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Skip to comments.Avoid Windows 8!
Posted on 11/01/2012 10:37:06 AM PDT by whitedog57
Avoid Windows 8!
I had the trial version and purchased the upgrade on line, After an entire day trying to find problems, I finally got it working.
Then today, I was doing a search on Bing and Windows started to place a B when ?I typed a letter. And added an h before selected words.
I rebooted thinking it was a short cut error. Now I can't log in! When I type my password, it puts the CAPS LOCK on when I type the number 1. And I cannot undo it,
What a POS operating system.
Hmmm, as much as I hate, loathe, and f*rt in the general direction of Microsoft, it could be a hardware problem.
(Although if we hardware types evah turned out the cr*p Microsoft has done, we'd be sued out of business.)
it does sound like a hard ware issue. I would try different keyboards and see if I got the same weirdness.
it does sound like a hard ware issue. I would try different keyboards and see if I got the same weirdness.
Congratulations !
You just paid a billion dollar corporation for the privilege of beta-testing their newest O/S.
Always wait at least one year on any new O/S, always always always.
If this is a laptop it could have toggled the "function key" somehow
Get one of your friends to create a Ubuntu live CD image with the instructions on this web site.
You do not need to install Ubuntu, just run it "live" from the CD.
You will be able to tell if you have a hardware problem, or if it's Microsoft.
I thought it was pretty common knowledge you never buy a Microsoft operating system version that ends in "point O".
Just a suggestion - maybe you might want to try Ubuntu Linux? The cost is right, and if the system is already trashed - why not overload it with another OS?
You might be right about it being a hardware issue. But it just happened after I installed Windows 8.
My Father always said do not buy new-model or "redesigned" models of cars. Let them work the bugs out first.
Congratulations !
You just paid a billion dollar corporation for the privilege of beta-testing their newest O/S.
Always wait at least one year on any new O/S, always always always.
I have a rule, never buy a MS OS until they at least release the first or even second service pack for it
Service Pack One...
Wait for it.
That sounds more like an unhappy keyboard than the OS. Is it a fancy keyboard with cool extra buttons that needs a driver? Could be the driver doesn't like 8. Or there's dirt. Or you did something in Windows to switch languages, that can always be fun, but usually doesn't hit the non-entry keys like caps-lock.
"Point Of Service"?
While it may be frustrations with Microsoft that brought that saying into prominence, that's pretty much true for any major piece of software. Always wait for version X.1 (or X.Y.1) or SP1, depending on how revisions are numbered.
You either need a new keyboard, or an new person sitting between the keyboard and the machine.
I've been using Windows 8, from the developer trials to the present production version, and, nothing even remotely close to what you claim to be a problem, has come up.
Perhaps you need to clean your keyboard and remove all the food crumbs between the keyboard keys. At the worst, what you might need is a new keyboard. But, you don't need to blame Windows 8 for what is apparently, hardware related.
You are, of course, correct. It's just that the downside is much steeper when you make that mistake with an operating system.
I have it and it works just fine.
Shut down the computer, then unplug it for a few minutes, then try again.
Sometimes powering everything down fixes weird problems like this.
Note that just shutting down the computer may not remove power from everything. Make sure to actually unplug the power cord.
The suggestion up thread to boot an Ubuntu live CD is also good. If your problem is hardware, Ubuntu will also misbehave.
On the other hand, if Ubuntu works fine, you can just tell Ubuntu to install itself on the hard drive, and you won't need Windows 8.
This is just a Ludite response! You have NO idea what you are talking about, while I'm a Linux user of over 20 years & a Windows user up to and including Windows 7. Ubuntu Linux is EASY to load and configure, literally just as easy as Windows or a Mac for all the things a normal user would worry about such as email, network access/setup, etc.
The simple fact is that until Windows 8 the visual paradigm between Ubuntu & Windows isn't that different.
I tried to install it and it failed after 58% with no error message other than it had failed.
MS and their tech forums had me unplug devices, change hashtags, disable all running programs - still no luck. Then they said I would have to do a clean install (wipe out all existing programs and files even though they said you can install it and keep your current programs and files).
Went and bought a WIN8 PC and then found out it will not support a POP3 email server. I don't want to change my email server to another email provider because it will result in confusion and loss of orders from my clients.
Although this is a MAJOR problem for Win8, once I got used to the interface and how to use the start screen, and customize it, it works well. It also has a tab to go to the desktop - which looks like the windows most users are used to.
Jury still out at this time, but appears to manage memory well....
If it was a wireless keyboard then fresh batteries are likely the solution. Invest in some fancy rechargeable batteries.
If it is a Bluetooth keyboard that is using a usb dongle, it may work better if it isnt plug into a USB hub but into the computer itself.
I've also had issues where I used a wireless keyboard (Microsoft) and mouse (Logitech) that used two different receivers that would conflict with each other if they were too close.
Further - diagnosing this issue as a "hardware" problem is WAY to early! Note - it isn't a hardware problem when the software drivers aren't compatible!
I also like the idea of using an Ubuntu CDROM to boot and see if it behaves. That is a pretty good test for hardware/software issues.
If it IS a software driver - it could ALSO be the Hard disk! What he was seeing could easily be the hard disk eating files! The fact that he is seeing funny echoes could mean the software isn't sane, thus the disk is supplying bad program code!
While it's true that my keyboard may have a few crumbs on it, and while it may be true that a good cleaning is overdue, you have mistaken me for the original poster, who you have also insulted with your condescension.
A plea for help is not an invitation to ridicule,
I'll avoid getting Windows 8, as I haven't finished loathing Windows 7 yet.
I'm not a regular Linux user, but, every time there is a new release of Linux, or any of its distros, I'm one of those that "happily" goes to check it out, and many times actually install it, just to come away, again, disappointed. I've tried, since 1995, to see if whatever new release comes out, is the one to finally convince me that, it's the one that can actually replace Windows. Every year, I keep hearing that, "this is they year of Linux", only to be disappointed every time.
Sorry, but, you and others like you, will continue to preach the benefits of Linux, but, twenty years from now, you'll still be doing the same, and Linux on desktops and laptops, will still be at around 1% of the market.
Linux needs to get away from trying to be "the replacement for Windows" and come up with new ideas about it should be the OS for computers. Trying to be like Windows, or the replacement for Windows, is not how Linux will evolve into an OS that will be adopted by a bigger set of consumers.
Linux is a moving target, with perhaps hundreds of distros and versions of those distros coming out in the last few years. Linux needs to settle down, without the geeks driving the development efforts, and without the geeks touting the benefits of the distros. There needs to be one major center for driving the development of Linux and the distros, with the functions of marketing and sales being the major concentration. Yes, I said, "sales", because, most people still have he perception that, "free" is not as good, and not supported, and could be gone tomorrow. Linux needs to have credibility beyond the geek and development community. It needs to have direction, and that can only come from a major business entity, dedicated to the OS and all associated software. Am I talking about a Microsoft-like entity? Yes, because, that's the only way that Linux might have a chance beyond the "1-percenters".
Even with my disappointments, I might have decided to use and develop for Linux, if it had been a product with the major backing of a respected software house, which would also be responsible to marketing and sales. Sure, there are some of those out there, but, none as big and respected and known as Apple or Microsoft or Google or IBM or Dell or HP. Now, with Windwos 8 having come out, Linux will have to play more catchup, and though it has a presence of sorts with Android, it's not because people wanted it; it's because it's packages as a device where people don't distinguish between the device and the OS within.
Windows 8 was the reason I bought a Mac. I knew I would have to "do something" in the near future and didn't want to beta test ANOTHER M$ OS. I use Ubuntu as well but the Mac is easier in the corporate world than Linux desktops.
I'm looking forward to getting Windows8 on my next computer. I NEVER upgrade the operating system on an already functioning computer. Too many problems in the distant past.
I'm hoping my current computer will last until Win8-SP1 comes out.
Sure, to people like you, it has to be "FUD", rather than experience of using or trying the damn thing.
For over 15 years, I have tried the many Linux distros that have been release, and each time, I come away disappointed. No doubt that, anyone can learn to use any OS, but, ease of use is not what Linux has going for it.
