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From giving grief in the fall to catching it in the winter, HNHS' Fine sees both sides
Steve Clark - Monday, January 28, 2013 8:33 AM
Previously published Jan. 24, 2013.
As the head coach of the Huntington North High School varsity football team, Trent Fine is no stranger to giving officials grief over calls.
But once football season changes to basketball season, Fine changes from being a coach to an official, and suddenly it's him getting grief from coaches over calls.
Fine has been a basketball official for 11 years. Early in his teaching career, he started coaching basketball, but decided it wasn't for him. Still a basketball fan, he had a friend who was an official and decided to give it a shot.
"Decided to work at the junior high, lower levels at first," Fine says. "It sparked my interest pretty quick. I moved into the varsity level probably three years into it. And I've been doing it ever since."
Fine has worked games across the state, from Merrillville to Carmel. He's officiated games in the North Central Conference for five or six years and this season worked the conference's non-conference games.
Assignors, along with athletic directors, determine which games officials work, Fine says. He says getting connected with veteran officials early on has been an asset to his career.
"I got hooked up with a couple guys that have been officiating for a long time right off the bat and they kind of brought me along," he says. "Most of those guys have worked the state finals in basketball.
"So, they've kind of just made it easy on me and my start. I've got into some big games early in my career, which I think has helped me."
Last season, Fine called a girls' semi-state game and he's reached regional level on the boys' side.
"I like to keep my schedule," he says. "I try to do close to 30 boys' games and probably five to 10 girls' games. A decent schedule, not a full schedule, but it keeps me busy."
One of Fine's favorite things about officiating is walking into a packed gym and the accompanying atmosphere. It's an atmosphere that's been a part of all the big games he's called over the course of his career, such as the match-ups between 4A schools Hamilton Southeastern and Fishers, but Fine emphasizes that smaller schools can produce great atmospheres as well.
"Some of the most memorable are when you go over to a Wapahani or a Monroe Central, where I coached football for two years, and I remember those," Fine says. "My first varsity games were there and you get packed houses at those small schools every night.
"They still bring a lot of tradition and it's just fun. If I go and get two 1A schools that play hard and the gym's packed, those are just as fun as going to a Carmel or going to a Fishers."
Being an official has impacted Fine as a coach in a variety of ways. Fine says it fosters interaction between him and students that play or are interested in basketball, letting them know that he's more than just a football coach.
"I've learned that it allows the kids to see me out there," he says, "bringing some more of the basketball kids to me, as a football coach, because they know I'm officiating.
"I like the game of basketball and just because I love football and am a football coach doesn't mean I don't want them playing basketball and doing things like that."
Fine's officiating experience helps keep him sharp on the sidelines during football season because he understands what the job of an official is supposed to be.
"This year, I had a couple of my buddies that I officiate basketball with (end) up on crews that were on the road... I had a guy at Marion that, he probably got more of an earful than anybody else all year, just because I knew him and I know what he's supposed to be looking for and what he's supposed to be doing," he says.
Officiating also helps Fine empathize with officials in a way that he might not otherwise.
"It is an advantage, I think, because it keeps me under control on the sidelines and I know when an official has had enough, obviously, not only from me, but my staff or a kid," he says.
"I demand my kids here at Huntington respect officials and don't commit unsporting acts, and that's just because I know as an official I wouldn't want that and I don't tolerate it."
Coaching football is Fine's first love, but officiating basketball is also important to him.
"I take it serious," he says. "I love it... I enjoy the activity. Being active and running. It's fun."


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Released: 2012, Century Media Records
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"Blood" is the fourth Album from the Hollywood based five-piece, who return with a new stylistic approach. The band who have been successfully carving out a musical presence since first inception in 2005, when Maria Brink (vocals) and Chris Howorth (guitar) met through mutual friends. They quickly set about releasing Beautiful Tragedy (2007), The Dream (2008) with soaring releases under their belts their most recent release "Blood" delivers a more dynamic and focused record that has been anticipated since 2010's release "A Star-Crossed Wasteland" rang out its final note.
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So based on the results of this test, I think we can expect commercials from all three carriers claiming that they are the fastest* 3g network around with the best reliability**.
Even as an owner of an iphone who knew what he was getting, Apple/ATT's commercials really get under my skin with their claims regarding the speed/capabilities of the phone. Of course, they get away with it with a 0.3 mS flash of text that informs us that the performance was artificially shortened. Comcast is another company whose commercials strike me as pure lies and misinformation based on a grain of truth***.
*For some definitions of fast
**The network will reliably not cause your phone to collapse into a singularity.
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I have AT&T for my cell phone. Even though I live in a major urban area, it drops calls all the time. Their service and coverage sucks.
I live in Los Angeles, and have AT&T, and rarely if ever, have dropped calls. I get good coverage everywhere.
Now what are we supposed to do with this anecdotal data? The question seems poorly thought out.
The only thing you can do when in a two year contract. Bitch and moan.
I can be in the middle of a call, stopped...not moving, 5 bars, great connection. Then nothing. Signal gone, can't connect again.
Seems like a brown out type of thing. I bet they don't have enough capacity.
Comcast is another company whose commercials strike me as pure lies and misinformation based on a grain of truth
As a general rule of thumb never trust claims made in an advertisement. One of the great things about the Internet is that there are a plethora of sites out there that you can turn to get a better idea of how products and services really work. I rarely buy an expensive product or service these days without checking it out first.
Comcast is another company whose commercials strike me as pure lies and misinformation based on a grain of truth
Well, the problem is they advertise "speed" and "availability", neither of which are really decent metrics. Speed is a crap metric because it's a scalar (math) quantity, and most often is measured by peak, rather than average, or worst-case. And "Availability" depends entirely on the service level agreement. If the power goes out, does that count toward availability? No, because "they" can't control it. Routine maintenance on their network? Nope. Lightning strike? Nah. So they can say almost whatever they want and get away with it because of some clever word-play. You'll be careful to note that in these endless commercials about high speed internet from any company they're careful to never put any number in it except the phone number to call. So it's not so much that they're lying -- it's really more that they're speaking sweet nothings, which is perfectly legal (and disingenuous).
Us geeks know that network performance isn't a scalar (math) quantity. Bigger numbers don't mean shit. It's the matrix of bandwidth (in bytes), latency (in milliseconds), packet loss (a percentage), all averaged over a long enough time-frame (hour, day, week, month, or billing cycle) to account for all systemic variables (bandwidth caps, network load averages, etc) is what matters.
I suppose you could derive from this information a weighted index, but it would still be largely useless to the average consumer. The problem is when you get down to brass tacks, different users have different needs. A heavy game player's internet needs will likely be low bandwidth, but low latency. A few milliseconds of extra time, or a few lost packets, will make that user's experience very poor. Someone who has an internet-TV has a large need for bandwidth, but latency is not an issue (even if the transfer is delayed by hours it might not matter). And then there's the little old grandma who doesn't do anything but check her e-mail and read CNN. If it wasn't for latency problems, she could be using a modem and never know the difference between either. Especially if she installed Vista -- god, network latency is nothing when it takes 8 seconds to render the downloaded page.
Comcast delivers an acceptable experience to a certain class of internet users and has crafted their service accordingly. The problem is that this service isn't tiered or can be adapted to serve several different markets. There is only one service, one market, and if you don't like it--you may not have any other options. Comcast is constrained by a need to maximize profitability, minimize costs, and is using an infrastructure which they are unwilling (or unable) to modify to deliver an acceptable experience to a larger user-base. There's no competition in most of its markets, and hence no reason to invest in doing so. The lack of competition ensures that Comcast's prices will continue to inflate while the number of customers who receive an acceptable experience will fall.
The bandwidth caps being imposed now are not the (direct) result of TV-over-internet competing with its internet offering, and instead the logical result of a lack of competition with its internet service. Any business in the same position and market(s) as Comcast would be doing the exact same thing, because Comcast doesn't exist to bring internet to the masses, so we can all celebrate the information age and live in peace, tranquility, and gigabytes of free porn. They exist to make money for their shareholders.
And the reason why service is shit in so many parts of this country isn't because of Evil BigCorp and their profiteering ways, but rather;
a) Infrastructure costs are a very high barrier to entry into the market. The United States is a big place with a low population density (taken as a whole) compared to other geographical regions like, say, Japan. The cost per customer is higher because there's a lot more wire and
You'll be careful to note that in these endless commercials about high speed internet from any company they're careful to never put any number in it except the phone number to call. So it's not so much that they're lying -- it's really more that they're speaking sweet nothings, which is perfectly legal (and disingenuous).
