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" insert a screen before every show"
Don't be silly. They'd insert the screen right over the damned show.
"Don't be silly. They'd insert the screen right over the damned show."
Don't be silly. That'd interfere with the commercial they're already showing over the show.
Most EULAs have been found to be non-binding in court... and that wouldn't event count as one given that the user wouldn't have a way to accept or decline it. About the only way EULA's are helpful is in "Breach of contract" situations. If fox were providing the stream to you instead of Dish, and you violated the EULA they could use that to find you in breach of contract and end your service.
Most EULAs have been found to be non-binding in court...
Please give an example.
What's true is that if the EULA says "you may do X only if you do Y", then nobody can force you to do Y, but then you also don't have the right to do X. If you have done X already, you have the choice of deciding whether you do Y, or whether you did X without permission. Whatever is better for you.
Depends on where you live, outside of the US ELUA's may/do directly conflict with the law to protect consumers. In turn, in several countries because it's not "understandable by a layman" it may be fully revoked. It's a full on country/province/state by place basis, and there's far too much case, statute law to even start giving examples without getting into the legal muck.
What's true is that if the EULA says "you may do X only if you do Y", then nobody can force you to do Y, but then you also don't have the right to do X.
That's only true if you needed their permission to do X in the first place. The EULA can't unilaterally revoke your existing rights. Generally the enforceability of a EULA rests on copyright; if you're not doing anything that would violate the copyright, you have no need to agree to the EULA. (And—in the US—simply using media you already have a legal copy of is not a copyright violation; the "temporary copy inside the computer's hard disk or RAM" reasoning originally used to justify most EULAs w
We already have a EULA for video. It's called "Fair Use."
If the broadcaster does not agree with that, they are instructed to stop using public airwaves to disseminate their content and go out of business.
The networks want to be paid every time a consumer watches a program, live, recorded, restreamed, or whatever. I am surprised that they do not insert a screen before every show reading something along the lines of 'I agree not to redirect the following content.' If the user does not agree with that, they are instructed to stop the program at that point.
Well if the show is being piped into my dvr and I only watch it latter then the eula would not apply as i "agreed" to it after I had recorded it.
http://youtu.be/a4uC2H10uIo [youtu.be]
Actually, not new.
The aereo case isn't about user redirection but rather if a company can redirect OTA broadcasts. Shockingly the legal answer is no.
Is this a common usage that I'm just coming across?
yes, at least in sarcastic legal circles.
Ever since it voted 2-1 to stop in the name of love...
Your Aero argument is indeed solid...except for one thing. Congress deliberately mucked it up by preventing cable companies from being able to rebroadcast local broadcast channels, implementing this must-carry-for-free-or-negotiate-for-dollars, tv station decides.
Congress did it! However, Fox has no leg to stand on, with the the Aero ruling, anyway. You have your signal and shows already and are just using slingbox to transmit it around for you. This doesn't fall afoul of Congress' strange law for must-carry.
Also, Fox is one of the most fucking restrictive content providers in that they require that you not be allowed to skip past their bullshit advertising. This is probably one of their biggest issues with Dish's Hopper DVR. It got to the point that I stopped watching any Fox shows OnDemand anymore because I can't stand being forced to watch their fucking commercials. That and the fact that if I stop halfway through and don't pick it back up within something like 6 hours, I have to start all over again from
I'm actually happy about fox doing this, as it creates hatred for DRM and such.
I'm actually happy about fox doing this, as it creates hatred for DRM and such.
False hope... 99.999% of people have no idea what DRM is and don't care. Fox's goal is to squeeze more franchise fees out of Dish. "The Hopper" isn't even all that interesting of a gadget and will likely be dead and gone before this case is even settled. Once the case is settled it'll just be a matter of who's paying whom and will have virtually no impact on consumers other than the legal precedent affecting future products.
why would anyone rent two apartments in the same city?
The scenario here is so unlikely for the normal Slashdot reader as to render your point moot here.
why would anyone rent two apartments in the same city?
Wife/mistress/'50s movie plot line
or Family/Place to do kinky stuff they don't know about
This seems to further re-affirm the court's position (agree with it or not) that Aereo is a cable company even though they use the internet for transfer.
Why would we not agree? It doesn't matter what media or protocol being used to forward the television signal. What mattered was that Aereo provided a service to forward all the live broadcasts to you which seems very similar to the early cable companies. We had wireless cable companies in the 90's. The fact that they were wireless didn't diminish their abil
Slingbox is very different. It's a personal device that does nothing but forward a single channel from your own cable box (or DirectTV receiver) to your current location.
Um, that's EXACTLY what Aereo was doing. A single antenna, tuned to a single broadcast, streamed to a single IN-MARKET user. My dad and I actually discussed this over the weekend. He sided with the broadcasters cos Aereo was for-profit. That was it. He agreed with me on the technical merits but disagreed Kanojia, Diller et. al. should be able to profit.
Maybe what I need to see is this clarified: Could I, as a New Yorker, rent a rooftop in the city, put up an antenna and run a wire to my ground floor apartment several blocks over? If the answer is yes, then why can't Aereo do the same thing on my behalf? Where does it say I have to OWN the antenna and transmission medium versus RENT?
To paraphrase the SCOTUS: Because Aereo is not only an equipment provider but also a service provider, the supreme court ruled that the business model that Aereo operated under
The original purpose of a cable TV system was to provide reception of OTA broadcasts to areas [...]
I get this part. But the difference I see is that the CATV operator is taking a good OTA signal and MULTICASTING that signal to whomever wants to tune to that channel out of the total channels in the pipe. Aereo is NOT multicasting - they're maintaining a one-to-one relationship between a received OTA signal and the user tuned to it. Only one channel's signal is in Aereo's feed to the customer at any given
Again, they do the same sort of thing a CATV does, but by aggregating several discrete receptions across several discrete connections. This to my IANAL eyes is why Aereo should have been allowed to continue until someone changed laws regarding OTA reception and access.
The act used to define and regulate a cable system only specifies that the cable system sends video transmissions directly to the subscriber and makes no mention about the protocol or method used to send that video transmission over wire or ca
Um, that's EXACTLY what Aereo was doing.
Excluding the part where slingbox users are the end-to-end owners of their personal redirect service and Aereo being a for-profit company in the business of leasing access to an antenna, I can see how you can think of them being the exact same thing.
If the OTA signal comes in encoded digitally as MPEG2 and is then re-encoded to MPEG4 to make it use less bandwidth, that is in a sense rebroadcasting.
What I choose to do with my files on my rented server for my own personal use should be only my business.
If Aereo set up the same antenna, the same DVR, the same transcoding hardware, but they came out to your house and did it on your property, then I would think it's pretty clearly legal. Even if they charged you for it. Because of that, I don't think it's the money that makes it legally problematic. It's just an idiotic opinion by the Supreme Court. They happen from time to time. Their insistence that this only applies to Aereo and not the underlying technology implies that they understand the technology is
If it is on your own property then *you* are the one doing the recording, and not aero.
And if the equipment is in a colocation facility owned neither by you nor by Aereo, then the colocation facility is the one doing the recording?
Even if they do not own it, they still rent or lease it... regardless, it is their responsibility.
The private home viewing recording exemption to copyright applies to private home recording only... not to companies or even to individuals who would seek monetary compensation by recording content for absolutely anyone else who will pay for it. That puts them squarely into the content of broadcasting, and although it's not illegal to be a broadcaster in general, being a broadcaster doesn't automatically ne
You're contradicting yourself.. if you're saying whoever rents or leases it is responsible, then if you're renting an antenna from Aereo, you are the one using the equipment and its use falls under your responsibilities and rights.
While I think that the laws around Copyright need massive reform, I do have a problem with the "not our job to plug loopholes" mentality.
It is impossible to create a law free of loopholes. The law is static, and people are not. There will always be a way around the letter of the law, and that means that a country that forces itself to be bound by the letter of the law basically ends up not being ruled by laws at all.
What the Supreme Court needs to do is issue a ruling that says, "We find that the tax shel
...now that they've been told that they're not what they said they were, but actually a cable company, Aereo is looking to stay in business by paying the same money per channel to the broadcasters (who were happy about the ruling right up to this point) as the actual cable companies do, and the broadcasters are having a cow and claiming Aereo isn't a cable company.
Essentially the judge points out that a different case requires a different trial. This also means more arguments to study for appealing the Aereo ruling. If Dish's lawyers poke holes in Fox's arguments that led to the Aereo ruling, those arguments are fair game for Aereo's lawyers to use if they're applicable.
I think you misunderstand the "Supreme" part of the "Supreme Court," and the legal doctrine of res judicata.
