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Smid Contracted (past tense) H1N1
Tonight Quinn released the news that a player on the Oilers had contracted the H1N1 virus. It was later confirmed on the Oilers website that the player in question is Ladislav Smid who has since recovered from the virus.
According to Pat Quinn, Alberta Health guidelines are to not test for H1N1 unless the person is hospitalized. Quinn also noted that the players are not in the at risk group for serious effects of the virus. "Young people are getting it and there is no way of stopping it, I guess," Quinn stated. "We want to be able to help them through it. They're not at the at risk group – they're at risk to get it, but not at risk for serious illness other than the sweats and the fevers and that sort of thing. So we're going to stay on top of that and there may be further discussion tomorrow."
In other sad, somewhat related news.. 13-year old minor hockey leaguer Evan Frustaglio died monday night from the H1N1 virus. Frustaglio was in London, Ontario for a hockey tournament when he complained of a sore throat and cough on Friday night. By Saturday, Frustaglio was experiencing more flu-like symptoms and had even seen a physician the next day who had advised the family to continue taking medication and treat the fever, and the boy would be fine. Within 24 hours later, the boy had passed away from the virus.


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"Science" is baloney. It's just the government's way of trying to keep us in line.
The dodo bird never existed, it was made up by special interests.
The carrier pigeon was also a massive work of fiction.
The tropical jungles were never a huge as historians say they were.
The climate isn't getting warmer. And if it were getting warmer (which it isn't), it would be because of something completely unrelated to the activity of people.
f*ckin' magnets...
How do they work?
Global warming is part of a machiavellian plot by...by...someone...who wants to make Alaska closer to habitable...
If Alaska had more electoral votes, think about who would have a better chance of getting elected President.
Data from this is gonna be damn accurate since most part of the climate change comes from Google datacenters chugging away to provide climate change data.
Google Earth Engine will provide critical access to terabytes of data, a growing set of analytical tools and our high-performance processing capabilities.
Does GEE only provide *access* or does it also provide *the data and tools* for download/mail order?
Science is about repeatability. There is *zero* point in doing any kind of scientific calculations on data that is not public, and using specialized analysis software that can't be audited and rerun or re-analyzed years from now.
The analytical methods are published. The code is often unpublished, but there's limited benefit to publishing the code for purposes of validating their findings -- you shouldn't reuse the same code, lest you include a systematic error. You should have new code that performs the same documented methods.
If your complaint is that it requires being a scientist in the field to have the knowledge necessary to reproduce a scientific result, then that's true.
Without these two requirements, the analysis of data is merely a black box with untrusted inputs, and therefore untrusted outputs.
Your point that two independent scient
When visualizing global environment metrics, it is crucial to be able to see time-lapse imagery/maps.
For example, it would be very illuminating to see a time-lapse of forest cover globally over the last
1000 years. This would allow us to properly gauge human impact on forest eco-systems.
The older data would have to be created from approximations based on historical anecdote, the mid-twentieth
century data from paper maps in government offices, and the recent stuff from satellite imagery.
But putting it all tog
The best way of preventing deforestation is to make sure the local people can feed themselves, and they are rich enough to start caring for their forests themselves.
Anything else will feed corruption and poverty.
Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.

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Schools, county seek to fight truancy
BROOKVILLE — With the school year well underway, school and county officials are stressing the importance of going to school, and going to school on time.
But compared to last year, officials have more reason to be hopeful that truancy will not be as much of an issue.
In September, an addition to the county's truancy protocol was finalized, which will, according to Children & Youth Services Director Brian Mowrey, attempt to address the problem of truancy before it spirals out of control.
"Truancy is not really a new problem, but we're trying to develop new ways of dealing with it," he said.
Last spring, Mowrey, along with officials from area school districts including Brookville, Brockway, DuBois, Punxsutawney and Jeff Tech; Juvenile Probation; the county's district judges; and President Judge John H. Foradora began developing a plan to address the problem of truancy.
And after several meetings, they were able to decide on a new approach.
After one illegal absence, a parent will have the opportunity to work with the school district, the child and CYS to develop a Truancy Elimination Plan (TEP), which gives all parties involved the opportunity to work together on a plan/contract in the hopes of eliminating future unexcused absences or tardies.
Although TEPs have been used for many years, Mowrey said this is the first year they are offering this opportunity to the parents at such an early stage.
"We want to intervene on a preventative side instead of a reactive side," he said, because addressing the problem at an early stage can save everyone involved time and frustration.
According to compensatory law in Pennsylvania, students who demonstrate a continuous pattern of absenteeism or do not comply with the school's attendance policies may be dropped from the rolls, face expulsion or be placed in alternative education.
Furthermore, after six unexcused absences, students who are of compulsory attendance age will be referred to the district magistrate and CYS.
"(The plan) is offered assistance before it becomes formalized from district judges," Mowrey said. "The school is able to offer assistance long before it's a formal process of referral, or process with the courts."
Mowrey said there are many factors that lead to the issue of truancy which is plaguing not only Jefferson County's districts, but districts across the entire country.
"There is no easy answer to the problem of truancy," he said. "The truancy problems that occur could be as simple as a child that just wants to skip school for a couple of days, or way more complex — child abuse, laziness, parental attitudes toward school."
But among the plethora of factors which cause truancy, negative parental attitudes toward education are a leading factor.
"If a parent doesn't put value on education, that attitude is also maybe passed onto the child," Mowrey said.
And that is one of the major issues the group of school and county officials is trying to combat.
"Our overall attempt is to collectively show that we value children's education," he said. "We are here to assist and make sure we pass that value on to the children in the county and the families."
According to Brookville Jr.-Sr. High School Vice-Principal Ruthanne Barbazzeni, truancy usually becomes an issue during the second half of the school year, around January.
At that time, CYS become overwhelmed with referrals from area districts; therefore, the earlier availability of the TEP may also alleviate the pressure on CYS.
"The hope is that yes, it will, in essence, eliminate truancy," Mowrey said. "The overall goal is to increase school attendance — to really increase the daily attendance and to have the kids put that value on education, without having the desire to skip."
Mowrey said the potential negatives of truancy are "somewhat unbelievable" when examining statistics.
"An overwhelming amount of truant students end up in the state prison population," he said. "There is an appearance of a correlation."
So Mowrey's hoping county residents realize how negative truancy can become.
"Hopefully, the community and the general public will recognize it's not just a school problem, but it can also make our county better as a whole, too," he said.
Although the group of county and school officials is hopeful the new protocol will aid in the elimination of truancy, Mowrey said there is still work to be done.
The group plans to meet in November or December to discuss what's next.
"The group will continue to work and improve on and adjust this as we need to, so that we can hopefully make progress," he said. "Our work's not over. We didn't just develop this new protocol and leave it there. We want to continue to work and make it better."


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After an all day -– and night -- HackDay Dec. 8-9 at the The LAB Miami's new, expanded co-working campus in Wynwood, 13 teams presented their hacks to a panel of judges. Martin Varsavsky of Fon, Ben Wirz of Knight Foundation, Artem Mikhlin, an angel investor, and Boris Hirmas and Faquiry Diaz Cala of Tres Mares Group scored the teams on seven criteria to select the five finalists that will present at the AVCC on Friday. And the finalists are:
^ NFC Games - Figures embedded with NFC chips that can interact with digital games through a custom tablet case (also 3d printer) connected to audio jack.
^ Chorus - App to simulcast music within a local network.
* Introduced.co - Application and hardware device that allows event attendees to stay connected without relying on outside Internet connection.
* PriceMagic - Price optimization platform for e-commerce retailers.
* AskMeOut - Dating service that algorithmically finds best match within your social network and pairs couples that want to mutually connect.
From here, the finalists can take the next few days to continue working on their hacks with help and mentoring at The LAB Miami and are encouraged to build out their teams. They can attend Wayra Global demoDay and its pitch workshop. When pitching at AVCC, to an audience of several hundred, each team is expected to make the case for its product as a startup business. The winning team at AVCC will receive a $30K cash prize and an additional $20K and co-working space at LAB Miami if the team goes on to create a company. The winner will also get fast-tracked into the final rounds of a Wayra accelerator.
For now, many were going home to crash.
The finalists and judges of HackDay Miami (photo provided by Pabla Ayala of CVOX Group). Scene from the hackathon: A makeshift laptop stand with Red Bull cans (photo provided by LAB Miami)


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The Ubuntu team is proud to announce Ubuntu 5.10. This is the official Ubuntu 5.10 release, and includes installation CDs, live CDs, and combination DVDs for three architectures. In addition, Kubuntu 5.10 has also been released. You can download Ubuntu here, and Kubuntu here.