I have a big problem with ComCast's ads and junk mail. One thing that bothers me is their ads saying they're faster than DSL. Sure theoretically cable can be faster, but on a shared line,
In a mobile culture like America's, we live a significant portion of our lives on the road. On holidays like today, we aren't, like 19th century Europeans, stuck in our hovels waiting for Ebenezer Scrooge to hand deliver a Christmas duck. Rather, we get out and drive, drive, drive all over this great, goddamned country.
So there's only so far 3G networks can take us if the coverage is only within city limits. When our cars are hooked up to cellular networks for data services, what good is it to have exceptional coverage in town when you're 100 miles from the next town? Empty spaces and big skies just prove how big this place really is, and it's all about living and moving and getting out there and getting to the next place that is what it's all about, man.
Get me some coverage in Yosemite. Death Valley. Appalachia. Crater Lake. Yellowstone. Shasta. Mt. McKinley. Grand Canyon. From Blaine, WA to Miami, FL. San Diego, CA to Eastport, ME. Cover it all and let us get on with really living in this great big country of ours.
I have to agree with this.
I have 3g where I work, but not where I live and rarely where I travel. At home I have a choice between at&t and verizon and both have speeds close to dial-up. This article is fine if you stay in one area most of the time, but many of us don't. I want to know if I'm going to stay connected for 300mi drive I take every couple weeks.
But you have to wonder, if a carrier were to have terrible coverage in the city, would it be reasonable to expect that the in-between stuff is horrible as well?
But you have to wonder, if a carrier were to have terrible coverage in the city, would it be reasonable to expect that the in-between stuff is horrible as well?
Maybe, maybe not. Structures like buildings block airwaves, so larger cities have to have more towers in order to cover the same area. However in rural areas that's scarcely populated it may not be cost effective to erect enough towers for good coverage.
While to believe the commercials from the larger players, there will never be absolutely seamless coverage across the nation because
1. There are places nobody lives (or it's economically unfeasible to cover)
2. Transmit powers are 1/12 of what they were in the analog era
3. They can't just throw a tower up anywhere
Back when analog bag phones were the norm, I never found anyplace without coverage
As far as towers and stuff are concerned, I remember reading an article from upstate new york about a stretch of state highway that had pristine views, and a very high mortality rate in the winter because nobody had cell service up that way. The local government bodies sued and cajoled the cell carriers to build coverage, but wouldn't let them put the tall towers up to allow service in an economically feasible way. Net result, no coverage and more death, but the view was still great.
The local government bodies sued and cajoled the cell carriers to build coverage, but wouldn't let them put the tall towers up to allow service in an economically feasible way. Net result, no coverage and more death, but the view was still great.
It's interesting to compare that attitude (on both the part of government and the providers) to how AT&T was originally created and managed by the Federal Government. Universal coverage was mandated, as were QOS standards, and the old AT&T put in service to all kinds of places that weren't remotely "economically feasible". That was the price of their monopoly, and by and large they lived up to that end of the bargain.
Of course, there were a lot of things our government handled more intelligently
AT&T was originally created and managed by the Federal Government
Come on. They regulated and allowed it to operate as a de facto monopoly, but there's no sane way you could twist the facts of history and claim they created AT&T. Prior to 1885, AT&T was called Bell Telephone, which was named after its founder Alexander Graham Bell. Perhaps you've heard of him.
That's exactly what this new network is for [slashdot.org], where you have good normal cell or wifi coverage, it will use that, outside that coverage, it will be using the satellite.
...no signal, nothing? What's your solution at that point?
My guess is, a lot of people will go for the service if it is affordable enough. Just another option when you have no cell or wifi coverage, using the same handset.
Yeah, great. Let's hear it for an additional 500msec (that's half a second) signal delay while your communication makes a 44K mile round trip to geosync orbit and back.
"Ray, the sponge migrated about a foot and a half."
Get me some coverage in Yosemite. Death Valley. Appalachia. Crater Lake. Yellowstone. Shasta. Mt. McKinley. Grand Canyon. From Blaine, WA to Miami, FL. San Diego, CA to Eastport, ME. Cover it all and let us get on with really living in this great big country of ours.
No. Please no more coverage in Yosemite or death valley or any other part of the "great outdoors". I go to these places to get away from everything - not to listen to some stupid idiot blabbering away on his cell phone. The only legitimate use of cell phones in parks is emergencies. The only way I'd be in agreement with cell phone companies providing coverage in national parks/forests is if they charge $100/minute for calls except 911, which would be routed to the local ranger station. They can even do a 50
No. Please no more coverage in Yosemite or death valley or any other part of the "great outdoors". I go to these places to get away from everything - not to listen to some stupid idiot blabbering away on his cell phone.
I may say the same about voice communications but not for data. I'd love to be able to hike in the "great outdoors" with my camera and when my cards got full be able to upload the photos to my server. I'd like to do the same thing when I'm offshore scuba diving. Sending data could prove us
Get me some coverage in Yosemite. Death Valley. Appalachia. Crater Lake. Yellowstone. Shasta. Mt. McKinley. Grand Canyon. From Blaine, WA to Miami, FL. San Diego, CA to Eastport, ME. Cover it all and let us get on with really living in this great big country of ours.
Oh, I agree. I love hiking, scuba diving, and photography and I'd love to be able to upload my photos to a server while out hiking or after I surface from a dive.
So Australia actually has significantly faster 3G networks than America... Wow!
there seems to be some gigantic gaps when enhanced services bit is highlighted from verizon, I'm sure out west the population might be sparse enough for them to not care, but still, eastern spots have people there.
and also, you've forgotten something, where do people typically live?
Your link [gsmworld.com] compared with, Where aussies live. [eb.com] Notice that in order to not get 3g coverage, you basically have to be more than about 200km+ into absolute nothingness of desert, that's an effort.(alternatively just standing near
and also, you've forgotten something, where do people typically live?
No, that' was entirely my point. The original assertion was that Australia has better coverage, when realistically it doesn't have any better coverage once you get a certain distance from civilization than the US does. The only difference is that in the US, the pockets of "nowhere" tend to be scattered, whereas the pocket of nowhere in Australia is essentially one big chunk there in the middle. Same thing, though. northern Nevada and southeastern California are about the equivalent of central Australia. It'
So Australia actually has significantly faster 3G networks than America... Wow!
Yeah, set faces to stun. Australia also has only 20 million people living almost completely on one coast. Show me consistent signal in the Outback, and you'll have something to crow about.
The only limitation is that it is not an iPhone.
Just to clarify, I am no Apple fanboy. I just wished to point out how horrible is the RIM operating system for things like multitasking (having Google Maps open while I check an e-mail) or even Javascript. I'd be even happier if Verizon would get off of their collective rear ends and push for an Android based phone, but they have expressed a clear lack of interest in such progress, recently.
It comes down to signal quality or phone quality. You can either have a phone that can do anything (as long as i
I just checked Verizon, Sprint, and AT&T's $60 mobile broadband plans, and all three specify a 5 gig limit right in plain sight. You don't even have to read the fine print or the legalese. This might have been a problem in the past, but for new customers it shouldn't be.
I use an HTC - ATT Tilt branded smartphone.
I'd like to point out that the testing methodology is not remotely suited to use in selecting a carrier.
Average is useless.
Verizon's has coverage that is far and away the fastest in areas not within major metropolitan areas, whereas ATT does not.
Sprint has traditionally been known as Highway Wireless, meaning that they tend to have excellent coverage along interstate highways, but when veering more than a mile or two from the highway in search of a late night fuel up, you'll lose signal much more frequently than with Verizon.
In the Portland Oregon metro area. Verizon does have the most granular coverage, and ATT has the fastest HSPDA speeds.
It should be noted that hspda speeds are significantly higher than vanilla 3g, and if speed is your primary criterion, 3g only phones are out of the running.
Granular coverage notwithstanding, ATT has the best voice and data coverage in my employer's physical locations in Portland.
However, my experiences do agree with the report with respect to ATT data dropouts.
The reason for the dropsouts seems to be prioritization of voice traffic over data at peak times.
ALL of the carriers have issues with capacity during peak times - like 5pm rush hour.
Because of the tight convergence of cell using driver along major arterials, and the towers that serve them, it's not unusual to drop a call when moving from cell to cell.