Linux is quite capable, but, it's not as user friendly as any Windows OS, and, even the latest distros still have people needing to, at times, go to the command line, or having to compile certain code to arrive at a usable program. Granted that, for most of what the regular folks need, they many never have to visit the command line or reach for a compiler, but, it should never have to happen.
Your kids and family may be happy with your Ubuntu, but, when anything goes wrong with the OS or any related hardware or software, you are there to handle the problems for them. Not everybody is going to want to depend on a father or uncle to handle the issues for them with a computer.
Sorry for posting to the wrong member.
However, some people need to be spanked for being so clueless about what certain problems might be, or what causes them. To many, the first response is to attack Windows, without even thinking that it might be other issues. Heck, even the famous BSOD, was mostly due to hardware issues and drivers from their respective vendors. But, no!, it had to be Windows related, because, that's the thing that was sitting right in front of them, and the hardware and drivers weren't immediately visible or accessible.
I recently had an issue with the sound on my computer not working, and my first thought was that, perhaps Windows 8 doesn't support it. I was right, and it wasn't an issue with Windows; it was a driver issue, where Windows 8 didn't support it, and all I had to do was look for a new driver from the manufacturer. The manufacturer hadn't updated the driver for Windows 8, and if they had, it would've have been part of the drivers archive in Windows, and I would never have encountered the problem. It wasn't a Windows problem, but my first thought was that it was. Luckily, I knew enough to look up the sound care and found the driver on-line. Otherwise, I would have been in the same situation as the person with the keyboard issue, who first looked at blaming Windows 8 for the problem.
Uh... I use Fedora Linux and I never have to go to the command line (unless I want to). It also handles automatic software updates better, on the whole, than Windows or OS X.
This does not sound like a hardware issue so much as a hardware DRIVER issue. I'd bet that Windows 8 is using some default keyboard driver that just doesn't correspond closely enough to the keyboard driver that you should be using. This is very likely if you are using a wireless keyboard that came with an installation CD or self-installing USB key.
The drivers that came with the keyboard were not compatible with Windows 8, therefore Windows tried to use a default driver so that you could still use the keyboard for input, but it was not a good match. So, plug in a regular USB or old-school PS/2 keyboard and use that to log in to Windows, then go to the website for your wireless keyboard manufacturer and download the updated Windows 8 drivers.
That's just silly, this behavior would have nothing to do with a dirty keyboard or the person using it, and you shouldn't give advice like that if you don't know what you're talking about.
I am sick of Linux talk, open source and free-ware crap. Almost every kid (under 35) that has worked for us over the years whined and cried about us having to buy licenses for MS products or compatible tools, they can do it better with a download from "yada yada" or it will run faster on Linux. It was always an integration experiment, full of dozens of downloaded plug-ins to make the last downloaded plug-in work that they read about on some blog, that failed and junior moved on to his next big gig touting his open source/garage programming skills.
When a Linux based (or any other non-MS OS) can run all the software that Windows can and still be faster, I'll try it. If all you do is design webpages and social media crap then by all means try open source stuff, but with few exceptions enterprise apps run on MS servers and were designed on desktops/laptops running Windows, hate them or not.
Just like the people who think desktop and laptops will go away, try doing serious debugging from a phone or tablet screen.
Funny, on a push from the younger generation my company recently went to Macbooks running VMWare to host all the MS products we use to develop. So I ask the rhetorical question why don't we just use Apple stuff or someone else's? Then I say "duh" they are none, silly me.
Well put arguments, that, no matter how much the Linux fan club tries, can't be debunked.
Nothing silly about what I said.
I've encountered the same problems as the original poster, on my machines and on other people's machines.
In all cases, it came down to hardware problems or dirty keyboard, or driver problems.
The OS was NEVER the problem. Not that it couldn't happen, but, not that I've encountered or heard or read about, other than the member above.
I'm using Windows 2000 with WildBill's extended kernel and post-EOL security updates. It kicks butt.
You have already built a perception that, Linux is better, no matter what the reality in the real world.
Fact is that, when it comes to updates in Windows, I've never had to worry about them in my Windows 7 and Windows 8 machines, and didn't really have any issues with XP machines.
For about 90% of computer users around the world, Windows is still the preferred OS, and it's not because it's what comes inside their purchases. People also have to upgrade from one version of Windows to another, and people still opt to upgrade to the next version of Windows, whatever it is.
Put a Linux machine next to a Windows machine in a computer store, and the Windows machine will always end up ahead, and be bought by the vast majority of consumers.
I have a dual-boot system in front of me, with Linux in a partition, and, try as I might, I can't bring myself to boot into the Linux OS as often as I probably should. The reason being that, there really is no reason to do so.
Yes, it was silly, because he specifically stated the problem only started when he upgraded his OS. When a user can pinpoint exactly when the problem started like that, you can safely eliminate going down false roads such as the ones you suggested. I highly doubt that he spilled a can of pop on his keyboard WHILE he was upgrading to Windows 8.
Now, you say the OS was never a problem for you, but that just tells me that you probably haven't had very much experience upgrading OSs, if you have never encountered an incompatible driver issue cropping up immediately after upgrade. If you had, you would probably recognize the symptoms he is describing fit that scenario to a T.
To the original poster, adorno has a point. Try holding your keyboard upside down and tap gently to shake out any debris, or use some dust-off to blow it out.
If you still have the problem, try attaching a different keyboard to a USB port.
Another possibility is that you may have inadvertently put the keyboard in some kind of alternate state. Boot with the install DVD and Look for a "repair" or "default configuration" option to see if you can regain functionality.
> Went and bought a WIN8 PC and then found out it will not
> support a POP3 email server.
Thunderbird mail client supports pop3.
Uh, again, no.
I use Fedora on one machine, specifically one with very old hardware, because Linux runs smoothly on it for the purposes I need it to (web, email, lightweight word processing) whereas WinXP no longer does. But it's only one of four "PC grade" computers I use; the others are a notebook with WinXP, a desktop with Win7, and an iMac with OS X (Lion). (Those are personal machines. I use WinXP Pro at work.)
Having used all of them, I can categorically state that the easiest machine to administer and keep up to date is the Fedora Linux box. The package manager handles everything behind the scenes for me, all I have to do is provide an admin password to approve updates. The Windows and Mac machines do the same, but only for a subset of applications.
It really depends on what you mean by replace. If you want to use it for email, Word Processing, Net Browsing, listening to music, etc. It is fully competent. I run Linux as my main box at home - and the above is what I use it for.
At work I have a Win 7 box that I use VNC to talk to Linux servers to engineering work.
If you want it for gaming - not the right platform. If you want it for video editing - not the right platform.
Finally - if you want Windows functionality - then use Windows! I'll admit that Win 7 is the first reliable version I've seen since Windows 3.1! However, the guy was talking about Windows 8 - which is a NEW Bird altogether, and the advice to stay away from it for a year is well advised!
Lastly - something you ignored is that there is at least one version of Linux that your arguments mostly fall down on, and that would be Android ;-) It has 1 BIG Guy behind it, it has a stable interface, and the development platform is stable as well. Consequently - for total number of "seats" as it were... Linux beats Windows just because of all the phones it's installed on ;-)
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Laser Cutter - Bumblebee
There are two of these. They have 3'x4' beds and 150 watt tubes. This one is named Bumblebee. It is identical to Wolverine, except that whereas Bumblebee is yellow and black, Wolverine is yellow and very dark navy blue.
|Laser Cutter - Bumblebee
|Group-owned, purchased with funds collected from far and wide.
|Make Model
|Jinan G. Weike / WKLaser LC1280
|Part Number
|Date Acquired
|Storage Location
|West wall, you can't miss it.
|Authorization Required
| The setup manual, File:OPERATIONAL MANUAL OF MACHINE xin USB.pdf is worth reading, if only for a laugh.
Inside the cutter, a Leetro MPC6515 control board coordinates the motors and laser firing. Its documentation is freely downloadable. So much grief has arisen from the awful state of the documentation and software, that an entire Chinese laser support forum has arisen for the hapless owners of these machines help each other.
|Other References
|http://boxmaker.rahulbotics.com/ makes wonderful box patterns that you can put into the laser cutter.
Operation of the laser cutter must be done under the supervision of one of the trained operators.
i3Detroit asks that users donate $10 per hour that the beam is active. This is to replace consumables, especially the expensive bulb. There is a wooden donation box.