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The receiver for Zeek Rewards unveiled more specifics about his investigation this week; however, it is still unclear if, and when, affiliates will get their money back.
Charlotte attorney Kenneth Bell, the receiver charged with resolving the Zeek Rewards case, submitted a preliminary liquidation plan to the courts Monday, a filing that outlines the status of his investigation and what comes next.
The federal government shut down Zeek Rewards on Aug. 17, alleging that the Lexington-headquartered company was operating one of the densest Ponzi schemes of all time. The company, rooted in the online penny auction website, Zeekler.com, allowed people to essentially invest by purchasing "penny bids" and giving them away to potential users.
Both Zeek Rewards and Zeekler.com operated under parent company, Rex Venture Group LLC. Rex's former chief executive officer and Lexington resident Paul Burks was ordered by the court to pay a $4 million fine for his dealings.
In the filing submitted in U.S. District Court in Charlotte, Bell said there were about 2.2 million unique users of Zeek Rewards. However, that number may not reflect the amount of unique individuals or people who used the program, as it appears some had more than one username, according to the filing. Bell said about 1 million affiliates paid money into the program.
Since Bell took over Aug. 17, he and his team have collected about $293.7 million from the company's different bank accounts, outstanding cashier's checks and other miscellaneous assets. About $217 million of that money has come from 12 domestic and two international banks. Bell said there is at least one more foreign account that has yet to be identified, adding that it is unclear if the receiver team will be successful in recovering funds from that account.
The filing also said that the receiver has made about $55,000 in disbursements so far, including payment for employee payroll and associated benefits; taxes due to the United States, North Carolina and Arkansas; rent and utilities, Internet service, telephone service and other operating expenses.
The receivership team has also identified more than $922,000 in accounts payable, including certain invoices for professional services that were due and coming due when the receiver was appointed. The receiver is still in the process of determining which invoices are valid, according to the filing.
As he has hinted in the past, the receiver said he does intend to collect funds from those who profited from Zeek Rewards, using common law claims and "claw back" claims under applicable fraudulent transfer statues, according to the filing. Bell said as the investigation continues, he may also file charges against those higher-level company officials who contributed to the "scheme."
As for the timeliness of the resolution, Bell said an exact timetable is uncertain at this point.
"The receivership investigation is ongoing," Bell said in the filing. "The next steps will involve increasingly broad recovery efforts, including the assertion of third party claims against officers, employees, affiliate-investors, professionals and others who benefited from the scheme."
Affiliates are still being urged to go to www.zeekrewardsreceivership.com, the website created by Bell and the receivership team.
Donald Williams of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., put in about $400 with Zeek Rewards.
"I don't think we are going to get our money back," Williams said. "I don't think they are going to solve the case that way. It's going to take a long time."
Williams said he does not believe the company was doing anything illegal. They would have been shut down a long time ago, he said, adding that he was making about 1,200 a month in points, not actual dollars.
"I hope I get the money back, but I don't know how that's going to happen," Williams said.
Zeek Rewards, which launched in 2011, was one of the first penny auction-based companies to present profit-sharing opportunities to its customers. In the program, affiliates essentially invested by purchasing large quantities of bids from Zeekler.com to give away to new customers using the penny auction website. Affiliates were also required to post a daily advertisement online. For buying bids and placing an ad, affiliates shared in the company's daily net profits through "rewards" — bonuses they could compile over time and eventually turn into cash.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which issued a civil enforcement action against the company Aug. 17, alleges that in reality, new investors were just funding the payouts for higher-up affiliates. About 98 percent of Zeek Rewards' total revenues, and subsequent payouts to its affiliates, were comprised of funds received from new investors, according to the SEC's complaint.
"People wanted something for nothing," said Stuart Brandt, a Danville, Va., resident and former Zeek Rewards affiliate. "They want a free lunch, and they also want to get paid a whole bunch for doing a whole lot of nothing. If you give people a program where they can double their money in 90 or 120 days, they will bend over backward for you."
Like Williams, Brandt doesn't expect to receive any of his money back.
While affiliates continue to await their fate, Burks, 65, who allegedly siphoned off millions in affiliate funds to his family members, settled with the SEC without admitting or denying allegations. Burks, who lives in downtown Lexington, has remained mute since the SEC's action, and his home is still being monitored by a private security group.
"It's not that I'm not interested. I'm legally restrained (from speaking publicly) and my attorneys say, 'Do not,'" Burks said on the phone Tuesday, adding that he's having to sit back and watch everything unfold at this point.
Burks has not been charged criminally.
Burks and Rex Venture Group owned two buildings in Davidson County, the Zeek Rewards headquarters at 803 W. Center St. and a warehouse near Sapona. The company was also a tenant under leases at an office building and two apartments in Davidson County. In the filing submitted Monday, Bell said the receivership team is in the process of terminating those leases.
Bell also said most of the data his team has recovered has come from the headquarters in Lexington, in addition to a data hosting facility in Miami, according to the filing.
The receiver team is cooperating with the SEC, the U.S. Secret Service and the U.S. Attorney's Office in its investigation. A final liquidation plan will be submitted at a later date, Bell said.
Nash Dunn can be reached at 249-3981, ext. 227, or at email@example.com.
Zeek receiver submits preliminary liquidation plan
The receiver for Zeek Rewards unveiled more specifics about his investigation this week; however, it is still unclear if, and when, affiliates will get their money back.


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DAWN – The body of the Boston Marathon bomber, buried in a private Muslim cemetery in Caroline County, should be removed and sent to Russia, an activist said at a news conference at the cemetery on Monday.
The burial of Tamerlan Tsarnaev is the first step in bringing to the site an Islamic shrine in honor of the jihadist movement, charged James Lafferty, chairman of the 200-member Virginia Anti-Shariah Task Force (VAST). He read and distributed a statement standing outside the entrance to Al-Barzakh Islamic Cemetery, which is located on Sadie Lane off state Route 30.
The mission of the Virginia Anti-Shariah Task Force is to oppose the implementation of the "radical, barbaric and anti-Constitutional Shariah law" in Virginia or anywhere in America, according to the group's website. Shariah, an Arabic word, refers to the code of law – derived from the Koran – that governs the lives of Muslims.
Once a shrine is established, a mosque will follow, said Lafferty.
Bukhari Abdel-Alim, vice president of the Islamic Funeral Services, which operates the cemetery, attended the news conference and disputed Lafferty's claims and opposed any efforts to disinter the remains of Tsarnaev and send them elsewhere. Islam prohibits the disinterring a body once it is buried, he said.
Abdel-Alim, 27, who has lived in Caroline for 10 years, said no shrine is planned for the bombing suspect's burial site. If any shrine was proposed, "we would stop it immediately," he said.
Lafferty called on the federal government to resolve the final disposal of the body by disinterring the body and shipping it back to Russia where Tsarnaev originated.
"Just as innocent people in Boston were harmed by this man and his accomplices, innocent people in Doswell should not be forced to deal with the fallout of having this terrorist's body dumped in their midst," Lafferty said. "Disinter the body as soon as possible, ship it to Russia, bury it at sea but don't desecrate sacred American soil, soil that generations of American men and women sacrificed and died to keep free."
A small handful of people and news reporters and photographers attended the news conference, which was monitored by the Caroline County Sheriff's Office.
The Chechen-born Tsarnaev died April 19 after a shoot-out with police in Watertown, Mass. four days after the Boston Marathon bombing. Tsarnaev, 26, and his younger brother, Dzhokhar, 19, were responsible for the bombing, according to prosecutors. The younger brother was wounded and later captured is facing federal charges that could bring the death penalty.
VAST, an Alexandria-based activist organization, also has opposed the Islamic Saudi Academy, a school operated by the Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Northern Virginia.
Abdel-Alim said the one-acre cemetery "will have to expand." It now has 49 graves and those buried there were all Muslim, mostly from Richmond, Fredericksburg and Charlottesville. He said other cemeteries are expanding, and so must this one.
A monument to the jihadist movement should never be a concern, Abdel-Alim said.
As for digging up the body, which is wrapped in a cloth rather than placed in a casket, Abdel-Alim said, "We don't have provisions for shipping bodies away."
"A number of groups are talking about litigation" to have the body removed from Virginia, Lafferty said.
Virginians should work with their Congressional delegation as well as the state attorney general and state legislators in an effort to have the remains removed, said Lafferty.
"This will become an important site to jihadists," said Lafferty, who have a renewed focus on armed jihad in Islamic fundamentalism.


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 18th Nov 2010 16:44 UTC
...and finally it pays off for OSNews to have a Dutch editor. Yes, I knew this glorious day would one day be upon us, the day upon which the rest of the technology world would be struggling with Google Translate to decipher a Dutch article with news in it. But not for OSNews, oh no! Anyway, Steve Wozniak, Apple founder and still technically an employee, gave an interview to a Dutch newspaper (the worst we have, but still) in which he made some interesting remarks. Update: Told you it's the worst newspaper we have.
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RE: Engadget Reporting Woz was misquoted
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RE[2]: Engadget Reporting Woz was misquoted
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Wozniak has downright lied about being misquoted in the past, so I'm not making any judgements on this one.