Data is no different in this regard, but added is the fact that consumers are more sensitive to inability to place a call than they are to data not flowing, hence the prioritization of voice.
On my commute route,
Average is useless.
Yeah, when I see averages like this, I am reminded of a report I read on world population growth. It said the average age of the world's population is 26.4 years. It's a perfectly cromulent calculation for tracking long term shifts in birth rate, but it does say squat about how old any individual I meet will be. Same thing here with 3G speed. If AT&T's average bit rate went up by a significant amount over last year, you could confidently say their 3G data network is improving.... but I would still have
Not only that, you also have to live in New York City.
And the light at the end of the tunnel is new jersey.
Light from the glowing toxic waste?
That's been true since 1999. Posting anonymously for obvious reasons, as I used to work for AT&T.
Around the time they went back into the local market in '99, Verizon started making life very hard for AT&T customers in New York by blocking access to Verizon cell towers.
Since Verizon has local utility rights on the rooftops, they get certain extra leeway in the coverage.
Put simply, you're never going to get good AT&T coverage in New York as long as Verizon holds all the cards.
you can get much better performance out of VZ's network if you change your connection settings. it defaults to 256kbps (little bps). up that to the max and it works better, but resets itself each time you disconnect.
if you're a windows user, create a dialup icon and use the modem directly. You'll be accessing the modem at 4x the speed (serial port) that the VZ software defaults to. And you'll have a more stable connection. Nothing wrong with VZ's software, it simply looks to protect the network and provide
Me neither. Live in a small rural town of 10k people. Verizon is the only carrier that will not drop a call driving across town. Hell with AT&T you can't get any signal on the east side at all. (And for the people that live far west of town, they can't get VZW, they can only get Sprint. Some people that travel for business have two phones to maintian coverage.)
That is why I shit a brick when about a year ago I woke up, and my phone said 'EV' on it. I restarted it 3 times just to be sure. I guess
Disclaimer: I work for a Data Card Manufacturer
Without the actual procedure for the tests, it is difficult to say if PCWorld'ss are any good. I am not familiar with the software used as no major industry provider uses it. The standard tool in the industry is Windcatcher
It really depends on the way the test is run. The problem actually relates to the TcpWindowSize as it should be increased to at least 128Kb for HSPA based networks and for CDMA as well.
Another major issue is that Data Cards don't inherently support streaming. Streaming is often used as a secondary PDP context and this will have a major negative effect. Were they in a handover region or not? On HSPA, every other cell is an interferer so throughput should be measured with a Single Carrier in the active set. It is still possible to be in a handover zone while in a parked car.
Did they use the carrier supplied good coverage locations? Randomly may not cross the panaroma of RSSI.
As well, the latest modem from Novatel Wireless is the USB760. I also believe the latest Sierra Wireless card is the compass something or other. Did they use a Y Cable? Did they use an external antenna? What model of PC did they use as TRP/TIS makes a huge difference in low coverage areas?
Without more data, I would still say there isn't sufficient evidence to form any conclusions from their article.
It really depends on the way the test is run. The problem actually relates to the TcpWindowSize as it should be increased to at least 128Kb for HSPA based networks and for CDMA as well.
is this something that can be done from the user end , and how would you do it on Linux ideally ?
I don't think any changes are required for Linux or MacOSX because the RxWindowSize in Linux auto-tunes to the correct value.
The following is the default in Fedora 11
[rwwyatt@rwwyatt ipv4]$ more
I understand that sometimes testing methodology for getting these networks up and running makes it important to use the proper tools and tweaks. I do this for our wireless network where I work, and it only makes sense to have an idea that you'll have good coverage before users show up.
Obviously, PCWorld's testing methodology wasn't totally revealed. I would have to say that the typical user of the service is not going to have the tools or specifically limit the types of traffic they attempt to run across
Unless any of this is documented anywhere that _I_ the consumer can read it, it's all useless bullshit distinctions to me. I just want to know whether my data will work. All your factors are irrelevant to me unless it's documented somewhere what they are, so I can control for them. Otherwise the article's approach of testing randomly is a better and more realistic approximation of the conditions I will actually _get_.
Disclaimer: I have T-Mobile, so all the information in the article is useless to me anyway.
The network providers actually contain visible disclaimers about the total speed.
There is extensive documentation available concerning additional accessories to the devices. If I recall correctly, some of these devices are even shipped with the Y Cable.
I'm constantly on the road traveling and have had all three services, i can tell you Verizon has had the best coverage around the county, specially rural areas, whats the point of having the fastest network if when you need it you cant connect. this is where ATT and sprint fall short on.
This is not entirely accurate--I just switched from AT&T to Verizon...to a Blackberry Storm..It has a SIM card as well, and is capable of GSM roaming!
The Storm 9530 is nothing more than a GSM-only Storm 9500 with a Verizon CDMA module shoehorned in along with a Euro frequency only GSM module. You still do not have a SIM card you can swap to a different CDMA phone if your Storm craps out, as the SIM is just a jury-rig solution to solve the problem of CDMA phones being bricks in Europe. My original objection still stands: there are no Verizon phones that their Grand Viziers haven't given the royal seal of approval to. You can't (for example) mail order som
It would have been a laughingstock.
T-Mobile's 3G is like Swiss cheese here in Miami.
And when it does work, it's usually less than a megabit.
It would have been a laughingstock.
T-Mobile's 3G is like Swiss cheese here in Miami.
And when it does work, it's usually less than a megabit.
It's all relative, I suppose. My experience with T-Mobile's 3G here in Illinois for the past few months has been excellent (on a G1, just FYI.)
I have AT&T. I live in San Francisco. AT&T regularly drops calls. I cannot make calls from home without dropping them a minute or two into the conversation. I could not make calls from work until they installed an expensive repeater. Notice that AT&T lost EVERY SINGLE reliability comparison.
For my needs, that makes them the worst provider.
I just spent a couple of weeks in the Big Apple, and the performance there is absolutely miserable. Constant dropped calls, 3G that's so slow it barely works. I have to switch 3G off to get a somewhat reliable calling/data service. Of course, in NYC every third person has an iPhone or Blackberry and AT&T clearly isn't provisioning to handle it.
I don't see how average coverage is useful except for people that spend all their time traveling -- which is not terribly common in terms of cell phone users, now ks it?
In any case, I have Sprint now (with a Pre) and I consistently get T1 speeds in both directions in the DC area. It absolutely destroys the speed of both my DSL at home and leased line at work, unfortunately...
Since when is 90% reliability even remotely acceptable?
Since when is 90% reliability even remotely acceptable?
Considering how radio technology works, cities are arranged, and all of the things that interfere with it, since it's inception.
Anybody who's ever had to manually tune the channel on a TV should understand this inherently.
Though it does put into perspective why AT&T wants to charge for tethering. They're not ready for people even with standard tethering, just think if you get all those iPhones. I hear "Well my tethering works..." yeah for YOU..not many people are smart enough to know how to update their carrier files so they can.
I also discovered that one of the main reasons AT&T disabled MMS...you can also send
Still...way to rele
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A man accused in the explosion at the Social Security Office in Casa Grande was formally charged in U.S. District Court in Phoenix on Monday afternoon.
Abdullatif Aldosary, 47, of Coolidge, is charged in a federal complaint with maliciously damaging federal property by means of explosives and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
Aldosary appeared in an orange jumpsuit. He sat stone faced in court and when called, his slight frame was hindered by ankle shackles and cuffs as walked up to the bench.
Judge David Duncan began by asking the defendant his true name, to which there was silence. Duncan then asked, "Are you hearing what I'm saying?" Again, nothing but silence.
The judge asked Susan Anderson, his temporarily appointed attorney, if he had spoken to her. She said no. Judge Duncan then asked the US Attorney's Office if there was a language barrier. They said he did not speak when he was arrested last Friday, but he did follow directions and interviews with others confirm Aldosary does speak English.
His combined detention and status hearing is this Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. In the meantime, he remains in the custody of the U.S. Marshal's Office.
Aldosary is accused of detonating an improvised explosive device (IED) at the office in downtown Casa Grande early Friday morning. No one was injured, but the blast shook buildings and their occupants. [READ: Search warrant served on Casa Grande bombing suspect in Coolidge]
He was taken into custody Friday afternoon and a search warrant was served on his home later that night.
FBI agents made searched Aldosary's house some 20 miles from the site of the blast just after 9 p.m. Friday.
