and Charles Chapman hesitated to single out firefighters for the cut.
"It's worth looking at," Chapman said, but not for just one group of employees.
"If we're going to do it, do them all," Slusser said.
City Attorney Mike Hartburg noted that a change in the number of paid holidays would require contract negotiation with union employees.
"We need to start somewhere," Davis said.
"I think I'd rather start with bargaining," Chapman responded.
That proposal was defeated on a 4-3 vote, with Davis, Wayne Powell and Jim Long on the losing side.
Davis' subsequent proposal to cut paid holidays for police officers from 14 to 11 died for lack of second.
A plan by Davis to eliminate longevity pay for all new hires on the Huntington Police Department also failed to elicit a second. The money spent on longevity pay, Davis argued, could instead be spent on programs to cross-train police officers and firefighters so that they could perform either job.
While Slusser argued that the city would have to pay higher salaries to cross-trained employees, Davis responded that both departments would end up with better-qualified employees. The cross training would be optional for existing employees, he said.
Additional equipment would have to be purchased, Councilman Paul Pike said, and Council President Joe Blomeke worried about cross-trained employees being able to keep up with changing regulations affecting both jobs.
Chapman, noting that the city cited by Davis as already having the cross training program, is much larger than Huntington, and additional study would be needed to see how it would work in Huntington.
Davis' proposal to eliminate the Huntington Fire Department's office manager position was rejected on a 4-3 vote. Davis said the office manager's duties were, for many years, taken care of by the chief and assistant chief. Fire Chief Tim Albertson said the position was added several years ago because of the increasing amount of required reports and other paperwork.
"I wouldn't be able to be an effective fire chief if I had to the secretary's job also," Albertson said.
Davis also failed in his attempt to eliminate additional pay for firefighters and police officers who serve as officers in charge on days when regular officers are gone.
Street Superintendent Bob Caley will receive additional pay for taking over responsibilities of the parks department superintendent, despite Davis' quest to eliminate that pay. Mayor Brooks Fetters added the extra compensation after eliminating the separate parks superintendent position.
"I believe that position is being fairly compensated without the additional," Davis argued.
Fetters responded that the additional 10 percent added to Caley's current compensation is a fair amount to cover his expanded responsibilities.
In other business, Clerk-Treasurer Christi Scher was asked to supply council members with city rules regarding keeping farm animals inside city limits.
Long made the request after learning about complaints concerning a family keeping five chickens for a child's 4-H project.
Long suggested considering changes to the rules to allow small animals such as chickens or rabbits.


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Martinez prefers to stick to issues
There are 7120 comments on the Las Cruces Sun-News story from Jun 8, 2010, titled Martinez prefers to stick to issues. In it, Las Cruces Sun-News reports that:Republican gubernatorial candidate Susana Martinez is traveling around New Mexico this week to meet with constituents and listen to their concerns.
Join the discussion below, or Read more at Las Cruces Sun-News.
#1 Jun 8, 2010
November can't come soon enough. You go, Susana!
#2 Jun 8, 2010
Susana will be our next governor. Go girl!
#3 Jun 8, 2010
It's about time we have a governor who cares about the little guy! Hurrah for you, Susanna!!!!
#4 Jun 8, 2010
I guess we now know who Duane Barbati is voting for. Great article! Was it completely or only partially written by the Martinez campaign.
#5 Jun 8, 2010
Great another TEXAN running our government, have we all forgotten how well BUSH did? Where was the border patrol when she crossed into New Mexico.
#6 Jun 8, 2010
Big or little as long as they have deep pockets. She is the best politician money can buy.
#7 Jun 8, 2010
I highly respect the fact that S. Martinez will stick to the issues at hand and "NOT stoop as low as Denish and throw crap back and forth". I'm looking forward to Martinez's ethetical grown-up campaign.
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#10 Jun 8, 2010
"I highly respect the fact that S. Martinez will stick to the issues at hand "
you mean ,when she started first with the attack ads on her opponent in the primary, and then lost the fight, so now she will take the moral high road, when she lost the attack ads since she did not pay taxes? employment taxes, what for ,illegal aliens she has not admitted she will attempt to deport? Per the law?
those in glass houses shouldn't throw stone,s she did, and was bested, which is why she's making those comments now.
She has nothing left.
Maybe you can take her employees to hooters.
#11 Jun 8, 2010
Maybe you should witness one of her "ethical, grown up court performances" and see how you feel she can handle governing this state. If she does not get her way she stomps her foot and throws a tantrum and INTIMIDATES PEOPLE WITH PRISON if she does not get her way.
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#12 Jun 8, 2010
You mean AFTER Allen Weh called her a career politician, right? Certainly you and a small mental lapse there...
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#13 Jun 8, 2010
Hogwash. More tabloid type posts trying to slander a candidate.
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#14 Jun 8, 2010
Well it's evident that Duane Barbati and the Las Cruces Sun News are biased towards Susana Martinez.
But why are we, the TAXPAYERS, paying for Susana Martinez's District Attorney salary, when she's out campaigning for governor? She should be in her office trying to reduce the "overload" and campaign on her own time.
If Susana's campaigning on OUR tax dollar time, this should be clear of what she would do as governor on OUR tax dollars.
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#15 Jun 8, 2010
Same could be said for the lame excuse we currently have as Lt Gov, Diane Denish. Maybe because its allowed - ya think?
#16 Jun 8, 2010
Hmmm. Slander? Her tirades and vengeful behavior are a matter of record. Her vendettas against people who have escaped her attempts to "punish" them are legendary in Dona Ana county. If anyone wants to see her in action all they have to do is go to court....wait...she does not do that job anymore and is still on the payroll...well, just ask any defense attorney in town about her professionalism and hateful tactics. It is not like this is any secret in Las Cruces.
#17 Jun 8, 2010
"I don't get elected four times because I am not doing my job well."
No, you get elected because you intimidate anyone who dares even consider running against you, threatening them with any dirt you can find or make up.
#18 Jun 8, 2010
Go Susana you have my vote Good Luck to you and keep a clean and positive campaign.
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#19 Jun 8, 2010
Wait till she gets more out of state money and the negative campaigns and ads against Denish will be coming. Susana isn't dumb, she's only taking the "high road" for now, because its the cheap road.