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(MCT) — LOS ANGELES — It was a "once-in-a-lifetime call," Shelby Charley Jr. said. The kind emergency workers hope to never get.
"One moment we're here at the firehouse joking around, getting ready to eat some dinner," said Charley, an engineer at the Tule River Fire Department in Tulare County, Calif.. "Next thing we know, we're walking into a murder."
Charley was one of the first responders called to a trailer on the Tule River Indian Reservation on Saturday evening, where authorities found a man and woman shot to death and a boy — who Charley said was no older than a second-grader — wounded. As Charley and his crew began to drive away with the boy, authorities found another man fatally shot in a nearby shed.
"You don't ever want to imagine this kind of call," Charley said.
A 911 caller reported the shots shortly after 7:45 p.m. PST on Chimney Road, on the rugged, isolated reservation in Central California. According to the Tulare County Sheriff's Department, the caller said the gunman fled in a green Jeep Cherokee. Authorities said his daughters, ages 8 and 5, were with him.
Authorities identified the suspected gunman as Hector Celaya, 31, who lives on the reservation. They tried to locate him using his cellphone. An Amber Alert was also issued, sheriff's Sgt. Chris Douglass said, because Celaya was considered armed and dangerous.
Hours later, a deputy spotted a green Jeep about 20 miles away, near the small town of Lindsay, Douglass said. The deputy tried to pull the vehicle over, but the driver didn't stop, prompting a low-speed chase, with the vehicle sometimes crawling at less than 15 mph.
"It wasn't a major pursuit," Douglass said. "He just would not pull over."
Shortly before 2 a.m. Sunday, the Jeep stopped. Deputies saw the suspect fire a gun inside the vehicle and shot at him, Douglass said.
Celaya died, as did one of his daughters, Alyssa Celaya, 8. Linea Celaya, 5, was admitted to the hospital for treatment.
Douglass said Celaya shot both girls at some point, but it was not clear when. Deputies could not see the girls when Celaya fired his gun, she said, and thus don't know "if that's exactly when" they were shot.
Authorities identified the other victims as Irene Celaya, 60; Francisco Moreno, 61; and Bernard Franco, 53. Authorities said the victims were related to Hector Celaya, but did not specify how.
The boy authorities took to the hospital was Hector Celaya's son, Andrew, age 6. He remains hospitalized.
The Tule River tribe's website described its 139-year-old, 85-acre reservation as a "remote rural area" "accessible only by one winding paved road." "It is isolated in a rugged setting that allows for privacy and for development independent from urban or recreational sprawl," the website said. The nearest city, Porterville, is about 20 miles west.
The reservation has its own security, but Douglass said the Sheriff's Department was heading the investigation.
Reservation officials could not be reached for comment Sunday. A woman who answered the phone for the security department declined to speak about the incident.
Douglass declined to elaborate on a motive for the shootings but said authorities "were aware" of Celaya, who was "known to use drugs."
When describing Celaya in their initial alert about the crime, authorities noted his tattoos: a shark on his stomach and, on his right leg, the name of his 8-year-old daughter: "Alyssa."


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6th Leadership Elk County class begins
ST. MARYS - Leadership Elk County (LEC) held its sixth annual kick-off event at Aiello's Cafe on Sept. 11, 2012. There were many in attendance from the LEC advisory board, alumni and this year's 13 participants and sponsors. Dr. William Conrad from the Stackpole-Hall Foundation welcomed the group and explained the results of the 2006 Stackpole-Hall Foundation's Community Assessment, which reflected the need for leadership in Elk County. "We feel leadership is the most important component for the development of a community; therefore, we need to provide opportunities for leadership in Elk County. On behalf of the Stackpole-Hall Foundation, we have been delighted to fund such a project like the Leadership Elk County program," Conrad said. Northwest Savings Bank was the sponsor for the evening's event and has been a tremendous supporter of the program, both financially and with class participants. Six participants over the six years of the program have been from Northwest Savings Bank. The first session held on Sept. 12 was the orientation session. This day was to preview the program expectations. The participants explored their own leadership styles and understanding of the group dynamics. The remaining eight sessions will include Tourism & Environment, Communication Skills, History of Elk County, Health and Human Services, Government, Economic Development, Education & Arts and a trip to Harrisburg. This very hands-on program will show the participants what Elk County is all about, from the services available to what the county has to offer to its residents. This year's 2012-2013 Leadership Elk County participants are: Renee Bauer (St. Marys Insurance Agency), Bill Boylan (Domtar Paper Company), David Green (Allegheny Coatings), Angel Leader (Northwest Savings Bank), Drew Lehman (St. Marys Police Department), Mary Louise Maloney (Northwest Savings Bank), Alan McPherson (St. Marys Airport), Paula Micale (U.S. Post Office), Ashley O'Dell (St. Marys Area Chamber of Commerce), Justin Pratt (Domtar Paper Company), Jim Prosper (Dickinson Center), Stacey Schutz (Elk Regional Health Center) and Sara Stauffer (Dickinson Center).For further information about the LEC program, contact the Community Education Council at 781-3437.


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Lipari, Schappert and Piccirillo Move On to Quarterfinals at NCAA East Regional
All three runners were automatic qualifiers for the next round in their respective events
Women's Track Has 12 Athletes Headed to NCAA East Regional
Official declarations for regional meet were announced on Thursday afternoon
Samantha Yeats Wins College Section of High Jump at Penn Relays
Yeats and Faith Dismuke (400 meter hurdles) get Wildcats off to big start at Franklin Field
Wildcats Put Up Blistering Times in 800 Meters at Hurricane Alumni Invitational
Seven different athletes set or tied personal bests during Saturday's meet
Walden Leads the Way in Preliminary Heats of 100 Meter Hurdles at Colonial Relays
Wildcats had successful day of competition on first day of this weekend's meet
2013 Outdoor: At the Penn Relays became the first Villanova runner in four years to break one minute in the 400 meter hurdles ... Her career best time of 59.31 at the Penn Relays was the fastest by any Wildcat since 2007 and was good for a fifth place finish in a field of 63 runners ... Went on to qualify for the NCAA East Regional in the 400 meter hurdles and recorded a time of 59.92 in the national first round of the event ... Came in fifth at the BIG EAST Championships with a time of 1:01.44 in the finals ... Also had a mark of 1:00.53 in the preliminaries at the conference meet ... Opened the season with a fourth place finish out of 67 entries at the Raleigh Relays (1:00.43) and also came in fifth at the Hurricane Alumni Invitational (1:01.16) ... Ran in the 800 meters at the Colonial Relays and came in eighth out of 67 entries with a time of 2:11.57 ... Ran the third leg of the 4x400 meter relay at the BIG EAST Championships, where Villanova finished in ninth place with a time of 3:45.22 ... Led off the 4x400 relay at the Colonial Relays and the Hurricane Alumni Invitational.
2013 Indoor: Set a personal best time in the 500 meters and scored team points for Villanova with a fourth place finish at the BIG EAST Championships ... Crossed the finish line in 1:13.51 in the finals after registering a time of 1:14.31 in her preliminary heat ... Also led off the 4x400 meter relay at the conference meet ... Finished fifth in the 400 meters with a time of 56.36 at the Columbia Last Chance Meet ... Came in third in the 1000 meters at the Jack Pyrah Invitational (2:57.11) and was also third in the 800 meters at the New York City Gotham Cup (2:11.60).
2012 Outdoor: Qualified for the BIG EAST Championships in the 400 meter hurdles and came in ninth out of 18 runners in the preliminaries at the conference meet with a time of 1:02.16 ... Ran a personal best time of 1:00.94 at the Widener Invitational and paced 18 competitors to win the event ... Finished in 16th place at the ECAC Championship with a time of 1:01.74, her second-fastest of the season ... Earlier in the year came in fifth at the Big Five Invite (1:04.22), eighth at the Hurricane Alumni Invitational (1:02.27) and 14th at the Colonial Relays (1:05.73).
2012 Indoor: Had a successful collegiate debut which included helping the Wildcats score points in a pair of relays at the BIG EAST Championships ... Ran the second leg (400 meters) of the distance medley relay at the conference meet and helped Villanova earn All-BIG EAST honors with a runner-up finish ... Produced a split of 57.2 in the DMR and also ran the second leg of the 4x400 meter relay, in which the Wildcats placed eighth ... Competed individually in the 500 meters at the BIG EAST meet and came in 15th in the preliminaries with a time of 1:16.45 ... Established a personal best and set a meet record in the 500 meters with a time of 1:15.52 in her collegiate debut at the Jack Pyrah Invitational ... Came in 12th in the College section at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational (1:15.57) and was 14th at the Penn State National (1:17.47) ... Set a personal best time of 2:15.04 in the 800 meters with a third place finish at the NYC Gotham Cup.
Mary Help of Christians Academy: Was the Non-Public B group and sectional champion ... First athlete in school history to win a county title ... Named an NJSIAA Scholar-Athlete as a senior ... Member of the National Honor Society and an Honor Roll student.
Personal: Born 4/12/94 ... One of two daughters of Kenny Dismuke and Joy Robertson ... Has a younger sister, Tavia (6) ... Majoring in Marketing.
400 Meter Hurdles 59.31 2013 Penn Relays 500 Meters 1:13.51 2013 BIG EAST Championships 800 Meters 2:11.57 2013 Colonial Relays 1000 Meters 2:57.11 2012 Jack Pyrah Invitational
CAREER AWARDS (Indoor Track)
All-BIG EAST (Indoor Track) 2012 (Distance Medley Relay)
CAREER AWARDS (Academics)
BIG EAST All-Academic Team 2012-13
Distance Medley Relay 2nd 2012 Indoor 500 Meters 4th 2013 Indoor 400 Meter Hurdles 5th 2013 Outdoor 4x400 Meter Relay 8th 2012 Indoor


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- Reins of the Azure Cloud Serpent
- Item Level 90
- Binds when picked up
- Mount
- Requires level 90
- Requires Artisan Riding
- Requires Exalted - Order of the Cloud Serpent
- Use: Teaches you how to summon this mount. Requires Cloud Serpent Riding from the Order of the Cloud Serpent.
An Azure Cloud Serpent mount added in Mists of Pandaria.
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- This mount is one of three possible rewards from completing the quest [90] Riding the Skiesω τ ϖ. This quest becomes available after becoming Exalted with Order of the Cloud Serpent. You can also purchase this mount after completing the quest from San Redscale in the Jade Forest for 3000.
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Western Digital has been making HDDs for a long time being one of the oldest consumer hard disk manufacturers and was one of the fist drive manufacturers to hit 1TB for consumer hard disks and 2TB of storage space. Today they are launching the first 3TB Hard Disk drives and to hit the market the Western Digital Caviar Green 3TB drive. This drive is retailing for $249, making it an interesting alternative for those wanting more storage space without paying the cost premium that a SSD would require.