Neighbors told CBS 5 News and property records confirmed the house that was crawling with investigators belongs to Aldosary.
"He's pretty quiet. He don't really come out of the house," said neighbor Miguel Pascual.
It was a scene other neighbors told CBS 5 News they had witnessed before. They asked not to be identified.
Court records show Aldosary served prison time in Safford four years ago for aggravated harassment against his then employer, Hunter Contracting in Gilbert, and he is currently involved in an assault and disorderly conduct case in Casa Grande.
"I was pretty shocked about it. Around this little town, who knows to expect something like this?" said Pascual.
The blast was caused by a device that detonated at the rear of the building, said Agustin Avalos of the city of Casa Grande.
It happened around 8:15 a.m. in a building that houses several other downtown businesses. All of them were evacuated, Avalos said.
The type of device had not been determined, Avalos said. But a source close to the investigation said it appeared an accelerant and some type of plastic object was used in the blast.
"I don't know what would go through somebody's mind to do that," said Patty Rodriguez who works nearby.
Witnesses inside at the time said the explosion shook the building violently.
"I was afraid to go into the back because it was so close," said Perez.
The FBI is heading up the investigation, but officials from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Homeland Security and Casa Grande Police Department are also investigating, Avalos said.
Casa Grande is about 50 miles south of Phoenix.
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The Buffalo Sabres will try to record consecutive victories for only the second time this season when they visit the sliding New York Islanders for Saturday's meeting at Nassau Coliseum.
The Sabres began the campaign with back-to-back wins over Philadelphia and Toronto, but then dropped seven of their next eight games. Buffalo was able to halt a three-game slide on Thursday, pulling off a comeback win over the visiting Montreal Canadiens.
Thomas Vanek scored a pair of third-period goals, including one with 1.9 seconds left, and Jason Pominville notched the deciding goal in the shootout to lift the Sabres to a 5-4 win over the Habs.
Vanek also scored in the first round of the shootout for the Sabres. Tyler Ennis added a goal and two assists, while Steve Ott had a goal and an assist. Ryan Miller made 28 saves for the win.
Trailing by two, 4-2, Vanek put his team on his back with a pair of late strikes. The first came on the power play after Montreal's Ryan White was given a four-minute roughing penalty. Vanek gathered a rebound in front and beat Peter Budaj with a backhander at 7:57.
Vanek's game-tying goal came in the dying seconds of regulation. A mad scramble for the puck took place in front of Budaj, and Vanek managed to poke the disc across the goal line past a mass of bodies. The goal was upheld following a review with 1.9 seconds to go.
"That is a huge goal by Vanek," Ennis said. "He was rewarded, he had a lot of chances tonight and he's staying hot."
Vanek has exploded out of the gate this season, posting 10 goals and 21 points in his first 10 games. Both his goal and point totals are currently tops in the NHL.
The Islanders, meanwhile, are anything but hot right now, having lost three straight regulation decisions after a strong 4-2-1 start to the season. New York has scored a total of three goals during its three-game slide and is coming off Thursday's 4-1 setback to the rival New York Rangers.
John Tavares netted the lone goal on Thursday for the Islanders, while Evgeni Nabokov stopped 21-of-24 attempts in the setback.
"It seems like sometimes we are satisfied to be in close games, but there's enough talent in here to work hard and win games," said Nabokov. "We need to start better, and that starts with me and it goes along the line with everybody. That's the bottom line."
The Isles made headlines prior to Thursday's game by acquiring the rights to idle goaltender Tim Thomas in a trade with the Boston Bruins. New York sent a conditional future second-round choice for the 38-year-old former Vezina Trophy winner, who is currently sitting out the season in order to spend time with his family in Colorado.
The Bruins will receive the pick only if Thomas reports to his new team, but that's not expected to happen. In reality, it appears the Islanders made this trade solely for financial reasons. According to several sources, New York needed to reach the salary-cap floor of $53 million, and Thomas' "35-plus" contract, which includes a cap hit of $5 million pro-rated for this truncated season, will help satisfy that requirement regardless of whether or not Thomas actually plays.
While Thomas isn't expected to suit up for the Isles anytime soon, the club is expecting to finally have defenseman Lubomir Visnovsky in the lineup on Saturday.
Visnovsky, acquired by the Isles in a trade with the Anaheim Ducks in June, had been playing in the Kontinental Hockey League during the NHL lockout and intended to remain with his Slovan Bratislava team for the remainder of the 2012-13 season. The NHL and KHL have an agreement in place, however, that states that any player under contract in North America had to return once the work stoppage had ended.
The Islanders immediately suspended Visnovsky, who finally arrived in the United States on Wednesday night and passed a team physical on Thursday. He was reinstated to the active roster and expects to play on Saturday.
"It's up to the coach, but I'm ready to play," Visnovsky said on Friday. "If he gives me the chance, I'll be very happy. The big challenge for me is to help this team and show everybody that this is a playoff team. I'm playing for the playoffs. We have a big game tomorrow and I have a lot to prove."
The Slovakia native had 18 goals and a career-best 68 points with the Ducks in 2010-11 and has accumulated 117 goals and 450 points over 771 career NHL games.
The Islanders have won six of the last nine meetings against Buffalo overall and five of the previous seven encounters at Nassau Coliseum.


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Ferreras will represent the 21st District, made up of Corona, East Elmhurst and parts of Elmhurst and Jackson Heights. Ulrich won in the 32nd Council District, which includes Ozone Park, South Ozone Park, Howard Beach, Woodhaven, Richmond Hill and Rockaway Park, among other neighborhoods.
The special elections were called by Mayor Michael Bloomberg to fill the seats vacated by Hiram Monserrate and Joseph Addabbo after the former City Council members were elected to the State Senate last November.
The race for Senator Monserrate's seat in the 21st District pitted Ferreras, his longtime chief of staff, against Francisco Moya, George Dixon, and Jose Eduardo Giraldo.
In a tense campaign that included several close debates, the four candidates, all of whom are Democrats, focused on plans to improve the district's education and health care systems, reduce crime along the Roosevelt Avenue corridor, and stimulate small business growth through various economic initiatives.
That three of the four candidates were Latinos reflected the Latino community's growing presence and involvement in the district.
In multiple interviews with this paper Ferreras, who was considered the favorite to win the race, vowed to bring resources to the struggling, multicultural district, which has suffered during the economic recession.
In the 32nd District, the race for Addabbo's vacated seat took an unlikely turn when Geraldine Chapey, a Democrat, succeeded in bouncing Frank Galluscio, a sentimental favorite among voters for his long record of serving the community, off the ballot due to an election law technicality. The unexpected move left Lew Simon, Ulrich, Mike Ricatto, and Chapey to fight for the seat.
The remaining candidates debated over several issues, ranging from crime to transportation to business development in the district, one of the city's biggest.
During the campaign, Ulrich stated his priority would be setting the district on firm economic footing while addressing quality-of-life issues affecting area residents, such as more fire and police services and fighting budget cuts to senior services.
Ferreras and Ulrich will serve the remainder of their respective predecessors' terms, which expire on December 31, 2009. Both will be forced to defend their seats this autumn.


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Belgian waffles are easy to make, but might take a bit more time than we can spare on a busy weekday morning. Crispy on the outside, tender on the inside, they're a clear favorite for a leisurely weekend breakfast or brunch.
My Belgian waffle maker (Cuisinart WAF-100) takes two cups of batter. I developed my recipe to make two large waffles, four squares each—exactly, no leftover batter, no waste. And if eight squares are too much, the leftovers are great! To enjoy them the next day, just wrap and refrigerate. They'll come out of your toaster as good as new!
For longer storage, wrap and freeze. Just thaw the desired number of squares in the refrigerator overnight (or in the microwave in the morning), pop them in the toaster, and there you go! No need to ever eat a store-bought frozen waffle again.
Buttermilk Belgian Waffles
Makes two large square Belgian waffles
1 3/4 packed cups (8.75 ounces) unbleached all-purpose flour
1/4 cup buttermilk powder
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 large eggs, room temperature, well beaten
1 3/4 cups milk, room temperature
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled
2 tablespoons organic canola oil
- In 2-quart glass measure, whisk together dry ingredients. In a 1-quart glass measure, whisk together the eggs, milk, butter and oil. Pour into dry mixture and combine. Let batter rest 5 minutes before using. Spray both upper and lower grids with cooking spray, or apply a little canola oil with a paper towel or pastry brush. Preheat waffle iron.