Aereo lost at the Supreme Court, there's nowhere else to appeal. They could change their business model/technology slightly, re-open, and wait to get sued again though.
True, it's silly that cable companies have to pay rebroadcast fees either. The content is available free to the subscriber, it shouldn't matter which middle men are involved. I would, however, distinguish between middle men who edit the broadcast (such as cable companies inserting their own commercials into a show, or even minor things like adding an overlay) versus those who simply retransmit it (even including things like transcoding or changing mediums).
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West Brom head coach Steve Clarke is optimistic midfielder Zoltan Gera will be back for the start of pre-season training after undergoing surgery on his knee.
Gera suffered ligament damage during the FA Cup clash with QPR at Loftus Road earlier this month. The Hungarian international sustained a similar setback last season, which caused him to miss the second half of the campaign.
Clarke said: "Zoltan has had his operation, it went very well and his rehab starts this week. We would expect him to be up and running in time for pre-season training."
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Barbie wouldn't have been safe with young Michael Keaton: 'She would have been part of a ceremony'
In the world according to Barbie, the Mattel doll met and fell in love with Ken in 1961 on the set of a TV commercial. Over the decades, Ken has held some 40 jobs, including Olympic gold medalist and hair stylist. The two even broke up because of Ken's reluctance to tie the knot — but according to Barbie's blog last year, this legendary couple has reunited.
It's a different history, though, in Disney/Pixar's "Toy Story 3," which opens June 18 and presents Ken as a swinging bachelor who lives in a day-care center where Woody, Buzz, Jessie, Mr. Potato Head and the gang come to live after their beloved owner, Andy, heads off to college.
Michael Keaton supplies the voice of the tanned, short-shorts-wearing Ken, who is looking for love. Keaton couldn't keep from laughing during a recent phone interview when he talked about playing the iconic doll.
SK: So is there a back story to Ken? How did he end up in the day-care center?
MK: It's so great to have these conversations with a straight face. I'll challenge anyone to talk about this and not start to, like, grin. You have to shoot your face up with Novocain to have these conversations. Ken actually serves as kind of a concierge — somewhere between a tour guide, a concierge, maitre d' and ambassador. He's not only alone in his dream house but probably alone in the dream.
SK: Watching the clip of his introduction in the film, Ken comes across as a pretty cool dude.
MK: He's fantastic. He is a really, really swell fellow, let's put it that way.
SK: I'm not so sure, though, about his shorts.
MK: You don't like the hot pants! I'm shocked. You have to say this for the man, he's bold.
SK: I Wikipedia-ed Ken, I had to read up on him … I had a Barbie as a kid but not a Ken.
MK: Did you ever think in your life would complete a sentence saying "I Wikipedia-ed Ken?"
SK: You had six siblings. Did any of your sisters own a Ken?
MK: The only one who would have had one was Pam. And I seriously doubt that Pam would have had a Barbie. To be real honest, they probably really didn't care to have a Barbie. We weren't the richest of people, so toys were spread around and shared and passed down. Believe me, I would have seen something like a Barbie pass around the house. If it was up to my brothers and I, she would have been part of a ceremony….We were rough on toys.
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Best known for being the co-founder of the iconic band Traffic, Dave Mason on May 13 will release "Future's Past," which will feature new versions of his classic songs, plus new material he wrote and performed on tour over the last few years.
Mason will perform Sunday, April 27, at the Arcada Theatre, 105 E. Main St., St. Charles. The show starts at 7 p.m. and tickets start at $29, available by going to www.oshows.com.
Kane County Chronicle reporter Eric Schelkopf had the chance to talk to Mason about the new album.
Eric Schelkopf: You are going to be releasing "Future's Past" in May. What was the idea behind the album?
Dave Mason: I'm always working on something when I'm home. The song, "World in Changes," is absolutely nothing like the original. It's not even close.
A lot of the themes in my songs are timeless. I mean, the world's always in change.
And most of my lyrics are all somewhat relationship-based. So, that becomes a timeless thing. They're good songs.
There's this one brand new song on there, "That's Freedom."
I was trying to come up with the right title for [the album], and finally finished up with "Future's Past." Because the stuff on there still sounds fresh. It doesn't sound dated.
Schelkopf: Do you prefer any of the new versions over the old versions?
Mason: Well, yeah. Like "As Sad And Deep As You," that's why I put it on there. To me, it just beats the original one hands down. It's just such a beautiful version.
I'm basically making it to please myself, essentially. I can't follow trends.
I like different styles of music. I don't like any one, though the blues finds its way in there somewhere.
Schelkopf: Talking about reworking songs, of course, Joe Cocker hit it big with his cover of "Feelin' Alright?" What do you think of his cover? Do you like it?
Mason: I think it's great. He turned it into "Feelin' Alright," because the song is not about feeling alright at all, not the way I wrote it.
You listen to the original version on the second Traffic album, and you will get it. It's about not feeling too good myself.
The title of the song is "Feeling Alright?" with a question mark. It's a question, feeling alright? Because I don't feel too good.
Schelkopf: Speaking about Traffic, the band made such an impact. What do you think it was about that band that connected with people?
Mason: There was a lot of talent between the four people in there. And Steve Winwood was certainly a huge talent on his own, and had been with Spencer Davis.
We were very innovative in a lot of ways, too. Traffic was sort of like one of the original alternative bands.
Schelkopf: Are you upset the band Traffic didn't continue longer? Or did it just last as long as it should have lasted?
Mason: I think it was too bad that we all couldn't have gotten back together at different times or whatever, yeah. That would have been nice.
Schelkopf: The music industry has changed so much over the years. What do you think about the current state of the music industry? Is it better or worse than it used to be?
Mason: It's not so much the industry itself. The biggest problem is that there is really no radio like there used to be.
Radio was the way that people heard new stuff, and got turned on to it.
Artist Q&A: Traffic co-founder Dave Mason
Mason to perform at Arcada Theatre on April 27
Best known for being the co-founder of the iconic band Traffic, Dave Mason on May 13 will release "Future's Past," which will feature new versions of his classic songs, plus new material he wrote and performed on tour over the last few years.


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Bit late starting the topic but its snuck up considering the first match of the competition's scheduled before the Cricket World Cup even starts. Hopefully theres enough members that are keen to enter the tipping competition we usually run.
Week One Fixtures:
Hurricanes vs Highlanders
Rebels vs Waratahs
Blues vs Crusaders
Brumbies vs Chiefs
Sharks vs Cheetahs
Lions vs Bulls
Reds vs Force
Usual rules, one point per correct tip, if you don't tip you'll get the home team by default.


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Unresolved Hardware Questions
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Unresolved Hardware Questions
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Questions for nice people with hardware, or designers
What is the current drawn in each state?
- 'off'
- LCD off, processor idle.
- LCD on, processor idle.
- LCD off, processor fully active.
- Bluetooth on.
- GSM module in normal 'idle' state, connected to a cell.
- GPS on (including agpsd)
Some of these may of course change due to improving power managment, or newer hardware. Thanks.