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The train has left the station. The students are on board. Do you know where they are headed? Whether you are a parent, a guardian, a grandparent or a taxpayer, the federal and state government are about to transport your children, their education and their privacy into a dark tunnel of concern.
The train has left the station. The students are on board. Do you know where they are headed? Whether you are a parent, a guardian, a grandparent or a taxpayer, the federal and state government are about to transport your children, their education and their privacy into a dark tunnel of concern.
The introduction of the Common Core, a nationwide stream of learning standards, has quietly slipped its way into our state, communities and schools. Accompanied by Common Core is the PARCC assessment poised to replace the MCAS in Massachusetts.
The Common Core standards have been creeping into our schools for a few years. Families have seen more homework, more timed assessments, more testing. At the same time, students have been exposed to far less science, social studies, penmanship, or creative projects in the arts in order to devote time to teaching to the tests. On these same lines, the Common Core standards have totally ignored how young children learn. They have been developed without developmentally appropriate guidelines.
Next month the PARCC testing will be piloted by a sampling of school children from grades 3 to 8. The two-day timed assessment will be administrated despite the knowledge that the field test results and data will not be shared with parents, teachers or administration. No one is saying what kinds of data will be gathered or how the data collection will be used in the future. However, once the field test results have been reviewed by the commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education, the commissioner of Higher Education and the governor, all Massachusetts school-age children will be mandated to participate in the assessment program and the data collection program.
Parents, please realize that this train is traveling at top speed. It is headed for uncharted and dangerous areas for your children. It will not stop with high stakes testing. It will eventually stop at the loss of privacy for all children and their families. It will stop with a huge dollar price tag to cities and towns. Even if you are not opposed to the academic testing, ponder for a bit who is going to pay for this assessment.
Schools will need technology infrastructure updates, computer tablets on which to take the test, and the cost of the PARCC assessment itself, which is reportedly costing $29.50 per student. Your tax dollar will need to be increased, or services for children will be decreased. Neither should be acceptable.
We owe it to ourselves and our children to become aware of this new initiative. Read, discover, critique and learn about the Common Core and the PARCC assessment. Collaborate with others. If you are satisfied with your results, do nothing. If you are not, please speak out to your school committee. Write, email or call your town and state officials to express your worry. The only way to stop this speeding train is for concerned parents and citizens to lie down on the tracks and stop the Common Core and PARCC assessment.
Sherri Barron, of Lakeville, is a retired elementary school teacher in the Freetown-Lakeville Regional School District.


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THE Brisbane Broncos have humiliated the Sydney Roosters with a 40-22 victory at Allianz Stadium in front of 9,738 fans.
Despite losing six players to Origin duties and being on the wrong end of some contentious calls, the Broncos never looked like losing the match.
It was all the visitors in the opening minutes as they dominated field possession, however, it was not until the 17th minute when Peter Wallace put Ben Te'o over that the scoreboard reflected the Broncos' efforts. Wallace added the extras.
The Broncos looked like they may have another try a few minutes after Andrew McCullough kicked a 40/20 and muscled his way over from dummy half in the following set. However video referee Bernard Sutton denied the Broncos hooker.
The home side hit back the 23rd minute after Jake Friend practically mimicked McCullough burst from dummy half to score a contentious to score a contentious try. Braith Anasta leveled the scores.
The Broncos reclaimed the lead 29th minute when Te'o put Gerard Beale over. Wallace failed to add the extras.
The Roosters leveled the score again in the 34th minute when Tinirau Arona was awarded a try. Anasta converted the try to give the Roosters the lead after replays showed Arona dropped the ball before grounding it.
A penalty to the Broncos with two minutes left in the half saw them right on the attack again and this time Wallace did it all himself. Wallace converted his own try to give his side a four-point lead heading into the break.
The Broncos did not take long to extend their lead in after the break, with captain Alex Glenn scoring in only the 44th minute on the back of a break from Lachlan Maranta on the back of a controversial play on. Wallace added the extras to put his side 10-points in front.
There was no controversy around Joeseph Leilua's try in the 50th minute, with the Roosters' centre scoring after receiving a wonderful ball from his captain. Anasta failed to convert the try.
Leilua looked like he may have his second a few minutes later, but he was ruled to have knocked on before grounding the ball.
Nobody could deny Corey Norman in the 60th minute when he scored under the posts courtesy of a Wallace kick and fortuitous ricochet of the post. Wallace added the extras to give his side a 12-point lead.
The Roosters' finally hit back with five minutes left in the match with rookie Tautau Moga showing why there has been so much hype surrounding him. Anasta nailed the conversion from the touchline to make it a six-point ballgame and keep his side in the match.
The efforts of Moga and Anasta were all undone only moments later when Frank Paul Nuuausala knocked on from the kick off. The Broncos went on to score in their set through debutante Lachlan Maranta. Wallace added the extras.
While the Roosters' faithful left the stadium, Anasta was not willing to give up on the game, opting for the short kickoff, Aiden Guerra followed through to claim possession for the Roosters. But, a mistake from Leilua on the second tackle saw it come unstuck.
The Broncos were a lot more successful converting their try scoring opportunity into points moments later after Norman forced a line drop out before a beautiful cut out pass from Wallace put Jack Reed over.
Today's win sees the Broncos two-points clear of the third placed Canterbury Bulldogs on the competition ladder and only two-wins behind the Storm.
As for the Roosters, today's defeat marks their fourth straight loss. They will head to Leichardt next week to try and turn their season around.
Match Details
Sydney Roosters 22 were defeated by Brisbane Broncos 40
National Rugby League - Round 14 - Sunday June 10, 2012 3:00pm
Venue: Allianz Stadium
Referee: Matt Cecchin and Adam Devcich
Video Referee: Bernard Sutton
Touch Judges: Paul Holland and Steve Carrall
Crowd: 9,738
Halftime: Sydney Roosters 12 Brisbane Broncos 16
Leagueunlimited.com players of the match:
3 Points - Peter Wallace (1 Try, 4 Conversions)
2 Points - Andrew McCullough
1 Point - Jake Friend (1 Try)
Tries: Tinirau Arona, Joseph Leilua, Jake Friend, Tautau Moga
Conversions: Braith Anasta (3/4)
Tries: Peter Wallace, Alex Glenn, Ben Te'o, Gerard Beale, Corey Norman, Jack Reed, Lachlan Maranta
Conversions: Peter Wallace (6/7)
LeagueUnlimited.com Live Commentary Good Afternoon NRL fans and welcome to Allianz Stadium where the Sydney Roosters take on the Brisbane Broncos.
We have slippery overcast conditions at the SFS this afternoon, where both our coaches have announced their late changes. For the homeside there are just two positional changes. Mitchell Aubusson and Martin Kennedy will start on the bench with Frank Paul Nuuasala and Lama Tai coming into the run on side. For the Broncos, Corey Parker has been called up for Origin duties, Dunamus Lui comes into the starting side, with Jarrod Wallace joining the bench, Scott Anderson is also out and Mitchell Dodds will start at prop with Brendon Gibb also added to the bench.
1 min: We are under way at Allianz.
3 min: The Roosters receive the first penalty of the match 30 out from their own line.
4 min: Braith Anasta knocks on 35 out from the Broncos' line.
5 min: Peter Wallace forces a line drop out.
6 min: Anthony Minichiello cleans up an Andrew McCullough kick a metre out from the try line.
7 min: Wallace forces another drop out.
8 min: Jack Reed loses the ball forward and Sam Perrett dives on the loose ball.
9 min: Roosters receive a penalty 30 out from their own line.
10 min: Daniel Mortimer forces a line drop out.
12 min: Jake Friend grubbers into the in goal on the last and Justin Hoffman does well to get back into the field of play before being tackled.
16 min: The Broncos have their first penalty of the match and will go on the attack from 30 out.
18 min: TRY
TRY! Wallace creates an overlap and throws an inside pass to Ben Te'o who scores under the post. Wallace's conversion attempt is successful.
Brisbane Broncos 6-0
19 min: McCullough kicks a 40/20 from dummy half and the Broncos will go on the attack again.
20 min: McCullough might have a try here!
20 min: NO TRY! McCullough lost control of the ball.
21 min: The Roosters receive a penalty.
24 min: TRY
TRY! Jake Friend runs it from dummy half on the last and scores. Anasta nails the conversion from the side line.
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25 min: Roosters receive a penalty.
26 min: Another chance goes begging with Joeseph Leilua loses the ball.
27 min: Adam Henry loses the ball ten out from his own try line. The Broncos will go right on the attack here.
30 min: TRY
Te'o draws in two defenders before passing to Gerard Beale on the short side who scores in the corner. Wallace's conversion attempt is unsuccessful.
Brisbane Broncos 10-6
33 min: The Roosters receive a penalty.
34 min: The Roosters receive another penalty and will go right on the attack.
35 min: TRY
TRY! Friend put Tinirau Arona over for a try. Anasta converts from right in front.
Sydney Roosters 12-10
39 min: Broncos will go right on the attack on the back of a penalty.
39 min: Possible try to Wallace.
40 min: TRY
TRY! Wallace burrows his way over the line. Wallace converts his own try.
Brisbane Broncos 16-12
41 min: Anasta kicks off to bring us under way in the second.
44 min: TRY
TRY! Lachlan Maranta streaks away to put Brisbane right on the attack and Alex Glenn muscles his way over the line on the next tackle. Wallace adds the extras
Brisbane Broncos 22-12
47 min: Te'o loses the ball a few metres out from halfway and Guerra takes the loose ball.
50 min: TRY
TRY! Anasta puts Joeseph Leilua over in the corner. Anasta fails to convert the try.
Brisbane Broncos 22-16
52 min: Roosters force a line dropout on the back of a great dummy half run from Friend.
54 min: Possible try to the Roosters!
54 min: No try! Leilua knocked it on trying to ground it, back to the 20 for the restart.
56 min: The Roosters receive a penalty a few metres into the Broncos' half.
56 min: Wallace intercepts a Leilua pass and then the Roosters concede a penalty.
57 min: The Broncos receive another penalty.
60 min: TRY
TRY! Wallace's kick bounces of the posts and Corey Norman is there to catch the rebound and score. Wallace adds the extras.
Brisbane Broncos 28-16
61 min: Anasta goes for the short kick off and it almost comes off, but Guerra knocks it on. Scrum to Broncos 20 out from their own line.
64 min: Henry knocks on ten from his own line.
65 min: Broncos have been penalised in possession because Josh McGuire held on to a tacklers jersey and the Roosters are off the hook.
67 min: Anasta is pinned for a forward pass 45 from his own line.
71 min: Broncos are penalised in attack again, this time it's for an obstruction 30 out from their own line.
72 min: Roosters force a line drop out
73 min: Mortimer loses the ball and the Roosters butcher another opportunity.
73 min: The decision has been reversed and the Roosters get a penalty for high shot which was the first infringement.
74 min: Tautau Moga might have a try for the Roosters.
75 min: TRY
TRY! Tautau Moga busts through the Brisbane defence to score in the corner. Anasta converts from the side line.
Brisbane Broncos 28-22
76 min: Nuuausala knocks on from kick off.
77 min: TRY
TRY! Broncos seal the win with a try to Maranta. Wallace adds the extras.
Brisbane Broncos 34-22
77 min: Roosters go for a short kick off and it comes off this time.
78 min: Leilua loses the ball 10 out from the Broncos' line.
79 min: Norman forces a line drop out
80 min: TRY
TRY! Wallace throws a cut out pass to Jack Reed who scores. Wallace adds the extras after the siren. That's the game.
Brisbane Broncos 40-22