- Follow directions for your waffle maker. If you have the WAF-100, ladle 2 cups of batter onto center of waffle iron (or 1/2 cup onto each of the squares); spread batter evenly over the grid. Close the lid and bake until the green light comes on and the audible tone sounds. When the tone sounds, open lid and remove the waffle. Repeat with remaining batter.


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DOWNINGTOWN - When two young men go through the arduous trials and tribulations of high school football together and form a friendship that will last, it is something special that they will have one more time on the field together after it appeared their high school careers had finished.
For Downingtown West standouts Ian Nanni and Justin Schmitt that is what will happen today in the PSFCA East-West All-Star Game at 2 p.m. at Kottmeyer Stadium. The pair will suit up for the East squad.
�I had no idea I was being picked for the team, but when coach (Mike) Milano told me, I was very excited,� Schmitt said. �To be able to play one last time with Ian and to be able to play at our home field is really something special.
�We are best friends and have been best friends for a while. So, we are looking at this game as a good experience all around. We are around the best players in the state and the level of speed is something I have not seen before. Everybody can really run.�
Schmitt led the Whippets in recpetions last season besides being a very stout blocker in the run game.
�Not many kids have the resolve to stay commited to their goal of playing high school football,� Milano said. �Justin�s work ethic in the weight room and his knowledge and understanding of the game allowed him to have an outastanding senior season for us.
�He was a solid blocker in our run game and he also became our leading receiver. He will be difficult to replace.�
When Schmitt is done with the East-West game and graduation he is headed to Penn State where he hopes to make the football squad as a walk-on.
�I really want to play football at Penn State, so I plan to walk on and playing in this game should help me, he said.�
The other West standout, lineman Ian Nanni, also has a geniune excitement about suiting up in the all-star classic and thinks playing one last time with Schmitt will be a very big thrill.
�Playing on the same all-star team with your best friend at Kottmeyer is a great thing,� Nanni said. �Justin and I have been best friends for a long time and we talked about how neat it is to play at Kottmeyer, because we only had four home games there last season.
�And we are lucky to be playing in our hometown because for the practices, a lot of the kids had to drive two and three hours,� Nanni said. �We just went there like it was another home game. And, the level of play of these guys is incredible. They are all so fast.�
Nanni made a distinct impression on the Downintown West program in his four years and Milano echoed how much the sturdy lineman meant to the program.
�Ian lost most of his junior season to a knee injury,� Milano said. �He returned as a senior last fall and was a cornerstone on a defense that allowed only 14 points per game. He anchored the tight end side of our defense and helped shut down the opponents running game.�
After graduation, Nanni will go on to play football at West Chester University where his dad, Paul, played and is in the top-10 in several defensive categories.
�I cannot wait to get to West Chester and play football. The coaches are great and the facilties are real good and I want to carry on the legacy because my dad played there.� He said.
Schmitt and Nanni, two hard working Downingtown West players. Two guys bonded together by football, get to strap it on together one last time at Kottmeyer Stadium with the whole state watching.
They both deserve this honor. After all, they are football players.


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Transfer news: PSG striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic understands Celtic allure
Zlatan Ibrahimovic can understand the allure of playing for Celtic, but thinks PSG will be his final club in Europe.
By Kent Hedlundh
Last Updated: 30/12/13 4:37pm
The Sweden international is being linked with a switch to Parkhead to finish his career following reports he discussed the club with former Celtic player and compatriot Henrik Larsson.
But the 32-year-old insists he is happy in Paris and a final move in his career could take him outside of Europe.
Regarding the allure of the Hoops, the Scottish Sun quoted Ibrahimovic as saying: "Celtic is a club with a big tradition and a place any top player would want to end their career.
"How could I say I wouldn't want to play for those fans every week?
"Henrik was good enough to play for any team in Europe.
"But after playing at Celtic Park it is easy to understand why he chose to stay there for so long.
"No player would ever want to leave playing in the stadium for those fans. It's a beautiful condition to play in.
"I have played in the biggest games in world football. But I have never experienced an atmosphere like I did at Celtic Park."
Truly right
But Ibrahimovic insists he is happy in Paris and could move outside of Europe if he was to leave.
In comments reported by Expressen, Ibrahimovic is quoted as saying: "I have got a contract until 2016 and I don't know whether I will continue to play any longer.
"It feels truly right to stay. That is why I thought it through carefully, the advantages and disadvantages.
"I am happy here in Paris. I continue to make progress and get to stay an additional year.
"This is probably my final club in Europe, then we will see. I might go somewhere else where the pressure is not as big.
"We will see who are interested and what feels best for both me and the family. For the family it is not the sport, but the life off the pitch that matters the most."


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The Coaches Caravan Stops In Annapolis
Kevin Anderson, Randy Edsall, Missy Meharg, Sasho Cirovsk visit with Terp fans on the Catherine Marie Yacht in Annapolis.
Maryland Kicks Off Coaches Caravan in Ocean City
The Coaches Caravan continues on Thursday in Annapolis with Kevin Anderson, Edsall, Missy Meharg and Sasho Cirvoski.
Wilson Named Senior Associate Athletic Director for Compliance
Wilson spent the last five years with the NCAA
Maryland Athletics Names Blankenship Assistant Athletic Director/Championships and Community Engagement
Blankenship will direct all NCAA and Atlantic Coast Conference championship events hosted by Maryland
Former Terp Fokou Gives Back to Local Youth
NFL player Moise Fokou holds interactive cooking event
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Despite three years that saw unprecedented change in Maryland Athletics, Kevin Anderson has led the Terrapins on a path that has begun with unparalleled success.
In his first year on the job as director of athletics at the University of Maryland, Anderson hired Randy Edsall in football and Mark Turgeon in men's basketball, completing a pair of outstanding head-coaching searches that give the Terrapins a head start at success in those two sports.
While handling those high-profile changes, Maryland completed Anderson's first year in College Park by achieving a school-record 17th-place finish in the Learfield Sports Directors' Cup standings. Each of his first two seasons were highlighted by NCAA national championships in field hockey and national runner-up finishes in men's and women's lacrosse. The Terps followed with a strong campaign in 2011-12, when they finished 27th in the standings.
In launching the Terrapins on their path to success, Anderson has instituted an inclusive management style that combines a passion for providing a quality experience for Maryland's student-athletes with a thoughtful business acumen that has him managing the Terrapins' $59 million budget and more than 180 employees.
Anderson laid the foundation for Maryland's future by deftly directing the athletic department's strategic plan - The Maryland Way (2012-17). The launch of the strategic plan marked the end of a year-long process that involved hundreds of individuals from the athletic department, campus, supporters and community. The committees worked to identify innovative ways to help the department build on its mission and achieve the vision the entire department has embraced. "We have a strong and unwavering commitment to educate, develop and serve our student-athletes through a culture of academic and athletic excellence," Anderson said.
With Anderson's relentless focus on the "WHY" (Maryland's student-athletes), his next important move was to ensure the financial security and sustainability for Maryland athletics for the foreseeable future.
In what would mark a historic day (November 19, 2012) for the University of Maryland and Maryland Athletics, Anderson, University President Dr. Wallace Loh, University Chancellor Brit Kirwan and Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany announced that Maryland would join the Big Ten Conference beginning in July 1, 2014.
"This is an outstanding conference comprised of flagship research universities," Anderson said at the press conference. "Our new peers share our pursuit of both athletic and academic excellence and our vision to be the best in everything we do."
Moreover, Anderson shared that this next exciting chapter would eliminate the athletics department's deficit moving forward and would also provide an opportunity to form the President's Commission on Big Ten/CIC Integration to explore the potential of reinstating sports programs at the University of Maryland.
In addition to his myriad of responsibilities as the director of athletics at the University of Maryland, Anderson has played a prominent role nationally, as he was elected president of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) in June 2012. He previously served as the vice president of the organization.
Anderson was hired in September 2010 as director of athletics at Maryland after serving since 2004 in the same post at the U.S. Military Academy. At Army, Anderson was responsible for a 25-sport program that served more than 900 cadet-athletes.
While at Army, Anderson helped develop and manage a budget of $25 million and turned an operating deficit of more than a million dollars into a $2.73 million surplus in only five years. Sponsorship, ticket sales and fund-raising revenue all increased during his time there.