Do not cut or etch any plastics or other materials that contain chlorine or vinyl. A trace amount of chlorine, such as found in the glue in thin plywood or the resin of medium density fiberboard, is acceptable. Particle board has too much glue. You are responsible to know whether there is chlorine in your material before you try to cut it.
If you cut plexiglass, please be sure that it is acrylic and not polycarbonate. Look along the cut edge of the material, from the side. Polycarbonate is dark on this area; acrylic is light. Polycarbonate is one of the most dangerous materials you could try to laser. It instantly starts producing yellow, acrid, toxic fumes which will corrode your lungs, and the mechanisms and lens of the laser. When the lens clouds up with these fumes, it may reflect the laser back into the machine, which may melt the head and set the machine on fire. You may not be able to reach the fire extinguisher due to what is in your lungs. Both these outcomes will upset the community.
Materials List
- Cut or etch: Acrylic, Delrin, Leather, Matte Board Chip Board (AKA architect modeling board), Melamine, Model Foam, Rubber, Wood (natural or veneer)
- Etches but does not successfully cut: Glass, Coated Metals, Painted Metals, Ceramic, Tile, Marble
- Cuts but does not take etching very well: Cloth, Paper, Mylar
- Banned: Human flesh (yes, this has come up), Polycarbonate (Lexan etc.), PVC, Particle Board, any plastic if you don't know for sure it is Delrin or Acrylic
Get material that will fit on the bed of the laser cutter, which is 3'x4': 4 feet wide from left to right, and 3 feet long from the front to the back. Your piece must be able to fit on the bed itself, because the bed will lower to put the surface of your material in focus. However, in case anyone needs to know the whole interior of the bay for some reason: there is 51 inches of clearance between the two rails the gantry runs on (the same width as the machine's bay door). 51 inches is also the measurement from the front lip to the back wall of the machine, but the door itself takes up 3/4 of an inch of that.
You will need access to vector graphics software to design your parts. So far, DXF files seem to work the least-bad of the various vector filetypes, so use them. LaserCut is good for putting finished art into the laser, but barely adequate for designing art.
Materials which can be cut, can normally be cut up to about 3/16 of an inch. Some materials can be cut thicker with multiple passes. The thickest cut so far was of 1" thick acrylic. However, that required that it be cut from the opposite side, while flipped over and perfectly registered.
When cutting parts on the laser, you will use the software to set the cutting speed and power. If we have cut the material you are using before, you can refer to the power and speed recommendations in this list. Otherwise - experiment! Bring some scrap material to do test cuts on until you find a cut you are satisfied with. After that, record your power and speed settings in the list:
Power and Speed Settings
None yet
In general:
- Lower speeds allow for lower cutting power, which saves life on the laser tube.
- Lower speeds cut a wider "kerf" (thickness of cut) through the material.
- At higher speeds the cut is faster but requires higher power, which uses up the laser tube faster.
- High power on wood and paper may cause some discoloration near the cuts (browning color from burned material).
Time-of-cut checklist:
- Place material (square to edge of honeycomb).
- Cover inactive honeycomb area except an "intake" in front of the material. This directs smoke away from the gantry.
- Turn on POWER STRIP on floor behind cutter. This should bring up the chiller and air-assist pump.
- Gently pinch rubber hose from laser to chiller, to trigger chiller alarm, verifying that it's awake.
- Turn keyswitch to on, and wait for boot and home to complete.
- With the D-pad, jog head over to start of cut.
- Press "Z" to enter the mode to raise or lower the bed.
- Keep one hand over emergency-stop. Press "Datum" to auto-focus.
- Press "Z" again to exit Z mode.
- Wave hand under head and verify that air-assist is blowing.
- Download design from LaserCut software.
- Keep one hand over emergency-stop while using the "Test" button to check boundaries.
- Turn on the exhaust fan (black switchbox on wall).
- Lift the fire extinguisher and set it back down. This verifies that your muscle-memory knows where it is.
- Press "Start".
- DO NOT WALK AWAY. See http://www.thinkhaus.org/2011/04/03/lazzoring-is-serious-business/ for why.
- When cutter finishes, observe elapsed time on LCD and put money into box.
Maintenance Info
How To Calibrate The Auto-Focus
From time to time the auto-focus gets out of alignment for various reasons gradual or sudden. The depth-finding plunger is at the wrong height. One of two things have usually happened. A. The lens cylinder has telescoped in itself, because the thumb screw that forms its lip was loosened, so calibration is done by pushing it back in place and re-tightening it; or, B. the depth-finding plunger is at the wrong height on the lens cylinder.
Regardless of which of those parts you are adjusting, use the huge acrylic brick which is on the shelves to measure your success and determine whether to go up or down. Put the block under the laser, do an auto-focus, and mash the "Laser" button for several seconds. The resulting hole will get thinner as it goes down, and then thicken out. This matches the shape of the beam. When the narrowest point of the hole (where the beam is most concentrated) is as close to the surface of the acrylic block as possible, this means the auto-focus plunger is at the correct height.
If you are not telescoping the actual lens cylinder itself, you will adjust the bracket that connects the auto-focus plunger to the lens cylinder. The bracket tightens on both ends, where it grips both those things. Ideally you would move the bracket where it grips the lens cylinder, not where it grips the plunger. But at the moment (April 2013), the clear plastic screws that tighten the bracket on the lens cylinder have their heads broken off from use. Roger is finding replacements for them. In the meantime, use the hex wrench in the white plastic tub to loosen the screw in the bracket which holds in the plunger.
Gently twist the plunger and pull up or down to adjust its elevation within the bracket. This twist will keep it from jumping up or down farther than you intend to. You'll probably want to just barely nudge it up or down. Then tighten the bracket and burn another focus hole. Repeat until the narrowest part of the hole is at the surface of the block.
A list of commonly asked questions
1) If I have a jpeg file, how do I etch it on a piece of acryllic?
2) If I set speed on LaserCut, what does the SPEED % mean on the display of the LaserCutter?
3) I have a jpeg of a line drawing. How can I cut a piece of acryllic using that line drawing?
4) Do I need training to use the LaserCutter? If so, how do I get it?
5) Why do we have 2 LaserCutters?
When running TEST I get a SOFT STOP message on screen and no test. That usually means your cut runs off the laser table. Check your origin point on the file and where you have the laser head starting. Sometimes it means that Logical Origin is set to ON which places your cut off the table, no matter where you have manually set the laser head.
How can I turn off Logical Origin? To Cancel Logical Origin we will use the keys on the Control Panel on the Laser and the Control Panel Display.
1) Hit ESC 3 times.
2) Hit the RETURN key (the one with an arrow that goes down and to the left). This should highlight the current file name.
3) Hit RETURN again. This should pop you to the Logical Origin screen.
4) Hit Right Arrow until the field Cancel Logical Origin YES is highlighted.
5) Hit RETURN.
That should do it.
- New cylinders to hold different lenses,
- ...to make it easy and safe to change them without smudging or damage. Sector67 has indicated they may make some of these. (The existing cylinder has too narrow an opening for the lens that gives a long focal length. Its beam is so wide that it hits the lip and heats up the cylinder.)
- Payment-measuring timer.
- One way to do this would be to measure current to the machine and time how long it runs at laser-firing power. It would be good to put a button on the timer that would re-set it to zero.
- Payment box.
- Greg Smith made it.
- Laptop desk.
- Standing desk built by Dustin White & Ted Hansen.
- Aperture in the chassis, through which to thread the blue USB cable with a grommet.
- Instead, we discovered an exit under the machine and threaded it through that. Matt Arnold used sugru on the side of the standing desk for a place to attach the end of the cable when unused.


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U.S. National Sled Hockey Team advances to championship game of World Sledge Hockey Challenge
CALGARY, Alberta – The U.S. National Sled Team advanced to the championship game of the 2012 World Sledge Hockey Challenge with a 4-1 win over Norway here today at the WinSport Canada Ice Complex. Daniel McCoy (Cheswick, Pa.) scored two goals and picked up player of the game honors for the U.S.
"I was very pleased today," said Jeff Sauer, head coach of the U.S. National Sled Team. "Offensively we were able to put the put on the net. I was pleased with the win. Now we're playing for a championship and that's what it's all about."