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Gene Simmons Not Happy With Madonna Super Bowl Gig
The always opinionated Gene Simmons is not feeling Madonna's selection as the provider of Super Bowl halftime entertainment. In fact, the Kiss bassist known as 'The Demon' likened the Material Girl to a karaoke singer. Whether or not you are psyched to have Madge perform at the Super Bowl is one thing. Calling her a karaoke singer is insulting.
When TMZ caught up with Simmons outside of a Hollywood restaurant, they asked his opinion on Madge's upcoming gig. He said, "I love karaoke singers. I love all girl signers who get up and sing with the tapes." Jeez, Gene, what's the beef with Madge?
Perhaps Simmons thinks a certain rock band with makeup-wearing members playing live might be a better choice and fit for the most watched TV event of the year?
When the TMZ reporter asked Simmons if he saw that Scotty McCreery — a male singer — was caught singing to tape at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade a few weeks back, Simmons eschewed the sentiment. The always quotable rocker said he loved everyone, save for the guy on the motorcycle who backfired and ruined his sound byte. Was he backpedaling? Could be. But Simmons is never one to be shy with his opinions.
He also said that he does not think Madonna is appropriate to serve up halftime entertainment, saying, "Get up, do it real or tell everyone it's a tape."
Watch Gene Simmons Reveal His Displeasure Regarding Madonna Super Bowl Gig


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AUSTIN, Texas - For all his athletic achievements, with or without doping, cheating, lying and intimidation, Lance Armstrong was never a hero.
Strangely, his confession - after a decade of being hounded for cheating his way to the top of his sport and our celebrity culture - provides a kind of opportunity for all of us to rethink who we think are heroes.
It seems absurd that we cull heroes of any sort at all from the worlds of politics and power, let alone from sports and entertainment. All this raises the question: Who, really, is a hero? And do we need heroes at all?
It is ironic, in the extreme, that at the same time that the television screen carries Armstrong's iron-jaw confession, bereft of a show of remorse, it also carries the bizarre story of another alleged hero, Notre Dame's Manti Teo. However he became embroiled in the fake, dead girlfriend affair, was an iconic hero really a college kid who played for a not-so-great team?
It appears that our definition of a hero has, indeed, slipped that far.
The very word hero is derived from the Greek word of the first century - and it is almost entirely based upon myth. The hero, to cite Merriam-Webster (not Wikipedia) was either legendary or divine, or both. In not so many words it came down to this: The hero was never real.
Over time, however, it has become common for people with fame, money and power to try to grab the mantle of demi-god, and for a very simple reason. Becoming one - or rather, convincing others that you are one - invokes more fame, money and power.
The trail is littered with heroes in business, politics, entertainment and sports who had talent, yes, but they just wanted more power, money and fame. Tiger Woods, John Edwards, the lions of Wall Street or Bill Clinton. The list is so long we actually forget who's gone through the cycle of public contrition and restoration. I mean who remembers what Kanye West, Kobe Bryant, and, say, Alec Baldwin even did? And why did it even matter.
And, with the help of our star-struck story-tellers in the mass media, many of us went along until they did not so much fall from grace but were revealed - voila - to have never been heroic at all. Instead, they were just talented mortals with extraordinary ambition, which almost always involves the temptation to lie, steal or cheat.
The notion that a professional athlete, who is hard-wired to do anything to win at any cost to anyone, could be a leadership figure is preposterous on its face and has been all along.
As for Lance Armstrong, he was obviously a very determined athlete and a highly-compensated entertainer - and that's all professional athletes are. But no. He was never a hero.
And neither is the next Lance Armstrong who is already out there, waiting in the wings.
Richard Parker is a regular contributor to McClatchy-Tribune and The New York Times.


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Atlanta, GA - Mike James scored untouched on a 25-yard run, moments after Miami stopped Georgia Tech quarterback Tevin Washington on fourth-and-inches on the first possession of overtime, giving the Hurricanes a wild 42-36 win Saturday.
Junior quarterback Stephen Morris passed for 436 yards and rallied the Hurricanes (3-1, 2-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) from a 36-19 deficit.
Georgia Tech (2-2, 1-2) had come back after trailing 19-0 at the end of the first quarter, with Washington rushing for three touchdowns.
But the Yellow Jackets couldn't slow down Morris or Miami after that, as the Hurricanes scored the final 23 points. Morris' 10-yard touchdown pass to James created a 36-all tie with 27 seconds left in regulation. That capped an eight-play, 91-yard march that took just 1:33.
Georgia Tech also lost its season opener in overtime, at Virginia Tech, and has fallen to the Hurricanes four consecutive years after beating Miami four straight times.


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Menelik Watson missed a day of practice this week due to illness, which hardly qualifies as news given the amount of time the Raiders' second-round draft pick has spent rehabbing instead of playing football.
He injured a calf in the days leading up to training camp, and spent the entire month in Napa working with the training staff. There was an encouraging half of football as the starting left tackle in the preseason finale against Seattle, followed by arthroscopic knee surgery which put him out again.
When Watson returned, he reinjured the calf.
"I couldn't have envisioned a worse scenario coming into my rookie year,'' Watson said.
Because of his various injuries, Watson has been active for only three games with the Raiders (4-8) in Week 14 facing the New York Jets (5-7) Sunday at MetLife Stadium.
The Raiders have gotten precious little out of their top two draft picks, with cornerback D.J. Hayden on injured reserve following sports hernia surgery and having dealt with medical issues relating to his near fatal ruptured inferior vena cava more than a year ago.
Watson, at least, has four games to play and his hopeful of being involved in the Raiders "jumbo'' package as an extra blocker against the Jets.
"From here, I've got to make a name for myself,'' Watson said. "I've got to make an imprint on the league and make sure that people understand that next year, when I'm back and healthy, that I'm someone that you've got to think about when you game plan. That's what I'm hoping for.''
Watson's size (6-foot-5, 315) and athleticism borne of a background that included basketball, soccer and boxing while growing up in Manchester, England were too intriguing for the Raiders to pass on even though he had limited football experience at Saddleback Community College and Florida State.
It turned out that no amount of raw skill would prepare Watson for the rigors of the NFL.
"Coming in as a rookie, you don't arm yourself with a dietician, a nutritionist, a masseuse, all the things you need to keep your body moving, in shape, for the rest of the season,'' Watson said. "You don't come in expecting to get hurt. I came in pretty much unprepared in terms of how to take care of my body off the field. It kind of came back to hurt me.''
The injuries came in a vicious cycle _ with issues cropping up because Watson tried to come back too soon.
"I was not waiting for things to heal, then I'd come back and I'd be overcompensating because my whole body was out of whack,'' Watson said.
Raiders coach Dennis Allen said Watson and other rookies learn the grind of being an NFL player goes far beyond practicing and getting into a playbook.
"It's no longer just a game that you play, it's a profession,'' Allen said. "There's a lot of things that go along with that, other than what everybody sees in terms of X's and O's.
"It's about being a real pro, being able to take care of your body and not only handle your stuff on the field, but handle your stuff off the field.''
Watson has tapped into veteran resources such as running back Rashad Jennings, a fitness fanatic, and guard Mike Brisiel, an eight-year veteran who is often injured but usually manages to get himself ready to play.
The daily routine for Watson now includes an earlier arrival which includes a hot tub, stretching and taping.
"Rashad was telling me he'd try new things and all the vets would laugh at him because some of the stuff he would do would be out of the ordinary,'' Watson said. "You have to find out what works for you and what doesn't, and trust yourself.''
— Jennings was limited in practice made the trip to East Rutherford, N.J. and is listed as questionable but still hasn't been cleared to play following a Thanksgiving Day concussion. He will be further evaluated Saturday.
Players who are out and not making the trip include running back Darren McFadden (ankle), wide receiver Denarius Moore (shoulder), linebacker Kaluka Maiava (calf), Brisiel (knee), running back Jeremy Stewart (knee, ankle), safety Usama Young (stinger) and safety Tyvon Branch (ankle). Branch was initially listed as questionable but downgraded to out before the team departed.
Jason Hunter, who missed two games with a foot injury, will reclaim his starting position at defensive left end with Vaughn Walker moving back inside to tackle.