Anderson led a team that negotiated a five-year, $55 million deal with CBS to televise the Army-Navy game, and worked on the agreement that brought college football to Yankee Stadium, with the Army-Notre Dame game. During his time at West Point, Anderson also brokered broadcast deals for Army's football program with ESPN, WABC Radio and its current five-year agreement with CBS College Sports Network.
On the field, Anderson led a broad-based resurgence that saw 20 Army teams earn berths in NCAA Championships, including programs in 10 different sports. Army improved its standing in the 2009-10 Learfield Sports Directors' Cup by 11 places, marking its highest showing since the 2004-05 season and finishing ahead of both its service-academy rivals Navy and Air Force.
In his last two years at West Point, Anderson led searches that resulted in the hiring of Rich Ellerson as Army's football coach and Zach Spiker as the program's men's basketball coach. In his first season, Ellerson led the Black Knights to their winningest season since 1996 and came just one victory from a bowl berth, while Spiker posted the most wins by a first-year Army coach since Bob Knight led the Black Knights
Anderson, who has more than two decades of leadership experience, has also been recognized nationally as a leader in intercollegiate athletics. In addition to his current service on the NACDA Board of Directors, he has served as chair for the NACDA's McClendon Minority Scholarship Steering Committee and serves as chair of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Issues Committee.
From January 2003 to December 2004, Anderson was the executive associate athletics director at Oregon State. In that role, he was responsible for the administration and operation of seven sports, including football, as well as men's and women's basketball.
Anderson spent five seasons at the University of California, Berkeley, advancing quickly in the Golden Bears' department. He moved from an assistant A.D. for annual giving to an associate A.D. for development and ticketing and ended his tenure there as the executive associate A.D. for external affairs.
Before taking the position with California, Anderson served as executive director of the YMCA of the East Bay from 1995 to 1997. He was director of annual giving for athletics at Stanford University from 1993 to 1995.
Anderson places a strong importance on commitment to the community and has brought that approach to College Park. In May 2012 he was named to the Y of Central Maryland's Board of Directors. In July, Anderson announced the Terrapin athletics family would partner with Casey Cares, a foundation that provides uplifting programs to critically ill children. Anderson and the Terps pledged to help by giving game tickets to children and families within the organization and by student-athletes and coaches visiting kids in area hospitals. Recently, the foundation honored the University of Maryland Athletics Department with the prestigious Champions of Children Award for 2013. Anderson is also a board member of the Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women.
He is a 1979 graduate of San Francisco State University with a bachelor's degree in political science. He has attended the Sports Management Institute's executive management program and is a product of the new manager school at Xerox.
Anderson and his wife, Moira, have four children - daughters, Olivia and Michaela, and sons, Kevin Jr. and Chauncey.


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Deans calls for Super player rotation
WALLABIES coach Robbie Deans has called on the Super Rugby franchises to begin rotating Test players to save Australian rugby from the unprecedented ''carnage'' wrought by injuries this year.
Deans has used 40 players in 11 international matches this year - the highest of the SANZAR nations - and is staring down the prospect of further injuries with four Tests to play in Europe this month.
The case for the provinces resting their Wallabies players during the Super Rugby competition was put by the ARU to a nationwide coaches and chief executives meeting at ARU headquarters in Sydney last week.
Deans publicly floated the proposal at a media opportunity in Paris this week, where the Wallabies are preparing to face the French.
''It has to happen, and that's what we're spending a lot of time discussing at the moment,'' he said. ''Just the fact that the Irish have won more Heineken Cups than anywhere else and New Zealand's won more Super Rugby titles than anyone else and those two groups are the ones that are rotating their international playing group. It's not just the international side, it's the franchises that are thriving.''
Ireland restricts its Test players to playing six out of every eight provincial matches, Deans said. New Zealand's rotational policies are well known.
Australia's Super Rugby teams are far less blessed with depth than their trans-Tasman rivals and the Western Force this week announced its third international signing, while the Rebels are still allowed up to 10 foreign players on their roster. A proposed trade off for agreeing to rotate Test players is giving the provinces access to more players.
''The irony is, the moment you give [playing] access to your whole playing group, your whole playing group lifts, because they know they're going to get an opportunity to prepare on that basis and it becomes vibrant, you get competition, standards lift, you get more enthusiasm,'' Deans said.
''Whereas when you flog the same group all the time, they lose enthusiasm and so does the chasing group. then you pick up injuries, the chasing group aren't ready to go, everything falls over.''
Deans said he expected ''discussion'' and a hard sell to the provinces but cited Waratahs coach Michael Cheika as someone who coached under the Irish system at Leinster.
''There's always fears but they don't generally reflect the reality,'' Deans said. ''We've got to recognise what's in the best interests of the playing group and adapt, otherwise nothing changes in the way we prepare and the way we manage our group, nothing will change and the [injury] trend is alarming.''
South Africa has used 38 players and New Zealand 33 in its 10 Tests this year.
Reds hooker James Hanson became the 40th player to don the gold jersey when he was called in as back-up for Tatafu Polota-Nau following an injury to Saia Faingaa. Prop Paddy Ryan would be the 41st Wallaby to play this year if Australia had further injuries to the front row.
''In terms of international rugby this is the first time in 11 years that I've encountered this sort of carnage,'' Deans said. ''It saps your energy because you've got to reinvent the wheel and structure your game to suit the people you've got available.
''The good thing that will come out of it is that we'll end up with … a large playing group, that's been exposed to international rugby and done well at an international level.''
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NSW Police is concentrating its search for escaped murderer Adam John Bowhay on the Cooma area until there is reason to believe he has moved on.
The Australian Federal Police dog unit is helping with the search but weather conditions have prevented the police air wing from being deployed, Detective Inspector Shane Box, the acting local area commander for the Monaro LAC said.
''I'm not saying that he is staying in Cooma, what I am saying is that we have absolutely no information or intelligence to suggest he has gone to any other area,'' Inspector Box said at a media conference at 1pm on Wednesday.
''In the absence of other intelligence, we need to concentrate our search in Cooma until we are satisfied we have done the absolute best we can. He may well have left, yes, but I can't confirm that he has or hasn't. Until we suspect that he may be somewhere else I need to do a thorough job in Cooma.''
Bowhay, now aged 34, was just 18 when he stabbed Steven Jarvis to death at Casino in 1997. He escaped while doing community work for the Cooma council at a Cooma oval on Tuesday afternoon.
It is believed Bowhay, who had been at the work site with two other convicts, had been at large for some hours before the alarm was raised.
''I can't comment on that,'' DI Box said. ''Police acted as soon as they were informed of the situation; we responded appropriately.''
While Bowhay is considered dangerous due to the nature of his original crime police say he has not been violent or threatening in recent times.
''There are no recent threats or any reason to believe he may harm any particular person or groups in the Cooma area.''
He dismissed suggestions the escapee had been spotted in the Snowy Mountains.
''We have no intelligence he is hiding anywhere; we have had a number of people ring us with sightings or suspected sightings (but) there have been no positive sightings of Bowhay.''
Police have spoken to known family and associates but turned up no leads.
''There is no intelligence to suggest he is going anywhere in particular,'' DI Box said. ''We are not aware of any family anywhere around here.
''Police are patrolling the Cooma area as best we can; yes we are monitoring the roads and we are monitoring farms. Road blocks haven't been considered at this stage; there is no intelligence to support the need for roadblocks.''
NSW Corrective Services has told Fairfax Bowhay, who was given a minimum sentence of 16 years, had recently had his parole refused by the NSW State Parole Authority.
It was recommended by the Serious Offenders Review Council that he instead participate in "more approved external leave before being considered for parole".
"He had progressed to the lowest security classification having spent 16 years behind bars," a NSW Corrective Services spokeswoman said.
The body of 42-year-old Mr Jarvis was found in a reserve near the banks of the Richmond River by a couple walking their dog in March 1997. A post mortem revealed he had been stabbed six times in the neck.
Bowhay, then aged 18, and his girlfriend had befriended Mr Jarvis the previous night at a pub in town. After he was killed the pair ransacked their victim's room, taking a small amount of money and a key card which they later tried to use.
They then fled town and were eventually caught in the northern Victorian town of Tallangatta.
Bowhay told his NSW Supreme Court trial that he had killed Mr Jarvis because he had inappropriately touched his girlfriend.
However in sentencing Bowhay, Justice John Dunford said the murder was a "deliberate and callous attack on one of the less fortunate members of the community, who was quite incapable of defending himself".