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Bulldogs plow through the Harvesters 31-6
PAMPA-On Friday evening, District 1-3A play finally got underway with the Borger Bulldogs traveling to take on the Pampa Harvesters for the next chapter of the Texas Panhandle's best rivalry.Both teams came in with identical 3-4 record, but throughout the night the Bulldogs proved they were the better team by putting together a dominating performance on both sides of the ball in their 31-6 win.After sitting out most of the past three games with a leg injury, senior running back Ty Brown returned to the field for the Bulldogs and had a big night giving the Harvester defense headaches by rushing for 284 yards and three touchdowns.In their first possession, Pampa quarterback Reid Miller quickly ran for 19 yards to get near midfield. But the Bulldog defense tightened up to force the Harvester's to punt the ball. In their first possession of the night, the Bulldogs established their running game by ramming the ball through the Harvester's defense on a 11 play drive which set up Alexis Aguilar for a 30 yard field goal with 3:08 mark in the first quarter to give Borger a 3-0 lead.After the Havesters' first drive, the Bulldog defense shut down Pampa the remainder of the first half, limiting them to just 26 yards of total offense.On the other side of the ball, the Bulldogs opened the second quarter putting together a nine play drive with Brown capping it off with a 14 yards touchdown run to make it a 10-0 score.Before the half, another great stance by the Bulldogs' defense gave the offense enough time to put together a quick six play touchdown drive to go up 17-0 at halftime.Bulldogs' quarterback Jacob Rendon opened the drive by finding senior receiver Tyler Ortega for a nice 36 yard pass to get to the Harvesters' 31 yard line. Five plays later, Brown went in for his second touchdown of the night on a 19 yard run.The Bulldogs began the third quarter continuing to pound the ball on the ground to wear out the Harvesters' defense and kill time off the clock.The Harvesters' appeared to get a break by forcing the Bulldogs to punt on their own 17 yard line. However, the Harvester return man misplayed the punt giving the Bulldogs the ball on their 45 yard line.Seven plays later, Brown scored his third touchdown of the night on a nine yard run to make the score 24-7 with 6:40 to go in the third quarter.The Harvesters' finally got something going on offense by putting together a 15 play 58 yard drive. However the drive came away empty handed with the Harvesters coming short on a 40 yard field goal attempt.The Bulldogs capped off the night by putting together a nice nine play scoring drive which ended with junior Aaron McKee finding the end zone on a four yard touchdown run to make the score 31-0.The Harvesters were able to keep from being shut out, when junior running back Sammy Smith broke free for an 81 yard touchdown run to finally put Pampa on the scoreboard.The win over Pampa takes the Bulldogs to 4-4 for the season and 1-0 in District 1-3A play.Next week, the Bulldogs will travel to Dalhart in what will probably decide who wins the District 1-3A title when they take on the Dalhart Golden Wolves.Game stats: First downs-Borger 23 Pampa 8; Rushing yards-Borger 353 Pampa 140; Passing yards-Borger 69 Pampa 24; Total offense-Borger 422 Pampa 164; Turnovers-Borger 1 Pampa 2.Borger individual leaders: Rushing-Ty Brown 33 carries for 284 yards and three touchdowns, Brett Cummings five carries for 30 yards, Aaron McKee seven carries for 29 yards and one touchdown; Passing-Jacob Rendon 4 of 9 for 69 yards; Receiving-Tyler Ortega two catches for 41 yards, Miles McKinney one catch for 15 yards, Brown one catch for 13 yards.


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For almost four hours on Wednesday night, journalists from both India and Pakistan, accompanied by a handful of American subscribes (including CNN International anchor Jonathan Mann) awaited the outcome of an equally long encounter between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf.
At first, we were cordoned off in the Villard Ballroom -- venue for the India Abroad Person of the Year 2004 event -- at the New York Palace hotel after being frisked by a member of the New York police force.
After a couple of hours in the Villard Ballroom, where few Indians and Pakistanis made an attempt to know each other, we were taken 10 at a time through one of the New York Palace kitchens to an elevator, and then on to another holding room, where the journalists -- maybe a hundred in all -- hung around for another couple of hours, cold, hungry and thirsty. No one used the rest room because if you left, you were not allowed back in.
The ones who didn't go to sleep amused ourselves exchanging stories about previous India-Pakistan encounters, speculating what curved balls the flamboyant Musharraf would throw to unfaze our reticent prime minister.
We stirred to life when members of the leaders' A-team finally began to arrive a few minutes before midnight -- External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh in his now familiar fez; his counterpart Khurshid M Kasuri radiating good cheer; Pakistan's National Security Adviser Tariq Aziz (most of the Indians didn't know who he was, so Natwar helpfully introduced Aziz to us); our Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran (whose eloquence and insight I have come to admire first in Washington, DC, in July and here in New York); T K A Nair, the prime minister's dynamic principal secretary (as media shy as his boss, but a brilliant soul) and Sujata Mehta, joint secretary in the Prime Minister's Office and the Foreign Service officer I gather entrusted with scrutinising the fine print.
On the other side, sat General Jehangir Karamat, once Musharraf's predecessor as Pakistan's army chief, and now his ambassador in Washington' Navtej Sarna, the ministry of external affairs spokesman and author of the fine novel, We Weren't Lovers Like That.
Natwar, Kasuri and Co seem to be in good spirits, leading us to the conclusion (how off the mark we were) that some landmark agreement had been reached. The only unsmiling visage on view was our National Security Adviser M K Narayanan, who joined the party later. The usually good humoured Narayanan -- whose eyes have a naughty wrinkle and whose style is at least 30 years younger than his stated age of 71 -- looked rather withdrawn and tired. It was perhaps the first sign I had that both sides had sparred a bit before joining us in the room.
When both leaders arrived, I was surprised to note that the general was only slightly taller than Dr Singh. I always thought he was one of those tall hutta-kutta faujis. He looked quite like the chap we see on the television news channel NDTV's puppet show Gustaki Maaf. Dr Singh clearly looked exhausted. It was 0015 on Thursday morning, three hours and 45 minutes after the general arrived for dinner.
After the general read out the four paragraph joint statement, we clamoured for clarity from both men. Musharraf seemed inclined, but no sooner had a Pakistani journalist posed a question about Dr Singh's statement that the map of India could not be redrawn, a rather irritated prime minister called off the proceedings and declared that the joint statement had said all they wanted to say.
Musharraf looked like a schoolboy deprived by the coach of his chance of showing off his bowling. He looked wistfully at us -- maybe there was even a small shrug -- before he left the room.
Secret Service agents then shut the doors, leaving us to vent our frustration at Dr Sanjaya Baru, the former editor of The Financial Express, who serves as Dr Singh's media adviser.
Sanjaya, unmoved by our pleas to give us the inside story (provoking a couple of tantrums), helpfully read out the joint statement again for those of us who had lost track of it when the general first read it out.
The inside story would have to clearly wait another day.
But as we phoned in our stories to Mumbai, we heard of how Musharraf held forth at dinner about this new restaurant in Lahore called Kakoos, which he has already visited thrice to savour the cuisine. The first time he visited the establishment, the general was struck by a portrait on the wall, depicting a man in khaki dragging a woman by the hair. The general promptly protested to the restaurant's owner. No soldier would ever do anything of that kind, he declared. 'That is no fauji, Generalsaab,' the owner replied, 'that is a policemen.' Whereupon every member of the Indian delegation grinned broadly at the only policeman in the room, M K Narayanan, member of the Indian Police Service, 1958.
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While her brother serves his country in Afghanistan, Alison Henle plans to step up to help his family as she uproots her life in the area.
Henle, 33, of Toledo, works as assistant manager of Great Clips in Marshalltown. Later this month, she will move to Manhattan, Kan. to help her brother Aaron's family as he prepares to leave to serve as part of his U.S. Army Reserves duty.
"We're a close family and we've always been a close family " Alison Henle said. "It feels awesome to be able to help."
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Alison said it is sad to leave her friends, family and co-workers in the area, but she looks forward to spending loads of time with Aaron's wife, Whitney, and the couple's daughters Ashtyn, 4, and Kinley,1.
"I love them so much and I want to spend time with them," Alison Henle said of her nieces. "They are at a really fun playing age."
Aaron and Whitney are expecting a third daughter this July, so Alison's helping hands will be needed more than ever.
"I'm super excited for that," Alison said of the new baby.
Aaron is expected to go to Afghanistan later this year for an approximate 9-month duty on a transportation battalion. He said having Alison at home will help out greatly.
"Just knowing there's someone else here that's responsible and loves the girls as much as we do is a great thing," Aaron Henle said. "And our girls love their aunt."
He served in Iraq in 2005 but said this tour will be harder now that he has a family. Aaron and Alison are the children of Rod and Patty Henle, of Toledo.
Alison already has a job lined up at the Great Clips in Manhattan. She said it will no doubt be an emotional 5-hour drive to Kansas later this June as she leaves behind friends to go support her brother's family. She said when Aaron's family asked her it was a tough decision to move.
"I'm pretty sure I'll cry a little bit when I'm driving," Alison said.
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Don't think I saw anyone mention Holland-Dozier-Holland, yet.
Check out their body of work:
Ian Hunter. Both with Mott and as a solo artist.
Don't think I saw anyone mention Holland-Dozier-Holland, yet.
Check out their body of work:
(although interestingly fellow Brummie Denny Laine was perhaps the1st to try to assemble a rock orchestra, including the raver Viv Prince)
Wood shared an obsessive tendency to clone the Spector style with Wilson and Andrew Oldham , spending endless hours like Phil on singles tracks
Jan Berry, prior to his accident, was IMO crafting records that were as novel as his friend Wilson
Ken Hensley. Huge body of work. Also a gifted keyboardist/guitarist/singer.
Like him or not, Lou Reed has an incredible catalog. I think he's one of the great tunesmiths.
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I am a big Matk Knopfler fan.
A different look, at the topic...