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Mary Ann "Baba" Pallone, 73
Mary Ann "Baba" Pallone, 73, of Emeigh, passed away Feb. 11, 2014, at Punxsutawney Area Hospital.
She was born April 28, 1940, in Spangler, the daughter of Stephen and Helen (Kutney) Bublinec.
Mary Ann was preceded in death by her parents; brothers Joseph, Stephen, Bernard and Michael Bublinec; sister Helen Salyan; and son-in-law Dr. John J. Santarelli.
She is survived by her loving husband of 53 years, Donald J. Pallone; son Donald M. Pallone, CRNP, married to Carol (Coy); daughters Diana C. Maelzer, married to Udo, Emeigh; and Stephanie Baran, RN, married to Brian, Northern Cambria; grandchildren Dr. John Ashurst (Dr. Megan Wasson Ashurst), Anthony J. Santarelli, Andrea N. Santarelli, Stephen M. Ashurst, Adam J. Ashurst and Zoey E. Baran.
She is also survived by brothers Frank Bublinec of Parma, Ohio, and Edward Bublinec of Dover, Pa.; sisters Elsie Hamady of Windber and Bernadine Valenti of Smethport; and many nieces and nephews.
Mary Ann was a member of Prince of Peace Catholic Church.
She was formerly employed by The Barnesboro Star, The Patton Courier and Nathan's Clothing Store, but her favorite job was at her husband's business, Pallone Insurance Agency, where they worked together for more than 20 years.
Upon retirement, Mary Ann and Don continued working together remodeling homes at their business Pallone Rental and Development. Mary Ann also opened her own business, Baba's Craft Shop and enjoyed attending shows where she sold her crafts, but mostly she loved being a mother and grandmother.
Her greatest pleasure was her children and grandchildren and the time she spent with her family.
She lived a wonderful, full life and filled her family with love, joy, happiness and beautiful memories.
Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, at Moriconi Funeral Home, Inc., Northern Cambria.
A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, at Prince of Peace Chapel.


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Sun Post Tries to Talk Up Northstar…..Again
November 25, 2013 at 10:27 am Leave a comment
By Andrew Richter
In the pathetic excuse for journalism in local media otherwise known as the Sun Post, they continue to desperately try to pump up Northstar Commuter rail;
"I think I can" may be becoming "I know I can" on Northstar Commuter Rail.
Now sporting free Wi-Fi and lower fares, Northstar, like the little engine in the children's book, could be nearing the top of a hill. Ridership on the 40-mile commuter rail line has been eking up. Opening four years ago, in the throes of the Great Recession, Northstar's ridership came in 21 percent below projections, according to Metro Transit.
But numbers are trending upward. Ridership each month of this year has been higher than in 2012, according to Metro Transit. Average weekday rides topped 3,000 in June for the first time — a level originally projected for 2010 — with a record 24 percent increase in ridership in August.
Really? As we reported in August, ridership actually went down from 2010-2012
They also have discounted fares, or forced taxpayers to pay more, so those "increased" numbers are deceiving.
Metro Transit officials point to the opening of Central Corridor, or Green Line, light rail in 2014, connecting downtown Minneapolis to downtown St. Paul, as offering Northstar riders more choices down track. "It's been an education," said Stearns County Commissioner Leigh Lenzmeier, chair of the Northstar Corridor Development Authority. "But it's starting to show its potential. It's really a work in progress."
Oh wow! Now they'll ride it!
There's been activity along the tracks.
Last November, a Northstar station opened in Ramsey. The upgrading of the Anoka Northstar station, which includes the construction of a three-level, 344-space parking ramp and pedestrian overpass, is scheduled for completion by the end of this year.
At what cost to taxpayers?
Commercial developent has been occurring along the 40-mile line.
Recently a 230-unit apartment and townhome complex, The Residence at the COR, a short walk from the Northstar station, opened in Ramsey.
Would this be the transit-oriented development with walkability? Once again we have Agenda 21!
To the south, in Fridley, city officials created a tax increment financing, or TIF, district, surrounding their Northstar station on East River Road.
Good old TIF financing; Spend the money now and leverage that against future gains; we call that gambling in the real world.
Creation of the district played a role in attracting developer John Allen of Industrial Equities to the city, said Scott Hickok, Fridley community development director. Allen is building a 134,000-square-foot industrial complex, Riverside Corporate Centre, scheduled for completion this year, near the line.
While talking about the Corporate Centre and other development along the Northstar line in Fridley, Hickok said the pace of commercial development will likely be slower along the already-developed southern portion of the corridor. "The horizon for us is very different than up the line," he said.
Redevelopment is just slower than first-time development, he noted. Judging from the pace of redevelopment along Chicago commuter rail lines, Fridley could be looking at a 30-year redevelopment horizon, Hickok said.
Commuter rail is appealing to some businesses but is less so to others. A retail business along a light rail line may look to riders as part of their customer base. But Northstar, with a limited number of runs per day, doesn't hold the same promise, Hickok said.
But he expressed confidence in the future of Northstar. "Downtown Minneapolis will always be a draw," he said.
Yeah right!
Anoka City Manager Tim Cruikshank mentions the Volunteers of America's new 120-bed skilled care center, a short distance from Anoka's Northstar station, as an example of the development occurring in proximity to the line.
There hasn't been rapid development, Cruikshank said, but things are happening. "Is it a positive for our community? Without question," Cruikshank said of having a Northstar station.
If this isn't a failure, then what is?
The state's first commuter rail line, Northstar cost $320 million to build. The federal government kicked in about half, with the state and regional rail authorities and even the Minnesota Twins contributing. Anoka County provided about $35 million, according to Metro Transit.
Anoka County Commissioner Matt Look, Anoka County Regional Railroad Authority chairman, described Northstar as an under-performing asset. "But I would want to call it an asset," he said.
Although daily ridership levels need to increase by multiples before considering extensions to the line, Look said achieving the plateau is possible.
It can't be any worse.
Northstar has suffered from a kind of split personality, Lenzmeier argued. Early ridership estimates were "very optimistic," because inferences were wrongly made between the Hiawatha light rail and what could be expected on Northstar, he said. Hiawatha runs from neighborhood to neighborhood, while, for Northstar, it's city to city. Totally different, Lenzmeier said. Lenzmeier emphasized marketing as key to Northstar's success.
Marketing? If people really wanted to ride commuter rail, they wouldn't need taxpayer funded marketing schemes to do it!
The fact is, policy decisions are often made by "gray-haired, old geezers types, like me," Lenzmeier said with a laugh. This is not a small matter, as the millennial generation, a prime transit market, is a unique one to reach, he said. Lenzmeier credits St. Cloud State Mass Communications students for building awareness on campus of Northstar and bus link service.
Northstar, which has stations in Big Lake, Elk River, Ramsey, Anoka, Coon Rapids-Riverdale, Fridley and at Target Field, was originally proposed to reach St. Cloud. But for political and cost reasons, the transit vision former Gov. Jesse Ventura championed fell short.
"It's nonsensical," Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton said of Northstar not reaching St. Cloud. "But they didn't have the money."
Currently, the public subsidy for Northstar is $19.50 per ride. Metro Transit officials said they expect the line's subsidy to drop with increased ridership. The subsidy, by contrast, for Transit buses is about $2.42 per ride.
"It is a lot of money," Lenzmeier said of the commuter rail subsidy. But he challenges critics to help build the ridership.
Oh so it's the fault of critics that you morons built something that is failing?
On the Ramsey station platform one recent windy morning, Northstar patrons spoke of the convenience of Northstar, especially in the winter. "I will get on the train and I will be at work by 7 o'clock," one patron said.
Another Northstar rider pronounced the system good, though he wished midday service were offered in case he needed to get home. On weekdays, Northstar makes five runs to Target Field in the mornings, with one run leaving Target Field for the north at 6:13 a.m.
Northstar makes five runs from Target Field north in the afternoon on weekdays, the last train pulling out for Big Lake at 6:15 p.m.
Fares were permanently lowered by $1 on Northstar this year.
What a joke! CLOSE NORTHSTAR NOW!!!!
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We've learned that Mike Daisey's story about Apple in China - which we broadcast in January - contained significant fabrications. We're retracting the story because we can't vouch for its truth. This is not a story we commissioned. It was an excerpt of Mike Daisey's acclaimed one-man show "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs," in which he talks about visiting a factory in China that makes iPhones and other Apple products.The NYT also must retract:
Some of Mr. Daisey's stories about Foxconn were also included in an online-only Op-Ed article that he wrote for The New York Times last October. He wrote, "I have traveled to southern China and interviewed workers employed in the production of electronics. I spoke with a man whose right hand was permanently curled into a claw from being smashed in a metal press at Foxconn, where he worked assembling Apple laptops and iPads. I showed him my iPad, and he gasped because he'd never seen one turned on. He stroked the screen and marveled at the icons sliding back and forth, the Apple attention to detail in every pixel. He told my translator, 'It's a kind of magic.' "
According to Mr. Schmitz, the translator said that did not happen. On Friday afternoon, The Times added an editors' note to the Op-Ed article that reads: "Questions have been raised about the truth of a paragraph in the original version of this article that purported to talk about conditions at Apple's factory in China. That paragraph has been removed from this version of the article."