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#20 Jun 8, 2010
Lol, it would appear that Susana Martinez has prosecuted several who are now very unhappy with her running for higher office, as evidenced by their negative posts here towards her. The more crap you post, the more it tells me she's doing her job as DA Co. DA and will also do a wonderful job as NM's next Governor!
Go Susana!!!!!
#21 Jun 8, 2010
Martinez is looking to repeal New Mexico's medical marijuana program which is already one of the strictest in the nation. It's not good when an elected official stands between a doctor and his patients.
#23 Jun 8, 2010
Well, considering Denish is out doing the exact same thing and our supposed Governor is out traveling as well, WHO IS RUNNING THE STATE???
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State Rep. Jim Townsend (D-Royal Oak) is calling on utility companies, cities and the Michigan Public Service Commission to work together to determine the best way to replace more than 3,100 miles of aging iron pipes carrying natural gas across Michigan.
A Feb. 27 explosion that killed a Royal Oak man, destroyed one home and damaged 30 others was caused by a leaking gas line following replacement work by a Consumers Energy crew.
�It was a terrible tragedy that may have been prevented,� Townsend said. �The important thing now is that we take every possible precaution within our reach to prevent something like this from happening again.�
As investigators try to understand exactly how the explosion on Cooper Avenue happened, Townsend said it is known that 3,153 miles of pipes deliver natural gas to Michigan homes and businesses and many sections are at risk of corrosion, cracking and rupturing.
Townsend said his recent appointment as vice chair of the house oversight committee could be an avenue to open a dialogue about the state�s pipelines and procedures to replace them.
�We have to ask the questions: Are we doing enough to repair the lines and are we doing it safely,� he said. �Certain procedures weren�t followed (in Royal Oak) and that led to a line being punctured as they bored holes to put in the replacement line.�
Townsend said he will work with all the parties involved to define best practices and possibly draft new regulations to prevent more disasters like the one in Royal Oak.
�The owners of these pipelines, responsible agencies and contractors must be held accountable when the lines are allowed to age, leak and cause catastrophes or safety standards are not met,� he said.
Consumers Energy accepted responsibility for the Royal Oak explosion the day after the blast rocked south Oakland County and leveled the house of the victim, 58-year-old Daniel Malczynski. His dog also was killed.
The utility announced March 15 that it had fired several of the workers.
�In the end it is the personal responsibility of employees to follow procedures,� utility spokesperson Debra Dodd said. �That is why employees were terminated � for not following proper procedures. If they had, we don�t believe that would have occurred.�
Consumers Energy is involved with industry organizations like the American Gas Association and the Common Ground Alliance to stay on top of procedures to protect public safety, the environment and the reliability of utility services, Dodd added.
�We use the best practices,� she said.
Dodd also said the natural gas line on Cooper Avenue, which dated back to 1929, wasn�t being replaced because it was too old.
�The age of the pipeline doesn�t denote its condition,� she said. �We replaced the line on Cooper because the city was coming through with a project. When a municipality tells us its plan, it is best to work in conjunction. That lessens the amount of digging and hassles to the people who live there.�
Royal Oak�s interim city engineer, Matt Callahan, said the city was going to use federal funds from the Community Development Block Grant program to resurface Cooper Avenue from Nakota to Normandy streets starting this week.
�That project has been scrapped because of the investigation taking place,� Callahan said.
The city and utility have tried to coordinate their schedules for years.
�They told us to be aware of pipes in the ground that are 40-90 years old and that they have a program to replace them,� Callahan said. �We tell them where we will be working in a calendar year. If they intend to replace a gas line on one of the streets, they can do it before we make expensive improvements that would have to be dug up.�
An upcoming collaboration will occur on Pleasant Avenue south of 11 Mile Road. Consumers Energy is expected to replace two natural gas lines that date back to 1910 while the city installs a new 8-inch water main.


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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Gold futures finished lower Thursday, pressured by a sharp rise in the dollar as investors assessed comments from central-bank officials in Europe and the U.S.
Gold's temporary rebound Thursday "was impressive in the face of a rising dollar, but the dollar's continued strong rise today eventually forced more selling in gold, and the metal slid back downward," said Brien Lundin, editor of Gold Newsletter. It was "too much dollar strength, for too long."
Gold for delivery in April US:GCJ3 dropped $7.50, or 0.5%, to settle at $1,671.30 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. Prices, which rose $5.30, or 0.3%, Wednesday, saw a wide trading range Thursday of more than $20 an ounce.
The euro EURUSD, -0.2815% fell sharply, helping to send the ICE dollar index DXY, +0.18% higher, as European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said the central bank was watching the rise in the euro for an impact on inflation. See: Euro tumbles as ECB's Draghi talks it down.
And the stronger dollar, in turn, put pressure on dollar-denominated commodities.
Prices had seen a large trading range "due to positive economic updates" from Draghi at first, then that was followed by comments by the Chicago Fed President alluding to continued [quantitative easing] measures and elevated unemployment levels through 2014," said Jeffrey Wright, managing director at Global Hunter Securities.
Draghi also said the euro-zone economy should begin to recover later this year party due to the bank's "accommodative" monetary policy. Read Draghi: Euro reflects confidence but eyeing rise.
Also Thursday, Charles Evans, president of the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank, said in an interview with CNBC that the Fed's bond-buying program is an "energy far" to get the economy off to a fast run. He forecast growth at a 2.5% rate this year, but said the unemployment rate would still be close to 7% by the end of next year.
Separately, the Bank of England made no changes in monetary policy, as expected. In a statement, the central bank said the U.K. economy is "set for a slow but sustained recovery in both demand and effective supply, aided by further easing in credit condition ... and some improvement in the global environment."
Gold's initial drop on Draghi's remarks was "short-lived, and short-circuited" by Evan's remarks, said Lundin, but in the end, the dollar's strength sent gold lower again.
U.S. economic data was a bit disappointing Thursday and may have driven some safe-haven support for gold, but the data also fueled a drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.30% See: U.S. stocks drop after economic data.
Initial jobless claims saw a modest decline last week, and productivity fell more than expected in the fourth quarter. See: U.S. productivity sinks 2% in fourth quarter.
Against that backdrop, silver futures for delivery in March US:SIH3 declined 47 cents, or 1.5%, to end at $31.40 an ounce and March copper futures HGH3, +0.00% closed down 1 cents, or 0.4%, at $3.73 a pound.
April platinum US:PLJ3 shed $14.20, or 0.8%, to $1,722.30 an ounce, while March palladium US:PAH3 lost $14.35, or 1.9%, to $750.45 an ounce.