Sam Phillips, Guided by Voices, The Bottle Rockets, The Jayhawks, Built to Spill, Dave Alvin, Roy Buchanan, Gillian Welch, Townes Van Zandt, Son Volt, Pavement, Aimee Mann, Freedy Johnston, The Flaming Lips, R.L. Burnside, Drive by Truckers, Vic Chesnut, Bruce Cockburn, Iris Dement, Steve Earle, John Prine, Butch Hancock, Joe Henry, Robert Earl Keen, John Hiatt, Tom Leach, Julianna Hatfield, Mary Lou Lord, Helmet, Richard Buckner, Blue Mountain....I better stop now !
Diane Warren
Michael Jackson
Kenny Loggins
Don Henley
Paul McCartney
John Lennon
Skip Ewing
Jackson Brown
Neil Pert
Jim Croce
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"How to Succeed In Business" Closing
May 09, 2012
After fifteen months of performances, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying was handed it's final notice. The show opened in February 2011 with Daniel Radcliffe as the lead. Radcliffe's role packed the theater, and quickly recuperated the $9 million that was initially invested in the musical. Nick Jonas took over Radcliffe's role after Darren Criss, and the cast was unable to continue to bring in expected profits. CBS reports:
When it closes, the revival will have played just over 500 performances
since it opened at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre in February 2011. It
quickly recouped its $9 million initial investment that December, thanks
to its then-star Daniel Radcliffe.
Jonas, best known as part of
the Jonas Brothers boy band, took over the lead this January and had
committed to staying until at least July 1, but ticket sales took a
noticeable hit. Last week, the box office took in just $368,000 out of a
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Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. has directed the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to take emergency steps to increase the state's gasoline supply and bring down fuel prices.
The Governor directed the board to immediately allow oil refineries to make an early transition to winter-blend gasoline. Winter-blend gasoline typically isn't sold until after October 31.
"Gas prices in California have risen to their highest levels ever, with unacceptable cost impacts on consumers and small businesses," said Governor Brown. "I am directing the Air Resources Board to immediately take whatever steps are necessary to allow an early transition to winter-blend gasoline."
Winter-blend gasoline is a mixture that evaporates more quickly than the gasoline sold in summer months, which takes longer to evaporate and is better for air quality during the smog season. Allowing an early transition to winter-blend gasoline could increase California's fuel supply by up to an estimated 8-10 percent with only negligible air quality impacts.
Gas prices in California have skyrocketed over the past week due to a tightening of fuel supplies caused by shutdowns at Tesoro and Exxon refineries. The Exxon refinery came back online Friday and Tesoro is scheduled to resume production early next week. Combined, these actions are expected to stabilize and reduce fuel prices.


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Great weekend .....anyone else catch the western player getting trapped in the box while the other wolverines mob hagelin??
A Universe Just For You
2/18/2011 – Michigan 6, Western Michigan 3 – 20-9-4, 17-7-1 CCHA
2/21/2011 – Michigan 5, Western Michigan 4 (OT) – 21-9-4, 18-7-1 CCHA
Sometimes being at a hockey game is an exercise in wishing you were watching the thing on TV where the camera angle is consistent and the replays are repeated ad nauseum. This is especially true at Yost, where events just happen and evaporate without the benefit of video replay.
An example: at the end of the first period the puck was behind the net and suddenly the ref was feverishly pointing at the puck in the net without the thing seemingly ever reaching a spot where that was physically possible. The ref went to check it out. A few moments later the part of Yost directly behind the penalty boxes stood up and craned their collective neck to see the review as I plotted to relocate there next year, and a few moments after that he waved the thing off.
Last year I would have had to trudge through the deep, useless recesses of the USCHO board to find out what happened. Five years ago a Saturday game against Western probably wasn't televised at all and no one would really ever know. Since it's 2011 I just pulled out my phone, tweeted at the Daily's hockey beat writer*, and found out within ten minutes that the puck had indeed gone into the net from behind the goal.
I didn't see it, though, and that's kind of the point of being a spectator.
Sometimes hockey collapses itself into a universe just for you. You have to be sitting along the sideline between the blue lines for this to happen. If you are, at certain points you can draw a perfectly straight line from you to the guy shooting the puck to the goal.
An example: when Michigan came back against Denver in the NCAA tournament I sat right behind the Michigan bench and watched Eric Werner plunge into the slot to flick a puck over Wade Dubielewicz** to tie the game. I saw it the whole way and my mind blew up.
I shelled out for old fogey seats this year so when Lee Moffie entered the zone I saw Hagelin behind him and thought Moffie should drop it, and he did, and there were two seconds left so there's only one thing for Hagelin to do, and as he let the shot go and I drew a straight line from me to him to the net as the puck slid past the defenseman clean and rose. I could see where it was heading, see the goalie throw his glove at it but not get there in time, see the puck ricochet the right way as the great clank filled the building. It was one of those moments where the angel comes down from heaven and says "you there—God has selected you to have the deep-seated, socially awkward fandom of the concealed lunatic." It was pure.
And while I've been craving video boards at Yost for years there's something beautiful about not having the thing you just experienced altered by someone else's perspective. Since the Werner goal isn't on youtube no one can tell me he wasn't wielding a scimitar, wearing an eyepatch, and screaming "hhhhhyarrrrr" as he swashbuckled towards the net. I'm pretty sure the unicorn he was riding was named Steve.
Those days are over—see the youtube clip above—but thanks to Carl Hagelin Yost got one last opportunity to walk out of the building buzzing about the thing that just happened in your head, and only your head.
*[Michael Florek was beaten to the punch by the Hoover Street Rag.]
**[Google's spellchecking was heroic here: I typed "wade dublevicz."]
mfan_in_ohio has again broken down the pairwise so I'll just point you to his analysis. Michigan flew up to sixth after the sweep, but it is a tenuous, tenuous sixth. Here's why:
That's Ohio State barely nosing above .500 in RPI after taking a win and a tie from LSSU. Michigan's 3-1 record against the Buckeyes thus counts in the TUC category. This tiny difference in the season of a single opponent swings comparisons against Boston College and UNO. If OSU had split over the weekend Michigan would be eighth and we'd be wondering what a man has to do to get some respect around here.
As it is, OSU's nose getting over the line combined with a couple of wins over a WMU team that did well in its nonconference schedule gets you halfway to a one seed in one weekend. That and a lot of help elsewhere—Dartmouth, RPI, UMD, UNO, and Denver all lost over the weekend. Denver lost to Michigan Tech(!), which is huge because that's a common opponent and a terrible team.
While this is almost Michigan's ceiling, the stumbles of Denver and UMD have opened the door to the last one seed. Michigan easily beats Denver in COP now and is within striking distance in both TUC and RPI—outperforming them by a game down the stretch will do it. UMD, meanwhile, is close enough in RPI to drop if they lose and the six remaining regular season games between the two teams are all common opponents—NMU for Michigan, CC and UNO for UMD. If they take those two comparisons and Ohio State and Ferris can walk the tripwire so that both of them finish the season under consideration, they can slide up to fourth. This will take some luck but if Michigan sweeps Northern and wins the CCHA playoffs I think they'll be 50-50 for the one-seed.
Rooting guide:
- OSU plays Ferris this weekend and can remain in the TUC zone by splitting. However, sweeping will actually put Ferris about where OSU is now, leaving them vulnerable to dropping out in the CCHA playoffs. You probably want a split here but root for OSU on Friday because they're more vulnerable. You want both of these teams to do well in the playoffs.
- You hate Denver and Minnesota-Duluth with the burning fiery passion of a thousand suns.
- Also Boston College and UNO.
Everything else is up to Michigan.
CCHA Race
It's Michigan and Notre Dame with ND maintaining a one-point lead. They have a home-and-home with this Western team; Michigan goes to Northern. Agonizingly, neither game in Marquette is televised. Michigan will win the tiebreaker if the teams end up even in points.
Non-bullets of !!!
Kind of mad, kind of awesome. Shawn Hunwick was not so good this weekend. On Friday it didn't result in much damage because the team had already gotten the other guy's goalie pulled but on Saturday he was off on both of the breakaways. They were breakaways so it's hard to be too mad but he gave up a weak five hole goal on the first and was way too deep in his net on the other. On the other hand, this is what he tweeted immediately afterwards:
Thank you Carl Hagelin for saving my ass. Great senior class. We had a phenomenal four years.
It wasn't that bad. We still love you and the fact that on shots from the point you end up halfway to the blue line.
Also, Hunwick made three clutch, clutch stops in the third period Saturday.
Need moar Swede. There needs to be another Swedish guy on the team ASAP. We've got the flag, we're very enthusiastic about the word "Bork"—let's make this happen.
Muppets. I totally should have muppetsed. Sorry. I had some people over afterwards and it slipped my mind.