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I'd follow the manufacturer's/review board/google the recommended age for the item, and if it met those, give it. Unless I know that the family in question has restrictions beyond the norm, I assume the follow the norm- and leave the extra policing up to them. It's no different than the fact that some parents want only "organic/fair-trade/mentally-stimulating/bare-wood/montessori" toys for their kids- if I *know* that, I'll follow it- if not, I'll get them something that has "6-12 months" on the tag and call it good. I would personally also aim towards "less controversial", given the choice, if it is a family/child I don't know well. I wouldn't get a book that many reviewers had issues with, or a toy that is commonly complained about (say, Bratz or toy guns). Then again, I do that with adults I don't know well.
Sometimes it can work the other way. For example, there is a series of books that has become popular among the tween set but you are not a fan of the content. You discuss kids interests with parents in an attempt to make sure you don't duplicate any gifts, etc. Parent indicates primary interest/desire is said book. Now while you don't want to tell them what they should let their kid read you also don't want to go so far as to personally endorse it by giving it as a gift.
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Guest editorial by Chris DeSantis
ATLANTA, Georgia, August 12. RECENTLY, there's been considerable hand-wringing about the all-out record assault taking place. The idea is that we've somehow lost the history of our sport when Alexander Popov gets buried in the all-time 50 freestyle rankings or Janet Evans gets knocked down a few pegs. Recently, in putting together our Georgia Tech team handbook, I had to revise the ACC and school records. It was an hour long process.
But have we really lost something? I say no. Records have been broken, no doubt. They have fallen at an unprecedented rate. The truth is, our sport has never been about records. The history of our sport to this point has not been about the times achieved on the clock. Records have always come and gone, but seldom were athletes forgotten just because their records had been broken.
Today Michael Phelps has brought swimming to a new peak in popularity. What is he famous for? He's famous for winning eight gold medals. Prior to Phelps, the peak of swimming stardom had always been Mark Spitz. Spitz was famous for winning seven gold medals. It mattered little to swimming fans that Matthew Gribble, may he rest in peace, was a faster butterflyer in the mid 80s than Spitz was in '72. No one tried to argue that Gribble was a better swimmer than Phelps.
Earlier this year, when I was coaching the University of Pennsylvania, we traveled to Dartmouth for a dual meet. The record board had an unexpected treat: still holding the pool record in the 100 butterfly was Spitz's old foil Doug Russell. He had held the record since 1968. I watched him lose it to Chris Pool of Yale. Still, I think a lot more people will still be talking about Doug Russell's Mexico City butterfly in 10 years than they will the accomplishments of Pool.
I do admit that to this point I've cherry-picked two examples that compare accomplishments at or near 40 years apart. What then, of the recent history that has been almost completely wiped from the books? I think the past two years have in someway only cemented their place in history. As long as anything beyond a brief is available in men's swimming, people will bring Popov into the discussion of any 50 free world record. We will never be entirely sure that the current record holder was truly better than Popov.
That concept goes beyond the "suits". Sports change and make it difficult to compare eras. I am reminded of this every time I watch some old basketball highlights and catch some of Bob Cousy:
Cousy is considered possibly the best ball-handling basketball player of all-time. However, if you watch his highlights now the moves seem somewhat stiff and unathletic. Have players become so much better in the last 40 years that Cousy wouldn't play well now? I say no. The sport has changed. When Cousy played officials were far tougher in calling traveling and palming of the ball then they are today. In the same way, we can never compare Jessicah Schipper to Mary T. Meagher because we don't have a time machine. Schipper is playing a different game.
Here's my point: swimming will always be about the competition taking place in the pool that day. The past is already past, and who knows what the future holds.
Chris DeSantis begins his first season at Georgia Tech as an assistant coach after previously coaching at the University of Pennsylvania.


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Saturdays Math & Reading Tutoring - Prek - 8th Grade AM session
February 23, 2013
Program Locations:
For children, ages 3 to 5 years, ages 5 to 12 years, ages 13 to 18 years
Free Math & Reading Tutoring for children!
Reading Tutoring from Pre-Kindergarten through 3rd grade.
Math Tutoring from Pre-Kindergarten through 8th grade.
First come, first served. Space is limited. Sign-up list will start when library opens on that Saturday.
By Staten Island Technical High School volunteers.


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Right, mommy?
No honey, they come from mommy's poon.
Is that why non-thermal-diode-protected processors burn? B-because they're made of wood?
That, my friends, is a really unpleasant image.
Then it's sliced into exceptionally thin wafers about 6 to 8 inches (200 to 300mm) across, depending on the diameter of the ingot.
I hesitate to imagine what they use for the casing...... Horta [70disco.com] intestines?Raw silicon is grown into crystal ingots, which look like giant silver bolognas.
That, my friends, is a really unpleasant image.
I'd always thought these materials were made in hot, dry climates, like Arizona, yet there was a supplier right in my backyard.
Well, shoot! That sure blows my image, I thought it was the disco music that people in Intel 'bunny suits' [tow.com] danced to.
I don't know if knowing the history is necessarily important. It seems to me what is more lacking in computer science majors I've seen is developed mathematical and logical skill. But then, computer science is only my minor, so I might tend to think that all computer scientists should be mathematicians
But as far as an article targeted at a total layperson goes, it's okay. Not that most laypeople don't quickly lose interest when you start talking about wafers, masks, reticles, photoresist, process steps. You always have to start with the broader concepts and see when their eyes glaze over:
What do you do?
I work at a place that makes computer chips
Oh really? What kinds?
All kinds. I work in the ASICS group.
ASICS? Like the sneakers?
To work in a bunny suit on the production floor? A high school diploma is often enough. To work in test/yield improvement? An EE degree, perhaps. To actually develop the bleeding edge processes? A PhD in physics.
There's far more to it than that, of course. And the actual chip designers could be across the parking lot or around the world.
Beg pardon? Seems for the last 20 years processors have been gaining pins like some adherence to Moore's law. Seen the Athlon 64's lately? Didn't the 6502, 8086 and z80 processors have like 40 pins? I can't see a correllation between pins and die size.
Smaller die would loosely correlate to less power, with fewer power and ground pins (most of the pins on a processor). But certainly you can design a processor that sucks amps and a DRAM of the same die size that break the correlation.
They tried this once, but all the geeks in the clean room started putting little orcs on the chips and played Dungeons and Dragons
Well, NVidia discovered rotating them 45 degrees give them a diamond instead of a square. Think they're onto something?
I thought big screen TVs were "blurry" up close because they had fewer pixels per area. Besides... in this case, you wouldn't be making the image bigger, you would just be making a LOT of tiny images at once. Can someone either explain how his explaination makes sense, or what the real reason is?
A huge amount. Many embedded systems have real-time requirements, tight memory-space limitations, and a much lower tolerance for failure than desktop systems. If you're talking about a comsumer embedded device (e.g. a cellphone), you have to deal with power management as well. There are multiple operating systems to choose from, several types of processor architectures (including the Harvard Archirtecture typified by Intel's old 8051 family that has entirely separate memory spaces for instructions and data), and several buses specific to embedded systems work.
Why should this matter? There are several embedded systems in your car, and I'm sure you'd be mightily ticked if your car just stopped working randomly. On a more mundane level, what about programmable thermostats or the security card readers where you go to work? That's not to mention the mission-critical embedded systems in aircraft and medical devices.
Just how much content can you have being specific about Embedded Systems Programming. Seriously, I'm asking.
Well, having read ESP for at least 10 years, perhaps I can answer.
A lot!! The amount of Desktop CPUs sold is a drop in the bucket compared to the number of embedded CPUs. Look around the average house and compare the number of "computer controlled" items versus the number of desktop (i.e, Windows, Linux, Mac) computers. Just in my living room alone I can think of the thermostat, X10 lighting contr
And I agree, clean rooms are no fun. Ever trying typing on a plastic-coated miniature keyboard with two pairs of gloves?
That sounds awkward but you ever tried typing 2000+ lines of hex code on a ZX81? [u-net.com]
Santa brought me one of those, a rubiks cube, a metal detector and the 1982 Guinness Book of World Records (Train spotter's edition I think) for christmas. I think my mum must have told him I was doing poorly in school or something. I do recall though, I specifically asked Santa, at his grotto in the loc
Also, mostly the machines are made by different vendors, so they don't have communication protocols to "talk" to one another, or to talk to a central dispatching control system. Therefore you need operators to move parts from machine to machine, and to select the appropriate programs to run on each machine (the parts pass through each machine multiple times, getting different processing each t
"Where do microprocessors come from, Daddy?" That's an awkward question we all must answer at some stage in our careers. What mysterious process converts elemental silicon into elemental forces like Intel's Itanium or Motorola's PowerPC? Let us explore the wonder that is semiconductor creation.
Shouldn't that include IBM? [macobserver.com]
An elephant is a mouse with an operating system.