On a technical level, analysts at Barclays said in a note Thursday that platinum has climbed above prior highs at $1,735, "were our first inclination is to sell it." The analysts said they will reconsider their position at prices above $1,750.


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The trouble with a tense story-telling experience like Telltale's Walking Dead series is waiting for more of the story to be told--particularly if you sped through the first two episodes marathon-style when they went up on PlayStation Plus. If you've been craving more impossible decisions and social politics peppered with zombies, good news. The third episode, Long Road Ahead, starts to roll out today.
The Telltale blog announced that the third episode will hit the PlayStation Network today, and on PC and Xbox Live Arcade tomorrow. As usual, the episode will cost $4.99.
If you're playing on iOS, you'll get the second episode (Starved for Help) on Wednesday instead. It will also cost $4.99, or you can buy a bundle that includes episodes 2-5 for $14.99.
The third episode focuses on Lee's group moving out from the safety of the motel, as more friendships are tested amidst the drama of a zombie apocalypse.
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Plan your new ensuite right and you too can take care of business on a combo toilet/bidet with a heated seat and wireless remote control while watching television in the bathroom mirror.
Such are the features - including, of course, free-standing tubs, no-threshold showers with programmable water controls, and ambient lighting - showing up in all the best bathrooms.
It's part and parcel of our continuing clamour for bathrooms that pamper.
"We live in a busy society and we want a place that's serene, a spa-like retreat," says Penny Southam of Ottawa's Southam Design. The firm won the award for custom bathroom 91 square feet or more at the recent Housing Design Awards organized by the Greater Ottawa Home Builders' Association.
She built serenity into that room with restful, natural materials like tumbled stone floor tile, a movable teak shower bench and a free-standing tub with a hillside view that's also private. "You take a bath and you feel like you're outdoors," says Southam.
Although a recent New York Times story featured free-standing tubs at $41,000 (made of walnut or teak, they resemble an oversized salad bowl), she says tubs are also available at $2,000 and under, putting them within reach of the average homeowner. Some clients convert a spare room into a new master bathroom with the tub as the centrepiece.
Homeowners without space for both a shower and tub demand at least a large, customized shower, she says.
The bathroom esthetic, meanwhile, is toward clean and simple lines as evidenced by the many entries in the recent housing awards.
"I don't think that's going away any time soon," says Southam. "And even if we look back in 15 years and say, 'that's so 2012,' at least it will still be serene and beautiful."
Staying power is a good thing in a space that, according to Consumer Reports, is one of a home's most expensive rooms per square foot to renovate. That's not surprising: a bathroom contains a lot of pricey equipment in a small area.
The Consumer Reports piece on bathrooms (consumerreports. org) is a good guide to planning. You can read the article for free but will need to subscribe ($30 a year) to access toilet ratings.
Speaking of toilets, Ernst Hupel of Ottawa's 2H Interior Design, another winner at the recent Housing Design Awards, loves the combo toilet/bidet mentioned above. It's the SensoWash model designed by Philippe Starck and manufactured by Duravit (they're the guys whose design centre in Hornberg, Germany, features a giant toilet built into the side of the building as an observation platform). Hupel now routinely specifies the SensoWash in his projects.
Combo bidet/toilets start as basically an add-on to an existing toilet at around $1,600 at Astro Design Centre on Woodward Drive and climb to $3,500. All, fortunately, use heated water.
Astro also carries another product mentioned by Hupel: the bathroom mirror-cum-television by Electric Mirror. It's pretty cool: a regular, elegant mirror unless you want it not to be; then a television screen floats into view kind of like the spirit consulted by the jealous queen in Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The product retails for about $3,500 (double that if you have his and hers mirrors, de rigueur in any self-respecting en-suite).
You can skip some of this razzmatazz if you're planning just a powder room, but you still shouldn't slap just anything into even the smallest space.
"It's one of the few times when you're entertaining that a guest can be by himself, so the surroundings should make him comfortable," says Hupel. His award-winning entry, a powder room reno in the custom bathroom under 90 square feet category, includes design features much bolder than you might imagine in a small space: Turkish-influenced wallpaper, for example, along with polished nickel taps and jewelry-style cabinet hardware.
Continuous design features make a small room feel bigger, he says. By contrast, a design threshold like a white vanity that stops in mid-air makes you conscious of termination points and therefore of room size.
Amsted Design-Build's master bath entry in the housing awards is another example of the power of good design. At roughly 50 square feet and with a partially sloped roof, the room still holds a full shower and storage space.
- In colours, natural predominates: muted blues, greys, greens, all restful, are popular.
- Heated floors aren't just cosy, they're also safer because spilled water dries faster.
- Medicine cabinets are making a comeback, some with television screens. (Why all these televisions, you might reasonably ask? Is life with just yourself really so boring?)
- Shower stalls that keep costs down by using mostly inexpensive, white subway tiles and adding some smaller, more expensive accent tiles.
- Transitional designs that mix contemporary and traditional materials and finishes are gaining a foothold. Ditto for blends of traditional and modern - for example, an older furniture-style vanity sporting contemporary faucets and countertop.
- Shower seats and benches are becoming must-haves, especially as the population ages. Ditto for showers with no threshold.
- As to what's coming down the pipe, watch for the Axor Starck Organic collection of minimalist faucets, towel racks and more, says Jimmy Georgitsos of Astro Design Centre.
He spotted them at European trade shows this year and says they'll show up here next year. They won't be cheap: figure $650 for basin faucets, but who dares put a price on style?
A spa of one's own
Plan your new ensuite right and you too can take care of business on a combo toilet/bidet with a heated seat and wireless remote control while watching television in the bathroom mirror.


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The latest winter storm to grip the region has residents once again shoveling out their cars, driveways and sidewalks. They may also want to take a look upward to inspect the roof.
This year�s wintry mix of snow, sleet, rain and ice is not only troublesome for driving conditions but can also cause serious damage to roofs.
�With everything freezing, it just creates damage to your roof,� said Bill McNish of Pottstown�s Pace Roofing Supply.
Ice dams are a common roof problem during the winter.
Ice dams happen as snow melts then refreezes, causing ice to build up in gutters, said Dave Enriquez, estimator at Ram Siding Co. in Douglassville.
With an ice dam, additional snow and ice on the roof will melt but the water coming down has nowhere to go, Enriquez said.