With an assist to Lee Moffie. Moffie's fought for playing time most of the year despite having quite a knack for scoring because he's not that great defensively. Late in the third period as Michigan was trying to tie, however, he was ridiculously good. He's at his best when it's desperate and he can pinch and use his skill and wheel around the zone.
Other defensemen. It was a weekend full of defenseman thoughts:
- Greg Pateryn had a goal and three first assists on Friday. He essentially beat WMU by himself. As a bonus he would have had a fourth assist if you could assist on your own goals—he made an excellent play to control the puck and make a cross-ice pass in to the zone to set up the scoring chance. He still gets too aggressive at the blue line.
- Jon Merrill was really really good Friday—my friend just kept saying "he's really really good"—and then had probably his worst game as a Wolverine Saturday. It wasn't just the breakaway; he probably had more turnovers Saturday than in any two games he'd played this year.
- Mac Bennett is now leading the rush like 25% of the time there is one when he's on the ice.
What does he have to do? Lindsay Sparks was fast out there and looked as dangerous as he usually does. He hasn't put up much in the way of points but I'm continually surprised he can't get in the lineup regularly.
Exploding Lynch. Two on Friday, then two very fancy moves to get to his forehand Saturday. After the first I thought "that's the most dangerous thing he's done as a Wolverine" even though the shot was stopped; he did the same thing a period later and scored. Let's throw everyone down on the fourth line.
BONUS. Googling for Denver goals did turn this one up:
I'm hoping Hagelin channels Ortmeyer in his final games at Michigan.
Yost Built with a weekend recap. The flag is apparently headed out with Hagelin:
As the crowd honored the seniors after the game, the Swedish flag that has flown at Yost for three seasons was tossed over the glass to Hagelin. The students had passed it around throughout the game, autographing it and writing thank yous and words of encouragement to our Super Swede.
I wondered what all the stuff on it was. Also: this is a bonus from having Senior Night on a weekend where the students aren't on break.
Michigan Hockey Net has press conference recaps from Friday and Saturday. Berenson:
On what Berenson said to Carl when he gave him a hug after the game… Well, I just told him "Aren't you glad you came to Michigan? And aren't we glad that you came?" And good for him. He set a standard here. He's been a terrific kid, student, player, teammate—you know, just a terrific kid. It's the first Swedish player we've had and we'll always remember him.
AnnArbor.com has a slideshow. Daily slideshow. Florek's column. Photos from Michigan Exposures. Full highlight package.
2013 commit JT Compher will join the NTDP, which should lock him up for college—it also suggests he's a high-end guy.
Not going to lie. That had to have been the ultimate dong-punch for that Western player in the box.
I wrote "Sign with Detroit" on the flag for Hagelin. If he ever ends up on the Wings, I'm claiming it.
EDIT: Yes, I know he was drafted by the Rangers. But Detroit has more Swedes than anyone else, and they're all awesome.
I wrote "We love you Carl!" and signed it from section 17 and Mary Sue Coleman.
I wrote "Thanks for the memories." I sort of wish I had written "Thanks for the memory" because this is the one that I will probably remember distinctly when I'm an old man.
Thanks for posting the Ortmeyer goal. Those regional games were amazing to watch. Win over DU was even sweeter since their coach elected to kick Michigan out of their own locker room for the tournament as he could do that as the top seed.
Can someone please upload a torrent to bigtentracker? I really don't want this game to get lost in the annals of time.
Gahhhh...this weekend was so good. Now p-p-p-pleaseeee Michigan, go up to Marquette and take care of business. I have a pretty good feeling Western can at least nip a point from the Irish...
This is why I like reading this blog so much - Brian puts into words what so many of us are thinking and experiencing.
This happened for me in 1996 in Cincinnati at the National Championship. I drove down with two friends from Ann Arbor to watch the game. We had the nosebleed seats that students were sold at the time, but managed to trade them (and $20 each) to a ticket scalper for blueline seats five rows up. Absolutely fantastic seats - Ron Mason told me to sit down at one point, that's how great the seats were. My guess is that they were previously the seats of one of the coaches of a team that was eliminated in the semi-final, and they decided not to use them.
That last goal by Morrison in overtime - the puck rebounded off the goalie straight back toward our sight line and floated untouched. Morrison saw the free puck, and the giant open right side of the net...
What a glorious, glorious day. I had such a great four years there - so many great memories.
That Ortmeyer play took me back. That video has now joined the Woodson/Desmond TD returns and Mike Legg in my folder of things I watch when I don't have an Internet connection.
Last season and this season until Saturday ,I thought Sparks wasn't good enough defensively to be playing. Maybe if he could crack a higher line, but he's not a 4th line player, which is where there is space for him. His performance Saturday night made me reconsider things quite a bit. He's still not a particularly physical defender and probably never will be, but he made a couple really nice defensive plays through his speed and stick-handling coming from behind to get in front of Western forecheckers and stealing a couple pucks as well. I still don't like him as a 4th liner so much, but seeing some of his skills out there recently makes me think that with the big bodies of Lynch and Winnett with him, he could succeed down there, very nicely. Far more than I would have argued before Saturday. I've always been kind of OK with him on the third line, but now I'm definitely fine with him there.
The only problems are Moffatt and DeBlois, who, I think, are also both very derserving of spots in the line-up. Maybe it was just that he was so hyped when he committed and then so un-hyped by the time he matricultated, but I've been really impressed with Moffatt. He's showed a lot of really, really nice things offensively and defensively. He doesn't have the numbers so much, but I can definitely see his potential. DeBlois is just very solid. Generally good defensively, occassionally looks dangerous offensively.
Does anybody have a definite reason for DeBlois and Moffatt being out on Saturday? Any injuries? Did Red just want to see how other guys did? Or did he think they played poorly on Friday? Or something else?
If it's not injury, my thinking would be he just wanted to see how some guys he thought were doing pretty well in practice would respond to being in a game; I don't remember either Moffatt or DeBlois being at all bad on Friday. If so, I think Sparks was, maybe not a home run, but a double or a triple, at least. Rohrkemper was OK, but I'd definitely prefer DeBlois. It will be interesting to see what he goes with next weekend. My guess, based on no to very little evidence, would be that Moffatt and DeBlois play Friday and whichever plays worse on Friday, even if neither plays poorly, gets replaced by Sparks on Saturday. But, now,I do agree Sparks needs to see the ice more.
The thid line on Friday (Moffatt/Treais/Wohlberg) was not very good defensively.
DeBlois didn't appear to be too bad on the 4th line- but wasn't his usual disruptive self.
Sparks and Rohrkemper hadn't played in like a month- and where I like Sparks, it is a toss up between his speed and Moffatt's scoring ability.
I also would take DeBlois over Rohrkemper from the standpoint of having more offensive upside.
the third line's defensive difficulties on Friday, but forgotten about them. Thanks for that.
The good/bad news is that we'll only be able to debate Moffatt/Sparks/DeBlois for (hopefully) about 10 more games. If Fallon comes back, nobody leaves earlier and all our committed recruits make it, we'll have 13 forwards to play with and I doubt any of those three find themselves in a suit too often
Fallon has much to do to get back into good graces. Didn't do much with the chance he did have, so I wouldn't count on him especially with Guptill etc. coming in. We'll have plenty of options, like mentioned.
Am I concerned about our offense next year? Yes. Is it my #1 concern? No.
I am most concerned about Merrill and Burlon coming back. Both have shown terrific talent, but have both been off their game recently. The Devils may sweet talk them into moving into the AHL to increase their learning. I hope they don't bite. Merrill could probably handle it, but Burlon is not ready. JMHO, but Merrill seems to be fatigued/distracted lately.
Keep in mind our defense has accounted for a ton of our points this season. This would be a huge blow to our offense next year.
Oh- and doesn't Bennett remind you of Langlais? We'll be getting another addition on the blue line lext season, too.
best part of the hagelin goal clip is hunwick trying to jump onto the pile...but he's too short to get much lift.
seriously love that guy, going to miss him when he's gone. easily my favorite michigan goalie ever.
and the ortmeyer goal made my soul dong feel great. hadn't seen it in a while.
Hunwick tackled Hagelin in the scrum. That was Janecyk off the bench that couldn't make the jump into the moshpit.
thanks - it did seem like he came in late, which seemed weird...and i was watching it on my ipod touch, so the resolution isn't great.
i'm a noob. thanks again.
You can't be all bad, Matty.
Janny IS a bit taller than Huns!
Welcome to the hockey circle and Go Blue!
I love that Hunwick was the second guy mobbing Hagelin in celebration and that he must have gotten four feet off the ground. I'm not sure why, but it brings a big grin to my face
I just had a terrifying thought, is it possible that the NCAA infractions committee might consider the Swedish flag a prohibited extra benefit? It was a great gesture by the students and it clearly meant a lot to Hagelin, but could it come back to bite him?