Police urged anyone who spotted Bowhay not to approach him but to call Triple Zero.
He is described as being of Caucasian appearance, approximately 184cm tall, medium/large build, bald head and clean shaven. He has tattoos around his neck, upper arm and legs.
Bowhay was last seen wearing work gear which consists of a fluorescent yellow shirt and blue and green King Gee brand long pants.


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Amy McDow Elliott, originally from Fayetteville and currently of Blacksburg, Va., will be on the Discovery Channel's "The Big Brain Theory: Pure Genius" on Wednesday, May 1.
Hailed as the "Southern Martha Stewart of Engineering," Amy is 26 years old and has an IQ of 128.
The daughter of Ted McDow of Fayetteville and Gaye Henley of Louisville, Amy earned her bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering at Virginia Tech, where she is now pursuing a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering. In addition, she works as a researcher for 3D Printing Lab.
"This Virginia mech-head calls herself the Martha Stewart of engineering, because she can do it all," states her bio on Discovery's "The Big Brain Theory" website, which goes on to state that she has amassed a ton of experience in the machine shop with mechanical design and in robotics competitions.
The show is set to air on May 1 at 9 p.m. central time.
She got her start in the field when she participated in the robotics program at Lincoln County High School, according to her father. While attending LCHS, she also became involved in NASA in Huntsville, Ala., where, as a student, she gained two patents. She graduated from LCHS in 2004.
"After serving as an apprentice machinist for six months, she used her metalworking skills to build robots, spending several years with First Robotics and NASA Robotics Academy," continues her bio. "She also worked for NASA Marshall Space Flight Center for three years, where she designed and machined an experimental setup to test bearings.
"Her current PH.D. work deals with rapid prototyping technologies, so she knows how to design and build extremely fast. Amy is undoubtedly smart, but she doesn't take herself too seriously, describing herself as 'hilarious, loving, dynamic, talkative … sometimes a baby and sometimes the boss … but always Southern."
"The Big Brain Theory: Pure Genius" will feature a seemingly impossible engineering challenge to be solved by the contestants each week. Competitors will have just 30 minutes to come up with a solution using their own intellect to complete the challenge. Based on logic and design, the expert panel of judges will determine the best engineering concept and select two captains to lead their teams to execute the project. The team wit the best design will remain safe, but the losers will face the judges who will determine which member will be eliminated.
The cameras will not only capture the tension and pressure in the design workshop but will also go inside the living quarters where all the competitors must reside, dealing with each other's quirks and habits.
The winner of the competition will earn $50,000 and a one year contract to work at WET, the industry leader behind some of the world's most innovative water-based designed environments and experiencing including the Fountains of Bellagio in Las Vegas.
The show is hosted by actor and producer Kal Penn. He is joined each week by judges Mark Fuller, president and CEO of WET, and Dr. Christine Gulbranson, a nanotechnologist and renewable energy innovator.


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These people filed for marriage licenses in the Hamilton County Clerk's office June 24-28:
Eria Harold Donahue and Alice Fay Brackett, both of Chattanooga
Jose Eduardo Guzman Mejia and Maria Isabel Zarco Valenzo, both of Hixson
Michael Antoine Mayweather and Squoia Marie Holmes, both of Chattanooga
James Edward McKenzie IV and Saffron Alixzandria Sutter, both of Chattanooga
Nathaniel Reid Newlon and Tamara Lynn Cota, both of McDonald, Tenn.
Donald Lee Desha, Soddy-Daisy and Sheri Lynn Harrell, Chattanooga
Dmytro Mykilaevich Koshteryk and Tatyana Viktorovna Migitskaya, both of Ooltewah
Tin Khanh Nguyen and Bich Ngoc Thi Nguyen, both of Chattanooga
Saad Marzouk and Susan Marie Brenner, both of Chattanooga
Jonathan William Brown and Wendi Elaine Evans, both of New Orleans, La.
George Leemore and Rose Marie Gates, both of Chattanooga
Brian Alexander Lain, Hixson and Rhonda Lynn Orange, Ashland City, Tenn.
Bryan Anthony Wright and Savannah Faye Wright, both of Chattanooga
Dustin Lee Barton Powell and Jennifer Lynn Champlin, both of Apison
John Morrison Findley II and Emily Margaret Waters, both of Jackson, Tenn.
Matthew David Porter, Hixson and Jillian Justine Crabtree, Chattanooga
Michael David Morris and Teresa Gail Gunnoe, both of Cleveland, Tenn.
Scott Davis Gammenthaler, Ooltewah and Lisa Michelle Owens, McDonald, Tenn.
Collins Matthew Wiles and Jazmine Leigh Miles, both of East Ridge
Michael Thomas Grover and Jessica Michelle Chase, both of Harrison
Mark Stanley Rice, Cleveland, Tenn. and Deanna Lewis Hudson, Soddy-Daisy
Byron Terrell Francis, Newnan, Ga. and Christine Eunice Poke, Chattanooga
Kyle Thomas Loggins and Jennifer Beth Colston, both of Soddy-Daisy
William Alexander Morgan and Glenda Marie Provost, both of Chattanooga
Patrick Ryan Flynn and Taylor Nicole Gatewood, both of Chattanooga
Thomas Walter Houston Damron, Chattanooga and Sara Michelle Vaughan, Ringgold, Ga.
LaWande Charles Carter and Erica Lee Ann Beene, both of Chattanooga
Donald Lynn Walker and Sharon Jean Mcamis, both of Chickamauga, Ga.
Richard Lee White, Ooltewah and Michelle Neely Buttram, Galveston, Texas
Martrella Edwards and Ursula Deshawn Dial, both of Chattanooga
Donald Box and Madelaine Mary Cornelius, both of Chattanooga
Robert Woodrow Harper, Jacksonville, Fla. and Amy Michelle Stinnett, Chattanooga
Tremaine Santez Alexander and Lanesha Danqueal Booker, both of Chattanooga
Douglas Bruce Burch and Linda Lian Hess, both of Chattanooga
Michael Shane Kelley and Melody Rae Wallace, both of Chattanooga
Ryan Heath Autry, Chattanooga and Megan Nicole Usry, Hixson
Felipe Bernabe Bravo and Azul Cristian Carabello, both of Chattanooga
Scott Charles Macmurdo and Colleen Elizabeth Forsyth, both of Chattanooga
Gene Harroll White, Hixson and Cinnamon Celeste Culpepper, Cleveland, Tenn.
Daniel Wesley Hodgin, Cleveland, Tenn. and Caroline Michelle Daniels, Chattanooga
Brandon Ryan Teal and Diane Renae Gillaspie, both of Boaz, Ala.
Chad Edward Evans, Chattanooga and Megan Allen Buckner, Hixson
David Bruce Ownbey Jr., Trenton, Ga. and Amy Brooke Shuster, Hixson
Trevor McNeil Childress and Allison Rae Escandon, both of Red Bank
Kevin Mark Dressner and Emily Ann Baker, both of Atlanta.
Dairlwen Javon Dunbar and Charity Faith Swanson, both of Chattanooga
Christopher Ray Davis and April Lorene Swafford, both of Hixson
Sean Michael Rogers and Wendy Leigh Self, both of Soddy-Daisy
Michael Adrian Avila, San Bernardino, Calif. and Rachel Sarah Burton, Loma Linda, Calif.
Anejo Lebron Maddox and Spencer Lebra Jones, both of Chattanooga
Keith Leroy Ruefenacht and Megan Michelle Hale, both of East Ridge
John Calvin Kinser and Jennifer Ashley Carroll, both of Dalton, Ga.
David Alan Lawrence and Deborah Renee Queen, both of Ringgold, Ga.
Jeffrey Dewayne Elliott and Kellye Ward Stolpmann, both of Chattanooga
Benjamin Paul Daniel, Soddy-Daisy and Morgan Brittany Croy, Clinton, Tenn.
Jonathan David Squires and Kyndall Marie Blake, both of Chattanooga
John Scott Aycock II, Rossville, Ga. and Samantha Lynn Bellairs, East Ridge
Landon Christopher McGahee and Krystle Monique Steele, both of Chattanooga
Michael Richard Brandenburg and Heather Martina Marcum, both of Dallas, Ga.
David Andrew Olivo, Chattanooga and Catherine Rich Outten, Sewanee, Tenn.