After the water freezes in the gutter, the ice expands, causing a blockage, which can sometimes break the seal between the drain pipe and the gutter, McNish added.
Ice dams can also cause water to go under the roof�s shingles when snow melts, leading to leaks, according to Cheryl Whitcombe of Berkshire Insurance Services.
Whitcombe said there are steps people can take to prevent ice dams. She said homeowners can use a roof rake to clear the snow and keep gutters clear.
Although clearing your roof of snow may prevent ice dams, McNish warned that when homeowners attempt to do it themselves they can cause more damage.
�Don�t do it,� McNish said.
He said if you don�t get a professional to clear the roof, homeowners should just wait until the weather warms up and inspect the roof for damages.
Roofing Specialist Ken Frymoyer of Mast Roofing & Construction in Oley cautioned people who try to remove snow themselves.
�If you try and tackle this on your own, be very careful and remember that gravity will eventually take over,� he said.
Frymoyer also said that roof rakes can damage shingles and �shorten the life expectancy of your roofing system.�
Unfortunately, it�s not as easy to clear flat roofs as it is to clear sloped roofs.
�Flat roofs are the worst,� said Dave Derito, owner of D&D Handyman Services in Pottstown.
Derito advised homeowners to shovel snow off their flat roof when they get a chance or call a professional to do it. He said if a roof has a foot of heavy, wet snow on it then it needs to be cleared as soon as possible.
Flat roofs aren�t the only type of roofs susceptible to winter elements. Homeowners with older roofs, no matter if they�re flat or sloped, are at risk of their roof collapsing.
Derito said an older home on High Street in Pottstown just recently had a roof collapse.
Frymoyer said the older a roof is, the more susceptible it is to high winds. Forecasters have predicted heavy wind gusts with the latest storm headed this way.
�The older a roofing system gets, the more brittle the shingles will get and it�s more likely they will blow off in heavy winds,� Frymoyer said.
Whitcombe said insurance shouldn�t be looked at as a maintenance policy and that homeowners should do all they can do to avoid damage.
�It�s homeowners� responsibility to prevent any further damage to the best of their ability,� she said.
Whitcombe added that depending on which insurance homeowners have, they can be financially responsible for the roof destruction caused by winter storms. She said cheaper insurance may include a lot of exclusions when it comes to damages that are covered.
�Every insurance company is different,� Whitcombe said, adding that homeowners need to know completely what their policy states.
McNish said with another winter storm affecting the area, there�s not much homeowners can do to prevent damage. But he added that homeowners should inspect for damage as soon as possible and get impairments fixed immediately. \


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EU:24 offers prospective students 24-hour immersion into campus life
April 1517, 2011 | Chase Replogle
Every semester, Evangel offers an on-campus college-immersion experience to give prospective students an opportunity to "try on" campus life and see how it fits. We call it EU:24. In just 24 hours, students have the opportunity to attend a Chapel service, visit a class, eat in the Caf and sleep in a residence hall. An academic fair, bus tour of Springfield and lots of fun events round out the experience – making it an educational and entertaining introduction to college life.
The Spring 2011 EU:24 was held April 15. Several hundred students came and experienced Evangel – and many brought along their parents, for whom separate events were planned. Together students and parents left feeling better equipped to make their final college choice.


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Host Christopher Kimball visits Toscanini's to learn the secrets behind professional ice-cream making. Next, test cook Bridget Lancaster shows Chris how to make the Best Homemade Ice Cream. Then, equipment expert Adam Ried reveals his pick for the top ice-cream makers, and tasting expert Jack Bishop challenges Chris to a tasting of vanilla beans. And finally, test cook Julia Collin Davison reveals the secrets to the perfect Chocolate Pudding.
Visit the Website: http://www.americastestkitchen.com/
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The KDE Look and Feel Project is a GPL-licenced Swing pluggable look and feel which uses Qt and KDE for the drawing of widgets. KDE Look and Feel implements most of the Java Look and Feel API including dialogs (ColorChooser, FileChooser, etc.).
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RE[7]: Swing... blech...
by Simba on Wed 12th Apr 2006 17:44 UTC in reply to "RE[6]: Swing... blech..."
> I was under the impression the javax package was
> more for things that are considered experimental
> and/or subject to potentially compatibility-breaking
> API changes in the future. Correct me if I'm wrong.
javax was originally for extensions to Java that were not part of the core API. However, many of the things that were originally not part of the core API have since been integrated so that they are part of the core API and are included with the standard JRE. However, since moving them from the javax to the java package would have broken too much existing code, they just stayed in the javax package.


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The lights are on
There have been an abundance of articles and commentaries being made towards the newly renamed BlackBerry (used to be called Research in Motion) about their falling stock and market share throughout the last couple of years. Everyone is familiar with BlackBerry, its that phone that your always on-the-go corporate world buddy probably had. Many of these articles. such as "Research in Motion is dead. Long Live BlackBerry?" and "Dead Company Walking: 5 reasons BlackBerry 10 marks the end" seem to condemn BlackBerry to an inevitable doom but being the objective person that I am, I am forced to hold judgment until I see a little more. I have used a BlackBerry phone and I must say that they are very effective phones for basic and necessary uses. One could argue that they are even faster and more efficient that iPhones, I certainly would. Take a look at some of the reviews their phones receive from Tech Radar, CNET and PC Mag. Impressive right? One thing that convinces me that BlackBerry will live, is the change in their company name. Yeah, it may seem insignificant but the complete change from RIM (Research in Motion) to BlackBerry indicates that BlackBerry's has a "I'm all in" or "All or Nothing"attitude towards its decaying influence. In my opinion , having this attitude is a good thing that bodes well for the struggling company because it means that they understand that they are under the water at the moment and that the situation must be handled and taken seriously. The first step towards solving a problem is recognizing and accepting it. This mentality has propelled BlackBerry to launch two new phones and BB10 that may very well be their "golden ticket" back into reclaiming its once tight grasp on the phone market. Ultimately, despite all of these aggressive moves by BlackBerry to capture consumers again, a here lies a challenging and difficult feat to overcome for BlackBerry. Can the company stray away from being stereotyped as "the business man's phone" and creep its way into being relabeled as "a high quality phone for the average consumer"? This dilemma is something that BlackBerry must transcend in order to become dominant again and be the phone that everyone wants and not the phone exclusively for corporate use. I have faith in BlackBerry and all these upcoming releases and updates to their phone lines certainly shows everyone that if they are going out, there not going out without a fight. Feel free to comment on this issue. What do you think will happen to BlackBerry?