The flag's obviously not of huge monetary value and I want to believe there's no way the NCAA bureaucracy would make an issue of it, but I have lost much faith in them over the last decade or so. Sorry for playing the part of the wet blanket, but someone please tell me I'm being paranoid.


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This article on Sunday's Pistons victory over the Rockets was published in Monday's Detroit News. It describes an alley-oop from Rasheed Wallace to Ben Wallace that was successfully executed in the final minute with the Pistons up by two points. The article includes the following quote from Pistons coach Flip Saunders, which made me think of what was lacking in Michigan's 2005 football team:
"That play showed the mentality of our team," Saunders said. "Joe Dumars and I were just talking, and we were saying, you can't be afraid to win a championship. And what I mean is, you can't be afraid to make plays."
Hopefully Lloyd and Jim Hermann were at the Palace on Sunday night.
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Listen to the Pistons
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And this comment holds weight because they've actually won a championship, were minutes away from another, and appear on their way to one this season.
It's because Pete Carroll had this same attitude that I thought his decision to go for it on 4th down late in the Rose Bowl was the right choice.
- January 26, 2006 3:06 PM
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So, it's officially happening. We've arrived. The VMA's are coming to Brooklyn. And not just any VMA's! This summer's ceremony at the Barclays Center will mark the 30th anniversary of the Most Important Awards Show of Our Time. For Brooklyn, MTV, and the growing list of things that make you feel just a little bit weird and old, this is a milestone.
But how's it gonna go down, you ask? Well, it's tough to say. But based on a statement from the Barclays Center CEO that "Brooklyn has become an international brand and is the perfect setting for these moments," there'll definitely be a running Brooklyn theme to the whole thing. This could play out in a lot of different ways, sure, but as of now, there are exactly 5 things we know to be true.


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LAKEMOOR – The village of Lakemoor did not discriminate against an employee when it laid him off, a jury decided.
Leslie Nejedly was 69 years old when the village of Lakemoor eliminated his job in July 2009. He was the senior building inspector for the village, a position that was brought back this past year on a part-time basis.
Nejedly sued the village, saying he was discriminated against because of his age in violation of the Illinois Human Rights Act. He said the village kept the other building inspector in the two-employee department, who was younger and less qualified.
Four other village employees also were laid off around the same time.
Shortly after the layoffs, the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150 filed a complaint with the state labor board, saying the village tried to suppress unionization when it laid off three of the employees, including Nejedly, after they attended a union meeting.
The village settled in that case, paying about $25,000 to each employee, because it would have cost more to fight it, Village President Todd Weihofen said.
In the age discrimination case, though, the village "decided to take a stand," he said.
Nejedly's position was eliminated because of budgetary concerns and a lack of construction in the area, the village told the jury.
A two-day trial ended last week with the jury siding with the village after two and a half hours of deliberation, according to a news release from the village.
This means the village will not have to pay the requested compensation of at least $135,000, according to the release.
The village "never doubted the outcome," Weihofen said. "Discrimination of any kind is unacceptable in any form and will not be tolerated in any village department."


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By Paul Sullivan
Chicago Tribune
The Cubs celebrated the end of their season like a victory in a World Series game Wednesday, mobbing Bryan LaHair after his walk-off, RBI single in the ninth inning of a 5-4 win over the Astros.
It was just another bizarre moment in a season full of hiccups, brain farts and losing streaks, seemingly whitewashing the previous 161 games in a blip to head off into the offseason on a high note.
After a 10-month dismantling of former general manager Jim Hendry's handiwork, the new regime now has its fingerprints all over the Cubs organization.
The million-dollar question is whether Cubs fans will be as patient with a sub-.400 winning percentage in 2013 as they were this year.
"I'm sure they will gradually get a little less patient," manager Dale Sveum said. "But people still have to understand things are not going to happen overnight."
President Theo Epstein had no such "home runs" in his debut season on the North Side, though Paul Maholm and David DeJesus were free agent bargains, Dave Sappelt looks like a solid fourth outfielder and Shawn Camp was a workhorse in the bullpen. Still, the mental gaffes were hard to stomach.
Perhaps Epstein's best move was the hiring of Sveum, who had his team playing hard from start to finish, despite obvious talent deficiencies on the roster.
Will Epstein and general manager Jed Hoyer give Sveum some relief next year?
"We have to fill some holes in areas, in starting pitching, the bullpen, third base, power bats," Sveum said. "These are your Christmas lists. It's not easy to get what you want under the Christmas tree, either."
Instead of a coveted Red Ryder BB gun, Sveum may wind up with some second-hand toys under his tree – players who are non-tendered or on the scrap heap after painfully bad seasons, like Ian Stewart or Chris Volstad last winter.
There were bright spots, including rebound years from Alfonso Soriano and Carlos Marmol, Starlin Castro's continued emergence at short, Anthony Rizzo's power, Jeff Samardzija's stamina and Darwin Barney's glove.
"You learn a lot about yourself in a year like this," second baseman Barney said. "I'm happy with the way I kind of established myself defensively and improved there. Offensively, there were some strides."
The departures of veterans such as Ryan Dempster, Kerry Wood, Reed Johnson and Jeff Baker during the season led to a leadership vacuum, though slowly but surely, the kids began to step up and assert themselves – Barney, Rizzo and James Russell.
Rizzo finished with 15 homers and 48 RBIs in 87 games while living up to the kind of hype that swallowed up Corey Patterson, Felix Pie and other top prospects.
"There are a lot of steps to go," Rizzo said. "Hopefully this is the beginning and hopefully this is the last losing season we have. Like I said, everyone in this clubhouse should be hungry for next year."
It may seem like a long way till Opening Day, but for most Cubs fans, next year is always just a dream away.


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The GSW women's basketball team battled back from an 11-point deficit to defeat Eckerd College 75-74 in St. Petersburg, Fla. on Friday afternoon.
GSW led 2-1 early in the first half but would not recapture the lead again until the score was 69-68 with 3:45 to play.
Lady Hurricanes forward Jamilah Sharp knocked down one of two free throws to give GSW a three point advantage 75-72, the largest lead for Southwestern in the game, with one minute and 50 seconds remaining.
Javiera Novion answered for the Tritons nine seconds later with a layup. Those were the final points of the game. Both teams were unable to score over the final six possessions. Eckerd had the last look, but Stephanie Grace was unable to connect on a jumper with four seconds to go.
GSW junior guard Brittany Reynolds scored a game-high and career-high 23 points to lead three Hurricanes in double figures. Reynolds connected on 7-of-11 shots from the floor and 8-of-9 from the foul line while pulling down nine rebounds. Brandi Burris added 18 points and Whitley Wiltz tallied 15 points.
Southwestern shot 35.8% for the game and hit 24-of-28 from the charity stripe.
GSW (3-1) concludes play at the Eckerd tournament with a game against Puerto Rico-Bayamon on Saturday.
PICTURED: Brittany Reynolds
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2013 Outdoor: Competed in both the long jump and triple jump at five meets ... Posted fourth-place finishes and season-bests in both events at the Chanticleer Classic (17-11.5 long and 36-8.5 triple) ... Finished 10th in the triple jump at the Big South Championships.
2013 Indoor: Placed ninth in the triple jump at the George Mason Patriot Games with a season-best mark of 35-2.0 ... Posted mark of 16-7.75 in only long jump event of the season.
2012 Outdoor: Competed in the long jump at four meets ... Had a season-best leap of 18'2.50" in finishing eighth at the Big South Championships ... Placed fourth at the Chanticleer Classic and 16th at the Duke Invitational ... Named to 2011-12 Big South Presidential Honor Roll.
2012 Indoor: Competed in the long jump at three meets ... Placed 13th at the Big South Championships with a season-best jump of 16'6.50".
2011 Outdoor: Set a personal best in the long jump at the Coastal Carolina Invitational with a mark of 17'5.50".
2011 Indoor: Participated in the long jump at the Virginia Tech Invitational taking 24th place with a mark of 16'0.25" (4.88 m) and at the Big South Indoor Championship placing ninth with a jump of 17'3.25" (5.26 m).
Prior to Coastal Carolina: Woodson was a standout performer at Spartanburg High School as she was a regular in the South Carolina State Championship meet.... During her freshman and sophomore year she helped the Vikings to state championships during the outdoor season...Woodson placed in the state meet five times through her high school career... She was all-region and all-county in long jump as well as placing sixth in the state meet as a senior... Woodson was tabbed all-state as a sophomore and junior in the 4x400 relay.