Josh Pauls (Green Brook, N.Y.) opened the scoring at 12:38 of the first period. Pauls cycled in the right corner, exchanging passes with Greg Shaw (Merrit Island, Fla.) and Alexi Salamone (Buffalo, N.Y.), before breaking free in the slot and scoring glove-side. Just 19 seconds later, Kevin McKee (Davenport, Iowa) gave the U.S., a 2-0 lead with assists to Salamone and Nikko Landeros (Johnstown, Colo.).
Less than five minutes into the second stanza, Declan Farmer (Tampa, Fla.) connected with McCoy to put the U.S. up by three. Farmer carried the puck into the Norwegian zone, circled back along the boards and found McCoy open in the slot for the tally. Norway responded on the power play at the 8:46 mark, cutting the U.S. lead to 3-1.
In the final frame, the U.S. continued its offensive pressure, out-shooting Norway 10-3. At 11:23, McCoy notched his second goal to secure the win for the United States.
Team USA goaltender Steve Cash (Overland, Mo.) made seven saves in the victory, while Kristian Buen turned in a 36-stop performance for Norway.
The U.S. will now face the winner of tonight's contest between Canada and Japan in the championship game Saturday (Dec. 8), at 7 p.m. EST
For complete World Sledge Hockey Challenge coverage, click here.
FASTHockey will provide live streaming coverage for all tournament games. Those interested in watching should sign up for a free account in advance at USAHockey.FASTHockey.com.


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Three year olds are assholes. It's true. It's been documented somewhere. Probably on twitter or a wiki or something. Three year olds make 13 year olds familiar. Moody. Cranky. Angsty. Parenting a three year old (or a nearly three in my case) prepares you for the upcoming hormonal swings and mood changes akin to knife fights in gay bars.
Working gives me some perspective. I'm able to look at my adorable children and appreciate their innocence. I can hear their whines and love them because I do not get enough.
HA! Did you read that? I almost didn't make it through with a straight face.
In reality, yes, I get to shuffle my children to be RAISED BY OTHER PEOPLE YOU HORRIBLE MOTHER GOING TO HELL HULK SMASH. And while they are gone I think of them and their soft faces and their long long legs and arms wrapping around me when I pick them up. I worry less about them than I used to but still wonder if I am doing the right thing sometimes. The Mommy Guilt: Second only to Catholic Guilt.
The other day I crawled in to bed with my son to rouse him awake and prepare for the day. He opened his eyes a slit and looked at me. "You came back!" he whispered. "You came back…" he snuggled his cheeks in the side of my neck.
And then I died.
My son and his sweet Cherub face can control me like a marionette. "Play Wiff Me, Mommy!" and suddenly I find myself playing RAUR SMASH TRAINS. My daughter looks at me with the biggest blue eyes, eyes I can not fathom where they are from, and asks me to read with her. I suddenly forget what I was doing and find myself sounding out words in amazement as she reads whole books to me.
Take that!, Harry Chapin.
Balance is elusive. It will not exist. Should I be home, I'd miss working and while I work I miss them at home. I can't decide if this is my being difficult or truly the Plight of the working mom.
Either way, I suspect I'm in for a long road ahead. Raising children isn't for the weak. Or the sane.
My 3yo is almost 4 (next month!) and lemme tell ya, 3 was rough. It seems within the last couple of months, things have improved SOOOO much. She's much more delightful, much less a huge crazy pain. So here's hopin' for ya!
By Susan at Working Moms Against Guilt on 2010 04 14
*hugs* I hear ya!
I luff you!
By sam_temptingmama on 2010 04 14
My kid turns three in two weeks and who's the asshole? YOU. YOU are the asshole. Because I've been hearing way too much lately about how the terrible twos are now the terrible threes and after reading this post my shit is officially freaked out. I'm going to drink some chamomile tea and make tracks in my bonsai tree sand thingy and try to pretend that I never read this.
(P.S. Working Mom Guilt is the very reason why I spent two hours last night pretending to be an airplane.)
By Bejewell on 2010 04 14
Three is rough. So is being a working mom. I hear you on both counts. I always tell working moms (and myself) that as an 8th grade teacher, I really, truly cannot look at my students and tell you which kids come from a home where mom works and which kids come from a home where mom stays at home. Basically, 8th graders are all jerks, whether their moms stay at home or not.
By Erin on 2010 04 14
I spent yesterday at home with my 3YO who was "sorta sick" with an eye infection. Having a whole day with just him was magical. Going for a walk, having lunch together, cuddling up and passing out on the couch watching Dragon Tales at naptime. For the first time in my life, I could totally understand how some folks want to do this all the time. And, after having to say a teary goodbye at daycare this morning, made today a hard day at the office.
I think we get days like this to help us appreciate their three-ness. Because, like yours, my 3YO can be a total asshole.
By Nancy on 2010 04 14
Yeah. I'm almost on the other side of the Atrocious Threes. It's such a schizophrenic year - because suddenly their worlds are so full of magic and imagination and wonder! It can be so amazing to be with a three year old!
And then they go and ruin it by collapsing into a puddle of incoherent tears when you say, "Sure, you can have a piece of chocolate after lunch."
WTF?! LISTEN TO MY WORDS, CHILD! Haha.
I am with mine pretty much all the time, but I do kinda miss her when she's asleep. :D
By Laura Camacho on 2010 04 14
I'll take three anyday over four. Four was hell. A month into 5 I'm loving it.
I also love this post.
By jodifur on 2010 04 14
You are so right. Balance is elusive. And a farce. So we just keep on keeping on. And yeah, three is tough.
By Molly on 2010 04 14
The only way to combat WMG (Working Mom Guilt) is to steal the occasional day with the little ones. And work from home as much as you can - 1/2 days only, though, cause expecting a munchkin to behave for a whole day while mommy is on the telephone is asking just too much from you mini-mes.
Nobody tells us how terrifying being a parent can be. If they did, we might not ever subject ourselves to it.
By Gwen on 2010 04 14
Balance takes scales and scales suck.
That's my logic.
By Angie [A Whole Lot of Nothing] on 2010 04 14
My mum didn't work until I was ten and I can not recall a single instance of raur smash trains. Not one. And she doesn't feel guilt. And she's Catholic. (Not that you shouldnt think she's awesome because she completely is but would raur smash trains once in a while have killed her?? Seriously.)
It will all be okay. The fact that you worry about it shows you care and that is the primary requirement for mum-ness. You are the mum-ness. And the jam-ness. (Jam=best part of the doughnut.)
By CitricSugar on 2010 04 14
You know it really does take a village. It's okay if your kids are not with you 100% of the time. Think of all the things they are learning from the other adults in their lives. They are building healthy relationships and figuring out how to interact with others.
You are doing a great job mom. Never think otherwise.
By Tricia Honea on 2010 04 14
Oh yeah, I forgot, 4 is worse.
By Tricia Honea on 2010 04 14
"I'd miss working and while I work I miss them at home. I can't decide if this is my being difficult or truly the Plight of the working mom."
It's the plight of the working Mom. I love the full body hugs/wraps I get when I pick my 3 yr old up from school though.
By Vicky on 2010 04 15
I should weigh in on my thoughts about working/staying at home but I CANNOT GET PAST THE ADORABLE OF YOUR KID!
By Loralee on 2010 04 15
Funny, mine are 16,14, & 12 now and I can't remember it being bad at that age… Must be one of those things you forget after time….
Looking forward to hearing what you have to say about 16,14, or 12 year olds when yours are… ;o)
By Jamie, Mom of 3 on 2010 04 15
I'd argue that Mommy Guilt is stronger than Catholic Guilt. Ooof.
By Sarahviz on 2010 04 15
Three year olds are assholes. Also, terrorists. You can't negotiate.
By Miss Grace on 2010 04 15
First off you make me laugh! I needed a laugh this morning! it's Saturday and my kid has been watching TV way too long but we have company coming over and I have way too much to do! I'm fighting the mommy guilt, that little voice that's saying "you haven't seen your kid all week you rotten mother, and you should be making crafts or playing house not cleaning the bathroom and doing laundry. Oh wait, your supposed to do all that at the same time!" And mine is almost 4 with no light at the end of the tunnel! (actually she's totally adorable and really only a tyrant when she's tired!)