The Z10 seems like a really solid phone, it might be their key if they market it right.
yeah, but i hate to think of it as a copy of the iphone :-(


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|Rosemary pesto over brown rice fusili
Modular recipes are empowering. They not only teach you how to cook, as opposed to blindly following recipes, but they also give you the courage and impetus to ad-lib in the kitchen. Not surprisingly, most of us equate pesto with traditional basil-and-pine-nut variety. But remove the rules [which you have to understand before breaking], and infinitesimal pesto variations suddenly appear. In the spirit of improvisation, I give you this modular pesto recipe, as well as 21 ideas to get you started on your personal pesto journey.
The most popular and obvious pesto use is as a pasta sauce, but pesto also makes an unusual sandwich condiment and a soup topper. A dollop of pesto adds a certain je ne sais quoi and surprise layer of complexity to many entrees. Think, traditional pesto in ratatouille or sun-dried tomato pesto in risotto. But wait, there's more: Pestos also make excellent, flavor-dense salad dressing bases and marinades for tofu, tempeh, seitan and veggies.
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- Up to 1/2 cup best-quality olive oil
- 2 garlic cloves, sliced plus
- 2 cups of fresh herbs, dried fruits or fresh (or cooked) vegetables
- 1/4 cup nuts
- Nutritional yeast, to taste
- Salt and pepper, to taste
Makes a scant 2 cups
Process everything in a food processor until smooth [or smooth-ish, depending on the items you use]. You can easily double or triple the recipe. Freeze leftover pesto in ice cube trays or small containers.
21 Pesto Ideas
- I must state the obvious, since it's a classic: basil and pine nuts.
- Sun-dried tomatoes, walnuts, and a bit of lemon zest [A traditional recipe appears in my first cookbook, The Urban Vegan]
- Rosemary and walnuts. Wonderful over pasta topped with nutritional yeast, but a little goes a very long way.
- Winter pesto: spinach, walnuts/pine nuts [A traditional recipe appears in my first cookbook, The Urban Vegan]
- Sage, smoked paprika and toasted almonds. Again, a little goes a very long way.
- Sofrito pesto: Cilantro, parsley, green pepper, hot pepper flakes, lime zest and almonds.
- Pesto Mexicano: Grilled poblano peppers, walnuts and a dash of hot sauce. Great in enchiladas or as a topping.
- Mint pesto: peppermint, lemon zest, and pine nuts. Great add-in or sauce for couscous dishes.
- Polish: Dill, white pepper. walnuts
- Arugula, pine nut/walnut combination, lemon zest.
- Quasi-tapenade: Olives, walnuts, lemon zest and hot pepper flakes.
- Edamame pesto: Cooked edamame, cashews, ginger, and a splash of soy sauce.
- Peas-sto [Groan]: Cooked peas, walnut/pinenut combo
- Red pepper pesto: roasted red peppers, walnuts, orange or lemon zest. Wonderful over pasta.
- Tempeh pesto: basil, steamed crumbled tempeh, pistachios
- Vietnamese: Ginger, basil, soy sauce, splash of rice vinegar
- Asparagus pesto, recipe idea from Mark Bittman
- Sate pesto: Red curry paste, basil and creamy peanut butter. Skip olive oil.
- Pumpkin: Pureed, unsweetened pumpkin, walnuts, pinch of nutmeg. Great with risotto.
- Fennel: Fennel fronds, almonds, lemon zest. A lovely, subtle licorice flavor,
- Nutella-inspired pesto: Skip the garlic, salt, pepper and nooch. Use melted dark chocolate chips, hazlenuts, and just a bit of canola oil, if needed. Obviously, this is a dessert sauce, but try it over pasta if you feel so compelled.


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adept is a system for developing short courses for users needing to learn specific skills or knowledge. adept provides JIT ("just in time") learning, in contrast to the more usual "just in case" learning. It can be used as an intranet application to propagate knowledge to employees, or to educate customers via your homepage.
AUC (Authenticated User Community) is an intranet system designed for use in an educational organization but is also useful in many other settings. It offers the ability for users to have a uniform web-based interface to discussion forums, e-mail (similar to hotmail, etc.), file management, and a searchable user database. Also, "Interactive Classrooms" provide a means for students and teachers to have a web-based extension to their in-class interaction. The system runs from a C-based monolithic CGI script. MySQL is used for database storage. Also, the web-based mail client supports MIME parts/attachments, IMAP, mbox, and multiple mail folders.
Clarrhmos is a description language and simulator for myocardial structure and electrophysiology. Input to the program is a model file specifying types of cells, action potential shape, refractory period, 3D placement of the cells, relation of parameters to other functions, pacing, electrode placement. Output is a file describing depolarisation and repolarisation of the myocardium and electrograms. A graphic tool for interactive inspection of the output file is also included.
Diogenes is a tool for searching and browsing the Latin and ancient Greek texts published on CD-ROM by the Packard Humanities Institute and the Thesaurus Linguae Graecae. It comes as an easy-to-install stand-alone application for GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows, based on the Firefox browser (i.e. Xulrunner). Alternatively, it can be installed by a network administrator as a server on a local network, and users then access it via an ordinary Web browser. There is also a command-line tool which can optionally format output as LaTeX instead of HTML.
jbofihe (or more correctly jbofi'e) is a parser for checking the grammatical correctness of Lojban text. It also provides approximate translations of Lojban into English. (Lojban is a constructed human language with the interesting property that its grammar can be cast into a form that Bison can parse.) The package includes cmafi'e (a smaller version without grammar checking), and a program to aid lujvo (compound word) construction.
Jmol is a Free, Open Source molecule viewer and editor. It is a collaboratively developed visualization and measurement tool for chemical scientists. Jmol is an active project, and there are new features being added to it on a daily basis. Users are encouraged to modify it to fit their needs and to contribute their changes to the project.
Tools for packaging RDF data in the AWD cloud.
Talks to your 8-bit Apple computer over serial, ethernet, or audio links.