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2006 Legacy hot air on driver side, cold air on passenger side.
Posted 25 October 2009 - 05:53 PM
I looked under the dash and behind the glove compartment and found nothing.
Posted 25 October 2009 - 06:05 PM
You have a bad electric motor in the HVAC somewhere.
Posted 26 October 2009 - 05:22 PM
While I was looking for the problem I came across a white electrical connector that was disconnected. It is under the carpet, at the top edge of the passenger side floor mat. I reconnected it but it did not seem to do anything. I'm not sure what the electrical connector is for, or if was apart from the factory.
Posted 26 October 2009 - 09:00 PM
Most of the climate control system is in the center of the dash on cars these days. Usually requires removal of nearly the entire dash to gain access.
You still under warranty?
Posted 26 October 2009 - 09:02 PM
Posted 26 October 2009 - 09:11 PM
Make sure the airways arent clogged with anything. the way this system is made I can't imagine a scenraio like this unless it is parked in my driveway.
perfect!! check out your incar cabin filter!!
Posted 27 October 2009 - 05:14 AM
I checked the cabin air filter housing and it was clean.
The car is parked inside except when parked in work parking lot.
Any suggestions on how to remove the center dash without damaging any of the plastic and vinyl?
Posted 27 October 2009 - 05:16 AM
Posted 27 October 2009 - 07:19 AM
Posted 31 October 2009 - 04:59 PM
I removed the center counsel to get a better look at everything.
The motor that moves the damper between vent, heat, and defrost is working properly.
The recirculate/fresh air motor and damper are working properly.
The linkage for the cold to warm adjuster is working properly.
I could look into the air ducts to see the heater coil but I tried.
Having everything apart confirms the left duct is hot, the left-middle duct is warm, the right-middle duct is cool, and the right duct is cold.
I can't imagine the right side of the coil is blocked and the left side is open, but that is how it is acting.
Any suggestions as to how to get to the hot water coil to inspect it?
What boggles my mind is that the quantity of the air is the same all the way across the four ducts, but the air goes from warm on the left to dead cold on the right.
Thank you for any ideas that you have.
Posted 31 October 2009 - 05:23 PM
What happens if block the outlets that have air flowing in them?
Drop the blower motor and clean out the squirrel cage and the HVAC box.
Posted 31 October 2009 - 08:23 PM
I don't know anything about the climate systems on newer Subarus, but I can see how this may be a possibility if your car has a similar setup.
Open the hood and try to find the hoses for the heater core. They're usually pretty easy to identify, but hard to follow because engineers always choose the most twisted and obstructed path they can find to route them.
Posted 31 October 2009 - 08:25 PM
Posted 31 October 2009 - 08:58 PM
Posted 31 October 2009 - 09:00 PM
Yes, but what's to stop them from using two separate cores even though it only really needs one?
Common sense
It's just not done that way.
Posted 31 October 2009 - 09:12 PM
Posted 31 October 2009 - 09:16 PM
Sound like perfect examples of automotive engineering to me.
Thats what i am
Just for that your car gets four heater cores.
Posted 31 October 2009 - 09:39 PM
Posted 31 October 2009 - 09:45 PM
Posted 31 October 2009 - 10:06 PM
Well sorry if I stepped on your feelings, but maybe we should get back on topic.
Thats what i am
Just for that your car gets four heater cores.
Posted 31 October 2009 - 10:08 PM
I like my truck more and more when I see pictures like that.
Well sorry if I stepped on your feelings, but maybe we should get back on topic.
Thats no fun
Posted 01 November 2009 - 10:20 AM
I traced the hoses and there is only one supply hose and one return hose going through the firewall.
I tried taking off the blower motor yesterday but I couldn't get the top nut free. As I was struggling with this I noticed the AC coil would get the air first, the heater coil would get the air second. So if somehow a leaf made it though the blower, it would have gotten caught on the AC evaporator before it got caught on the heater coil. Once I realized that I decided not to remove the blower (upper nut pain in the a** anyway!)
Inside the ductwork, on the damper that moves when the cold to hot knob is turned, is is possible that one side broke free from the shaft and is not turning?
I'm thinking about going to a scrap yard under the guise of getting a heater coil to take everything apart to see how they assembled things at the factory.
Does anyone know if drawings showing the assembly are on line?
Or perhaps even a repair manual?
Posted 01 November 2009 - 01:42 PM
maybe your lever, rod, acuator came loose from the one valve, or maybe the one valve is stuck. I do not even know if there are 2 valves, but could very well be.
Posted 01 November 2009 - 01:58 PM
is it possible its a single heater core, but with 2 valves. reason being, they did make a dual climate control model hvac system, and that would probably have 2 valves, one for each side in the passenger compartment. Now, on a non dual climate control model, maybe it still has 2 valves but they operate in unison, and maybe that 2nd valve is not working??????
maybe your lever, rod, acuator came loose from the one valve, or maybe the one valve is stuck. I do not even know if there are 2 valves, but could very well be.
Except he said he does not have dual climate control.
Also they use one heater core and one ac evap for dual climate control. they just add in additional doors and motors to make it work.
Posted 02 November 2009 - 11:22 AM
I'm thinking about doing a super flush and seeing if it helps any.
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Skip to comments.Comedian Jay Mohr Calls Michelle Obama 'A Big Dude'
Posted on 05/20/2009 3:26:50 PM PDT by lewisglad
Michelle Obama - that is a big dude. When Barack plays pick up games at the White House, you know he picks Michelle as his forward, maybe his [center] depending on whos in Congress that day.
That has to be like being married to Elton Brand. She is a big dude. I like when she put her arm around the Queen of England and she put her in a headlock and said, Ive been waiting 200 years to put my arms around you lady.
I like how she shaved off her eyebrows, and then drew them back way too high and in an arch, and then way back down, so she always looks super surprised.
Michelle Obama kind of looks like the Count on Sesame Street. One - ah ah - One Black President - ah ah.
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I sure hope someone is taping him 24/7.
Funny stuff. Amazed he wasn't at the Correspondent's Dinner (yeah, that'll be the day)...
And here I thought Michelle Obama was a sacred cow.
The Hollywood PC mafia will go after him now. He won't work for three years.
LOL!! Did you catch the comments at the link? Some people are soooooo touchy about the Obamas. ;-)
I'm not gonna be the one to say it.
When the furore starts we can just repeat endlessly, "it's a joke...chillax..." you liberals have no senses of humor.
Because, it's a joooooke. Chillax.
He was on some late night show awhile back and had me in hysterics.
Didn't know Mohr was a Jim Rome 'clone' funny guy...
JM is a funny guy. His show ACTION was great while it lasted.
Mohr is a clone. He always calls in for the smack-off.
This guy is funny. Notice the comments after the video from the haters. Most of them are trashing his wife. Love that ole freedom of speech.
I like it when the other clones start going at each other, sometimes the sports takes are almost secondary
You gotta admit... That was beautifully done... Michelle a Sacred Cow... Without even sayin it... Cow... LOL
...but then they posted pics of Jay's wife. EGAD!
I will! Moo-Shell is a COMMON Black Angus Cow! Identical to her Sistas in Da Hood! Adorned with expensive Class less clothes at our expense.
She used to be gorgeous!! That's what botox will do to you. Blech!
Goonie Goo Goo
> Mohr is a clone. He always calls in for the smack-off.
True. He's the only guest-host I would listen to whenever Jim Rome goes on vacation.
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The East Central University softball team went 1-1 in the second day of the Midwestern State Tournament, falling first to Midwestern State, 4-3, before rebounding for a 9-0 win in five innings against Eastern New Mexico.
The Lady Tigers (9-3) recorded 16 hits over the course of the two games, with sophomores Lauren Bancroft, Peyton Watson and junior Gina Mengwasser all earned two hits. Sophomore Kayci Snider earned her first grand slam of the season, while freshman Jordynn VanPelt earned her second home run of the year.
Sophomore Lacey Paulk earned a win in the circle to move to 2-1 in the circle for the season. Paulk allowed eight hits and struck out five batters in five innings of work. Sophomore Brianna Nunley suffered the loss to move to 1-1 on the year. Nunley allowed nine hits and struck out five batters in seven innings of action.
"We made some mental mistakes against Midwestern that cost us a couple of runs," said head coach Destini Anderson. "Brianna Nunley did a good job against a good hitting Midwestern team. We outhit MSU so it hurts to lose those kinds of games. However, we responded will in the first inning against Eastern New Mexico after a tough loss."
The Lady Tigers will continue at the Midwestern State Tournament, Sunday, Feb. 17 with two games. ECU will first face Texas A&M International at 9 a.m. and then the host Mustangs at 11 a.m.