By realmom on 2010 04 17
They are also the perfect companion for watching bathroom humor movies…I mean, if we're talking assholes, they get farts better than anyone. At least mine does…my three year old, not my farts. Gah.
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Issue Brief #3726 on Budget and Spending
September 12, 2012
September 12, 2012 | Issue Brief on Budget and Spending
The House Appropriations Committee website proudly displays Congress's constitutional authority over the federal government's purse strings: "No money shall be drawn from the Treasury but in Consequence of Appropriations made by law" (Article 1, Section 9, Clause 7). That is about best that can be said, however, for the six-month fiscal year (FY) 2013 continuing resolution (CR) expected on the House floor this week.
Although the stopgap spending bill will usefully avoid a lame-duck spending debacle—which would likely produce an even worse result—it is in fact just another omnibus, spend-as-you-go measure that extends the federal government's incoherent fiscal policy.
"This bill essentially punts on the core duty of Congress to complete its annual appropriations and budget work," conceded House Appropriations Committee chairman Hal Rogers (R–KY).[1]
Equally frustrating is the lack of restraint the measure demonstrates, even in the face of chronic trillion-dollar-plus deficits. The typical CR holds spending to levels consistent with the prior year's policies—in this case $1.039 trillion, according to the latest estimates by the Congressional Budget Office.[2] Instead, the CR increases spending by $8 billion, including a 0.6 percent across-the-board boost, to fill up the $1.047 level prescribed by last year's debt ceiling agreement, the Budget Control Act. That is $19 billion above the House budget resolution level ($1.028 trillion), but the Senate—which has not passed a budget in more than three years—insisted on this unnecessary spending hike.
In some cases, the resolution of different spending levels went in the right direction. For instance, negotiators agreed to the $520 billion base defense spending number proposed by the House rather than the Senate's $511 billion. The Senate came down toward the House's lower figure for Transportation–Housing and Urban Development, and the final Commerce–Justice–Science figure is lower than either chamber originally proposed.
Nevertheless, the $1.047 trillion understates the legislation's actual spending. The bill contains an additional $99.9 billion in funding for overseas contingency operations in Iraq and Afghanistan (compared with $126.5 billion in 2012) and $6.4 billion for "disaster" funding. Those amounts bring total spending to $1.153 trillion.
The measure then adds another $19 billion in discretionary spending but hides this increase behind one-time changes in mandatory programs, a popular gimmick that results in boosting the discretionary spending base in subsequent years.[3] One of the most egregious examples is a cap on spending out of the Crime Victims Trust Fund, which gives the illusion of $9 billion in savings—solely because Congress did not spend that amount even though it was available.
Of course, the CR spending levels could be slashed if Congress lives down to the worst expectations and allows the budget to careen over the "fiscal cliff" in January 2013 with a defense-devastating sequestration and the ominous "Taxmageddon." Preventing that may still require a lame-duck session, but appropriations will not clutter it further.
In the meantime, it is difficult to believe that federal agencies could not have survived the next six months at their 2012 rate of spending, especially with a federal pay freeze and inflation for the coming fiscal year projected at less than 1.5 percent. But Congress simply refused to save taxpayers even a modest $8 billion.
There were several available shortcuts for holding at the 2012 level. Lawmakers could have rejected the 0.6 percent across-the-board increase, saving $5.9 billion (while holding defense at the agreed-to level). They could have saved $7.5 billion by sticking with the House proposal for the House version of the Labor–Health and Human Services–Education bill, spending $150 billion instead of $157.5 billion. (The House bill also commendably defunded Obamacare activities.)
Congress could have carved into the roughly 80 competitive and formula education grant programs, which spend about $25 billion a year and expand the federal government's footprint in the quintessentially state and local priority of education.[4]
In fact, to those who insist that federal programs are being tightly squeezed, one can look almost anywhere and find spending that could have been reduced or eliminated, helping to keep the CR at a freeze level. The following are just a few examples:
It is well known that the federal government's fiscal outlook is daunting. Uncontrolled spending is making a new normal of trillion-dollar deficits and threatening to swell debt held by the public to twice the size of the entire economy in the next 25 years. The heart of the problem is federal entitlements—especially Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. But discretionary spending cannot be left immune from reductions. More important, annual appropriations should not be transformed into another kind of entitlement, with automatic but unnecessary spending increases to use up every dollar of a cap level.
To regain control of spending, however, Congress needs to commit to an orderly, responsible process in which budget resolutions, schedules, deadlines, and fiscal years still matter. The breakdown of budgeting in recent years is not the product of a broken process. It reflects a lack of will on the part of lawmakers to do what the law requires: to budget and to govern. They need to recommit to it soon. Chairman Rogers is correct in saying, "It is imperative to our nation's future and to our finances that we return to a timely regular order of business on such important funding legislation."[6]
—Patrick Louis Knudsen is Grover M. Hermann Fellow in Federal Budgetary Affairs in the Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation.
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[1]News release, "Continuing Resolution Released; Legislation Prevents Government Shutdown, Maintains Bipartisan Funding Agreement," Committee on Appropriations, U.S. House of Representatives, September 10, 2012, http://appropriations.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=307883 (accessed September 11, 2012).
[2]Enacted base appropriations in FY 2012 totaled $1.043 trillion. The base level figures in this column show the effect of continuing FY 2012 appropriations policies into 2013. Therefore, they represent the suitable base for comparison with proposed 2013 spending amounts. This base figure is lower than 2012 enacted spending because certain spending offsets are projected to be higher in 2013 than they were in 2012.
[3]See Patrick Louis Knudsen, "FY 2012 Spending Blows Through Cap, CBO Shows," Heritage Foundation WebMemo No. 3494, February 8, 2012, http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/02/fy2012-government-spending-blows-through-cap-cbo-shows.
[4]Lindsey M. Burke, "Reducing the Federal Footprint on Education and Empowering State and Local Leaders," Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 2565, June 2, 2011, http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2011/06/reducing-the-federal-footprint-on-education-and-empowering-state-and-local-leaders.
[5]Lindsey M. Burke, "Senators Demand Release of Head Start Data," The Heritage Foundation, The Foundry, March 9, 2012, http://blog.heritage.org/2012/03/09/senators-demand-release-of-head-start-data/.
[6]News release, "Continuing Resolution Released; Legislation Prevents Government Shutdown, Maintains Bipartisan Funding Agreement."


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Time is a precious commodity, something that is saved and spent with the inherent awareness that each of us only gets so much of it.
Kat Marie Moya conveys its value with extraordinary beauty and meticulous detail in "The AM Cuckoo Series," a narrative of 12 assemblages centered on a recurring image of a traditional German cuckoo clock. The works took more than two years of the artist's time to create.
As Moya explained, "Visually, the cuckoo clock is a like a shrine to time, but in this context, it enshrines phases within [half] a lifespan. This applies to life but even the creative process."
Ticking through phases from conception to maturity, Moya's works display an impressive and expanding skill set – plate making, glass etching, woodcarving and more. The prominent presence of found materials adds a layer of profound personal meaning, even if their story can be read as universal.
"The materials could write a novel of their own," Moya said.
They include items she's collected from specific gravesites at Greenlawn Cemetery, the topper to her parents' wedding cake and relics from her mother's Catholic upbringing.
"These things she's been saving for years are loaded with energy," Moya said of her mother's relics. "I'm not one to box them up or keep them intact so they can end up in some estate sale one day."


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Surfaces brings broad and deep carpet stream
Surfaces 2013 will present approximately 50 carpet companies including major manufacturers and boutique mills and importers, showing a wide variety of machine made tufted and woven goods as well as handmade products. Soft is a major trend that will be supported by numerous new collections in soft polyester and soft nylon. Targeted at the luxury market, there will be many new wool and wool blend products.
Beaulieu of America
Dealers Choice Nominee
Beaulieu will unveil Bliss Indulgence, a collection of a soft solution dyed nylon carpet styles that offer color-fast and stain resist features as well as Magic Fresh, the company's proprietary odor reducing treatment. The new line, tufted in Beaulieu's proprietary solution dyed nylon, includes multi-color styles created with barber pole yarns or two shades, as well as a solid color Saxony.