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Backup is a Ruby Gem written for Unix and Ruby on Rails (2 and 3) environments. It can be used both with and without the Ruby on Rails framework! This gem offers a quick and simple solution to backing up databases such as MySQL/PostgreSQL/SQLite and Files/Folders. All backups can be transferred to Amazon S3, Rackspace Cloud Files, Dropbox Web Service, any remote server you have access to (using either SCP, SFTP or regular FTP), or a Local server. Backup handles Compression, Archiving, Encryption (OpenSSL or GPG), Backup Cleaning (Cycling) and supports Email Notifications.
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KINGSTON, N.Y. -- Hassel "Junior" Barber took his usual seat on a bench near the Ulster Performing Arts Center Wednesday morning while the community continued to laud him as a hero.
On Sunday morning, the homeless Kingston man found a stuffed wallet containing $485 in cash on the sidewalk near the Tel-Rad repair shop on Broadway.
About 7:30 a.m., he flagged down a Kingston police patrol car and turned it in -- with all its contents inside.�
Kingston police posted the "Feel good story" on their Facebook page Tuesday night, urging the public to refrain from judging others by their outward appearance or circumstances.
By Wednesday afternoon, the word had spread, generating more than 75,000 views through Facebook "shares," more than 1,500 "likes" and 1,027 comments.
The 50-year-old Barber sat slouched on the bench and did not look up from doodling on some stained and tattered lottery cards while drivers rode past him, honking their horns, waving and even shouting things like "hero" or "God bless."
"It wasn't mine," Barber said when pressed about the discovery he made three days earlier. "I did what I was supposed to do."
Others, however, couldn't help but heap praise on Barber, a Kingston fixture often seen sitting on stoops or in doorways of area businesses.
"I think he's awesome (and) an honest man," said Janet Hackett of West Saugerties, who stopped by to chat with Barber. "It doesn't surprise me. He's a nice man."
Rich Williams, whose wife owns Ye Olde Book Shoppe at 612 Broadway, across the street from where Barber was seated, echoed that view.�
"I think he was a good citizen. There should be a lot more people around like him actually," Williams said.
Kingston police officers likewise said it was refreshing to report good news for a change, and they, too, praised Barber for his honesty.
"What he did is honorable," said Lt. Cliff Tremper. "He's a good man. He's doesn't bother anybody. He doesn't cause any problems. He sits there and watches the world go by."�
Detective Lt. Thierry Croizer would not identify the owner of the wallet, but he said he is a Salvadoran male who does not speak English well.
Croizer said there were no credit cards in the wallet -- only the cash and out-of-the-area identification.
"He (the owner) was extremely surprised when he found out about the circumstances that his wallet came to be found and by whom it was found," Croizer said. "He was surprised and happy."
Several people have offered to publicly recognize or reward Barber for his honesty, but he is refusing all gestures, the detective lieutenant said.
"He was approached by another member of our department, and he was told that some people want to make donations to him or reward him, and he told them he didn't want or need anything. He just wanted to make sure that the money got back to the person it belonged to," Croizer said.
Croizer suggested one way people could give would be to donate to a local homeless shelter or soup kitchen in Barber's name.
"It was a pleasure to put something like this out there," Croizer said. "The main reason I put the story out there is that it made me look at myself and how I judge other people by their appearance or by the circumstances they find themselves in.
"I want the public to understand that there are people out there who are less fortunate than us that are doing wonderful things," he said.
But those are words Barber deflects. Instead, he hardly gave it another thought as he continued to scribble.
"No, I don't think I'm a hero," he said. "I was just doing what needed to be done."�


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Game changer: With Austin Prep trailing 2-1 early in the third period, senior captain Nolan Vesey made a crafty pass from behind the net to find Cam Russo , who fed the puck across the crease, leaving Malden Catholic goalie Connor Maloney out of position. But Cougars freshman Eric MacAdams , flying through the slot, couldn't get a clean whack at the puck, and skied it over the open net. Minutes later, MC sophomore Ara Nazarian skated down the left wing 4:24 into the third period and sniped a shot that eventually gave the Lancers a third straight Super 8 title.
MC coach John McLean: "They had a few chances to bury the puck and they missed. It would have been a different outcome, of course, if they buried those, but I'll take the win.
"When you keep coming to the Super 8 you kind of think, 'Oh it's just going to happen every year. [Midway through the year] I think panic set in a little bit and everybody kind of said, 'We have to get it going.'
"And [Nazarian] turned it up to another level. He's a very talented player. I don't want to lose him."
Game changer: At the 8:44 mark of the second period, senior forward Sean Murphy scored a power-play goal off a shot from senior captain Joe Berardi to give the Red Devils a 3-1 lead, their second of three goals in the middle frame. Murphy, a first-year varsity player, redirected Berardi's shot from the slot through the legs of Marshfield goalie Connor Lemieux for his second goal of the game, sixth of the season.
A fourth tally less than a minute later gave Burlington (14-6-5) all of the momentum headed into the third period.
"When [Burlington] won states last year I was like, 'Oh, wow, I could be there. I have to work harder to get on the team,'" said Murphy, who was then a member of the junior varsity.
"Then I worked hard and made the team . . . It's unbelievable. It felt great. We needed momentum going into the third period, and getting those two goals was huge."
Burlington coach Bob Conceison said his team's work in front of Lemieux was crucial in nabbing the Red Devils' second straight Division 1 title. All three goals in the second were of the gritty variety, a big change from the first period.
"Once we got that goal to make it 2-1, the other two seemed to come fast," Conceison said. "We used the back door a lot. We had a couple opportunities in the first period on the same types of plays that we didn't bury. We buried them in the second period."
Game changer: With 2:46 remaining in the third period Sunday morning, Amanda Donahoe dished the puck to Alison Butler, who maneuvered around Arlington Catholic goalie Megan Messuri to snap a 1-1 tie, lifting the Spartans to a record fifth state championship. The win also avenged their 3-1 loss to Arlington Catholic in last year's final.
The Saint Anselm recruit recorded her 199th career point with the shot, her 36th goal this season. Gabby Crugnale scored first with a wrist shot in the last 22 seconds of the first period with an assist by Sarah Ryan. Lauren Skinnion made 21 saves. St. Mary's has outscored AC 40-18 in their last 10 meetings.
"She is one of the best players in the state," said St. Mary's coach Frank Pagliuca , referring to Butler.