Kenneth James Blevins and Amanda Elizabeth Freeman, both of Chattanooga
David Dewayne Banther, Chattanooga and Wendy Louann Skates, LaFayette, Ga.
Emmanuel Cheruiot Kirwa and Linda Atieno Ochieng, both of Chattanooga
Kevin David Baker and Nicole Lenee Wilfong, both of Chattanooga
David Hunter Howard and Kamirae Paige Camp, both of Soddy-Daisy
Andrew Michael Burnett and Hanna Lynn Meyer, both of Ooltewah
These people filed for divorce in Hamilton County Circuit Court June 24-28:
Manuel Lopez Morales v. Elisa Maria Garnica
Daniel Aaron Beyer v. Mercedes Elizabeth Beyer
Timothy Lebron Lloyd v. Bridgette Lawrence Lloyd
Brittany Nicole Bales v. Robert Alton Bales
Jose Migu Rodriguez-Gutierrez v. Nicolasa Chingo Garcia
Franky Harris Cook v. Clark Cook
Taharka V. Faulkenberry v. Michael J. Faulkenberry
Hester Marie Hackney v. Thomas Eugene Hackney
Jennifer Holden v. Gavin Holden
Nicola Johnson Boettcher v. Fredrick Maurice Boettcher
Jesse Lunn Harris v. Jennifer Lunn Harris


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You get the kit for the test directly from the UK and return it there but your vet could undoubtedly help with this.
However -- dogs with advanced heart disease also can have collapsing episodes. This would look quite like an EFS episode as they often remain aware but fall over and slowly recover. So it would be good to discuss with a cardiologist as well as having the EFS DNS test (which would be conclusive). It would really be advisable to see a cardiologist for a dog with a murmur anyway. :thmbsup:


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The 7 Subway Extension is the first extension funded by the New York City in more than 60 years and will provide New Yorkers and visitors with a link to Manhattan's Far West Side. The last extension financed by the city opened in December of 1950, when the Queens Boulevard line was extended to Jamaica-179th Street. The $2.4-billion project is scheduled to be completed in the summer 2014.
"Today's historic ride is yet another symbol of how New York City has become a place where big projects can get done," said Mayor Bloomberg. "This project is the linchpin of an ambitious transit-oriented, mixed-use development that is already transforming Manhattan's Far West Side, and it demonstrates our Administration's commitment over the past 12 years to invest in infrastructure that will allow our city to grow for generations to come."
"When we complete construction on this project next summer, the West Side will be connected to the rest of this vibrant city and will be just a train ride away," said Dr. Michael Horodniceanu, President of MTA Capital Construction.
Construction of the extension began in December 2007. For the first time in New York City, tunnel boring machines (TBMs) were used to mine the subway tunnels. Two Herrenknecht manufactured TBMs, named after Mayor Bloomberg's daughters Emma and Georgina, burrowed 9,285 feet from Eleventh Avenue and 26th Street to Times Square. Tunneling between 34th Street and Times Square presented unique challenges, as the subway will run under the existing Eighth Avenue Subway, Amtrak/NJ Transit tunnels, as well as tunnels to the former New York Central Line, the Lincoln Tunnel and the Port Authority Bus Terminal and ramps. To create the new station cavern below 34th Street and Eleventh Avenue, the contractor used controlled drill-and-blast. Work will continue into next year to complete full signal and power installation.


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See that handsome fellow on the right? The well dressed guy with the intelligent gaze? that is Bob Carlton and he is a member of The band Dryer, he also works at the Skidshop and is the dude responsible for all the free pizza and Apple products.
If you're cool you've heard Dryer on the DAs jukebox, if you're really cool you're in their Top 8 on MySpace. Anyway, they are playing tonight at Putnam Den and all the cool people in the world are going to be there dancing and singing along and drinking 3 dollar PBRs and high fiveing.
21+ 7 bucks
18+ 12 bucks
Doors at 9:30


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There is a familiar name on the Anchorage School District's list of finalists for the superintendent opening announced on Thursday.
Dr. Steve Atwater, Kenai Peninsula Borough School District superintendent, is one of two finalists vying for the ASD superintendent position. Current Anchorage Superintendent Carol Comeau will retire at the end of June.
"I felt very honored by the Anchorage School District they would consider me in that light," Atwater said.
Atwater joins Dr. Jim Browder, former superintendent of Lee County School District, located in Fort Myers, Fla. atop ASD's list of 150 candidates who applied for the opening.
"The board had very stated criteria that every candidate was rated on and through the process we came down to the finalists," said Gretchen Guess, ASD School Board president.
Atwater said there were four or five stages to the process. The finalists were chosen after the 150 candidates were narrowed down by a search firm based in Illinois, and then the board chose the top five candidates and interviewed them via video chat. That is where Atwater and Browder separated themselves from the pack, Guess said.
There is one quality that set the finalists apart, Guess said, and that was their leadership.
"We felt they both had the experience and the ability to lead a district of this size at this time," Guess said.
The next step in the process for the finalists is to visit Anchorage next month to participate in a 2 1/2-day visit. Each finalist will meet with the board, interact with students at different schools, participate in a community forum with parents, students and staff and participate in other scheduled events.
"It's more just to gain a deeper understanding with the school district," Atwater said. "It's 2 1/2 days, so it's pretty involved."
Atwater said he was drawn to the Anchorage job because of the role it plays on a larger scale.
"What happens in Anchorage is very influential at the state level," Atwater said. "I felt it was important for an Alaskan to be part of that — and I thought I fit that bill well."
Although Atwater is a finalist for the job, he said that if the ASD goes with Browder, he would relish staying put in Kenai.
"If I don't get this job, then I'm fine, I'm happy, I have a very good situation here," he said.
The job in Anchorage is the only one in the state Atwater would consider, so he said this was his shot to apply.
"It's really the only superintendency in Alaska that's interesting to me — it's the only place that would attract me."
If Atwater was chosen as the next ASD superintendent, he would be taking a position Comeau has held for 12 years. Atwater said he has heard people say he would not have an easy task ahead of him. Having known Comeau for 10 years, and worked alongside her on state-wide issues, Atwater feels comfortable if he is to be her successor.
"She's a legend in many ways," Atwater said. "I admire her service at the school district in Anchorage and the state.
"I just look forward to building on those partnerships and help the students of anchorage find success."
KPBSD Board of Education President Joe Arness said Atwater informed him last week that he was being considered for the job.
"I would be sorry to see him go," Arness said. "I've grown to have a lot of respect for him over the last three years."
Arness admitted he was upset initially by the possibility of Atwater leaving, but he chose to look at the situation differently.
"I can't have that kind of an attitude," he said. "It's definitely a feather in his cap ... but it's a feather in the cap of the entire district and all of the employees."
If Atwater is appointed to the position, the KPBSD will have options, Arness said. The board could hire a search firm, advertise the position on appropriate websites or they could simply appoint someone, Arness said. The final decision from ASD will come mid-to-late January, according to ASD. Arness said the board will be prepared for either outcome.
"We're happy with (Dr. Atwater), we're happy with what he's done," Arness said. "If it doesn't happen, then we'll just sail along on our ship.
"If he does leave then we'll try to have as much of a seamless transition as we can."
Anchorage's next superintendent will officially take the reins July 1, 2012.
There is a familiar name on the Anchorage School District's list of finalists for the superintendent opening announced on Thursday.


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Listen to the Beat: Percussion at Utah State University
Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012
The Utah State University Percussion Ensemble and the Caine Percussion Ensemble present their annual fall concert Monday, Nov. 19, at 7:30 p.m. in the Kent Concert Hall, located in the Chase Fine Arts Center.
"This concert is exciting due to the incredibly diverse array of music," said Jason Nicholson, assistant professor of percussion in the Caine College of the Arts.
The pieces to be performed range from large percussion ensembles to a group of non-pitched percussion instruments. A wide variety of musical tastes will be presented in this concert, with something for everyone to enjoy, said Nicholson.
The students in the USU Percussion Ensemble include both music majors and non-majors. The Caine Percussion Ensemble is made up of five percussion majors who auditioned for the group. Members of the Caine Percussion Ensemble receive a scholarship funded by the Marie Eccles Caine Foundation—Russell Family.
Tickets are $10 general admission, $8 seniors and youth, $5 USU faculty and staff and free for USU students with ID. For more information or to purchase tickets visit the Caine College of the Arts Box Office located in room 139-B of the Chase Fine Arts Center, call 435-797-8022 or see the college website.
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