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Editor: To the residents of the Town of Midway:
Editor: To the residents of the Town of Midway:
Contrary to what Mr. Neal N. Motsinger would have you believe from his letter to the editor that printed Tuesday, I do support the growth of the public school system in Davidson County as demonstrated by my voting record. During this term in office, I voted in support of a $10,000 grant to be awarded to the Midway Elementary School PTO and also voted in support of a resolution calling for the new high school in north Davidson County.
My "opposition" referred to by Motsinger was nothing more than my effort, during an open discussion, to bring attention to the potential impact the construction of the new high school would have on the tax rate in Midway if the county commissioners were pushed to move faster than scheduled.
Furthermore, Motsinger states "maybe his opposition represents the fact he home-schools his children and serves on the EDC board." My wife and I decided to home-school our children because of our desire for them to have a Christ-centered education. Actually, all children learn at home, ours just do it a few more hours each day compared to others. Just because we home-school doesn't mean that I don't support the expansion of our local schools or the North Carolina public educational system, of which I am a graduate. Along with many others in our town, I am extremely thankful for all those who have committed themselves to the education of today's youths.
Addressing another point brought forward by Motsinger: Mr. (Lynn) Griggs does a great job doing the work he was hired to do, and his contribution to the town's beautification is clearly seen. I also appreciate what he has done. Considering the fact that Motsinger doesn't live in the Town of Midway he might not be aware that the town council voted in 2009 and agreed to pay Griggs for his services of maintaining the town signs and landscaping, which is above and beyond the reimbursement paid to him for his expenses to do so. The town maintains excellent financial records that support this is true.
I have faithfully served the residents of Midway for the past seven years as a councilman and would like to continue to do so. Please join me in voting on Election Day, Tuesday, and I ask for your vote.
John Byrum


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One thing you can count on if you're a touring musician is that at some point your amp is going to stop working or fail to operate correctly. That's why it's always a good idea to travel with a backup and to have some simple amp fixes, which are all many failures require, within your skill set.
First, a word of caution. There are dangers associated with major amp repairs, since transformers can retain their raw voltage and deliver serious, harmful shocks unless they are properly discharged. But tube trouble shooting, re-soldering, pot cleaning and wire repair can often solve a problem enough to get one through a gig or tour without risking electrocution or shelling out bit money to a repairman on the road. Those without training in dealing with charge-bearing electrical devices would be wise to leave the transformer alone — and nobody should work on an amp while it's plugged in, ever.
Here's an example of a quick fix I had to make last year in Kent, Ohio. A sloppy soundman decided it would be fine to roughly tilt one of the small combo amps I was playing through against the wall to angle the speaker up toward the boom stand he was using to mike the amp. The L-shaped jack connecting the speaker wires to the combo's amp section struck the corner of a low shelf at a vulnerable spot, splitting the wire and input at the elbow and killing the signal. Grabbing a wire cutter, I snipped through the dangling split, stripped the wire and exposed the two metal posts behind the jack that the cable would normally be soldered to. With no soldering iron in the bag, I popped a piece of chewing gum into my mouth while I twirled the wire around the posts, then used the gum to hold it in place and wrapped electrical tape around the area to hold it all together. The next day I replaced the cable at a Dayton music store for a couple bucks before the next gig. Tools used: electrical tape and a chunk of Bazooka Joe.
Of course, things are rarely that easy, but as a general rule always carry a can of tuner spray (available at any Radio Shack), pointy noised pliers, flat- and Phillips-head screwdrivers, electrical and duct tape and — if you can — a set of replacement tubes in a protected, cushioned container.
The latter will get you out of many tangles. Tubes inside of amps crack in transit, even when it seems like there's no logical reason why, and burn out exactly when they shouldn't. And even less obvious problems — like a suddenly distorted tone or a drop in output volume — can be related to tubes. Let's take the latter as an example. If your normally screamingly loud amp — a handy thing to possess in rock clubs with inadequate PA systems — has adopted a more conversational volume, consider replacing the power tubes. Capacitors, resistors and transformers can cause this kind of trouble, too, but it's often the power tubes. If replacing the tubes doesn't work, swap the new power tubes back out with the old ones and try the preamp tube. There's a better than 50-percent chance a tube is the culprit. Another tip is to consider replacing capacitors and resistors every decade or so, since they do have a limited shelf life. That's preventative medicine.
Other problems can be traced to tubes as well. A rumbling, thumping sound — almost like wind crossing a microphone — can often be caused by a bad or loose output tube. Conversely, squeaky high-pitched sounds or crackling noises may be the fault of a bad or loose pre-amp tube. Again, switching them out with replacements will reveal if they are the culprits.
If swapping out tubes doesn't work in these situations, it could be a job for that can of spray-on tuner cleaner. Amp sockets become dirty and rusty, and a quick squirt and some patience while they dry can sometimes get the fix done.
Of course, all this tube juggling takes time that you might not have — especially if the problem surfaced during soundcheck or, even worse, line-check. This is why it's good to carry a second amp. That back-up doesn't have to be a doppelganger of your Marshall Plexi or whatever you blast through. You just need to get through a gig in an emergency, so a small inexpensive transistor amp will do, or a box like a SansAmp. You can take a deeper look at the problem, or find a repairman, when the show is over.
If you've got the budget, carry at least one replacement speaker, too. An amp with efficient tubes that still delivers fuzzy tone may be suffering from a speaker problem, like a tear in the cone or a separation from the cone and mount. To deduce this, have somebody else play guitar through the offending amp and touch each speaker. If one is moving in manner that feels less anchored and "soft," that's likely the culprit. Speakers in a multi-speaker cabinet can be unplugged and run as single speakers for a short period of time, which will also reveal deficiencies. And remember, these days there's no legit reason for soldering speaker wires to speakers. Leave horseshoe clips unencumbered by solder so they can be slipped on and off when repairs like this need to be made.
Another thing to carry is several replacements for all the fuses in your amp. A blown fuse can shut you down and it takes just seconds to pop another in place. This is an easy fix most of the time, because it comes with a clue: the "on" indicator lights in amps won't go on if an amp's fuse is blown.
As long as you've got a spare amp of some kind available, it's best to leave more complicated fixes to the pros. Over-reaching one's amp fixing skill level is a great way to inflate your repair tech's bill!


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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Nolan Arenado's Gold Glove patch on his Rawlings shimmers in the sun. It provides a reminder of his breathtaking rookie season and what he has left to accomplish. Arenado was summoned from Triple-A last April because of his bat. While showing a knack for two-out RBIs, he posted ordinary numbers as a hitter (.267 average, .301 on-base percentage).
He knows he must have better strike-zone discipline, and this spring he's making strides in that direction. He doubled twice Monday during the Rockies' 5-0 loss to the Padres.
"I have to keep working at it," said Arenado, who is hitting .368 in 17 at-bats.
Hello, Raffy. The clubhouse received a boost Monday with the arrival of popular reliever Rafael Betancourt. He will work out with the Rockies for nine more days, then will likely join the team in Miami for the season-opening series. With no setback with his elbow, he could sign a minor-league deal.
"If I had any issues, I would have told them I was done," Betancourt said. "But everything has gone great so far."
Footnotes.Jordan Pacheco (left shoulder) had a pinch-hit single Monday. He could catch Tuesday after showing no issues during work in bullpen sessions. ... First baseman Justin Morneau (stiff neck) played Monday for the first time since Feb. 28. He made a diving play for an out. ... Franklin Morales was roughed up for three runs in the second inning. He elevated his fastball, allowing a home run to the Padres' Ryan Jackson. Morales exited after throwing only 51 pitches because he's returning on four days rest as a result of day- night doubleheaders Wednesday and Friday.
Rockies recap
Padres 5, Rockies 0
At Salt River Fields
Hits: Second baseman DJ LeMahieu made a play Monday that reminded fans why he's a Gold Glove candidate. He ranged far to his left, diving and throwing from his seat for an out. ... Tommy Kahnle, a Rule 5 pickup with an impressive changeup, and Tyler Matzek, a former first-round draft pick, remained in the mix for a final bullpen slot with scoreless outings.
Misses: With two runners aboard in the second inning and none out, Michael Cuddyer, Carlos Gonzalez and Troy Tulowitzki were retired in order.
What's next: Rockies at Cubs, 2:10 p.m. Jorge De La Rosa, Jordan Lyles, LaTroy Hawkins and Rex Brothers are scheduled to pitch for Colorado.
Troy E. Renck, The Denver Post