"She has all the accolades and she's just an outstanding leader and player. It's a privilege to be able to coach a player and a person. She had a couple of opportunities earlier, she changed her shot selection and she went with a quick type of shot to keep [Messuri] off-balance. We stressed we have to finish opportunities when we get them. It wasn't pretty at times but we found a way to win. We've come a long way and as the season went on, we gained confidence in ourselves."Compiled by Globe correspondents Jason Mastrodonato, Tim Healey, and Liz Torres


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Unusually clear skies allowed the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra satellite an unobstructed view of a snow-and-ice covered South Georgia on September 29, 2012. As MODIS passed over the South Atlantic Ocean, two big icebergs and a number of smaller ice chunks floated around the island.
Off the island's northwestern tip was Iceberg C-19C, measuring 35 by 28 kilometers (19 by 15 nautical miles), according to the U.S. National Ice Center. The iceberg is a remnant of the larger Iceberg C-19, which calved off Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf in May 2002. To the southeast is Iceberg B-15F—measuring 35 by 7 kilometers (19 by 4 nautical miles)—a remnant of Iceberg B-15, which calved off the Ross Ice Shelf in March 2000. South Georgia itself is just 170 kilometers (105 miles) from northwest to southeast.
The presence of icebergs in this region is not unusual. In January 2004, much larger icebergs congregated off South Georgia's shores. Ted Scambos of the National Snow and Ice Data Center explained that Antarctic icebergs tend to get caught up in deep ocean currents that return the icebergs to this region again and again.
The island is not easy to traverse, as Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton discovered on his first attempt to reach the South Pole. He left the island on the Endurance in December 1914. Seventeen months later, he returned in a lifeboat, having left most of his crew waiting for rescue on Elephant Island. Severely damaged, the lifeboat limped into King Haakon Bay. Shackleton and two other crew members trekked across the island to the Stromness Whaling Station for help.
The journey entailed climbing over high peaks and glaciers. This astronaut photograph gives a glimpse of the rugged terrain, where 11 summits exceed 2,000 meters (6,000 feet) in altitude. Geologists have proposed that this mountainous island is a continuation of the Andes in South America.
When MODIS captured this image, wisps of blue-green colored the water off the island's southwestern coast. Norman Kuring of the Ocean Color Team at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center explained that the color likely comes from glacial flour. South Georgia is home to numerous glaciers, which slowly grind the underlying rocks to fine, powdery sediment that washes out to sea.
- Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. The Island. Accessed October 5, 2012.
- National Ice Center. (2011, November 27). Current Antarctic Iceberg Positions. Accessed October 2, 2012.
- PBS NOVA. (2002, February) Shackleton's Antarctic Odyssey: 1914–1916 Timeline. Accessed October 5, 2012.
- Storey, B.C., Macdonald, D.I.M. (1984) Processes of formation and filling of a Mesozoic back-arc basin on the island of South Georgia. Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 16, 207–218.
- WGBH and PBS. (2000) Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure: The Climbers. Accessed October 5, 2012.
NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. Caption by Michon Scott.
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ELIZABETHTOWN, PA – The York College men's track and field squad opened their spring season in stellar fashion with a first place finish at the Elizabethtown Blue Jay Invitational hosted by Elizabethtown College on Saturday.
The Spartans and Elizabethtown tied for the top spot with 182 points to easily outdistance Dickinson as the Red Devils finished with 132 points.
The Spartans were strong in both the sprint and field events during the season opening meet.
In the sprints, York picked up two wins from Darnell Tillman (Enola, Pa./East Pennsboro) and another win from Ryan Banta (Ellicott City, Md./Marriotts Ridge). Tillman won the 200 meter dash with a time of 22.37. Banta finished second in the race as he was .07 second back of his Spartan teammate. Tillman also won the 400 as he clocked in with a time of 51.22, which established a new personal best.
Banta was victorious in the 100, crossing the line in a time of 11.22. Sebastian Hall (Mount Joy, Pa./Donegal) finished third in the race with a time of 11.67 while Tim Pechart (Hanover, Pa./South Western) placed fourth with a time of 11.70.
Freshman Dylan Hartlaub (Manchester, Pa./York County School of Technology) notched a time of 2:02.53 in the 800 meter race while teammate Michael Stetson (Old Bridge, N.J./Old Bridge) placed sixth with a time of 2:05.41.
Freshman Matt Hayes (Drexel Hill, Pa./Cardinal O'Hara) picked up a fourth place finish in the 1500 with a time of 4:14.10 while he placed sixth in the 5K with a time of 16:42.25. Colin Fleming (Owings, Md./Northern) registered a fifth place finish in the 5K with a time of 16:37.06, the best time of his young career.
The Spartan had a pair of 4x100 relay teams finish first and second to notch big points for the Green and White. The foursome of Banta, Pechart, Hall, and Tillman won the race with a time of 43.26. The team of Darien Gray (Bladensburg, Md./Gonzaga), Ricky Jones (Tamaqua, Pa./Blue Mountain), John Follety (New Milford, N.J./New Milford), and Andrew Sarver (Olney, Md./Sherwood) combined to post a time of 43.76 to finish second to their teammates.
Sarver was York's highest finisher in the long jump as he covered a distance of 20'1" to place fourth in the event.
York received a pair of strong performances in the shot put as Eddie Kraft (Brick, N.J./Brick Memorial) and Alex Palescandolo (Derwood, Md./Magruder) placed second and fourth in the event. Kraft posted a best distance of 44'5.25" while Palescandolo registered a heave of 42'3.25".
Sophomore Robert Doster (Middletown, Pa./Middletown) won the javelin toss as he notched a winning throw of 173'11".
The threesome of Terez Beauford (Parkville, Md./Loch Raven), Palescandolo, and Alonzo Abraham (Severn, Md./Meade) went two,three, four in the discus toss. Beauford placed second with a toss of 128'5" while Palescandolo was third with a toss of 126'4". Abraham was fourth with a best heave of 123'9".
Beauford notched another second place finish, this one in the hammer as he registered a best throw of 144'1". Ian O'Brien (Orefield, Pa./Parkland) placed third in the event with a toss of 134'4".
The Spartans return to action on April 5 when they travel to the Millersville Metric Open in Millersville, PA.


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Like most of the past eight weeks, last week was wet. Very wet. And active, with thunderstorms popping up nearly every day.
Like most of the past eight weeks, last week was wet. Very wet. And active, with thunderstorms popping up nearly every day.
That made a mockery of Davidson County American Legion Post 8's playoff series with Winston-Salem. The series was supposed to be a best-of-five, starting on Tuesday, and had to wrap up no later than Sunday.