Game 2 vs. Eastern New Mexico -
ECU wasted no time getting back in their offensive stride against the Zias, scoring five runs in the first inning. Sophomore Lauren Bancroft started the game with a double to right center and was sent to third on a sacrifice bunt by sophomore Chelsea Patterson. Senior Ali Manship was hit by a pitch and junior Gina Mengwasser was walked to load the bases.
Sophomore Kayci Snider then garnered her first grand slam of the season to left center to score the first four runs. Two batters later freshman Laruen Reeves tallied the first home run of her career over the right field fence for a 5-0 lead.
The Lady Tigers defense held strong, allowing ENMU to earn just five hits, but no runs in the next three innings before ECU added four more runs in the bottom of the fourth.
Patterson started the inning with a single to center field and was joined on base by Manship, who walked, and Mengwasser, who reached on an error to load the bases. Snider scored the first run of the inning with a sacrifice fly to right field. The bases were loaded again when sophomore Peyton Watson was walked. Reeves, freshmen Leah Tigert and Autumn Suydam all earned walks to have three more runs cross the plate for the 9-0 lead.
The Zias then went three-up, three-down in the top of the fifth to force the game to be called after five innings.
Game 1 vs. Midwestern State
The Mustangs opened the scoring in the bottom of the first inning, scoring two runs on two hits. ECU tied the game at two in the top of the second.
Watson singled up the middle and was brought around by Tigert, who singled to left field. Bancroft then scored Tigert with a double to right center.
MSU added two runs in the bottom of the fourth for a 2-4 lead.
The Lady Tigers cut the deficit in half in the bottom of the sixth on a home run to left field from freshman Jordynn VanPelt.
Both teams then held each other scoreless over the remainder of the game.


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6-8 baking apples peeled,sliced and cored (McIntosh preferred)
Place apples in a greased 13x9 baking dish
1 cup sugar
1 cup water boil for 10 minutes
Pour boiling syrup over apples in the greased pan.
In a large bowl mix together to form a soft dough below:
1 1/2 cups flour
3/4 cup milk
1/2 teaspoons salt
6 tablespoons shortening
3 teaspoons baking powder
Drop by tablespoons on top of apples. Melt together 3 tablespoons sugar
3 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon cinnamon or more if you like .
Pour teaspoons of mixture over dumplings and bake at 400 degree preheated oven
for 30 minutes or until top of biscuit dumplings are brown. Serve warm with whipped cream and caramel topping (recipe below) or vanilla ice cream with caramel topping . Dust with more cinnamon.
Caramel Topping:
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 heavy cream
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 tablespoon butter


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Black Ice a Concern for Morning Commute
The melting and re-freezing of yesterday's snow across New Jersey is making black ice a concern for this morning's commute.
New Jersey Fast Traffic's Bob Williams says he saw a lot of black ice on his own ride in early this morning. "It's one of those mornings where you think it's OK to do your normal routine where in facy you need to be patient and exercise caution. The unexpected could happen with slick conditions and icy patches."
Bob advises leaving a little extra distance between you and the car in front of you.
The most concern is for secondary roads as well as off-and-on ramps plus sidewalks that could be slick.
8 people suffered minor injuries in a chain reaction pileup in Brooklyn that involved at least 30 vehicles. Fire officials say the accident on the Gowanus Expressway near Sixth Avenue in Bay Ridge happened last night. Officials did not say what triggered the accident, but icy road conditions may have been a factor.
The winter weather pattern seems to be breaking with temperatures rising through the 40s and 50s this week reaching the low 60s by Sunday although they will drop again at the beginning of Christmas week.
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Based upon the results of the most recent presidential election it seems as if there are a lot more bigots than racists in the USA. America has progressed in terms of negative racial stereotypes; but, not in terms of religious intolerance. At the end of the day, Americans were more afraid of electing a Mormon than a black man.
Currently, a black Christian Democrat is a lot less threatening than a white Mormon Republican. Or maybe, its a new world and the voting demographic no longer wants to elect a wealthy, older Republican white male? After all, isn't it more politically correct to be against someone based upon their religion than their race?
A racist is someone who believes in the superiority of one race over another, or who acts differently (usually negatively) towards a person or a group of people because of their race. An example would be a member of the Ku Klux Klan, who espouse the superiority of the white race.
A bigot is a blinkered, narrow-minded person, usually also very intolerant and unable to see anyone else's point of view. People can be bigoted about things that have nothing to do with race, for example, religion or sexual orientation. A prime example would be Archie Bunker from the old television sitcom "All in the Family."
All racists are bigots, but by no means are all bigots racist.


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Oh brother...
By FOX 2 News Staff
DETROIT (WJBK) -- The city of Detroit faces a major financial crisis and one member of city council thinks President Barack Obama should step in and help.
City Council member JoAnn Watson said Tuesday the citizen's support of Obama in last month's election was enough reason for the president to bailout the struggling the city. (Click the video player to listen)
"Our people in an overwhelming way supported the re-election of this president and there ought to be a quid pro quo and you ought to exercise leadership on that," said Watson. "Of course, not just that, but why not?"
Nearly 75 percent of Wayne County voters pulled the lever for Obama in November.
Cough up them $$$. :rolleyes:


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MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) -- The Vermont House on Wednesday advanced a wide-ranging package of tax increases that would raise collections from upper-income households, levy the sales tax on soda and candy and add 50 cents to the tax on a pack of cigarettes, among other things.
Supporters said the package, which is up for final House action Thursday before moving to the Senate, is needed to meet a variety of needs for new revenues, including increased child care subsidies and money for low-income heating assistance.
"It asks Vermonters who can afford to contribute more to do just that," said Rep. Chris Pearson, a Burlington Progressive. "It allows us to avoid cutting anti-poverty programs at a time when poverty is on the rise in Vermont."
Critics said their constituents can't afford higher taxes and complained that taxes on soda, cigarettes and other items would drive more Vermonters to take their business to New Hampshire, which has no sales tax and a lower cigarette tax.
"This is an economic development plan for the state of New Hampshire," said Rep. Mike Hebert, R-Vernon, whose town is just across the Connecticut River from the Granite State. "This bill will harm our economic development."
The tax package is likely to see big changes as it moves to the Senate and as negotiations continue between lawmakers and Gov. Peter Shumlin, a Democrat who often says he opposes expanded sales taxes and higher income taxes on the wealthy.
"It's early in the process," the governor said repeatedly at a news conference earlier Wednesday. He reiterated calls for Vermonters to judge his performance and that of the Democratic-dominated Legislature by what laws emerge at the end of the 2013 session, several weeks away.
The debate in the House on Wednesday was similar to that held about proposed tax increases for years. Critics argued that new taxes would hurt Vermont's continued efforts to emerge from the recent recession, while supporters said it was time to raise revenues after several years of underfunding key programs.
Among the tax changes supported in Wednesday's 85-55 vote:
— Lifting the sales tax exemption on soda, candy, bottled water and dietary supplements. The state would levy its 6 percent sales tax on those items in conformance with a multistate sales tax agreement under which items containing flour would not be considered candy. Critics had been displaying candy bars around the Statehouse in recent weeks, asking people to guess which ones contained flour and might be taxed and which ones didn't have it and were exempt.
— Limiting itemized deductions for upper-income taxpayers and tweaking Vermont's tax brackets to raise more revenue from them.
— Ending one tax — the "employer assessment" — on companies that don't offer health insurance to workers.
The House action followed last week's approval of a gasoline tax increase of about 7 cents per gallon to be phased in over two years.


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staying in the 6 seed is preferable to moving up to 5.
Jeez. Flip away to watch who the jets pick, turn back, and they're losing with 5 to go.
Typical, though.
Gotta say, very disappointed in the Isles play the last two games.
Better beat the living day lights out of Buffalo tomorrow.
Isles lose, rangers and Sens win, and Jets with a ho hum draft. great night.
Destined for Pittsburgh now. Dammit.
Isles get the 7th.
Ottawa wins tomorrow, Rangers lose tomorrow.
All depends on tonight if the Isles can get their skirts off and shake off the playoff clinching hangover and beat Buffalo. I'm leaning towards an Isles W.
My Center Ice channels are all fvcked up, can't see the game.
Though it looks like that's a good thing.
Can't believe they've only scored 1 goal in the last game and a half.
Welp, one point is better than none.
I still say Ottawa beats Philly and the Devils beat Rangers tomorrow.
Team has lost it's mojo.
I blame Howie Rose.
Just read that Nabby called them out on their play the last two games. Said they won't go far with effort like that.
On NHL.com.