Beaulieu will also add three new Bliss HealthyTouch products and two new Magic Fresh styles.
Under its Hollytex brand, it will introduce a new solution dyed nylon carpet tile, unnamed at the time of publication, and Hudson Square, a broadloom product with sophisticated Main Street styling and residential colorways. The tile and broadloom products are designed to offer style and performance to customers on a tight budget.
Astin Springtime is a Wilton woven of 100 percent wool in a durable flatwoven construction. The collection is naturally flame retardant, stain resistant, resilient and non-allergenic. It is stocked in 13' 2"-wide rolls.
The Balsa Collection is new to Couristan's Purity brand of eco-friendly residential broadloom. Featuring an Axminster woven cut-pile surface, it is made of 100 percent undyed natural wool. Balsa contains no harsh chemicals and is certified as a low VOC product. Balsa is stocked in 13' 2"-wide rolls.
The Dixie Group
www.thedixiegroup.com / www.fabrica.com
The Dixie Group continues to expand its 100 percent New Zealand wool offerings under its Fabrica brand. Fabrica's custom Permaset wool program is adding Collage, including eight custom patterns. Collage is tufted in 100 percent New Zealand wool.
Dream Weaver
Dealers Choice Nominee
Dream Weaver Carpet, a division of Engineered Floors, LLC, will unveil its PureSoft Cashmere carpet at Surfaces. PureColor PureSoft Cashmere is the first solution dyed PET soft carpet product in the industry, according to Melvin Silvers, president of Dream Weaver. PureSoft Cashmere features a superior finish and tip definition by avoiding the mechanical abrasion of the piece dye process. The carpet also features Engineered Floors' own SoilShield treatment and has lifetime stain and fade resistance warranties.
PureSoft Cashmere will be available in a range of designer colors, including Dream Weaver's new Tonal Solids.
Hibernia Woolen Mills
Hibernia will debut Tara Point, made of 100 percent Wools of New Zealand Brand yarn for color clarity and durability. Tara Point features a mid-size diamond pattern.
Invista will feature its Stainmaster Expanded Portfolio of Stainmaster carpets. All are durable and easy to clean and feature Stainmaster's lifetime warranty on stain, soil, static shock and pet urine stains. The Portfolio includes: Stainmaster TruSoft Carpet, the softest Stainmaster carpet available; Stainmaster SolarMax Carpet, manufactured to resist fading from sun exposure and aggressive cleaning; Stainmaster Active Family Carpet made of high performance materials providing exceptional durability; and, Stainmaster Essentials Carpet, a value collection of nylon and polyester products certified to provide the stain and soil resistance expected of the brand.
J Mish Carpet
J Mish introduces Lauren, a classic linear look in an updated color line. Constructed of 100 percent New Zealand wool, Lauren uses an exclusive J Mish tufting technology that allows for a width-wise ribbed effect that is normally only found in woven products. Lauren's palette features traditional bold colors with a contemporary flair.
Kane Carpet
Kane will roll out Brillante, a 100 percent Art Silk handmade shag carpet in bold colors, available in 4M (13.12 feet) wide broadloom and area rugs.
It will also introduce Cestino, a woven wool and silk blend carpet with the look of hand made crochet work. It is available in 4M (13.12 feet) wide broadloom and area rugs in a variety of rich colors.
Lincoln Club, another Kane innovation, features new color schemes and bold styling. Lincoln Club is a woven Wilton product that is available in 4M (13.12 feet) wide broadloom and area rugs.
Kraus Floors
Kraus will introduce residential and Main Street commercial carpet products. Perpetual Cashmere is made of 100 percent BCF polyester with fine filaments and advanced air-jet texturization for a soft hand. Perpetual Cashmere is part of Kraus' Green Choice product line and is available as exact yardage, roll or cut pricing.
Fast Track and Expressway@work are Main Street carpet collections tufted in solution dyed nylon. Fast Track and Expressway@work offer one-price simplicity for roll and cut orders and are part of Kraus' Express Stock Program.
Lexmark comes to Surfaces with new residential collections, including the following that are constructed in 100 percent solution dyed Primus PET DuraSoft fiber:
Bar Harbor is a cut and uncut (LCL) diamond pattern, featuring a low profile pile height and Lexshield Soil Protector. Bar Harbor is available in eight stylish colors.
Key West is a traditional pin dot LCL style in eight classic colorways. Featuring a low profile pile height and Lexshield Soil Protector, Key West offers affordable pricing.
Mojave offers striking horizontal multicolor movement in a cut-uncut construction that is 3M Scotchgard Protected. Available in 10 natural colors, Mojave provides softness and performance.
Momeni will roll out two new broadloom products. From China — Majestic is a cut-pile, ultra-thick product that is hand tufted using the finest Wools of New Zealand Brand wool. Majestic is 13' 1" wide.
Mont Blanc is 100 percent handmade in India using Wools of New Zealand wool combined with the wool from the highest mountains in the world. Mont Blanc features a very dense, cut-pile construction.
Nourison will introduce a wide range of new rug and broadloom at Surfaces and The World Market. Among them, New Horizons Area Rug Collection features Persian designs woven in 100 percent Wools of New Zealand Brand wool.
The Nepal Broadloom and Rug Collection is made up of power loomed styles that replicate the traditional hand-woven rugs of the Himalayan region. They are constructed in premium New Zealand wool and embellished with silk-like highlights in viscose.
The Heavenly Rug and Broadloom Collection is woven in fine, New Zealand wool, specially dyed for a distinctive abrash effect, and features hand embossed accents.
Phenix Flooring
Phenix will introduce the SureSoft collection including styles Footloose and Fancy Free, 45 ounce and 65 ounce solid carpets featuring the softest PET fibers with 25 percent recycled content, and available in 32 colors. The collection also includes Footsie, a 55 ounce style with a lower profile and taut construction.
Phenix will also roll out the Retreat Collection, including six styles in solution-dyed PET, for a variety of affordable weights and textures from 47 ounce to 67 ounce, offered in 27 color ranges.
Prestige Mills
Prestige, and its division, Weave Tuft, will show new broadloom styles in various fibers including wool, nylon, sisal and polypropylene in various textures and constructions.
Shane and Passport are both woven loop pile Wiltons Made in the U.S.A. of 100 percent New Zealand wool. They feature geometric patterns.
The company's rug division, Concepts International, will unveil new wool designs in its Jack Lenor Larsen and Missoni Collections. It will also introduce its first hand tufted wool carpets by Rodeo Mills.
Stanton Carpet
Dealers Choice Nominee
Stanton will show a broad collection of high style broadloom, including natural wools, woven Wiltons, lush loop pile patterns and wonderfully textured cut pile wool products.
The company will unveil new styles in its Atelier Collection of patterned printed carpet made of 100 percent nylon with Stainsafe treatment.
The Kataman Collection of 100 percent woven wool products will be expanded with the addition of new elegant patterns featuring stylized ovals, contemporary diamond patterns, and traditional damask designs.
Chesapeake Collection of woven Wilton products, in a wool/nylon blend, will likewise add new designs and fresh new colors including geometrics and animal designs.
Tisca Tiara
Tisca Tiara will introduce Catalan, a dense broadloom made of 100 percent New Zealand wool, featuring the company's special backing, TIARA RT Non-Slip, which guarantees non-slip performance and clean cutting for easy installation over hard flooring.
Tuftex Carpets of California
Among many new products, Tuftex is launching Bling, a multi-color shag that combines color, luster and texture for a unique look. A tufted nylon construction, it adds polyester accents for shine available in 24 colors.
Featuring Anso nylon, Tuftex is launching Forever, Fantasy and One Sweet Day, a good, better, best approach in tailored texture and budget choices. The trio shares 36 colors. The Next Move and Good Move, also tufted in Anso nylon, are the second generation of Move On Up. They are a duo of heavy-weight textured cut piles and share twelve Color Logic hues.
In Stainmaster TruSoft, Tuftex introduces a collection of seven styles that appeal to a luxurious lifestyle. The collection includes tip-sheared loop styles and texture cut pile, in a broad range of colors.
In Stainmaster fiber, Tuftex is rolling out three small scale cut and loop styles in 30 colors.
Tuftex is also introducing three multi-tone styles tufted in nylon with polyester accents that share a 12-shade Color Logic palette.