Mother Nature made that impossible. By Saturday morning, the two teams had played exactly one game. That meant, to get five games in, they would have to play doubleheaders on consecutive days. Davidson County had 18 players, eight of whom can pitch; they didn't mind playing that much baseball in that short an amount of time. Winston-Salem had 11 players; that much baseball in that two-day window would have been nearly impossible.
If they couldn't get all five games in, the series would revert to a best-of-three. That made the first game — which Davidson County won on Thursday — monumental. Rain washed the teams out Friday, then the series had to be moved to Winston on Saturday for a day/night doubleheader, because Holt-Moffitt was unplayable.
Winston coach Mike Lovelace wanted to play two seven-inning games. This is standard at most levels of play, when there is a doubleheader. But, Post 8 coach Dale Moser knew the more baseball they could play, the more it would work to his advantage. He wanted to play two nine-inning games, and Lovelace reluctantly agreed.
What happened the last nine hours of Saturday will haunt Lovelace for quite a while. His team led Post 8 10-5 heading to the bottom of the ninth inning. With more storms expected, they hoped to hold on for a win, let the rains come, then play one game Sunday that would decide the series. The unthinkable happened, though; Braxton Shetley ripped a three-run double, another Post 8 player scored on a bases-loaded walk, then Winston turned Zach Queen's bases-loaded grounder to short — which could have been a game-ending double play — into a game-ending two-run error. Post 8 walked off with an 11-10 win, and Winston-Salem was stunned.
To complete the gut-punch of an afternoon, another storm rolled in just before the nightcap was set to begin at 7 p.m. It rained for about an hour, and Carl Sapp Field was a serious mess. This was the worst-case scenario for Lovelace and his squad. Down two games to none, they would have to win three straight games to win the series and move on to the second round. But, you can't win three games if you can't play three games. Teams can play no more than two games in a day, which meant the nightcap had to finish before midnight.
As the Winston coaches, players and support personnel worked on the field, it became apparent — there was absolutely no way the field could be prepared, and the two teams play a nine-inning game, all before midnight. But, Lovelace wasn't ready to give up. If he was going to lose the series, he was going down swinging.
They blew their sand budget for the season — dumping two Gators full at various places on the infield. A handful of folks shoveled water out of the outfield for two hours. Finally, at 10:15, the first pitch was thrown.
The only way a nine-inning game could have been played in an hour and forty-five minutes would have been if both pitchers had thrown no-hitters, until someone hit a walk-off homer in the bottom of the ninth. That didn't happen; it was an 8-7 game in the sixth inning when the clock struck midnight; one fan near me asked, "What happens now, we all turn into pumpkins?"
Well, sort of. There was simply no way Winston-Salem could come back; once the game went past midnight, the best Winston could do was win that game and one more on Sunday. There was no point in doing that; the series would have been tied 2-2, and only the first two games would have counted.
So, Davidson County pulled out with a series victory. Lovelace was fuming, and swore the better team had just seen its season come to a close. While I sympathize with him on the way rain dominated the series, it's hard to agree with him that Winston had the better team. In four head-to-head meetings, Post 8 won three times.
He also said weeks like that are what drive great people out of American Legion baseball. He may have a valid point there, but no one can control the weather.
Next year, everyone will want to control the weather. Everyone better pray for 70 degrees and clouds when the American Legion state tournament rolls into Holt-Moffitt Field. Sitting on those concrete slabs, with absolutely no shade, in late July and early August? We'll all be praying for rain.
Jason Queen can be reached at 249-3981, ext. 220, or email@example.com.


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Girl Scouts registration ongoing
Registration for Girl Scouts for the school year 2013-2014 can be done online at www.gsri.org. Girls entering kindergarten through grade 12 may register. Both renewal registrations and new registrations are accepted. All girls will be placed in troops during the summer and early fall. The are actively seeking new leaders and provide full training and support. Visit their new location at 500 Greenwich Avenue in Warwick. For more information visit www.gsri.org or call 331-4500.
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|Wednesday August 21st, 2013
PHOENIX, AZ — A 44-year-old man climbed onto the roof of his apartment and began acting strangely. Police arrived to help him down, but instead ended up killing him with a series of offensive maneuvers including tasing him while in a choke-hold, and finally dragging his lifeless body down a staircase, with his skull banging against every step.
Michael Angel Ruiz is the son of a retired LAPD detective and had a history of drug addiction. On July 28, for reasons unknown, he climbed onto the roof of his apartment. Witnesses called the police to protect his safety. This turned out to have been a fatal decision.
Ruiz, while he may not have been sober, was not acting aggressively towards anyone. Police attempted to get him to come down without success. They resorted to tasing him on the roof, a violation of Phoenix Police Department's own department policy against using a stun gun on someone who is in danger of falling, reported Sara Goldenberg of ABC 15 Arizona. Witnesses say that police tased him several times on the rooftop.
After sustaining electric shocks from police, Ruiz complied with requests to come off the roof. Video taken by witnesses shows him hopping down to a balcony. An unidentified Phoenix police officer immediately greeted him with a choke-hold. Police used overwhelming force on the man, who had still shown no signs of aggression. Witness Gary Carthen told ABC 15 that Ruiz was "getting choked out and tased at the same time." He remained in a choke-hold for at least three minutes, reported KPHO.
The most disturbing moments were to come. Michael Ruiz, now fully restrained, was dragged down the concrete stairs on his face. As deputies held his arms behind his back, they allowed his head to dangle and thump against every stair. At this point Ruiz may have already lost consciousness, and was making no attempt to lift his head. Video shows him lifelessly suffering head trauma on the descent down the stair case.
"I just felt sick to my stomach," said Richard Erickson, the man's father, to ABC 15. "I'd never seen anything like this before, even when I was with the police department."
Ruiz had to be resuscitated at the scene, but was determined to be brain-dead at the hospital, according to KPHO. His family took him off of life-support on August 2.
Witness Verna Young said she could audibly hear the thumps of his face against the stairs. "I started crying 'cause that's not right, to hurt nobody like that," she said. "He didn't deserve that. He was a nice person, very nice."
"I miss him a lot. He was a good man," said Michael's father. Ruiz left behind 2 children and a wife.
Phoenix Police are remaining tight-lipped about their treatment of Michael Ruiz and an "administrative investigation" will commence.
Video coverage of the incident can be viewed here.
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