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Sports news from the Pollock, SD area.
Posted 2/18/13 (Mon)
By Wendy Thorstenson
The Lady Wolverines remained undefeated in conference play and sealed the Yellowstone Trail Conference Championship by overpowering Potter County 54-42 Tuesday, Feb. 12, in Herreid. Herreid-Selby Area, ranked fifth in Class B polls this week, improves to 18-1 for the season.
"We played fairly well offensively," said Coach Dean Schwartz. "We did not shoot the best, but our press created a lot of turnovers and easy baskets. That was our last conference game, so it was a good win for us to take the conference title."
H-SA pulled ahead 11-2 early in the first quarter with Shauni Schwartz, Abbey Fjeldheim and Taylor Madden scoring the points. Potter County snuck in a pair of baskets and a trey, and Schwartz added a three-point and a two-point basket to leave the score, 15-9, in favor of the Wolverines at the quarter stop.
The Lady Wolverines started off the second period with six unanswered points. Potter County added a free throw five minutes into the quarter to make the score 22-10. H-SA hit two more shots and Potter County finished out the quarter with three baskets in a row to pull within eight, 26-18, at halftime.
H-SA outscored the Battlers 19 to six in the third quarter fueled by forced turnovers and fast breaks led by Fjeldheim with eight points. H-SA was ahead 45-24 at the end of the quarter.
The Lady Wolverines opened up the final quarter with five points for their biggest advantage of the game 50-24. The JV squad took over for the final minutes while Potter County kept playing their starters and outscored H-SA 18 to nine for the quarter for a final score of 54-42.
Fjeldheim led the Wolverines with 17 points and Schwartz added 15 points, seven rebounds and six blocks. Leading scorer for the Battlers was Samantha Kilian with 15 points.
Dishing out some of the 12 assists were Schwartz and Madden, three apiece, and McKenzie Frank had two.
The Wolverines were out rebounded 29 to 39. "We need to do a better job of rebounding," Coach Schwartz said. "They got a lot of second and third opportunities." In addition to Schwartz' seven rebounds, others grabbing the ball were Madden, five, Frank, Haylee Biel and Jana Thorstenson, four apiece, Kendra Thorstenson, three, and Fjeldheim, two.
H-SA stole the ball 14 times led by Schwartz with four, and K. Thorstenson and Madden, both with three. Potter County had 18 steals which added to H-SA's 18 turnovers. "We had 18 turnovers which is unusual for us," said Coach Schwartz. "We tried to force a lot of passes when there was nothing open." Potter County had 15 turnovers and 15 fouls. H-SA held the fouls to 10.
"We have one regular season game with Northwestern on Thursday," Coach Schwartz added. "We need to stay focused and keep improving heading into the postseason."
Biel 2 1/2 5
Fjeldheim 6/1 2/3 17
Frank 1 1/2 3
Madden 2 4
Quaschnick 1 2
Shwartz 6/1 15
J. Thorstenson 2 2/2 6
K. Thorstenson 1 2
Wolverines 21/2 6/11 54
Battlers 15/3 3/11 42
The JV squad pulled out a 30-25 win over the Battlers. H-SA trailed 7-8 after the first quarter. Grace Goehring came off the bench to score all seven Wolverine points in the second quarter. H-SA held the Battlers to four points to go ahead 14-12 by halftime. The Lady Wolverines outscored Potter County 12 to one in the third quarter as Jana Thorstenson added six and Kelsey Quaschnick had four. The tides turned in the final quarter as Potter county outscored H-SA 12 to four, but H-SA hung on for the win.
J. Thorstenson led the team with 10 points and six rebounds. Other scorers were Goehring, seven, McKenzie Reierson, six, Quaschnick, four, Lacey Houck, two, and Tegan Meidinger, one.
Others grabbing some of the 18 Wolverine rebounds were Reierson, four, and Houck and Courtney Anderson, both with two.
Meidinger and J. Thorstenson led the team in assists with two apiece.
The C team fell to the Battlers 19-27. H-SA hung within two, trailing 6-8 after the first quarter and fell behind 11-15 by the half. The Battlers lead increased to six, 15-21 after three periods.
Kendra Dressel and Jess Kurtz led the team with six points apiece. Goehring, three, and Danielle Gusman and Michaela Seibel, two each, also scored. Brogan Kary grabbed five rebounds while Seibel had three. Dressel and Seibel each stole the ball twice.


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Memories scratch the surface
I have an unpleasant childhood memory:
My mother brought me over to my Aunt Sue's house when I was 7.
"You're going to play with Julie today," she told me in the car. I was excited – my cousin Julie is my age and was the closest thing I had to a sister growing up. They lived in Sunset Bay, Silver Creek at the time. Our skin was always sun-kissed russet – our favorite place to play during the summer was along the shore in the buttery wave-spume.
My aunt greeted us in the doorway as usual.
"Julie just got into the bath," she said slyly.
"Why don't you join her before we go to the beach Sarahbelle?" my mother chimed in.
Besides it being the middle of a July afternoon, I found nothing strange about this. "Bathtime" was our favorite time together. Therein, always prior to bed, we'd play mermaids with our Barbies and chat about life. Before sinking into the water, we'd "rock, paper, scissor" to see who could sit on the side with the faucet, our waterfall.
When I got into the tub that day, I realized something was very wrong: Julie was freckled with bright red spots all over her body.
I said something like, "What's wrong with you?"
"I think our moms are trying to get you sick," she whispered.
Aunt Sue brought in a box of Barbies; I shrugged off Julie's appearance. A week later I was riddled with the worst case of Chickenpox my mother – a nurse – had seen.
Twenty years later I still look at the scars on my face and cringe at that itchy week of hell.
"What were you thinking?" I've asked my mother on a few occasions.
"It's what parents did," she defends herself. "There were a lot more complications if you got them as an adult." She feels guilty now that there's a vaccine.
Julie and I reminisced and laughed about this memory when I came home for Christmas.
We were having dinner in Western New York. It was nice – we hadn't gone out together in a long while. Our lives have taken us down different paths: she's a photographer living in Silver Creek with two young children; I'm a writer living with my cat in Manhattan. We get the highlights of each other's life at family gatherings (it's difficult for Julie to visit because of the kids). But it's the day-to-day stuff that I miss.
Over dinner Julie introduced me to a new smartphone application called "Voxer." It's a kind of Walkie Talkie that allows you to send instant audio to people.
"You just press on the button and talk," she showed me. However long the recording, your message is sent to the person who can then listen to it whenever.
My visits home come and go so quickly. Before I knew it my mother was driving me back to the Buffalo train station. "Let me know when you get home Sarahbelle," she said. She waved me goodbye.
After the 10-hour ride back to slushy New York, I desperately needed a hot bath with my favorite lavender seltzer. While steeping in purple waves, I browsed my iPhone for missed texts and emails. I noticed my new Voxer application was blinking – Julie had left me a message.
"Hey. Just taking a bath, making sure you got back to New York," she said. Then she told me about her day.
Sarah T. Schwab is a Sunday OBSERVER contributor and Fredonia State graduate. Send comments to firstname.lastname@example.com or view her Web site at www.SarahTSchwab.com


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No one has ever told me at the end of the divorce process they wish it had lasted longer.
Unfortunately, there are many things couples can do to ensure, upfront, that the divorce is handled rationally and with little disruption to everyone's well being. Because it is tough for the people involved to stay calm sometimes, your role as a friend is critical. While in some conversations you should just let your divorcing friend vent, there will be other times when you can have a calm discussion about how to move forward. When your friend has decided to divorce and is ready to discuss that decision with his or her spouse and children, you can help by suggesting some practical thoughts about how to stay diplomatic. Continue reading →


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text: This report is the product of a workshop held in August 2012 in Boulder, Colorado, for more than 90 leading technical and industry experts in the smart grid community. The workshop was a collaborative effort of NIST and the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute (RASEI), a joint institute of the University of Colorado Boulder and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The document reflect the near-consensus opinions of the attendees, and are intended to be of particular value to industry. It summarizes the major impediments to smart grid development and deployment that were discussed during the August workshop. It indicates the participants' prioritization of technological and measurement science challenges, as well as a number of non-technical challenges.


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FireMagic FireMagic E660I-4L1N-W Stainless Steel Echelon Diamond Echelon Built In Natural Gas Grill with Rotisserie Backburners a Left Infrared Burner and View Window (30
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FireMagic, E660I-4L1N-W, BBQ Grill, Stainless Steel, Echelon Diamond, Outdoor, Built-In Echelon Diamond Collection Built In Natural Gas Grill with a 30 x 22 Cooking Space a Left Infrared Burner and View Window from the Echelon CollectionThe E660I-4L1N-W is a built in natural gas grill that radiates luxury with a high performance contoured control panel and offers the perfect fit for your backyard. Featuring a 660 square inch cooking surface and a spacious firebox, this innovative Fire Magic grill boasts of beauty, performance, and a high BTU per inch to insure you get the most versatile and complete convention cooking.Introducing the newest innovation of grilling in the Fire Magic collection, the Echelon Diamond grills are powered by the exclusive cast stainless steel �E� burners guaranteed for life. Like a luxury motorcar, the contoured face of the Echelon Diamond series, with rounded edges and mirror highlights, hints at the high performance and exquisite craftsmanship under the hood. Available as built in or stand alone models, the Echelon Diamond grills boast with having the most BTUs and heat per square inch for even heat distribution.Features:Master power switch turns off electrical system when not in useBuilt-in storage brackets for rotisserie spit rodRoller ball-bearings support rotisserie spit rod with super high-torque motor and (2) 4 skewer meat holders with heavy counter-balance Constructed of 16 gauge stainless steel, flavor grids are engineered for durability and even heat distributionHeat zone separators isolate cooking zones so food in each zone may be grilled at different temperaturesFeather-Lite, easy-lift oven hood with spring assistIntegral oven warming rack for light cooking or warming foodsCustomized stainless steel name plaque to personalize your grillBuilt-in grill is field convertible natural gas/propaneSpecifications:Backlit safety knobs Halogen lamp


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March check-in: How is your Crohn's today?
Hello everyone! In case you are new to my Crohn's blog, I'll explain the topic of today's blog post. Every month I like to check in with everyone to see how they have been doing with their Crohn's disease. It's a nice place to congregate and share in the comment section.
I will go first and tell you how I have been. I am not too bad. I have been sick for the last several weeks with a sinus infection but finally went to the doctor and started antibiotics. I am feeling much better today. I never know if I really have a sinus infection or not because my symptoms are never normal due to the prednisone I take for my Crohn's disease which can mask the symptoms of infections and make it seem like it is less severe than it really is. Sinus infections are very common with me because I have so many allergies. I use saline spray and eucalyptus bath oils to try to get rid of it, but sometimes it will only go away with antibiotics. I hate taking antibiotics because they mess up my intestines terrible and I get really nauseous the first few days of treatment.
I have managed to go down to 9mg of prednisone (yay)! I am going slow and steady and praying that I'll be able to keep going lower without any setbacks. Every time I go to see my rheumatologists he tells me that I am the slowest taper that he has ever seen. He is only concerned about my bones and joints and wants me off the prednisone. I do too, but I don't want to go too fast and risk starting all over again. I have done that several times in the past and have no intention of doing it again. All in all, I'm doing fairly well with my Crohn's disease. I have my good days and my bad days. I am really paying attention to my diet and my stress level; with the added bonus of becoming quite a good cook as a side effect!
I pray for all of you and hope that you are well.
Look forward to hearing from you!


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G4I Home Gym with Leg Press
About this itemBased on the 3-Dimensional Independent Iso-Flex Press Arms, the G4I offers the most unique and complete workout of any home gym.
The Body Solid G4I is the most versatile gym on the market. Based on the 3-Dimensional Independent Iso-Flex Press Arms, the G4I offers the most unique and complete workout of any home gym. The freedom of the independent 3D Motion arms allow you to work your primary (targeted) muscles as well as the secondary (stabilizer) muscles for more natural, more defined muscle development. Another unique feature on the G4I is the swiveling Dual Pulley Lat Station. These pulleys allow you to do conventional lat pulls or use independent cable handles and add both diverging and crossover movements to your lat workout. The G4I has a Chest Supported Mid Row Station that uses the independent press arms and adjustable Durafirm™ back pad to give you the support and balance to isolate your mid and lower lats for a more targeted workout.
The self-aligning cuffed leg developer provides maximum comfort for quadricep and hamstring development. The G4I brings back freedom of movement to the home gym without the clutter of dumbbells or the inefficiency of bows or bands. The G4I is the perfect blend of quality, function and convenience. Package includes G4I Gym plus GLP Leg Press. Leg Press features a 2:1 ratio making the 160 lbs. weight stack feel like 320 lbs. or 420 lbs. with the optional SP50 weight stack upgrade.
- Patent pending Iso-Flex™ 3D press arms allow you to define all press and pec fly exercises with your own personal path of motion. This allows maximum development of both your primary (targeted) muscles as well as your secondary (stabilizer) muscles
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- Self-aligning, contoured leg extension cuffs automatically adjust throughout the exercise movement
- 160 lb. (73kg) selectorized weight stack. Optional 210 lb. (95kg) weight stack available (SP50)
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Reviewed on Friday, February 22, 2013
We stayed in room #226 in July of 2012 at Surf Song resort but we've stayed in many, many different units all of which were excellent. As always, the room was clean and comfortable and was the perfect room for my wife and I. We've been going to Surf Song for 30 years with our kids, brothers & sisters, and friends. It's such a family friendly resort and the rooms are situated very conveniently around the great pool making it very easy for young families with young children to hang out around the pool. It's very convenient for kids to come and go into the room for snacks, bathroom breaks, etc. And with a baby monitor, it's safe and easy to put little ones down for a nap and still enjoy the pool. My children are now grown and their families now go there on their own vacations. Surf Song is convenient to shopping, restaurants, fishing, tours, and everything that will make your vacation special. I highly recommend them. In fact, I have reservations for this May, 2013 and can't wait.
Reviewed on Thursday, March 1, 2012
The room was well equipped and has a lovely view of the ocean front. The kitchen had everything we needed for preparing meals. The bed was comfortable and had a plasma TV for easy viewing from the bed or couch. We loved how the room was located just across the street from shops and restaurants and was situated directly on the beach!
Reviewed on Wednesday, March 9, 2011
This unit was very clean and spacious. The trip included myself, spouse and 9 month old baby. The room included a comfortable king sized bed and spacious sitting area. We were able to set up the pack-n-play for our little one with plenty of space afterwards. All of the appliances worked great and the provided dishes, etc. were clean and tidy. It was a great experience, so much that we are getting ready to book another trip to the same location, although just getting a bigger condo as we are bringing more family with us this time!
Reviewed on Thursday, July 1, 2010
My only suggestion would to check the time of year that you book your vacation. It was pretty windy while we were there during the first week of May.
Reviewed on Thursday, February 25, 2010
I rented condo #226 and it had absolutely everything I needed: a windowed open kitchen area that included a complete set of dinnerware (even wine glasses), a large assortment of pots and pans, a sitting area with a picture window overlooking the gulf - plus a 32 inch flat screen TV. Everything was extremely clean and worked perfectly.
The staff went out of their way to make my stay comfortable and enjoyable. One night I didn't know how to turn off the ceiling fan and a pleasant and very competent maintenance staffer promptly came up to show me how. The office staff was extremely pleasant and helpful, too. Another evening I wanted to attend a nighttime X-mas boat parade, but didn't want to go alone. The office staff kindly introduced me to another single woman and we went to the boat parade together. I missed the Super Shuttle pickup on the day of my departure and the staff recommended BATS taxi service - which got me to Tampa Airport on time and charged me a very reasonable fee, as well.
Surf Song is located in a very central location on Gulf Blvd. and is right across from John's Pass Village.
I had a really delightful vacation at Surf Song and plan on returning within the next few months.
Reviewed on Thursday, January 8, 2009
A great accomodation for a couple to enjoy each others company. Clean compact, and all that is required for a couple to enjoy.
Reviewed on Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Beautiful maintained property, very clean. The workers were friendly and very helpful in all aspects.
Reviewed on Thursday, October 23, 2008
we had not been in florida for several years returned to Surf Song for week long stay, wonderful week, great family environment. Excellent service.